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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-10-04
Save tho NIuaclaa.

This sketch shows a corn binder
which use in shocking corn stalks.
The idea Is original and not patented.
! give it to readers who raise corn and
Keep the ground clean. Its object is to
draw the stalks up firmly together and
old them until they can be bound with
straw or other material. 1t consists OF
} strap about three feet long, one end
81 which is fastened to a handle ian old
'hovel or fork handle is good). The
handle has a hook at its outer end, and
the strap is perforated. Throw the
strap around the shock, catching tho
outer end with the disengaged hand,
and draw up as firmly as you wish, fas.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-10-04

A new organization of wage-earning
m has been founded to insure
m against temporary illness and
also arrange to pay their heirs in con.
sideration of a premium a certain
amount in case of death. The society
is arranged and governed entirely BY
women, and is self-supporting, the man.
agement and expenses being provided
for by entrance fees, fines and donations
of friends. A woman of twenty five, by
paying something less than So per year
will receive in case .of sickness SO a
week for six months and 81 a week after
that until death, when her heirs receive
about $50. For a larger premium OF
course greater benefits are received.
Members may also subscribe to an an,
nuity fund, in which case payments
cease when the annuity commences
The society was founded at the request
Of hundreds Of wage-earners, who
claimed that they were unable to find in
all the charitable and friendly organiza.
tons for working women any society
which insured them against temporary
illness, or would give them, ever for o
consideration, any adequate sick bene.
tit.--Boston Herald.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-10-04
A VERY TALL CHIMNEY.
The Way an Iron Tower Was AND
Fastened Together.

The way an Iron Tower ""S DN"e eNU
Fastened Together.
Tho following are particulars OF
wrought-iron factory chimney of some
what novel description, which has been
built at Creusot The total height is
e79 feet the diameter 2S feet at the base
and Z feet 6 inches at the top the total
weight being so tons, exclusive of ma
sonrv foundations The latter are car.
ried 8 feet 5 inches above the ground
and weigh about 800 tons The shaft
was built in successive rings, each4f fleet
/ inch high, the thickness varying from
9-l6 inch at the base to Il inch atthe top
The nine lower rings were formed OF
eight plates each, the upper ones Of four
plates each. The base was encircled by
a massive angle iron bolted to the
foundation. The eight lower rings we're
lined with fire brick.
The erection Of the chimney occupied
seventy days, including taking down
the flying scaffold. The latter was of a
somewhat novel character. 1t consisted
of a central wrought iron tube seven
inches in diameter, and was provided at
the bottom with four wooden cross bars
or arms so clamped that their length
could be adjusted to suit the varying
diameter of the chimney, carrying the
internal platform. These arms rested
on angle brackets refitted to the interior
Of the plates The upper part of the
central tube carried four cross arms or
jibs, each consisting of a pair of timbers
stiffened by raking struts from the cen
trail tube. From their outer ends was
slung the exterior circular platform.
The latter consisted of a pair OF
angle-iron rings, to the outer edge Of
which was riveted a plate-iron fence,
while the inner was provided with T-iron
stanchions. Radial bearing timbers
resting on these rings and adjustable
endwise to suit the varying diameter OF
the chimney, carried the platform, an
annular space being left just sufficient
for hosting the plates. The latter
operation was effected by a rope passing
over an adjustable pulley fixed to each
rib in turn, and carried down a central
tube to a snatch-blo,k fixed at the bot
tom of the chimney. AS each successive
ring was riveted up two pairs Of bars
were laid across, by which the scaffold
was slung by four jackscrews furnished
by rachel collars, and thus raised high
enough to take a bearing on the nextset
Of angle brackets.
The complete scaffold weighed about
four tons, and the heaviest plate about
eight hundred weight. The total cost
of the chimney without foundation was
about IS, 00o. Engineering Journal.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-10-04

-'Mr Dickson, are you not a mem
Der Of the African Church, Not dls
wear, sir. lined that church in good
faith. Igive ten dollars to de preach
inC Of do Gospel the fust year, and the
church people call me 'Brudder Dick
SON. De second year, my business was
mot so good, and | only give five dollars
Dat year the people called me MT, DICK,
SON. Well, sab, do third year. l ieel
yery poor, sickness in do family ana
didn't glib muffin fiji the preachin'. Well
sab. after that they called me 'Olo Mig
rer Dickson an | left EN-"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-10-04
AN IDENTIFICATION.


INK OEiSiudi VI lHtCkCrHyS Immortal but
Infamous Lord Steyne.
The death of Sir Richard Wallace has
repeatedly led to the statement in
English journals that his father.
Richard, fourth Marquis of Hartford,
who died in 1870, was 'the original OF
Thackeray's immortal but infamous
Lord Steyne," Henry j. Furley writes
to the London Standard to say that this
'he could have been," and gives the fol.
lowing reasons:
THE epoch of Vanity Fair is Georg-
ian. The story opens in 1918, two years
before the battle of Waterloo, and ter
inmates, presumably, about the middle
of the reign of George w., l. G., 1926.
How, then, could the brilliant and Gym
ical roue, past middle life, the persona
grdtd of the Georgian court, whom
T~hackeray portrayed, have been this
identical Marquis who, according to
Burke and Debret, was born in lsOOP
The date of his entry into the world and
the facts of his career preclude the
notion altogether.
"Thackeray had in his minds eva.
when he limned this character. quite
another Marquis Of Hartford, the
period of whose life sy~nchronizes
exactly with that Of the im%apinar,
Lord Steyne. This was Franci,
Charles Seymour, third possessor of the
title, who was born in 1777 and died ir
1S42. This nobleman, while Earl Of
Yarmouth, was Lord Ca~stlereayh's
second in the duel with Mr.. Canning in
1909. He was the boon companion of
the Prince Regent and with many of
the orgies and scandals Of that and a
subsequent period his name is inner.
ishably associated.
ANY n who will take the troubl.
carefully to study the salient traits in
the character of the third MARQUIS, az
depicted in the journals and chronicles
of two. generations ago, will, on turning
to Lord Steyne, have no difficulty in
tracing a most genuine rratsembldnee.
Never was mordant satire more felicit.
ously and faithfully employed than
when Thackeray took in hand this
singularly unique persc mage and gave
him Immortality. The fact that he will
live while English literature endures
makes 1t the more important that there
should be no mistake or misunderstood.
ing as to his identity."-N. Y. Times
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-10-04
THE FARMING WORLD.
A GOOD TRAP.

:, 7. rasllv Made and Can BE Used Tor
Catching Many Kinds Of
Take inch lumber; bottom board, 5 by
es inches; end, 5 by "a inches; side . oy
80 inches. Roller at top, "a by -
inches; pin, q by 4 inches, IL inches
long in center, and placed 4 inches
from end of roller; X, half-inth block TO
put flyer under to set trap; y ~ treaale
or pan, to spring trap, made Of shingles
4 inches wide, AZ to shoulder, y tongue
2 inches long, to reach through front
side, to catch flyer to set it,
Cut a hole in the center OF the from
hoard down to the bottom, l inch wide
and X inches high. Put the pan in
place, then bore a half-inch hole through
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-10-04
FIG. TRAP U

wire nails driven through the ends.
Make a hole through the ends at r to
let the rats run through.
Take old dirty boards; rats are afraid
Of white lumber. This trap will catch
red squirrels, mice or rats, and Will not
catch chickens. 1t will catch with or
without bait. ! caught over 100 rats In
three months. Others that have made
traps like mine catch lots of rats, some.
times three or four at a time. II set
where you can hear 1t, a sleigh-bell tied
to the long pin will make the boys run
when they hear 1t, and they get some
thing every time.-Ohio Farmer.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-10-04

FIG. THE TRAP SET.

the back board where the holes come In
the pan. Drive q little nail over each
hole, then tie a stout ~strins in each
hole of the pan, pass it through the
half-inch holes and tie to the nails Just
tight enough to let the pan press to the
bottom when the drop strikes it. Then
take a piece of scantling that fits loose
inside the trap, or make a box AZ inch
es square, 81 inches long, for drop; ill
it with sand, drive a staple 4 inches
from each end in the top, and put 1t in
the trap. Tie a Irvine in the staples
and to the short pins like first cut, then
tie a Irvine to the long pin and to a flyer
just long enough to raise the drop 4
inches when set. The roller just goes
between the ends at the top, turns Oh
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-10-04

Which of these have you selected as a
means of trayeli No matter, Whichever
it is, recollect that for sea-sickness, disor-
ders of the stomach, liver and bowels, en-
gendered by rough locomotion and bad food
or water, and for malarial troubles, Hos,
letters Stomach Bitters is the most useful
specific you can take with you. 1t is inval'
liable also for rheumatism, kidney com
plant and nervous trouble.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-10-04
The Dearest Little Woman Alive.

.'stsN ga HltNts
They had only been married a short
time.
Just see, George" she exclaimed, ~
have bought you just the cutest ciga,
case imaginable. Isn't 1t a beauty?"
And George folded her to his arms.
with the remark that she Was Just the
dearest little woman alive.
After a short scene Of bliss she broke
the silence.
"Ohl nearly forgot. Here's the bill
for my new bonnet 1t may be a trine
high, but II Is q perfect love OF a bon.
net"
And George reiterated, under hi,
breath, that she was the dearest little
woman Live!-The jury.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-10-04

On Tuesdays, September 9 and % and &C
tober IA, 1S90, agents of the Chicago, 81;
Paul and Kansas City Railway will sell
Home.Seekers' Excursion Tickets to prln-
cinai points in the West, Northwest SCUM
and Southwest at rate of one fare for the
round trip, tickets good returning thirty
DAYS from date of sale. For full parncu'
lars call on or address agents OF the Chicago
81. Paul and Kansas City Railway.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-10-04
Beware Of OIntments for Catarrh Thas
Contain Mercury,

ne mercury will surely destroy the sense OF
smell and Completely derange the whole sys-
fem when entering it through the mucous
surfaces. such articles should never DO
used except on prescriptions from reputable
physicians, as the damage they will do Is ten
foid to the good you can derive from them.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by Il. ).
Cheney A. Co, Toledo, O., contains no mer-
cnrv, and is taken internally and acts oil
rectly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. In buying Halls Catarrn
Cure be sure and getthe genuine. II IS taken
internally, and made in Toledo, ONO, by T.
j. Cheney Il Co.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-10-04

THE perp best ,oau to know whether or not
Dobbins' Electric Soap is as good asst is said
to be, is to try il yourself. 1t can't deceive
you. Be sure to get no imitation. There
are lots of them. Ask your grocer for Just
one bar,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-10-04

ALL disorders caused by a bilious state Of
the system can be cured by using eartcr's
Little Liver Pills. No pain, gripping or dis
comfort attending their use. Try them.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-10-04

The eccentricity Of the famous
leather man" is equaled, IL not OK.
celled, by a a who appeared in the
streets Of Middletown, Conn, clad in
red gingham and an old skin jacket
He carried an old kettle, which he used
for cooking purposes, a w~ell-flled bag
ana an immense club. He inquired fol
the turnpike road to New York, and
seemed to be mapping out the route Of
the Heather man." with the avowed In
IGNITION OF becoming his saoosssos,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-10-04

LYING may be wicked, but nobody is go.
ing to sit up all night ii it is Binghamton
Leader.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-10-04

You can't teach an old dog new tricks,
but you can buy o new dog,-Terro Hauto
Express.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-10-04

For twenty-five cents you can get Carter's
Little Liver Pills-the best liver regulator in
the world. Don't this. One pill adose.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-10-04

Scene in a provision store: ma
sent me down 70 a pound OBJ libber an
she wants dc bone wei waokedv-
Boston Herald.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-10-04

CURE your cough with Hale's Honey Of
Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-10-04

THERE is a strong resemblance between
the friend who pats you on tho back IN a
quarrel and the man who says Sick 'cm'
to a dog in a fight.-Atchison Globe.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-10-04

IT is not so great a wonder, come to think,
that so many people are illiterate. Every.
oedy was born that way.-Texas Siftiugs.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-10-04

BRONCHITIS is cured by frequent small
doses Of Piso's Cure for Consumption.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-10-04

NEVER be in your place of business when
a person wants to borrow money Of you.
because if you are in you will be out, but II
you are out you will be in,-Somerville
Oemocrat
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-10-04

teuing it to the hook. Any farmer can
make one in q few minutes. For bandr
! use sheep Irvine, n end tied in a
loop, us represented at c, the other end
drawn through the loop and tied in a
half bow-knot In tying 1t thus, you
can unite 1t when husking by pulling
on the end Of the Irvine. The samo
Irvine will last several years II saved.
a shows the strap fastened to the back
Of the handle with a hook handy; n
81 thrown around the shoci ready for
fastening.-E o. Williams la Home
and Farm
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-10-04

ABOUT the first thing that strikes the man
who runs away is the scarcity OF places to
run to.-Atchison Globe.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1890-12-05
HOW MuLLIN WAS INJURED.
Ehe Coroner's Jury Says That a Fall Did II
and Exonerates the Railroad Company


The Coroner's Jury Says That a Fau Did II
and Exonerates the Railroad Company
The coroner's jury in the case of Ed
win 5. Mullin, the Delaware county
! farmer, the story of whose Death was
fully told in yesterdays EVENING JoUR-
NAL, viewed the remains at the Delaware
Hospital in the afternoon, and. at the re-
quest of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company, boarded train and visited
the spot where the man was il iured
lear Ogden station. The testimony Of
George VI. Hance, proprietor of the hour
mill near the station, said he rushed to
the scene Immediately after the disaster
and found Mullin lying on a pile Of stons
down the steep embankment. He mt him
IN ms carriage and took him to the sta
tion, whence he was removed to this CITY
as soon as the track was cleared
The jury returned to this cjtv aud SAT
III inquest at U roner Sparkss Office The
testimony I..oiy Of John NJ. Hatton, engineer
auo "liilam z. Lewis, fireman of the
sIein' showed that owing to the heavy
los that night, the obstacles on tue
track could not be seen until too late to
prevent a collision. Conductor John
bohus, Brakeman Daniel NJ. Ault and
baggage master Thomas Y Nicholas also
testhed, but knew nothing additional
The jury rendered the following YER
Resolved, That the jury Of INQUEST.
after proper investigation are Of the
opinion that Edwin s. Mullins death was
caused by falling from bridge over a
road under the B. & o. railroad near
Ogden station, on the evening of Wed |
lesday, December 3, 1890. and ia the |
opinion of the jury no blame can be at. |
.ached TO the railroad company.
Philip Mullin of Thurlow. a brother Of
ne dead man, came to the hospital yes
'erday afternoon to take charge of the
,emains. He said his brother was an in
iustrious man and strictly temperate in
lis habits. He left a wife His bodv
'iil be taken to his home at Rosetree this
'veniIg.
All the evidence in the case showed
hat the farmer had been thrown down
ne embankment by his horses falling
n the trestle, and that he received the
INJURIES from the fall, before the train
truck the animals. The narrow escape
I the train and its passengers astounded
nose who visited the scene Of the scci-
ent
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1890-12-05
clTY News I'M $40.

The Board of Trade will hold its
monthly meeting this evening.
The II. O6 Washington mail train over
the T W B. railroad was TWENTY-FIVE
minutes late yesterday afternoon.
At this evenings meeting of the Y. M.
Y, A. Lyceum the question: de Noval
Reading lnjurious2" will be debated
The First Regiment Band win Diva .
concert and reception in Rossister &
Persons dancing academy this evening
Contractor Morrison's men eomnlated
the repairs to Market street bridge tbis
morning and left for the Break water
to repair an iron pier there.
The Washington Fire COMPANY has its
house draped in black out of respect for
James Martin, one of its members swho
died in Minneapolis.
Undertaken ]. A. Wilson announces
that the ambulance service, which has
been conducted by him for the mast
eighteen months, will be stopped after
January
James Martin, a former Wilmington
ian, who died last Tuesday in South
Minneapolis, MINI, where be had been
living for several years, was buried there
yesterday.
Levy Courtmen Rothwell. ShalIcross
and Kilgore. constituting -the bridge
committee of lthe Levy Court, met last
evening and audited the accounts of
Levy Courtman Hickman, for the main
tenance Of Third street bridge.
Mr.. and Mrs, r. r. Spicer celebrated
the twenty fifth anniversary of their
wedding at their home, No S12. North
Twenty third street, Philadelphia. last
evening. The celebration was attended
by number of Wilmirgtonlans.
The stone ballast from the barkentine
Eleanor NJ Williams, which is loading
With cars at the Harlan and Hollings.
worth Compauy's wharves, was to day
on lightners to the brig Glen
'osa. which has finished discharginr a
largo Of line and lumber at the wharf of |
he J. A. Cranston Company.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1890-12-05
St. Andrews Church services

A large congregation was in st. An
drew's Church last night. Rev. James 81
stone, D. D., rector of Grace Cburcb
Philadelphia, preached from the text
Hebrews, 2:1-"Therefore we ought 70
give tho more earnest heed to the tbings
which we have heard, lest at apv time
we should let them slip DR.. Stone
Is one of tbs most forcible takers among
Philsdelphia clergymen. His sermon
was full of stirring sentences and
ahounded in illustration This evening 3
service will conclude the series. Raw
Wilbur P. Watkins, D. D of the Church
Of the Saviour, West Philadelphia, win
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1890-12-05

Colonel E. T. Cooper Of Dover, is in
this city TO day.
Levy Oourtman Henry D. Hickman is
liz Philadelphia.
Mrs. J. S Writ of Elkton, Nd, has
been visiting in this city.
William A. Kelly has been on trip to
points in West Virginia
Miss Maggie Collins Of this city is
visiting relatives in Clayton.
Postmaster J. B. Manlove of New
castle was in this city Jhis morning
Frank E. Herbert and Mrs. Herbert Of
New Castle were in Wilmington to day
Mr. Parkhurst Of the Dunkirk Iron
Works, of Dunkirk, N ". is in this city
N the employ of the Hilles and Jones
Mrs Fred w. Causey Of Milford has
gone 10 fslshs, Lake county. Florida,
wnere she will visit Mrs, John Kennard.
her sister.
w. H. Brodford Of Dover, who is
well known in this city, has been elected
chairman OF the class day committee of
ne senior class of the college at Prince
TOD, n J The officers of the class are
elected for life
General R. R. Kenney is much better
than he has been for several weeks. and
is convalesciDg rapidly. YESTERDAY he
was able TO sit 10 for time, and It il
now only g matter Of a few DAYS before
duties.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1890-12-05
OUR BOYS.

Nothing new for them that wa
haven't got. From the Child's
Kilt that charms the mother to the
Long Pants Suit which "catches
the girls" we've an abundance Chat
beggars comparison with pretending
competitors. Our styles are az dis
tinctly different from those Of
ready made clothing shops as our
methods are from the rank and file
OF ready-made clothiers, and our
prices are as much lower in pro-
portion to value that we've really
no competition.
AS one season succeeds another
we merely strive to Guido ourselves
We've none other to outdo. Selling
good, substantial, stylish little
suits, ages 4 to II years, for IS
and $3.50. Hundreds Of good
strong Union Knockabout Suits.
same sizes, for 81. so and 5000, and
we've some as low as $3.50.
An immense assortment of very
fine Suits for IS. Some new
styles opened up this week, and
several 50 and $3.50 lots marked
kown to fill in the gaps. They are
the equal of any 81 or $3.50 suits
sold in this market.
Superb Novelties for se,s Z, SIS,
sic and S12.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1890-12-05
EIKss-PYLe.
They Are Married Last Evening at the
kesidenc of the Brides Parents

1hey ARE Married Last Evening at the
kesidenc of the Brides Parents.
Rev. Maurice Penield Fixes and Miss
Mary Pyle, cashier for William M
Pyle. the dry goods merchant, were mar.
RED last evening at the residence Of the
bride, No 6i4 West Ninth street nv
Rev. y .. Buddington, pastor of Beth.
any Baptist Church. The best man was
Rev T. J. Cross, of the Crozierville
Theological Seminary, and an old friend
of the groom. Miss Anna Billiard. Of
Media, Pa. was maid of honor.
The groom was a resident Of New
York city, but for some time ne has been
the pastor of Grace Baptist Church He
will become pastor Of the Dover Baptist
Church.
After the ceremony an informal recep-
ton was held, after which Mr.. and Mrs
Fixes took the 10 80 o'clock train over
the F., w 4 B. railroad for Syracuse
N. X, where they will remain one week
They received many presents. the value
and number of which showed the HIGH
esteem in which they are held.
There were present: Miss Mamie
button, Miss Lizzie Billiard and Mr.. and
Mrs. o F. Billiard of Media Pa /; the
Revs. w. Leibach, J. Il. Hoslam aud
Charles A. Walker Of the Crozierville
Theological Seminary; the Rev. c.
L. Lados, Of the Touchdown Baptist
Church, Mr.. and Mrs Lsrkin.
Mr. Hinkson of Chester Charles Pyle of
New York city; Isaac Pyle and wife of
Kenneth Square; Thomas Shepherd and
wife of Moorestown. B. Frank Bartram,
Mrs. Garrett of Villsge Green; Miss
Mary Matlaek of Chester; Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Pyle and daughter; w. P.
Butler.