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TREATMENT OF OBESITY.
A Patient Loses Exactly Fifty Pounds in
SIX MouthR,

Savill gives an account of his treat
ment Of obesity that presents some
features Of special interest. A man .
feet 10 inches In height and weighing
es4 pounds was admitted to the Pad
dington infrmary to be treated for an
ulcer, This patient, 6s years Of age,
was unable to walk. chiefly by reason
of his bulk He was put upon p diet
Of one pound of cooked fish and one
pound of lean, cooked meat q cay and
a pint Of hot water slipped at intervals
every two hours. The fish and the
meat were distributed in meals, ac-
cording to the taste of the patient, but
no bread, vegetables, milk or any other
article Of food was allowed. The pa
tent was a person Of Intelligence and
did everything toward the success OF
his treatment, managing to drink five
OF six pints OF hot water during the
day. Weight decreased steadily. On
admission, September 81, it was 2S4
pounds; on October . it was PA pounds:
on November IS il was 256 pounds, and
on December it was 246a pounds. At
Christmas there was some latitude
given in diet and the result was a
prompt addition to his weight of seven
pounds, but by January Is weight was
reduced to go pounds. After four
months treatment the diet was modi-
fed by the addition of two small slices
Of bread and butter at breakfast and
supper and milk and sugar in his tea
night and morning.
On February Z he returned to ordi-
nary meat diet, such as other pa
tients had, with the exception of
potatoes. He then wcighd 234ls pounds
Weight increased slightly for e time
after resuming ordinary diet; but on
March. 81. when the patient left, he
weighed 230}1 pounds, having lost over
pounds in six months. The ulcer
healed within four weeks of his admis.
sion, and pain and stiffness soon disap-
peared, permitting rs much walking as
the space In sthe ward would allow.
Weight remains the same l23Ois pounds,
the man being now on ordinary diet,
but drinking no beer. His health is
excellent.-London Lancet.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-08-04
NOTES AND

1t Is becoming more and more
evident every day that al the Denver
meeting OF the republican league the
made a football of Mr.. Harrison,
emergency and kicked 1t out OF bounds,
IN. Y. World.
Mckinley carried the republican
convention at Denver. But Denver "a
too far west for the holding of the
next n%ational republican convention
which will nominate a presidential
candidate. st. Louis Republic.
II see that the British Yacht
rather got the best Of us this time
well" growled the man who runs
everything into politics, "what else
could you expect under this admins.
ration%-Indianapolis Journal (Rep.) J,
The Illinois democrats promul.
gated a solid truth when they con,
demned republican partisanship fol
prolonging the business depression by
hghting a reform OF the tariff. On
.his proposition their platform saws,
we condemn the contemplate parti.
sanship which seeks TO prolone for
party advantage the period of flnan.
cial depression. kansas City Times.
The tariff bill has been sent r.
conference after a vain attempt on the
part OF the republicans to DELAY action,
The conferrees Of the house are WI.
son, McMillin, Turner and Montoom.
cry, democrats, and Reed, Burrows
and Payne, republicans. This is A
committee that Is likely to insist on
democratic principles against German.
ized McKinleyism. Chairman Wilson,,
ringing speech was full Of both cour.
age and hope.-N. Y. World.
---ls not the sentiment of the nso.
pie OF the United Statesgrowipr more
and moro favorable to lower dutie.s
we think II 10, and wa know that onin.
ION 10 held by many republicans Of ma.
tional reputation. Tho people Of thi,
country expect the republican party h
reform the tariff and to mako ~
duties as low as possible. had lhs
party done this after the election n
1855 the ground would have been ant
from beneath the feet Of the demo,
cyata Apd they would have had no cam,
puign ammunition Tor the election II
!sv9r'<S aslspsa TssbuAs ssp.A y
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-08-04

"UsEruL INFoRMATloN" is the title of a
pamphlet Just received from the Prickly Ash
will show it to be all its name implies. 1t is
full of useful Information" The chapters
on "What to DO in Case of Accidents,r
"Antidotes for Poisons,'' "Health Hints,n
etc, are most valuable and are written in a
PLAIN English, common-sense manner, avoid
ing medical terms as much as possible. 1t
also contains useful Information for
Farmers, Housewives etc. Its u book that
should be in every house in the land. Write
the firm above named for a copy, and when
You get it read it attcntively and keep it
where itcan easily be found in time Of need.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-08-04
CurrAN THRusT-"1hat young Dumleigh
has got more money than sense.n Dulham
Bluntly-'I didn't know he was rich.n Cut.
tan Thrust-"He isn't,r--Puck.

Always On Time and Ahead Of the Times
Seems te DO tho motto Of tho John a.
Salzer Seed Co., Of La Crosse, Wis, whose
general manager, Mr.. Henry A. Salzer, 10
now securing the celebrated furm districts
of Russia, France, England, Germany, Bo-
hernia, Belgium, Italy, etc, in search Of now
and rare varieties of farm seeds, as also
vegetable and flowersced novelties. MI.
Salzer is thoroughly acquainted with the
wants Of the American farmer and gar-
dener, and he will be sure 10 obtain the
very vest that Europe hasto Offers
The John A, Salzer Seed Co. makes a spe-
cialty of seeds for the farm and garden,
and is the introducer of moro new varieties
of wheat, oats, potatoes, vegetable and for-
age plants than all western seedmen com
bined.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-08-04
Man with n Double Heart.

When the Mercer county On. J.) Med.
lcal association was in session a few
years ago a colored individual named
William King came before them for ex.
animation. He claimed to have two
hearts, but a careful examination re.
vealed the fact that his heart wa,
double Instead of being two separate
blood-pumping organs. Resides hav.
ing two distinct pulsations, which
could easily be felt, he had wonderful
control over his double life engine. be.
ing able to stop its beating for sixty
seconds without inconvenience. -
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-08-04
No Cause for Alarm,

Wife-What effect will these pow
ders have?
Doctor-He will seem rather dull
and stupid, but don't feel alarmed.
Wife-Oh, no; he's that way when
he's perfectly well, you know.-Demor'
est's Magazine.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-08-04
A Reversible Shot.

City Man Ito hu%nter)-Lijc, you've
heard a great many tough hunting
stories. Which do you think is the
toughest yarn you ever heard?
Lije-I don't remember of hearin' nc
such tough yarn as you speak Of. Tell
you what really did happen down here,
though, bout a year ago. A man shot
a zeal in the head, and just the min.
ute the bear felt the ball he turned
right round. lie turned so quick that
the ball hit the man and killed him
after passing through the bear.-Phil.
adelphia Post.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-08-04
UNIQUE SAW WISE.
How an Ingenious Carpenter Got Out of
d DIE m

q Dilemma.
Agood mechanic will generally have
his tools in good order. but through &C.
cident or the meddling of some care
less or ignorant individual, even a good
mechanic may find tools out Of order
and requiring attention before they
can'be used.
Our artist the other day sketched a
carpenter who, evidently having be-
come tired Of a dull saw, resorted to
the expedient illustrated Not having
a suitable wise at hand. he inserted hi
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-08-04
A SIGNIFICANT SHOWING,
Money squandered Under the Harrison
Administration.

money Squandered Under the Harrison
Administration.
In 1889 the ordinary expenses OF the
government, exclusive OF interest On
the public debt, were e299, 2ss, g7s. On
March 4 Of that year President Harri.
son was inaugurated, and the fiscal
year ended June 80, three monthslater.
For the fiscal year which ended June
w. 1879, the last complete year OF the
Harrison administration, the ordinary
expenses of the government, exclusive
OF interest on the public debt. were
1855 ,T7S, s0b, an increase of 500. 4sS. eo7.
When President Harrison entered up-
on MS duties there was a surplus in the
treasury OF upward Of 500, oOo. 900. AT
the end OF his term there was a dcAcit
OF $4,000, 900, besides overdue and un.
paid obligations amounting TO about
elo,o oo, 900. These figures show that
during the four years, in addition 10
spending all the current revenues o.
the government, about $3.50. 000. 900
were squandared. In other words.
the Harrison administration sspent
GAO, 900, 900 a year over and above the
receipts of the government. There.
ceipts this year were very nearly equal
TO the expenses Of the year previous 70
the Harrison accession, and II thsre
had been no increase OF expenses made
by the Harrison administration there
would have been no deficit this yssr.
Any intelligent person may readiiv
ngdro the consequences Of tho az.
penditurc Of 80, 100000 more than the
receipts. Bat TO make IL pIainsr. sun.
pose II was q bank with q capital 81
say 100000 that was Concerned. "a
the excess Of expenditures was oto.0o0
. year instead Of $4,000, 900. In fcsr
yesrs the rvccts would amouut u
four-hfths Of the capital, the credit 81
the concern wonld 10 ruined end
bankruptcy would 10 inevitable ana
only . msttsr 81 v ihoft time, 1hftas
pEsslsslv Nv AtssNeA N Yhi9h ~
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-08-04
New Theory Of Auroral Light,

The latest theory concerning the
cause OF the aurora borealis has beer
deduced from q careful analysis of tina
light thrown through q ~spcctroscope
This unique experiment clearly es
tablishes the fact that it Is caused BY
an electrical discharge among tn,
particles Of meteoric iron dust con
tanned in the atmosphere.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-08-04

Citizen One-What do you think Of
this income tax?
Citizen Two-I haven't made up nv
MINT yet. I've got to wait till the end
OF the iiscal year and see whether I've
got any income or not.-Detroit Free
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-08-04
Conditional WILLINGNESS.

Frances and her papa had q few
squares to go, and the latter asked:
Frances, shall we walk or take thu
street carp"
well, papa" replied the little piri.
"Ill walk II you'll carry ne. "-Harper'u
Bazaar.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-08-04
Danish Care,

But do it consistently, wisely, and not with
alcoholic stimulants, but by the reinforce
mont Of energy, the renewal of appetite and
the ability to digest, which nostetter's
stomach Bitters, foremost among tonics,
produces. Malaria, rheuaaatism, kidney
complaints, constipation and nervousness
are conquered by this victor over many all.
mentS. "t.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-08-04

She-He's' . bad scholar and . Door
athiete. Why don't the college author.
tiles put him out, anyhow
He.-but YOU. ought 70 hesy his col.
sees ysul-- RFophlya Late
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-08-04
Too Expensive.

Then you conscnt!r exclaimed the
young man. joyously.
YES" said her father. at pains me
to give her up, but | really can't afford
to keep her any longer. Chicago
Racordt
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-08-04

| Harrison administration left the gov
eminent, The panic was an inevita-
BILE consequence, and the work OF re-
cuperation has been going ON since
Kansas CITY Times.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-08-04

"%incurablo" cases Of Catarrh are cured,
perfectly and permanently, by DR.. Sage's
Satafrh Remedy. The makers Of this medi-
cines. W
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-08-04
Always.

Jaspar-I have noticed q peculiar
thing about man who claim to be.
lieve IN nothing.
Jumpuppe-What is it7
Jaspar-They siwsys havs IN nm.
speakaNe belief in themselves. Truth.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-08-04

their adjustment.
We present in this connection a sim
pie method for generating a current by
means of heat from a candle.
Take an equal number Of lengths Of
copper and German silver wire, say six
inches long,, and twist their ends to-
gether in the manner shown In the IL
lustration, alternating the metals in
the arrangement so that they will run
first German silver, then copper, then
German silver again. and so on. This
accomplished, the resulting chain is
bent into the shape of a many-pointed
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-08-04

"YoUNG Mrs. Eaton seems to take a great
interest in all the current events" Mrs.
Grasply-"Great goodness, why not! She
took tho prize last year for both the jelly
and pie.n lvIrrrr
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-08-04

us Hicks wife a nice housekeeperm Mr..
liacks-"Well, should say so. Why, half
the time Hicks can't find anything that be-
longs to him, '-Demorest's Magazine.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-08-04
ROYAL BAKING powosa CO., JOG WALL ST., NEW v,,.

~ GUESS Jimmie Jones was mistaken
about his brother being a college graduate
Mamma-''Why, what makes you think soi'
well, papa said they always know every
thing, and he couldn't even tell what our
baby was cryin' out.''-Inter Ocean.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-08-04

saw hack downward in o kerr in the
timber On which he was working. and
proceeded to file his sew as though i,
were held in the most approved man.
ner.-ScientiGc American.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-08-04

SEA air roughens the skin. Use Glenn's
Sulphur Soap.
Hilfs Hair and Whisker Dye, 30 cents.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-08-04
AND SCIENCE
Dynamo MADE AT 0 N

A Task Requiring But Little Work and
Patience 49, Generating q Current with
the Aid of o Few Wires and = Candle
Directions for Constructing the simple
Apparatus.
In these days of electrical develop
ment nearly every one is interested in
experiments, especially those which
they can do for themselves, says the
builder and Woodworker.
1t is a simpler matter to generate an
electric current than most people
think, all electrical machinery having
but few parts, but requiring great
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-08-04

Gambling Is tie child Of aya,ics
the brother Of ihiAaity and the fatl,c'
VI miseAist washington. .,,s !,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-11-03

lower, than the same under prohibition.
This fact will appear the stronger, when it
is recalled, that the extraordinary flood
occurring during the period of prohibition,
cost the county about SIS, 100000, all of
which was levied and paid under prohibit
ton.
Don't forget that the amount paid into
the treasury of the county by hotel and
saloon keepers for licenses, is but small
part of the money extracted by them from
the pockets of their patrons, to the great
dctriment of merchants and all others doing
IL recognized legitimate business in the
county. In addition to this, it is impossi-
bic to estimate in dollars and cents, the
cost to the community of the moral degra-
dation, and the dssolute habits of the
scores and hundreds of their patrons, and
the sorrow and misery consequent there
from in the homes of our county.
Can YOU afford to vote for license?
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-11-03

doubt and legal technically, if the mere let
ter of the law is complied with. He is COM
PEELED to assume "A responsibility only second
to him who sends men to the gallows. with
this difference, that he is not permitted to ask
the advice or consent of twelve disinterested
men to share the responsibility.
BY this arbitrary and mandatory law one of
Cecil county's most respected christian citi-
zens was required to af1x his official sanction
to permits to sell liquors in incorporated towns
against the remonstrance of its constituted
town authorities and without the application
being endorsed by any man owning real es-
tate within the corporate limits.
The present clerk is entitled to our SYM
pathies, and his many friends in the county
will vote to relieve him of the responsibility of
accepting such sureties for licenses as he
would not accept on II personal note for Il
debt of ten dollars G.. b.
CoLoRA, October 31st, 1894.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-11-03
Violations of the License Laws.
PORT DEPOSIT, Oct. 81, 1894

Mr.. EDITOR:
A large number of persons who are utterly
opposed to the sale of Intoxicating liquor,
yet say they cannot vote against its sale,
because it makes SO many persons who are
truthful on other subjects perjur themselves
before our Courts when giving testimony
about the sale of liquor. If such voters had
read the reports of the grand jury of the city
of Baltimore for the last two or three years
where they have almost unlimited license,
they would find that the grand jury has
frequently called the attention of the court
to their inability to get evidence to indict the
liquor seller when it was patent to all that the
license law was violated every day. including
Sunday. 1t seems that those who are in the
habit of drinking will not stick to the truth in
giving testimony against the saloon keeper.
| send you the report of the grand jury Of st.
Mary's county, which was published in II
Baltimore city paper, showing that in that
county where they have licensed l05 places
to sell liquor. the law is constantly violated.
and people will periurc themselves whether
they have license or no license.
ne Sruuu jury lOr lllS term Ulaut lntlT
final report yesterday and We're discharged.
They examined lightweight witnesses and
made thirteen prcsentments. The report con-
tains the following language: we find that
there are in st. Marys county l05 houses
licensed to do business in the retail liquor
trade. We find that about nine-tenths of
these houses sell whiskey aud other intoXi-
eating liquors ndiscriminately i'll quantities
less than Il pint. and in many cases to minors
Of tender age. We also find that the Sunday
law is. in many of these places, grossly
violated 10y allowing gambling by all Glasses,
even minors, and by selling intoxicating
liquors in any quantity. Out of the l05
licensed houses there are but eight licensed
to sell in quantities less than Il pint From
undOuhtcd evidence before us. nearly every
one sells in quantities less than II pint. and TO
minors, even on sunday. We find that at
least 80 per cent. of the crimes committed in
our county are traccablc directly to the
whiSkcy traffic. We have come to the con-
rlusion that the law has been so commonly
violated, and it has been of such common
occurrence, that the people generally seem
to have come to the conclusion that the open
violation of the liquor laws is neither crime
nor Il mishemeanor; therefore we have been
unable to find "A prescntment in II single case "
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-11-03
A PERTINENT QUESTION.

One night last week at an anti-lcensc
meeting at North East. a man who had
been habitlally 4 liquor drinkcr arose in
the audience, and announced his intention
to vote against license
He said. lit was with great diff
Guilty that he could pass a place where
liquor was sold, the temptation being so
great to 90 in. When he had succeeded in
forcing himself past saloon he had often
stopped and debated with himself whether
he would not return He said that every
man who voted against license would help
him to lead sober life, as well as scores
and hundreds like him"
Are we as voters of Cecil county to aban-
don this class of our citizens to the tender
mcrcies Of the saloon interest when we
know that the Liquor Guild is striving to
perpetuate its existence solely for the
nancy value Of the traffic and regardless OF
the moral and physical injury inflicted
upon men. who while otherwise good
citizens are unable to resist the temptation
of open saloons?
That is the question every rehectiv,
citizen should answer by his ballot next
Tuesday.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-11-03
A WORKING MANS SPEECH.

OF all the speeches made during this
campaign the following short address made
to his fellow working men by Henry Brunt
Of Baltimore, on Monday night, contains
more points than any one of which we
have seen reports:
'My books have been necessity, my
teacher experience and my alma mater the
home and factory | speak of political
economy, not as professor of theories, but
from real experience. Let me warn you
against the foreign manufacturer living in
America When | went as workingman
before the Wilson Ways and Means Com
mittee at Washington a workingman was
not allowed to get his nose near the door;
yet Isidor Strouse, the owner of three fac
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-11-03

tories in Germany, was by the side of
Wilson day and night, and trottng back
and forth between Cleveland and Wilson.
The man Stronse pays his men in Germany
from three to six dollars a week. and the
women from ninety cents to one dollar and
thirty cents. During the first month of the
Wilson bill StroSe cleared S100 600. Well
might he invite Wilson to visit London,
Oxford and Cambridge with him. Strouse
sat at his side at the London Chamber of
Commerce dinner, where it was said that
the Wilson Tariff had lighted the fires of
the English furnaces, and opened the doors
of English factories that had been closed
for years.
Is it not time when workingmen,
whether Democrats or Republicans, should
stand shoulder to shoulder for bread and
butter? You hear great deal about cap
turing the markets of the world. Markets
are captured by either selling better goods
for the same price, or the same goods for
less money than already offered As labor
is eighty per cent. of almost every manu-
featured article then the price of labor
must be reduced if we are to compete with
foreign pauper wages. If Americas thirty
produce in nine months enough tin for
twenty-five hours consumption John
X. Governs estimate), and you close the
ports to foreign competition, do you not
see that it will require 5000, 600 workmen,
at present unemployed, to supply the home
market? If this is correct in regard to tin,
what will be the effect on the allied interests
of the country?
In free trade England | went to work
when seven years old, and for fifty
hours labor a week got twenty-five cents.
Two nights week | attended furnace fires
all night at six cents a night. After seven
years apprenticeship earned dollar a
day. After ten years as Il workman, and
while manager got $50 a week. |
left free trade England, my mother, and in
the full maturity of manhood took pro-
tected America as a bride If had chap
eroned Wilson through England | would
have shown him father, mother and
children forging chains to capture the
markets of the world | would have
shown him women digging coal that Eng
land might capture the markets of the
world. He could have seen the ribbon, the
lace and the silk industries wiped out with
row after row of unoccupied houses and
grass growing up through the pavements.
All this to capture the markets of the
world.