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successful treatment is turpentine one
dram, spirits of camphor one dram;
dose, ~tcaspoonful mixed in a table
spoonful of molasses, either warm
the molasscs or add a little boil
ing water. We have given it with a
syringe instead of a spoon, and the lamb
standing on all fours, instead of turning
him up and running the risk of choking
him to death. The turpentine given
with the spirits of Camphor becomes a
strong anthclmintic, sets free all the
parasites that are securely rolled up in
the pulmonary tissues, when they be-
come s%trangled. unable to hold on to the
membrane; and as a result are coughed
up and either die on the pasture or are
picked up by fowls or other sheep.
Therefore no lambs ought to be allowed
TO pasture on any ground that old sheep
have occupied, but as soon as possible
after weaving be turned on to a fresh
pasture till frost has cleaned the old
pasture,
No. 2 represents scab in sheep. when
it is not developed 40 as to he known to
any one but the experienced shepherd.
The wool becomes loose and rough, even
before the sheep begins to scratch
and leave patches of wool here and
there on every bush or post. The best
treatment for scab is c~arbolated dip
properly prepared with a basis that re.
talns it in solution and leaves a sub
stantial residue on the skin which acts
as a healing balsam, while the medi-
Gated fluid has fulfilled its mission in de-
stroying the acari or scab, or any other
insect that annoys the animal. The
usual treatment is dipping in a solution
of tobacco and sulphur. Take 4 or.
of tobacco, / OF. of sulphur and / gal
Ion of water. Make enough for your
flock. Bring the water to a boiling
heat, then steep the tobacco thoroughly,
and then add the sulphur, stirring it in.
When reduced TO 100 degrees Of temper
ature it is ready for use. Immerse the
sheep in it completely, all but the head.
Remove hard scabs carefully and wash
the raw surfaces. Keep the sheep in a
yard till done dripping.
If prepared sulphate of iron and salt
are mixed and given to the sheep as a
blood-cleansing remedy, many other
diseases besides scab would be prevented.
Some shepherds may wonder why we do
not recommend sulphur as an improve
ment to the above mixture, with salt.
In small focks We approve it, where the
sheep can be sheltered by shed or barn;
but not for sheep that are always in the
open air, exposed to the inclemency of
the weather. Any one sheep that gets
too much sulphur would become a bar.
ometer, and death would ensuc.
No. 3 represents a case of q~minsy.
The disease was always known to the
French to prevail among sheep, and
they are the first writer's to observe and
treat 1t, They called it esquinancie.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-12-28

The kitchen and dining-room furni-
ture of the far East is as simple as the
table utensils. In Burmah the cooking
stove consists of a box of ashes, on the
top of which is built a fire of charcoal.
1t is much the same in Japan, save that
you find here and there little clay stoves
of the rudest description and so small
that only one dish can be cooked at a
time upon them. The stoves of Egypt
and China are much the same, and an
American cooking-range would be q
greater curiosity in the interior of China
than Barnum's show in a country vii
lage. Here fuel is so expensive that the
use of it is reduced to a minimum. Few
fires are used for heating, and many
houses in China use fuel only for cook
ing, and depend upon their wadded cot
ton clothes for warmth. Boiling water
is an article of merchandise in some OF
the cities, and in Pekin / saw great
quantities Of coal and dust mixed with
dirt and offered for sale in the shape OF
little cakes the size of a biscuit. All
over the East manure is, to a large ex.
tent, used as fuel, and this is especially
so in Egypt and India.-F. G. Carpenter,
in Omaha Bee.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-12-28
THE GROWING GIRL,
Mother should BE Slow About Putting
Her Into Tight Stays.

Her Into Tight Stays.
'Shall I put Ethel into corsets?' said
a mother. ''She is getting a big girl
and wants pulling into shape, think"
To me this sounded very sad. Ethel
was a 1.-the, active girl, with a complex
ion like cream and roses. What need to
pull her into any other shape than that
which clever Mother Nature had given
her? Why compress in the f~aintest de
gree her developing muscles, her active,
bounding movements, her healthy in
ternal organs? Mothers may say what
they please about their girls never
wearing tight stays, or COMPRISING
themselves in any way. 1t is the very
nature of stays to press everywhere.
The material they are made of is
hard and unyielding, and worse still IN
ventilating. No muscles can develop,
no pores act so healthily as they ought
under such a close covering. Then the
steel down the front presses upon both
chest and stomach, even if the stays are
not tightly laced.
The clothing of a growing girl should
be light, warm, flexible and ventilating.
] will tell mothers how | manage, and
they can alter or modify to suit them
selves and their girls. First a we'll
fitting bodice of scarlet flannel for
winter and drilling for summer, double
or single, as required, fitting like a
princess robe close to the figure and over
the hips. The bodice can be lightly
boned, like a dress, to keep it in good
shape, but without any steel. 1t can
be made high or low, with sleeves or
without, and should fit as closely as
c~orsets, without their stiffness. -Wom-
an and Home.
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and a postal card-a foreign postal card
for her other ledger, Miss Mercy
Num-. Perhaps Miss Num- herself was a
wee bit to blame for going off, as she did,
away "up country" all of a sudden, for
If she'd been there Curiosity would have
been satisfied at once and gone his way
in peace. But Miss Num- was not there,
while Curiosity was-and the postal
card.
Tho address Widow Pimlott found,
after obeying Curiosity's command to
look at it, was written in a queer, crab
bed, w~riggling sort of script, Some of
the letters took upon themselves airs
and scared loftily above even the loops
of their taller fellows, and If the letter
carrier hadn't told the good landlady
that the postal card aoas for Miss Num-
she'd never have guessed it; but, since
she had been told, it all looked as plain
az day
Beyond the clicking, shining needles
that fought fierce duels over and under
the eyer-interfering thread of honest
gray yarn that was slowly allowing
itself to be fashioned into a thick.
warm foot-covering for her other
ledger, Mr., Nicholas Newcomb, Widow
rimlott did not allow her eyes to rove.
Curiosity still perched there, impishly
intent upon making his victim obey his
mandates and avail herself of this one
good opportunity of obtaining infor-
nation without any n being the
wiser. His was, at first, a hard and
seemingly useless task; but he knew
his own great power and his victims
weakness, and SO sat at his ease close
beside the modest little pile of mail
matter, until a sudden gust blew down
the chimney, laughed at his lack of en-
terprise and blew the card straight
into the lap of the Widow Pimlott!
Miss Nunn's landlady carefully ad-
justed her glasses afresh, and, t%acitly
accepting this breezy invitation to avail
herself of hat for which her soul
thirsted, began slowly and laboredly to
deciphcr the miserable script. 1t is to
be hoped that curiosity was satisfied by
what followed, for a small shrek ema-
mated from the Widow Pimlott's lips as
that lady, in spelling out the message,
read as follows:
oiled at Catamarca, South America,
on the 18th inst, of consumption, your
uncle, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Num-, the mill
ionaire."
1t was difficult to read, but she read
it; 1t was hard to understand, but she
understood it; and it was her very in
significance hitherto, when put In the
balance with her sudden new and great
Importance, that caused the little ledger
TO rise high in the scale Of her landlady's
favor. The Widow Pimlotts heart was
filled to overlooking with pleasant an
ticipations, sudden affection and long
Ing for the poor, little, Woodworking
"plain sewer" who had left her only
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-12-28

leaned q bonnetsd llttis head ssaisst
the Widow Pimlott's ample shoulder
and wept for joy!
The first OF January Oame with noise
and clatter and chime Of bells-wtth
promise Of JOY and gladness so full and
great that all the little shadows hid
themselves from sight, and the golden
sun Of Mercy's life rose with the glad
New Year.
After breakfast-after coffee, rich and
fragrant-atter batter-cakes and honey
and omelette-as a sort Of a literary
dessert a postal card is handed across
the pretty round table to the bride be-
hind the coffee things. She reads it, and
looking straight into the eyes OF her
lord and master, says:
Poor, dear old uncle! He never was
very strong, Nicholas, always fragile
and invalidish. When he could preach
no longer the church made up a purse
and sent him to South America for his
health-besides, it was cheaper living
there, and you know to a very poor per-
son that is a question of great moment
miss Nunn-Mrs. Newcomb-mercy
will %you-won't you"
"Why, what is it, Nicholas?"
neutrality-suspicious.
She obeys. Clearly, too clearly, the
words fall upon poor old Nick's ears:
''Died at Catamarca, South America, on
on the i2th inst, of consumption, your
uncle Nebuchadnezzar Mum, the mis-
sionary."
1t is over. His dream is ended; the
golden glory fades from the horizon OF
his hopes; the dead sea fruit Of his am
billions lies scattered upon the barren
soil. and he hceds not that the soft
voice goes on in explanation. Tho only
explanation that can affect him has been
made pitilessly plain to him; he does
not care to hear that Uncle Nebdied the
glorious death of a martyr-he is dying
a thousand deaths as silently the castles
tumble about him where he stands, an
outraged, disappointed man, knee deep
in tho heaps OF their CHASTITY ashes!
What that New Years Day brought to
Nicholas Newcomb ! simply have not
the power to tell. Busy until nearly
noon-time supplying the surrounding
neighborhood with forgotten odds and
ends for their New Years dinners, the
canned corn and tomatoes, the boxes Of
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-12-28

bronchialis. The worm that causes all
the trouble is a ~filaria, and it is found
most %abundantly in the bronchial tubes,
or branches of the trachea. a lamb
affected will sometimes stranglc and
| cough till it falls, as in the illustration.
Tho great difficulty of reaching these
parasites with any kind o. anthelmintic,
or parasitic destroyer, is that the medi-
cine must first reach the stomach and
then become absorbed by the circulation
before it acts ON the worms, when 1t does
so as an excitent through the lobes of
the lungs, The various remedies that
have been tried from time to time have
resulted in a cure in most cases where
the lamb has not gone too far in deple-
ton. and is so weak as to succumb under
the treatment.
Garlic in a dry, powdered state, given
in bran, burnt oats, sunflower seed and
ground cloves has been tried with sue
cess so far, but unless the lamb has
been accustomed to dried food il can not
be given to do much good. As these in
gradients are volatile, they act on the
filaria adhering to the mucous mem
branc of the windpipe like so many
leeches and depicting the animal of all
vitality, and rendering them in a meas
ure bloodless. Asafetida, among other
remedies, can be used like the last men,
toned, in a powdered state. We have
found this to be more Supplying,
especially for lambs.
Salicylic acid given in small quanti-
ties, in water to drink, was tried with
uncertain success; the live parasites
thrown out of the mouth were taken up
by healthy sheep and were spread in the
flock in that way. And even if the en-
bryo or egg becomes detached it propa-
gates in the water, and will keep alive,
especially if the water is stagnant, till
frost destroys it. The safest and most
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-12-28
FARMING WORLD
DISEASES OF SHEEP.
Treatment for Prevention u lure.
How to Have a Healthy Flock

Treatment for Prevention u ture-
How to Have n Healthy Flock.
The sheep is second to no other
domestic animal in its Importance to
man, and, strange to say, less is known
as to the proper treatment OF the dlS-
eases it is heir to. Sheep are found IN
all climates where any of the domestic
animals are found. They have a double
value as producers of wool and mutton
The latter is regarded as the safest
meat that can be eaten. Tn. illuStra-
tons given represent some of the symp-
tons of several diseases that prevail
among sheep. No. l represents Il sheep
afflicted with what is popularity called
paper skin, sometimes called verminous
bronchitis, but the proper term is hlarla
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-12-28

paresthmitis; the English termed it
sore throat. No veterinary work in this
country has taken up the disease,
although few flocks escape it. 1t is
what is known as cora. Every muscle
and, gland Of the throat and neck is
affected less or more, and unless the
shepherd notices the stiff neck and
Discrimination to feed, and gives prompt
treatment, the throat will swell so as TO
choke to death. The only remedy is to
remove the sick from the healthy, to a
comfortable place, and clip the wool off
the throat and neck SO as to get the
benefit OF external applications, of hot
salt, bran, or flannel cloths wrung gu,
Of hot water. A slight blister (mustard)
has been tried, but 1t Is not a succosy
%. STUART v. s., In Ohio FArmsr,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-12-28

last Thursday to go for a fortnight's stay
at Farmer Wheatfield's, for the farmers
two daughters we're both to marry in a
month, and their mother said it twas
cheaper" to have "a woman in the
house" to do the necessary sewing be-
forehand.
Clicketty, clicketty click, went the
needles again, and faster and faster and
faster went the thoughts Of Widow PIN
lott, as they spun round the hub of this
wonderful news. till at last, without
warming, the ball of yarn let 60 its hold
upon the little crushed bunch of paper
upon which 1t had been wound and al
lowed it to rattle to the floor.
Goodness me! the yarn Is all gone
Well, I'll just run over to old Nick's and
ret q fresh yank. Think I'll just tell hin
about the hull thing. Men gin'rally
know what to do in such cases." ant
with these words ON went the quilted
black bonnet, the big double shawl ant
the thick wooden mittens.
Nicholas Ncwcomb, bachelor, sat upor
a -four barrel warm corner OF hi
shop awaitin. GU mers. When he frs
came into .he district, years and years
ngo, the grocer was respectfully ad
dressed al Mr.. Newcomb; then, as time
passed, and the stalwart figure grew ia
miliar, people called him Nicholas New
comb; and as the gray crept to his tenn
pies he began to be known as "old'
Nicholas Newcomb; then, at a subse'
Quent period, as ''old Nicholas" which
appelation d~egenerated, after q lapse OF
time, into ''old Nick" and so widely
spread and usual was the application OF
this very irrcycrent cognomen that 1t
kad long ceased to offend the ear even
- posscssor himself.
plas Ncwcomb, ! say, st upon >
-c, ~ y warsn corner Of his shop
A>atoueZ. Mad ~ ~ waited
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rnnSumntInn Surely Cnred.

TO THE EDlroR:-Please inform your
readers that | have Il positive remedy for
the above named disease. BY its timely
use thousands of hopeless cases have been
permanently cured. | shall be glad to send
Two bottles of my remedy FREE to any OF
your readers who have consumption If they
win send me their express and post Office
address. Respectfully, 4. A. SLocuM, NJ. C..
Isl Pearl street, New York.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-12-28

Headaches and Fcvers, to cleanse the sys-
TEN cncctually, yet gently, when costive or
bilious, or when the blood is impure or
sluggish, to permanently cure habitual
constipation, to awaken the kidneys and
liver to a healthy activity misunderstanding
or weakening them, use Syrup of Figs.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-12-28

ALL disorders caused by a bilious state Of
the system can be cured by using Carriers
Little Liver Pills. No pain, gripping or dis.
comfort attending their use. Try them.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-12-28

Whey hOpod u guIde III patHW Hys sWyef. :,
Itnced not be in many cases.
ms women arc dying daily whose live.
MIGHT have been saved. 1t seems to be {
widespread opinion that when a woman /:
slowly fading away with the diseases which
r out OF female weaknesses and irregu
Iartics that there is no help for her. Sh'
is doomed to death But this IS not true
DR. Plcrce's Favorito Prescription is con
stantly restoring women afflicted with dis
oascs of this class to health and happiness
IL is the only medicine for their ailments
sold by druggists, under a positive guarantee
from the manufacturers of its giving salts
faction in every case, or money paid Tor
will be refunded.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-12-28

The late Wilkie Collins never passed
a day without taking up n Of the Wa
verify novels. He had q rery warm i'd
miration for tho geniu, Of the elder
fmmas and Of vs.rsc, but especially ~
jurmes.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-12-28

Is it ECONOMY to save a few cents buying @
cheap soap or strong washing powder, ant
lose d0'rrs in ruined rotted clothes. If not
use DObbins' Electric Soap, white as snow
and as pure. Ask your grocer for it.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-12-28
Oregon, the Paradise of Farmers.

Mild, cquable climate, certain and abundant
crops, Best fruit, grain, grass, stock country
in the world. Full Information free. Address
Oregon immigration Board, Portland, Oregon
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-12-28

There is a man in Atchison, and We
VIII guarantee that there is not another
a in the country like him. lie has
four children, and he remembers the are
and date Of birth Of each of them.-
Atchison Globe.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-12-28

the inquisitiveness
of Deborah Ann
Pimlott, it would
never have hap
pened; but Curiosity
her well-beloved
familiar in
with the letter car
rier and perched
upon the table close
beside a newspaper
and letter for one
of her dodgers, Mr..
Nicholas Newcomb,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-12-28

IT is paradoxical, to say the least, that the
higher classes are the lore classes, and the
lower the hire. Lawrence American.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-12-28

THROAT DISEASES commence with n Cough,
Cold or Sore Throat "Bropn's Bronchial
Irochcsn give immediate relief. Sold only
IN boxes. Price % cts.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-12-28

A M,noMrTAN law says that a girl may
marry herself by a smile. II a similar law
prevailed in this country, many young
ladies would regret that they couldn't be d.
yorced by a tear.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-12-28

The less a woman believes in q man tho
greater the respect he is apt to feel toward
her. milwaukee journal.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-12-28


violets; we have drunk
Cool water from the rock, and in the shade
Sank to the noontide slumber; We have
pluoked
The mellow fruitage OF the bending tree,
And girded to our pleasant wanderings
When the cool winds came freshly from the
hills;
And when the tinting Of the Autumn leaves
lad faded from its glory, We have sat
nv the good fires Of Winter, and reioiced
over the fullneSs OF the gathered sheaf.
God hath been very good" IT'S lie whose
hand
Nodded the sunny hills, and followed out
The shelter of the valleys, and doth keep
The fountains in their secret places cool;
And il is He who leadeth up the sun,
And ordereth the starry influences,
An tempered the keenneSs OF the frost;
And, therefore, in the plenty Of the feast,
And in the lifting of the cup, let Him
Wave praises for the w~ell-completed year.
WILLIS,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-12-28

IT looks like a Matchmaking scheme for
any alderman to suggest that the city
should move away and give tho railroads a
chance.-N. o. Picayune.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-12-28

SOMETHING attractive in the way Of q
cigarette holdcr-a pretty girls mouth
Rochester Post Express.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-12-28

MAN wants but little here below, but
when no can't get it he is in want Of every
thing
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-12-28

"A groan in time saved an Ottawa
man from burial alive. He uttered II
Just Is his casket was being lowered TO
the grave
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-12-28

A CHICAGO druggist retailed over 100, 900
''Tansill's Punch' DC. Cigars in four months.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-12-28

BEST, easiest to use and cheapest. Piso's
Remedy for Catarrh. BY druggists. 25c.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-12-28

If women were elected to our Legislatures
there would be no scarcity Of candidates for
Speaker. -kearncy Enterprise.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-12-28

THE philosopher is like the moon-hi
brightness is due TO reflection. He is not
always bright when he is full, however,
Terrc uaute Express.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-12-28

catarrhal Deamess-Hay Fever-A New
Home Treatment.

S,tTerers are not generally aware that
49, diseases arc contagious, or that they
e erc 5ne TO the presence Of living parasites
in the lining membrane OF the nose n
as,.c,,cr has proved this to be a fact, and
N "recsnIt of this discovery is that n simple
.n orredv has been formulated whereby
CIatorrh. Hay Fever and Catarrhal Deafness
0ro n~crmancntly cured in from one 70 three
SIMPLE applications made ut home by the
nnticnt once in W weeks.
N. B.-This treatment is not snnn or an
Uonn,nbic physicians us injurious. A pamph'
i ~ cynlniniue this new treatment is sent on
rcccint of three cents in stamps to pay
nostare by A. II. Dixon q Son, cor. OF John
md King Street, Toronto, Canada.-Chrs
nan Advocate. -
Sufferers from Catarrhal troubles should
carefully read the above.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-12-28

AKENsIDE, the author OF Pleasures of
imagination" was the son OF a butcher in
neutrality-suspicious.. .
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-12-28

If afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaac
Thompson'sE Eye Water, Druggists sell il. 25t
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-12-28

DIR. Pierce's Pellets, tho original and only
genuine Little Liver Pills; rs cents a vial
one Il dose.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-12-28

A DISPUTE over the coal bill is likely to b,
a heated controversy.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-12-28

MARRIAGE never will be a failure till bach
elors' buttons cease 10 come of.
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How PROVOKING it is when you want to
give vent to your temper by slammlng q
mans Office door behind you TO nave n OF
those ,airn arrangements close 1t for you
meyer so gently.-Berkshire News.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-12-28

Know thyself. If you can't get the reQui
site information, run for Office, Time.
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THE NEW YEAR.

LEETLY hath passe,
the year; the season,
came
Duly as they wer,
wont the gentle
Spring,
And the delicious sum.
mer, and The cool
Rich Autumn, with the
nodding Of the grain,
And Winter, like an
old and hoary mar,
Frosty and stin-and
so are chronicled.
We have read gladness
in the new green leaf
And in the first blown
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OLD NICK'S NEW YEARS.
Sensible Way in Which He Ac.
cepted His Disappointment.

MI it hadn't been for
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Sufferers from Catarrhal troubles shoult
carefully read the above