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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-13

earned his salary twice over by an in
exhaustible flow of merriment that
kept IL digestive organs in condition
to assimilate the most cratic of his
culinary creations.
While some members of our party
We're amateur botanists, biologists.
naturalists or taxidermists, we were all
enthusiastic explorers and hunters,
and we fairly reveled in the wealth of
animal and vegetable life about us.
Our six-ton boat, moored in the river,
was fast becoming a museum. Repre-
senting the country's fora, we had
dried plants, shrubs and flowers with
out end; in the way of reptiles, a
stuffed cayman, several striped rattle
snakes, one twelve-foot boa, and a
great variety of lizards, while in insects
our collection was exceedingly rich.
OF the feathered tribe we had almost
everything from the mighty condor of
the Andes down to minute humming
birds: and of fishes besides a fine cleo
tric eel-one or more specimens Of near
ly every kind found in the inland
waters of the tropics.
Of wild beasts we had already shot
and set up the jaguar, red wolf, cougar,
peccary, culot, tapir, tiger-cat, wild
dog. three kinds Of deer, the sloth and
armadillo, as well as six varieties of
monkeys and a number Of other small
arboreal creatures.
But there was II amphibious ami
NAL, the manatee, and a semi-amphib-
ious reptile, the anaconda, we had not
yet obtained. We had seer scores Of
the first while ascending the river, but
had never secured one, though it is a
somewhat sluggish creature, and not
at all difficult of approach, as it feeds
upon aquatic plants at the bottom of
still water and comes frequently to the
surface to breath.
One evening we were %bemoaning our
bad luck in this respect when Teddy
observed: AN is it the quare haste
that's a cross bechune a mermaid an a
fish that ye're afther wantin? Faix
it's meself can put We aim to the cray
thur thin in no time"
"All right, Teddy. Let's have your
PLAN" said Tom Alden.
Its aisier nor rowiin' down hill,
me bhye. Up beyant there's what We
call a lagoon, an the far ind av it runs
up loike a lake Until them thick woods.
Shure it's not tin shteps acrass; an be
the same token OF seen a big man
manistee is it; an a good lump av a
young wan frolickin' round there
bright an airly this same blissid morn
In. Tho water in thin parts is moighty
shoal, I'm thinkin', whin the old haste
was feedin' aim the bottom, the baby
nd scramble up livery now and thin
an roost aim her back, kapin' its own
wee paddle Nv a tail in the wather,
koind Of soshible loikc. Sorra bit av
thruble for some av yez to consale yer
silves aim both sides av the lane an bag
the two craythurs.
Teddy's idea seeming a good one, al
daybreak next morning four Of us, TAX.
Ing our rifles, a barbed graphing iron
and q coil Of rope. set OH for the Ia.
COON, q grass-grown stretch of stag.
nant water lying pssallei to the river,
and at the nearer end - half mile
from our camp. "a $453 !.
inst as Teddy tAd
! further Or northes1
W. NArNW EsfNINIXEEF aYX4M|4W& [II
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-13

the little one, raising its hand-like flip.
per to climb with, scrambled upon it.,
riding exactly as ] have seen the young
of an African hippopotamus.
In another moment the old monster
lifted her head, and making a sign to
my two other companions not to shoot
Tom and | quietly thrust our rifle bar
rels through the bushes, took careful
aim, and were about to fire.
That instant, however, Toms "beau-
tifully variegated moss leaped into
sudden life. A flashing streak of black,
tawny brown and yellow shot out
from the dead branch, and in the twink
ling of an eye the calf's muzzle was fast
between the recurring fangs of a mon
strous anaconda.
Then while the helpless creature
rolled off its mothers back, there was
a cleaning whirl Of circling rings, a
cyclone of Commemorative coils, a churn-
ing of the center into foam, and al
most before we could realize the start
ling scene, the mighty serpent had
crushed the life ont of its prey.
But as the reptile compressed its
overlapping folds tighter and tighter,
two simultaneously fired bullets shat
tered its fiat head, and its great length,
slowly uncoiling, Strengthened out
along the blood stained surface of the
creek.
Apparently par alyzed by fright, the
mother still stood with her head above
water, staring at the floating serpent
and her dead calf. One of us, with
more presence of mind than the rest,
put the beast out of misery by a shot
through the brain.
! Thus, mostunexpectedly we had killed
at one time the several specimens we
were anxious to obtain. The next
thing was to secure the bodies. for al.
ready, attracted by the scent of blood,
no.less than five caymans were making
for the spot.
Leaving our ritleman to dispose OF
these an easy task with his repeate,
the other three of us forced IL way
round the lead Of the creek to thu
laurel log, and, by the aid of grapne'
and rope, towed the a little
way down the east side and hauled
them upon Approaching sandbar, where
they could be readily reached by boat
From the point of her curlcusly clef,
upper lip to the extremity of her fiat
tened tail, the old manatee measured
eight feet and four inches, while tn,
calf's total length fell a fraction shor
Of three and a half feet. The anacond;
was the largest | have ever seen, prov
ing to be twenty-une feet and eigh'
inches long.
Though the reptile rarely attack
man, unless indeed, he is in or very
close to water, we could not, Will,
measuring him repress some shudde-l
as we reflected what might have hap
pened in "a we had killed the man
atees when we first leveled on them
and then, without noticing the lying
in-wait monster, had gone round to tn,
log to draw in the bodies. st. Louis
Republic.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-13
THE SNOW ELVES.


Through the frost air keen and riveu,
Through the chill expanse Of heaven,
Earthward slanted, blown aud driven,
Ninging fast;
Falling fieecc,like, folding everx
Face OF hamlet, field andvUeB
Wrapping icy buds that SILVER,
From the blast.
Come the snow elves everywhere,
Children OF the icy air.
From air caves that south winds shun,
Frozen chambers OF the sun,
Where ghost breezes chill and run,
Sting and blow;
IN the phantom morning light
In the midday still and white.
In the silent dead OF night,
Wheeling low;
Sinking, soughlng ever down,
Drive the snow elves through the town.
Where the haggard naples stan
On the edge OF some lane land,
Moaning in a desolute band,
Messed and gray;
Where the swollen rivers breast
Hides In ice its black unrest,
Hurrying in maddefed quest,
Night and day;
Come the snow elves mantling deep
Wood and stream In murled sleep
Ever, ever, folding down,
In o dream, wood, field and town,
Naked fences, tree botes brown,
Branches bare;
Through the f~rost.air keen and riven,
Through the chill eypsnse OF heaven,
Earthward slanted, blown and driven,
Everywhere,
Mantling, mufling earth below,
Come the white elves o" the snow,
w. Campbell, In Youths Companion
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-13
IN THE FARMERS INTEREST.
Clauses Of the Wilson ELL Which Favor
the Aarlculturist.

NIhurcs VI the NIsoH Dill WnlCn Fapur
the Agricultural.
OF the staple agricultural products,
including meats and provisions, we are
such large exporters and must con
tinue to be such large exporters that
any duties upon them are useless for
protection and fruitless for revenue
and generally can only be imposed for
the purpose OF deluding the farmer into
the belief that they are receiving some
consideration and benefit under the
tariff, although the prices of their
products are fixed in the worlds mar
ket in competition with like products
produced by the cheapest labor of the
world. As the producers of our great
export staples, which have fully sup
piled the home market, must overflow
and seek large purchasers elsewhere,
the only effect of a protective tariff is
to take away from them from one
fourth to one-half OF the products for
which they could exchange their SUR
plus in the open market, should they
venture to buy in the market where
they are obliged to sell or to compel
them to give a like portion Of the fruits
Of their labor when turned into money
by increasing the cost Of what they buy
in the home market.
Recognizing that the American
farmer has been through many years
the patient victim Of the protective
system; that he has been induced to
support 1t under the delusive promise
that by immense present sacrifices he
was buying for himself a home market,
and that this promised home market is
further from him to-day than ever be-
fore, we have aimed to secure for him
such relaxation of burdens as will per-
NIT him to enjoy more of the fruits of
his W hard and faithful labor. Tc
the farmers Of the country we have
given untaxed agricultural implements
and binding Irvine and untaxed cotton
ties for the additional reason, in the
latter case, that cotton is the largest
export crop Of the country. sold abroad
in competition with the cheap labor OF
India and of Egypt, believing that 1t
was sufficient for the private tax
gatherer to follow the farmer in the
markets Of his own country and not to
pursue him into all the markets Of the
world.
As cotton bagging can 10 used but
once, we have thought it but just to
extend the drawback system 10 such
bagging made Of jute, but this when
used upon our exported cotton, q
privilege which the exporter Of wheat
can already now enjoy, coupled with
the further advantage that the same
bags may be used for successive ex.
p~ortations Of grain. Wilson Bill.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-13
'German
Syrup"

Regis Leblanc is a French CAM
dian store keeper at Notre Dame 4
Stanbridge, Quebec, Can, who wa
cured of a severe attack Of Conges|
ion of the Lungs by Boschee's GetI
man Syrup. He has sold many
bottle of German Syrup on his pei
sonal recommendation. Ifyou drI
him a line he'll give you the fa3
facts of the case direct, as he did vi
and that Boschee's German Syru3
brought him through nicely. \
always will. 1t is a good medicil3
and thorough in its work.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-13

-Secretary Hoke Smith is welding
tbs - in Toe interior department to
the great discomfort Of republicans.
The secretary Is vindicating both him
SELF and the president who appointed
hm-Ht Louis Republic
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-13
Beware Of Ointments for Catarrh tn,
Contain Mercury,

Contain Mercury,
as mercury will surely destroy the sens. =,
smell and completely derange the wbo%Is
system when entering it through the rmw u'
cous surfaces. Such articles should new.
be used except on prescriptions from rsn
utable physicians, as the damage they viii II
is ten fold to the good you can possibly Az.
rive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure man.
ufactured by +. j. Cheney 4 Co, Toledo. @
contains no mercury, and is taken inter
nally, acting directly, upon the blood and
mucous surfaces OF the system. In buying
uine. 1t is taken internally. and made n
Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney L. Co. Tesvs.
mOnials free.
rN-sold by Druggists, price 75c. per bottle.
Halls Family Pills, Is cents.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-13

MAupE-"We had private theatricals Ian
evening, They went off first rate, only tn
folks would laugh in the wrong place
Uncle Henry-''There is no such thing a
laughing In the wrong place in private The
atricals. "-BOston Transcript. I
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-13

TRAMP--"Please help me, sir! have iwh
come from the far west where | was tarrei
and feathered." Bagley-"Help your In.
de,d l will! I can %sympathize with you.n
''Why sir, was You ever tarred and feath.
ered?" mo, but I'm breaking in some new
winter nannels l'-BostOn Traveller.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-13

"Do YOU ever have to mind the babyr
"Not yet; but | s'pose l will when she geu
older, that is, if she's got any of her motAe
about her. "-Atlanta Constitution.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-13

For CoUGHs AND THROAT DISORDERS MI
Bromn's Bronchial 1rochc, .-"Have neys
changed my mind respecting them, excer
l think better of that which l began thinE
ing well of.''-Rev. Henry Ward Beecher,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-13
rnnstan. visitnn

A constant and most unwelcome visitor Of
those troubled with rheumatism is pain
acute, agonizing and spasmodic, or dull and
incessant Check this obstinate complaint
at its outset with Hostetter's Stomach Bit.
tiers and avoid life long discom fort. Malaria
and bilious trouble, constipation, dyspepsia
and nervousness are relieved by the BittcTs.
"How many n~eighbors have you, all toldl"
eighteen, and three my wife doesn't speak
to.'-Detroit Tribune.
DoS'r Neglect a Cough. Take Some Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar ipstdme'.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-13

"AND put a motto on the fireplace. ~
Planns." ''Um, yes, East or West, Home.
Best or something like that?n mo. mn
on: Poke This Fire and It'll Expire Sca.
off the women folks from monkeyinp wNS
ii. you Known. Y. Recorder.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-13

HE-"Will you be my wifem She--"No|
He-"Ahl May | be your husbandW She
''That's different. detroit Free Press.
Arizona republican., 1894-12-20
GRANARY OF THE WORLD.
It Is Still Doing Flourishing Business at
 the Old Stand.

It Is Still Doing FIourishing Business at
 the Old Stand.
 India. which several seasons ago, fa- vored by plenty of rain, doubled or trebled her exports in one season, was promptly proclaimed the ''granary of the world" This year, says the Mill ing World. instead of her 30,000,G00 to 56.OOO.O 900 bushels of wheat export, India has sent out only s,2O0,000 bush els between April and October 10. We think Argentine Republic will follow India as the ''granary of the world, ; just as Russia did with her two great est crops of wheat followed by two famine crops. These new countries are likely to be made exceedingly enthuSi- astic by one or two exceptionally ia vorable crops. When they have been longer in the business they will find that one swallow does not make a summer, that one crop squirt does not make high and reliable average in wheat growing for the export trade, and that inferior wheat. however abundant, is not a safe basis for great business. The Argentine soil nowhere has shown it's ability to keep up the quality of the finest and and best wheat sowed in it. One season is enough to show decided deterioration in the gluten, and two or three seasons are enough to take the best wheat down to a third or fourth grade. This is the one great misfor- tune to the Argentine Republic which nothing can remedy. The ''granary o1 the world is still in business at the old stand.
Arizona republican., 1894-12-20
JAPANESE PAGODAS.

Eartnquake-Proof and, Therefore, Able
 to Stand the Severest Shock.
 The absence of buildings of any size and antiquity in Japan is ascribed to the destruction of them by the ire quent earthquakes which occur. The only structures which seem to be earthGuake-proof are the pagodas, which are erected before the temples. There are many pagodas which are seven or eight hundred years old and as solid as when first built. There is q reason for this. and it lies in their construction. pagoda is practically a framework of heavy timbers which start from wide base, and is in itself a substantial structure, but it is rendered still more stable by peculiar device. Inside the framework and sus- pended from the apex is long. heavy balk of timber two feet thick or more This hangs from one end, and to the other end are bolted, at each of the four sides, four more heavy timbers. and if the pagoda be very lofty still more timbers are added on to these. The whole forms an enormous pendu- lum which reaches to within six inches of the ground When the shock of an earthquake rocks the pagoda the pen dulum swings in unison and keeps the center of gravity always at the base of the framework Consequently, the equilibrium of the pagoda is never dis turbed, and this is the explanation of the great age of many of them, when from their height one would suppose them to be peculiarly susceptible to the effect of an earthquake.
 Hitherto the long sticks of timber in the center of the pagoda have been supposed to be for the purpose of sup porting the framework, It was not until the recent earthquake brought them into prominence that their pur- pose became generally known among Europeans.
Arizona republican., 1894-12-20
WOnko nio rAoOAGC.
The Out-to-Dinner Bachelor Makes Him.
 self Useful to the Hostess.


 "No," said the slightly cynical bach elor to New York Tribune man, its not because am tremendously popular that I get invitations, and 1 don't con- sider it such an honor to be invited to dine somewhere every night in the week with half dozen or more invi- tations week to spare. Why in the world do you suppose they invite me? We'll. am good deal like the fellow who is taken on ship and made to work his passage. He pays for his voyage with work, work my passage at the dinners. Oh, yes, do. There's no use in being vain about these things. You see, I'm not married, and there's always some young woman, or old woman for that matter, who has to be taken care of. Now, married man is. at discount at a dinner. Of course, he takes a woman out to dinner, but some man has to be provided for his wife. I'm just useful at dinner, and that's why get invited. I'm not good looking and 1 never said a bright thing in my life, but I can talk a streak of stuff and nonsense that is necessary to keep a dinner going. I'm good na- tured and amiable. 1 like everybod: and so 1 get along comfortably with my neighbors. In mild sort of way, I suppose, I am amusing. And then I am a good laugher. I laugh at all the good things that are said, and at many of them that are not so good. l get in my own little jokes when the time comes, and so we row along through the dinner, working my pas sage and my hostess smiling approval on me. Oh. no, it's not bit damaging to my vanity. i simply know it's so and accept it cheerfully. I can't dance for shucks, so I'm of no earthly use at a probably come in for all that, too. My strong point is dinner, and so I'm wanted there, and not at a dance. It doesn't wound my vanity bit. I en- joy the dinner. Having a lot of pretty women around the table and listen ing to them and talking to them is lots more fun than sitting alone in club, with only a lot of ghost-like walters to amuse you. It's a perfectly fair bargain. I talk and I am sweet tempered for my ferriage, and 1 get OF the ferry good dinner and en- joyable surroundings. That's all there is to it, and as for the honor of the thing and all that, there's no more honor in my being in- vited to dine out every evening than there would be in going out to fiddle for party at regular price. talk and get my dinner and pleasant company. The other man gets his five or ten dollars or whatever the price is and fddles."
Arizona republican., 1894-12-20
Good Way to Keep Apples.

A correspondent of the National Stocl1man wno cares for large quan- tity of apples yearly says: II have found cool, moderate damp cellar the best place to keep them. After rejecting all unsound fruit store i'm mediately in cellar if it is a cool one; if not in an outbuilding constructed of heavy lumber, the object being to keep them cool. They must be cool if expected to keep. Warmth hastens ripening and eventually decay. When there is danger of freezing, remove to the cellar. I have kept them on shelves, in barrels, in small medium and large boxes; have succeeded best in using boxes holding about ten bush els, having kept them until May with loss of only three bushels in 500 In continued experiment of sixteen years I saved one-third more using the ten-bushel boxes than with bar rels. The reason is obvious"
Arizona republican., 1894-12-20
Apo|Iinaris

From the famous springs ofApollinaris on the river Aar a tributary of the Rhine in Germany down that noted stream to Antwerp at the mouth, thence by steamer to New Orleans and lastly by rail to Phoenix and our warehouse, such is the story of the journey of the car of Apollinaris received the first day of December
Arizona republican., 1894-12-20
Sweet and Dry Wines

Never was larger or more carefully selected stock of sweet and dry wines of California offered to the consumers of this valley Our shelves hold the finest whiskies, brandies, gins, and other spirits that can be found
Arizona republican., 1894-12-20
STRONG OPPOSITION.
Carlisle'S Currency Bill Will Be
 Strongly Fought.
Over Thirty Representative Want Time to Speak on the
 Measure.

By the Associated Press
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. - An unex- pectedly strong opposition to the Car lisle currency bill is disclosed by a list of those who have asked for time to speak on the measure. Two lists have been made, one for the members of the Banking committee who wish to be heard, and another for mem bers not on the committee.
 The committee list shows the mem bers to be divided in party lines except Representative Ellis, Democrat, of Kentucky, who has asked for time to speak against the bill. The other list shows fourteen members who will speak for the bill and thirty against it. Of the thirty who are againt it sixteen are Democrats.
Arizona republican., 1894-12-20

The Ladies' Aid Society of the Pres byterian church have prepared an ex- cellent musical program for the enter tainment at the Y. M c. A. hall to- night.
Arizona republican., 1894-12-20
Bowie Station and Thomas Stage Line,
EAGAR BROS., Props.

Carrying U S. mail from Bowie Station via Solo knoxville to Ft Thomas, connecting with stage for Globe. A daily line of stages is run be tween above points, connecting at Solomon vile with stage line for Clifton and Upper Gila at Bowie Station with the Southern Pacific rail- road.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1894-08-20
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