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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-11-24
OCEAN DERELlCTS.
1t Used to Be Passing shippers Duty Ia
sink or Burn Them.


al don't know what to make Of the
reports frequently read In the pa
pers about derelicts being boarded at
sea and then reported as being In
longitude this and latitude that when
the skipper who Goes the boarding gets
to port" said Capt. Ernest Clave. In
the Washington star, the other day.
He Is 10 years old, or will be Oct. 2,
ard up to twelve years ago had fol.
lowed the sea for a livelihood ever
since he could remember. He Is on his
way TO spend his autumn vacation, as
he calls It, with his daughter near
Staunton, Va, and was at the st.
James.
THAT kind of proceeding sounds
mighty singular to me. l have sailed
on every sea in the world, in all kinds
of vessels, and for thirty years of that
time / was skipper. Once, when l
was very young. and shipping with my
uncle on the Martha Adams, which ran
In the sugar trade from Boston to
Demerara, we ran into water-logged
wreck and pretty nigh went to the bot.
tom. My uncle knew dozen vessels
had passed that wreck before we
reached IL and he cursed their skil-
pcrs for all he was worth for not hav-
ing set It afre or sunk IL.
"ln all my time never came up wit
an abandoned wre *. or what they call
derclicts nowadays, without either CIV
ing Il good dose Of oil or running an
auger through the bolt m. 1t used to
be Just as much shippers duty to re-
move q wreck from the track OF navi-
CATION as IL was for farmer to move
the rocks and stumps out OF his house
road. Nowadays the derelicts seem to
be a n after of curiosity, and seagOing
people let 'em alone and report their
| Whereabouts. so some people can tell
great stories Of how far the thing has
| ilOatcd since il was last SEEM"
"Wouldn't boat lose time by stop
ping to sink or burn derelict?"
"No. not enough to count. IL wouldn't
take two hours TO hcave to. attend to a
derelict for oil time to como and get
under full heaiway again, and the
benefits to navigation would more than
make up for such little delay q million
times over. l saw the 9th r day where
one of those wrecks had travelled
around over the Atlantic something
like 10000 miles and had been reported
hundreds of times, and boarded and
examined ut least twenty. Any skip
per who goes on derelict and ex'
amines and then leaves II TO threaten
every vessel that comes along that way
Is guilty, In my opinion. Of criminal
negligence. We old. timers never
failed to sink or burn en-, ar d that
what ought to be done nowadays
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-11-24
Whimsical Bracelets.

Sonora Donna Maria de opposite, a
whimsical Mexican woman, has a
pair OF bracelets, made from the bod
les OF tiny green snakes, which are
very rare and OF an exceptionally
brilliant hue. They are caught alive
and asphyxiated, after which their
coloring is carefully preserved by an
embalming process. Diamonds and
sapphires are set In the eye sockets,
and pointed rubies take the place Of
the large faDgs. The effect at night
when these ornaments are worn Is
said to be weird aud unca3ay.-lNew
York Mall and Express.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-11-24

His wife, who Is in her 10th year.
was spinning wool at an old-fashioned
spinning-wheel. There were two
fishermen in the room when enter.
ed, but with the exception Of a pleas.
ant Good day, SIR" they did not
uttcra word.
Following Capt. Matthews advice,
I began by asking Uncle Ken about
the Wild ponies, of which he owns
more than any other man on the
island. He answered very freely
and soon warmed up to the subject,
telling me many interesting things
connected with the breeding Of the. .
ponies. In this way we began cor,
versation, and pretty soon Uncle Ken
was in quite loquacious mood.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-11-24
WHY THEY HAVE PLAQUES.
The Frlgh.ful Fifth Of the Chinese CIT!
Of Canton,

sssS ~s'o"'" Ssssss VS. 'ssS ~ssss'u'D W.
Of Canton.
1t isn't much wonder that they have
plaques In China II the city OF Canton,
described by Mrs. Archibald Dunn, Is
typical OF Chinese cities. 1.-The cir
conference Of the city wallis" says
Mrs. Dunn, measures from SIX to
seven miles, and within their Enclosure
there exist l,OOO,OOO Chinese people.
] had been in many oriental cities and
had smelt many oriental SINE IL, but
those OF Canton were giants to them
all. The passage like streets are open
sewers, every description OF refuse be.
ing cast into them and forming con.
tinuous heaps on either side OF tho
way. The water supply Is raised from
wells In the streets, the mouths OF
which are on level with the ground,
and shower OF rain, or drippings from
the buckets In which they lift II must
carry back the surrounding filth In a
way horrible to think OF. Through
miles and miles OF these high. marrow
alleys did We travel, through the most
fetid, airless atmosphere that human
lungs could cope with, through the
most evil and nOisome odors that
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-11-24

FINALLY she went into the woods,
thinking that perhaps Tom had fallen
asleSp somewhere. Just as she
reached tho hill where the lighthouse
now stands she saw him walking
across the open with his arm around
another girl. She walked right up
to him and slapped his face, and
then, without sayinga word, turned
on her heels and went back home.
Tom knew there was going to be
trouble, but he wasn't quito sure how
1t Was going to come.
HE took the other girl homo, and
then Joined the fellows In the boats.
When they oil came back from the
ship Sarah was standing on the shore
as II nothing had happened.
1.-THE next day Sarah wrote letter
to Washington telling all about the
West India man and the smuggling
OF the night before. Nobody knew
anything about this until three
weeks later. when two revenue chaps
came to Assateague and went straight
to old man Fields house. When
they came out Sarah was with them.
She took them down the road to
'rhornton's house, where Tom was
sitting In the sand, whiting. ] re-
member that part Of 1t very we'll, for
I was sitting beside Tom. When
Sarah saw him her face became as
white rs sheet OF paper.
"'There he Is, she said. That's
Tom Thornton
Tom jumped up, pale in tho face.
What's wanted?' he asked.
"'You'll have to come along with
u.s. one OF the revenue chaps said.
You're wanted for smuggling Tom
opened his mouth as though he were
going to say something, but instead
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-11-24

The next day I saw Ken Jester.
Picture to yourself man of So years,
OF stout build, with round, weather.
beaten countenance, half encircled
by bushy fringe of thick, gray hair,
blue eyes, undimmed by age and q
frank, hearty smile that made you
like the man at first sight-and there
you have Ken Jester. found him
in his cottage, a small, one-story af.
air, that boosted Of only two rooms.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-11-24
PrODcr Garnishcs.

Some cooks never know Just what to
serve with different meats as relish.
Following 10 u table OF things con.
sidered the proper caper: With roast
sSace s roast pork, apple sauce; boiled boiled
sauce; roast tn key, oyster sauce;
venison or wild duck. black curl Al
Jelly; broiled fresh mackel el, sauce OF
stewed goOseberries. boiled blueiish,
white cream sauce: broiled shad
DO led rice and salad: compete ol
pigeons, mushrCom sauce fresh sal
mon, green peas with cream sauce
roast goose, apple sauce.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-11-24

league. One evening I asked Capt.
Matthews, the hotel.keeper, what
there was to be found on AsSa-
league.
"Well, subj" he answered, "taint
much OF a place. Tha' hain't mon
. hundred head O. people here.
(They speak Of people as they do Of
cattle down here.) Tha's some good
huntin' tina and fishin', and maybe
ye en- pick up few t'ahpin, but ye
won't have much OF good time.
That's the lighthouse-ef that'll
Interest ye-an' the life.savin' sta.
ton. and the wild ponies. Oh, yes
-ye don't want Z fail T. see old Ken
Jester. He's the Oldest pussun
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-11-24

could assail human nostrils, past the
most loathsome sights in the shape of
abnormal butcher meat-such as dogs
and cats, skinned and dressed ready
for cooking: rats, both dried and hang
ing alive by the tails: frog, and UNI
natural-lOoking fish in tubs Of water,
alive, and awaiting death and con-
sumption"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-11-24
WHERE TINE SLEEPS.
CHARACTER STUDIES ON AN
ISLAND.
Full, Of Tradition and the Romance Of
the Old Smussisr oays..lt Lies
OF the Virginia Coast and Has
Maintained All lie Old.Yims
Del ~ ;va aAaS

Prirnitivsness.
In the year 1915 ship loaded with
FLOODED horses was sent from Eng
land by the London Company to the
colonists at Jamestown. While max
ing for the mouth of Chesapeake Bay
this ship was wrecked on Assateague
Shoals. The Indians who then in
habited Assateague and its sister
island, Chincoteague, piloted the sur
vivors of the crew and cargo across
the bay to the mai, land, and as u re.
ward were presented with number
of horses. which they took with
them to their island homes. These
horses outlived their savage masters,
and long after the Indian tribe had
become extinct they roamed over the
island, subsisting upon the sparse
pastures which the place afforded.
Under the hardship and exposure to
which they were subjected they de-
Perforated rapidly and became the
diminutive, sturdy ponies that they
are to-day.
IL was these herds Of wild ponies
that first attracted settlers to Assa-
league Island. A small settlement
sprang up about eighty years ago,
one-half Of which looked after the
ponies, while the others devoted
themselves to fishing and hunting.
Ths,c people to-day are in many re-
spoets as primitive as their ancestors
were. They are rough lot, utterly
needless Of the laws Of the State. but
very hospitable and good-hearted and
possessing more religion than you
would find among the same number
Of people in q much more civilized
community.
Before crossing to Assateague Is.
land spent few days ut Chinco.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-11-24
To Make Brown Ereau Coffee.

To prepa Q brown bread coffee for an
invalid take some pieces and Q. usts Of
brown bread and dry them In slow
oven until thoroughly h I'd and crisp
Place them In q mortar and pound
them. Then pour b0i ing water over
them and let them soak for about
fifteen minutes. This, when strained
carefully. IL very acceptable to In.
valids who are tired OF ordinary
drinks. such as Lemonade, etc. Crust
coffee Is made In the seme way -
brown bread coffee, white bread only
being substituted for brown.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-11-24

THE swamp regions Of this 9 untry
and the alluvial districts OF tho Mis-
sissippi have @ 900 population,
mostly colored; In the desert and emf.
desert regions there ae l,,8 900; In
the Rocky Mountains, 1886. 900.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-11-24

MODERATION Is The insensible com.
panion Of wisdom, but with genius has
not even Q nodding &C Iuaintancc.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-09-29
THE HIGHEST A

Royal Baking Powder in Strength and
Competitor.
The Royal Baking Powder has the en-
viable record Of having received the
highest award for articles of its class
greatest strength, purest ingredients,
most perfectly OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ex-
hibited in competition with Others. In
the exhibitions of former years, at the
Centennial, at Paris, Vienna and at the
various State and Industrial fairs, where
it has been exhibited, judges have in
variably awarded the Royal Baking
Powder the highest honors,
At the recent Worlds Fair the ex-
aminatious for the baking powder
awards were made by the experts OF
the chemical division of the Agricul-
tural Department of Washington. The
ohicia report of the tests of the baking
powders which were made by this de-
partment for the specific purpose of as
pertaining which was the best, and
which has been made public, shows the
leavening strength Of the Royal to be l6e
cubic inches of carbonic gas per ounce
of powder. OF the cream of tartar
baking powders exhibited at the Fair,
the next highestin strength thustested
contained but 1873 cubic inches of leaven.
ing gas. The other powders gave an
average of III. The Royal, therefore,
was found of 20 per cent. greater leaven-
ing strength than its nearest %competi-
tor, and A per cent. above the average
of all the other tests. Its superiority
in other respects, however, in the
quality of food it makes as to %fineness,
d~elicacy and wholesomeness, could not
be measured by figures.
1t is these high qualities, known and
appreciated by the women of the coun-
try for so many years, that have caused
the sales of the Royal Baking Powder,
as shown by statistics, to exceed the
sales of all other baking powders com
b;ned.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-09-29
j. JONES.

The strangest man l ever met was ]. AuS0stu'
jones.
70 hear him talk you'd think he slept upon a
bed OF stones.
His luck was always bad, he said, and every
blessed fate
Had some grudge laid against him, and would
pay it, soon or late.
The world owed Jones n living or so ]. Au-
gustus said.
He didn't ask to come here, but was forced to
come instead;
Which being so he didn't see why he should
buckle down
To labor in a village, on n farm, or in the
town.
So, growing all his days, this Jones wen,
through his span Of life,
And not a minute did he live that was not full
OF strife,
He never knew where he should dine should
breakfast. or should sup,
But sat around and waited for whatever should
turn up;
For in the hope of something turning up this
grumpy wight
Found happiness that, he said, was Just simply
out OF sight;
And he had faith that sometime all the bitters
in his cup
Would change to sweetness through the thing
that surely would turn up.
And something did turn up at last, as Jones
had prophesied,
But 1t, alas. was not the sort he'd dreamed of
in his pride.
For, though it ended troubles all his trials and
his woes,
The thing that turned up finally was poor old
J~onesy's toes.
-UlrDer'S Bazaar.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-09-29
About a Reform.

No, don't make off-hand and Flip
pant remarks about strangers any
more It's dangerous. used to, when
| was younger and frcsher, but, say,
you couldn't get me to express an opin-
ion on a stray yellow dog now.
I've been this wa eve since once. a
long time ago, when / was obliged to
spend Sunday in u little town in which
! was totally unacqnainted. hap
pened to scrapc an acquaintance with
a young native, however, and as a mild
form of dissipation he took me up to
Sunday-school with him in the after
noon.
Everything went along smoothly un.
til the closing hymn was being sung.
when | asked: ''Who is that soft-look-
ing, putty-faced man standing by the
organ?'
That" said my companion, calmly
-"that-is my brother"
The cold chills chased themselves all
over me, but | thought that | was
smooth enough to get out of it all
right, so said:
"0h no. ! didn't mean that one. ]
can that other old Rip Van Wrinkle
with the b%illy-goat whiskers, at the
other end of the organ?"
That" he said, with a CHASTITY
smile-"that-is Pig fathG."-Harper's
Bazaar.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-09-29
STARTING IN LIFE.

D,oc1Kr1AN, the Roman emperor, was
horn In slavery and obtained his freedom
bv service in the army
LuruEE's father was a miner, and the
future rcformer often earned a supper
by singing in the streets.
JAMES MADISON was very fond OF his
books. and at an early age acquired a
high reputation for learning.
HORNE TooKE was fond of staying in
his fathers poultry shop, and liked to
be- i~ntrusted with the business.
ZACHARY TAYLOR was brought up on
n farm. He was very thrifty, and soon
had a stock of property in calves.
CuAucER's boyhood was passed in a
wine vault, where he was required to
wash barrels and clean wine casks.
Ltszr was driven to the piano every
day. For over fifteen years his daily
practice covered ten to twelve hours
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-09-29
HICKMAN

JOSEPH HUME, the politician, was
called Adversely Hume, because of his
frequent predictions of ruin to the Eng.
fish people.
JUBAL A. EAR..Y was called the Bad
Old Man by the troops of the confeder-
ate army, on account of his fighting
qualities.
ALDICoRoNTI PHoscoPHoRNIo was a
nickname given by Walter Scott to his
pompous friend, John Ballantyne, the
publisher.
ATTILA was called the Scourge of
God, from an expression of his own:
"Where my horse has trodden no grass
will ever grow"
WILLIAM PITT was called the Bottom
less Pitt, because of the skill with
which he concealed his plans until
ready 20 reveal them.
RADELAIs was called the Father of
Ridicule, the Phoenix of Wit and the
Lucian of France, from the pungent
character of his satire.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-09-29
BLESSINGS FOR THE PEOPLE.


Benefits Which VIII Accrue from the
Free Wool of the New Tariff.
Mr.. Springer, who has for years made
a special study of wool tariffs, est.
mates that the free wool of the new
tariff will save to the families of the
United States Sl4l, 600, 600 u year.
In the calculation Mr.. Springer does
not allow for increased consumption.
He takes the S31, O0O, 900 of importa-
tions in 1898 and the census year do
nestle manufactures of woolens,
worsteds, carpets and knit goods and
hosiery made OF wool. On that basis
of total wooden consumption he makes
his estimate OF Sal, 600, 600 saved each
year.
Saving is not all. Wooden goods are
so universally used that every man,
m and child is interested. The
masses viii be more comfortably and
t%astefully dressed. Houses will be
better carpeted. Retail merchants will
turn their stock over faster,
Free wool will revive the wooden
manufacture and enable our mills to
improve the quality of their goods.
This II schedule of wool and wool.
ems will change for the better the
style of living all over the country.
1t is an example of the benefits Of
unfettered commerce.. Unless another
war gives tho excuse and hides the
deed the Mckinley wooden tariff will
never again defacc the laws. The
course of duties viii be downward. Be.
fore many years we shall have a rev.
enue duty of 10 per cent. on woolcns,
and our manufacturers, exporting the
classes of goods they can make to adj
vantage, will not take the trouble to
fight against a public opinion en-.
lightencd by facts. - st. Louis Re
puh1in
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-09-29

POINTS AND OPINIONS.


The croakers can't stop the re,
turn of good times. Even the croaS,
ers will be singing jubilee songs o
Atlanta Journal.
1t is a significant fact that the
so-called protected industries of our
country are the ones which pay the
poorest wages Albany Argus.
1t is to be hoped that the labor
vote will not lose sight of the fact that
the republican press is urging a gen
eral cut in wages. Chicago Herald.
While democrats are being de.
nounced by republican claquers be-
cause wheat dropped to fifty cents,
why is the same party not given credit
because corn went up to sixty cents?--
Detroit Free Press
1t will DO interesting to discover
which vicious combination the repub.
Leans prefer p~ersonihed in a presiden.
tial candidatc-Rsed czarism strongly
infused with Mckinley protectioniam,
or Mckinley protectioniBm strongly
Infused with Reed czarism.-Chicaoo
Herald.
The wholesale crockery and glass
dealers announce that their business
has greatly increased since the mas.
sage of the tariff law. The tax IN
china porcelain, %earthenware and
stoneware has been very high, and its
reduction has stimulated trade. Re.
tail dealers and householders are fiji.
ing up their depleted stocks. N. Y.
World.
-tairly interpreted, the result in
Maine means that one Of the least
consequential OF the states has n
yearning desire to furnish a presidents
Tor the republic, and is exceedingly
reluctant to surrender the plumber
conferred upon it by the protective
tariff. With party lines drawn as thew
are at present Maine will 90 demo.
cratic when ducks quit swimming
Chicago Herald.
The building t-ade evervwher.
ought to realize great benefits from free
lumber The senate bill removes the
duties on logs, hewn and sawed tim.
Der, squared timber, sawed boards and
plank, claphoards, hubs, laths. shin.
giles and staves-in short, substan-
TALLY everything in the McKinlev
wood schedule except furniture. the
duty upon which is reduced to % Der
cent The value of the imports of these
articles now placed on the free llst
was Slo, ooO, 600 in 1898, and sl.l4s.o o)
) was paid In duties. Boston Herald.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-09-29

AS the man went across the street
several persons saw it and turned to
laugh at him, The second boy was
waiting across the street. He ran up
to the man and said: Mister there's
a card hooked to your coat behind. Lee
me take it off
Goodness mel said the little man,
chow did that get there?"
lone of them tough lads put it on,
| guess
"Confound them. Well, here boy,
here's a dime for you"
Tanks. mister"
Two minutes latter the good little
boy hung in on a fat man and his part
ner on the other side of the street in
tercepted the fat man and collected a
nickel. lie had to ask for it, but he
got it.
A man would be a brute to refuse a
nickel to a poor boy who has done him
a great service.-Chicago News.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-09-29

A republican organ which has
long insisted that the foreigner paws
the tariff tax says that I'VE have gen.
erously relieved our foreign friends
from paying any taxes for permission
to sell their products in the American
market. The taxes they have hitherto
paid will be collected from the people
who eat sugar." etc. This is certainly
interesting; the more so as since this
information appeared in our contem.
porary that authority has explained
that ION articles like sugar. which
we produce, but not in sufficient
quantity to supply orr full demand.
the importer and his boss, the foreign
manufacturer, pay a large part or all
OF the duty" Louisville Courier.
Journal
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-09-29

when we are off on the ship for
praclice during the summer" said my
friend, 1--WE get lots of fun out of life.
While on watch we go around amongst
the sailors and get acquainted and
talk of matters nautical.
Zone day, just after we had taken
on board the members of the New York
reserve, l asked one of the old tars
how he liked our new friends.
Don't like 'em at ALL he said.
They won't talk with you nor dc
anything but 60 around with their
heads up, us If they bossed the whole
affair. But now with you Boston fell
lers it's different. We like you first.
rate: You aren't SO stuck up.
"'I'll tell you iost how 1t is he
added. confdentially, Them New
Workers. Is aeateme' n-Harper's Mag.
azine.