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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-07-31
AN ENORMOUS FEE.
DR.. Raymond Clears $4,000 in
Two Hours.

A decidedly handsome Young man
was strolling down Fifth avenue, New
York great boulevard Of wealth and
fashion. He was rather tall, well
built. elegantly dressed, but yet did
not seem to be happy. He seemed TO
hc ahscnt-minded, and there VAS on
his face Il carcworn look. \ stout ger
tlcman. about ten years older than the
Young gentleman with the sal, care
worn expression, was coming from the
opposite direction. He stopped and
exclaimed heartily;
why, John, how do YOU do, my dear
hoy? Have you forgotten your old
frirud?'
doctor, ! declare | didn't see you
until You spoke
And yet you were looking right at
me. Don't apologize for I'm not going
To rcproach YOU, When a man marries
one OF the prcttiest. girls in New York
and one who is rich bcsides-it is no
wonder he don't see his friends when
h, meets them on the street
doctor, | am not going to dispute
with YOU for | admit that | am a little
disseminated. 1t is true hat | am
Very happy. but
"But? What do YOU mean by that
qualifying word? Are there any miti-
eating circumstances, so to speak,"
NO, | can't say that there are,
but
There it is again. OF course,
don't want you to give any thing
away. but if YOU have any trouble vou
can copiide it to an old friend with per.
feet safety. Perhaps !, being a doctor,
can suggest a remedy
Il would be perfectly happy if il
were not for my wife mother
Il suppose you board with her, ant
the coffee is like the quality of mere,
Shakespeare writes about. 1t is no
strained?'
''No, the coffee is very good
perhaps the c~oc&roaches are re
markedly versatile?'
''What do you mean by the cock
reaches being vcrsatileP'
81 mean that they appear in dilferen
rolls every morning.
''No, You are very much mistaken
The cooking is every thing that coul
be desired
''May-be your mother-in-law remint
you Of Il vessel under way?'
''Ncssel under way?'
''Yet. when she gets her rancor up.
''My dear friend, YOU are again vel
much mistaken. Mrs. Swiftly, II
wife's mother, is one of the most an
able ladies' | ever met. There is not
ing in the world she would not do
make me happy
.'Thea. you lantern-jawed hypocri,
why arc you going around looking
If you had the toothacheP"
''Becansc she is too kind. She is
votedly attached to her daughter. Th
are as much together as if they W.
Siamese twins. | have been marie
whole week. but | have not been ale
with my wife five minutes since
ceremony. | fully intended to tax
bridal tour, but when Mrs. Swif
said she would.go along to take C
Of us, ! changed my mind. Wher
want to travel for misery, instead
pleasure. | can drive an undertake
wagon. The truth is, my dear doci
that Ii Ia with difficulty that |
per.uadc myself that ] am really nj
tisA."
"yhs, u . bad state VI ,hlnss,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-07-31

Many a case supposed to be radical lung
disease is really one Of liver complaint and
Indigestion, but, unless that diseased
liver can be restored to healthy action, it
will so clog the lungs with corrupting mat.
ter as to bring on their speedy decay, and
then indeed we have consumption, which
is scrofula of the lungs, in It's worst form.
Nothing car be more happily calculated to
nip this danger in the bud than is DIR.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery" BY
druggists.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-07-31

is the sum DR.. Pierce offers for the detec-
ton of any calomel, or other mineral poi.
son or injurious drug, in his justly cele.
bratcd Pheasant Purgativo Pellets. They
are about the Si2o of a mustard seed, there.
fore easily taken while their operation is
unattended by any gripping pain. Bilious
ness, s~ick-headache, bad trste in the mouth,
and jaundice, yield at once before these
little giants" OF your druggist.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-07-31
SAVE YOUR


h''
Soil as IA Fertilizer.
All organisms must, it the course OF
time, be reduced to ashes. In the end,
that which goes through the slow pro-
cc,scs of decay is as surely reduced to
ashes as the wood or coal in our stoves,
or the body in the furnace of the ere
matory. Whatever Of earth there is in
an organism must return to earth
ashes to ashes, dust TO dust. SO, with
out drawing its mineral substances
from the earth, no organism can be
built up. The ash is an important,
even indispensable, part OF every or
| ganiSm. Burn the organism, and the
ash left shows to what extent it was OF
the earth, earthly. 1t is small amount
| compared with the whole bulk, But
| small as it is, it shows the Importance
of having the required mineral ingredi-
| ents present in the soil, if it is Il plant
we wish to grow. or in the food, if it IS
| an animal. As we have said, the burnt
| organism yields up its ash in the pres
| ence of fire. This is all there is OF it
| that remains visible. The rest disap-
pears in the air, in the form of gas. a
| cord of hard wood leaves ten pounds of
remains; of soft wood, only five. 1t
takes e~ighty-tivc bushels of wheat to
make one hundred pounds OF ashes.
The same number of bushels of corn
will yield the same amount. SO Will q
ton of timothy hay, Prof. Kedzie tell,
us that eleven tons of ~gooseberrles, OF
peaches, or apples, would each yiclc
one hundred pounds Of ash. SO would
seven tons of cherries, or plumS, OF
raspbcrrics. TO produce these, we Il
once see the importance of returning
the ash to the soil. Much of it is pot
ash. All of it is necessary. Moral
Do not waste your ashes, but Sav'
them for fertilizingp purposes. -N atjoaa
I h,g SJ,,L -IauruJj
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-07-31

.'In what other particulars:
You Fan work miracles. lou have
completely changed the nature 81 my
mother-in-law. She Staysin her room
and allows us young people to do what
we please.
ii am glad You are pleased, hut there
are better things yet in store for YOU
Tyd good news for YOU.
You don't say So
Your wifc's mother is going tc
move away and let You and Your WIFE
keep house by yourselves,
..Whcrc is she going?
.'She is coming 10 my house.
''Ilave You got rooms to let. asked
Kimhall very much surprised.
MY dear friend, your mother-in-
law is going to marry mo
kmhall was as much surprised as
the lightning when it struck a maya
zine containing fifty thousand pounds
Of powder. He gaSped for breath,
His fingers clutched the gold-headed
cane with .,e tcnacity of a per>plring
grasp of a drummer %clutching his grip
sack.
NO, no. exclaimed Kimball, that
will never do
"n' nov, ~ 5U'Gti;nS ~ Ton tban
many ,Ts,. tbnnrbt Won would
""l ,',"- ,,N;,s ovor 7be goSnel tid.
80"
~ -, ,,, lind exrnct Won
,,iu -. =" ,,ln L"r ran,rt, foo"
,,nii,J Tobn ,-rsSninr he rans firmly.
re 49,, H., 49,, 5,fi.acy in accent
nmr,y, ~, ,ril Iat Won have
at--nt LIN 80 ,,lrr mothrr-iu-law 5
n~r,"nr,r I"
,.Anf tho o,bor halle"
..yomr motbrr-in-Iaw will know
what ~ do WITH II r>rect. You are
stronra MON Nrt,la while 400 Won
"omNsrTa me- IN Moses, who led the
chiltrrn ~ israel ant nj thn house Of
bondarr and now Won rlarr at me 81,
Il ynn rnuIJ r,t mo I'M
IL moJa 4 ry.af mistake in compar-
inc ynu IN Moss" r.pI;ed KimnalI. II
sbT0T,d bays comnarrd you TO the
,rr.a5, nbir5rsn ,f I.rsnI worshiupinr
H. roIirn colf So you took mean
aIv,Ttar. NJ my taLirp 81 lf,r'r walk
+ last nir6+ IN p~ron,sr to my u,o,hcr-in-
law I'M sbo has accented you9"
..That i abnnt tha .i1a nj it. shall
r.v,r f,r[-a, ,anr Kindness i'm talfpr
your wife away Ia,t NIGHT 50 | could
rnt a cbonro IN converse with her
II -1 ~ l.,.-L+.r Ial
rrmoined in tba ro,m would never
baye hsrn ahIn to nom the question.
XIV dosr faIIow + Il r%asirr 10 make a
\sw YorL alderman Give mn his bapdlc
than f,r mo- IN she'd fears. Inf Won 80.
fLat am 50 moved with gratitude
t,varI Won that nv eve. mn, moist
and tIa doctor monncd one of his
cyn. with , corner Of M, hgDdker,
rbi.f
.I'ye = notion IN wear out ,hi,
r]olJ.bnai.I cann on yop " exclaimed
John
III wore in vonr r1,ca I wouldn't
An tba, for If y,u dnn't trr9f Won,
n~r,snnctiyn fatbcr-in.IaT with nr,pr,
r~4.nrr, yon NAV he emf of with .
sbiilinr and then won will have f,
wnrL 7or a 1iv;nr " said tb. doctor
nuf.tlv
lThis Wow If tho oa.a m,la .Iob,
ron.iro y, AVIAN n,,do him nnI:to
81 tbnnrbt Doctor Won s,id ,hat va,
,.ora na,nr rninn wa rat n,,rrt,l
NM, uo- Laf,r, sau, rn,r' ,if,'
mathew whn a. Won SOW !. most omi
{ able lady. whom | never would hay
XXX - 81 ,at L,,on g.. ~, nu,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-07-31

The Portland (Me.) Rite Corps held
its annual reunion the other night, but
there were only two survivors TO ire
unite"--Dr. g. II. Bailey, Second Lieu
Tenant, and w. w. Davis, orderly ser.
gennt, The corps was . part Of the
old TIrst MslnN
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-07-31

"A German engineer wishes TO Sc.
cure a contract for making a high and
dry bridge connection between Europe
and America. He proposes to hang
cable from one side Of the Atlantic to
another, and to suspend from this trsv'
cling enrh
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-07-31

"A Scotch lady once asked n wio-
owed acquaintance as to the character
Of her late husband, "What kind of a
man was hep" "Well," was the surl
gesttve reply, ''hs wal iust nm AZ.
psnss,"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-07-31

Ar the japanese village: Visitor-,l.
land dear in Japanf' JapaneSe-' No
but the ground rent are awful" Visitor
WHAT'S the cause of thatt' Japanese
-" Earthquakes, n-I,td5 SJttys.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-07-31

AMAN seeing on Il dentists sign; Teeth
extracted without pain remarked L: Il
never could get any teeth extracted with
out payin'.'-N. T. Lei75r.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-07-31

The best cough medicine is Piso's Cure
for Consumption. Sold everywhere. 25c.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-07-31

HALLS Hair Remover is cooling to the
scalp and cures all itching eruptions.
For ague, bilious, intermittent, break
bono, and swamp ~fevers, use Ayers Ague
Cure.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-07-31

AFTER all this world is n dangerous
place-very few get out of it alive.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-07-31

Q AaNhNNN ~ w wv 80
like youngbabies, The first six months
they cry a great deal, the second SiN
months they begin to take notice, and
they experiences good deal of difficulty
/ Of getting through the second summer,
Without meaning any disrcSpect toyour
worthy mothcr-in-law, venture the
prediction that she will marry again.
and then YOU will be liberated, In TINS
! country hcmarriagcabl agetor women
runs from twelve 10 n hundred ana
seven
''Don't mention such atnlhE' DOCTOR
as Mrs. Swiftly marrying
Nv ny not. .h-
MY VIE Is 10 inn'',, an nc, Inv
or ; properly II sue l'It'' -
may oe iGi' OUT IN ll' 'o,T I'm .,, NJ NJ
me sItuuueI 10 "'tt l'" '"'N
SWiitIS marrying
"lou are right lu"' "o"," Ion
no. wish 'G"I" 49,,
out doh see no" gan "'
TO YOU ,ra ,.o,,
You can hc'p me- "oS''i , I," His
must, 'aI, aroull' q, ~. ,.r,
evening, MY mosnc'-ln-.""
PHEASANT conE',,3'lou'..?, ' NJ ~ tnn
IKE Il good 9o'.'e Gl WV ', ]mn.;nr
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-07-31
REPRESENTATION

REPRESENTATION,
I went TO rest on yestornght;.
The moon was shinug silver hr gut'
And through the b%oundlesS space on hisH'
stars spanked in the azure sky
The earth. enrolled in living green,
SIN led in the warm rCtulgCpt sheen,
\ food of ght within nv room
Dsvcllcd the darkness and the gloom.
| looked abroad, the stars to number
And soon was lost IN pcaCelui sluthUcr'
And there, beneath the moon : pRIt bedh'
| had a strange and woudrouS cream.
| saw suspended overhead.
Eacn by a tu, silRcu thread,
A var ed group of ripCncd FRUIT
which touch of mai can ne err pouule'
A pleasant stream with gentle How,
Ncgudrreu through the fields Del W.
On il q t~houghtlcSs. listlpSS thronE
Were float ng varclcSSly along;
Intent on pleasure easy roe.
They eager ga1ed on either see
In search OF some new ldie 10y
To MI the measure of Their 10Y,
And only mrtive Chances flung
AT the rich fruit that O'Cr them huhE'
Through the CAV rcld> a ciddy crowd
With 10 ter;ng steps and voices Que,
Wandered in ScnSClCSs chase Tor MOWERS
ltdl lNt anu t4ANiAAA -
Rut W Their in the chill ug blast
when youth is DER and life is past
In their crratiC, wild pursuit,
They saw not the de, ciou, NUT
Within the r grasp, so pure ana sweet
Inviting them to take ana eat
They, too, in seeking hcrtihg pIcNsuteS
Neglect the more enduring treasures
sVift.footcd me, with RAPID stride,
Sppd DER the fields and O cr the Toe
VIDE we're his dusky pin ons spread,
And deep the shadow that they shvd'
\ keen edged scNthc was in his hands,
With which he cut the fragile strands
That held the pendant gifts oNe
The fruitRgc OF Il Father love
VII ch. dropping in the shin ny river,
WAS quickly gone. and gone forever.
With Fastening step Time flew along'
And thus his C~lar,On.nutCd song,
I'm the old sCvthe man, Father lime
who y is every lana and cline;
And n my hands hold a blade
with which | many Il swath have made
! cut the brittle threads q NE
with my Sharp, strong and truSty KNIFE
And when | swing the glllterlnE steer,
None from my stern decree appeal
Drhe fruit above your head suspended,
Nv slight and tender cords depended,
More luscious than plum or peach
ana hanging within easy reach.
Are the Choiee blessings llcUN3T 1870
And on mn toUd truc ulaniVoH ro,r,n,
Stra ghl from lhe hauu u Nuu IT "''
IN every tongue, Tor every CIetu,
Ana ne VINO runs ma! P'a'"'' ''"'
,.sf,b
ana then pcercu WIN s't"itii. 7@"'
10 Tead INC written hauIe, mdtn''
ana WIN lhe Suuil poNtl am
distinctly 10 discern eutm naua'i ta.,,r
Aha lhcie, ~ ldos ~ s."S,e III" ~ = .5r,ps ct
were rFut,iy' luuth' '''' ~
'DutI .t,aa. .,b,r+r"
'forbeafahcc' hIH"heSs' !"P"'"''
-. aa,i.g
nav OF tnnl IVY "l'u ,u,H, 'N.
ana what j. u >utu pltu,uiy NiS'"l
FRAY VINO are thosc VINO ehli ulu l,ul'.u
i'rutalh Tue uIIEnl ~ $50 lug
Ana Time IN soiemh voice rvP"'"'
~ on river u me stream OF re,
WIN every transient p'CHHuIt ~, Col.
And those bruau neldS' SO Ir'Iut am l"''
Win me enchant ~ ntiaS
Ihose oilers now III ION! ; ruct'
May : II away theIr uay Oh traEt
me 1ru.t hot no" HItI1Cls lltII cN''
Ihey thlnk 10 PUCK il uN ana Nv.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-07-31

went to rest on yestcrnght;
The moon was shin NJ silNer or gul, A
Aud through the %boundlesS space on his"'
stars sparkle ed in the azure sky,
The earth. enrolled in living green,
SIN led in the warm rCtulgtHt shteh'
\ food of ght within my room
Dsucllcd the darkness and the gloom
! looked abroad, the stars 10 nulnnt,r
And soon was lost IN peaceful! sumner,
And there, beneath the moon : phIt oe'ln'
/ had a strange and woudruuS dream.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-07-31
THE

ToB,coo lcaves-The cigar stuwps that
are thrown awaY.-RO.tOa I'psk.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-07-31

The old and the young, the black
anil the white, at Lexington, Ky., nsy,
,dcptad merblc'pl~ing Us a reerss.
tians
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-07-31

If afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaac
lhompsonsE Eye Water. Druggists sell it. PC.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-07-31

"BY their works ye shall know them.'-
Watches.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-07-31

Eacn hy a atm, sjlbcu thrcad,
A var cd group of ripCncd fruit,
Which touch of man can ne err pouulc'
A pleasant stream with gentle toW,
N~cGudered through the fields be-. W.
On il q t~houghtlcSs, istlpsS throh-
Were float ng varcleSSlN along
Intent on pleasures easy rde,
They eager gazed on either see
In search OF some new idte Toy
To Mi the measure of their 10Y,
And only furtive g%iauCcs flung
Al the rich fruit that O'Cy them hung.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-06-02
SOCIpL GOSSIP.

He who waits to do great deal of good at
once will never do anything.
Horace Greely's memory will be honore1
in New York on Memorial Day by Horace
Greedy Post, G.. A. Il.
A letter written by Martha Washington
was sold the other day at auction for a hun
dred and fifty-one dollars.
If evil come not, then our fears are vain
And if they come, fears but augment the pain.
Sir Thomas More.
The season has opened when the school
children are seized with sudden sickness and
have to get excused from school to attend
the circus.
Nowadays, the largest white rose obtain
able is not pig enough for the buttonhole of
the youth who does duty as usher at fash
ionable wedding.
The will of the Rev. David Able, of Bur
Hngton, \. j., provides for the establish
ment of a Bible temperance school, for the
thorough classical education of young people
of both sexes.
Among the remarkable sights in Pasadena,
Southern California, are hedges of Gala lilies
and geraniums, the latter ten feet in height.
Rose bushes grow to the height of small trees
and fuchias become large bushes.
A farmer of Ithaca, n Y, had to defer
the completion of some important legal pa
pers the other day because after trying for
twenty minutes in his lawyers office to
recollect the full name of his wife, he failed
to do so.
The thirty-fourth yearly meeting of pro-
gressive friends will be held at Longwood,
Pa, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, June 3,
A. and 5. 1886. Rev. MOncure ID. Conway,
Mary +. Eastman, John p. Forbes, Rev.
Fred Hinckley, Cornelia G. Hussey, Man
gasar Nj. Mangasarian, Rev. Z. G. Ames aad
others will be among the speakers.
"Build up soul a loftier stair:
Build a room in healthier air
Here there is no rest
Better climbs to best.
Inv irlends snail be the eternal stars;
They greet thee through thy easement bars:
Thy homeSick feet they lead
Where thou no house viii need"
Lucy Larcom.
A silver tobacco-box which John Alden
carried in his pocket when in the courtship
of Miles Standish. he presented Priscilla
Mullins the Captains proposal of marriage
is now the property of Mrs. NJ. McFadden.
of Allegheny City, a descendant of John
Alden, belonging TO the ninth generation in
the regular descent. His little silver tobacco
box is curiosity to visitors. Ii is supposed
to be nearly 300 years old.
The First National Bank of Chicago las its
own kitchen and lunch-room in the base
ment where all the officers and employees
from the president down, take their noon
lunch each day. the bank footing the bill.
There are 100 Of these and the cost to the
bank is about s, 900 a year. The bank has
| two motives in supporting this eating at
| tachment: first. the clerks are within easv
call il wanted, and second, they are saved
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-06-02
A PECULIAR PHENOMENON.
Visualized Numbers and Letters-The Inter-
esting Idiosyncrssy of Little Girl.
IScIence1

oclcncesl
In 1880, while was in Washington, | read
MIR. +. Cations note on "Nisualized Numer-
ais, in Nature. After came TO Madison,
probably late in 1881, or nearly 1892 | men
toned my own entire inability to visualize
numerals or anything else of the kind 10
member Of the university faculty, Professor
O.. / was interested to learn that when a
boy he had always conceived the vowel
sounds as having color, and still retained
some traces of his early habit.
spoke of this subject shortly after, and
my daughter Mildred, then about eight
years old. said sue also had colors for the
days of the week, as follows: Monday, blue:
Tuesday, pink; Wednesday, brown or gray;
Thursday, brown or gray; Friday, white;
Saturday; pure white; Sunday, black. 1t was
said laughingly, and at the time il passed to
my mind as a joke, that she wished in
sport TO assume the idiosyncrasies OF elder
persons. A few days after / questioned her
on these colOrs ana she gave me the same
replies. IL was again spoken Of as a kind of
joke and a question of memory, but wrote
the colors down in my memorandum book
for 1892 A year later | produced this and
again questioned her. this time seriously,
and found her answers the same as at first.
Again, August 8, 1885, her replies were the
same.
The tenabity of child's momory is very
remarkable, but was convinced that this
was not case oil memory ana imaglnati0ns,
but true phenomenon of the kind referred
TO. i therefore went further aud
asked her il there were any other phenom-
ena If the kind (she is now eleven and half
years old | found that each letter of the
alphabet had al olor to her, as follows; A,
white; c, yellow. cream color ID, dark blue;
T., red; +, black; G, green; III, white |,
black; J, gray, brown; X. gray; L, dark blue
NJ, n. brown, not much color; o, yellow z,
green; Q, 60; II, brown; S. yellow; r, green ;
L, yellow; Y. white; W. brown; Y, Y, not
much color; 4, greenish.
The prevalence of yellow and green and
the scarcity of reds and pinks are note
worthy. / found she knew these colors in
stantly when | asked for them in any order
What is most remarkable she can instantly
name the brown letters in group the
black ones, etc. Apparently she does
not require to pass the alphabet in
review to decide this. The numbers
also have colors TO her as follows First,
black; ., cream color; 5, blue; 4, brown 3,
white; 6, crimson pink 7, greenish; s, white :;
g. greenish (?l; 10, brown; IL, black; l.,
cream color; -, blue; A. brown; 10, white
that is, ii has the same color as /, II as ,, Is
as 3. etc. These colors are also named in
stantly and in any order in groups. No other
member of my family has this idiosyncrasy.