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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-24
EASTER DAY.
The Holiday Grows More Into Popular
Favor with Each Passing Year.

Favor with Each RAISING Year.
When people find that to be good doe:
not necessarily NEAR to be grave, or
that an upright life is not incompati'
BILE with jollity, more people will be
good. Children learn this lesson much
more quickly than adults, and there
fore the children of the present day are
peculiarly fortunate, because austerity
is no longer n part of religion.
1t happens that Easter is doubly
blessed in this respect, because it has
always marked the close of a peniten-
tial season, and typiies new life and
gladness, and also because it has al
ways been a day which children have
celebrated. In the professions which
in some countries mark the observance
of the festival, children take a promi.
nent part; in Germany there are spe.
cial games for Easter day, and ever in
this country we have adopted the pleas.
ing custom Of giving presents, making
visits and interchanging little courte-
sizes which tend to make life happier.
With each passing year Easter is
coming more into popular favor, not
only with church members OF all de-
nominations, but with people who re-
gard the day solely as one OF good
cheer. There are all too few Of such
holidays in our national life, aud the
growth of Easter in general esteem is
therefore a cause for congratulation.
At this distant day 1T does not really
matter how the festival originated, M
more than the exact date OF Christmas.
The day itself and the event it COM
memorates are alone Of Importance, md
the way the day is celebrated is OF
more Importance than all. When any
day Is looked forward to, and antici-
pated with Joy by the children, we may
be sure that It will not fall into pop
ular disfavor. 1t might be possible to
make young people simulate grief,
but they cannot successfully counter
felt joy.
Tomorrow Is Easter" the children
cry, joyfully, and the Easter dawn Is
greeted with equal gladness. 1t is not,
at least in this country, because Of the
colored eggs, or the pretty presents,
or ever the lesson Of the day, SO much
as because Of the general joyousness
which seems to pervade the very air.
The people one meets on the stree,
wear smiling faces, the bells ring on,
in quicker time and clearer melody
and there is a contagion of happi
ness which young people are the hrst
TO feel.
Easter and spring go hand-in-hand
Each is the harbinger Of new life tt
earth and man, and each is blessed fol
the pure and simple happiness i
brings. Golden Days.
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Muo. 49,, Mpo~xx:

Golden Medical Discovery" cures con.
sumption which is ~scrofula Of the lungs),
by its wonderful blood-purifying, ~invigorat-
ing and nutritive properties. For weak
lungs, splitting Of blood, shortness of breath,
nasal catarrh, bronchitis, severe coughs,
asthma, and kindred affections, it is a soy.
ereign remedy. While ii promptly cures the
severest coughs, it strengthens the system
and p~urifies the blood.
"Golden Medical Discovery" does not make
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puny children, as well as for adults reduced
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Nasty cod liver oil and its "emulsions," are
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wasting diseases"
To brace up the entire system after the
grip, pneumonia, fevers, and other prostrat.
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and strength, and to restore health and vigor
when you feel IS rundown " and "used-up v
the best thing in the world is DR.. Piercel
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blood, and through 1t ~cleanses, repairs, anc
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A Treatise on Consumption, giving numer.
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asthma, and kindred diseases, will be mailec
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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-24

Il 10 the surface, Susie knew that there
was rivalry between Bessie Stacey and
herself She knew that Mr.. Castleton
was frequently at Mrs. Stacey's, to
luncheon, to dinner, to arrange various
church matters In which Mrs. Stacey
suddenly wakened TO an interest she
had never felt when good old Mr.. MUIR
ray presided in the pulpit
Aud Bessie wore the most becoming
dresses right under the minister's eyes,
while Susie's modest dresses were hid
den behind the curtains of the organ
loft
As she worked in the passion-howers
encircling her cross, Susie thought OF
the order she would send TO her Aunt
Mary in the city for the cross she meant
to buy. She had steadily put away the
temptation to buy a new spring hat or
one new dress, resolving TO make over
her gray poplin once more and have
her old hat cleaned and pressed. And,
really, one must be eighteen, with a
very limited, ~hard-earned wardrobe and
a strong desire to appear attractive in
the eyes of one person, to appreciate
the sacrifice Susie was making. Ten
dollars, with her economical habits,
skill in sewing, would go so far toward
girlish adornment!
But II was to be her Easter offering;
and if there lurked a thought OF Mr..
Castleton's words of praise or his grave
eyes looking approvingly upon her
tasteful gift, was she so very much 10
blame?
She had finished her work before sun
set and took it home. Mrs, Stacey was
in the sitting-room where Bessie was
opening the parcel containing a new
silk suit for Easter Sunday, and Susie
was called upon to admire the color,
the style, the general effect.
at is dark for spring." Bessie said,
fretfully,
"You know very well you cannot
bear light c%olors," said her mother.
Your eyes and hair are all you can
desire; your teeth are good, your fea-
lures regular and your figure is simply
perfect; but your complexion Is thick
and sallow, and always will be until
you stop eating so much rich food.
Now, here is Susie, without one really
good feature in her face, with an insig'
nificant figure, eyes of no color in par.
ticular, a sort Of bluish-gray, but with
a complexion like a miniature painting.
She can wear blue and softly tinted
fabrics, but you cannot"
She might have added that Susie's
hair was the color of corn-silk and one
mass of golden waves and soft ringlets;
that Susie's mouth was like a baby's in
its tender curves and sweet expression;
that Susie's eyes were full OF intel
ligence and gentle, womanly sweet
ness; but she forgot to mention these
points, and Susie was crushed, as she
intended her to be, In spite of her com.
plexion.
But Mrs. Stacey took out her pocket
book and from it a ten dollar gold
piece.
you can buy a new hat she said,
in a %patronizing way indescribably ir-
ritating,
mo" Susie said, quietly; this is to
be my Easter Offering"
"Ohl And speaking of Easter, would
you mind, on your way home, taking
this linen to Mrs. Byrne's to wash and
iron, Tell her | must have it on Fri
day at the very latest
1t was growing dark, and Susie re-
membered that so far from being ION
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PERSONALS.

JOUY ARNOLD, a candidate for JuStice
of the peace in Norristown' Pa diea'
Int his name was retained on the baf'
! lots and the corpse was elected.
Mrs. UETTY GREEN has removed from
Brooklyn to New York, and the tax
commissioners of the latter city are
now engaged in hunting her up in
order TO tax her mortgage of Sl,@OO,OOO
on the Stewart building.
WILLIAM MORRIS, the famous English
socialist poet, dislikes most OF the
things that pertain to modern ciyiliza,
ton, but his fishing rods contain al
the modern improvements. There he
draws the line.
DIR. SAMUEL A. GREEN, of Boston, has
been looking into the origin of the
word blizzard, and finds that 1t proba-
blv originated among seafaring people
at least a century ago, and was nsed IN
its present sense by n western news
paper man in 1860, though IL did not
come into general use till about lSSO-Sl,
PRINCE BISMARCK is understood to be
writing his autobiography; but the
manuscript is said to be quite incom'
plete as yet, and no date can be set for
even the probable appearance OF the
work. If Bismarck's recollectiolrs are
given with even moderate fullness a
book of extraordinary interest and his
torical value will be the result.
Mn. +. C. SELoUs, the famous African
hunter, has shot more than n hun
bred elephants and at least twenty
lions. On one occasion he accomplished
the unprecedented feat of killing three
full-grown lions with four shots. The
flesh of the lion is, he says, capital eat
ing. ''Lion pie is almost as good as
veal pastry, and quite as white"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-24

After reading the following letters can any
orc longer doubt that a trustworthy remedy
for that terribly fatal malady, consumption,
has at last been found? If these letters had
been written by your best known and most
esteemed %neighbors they could be no more
worthy Of your confidence than they now
are, coming, as they do, from well known,
Intelligent and trustworthy citizens, who,
in their several neighborhoods, enjoy the
fullest confidence and respect of all who
know them.
K. c; McLin, ESQ, of Kempsville, Princess
Anne Co., Va, whose portrait heads this
article, writes "When | commenced TAX.
ing DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery l
was very low with a cough and at times
spit up much blood. / was not able to do
the least work, but most Of the time was in
bed. l was all rundown, very weak, my
head was dizzy and / was extremely despon-
dent. The first bottle I took did not seem
to do me much good, but l had faith in it
end continued using it until / had taken
fifteen bottles and now l DO not look nor
feel like the same man I was one year ago.
People are astonished and say, well, last
year this time would not have thought
that you would DO living now l can thank
fully say | am entirely cured of a disease
which, but for your wonderful Discovery
would have resulted In my death"
Even when the predisposition to consulup.
tion is inherited, it may be cured, as verified
by the following from a most truthful aud
much respected C~anadianlady, Mrs. Thomas
vansicklin, of Brighton, Ont. She writes
!" have long felt It my duty to acknowledge
to you what DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery and his Pleasant Pellets have
done for me. They almost raised me from
the grave. | had three brothers and one
sister die Of consumption and / was
speedily following after them. / had severe
cough, pain, copious expectoration and other
alarming symptoms and my friends all
....susnt I mad mt a few months to live. Al
fnat time I was persuaded to try the Colder
actqd like magic. OF course, / continued q
yvfth. the medicine and a a result l gainet
kapaRy N strength Nv frisads were aston
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-24

How do you like 1t, Billiger?"
1t was the voice of Mrs. McSwat In
her hand she held up before him a be.
wildering aggregation Of ribbons,
feathers and f%urbelows.
"Er-what do you call it, Lobelia?'
inquired Mr.. McSwat.
ITS my Faster bonnet"
"Ah, yes" replied Mr.. McSwat, alb
sently, II ought to have recognized it
at once. It's gorgeous, Lobelia It's
it's unearthly. 1t reminds me that I
dreamed about it last night" he con.
tinued, rousing himself. 81 dreamed
that after | had paid for 1.-THE ear, SO
it comes to, you KNOW still had a
dollar or two in my pocketbook."
"Well?"
ut was only a dream" said Mr.. Nc
Swat, relapsing into dreamy reverie
again. Nothing in 1t, Lobelia- moth.
ing in itv'-Chicago Tribune.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-24

her way home" Mrs. Byrne lived at
the other end of Rosedale, but she was
too shy to refuse, and rolled the linen
up again.
Mrs. Byrne was a Woodworking
woman with seven children, whose
husband, after subjecting her to all the
miserles of a drunkard's wife, had re-
leased her by pitching head-frst off
the bridge below Rpsedale into the
river. Womanlike, she grieved for
him, as If he had made her life a bed Of
roses, and turned to her washtubs for
a living, patiently and industriously. A
very sunbeam Of a woman she was, in
spite Of her troubles, and Susie was
amazed to find her sitting on the door
step sobbing like a child. She rose to
receive Mrs. Stacey's message, and
promised to do the work, and then, In
answer to Susie's gentle: you must be
in trouble. l am afraid her grief
broke out In words:
"I've no right to compl ain, miss"
she said, ''for the Lords been very good
to us since poor Tim was drownded,
Lut indeed It's a chance lost I'm fret
ting for"
"A chance lost?' said Susie, her voice
still full OF gentle sympathy.
"1t's Nora, miss. She's been delicate,
miss, liver since she was born, and the
Dir here Is bad for her intirely. The
docther says her lungs is wake, and it's
q bad cough she's got, and we're too
near the say here in Rosedale. And me
sister, who lives at B., she's wrote
she'll take Nora for her own and
give her schooling and not let her
work till she's stronger. She's not
much of her own, hasn't Sister Mary;
but she's no childer since she put four
in the church yard, and she'll be good
to Nora, an the child ju>t dyin' here
by inches, for she will help me, and
sloppin' in the ~washing's bad for her.
She coughs that bad at night, miss,
and the doctor says the air in B.
would be the maxim Of her r..
But, surely. you will send her." said
Susie.
There 1t is, miss! Mary, she can't
sind money out an out, and 1t costs six
dollars to 20 to B.. l was up to
Mrs. Stacey's, to ak the loan OF II, and
work 1t out a little at a time on the
washin'; but she told me she could not
spare 1t. An she rich! I'm thinkin',
miss, perhaps she'd be servin' the Lord as
tvoi1 M rnutu' a Vfr1,s 1ir. ..u
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With Cupid salary is no object
Cynicism is n Of the shadows which
experience casts.
The heart Is no philosopher.
An ounce OF q woman's intuition is
better than a pound of her reason.
We always better ourselves BY for.
getting ourselves.
What a flower enjoys, 1t gives to the
world in color and perfume.
What a girl thinks, o woman would
like TO do.
Melody Is the soul OF music, as
harmony Is its body.
Give some people an ell and they'll
take all the rest of tho alphabet DE,
troit Free PresA
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MRs ByRNE SITTING ON H DOORSTEP

elaborate oratory. Old women brought
their sorrows to Mr.. Castleton, and
went away comforted, blessing him for
an unaffected sympathy that doubled
the value Of his counsels. Children
clustered about him wherever he
called, and looked eagerly for his COM
Ing into the Sunday school. The young
people liked him and trusted him,
wondering a little sometimes that one
so grave and quiet could so thoroughly
understand the troubles and tempta-
tions of youth.
He had shown an interest In Susie
Barclay for many reasons. She was an
orphan and had lost both parents and a
sister within a fortnight. victims of a
malignant fever raging in Rosedale,
four years before. She was poor, hav-
ing taken Il position as pupil teacher in
a seminary, and been household drudge
as well, to earn an education. At the
time Mr.. Castleton came to Rosedale,
Susie was teaching music, was organ.
list at st. Marks, and In leisure time at
home earned many an odd dollar by
embroidery.
And it was upon embroidery she was
busy on the week preceding Easter
Mr.. Castleton's first Easter in Rosedale,
As organist, Susie was compelled to
take part in all the services at St
Marks, but, besides this regular attend.
ance, she was a devout, sincere mem,
Der OF the church, and gave her time,
little as she could spare 1t, to the work
In the missionary society, sewing circle,
and festivals of the year.
And the work upon which she was
sewing 30 steadily Susie called, in hel
heart, her Easter offering. Mrs.
Stacey, the richest woman in Rosedale
often employed Susie's busy fingers
and it only made the gentle girl smil,
scornfully when she heard Bessie STAGE,
praised for the exquisite embroidery
her W active fingers wrought.
Mrs, Stacey intended to make az
Easter offering, at st. Marks, Of a new
set of church-linen, and she had en-
gagged Susie to hem-stitch and EN-
hroider 1t, promising her ten dollar,
for work she we'll knew would cost he,
three times that sum In any city store
And Susie had already appropriatet
that sum, in her mind. She would buy
a large cross Of white flowers, such a
she had seen in her visits to the city
and present 1t to st. Marks. Not on,
penny of those ten dollars would sh,
Use for her W expenses; aud /
Bessie Stacey let 1t be understood tina
she had embroidered the linen he,
mother presented. why, Susie coul,
give her cross, and so balance matters
For, somewhere in the depths Of he
: heart So far down she had never calles
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STATE OF Ono, CITY OF TOLEDO, %.

LUCAS COUNTY.
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he Is
the senior partnerof the firm of +. j, CHENEY
q Co, doing business in the City of Toledo
County and State aforesaid and that said
firm will pay the sum of n HUNDRED DOL,
LARS for eachand every case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use of HALLS CATARRH
CURE. FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this6thd day of December, A. D. 1886.
60, A. W. GLEASON,
tsNAL( NOtrry Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces Of the system. Send fortestimonials,
free. F. J. CHENEY u Co, Toledo. o.
tSys-Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills, 25c.
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Happy Easter Bells.

Oh, happy, happy Easter bells!
From each round throat sweet music wells
This perfect Sunday morning.
Dear Bess, I see her cross the street;
just at the churcn door we shall meet
Ny trembling heart gives warning.
We stop 10 speak within the door;
A few low, whispered words, no moro,
And then she joins her mother,
A bunch Of passion. flowers shc wears.
One blossom frail drops next the stairs,
Which near my heart / smother,
All, glorious day! l wait your fight.
She promised / might coll tonight
Ring, happy bells! entrance her!
pray she may not tell me nc.
She looks, she smiles, she bushes, Oh,
That yes may be her answer
lone L. Jones, In judge.
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AA9,SO for n Farm Wagon. III

The best wagon in the world can be
had for S42. SO; a barrel cart for $3.50.
IF you WILL CUT THIs OUT AND SENT IT
with SC to the John A. Salzer Seed Co.,
La Crosse, Wis, you will receive their
mammoth catalogue, where you can
read about this wagon. [Kl
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-24

There is a class of people, rational enough
in other respects, who are certainly mono
maniacs in dosing themselves. They are con
stantly trying experiments upon then
stomachs, their bowels, theirlivers and then
kidneys with trashy nostrums. When these
organs are really out of order, if they woulC
only use Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, they
would, if not hopelessly insane, perceive its
superiority.
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eighteen, who is just waking to the
con seriousness Of a heart to be won II
given. She would have blushed with
indignation and wounded feeling, had
anyone told her she was aactually in
love, and there would have been no
falsehood in her denial. Yet, since
Rev. James Castleton had cons to Rose.
dale and taken the church under his
care, life had seemed brighter to Susie.
Rev. James Castleton was a quiet,
rather reserved man of thirty-ive, not
handsome. not especially gifted with
eloquence. But in his soft gray eyes,
in the curves Of his gravely set mouth
lay an expression of goodness, of nos.
tentatious piety, that made his simple
language more effective than the most
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life! The thought almost took her
breath.
dollars?n she asked.
''Yes, miss; but it might as wen DC "
hundred. / can't get it."
Yes, for | will give it to you' and you
can ask the Lord TO bless my Easter
Offering" -
And before the astonished woman
could reply, the shining gold piece lay
In her hand and Susie was speeding
h%omeward.
1.-THE Lord be good to herl The saints
| bless her bedl" cried Mrs. Byrne. AN
she t'aching for her own bread and but
ter an trudging about in all weathers
to earn n dollar"
'You seem surprised at something
Mrs. Byrne," said a quiet, deep voice at
/ her elbow, and she looked up to see Mr..
Castleton standing beside her. Il
camc over to see if you could come up
TO the parsonage and help Mrs. Willis
| tomorrow. She has some extra work on
hand"
"Yes, sirI I'll come, and be thankful
to you. An | am surprised-1est dazed
like" And out came the whole story
from the grateful woman's lips, ending
with:
"And it's workin' she is as hard as
meself in her own way, while Mrs
Sta e that's rollin' in money, couldn'
spare Jest the loan of it, for it's not
begging Id be-"
Easter services were over, and Mrs
Stacey had invited Mr.. Castleton to
dinner. She had told no direct lie, but
certainly had given the impression that
the lovely embroidery upon the new
linen was the work of Bessie's fingers.
As they drove home she asked Mr..
Castleton, sweetly:
Don't think me impertinent, but
which Of the offerings was Miss Bar
clay's?"
None, that | know Of"
"Was there n Offering OF ten dol
lars in the collection
"No-a fve-dollar bill was the larg'
est"
such hypocrisy!' sneered Bessie.
at was not necessary for Miss Barclay
to tell you, mamma, she was going to
give ten dollars for an Easter Offering,
but she need not have told a falsehood
about til"
Nor did she,' said Mr.. Castleton.
''Her Easter Offering was ten dollars,
But ne made no further explanation
nor did Susie, when summer time
brought her a letter, asking her tc
share his life and labors, know thai
Mrs. Byrne had told him the story OF
her charity, -Arma Shields, in N. y
Ledger.
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"SHE was a wonderfully bright and intel
ligent girl, always at the head of her class,
and the star scholar at graduation. In fact,
she never failed in anything till she mar
ried,n "And how did she fail thenf' "She
married a man to reform HMM. Y. Press.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-24
A Singular Form of Monomania.

"THE Wilkens children have lovely man.
ners, III II wonder who they belong tor
Inter Ocean.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-24

Mr.. Pow Pus-"Sir, ] had kings
among my ancestors Mr.. Pc Ker-
well, | Would rather have aces."-N,
Y, Press,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-24

IT is hard to find a poor man who would
be willing to do u rich mans work for the
pay he gets.-Ram's Horn.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-24

EVERY man is either a stepping stone or q
stumbling block in the pathway of life
Young Mems Era.
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THE MARKETS

No KING can rule others well who Is not
master of himself.
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$40 | make a fool of myself often, Miss
Lovelylr he asked. "Oh, no. replied she,
sweetly, mot often-only it seems to last!'
Truth,
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81 have never found any thing equal to
Browns BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs.''-Rep. q. M,
Il. Hampton, Pihlon, ~. Sold only in boxes.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-24

"SCGr1NG the meanness to the end is the
modern version of an old prOverb.
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THE turning point in the lives of most
farmer boys is at the end of a furrow.-Buf-
alo Courier,