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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-20

The first white person lawfully cre-
mated within the present limits of the
United States, according to wishes and
desires expressed by himself, was Col.
Henry Laurens, n Of the revolution
AIRY patriots. He was born in Charles.
ton, ). c., in the year 172l, and died on
his plantation near hat place on De-
cember s, 1902. His will, which he had
requested them to open and read the
next day after his death, was supple
mented with the following: II solemn.
ly e%njoin it upon my son, as an indis-
pensablc duty, that, as soon rs he con-
veniently can after my deceasc, he
cause my body to be wrapped in twelve
yards of tow cloth and burned until it
DO entirely consumed" The request
was carried out to the letter, and was
the beginning of cremation in Amer.
ica.--St. Louis Republic.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-20
Retter than A Gold Mine.

Raise your own coffee at less h one
cent a pound. Let the high tariff store
coffee go. The poor mans friend and the
rich mans delight. Natures north or south
IN -four Nonths. Plant any time up to the
Goth of June; 10000 farmers supplied and
everyone praises il. Has produced over
10 bushels per acre when sown broad
cast. Some prefer ii to store coffee.
Produces Two crops a wear on same land.
Large packet postpaid 20 cts. or enough to
plant 200 hills 50 cents or stamps. Will make
200 pots OF most delicious coffee, good enough
for "A king. | have been working the soil
nearly 90 years and never found anything
beginning TO compare in true merit with
this wonderful and valuable coffee, which
is superseding store coffee as fast as It's
merits become known. Ordermy free cata-
logue and see what my patrons say about
it, who nave tried it all over the country.
C. L. CoLE, Box l07, Buckner, Mo.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-20
Demand Recognition.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.-Considerahle
Indignation is feltan openly expressed
by the entire Mississippi delegation in
Congress at the total lack of recognition
OF their State by the Postoflce Depart
ment, so far as concerns appointments
within the department under this ad-
ministration. There is q number of Re-
publican FOLLOWERS therein charged to
Mississippi, and with a view to gaining
recognition for their friends, the Sem
ators and Representatives have repeat
eddy urged Postmaster-General Bissell
to act in this direction, but they have
met with no success. A few days since
Representative Money, on being advised
that one W. W. Hill, an appointee to
this department under Harrison's ad-
ministration, was accredited TO Missis-
sippi, called on the Postmaste-Genera
Tor information as to Hills county resi-
dence and by whom he had been in
dorsed for the position he enjoyed, pay
ing s., 1000 a year. Mr.. Bissell informed
Col. Money that IVY. W. Hill, of Missis-
sippi,' was Endorsed by no one, but that
he gave him his present position simply
because he considered him qualified to
ELL it. The Postmaster-G General was in
formed that however qualified his man
might be, the Mississippi delegation
and their constituents repudiated any
appointee in this administration being
accredited to their State unless their
own people recommend him as both
qualified. and worthy.
Wanamaker appointed him as a Re.
publican at 5000 and Bissell promoted
him to the 81, 900 position he now en-
joys. Hill claims Lowndes County as his
residence, and Representative Allen,
who represents that district, repudiates
him and says that there has not been n
Democrat from his district provided for
under Bissell, although himself, Rep.
resentatives Kyle, Money and Senators
George and Walthall have struggled
long for recognition OF friends bv this
department.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-20
FAMOUS METEoRIc STONES.
The Largest Known Weighs 10000 Pounds
and Was Found In Greenland.

and Was Found In Greenland
A meteoric stone, Which is described
by Pliny as being as large as a wagon,
fell neal Egospotami in Asia Minor in
467 b. c. About A. d. 1900 a stone
weighing one thousand four hundred
pounds fell in Mexico and is now in
the Smithsonian institution at WASH
ington. The largest meteoric masses
on record were heard of first by Capt.
Ross, the Arctic explorer, through
some Esqimo. These lay on the
west coast of Greenland and were sub
sequently found by the Swedish ex-
ploring party of 1870, One of them,
now in the Royal museum of Stock
holm, weighs over fifty thousand
pounds and is the largest specimen
known.
Two remarkable mctcorites have
fallen n Iowa within the past twenty
years. February II, 1895, an exceed
ingly brilliant mcoter, in the form OF
an elongated horseshoe, was seen
throughout a region of at least four
hundred miles in length and two hun
dred and fifty in breadth, lying in Mis-
souri, and Iowa. 1t is described as
without a tail, but having IA flowing
jacket of flame. Dctonations were
heard so violent as to shake the earth
and to jar the windows like the shock
of al earthquake" as it fell about
half-past ten in the evening, a few
miles east of Marengo, la. The ground
for the space of some seven miles in
length by two to four miles in
breadth, was strewn with fragments
of this meteor varying in weight from
a few unces to scventy-four pounds.
On May 10, 1879, a large and extraor-
dinarily luminous mcotcr exploded
with terrific noise, followed at Slight
intervals with less violent detonations,
and struck the earth in the edge of a
ravine near Estcrvillc, Emmett county,
Ia, penetrating to a depth of fourteen
feet.
Within two miles other fragments
were found, INT of which weighed one
hundred and seventy pounds, and an
other thirty-two pounds, The princi-
pal mass weighed four hundred and
t~hirty-one pounds, All the discovered
parts aggregated about six hundred
pounds. The one of one hundred and
seventy pounds is now in the cabinet
of the state university of Minnesota.
The composition of this acrolite is
peculiar in many respects; but, as in
nearly all acrolites, there is consider
able proportion of iron and nickel.
1t is generally held that meteors at
one time or another formed internal
parts of a comet. The meteor enters
the earth's atmosphere from without
with a velocity relative to the earth
that is comparable with the carth's
velocity in its orbit, which is nineteen
miles per second. BY the resistance it
meets in penetrating the air, the light
and other phenomena of the luminous
train are produced. Many small me-
t~eorites are undoubtedly consumed by
this fire, caused by friction, before
they reach the earth's surface. San
Francisco Call,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-20
% THE DINNER TABLE.

Attention to Every Detail Makes the
Whole Attractive.
Everyone can set a table. but every
one can not set Il table that is at nee
refined, sensible and dainty. As a rule,
cheap articles are not a good invest
uent, but it is better to have mex.
p~ensive linen and plenty of bright
glass and plated silver on your table
than none at all. The crystal salt.
cellar and the silver pepper-box at
each place should be so bright and
shining us to ornament the table and
delight the eye. Unfortunately flowers
at certain times of the year are ex.
pensivc. If you can get u bunch OF
chrysanthemums for twenty-five or
thirty cents it will pay to do it. With
care they last well, and flowers
are always II charming addition
to a dinner table. inexpensive
china which is not cracked or Clipped
is much more to be admired than lived.
ding present. sets that have gone
through long sicges of Mary James
banging-slamming style of dishwash.
ing. Have fancy imitaricn cut-glass
dishes for olives, celery or pickles, il
You can not afford finer ones, but have
the proper thing for each article OF
food; don't substitute or use make.
shifts. 1t dispcls the pretty glamour,
which should envelop the evening meal
as the most ccrcmonious one of the
day. The children should be ncour.
aged to dress for dinner, and every dish
should be, if possible, garnished in
some way-thc bread with Il fringed
dolly, the meat with watercress and
parsley, and the fruit with great green
leaves, which give it a fresh, country
look. Chicago Times.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-20
ODD FACULTY IN REPTILES.
Their Remarkable Water-LOcatiDg Pow
NvLa., II.niI...

Their Remarkable Water Locating Power
When Headless.
Reptiles and batrachians usually pos
sess what may be termed the water-lo.
cation sense.
My attention was first called to this
by my brother. who, while engaged in
a natural history expedition in south
eastern Texas, had what at the time
we both considered unique experience
with a large sea-tortoise.
This tortoise had been surprised
some distance from the water, among
the sand dunes that line the gulf shore,
and on being overtaken its head was
chopped off preparatory to serving as
Il very toothsomc addition to our diet.
Much to the surprise of the party the
behcaded animal continued ON its way
toward the water.
Several times it was turned around,
entirely or part way, but every time it
was able to right its position perfect.
ly, and again make directly for the
water.
At the time this was narrated to me
| was of the opinion that there must
have been something in the contour
of the land that enabled the tortoise
to regain the correct direction in each
case.
Since then | have had numerous
proofs that this ability belongs to a
number of species of the animals in
West Indies, and that the loss of eyes
and nasal organs, Of the entire head
and neck in fact, apparently works no
inconvenience to them in this particu-
lar. This is "A family characteristic
which, so far as | have been able to
find, is not alluded to in any work con.
corning them.
The same singular ability may be OBJ
served in certain species of water-fre-
quenting snakes. The common water
snake, often enormously called tho
water %moccasin," almost invariably
finds its way to the water, if not too
far away, when its head Is cut off.-E.
M. Randolph, in Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-20
The Talisman Of HanpInss..

There are probably very few people
who know what true happiness really
is, for most of us taste so little of il
that we hardly know its composition.
Many OF us think we are happy when
we are the most wretched beings alive.
Some are happy in the poorest sur
roundings, bowed down by cares and
griefs that others would stagger under,
and one wonders how they get along
with their burdens. Inquiry and in
vestigation will show a c~ontented
mind, perhaps, that knows no better,
but that is contented-and that word,
''contentment,' contains the secret
talisman of pure happiness in this
world. Detroit Ffce Press.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-20

The touches of ribbon added Ia
many kinds of fancy work now take The
form of rosettes. Large rosettes made
of loops OF wide satin ribbon are seer
on new waste-papcr baskets. and
smaller ones on work baskets. The
rosettes are often of different colors,
as n of yellow and n of pale pink.
They look like double hollyhocks.
Rosettes not as pretty have half a dozen
different colors in their makeup. For
lacc-trimmed pin-cushions and pillows
and shades full pompons are made from
many loops of baby ribbon. st. Louis
Republic.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-20

The only remarkable superstition in
the millinery business is the suspicion
that gives the little black pin dignity.
With the exception of women in
mourning, customers would rather go
unpinned than use a black pin ia
fasten a veil or a bonnet string. Black
pins are always to be found in the
cushions of fashionable shops, but SO
strong is the aversion to them that
many women will refuse to take goods
that have been ordered if by any nc.
cidcnt the ominous pin gets into a loon
or rosette. N. Y. World.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-20
Baby Slow to Learn.

Young Mother Ito herselD-I don't
see why y Is that baby doesn't talk
better. He's very backward.
Same Mother give minutes afteward,
-Diddee ittee tootsie wootsie walsem
up, zee tunnin' little petite, 50 he was
N Y. Weekly.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-20

wailan islands respectfully and unhesitatingly
declines to entertain the proposition OF l9e
president Of the United states that II SHOULD
surrender its authority TO the ex-queon.
TINS answer is made, not only upon the
grounds hereinfore set forth, but upon our
sense OF duty and loyalty TO the brave men
whose commissions we hold, who have faith-
fully stood by us in the hour OF trial whose
will is the only earthly authority we recognize,
We cannot betray the sacred trust they nave
nlaced In our hands. n trust which is the cause
OF Christian civilization and the interests OF
the whole people OF these islands.
With assurance of the highest consideration,
l have. etc.
Signed SANFORD d. DOLE,
To his Exccllency. Albert :. Willis, United
States Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-20
Million. Of Dollar,

Are annually lost because poor seed Is
planted. Now, when you sow you
want to reap. For instance, A. NJ.
Lamb, Penn, made $500 on ten acres
of vegetables; R. Bey, Cal, cropped
1913 bushels Salzer's onions per acre;
Frank Close, Mimi, 100 bushels of
spring wheat from two acres; A. Hahn,
Wis, lao bushels potatoes per acre;
Frank Winter, Montana, 2l6 bushels 8
pounds oats from one bushel planted.
This is what Salzer calls reaping.
IFyoU WILL CUT THIS OUT AND SEND IT
with 10c to the John A. Salzer Seed
Co., La Crosse, Wis, you will receive
their mammoth catalogue and ten
sample packages of farm seeds. Cat
alogue alone, sc postage. III
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-20
Favored His Motbar.

The Judge-You don't have much
luck in raising a beard, do you, Silas?
Silas-'Deed I don't, ledge. Most
folks say look mighty like my ladder
used ter look; but in de mattar of
boards, ] reckon favor my mudder.-.
Harper's Weekly.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-20
'A:ugu}
Fl0Wd

~ am Post Master hen
a Store. Ihave kept Augd
for sale for some time. ID
a splendid medicine" FL
P. NJ, Pavilion Centre, Nj
The stomach is the }
If it fails, everything ID
liver, the kidneys, the \
heart, the head, the blood, !
all go wrong. If you I'D
look to the stomach first.
right at once by usig|
Flower, 1t assures a god
and a good digestion.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-20

-lIoax-"T hear IIamphat has just
received d legacy OF = i~uillion dollars"
Joak-"Yes and that makes him at
once the richest and the poorest actor
in the profession" Philadelphia REQ.
ord
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-20

Old fallacics are being retn,s
IN government policy correctsS n
secuted, and above all. old Sota
onghly remedied by Hos,st,aal
Bitters. Chronic cases 81 I've
ious trouble, constipation, ~ ann na \
ways knock under to ths p,! y
rheumatic, kidney and nerva nla |.
is a great reformer
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-20

-, MOST Pleasant M
or preventing the grippe. cola,
and levers is to use The n!
remedy Syrup of Figs, wSeu ,ga
tenn needs a gentle, yet ctfecti,.
To be benefited one must Y
remedy manufactured by tbe M
syrup Co. only. For sale bv \.
in soc. and 81 bottles.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-20

SINeLEMAN-"Do you let your wife have
The last word9" Benedict-"Do l let herr
HIM! it's easy to tell that YOU know moth.
ing Of married life IN. Y. Press.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-20

MArD-"But if you are not sure that you
love him how dare you marry him1" Edith
How else can | find out whether l love
him or not}n-Buffalo Courier.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-20
WOMEN WHO SUFFER

each month can find relief and emancipation
from their troubles. DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription is a safe and certain remedy
compounded by an eminent physician for
those weaknesses common to women. Back
ache, Irregularity, Headaches, Dizziness,
Leucorrhea, Womb Troubles, and Nervous
ness. are readily cured by the "Prestrip-
ton" DR.. Pierce has received hundreds Of
testimonials. Here is one:
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-20

The bashful lover who cot,
best girls arm often MANAGES eS !,
deal in a pinch. Buffalo CON-
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-20

II yon want to be cured Of
Hale's Honey of Horchound ansj
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure IN
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-20
The Most Pleao...

THAT fellow Jawleyisabn..|
Yes" Has he got any noDs,a
mes got mine, Life. 'u
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-20

TIE man of note is one who never PAYS
his debtS Dallas News.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-20

For Throat Diseases and n
BRowN's BRONCHIAL TRocuys !
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-20

A FOOL empties his head NJ
opens his mouth. -Ram's Hor,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-20

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
llall's Catarrh Cure.
F.. j. CHENEY q Co., Props, Toledo. O..
We, the undersigned, have known F, j.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
cut any obligation made by their firm.
West q Truak, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo,. .: Walding, Kinnan a. Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarri. Cure is taken internally,
acting directly IN the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price, 75c. per bot
Tie, Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials FREQ.
Halls Family Pills. DC.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-20
KEMNEDY'S
MEDICAL DISCOVERY,
DONALD KENNEDY, OF ROXBURY, MASS,

Has discovered in one of our common
pasture weeds a remedy that cures every
kind of Humor, from the worst Scrofula
down to a common Pimple.
He has tried it in over eleven hundred
cases, and never failed except in two cases
(both thunder humor). Hehas now in his
possession over two hundred certificates
OF its value, all within twenty miles of
Boston.
A benefit is always experienced from
the first bottle, and aperfect cure is war
ranted when the right quantity is taken.
When the lungs are affected it causes
shooting pains, like needles passing
through them; the same with the Liver or
Bowels. This is caused by the ducts being
stopped, and always disappears in a week
after taking it.
If the stomach is foul or bilious It will
cause squeamish feelings at first.
No change of diet ever necessary. Eat
the best you can get, and enough of il.
Dose, one tablespoonful in water at bed.
time. Read the Label. Send for Book.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-20

1t seems that the good points of somepeo-
pic have all been broken off.-Galveston
News.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-20
HAWAITS REPLY.
President Cleveland Sends Presi-
dent Dole's Response
To the Demand of Minister willis, To-
gcthcr with Other Hawaiian Core
spondence, to COBgress-Wi-
lis Latest Instructions.

WASHINGTON, Jan. l4-The presi-
dent sent in the Hawaiian correspond
ence to congress just as o as the
house met at IL o'clock yesterday
morning. AS the steamer Mariposa,
conveying the latest Geographic in
structions to Minister Willis, advising
that he might consider his 'spe-
cial instructions fully complied with"
and that further action must be die
tated by congress, sailed from San
Francisco at "a. m. yesterday, there
was no danger of those instructions
reaching Mr.. Willis first through the
newspapers. which is said to have been
the chief motive for postponing the
message until yesterday, notwith-
standing that this postponement de-
prived the senate, which adjourned
Friday till Monday, of the opportunity
of receiving the message at the same
time as the house.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-20

and send with it a telegram not in cipher as
follows:
Views OF first party so extreme as TO re-
ouire further Instructions" am etc,
ALBERT s. WILLIS
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-20

As 10 the ex.dueen's notice OF her appeal TO
the United States. IL was a matter OF indlier'
ence TO US. Such an appeal could not nave
been prevented. as the mail service was in
oneration as usual. That such q notice and
our receipt OF It without comment should pc
made foundation OF q claim that we have SUD
mitted our right to exist as n government TO
the United States had never occurred TO US I'M
nj suggested to us by your government
The protest of the ex-queen, already
published, is here quoted, and Mr., Dole
then proceeds:
You may not be aware. but suuh Is the fact,
that at no time until the present notification OF
the claim OF the president OF the United States
OF his right TO interfere in the internal affairs
Of this country. by you on December ~, has
this government been officially informed by
the United States government that any such
course was contemplated, and not until the
publication OF Mr., Gresham's letter to the
president Of the United states on the Hawaiian
question had we any intimation OF such a
policy.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-20

Fftvt0Wn, LdckdUdntd Co., Pa.
KIM. DIR. Il. V. PIERCE:
N&yXsXI1tlJn Dear Sir-Scveral years
xEHIzHESLW ago / took your ia
~ vorite Prescription"
N At that time, l was so
Nm ~ " miserable land had been
so for many years that
N \. n i could scarcely drag
Y ~ y myself around. con-
- cludcd to try your med
icine. | took half q
~ dozen bottles and ! have
AfISEHEXA not had a return of my
MEHTnTSNME old trouble.
'a9S M''N4 Hoping others will be
Z" benefited as l have been,
remain, Sincerely, Mrs. G. H. BAKER.
o1ERHE Guar. nuu0E
OR MONEY RETURNED.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-20
Rstrogression of tho Monarchy.

No man can correctly say that the queen
owed her downfall to the interference OF Amer.
lean forces, The revolution was carried
through by the representatives. now largely
reinforced, OF the same public sentiment which
forced the -in0narchy to its knees in 1887.
which suppressed tho insurrection OF 1859. and
which for twenty years has been laboring for
representative government In this country.
IL the American forces had been absent the
revolution would have taken place. for the
suficient causes for IL had nothing to do with
their presence. !, therefore. In all friendship
Tor the government OF the United states, which
you represent, and desiring to cherish the good
will Of the great American people, submit the
answer OF my government to your proposition,
and ask that you will transmit the same to
the president OF the United States for his con
sideration.
An Impregnable Position.
Though the provisional government is far
from being q great power, and could not long
resist the forces OF the United States In Il
hostile attack, we deem our position TO be i'm.
pregnable under legal precedents. under the
principles OF diplomatic intercourse aud in the
forum OF conscience. We have done your gov.
ernment no wrong; no charge OF discourtesy
Is or can be brought against US. Our only issue
with your people has been that because we re.
vered Its institutions Of civil liberty We have
desired 10 have them extended TO our own
distracted country, und because we honor
Its flag and deeining that its bench.
cent anu authoritative presence would he for
the best interests OF al our people, we have
stood ready to add to your country a new star
70 i.s glory and 70 eolsunimalo a union which
We believed would be us much for the benefit
OF your country as for ours. II this "a an Of
Tense. we plead guilty to ~.
am instructed TO Inform you, Mr.. Minister.
mas tps provisional governments Of the III.