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Related to the Queen.

1t must be u very exceptional person
who does not prefer to be addressed
with consideration and u measure OF
po%liteness. Lady Duff Gordon, in her
travels among ignorant peoples, seems
to have carried her manners to an
uncommon degree. Writing from Cape
town, she says: An old "~bastaard" wom-
an. married to the Malay tailor here,
explained to me my popularity with the
colored people, as set forth by ''dat
Malay boy" my driver. He was sure
was a livery great Missis," because of
my plenty good behavior" l spoke
to him just as to a white gentleman,
and didn't 'laugh and talk nonsense
talk" dat Missis never say, Here,
you black fellow" English people,
when they mean to be good-natured,
are generally extensively familiar, and
talk nonsense talk" that Is, the
Dutch English of the blacks, while the
blacks feel it the greatest compliment
to be treated with seriousness. Ono of
them said that must be related to the
queen because of my mot knowing bad
behavior"-Youth's Companion.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-10-10

rows. The way of handling, as the
described by a well-known writer or
rural subiects-''the gardener now gets
on his knees, straddliug the row, and
gathering up all the stalks of one plant
after another, in his left hand, packs
the soil firmly around with his right, to
retain them in a compact and erect pos
ition"-seemed to be ont of place in
our beds, so we tried string, by wind
ing nee around each plant and then
going on to the next, keeping the
string taut enough to hold the stalks in
place. This wasa d ,cided improvement
over the way of holding the stalks in
place by earth ulti the rest of the soil
was put in, but when it came to taking
the string off the soil would be trampeG.
around the plants and the leaves and
upper part Of the stalks would be torn
off, and the time it took in removing it
made us almost want to 60 back to
the way ofholding it up with our hands.
All sorts of suggestions were made to
get rid of the trouble of taking off the
string, until some one thought that pa
per string might do, and it would rot
off and not hurt the plant.
In order to get such a string we had
to hunt all owe the city of Columbus
1t seems to have gone out Of use, but
we finally found what we wanted.
After getting it, we put it on several
thousand plants and then waited to see
if any injury was done. When the
plants were taken out for winter it
was found that very little injury was
done, and this happened by the careless
putting on of the string. The plants were
held in position by the string until a
rain came and settled the dirt around
the plant and wet the string SO that il
would give way to the growing plant
Some of the plants we gave a second
banking before the string gave way
and let the plant spread.
l have helped try agood many inven-
tons, but never had any that worked so
well from the start as this one did. We
invented a little device for putting the
string on. First we held the ball in ou1
hands, but this was very inconvenient.
So n day | went into the shop and
took a tomato can and punched a hole
through the bottom of it, nailed it to a
stick, and then with a piece of panta-
loon suspender, with the buckles, fast
ened it to the right arm above the ell
bow, and at the wrist, letting the string
run out at the bottom of the can and
between the thumb and front finger.
With this one can wind celery all day,
if his back does not get to aching too
bad. This is all the drawback | have
found to it yet. l send a sketch which
will show how it works better than
can be done in words. This plan works
just as well with the plants in rows as
it does in beds, and does not take quite
as much string. The cost of the string
vas only ten cents for one thousand
plants, when it is bought at pound
rates. Sc. G. Green, in Ohio Farmer.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-10-10
FOR IST IN CHURCHES.
Collection Bags and Boxes aud Plates Of
Wood and of Metal.

In some churches, years ago, the col
lection was taken in small close
meshed nets with short handles, The
latest thing made for this use, the col
lection bag. is a modification OF the
old-fashioned net. 1t is a c~one-shaped
plush bag seven inches in diameter and
seven inches deep. 1t is secured By a
hoop to which is attached a handle two
feet or three feet long, as may be de-
sired. The collection bag sells for four
dollars. 1t has been in use for about
year.
Collection boxes were at one time
used in many churches, The old style
is a shallow open box about seven
inches long by five wide. 1t is lined
with velvet and has a handle attached.
Boxes of this style are still used, but
collection boxes are now generally
made circnlar in form. They are seven
and a half inches in diameter and two
and a half inches in depth. A plush
nat is laid on the bottom, and the box
is provided with a handle two feet or
three feet long. Such a box OF oak sells
for three dollars and a half. Not many
boxes are sold nowadays.
Collection plates have for along time
been in general use. One of the older
styles OF plates was Of brass, nickel
plated, Plates of this kind were sold
at from five to seven dollars each At
the present time collection plates are
made Of wood and Of various kinds of
metals. The wooden plates are the
more popular, and they are commonly
used in city and country. Usually they
are of oak or walnut; oak is now the
wood most favored. A plain plate OF
quartered oak may be bought for three
dollars. 1t is eleven and one-half inches
in diameter. Its fiat rim is one and
three-quarter inches wide and the
plate is n and o~ne-quarter inches
deep. A plush mat is laid in the center.
A plate of the same size having a text
carved upon the rim costs five dollars.
Various texts are used. God loveth a
cheerful giver' is the one most often
selected. A receiving basin of wood,
into which the collection plates may be
emptied, is fifteen inches in diameter
and two inches deep, and the rim is
two and a quarter inches wide. Carved
with an appropriate text and with a
plush mat, a basin costs twelve dollars.
Collection plates of metal are usually
made of brass or bronze. Brass plates
range in price from five dollars upward.
They are eleven inches in diameter,
one and three-quarter inches in,the rim
and one and three-quarter inches deep.
They are inscribed with texts and are
stamped or embossed in a variety of
designs. The metal plates are used
either with or without "a mat. Bronze
plates cost twenty-five dollars and up
ward. Metal receiving basins of brass
or bronze cost from twenty-five dollars
upward. More expensive metal plates
are made to order. Some are of solid
silver. The cost of a silver plate de-
ponds on its weight and the work upon
it; fifty dollars would be about the
lowest price.-N. Y. Sun,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-10-10
Al an OPEN WINDOW.

Hero l an, Ter, bed at ny open easement
Enjoying The laugh Of some unseen miss
That comes ripping 70 through a non II n
basement
Just below this
Morning. noon and nigAi l can hssr her
Baholinc sway with hsT chatter SID cAa-
And il seems ash 81 creslsoc aesF her
Was Just oae Laugh
Picture her. Is1't her tacs !ast made fo- ~
Cri-kled a13 carried q 8 laughing ST
Gods Sc y s,cz1 aye think i pad .or H.
hi
Ic2r fancy he dzv.es her cheeks i~-p-ietiag.
And So, iAe mouth eo-ueS uFvaa1 r-
ieaz o4lcA - eyes Win tie t0eGc s,l2uGs
B-1t1. Q. III
SIZE nus; he pretty . !Sa<A So PRETTY
Sash q laugh couldn't oelonc - @ t-u@Yi
Eu1os5GS to1 e see things Witty
Puoaae,y pi-up
There now! she'so- again. Peal uPoz peal ot.l
Clear as a cl-llor, soft IS S bell
Why, its intacuoas: FEcsiea;-s :Astee, e:ii'
CAGektas as vel
What pas I dreaming, Tat musical uelo3y
Trips Up the sos.e-a-rt-c5 o.
So ike - 8 voice that mas AEsaei-aA' vsi-s-
day,
Long, long $50
nelgh.ho! to think G. wba; l,.ls siravs tiok,e
Just a girls l~auEh-and ny laughing one lies
Silent, and I-we.l, now, this is ridiculous
Tears in my eyes
Pail Mall Budget
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-10-10
How to Handle an rndcrshlrl.

There is one art, seemingly simple,
that is known to very few, and that is
the art of taking off n shirt after exer-
cising. No one who frequents the gym
nasiums during the summer season a
have failed to notice men Juggling and
strainiug at their flannel shirts in a
vain endeavor to get them off, A fan
mel shirt, especially an ~undershirt,
when wet with Precipitation, sticks con-
siderably closer than a brother, and
hundreds of them have been torn by
trying to remove them in the manner
that is usual when they are dry. Buta wet
shirt has no terrors for anyone who
knows how to handle it. Cross the
arms, take hold of the left side of the
shirt with the right hand, and the right
side with the left hand, and the gar
ment can be pulled off with perfect
ease. This knowledge would have
spared hundreds much inconvenience,
and has sensibly diminished the average
profanity.-St Louis Globe Democrat.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-10-10
THE COURT ~RELENTEo.
An American who Crossed HIS Legs and
Was Arrested For 1t,


The charges that are made against
the Gillian government of despotism,
etc, recalls a story told by Col. Thomas
n. Nelson. after his return from Chill,
where he represented this govern
ment as minister, under the admin
stration of Abraham Lincoln lie
said.
''0n the day after my arrival at SAM
tiago the capital of Chilli, | received a
message from an American, then IN
Jail at that place, who desired to sec
me as early as convenient called at
he Jail and found a man who looked
not unlike Joe jefferson, when he
made up as Rip Van Wrinkle. He said
his name was Story, that he was a son
Of the late Associate Justice Story,
Of the supreme court of the United
states, and author of the Common
aries on the Constitution Of the
United States as well as a brother
of W.. w, Story, the sculptor and
poet He said he had been in hat
place six months, which was by no
inviting, and all of his efforts to
lind out why he vas incarcerated or to
ecure a hearing had be n without
avail. He desired my assistance. |
called on the minister of foreign at
airs and requested some information
IS to the cause of Mr.. Story's imprison.
nent. The minister had never heard OF
he case, but said as | was to be pres
ented tomorrow he would inquire into
the case, and, by the time l vas in
stalled as envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary, he would
take up the case with me. Imagine my
surprise IN the day following to learn
that my countryman had been charged
with contempt of court and that
his contempt consisted of entering
The supreme court and seating himself
within the bar when he had
crossed his legs and looked directly
at the Judges l said; There could
have been no contempt Intended. 1t is
an American characteristic. When !
entered the private room of President
Lincoln to take my final leave previous
to my departure for this city, my post
of duty, | found the president in a chair
tilted back with the middle of his back
on the edge of the seat Of the chair and
his legs tied, it seemed to me, in double
bow knot on a marble mantle. | as
sure you there has been a great mistake
made by some one
The case was brought to the alton
ton of the court, explanations were
made and apologies accepted. The
chief justice of the court then enter
tanned Mr.. Story, who, by the way, was
an able, as well as a very accomplished
gentleman. He lived and died in San
tiago, having gone there for his health.
indianapolis News.
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20 Aboo's hare feet-his shoes might
wear ont, but So Aboo having OBJ
tanned his dagger and an old rinE-hiS
only article Of hsggaCe-gces ashore
muttering revenge. which the drag
man interprets to the colonel With :
smile and 3 bow, The dahabeeh
glides on. and in an hour is moored at
Assouam. The wandering relje-hunters
return and al on board retire, for Is
not the catarac to he traverSed at sun
/ down tomorrow?
Before sunrise Col MscpherSon was
awakened by the shout Of the young
gentleman's body servant who cried
excitSdly; Wake, master, We can't
fnd Master Bob Here Is bit q paper
thst lsy on his bed"
While the colonel rabbed his eyes
and looked a; ;he strap Of Arabic the
man pcoiaoed 5 eoualoNon occurred
outside, and the drasausn rushed in
with Aboo's dagger N his hand Il
had been taken from the breast q the
Nnbian stabbed 10 the heari during the
night The Nsst that hs& been towe3
astern ot the 6ahahaeh afte- Ahoo's
trip ashore was cone There was 10
doGht explained the 6rSromsn with
his customary >nile thai the Arab had
lain ashore uatl lights went SAT- swan
aboard. KNITTED his enemy and left
again in the haat Al this the colonel.
still holding ne psne- in his hand
turns pale and ;remh5nely gives in 10
JACK. WHO knows Arabic D-agomsp
and crew crowd around while he slow
" reads; "Aboo might have killed the
dog tonight but 10 steal the
pride Of his teat was a better revenge"
They searched for the fugitiyes with
shrinking hearts after 4 time. but never
trace Of the boy. dead or living, did
thew find. Almost mad with grief, but
not until the hot weather threatened
his life, Col. Macpherson returned TO
and laid the terrible affair per,
before the khedive. But it was
ali in vain. Year after year he haunted
the Nile, promising b~acksheesh to an I
extent for the restoration OF
his boy. but the Arabs shook their
leads-Abao had disappeared without
any trace. To the father who :
searched for his lost boy there was no
.ack Of interest now in Egypt.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-10-10
Forward by the right; march,

Forward by the right; marcht
Clear and loud ONE the command,
and the ugly, ill-eonditioned stecds Of
the camel corps moved forward with
an ~ungainlv step. The well, OF Aboo
hlea are within sight, and Sir Herbert
Stewart, who marched nine days with
fifteen hundred picked men across the
desert to reach the MI. and thence to
press on to Khartoum, feels that his
mission viii be successful and that
Gordon will be speedily relieved.
SO does Capt Jack Mcpherson, OF the
Egyptian army, attached for the pres
ent to the camelry, as he sails along on
one Of the ships OF the desert.
This is an unseaworthy ship, and as
it losses more than usual he calculates:
Ugh, you brute, if there is an Arab at
the wheels will trade camels" With
this he looks forward to the rocky de-
file by which the route lies and sees
huttering above a ledge an Arab ban
ner. For an instant he looks at it
through his field glass and then rides
in haste back along the ranks. A word
in Sir lIerbcrt's ear. The troops are
halted and a zareba is in progress Of
formation when, with beating Of war;
drums and d~iscordant yelIs that remain
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-10-10
HOUSEHOLD sREVITIEs.

Half a lemon dipped in salt will dc
all the work OF oxal:c acid in cleaning
copper boilers brass teakettles and
other copper or brass utensils
Cottage Pudding. One eupful o.
sugar, one cupful OF b~uttermilk, two
eupfuls of tiouc. one egg, three table
~spoonfuls Of melted butter, one tea
spoonful Of cream of tartar, one-hal'
teaspoonful of soda; bake and serve
with aliquid dressing, Boston Budget
-Calfs-Foot Broth Cut up two
calls feet, and put them into n vessel
with two quarts of water, a carrot, :
little mace and the right quantity o!
salt Boil gently for two or thre,
hours, till but one-half the quantity OF
water is left; then strain, add a tea
spoonful Of oatmeal or Indian meal ant
season to taste food Housekeeping.
The great obstacle in cleaning s
piano nicely, removing finger marks
and dirt from the polished surface, is
the amount of rubbing required. Wash
over a small portion at a time with fine
toilet soapand water, using n soft cloth
free from lint; then to restore the pol
ish rub long and faithfully with a clear
canton-fannel cloth. This is the meth
cd used by a professional piano.tuner,
N. Y. World.
A simple dessert. which is a varia-
ton OF cake and preserves, is made by
taking a thick loaf of sponge cake
that baked the day before is all the
better-and cutting it in round pieces
with the aid of a large-sized biscuit
Slightly hollow out the center
and put in a large teaspoonful of pre-
served Strawberries or cherries or pine.
Arrange these cake mounds
on plates and serve with whippedor
plain cream, though whipped cream
the dish a much prettier appear
ance.-N Y. Times.
Orange Pie. Fill a tin with crust,
the edges, and bake lightly in a
quick oven. Crate the rind of one
orange, add the Juice of two, one cup
full of sugar, a small lump of butter,
two cupfuls Of water, and i've drops of
Bring it to a boil. and thicken
with cornstarch dissolved in a little
Pour it over the well-beaten
yolks OF two eggs, and beat quickly to-
Pour into the crust. Beat the
two whites stiff with a little sugar,
place it upon the pie and brown in the
oven to a golden shade. -Housekeeper.
Lambs Kidney Saute.-Four kid.
should be used for three people.
Wash them, remove the skin and hard
white cores, and cut them into thin
round slices, Have the lamp wicks low.
Place the granite-ware pan over the
lamp, and put into it two table,
spoonfuls of butter and one teaspoonful
Of flour Stir until the butter begins
to bubble; then put in the sliced kid.
neys, and eason with one teaspoonful
of salt and a little pepper. Stir with a
fork for three minutes, turning the
pieces of kidney over so that each shall
come in contact with the bottom of the
pan. Now add two ~tablespoonfuls of
lemon JUICE and a gill of cold water.
Stir until the sauce begins to boil.
The meat must never fry or boil rapidly |
as a high temperature would harden it.
Serve with toast-Ladies' Home Jour.
nal |
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-10-10
Chronic HomesIckness.

Among the patients Of the Melbourne
City hospital was n young Danish sailor
whose ailments had long puzzled the
medical fraternity till their diagnoses
were modified by an intelligent nurse.
In the silence of the night she had heard
the young stranger moan and sigh in a
way justifying certain %conjectures re-
ferring to a portrait which the problem
attic patient was wont to hide under his
pillow. That portrait, however, proved
to be the photograph of an old woman,
and the young Dane ut last confessed
that the cause of his ailments was MOTH
ing but chronic and unconquerable
inconsistencies. Contrary to common
belief, the natives of sea-coast countries
and Of airy highlands are about equally
liable to an affection rarely caused by
the mementoes of a fiat inland vegion
like Russia or Central Chino The
Voice.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-10-10
The Ln,t Lock In the GIaas.

When u wa man has got her bonnet
and CLOVIS on and is perfectly ready,
with her ~oarasol in hand, she always
goes back, says a cyrical' person, to a
mirror ITO take u last, fond farewell.
Every woman does this, but few are
honest enough to confess it For nv
part" says a frank as we'll as cynical
individual, ~ don't mind telling you
that ! myself I'm not satisfied with one
last look, / invariably take four. The
first is for myself, that's fair; the soc.
ond Is for my brother or -or some other
young man, that's nothing but just; the
third Is for nv friends. that's only rem
roma, and the last 10 for the women /
don't like and who don't like me, that's
auman nature. II the fourth satis6es
me, then, l assure you, ! never taxa
any more"-St Lcris Republic
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relics, and have promised to report
when the dahabeeh ties up for the
night at Assouam before warping her
way through the cataract.
The coloncl's eyes follow a move.
ment in the tangled group of figures on
the deck. Two men rise, shouting at
each other the while. The colonel and
the %dragoman, who has just poked his
head out of his room on the deck, look
on lazily. Suddenly one of the dis
putants makes Il rush at the other-the
CLEAN of steel is seen, and the crew
close 'roand the men. A quick stroke,
a shout, anger changed to agony and
a Nubiap lies on the deck with the dag
ger of Aboo, a powerful Arab, in his
breast.
All this so quickly hat the colonel is
still growing that there is nothing
stirring to be seen in Egypt, when he
reaches the group, and, STOPPING over
the wounded man, draws the dagger
out. 1t has left an ugly wound, but
not dangerous, nd us the wounded
man is taken in charge by his com.
radcs the colonel turns 10 the drago-
man for an explanation.
With many profuse apologies the
dragoman tells how the two men were
sleeping side BY side when the Nubian
inadvertently put his foot against the
Arabs face. That was all, and the
d%ragoman smiled and bowed.
The colonel, an old disciplinarian,
looked black Is night In effective
English he ordered the %dragoman, after
he discovered that the matter was not
reckoned important enough for Egyp-
tian low to recognize, to anchor the
dahabeeh and send a boat ashore with
the culprit and his baggage. To the
dragoman's question us TO how Aboo
was to get back TO Cairo. the colonel
Numbered that he might walk. The
dragoman bowed and smiled-it was a
haiti he had learned from 4 French
friend In Cairo land translated the
eolonel's remarks TO Aboo. adding to
them such little pleasan,rics as he
thought Of. He could walk Ills shoes
with q smile and . bow, directed
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-10-10
THE FARMING WORLD,
BANKING UP CELERY.
Results Of Experiments at the OH" state
Agricultural station.

Results Of Experiments at tue N"" 0'"'
Agricultural station
The most laboriouS operation IN the
raising Of celery cones in eianching
II. Various devices nave been invent
ed 10 lessen the labor, such as the use
of tile, paper, boards, and SO FORTH
but there are objections to all of these
and one is the expense of using them
on a large scale Sometimes, in u small
garden, they do nicely, Another oh
lection to such things is that when u
comes cold, freezing weather, as 1t VIII
sometimes before the celery can be put
for winter. with such slight COW
ering, the plant will almost invariably
freeze, not only the tops but the stalks,
and then the injury is serious, And as
a rule, the celery will rust much mor
other covering than it will with
SO whatever may be lone in
eases, we have to come back to
the banking up with earth for the
part of the celery that is grown.
Now anything that will tend to
this job will be received with
| know. Here at the station, for
he past three years we have been rails
ng our celery in beds about four feet
vide, and the plants six inches by II
loot apart. This method, by the way,
possesses some advantages that are not
BY the usual way of planting