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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-09-04
UNIVERSITY
Oh
MISSISSIPPI
will open its next session at Oxford on
Thursday, September 30th, 1886

Thursday, September 3Oth, 1885,
The University is in all respects in excel
lent condition. The office of Chancellor
having been voluntarily resigned by Gen
Stewart. Prof. f. Mayes is temporarily
chairman of the Faculty. Addison iioIe,
of Virginia. is Prof. of Greek; D.. j. Wheat
is Prof. of Metaphysics; Or. AL Quinche
IL Prof. of Latin Gen. {. W. Sears is Prof,
of Mathematics; Jno. l." Johnson. is proi.
of,English Language and Literature; H.. Is.
Fulton i, Prof. of Physics and Astronomy =;
DR.. Geo Little of Prof. Of Natural History ;
c. W. Uutson is Prof. of Modern Ian
yrages: Edward Maycs is Prof. and Princl-
bal of the High school; Woodyill Latham
Is Prof. of Chemistry; Miss Sallie MEG.
Isom is Instructor in Elocution F. L. Lar
kin, Tutor.
Tuition is still free and,every Involvement
lis offered to studcnts-malc and female-to
come here.
Apply for Catalogue or information to
an, of The officers.
II. VI. SULLIVAN,
Secretary.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-09-04
The BEST

Hair restorative In the world Is HALLS
HAIR RESEwER. 1t cures all disease. OF
the scalp, and stimulates the hair glands
TO henlthful action. 1t stops the falling Of
the hair; prevents It's turning gray; cure;
badness, and restores youthful color anu
freshness of appearance TO heads already
white with age. The following arc Il few
illustrations Of what Is done by
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-09-04
The Little j."

TIE CONTRACT FOR THE EXTENSION
SIGNED-TliE ROAD TO BE CoMfl'El-
ED TO CoLUMBUslN TWELVE MONTHS.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-09-04
HALLS
Vegetable S1Cilian
HAIR REVIEWER:

Re- Mrs. UuNsBERRY, 5if fTdnk1'h hpo''
g,OOktyn, n. y, nftor u severe attack oil FRY
slpclns in die head, found her hair-slready
prny-hlling OF SO rapidly that she soon became
quite bald. One bottle Of HALLS HAIR he.
NEWER brought 1t back MS soft, brown ana
thick a. when she was Il girl.
s1- Mn. KEsIISG, an old farmer, near Var.
srir, Ina., had scarcely any lair left, aud what
little there WAS Of It had become nearly white.
One bottle Of HALLS HAIR RENEwEE stopped
its falling out, aud gave him a thick, luxurinl,t
head Of hair, as brown and fresh as he ever lad.
e. MRS. A.. r. WALL, Greenfield, Cheshire,
Eng., writes: ~ have found the greatest ben
GIFT from the uso Of HALLS HAIR kENEwEii, It
having restored my hair, which was rapiiy iall.
Ink off, and returned its original color"
E6- DIR. EynL SELF, Detroit, Mich, %certifes
that "HALL's HAIR REVIEWER Is excellent ior
hair growing, and gives back the natural color
10 faded and gray hair"
b. Mns. s. L. ELLIOTT, GlcnrtNe, ". va
saws: "Onc bottle CT HALLS HAIR REVIEWER
restored my hair TO its natural, youthful color
No injurious substances enter into the
composition OF HALLS HAIR RENEwER,
and it il not u dye. lis vegetable ingre-
dients render it inthc highest degree bene-
fetal to the scalp as o preventive OF dis
ease. Its effects are natural and lasting,
and 1t does not make the hair dry and
bra-hv, like the so-cailcd restoratiyes com
pounded with alcohol.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-09-04
At Savannah, Ga.

Savannah. Sept. AT $3.50 o'clock
last night, city time, 6 severe shocks Of
earthquake, lasting fully a minute, and
accompanied By q rumbling noise, werc
felt here, and were followed by several
lesser shocks during the night. .
Men, women and children rushed
from hotels anu residences into the
streets and squares, where many re-
NAMED until 3 or 5 A. NJ, and some
until daylight this morning.
The negroes especially were terribly
frightened. The Bryan Street Baptis'
Church, colorcd, was badly cracked
.i.- niassor fell anon the ncgroc:
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-08-28

How TO TELL WHEN A PERSON Is DEAD
While we are decidedly in favor of crema-
ton, we do not admit that the fear of being
buried alive should be a reason to cause US
to reject burial and to adopt cremation
There are two simple tests by which we can
always convince ourselves whether a person
is really dead or not. One test is the same
that has been crowned with prize by the
French Government, which had for wears
offered large reward for the discovery of
any method, always applicable, always re-
liable, and one that may be practiced by
the most ignorant. The method of deter
mining actual death, which was considered
by the French Government as being worthy
of the reward, is the following When the
fingers of a person who is supposed to be
dead are fully extended, but kept near to-
gether, and if placed in front of candle
light in dark room, a peculiar bright red
color. due TO the capillary circulation, will
be visible where the fingers touch each
other, if there is any life left This test has
thus far proved the most reliable. The
other is based on the well-known fact that
the muscles of a human being will never
respond for a longer time to the strongest
electrical current than for one hour and
half after death while as long as life lasts,
may its evidences be ever so little, the con-
tractility OF the muscles, if not affected by
some forms OF paralysis land in cases thus
affected, when death seems to occur. it al
ways is real), remains.-Ncdicdl and Surgi-
cal ReD0yter
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-08-28
Mrs. Kate Chase,s Children.

Some mistakes have been made in an
nouncing the size of her family. She (Mrs.
Kate Chase, has four children. The old
est, William Sprague, is married, and liv-
ing in Rhode Island. The eldest girl, Ethel,
said to be willowy and remarkably hand
some, came across with her mother, and is
nov visiting a relative on the seashore
near New York. She is said to bring back
the pleasant vision of her mother twenty
years ago, when she was the hostess of her
distinguished fathers residence on Sixth
street, in this city. and presided at his re-
ceptions with a display of courtesy, wit
and dignity that made her a great favorite.
The two youngest children, Catharine, or
q" Kitty" and Portia, are at school in Paris.
What an odd, pretty name ~ exclaimed
a friend of hers yesterday, as she men
toned the youngest.
YES, she said, I'll tell you how Por-
tia came by her classic cognomen. Ballard
Smiths mother, cousin of ours, was much
with me here about the time of Portia' S
birth. | wanted the child to bear a name
that would recall my fathers, for he was
dead then, and | loved and admired him
more than anything else on earth. He was
named Salmon Portland, after the Bible
Salmon and an uncle who lived in Port
land, Ne. ] am my uncle's monument
he used to say. Of course neither of these
names would do for a girl and they proved
unpliable. Mrs. Smith suggested Salmona
and Salma, which were declined, and finally
she said: How will Portia do? Portia
was an upright Judge and said Portia
it shall be- - Washington Letter.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-08-28
As an American He Fought the Duel.

Soon after the Cubans were compelled to
surrender the Virginius TO Uncle Sam
landed in Havana as the agent of an Amer
lean agricultural works. says writer in the
Detroit Free Press. Fortunately for me in
this case | could chatter away in Spanish
with any of them, and though l was born
and reared in Ohio l was supposed to be an
Englishman. Had l given out that | was
straight haired Yankee, the chances of
being mobbed or knitted or shot, would have
been excellent. The feeling against Amefi-
cans was so very bitter that one from the
States was liable to insult and violence on
the public streets.
1 had been here about week when an
American named Charley Whitley, from
Michigan, arrived with his wife Whitley
was an invalid, and had come to Cuba by
the advice of his physician. | remember
him as tall. pale-faced and extremely cour-
teous gentleman, while she was little bit
of woman who was all hope and sunshine.
1t so happened that made their acquaint-
ance the first day they landed, and | felt il
my duty TO warn Whitley of the feeling en-
tanned against our nationality My advice
to him was TO keep close for time and to
carefully avoid being mixed up in any dis
cussion of public nature. He had been
there week withou. anything being said
to him, when one day, as we sat in the ho-
tel reading-room, couple Of Cubans who
spoke very good English came in and took
seats near Us. There was no doubt in my
mind from the first that they meant to
draw Whitley into q trap. They began by
abusing and maligning Americans and
wishing for war, and when he persistently
refused to take notice of them one OF them
deliberately turned upon him and said:
Havana Is nc place for such as you"
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plague in Rhode Island.

Boston drummers who go down to Prov
idence nowadays have TO find some way 10
amuSe themselves, and, as the inspiration
of the bar is now lacking, theyemploy their
time at the hotel in putting up practical
Jokes on one another.
The other day two of the fraternity Saun-
fering out through the back hallway toward
the kitchen came upon three balloon fly
traps standing on table Drumming full of
flies One of the drummers took one of
the traps, while the insects buzzed wildly
within.
Remember" said he, the story of the
old woman who saw one of these full of
fiiez N the window and asked how much
they cost. Fifty cents said the store
keeper. HUH said the old woman, L
wouldn't give fifty cents for all the flies in
the WcsldP"
Chestnut" said the other drummer.
Oh, ssyl I'll tell you Whist We'll do.
Did you see Levi upstairs asleep ON the
bed under the mosquito netting canopy2
Lets take these things upstzirs and empty
them under the mosquito netting"
They carried the plan out at once. The
third drummer was catching mp his sleep
in his room upstairs, snoring blissinlly IN
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-08-28

SHILLING TROUBLED WATERs.-Experi-
ments with the use of oil for controlling
sea waves in 4 storm are continually being
reported, and almost or quite universally
with the most marked success. The won
der is that anyone, with the evidence now
accumulated, should ever think of going
TO sea in any kind of craft without every
needed appliance for this mode of protec-
ton, and still very few sea Captains avail
Themselves of it, The latest report of the
kind is given as follows Captain Sawyer,
of the barkentine Vidette, of Millbridge
says that he has never found anything bet
ter than porpoise oil to calm the angry sea.
He is accustomed to make bags about the
size of buckets out of gunny cloth, stuff
them full of oakum and saturate them with
the oil The Captain says that from one to
three gallons will run vessel through
most any gale till the sea gets regular
Speaking of voyage from Bangor to Bow
ling, Scotland, Captain Sawyer says;
" While hove 10 in Il westerly gale | tried
the experiment of taking in the forward
oil bag. and i'll less than ten minutes the
sea boarded Us forward, and lifted the deck
load and flooded the whole fore part of the
ship, while previously, and after putting
the bag forward, We shipped no water.
These combers of the sea would come
down toward Us turning over like the surf
on the beach, with the same noise attend
ing breakers, bat just as soon as they
reached the oil all was hushed up; we rose
on the top of it all, while ahead and astern
of us it would go combing by in perfect
fury .'-Learistoa Me- journal.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-08-28
Increase of the Ane,o-saxon Race.

The Latin races-that is, France, Italy
and Spain-haYe ceased to be, whatever
any of them may be destined yet To become
again, the mighty factors in the world 5
progress which of old they were They
minister cxquisitely to the comfort, the luz
ury, the culture and the pictUresqueness of
life; but the aptitude for foreign commerce
which they show is comparatively slight,
and in the colonizing business of human
ity they only play a subordinate part.
Moreover, their population, when COM
pared with the population of the Anglo
Saxon and the Teutonic races, is diminish
ing. Thus, in period of a little less than
aggregate population of France Spain and
Italy have only increased from 81 900, coo
to 81, 5000 On the other hand, the pop
ulations of Germany and England during
this period have each trebled. Germany,
in 11SS, had population of about Is 600
0000; in 1885 it had increased to As, 900, 900.
Great Britain, in the same way. had in 1888
q population of 100000; in 1885 the fig
ure is 36000000. Another country largely,
but not exclusively populated by the An
glo-Saxon race (America). has in less than
hundred years increased nearly thirteen
times--that is from less than 1000 600 in
1870 to nearly G0,000000 in 1885. Finally,
it must not be forgotten that Canada. Aus
tralia, South Africa, as well as other Brit
ish dependencies, collectively contain a
population of some 10000 600. chiefly of
Anglo Saxons, and there is every reason TO
believe that the development and increase
of this population will be rapid.-For.-
nightly Repietc.
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sleep Habits of Children.


Many habits and customs. the deleterious
effects of which are recognized, would be-
come things of the past if practical and
simple remedy could be devised. l have
never met with any plainly written advi-
sorry articles on the training of children in
proper sleep habits, except as to time. A
recent experience has led me to study
up on the subject, in the most practical
way, by asking questions of mothers and
nurses. My little patient, whose habits and
conditions led to this investigation is 10
years old. 4 serious and chronic affection
of the kidneys has resulted from excessive
use Of sweets, and consequently lack of ap-
petite for, and assimilation of, nutritious
food. She persistently sleeps prone on the
back with the arms fiexed above her head.
Watching results in seeing her turn on one
side from eight to ten times every night,
but, of course, further result is dimin-
ished sleep, although it is not more restless
than usual. Whether the habit can be per-
manently broken up is difficult to say.
From her birth she exhibited preference
for that position, and had been INDUCED in
il, with the inevitable results of catarrhal
affections, dry throat, eneryating, restless
sleep and aggravation of the kidney diff
cult, as the spine was unduly heated by
constant contact with the he'd.
From the hour of birth babe should be
laid down to sleep with great care; never
should it be permitted to lie on the back
while sleeping. After it begins to play, the
restless limbs are teneticially exercised
while lying so; but 50 soon as sleep comes
the little one should be gently lifted and
placed on the side, with the head raised only
sufficiently TO insure the spine from any
curvature, seeing that there are no folds
in the clothing to torture the tender flesh
especial care being taken to lay the ear
smoothly back. Alternate the sides, or
there will be an unnecessary unevenness of
contour when the child is grown. Do not
crowd the viscera. Lying on the stomach
occasionally is not injurious ii the arms lie
at the side and the face is free to the air
Frequently that proves to be very restful
position to play-weary child.
1t is not difficult matter to teach a child
to sleep with the mouth closed and with
out snoring or ' gritting the teeth" A lady
of 50, who had habitually gritted her teeth
from their first possession, was cured of the
habit in a fortnight by persistent waking at
the first indication OF the sound. The habit
has not been resumed during the five years
since passed.
II mothers could realize how many peo-
pie suffer from bad sleep habits contracted
in childhood, they would pay little atten-
ton to their children at nighttime. beyond
the hustling oil to bed, out of the way"
and the " keeping covered, which is a sort
OF " dim religious duty" kept sight ofout of
fear of the doctors bill rather than Of any
other Observation-Disclosures.
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Brother Gardner's Sermon.

De longer lib on top dis airth de harder
| am convinced dat de man who profits by
your advice GIBBS you no credit fur il. while
de one who loses by it am your enemy. l
has reached dat pass in my private life whar,
in case naybur steps in to AK my opinyum
about de weather fur de mex twenty-four
hours, dodge de inquiry an turn Go con-
versashun to hard cider as soon as possible.
If predict rain an bit it. dar' may be toe
much fur his beans or not huff fur his ia
tiers, an he am sariin to lay it up agin me.
If predict rain an it doan come, he loses
confidence in my judgment an holds me
in contempt.
Fur de las twenty years hev been seek
in de happy medium, an dat's the chief
cause of my bein' hump backed an bow
legged, an liver all upset. | doan want to
be so good dat pusson dares to come an
steal my hens in de daytime, feelin' dat I'll
forgive him. an | doan' want to be so bad
dat none of dc nayburs will dare to come
in an borry soft soap, KNOWN dat | like to
lend. In tryin' to strike de happy medium
my hens hev all died of de pip an none Of
de borrowed soap has been returned.
| want 10 treat all my nayburs alike, bat
wnen johnson comes in an abuses Smith,
an Smith comes in an abuses Johnson. de
happy medium which | search aroun' fur
4
with either.
If pray so loud dat my bazoo floats out
on de night air to de ears Of de nayburhood,
somebody remarks dat wind-power religion
may be all right to trade mules by, but it
doan' reach de gates of heaben. If pray
in such low voice dat nobody HAIRS it, re-
marks are made to de cffeck dat ! has
cooled off good deal since payin' dat bill
fur three months pew rent.
My left-hand naybur has chilren who
am de terror Of Kaintuck. He comes ober
to me in de gloamin' an axes what should
be done. De happy medium would be to
buy mad dog an turn him loose in de
back yard, but de suggestion makes de man
my enemy.
My right hand naybur has chill'en who
am so good dat dey lay down an let dar-
selves be robbed an pounded. He wakes
me up in de mawnin' to AK my advice, an
when tell him to pack dem off to an idiot
asylum he doan speak TO me agin fur six
months.
De medium which we should strive fur
may be divided ND as follows
l. Be deaf in nayburhood quarrels.
9. Be dumb as to mems faults onless you
am in de witness box
). Be silent when you can't praise.
4. If you advise at ALL agree with de
ideas of de pussoHs askin' it.
5. 4 blind man am nebber brought into
Court fur witness.
6. Wisdom am not in knowing such a
powerful sight, but in keepin' shet on what
you doan' know.-Detroa Free Press.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-08-28

You shouldn't make sport of US, JIM"
said Mr.. Mack " 1t isn't Pharaoh, you"
The hat quivered as though stricken with
palsy. Then it tapped the letter l and rap
idly spelled out
James Roberts is my name,
America my nation;
spud Junction, Pa. Is my dwelling place,
And heaven is my expectation.
"Sing us a song"
What kind of a song, Mr.. Roberts p
Yoo-ho-heave-ho."
He wants sailor song" said the
cousin, q and I'll give him one which Mr.
Gilbert and myself made up between us. "
And that cousin insulted the helpless Jim
like this
To lay aloft in bowling breeze
May tickle a landsman taste.
But the happieSt hours q sailor sees
Is when he S ashore
And halfSeaS DER,
With his Nancy on his knees, yco no
And his arm around her waist
And in graveyards grim to groan and sigh
May tickle d landsmanS ghost.
But the jolliest place i'll earth or sky
For the ghost OF Il tar
Is q ghoStly bar
With ghostly Nancies so spry, yeo no!
In ghos.ly grog to toast
After jim, came Mary Royne. whose
mother had been witch, and after her
came miscellaneous assortment of equally
interesting spirits. The Dancing Derby -
was unanimously voted great success.
Mrs. Brown purposes taking out patent
for If
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-08-28

INGENIOUS PETTY SwINDLERs.-The in
genious ways some persons adopt to avoid
paving out their money seem incredible to
those whose walks in life do not bring them
III contact with large numbers of people.
" Here is the latest from the RaU,e.ly Re
ticlo) to beat US poor conductors out of our
fare" said one of the fraternity the other
day. While taking up the tickets, l
reached nicely dressed lady, who was
looking, apparently preoccupied, out of the
open car window and tapping her pocket
book on the window ledge. l touched her
shoulder to attract her attention, when she
jumped as though shot, and dropped her
pocketbook out of the car window. She
began to cry, and what could l do2 Pass
her, Of course, which l did. noted the
place Of the accident, stopped for the
pocketbook the next trip, and found its
contents to be a postage stamp and card
of hooks and eyes. l felt pretty cheap
them
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der hi. mosquito netting. The two eau
tiously crept into the room with their fly
traps, and stealthily lifted the edge OF the
netting, let every fly loose within the can
opy. and then hid themselves in the closet,
with the door half open, to await results.
The buzz of the flies presently arose al
most TO a roar, and they began to alight on
the devoted drummer in myriads. The
men in the closet heard him grooming and
hreshing around ON the bed. Presently he
awoke with gasp and contemplated the
black cloud of flies around him.
Holy Moses y he calculated. Is dis
Rhote Island or is it Eshypt?"
One of the drummers in the closet could
stand it no longer and gave a snort of laugh
ter. Levi leaped out of bed and the two
drummers took to flight.