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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-12-18

|0ADE HAMPTON, who es.
p Of the war TO lose one OF
Eng kicked by a mule VIII 10
narrowly escaped death a
! VII 10 hunt ne. His gun
discharged, killed his
ttnal falling upon the SEN.
y extricatei himself after
When found by the party
'0Gt TO search for him, he
Exhausted, having been
fwarl through the woods
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-12-18

tind is sad to have been dis.
the Pac fc by a British
lie bound from sidney to
was nam d Allison Island,
7ptain Of the steamer. The
TWcen Durour Island and
group, in latitude | deg.
a,'h' longitude li3 deg. 20
.Nis between two and three
l''es from 100 to $50 feet
. and is well wooded
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-12-18

Shopping in the country NO,
ma'am; those are two articles we don I
keep; but the oysters, think, you will
find at the pont-otlicc. and bananas you
can get acros' the way, at the bar
ber's. "-HarPa''s Bazar.
ECONOMY is wealth." If the per-
son who invented this proverb will call
at the office any afternoon we will pre-
sent him a gooily supply of economy
for half its facn value in wealth, We
have more economy than we really
need.-Prairie Farmer.
-''Some idiot has put my pen where
/ can't find it," growled Asperity this
morning, as he rooted about his office
desk. ''Ah, aw, yes; thought so" no
added, in a milder tone, as he hauled
the writing utensil from out behind
his ear.-M. J.. Graphic.
This is the latest witticism with
which W. S. Gilbert is credited. at is
easy enough for Bishops to be good on
a salary of five thousand pounds a
year. said the satirical dramatist, look.
ing around on a select clgcle of literary
friends, "but we have to be good for
nothing a pause, land some of us
are."-M Y. Sun.
-..Now, you will understand. chill
dren" said the teacher of a West S.
school to his advanced class this We
'that the whole is equal to the :
all the parts, and the greater
includes the less. Did an,
hear OF n case in whichtt
the greaterP" "Ye'
lumber dealers son
seven hundred .hon'
-.l--
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-12-18
"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

-Libertv's mouth is a yard wide.
But she keeps it shut.-BurlRgton
Free Press.
Ii a dealer in grave-stones were to
fail, some newspaper would be sure to
refer to the disaster rs "a bust in mar
BILE"
The altitude of an orchard in CALI
fornia is oyer six thousand feet, No
wonder. then, that California apples
come high.
Some claim that the pulley is tho
oldest mechanical invention, but prob
ably the crowbar has a pryor claim
Teas Sytings.
As her father was hanging around,
he merely said. II will see you in dew
time" and she knew he meant in the
evening. -L0weH Citizen.
pitch your voice in a low key"
says q writer on etiquette. We pre-
sumo etiquette can be dispensed with
when trying to wake the boys in the
morning -RttSbHrGh Chronicle.
The Boston Herald makes what 1t
no doubt considers 4 rare pun when it
says: 1.-The Chicago beef men play
for high steaks" 1t certainly can't DO
considered well done.-Troy Times.
Photograph collector-By the way.
I've been making u collection of NOM
strosities lately. F~riend-Indeed! p.
C.-Yes. And that reminds me, will
you kindly let me have n of your
photographs?
-Mamma-Why. Charley. what are
you crying for Charley (who ha.
eaten the only psssa 7i pie there is on
th, plate Whit DIS brother Willie
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-12-18

Fentive Of seas ckness has
ed' 1t works on the Same
nocculation as q preven-
fpoS does. The sensation
n%'t'running elevators is
r''ar to that experienced in
Of sea-sickness, and it
severe course of train.
a'or will SO accus,om the
sensation experienced in
ups and downs of the
1t proof against lief
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-12-18

PRllLARp, the millionaire.
IN the North american Re-
|'eels into line with laborers
remedies for their relief.
|atlonal labor Congress, TO
lradc delegates; favors an
h Of seven judges to do
Festions. Would have tho
'ys and telegraph $, stems
National Government.
Ia ten per cent. tax on
Yer than $4,000 0 in order
and prevent concentla-
IN a few families.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-12-18

! lady 0frank Is so concerned
Fnfulncss Of the French peo-
FlaIhsoi establishing in Paris
|lor the purpose Of Civ ng
al stength France is UNI
FER KICKED, but considering
Of the English nobility, rs
h the bike and Campo Il
PAU shmoni of the proposed
very properly be located ID
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-12-18

| perfect Telephone has been
[stime BY MIcssrs. S. l.. Bar
\, ", Nelms, OF Houston,
/ reported to difcr from the
h and all other telephones;
/ an electric battery, and, it
|ils stood a satisfactory t'st
Of $50 IN les. A caycat
sled from the Patent Office.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-06-11

:Pittsburg, Penn, U. s. A. :
There is nothing more to tell. The
spun glass curiosity-my beloved
souvenir Of the Inventors'-had been
fashioned within q mile of my homo
in Pittsburg." = == #. ~. 3.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-06-11
TIE BEAUTIFUL. LAND or NOD.

Come cnid'e yonr head on my shoulder,
Your head like the golden rod,
And we will go sailing away from here
10 the beautiful Land OF Nod.
Away from LIES hurry and furry and
worry,
Away from earth s shadows and gloom;
10 world OF fair weather We'll float oil
together,
Where TO5eS are always in bloom,
just shut your eyes and fold your hands
Your hands like the leaves OF rose,
And we will 90 sailing to those lair lands
That never an atlas shows.
On the north and west they are bounded
by rest,
On tho south and east by Dreams
It's tho country idbai, where nothing is
But every thing only seems.
Just drop down tho curtains of your dear
Those eyes like bright blue bell
And we will sail out under starlit skies
TO the land where the fairies dwell
Down the river of sleep our bark shall
sweep
Till it reaches that mystical Isle
Which no man hath seen, but where all
have been.
And there we will pause awhile
will Groom you song as we float along
To that shore that is blessed OF God;
Then no! for that lair land, we are of for
that fair la nd
That beautiful Land OF Nod
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-06-11
"A Witch Hazel Divining Rod.

In the year 1864 a. man named
swartwood made his appearance in
Mitchell county, Indiana, claiming tc
point out buried treasures by the use
of divining rod. Abner Mills OF Ur.
bana, Ohio, had about $50 in money,
and of this sum he gave Swartwood
$35 for a witch-hazel rod and set out
to look up buried treasures on his own
account. One day after he had tramp
ed over fields and through the woods
for g. month without any luck, and
when ten or twelve miles to the north
of Salem, he sat down on the bank of a
creek to rest. The rod began to point
to the northwest, and after g. while he
followed the creek down toward the
Ohio until he came to an old saw-mill
in ruins. He entered this place to find
the beams rotted and the roof about
to fall in. AS the rod refused to point
| to any particular corner OF the build
| ing he laid it down, took off his coat
! and began q search. For two hours
he hunted up and down, spying in
every nook and hiding place, and was
about to give up his search when he
discovered on a plate between two
| rafters roll Of cloth. That the roll
had been there for some months was
evident from it's widowed condition.
When it was unrolled Mills found him
self possessed of a leather wallet con
tanning 1000 in greenbacks, a gold
watch, locket set with diamonds and
several valuable diamonds which had
evidently been removed from their set
tings The entire find was worth to
him over So, 200.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-06-11
A Runaway Slave.
Houston (Te4.) Post.

Houston TEX Post.
An article in Southern journal a
few days ago recalled the following in
cldent, which is doubtless remembered
by many people in this State: Soon
after Texas was admitted into the
Union there was a rush of migrants
from the older slave States to the new
and fertile lands OF the Southwest.
Old Plantations were abandoned, or
sold for a nominal sum, and planters,
with their families, slaves and stock,
emigrated in large numbers. The
route from the upper tier of States
was across Georgia to Alabama, and
sthence by boat to a gulfpor Apalachi-
cola or Mobile, from whence vessels
were chartered for New Orleans or Gal
weston. Sometimes, however, the en-
tire Journey was overland. From g.
party OF these emigrants, while they
were travelling through Georgia, q mu-
latto boy disappeared on one occasion.
he was q fne-looking and an in
tefligent boy. In 1853 the people of
thriving city in Georgia were surprised
to hear that popular and energetic
young merchant, a prominent leader
IN society and a member of a fashion.
able church, had been arrested and
lodged in Jail, and their indignation
knew no bounds when they learned
that ne was claimed to be a. runaway
slave of a Texas planter, It appear
ell that the planter had received in
formation from slave dealer, one of
class who kept posted as to runa-
ways, respecting the whereabouts Of
his former slave. A writ of habeas
corpus was sued out; witnesses we've
summoned from the planters former
place Of residence, Virginia, to prove
the identity OF the prisoner, and the
best legal talent was employed on
both sides. The examination extend
ed over a period Of seven weeks The
end came when the prisoner attempt
ed an explanation. He failed to To-
cate his whereabouts previous to the
time when it was alleged he had escaped
from his master, and under the cross
examination of the Texans lawyer he
broke down completely and confessed
that he was q runaway slave, and
that the planter who claimed him was
his master. A large sum of money
was raised to purchase the unfortu-
nate man sfreedom. The Texan, how
ever, refused to accept any reasonable
price for him and took him to Texas.
About q year after, however, the
slave returned to his former home
and with his wife, who was the daugh~
ter OF a prominent citizen, and his
child, moved to q Northern city, VIII ere
he is now living.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-06-11
Strange Experience Of Conduc-
tor

From the Omaha Railway News.
II was on e. Union Pacific train in
August, 1875, when I received the
worst scare ever got in my life, and,
contrary to my usual custom. prayed
a little. We were out near North
Platte when, along in the afternoon,
we were struck by beating rain, &C
companied by considerable wind.
Presently it commenced to hail, and
for fully ten minutes We received O. ter
rife bombardment Of hailstones as
large as a pint cup. The natural We
locity Of such missils would be sufi-
cient for all ordir airy purposes, but
when hurled by u heavy wind they
come with O. force nearly equal to
cannon balls. In q minute every pane
OF glass on the train WAS broken out,
and on many Of the cars the sides and
roofs were broken in. The clatter of
the hailstones striking was awful, and
thescrealns ofthe women and children,
and the groans and prayers of the
men, didn't add to the pleasantness
of the situation. The big hailstones
shot in at the windows of the car with
such force that quite number of the
passengers we're pretty badly hurt.
We soon found that our only protec-
ton was in crawling under the seats,
and this was done by all the passen-
gers. When the storm, began to get
the heaviest the engineer stopped the
train, and he and his fireman sought
shelter. had heard stories OF hail
stones of enormous size before, and
never believed them, but after this ex-
perience have just related I will be-
lieve anything about hail-stones.
When that train pulled into Omaha
it was q sorry spectacle. It looked
as il it had passed through fusilade
of grating guns. The brass-work on
the engine was battered so badly as to
be entirely ruined, the sheet-iron jack
ct over the boiler bursted in several
places, and the smoke-stack battered
all out of shape. The repairs on that
train cost the Union Pacific company
several thousand dollars The pecul-
lar part about this storm was that it
was entirely local, the same as was
the one that passed over Omaha a
week previous. Hailstones that fell
in this city were found, by exact
measurement, to be nine inches in cir
cumference. Ours were larger, if any
thing.''
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-06-11
The Church and the Laborer

Bishop Potter has written q pastor
al letter to his clergy OH the labor cri-
sis, in which, without going far into
the economical side of the case, he
comments with much severity on the
moral condition OF the wealthy class
among us as one OF the causes of the
strange growth Of class hatreds on
American soil. He says in one place:
A nation whose wealth and social
leadership are in the hands of people
who fancy that day after day, like
those of old, they can 'tsit down to
eat and drink and rise up to play"
careless of those who earn the divi-
dends that they spend and pay the
rents OF the tenement houses that they
own, but too often never visit or in
spect, has but one doom before it, and
that the worst. We may cover the
pages of our statute books with laws
regulating strikes and inflicting Sc
verest penalties on those who Or
ganize resistance to the individual
liberty, whether OF employer or work
man; we may drill regiments and per-
feet our police; the safety and welfare
OF g. state is not in these things, it is
in the contentment and loyalty of its
people. And these come by different
road. When capitalists and employ
ers OF labor have forever dismissed the
.fallacy, which may be true enough in
the domain OF political economy, but
it is essentially false in the domain OF
religion, that labor and the laborer
are alike q commodity, to be bought
and sold, employed or dismissed, paid
or underpaid, as the market shall de-
cree; when the interest of workman
and master shall have been owned by
both as one, and the share of the la
boring man shall be something more
than a mere wage; when the principle
of a joint interest in what is produced,
Of all the brains and hands that go to
produce it is wisely and generously
recognized; when the weli-being of our
fellow men, their homes and food, their
pleasures and their higher moral and
spiritual necessities, shall be seen to
be- matters concerning which we may
not dare to say, fam my brothers
keeper?" then, but not till then, may
No hope to heal those grave social di.
visions concerning which there need to
be among rs al, as with Israel Of old,
great searching ofheart." s
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-06-11
How to Select the Choice Cuts and
get Along Without the Butch
er'S Opinion.

From the New York Mail and Express.
The majority OF people who buy
meat depend, as to its quality, upon
the statement OF the man who sells it
to them. A ri III piece ofmeat, in their
eyes, is no different from a poor piece.
4 tough steak or roast is not discov.
cred until it comes on the table. And
yet the quality OF meat can easily be
told by running the finger over it.
People can educate themselves in
meat rs well and as successfully as
they can in art matters.
IF people would investigate this
subject" said an expert, "they need
never ask butchers opinion. Re.
gard should be had for three things
color, grain and the lines OF fat. The
color should be bright and red; the
grain close, SO that when the finger
passes over it, a smooth, even surface
presents itself, and the fat lines should
he fine and run all through the red
flesh.
1.-THE flavor will be preserved and
the tenderness and juiciness can be re-
lied upon. The cook, however, often
fights the butcher, and never fails tc
knock him out when he calls to his
aid the seethiny.pot and the frying
pan"
"Taking beef as the standard fol
butchers wares, the best meat comes
from New Jersey, Illinois, Ohio and
Iowa. In the last three named, the
cattle have good feeding and care and
q short ride to the slaughter pen be-
fore being dressed and sent East. A
Colorado or Texas steer furnishes the
poorest and least desirable meat that
comes to New York. Veal and NUT
ton? Well, veal propely cooked is as
desirable q meat as ever finds its wa3
into market, although it is generally
considered to afford little nourish.
ment and to be hard to digest. Nut,
ton, when it has been allowed to hang
three or four days, is also a whole
some meat. The antipathy of som.
people to it, | believe, results from
their having at one time got hold of 8
leg of strong old sheep. While an old
sheep is always rank, young one is
never so. There is also great differ
ence as to the kind of a sheep it is-a
eve or wether. The wether is al
ways the tenderest and the most fine
" favored; it stands in the same re
lation to mutton that capon does ia
poultry
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-06-11
Hardy Flowers That Will PAY
For the Trouble Of Care.
From Vick's Magazine

From Vick's Magazine.
The snowdrops are host in them
selves, and then comes the very larry
family Of narcissus, or daffodils. I
we are looking back among the pleas
ant scenes Of the past, which are hid
den away in the memory, it is not tn,
grand conservatory we think of, o,
the magnificent orchids that the mind
loves to linger over. No; it is that old
orchard full Of daffodils, CLUSTERING
under the apple tree and in the hedges.
or that old fashioned garden so full o|
snowdrops, and where the scent o!
violets, white pinks, musk and mig
nonnette fills the air III their respect.
I've seasons. With the summer cam,
many things suitable for cutting-th.
columbines, all the dianthus family
the carnation, picotee, pink and sweet
william, the Canterbury bells, dolphin
lums, pyrethrums, single and double
and roses in endless variety. II
special situations p8onies and pop
pies are useful; where show rathe1
than sweetness is demanded, they az,
excellent. For large vases in the cor
ridor or hall they are valuable. AL
theirs family are excellent for cutting
they are not so lasting as many things
but fresh flowers are opening daily ,ant
the effect is gorgeous. Everlastin,
peas, though not so nice as sweet peas
yet they are very snowy. How beauti
full the old white lllium candidum is il
very large. tall glasses or vases. All
the spiraas and the PERENNIAL sunf1ow
ers are good for cutting. The phloxe4
are bright and snowy, and do not las
so long as a good cutting flowe
should. The same may be said of tn
pentstemo:.s and veronicas, but tn
redbeckias and the astors or stall
worts are very valuable in autumn
The japanese anemones, though goo,
Tor cutting, are hardly lasting enough
Foxgloves, though not generally use,
III CUT state, associate we'll with tn
bold groups. -. :I,.I =
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-06-11
Be Careful Who Come.
From the Salt Lake Tribune.

From the Salt Lake Tribune
These are days that make thought
full men wonder what will be when the
55,OOO,OOO people OF this country
shall have increased to three times
that number and when all the fields
shall have been appropriated and all
the mines opened. Ii we cannot get
along now without manifold strikes
and riots how will it be when the idle
population shall have increased ten.
fold and when competition shall have
become 50 sharp, it will only be by the
utmost thrift and care, that the poor
can be fed at all? We must, as q Ma
ton, begin to strip for the contest.
We must have better schools; we must
make more and import less; we must
be more careful to equip men and
women for q life struggle; we must al.
50 be more careful who come to our
shores. 81.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-06-11
Popular Superstitions.
From tho New York Ledger,

From the New York Ledger.
It is very wise to set our faces
against superstitions, but who in his
secret heart does not encourage a fav-
orite one? I never met the person
that did not.
There are many people who hate to
see the new moon over the left shout
der; if they do, Somehow something
always goes wrong" they declare.
They do not believe such things, Of
course, but so it is.
Another cannot endure stranger
who parts him from g. companion
with whom he is walking in the street;
others will not raise umbrellas over
their heads in the house, and there
are men who turn pale if they spill
salt.
| A dry goods merchant of great
wealth believed that his fortune
would depart when he ceased to pat
ronize all old apple woman on a. Ger
tain corner. and there are many who
would fear for their lives if they lost a
certain trinket or jewel.
It is said that the mother of the
Rotshchilds always lived in her queer
! little house, in crooked street, "to
keep her sons their luck" Every
morning servants took her to their
splendid houses in a sedan chair, but
she always slept in the house were
they were born.
Most people have a special dream
that forebodes evil; and know many
, who declare that it is fact that one
who boasts Of being $50 very welp' to.
! day, finds himself i'll on the morrow.
There may be some good reason for
this; it actually happens SO often.
TO stumble up stairs is supposed
to postpone 81 wedding. "You'll not
be married this year." cries some one
And to turn back three times is re-
garded by many as a warning to re.
main at home.
Terror siezes brides heart if it
, rains on her wedding morn, and to
wear the marriage ring for & moment
before it is put on for good is believed
to bring very i'll luck indeed.
As for an opal--the prettiest stone
possible, though ~ very minor Jewel
Il confess to being superstit :ous
about that. 1t is the silliest fancy in
the world, but would not put one
on my finger for anything. Its balefuI
way OF changing from red or blue to
stone color is iiendish, and its fire
that CLOVIS and grows dim by tnrns,
Is uncanny.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-06-11

The late Henry P. Kidder, one OF
the rich Bostonians, left an estate OF
SO, $4,000 -
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-06-11
A, Souvenir of London.
From the Pittsburg Disna Itch

From the Pittsburg Dispatch
II never appreciated Pittsbure till |
struck the Inventors Exposition i'll
London last September" said pro-
fessional gentleman. Then he con
tinued
"strolling through the department
OF pottery and glass exhibits saw 81
placard: Spun Glass Neckties.' The
cherry-lipped English girl entrenched
behind the silver mounted show cases
selected a spun glass scarf in high
colors and gave me a receipt for four
shillings and sixpence. Ihad g. worthy
souvenir ofthe great show. The goods
were only sold by sample, and nv
purchase would be delivered at the
hotel in the morning.
ut didn't come. Three DAYS passed.
Tired of waiting I jumped into q cab
and drove three miles out Queen Road,
l think it was, to the manufact ory-
as indicated by the card. Handed OF
q snuff and tobacco store. where a.
little round, fat, oily Hebrew greeted
me. Yes, 1t WAS the factory. Orders
were so heavy he had failed to fill mine
on time.
"Where is your factory?"
"Yust oud dere."
Through dirty rear window indi-
Gated could see nothing but a squat
tty coal shed. In the little back room
hundreds ofscarfs were being prepared
for mailing. A big box, with q greasy
ollcloth cover, which had been utilized
as breakfast-table, stood near the
window. On the side toward me I
read the legend:
"'From --- =" ~
-. .Pittsburg, Penn, u. 6. A.
There ls nothing more to tell. The