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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-04-27


IL the coming young woman be d
fa' nerl
catered over all the broad prairies Of
the Northwest are hundreds of self-reliant,
t ue Nlue young heroues, living in small,
isolated cabins called shacks, proving ul
claims, entering homesteads and making
money,
1t is lonesome, dreary business, this liv'
ing alone on q wild, unsettled prairie, With
out a face or human form TO welcome one or
cheer ones sontude, but there seems 10 be
a good many young women who have tho
grit to hang to this solitary life long
enough to prove up a claim at least.
Four young ladies in Dakota last year put
their heads together and hit upon an ingen'
ious plan, whereby they could each secure q
claim and yet all live comfortably together
in one house and each be upon herown land.
Instead of building four shacks with ono
room each, they constructed one shack with
four rooms, but so nicely planned that each
room of the square building was on differ
ent quarter section. Each had her own bed
in her own room and In that way each claims
ant at night slept upon her own land.
Society ladies of the city will wonder, nCi
So UluCH HuW llSoc lOulIS 4iNy oCtlASLo i-oa
along without social privileges, as how they
dared live so far away from the doctors.
Why, bless you they never thought OF be-
ing sick. Doctors are not half SO much of a
household necessity as city people are in the
habit of thinking.
For all the ordinary ills Of life, the old
fashioned roots and herbs remedies are
more effective, and much safer in results,
than modern doctors pills and potions.
These latter are so radical in their effects
that, while they may better meet tho
modern desire for quick results, they
frequently permanently iniure the system,
nature rebelling against the unnatural
methods employed
1t is always safest TO follow natural
methods in treating disease The old time
roots and herbs remedies, which our good
old log-cabln grandmothers knew so well
how to prepare, were the best medicines
the world ever knew, because they were
natures remedies.
The modern world needs them. In War
ner's Log CABIN Remedies, and especially
such as Warmers Log Cabin Sarsaparillo
and Warmers Log CABIN Cough and Con
sumption Remedy, the people Of to-day
have an opportunity to secure the healthy
medicines which our rugged ancestors used
with such splendid results.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-04-27
THE TERRIBLE PLAGUE.
Nearly Two Hundred Deaths in Four Day1
at Santos and Rio,

BALTIMORE, April 2t-Health Commis-
sioner Stuart, of this city, received s.
patch from Surgeon General Hamilton, of
the Marine Hospital service, United States
Navy, notifying him that at Santos and
Rio, two ports from which the coffee i'm :
porters of this city received almost all of
their coffee. the yellow fever is raging
with greater virulence than ever before.
The doctors of Rio have become so much
alarmed at the prospective loss of COM
merce of the country that they now call
the disease accesso pernissioso hoping
that the new name will allay the fears of
the proposed tourists. AT the time Of tie
last report from Rio there had been 1sG
deaths from yellow fever in four days.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-04-27
ASYLUM L0OSENESS.
tales OF Wretchedness That Call for
an Investigation.
-uh"''cs sent to Other Institutions Where
inc PROPER Care and Attention Can
Not he Given Them.

LOUISVILLE, KY, April 2O.-No small
sensation has been caused In this city bv
the discovery OF the wretched condition Of
the colored insane patients in the citv
WORK house. The accommodations for
THESE patients in the Anchorage Lunatic
Asylum have long been inadequate, and
ior the past two years the superintendent
OF mat Institution has refused to receiye
any patients at all. The various towns
ana coun les have therefore been com.
PEELED to take care of their own insane
anu miserable state of affairs is the re-
SUIT Inc city of Louisville has been COM
p'iied to send her violent patients to the
city work house, where they are con.
nned In ill-ventila ed dungeons, with no
bed but the bare floor. and no attention
save 'hat which Is afforded by the guards
VINO are compelled to look after the Grim.
inals who are confined in the adjoining
cell-room. Two OF the white patients sent
there In the last month have died of
neglect and an Old negro named Charles
stuart Is dying there to-day from stlrva.
t'on and neglect He has not tasted foo
or liquid for six days, and is too weak to
do either. He raves continually and has
torn his clothing from his emacated
limbs, and lies stark naked on the bare
hooE lie beats his head against the
stone wall like Gagged beast, and h
body Is mass of fostering sores. The
city physicians can do nothing for him,
they say, and he will be suffered to die Ike
dog Mayor Jacob and Superintendent
Long, OF the City Hospital are invest-
gazing the matter, and claim that they
VIII use every effort to ameliorats the con
ditlon OF the oth,r patients. The Leg,la-
ture has appropriated at various time,
ample moneys to make the necessary ad.
ditlons to the Anchorage Asylum, but it
has been squandcred, and the condition Of
theinstitution grow, worse every year.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-04-27
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.
A Father Cuts the Throat, of Two of His
Children, stabs the Other Two to the

A Father Cuts tho Throats of Two Of His
Children, stabs the Other Two to the
Heart and Then Hangs Himself.
ADDISON, N Y, April % Frank Han
cock employed as a fireman in the mill
of Waite & Atwell, at Blue Run, Pa, was
found dead Saturday morning between six
and seven o'clock, having hanged himself
in the bedroom of shanty he occupied
In n bed in the same room lay the bodies
OF his four children, two with their
throat, cut, the other two stabbed to the
heart, The Oldest was ten years and the
youngest four. A butcher knife was used
in killing the children. 1t was then stuck
in the floor to serve as a prop to keep the
door open. After numbering his children,
Hancock threw a rope over one of the raf-
ters of the shanty, stepped upon the box,
and, kicking it away, swung himself Off.
Domestic trouble was undoubtedly the
cause of the tragedy.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-04-27

TlFFN, O., April ga remarkable
meteorological phenomena occurred hore
Saturday night. A heavy rain an ! thunder
storm prevailed, and during tho storm
thousands of snais fell, making noise
like hail. Roofs and walks lay full Of
them, and in Highland addition next morn
ing the ground was covered with them.
Many of the snails were not larger than a
pinhead, while others were Of good size,
No explanation can be given for the re-
markable occurrence.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-04-27
How George Won Her.

ut grieves me to give you pain, Mr..
Ferguson, but fear it can never be.
Try, try to forget me-" L..
IN try. Miss Lauta,, replied the
young man, in n melancholy, hopeless
way. absorbed in the vortex of busi-
ness, as | shall be henceforth, may
be able to still the clamor of my ach-
ing heart and Danish your sweet image
from my mind"
Then you contemplate going into
ousihess?' -.
; IL have made Arrangements, "he said,
In Il hollow voice, "to open a large re-
tail confectionery store"
20. Georgew explained the beauti-
full girl. wildly, a. she flung herself
into his arms, 1.-THE sight Of your suf-
fering is more than can hear am
yours!" Chicago Tribune.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-04-27
CHING LUNG SURPRISED.
AChiness Mandarin Tells What He Knows
Of Western Women.


A Travelled Chinese mandarin who
has lately communicated his impress
sions Of the West to his countrymen
deals with great particularly with tho
position and treatment of women In
Europe. These surprised him beyond
measure. Thus the notion of husband
and wife walking arm in arm in public
places fills him with amusement. "No'
body smiles at It," he says, land even
husband may perform any menlai
task in his wifes presence, yet no one
will laugh at him. Then, again, the
notion of men standing aside to let
woman pass, and the code OF politeness
which requires men to make way for
woman, are to him incomprehensible.
In China when the men are gorged
the women dine off the scraps; but In
the West "at meal-time the men must
wait until the women are seated, and
then take one after another their
| pieces, pnd thefaame rule must be OBJ
served when the meal is fin shed.
| Western women have curious notions
about dress and appearance. "Ihey
set store by large bust and slender
waist, but while the waist can be COM
pressed, the bust can not naturally be
enlarged; the majority have wicker
contriyance made VIII ch is con-
cealed under the bodice on either
| side. and is considered an adorn-
ment If a woman is short
sighted, she will publicly mount spec
tacles. Even young girls in their
teens pass thus along the streets,
and it is not regarded as strange" "
As for low dresses, he observes
in bewilderment that women going
to court regard bare skin as mark
of respect. He is greatly exercised
how to describe kissing; the thing or
word does not exist among Chinese,
and accordingly he is driven to describe
it. 1T is" he says, "a form of cour-
tesy which consists in presenting the
lips to the lower part of the chin ana
making a sound again, children
when visiting their seniors, apply their
mouth to the left or right lips OF the
elder with smacking noise" Women
as shop attendants, women at home
women with mustaches, then engage
the writer's attention, and he passes on
to "at homes" and dances. BESIDES
invitations to dinner there are invita-
tions 10 tea gathering, such as are
occasionally given by wealthy mer-
chants or distinguished officials. When
the time comes invitations are sent to
an equal number Of men and women,
and after these are all assembled, tea
and sugar, milk, bread, and. the like
are set out as aids to conversation.
More particularly are there invitations
to skip and posture, when the host de-
cides what man is to be the partner OF
what woman, and what woman Of what
man.. Then with both arms grasping
each other they leage their r.aoes b
pairs and leap, skip. posture. ana
prance for their m4taQ graf dston
A II IN and womon pra loesiy ia'
kno, n to one another Inay tsEep partin
it, London Times.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-04-27
FIRED AN ASYLUM.
Devltry of a Blind Inmate Almost Causes
A Frightful Calamity.

A Frightful Calamity.
lNDIAYAPoLIs, April 23.-There was a
sensation at the Blind Asylum a few days
ago and a narrow escape from its destruc-
ton by fire. Among the pupils is a bright
but mischievous lad named Lewis jenkins.
He is about fifteen years of age. But the
boy was full of devltry, and of late years
has been ncorrigible. He has even threat
ened to burn the building. Yesterday
morning he undertook to carry the threat
into execution. The bell is rung at six
o'clock TO Gull the pupils from their bed
chambers aud have them prepare for
breakfast an hour later. At five O'Clock
Lewis crept from the fourth floor or boys
ward down TO the uperinendsnt's ofiice
before any of the inmates were astir.
Procuring n match, he set fire to the waste
basket which sat directly underneath the
suparinteudent's desk, or writing table.
The fire soon communicated to the table
and burned through the carpet and into the
floor before it was discovered. No blame
is att ched to the officers of the building.
The toy will be sent home.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-04-27

HIScKLEY, ILL, April 2O.--A cyclone
passed through this village about ten
O'Clock last nj ght, striking the town in the
northwest portion, and continuing
straight ca It. unrooiing and tearing down
every building, sidewalk and tree in its
course. 1t took path about one hundred
feet wide, and lasted probably not over
Il teen seconds. Strange to say, not n
person was killed Or injured beyond few
scratches.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-04-27
BAD FOR BOODLERS.
Passage of the Weldon Bill by the Cana
dian House of Commons

dian House of Commons.
OTTAWA, ONT, April 24-The Weldon
Anti Boodlers' bill passed the House Of
Commons this evening and now goe, to
the Senate. The retrotractive clause was
killed, but an amendment was inserted
that all warrants issued for extcGdt on
should stpulate that the person sh ould be
tried only for the offense mentioned in the
warrant Procuring abortion and
breaches OF trust were added TO tho
crimes mentioned in the bill and black.
mailing and perjury were stricken
out, As passed, the bill includes murder,
counterfeiting forgery, larceny, embezzle.
ment, obtaining money on false pretenses,
rape, abduction, burglary, arson, piracy
abortion, breach of trust and any offenso
construed as felony by Canadian law. The
bill will doubtless pass the Senate in few
days. 1t will not affect persons now in
Canada charged with these ofrenses in tho
United States
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-04-27
THE MONONGAHELA,


Anxiety as to Her Fate-She Must Have
Been Near Samoa During the storm Has
She, Too, Gone Down?
WASHINGTON, April 22.-The Sunday
Herald says: "rhe non arrival of the
Monongahela at Samoa has caused consid.
cradle uneasness in navy circles The
ship has now been out over sixty DAYS
and no word of her arrival has been re-
cevel. The Monongahela left San Fran.
cisco February Is, oade with stores, and
in addition carried large deck load of
coal for use of the fleet now uniformity
destroyed. The distance from San Fran =
cisco to Apia is 1900 miles, and with fa-
vorable winds, such as prevail at this sea :
son. she ought to make the voyage in at
least forty days. Under date Of April 1G,
a cablegram was received from Lieutenant
Wilson at Auckland announcing that he
had chartered vessel to carry the ship
wrecked men to San Francisco, but moth
ing was said about the Monongahela, A
number of naval officers were seen la t
night and they were of the opinion that
the ship, seeing the approach OF the storm,
stood off from the land and went TO sea.
There can be no question that the ship was
in the watch of the hurricane, and when
the gale came on was in the vicinity of
Samoa. The condition of the Mononga-
hela is none Of the best, and it is this fact
that causes so much anxiety.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-04-27
SAVED FROM THE SEA
inc Passengers of the Danmark Are saE
Picked Tn by the Steamer yIsso,rt

'hc passengers of the Danmark Are Safe.
fieked Up by the Steamer Missouri.
LISBON, April 22.-Forty-two of tbo
crew OF the Danmark and all the passen.
gers lett at the Azores by the Missouri
ua'e arrived here. Mr. Raben, the first
oiicer' who IS among them reports that
on April A the Danmark's shaft was broken,
oh the next day the disabled steamer met
'he steamer Missouri, from London March
.ol Tor hiladolphia and Baltimore. The
missouri towed the Danmark until the 9th,
"heh the latter seemed to be about to sink.
nj ilrst the Missouri was only able to take
aooard twenty of the Danmark's pa,sen-
gers but after having jettisoned a portion
oi her cargo she found accommodations
,or all the crew and passengers of the
pahmark The Missouri then pro.
ceeaed to the Azores, and left there
'he hrst and second officers and 32O pas
sehgers. She then continued her Journey
% rhlladelpha with $40 passengers and
'he remainder OF the crew. The captain
ana three engineers of the Danmark left
NE Azores on the l4th for London. The
oanmark was about eight hundred mile,
from Now Foundlatd when the accident
happened. Some say that the engines
oroke down. Engineer Kaas was found
aead IN the engine-room after the acc.
lent. The captain and three engineers
proceeded to London on board steamer
from Demarara. The death of the DIM
MARKS engineer was due to the bursting
OF an engine pipe. The engineer was
Killed on the spot, and the ship was badly
damaged In consequence of thi, damage
together with the breaking of the shaft, the
ve'se was helpless in the heavy seas that
prevailed.
DELAWARE BREAKwATER, DEL, April,
22'--The steamship Missouri, from London,
has just arrived. The Missouri is anchored
distance of three to four miles from this
station. The sea is too rough to admit of
boarding the steamer before daylight with
a small boat
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-04-27
"A LITTLE NONSENSE"

In Ecuador it is understood thai
the employer shall board the cook,
family The case is similar in Amer
lea, only The employer doesn't under
stand it.-Drake's Magazine
The last words of great men are
all recorded in the books, but the last
words of women. great and small,
have always been too much for the
historians journal of Education.
-Rescuer (to man he has just cut
DOWN The boys lynched Yer, and
left yer fur dead, did they? Well, how
do yer feel now?" Half-hanged man
Quite unstrung. boston Beacon.
-Dullard-"Now this is outrageous.
Here's Casket has charged the widow
Jones $500 for her husbands funeral -
Brightly-"Well. you must always ex-
pect stiff bill from an undertaken. -
Lowell Citizen.
Family meatman-'1 understand,
Mr.. Smith, that your eldest daughter
was married yesterday. Permit me to
tender my congratulations. smith
Thanks; If you would do the same by
your meat, however, it would be more
gratifying. s."-Burlington Free Press.
The coal man he whisted melody gay,
As he fixed up the scales in a tanciful way,
And he nodded and smiled while he caroled
this lay
'As we journey through life, let us live by the
weigh
Merchant Traveller
Mrs. Henry. father
wrote me yesterday that he wants to
get II typewriter, What is the best
kind, do you think?" Temperton Tim
mersed in stock questions) Il like
Fem about twenty-four with dark blue
eyes. ."-Munsey's Weekly.
Stranger - 'liow are baseball
prospects in Terre Haute?H Terre
Haute citizen-"Bad. All gone to the
dogs. so to speak" Stranger-"Ah,
that accounts for the sight of so many
CANNES with catchers' masks on,
suppose. "-Terre Haute Express.
"A gentleman meeting friend on
the street stopped him to condole with
him on his emaclated appearance, and
inquired anxiously us to the cause,
ALAS" said the friend, IL have suf-
fered for years with walking in my
sleep. 1have walked out of the door
at night, have been saved when about
to step from an upper window, and am
now so in dread of fatal results that |
fear to sleep at all" IAN easy matter
to cure" replied the first gentleman.
Take car fare to bed with you and
you won't walk. "-Philadelphia Press.
"A Modest Request They were
going home from the opera, and as she
had occupied the most prominent seat
in the box, carrying his $l2 bouquet
and been seen by every one she knew.
she was In a most amiable mood.
Dear Charles" she said, softly. "you
have been very kind tonight, Is there
any thing (nestling closer) that can
do for you before you goP" Yes,
Mabel" was his eager reply. as ho
looked at her rosy lips. you can, II
you-.you will, lend me ten cents to
pay my car fare homo G"-Philadelphis
Inquirer
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-04-27
IiAlF-MlL.E OF RUIN,
Three-and-a-Iialf Million Dollar Fire in
New York,

New York.
NEW York, April 90. The biggest and
hercest fire N,w York has witnessed in
thls generation swept the east bank of the
North river, from Ffty-ninth street tc
what would bc Sixty fifth street, if that
street ran to the river 1t DESTROYED more
than million and a half of property be-
longing to the New York Central rail-
road and at least half a million dollars
worth OF lard, flour and the like belonging
to other persons, notably N X. Fairbanks,
the great Chicago lard merchant The
flames destroyed the two big elevators
"A" and "B, of the Vanderbilt system, n
big brick building stretching from Fifty
ninth street to Slxtieth street. and occu-
pied jointly by the Fairbank Lard Reiin-
cry and the Rossiter stores and wiped out
the dock property OF the Now York Cen =.
tral railroad system from Flfty-ninth to
past Sixty fifth street. AT least one man
was killed in his headlong flight from the
fire at the first outbreak. A number were
injured jumping from windows of tho
burning building, but in the wild terror of
the conflagration 10 account was kept of
them. Tne total loss will reach 70, $40 900
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-04-27

MADRID, April % "A Catholic Congress
will meet here on Wednesday next Car
dinal Benavides will preside and 1,6)l
clorgymcn and laymen will be in attend
ance. The object of the congress is to
pronounce in favor of the restoration of
the temporal power CT the Pope and the
extension of the influence of tho church in
tho schools. The Government has asked
the preates to prevent Carist dcmon-
stration on the occasion.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-04-27
PERSONAL AND lMPERSoNAL

General Boulanger dresses with
extreme elegance. When in civilians
attire he is one OF the most fashionable
men in Paris.
Miss Fannie Macaulay, who died
few days ago at Brighton, England, at
the age Of eighty. was the last sur
viving sister OF Thomas Babington
Macaulay.
One of Murat's daughters, Luisa
Marchesa Rasponi, is said to be still
living, at the age of ninety-two, in
Ravenna, Italy. She was, therefore.
nineteen in 1915. when Napoleon |. was
dethroned and her father shot,
Assistant Doorkeeper Bassett has
been in the employ OF the United
States SJnate for fifty-eight years He
recently celebrated his golden we'd
ding, and was then made the recipient
Of handsome present from the Sem
ators
f. b Ball, the nearest living
relative OF George Washington, oc-
cupies "a stall in the south corridor OF
the Pension Building at Washington,
where he sells cigars and fruit to the
clerks. He is nearly eighty years old,
and bears a striking resemblance to
the Father of his Country.
Philip Armour, the Chicago meat
king, ascribes much Of his success to
good memory. He is said to carry the
details OF his enormous business in his
head, can remember dates as well as
transactions, and never fOrgets a
mans face or name The gift is nat
ural but has been sedulously culti-
waited.
John Wanamaker's country place
at Jcnkin town is said to absorb his at
tention as completely when out of town
as business does at the store in Phil
adelphia. He is a liberal entertainer,
and his hail-fellow freedom and iollity
are contagious. He has splendid
collection of roses and orchids, and his
rhododendrons are famous in the
neighborhood.
Mrs. Stanley Brown, formerly Miss
Mollic Garfield, daughter of the dead
President, is described as a singularly
beautiful woman, with a slender but
almost faultless form. The impressive
effectof her beauty is said to be height
ened by "undisguisablc suggestions of
Sadness which have fingered about
her eyes and mouth ever since the dark
days of 81, when she lost the father
she idolized,
The Duke of Westminster, accord
ing to the latest returns, is still the
richest man in Great Britain, his fort
une being set down at $4,000, 900.
This is pretty big pile, but it isn't
overstating it to say that there are at
least half a dozen men in this country
who could buy out the Duke without
eXhausting the contents OF their
Golfers. America has become the
abode OF the Crpsuses of the earth.
Miss Breckenridge, daughter OF
the Kentucky Congressman, said to a
Washington writer, recently: 1--WE
once lived at the same hotel with Gen
eral and Mrs. Harrison. She is one OF
the sweetest women in the world and
will be very popular. She takes sin
cere pleasure in doing good and max
ing everybody happy, Weyoung girls
were all in love with her. She used
to give us great deal OF pleasure, and
| do not suppose that she was ever
conscious of it.n
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A soldier who had been taken
prisoner had wife and children living
in New Jersey. a good minister,
learning that there was soon to be u
general exchange OF prisoners, and
wishing TO relieve the anxiety of tho
wife, called and told her that her hus-
band would probably be exchanged in
short time Well" said the poor.
broken-hoarted woman, "l love John,
and the children love him, and ii ho
isn't so handsome as some men, | don't
want to exchange him; and | won't
have rebel for u husband, SO nowm
-Detroit Erea Press.