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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-01-18
} MARKET EPISODE.

WIN, 'he noise the brokers made,
With he music Mammon played,
Rang and roared like very Bedlam
The Chicago Board OF Trade,
Where the Demon Of the Market
Led the diScord. bell in hand
DemaS, with his shricking chorus
DIVES, with his believing band
TIL the clamor in the chamber
Grew the clamor OF a town,
Ana the moneymad halloo
As if battle trumpcts blew,
Seemed Il dithyramhic tempest
h would never quiet down.
But amid the Babel din
Came a small magician in,
And the tumult quickly dwindled
To a murmur low and thin.
Thro' that reyel hall of PlutuS
stole a hush Of queer surprise.
All the bulls and bears" enchanted
Dropped their voices and their eyes,
For the velvet-footed vision
Gliding DER the marble floor
Soothed them, like u tender spell,
To a feeling none would tell,
And a look like fathers faces
Peeping thro' the nursery door.
twas a curious magic p
Round the heart of every one:
twas q something less than sentiment.
And something more than fun.
Oh, a cat may watch a king, they say;
But chance had altered that,
tor a whole brigade Of money kings
Were looking at a cat;
Nor the corn Of all the prairies,
Nor the cotton Of the South,
Calling thro' the "ticker's" whir,
Could their souls that moment stir
Like the sight OF gray Grimalkin
With a kitten in her mouth.
IL was pusSy's moving day"
For some warning seemed to say
She must domicilc her babies
Farther out of perirS way;
And the mothers new migration,
with her brood Of mother cares,
From behind the elevator
To behind the gallery stairs
was the play that caught the traders
As they rushed their bargains thro',
And the small domestic role
Wa so pretty and so droll
Not a man but would have watched it
Till the dinner whistle blew.
buyers bid and jobbcr's bet,
STOCK commission, margin, net,
Consols, credits, shorts and futures"
Pussy made them all forget,
AS with head erect her burden
straight she toted DER the track,
Lad 1t IN its new.made cradle,
And sedately trotted back.
Every time she took a kitten
All the crowd their silence broke
With a chorus of hurrahs;
And a symphony Of abs
When at home she safely dropped ii,
Like a gentle thunder spoke.
Never needing looks or cheers,
On her slow and calm careers,
the lane Of eager gazers
Marched the cat with slanting ears;
To and fro with patient PAGES,
Turn by turn and trip by trip,
Going with a furry bundle
Coming with an empty grip,
All her mind upon her business,
Pussy kept her steady gait,
And the wondersmiling men
Saw her pass and pass again,
Counting cats thro' all the litter,
Ana the last was number eight.
AT the ending Of the play
Grimalkin's moving day,
When her weak and mewing family
Was snugly slowed away,
On the first step of the stairway,
with a quiet grace,
Pantomtme of dumb contentment,
with her paw She washed her face.
And the spectators, laughing,
rs the mimic curtain fell"
the cat-and kitten drama
Was a treat that paid them well.
3ht the charm was broken surely,
And $50 soon II seemed a sim
the last half minute went
that quarter-hour well spent
They were "whooping up the market"
Win the same old Babel din.
Theron Brown, in Harper's Bazaar.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-01-18
FOR THE SoRAP-BooK.

Something That Every Householder May
Need at Some Time.
To determine the number Of rolls OF
wall paper to cover the walls Of a room
measure the circumference, from which
deduct the width of doors and windows
and divide the remainder by 8.
Example.-Let us suppose a room
l2xl6 feet, which has two doors and two
windows which average 4 feet wide.
II plus IL plus 16 plus 10 equals SO cir
conference; AKA equals 10 doors and
windows.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-01-18

THE increasing popular desire for modern
~conyeniences legitimatos the belief that the
courtroom of the future Will be suppueu
with wooden jurymon, built IN BY inc con
Observation-Disclosures Post.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-01-18
10 Is.

Say G double rolls, or 10 pieces. OF
course, if a dado is required its width
will determine how much paper will
have to be acknowledgements and
pDi1dar
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-01-18

trembling or fluttering sensation,
region of the heart? Do Won ,
from consultations Do you t4s'
languid, listless, and low.suirt.
hypochondrical? Arc'you e,i''
tigued and disinclined to taL
else? Do you suffer from dmi
after meals, and is your slee ,
freshingP
If you have all or any cOnas
number of these symptoms, va
suffering from what is usually !
derstood and taken to be dv,,
but which is really
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-01-18

SAVE up your cash is good advice, and yet
it does seem rather funny that men get rich
with least delay by saving other peoples
money.-Merchant Traveller.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-01-18

~ worm clothes last as they used tot II
NOT. YOU mus be using a soap OF "S MY
norir that rots them. Try sno So Srf,ctI
fashioned Dobblns' Electric 0oap' PJ
pure to-day rs IN lsbo'
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-01-18

Two OF the wealthiest men in the West
are said to have been messenger boys. 1t
pays to go slow, after ul.-Yonkers States
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-01-18

WHOEVER undertakes 70 deyour poultry
mMnauuts Thoroughly plucklng Y is apt TO
WY ug ou.n in the mouth. Whitehall Tines
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-01-18

And now, said the colored preacher,
''let us pray for the people on the unin-
habited portions Of the earth."-Life.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-01-18

IT is the man continually cramped who
finds difficulty in keeping his head above
water. -Texas Siftings.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-01-18

Tur hest cough medicine is Piso's cure
n@onsnmntion. Sold everywhere. 2oc'
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-01-18

BY their fruits you shall know them ana,
therefore, the almanac makers are hho"h
by their dates.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-01-18

Is A society belle considered loud when
she's appealing for her rightsi-Glenn Falls
Republican.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-01-18

TUE gas bill comes under tnv weshington
ton Of light expenditures" "Shine'"
Capital.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-01-18

WHERE hot retorts are PLENTIFUL in a gas
hOuse.-Boston Herald.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-01-18

Ceppert Mcdicinum, sos Race, Cin'ti,
Throat, Lung, Nerve, Chronic Diseases
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-01-18


This rule is calculated for a room OF
not less than 10 or more than II feet in
height. For a room under 10 feet high
having a %frieze, say of 6 inches required,
proceed as before with the measurement
of the room, deducting the width of
doors and windows. But in the case
multiply the remainder by 2 and divide
by Is, for this reason, that we can cut 5
lengths out of a double roll, which,
placed side by side on the wall, covers a
space Z feet 6 inches from the ceiling
and instead of multiplying by Z feet 6
We multiply both by >.
Example.-Take a room 14xl4 with 2
doors and windows.
circumference of room 50
Less for doors and windows II
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-01-18

PAIN in the Side nearly always comes from,
adisorderedl liver and is promptly relieved by
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-01-18

In the choir-singer doesn't get along well
il is her own fault She has her chahts IN
Ulc-Washiugton Capital,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-01-18

Perfection is attained in DR.. Sage's Ca.
tarrh Remedy. 1t cures the worst cases.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-01-18
ONE ENJOYS

ONH ENJoYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figsis taken; it is pleasant
and re~freshingto the taste, and acts
gentlyyet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
TEN efiectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C.
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances,
its many excellent qualities COM
mend it to all and have made it
the most popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for salo in SOC
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept
any substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. VIEW YoRk. NY.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-01-18

EVERY miss hasn't a nI,,l,,
has every man a mansion 1i9a I
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-01-18

MANY a man never gets On a.
side till he joins the silent ma;. W !
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-01-18

II you are tired taking tina l,,..
toned gripping pills, try tarts,I
Pills aud take some comfort
stand everything, One pin saosa. ny
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-01-18

Sufferers from Catarrhal troubles should
carefully read the above
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-01-18

OLDEST and best-"Tansiu, p,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-01-18
100 Doses One Dollar

old by all druggists. 81; six for IS. Prenarcd only
G. HOOD co. Annthnnarlns lowell. Mnsa-
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-08-22

The most valuable metal in the world is
said to be gallium, which is worth s3950
an ounce Calcium brings $500 pound
and cerium 1920 per pound. Gold is
worth $40 a pound.
young woman at Parsons Kan wbo
pays large tax, claims the right to pas-
ture her cows in the schoolhouse grounds
because she never had any children to send
to the school. That woman was built for a
lawyer.
The London Hospital tells of a seamstress
who, like Hoods pathetic heroine in the
Song of the Shirt" worked till the stars
shone on the roof Her eyesigbt failed
and the story goes on "She saw at the
same time four hands, four needles and
four seams. She at first treated them as
an Illusion, but at the end Of some days. in
consequence of weakness and prolonged
mental anxiety, she imagined that she was
reaily sewing four seams at once, and that
God, touched by her misfortune, had work
ed miracle in her favor"
genuine portrait of Columbus. painted
by Lotto In 1901, has been discovered
f. l.. Swartz of San Francisco. has found
growing in the snow banks of the Sierras.
0oOO feet above the sea level, what is known
as the snow plant. 1t grows to the height
of five inches and when in bloom. soon
after the spring thaw, it looks like dark
reddish pine cone and has an odor not un-
like that of the honeysuckle.
The largest chime in the country will be
placed in the north tower of st. Patrick's
cathedral in New York city. The aggre-
gate Weight of the Is bells will be 81, 600
pounds, and they will merrily swing 1SO
teet from the street every Sunday morning.
1t was discovered at Rzeszow, Galicia,
some time ago, that several Jewish graves
had been broken open, and that the bodies
OF two chilSren were missing. The police
made-a44} }aifINs, and found out that in a
neighboring village, where typhus fever
had broken out, a so,called miracle doc
tor had prescribed, as a cure, the burning
OF the bones of a jew in the patients room.
lie brought the bones himself The "doc-
tor" has been sentenced to five months i'm.
prisOnment
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-08-22
STATE NEWS.

Three Swedes have just arrived from
Sweden to Join their friends at the colony
at Weston and party Of five is expected
at Wilmington soon.
Peter Welch of White River Junction,
30, brakeman, was found dead on the
track near Concord, N. H., last week Thurs
day, one arm being cut off.
The twelfth annual festival of parish
choirs win he held with St. Pauls church,
Burlington, Oct. ,. s. b. Whitney of Bos
ton will he conductor.
Jerard Blanchard of Holland was arrested
Friday on a charge of having on the Wed
nesday night preceding, burned barn and
contents at Holland, valued at about 5000.
He is insane, and in default Of bail was com
mitted to Jail.
The firm of q. & c. Merriam & Co. of
Springfield, Mass, publishers, have brought
IA suit in the United States court, district
Of Vermont, against II. e. Parker, editor
and publisher Of the Bradford Opinion
The charge made is that Mr. Parker is en-
gagged in preparing for publication and for
sale dictionary Of an inferior quality, in
all respects--a spurious Webster's Diction-
ary-and attempting TO impose upon the
public, and at the same time to defraud the
complainants of their rights as sole owners
of this dictionary. They claim heavy dam
ages, and ask for AN injunction against Mr.
Parker to stop him from further doings of
this kind
At the tennis tournament at Rutland
last week J. A. Merrill of Rutland took the
championship of the state, Torrey of Bur.
liDgton standing second.
The second annual reunion of Vermont
Sons of the Revolution was held at BEN
nington ON Saturday, the 18th anniversary
of the battle of Bennington. On Friday
evening a banquet was served at the Put
nam House. At the business session the
following officers were elected President
Redheld Proctor of Proctor; vice presi
dent, John B. Mccullough of North Ben
nington secretary, Charles S. Forbes of
st. Albans treasurer, Milton X. Paine of
Windsor; registrar H. l., Stillson of Ben
nington historian, G. g. Benedict of Bur
lington. Seventeen new members were ad-
mitted. The next meeting will be in Bur
liDgton, August 49, 1891.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-08-22
Winning in OIdcn T,,...

Every vessel that sailed carried messages
to relatives and friends thousands of miles
away, and every vessel that came 10 her
moorings brought tidings of cheer or sorrow
from the distant seas. A wife might have
the letter which she had written to bor
husband two years before returned to her
because his vessel had not been spoken y
and alas she had not been spoken bv anv
OF the vessels that had returned during tbe
year. Time would only deepen the mvsterv
OF her husbands fate, and perhaps the yife
would never know whether the shin was
cast upon one Of the islands of the Pacific
and the crew massacred by the savage in.
habitants, or split on a sunken reef and en-
quilted with all hands and so she would
SIT weeping in her lonely chamber while
her neighbors made merry over the return
OF a son, father lover or husband and tbe
streets rang with the songs of happy jack
Whalemen returning home were liable 10
hnd that many changes had taken place
during their long voyages. An old whale.
man told me that he was obliged to sail on
one OF his voyages just after his rnotber's
burial, leaving his father bowed down with
grief. His vessel was hardly at her moor.
ings three years later before his father
slapped him on the back and said "Alfrad
come up to the house an III introduce Won
70 your mother.-August Centurh
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-08-22

THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

The Missouri Pacific express was held up
Saturday night at Robbers Cut near Seda-
liza. Mo, 10y seven masked men, and large
amount oi money secured, report placing
the sum at nearly 100000.
Aseven-y year old daughter Of Signor Cam
panari the musician, was boiled alive Fri
day in pool Of scalding hot water in the
yard OF her home at Boston.
Seven boys, the oldest about 10, were ar
rested at Nashua, n. H., Sunday night on
suspicion Of being the burglars TO whom
several recent robberies are due
fire at Louisville Ky, last week Thurs
day, starting in distillery and spreading
to ware houses and packing houses near by
caused q loss Of 1000, 900.
At fire in extensive stables of the Lion
brewery at New York city, Sunday night.
90 valuable horses perished in the flames.
destructive fire started in Crawford
Notch, White mountains, Thursday Of last
week, aud spread rapidly Hundreds Of
acres of heavily timbered spruce lands were
destroyed at great loss
cloud burst at Colorado Springs, Colo
last week Thursday did great damage 10
the city. the amount probably reaching
S2OO,OOO. Several lives were lost. Rail
road tracks we're washed away aud irrigat
ing bitches overflowed and broken, doing
much injury 10 the surrounding country
dastardly attempt was made last week
to wreck an excursion train on the Balu-
more q Ohio road at place where Il steep
bank led down 10 the river 30 feet below
Fortunately the train fell toward the hill
side instead of down the bank after the en-
gine which, was completely wrecked. Three
lives were lost
Two men in boat got into the current
above Niagara on Thursday of last week
and were swept over the falls
At the Hill Farm coal mines at Scottdale
Pa, where a fire-damp explosion some time
ago killed 81 men, fire is still raging
The damage 10y fire has already reached
Sl00,0 900.
Four men we're blown to pieces at New
berry, s C., Thursday, by the explosion Of
boiler in sawmill. Several others we're
badly scaldod.
Forest and prairie fires are raging be.
tween Rapid City, S D., and Rockford
The forest fire originated from lightning
which struck ten days ago or more in dead
timber, and is spreading rapidly.
Seven persons were killed and II wound
ed in "A railroad wreck Monday about 12
miles south of Trinidad, Colo. on the I'm
ion Pacific road
Canadian paper appeals to the leaders
of the Ottawa and Quebec governments to
provide work for the inhabitants of the
counties below Quebec, whose crops are a
total failure. Thousands of families are
threatened with starvation, and will he
Obliged to emigrate unless help is provided
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-08-22
The Lo.,sry Evil in washington
Boston Journal Correspondence J

The national capital has the disgrAceful
distinction of being one of the main distrib-
uting points of this gambling octopus.
Every month agents of the lottery company
visit every bureau of every department of
the government in Washington These
agents sell tickets for the monthly drawings
TO thousands of clerks, and they usually
make their tours within day or two after
the fortnightly distribution of salaries. As
a result they make large hauls Of cash, aud
it goes without saying that the outflow of
money from Washington TO Louisiana is by
no means equaled by the returns from the
drawing of prizes. 1t has, however, been
broadly intimated that tickets purchased in
Washington for the next monthly drawing
have a superior chance of winning prizes.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-08-22
The Trouble With u.

Our census supervisor saws that the in
crease IN the number of taxable polls had
other conditions been equal, should have
given us 10000 to $4,000 gain. but the
records of marriages, births and deaths Of
children of school age, indicate a losing or
non-gaining population. In other words
the gain in population in Vermont the mast
decade has been Offset by the diminishing
proportion of children. Here right at their
own doors Vermonters may find one of the
great sources, if not the greatest source of
trouble regarding the decrease in our native
population The Yankees of earlier days
obeyed the divine command to increase and
multiply. Then the hills and valleys of
vermont were peopled with those of the
same race. Now the native born family of
half a dozen children in Vermont is consid-
cred noteworthy affair, and families num-
oering ten or dozen children. once no
uncommon thing, are now so rare as to he
altogether unknown in many sections. In
the light of these facts brought out bv the
census of 1890 must we conclude that the
race of native Vermonters is diving outl II
certainly looks that way. BGrlington Free
Press
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-08-22

TINE following poem by Jehn @. Whittier va
Teau at party given in honor of Mrs John
, Logan at Nayside HawthOrne's s old home In Coz
Our thought Of thee is glad with hone
, Dear country Of our love and PRAYERS,
ny way Is down no fatal SLOPE
But up 10 freer sun and airs
Tried as by furnace fires. aud vet
hp uou grace only stronger made
In future tasks before thee Set
lhou shall not lack the old-time aid.
The fathers sleep, but men remain
-, As true, as wise, and brave as they.
WY count the loss without the gain
Inc best is-that we have todaV
No lack was in thy primal stock.
10 weakhnR founders buded here
lhIhe were the men Of Plymouth rock
The Puritan and cavalier:
And they whose firm endurance goi,ad
The freedom Of the souls of men
whose hands unstained in peace maintained
Inc swoniless Commonwealth of Penn
And thine shall be the power OF oll
TO do the work that duty bids
ana make the peoples council hall
AS lasting as the pyramids
Thy lesson all the world shall learn.
Ihe nations at thy feet shall sit
1dItn Iarthest mountain tons shall burn
with watch fires from thine own M. n,
Great without seeking to be great
By fraud or conquest; rich In r,,ld
but richer in the large estate
ot virtue which thy children hold.
WIN peace that comes of purity
@ anu strength to simple Justice due.
80 runs our loyal dream Of thee;
Hod OF our fathers. make il triIe
Oh, land Of lands to thee we give
Ouf loVe, our trust our service free:
fot tnee my sons shall nobly live
And at thy need shall die Tor thee
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-08-22


When girl elopes with her coachman
some other man is saved from getting a
mighty poor wife.-BuGdlo Express.
Debtor-'I want to pay that little bill of
yours" Creditor-''All right, my
dear boy" Debtor-"But can't Dos
ton Beacon.
Excited Female-"Say, if you have filed
them divorce papers for me want you to
go around and stop em right away"
Lawyer-"Have you made it up with
hint ~
lord, no. don't have to. He has
Just been run over by train. | want YOU
to sue the company for damages"
N. Y, Tribune.
Daisy-"What surprises me about the
stars is not their sizes aud their distances
and all those horrid things, but how they
ever found out what all their names we're. !"
HmpeTs Bazdr.
What are you laughing at so ?" he
asked, suddenly starting up in bed. The
wife checked her laughter at once. 81
couldn't help it, John, dreamed was
widow. Philadelphia Times.
Mr.. Gilman (who has taken board on a
farm there a bank anywhere near
here" Farmer Catchum-"No, sir. We
amt never had no use for banks in this sec
tion. You see this is the first season any of
us has kept summer boarders. "-NeiU York
Weekly
A mans ears are placed in such way
that he may catch the things that are said
IN front of him merciful providence new
er intended that he should hear what is said
behind his back-Atchison Giobe.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-08-22
MISCELLANY.



A cypress dark against the blue,
That deepens up to such hue
As never painter dared and drew:
A marble shaft that stands alone
Above wreck Of sculpturpd stone
with groy-green aloes overgrown;
a hill side scored with hollow veins
Through age-long wash OF summer rains
AS purple as with vintage stains;
Aud rocks that while the hours run
SHOW all the Jewels one by one.
For pastiine Of the summer sun;
A crescent sail upon the sea
50 calm and fair and ripple.free
You wonder storms can ever be;
a shore with deep indented bays,
And DER the cleaning waterways
glimpse Of Islands IN the haze;
a face bronzed dark TO red and gold
With mountain eyes that seem 10 hold
The freshness Of the world Of old
shepherds crook, coat Of fleece,
A grazing flock the sense OF peace,
The long sweet silence this Il Greece
Hdrper's Magazine yJor august.