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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-06-22
THE GUNMAKER OF ILION
jefferson M. Clough Refuses
tempting Offer from the ohi-
nese Government
OF. Health Was Too Poo to Permit At
.at,nn 70 B~ns,neu-A Great sufferer
for Many Years. but Has No"
Recovered.

u.,h Was Too Poor TO Permit AT
..a,,or IN Rusiness-A Great s"Her''
for Many Years. But hAs W"
Recovered
trron N, Springfield, Nas' U"'oH)
r,ore isn't a gun Manufacturer IN uie
80 Statas who does not know JEFFERSON
n rlonCh. and whyi Because ne mas o, ,Laa
;n.;HnateIv associated all his lie WIN WV
development of the Two posS For
rifles, the Remington ana WitonE Ram
years he was superintendent Oh tio ~ Nv
,pgton a. Sons great factory al l'on, tn,
After leaving there he refused a tenlP'as
~ of the Chinese Government W 81"
CHINA N slperintend their governments lao-
tories-and accepted instead the suPerin,
tondo,cv of the Wlnchester-Arms oo''a'
NaN Haven. at a salary of $3.50 a year
II was after this long term of active iaoor
os business man that he found hlnlsell III
canacitated for further service by Inc enl-
hargo which rheumatism had laid upon mn
and resigned his position more Sua.
wears ago, and returned to belcherVo"n
Mass, where he now lives ana owns tne
Phelps farm, a retired spot where Ut las
five hundred acres of lana.
Reing n man of means he did not spare
the cost and was treated by leading pnysi-
clans and by baths at celebrated spripss
without receiving any benefit worth notice'
During the summer Of 1888 ana the winter
of 1894 Mr.. Clough was confined TO MS nouss
in Relchertown, being unable to rise from
his bed without assistance, anu suffering
continually with acute pans ana WIN no
taste or desire for food, nor was ne aple 10
OBTAIN sufficient sleep.
Early In the year 1894 Mr.. Clough heard
of DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People.
He began taking these pills about the nrst
of March 1894 and continued to do 80 until
the first part of September following. Inc
first effect noticed wasa better appetite ana
he began to note more ability to help him
self off the bed and to be better generally.
Last August 1S94l he was able to go alone
tn his summer residence and farm OF lno
acres on Grenadier Island, among the
Thousand Islands, in the river st, Law
renee, where from the highest land OF his
farm he commands a view for Ia miles
dow the river, and 10 Of the Thousand
Islands can be seen.
Instead of being confined to his pea MT.
Clough is now and has been for some Tune
able to be about the farm to direct the men
employed there and he is thankful Tor what
Dr.. Williams Pink Pills have done t0rhim'
These pills are manufactured by the Dr'
Williams Medicine Company, schenectady,
n. v and are sold only in boxes bearing
the firms trade mark and wrapper, at 90
cents box or six boxes for $3.50, and are
v sold in bulk. They may be had OF az
druggists or direct by mail from DR.. Will
liams' Medicine Company.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-06-22
IN AMERICA.

BOHEMIA has furnished us with 11s,.
900 people,
POLAND has furnished MS with 147, 900
immigrants.
THE Germans number 5000, 900 Of our
population.
CHINA has given us 100, 900 men, most.
ly la%undrymen.
AUSTRIA has sent to our shores 1913, 900
of her population.
In 1890 the adult males of foreign
birth numbered 4,34S, 459.
DETROIT has 81 per cent. of native.
born children of American parentage.
THE Italians lead the foreign element
in.6nly u city, New Orleans.
ITALY and Russia have each furnished
about 1S2, 900 immigrants to America.
A LITTLE over one-sixth of the whole
population of Boston is of Irish birth.
OVER IL per cent. of the foreign pop.
ulation in the Atlantic states is Tilt
crate.
THE Irish lead the foreign popula,
ton in six cities and are second in If
teen.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-06-22
COFFEE BY THE FRENCH.
Their Women Understand Well the Art Of
NlnLInu

lhCiE "oIucu SuutTbLhnu "CI tut AEt vi
Making 1t.
There are at least two things which
the French understand better than the
English, coffee and salads. In En-
gland the coffee berries are as good as
those that are bought in France at
double or three times the price, but the
beverage that is made from them is al
most invariably bad, in hotels no less
than in private houses. French Wis.,
itors have explained again and again
the reason of this inferiority, but to no
purpose; for John Bull, difficult as he
is to please over his tea, is Indifferent
on the subject of coffee, and will go
through life sercnely and unconscious
of the fine aroma and flavor that may
be extracted from the acknowledgement
berry if proper attention is given to the
matter.
The main rules are these: The ber-
ries should be freshly roasted and
should never be put into the mill until
the coffee is about to be made. To buy
coffee already ground is indefensible.
Surprising it to be pure when retailed
by grocers in that state, it has gener-
ally lost much of its aroma which is
exceedingly volatile. Nov, the aroma
Is to coffee what the bouquet is to Bor-
deaux Burgundy, that is to say, almost
everything. However generous" a
wine may be, If it has no fine bouquet
1t is merely vim ordinaire--good enough
for common use, but not to be offered
to a friend at dessert.
When it has lost its aroma coffee ia
almost worthless, chicory being then
quite as good, If not preferable. But
when its essential perfume rises pow
erfully with the steam of a freshly-
poured out cup it is one of the best and
most delicate Of natures little atten.
tions to mankind. In all French kitch-
ems the coffee-mill is regarded as one
of the most indispensable of utensils:
and although people living in large
towns generally buy their coffee ready
roasted, in country houses the roasting
is done at home--a very simple and ex.
cellent contrivance being sold for the
purpose.
But 1t is OF little use to talk Of cot.
fee to people who only drink it when
mixed with milk. 1t is only SO EN-.
ployed by the French at their early
breakfast, when. in their opinion. III.
addition of chicory improves IT.; but
those who have the proper respect fo,
the refnements of life think it rank
heresy to use ever SO little Of the bit.
Ter root in making cafe noir. The En-.
glish will never understand the art of
making coffee until they learn to an
preciate the true flavor and virtpe NJ
the berry when served in the form Of
cafe noir after lunch or dinner. The
habit, however, is not worth cultivat.
Ing when 1t is done parsimoniously.
To obtain a good result there should
be much coffee and little water. It is
not the quantity, but the quality Of
the liquor that is to be thought of. In.
asmuch, as there is nothing like black
coffee-unless 1t be strong tea-to whip
up the nerves, it should be used with
caution, or not at oil, by the ever-in.
creasing number Of people who ara
more or less nervouA- Philsdelphis
1imss I
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-06-22
SCHOOL AND CHURCH..

There has been great encourage
ment in regard to Japan, 70,21l sepa-
rate Gospels and Lac New Testaments
having been distributed among the sol.
diers.
For the first time in centuries, an
cient Hungary, by the act of her legis-
lature and the signature of her king,
Francis Joseph, emperor of Austria, en-
tiers upon full religious freedom.
In less than two years the Broth
erhood of Andrew and Philip has ex-
tended into thirteen denominations.
and it now has chapters in more than
twenty-five states of the Union and in
Canada.
In Japan there are more than 1900
places where Christianity is taught.
More than 1000 Protestant schools, and
every year about 1,sOO young persons
go out from these schools into the life
of the nation.
of 1893 African boys brought up in
the mission schools at Zanzibar 122 are
dead, 10 per cent. Of the rest have drop.
ped away from Christian influences, or
have been lost sight of, and the re-
naming 81 per cent. still profess Chris
tianity.
The Muskogee mission school in
the Indian territory, under the care of
the Presbyterian church, has developed
into a college. and receives the name
of Henry Kendall college, after the
well-known, highly honored man, who
was for so long secretary of the home
mission board.
According to a little book issued
by Mrs. c. II. Sturgeon, called 1.-THE
Book Fund and Its Work." there were
distributed last year s,403 volumes o.
her late husbands works, together
with some other theological works
making a total OF 1884, 1885 volumes dis
tributed in 10 wears.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-06-22
CONDUCT.
Infamous Assaults of Republicans Upol
Secretary Gresham.

Secretary Gresham.
The general commentator 10Y be-
Ing given the character of the late Sec
rotary Gresham has In It an instructive
lesson. A few weeks ago it was diff
cult to exceed the abuse Of him in
partisan quarters. He was ~actuated
by bad motives, in which personal
spite and resentments had prominent
part; he Numbered inexcusably in his
foreign policy, and involved the admin
istration of which he was a member in
odium as well as himself; he was by
instinct and by purpose unpatriotic;
disposed to truckle to European powers
in his foreign policy; was bringing
shame to Americans and contempt to
IL country by his lack Of appreciation
Of what was denominated true Ameri-
canism, and his weak or worse yielding
to foreign aggression. This latter
charge was made against one of the
most gallant American soldiers that
the late war produced. No responsible
person processes to believe any of this
now. Secretary Gresham's death has
brought to his memory instant justice
as far as there is open expression.
Simple and credulous people, who are
always eager to believe any wrong of q
nan provided he differs from them in
politics, probably still hold to their
prejudice, though they have the grace
not to declare it. The nearest that
comes to its appearance in the press is
found in the %insinuation that, though
Secretary Gresham had patriotic and
right impulses himself, he was pre-
vented from acting on them by Presi-
dent Cleveland, which is really only
another form of attack on the secre-
tary, though covert and cowardly in
stead of openly abusive.
These accusations have been ex-
posed in their ~insircerity, and the sub
ject of them is righted in the minds of
the American people. He would have
been compelled to wait much longer
for this, however, had he not met a
premature death. They are withdrawn
partly because there is no political end
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-06-22
A CAVERN OF CRIME.
A.. o,d Caye which Played a Prominent
Part 10 Kentucky Outlawry'

A. o,d Care which Played a fro"'uo"'
part IN Kentucky Outiawry'
The tourist passing along n suo'e
oorridars of Counterfeiters'eave,
et Chester City, KY, is halted IN
small chamber, where is hearo oioou-
cnrdlinr story about the arrest oil a
hand Of comterfeiters who years ago
made this cave their rendezvous
Col. John f. Ratclitf says that inc
oIigonunk caves were discovered ana
partially explored in 1910 by an Ole
mouptaineer named Cass Smith, VINO
was associated with one of the nos
darinp bands of counterfeiters 'ha'
ever troubled the government
Smith owned the land on which the
caves are located and lived in a log
house in the valley of the Buffalo.
His place was for years the rondez-
yous of counterfciters and criminals,
who. upon the approach of officers,
would disappear by taking refuge IN
the caverns which had previously been
provisioned, and where they could safe
" hide for weeks and months at n
time, as the entrances had been effectu-
ally concealed.
Their chief and leader was one Jake
Sprinkle IA man who was void of fear,
and who gathered around him a num-
Der of desperate and vicious criminals
horse thieves and highway robbers.
Col. Ratcliff was then sheriff OF
the county. and when Sprinkle's gang
made existence in that part OF the
state unbearable he organized a posse
and marched into the mountains, de-
termined to break up the gang.
He found the caves and the posse
entered the cavern, but the criminals,
knowing the passages thoroughly,
doubled on their pursuers and some OF
them escaped.
Sprinkle, Smith and three Others
were, however, captured, along with
the crueibles, tools, dies and molds
used in counterfeiting, as well as a
large quantity of the bogus coin.
The prisoners were taken to Gray
son, where, owing to the many ramln-
cations of the conspiracy and the as
%sistance they were able to command
from the outside, they made their
escape.
This broke up the counterfeiters'
gang, but in the late forties two des-
peratc horse thieves, who had stolen
some fine horses in Pennsylvania, took
refuge in the caves, where they were
harbored and fed by c~onfederates on
the outside.
During the Mexican war the govern
ment utilized the saltpeter found in
the caves for the manufacture Of gun
powder.
In some of them it is a remarkable
fact that the air is SO raritied that, as
in the ease of high attitudes, fresh
meat can be preserved for weeks at d
inc .-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-06-22
THE VOICE OF DEMOCRACY.
Its Duty Shall Be to Expose Republican
Shems and Trickery.

Democratic readers Of newspapers
express a iubilant qualification that
republican Misrepresentation OF politic-
al issues and republican falsehoods and
calumuies regarding democrats III Of
fee are no longer TO go unanswered
and ~unrebuked, Democratic princi-
ples will have a voice in public discus
sion. The other side have been having
their wv way and a monopoly OF pub
lie attention for a wearisome length OF
time. This is no longer the case.
Democratic faith does not waver
when it is without a newspaper or
other public organ for its advocacy and
defense. 1t is accustomedto suffer nm
der the assaults of liars and slanderers
and to be silent and patient, But the
faith of the democratic masses Is more
cheerful aad hopeful-it is more ag-
gressive ana a PROSECUTING faith when
it has public defenders and advocates
and when it can give blow for blow IN
encounters with enmity and evil,
1T is an emphatic TACT OF II Times
that the dependency of democrats at
the close of last falls elections has
measurably disappeared, The victors
of 1894 have quite as many troubles OF
their own as those which atfiict the
vanquished. Their I%'gccess at the
polls has been followed In every state
and locality by factious %strifes, by no
torious and disgracefui quarrels over
the distribution of the spoils, and by
the jealous rivalries # cliques and
candidates for future promotion.
The republican sham %reformers, ma
chine leaders, gang politicians, fakirs
and boodlers are in control of that
party. Their schemes of selfish ambi-
ton, corrupt ACKNOWLEDGMENT and fac
tious malignity have developed rapidly
since they we're placed in power, and
have become of record before the peo-
pie. The voters are able to see plainly
the impudent and CHASTITY farce, the
deception and masquerade of the re-
publican campaign in the name OF
honesty and reform. They can appre-
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-06-22
~PARAGRAPHIC

The republicans are doing all the
talking now and the democrats are
laying low" Very often the man
who lays low gets there first.-N. Y.
World.
Secretary Gresham's administra.
ton of his high Office under si~ngularly
trying conditions has been in every
sense a great administration-great
enough to do his duty upon all tempta-
tons to defect 1t to popular prejudice
and clamor-great enough to do right
by the weak, and to force the strong
to do right by us.-Louisville Courier
Journal.
1t is said that in the Ohio repub-
lican state convention Mckinley and
Foraker resolutions were adopted by
a majority Of the delegates who, as a
matter of fact, were opposed to both.
But they know that Mckinley cannot
be nominated for president and that
Ohio is likely to 60 democratic next
year defeating Foraker for senator
Chicago Chronicle.
- erHdpS II nov. Mchlnley nau
remained at home more and attended
to the duties of his office more regu-
larly the Ohio republicans might have
felt better acquainted with him and
more disposed to accept his directions
at their convention. AS it is, while he
has been swinging round the circle"
the diligent Foraker seems to have
been spending his time in pulling down
his rivals fences and building up his
own Providence Journal.
The praise Of Secretary Gresham
since his death has been as generous
as the abuse Of him during life was up-
reasoning. The truth is that the late
secretary was as honest as he was cour-
aReous, and II he never reached the
highest standard Of greatness he never
ieli Relow q very respectable standard
Of ability. He was a man If lofty inn
pulses and kindly nature and.his domi-
nant idea vas patriotism. His place
can be Allied, but it will require q MIN
Of the best type to perform the duties
as he performed them, Kansas Gty
AkA208 ass. ..r4
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-06-22
A CHINESE ENTERPRISE.
Novel Method OF Providing Beds for Beg
CARS,

CARS.
We are more or less interested now
adays in China and the Chinese. They
are a curious people, and their customs
are so different from those of other
nations that to us, who are proud of
being civilized, they sometimes seem
quite ridiculous. What civilized ma
tions would provide a regular home
for beggars, for instance-not as a
matter of charity, for all civilized peo-
pie do that, but purely in the line of
business? Yet the Chinese do this, if
the following story told by a German
newspaper is. true. According to this
journal the Kleine Chronic, a Joint
stock company in Picking erected some
years ago a large building termed XII
mao-fan, or observation-disclosures. It Is
to be used as a night refuge for the
begging population of the Celestial
city. A monster feather bed covers
the whole floor of one of the largest
rooms. Old and young, all are admit
ted without distinction. Each settles
down for the night as comfortably as
he can in this ocean of feathers. At first
each sleeper received a small blanket,
but it was found, subsequently, that
these blankets very soon disappeared.
being probably appropriated by the
servants of the establishment, SO an
enormous common blanket, full of
round holes, through which the beg
gars at rest on the feathers a thrust
their heads for air, was made large
enough to cover the floor of the whole
room. In the day time this general
blanket is drawn up to the ceiling bv
ropes and pulleys, and at night, when
all the company are in their places, it
is let down, and the beggars have to
look sharp to get their heads through
n OF the holes lest they run a good
chance of being s~uffocated. The same
in the morning, they must be careful
to draw their heads out of the hole at
the first stroke Of the tomtom, when
the blanket is again lifted from the
huge nest, lest they DC drawn I'M To
the ceiling and hanged. = Harper's
Round Table.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-06-22

When a woman approaches the change Of
life she is liable to have a return of all the
menstrual arrangements, and other ailments
that afflicted her in former years. The d.
rect action Of McElree's Wine Of Cardui on
the organs afflicted, make 1t the best remedy
for use during this period.
Mrs. D. Pennington, West Plains, Mo-,
says: ~ had been suffering from change OF
life and it took the form Of dropsy. The
doctors told my husband it was useless to
prescribe for me any more, About that
time we got DR.. McElree's book or the treat
ment Of female diseases and decided to try
the Wine of Cardui Treatment. After US.
ing nine bottles, | am we'll"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-06-22
You Don't Have to Swear on

says the st. Louis Joirnd, Of agriculture in
an editorial about No-To-Bac, the famous
tobacco habit cure. 1--WE know of many
rases cured by No-To-Bac, one, a promincn,
st, Louis architect, smoked and chewed for
twenty years; two boxes cured him so that
even the smell of tobacco makes him sick, y
No-To-Bac sold and guaranteed by Drug.
gists everywhere, No cure no pay. Book
free. Sterling Remedy Co., New York OF
Chicago.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-06-22

ciate the extent to which they were
deceived and betrayed.
These facts define the mission of the
democratic press. 1t shall expose and
denounce the monstrous imposture by
which republican success was attained
at the polls in 1894 and will seek to at
t";- "--eeeaa l., 1900. The faithful full
illmcnt of this mission will be the
greatest help to a democratic revival
and will help to render possible demo-
cratic success in the next national
electiOn.-Chicago Chronicle.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-06-22
I'm All UnatrunR,

Is the remark OF many a nervous individ.
ual. He or she will soon cease to talk that
wa after beginning and persisting in a
course of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters.
Nothing like it to renew strength and ap.
petite and good digestion. 1t checksthe in,
roads of malaria, and remedies liver com.
plant, constipation, dyspepsia, rheumatism
and kidney disorder. 1T is in every sense a
great household remedy.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-06-22

Tho amiable Tribune observes
that Everybody except the democrats
knew that they would make a mess OF
attempting financial legislation"
Could they make a worse mess than
the republicans did in enacting the
Mckinley law and the billion-dollar
appropriations-throwing away reve-
nue. with. one hand and raising ex-
penses with the other-or ia passing
the Sherman silver purchase and infla-
ton act, which siphoned the gold out Of
the treasury and created q monetary
panic? A little modesty in regard to
financial legislation would be becom-
Ing IN republican statesmen and organs.
IN. X. World
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-06-22

TO take the cake" is an express
sion which seems to have originated
among the colored people Of the south.
Cake walks, or promenades in which
cakes were offered as q reward for
grace of demeanor, were formerly COM
mon in the southern states, and are
even now known in many localities.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-06-22

PROVIDENCE has nothing good on high in
store for one who does not resolutely aim
at something high or good. a purpose is
the eternal condition of success. Munger.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-06-22

Opinions, like showers, are gener.
ated in high places, but they invariably
descend into lower ones, and ultimate
y flow down to the people, as rain un.
to the ea.-Colton
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-06-22

A NATURAL RESULT. Barber dnsinuat-
lngly)-"Yozr hair is getting very thin,
sir.' Grimshaw-'Yes; | treated it for two
weeks with a~nti-fat, under the impression
IL was hair restorer. Puck.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-06-22

For II SUMMER.-"Where are you 60.
ing this summer!' He Ohard up)-"No
place" She-'Ahm He-"Yes, no place
like home, you know."-Detroit Free Press.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-06-22

blood depends for its richness and purity.
If digestion stops, poisonous matter ac-
.cumulates and is forced into the blood
there is no place else for it to go.
The bad breath is a danger signal.
Look out for il! If you have it, or
any other symptom of indigestion,
take a bottle or two of DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. 1t will
straighten out the trouble, make your
blood pure and healthy and full of nu-
triment for the tissues.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-06-22

HAD FIGURED IT OUT.-Teacher-"For
what wise purpose was the goose created
with a web foot!" Dick Hicks-''Soze he
could stand on one leg. i-Pnck.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-06-22

"'I UIVS lU
our legislatures said the lavvs
right" replied the banker. "AI
acter OF the Legislation FREQUENT,
that some of the bills are Of hiub
tons. "-Chicago Evening Posi-
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-06-22

FRESHNESS and purity are impaired to the
complexion by Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye, SOC.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-06-22

THE PoET-"Have you read my last
poem," She-'No. Only your first
Life.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-06-22

, 1T Is the constant fault and insep.
arabic evil of ambition that II never
looks behind i~t--Seneca.