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Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-31

The nomination of General J. H.
Sharp fOr Reprf sentative, by the De-
pocracy of 10y Ades county, will be
lailel with pleal tre by the many old
soldiers who served under and with
him during the war. No more gallant
soldier ever wore the gray than J. H.
Sharp. He is true and warm in his
friendships and open and uncompro-
missing in his hostilities. Being hon.
est, faithful and capable, he will make
good Representative.
THE Lowndes county convention last
Saturday unanimously instructed for
Gov. Lowry for Governor, and DR.. w.
L. Lipscomb, of Lownes, for Superin-
tendent Of Public Education. A reso-
luton was also adopted endorsing
Senators George and Walthall for re-
election to the IS. Senate. The fol.
lowing excellent county ticket was
nominated:
Representatives., H. Sharp, j. 7.
Harrison and w. II, Cook.
= Sheriff-C. L. Lincoln.
Treasurer. A. Smell.
Assessor-R Willeford
Coroner and Ranger-D. L. Acker.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-31
WIN Prove RenefIoIal In Its ResuIts

VIII PfOVe b9nSIlClat IN ltS RESULTS
NEW ORLEANS, July N--The board
Of management to-day decided to allow
the cities Of the United States to make
collective exhibits Of their manufac-
turing industries at the American Ex-
position. This action will, it is be-
lieyed, prove beneficial in its results.
It is a different plan from that pursued
last year, when such exhibits were not
deemed permissible, thereby losing to
the Exposition the invaluable displays
that Baltimore, Philadelphia ana other
cities were preparing. Chas. S. Hill, Of
the State department, Washington.
was to-day appointed by the board Of
management commissioner to corres-
pond with all American consuls in the
interest Of the American Exposition.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-31
Distressing Scenes Witnessed.

MADRID, June 27 The cholera here
remains inert. The largest number Of
cases occur in Saragossa. The late
storms appear TO have an adverse ef.
fleet upon the epidemic. Some places
distressing scenes are witnessed
Many bodies are unburied. a MAORI:
ty Of the inhabitants have fled. The
remainder are incapable Of attending
to the sick.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-31
Whisky in the Basement of Post
office,

DEs MONIES, Ia, July 27.-At 2
o'clock yesterday morning at What
Cheer, an attempt was made by fifteen
men to purloin lot of liquor that had
been taken by the prohibition league
on search warrants. The liquors were
stored in the postoflice basement.
Postmaster B. S. Brainard was
awakened and placed himself on guard
AS the door was broken in he fired,
killing John Deyard. 1t is believed
another man was wounded, who was
carried off. His act is approved by the
citizens. Considerable excitement pre-
walls. About three hundred dollars
worth Of liquors are held in the base
ment. Some of the parties are arrest
ed and warrants are out for others,
The postofilce and adjoining buildings
look as though they had been used as
a barricade for a Partisan mob. Eleven
large lights are broken in the windows.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-31

X Male weakness and loss
Of power promptly cured. Book, 10
cents in stamps. Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association, 663 Main street,
Buffalo, N. Y.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-31
Damage BY Saturday Nights storm

DENVER, COL, July 81 The Mayor
of Colorado Springs estimates dam
age from Saturday nights food at
$25,000, principally in county. Mrs.
Eaton's body has not yet been discov-
cred. 1t is now believed campers on
Shock Run were notified Of the COM
ing food and reached places Of safety.
Damage by last nights flood in Cher
ry Creek will hot exceed $4,000.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-31
Gen. smiley to succeed Mr. HarrI-

WASHINGTON, July 27. 1t is report
ed that Gen. Smiley, late adjutant-gen-
eral Of Ohio, will succeed Mr.. Harri-
son as assistant commissioner Of the
general land Office.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-31

o. ~ 1ASEN EA ~
The extract alluded to, gave an ac-
count Of the brutality said to have
been practiced on the conyicts at Crew
Lake by the prison officers
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1885-12-26
THROAT TROUBLES.


The Danger Of Contagion in the Various
Throat Affections.
A recent case within our knowledge,
in which fatal diphtheria developed
upon what had been believed to be a
simple qulnsy, suggests II few words
regarding the duty Of i~solating any
case of sore throat where there are
other children in the house. Without
entering upon any disputed points re
garding d%iphtheria, it is generally
agreed that the distinctive visible sign
of it is its peculiar membranous de-
post. a case may present clearly the
conditions of a common sore throat,
and subsequently diphtheria be unmis-
takably present. For our purpose it is
unnecessary TO discuss whether such
eases are diphtheritic from the first or
become so. The point for parents to
know Is that the sequence of danger
Gus symptoms upon those apparently
slight is not uncommon, and that it is
better for them to isolate a child fifty
times unnecessarily than to be neglect
ful once.
We would urge then. that if at all
possible, every child suffering from
sore throat be isolated until it is dis
tinctly convalescent, Physicians are
often embarrassed, in urging the isola-
ton of patients, by the timidity or
Suspiciousness of parents. If in such
a case as has been described the physi-
elan recommends the %precaution of
isolation, the family. if of the timid
type, is at once thrown into n panic,
assuming that the physician really con-.
siders that the case is d%iphtheria, or
that he expects it will prove to be, and
that he is concealing the facts. while
really he is only taking proper sanitary
precautions.
Other persons, on the other hand,
immediately interpret the physicians
frank statement of his reasons for iso-
lating a supposed simple Ease as an ev-
idence of want of knowledge on his
part. They apparently think that to
the properly educated physician dis
eases are as distinct and as easily dis
criminated as coins of different denom-
nations. With such people the only
course is to strongly advise isolation,
and TO give the reason for it, and to let
them take the responsibility of neg
Letting the suggestion if they choose
to do SO. Intelligent people usually
are grateful for the warning, even if It
prove to have been unnecessary, and
although they sometimes chat the
physician rs 'fussy."-PhyStcian in
Babyhood.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1885-12-26

Among the many stones Lincoln used 10
r.Ists was the following: Trudging along
!. lonely road one morning on my way 70
,ha county seat Judge - overuooH me
1 .u,'h b;s wagon and neited me to a e
Wa had not gone far before the Magon
ho"ar "a wobbie. Said |: Judge thinS
n voSr coschman has taken a droptoo much.
'pntting his head out OF the window, tne
indge shouted: why, you inIerhai scouh'
deI. YOU are drunkln ..u ,ho
Tnrning round with great gravity, tne
ooachmaa said: "Be dad but that's the
frs rightful session your Honor's GYM n
WI VI rannle knew the facts they would be
Surnrisel TO learn how many people reeI IN
s u streets who never "drink adrop'' They
aro the victims OF sleeplessness, OF drowsy
days' of apoplectic tendencies, whose blood
Is sset on fire by uric acid Some day they
Iii reel no more-they will drop dead, just
Hnersmse they haven't the moral courage q
Jefv uselessprofessional attendance, n by
u uSa # the wonderful Warmers safe cure
"eu,ralize the uric acid in the system and
Tins get rid Of the drunkenness IN th'
hhIIo"odfi- The Americda Rtoal Home.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1885-12-26
The Value of Oats.

There is probably no food so good
forrecuperating exhausted muscles than
good, sound, heavy oats. They are
easily digested, nutritious, MUSCLE
building and blood making in a high
degree. They are little heating, do
not tend to make horses sweat, and on
the whole are the best food n horse
can have. Barley is very good, not
equal to oats. Indian corn Is u poor
substitute, not so easily digested, heat
ing and causing the animal to sweat.
As to system, a horse should have hay
first, then grain, and water when these
are digested, or water should be given
at least half an hour before feeding.
Horses often have dyspepsia, induced
by being fed when warm, or being
worked after a full meal. The practice
Of feeding hard worked horses at noon
and working them Immediately after
Is Of doubtful utility. Horses will 20
eight and probably ten hours without
food II properly fed at evening ard
morning. They should have wstes
more frequently, but never when hot.
IN Y. Tsitoram
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1885-12-26
Y sERPENTs
untutored Natives Who Believe In the
Maxim, "Simlia Similihus { rantur."

untutored Natives Who Believe In the
Maxim, 'simlia Similibus [ rantur.'
While in Europe the fatal bite of the
mad dog is dreaded, 50 the deadly bite
of the snake is the hydrophobia of the
East. During his recent exploration
of the Kalahari Desert Mr., Farini found
that the natives with whom he was
thrown into contact invariably carried
a pouch of deadly dried snake poison
As an antidotc to the bite of the snake,
The following account of Il conversa-
ton which one of our staff had with
Mr., Farini may not be mai Il prOpOS;
while exploring the Kalahari, said
Mr., Farini, "where extremely poison
GUS snakes abound. several cases of the
nude natives being bitten by them
came under my notice, and, strange TO
say, the untutored savage, although
not knowing anything about SimtIiG
SinjtibUS %cardHfNr, cure themselves by
inoculatrg with other virus, There is
not Il native OF a hunter that does not
carry either the dried body of a deadly
poisonous reptile called N'anboo, the
poison sacks of the puff adder, yellow
cobra or capclla.
Their moduS opcrandi is this: As
o o as possible after being bitten they
make slight missions close . whore
the poison fangS entered. into which
they sprinkle some of the dried and
powdered virus. The first effect is to
induce s~lcepincsS, the swelling soon
goes down and in a day or two they are
as well as ever. Three of my oxen
were bitten and cured by incubation.
One case of the bushman who had
cured the oXen | must specially e
ton. He boosted of not being afraid
of being bitten. One day while walk
inc ahead of the wagons | discovered q
full grown capella lying under a
bush. called the buShman and asked
him to catch it if he was not afraid of
being bitten. He replied he would if
| would give him a roll of tobacco. L
refused, not wishing to be accessory to
his death. While | was waiting for
the drivers whip to dispatch the snake
the bushman gave the reptile a kick
with his bare foot, and the horrible
thing bit him, But the BUSH
man coolly took from a little skin
pouch some poison sacks, cut a piece
off and reduced it 20 powder, pricked
his foot near the puncture, which had
commenced to swell. and rubbed the
virus powder in; II of the other
buShmen, who had killed the snake
and extracted the poison cystS, handed
one of them TO him; he squeezed a
drop of poison out Of it into some
water and drank it; he seemed to fall
into a kind of stupor, in which he re-
manned some hours. At first Tho SWELL
ing increased rapidly, but began to
subsidc after some hours. Next morn
ing he inoculatcd himself again. That
night the swelling had completely dis
appeared, and the fourth day he seemed
a well as ever and claimed the roll of
tobacco Mr., Farini took the pre-
caution to bring home the poison of
several snake and a portion of a Nam
boo, which he is sending to NJ. Pasteur
to experiment With.-N Y. Herald.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1885-12-26
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

There is nothing so fruitful of dis
ease and death among Young chio6ens
as damp, u%nclean quarters .-R1Tal
Ncl0 Yorker
Soda cake: Two cups of sugar,
two eggs. three cups of flour, half a
cup of butter, one cup of mik, one
teaspoon of cream tartar, half a tea
spoon Of soda.-FaIm AID Home.
Sod is an excellent protection to m
orchard in winter, and should not be
plowed under in the fall unless through
necessity. When plowed in the fall a
coating of manure, which has been we'll
decomposed, should be applied as a
| mulch. Troy Times.
There is one class of animals
which it will never pay to feed till they
| are matured, In the cattle line these
are known as scrubs; in that of horses
those seriously blemiShed; amongst
sheep they are termed Stunted, and
amongst swine runts,-VcsterR RNrdi.
White Lincoln cake: Whites of
four eggs, one-half cup of butter, two
cups of sugar, one cup of sweet milk,
three cups of flour, three te%aspoonfulS
of baking powder. Beat butter to a
cream to ensure lightness; add sugar,
milk, eggs and baking powder, well
siftcd in flour. May be baked in
sheets, large cake OF patty pans.-BoS-
ton Badgct.
An excellent dish for a plain home
dinner is made by stewing some veal
until it is tender, thicken the gravy
with flour, and season with pepper and
salt, and put in enough butter to flavor
it; then make a nice crust like biscuit
dough, have it when baked an inch and
a half thick. Put the veal and gravy
into an earthen pudding dish and cover
the dish with the crust. Bake and
serve hot,-ChicagO Journal.
The guinea fowl is a great forager,
and destroys many insects that the hens
will not touch. They do not scratch
the garden, and, though not easily kept
neal the house, they make known the
places where they lay by a peculiar
noise which enables one accustomed to
mem 10 ma all the eggs theS nay
lhey really cost hothlnS TO RAISE, ana
When roosting near the mouse creaIe all
alarm should mlruderS MAKE their APP
pearance.-N' T. Efa'a'"eF'
Orange pudding: Peel and slice
Iireo 81 iout 4'a1sG S& %li' LAY AZ " p"u
ME- ''7L o;Iad cn,tard of dno mini If
" I'm " til, DS uU,o 'lo ona
MN ,re SolNS .h ov ,h;rJ
Spoonful VI ooin ''alo ant J'"" n,,n,.
,,t"P VI s"S'' pn',." .ho ' po' - 10
,ho o'"i,2c 't;e u f,a,t vitI omn
.ni,S ~ .".f,ad l ,mn oid narn.
'l'u o"P P"i't pU"l
wv ~ ''' ~ ~ he o ot onIJ Tnis1o
NJ Dio""' ~ w o''0' '0'''
"''o''
IN the morse 100 ooiNy loou uoeS
mllch harm II gwen IN lhoraInate qiail-
tltle,, even although 1t is OF lhe pest
quality, Tor the organs can ohIy dlgest
a certain amount consistently with
health, This assertion VIII hardly pc
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1885-12-26
o SHUTTERS.



When YOU want to have 4 good hour S
reading, and sit down in your room for
that pnrpose, it seems strange that the
wind will persist in blowing the blinds
Shut and darkening the room. You
open them again, and they are slammed
back in your face. Once more you open
them. and they flap back on your fin
GERS with all the vigorous snap OF a hay
cutter, and you conclude that If Fate IS
AGAINST YOU, YOU will cave in and ac-
cept the dark room.
If the room is too dark for you to
read in. il is not too dark to sleep in.
So YOU lie down on the lounge, and
compose yourself for a sweet refreshing
nap. No sooner do You close your
ewes than the wind changes, and bang
90 the blinds opcl agaist the house like
The wings of a spread eagle, The room
is as light as day. You want to sleep
now, so you arise and count what I'M
GERS YOU have left, to see II you nave 4
sufficient number to close the blinds with,
You think you are properly fixed to
make the attempt, so you close potn
shutters.
Before you get the window down.
bang they 90 open. Then you get one
securely closed, and Just as You are
about 10 fasten the other to the catch
ON the w~indow-sill, the first M shoots
out and lands against the house with
sufficient violence to knock down
pictures and loosen the wallpaper,
Then you get both shutters in youl
hands, and draw them in together.
When they are almost closed. and YOU
feel that you are full of victory. they
shoot out of your hands like two birds
and almost jerk you off your feet ant
oyer the sill. .,
After this you lie on the lounge with
your book, When the shutters persist
in remaining closed you sleep, and wher
they stay wide open you read. lhel
YOU can feel that you have gained 3
victory over Fate and the contrariety
of window-shutters. PUCK.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1885-12-26
F~REsHETs.
A Rather Rough Yarn Told at
ofa Noted Westerner'

A Rather Rough Yarn Told at tho HA
ofs noted westerner'
Congressmen from the West twenty
Years or nor ago, though possessing
H. share Of .hoss sense were de-
cidedly deficient in book larnln,
Amonr the most noted OF this class was
Jobn REYNOLDS. at oncfime Governor
,f the State of Illinois, who is immor-
allied in the following sketch OF two
freshets in one day: g.,
The Governor having been Selee.su
nv his district to represent II az 'no
Federal capital, on arrival there peG". ho
an object of great curiosity anu my
"antcr Of many Il laughing crowd
nnrinc thc recess of Congress Tor 'he
holidays he accepted an invitation TO
nori"Ja wnel in Baltimore with some
On arriving there he determined to
sec all the sights Of the monuments
city alone. and appeared to enjoy noth,
irS batter than l6aing, generally, nall
naTts Of the city. The ships d steam
boats and oyster boats all ATTACHED AZ
tention. but especially the II ="
Now, it must be stated at l. cage oil
my story that the Governor was from
the banks of the Mississippi, whose
mighty waters at times resembles u
Great inland sea, or u narrow long
shallow pond. according to the volume
of water created by the rain which mas
| fallen upon the country it drains.
We'll, it was noticed by his friends ina
the Governor for several days mace
morning. noon and evening trips to the
wharf and returned with 4 puzzled, an
stracted air. On being asked the rea'
son for this manner, he would reply
shaking his head: Mighty strange
river, thiS-quare country.
He was very much afraid OF being
ouizzed or sold, and hence, fought shy
! On one occasion, however, beingthro"I
off his guard while in an exhilaratec
condition, on being asked the reason fol
his opinion of the country andthe river
he told the story of his puzzled condl
ton thus;
Gentlemen, you see, | 90 down t(
your river in the mornen and ma 1t VI
to the banks, in the afternoon 1t is very
low. and in the cyenen boomer full
This is the quarest country and quares
river | ever seed. You have two fresh
cts in one day, and nary a drap OF rain.
The theory OF the tides was soon ex
planned to the Observation-Disclosures
Sun.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1885-12-26
A WONDERFUL W

sous CarefuIly- Compiled Statistics o.
General Interest Relative to the hspiG
increase In Population and Wealth Ga
the More Northern Portions OF the
Great Northwest.
The late reports from the Executive
officials of the great States and Terrl-'
tories of the Northwest show a sur
prisiug growth in population and
wealth. This important region COM
prises the rich agricultural and grazing
States and Territories of Minnesota
Dakot.. Montana, Idaho, Washington
and Oregon.
MINNESOTA.
The returns from the Minnesota cen"
,us taken in May, 1885, show a popu-
rtion in the State of l,1l7,79S In
$50 it was $50 773. The assessed yalu-
a,ion of property in Minnesota is SlOl,-
C-S.jS7; in 1880 it was SOS, O35,5i3i IN
ease, Sll2, 973, Oh.
The cities of st, Paul and Minncapo-
lis, the largest and most important
business metropolis Of the State, and III
fact Of the entire Northwest, show an
unprecedented growth. They are sit
uated so near pch other that their cor
porate limits now Join, and form s
great commercial center. They arc
about equal in size, and their combined
population by the census of May, 1850,
was 240, j97; il 1880 it was $4,000, in
crease. 152,j37. The capacity of the
Touring mills is $4,000 barrels OF flour
a day. Wheat received last year. 81
438, 222 Lushcls; elevator capacity,
$500. 900 bushels; cut of lumber, 800.
72l,379 feet, new buildings erected,
4,S4S: real estate sales, $29,435,SSO,
Duluth and Superior, at the head OF
Lake Superior. separated only by the
Bay of st. Louis, form an important
commercial metropolis. Their popula'
ton is upwards of 10000, and next to
Chicago they are the greatest shipping
points for wheat in the West, having an
elevator capacity of 5000, 600 bushels
DAKOTA.
Dakota shows a remarkable growth
in population, and by the Development
of only a small portion of its great agri,
cultural resources shows a large in
crease in the number farms, products
| Of the soil and live stock, The returns OF
the Territorial census taken in June,
1885, and thereport of Governor Pierce
to the Secretary of the Interior for 1882
compared with the census of 1880, show
the Growth Of the TerritOrY:
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1885-12-26
LOVES YOUNG DREAM.
How II Dependent Boston Maiden Brougl
Her Romeo to Time.

How u Dependent Boston Maiden Brought
Her Romeo to Time.
1T is a beautiful song he said. as
the tlute-likc tones OF her voice and
the tum tum Of the piano acccmpani-
nent died away in the frescoes of the
ceiling, ''but am not partial 10 secu-
lar music. | love the grand old hymns
best
''lndeedg' She SAID, as she ram her
fairy fingers up and down the seven
octavcs.
YES he exclaimed, enthusiastic-
ally, tho grand old hymns for me-"
"Wcll,' she murmurcd, as a rosy
blush stole over her damask cheeks
and the long, silken lashes shaded the
bright and beautiful eyes, and a sigh
soft as the perfumed zephyr that rus
ties the leaves in the outrageous
grove at V when the diamond dew
drop trcmblcs on the petals of the
modest rose slightly stirred her bosom,
''well | do not know that | can blame
you, for | am fond of a certain him
myself"
Then a season of OSCILLATION ensued,
over which we regretfully drop the
curtain.-B0St0n Courier.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1885-12-26

The London Lancet says that the
pain of the neuralgia headache exper-
fenced by women is generally located
in one or more branches of the second
c~cryical nerve, very commonly those
terminating in the scalp OF the occiput
The nerves of the scalp are irritatcd by
the hair drawn tightly back and put on
the strain, not as a whole, in which the
strain would be spread over alarge area
of the surface, but by small bundles OF
hair, which are pulled back and held in
place by h%air-pins. Relief is often con
s%ciously experienced as q result OF re-
moving the hair-pins, but this has only
Il temporary and partial effect. The in,
jury done i, lasting in its consequences.