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How's This!

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case Of Cstarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Cstarrh Cure.
F. J. CHBSsr & Co, Props, Toledo. O.
We. the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
MIN perteva, huuuraule IN al business
transactions and financially able 10 carry
out any obligation made by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists. To
fedo, O. Wslding. kinnsn & Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system. Price. tS. per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free,
Halls Family Pills. 25c.
IT is when the snow lies deepest that the
eldest inhsbitant follows its example
Rockland Tribune.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-05-11

TAaLEIdH-"I wonder why lightnine
never strikes twice in the same placel'
Wagleigh-"Well, you can't generally fine
the place. PUCK.
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Saved Blu Hoods
Is the experience of many who take
Hoods Sarsaparilla. Read this:

~ have been
in poor health
since ! was 20
years old and l
a m now 81.
Had it not been
for Hoods Sar-
sapa rilla and
Hoods Pills my
days on earth
would not have
multiplied. Ny
My disease at
fsrt was catarrh
in itswOrsttOrm,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-05-11

AN ExpLANATIoN.-Proud Father-"That
is a sunset my daughter painted. She
studied painting abroad, you know"
Friend-"Ah! that explains it. lnever saw
q sunset like that in This country Wilt Bits.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-05-11

II DoN'r like hash remarked =
musical boarder at hakfast. "it y
not rhythmical." "Mabe not replied
the landlady, as herfyes emitted
baleful fire. "but youfill always nnd
one word to rhyme VII II, and thai
word 4 cashr-N, Ylribupe
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-05-11

made to dissp
pear. Thousands
Of cases have
proved this to be
a fact.
II had s~crofula
in my eyes and tried
severa physicians
but found no cure.
My wife persuaded
me to try Hoods
S~arsaparilla. Ihad
achoking sensation,
was troubled with
night sweats, and
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-05-11
Sore Eyes Cured,

THE surest way to be happy is to manu-.
facture your own sunshine. Milwaukee
Journal.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-05-11

AT the Odeon theater in Paris SIX
hundred manuscript plays are received
and read every year.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-05-11
Hoods SarsapariIIa

and only Hoods is what take and it pays
I do not have any more doctors bills or
keep any hired help. We keep Hoods
Pills on hand constantly Mrs. r A.
GATrES, Blue Srpings, Neb.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-05-11

He who has health has hope; and he who
has hope has neutrality-suspicious..
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-05-11

ONE Of the most remarlblt sights to
be seer in Australia is a lrnIng noun
tain 1890 feet In height. he mountain
is supposed to be underlf with m In
exhaustible coal seam fich IN some
way became ignited. Twas burning
long before the advent white men 70
thst part Of the countri
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-05-11

AM entirely cured of hemorrhage O
lungs by Piso's Cure for Consumption
LOUISA LlNDAMAN, Bethany, No, Jan. 8, '94.
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SCrOtu|d in the EU6S

AS well as in every form is permanently
cured by Hoods Sarsaparilla, and
very vestipe Of the disease may be
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-05-11

Jackson's Indian Eye Salve nsvse falls 20
do this; 25c at all drug stores.
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When You Want n Threshar.

Horse Power, Swinging or Wind Stacker
Saw Mill, Self Feeder, or an Engine, ad
dress the j.. |. CASE T, NJ. Co., Racine, Wis
They have the largest Threshing Machin,
plantin the world, and their implements MAJ
be relied upon as the best. Business estab
lished 1912. Illustrated catalogue mailed free
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-Lavater.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-05-11

then asthma. No medicine did me any good
except Hoods ~Sarsaparilla, which has no
equal as a blood purifier, l have not only
been benefited in health but increased in
weight from 100 to III pounds. ! do
all my homework without any help.
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When Travelling

A MAN may smile and smile, but if he
doesn't quit he will see snakes. -Texas Sift-
in0a
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-05-11

Y emotions
m Meaning by
that those feel
ings of the
heart which
tend TO make
a man see all
women as the
only pertec-
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The Greatest Medic,,
~ u''al
VI the Age.
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ME0InkI nInnh
MlUIuHI UIAE
Mann, ...wy
UuNAlD KENNEDY. NJ R0yu
Has discovered i, "uAoV
pasture weeds : r. III one Of
kind of Humora ,.,,say that
down to a rommo mT p me wd
He has tri.d y u rlmple'
cases, and never y f ~ oyer eli.
(both thunder brm nancy except
possession ov nu, .,'l Hehj
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1895-08-02
EDUCATION AND CRIME.

Since 1870 the number of children in
English schools has increased from L.
100000 to 100000, and the number of
persons In English prisons has fallen
from $4,000 to 5000. The yearly average
of persons sentenced to penal servitude
for aggravated crimes has decreased
from 1900 to 500, while Juvenile offend
ers have fallen from IA, 900 to 5000. Some
enthusiastic believers in the theory
that as education is enlarged crime is
decreased, insist that the smaller per-
centage Is due to the greater percentage
of persons who have enjoyed the bene-
fit of the instruction impaired in the
schools.
The experience on one side of the
English channel, however, is curiously
at variance with the experience on the
other side In France the criminal sta
tistics and the statements of the magis-
trates show that as schools have been
opened prisons have been filled, and
that the diffusion of education has been
accompanied apparently with an in
crease of crime, especially juvenile
crime. Keeping children in school
ought, apparently, to some extent keep
them from the commission of petty Of
lenses by lessening opportunity; but If
this be the case, the same effect should
be proG"ced in France as in England.
A French journal offers the eXplana-
ton that in France, as under the re-
public, education is simply intellectual
instruction.; while in England there is
not only instruction but training; NOR
al and religious influences are brought
to bear upon the minds of the young.
There is not much soundness in Vic
tor Hugo's contention that when you
build a schoolhouse you close the door
of a jail. The people of no other coun-
try spend more money for education
than the people of the United States;
but crime has more than kept pace
with instruction, and it is worth our
while to consider whether this result
may not be in some measure due to the
quality of the teaching.
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Let Him Learn bv Experience.

a child between q year and a half
and four years old is not the helpless
creature he is usually thought TO he,
even though he be city bred, when put
down in the midst of the woods and
rocks. All the primitive wood Instincts
are extraordinarily alert In the young
child, and will keep him safe more sue
ccssfully than will the shrieks and pro-
hibitions of the most watchful nurse
Caution needs no jogging in a young
child. Let him quite alone and he win
make good use of 1t. A toddler OF two
when going over n narrow ledge WILL
If let alone, take to all fours, though
perhaps he never had a bad fall in his
life. A young child is no more going
to rush out of himself upon the rocks
and incontinently fall off into the wa
ter than is a young puppy. A child
left TO himself viii accomplish trips
through woods and among stumps in
safety that he could never have ac-
complished If confused by the constant
yells and warnings of a solicitous par
ent. AS a matter of fact, the child in
the woods, by instinct knows more
than the parent does. Let him alone.
He will not take step without testing
it, Let him learn from the things
themselves. Don't confuse him by
shouted commands. Nature will teach
without terrorizing; you will hardly do
so well. Ordinary tumbles won't Sc
riously hurt him, and he will under
stand the meaning of that sort of
teaching.
The average parent who screams at
her child, Don't go there, you will kill
yourself" inspires tde child with a
superstitious fright of the place indi-
Gated and If it be u rock, he becomes
afraid of the rock itself, instead, OF
afraid of the danger of falling off the
rock Like as not he gets a confused
idea that If he does go near the Iioch
it will bite Off his nose. Some day he
will escape the parents vigilance, and
elated with the sense of disobedience
and the discovery that the rock does
not bite off his nose, he will approach
the situation disarmed of the caution
that would have inspired him had he
been left to find out for himself. Then
ten to one he does fall off, and very
likely breaks his little head, which
serves the parent right, but is hard on
the child.
A child on the seashore for the first
time will probably walk right into the
water and probably every woman with
in reach will shrek, dash for him,
haul him out and probably scare him
into fits. Why not let him alone? To
get his feet wet won't kill him, and
more than likely he will stop in a very
few steps, stand still and gravely con-
slider the situation. Maybe then he
will stoop down, satisfy himself with
an investigating palm that it is water,
and then back out. Then the lesson is
learned and the parent may be from
that time relieved of anxiety. Let
him alone! Just stand by to see that
the tumble that teaches is not too
severe, or that the venturesome little
pilgrim does not try too much at once,
but let him try.
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MASTER OR SLAVE.

There is all the difference in the
word between being master or slave.
And This difference IS manifest in every
phase of lie, ana in every sphere OF
power. Every man has nerves; but
one man controls his nerves, and we
speak OF him aumirlngIy as Il man Oh
Nerve, While another man Is controlled
~ ms nerves, and he speak Or hlm
pltylngly as nervous man. In the
one case Inc man is master; in the
other case the man IS u slave. 1T is
good thing TOR man to nave a strong
temper and TO control 1t. 1t is a very
Dau thing Tor surong temper to have
ID man and to control him. a man Is
worth little III ordinary lIIe who has no
appetite, ana a man VINO has ms appe-
tue in control is master OF IT FOR EN-
cient service; but man VINO Is u slave
10 mis- appetite mas neither happiness
nor power. lie is desplSed as the IlOSl
t4DjecJ or mis- race. The choice is before
us. in Gous providence, TO be master
or sIaVe. And we are responsible Tor
uur choice.-Ihe Sunday-SCnool mes,
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cessful man of affairs fully under
stands. When 1t can be recognized
there is nothing more interesting than
watching the actual consultation OF
business man with the promptings of
his own souls equations. Such power
of consultation is not possessed by all,
and invisible with many of those who
have 1T. ] remember hearing a young
business man describe such "a rare reve-
lation in an interview with an older
business friend known as the keenest
financier. The proposition which the
young man had to present was reason
able, seemingly sure of success, and he
himself believed in 1t enthusiastically.
II laid it before the old fellow" he
said, "one by one meeting and explain
ing the veXed points he raised. He
ceased questioning me finally because
seemed proved so far as words go. He
nodded affirmation as each heading was
checked off. L felt emboldened to ask,
What do you think Of 1t, sirY And
then L saw curious sight. The old
fellow sat motlonless, looking away in
to space, his blue eyes growing inno-
cent and far away as a child's who is
listening for a distant and familiar
voice. l could have sworn he heard
something which 1 did not. Finally he
turned to me with smile and shook
his head. 1 can't exactly believe in
your plan he said. L sat staring at
him L knew, and he knew, that his
reason was convinced; 1t was an in
stinct alone that held the old man
back-an instinct in which he supersti-
tiously trusted and on which he obsti-
nately acted. 1t was che most extra
ordinary thing / ever saw The more
so that events have proved the warning
voice gave him a private information
which was more than correct. The plan
failed disnally, as / too well know"
Extraordinary or not, those who come
in contact with successful business men
will see the same phenomenon repeated
over and over in greater or less degree.
Call it genius for affairs, or what you
will, this curious power of divination
remains still as unexplained a mystery
as any other kind of second sight
Margaret Sutton Briscoe in Harper's
BaZar.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1895-08-02
A Financier Arrested.

Wichita, Kan, July 29.-M. w. Levy,
for twenty years president of the
Wichita National Bank, and now con-
uccted with the New York Life Insur-
ance Company at st. Louis, was ar
rested here tor embezzlement yester-
day. while on visit home The arrest
caused quite a sensation in business
circles. The plaintlns are Walter and
Roy Hays, who allege that they placed
1927 in trust with Mr. Levy, while he
was president of the Wichita National
Bank, before it failed last fall Mr..
Levy's friends claim that in the settle
ment of an account with David Hays,
father of the plaintiff, Mr.. Levy in
cluded the money he is accused of en-
be2zling.
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The Parts That Do Not Grow old

I'm his work on the senile heart, DR..
Balfour tells u.s." says the Medical
Times, New York, July, that there are
two parts of the human organism,
which, If wisely used, largely escape
senile failure. These two are the brain
and the heart. Persons who think have
often wondered why brain workers,
great statesmen and others, should con-
tinue to work with almost unimpaired
activity and energy up to q period
when most of the organs ana functions
of the body are in condition of ad
vanced Senile decay There is a ply
siologic reason for this, and Dr. Bal
four tells us what 1T is. The normal
brain, he affirms, remains vigorous to
the last, and that because it's nutrition
is especially provided for. About mid
die life, or little later, the general
arteries of the body begin to lose their
elasticity and to slowly but surely di-
late. They become, therefore, much
less efficient carriers of the nutrient
blood to the capillary areas. But this
lis not the case with the internal caro-
'tids winch sdlpp7y tine capiiiscrS, trTeas
of the brain. On the contrary, those
large vessels continue to retain their
pristine elacticity, so that the blood
pressure remains normally higher than
within the capillary area of any other
organ in the body. The cerebral blood
paths being thus kept open, the brain
tissue is kept better nourished than the
other tissues of the body. Who is there
among those who have reached or
passed middle age that will not be re-
joiced to find such admirable physiolo-
gical warrant for the belief that the
brain may continue to work, and even
to improve, almost to the very last
hour of llfe?"
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WHY CHILDREN LIE.

For the same reason, we now learn,
that the babies smile" in their sleep
because their stomachs are out OF or
der, or because some other physical
function is improperly performed.
Nathan OppenEeim, NJ. D., discusses
the subject in a rather technical way
Q'opular Science Monthly, JULY, and
sums up his conclusions as follows:
I'VE constantly see children who lie
habitually, and usually for no recog-
nized reason. This habit is commonly
looked upon as an indication of spon-
taneous yiciousness. In the majority of
cases this opinion has no basis in fact.
The children usually are suffering from
disorders of mind or body, or both,
which radically interfere with the
transmission of conceptions and per-
ceptions from the internal to the exter-
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1895-08-02
A Bonanza For Pupils.

The New State Commercial College
j. Frank Ryan, principal, 81 to 65l East
end South ST., Salt Lake City, Opened
since January 1st,) is an institution
destined to surpass all others In the West.
So 90 per month entities pupil tothor-
oughly tirst-class instruction in amy or
all of the following: Shorthand, (Gra-
ham or Pitman systems,) Typewriting,
Bookkeeping, Penmanship, Higher
Mathematics, Academic Course. STA
tionery (books etc. required for
bookkeeping, Penmanshlp and Short
hand, furnished AT cost not 10 exceed
sue 10 $l.00 per month.
Latin, Greek, German, French, Span
Ish, Drawing and Architecture IS. w per
month, books aud materials not included.
Shorthand, bookkeeping and Penman-
ship thoroughly taught by mail for s25,
payable when course is completed.
correspondence solicited.
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Is Holmes Prattt.

Wichita Kan, July ga sensation
al story will be published here to-mor-
row morning indicating that Frank
Pratt. formerly of this city. is no other
than H. II. Holmes, the famous Blue
Beard. When Holmes was first arrest
ed, II. II. Heiserman, a prominent citi-
zen of Wichita, saw him and thought
he was Pratt. When Heiserman re-
turned from Philadelphia he conveyed
his suspicious to friends, who in turn
conveyed them to the newspapers. In
vestigation followed, and all the move
ments of Holmes and Pratt made in re-
cent years are identical, as we'll as the
fact that all the women they have as
sociated with bear a striking resem-
blance.
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SALT 1AKERs HARD LUCK.
Shlpwrecked, Drowned, Then Eaten
by His Companions.


1t is now an established fact says the
Salt Sake Tribune Of July %. that
Sam Masterson, former saloonkeeBer
of Zion. after being shipwrecked and
drowned in Bering sea in April, IS9l,
was buried after reaching shore ana
then taken from his grave ana eaten
by the survivors.
When Masterson shipped on the Ill
fated vessel. he jumped from the fry-
ing pan into the fire. His idea was
supposedly to rid himself of his di-
NorCed wife.
1t was in the fall of 1893 that Mas
terson and his wife had some trouble
in this city. Masterson. 1t Is alleged,
battered his better half over the head
with u beer bottle, and as grand
finale. threw her out of the house.
She retaliated by bringing suit for
divorce, which went by default, and in
time the marital bonds were severed
by the judicial snickersnee.
After regaining her freedom, how
ever, Mrs Masterson apparently didn' t
know what to do with 1t, and she set
heroically to work to win back Master
sons love. This attempt upon her part
was to II certain extent failure, al
though she and Masterson were often
seen together subsequent to the grant
ing of the divorce.
In December, 1893, Masterson went to
San Francisco, presumably for the pur-
pose of getting rid of his divorced
wife, but in February, 1894, Mrs. Mas
terson followed him. and 1t was under
stood that they again resumed their
former relations.
on April 10, 1894, Masterson aga.d
gave his wife the Slip by shippirS from
San Francisco on the James Allen
whaling vessel on May 1lth the Ves-
sci was wrecked II Bering sea. IEe
crew escaped In boats, but NUMBER
of them-Naaterson among others
were washed overheard. Masterson
was rescued but died before reaching
ahore. He was buried upon barren
beach, but a few days later, the sur
Vlvors driven to desperation by the
pangs of hunger, eXhumed the pouy
and ate it.
The news of her former husband s
tragic fate is said to have completely
Frustrated Mrs. Masterson, and 1t Is
not known by her friends in this city
whether or not she is still alive.
The last time that Masterson was
prominently before the Salt Lake pub
lie was in 1892, when Annie Prindle at
tempted to perforate his anatomy with
a revolver in q house on Commercial
street.
In confirmation of the story, The
Tribune received the following tele-
gram yesterday from A. j. Johnson,
formerly of this city, now of San Fran
cisco:
"Masterson shipped April is, 1894, on
the whaler James Allen. vessel
wrecked in Bering sea May 11th. Crew
escaped in boats, but number were
washed overheard, Masterson among
them. He was rescued, but died before
reaching shore. Was buried on the
beach, and two days later was dug up
and eaten by the survivors,
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nal pi .esses OF expression, so that
they are really unable to be more eX-
act than they seem; usually these pc
cullarlties are either neglected or cause
severe punishments to be inflicted, with
the natural result that they are con-
firmed and added to by various unfa-
vorable characteristics of cruelty, re-
venge, slyness, and actual deceit Ly-
ing does not necessarily mean vicious
ness, nor is truth to be regarded mere
ly as a saving means of grace. on the
contrary, many child may he led to
forget the lie simply by being placed in
proper physical and mental environ
ments"
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order to secure the $4,000 life insurance
carried by him. For fifteen years he
made a profession of swindllng, secur-
ing about 100000 from insurance COM
panies. He had three wives at one
time, and besides the murders named
above he is suspected of three more. So
cleveriy has Holmes covered his tracks
that 1t may be difficult to convict him
OF any Of his crimes. He is awaiting
trial In Philadelphia, and 1t is believed
his dark career will end on the gal
lows.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1895-08-02
ARE THE CHURCHES DYINGp

Not a little has been written in secu-
lar journals and magazines during the
past few months concerning the alleged
failure of the churches to reach the
masses in the cities and the people in
the country districts. A paper called
The Christian Alliance has recently
made the statement that there are a
thousand unoccupied church edifices in
New England where no services are
held. and there are very many import
ant towns and villages without any
pastor or organized church. .o--.e.-
The Watchman of Boston challenges
The Alliance to furnish proof of this
assertion. which, in it's own opinion, is
absolutely false" The Lutheran OBJ
server also denies the statement that
the pulpit is in a condition of DEB ia-
dence. The country churches in New
England have undoubtedly suffered it
admits. from the large emigrationsl to
the Western States, and some have ac>
tually died out, but 1t goes on to shy:
"OVer against these admitted facts,
careful statistics show that the general
or aggregate attendance of persons at
the various services of the churches is
greater now in proportion to population
than formerly, Notwithstanding the
fact that some pulltts do not draw
crowds.
IN respect to the fact that many
churches in New Engla 1d are dying
out we present another fact that more
than ten times as Ene.y new churches
are built in other parts of the country
as are dying out in New England Cap
tain McCabe has reported that, on an
average, two new Methodist churches
are built and defeated on every day of
the year. The Baptists, no doubt,
build nearly as many; the Presbyter-
ians and the Lutherans each build at
least one new church every day; the
Episcopalians and all the other denom-
nations deicate about two thousand
more annually; so that while a few
hundred churches may be dying out in
New England, ten times as many new
congregations are organized and
churches built in other parts of the
country"