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porations which contribute to Harrison

porations which contribute to Harrison
campaign funds.
Mr.. Gresham recognizes the property
right of the individual. Harrison does
not. A tax of 100 per cent. of value is
the denial of all property rights, for il
asserts the right of the government to
take the whole value-to confiscate.
In this system Of confscation Harrison
believes while Gresham does not.
Gresham believes with the democrats
that taxes should be levied for revenue
only, and every honest man must in.
dorse that principle. When govern
ment takes from the Garner property it
is not obliged to use for government
purposes, it robs him under the com.
munlstic principle that through law,
the earnings of each should be made
subject to the demands of all. In that
communism Harrison believes as far as
it can be applied to benefit the trusts
and other combinations of corpora
tions; but Gresham will not admit that
it is just to take away the property of
the humblest by force of law unless
government absolutely requires it for
its own purposes. St Louis Republic.
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A SIGNIFICANT LETTER.


airy Republicans.
'As / believe, for the reasons have
given, that the true welfare OF the
country would be promoted by Mr..
Clevelnnd's election, it Is my duty to
vote for him; and, as recall the ca
pacity, the fidelity and the courage
with which he has heretofore dis
charged every public trust committed
to him, the duty becomes a pleasure. !"
The writer is Wayne MacVeagh, who
was attorney general Of the United
States in the cabinet of Chester A. Ar
thur. The reasons Mr.. MacVeagh adj
vances for his belief are of the most
cogent character. The republican par
ty signAlized its return to power by en-
barking at once upon what Mr.. Mac
Veagh, In common with many thoughtful
citizens, regards as a reckless and revo-
lutionary policy, 'even overturning all
the safeguards of legislation in. the
house of representatives in their haste
to pass the force bill and the Mckinley
bill, both, to my mind, unnecessary
and unwise measures" There is pre-
tense that the force bill has been aban-
doned. AS a publicist long familiar
with the methods of politicians Mr..
MacVeagh regards this as pretense
only. He declares that ''it-must not be
forgotten that only two years ago such
a measure was warmly advocated by
President Harrison, earnestly sup
ported by the republican party, and
very narrowly escaped becoming a
law" Every one knows that this
snake was scotched, not killed, and
that if there shall be complete repub-
lican triumph the very first act Of the
party would be to place this infamous
measure upon the statute book.
1t has long been an assertion of tar
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-10-22
A GRAND porLArcH.
Tho Singular Method . siwash Indian
Took OF Spending 81, 400.

anu 6AukNtuE 40tm00 5tWHun An0Ath
Took Of Spending 81, 400.
Speaking with q prominent Gamer a
few days ago representative Of the
Westminster (B. o. Columbian in
quired how the Indians were faring
this year in the salmon fishing, and
whether they would be rich enough to
indulge in the potrlatch. 'They won't
have much money to throw away in
that direction this season." replied the
Gamer. LAST year a great many ST.
washes made good wages and pot
lalches were all the rage for some time
afterward They are curious people,
and it is astonishing the delight they
take in appearing liberal and wealthy
in the eyes of their friends Last year
I had an Indian working for me who
earned fourteen hundred dollars. He
drew the whole Of this in lump sum
and laid 1t out in eight muskets, a
dozen boxes of crackers and the bal
ance-about twelve hundred dollars-in
blankets. Then the noble red man
called all the Indians within reach to-
gether and announced his intention of
giving grand potlatch
1.-THE blankets were spread out in a
two-acre field, with the crackers on the
outside for his friends to lunch on and
the muskets In the center. When the
appointed time arrived to begin the
ceremonies the Indian waded through
the sea Of blankets to where the mus
kets lay. Here he climbed on box
and began long grafton, which lasted
over an hour, at the end of which time
he picked up the muskets one by one
and smashed them over the box,
signifying that all enmity between
the tribes present were forever
ended and rifles would no longer be
needed Then he gave the signal that
the potlatch had commenced and the
Indian women sailed in and packed
away not only one pair of blankets, but
as many as they could carry, and in a
few minutes there was not even single
blanket left for the use of the generous
contributor. This grand give away, of
course, made the Siwash very popular,
and few days after he was made sub
chief of his tribe. A few weeks later
this same Indian came to me dead broke
and got sack of flour on credit"
SIS the potlatch common among the
ordinary run of Indians?" asked the
newspaper man.
"As rule the head men of the tribe
do this sort of thing" replied the sal
mon packer, "but once in while an
ambitious young Siwash tries to make
name for himself. Last fall young
fellow who had made little money
fishing for me came into the Office and
got one hundred and fifty dollars in sill
yer. With this he climbed on top of a
shack, and after addressing the multi
tude for an hour and half, scattered
every cent Of the money among the peo-
pie below. This young Indian Is looked
upon as coming man, and by the time
he has squandered the earnings of hall
a dozen seasons fishing he will be made
a chief But fish are few and there
won't be many potlatches this year"
concluded the cannery man.-Chicago
Herald.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-10-22
BANANAS.

A banana is said to be the most in
digestible thing in the world and on
this account people with weak stom-
achs should eat them very sparingly.
With some people they are as bad as
pork. When stomach can assini-
late them they are very nutritious and
one can make meal of them that IS
in every way as substantial as lunch
of bread and meat. When you have
eaten something that does not agree
with you, when you begin to expert
ence trouble get a box of Laxative Gum
Drops and take one or two of them at
once. These are the best substitute
for an after dinner pill that has ever
been devised. There is no taste Of
medicine in them. They should be
eaten leisurely, like so much eonfec-
tionery. In fact there Is nothlng to distin-
guish them so far as taste Is concerned
from the ordinary gum drop. The effect
is alp that could be desired. Ladies and
children will find them to be of the great
est benefit. They @can be taken at any
time and carried In the pocket like so many
gum drops. The small boxes are Ioc, the
large ones are age. Getthem of any dealer.
| SYLVAN REMEDY CO., Peoria, III.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-10-22
CONTEMPORARY COMMENT.

1t is said that Candidate Reid Is
to make an appeal to Blaine to take
the stump Surely the plumed knight
will not refuse the request of this bat
tle-scared veteran. Washington Post.
The situation of New York is
now so clearly defined that an offer Of
two to one on Cleveland would fail to
bring out republican money except
from the campaign fund. ST. Louis
Republic.
A vote for Cleveland is a vote to
eliminate the Raums, Wanamakers,
Egans, Porters, Elkinses, Martins,
Bardsleys and Delamaters from posi-
tions of public trust and influence. IN.
Y. World.
The protects have foreclosed their
chattel mortgage upon the republican
party, but they cannot deliver such OPP
ponents of high tariff taxation as Judge
Gresham and Wayne Macveagh. Chi
cago Times
The republican scheme for 'sav-
ing Indiana" now stands revealed. The
Australian ballot law is to be declared
unconstitutional by packed supreme
court, SO that reliable men with the
necessary funds can march bought
voters to the polls in blocks of five
ST. Louis Republic.
Harrison and Reid believe that
the republican administration should
control the registration, the election,
the counting of votes and the certifica-
tion Of results in every congressional
district of the country. Such doc.
trine, given the sanction of legislative
enactment, would come pretty near be-
ing a force bill. Free Press.
when Mckinley corporations,
with or without contracts under the
Harrison administration, wage private
war, and score the heaviest losses, let
the courts decide the matter on the
issue of homicide involving both
parties, But It will never be treason
for an American to take down his rifle
when Andrew Carnegie cables from
Scotland that it is time for shooting to
begin In America. IN. Y. Times.
Republicans charge that because
democrats deny the right Of the gov
eminent to levy taxes for restrictive
purposes therefore they are in favor Of
the establishment of evils against
which unconstitutional laws have been
enacted. Under the same argument it
could be asserted that those who
disbelieve in taxing houses of infamy
were in favor Of their existence. II is
poor logic. But in that respect it is
consistent with republicanism. -Chica-
go Times.
-"Free trade and debased money
go hand in hand" says Gov. Mckinley.
This is catch phrase which the re-
publican press has been quick to take
up and from Maine to California we
read it in protection organs. If the
statement is true we must look to free
trade countries for confirmation. Eng
land is frequently quoted as the lead
ing free trade nation Of the world.
English money is generally considered
particularly sound That country has
an exclusively gold basis, and Bank Of
England notes are good in any market
In the world. Kansas City Times.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-10-22
WALKING FISH.
They Have the Power of Using the Fins as
Feet or Legs.

They Have the Power of Using the Fins as
Feet or Legs.
The ability of a fish to retain its vital
ity out of water depends in a great
degree upon it's ability to keep the
delicate tissue of its gills wet, and this
ability is increased, in few species, by
means Of peculiar construction in the
head, in which water is retained after
the fish is taken out of river or lake,
the gills being kept wet by percolation
from this reservoir. Some such species
have also the power of using the lower
fins as feet or legs, and are enabled by
these two singular gifts of nature to
pass over land from one body of water
to another.
A correspondent in Province Welles-
ly-as quoted in the American Anglers
Book"-relates that while passing
along, during shower of rain, the
wide, sandy plain which bounds the
seacoast in the neighborhood of Panaga
he witnessed singular overland
migration of ilIan puyu from a chain of
frcsh-watcr lagoons toward a second
chain of lagoons about one hundred
yards distant.
The fish were in groups of from three
TO seven, and were pursuing their way
in direct line, at the rate of nearly
mile an hour. When disturbed they
turned and made an effort to make
their way back to the lagoon they had
left, and would very soon have reached
it had they not been secured by the
Malays who accompanied the teller of
the story and who looked upon the mi
grafton as an ordinary occurrence at
that season of the year.
Upward of twenty were thus taken
during a walk of about half mile, and
no doubt many more could have been
obtained had the Malays been given
time.
The ground these fish were traversing
was nearly level, and only scantily
clothed with grass and creeping plants,
which offered very slight obstruction to
their progress.
Sir Emerson Tenant mentions the
fact that he has seen fishes walking
across the country In India writer
speaks of fish that by making an ex-
traordinary use of their fins, can climb
trees Youths Companion.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-10-22
Must Have a Corset.

'In my practice among the very poor
In New York and elsewhere have been
struck with the fact that whatever else
may be lacking of what is considered
necessary for wearing apparel, the cor
set or some substitute for it is always
present have seen girls so destitute
that they wore no underclothing, not
even stockings, and yet they had on an
apology for a corset. l have attended
servant girls who had no nightdresses
and who were without underfannels
and yet who possessed as fine French
corsets as their mistresses. The dress
reform movement which aims to abol-
ish this instrument of torture and pack
horse for so many feminine ills, is work.
ing as all reforms must work, from the
higher classes downward. Many among
the most intellectual are determined to
shake off the shackles which have
bound them to unhealthful fashions for
years, and in the course of time, the
servant girl and the shop girl also may
have breathing room. DIR. Kate Lind
say, Battle Creek Sanitarium.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-10-22
rAmE ELEPHANTS.
why II IL Necessary to Recruit the Sup
ply From the wilds.

why II IL Nsosssary 10 Recruit the sun
ply From the wilds.
The necessity for recruiting the sup
ply of tame elephants by the capture Of
wild ones is due to the fact that this
huge beast rarely breeds in captivity,
though, II we are TO believe Elean,
they were repeatedly reared In ancient
Rome. In Burmah, also, such cases are
known. But in India and Ceylon.
births In a state of domesticity are ex-
ceedingly rare, SO that any gaps in the
stock must lie filed up BY entrapping
those which roam IN tho forest inns
has been accomplished oy the natives
In small way from the earliest time'
though II was not until oanderson
brought ms genius LOT .nc business 10
bear upon IL tnnt 'keaaans or cor
rails on the scale wnicn NO MADE so sue
cessiui Were considered possible. a
keddan Is SIMPLY stockaoe' OF vast en-
closure MADE with trunks or branches
OF trees somewhere IN tne heart OF a
jungle known 70 % irequen'ed oy eie-
pnants. oniy one opening Is iei. at the
siae' TINS entrance Deing usually ap-
proacned Dy Iunnei-snapeo avenue
gradually narrowing as IL nears inc
waiis OF ing s.o'hauo Ing enciosure :,
peing comPieteo' oeaeers are uisPaecheo
In an extensive crescen., Inc hun.ers
graouaiiy narrowing ,he,r circio unsh q
very imiteu area 10 iei' ior WIG maj
rusn' nero INC nun hai. W a,io"
the animals 70 resi- anu recover rom
tneir terror, tnousn 70 P,evcn' s'aln .
Peae grsa1 nres are III al arouru AZ
iast armed WIN 'orches' que pea.ers
close IN, ana WIN wiiu shou.s iorce .ne
panic-stricken pruses 70 naAo ior .ne
opening IN inc hcouah as 'ie oniy oue'
iet "nicn appears reauy ior 'ner 90
cape. Vnce insiue inc e.ap, .ne gap Is
oiocAea up WIN Toys reauy ior 'io pul,
Pose' anu inc ua1eu ooas's aro ieie "
,es" NeA' COMES 'ne PROCESS u ,'.nnp-
ing; Seve.ai ooncs.ica.e" stephan s'
eacn Dearing nanou" VI or,'er'
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-10-22
THE PEOPLES RIGHTS.
Conflicting Views OF MIR. Gresham and
President Harrison.

Conflicting Views OF Mr.. Gresham and
President Harrison.
Judge Gresham has made p concise
and comprehensive definition Of the
difference of principle between himself
and the Harrison radicals. The power
of the government to collectrevenue to
defray its expenses is sovereign and
absolute, he said on the goth OF Sep
temher, while trying case in the
United States circuit court at Chicago.
ut can take any mans property with
out process, but it ought to take no
more than enough to defray the ex-
penses of the government"
This is not the view Of Harrison,
who holds that after the government
has taken 80 per cent for its own
revenues it should take from 80 to
100 per cent. more for the benefit OF
those struggling weak, infant cor.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-10-22

soldier. and Just to the country At the
same time. IL must be said that In his
struggle to preserve the character of
the pension roll as roll of honor by
the suppression of fraudulent practices
and the cxtravagant schemes of the
pension attorneys, Mr.. Cleveland has
not been supported by his own party
as he ought to have been. In follow
ing the cry Of the demagogue, as many
democrats did. they not only failed in
their duty to the country, but they
committed political blunder Trying
to secure few votes on one side, they
forfeited the approval and confidence Of
a much larger number of citizens. who
wish to give the worthy soldier his due,
but are not willing to surrender the
public treasury to the rapacity of tho
claim agents, and are ready to support
every honest effort to prevent II. -Har-
per's Weekly.
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August.
Flower

~ have been afflicted with bilious
ness and constipation for fifteen years
and first one and then another prep
aration was suggested to me and
tried, but to no purpose. A friend
recommended August Flower and
words cannot describe the admira-
ton in which hold it. 1t has given
me a new lease of life, which before
was a burden. Its good qualities
and wonderful merits should be made
known to everyone suffering with
dyspepsia and biliousness." JESSE
BARKER. Printer, Humboldt, Kas %
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-10-22

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn effectually, dispels colds, head.
aches and fcvers and cures habitual
constipation Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend il
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known. f
Syrup of Figs is for sale in Doc
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA re syrup co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. Ky. NEW YORK. NV
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-10-22
Mnnufaoturern InyItad to OhInn.

Edward Bedloe, United States consul
to China, says there is a great field in
China for American manufacturers.
The Chinese, he says, need cheaper ma
chimes and better tools. No doubt
hundreds of our manufacturers will
embrace this opportunity to get the
cheapest labor in the world. But some
how in the past the high wage coun-
tries have done the manufacturing for
the low wage countries and high priced
labor has been the cheapest But per-
haps manufacturers have been mis-
taken for several hundred years and
are just now about to open their eyes
and to reap untold fortunes from the
employment of Chinese at 10 or is cents
per day TO take the place of the ~ per
day European or the si5O erday Amer
lean labor We will seel
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-10-22

Gen. Langdon was, in the opinion
of the venerable Field Marshal D'Azem-
berg, SO distinguished and so absurdly
modest that he deserved rebuke. One
day, when the two men were having an
audience with the queen of Hungary,
Langdon having stepped aside for a mo-
ment, the queen said: "Why, where is
Gen. Langdon?" Madame" replied
the field-marshal, "he is no doubt hiding
behind the door, frightened at his BRAY
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-10-22

No less than II you swallow it, it will i'm
pregnate and destroy you. IL you live or
sojourn in malarious locality, be assured
that you must inhale the germs OF disease.
Nullify and render these harmless with the
grand antidote to malaria, Hostes.er's
Stomach Bitters, which is also potent rem
edy for indigestion, liver complaint, costive
ness, rheumatism and debility.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-10-22
cLEvELAND's PENSION VIEWS.
Liberal Consideration for Worthy Vet


'HIUerHI OuHsIuHfHtInh TOT WUrIHy VOC
GRAMS"
Nothing could be more appropriate,
patriotic and vigorous than what Mr..
Cleveland says on the subject of sol
diers' pensions. He advocates "liberal
consideration for our worthy veteran
soldiers, and for the families of those
who have died" But he contends, as
every good citizen and every self-re-
speeding veteran should contend, that
"our pension ron should be a roll OF
honor, uncontaminated by illdesert
and unvitinted by demagogic use."
That part Of his letter should be atten-
lively read and well digested by every
American citizen who wishes to be, as
Mr.. Cleveland is. lust TO the deserving
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-10-22
~ hardly think / have any fathe

81 hardly think / have any father,
1 hardly think have any father" FIVE
year-old Helen was heard repeating to
herself. "Why, my child, what are you
saying?" asked her mother. "Oh, I've
got to learn it to please my Sunday
school teacher She says it's prayer"
And SO it was, but investigation proved
it to begin, II heartily thank Thee,
Heavenly Father" Philadelphia
Tiuaa
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-10-22
Prevents DiphtherIa.

peculiar action on the membranes Of the
throat It allays Inflammation and will
prevent diphtheria, qninsy aud liberated
sore throat. This soothing remedy should
be taken at once, before dangerous congestion
takes place. so cents. For sale by all prom
inent druggists throughout the state. A.
P, Hoxsie, Buffalo, N. Y, manufacturer and
sole proprietor.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-10-22
powar III tbc Police.

Mr.. Murray Hill-Ydu can do me q
favor, captain, II you will.
Police alphabetically; what is
it?r
'T'd like to have good dinner at my
house tomorrow, properly cooked. I'd
like fried oysters"
"What can do about it?"
"A great deal. One of your police
men is visiting our cook, and she cooks
TO suit him. Now, II you were to hint
TO him that we would like fried oysters
tomorrow, I'd be much obliged to you,
for they would be properly fried-see2"
--pcxas Siftinrs,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-10-22

Couldn't Do It.--"Jake was madly
in love with Cora, and she told him II
he would look her straight in the eye
and tell her that he never loved an
other, she would marry him" ibid he
40 itP" mo; he couldn't" "TIad
loved another, had hep" ooh, noi he
was cross-eyed. n-Yanlsee Blade.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-10-22
WHITTIER's FIRST POEM.
1t Was Printed In n Paper Edited by wi
liam LLOYD Garrison.


liam Lloyd Garrison.
When William Lloyd Garrison began
at the age Of twenty to publish the
Free Press he had, of course, the usual
amount Of bad and Indifferent poetry
to read. All the local poetasters who
thought they could make verse, and
would have been far more worthily en-
ployed in making shoes, deluged him
with their hating contributions. But
one day the papers drag net brought
up pearl Thus Mr.. Garrison tells the
story:
"Going upstairs to my Office l OBJ
served a letter lying near the door.
opened it and found it contained an
original piece of poetry for the Free
Press.
1.-THE ink was very pale, the hand
writing very small, and having at that
time horror of original newspaper
poetry, my first impulse was to tear it
without reading it, since the chances OF
rejection were as ninety-one to one.
Summoning up my resolution, however,
1 perused it, and was SO gratified with
AZ, ehdt BdFO ~ u PiuSo III my Jourhai.
Gas 1 was anxious to find out the
writer, my post rider one day divulged
the secret, saying that he had brought
the letter, and that it was written by a
Quaker lad named Whittier, who was
daily at work with hammer and lap
stone on the shoemaker's bench at East
HaverhilL
81 lost no time in driving TO see the
youthful bard, who came into the room
with shrinking diffidence, blushing like
maiden and almost unable to speak.
l gave him some words of encourage
ment, but addressed myself particularly
to his parents, urging them to grant
him every possible facility for the de-
velopment of his remarkable genius.
This was the beginning of lifelong
friendship, founded on similarity of
purpose and principles. "-N Y. Trib-
une.