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unanswered-for the Threats of the men
are too parched and thirsty to hurrah-
a great body Of Arabs starts from the
underwood around the entrance to the
detle, and hea led by many standard.
bearers rushes in upon the British
square.
Of the fight for life in that square,
and the determination with which the
Arabs fought to break the ranks, there
is no need to tell. How Burnaby went
down, fighting gloriously, and many
another brave man beside him, history
records.
With the utmost GOODNESS, for he has
been through many such scenes, Capt.
MACPHERSON, after the first rush, picks
up the rife of a dead soldier, unclasps
his cartridge belt, and plugs away
steadily at the nightshirt brigade, as
the soldiers have nicknamed the Arabs
from their long white robes.
But see. what change is this in his
face as the foe forms in a compact
mass for another rush? And listen to
the request he makes to the men
around him:
Don't shoot within a dozen yards
each side of that banner" he SAYS in
such a tone of voice that the soldiers
look up in surprise and see a white, set
face.
Let them come right up before you
fire" he adds, land wait till | give you
the word. You'll agree to that, won't
you, Roberts? It's a matter of life
and death" This to the officer in com.
mand of the company.
matter of death To us all, | think, IL
you don't speak in time" growled
Roberts, frowning at the advancing
d%ervishes; ''but have your way"
MACPHERSON makes no answer; the
pallor of his face increases; now it is
ashy gray as the Arabs rush in on the
square. OF all the oncoming hundreds
he sees only two men-one the standard
bearer and beside him a young fellow,
wonderfully light for an Arab, and
with a cap OF his head instead of the
usual tangled headdress of creased hair
worn by the dervishes.
kneeling as the Arabs come within
fifty yards of the square he takes de-
liberate aim. A flash, and at the same
instant the standard bearer falls prone
to the earth. The fair-faced Arab
seizes the banner and rushes TO the
front. Another shot and he, too, falls.
In a voice that rings above the din OF
the battle MACPHERSON gives the order
to fire, and the Arabs, met by a volley
at such range, stagger, and through
the smoke are seen to fall back a few
PAGES. Instantly MACPHERSON rushes
out from the square, and before his
comrades or the enemy have time Il
interfere he is again in the midst of his
comrades, trembling and pale, but
bearing in his arms the young Arab,
who still grasps the banner he plucked
from the dead leaders hand.
The Arabs, nightly thinned in that
last brush, fall away. The fight Is
owe and the men crowding round Mac
Pherson, who is bathing the wounded
Arabs thigh where his bullet entered,
ask what it all means.
Roberts, who is under the impression
that the banner was the prize coveted
BY MACPHERSON and tina. his care fol
the Arab Is an afterthought, remarks
that the game was hardly worth the
candle. But MACPHERSON, looking up
for ID moment, says pointing 70 the
wounded Arab
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-10-10
AN IDEAL MllkSTOOl.
As the Device Is Not Patented Reader,
May Take Advantage Of Ii.

al the DeflCB Is MOI 1htenteu hehuer
May Take Advantage of 1t.
While great strides of improvement
have been made in many directions, in
some places the fields are, as yet, UNI
explored. Many people to-day are
using a paint keg, nail key, box, old
chair, or some boards nailed together,
or a one, two, three OF four-legged
stool, to sit on to milk, just as people
did hundreds of years ago. With any
of these c%ontrivances the pail must be
held between the knees OF the mixer,
set on the ground or floor, which, in
either case, is both unclean and unsafe.
The accompanying cut shows one that
overcomes both of these difficulties.
The bottom board is made of inch
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-10-10
BOTH WE'RE ASSISTANTS.
But One Was a First and the Other Only
a Fourth.

A good story is told of Assistant
Postmaster General 7. Il. Rathbone.
While on his recent trip TO the st.
Lawrence the general with a party
was stopping at Frontenac. Ever hav-
ing in mind his official duties Mr.. Rath-
bone one morning thought he would
just step down to the F~rontenac mail
singing department and see how
things moved in his line up on the st.
Lawrence. The local office is situated
in the pavilion on the dock In c%oniunc-
ton with the ticket and express offices.
Charge Of postal affairs devolves chief
~ on a clerk who is quite assertive Of
his brief authority. Mr.. Rathbone
peeped in at the window to see the
clerk busy at his work.
How many mails do you receive here
daily?" the assistant postmaster gener-
al asked.
-Four" was the curt reply.
SLOW many go out?"
Same number"
where are the pouches r~eceivedp'
was the next question.
Right through this window"
'liow do you handle them when thea
go out?"
By this time the clerks eyes were as
big as aucers
ut seems to me that you are pretty
fresh with your questions" he said:
But ! am connected with the post
Office department of the United States
government" said MIR. Rathbone, land
! ask officially for information"
II don't know whether you are or
not" was the clerks answer TO this
~ am Mr.. Ratkbone. of Washington.
fourth assistant postmaster Of the
United States" said the inquisitor.
How do you rank?"
Fourth assistant postmaster general
of the United States"
"Well," said the clerk as he took his
seat, ~ am the first assistant postmas-
ter at Frontenuc, and you a go plumb
to blazes!"
Tableau. When Ms Rathbonc left
Frontenao he sent the clerk a bottle OF
champaign with his compliments. -
Syracuse standard.
"A cellar that is not dry aud SWEEP
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The Only One Ever Prlnted-Can You Find
tho Word?

in this paper, this week, which has no two
words alike except one word. The same is
true of each new one an caring each week,
from The DR.. Harter Medicine Co. This
house places n Crescent" on everything
they make and publish, Look for it, send
them the name of tho word and they will
return You book, beautiful Autographs or
samples free.
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u goes back

.n, 10 goes back
an the money you've spent for
lit there's neither benefit nor
cure. That's what ought to be said
Of every medicine. Il ,,o,,H to '
if the medicine were good enonob
But it Is said of only one med;c;n"
Of its kind-Dr. Picrco's Golden
Medical Discovery. It's the o,,or'
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March, April and May, when ,b ~,
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IN every season and in cyerv c sa'
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Tor all Scrofulous, Skin and scaln
a nlseas ss,. Dyspepsia, Indigestion
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Nothing else is as cbeap. no ,,.,
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WIN this, you pay only for The
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dealer but you are the one that -.
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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-10-10

How My THROAT Hurst Why don't you
use Hale Honey Of Horehound and Tars
Pixies Toothache Drops Curein one minute.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-10-10

ENVIRONMENT wonder why old Closcfst
married that fearfully fat girlf' Brightly
because there was so little waist to her,
| suppose. = Philadelphia Press.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-10-10

Both the method and resnlt,
Syrup of Figs is taken; It j, NV. sA'I
and refreshing to the TASTE pie p,Saaa
gently yet promptly on the R Sis y
Liver and Bowels, cleanses tSa
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aches and fevers and cures 5,L lea9
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ceptable to the stomach, pro ana
its action and truly beneficial +
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healthy and agreeable substances u;
many excellent qualities commend |
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Syrup of Figs is for sale IN !,
and 81 bottles by all leading u d,'
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may not have it on hand will '!
cure it promrt'~ far onv one 4
wishes to classes sea- ana !, =
substitute. "H''
ri E0PNIA rin MA.
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sail up the same old river. look at the
same old pyramids-no modern addi-
tions or improvements-see the same
abominable old images that have worn
the same grotesque aspect for fifty
centuries, and broil on the same un-
comfortable decks, and all because that
boy Of mine wants to become known
as an Psychologist To the deuce with
beetles and sacred cattle. I'm tired Of
it all"
Out of breath with the exertion
necessary to this long sentence, Col
lavish MACPHERSON leans back in his
comfortable armchair and closes his
eyes for a nap, The cause Of his
trouble is not very apparent, and as he
sits there under the awning, with his
half-pay running on at the horse
guards, with the rents OF his deer for
ests and sheep farms in the Highlands
faithfully collected and accounted for
by the factor, and with his member
ship fees paid up to date at the Carl
ton and United Service clubs, one
could imagine that even Egypt would
appear something other than a house
of bondage. The colonel's dahabeeh.
with her big three cornered sail
trimmed to the breeze that rufles the
waters Of the Nile and bears her on.
ward to Assouam and the Great Catar-
act, is as quiet and restful albeit pic
turcsque an object as one would care to
see, as on this December evening of
1870 she creeps up the river, the look
out man on the bow watching that the
channel is followed, and the sherman.
impressive as a mummy, leaning upon
the long handle of the tiller.
Forward on the deck, face down or
curled up in all sorts of odd positions,
lie the crew, a motley collection of
Arabs, Nubians and Oslnanlis. There
is nothing stirring. The mark of the
desert is on all around. Even the sun,
10Y nearly on Il level with the Nubian
mountains away on the horizon, looks
tired and dusty. The intense quiet
bothers the colonel; so he yawns and
growls once more. He is i widower
with two c~hiidren-the elder a lad of
eighteen, who has already made some
thing of IL reputation as a student of
Egyptian remains, having been enam-
ored of the land since the evil dav
when tie colonel first proposed to win
ter on the Nile. The second is a gem
tie lad of ten years, well liked by every
body. lie gives his vote for Egypt
every winter, because Jack asks it as
a favor. They are ashore now after
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-10-10

Do NOT suffer from sick headache a moment
longer. 1t is not necessary. Carriers Little
Liver Pills will cure you. Dose, ono little
pill. Small price. Small dose. Small pill.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-10-10

IT is "A mean mar who will get up a joke
on the medical profession when he owes his
doctor a bill-Plck.
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a. -HHN#hNHH
Instantly the men, lOoSt Of whom
have heard the >,ery Of the eoloneIs
bereavement crowd around the
sirctchcr Ssre enough. the esen-
bl.ncc cannot be disputed
see" SAYS MACPHERSON, becoming
less constrained as the intense strain OF
the last few minutes is relaxed; i al
trace on the back II his right hand the
outlines OF an anchor. I remember
when he put it on he was a very small
cub His hand looked as If It was
poisoned, and he came to me and got
M to >crape most OF the ink out again.
That's why the mark is so faint Rob
ert> send 4 man ont there 10 bring IN
the big fellow l shot That was Aeoo
and l think you Will hud a bullet in his
head"
TIE last words are spoken family,
and Macpherson falls back into the
arms Of a soldier. Where he stoc3
there IS a pool Of blood, and on exam
ii is found that he, too, has
been wounded in the thigh.
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You can'thelp liking them, they aresovery
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-10-10

IA cellar that is not dry aud SWEEP
Is no place for milk. II would be
money in the pockets OF many IL they
would remember this we'll known fest.
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H..

They were an o~dd-looking pair, the
brothers, as they walked together in
the garden of the army hospital at
Cairo 1t was fortunate that Jack
knew Arabic, for his long-lost brother
hai to learn English over again, hav-
ing never heard a word of his mother
tongue from the night VIXEN Aboo,
after gagging him. tumbled him into
the boat lying astern of the dahabeeh
until his brothers bullet brought him
back to civilization. OF his wander
ings he could tell little except that his
captor and he had been wayfarers for
years in the Soudan and along the
desert highways until the insurrection
broke out, when he was pressed into
the mahdi's service. Ahoo being a volun-
teer. After awhile, he told his brother,
he became rather fond of fighting.
''Humph.' said the colonel, as his
elder SOL translated these remarks,
there is some of the MACPHERSON in
him yet, then" He nodded paternaI.y
toward Bob. and then, turning to Jack,
said tenderly; God bless You, my boy,
for bringing back my Benjamin eveu
with a bullet. Toronto Globe.
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CLOVES on the breath is a plea OF guilty.
Dallas News.
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ghawed Oft and destroyed. These
little bacilli, as the germs are called,
are too small to be seen with the
naked eye, but they ate very much
alive just the same, and enter the
body in our food, in the air we
breathe, and through the pores Of
the skin Thence they get into the
blood and finally arrive at the lungs
where they fasten and increase with
irightful rapidity. Then German
Syrup comes i'll, loosens them, kills
them, expells them, heals the places
they leave, and so nourish and
soothe that, in a short time consump-
oves become germ-proof and well. %
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the leaves of trees.
The phlegm that is
coughed up is those
parts of the lungs
which have been
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Syrup"

The majority Of well-1ead phys.
icians now believe that Consump-
ton is a germ disease. In other
words, instead Of being in the con-
stitution Itself it is caused by limit
merable small creatures living in the
lungs having no business there and
eating them AWAY as caterni1lats do
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-11-26
Hard Fare.

A confederate soldier, of Gen. Braggs
army, has much to say of the state of
semi-starvation in which he and his
comrades were much of the time kept
while we were at Chattanooga my
father paid me visit. Rations were
mighty scarce. was very glad to see
him, but felt ashamed to have him
know how badly off we were for some
thing to eat. We were living on
parched corn Finally l hit upon a
plan for getting him good dinner. 1
invited him to go with me to the colo
ners tent Col Field said I, 4 wish
20 introduce you to my father, and as
rations are a little short in the mess
Just now, perhaps you will be good
enough to invite him to dine with you
Certainly answered Col Field, 4 shall
be happy to have both of you remain
to dinner l accepted the invitation
with many thanks, and just then a
Young Negro came in with frying-pan
of parched corn and dumped it on an
old cloth. Master said he, dinner is
ready and we all sat down. The colo
mel, like the private soldier, had moth
ing to eat but parched corn-"-Youth's
Companion.
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ARMY tricks.
How n Surgeon Was Fooled by = Play
Upon Words.

How n Surgeon Was Fooled by Play
Upon Words.
There were many tricks played on
the officers, just for the fun of the
thing, during the war, especially if the
troops remained long at any one camp
ing place.
In one of the many camps of our
union soldiers an odd trick was played
off on the surgeon and chaplain of
regiment noted for its merry making
The troops were camped by a small
stream over which was a narrow, rick
ETY. bridge.
Just across from the camp was log
cabin in which lived an old woman
alone.
The woman paid no attention to the
soldiers, but went about her daily du-
ties as though unconscious of their
presence.
One day some of the boys passed the
cabin, and hurrying over the rickety
bridge came running into camp with
the message. The old woman In the
cabin is DYING The chaplain and
surgeon were notified.
Chaplain, hurry over quick! the old
woman is DYING
The chaplain hurried over the rickety
bridge as rapidly as possible; the sur
geon soon followed. As the chaplain
came round to the open door he saw at
a glance that it was a trick, and he
passed on around the house so as to al
low the surgeon to come on and bear a
full share of the joke.
The woman was dying. She was
over kettle of butternut juice dyeing
lot of yarn.
When the two came back over the
bridge the whole camp was in a roar of
laughter over the joke.
But what could be done? The men
had reported a truth-the woman was
dyeing; so there was no redress.-Home
and Country.
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WAR "REMINISCENCES.
LITTLE JACK Two-sTIcKs.

Twas a terrible day, and we spent it fighting
the third division OF Hlrs command
In the Wilderness; then, Just as night was
falling, we finished the combat hand 10
hand.
Our ranks we're thInued, and the men had
tasted hour after hour OF the hard-fOught
day
With canteeus empty and knapsaclSs lying on
the ground in camp when we marched
away.
Corporal Hunt had stood beside me all through
the fight a. Our m n went down
That tall blue grain in lis long swaths lying,
the earth where It had been brown
The cleE twigs dropped from the trees above
US. cut 10y the bullets which whistled
And with labored breathing We clambercd for
ward mutterIng sometimes a curse or
prayer.
Little Jack Two Sticks, the company's drum
mer-you see We had nicznames among
Was drumming away at my lef-, and help
ing to deaden the Shrek OF those leaden
toys
Jack was a lad and little fellow about the
size OF my youngest girl
I had left at home; eyes the same color and
hair that was always trying TO curl.
Look at that boy.' the corporal shouted.
Look at that little chap drumming
away
And we sort of smiled in each others faces.
He takes it as cool as if it were play
And the pOwder-grImed face OF the corporal
softened- then suddenly hardened and
down he fell.
What! Hunt are you hitT' But he made no
answer, and heard in the front the foe
man yell,
And our colonel shouted, Charge bayonets,
men!" rushed through the thicket 10
take my part
Leaving the corporal lying quiet with MIME
ball lodged in his gallant heart
We fought ana we won with the little handful
left OF our brave Old Company G.
Our colonel dropped, haf rose, and shOu ed:
Follow them, boys! Not man stays
with me-
But after the cannon had stopped their rattle
and after the bullets had ceased their
And we searched for our comrades heard the
drumming Of little Jack Two-Sticks far
away.
Queer that Jack wasn't up with the company,
as the sharp tattoo OF the drum we heard,
But it suddenly changed to a mufied long roll,
and five Of US started without word
And followed the sound through the Wilderness
shadows. There, with his back to fallen
tree,
And six OF his comrades dead around him, he
was beating ths long roll for Company G.
why, Jack, old chap, are you hurts" we ques-
toned his jacket was torn and the front
was red
thought Of my girl as l watched him family
beating the long roll there TO the dead.
How did il gO-who beat|' he whispered.
I'VE saved the day at the last-we won.
Write TO mother about this hands fell life
less, and little Jack Two-Sucks' drum
ming was done.
The night came down with its blessed quiet,
and said prayer for my little girl
And the little chap in the darkness sleeping,
with hair too stiffened with blood to curl
But OF all the sights that the Wilderness shad-
ows were trying to hide as the smoke
clouds fed,
The saddest OF all was that little fellow beating
the long roll there for the dead.
Marion Manville, in Indianapolis Sentinel.
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nearest the batteries, on the right bank
| of the river, and every shot passed just
over the smoke-stack," and plunged
length of the ship from the hull There
were times when the Pensacola's keel
had not an inch of water under it and
a lump of sand or a big stone lying
there would have insured the ground
ing of the ship under the confederate
batteries and her certain destruction.
1t was bold seamanship for nightwOrk,
but it saved the ship
At early daylight the Pensacola re-
ceived the last shot from the enemy off
Aqua creek, which fell sho I and spent
itself in the water, but it was the last
shot received by her without a fierce
reply. The batteries were passed and
the ship was safe
But, though no shot was fired from
the ship, what a victory this was for
the union cause. The confederate gov
eminent at Richmond, in its ignorance
and wrath, blamed the men and officers
of the batteries and accused them of
palpable neglect of duty. The best
graded, cour;-martialed and the gun
ners distributed to the four quarters of
the confederacy dishonored. Nothing
could have been better calculated to
demoralize the confederate army at this
early period of the war. The batteries,
erected at great expense and labor
were abandoned and the blockade of
the Potomac was utterly broken. The
federal capital was once more free and
the pathway to the ocean was clear.
On the morn ng after the passage of
the ship, lady of Alexandria has told
me. she was on the streets of that city,
and on the sidewalk met a group Of
colored boys in animated discussion
over the great event Through the
might they had heard the distant thun-
Or of the confederate guns Armed
with a broom stick, she heard one of
them say: "Doan yer see? Thar's the
rebel guns, and thar's the river, and
thar's whar she's got to go!' and he
brought his stick down on what he sup
posed was the channel of the Potomac
river. For all that the seaman's wit
and courage saved the ship and on the
cath day of April 1862, she led the ad-
vance column Of Farragut's feet in the
tremendous battles of Forts jackson
and St Phillip and the Chalmette be-
low New Orleans. During that night
of one of the greatest naval engage
ments known to history the Pensacola
led the 'forlorn hope" of that magnia-
cent conflict.
Capt Henry W. Morris, of New York,
one of the ''old-time navy captains"
commanded the Pensacola, and Lieut.
+. A. Roe, also of New York, and the
writer of this paper, was the executive
oficer-Rear Admiral T. A. Roe, in
United Service.
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S7IilZ:l

Dr. Samuel Pitchers prescription for Infants
and Children. 1t contains neither Opium, Morphine
other Narcotic substance. 1t is harmless substitute
for ParegOric Drops Soothing Syrups, and Castor OIL
1t Pleasant guarantee is thirty years by
Millions Mothers CaStOria destroys Worms and alays
feverishness CastOria vomiting Sour Curd.
cures DiarrhOea and Wind Collie. Castoria relieves
teething troubles constipation and fatuency.
CastOra assmlates the food, regulates the stomach
and bowels, giving healthy and natural Sleep Cas-
tOria is the Chdren's Panacea-the Mothers Friend.