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The Price Of Wisdom.

There is nothing stranger to youth
than the persistency with which age
proffers its experience; there is nothing
more trying to age than the determine.
ton of youth not to accept it. Tho
fathers, mothers and guardians, who
have learned their hard lessons, would
be glad to impart their knowledge,
without its ruinous price, to those they
love. But the youngsters will have
none of it. No; they must buy their
W wisdom, ''dree their own VERDI
pay the piper" themselves. Noyearn.
ing affection can shield them from the
trials and temptations they rush SO
gayly TO meet. But why should the
elders continually mourn that such is
The case? They have spent their lives
in learning how TO live. So did their
predecessors. Their children will do
the same. The law is universal.
knowledge comes only with age and
wisdom with the close OF life. II must
be that II was so Intended. The blum.
ders OF youth, the struggles OF maturity,
the regrets Of age, are all part of the
inevitable training OF each soul; a train.
ing necessary before 1t is prepared 70
,ntsr on . fuller life.-Harpsr's Bazaar.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-05-02

A Illustrating the peculiarities anu
also the dangers Of Oriental travel, on
Richard Burton relates an adventure
he encountered while visiting a Persian
village, in the disguise of a takr' n
house was assigned to him. and IN OF
der to keep up his reputation as a holy
man. he scrubbed some holy woros on
he outside of his door with a bit OF
nbosphorus. This was done, OF course
while daylight lasted, and when uarn
ness descended. the holy mans houSe
was decorated with a tlamingtex rom
the Koran. But the result was naruiy
what Sir Richard anticipated. Inc VII
layers were at first surprised then I'M
pressed. and then there was a rush lot
relics of the holy nan, and in a very
short time the whole house was pulieu
down over his head The assunleu
fakir made his escape very RAPIDLY anu
during the remainder of his journey,
never made use of the phosphorus
again. Golden Days.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-05-02
FRElGHTED FOR THE DEAD.
A Custom In which the Japanese Honor
the Silent Majority.

A Custom In Which the Japanese Honor
the Silent Majority.
Once a year a beautiful spectacle can
be seen along the ocean coast and on
every lake-of which there are many
in Japan. 1t is the feast the Japanese
make to the spirits Of their departed
friends. None are so rich and enlight-
ened that they do not join in this, and
there are one so poor in goods and the
old faith that do not claim their por-
ton. Every family brings to the
waters edge at nightfall a paper boat
freighted with rice and other edibles
for the ghosts. The boat is any size
they please, according to their tastes
and purse, and some of the weather.
Japs expand on this occasion with
boats twenty iIet long. These boats,
in addition to their sweet and tooth
some cargoes, are rugged with gay jap
anese lanterns, and with these all
alight at a general signal the feet is
launched. No more beautiful spectacle
can be found than this vast flotilla Of
paper shallops presents, when with
every colored lantern lighted it silently
picks its course seaward to the home Of
those loving souls who have gone be-
fore and who now are to be reminded
of their friends of earth by an old-time,
familiar feast.
Thousands Of Japs join in this who
have not the slightest belief in its
spirit, and it will no doubt always live
in its tender, sentimental beauty. AZ
1t is hundreds of Americans and Euro
peans Join in and launch their boats
with all the fervor Of the Japs them
selves, regarding the whole proceeding
as in the nature Of a Japanese Fourth Of
July. Chicago Times
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table, and worth a clear hundred thou
sand dollars. knew little or nothing
about the family until certain incidents
occurred. One day his wife was fatally
injured in a railroad collision at a point
fifty miles from home. When he reached
her, in response to a telegram sent by
a stranger, he found she had been re-
moved to a hotel, and was being ten
derby cared for by a woman who gave
her name as Mrs. A. b. Gray, of Phila-
delphia- She was on the train, but suf-
fered no injury.
Mrs. Gray. as | might as well tell you
now, was petite, good looking, a good
talker, and, in a general way, captivat-
ing. The fact of taking charge of Mrs.
Mitchell as she had done proved her
tender heart. She told Mr.. Mitchell she
had been u widow eighteen months,
and was practically alone in the world,
and, though he was burdened with grief
md anxiety, he did not forget to thank
her for her great kindness and to take
her address. He would have offered
Ter money for her services, but he saw
mat she was. a lady and would feel hurt
~ any such action. She resumed her
Journey. and he took his wife home to
die of her injuries. 1t was three weeks
after her death that / cam into the
case. After everything was over the
husband suddenly discovered that his
dead wife's iewelry was missing. She
had with her, when the accident took
place. about "a thousand dollars worth
of diamonds. They had disappeared,
and when he came to run over events
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-05-02
Coal in England.

When coal was first used in England
the prejudice against it was so strong
that the house Of commons petitioned
the king to prohibit the use OF the "noX-
ious" fuel. A royal proclamation hay
ing failed to abate the nuisance, a com
mission was issued TO ascertain who
burned coal within the city OF London
and its neighborhood, to punish them
by force for the first offense, and by the
demolition of their furnaces if they per-
sisted in transgressing. A law was
finally passed making it a capital Of
tense to burn coal in the city, and only
permitting it to be used by forgers in
the vicinity. 1t is stated that among
the records in the tower of London a
document was found, according TO
which a man was hanged in the time Of
Edward /. Tor no other crime than hav-
ing been caught burning coal. -Chicago
Herald,
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WORK IN THE GARDEN.
What Should Be Done in Spring to In
sure Good Results.

sure Good Results.
Spring is here and work plenty in the
garden. One advantage of the north is,
that for the winter months but little
can be done out of doors, and when the
green buds begin to push out and the
grass TO grow, people are itching be
doing something to help matters along.
Pretty nearly everybody.sA}e has a plot
OF land will make some kind of an
etf9rt to clean up in springtime. The
first thing to do is to clean up all
leaves, rubbish, etc, and where this is
admissible, the better way is to bury it.
1t helps, on decaying, to furnish ma
terial for building up new plant growth.
Flower beds and places where anything
is to be planted require spading up, If
small spaces around the house, If large,
the pillow will do it more expeditiously,
and it should not be forgotten that d
coating of manure is beneficial to work
in the soil.
Anything in the way Of shrubs, trees
or hardy border plants that are now
being more thought of than formerly,
should be planted as soon as the ground
is in fit condition, as if left to the
last moment it is often too late, as de.
ciduous trees and shrubs do not trans
plant favorably when the leaves have
burst out. Flower-beds that stand for
a long time in the same place and
year after year are expected to grow
about the same kinds of plants will, if
not heavily MANFRED, be found to fail
to furnish the display they did at
first. This is because some particular
part of the soil that is necessary to the
we'll being of the plant has been ex-
hausted. Some gardeners, where The
dower-bcds are cut ont Of the grass or
lawn, make a new arrangement, re-sod
over the old spots, and cut new ones
from fresh soil Another way is to
add a portion of fresh new soil to the
bed, and cart away a corresponding
portion of the old. 1t is all on the prin'
ciple of rotation of crops, that the
farmer finds beneficial in keeping his
farm in what is called good heart
Prairie Farmer. 81
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the Doctor Earn His Fee.-Dt

Did the Doctor Earn His Fee.--De-
PENDANT: Now, doethor, by virtue OF
oath, didn't I say: xiii or cure, doc
thor, III give you a guinea?" and didn't
you say: Kill or cure, I'll take it?'
Doctor-You did, and l agreed to the
bargain and l want the guinea accord
ingly. Defendant-Now, docthor, by vir-
tue of your oath, answer this: Did you
cure my wife? Doctor-No; she's dead
You know that. Decentralization,
docthor, by virtue of your oath, answer
this: Did you kill my wife? Doctor
No; she died of her illness. Defendant
(triumpbantly, to the bench).-Your
worship, see this. You heard him tell
our bargain; it was to kill or cure; BY
virtue of his oath, he done neither, and
vet he axes his fee!-The Green Bag.
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a., b and c. On the rear of top is an
other piece I'D just like c, through
which and the boards ta) are run eight
H-inch bolts 81 inches long. The
heads of all bolts are underneath. Bore
two holes for stakes (e, e near the
outer ends of hind o piece (dl.
Fasten by chain in front, and half the
terrors of fodder hauling have disap-
peared. A cross section is shown at
the right Of the illustration.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-05-02

5 s, are 4 by 1 inch or heavier if de.
sired. They are secured to q bolt with
a hand setting nut. When a change of
adjustment is necessary, the nut is
taken off, the irons sprung off the bolt
and arranged at the width desired
Two pieces of iron, 0 @, u by 8 inches,
are bolted at the front, one at the bot
tom, the other at the top, and act asia
hinge when adjusting at different
widths. The teeth used were ordinary
cultivator teeth. Noswheel was used,
which admitted of It's being attached
close to the horse. Such a machine is
very cheaply and simply made. Any
person that al make a pair of bar
posts a do the work, except punch.
Ing the irons.-J. II. Andre, in Farm
and Home.
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HOMEMADE CULTlvATOR.


The most effective cultivator I ever
used was a homemade one. The three
main timbers, 1 1 /, were SO by 81
inches and the piece in front 2 by 81
inches wide by 3 inches in depth, bolted
to the center piece and cut away under
meath in front to accommodate the
clevis. The handles, S3, were ordinary
plow handles bolted to the center piece
about one-third the distance from the
front end. The uprights, 4 4, are 1 by
2 inches, chamfered at the insides
at tue lower ends in order to give
necessary width at the top to cor
respond to the width of the handles.
They are attached to the pin which
holds the handles together. The irons,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-05-02

SHE TOOK A NOTE FROM THE TREE.
l.. .,,,a ,o. ..m.uhor .,.,
Man,nh 80 bama ,r,,h har Ms
enes n IaS o .nrnaS oro, 70 hin Ms
Nay o hru We snd . t.,v o,hsr tb;nas
,,. 81; ~ S;amond sar drans teyo
u;nra ana i. min ,ser. MISSING
was sm raossd 20 nrocsed N Al.
SCENE Of the late accident and seek TO
trace the iewelrv. The collision had
occurred right at the depot in a small
town. People about the depot and al
the hotel assured me that Mrs. Mitch
ell had her iewelry on when taken to
the hotel. The landlords wife was
positive, and the doctor who was called
in was positive, and when | had worked
the case out / returned home to report
TO Mitchell that nobody but Mrs. Gray
could have taken the jewelry. He was
1 1sso Q r rp% iGa's1a the i i%%p n9s Gols
but discharged me from the case with
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-05-02
THE REGENT
History of a FAM Gus Gem Which Has
Passed Through Many Hands.

''''
Passed Through Many Hands.
The Regent diamond, or Pitt dia'
mond, which weighs in its cut state
1861 carats, is unrivaled in its limpid-
ness and it's form, its diameter and its
depth being nearly equal.
1t was found in Golconda, and was
brought from India by an English
gentleman named Pitt, the grandfather
of the first earl of Chatham, and by him
sold to the duke of Orleans for 1870, 600
pounds sterling.
It decorated the hilt of the sword of
state of the First Napoleon, was taken
by the Prussians at Waterloo, and now
belongs to the king of Prussia.
The Sanci diamond, weighing 100
carats, has q still more interesting
history. 1t belonged to Charles the
Bold, duke of Burgundy, who wore it
III his hat at the battle Of Nancy, where
he fell.
A Swiss soldier found 1t, and sold it
to n clergyman for u gulden. 1t passed
into the possession Of Anton, king Of
Portugal, who was obliged to sell it,
the price being 100000 francs, and it
shortly afterward became the property
Ola French gentleman named Sanci
whose descendant being sent as am
bassador to Soleure, King Henry III.
required the diamond as a pledge, but
the servant who was carrying it to the
king was attacked by robbers on the
way and murdered-not, however, till
he had swallowed the diamond.
His master, fully confident of his
faithfulness, caused his body to be
opened, and found it in his stomach.
This diamond came into possession
of the crown Of England, and James
II. carried it with him to France in
1855. Louis XIV. wore it at his coron-
alton. In 1885 it was purchased by a
Russian nobleman for half a million
rubles (GS $1,000 sterling. )-Lippincott's
MAGAZINE.
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Girls are so queer.

Glrls are so queer
She don't like to iron, ut tires her arm So"
Pulling candy at a party for an hour you know,
Or humping a piano from morning till night,
Or playing lawn tennis, are quite her delight
That these are all easy to her is quite clear
Though isn't it quecr'
In the morning she cannot do errands down
town,
For It tires her to walk in a calico gown;
But in her street rig, she will coast with the
boys,
And climbing the hill is one Of her joys.
The climbing the hill often makes her career
Don't it seem queerl
Society airs, with a novel or two
Mixed in with her flirting. seems all she can do.
But mendlng q dress, or darning a stocking,
Changes facial expression to something quite
shocking,
For things OF this kind often provoke q sneer,
Though this seems so queer.
When girls grow to women, and boys grow to
men,
II there's ever a time It's Just about then,
They are full Of the virtues and graces OF life,
For one wants a husband, and the other a wife.
The men find their match and the women their
sphere,
Since they're so queer.
Women as a rule are ambitious and bright,
They do life's work with main and with might,
Their tongue is Of silver, or sharper than steel,
Twill make q mar happy, or misery feel
Notwithstanding ali this, to nthey are dear
Women are so queer.
or all the queer queers, mans tongue is the
queerest;
In town-meeting, caucus or club'tis the nearest
To a rafting windmill, that whirls IN the air,
But dumb as q stone in a meeting for prayer.
The distinction Of places Is not always clear.
But Men are so queer.
Whether boys then. or girls, or women, or men,
In palace or hoyel, or cottage. or den,
All human beings in creations broad space,
In whatever-clime, or whatever race,
vii ring out the sentence long, loud and clear,
We're all so queer.
". W. Leach, in Good Housekeeping.
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sun WEALTH.
value Of the Products of Different Min
Ing Countries.

Ing Countries.
When we reflect on the increasing
PRODUCTION Of the mines where we SEEK
eombustible minerals and metals, the
subject will be found to be one OF pro
portionate importance. since all inc
conditions of financial and commercial
mower are so intimately connected with
the existence of s~ubterranean wealth.
The value of the entire products OF all
the mines of the earth, which they ylelu
during the year, is nov estimated AT
more than two thousand millions Of
dollars. The precious metals gold ana
silver, represent but a seventh part OF
this treasure taken from the earths
subterranean stores. The greater part
of the gold comes from the mines oil
California and Mexico, and from those
of Brazil, Venezuela and the Argentine
Republic. Next to these are rated Can
ada, Australia and India. The Trans
vaal in southern Africa acquires con
stantly increasing Importance; in 1851
the export of gold was 9 ,543 pounds
sterling; in 1857, 1873, 5S4 pounds; in lSSS,
es5, s7o pounds; and in 1889, it was 75o'-
600. However, carbon gives humanity
a revenue three times as great as tina
which is derived from all the silver ana
gold mines combined. In this colossal
revenue given by coal, Great Britain
has the lions share; at present 1t draws
upon its coal mines for two hun
bred millions of dollars and it sells
fifty million dollars worth to the whole
world. Great efforts are constantly be-
ing made to attain safety in working
the mines, and these efforts have not
been wholly fruitless; for at present
although the sacrifice of human life is
not agreeable to contemplate, the num-
Der of mining accidents decrease IN pro
portion to the increase in the amount
of material mined. -Demorest's Maya
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Realism to the Queens Taste
Jeweler (proudly)-Aren't those straw
berries real? I'd like to see anybody
beat them! Mrs. Gawkitt-l reckon
yew haint seeu Gawkitt's patch, have
We? Come daown there 'baout tew
months from naow, an the sight'll
make yer maouth water. -Jeweler's
Weekly.
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FARMING W0RED4
FODDER AAuLER.
A Very Convenient Implement TO Hass
Arouud Aha Farm.

A Very Convenient Implement TO HaSs
Around the Farm
A Kansas subscriber sends to the
Orange Judd Farmer the sketch Illus
trated herewith and writes: i call it
the Lightning Fodder Hauler," and
consider it a very handy implement
1t is made of eight 6-inch 16-foot fence
boards Ia, a, etc with one 6-inch fence
board Z feet long crosswise under
meath in front (6l. On top in front is
a exc, 4 feet long (l, with eight
K-inch bolts So inches long through
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-05-02

IaIkS cheap, put Will ~
backed up by a pledge: OF the
lard 6ash of a financially re.
sponsible firm, or company, Of.
worldwide reputation for fair
and honorable dealing +"
means business
Now, there are scores OF
sarsaparillas and other blood
purifiers, all cracked up to be
the best, purest, most peculiar
and wonderful, but bear in
mind (tor your own sake }
there's only one guaranteed
blood-purider and remedy for
torpid liver and all diseases
that come from bad blood.
That outstanding solitary
and alone-sold Oh trial, is
Dr. Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery.
If it don't do good in skin,
scalp and scrofulous diseases
and pulmonary ~onsumpton
is only lung-scrofula-ju let
its makers know and get your
money back.
Talks cheap, but to back a
poor medicine, or a common
one, by selling it on hzal' as
"Golden Medical Discovery
is sold, would bankrupt the
largest fortune.
Talks cheap, but oti4Jy dis
covery" is guaranteed.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-05-02

Learning as. she is learncd-Young
Princeton Yale: "Thcrc's no doubt,
Miss Smith, that the man with a col
lege training is best fitted to fight his
way in life" Miss Smith (%musingly)-
Muscle does tell in a fight, doesn't
it?"-,Jurv.
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A Mean Revenge.

/, Bulfnch-Say, srs here, Wooden, II
you have any grudge or grievance
against me, l wish you'd come I. me
and have 1t out like a man, and not try
to get back at me In this underhand
woodea-why, I dot't know what
you mean -,m . .rl.
BulHnch-Don't know what mean?
Wasn't II you that sent that new cook
bovk 70 my wife?-Boston I nrier.
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-.Diggs-"Was that pretty girl your
sister that you had with you at the con-
cert night before last?" Biggs-N-no.
she isn't, but she will be, ! expect, just
as soon as / propose, '-Somerville
Journal.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-05-02

Is TT probable that what a million women
say after daily trial is a mistakei Iheg say
thsv tnolg by test that Dobbihs' Electric is
,a0sSt cronomicdl, purest and best. They have
had "a a to try it, You give II one uaot'
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-05-02

The pleasant effect and the perfect sa, raiy
with which ladies' may use the uq1'a 80
laxative, Syrup Of Figs, under az cG Tt "a
tons make it their iayorlle ielneuS rontle
pleasing to the eye and 10 ihe rG ta1'e, liver
vet effectual in acti-g on Tue A~iuHe1''N
and bowels.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-05-02

-Boarder-"Have you any homeless
shad, madam" Landlady-"No, sir"
Boarder-"Very well, madam; | don't
care for any more of the shadless
bone. W Star.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-05-02

GLOW is your boy getting along at liar,
yardi' ''First rate. He writes me that no
goes to Boston every night to study the
stars. n-Boston Gazette.
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SLICK MRS. GRAY.
A Detectives Story of a Woman's
Neat Little Game.

YEARS ago,
in a ce rtain
good-size town
in ~Pennsylva-
MIA, there lived a
family whom |
will call Mitch
ell. The falni-
ly consisted of
husband, wife,
and two chill
dren, the latter
being a boy
asd..taExea21a
girl aged seven.
Mitchell was a
private banker,
known to be
honest. reSpec.
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so QUEER.

She doesn't like Homework, ait makes her
hands rough
n asked to wash dishes, she goes of in a hui;
But with hands rough or smooth, heart sad or
gay,
When asked for the prize, she gives both away.
Though the bargain seems cheap, it often ends
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-05-02

THE centipede doesn't know what rum Is,
he has never yet been on MS last pess'-
Binghamton Republican.
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ALwAYsavoid arshpurgative pills. They
first make you sick and then leave you con
situated. Carriers Little Liver pills regulate
the bowels and make you well. Dose, Que PHI
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-05-02

THEIR Lovers, of Course A contempt,
rary SAYS that pretty girls should never
bite their lips. If not, why mott Who is
going to bite theml-Daily Continent
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in the Park.-''Littlc girl, what's
you name?" '''My name is Rosie; what's
your name, little boy - am not a
little boy; I'm a prince. '-Fliegende
Batter.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-05-02

Flower

ITO no purpose. At last a friend
RECOMMENDED August Flower. l
"took it according to directions and
"its effects were wonderful, reliev-
"ing me of those disagreeable
stomach pains which I had been
troubled with so long. Words
Cannot describe the admiration
"in which I hold your August
Flower-it has given me a new
"lease Of life, which before was a
"burden. Such a medicine is ben
"efaction TO humanity, and its good
qualities and
wonderful mer- Jesse Barker,
its should be
made known to PRINTER
.evelyohe suner- Humboldt,
"siaor biliousness Kansas. @
&C. GREEN, Sole Man'fr, Woodbury,NJ.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-05-02

WHEN q man gets in trouble 1t often
takes Il round sum to square matters
Youkers Statesman.