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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-02-25

Poker is II of the few games
where the less a fellow knows about
the game the better his opponent likes
it. -Ii9- Bits.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-02-25

If there Is any one who should be
wrapped in slumber." it is Il man who
SHORES
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-02-25

WHAT is the difference between a tube
and a foolish Dutchmany One is II hollow
cylinder and the other is a silly Hollander.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-02-25

Gcppert Mcdlclnum, Cincinnati, throat, lung. merry.
Gus diseases Oxygen cure, pncunatherapy electricity.
physiological massage, medical baths, homeopathy.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-02-25
ADOlPB MEYER &C.,, n M,,9S,'aFfr;
ELY'S
CREAM BALM

IhGd catarrh 80 5dc
h>re trere great sors,
N my nose, N place
"ds eaten Mrogyh.
T''o bottles Of Ely's
Cram Balm did M
'eorh. Ny nose and
hcda are weR. c. s.
N'i!sa, Sibiey, No.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-02-25

PIPE LINEs-those written in favor Of
smoking Texas Sviin4s.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-02-25

PIso's Cure for Consumption is the best
o0ugh Medicine. If you don't believe it,
take a dose. BY druggists, 25c. a bottle. ~
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-02-25

a WINDING sta%ro-watching your best girl
as you hold her skein of floss o.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-02-25

A DOSE in Time Saves Nine of Hale's Hon.
ey of Horehound and Tar for coughs.
Pixies Toothache Drops Curei in one minute
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-02-25
r.CRE|;: !, N Is
nERvURA
NERVE tonic.
Great Spring Medicine.
THE BEST REMEDY rua THE NERVES.

For nervous aud physical exhaustion. weak tired
ulll IhHRulu feelings, with no power or ambition for
HAcrllcl'. II II tue very best remedy and nm absolute.
~ certain euro. IN eases of SlooplpssnCss. wnkpful.
ness anu nervous irrltability It's use will be followed
oy CAIN rcposc ana natural, refreshing sleep. For
nerN business; nervous debility, dependency and de.
preston OF the mind it Is II perfect specific. and liz
cnccts wonderful, For neuralgia, rleumutism
paralysis, nulnbncSs, TREMBLING md INSANITY. il il
tht only recognized sure cure. 1t never TAILS to
cure hcrNOu' ana sick headache, palpitation Of tho
nunrl, hpopleAy, eptleptlc fits, %hystCria, st. Vitus's
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-02-25

instant, and the clouds chased tn
shadows from the lower mountains an,
II came down upon us roaring like al
. ocean storm.
1t was an awful scene. Destruction
seemed at hand, Yet far to our lef
and back of Us the prairie CLEANED il
the sunlight, and the mountains in thC
south glittered as if it were a summer
day.
There was no time to do any thing
but prepare for the blizzard. The
dogs crouched under the seats. the
horses stopped and refused to move,
and We had just time to wrap the
blankets around Us and tuck in the
buffalo robe when the storm came in
all its fury.
A thousand meuageries let loose
would have been silence compared
with the noise OF the storm. 1t was
impossible TO see two rods in anydirec-
ton 1t was almost a, dark aS night,
and hut for the snow which filled the
air. flying upward and downward and
from all parts of the compass. we
should not have been able 10 see the
horses before Us. We managed to turn
them around, but dared not leave the
wagon for fear the blankets and buffa-
10 robes would be swept away.
We now had the storm at our back.
and the wind, which howlcd like a
thousand ticntS. blew the wagon be-
fore it, forcing the horses to walk
along until We were crowded of the
hard beaten road and almost upset,
when the wagon went down the snowy
embankment out on to the prairie.
The cold became intense. Snow as
tine as flour Siftcd under our wraps.
got under orr clothes-in fact, | could
feel it down in my stockings almost
freezing the life out Of me. For a few
minutes the sensation was simply hor-
riblc, We became bewildered and did
not knowin what direction to 90 should
we Get the horses to move on. We
knew the direction Of the storm when
ii first CANA lrs I1;,,,rl- ~
chance a few noin,s ' ~ ,Ea ".g"ls
wc.t Al. l "'' ''''n Ut
.nmc nm, i,n,,'o,. .I,, We 'o''I' re-
bilify fba, yvo ,.nn,5 ',,e WAS " II'o''
ttrrIy arJ No f,a,o, n. ~ Wv" Gu. /
,t'a ~" wy '.'1'" OF loFce 70 stay ,
onjy home law in +, .','. ~ our
wor. . f.,, ,.a,L, '',, .I'' .'y'e ,
town with rira 5',' o,,.l''. 81 ,n'
onI,ir,t "a s,iI, ."'.'>'i= '"' ,
,]o,fn.t T,n "''' >'It 10 run J.
recloni,r ortt,,I. ." 'i'y, We '"', our i
am cow, ''' "o''''' O''" OH u
Rnt Mo- .,.., L.
o,I, ,. , 'o''', LIN Tue ''9IiH AaI ~
Ianso aa " .'y'v'''" IN 'io- ;.
,nro ""i".V' anu Inc temporal :,
t. Il P?"" 70 "'''' seemed twenty VI
'"'',' U'@Ie'' or'o" zero. At q
~ i"V "o'>s' 10 move by get u
r., w 9'l " '"' wagon ana leading them, =,
~ r,'' Wy however "io not folio" Us, y
'",s S'1[ 't III 'Ae wagon under the IL
>y''>' 'c''''r 'Aey WoNld have been u
away lhch had they left the ''
wagon Inc only way We managed to ei
>'"HV was 10y hanging ON to the horses, W
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-02-25

CHARITY bawl-Pleasc, mister, gimme a
cent? Washington Critic.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-02-25

WITH Rronns and signs, and dlzzied eyes,
lie seeks the couch and down he lies;
Nausea ana iaintncSs In him rise,
Brow-rncktnR pains assail him.
Sick headache! But ere long comes ease,
Ills stomach settles into peace.
Within his head the throbbings cease
Pierce Pellets never fail him!
Nor will they fail anyone in such n dire
predicament. To the dyspeptic, the bilious,
and the constipatcd, they are alike "a
friend IN need and "a friend indeed.n
Richard III demanded another horse be-
cause he was tired of the nightmare that
had been ridir- him. -1e-B SUiin.s.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-02-25

The BARRIERS apprentice is generally a
%strapping fellow. boston Commercial .Ad-
tertiSeE,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-02-25

HE professor of pcnmanship can not do a
lourlshing business when he drops his pen
and uses a typewriter.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-02-25
BEST SpHIHs N=njn,ye EuoWn 81

sBDo not fail to use this wonderful discnvory ~
yuu WISH 70 be cured. lie sure and emil for IN.
HRENNES NEtvURA NERVE Tonic Insist unnn
nao'i,e !. ana 10 not be persuaded to take any thing
suri - oiiis Is indeed the greatest ara best of all
rrt'iis H,edIcile', All druggists keCpit. Price. ST.
per tottle. should any druggist not havcit he viii
vi ior you. DIX. of Us w. 18th st,
nrrNons ahd chronic diseases, and may he consulicd
W. o. clarec, personally or By mail. BOOK oN
NERVOUS DISEASES FREE GY MAIL.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-02-25
IHE REs1 % nlnc rnu,n q

IN the spring the blood requires q remedy whicGis
cleansing, purifying, ANA ut the same time strength.
ohills ana lnvigorating. Not only the sick. but those
VINO can thems1lve' well, should keep well bv not
neElcct'ng this Important duty. A few bottl9e Of
DIR. titEENE'S. NEtyURA NERVE TONIC, which ia
purely vegetable, .will remove the lungiid, ]iistioss
W. Wehkeleu feelings duet spring, and restOr the
vitality, yi.Or and energies.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-02-25
The BEST KIDNEY REMEDY.

rue h"heys net rs drains to carry tho worp.out
n ,nu po,SnlQns substances from, the system, and Kid.
IVY clI,lplailltS Always imuro thcgcnpral health hr.
chise these worn-uut substances are retained in lhe
uouf fuf an kidney troubles, weakness and pain
y lne pack, and diseases Of the urinary orrnrs
mere Is no medicine in the world which gives SO
certain ana positive Il cure us DIT. GEEENE's Men.
fItA NERVE ToNIC. ""
Pronounced by the Newspapers, Ministers. Doc.
tors, LAWYERS and the pnpnIp pvorv "a nrn ~, -
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-31

The ways Of the housck Keeper are in
deed made smooth for her in China, in
deed so smooth that, unless she has
children to care for her time often
hangs very heavily on her hands. The
interior management and care Of tho
house IS entirely entrusted 10 the ma
jordomo or butler, called the "kwan
Su," or chief Of tho bottles. But more
frequently he is simply calIel boy"
Bells not being much used in China, you
often hear the cry of "Bhooy}' coming
from tho neighboring house. Do not
be alarmed. 1t is probably only
madame calling for her sedan chair, or
the master who wants his brandy and
soda, the standard drink OF foreigners
all over the far East.
In taking a house in China the first
thing IS 10 get a good boy, the second
TO have him "socured." The securing
consists in getting some rep
utable or wealthy Chinama1 to agree
that if the boy runs away with any
thing he will either produce him or pay
the amount of the loss. The servants in
the East are all of the male Sex AID
women are never employed about a
house except where there are children,
or where lady has an amah as her per-
sonal attendant. The mlhs duties lie
in keeping her mistress'S room in order,
dressing her hair, in short, performing
the duties of lady maid, and, if
there reyoung children, in looking af-
ter them.
in most cases there is one amah to
each child. She receives, according to
qualifications, from s. to $40 month
as wages, out of which she feeds her
self, her wages in fact being higher
than those of the other servants Fe-
male servants are in China, as every
where else, a source of internal discord,
as thoy are constantly carrying tales or
making mischief, and a lady who can
do without an amah thereby gets rid Of
almost the only vcxation in her house
keeping life. - Good Housekeeping.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-31
Welded IN A BLIZZARD

When father took up his claiQ in
Douglass county, Oak, the county was
new and thinly settled. Father and my
three brothers took up a section and
built their four houses on adjoining
corners. 50, as two brothers were mar
ried, we formed little settlement by
ourselves. This was we'll, as our nearest
neighbor lived eleven miles away. 7
was then merry, romping lass of Is, all
the wilder for being just from city life.
The first year very destructive cy-
clone visited that part of the country.
Lying as 1t does between the Missouri
and James rivers, it was feared such
visitations might be frequent, so father
and the boys dug a cave mid way be-
tween the houses. Twice we sought
refuge there and heard the demon Of
destruction at work among the fruits Of
our industry. We escaped without in
jury; but father, who was returning
from the town, twenty miles away,
where we got our mail and supplies, was
badly bruised by the overturning of his
wagon. AS soon as he recovered he and
the boys dug a cave about mid way on
the route to the town. The location
was marked by four tall, upright posts,
which could be seen for long dis tance.
Years passed with no occasion for its
use, but father was always dreading
such time, and kept it in repair.
Four happy years passed, and then a
party of visitors from the east came.
Among them was Frank Healy. We
had been great friends in the past, and
became something more during that
long summer.
We agreed to be married in the
spring, and he would stay until that
time; but early in January he received
summons home to Chicago, and IL
sisted that go along.
So preparations were made for ouI
marriage. We sent to Bunker for 6
minister, but our messenger brought
word he could not get away. "CouIo
we not come to himP We must start
for Chicago at once, so decided to adopt
that plan. Upon the 10Th, after tear
full goodbye to all but father, mother
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-31
500 Tons of Pills a Year.

"There are eleven and One-half tons
of postage stamps sold at the New Y ork
postoffice every year." remarked a
manufacturing chemist to New York
Mail and Express reporter. "Now
guess how many tons Of pills are made
in this country every year.
"What have postage stamps to do
with pills2'
''Nothing whatever, save that each is
useful in its way. only cited the post
office vend to give you an idea a of the
great weight of small things when con-
sidered in bulk. Give it up2 Well, as
nearly as can be figured, they will
amount to over 50 tons year. A ton a
week is q fair estimate. In England
alone there are 2, 600, 600, 900 consumed
every year. That reduced to tons would
make about 40. How many are used
in other countries it would be hard to
say, but the total estimate would not
come far from 40 tons. Say 800 tons
are used a year by the entire world.
The habit of pil-taking is ancient. 1t
is the most convenient form for carry
ing and taking, and is the most popular.
Formerly they were made by hand.
Now they are produced by machinery,
There are a few manu- facturcrs who
make 1000, 900 pills a week. Big
business, isn't it?'
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-31
The Crow and the Farmers Dog.

An old Crow baskcd in the wintry
sunshine on the bough of leafIess tree
just outside the barnyarl fence,
With linking eyes he watched the
Farmers Dog at his dinner of bones,
and waited for chance to steal some
of the remains.
The Dog raised his eyes.
"Be off,. he cried. "'What do you
want in the neighborhood of good and
respectable birds7 You are a vagrant
and good for nothing"
81 may not be very good" calmly re-
Piled the crow, but have managed to
reach prosperous old age, which is
more than can be said for the unfortu-
nate and worthy turkey whose bones
you have just devoured. The truly
good die young. A little worldly wis
dom doesn' hurt US IN the race of life. "
Aud hastily snatching up a bone he
vanished in the frosty air.
This fable is not for the young.---
Life.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-31
Bar Fritchip


Some of the relatives Of the late
Barbara Fritchie in Frederick, Md, re-
Gently sent to Mr., John G. Whittier,
who immortalzcd the venerable lady in
verse, number of table articles which
formerly belonged to Mrs. Fritchie.
Mr.. Whittier acknowledge the re-
ceipt of the articles some days ago and
stated ia his letter that he had become
convinced that hi, poem entitled "BaI
bara Frtchie' was based upon a sup
posed incident that had no foundation
but that he was gla1 to know, never
theless, that she was a loyal woman
baltimore Sun.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-31

The biggest silver nugget in tho
world was recently on exhibition in
New York. 1t weighs G0G IL ounces
and was found at the Greenwood group
Of mines in the State Of Michoacan,
Mexico. Fifty-nine others, weighing
from one to thirty five pounds each.
were found there at the same time. Ths
big nugget was found on the surface,
and in its original condition weighed
twelve pounds more. Il is almost pure
silver. Mr. Watson Of the United States
Assayer's Office, says it is the finest
specimen he ever saw.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-31

The average weight Of mems hearts,
says the Medical News, Is eleven ounces
each, and Of women's only nine ounces.
Thu, when they give and take or eI-
change hearts, man IS the loser, quality
being equal. Mans average brain
weighs forty nine and half ounces and
woman's forty-tour The average
weight for both lungs Is for men forty
five ounces and for women thirty-two.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-31
When the Cows Come Home.


CThis poem, says the Chicago Farmers
Voice, appeared in the Illustrated Christian
Weekly, August 1915 1t has been reprinted
extensively, but inaccurately. 1t is repro
1uced here with the sanction Of the author,
Mrs. Agnes T. Mitchell, and the following is
a corrected and revised copy. The poem
has been credited to an English writer, and
was published some months ago III an Eastern
paper, with the explanatory remark that
the author was not known.
With klingle, klangle, klingle,
Way down the dusky dingle,
The cows are coming home;
Now sweet, and clear, and faint and low.
The airy tinklings come and go,
Like chimings from some far off tower.
Or patterings of an April shower
That makes the daisies grow;
KO-ling, kOlang,
Ko-ling, ko-lang, kolinglelingle
Way down the darkening dingle
The cows come slowly home;
And old time friends, and twilight plays
And starry nights, and sunny days,
Come trooping up the misty ways,
When the cows come home.
With jingle, jangle jingle,
Soft tones that sweetly mingle,
The cows are coming home;
Malvine, and Pearl, and Florimel
De kamp, Redrose, and Gretchen Schell,
Queen Bess, and Sylph, and Spangled Sue
Across the fields l hear her loo-oo
And clanS her silver bell;
Go-ling, go-lang,
Go-ling, go-lang, golinglelingle,
With faint fair sounds that mingle
Tbo Il,
And mother-songs of long gone years.
And baby joys and childish tears,
And youthful hopes, and youthful fears,
When the COWS come home.
With ringle, rangle, ringle,
By twoS and threes and single,
The cows are coming home;
Through violet air we see the town,
And the summer sun slipping down:
The maple in the hazel glade,
Throws down the path a longer shade,
And the hills are growing brown;
TOring, tO-rang,
To-ring, tO-rang, tO-ringlelingle,
By threes and fours and single
The cows come slowly home;
The same sweet sound of wordless psalm,
The same sweet scent of bud and balm,
When the cows come home.
With tinkle, tankle, tinkle,
Through fern and periwinkle,
The cows are coming home;
A lettering in the checkered stream,
Where the sun-rays glance and gleam,
Clarine, Peachbloom, and Phoebe Phyllis,
Stand knee-deep in the creamy lilies
In drowsy dream;
To-lin1, to-lank,
To-link, to-lank, tolinklelingle,
Der the banks with butter-cups a-twinllIe
The cows come slowly home;
And up through Memory's deep ravine
Come the brooks old song and its oId-timt
sheen,
And the crescent of the silver queen,
When the cows come home.
With klingle, klangle, klingle,
With loo-oo, and moO-oo, and jingle,
The cows are coming home;
And over here on Merlin Hill
Hear the piaintive cry of the Whip-poor
will
The dew-drops lie on the tangled vines,
And over the poplars Venus shines,
| And over the silent mill;
Ko-ling, ko-lang
Ko-ling, ko-lang, kolinglelingI
With ting-a-Img and jingle
The cows come slowly hOme;
| Let down the bars, let in the train
/ OF long-gone songs, and flowers, and rain,
For dear old times come back again
When the cows come home.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-31
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

Seven per cent OF the liquor N aie ia
this country Is usod in the arts, most Of
it in shearlng sheep.
Astronomer Proctor says that tho
farther side Of tho moon-the side that
the eye Of man has yer looked upon
is desolate and trigid ike the rest.
When vessels cr timber sink to great
dertsh in the ocean, the pressure j. so
great that the wlt-ri i, by this means
forced into the pores, and tho wood be
comes too neavy to rise agaia.
Observations on the part Of a large
numbe. Of scientists prove that earth
quakes are more frequent at the time
of full moon and change of the
moon than at other times and also more
frequent when the moon is nearest the
earth
In the opinion Of some competent
judges, Photographic procosso' are to
supplant etchjngs as means Of repro
duction. This has already gone SO far
that in Paris several clever ctchcr. have
taken up work upon photograyuro ou
similar plates.
The greatest elevation which has been
attained by man is 81. 600 feet-about
seven miles-tms height having been
reached during a balloon ascent made
by Glaishcr At this tremendous dis
tance above the earth's surface physical
exertion is found to be almost impos
sibIc, owing to the great rarcfaction Of
the atmosphere
In "a new and curious experiment, n
disk of iron, with spindle through i
so that it can be spun like 4 top, is at
tracted by the poles Of magnet when
at rest or moving slow,y, but is re
PEELED by the magnet when spinning
with sufficient velocity. The reaction
of the induced currents exceeds the
magnetic attraction.
During the sinking Of large pits and
wells in Nevada, strltas Of rock salt
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tro,, arao+ hoi,.n4 ho 1ro,s s,ror
orod,oI d;ui.io, into .nolIor nj smor-
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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-31
SCOTLAND NECK N c. THURSDAY MAY 81 1885,

corduroy road" for the high priest TO
walk over, until at least twenty chill
dren had thus received his blessing aud
had the evil spirit driven out Of them.
This ceremony IS supposed to be pan
acca, and there are always numbers o.
invalids brought to the Take during
aginarv i'll.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-31
lie Was Hopeful.

Smith, see you are keeping COM
pany with Miss Jones yet.
Brown-Yes.
docs it mean businessT
Cant tell. Iwouldh't be surprised,
though, if l received proposal soon- -
[Binghamton Republican.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-31

nInEEE EReNvarded are those who read
RU,HI this and then act; they will md
EIVkEE ! honorable employment that Will
not take them from their homes and families
The profits are large and sure for every Indus
trtOus person; many have made and are now
making several hundred dollars a month. 1t Is
easy for any one TO make IS and upwards per
day who is willing to work, Either sex, young
or old; capital not needed; we start you Every
thing new. No special ability required; you,
reader, can do It as well as any one. Write to
Us at once for full particulars, which we mail
free. Address StinsOn & Co, Portland, Maine.
3-22-1v.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-31

An apartment house which does not
yield any proft must be classed among
the '.fat failures"
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-31

nFEnSea Wonders exist In thousands OF
FfOrms, but are surpassed by the mar
gELI vels OF invention Those who are In
need OF profitable work that can be done whi!s
living at home should at once send their address
y Hallett Co, Portland, Maine and receive,
can earn from s. TO $25 per day and upwards
wherever they live You are started free. Capt.
val not required. Some have made over $50 In
s.lSle day at this WORK. All succeed.
3-22-1y.