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light, but strong material, four inches
wide and one and a half inches thick
and seven feet long. Handles are worked
IN each end and the two pieces con-
nected by two erosspieces framed in,
about three feet apart or just right to
hold three crates which are placed
crossways, making the barrow two feet
wide, inside measure.
The framing should be done closely,
as there will be more or less twist and
strain upon the frame. The cross
pieces represented at a and b need not
be more than one inch thick. At the
middle of each cross-strip a groove is
plowed one-half inch deep and about
tive-eighths by Il and one-eighth. This
strip projects at the ends u half-inch
and enters into mortices in the side
pieces holding it firm. This pro-
jecting ledge holds the outside of
a crate by catching between two
side Stats. The inner sides of each
outside crate are supported by Stats
passing through the mortices d c, and
kept from slipping endways by a wire
pin attached to the side bar with a bit
of string. The Stats should be Of ash
and one and a half inches wide by five
eighths of an inch thick. The figure in
the next column shows how the cross
bars supported the crates; one of the
side bars against the ends of the crates;
a b are the 7 shaped cross-pieces. The
berry crates are first set oinside and
slightly moved sideways to engage the
projections on a and b.; then the crate
is set between and the Stats d and c slid
in and the crates are ready to move
from place to place as may be desired.
Such a barrow will come handy in
moving crates from the farther end of
long rows, in bringing in berries when
the wagon is on the road and in carry
ing out empties. Its construction is so
simple and its cost so small that the
procuring of one or more on every
fruit farm should be attended with ad.
vantage. Popular Gardening.
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THE FARMING WORLD.
AN DEVICE.
Cheap But Useful Hand-Barrow for Car
rvIur BERRY Crates.

Cheap But UsefaI Hand-BarrOw for Car
rying Berry Crates.
What is known in Ohio Us the Barnes
vile bushel berry crate is a very sub
stautial and convenient package, but
extremely hard TO carry any distance
when filed, as it has to be carried at
arms length in front of the knees. 1t
is also unhandy for two persons, and
even if regular trunk handles were
furnished for greater convenience IN
carrying a crate between two persons
there still would he the objections
that il needs two persons to carry
one crate, and these two persons walk
ing abreast would require five feet OF
width to walk comfortably. As in
strawberries the path is less than two
feet wide and in raspberries and black
berries scarcely three, il is easy to see
that any CONTINUANCE that will permit
walking in single file is much superior.
In carrying the empties to the field
the children run n long stick through
the handle holes and carry it walking
tandem, as the pictures represent the
lsraelite spies carrying grapes, In this
case the boxes are nested in the bot
tom out Of the way.
To overcome the difficulty of hand
ling l am constructing this winter some
hand barrows as represented in the il
luStration. They are arranged for car
rying three crates, Unnecessary, or about
$50 pounds. The side pieces II of
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When money flows in steadily the
wage-earners buy the best cuts of meat
and are liberal consumers of expensive
early vegetables and fruit. The dis
pensers of charity for a church, more
trustful than prudent, gave a mill fam
lily protesting to be in dire need orders
on a grocer for a certain amount week
ly. and were nstounded to find that for
the meat and meal indicated the trades
man was persuaded to substitute fruit,
nuts and raisinS At every door chill
dren squat around n tin plate of strip,
dipping in It big hunks of corn-pone
and smearing their yellow faces III
widely with each mouthful. The sweet
'~'pcrtatur" roasted in the ashes is al
ways ready-a great advantage where
the housewife ''bccS tired from her
birth. In the crackers kitchen lard Is
the universal solvent, The tyrant OF
his home, the key to his habits, the
blazon of his civilization, is the frying
pan. Century.
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A FUNNY LITTLE KINGDOM,
A Novel Way Of Designating the Mem
bers of the Rovnl Tamtlv.

A novel way OF Designating the Mem
bers Of the Royal Family.
One of the dainticst of the MANY
quaint little statelets to be found seat
tered over Germany, is that of Reuss.
Schlciz.
The greater part of the Kingdom be-
longs to the reigning sovereign, so that,
seeing he has sole executive power, his
position, If a little despotic, ought to be
a very comfortable one, at least for
him, whatever his subjects may think
Of the matter.
All the Princes who belong to the
regnant family are called Heinrich"
This saves trouble in finding out new
names, but is likely to give the local
postman a little trouble.
To obviate this, each Prince is sol.
EMMY numbered the moment he puts
his TeutoDic nose into the world. Every
century these numbers are wound uc,
and written of In the family Bible, ami
with the commencement Of tho new
century the Heinrichs begin at number
one again.
The last Prince who died, and who
was born in 1859, carried tagged on to
his name the very respectable number
of CXXXVIII., thus limiting that near
ly a Heinrich and a half had blessed
R~euss-Schleiz per year for the whole Of
the eighteenth century.
The public income of R~euss-Schleiz ia
equal to that of an English draper in a
fairly good street, and its population
would fit comfortably into one of the
least populous and smallest of London
parishes. Albany Argus.
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EGYPTIAN HARPS.
Musical Instruments Of This Kind wers
in Ise 1880 II. L.

Musical Instruments OF n Kind Were
in Use 1880 r. {.
The Egyptians possessed various
kinds Of harpS, some Of which were ele-
gantly shaped and taStefully orna-
meuted. The largest were about six
and one-half feet high, and the small
ones frequently had some sort of stand
which enabled the performer to play
upon the instrument while standing.
The name of the harp was 'buni,"
says n writer, Its frame had no front
pillar; the tension of the strings, there
fore, can not have been any thing like
so strong rs our present harp.
The Egyptian harps most remarkable
for elegance of form and elaborate dec
Grafton are the two which were first
noticed by Bruce, who found them
painted in fresco on the wall of a sepul-
chera a Thebcs, supposed to be the tomb
Of Rameses Ill, who reigned about
1850 b. C.
Bruce's discovery created a sensation
among the musicians. The fact that at
so remote an age the Egyptians should
have possessed harps which vie with
our own in elegance and beauty Of
form appeared to some SO incredible
that the correctness of Bruce's repre-
sensations as engraved in his Travels"
was greatly doubted.
Sketches of the same harps, taken
subsequently and at different times
from the frescoes, have since been pub
lished, but they differ more or less from
each other in appearance and in tho
number of strings.
A kind of triangular harp of the
Egyptians was discovered in a we'll
preserved condition, and is now depos-
tied in the Louvre. 1t has twenty-one
strings, a greater number than is gen.
orally represented on the monuments.
All these instruments, however much
they differed from each other in form,
had n popularity in common-namc-
ly, the absence of the fore pillar. Sat
urdae Night,
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PIONEER JUSTICE.
Now Two "0nery Cusses" Were Deal
With Long Ago,

With Long Ago.
j. NJ. Jones, the first justice of the
peace of Spokane, made it hot for vio-
lators of the peace and dignity of the
embryo city away back in the day when
what is now Spokane County was the
southern part Of Stevens County, and
when there vas little about the frontier
camp that bore the name of the great
falls to suggest the nucleus of a city.
Two hard characters were one day
brought before his honor on q charge of
selling whisky to Indians.
After hearing some very convicting
evidence in the case Judge Jones calm
ly pronounced the prisoners guilty and
sentenced them to the territorial PEN
itentiary for two years.
But look here, judge, "interposed ono
of the other officers of the court, ''you
ant got enough jurisdiction to send
them fellows up. You ought to bind
EN- over"
His honor adjusted his specs and
looked through his copy of every Man
His Own Lawyer" Finally he said:
II don't find any thing in my library
about it, but that don't make a burned
bit of difference. It's the rulings and
the findings of this here court that this
court has jurisdiction in this case. And
by Hockey these two low-down onery
cusses goes to the penitentiary. Dye
hear my gentle voice?"
Accordingly the two whisky mer-
chants were sent up to the sheriff at
Colville.
As it was a long road over to the
coast, where the p%enitentiary was at
that time, the sheriff kept Judge Jones'
convicts at hard labor on the different
ranches in the vicinity of Colville for
about six months. Spokane Spokes.
man.
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tons of great personal beauty. a pug
nose, side whiskers of a bright color, and
a tremendous appetite. He was of a
ford temperament, and much addicted
to Dragging about his personal bravery.
Two things made him unhappy. He re-
CURED a much larger salary than he
was getting to satisfactorily appease
his voracious appetite. The other
thing he needed very much was a duel,
with which to back up his own oft re-
pcatcd assertion about his great physi-
cal courage. Much as he liked to eat,
ne could have preferred a duel to an in
crease to the small salary, he was draw
ing as a clerk in a large mercantile es-
adjustment.
HIS yearn for a duel, or rather a chal-
lenge, was realized sooner than he an
ticipatcd. One Saturday evening, after
he received his weeks wages, he went,
as it was his custom, to a tavern and
dined s~umptuously; he also wined ex-
cessively. AS he was returning home,
apparently endeavoring to walk on
both sides of the street at once he rude
ly bumped up against a lady, where
upon her escort, a stalwart young man,
impaired a vigorous kick to our hero,
and showed him off the sidewalk. Al
though very much under the influence
OF wine, Prahler perceived the golden
opportunity to have a duel on his hands,
so he steadied himself and exchanged
cards with his assailant. He was com
pletely sobered by this little episode, and
spent the rest of the night in making
his will and practicing some fancy cuts
with his sword.
AT daybreak, very pale and nervous,
e repaired to the dueling ground ac-
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-03-14
THE GYPSY JARGON.
The Romany Tongue Is Descended from
the Greatest of Ancient Ianguagea{

The Romany Tongue Is Descended from
the Greatest of Ancient Ianguagea{
1t is because gypsies of all lands
wherever they go are Romantics. as
they call themselves, and not French
men, or Hungarians, or Englishmen,
or Americans, that they have always
seemed a mysterious race. They were
looked upon in old times as sorcerers
and magicians. Many Il poor gypsy
has been accused of magic for no better
reason than was Esmeralda in Victor
Hugo's novel 'Notre Dame de Paris
the gypsy girl who was killed because
she had a trained goat that could dance
and play tricks, Even nowadays there
fingers a mystery about the gypsies in
their tents. 1t is this difference, this
mystery, that has set not a few schol-
ars to the study of the Romany and
his manner of life. 1t fascinated
George Borrow, who went to wander
with the wanderers and pitch his tent
by theirs in quiet dingle or by the
roadside: and Mr.. Charles &. Leland,
who in all his travels in England or
Egypt, America or Russia, has given
his first thoughts to the Romantics of
the country; Mr.. Francis Groome
spends days and hours In Gypsy
Tents" Mr.. Hubert Smith married a
gypsy. 1t is not merely the Romany
himself that interests these men, it is
his language, or %jargon-for language
it really is no longer. But the strange
words the gypsies use, ~stringing them
together with English phrases and ex-
pressions, are the surest proof of their
Hindoo origin. Some constantly in the
mouths of these shabby, shiftless wan
derers are to be found in the Vedas,
the oldest sacred hymns in existence;
others are in common use to-day in
India. A friend of mine once told me-
she was learning Romany as a Begin
ming to the study of Sanscrit and Him
dostanee Wide Awake.
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other clerks in their daily intercourse
A MONTH LATER.

other clerks in their daily intercourse
with him.
MONTH LATER.
One day Fritz met on the street :
young man with whom he had gone 10
school rs a hoy in their native village
and whom he had not seen for many
years
Hello, Fritz! How are you coming
on?"
II am all right but about a month
ago l had a very close call replied
Fritz. looking serious.
lyon don't say so? How was that
"a great big fellow, twice my size,
inSulted me on the street. cuffed his
ears SO you could have heard it on the
next block. OF course a challenge was
the result After the first few passes
he weakened, and begged my pardon
on his knees. What could l do? Ire
luctantly accepted his apology but |
made him give it me in writing
why, Fritz, you are a regular fire.
eater" said the friend of his youth, who
was much surprised at this unexpected
trait in Fritz character, for at school
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-03-14

The brusque and fussy i'm
pulse of these days of false
impression would rate down
all as worthless because one
is unworthy.
AS if there were no NOTES
in sunbeams
Or comets among stars
Or cataracts in peaceful
rivers
Because one remedy pro.
fesses to do what it never
was adapted to do, are all
remedies worthless
Because one doctor lets his
patient die, are all humbugs ;
It requires a fine eye and
a finer brain to discriminate
Ito draw the diffcrcntial line.
"Ihey say" that DR.. Piercc's
Golden Medical Discovery and
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton have cured thousands.
"Ihey say" for a weak sys-
tenn there's nothing better than
the Discovery" and that the
tavorite Prescription is the
hope of debilitated, feeble
women who need a restora.
tive tonic and bracing nervine.
And here's the proof
Try one or both. If thew
don't help you, tell the Worlds
Dispensary Medical Associa.
ton SO, and you get your
money back again.
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A MUSLIN COVERED GREENHOUSE.

ing an alley IS inches wide for a path
in the center. The sides of the alley
are boarded up, and the ends of the bed
have double walls with chaff or saw
dust packing. The roof consists of a
p%an-frame, covered with tightly
stretched ordinary unblcached muslin.
A door is cut in one of the ends.
The n is covered with soil the
same as any ordinary hot-bcd. My
neighbor last year planted the beds
early with tomatoes and cabbage. The
plants were pricked out and placed in a
cold frame, and the beds utilized for
producing u most excellent crop of
sweet potato plants. My neighbor says
this bed has given him better satisfac.
tion than any other bed he has ever
ried.-Popular Gardening.
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JAKE TO JERuSHY.

-
Dear Jerushy, I've les sot mys, Z in my cheer,
And took up my pen 10 tell you I'm here
And l wisht that / wasn't I'd never have
come
II I'd kuoved tha, the place was 80 different
from home;
It's nothin' but noises and hollcriu' and smoke,
And the air is SO queer it mos makes me
choke.
And then. oh. Jerushyl that ride on the train,
I'd ruther walk home than take il again;
The way that the trees and the meddcrs and
things
Flew by! Why, Jcrushy, you'd think they had
wings;
And the ripgin', and whistlin' aud screechin'
all night
Was SO awful that l was near dead with the
fright.
My ears WAS quite decf with the noise and the
QUIZ,
And l couldn't keep Study at all where l was
Tho train I'D rush onward and sway side 10 side,
And il made me so sick that I'd like 10 have
died;
| KEEP holdin' my breath and elutehiu' the seat
And pushin' as hard as I could with my feet
And then when we got 10 the city-dear me!
outu an awful CuiuUlONlou luu NNcT III see.
Such calm Of hack, sirl' and "csb, sirr
and trunk
u made me as dizzy as IL | was drunk.
a little bit stunned yet and can't be quite
clear
About how in the world 1t was I got here.
But here / am now, aud I'd give all Eve got
Il my foot in The place had never been sotl
Jerushy, it's awful, it's awful, II is,
TO be all alone in a city like this;
the sinkincSt feelin' around in my heart,
And a lump in my threat that aches me quite
smart.
can't guess how I've lonsed to be with you
again,
How I've pinned for sight Of our green grassy
lane,
For the low Of the cattle, the hun OF the bees,
md !es' Tor a breath of a sweet-smellin in breeze,
the croak Of the frogs and the whipper,
willis cry
this blot is a tear from my eye
II l ever get back safe and sound TO you. dear,
all the kings horses could bring me back
here
But it's time l was DRAWN this scrawl to a
close,
Fo' I'm tired from the top Of my head TO my
toes,
Ard my eyes are so heavy l can scarce keep
awake,
I'll end, with much love, from your home
sick old Jake.
Susie NJ. Best, in Texas Siftings.
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II ia m Uorrld Nuisance

To be nervous. Starting at the slightest
sound, uneasiness by day and titlul slumber
by night, unreasonable a~pprehensions, odd
sensations, constant restlessness.thesea are
among its diabolical symptoms. Dyspepsia
is the fountain head, Remove this WIN
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, ana the ioou
is sssimilated, the body nourlsheo, mo
sleep grows tranquil, nervousness vamoses.
The Bitters subdues malaria, constipation,
liver complaint and kidney affections.
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companied by two friends whose sery.
Ices he had engaged for the trying
ordeal.
The seconds suggested that before
proceeding to extremities the two prin-
cipals talk the matter over. Fritz was
only too glad to seize the opportunity
to get out of the scrape. The result
was that instead of a duel the two prin-
cipals and their friends shook hands
and breakfasted together at a res
taurant. 1t was agreed that the pro-
ceedings should be kept quiet.
A FEW HOURS LATER.
The other clerks in the counting.
room had got wind of the prospective
duel, and awaited impatiently the ar
rival of their courageous confrere. At
last he entered. He was unusually
pale and systematically serious. With.
out saying a word he took his seat at
his desk.
well, Fritz, how did It come off?
You had a duel, hadn't your" asked one
anxious clerk.
Tell us all about IT," said several
others.
THANK you, gentlemen, for the In.
terest you display in regard to myself,
but II is all over" said Fritz, with con-
siderable reserve.
How did it turn out?"
"On arriving ut the place where the
duel was to come off my opponent
humbly begged my pardon. lie per-
ceived that l was a man who was not
to be trif1ed with, SO he backed down
completely, 80 l had pity on the poor
fellow"
The other clerks were much awed.
One Of them said that Fritz was
perfectly right in acting in the spirited
manner he had. II was their universal
opinion that Fritz was a very danger.
QUE man. and he WAS conse,. ueutl;
treated with much detereuce Nv Che
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COMPLETED to Deadwood.

The Burlington Route, C, D. & 9. r. R,
from Chicago, Peoria a. St Louis, is now
completed, and daily passenger trains are
running through Lincoln, Neb and Custer,
S. D., to Deadwood. Also to Newcastle,
Wyoming. Sleeping cars to Deadwood.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-03-14
SPLENDID GREENHOUSE.

To One Gardener at Least 1t Has Given
Excellent Satisfaction.
The accompanying sketches represent
a greenhouse in use by a neighbor. The
dimensions are 10 by 20 feet. The en-
%cavation is nearly three feet deep, and
this is filled with prepared fresh horse
manure to the depth of 80 inches, lcav-
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-03-14

n n of the
large cities of
Germany lived
Fritz Prahler.
He was a young
m a n a b o IL t
w e n t %y-four
ars of age.
He had, besides
oth o I. ind;co.
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USEFUL v~ENTIlATOR.

II Secures Free Circulation of Air and
Avoids Draughts.
Farm and Fireside gives a plan of a
ventilator sectional view, intended for
ventilating a poultry-house, and at the
same time avoiding draughts or cur.
rents of air. 1t was sent by Mr.. j. IL.
Clough, Tolland, Conn, who gave no
detailed description Of it. ,ther than il
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-03-14

If not ADORE being taught by q man, take
this good advice. Try Dobbins' Electric Soap
next Monday, 1t won't cost much, and you
will then know for yourself just how good it
is. Be sure to get M imitation. There are
lots of them,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-03-14

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. bronchial 7ir0ches''
act directly on the organs of the voice,
They have an extraordinary effect in all dis
orders of the throat.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-03-14

PAIN from indigestion, dyspepsia and too
hearty eating is relieved at once by taking
one of Carter's Little Liver Pills Immediate
ly after dinner. Don'tforget this.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-03-14

-Tcachcr-"Ncw Tommy give us
some II the principal Asses OF earth"
Tommy-"It is the best STIFF TO OH
up holes in the ground with"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-03-14

WOMAN can't throw q stone straight to
save her soul, but she can sit In an easy
chair and enchant a man so that he will 60
and throw it for hcr.-Somerville Journal.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-03-14

THE young man who wishes to go TO THO
front In his vocation, and stay there, should
secure q position ns street-car driver
Norristown Herald.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-03-14

THOSE who wish to practice economy
should buy Carriers Little Liver Pills. Forty
pills in a vial; one pill a dose.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-03-14

A PRETTY girl doesn't object to reflections
on herself when they come from a looking
glass.-N. Y. Ledger.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-03-14

CopDLEns are eligible for medical dlplo.
mas, because they are skilled In the art OF
~heellng.-N. Y. Ledger.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-03-14

THE MARKETS..

No Opium in Piso's Cure for Consump-
ton. Cures where other remedies fail. 2jc.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-03-14

CHECK Colds and Bronchitis with Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pike S Toothache Drops Cure in one minute
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-03-14
German
Syrup"

j. c. Davis, Rector of St. James
Episcopal Church, Eufaula, Ala.
MY son has been badly afflicted
with a fearful and threatening cough
for several months, and after trying
several prescriptions from physicians
which failed to relieve him, he has
been perfectly restored by the use OF
two bottles of b.
An Episcopal schee's German Syr.
up, l can recom
Rector. mend it without
hesitation" Chronic
severe, deep-seated coughs like this
are as severe tests as a remedy can
be subjected to. 1t is for these long
standing cases that Boschee's Ger
man Syrup is made a speciality.
Many Others afflicted as this lad
was, will do we'll to make a note Of
this.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-03-14

]. F. Arnold, Montevideo, Mimi,
writes: l always use German Syrup
for a Cold on the Lungs. l have
never found an equal to it-far less
a superior. @
e e CpEEN Ga1. iIa.,f- N,--l--N
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-03-14

To SUCCEED In his art, the skater must
get OFF his foot frequently.-Tcxas Siftings.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-03-14

more men who 60 through life with an
artificial reputation for courage which
they do not possess than you have any
idea of.