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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-07-03

According to the Kiertanen, in
fereislsvl there lately died q Jew,
named Sribnyi, aged one hundred and
seventeen, who up 10 his last remained
hale and sound, possessed an acute
memory and q sane intellect, and even
q few months before his end. contcm.
plated marrying q ninth time. His cid
eat On was only eighiy.two year, Did
but looked much older.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-07-03

schamburg Ito Jacobs)-You vas n lla,
und n %schoundrel' DO you hoardot?
Jacobs Ito schamburg) i hear Won nj
ready und drinks may be you vas tal.,ns
to yoarselui.- Texas $ihinr,, S
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-07-03

PLEASE remember that GLENN,
Soar presents all the adyantq,
phur Baths at II cheap rate. En1
AND WnlsKER DYE, Black or Brow
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-07-03

Madness in cattle was nee sun
posed to arise from a diStcmpcr in the
internal substance OF their horns, and
furious or mad cattle fpI Their horns
hound with straw,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-07-03

DELICATE diseases of either cav
induced, radically cured. Ad3ra,
cents in stamps for book, World,
sary Medical Association, Bufal+a
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-07-03

For restoring faded and gray h,
original color, use Halls Hair Ro1
Sufferers from malarial di,ordor
a specific in Ayers Ague Cure. +
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-07-03

A New YoRK paper says the m
that city is a white lie.n
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-07-03

TALK is cheap-except thronpb
phone.-NeW BrunSuict Frciaa?'
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-07-03

lr afflicted with Sore Ewes nc
Thoml Son'SE Eye Water. DrugriSt,,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-07-03

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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-07-03

THERE are two things a wom..
got into papers-her front haGl
name. "Hi
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-07-03
Best Goods are Pint Il, Co.,

The Texas SJtiags suggest, 81.
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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-07-03

MUST your kitchen fire be Of n 4
disposition because it goes out cy1
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-07-03

WHEN blacksmiths berir
shoes are turned out faster SIrll
Chicago Nal. 'haA
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-07-03

BACK PAY-Kicking a book az
your Office MerchoJUt lya,ear.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-04-08
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

Gold has been discovered in the
south of France.
French temperance people have not
yet reached the point OF recommending
total abstinence. They advise the re-
striction of drinking to meal times.
The Paris Patrze, which calls the
month of January, 1886, ''the red
month";" shows that on every day of
january there was a murder or an at
tempt at murder in France.
Efforts are still being made to dis
cover the golden candlestick of Solo
mons Temple which Titus carried to
Rome in triumph, and which is sup
posed to be in the bed of the Tiber.
The discovery has recently been
made at Oranienburg, Germany, that
even wild bears are not free from
trichina. 1t is the first case of the kind
officially verified, and steps are being
taken at once to extend the inspection.
DR.. c.. L. Fitch, who has been for
five years in charge of Kakaako Leper
Hospital, in Honolulu, thinks that in
fifteen years there will be only enough
natives left to make curiOSitieS. Liquor
and leprosy are killing them off.
Germany gets the services of her
Iron Chancellor remarkably cheap. Be-
sides the use of his official residence he
receives only about $4,000 year. Mr..
Gladstone's salary is S25, 900, and that
of the British Lord High Chancellor
$4,000.
When a fair maid was wed by
Colonel Cough, of the Hussars, in Lon
don the other day his deep-voiced,
hearty 81 WILL" made the bride jump
so noticeably that everybody smiled.
He was man of Mars who talked in
tones of thunder.
Among the recent discoveries at
Athens is fragment of sculptured mar
Parthenon and the temple of the Nike,
showing the bust of man clad in a
chlamys. The style is said to resemble
thenRic procession.
The Paris pound is quite MENACE
RE. During the past year there were
sent to it the following stray animals,
viz: 5000 dogs, 1,732 horses Q,61S
still harnessed to vehicles), 1913 fowls,
a rabbits, 25 sheep and goats, oxen,
2 squirrels, 1 pig, 1 donkey and 1
monkey.
Alongside the man MerSey Iunnel
a smaller one, seven feet in diameter, is
carried. This exists solely for the sake
of ventilating the larger one, and out of
it the air is sucked by exhaust fans with
such force that it is said the whole body
of the atmosphere is changed every
seven minutes.
1t seems strange to read that "a
convivial gathering was held at the
town of Winterthur, in Switzerland, to
celebrate the one hundred and fiftieth
anniversary of the birth of James Watt.
the great engineer. while the day passed
without any particular notice of the
event in Greenock, Scotland, where he
was born.
HUI Hsueh-yen, the ex-millionaire
and banker of Hongkow, is dead. He
was originally clerk, but acquired
great wealth in the tea trade. which he
subsequently lost in speculation, and
died poor. A Chinese paper says the
losses sustained by HUI in his celebrated
silk speculation were simply fabulous.
and there were probably few merchants
in the whole of China who ever owned
as much as was then sacrificed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-04-08
PITH AND POINT.

An Irishman wrote home to his
friends over the briny that in this blessed
land everybody is so honest reward
has to be offered for thieves.
A fashion item says sealskin sacques
are rapidly growing out of fashion. We
suspect by next fourth of July not a
sealskin sacque will be seen on the
street. -No7rtstoa0a Herald.
-"What makes you love me?" asked
young mother of her little daughter.
81 don't know, mamma, was the reply,
but fink it is because I have known you
so long. Troy Times.
Men may boast of the fragrance of
the genuine Havana cigar. but right
here in San Antonio, aye in our sanctum,
we can find match for the finest cigar
ever made-and smoke it, too, with
the greatest of pleasure.-Ieras Figaro.
"A great many people take off their,
religion with their Sunday clothes and
hang it up in the closet so it will be
fresh next Sunday. 1t is wise thing
to do, for that kind of religion couldn't
stand the racket of everyday tempta-
Chicago Ledger.
1--WE 60 to press at two instead of
four to-day said a Tennessee paper,
Sin order to attend to some business of
Importance in the country At pre-
cisely five minutes of four two high
toned-looking gentlemen with shot-guns
called, and wanted to know where the
editor was.
"A farmer writing to friend, to
whom he felt under obligations for in
Producing a variety of swine, thus un-
bosomed himself: RESPECTED sir, l
went to the fair at Monsoon. I found
several pigs of our species. There was a
great variety of beasts, and was aston
ished at not seeing you there
In Nutshell. -"What's the reason
there are so many divorces nowadays"
asked Mrs. Yerger, who was reading
the morning paper. 81 have studied
the subject thoroughly from every posi-
BILE standpoint, and 1 think can point
out the true cause, and as long as that
cause lasts there will be Divorces re-
piled Colonel Yerger. what is that
caused" 'Matrimony. "-Te1as SJ5.
imgs.
"A married man says looking glass
affords a woman a marvellous amount
of comfort and qualification. He says
his wife thinks ust as much of consult
ing the looking glass when she ties on
her apron as when she ties on her bon
net When there is knock at the door
he goes there at once, but his wife, on
the contrary, ejaculates-'M Mercy, Jo-
seph! who's that?' and dashes for the
looking-glass the first thing.-M Y.
Telegram.
Bobby was awake when his mother
returned home for the theater at mid
night ''Did you say your prayers to
nurse, Bobby" she asked, ''before you
went to bed?" mo" he said sleepily,
81 forgot it, "Well, you had better
cone and say them to me now"
"What!" said Bobby. in drowsy aston
ishment, ''does God stay up all night?'
Life.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-04-08
SALISBURY STEAK.
A Not Unpalatab1e Dish Which Contains
All the Strength of the Beef.

A Not UnpaIatable Dish Which Contains
All the Strength of the Beef.
The Salisbury steak is made by taking
the best slices of the ''round" on the
beef, and chopping it with dull knives.
The object is not to cut, but rather
pound the meat. By thus treating it,
the pulp comes to the top, and the
tough, fbrous portion remains below.
This pulp is scraped off and made into
cakes, like sausage cakes, or into the
shape like good-sized steak, and gently
broiled on a gridiron. 1t has been
found that meat gently cooked is more
digestible than raw. The fire must be
good, so that the meat may be rapidly
broiled, that is, be cooked on the out
side and almost raw inside.
A little salt and pepper and a small
amount of butter added make not at
all unpalatable dish. and one which con-
tains all the strength of the beef, with
the tough. indigestible portion entirely
separated. This diet is used exclusively
in chronic cases by physicians profess
ing to treat according to the Salisbury
method. They use but few drugs, and
what they use are mainly tonics. The
diet is used not only in diseased diges-
ton, but diseases of liver, kidney,
stomach, bowels. nerves, etc., and re-
markable results are said to have been
obtained.-M y Medical Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-04-08

swears for the first time since marriage.
When nearly all the trunks in the car
have been examined commercial trav-
eler comes bustling in. He has been
across the river before, and understands
the whole business. He accosts the Gus
toms officer with friendly air, and
goes straight over to where his trunk is
lying with the rest He puts both hands
into his pockets at once. The right
hand pulls out the key of the trunk and
the left hand a cigar of some good
HAVANA brand. He stoops down to
unlock his trunk, and while finding the
lock the cigar, by some mysterious pro-
cess, changes ownership, and finds itself
in the customs officers vest pocket.
Just then the white chalk descends with
rapid motion and the traveller puts his
key back in his pocket with an air Of
nonchalance only gained by long prac-
tice.
While these scenes are being enacted
in the baggage car another officer is
making an inspection of satcheis and
hand-baggage in the passenger car.
This ordeal is less tiresome than the
other to the passengers. Even the
most perfunctory officer gets tired of
looking at mixture of small toilet
articles, perhaps book or two and a
change of linen. They turn away with
a tired air when satchel is opened con-
| tanning few apples, bottle of con-
densed milk, a nightcap, and an assort-
ment of baby linen. Intending snug
glers are more or less easily recognized.
and a good many small effects are
passed unopened. Detroit Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-04-08

thing to finish all the school-worK-
lessons, themes, exercises before go
ing to bed, than to leave 1T to tne
chance of rising an hour carrier tnan
the accustomed time. It makes you
see, the difference between a certainty
and an accident -.
In the case of my young friend 1ne
good start he had counted upon WaS
lost by the fact that the maid iorS
his request, and never thought OF y
until she rang the bell to awaken tne
rest of the family. Many another poy
loses his good start by not getting up
when he is called.
think if young people knew now
much needless trouble they give tne!.
elders by just this one vexatious haoas
of going to sleep again after they nave
been called in the morning, they woulu
turn over a new leaf
When have ordered breakfast at an
hour much earlier than suits my own
convenience, that Mollie and Marty
may eat it in comfort, and have plenty
of time to set out for school, l. am ho1
in the most cheerful of moods II l am
obliged at least half dozen times IN
the course of an hour to call ''Molile'
Martyr" the call making no impress.
ion. 1t is hardly fairs itp-that II
they do not care for making good starr
in the day for themselves, they should
spoil mine for me.
One thought leads to another. Chill,
dren, believe me that no day is started
we'll if it begins with cross looks anu
fretful words. There is a homely prov
erb about having the black dog on your
shoulder, which means simply that you
are hateful and horrid and disagreeable.
Let us be careful never to be horrid on
purpose. Perhaps we can not help be-
ing slow or stupid, but we all can help
being peevish and perverse.
In starting out in new study-Latin
or algebra or botany-the rate OF your
progress will depend greatly upon the
thoroughness of your beginning. You
would call that man foolish builder
who forgot to look after his founda-
tons, and am sure it is quite as alb
surd to build badly In new study.
Get good start, boys. You will then
go on without failing in the end
Harper's Young People.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-04-08
AN ANT TRAP.
A Simple Mexican Method For the De-
struction of Ant Colonies.

A Simple Mexican Method For the De-
struction of Ant Colonies.
An automatic combination self-adjust-
ing ant trap and intoxicating machine
has been in use for wears in New Mexico
and Arizona, which is worthy of careful
civilized attention The chief blessing
of that arid section is held to be mescal,
a fiery liquor distilled from species of
cactus, and the principal curse is an
immense black ant that considers him
self proprietor of any premises to which
his nest may belong. 1t is said that the
natives could not live without either the
a,escaI or the ants. for while it is only
71escdI that can make a MeXican's life
endurable with the ants. it is only the
ants that can wake Mexican from the
profound coma into which the meScat
plunges him.
The ancient Mexican method of try
ing to get rid of an ants nest was to fill up
the main hatch with fine gunpowder and
touch it off, keep fire boiling over it
night and day for week, or drown it
out with boiling I've. The only result
was that the ants would stay down eel
lar until the trouble was over, and then
cheerfully repair the damage done to
their dwelling. and ''lay for" the Mexi-
can in silent watches of the night with
a vigor and alacrity that were truly
awful.
One dav desperate Mexican poured
a quart of mescdI down his throat and
buried the bottle in the center of the
principal ants nest in his yard, with the
Intention of filling it with burnpowder
and blowing both himself and his en-
emies out of the Territory. Having
buried the bottle to its neck. and
he went to the traders to get
the powder. When he returned.
he found that the bottle was filled
with ants, whom curiosity hadprompted
to drop in, and who, unable to climb
out, were indulging in a rough and
tumble free fight that did the Mexican S
heart no end of good. Another bottle
was quickly procured and filled, and by
sunset the Mexican found himself pro-
prietor of seven quarts of ants in various
stages of muGilation and wrath. To
shake these iI. 6 bonfire was easy, and
thus in day the colony was broken up
forever.
The writer has seen two pounds OF
rifle powder rammed into an ants nest
and prove ineffective in its destruction,
while by the bottle system the work was
thoroughly accomplished in less than a
week by the capture of the last ant in
the communitY.-Scient!s c american.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-04-08
THE SHARK.

Valuable Information Concerning tho
Habits of Various Species.
The various species of sharks and
their allied kindred the rays, skates
and sturgeon were discussed by Prof.
Bickmore in his closing lecture in fish
es. ''Of the cold-blooded vertebrates
living in water" he said, 1.-THE lancelot,
small rare fish, has neither distinct
brain or heart. The sharks show de-
velopment of brain higher than in any
other fish and its approach in some
species to that of man. There are sew
eral hundred species of them, those
better known living in the open sea-
They will follow wreck, steamer or
sailing vessel for thousands of miles,
often lingering about it for months to
secure any thing to eat that may be
thrown overheard by the cook, or on
if he chances to slip into the sea. Some
of the sharks as shown by the fossil
teeth, must have been in the early ages
as large as the whales. I have seen
one thirty-four feet in length that was
captured on the New England coast
a few years ago, and it is reported
that in the southern seas they are still
to be found sixty feet in length.
Illustrations on the screen were
given by Mr.. Bickmore, showing many
of the varied forms of the shark. The
mackerel shark which feeds largely on
mackerel has double row of teeth,
one row of which points inward and
assists in retaining its prey that has
once been seized. These teeth may be
often broken but peculiar feature Of
them is that when thus deprived of a
tooth a new one grows out in the
vacant place. In the man-eating shark
the teeth are separated. This shark
grows to a great size but is compar-
lively rare. Its skin is extremely
rough and in former years was often
used for the purposes of sand paper by
mechanics. One kind of shark has a
row of pointed teeth and a series of
fiat honey plates like paving stones on
which they can grind up into a paste as
in mill, all sorts of shell or bone
fishes. before swallowing them. At
tending the several species of the
shark, said Mr.. Bickmore, may be al
ways found two smaller fish. One OF
these is called the pilot fish by sailors
from their belief that he directs the
shark to his food. The pilot fish is
about fifteen inches long and generally
swims few feet below the shark and
when it sees piece of food first swims
forward to inspect it and then returns
to the shark as if to report. Another
smaller fish called the sucker fish at
taches itself to a portion of the under
portion of the shark and is towed by it,
what it's use may be is not known.
Some species of sharks hunt in packs
like hounds and their nasal organs are
peculiarly formed to extract from the
water any faint by which they can fol-
low up the scent of their prey. The
thrcsher shark lashes the water with a
tail as long as its body, frightening the
fish and driving them into a mass. 1t
then rushes into the school and secures
what it wants. The sharks lay but a
few eggs.-N. Y. Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-04-08
Floods in the South.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, March 31.-Reports
from Georgia say that the greatest fresh
ct ever known has been caused by the re-
cent heavy rains. No trains are moving
and the damages to private and railroad
property will amount to hundreds OF
thousands OF dollars. West Point, Ga,
is flooded, and the heavy iron railroad
aridge swept away. The water is six
feet deep in the streets of Rome. There
iIas been rise of twenty feet in the Chat
tahoochie river, and a number of small
towns are threatened. There is great
distress among the poor
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-04-08
READING FOR THE YOUNG.
WHO KILLED THE BIRD7

Who killed the Chippie?
See where it lies,
The light gone out
Of its bright quick eyes;
This tiny creature, so soft aud brown.
Here on the dead leaves fallen down
But an hour ago
1t felt the sun,
Yet now is its happy
Living done
Born in u nest and made to be,
No human eye.
Perchance, may miss
From numberleSs nocks
A mite like this;
Yet with it something has gone which had
In its way made bough and sunshine glad
Who killed the Chippie2
think know;
This way from school
The children go.
And saw a boy with pebble sling,
And now 1 find this poor dead thing.
He liked perhaps
To prove his skill,
Nor thought how dreadful
1t is to kill:
And though he aimed at it after all,
Was sad at heart when he saw it fall.
lam almost sure
If he heard me say,
"Who was it killed
A bird to day.?
He would wish the cruel deed undone,
And blush TO own himself the one.
u ide A,Ddle.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-04-08
NOT WANTED.
The Reporter Was Smart, hut Was Cor
PEELED to yacate His Seat.

The, Reporter Was Smart, but Was Com
PEELED to vacate His Seat.
DR.. Buckley says that this story was
told him by Mr.. Curtis Guild, of the
Boston Commercial Bulletin. In con-
versing about the power of the press.
he told story too good to be kept. A
number of years ago the manufact-
urers OF large city, not very far from
Boston, undertook to hold a meeting
to which all manufacturers, but manu.
facturers only, were invited, to consid-
err some matter of commercial interest.
The Bulletin sent a very smart reporter
to get all the facts he could about what
was done or proposed at the meeting.
He boldly went in and sat down among
the factory magnates. After some
conversation there was little whis-
pering, and the chairman said: "Is
the gentleman near the door a manu-
facturerp'
Il am" said the reporter, with dig
nifty.
The proceedings continued for a
short time, when the chairman said !.
.'Wil1 the gentleman near the door
kindly inform the meeting what he
manufacturers"
10 this the reporter answered. with
even greater dignity than before: II
am manufacturer of public opinion. ~
"Ah, said the chairman, ..excuse me-
you are the only kind of manufact-
urer not wanted here today
1t was Greek meeting Greek, so far an
wit was concerned, but the manufact.,
urer had the inside track, and the rs.
porter Withdrew Chr,stian Union.