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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-02-16
DEMOCRACY STILL LIVES.
1t Is a Party of the People and Cannot
he Killed,

bN hlAiNu
why, sir, the democratic party is
Just as much alive as ever said Col.
W. r. Morrison to a Republic reporter.
"They can't kill it. II was born in
eternal truth, founded upon the bed
rock of the peoples liberties and the
true principles Of honest and econom-
zeal government. 1t has buried in OBJ
liyion many other political parties, and
it will live TO see the grass grow ON
many yet unborn. The democratic
party lives because it is the only gem
uine and sincere national party that
this country has ever known, that is to
say, in its broad principles are erubod-
led the will OF the people. mean the
common people, and not this latter day
oligarchy Of plutocrats that have al
ready and further propose to enrich
themselves through Legislation.
1T is true that the skies at present
lower upon the democratic horizon, but
during these thirty years past we have
seen them still blacker aud more for
bidding. 1t is needless to 90 into a
discussion Of what brought about this
condition of party affairs, further than
to say that the democrats inherited
the disasters from a republican admin
istration, and the people, impatient for
promised relief from republican mis-
legislation, wrathfully fell amuck Of
their friends before they had time to
leaven the load which burdened them.
Republicans need not cajole themselves
with the idea that in 1896 the democ.
racy will not come up united, and they
will lose their petty advantages of No
vember last"
Col. Morrison declined to prognosti.
cate on the presidential possibilities OF
1896, further than to say that it looked
TO him as if Harrison would be the re.
publican nominee, because Harrison
was a stronger man than any of tn,
others mentioned. If the republican
convention got into a tangle he though,
that most probably Allison, of Iowa,
who is always lucky, might slip in
st. Louis Republic.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-02-16
POLICY AND PATRIOTISM.
The Republicans Ignoring Their Duty te
the Nation.

a. ~'ff'o
The republicans in congress ought 10
join in passing a bill for the protec-
tion Of the treasury. for three reasons:
First-It is the requirement Of pa
triotism, They cannot, As some OF
their narrow partisans advise, leave
the democratic party IN a hole" with
out leaving the country in a hole"
1t is the national treasury that is en-
barrassed. 1t is the nations credit that
is in peril. National bankruptcy
would mean universal disaster. To
seek a partisan advantage in such an
emergency is monstrous.
Second The republicans are at
least equally responsible with the
democrats for the present trouble.
1t was q republican congress and adj
ministration that squandered the sur
plus Of 500, 600, 200, that ran the ex-
penditures up to a billion dollars,
that passed the Mckinley act which
cut off $4,000, coo Of revenue, that
passed the sherman act adding over
$780, 600, 600 to the leral-tender paper
currency threatening the gold reserve,
and that scored a net loss Of sl22,-
OOO.O 0 in gold to the country in four
years and reduced the treasury's
free gold s9T, O0O. 900 in the same time.
These are the presidents and puts
SAINT causes Of the present currency and
treasury troubles. Have not the re-
publicans an obligation to help cure or
at least alleviate them?
Third-Such aid is a plain require
ment Of policy. Ii no measure Of relief
shall pass now the new congress must
and will be convened in extra session.
The republicans will control by a
great majority the house in which
revenues must originate. With a free
silver or g%reenback majority in the
house and the populists holding the
balance Of power in the senate, will
their dilemma be easier than it now
is? no they think they will be per-
mitted to go 10 sleep and ''lie low" I'M
til after 1896?
Duty and policy unite in commend
ing patriotic action now.-N. Y. World.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-02-16
OUT OF THE ORDINARY,

1t takes a snail exactly fourteen days
and five hours { travel n mile.
AT a japanese banquet ii is a compli-
ment to ask 10 exchange cups with q
friend.
THE Swiss government made q profit
Of about si,00O,o00 last year on its
monopoly in spirits.
THERE are los bureaus or branch post
offices in Paris, all Of which, with one
exception, are equipped with pneumatic
tubes,
Actual, unthinlsable, and unreliable
cold is made by the physicist and chem
list not by nature. In the laboratory
42i degrees below zero have been
reached.
AMOS MARKHAM, of Memphis, Tenn,
has moved fifteen times since no
married, n 1880. lie is the father Of
twelve children, each born in a differ
ent state.
A FRENCH publishing house has is
sued 4 volume OF eighty pages that is
smaller than the ordinary two-cent
stamp. 1t is the story OF pennault.
Little Hop o My Thumb
SURGEON on an Atlantic steamship
line says that in his wide experience he
has found women on the whole cooler
and more self-possessed than men in
cases OF disaster at sea.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-02-16
IN SMALL DOSES.

THE mean depth OF the Atlantic ocean
or the average OF many soundings is
thirteen thousand two hundred feet.
TIE area Of Boston is thirty-seven
square miles; that of Chicago is one
hundred and eighty-nine square miles.
THE District of Columbia wa orig
inally one hundred square miles, but
thirty miles were roceded to Virginia in
1910.
THE first map Of the gulf stream was
made by benjamin Franklin, who tried
to point out the utility OF ocean currents
in navigation.
7. L. HAINEs, Abbott. Neb., claims
to be the raiser OF the largest tomato
three pounds three and one-half ounces
and eight and one-half inches in diam
eter.
ACCORDING to the census OF $3.50 Mass
achusetts had a population Of s7s, 1877,
New York 399, 15l. Pennsylvania, 434,-
S79 and Virginia 747.610. Total popula-
ton Of the United States in 1890 was
1859, 063.
LONDON is the largest city Of the
earth, with a population of 4,231,4S1;
Paris stands next, with 2,447, 057; New
York third, with 1850, 730. Next follow
Canton, Berlin, Toxic and Vienna in
the order named.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-02-16
nAck WIN RICE TROPHIES

Last spring notice was made in these
columns that Mr.. Henry A. Salzer, Of
the John A. Salzer Seed Co. La Crosse,
Wis, Americas leading Seed Growers
and Merchants, was in Europe in search
Of rare seeds and novelties for the
American farmer and citizen.
Judging from their new catalogue, his
trip was an ~eminently successful one.
1t is brim full of rare things. OF es-
pecial merit we name the Bismarck
Apple, bearing the second year; the
Giant Towering Star Phlox, the Ger
man Coffee Berry; and for the farmer
the Victoria Rape, Germaniea Vetch,
the Lathyrus silvestris, the Giant Spur
~ and Giant Incarnate Clover; SAGA
line, and dozens of other rare things,
This wide-awake firm is in the van.
and their catalogue, which is sen you
for 5 cents postage, would be cheap at
81 per copy.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-02-16
A WOMANI'S NERVES..
The Story of a Woman to Whom
Noise Was Torture.
Frustrated by the Least Excitement-Phy.
sicians Bified by Her Case.
IRON the Gate City, Ksokuk, loya.)

"
Mrs. Helen Meyers, whose home is at 35l5
Vernon Avenue, Chicago, and whose visit to
KeoEuk, Ia, will long be remembered, was
at one time afflicted with nervous malady
which at times drove her nearly to distrac-
ton. ''Those terrible headaches are a thing
of the past" she said the other day to a
Gate CITY representative, sand there is quite
a story in connection with it, too.'
Myneryous system sustained great shock
some fifteen years ago, brought on, ! be-
lieye, through too much worrying over
family matters, and then allowing my love
for my books 10 get tho better of my dis
erection where my health was concerned.
Why, whenever my affairs at home did not
go along Just as | expected, l would invari-
ably become FRUSTRATED from the excite
ment, and Iwould consider myself fortu-
nate indeed il the effects Of the attack
would notremain for a week. / was obliged
to give up our pleasant home not far from
the Lake Shore drive, because / could not
stand the noise In that locality. Icould find
no place in the city which ] deemed suitable
to one whose nervous system was always
on the point Of explosion. To add to my
misfortunes my complexion underwent o
change, and l looked SO yellow and sallow
that | was ashamed 10 venture from the
house at all.
Madam" said my doctor TO me soon
liter an unusually severe attack Of the NAL
.dy, ''unlcss you leave the city and seek
some place Of quiet you will never ~recover.n
SO l concluded / would visit my uncle, who
lives in Dallas County, Iowa, and whose
farm would surely be a good place for one
in my pitiabie condition. j picked up the
Gate city one day and happened TO como
across an interesting recital OF the recovery
of some woman in New York State who was
afflicted as i had been. This woman had
been cured by DIR. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People. l thought that II Pink Pills
cured that woman they might do the same
for me. / began to take the pills accord
ing TO directions, and / began TO feel better
from the start. After ! had taken several
boxes Of them was ready to go back tQ
Chicago. Ny nervousness WINS gone and
my complexion was as fresh as that OF any
sixtccn-ycar-old girl in Iowa, and Pink Pila
is what put the color in my cheeks. No
wonder | am in such high spirits and feel
| like q prize fighter. And no wonder like
to come to Keokuk, forif 1t had not bceS
| for Pink Pills bought from q Ke0knk firm J
would not have been alive now laughingly
DR.. williams Pink Pnls contain all the
!. clements necessary 70 sivc rcw NE and
richness 10 the blood and restore shattered
| neryes. They are for snl0 BY oil drIggisty,
or may be had by mail ron ". WiIlpnls'
Medicine Company, Schenectady. y. X, Sol
" ceRts par boz " ~ pcxee }0Ftsse1
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-02-16
PERSONAL.

Ar the head of the $50 women nurses
In the hospitals of Japan Is Countess
Mere, wife of Admiral Mere.
SENAToR-ELECT BAKER, Of Kansas, Is
the sixth senator elected from that
state since the wal who was not in the
army.
THE name Of President Faure Of
Franco is pronounced as one syllable,
the 'aur" as nearly as possible like the
''or" in the word cork.
BIsHoP PAREr, of Maryland. says to
an inquiring clergyman: THE bishop
does not encourage the v~esting Of wom-
en- singers. He most earnestly hopes
that the fashion will not spread"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-02-16

That the proposed annexation of
the Sandwich islands was a most corrupt
speculation that was to be draped with
the American flag, a blind man could
see. Cleveland came down on the
Spectators clique with all his weight,
causing them to go almost mad with
rage. But they did not give up their
job, and both houses Of congress are
again ringing with their loud screech.
ings.-N. Y. Stats -Zeitung.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-02-16

The use which Harrison's repub-
lican administration made Of the sur
plus left at the close Of Clcveland's
first term: january l, 1889, there was
1895, 600, 900 in gold in the national
treasury. January 1. 1898, this surplus
had been reduced to $l0s, 0OO,0 900. II
was still less March 4, 1893, when Har'
rison went out Of office aud Cleveland
ssne IN agAin,-chicsgo Herald,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-02-16

p,su,wAr-'sYou believe in the efficacy
Of PRAYER. uncle. But suppose a CHECKER
from YOUR ~ncighbor'S yard should mop oN
ynur / ,Chen door and you should get dow
On vonr knees and pray for that chicken Z
enter. do YOU think Your prayer wo9Iu o.
answereir' Uncle E~bony-"l mes sar
linlv do. sab. But in dat case, sab shoul;
sprinkle a few grains Of con on the STEP
life.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-02-16
How'S ThisI

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. j. CHENEY q Co, Props, Toledo, o,
We, the undersigned, have known f. ],
Cheney for the last Is years. and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
out any obligation made by their firm.
West a Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To.
ledo, O. Walding, kinuan & Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
acting directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price, Toe. per bot
tie. sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills. &c.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-02-16
Tic Wastes Of Siberia

Are not more barren Of comfort than thu
waists OF those who suffer from dyspepsia
tromivercomplaint or from kidney trouble
Butlu Hostetter's Stomach Bittersthcy car
ind relief, SO can the malarious, the iheu
matte the neuralgia, the feeble and the old
Use with persistence this remedy with B.,
career of over q third Of q century. A VINE
ylas5lulthree times a day.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-02-16

tenlper, Tear Of impending calamity and A
thousand and one ~dcranecments Of bodv
and mind, result from such pcrnicious prac.
tees. All these are permanently cured bv
improved methods Of Treatment without The
patient leaving home.
a medical treatise written in plain bu,
chaS'e language, treating Of the nature
symptoms and durability Of sgch disease
sent securely scaled IN q plain envelope. OF,
receipt notice, with Ioccuts in sla,nps
ior postage. Address, WORMS DlspFN.
sARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo. NY.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-02-16

this opinion. l
am now - years
Of age Four years
ago was afflicted
with rheumatism
in my back and
limbs, so badly
that it was impos-
sible for NE TO get
my usual sleep a.
night ! had Just
partiallyrecovered
h from the grip,
3 (which reduced my
b weight 20 lbs. My
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-02-16

Grass rules. II is the most valuable
crop of America, worth more than
either corn or wheat. Luxurious mead
ows are the farmers delight. A posi-
tive way to get them, and the only one
we know, is to SOW Salzer's Extra Grass
Mixtures. Many of ourfarmer readers
prise them and say they get to Z tons
Of magnificent hay per acre from Sal
GERS seeds. Over one hundred different
kinds of Grass, Clover and Fodder
Plant seeds are sold by Salzer.
II you WILL CUT THIS OUT AND SEND IT
with &c postage to the John A. Salzer
Seed Co, La Crosse, Wis, you will get
a sample OF GRASs&c CLOVER MIXTURE and
their mammoth seed catalogue free. ~
ToMMy-"Paw, what is an intellectual
~soireel' Mr.. Fight is generally one
where the re refreshments do not cost much
more than a dime a head, indianapolis
] I,vrNnl
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-02-16
Rev. DR.. Parker

Is the beloved pastor of the Uuiversalis;
church at Fargo, y. D., and has also BEEN
pastor in Providence, r. L., New York City
and Troy, n. y. He says:
al regard Hoods S~arsaparilla the best
blood purifier, and l have good reason for
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-02-16

If you send Il cents in stamps or coin to
JouN SEBASTIAN, Gcn'l Pass. Agent, c., II.
|. 4 P. Ry, Chicago, you will receive post
paid the slickcst pack Of playing cards
you ever handled. Beautiful steel engraved
Whist Rules accompany them free.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-02-16
SUICIDE IN FRANCE.


Poverty Annually Drives -Four Thousand
People to Self-Destruction.
Statistics of suicide show that during
the last four years twenty-six thousand
persons have in France put an end to
their W lives; in Italy, with a popu-
lation almost equal to that of France,
the number of suicides during the
same period has not exceeded eight
thousand. In seeking the reasons for
this great difference the well-known
Partisan journalist, NJ. Henri Fouquier,
explains that in Italy the Roman Cath
Ollie religion is still strongly rooted in
the population, and that it acts us a de-
terrent against sclf-destruction. For
merly, in Italy the body of a suicide
was dragged through the streets and
then exhibited on a gibbet. Moreover.
if Italy is not so rich II country as
France, poverty there is less severely
felt and more easy to bear than in
France, thanks to the Italian sunshine
and blue sky. 1t is estimated that per-
haps a quarter of the population of
Naples, for instance, live in a
state of poverty which could
not be borne by q workman
in Paris, or in the towns of the
north of France. In addition to this.
mendicity is not, in Italy, regarded as
either shameful o humiliating. There.
fore, notwithstanding the extreme
poverty prevailing in Italy, NJ. Fou-
quier is not astonished that it should
lead but few persons to commit suicide.
NJ. Fouquier points out that in Italy
self-destruction is in most eases the
denouement of 4 love drama, whereas
in France, out of an average of six
thousand five hundred suicides a wear,
there are not more than three hundred
that can be classed as suicides of pas.
sion. In France money, or rather the
lack OF it, is the cause of self-destruc.
tion. NJ. Fouquier considers that some
two thousand suicides a year may be
due to insanity: but he points out that
it is now demonstrated by the statistics
| that in France four thousand persons
q year, that is to say, aboutien per.
sons a day, hang, drown Or stinc
themselves with the fumes of char
| coal, or blow out their brains because
| they are ruined, because they are pro.
secuted by their creditors, because
they cannot earn enough to procure
food and are dying of starvation
| London Standard.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-02-16

MIsTER-"Docs Jobson show any aptitude
as a Washington correspondents Miss
..Oh, my, yes! When he heard that baby
Esther had the collie, he tried to interview
the secretary Of interior about it."--Life.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-02-16

Two PAIRS Of lips once chancedto meet
Behind a friendly door,
And both exclaimed at seems TO me
That we have met before
N Y. Herald.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-02-16

IsHAlL expect YOU" said the ~ju,nce tc
the colorci tulprit, ''to tell the wholotruth.'
"De whole truth, saht' Yes 'Jcdgc
les gimme six months ATLANTA Constitu
tinD
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-02-16

HALE's Honey of Horehound and Tar ro-
lieves whooping cough.
Pixies T~oothache Drops Cure In one minute.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-02-16

There are epochs in the history of
the human race when the dccayed
branches fall from the tree of human.
ity, and when institutions grown old
and exhausted sink and leave a space
for fresh institutions full of sap, which
renew the youth and recast the ideas
OF 3 people. -Lamartine.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-02-16

Patagonia was named by Magellan
from . spanish word signifying ''big
foot He formed his impression Of
The natives before seeing them by the
lmprinta Of their ample pedal extcn.
ulone n tho sand.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-02-16

SOME people never learn to keep out OF
debt until after they lose their credit.-Gal-
weston News.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-02-16

R~v. J. n. Parker. d. i. appetite was poor
Fargo, n. I. and / felt languld
and weak. In fact | was in a very dilapi-
dated condition. Having heard Il read so
much about the wonderful cures produced
by Hoods S~arsaparilla | resolved to give it
q trial. followed the directions. and be-
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-02-16
Highest Of all in Leavenns ~POwer-Iatest u Govt Report
R@!A!!!l! R FssassE
AgS0E.UTEEY PURE

Iii : hard to convince the maj who will
steal chickens that there is any sense In
theology. Rams Horn.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-02-16
SPIRITS

a vigorous body and
robust strength fol
low good health.
But all fail when the
vital powers arc
weakened, Nervous
debility and loss Of
manly power result
from bad habits, CON
tracted by he young
through ignorance
of their ~ruinous CON
sequences. Low
spirits, %rnelanclolia,
impaired memory,
inorose OF irritable
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-08
\ Good Example.

Sometimes one finds it-veneration. In
one of the Fifth ward cars recently an old
gentleman got on To a crowded car. He
was pretty tired and hung 10 one OF the
straps because he was incapable Of stand
ing up alone. There were several well
built men in the car, but they seemed Un-
usually absorbed in the advertisements
that freScO the top sides of the car. Final
~ young girl OF about Il years got up
and said:
Won't you take my seat' / am mora
able 10 stand than you are
The old man stared at her in amaze
meut.
why why, he stammsred, Il don't
want to rob you of your seat.
That doesn't make any difference, -
she said dcrerIninedly. You look more
tired than I feel Take ny seat. Please
do.
The old man sat down, and the girl
took hold Of the car straps.
The young men in the car suddenly
found something interesting in the floor,
for none OF them raised his eyes toward
the young girl, who had voluntarily sur
rendered her seat TO one who needed IL
more than she did. At least three OF them
wore huge chrysanthcmums on their
coats There * no reason why social man
ne-s in q parlor should differ from those
in q street yracusc Post.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-08
MUSIC AND DRAMA.

on Monday, March II. Manager Bow
en- VIII present 70 the patrons OF the
Grand opera house one 81 the most
successful comedy skjtS Vet seen II
Wichita, ~ Turkish Bath IL is what
may be termed a mental Turkish bath.
performing FOR the nerves and spirits
II that the orthodox hath does for the
body. II takes up dull care and throws
i away: IL revives the dropping spirits
and makes one forget all trouble.
There iS nothing but one continual roar
OF laughter from beginning TO end. with
not one cUll moment. The play is q
medley of fun. ludricous situations.
and light nonsense generally. There ia
q real live dude. an Irish policeman.
TWO amateur actors, two stage struck
sirls "a doting father and Uncle.
He gro servant. madcap little girl and
- bul! dog 81 abSuTdly mixed up with
enc another as - produce a run pro
DuCing combination. at whose antics
Che most dyspeptcal cannot help
laughing. Little Marie Heath Is the
life and soul Of all this ShsiS win
some little thing bubbling over with
native wit; seems never 10 tire, and Is
as good natured as she is good humor.
cd
MINSTRELS DREW \ BIG HOUSE
Anybody who saw the crowd that
Witnessed Richards q Pringle's Geor-
gia MINISTRIES At the Avon theater hast
night must be convinced that stockton
IS pretty good show town, notwith-
standing many criticisms 20 the con
traTN. There was not a vacant seat
iu the gallery nor down stairs. The
members OF the company are all col
oreG. but they are clever people. The
clio part consisted of the usual songs
ouihs and jokes. interIarded here and
there with sore good dancing. James
Clark sang Mamie Come Kiss Your
Honey Boy" with as much life and
swing, almost. as Nav Irwin could do
j. herself. and Tom Browns Raising
of the Roof brought the house down.
Billy kersandS. the best cOlOrCd min
streI on The stage today. was there and
was as fun Of fun as ever. And Ker-
sands can dance like a regular lev,~'
rouSabout. There are some brand new
jokes. lots of funny spcCislties and a
SIue-bcrakiuG cak. WailS.--StocktOn
tCalD Daily Citizen This company
VIII be al the Crawford Grand opera
house. Thursday. March Ia.