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Macon beacon., 1889-07-27

alike, as we were one day trampina
through our widest haunts.
Both had been silent for a painful
length of time, when suddenly W,
both started and stopped.
As suddenly as thunderbolt from
clear sky thick mist was lowering
upon us.
In three seconds we could not dis
tinguish any object foot in advance
of us.
10 add to our predicament we wer,
in path winding along the edge O
ravines and precipiccs, whore a singl,
unguardcd step would send us down tC
destruction upon the rocks below.
We were forced to wait where W.
were, motionless, almost breathless
until the mist might dissolve or drift
away.
Suppose 1t should keep us here fol
hours or days?" we asked each other|
1--WE should perish" was the AMI
Swer.
IL hope for the best" said /; "but|
Sisley, If worst is our fate, | should
like you to know how | love YOU with
love trucr and more enduring than
the love of a brother! My darling,
my dearer than sister, my regard for
you is the regard a man feels for the
one woman he can ever desire for his
wife"
| drew her into my embrace, and
kissed the beloved lips. which always
until then had been shyly denied me.
But in that hour Of mortal peril, heart
called to heart, and soul answered
soul.
AS we stood thus, my dainty, proud
darling nesting in my embrace, the
mist became less dense, and then, lust
as suddenly as it had settled, just so it
drifted away
And just as the mist had vanished,
Just SO had vanished the shadows upon
my dear loves heart and mine, the
clouds settling over us.
We went home very ioyfully, arm in
arm; those wretchcd engagements were
something for the future! the present
was ours-ours alone.
As we entered our hotel a telegram
was handed me. | will not attempt to
describe my feelings as | perused it.
1t was from Dick Sheldon! lie had
actually been fascinated by Vine
Leigh and she by him, and they were
already married.
Sisley and | sent our cordial con-
gratuIations to the faithlcss ones.
And a few weeks later, to the delight
oi my parents, SisIcy and | were
She Is no longer "my own sister"
she Is something Il thousand-fod
iearer-my own Family Story
amer
Macon beacon., 1889-07-27
Exuursiou 20 NiaRara Faffs.

The annual personally conducted Excur
sion to Niagara Falls, Toronto and Putin
Bay via the O., H. Il d. and Mich. Cent r
RS occurs Thursday, August LIST, 1889
Special trains leave Cincinnati at / 90 p
M, Indianapolis at IL 100 a. m. and Daytor
at 800 p. IN. on above date. These trains
will be composed Of elegant B0uffet Sleep
ing Cars, Chair Cars and Coaches, which
will be run through from the above points Il
Niagara Falls without any change. Ample
accommodations will be furnished to carry
baggage of parties who will attend this ex-
cursion.
Rates from Cincinnati to Niagara Falls
will be S5.00i to Toronto, $500. From Day.
ton to Niagara Falls, a. SO; to Toronto
$3.50 From Lima to Niagara Falls, "a 90;
to Toronto, $500. indianapolis will be $500
to Niagara Falls, $500 to Toronto.
Tickets will be good going on special train
August lst, returning on all regular trains
leaving Toledo at or before - O'Clock
night August 9th. This excursion will be
conducted by the Agents connected with
the passenger department of tho O., II. q
ID. Co. The remarkable number OF people
handled in former years proves to the
travelling public that the c., II. a. ID. r. h.
is competent to take care of large crowds,
without any delay or trouble.
Macon beacon., 1889-07-27
A HETEROGENEOUS TALK.


/
| Mail Matter.
81 wonder more and more. all the
time, said IN old lcttcr-carrier to Inc
to-day, "what makes people so anxious
to get letter. II person is expect
ing to receive Il challenge to fight n
duel, or the reply of his lady love to a
proposition of marriage, or even a
check for twenty-five dollars, | can
understand how he can be eager and
excited about it, But the stuff that is
written in ninety-nine out of every
hundred OF the letters | deliver must
be simply little platitudcs between
friends, such aS pass between them
when they meet on the street, except
shorter and less satisfactory. But
how anxious the people are to receive
these letters! You don't know any
thing about it. You ought to be a
lcttcr-carr'cr for about Il week. Why,
there are some people on my route
who, l really believe, don't do any
thing else but sit down and wait for
me to como, or else stand at the gate
or window to watch for me. They
don't get u letter more than once q
month. but they watch for it every
day. If | say, nothing to-day they
groan and stink away. i'll hand them
letter. they fly away with it into the
house as If they had found u pocket
book, and even go off to secret place
to examine in its contents. All this
makes me n very popular man. l tell
you. You see, these people associate
me with the keencst enjoymcnts and
dearest hopes of their lives. | am q
sort of lion with them; and. to tell you
the truth, | have matrimonial project
in view very much above my station
Chicago Journal
Macon beacon., 1889-07-27
Half Fare ExcursIOnA. a.

On Tuesdays, Aug. 9th and 10th, Sept
10th and 2ith aud Oct Sth, 1889, the Chicago,
st. Paul a. Kansas City Railway will sell
Harvest Excursion tickets to all points In
Southern Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas and
Nebraska, exclusive of the Missouri River
gatcways, and all points in the Indian Terri
tory, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyo.
ming, Montana, Utah, Idaho, Arizona and
Dakota; also to principal points In North
western Iowa and Minnesota, Tennessee,
Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi.
Tickets will be sold at rate of ono fare for
the round trip and will be good returning
thirty days from date of sale. For full par
ticulnrs call on ticket agents of the Chicago,
st. Paul a. Kansas City Railway.
Macon beacon., 1889-07-27
A MELL.rRAlNEp TEAL.
How 1t Expressed Affection and Friendship
for Its Master.


So much praise Is accorded to the In
tolligence of tho higher dumb animals
that we sometimes forget the large
number of uupretending little creatures
who are willing to bo loving and COM
panionablc, if we will but encourage
them. A writer in Macmillan's Maga-
zine thus describes Il duck. which evil
IDENTIFY possessed power OF thought
and feeling quite equal to that of some
dogs:
This was not domestic duck, but u
teal, which my friend brought down
with his gun, slightly wounded Out
of compassion. he tied it up in a hand
kerchef and carried it home. The
CAPTIVE soon grew accustomed to Its
new mode of existence, and strongly at
tached TO all the members OF the fam
lily, seeking for them whom it felt lone-
| ly, and always exhibiting anger and
distress in the presence of strangers.
When cat or dog was fondled IN Its
presence, it would run to tho spot, ad-
minister Il few yindictivo blows to the
animal with its soft bill. and solicit n
caress for itself. Tho most curious
thing in its history was that it took
special liking to its captor, and singled
him out to receive its most marked at
tcntions.
When he went away to business in
the morning, the teal would accompany
him to the street door to see him OIL,
then return contontedly to the yard;
and in the afternoon it would again re-
pair to tho door, always left open, and,
standing composedly on the middle of
the step, await its masters return, for
this teal took account OF tlnc. II,
while it stood there watching the road,
a stranger came in. it would open its
beak, hiss, strike at his legs, showing
as much suspicion and sense of pro-
prietorship as a dog does, when it barks
and snaps at visitor. Its owners ar
rival was greeted with demonstrations
of affection and joy, 1t would follow
him into the house, and spend an hour
or two very happily, if allowed to sit
on his feet, or nestle against them on
the hearthrag.
Macon beacon., 1889-07-27

VIII leave Chicago and Milwaukee via tho
CncAGo, MILWAUKEE q ST PAuf. RAILWAY
for points in Northern Iowa, Minnesota
South and North Dakota, Montana, Colo.
RADIO, Kansas and Nebraska, on August {
and 20, September 10 and q, and October 8,
1850. Tickets good for return passage with.
in 30 days from date Of sale.
For further information, circulars show,
ing rates of fare, maps, etc, address
a. v II. CARPENTER, General Passenger
Agent, Milwaukee, Wis.
Macon beacon., 1889-07-27
FACTS WORTH KNOWING,
!he Relative DigestlbiIity of the Leading
Articles of Food.

ihe Relative DiGestlbllity of the Leading
Articles of Food.
Don't consider it n waste Of time .c
mcmorlze the following list of relatiy,
digestibility of foods:
Easily digestiblo: Arrowroot. aspar.
agus, baked apples; black tea, allow.
able only when the p,tiont is accus,
toned to taking it; cauinower, noun.
der, fresh fish, grapes, grouse, had.
dock, milk, mutton, partridgos.
Moderately digcstible: Apples. ap-
pricots; beef-rarc, but not raw; bcets.
butter, cabbage, celery, cod. duck;
eggs, boiled for three minutes or half
an hour; iellics, not made from gcla,
tine; lamb, lettuce, potatoes. puddings.
rabbit, raspberrics, raw or slightly
slowed oysters; real soups-not arti.
ilclal ones; snipe, spinach. trout, tur-
nips, turtle, woodcock, young pigeon.
Difficult to digest: Buttered toast.
carrots, cheese, crabs, custards, fresh
bread, goose liver, halibut, ha,hcs,
herring, lobster, mackerel, butter,
mushrooms, nuts, oil, onions, peas
plncapples, salmon, shrimps. salt meat,
sausages. turkey, peaches, pheaSants,
rice, ripe oranges, roasted oysters,
sago, stale bread-particulary the Ger.
man rye bread, not pumpcrnicklc;
Strawberries, swcatbreads, tapioca.
venison-likc other meats should not
be eaten tainted, young chicken
young turkey.
When patients are incapable of TAX.
ing even the lightest of the foods on
this list, as in cases of tropical dyscn-
tlry and other severe diseases of the
intestinal canal, have found that they
could retain to advantage the white of
eggs beaten up in watcr.-From IA
Doctors Don'ts."
Macon beacon., 1889-07-27
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

For q permanent pasture blue
grass is tho very best, and the older II
gets the better 1t will be.
"A piece of pumice-stone as large
as ones fist soaked in coal oil and
wired to n pole makes a good torch fof
burning insect webs out of fruit trees,
A piece of soft brick may be used ii
pumice-stOnc is not at hand.
Keep up high standard OF prin-
ciples; your children will be your
keenest Judges in the future. Do be
honest with them in small things as
well rs great. If you can not tell them
what they wish to know, say so rather
than deceive them.
If apple trees are overloaded 1t
will pay to shake off a portion of the
young fruit If hand-pickiug of the
extra fruit is necessary it should be
done, A cropof apples of first quality
will bring a higherpri than larger
crop of inferior ones.
-Currant Waterloo. -Apint Of cur
rant juice, Il pint OF sirup and the
whites of three eggs, made into paste
and frozen in the usual way. The
sirup is made by boiling sugar and
water till it forms Il little thread be-
tween the thumb and finger
1t is just us proper to keep rich
milk separate from that of an inferior
quality and secure for it an extra price
as it is to assert other articles on the
farm. II dairymen would mako it Il
point to sell milk Of the best quality
only they could secure a class of Gus.
toners who would not object to pay
ing an extra price for it,
Baked Onions, Select very large
ones, boil half an hour, drain, push
out the hearts, chopping them fine
with a little bacon; add bread crumbs,
pepper and salt and molstcn with u
little cream. Fill the onions, put into
a dripping pan with u very little water
and bake until tender in a slow oven,
basting often with melted butter.
--Tapioca Cream Soak a cuplul OF
tapioca over night in milk; the next
day stir into it the yclks Of three eggs
well beaten and a cupfUl Of sugar.
Place quart of milk on tie fire; let
it come to the boiling point, then stir
in the taplOca and cook until it has
thickcned, Take from the fire, stir in
the whites of eggs beaten to froth,
and flavor to taste. The top can be
decorated with white of egg and sugar.
N. Y World.
Glover and timothy aro in a sense
tiIlagc grasses, and on dry lands re-
qulrc to be removed every four or five
years The clover lasts two years, then
for two years more its decaying roots
insure good crops of timothy, In the
fifth the grass will often be so light
as to be Improbable. 1t will then be
best to till the land two seasons pre-
paratory to again laying it down to
grass. The period Of timothy can be
considerably prolonged by applying a
full dressing of stable manure soon
after the second years moving. Ohio
Farmer.
Macon beacon., 1889-07-27
"FoR seven long wears | STRUGGLED ow,

FOR seven long years | struggled away
farming, running a mill, &c, until was
fortunately introduced to b. Il. johnson &
Co., Richmond, Va, by my brother, and
went to work at once, and in sege / months |
mad made more clear money than had made
IN lhe seven years before. They took me
right by the hand from the start and seemed
10 be very glad OF the chance to show me
now to 10 it' This is about what a young
man Sald year or so ago of the above. men.
tlohcd firm Since thattime he has been
steadily at work for them, and is now one
oil the happIest men in America. lfyou need
employment 1t would be a good thing for you
10 lo.low this young mans example.
Macon beacon., 1889-07-27
AN HERCULEAN TASK.


rs Easy as 1t seems.
A problem that at glance seems
easy enough to tempt many a school
boy to spend portion of his vacation
IN an endoayor to solve it. appeared
recently in Maine journal, and is as
follows: Take the number l5. Null
tiply it by itself and you have 22j.
Now multiply 225 by itself, then null
tiply that product by itself, and so on
until fifteen products have been null
tiplied by themselves in turn. The
question aroused considerable interest
among lawyers in Portland, and their
best mathematician, after struggling
with the problem long enough to see
how much labor was entailcd in the
solution made the following discourarr
ing report upon it: 1.-The final product
called for contains 3S, $50 figures (the
first of which are 1i12). Allowing
three figures to an inch, the answer
would be over 100 feet long. TO per-
form the operation would require
about SOC, ,O00,000 figures. If they can
be made at the rate of 100 minute. n
person working ten hours a dav for
three hundred days in each year. would
be twenty-cight years about it. IT, in
multiplying, he should make a row of
ciphcrs, as he does in other figures,
the number of figures used would be
more than j23, 939, 22S. That would
be the precise number of figures used
ii the product of the left-hand figure in
each multiplicand by each figure of
the multiplicr was always a single fig
urc; but as it is most frequently, and
yet not always, two figures, the method
employed to obtain the foregoing re-
suit can not be accurately applied.
Assuming that the cipher is used on an
average once in ten times, 475, 600, 600
the actual number" ~
Boston Trcnsprint
Macon beacon., 1889-07-27
A PROFITABLE INDUSTRY.

The Breeding and Rearing of Driving
Horses and Heavy Mules
Farmers who are interested in the
breeding of horses can scarcely have
failed to take note of the present pop
ular desire for a useful horse that is
equally we'll fitted for the saddle or for
harness, Fast driving viii always
Macon beacon., 1889-07-27

Her Ignorance of Politics. -
James" said the horror-stricker
wife, as her husband came slowly
limping in with ono arm in u sling,
ms Jaw tied up, one eye bandaged
and the largest nose on his face she
nad ever seen, "what in tho world is
tho matter? What accident has hap.
pcned to youP' Nancy" mumbled
James, who had just returned from a
quiet primary, ''go to bed. What in
thunder do You know about polticsP'
Chicago Tribune.
Macon beacon., 1889-07-27
How to Make a Bouquet.

Take a mass Of whito, put orange or
scarlet on one side OF it, and red on the
other. Some very dark, almost black,
flower may be brought near the white,
Beyond the scarlet have very little
blue; beyond the red have purple and
red brought together; beyond these
again bring in blue in some mass.
Dark colored flowers or leaves OF u
brownish hue should impose beyond
the blue, and for u background maid
en-hair fern or leaves of the same col
or should be used. Avoid too much
formality, If the bouquet is to be seen
only on ono side, it should slope gently
upward, with the white near the bot
tom. If il is to be seen all around, the
whito should be in the contcr with the
above arrangement of coors in masses
around the white. Two principles may
be followed in making up u bouquet
ono harmony and contrast in color; the
other force OF light and shade, In both
pure white to begin with is absolutely
necessary, and should be the largest
mass OF the whole. Christian ut Work.
Macon beacon., 1889-07-27
Friendly Advice to Farmers.

To labor with vigor and energy Is
we'll, but just beyond the boundary OF
ludicious and well-directed efforts is
the dangerous extreme that ought to
be avoided The advice of the farm.
er's best friend will be: Don't work
too hard. When you have labored 10
the limit of your strength, stop, rest.
recuperate, no matter If something is
left undone. Health and strength are
your working capital IT, you ovcrdo,
the reserve fund is exhausted TO n
greater or less extent. Nothing that
you are striving for can be sooner
gained by the sacrifice, or will be
worth it when gained. To YOU. the
life is more than meat, and a sound
body than raiment. Around Won ara
farmers-perhaps near nciphbor
possibly your own fathcr-bent and
crippled, enduring an old are Of
pain, as the penalty of too hard work
In the prime of lusty manhood. uus.
band strength, and you will accom-.
plish more in the long run, and when
your season for mans full share Of
labor is over, be able to enjoy the
afternoon OF lifo Not leastamong the
advantages OF your vocation is tho
privilege OF regulating your hours O.!
labor to suit yourself. The farmer
has no ovcrscor or timekecpor. HART
ford Times.
Macon beacon., 1889-07-27

Golden Potato. Two cupfuls Of
mashed potato piled in pyramid and
covered with yolk OF egg and sifted
cracker crumbs, then baked to golden
brown. Potato balls or dumplings are
made by pressing cod, mashed potato
into teacup ard glazing and baking
as above.-Good Housekeeping.
Macon beacon., 1889-07-27

Ir has cost the city Of Boston to supply
school-books for the last five years an aver
age per year of sixty.three cents for each
scholar. The number Of scholars is set
AnNyn at GO hn1
Macon beacon., 1889-07-27

Tell woman that she looks fresh
and she will smile all over. Tell a
man the samo thing, and If he doesn',
kick you 1t is either because he hn,
corns or daresn't. Burlington Free
Press,
Macon beacon., 1889-07-27

THE New York Legislature, just before
adjournment, authorized the creation Of five
extra normal schools, costing the State this
year about S3500V0.
Macon beacon., 1889-07-27

WHEN the Saxon dynasty was overthrown
by the Normans all persons below Il certain
rank were forbidden to wear necklaces
under heavy penalties
Macon beacon., 1889-07-27

A Swiss chemist has invented new full
minating mixture that can be carried about
with perfect safety, but will explode with
deafening report II brought in contact
with drop Of ether or alcohol.
Macon beacon., 1889-07-27

lF afflicted with Sore Eyes use Or. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water, Druggists sell it. 25c
Macon beacon., 1889-07-27

ALL disorders caused by billions state of
the system can be cured by using Carter
Little Liver Pills. No pain, gripping or dis
comfort attending their use. Try them.
Macon beacon., 1889-07-27

-"Whore are you going, my pretty
little maidP' he softly inquired.
Should the weather indications CON
tinuo of an auspicious character my in
tended destination is yonder inclosuro,
whore my unsweryable determination
is to extract such an amount Of lacteal
fluid from the distended uddcr of the
gently articulating kline as may be
deemed necessary and advisable" "
calmly replied the rustic girl, who had
worked for two weeks in Boston
family And she passed upon herwoy,
leaving n gibbcring IDIOT otgrovcling upon
the ground whore lately had stood the
dandlest drummer in all Now York. -
Troy Press,
Macon beacon., 1889-07-27

$500 offered for an incurable case of Ca
tarrh in the Head, by the proprietors of Dr.
Sage's Remedy.
Macon beacon., 1889-07-27

THE Roman church is said to have 100000
farms in Canada yielding IN annual income
Of more than million and a half. Aud this
does not include what belongs to the eccle-
siastical orders.
Macon beacon., 1889-07-27

= ARE an as small as homeopathic pellets and
.bon a. v"sI 10 ,ake as sugar. Everybody likes
'noH earters Little Liver Pills. Try thcm
Macon beacon., 1889-07-27

A sMLow skin acquires healthy clear.
ness ny Ihe use OF Glonn's Sulphur Soap.
Hiil HAIR and Whisker Dye, so cents.
Macon beacon., 1889-07-27

1T is estimated that tho Protestant
Snurehes OF the United States contribute
"hhuai!y sll,25o,0OO for foreign missions.
Macon beacon., 1889-07-27

THOUSANDS of people place necklaces of
coral beads around the ncClSs of babies, with
The belief that they will assist the children
IN tccthng.
Macon beacon., 1889-07-27

A POCKET mirror free to smokers Of "Tan-
5lrs Punch DC. Cigar.
Macon beacon., 1889-07-27

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always In feun
Macon beacon., 1889-07-27

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SSSI
" vibrator R! {! FL

The same firm which
81 years ago COM
pletely revolution
lied the Threshing
Machine trade by
inventing % new
'rhrcshing Machine,
much better than
any machine before
that all
builders of the old
style Threshing Ma
chimes stopped max
ing them and copied
the new machine as
closely as they dared
now made an
other advance, and
in their New Vibra-
tor present Il Thresh-
ing Machine contain
ing entirely new fea-
lures in separation
and cleaning, which
place it as far ahead
Of any other as the
old Vibrator was
of the end
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or and Thresherman
should at once get
full information re-
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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1889-06-19
Disarming an Unseen Foe.

This was sometime a paradox, as Ham
let says. Since, however, the people of
America and other lands have been ena-
bled to pit Hostetters Stomach Bitters
against that unseen foe, malaria, it Is no
longer paradox, but an easy possibility.
Wherever malaria evolves its misty ven
ON to poison the air, and decaying UNI
wholesome vegetation impregnates the
water, there, in the very stronghold of mi
asma, is the auxiliary potent to disarm
the foe and assure efficient protection
Fever and ague, bilious remittent, dumb
ague and .ague cake, no matter how tena-
ciously they have fastened their clutch on
the system, are first forced to relax their
grasp and eventually to abandon it alto
gether. But 1t is its preventivesf orce that
should chiefly recommend the Bltters to
persons dwelling in malaria-cursed local
tiles, for 1t Is a certain buckler Of defence
against which the enemy is powerless-
Cures, likewise, dyspepsia, rheumatism,
kidney and bilious ailments.