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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-05-02

Col and Mrs. Powell, of Stone, were
in town yesterday for the first time this
year.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-05-02

Mrs. Jas. Lucas of Starkville, is Wis
iting her relatives in Macon.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-05-02

Mr.. Jas. Windham, of Fairfield was
in town yesterday.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-05-02

For SALE Two good milch cows
with calves, three quarter Jersey.
Win be sold cheap. Apply to
r. A. DENTON,
Cooksvilc, Miss.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-05-02
llIE MACON BEACON

M. a o. II. "a. SCHEDULE.
North BID arrives at 1889 a. M. and 2da p. m
south " 1870 p. m. and 40 a, m.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-05-02

Capt. Hub Sanders of Starkville, was
in town last Tuesday.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-05-02
Fine Chickens.

you wish to improve your flock Of hens
get some genuine barred Plymouth Rock
Eggs from KLAUS,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-05-02

Elkin s meat market is supplied with
commodious refrigerator
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-05-02

This season brings on some OF the
most charming novelties you have ov
er seen IN millinery line and you will
find them at Mrs. Murrays.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-05-02
For Rent.

A cottage residence convenient TO
The public school and churches. Ap.
ply TO DAVID BUCK.
Macon, Miss
Mch % i'm
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-05-02
RYLNIEG STYLE o.


1886. of Court OF Noxuuee Co.
Jno. NJ. Evans. Mississippi.
Letters having been granted to the I'M
designed as administrator OF said estate
on the 30th day Of April 1896, by the Chan
Gerry Court Of said county. notice is hereby
given requiring all prisons having claims
against said Jno, NJ. Evans. deceased, to
have thesame probated and registered by
tho Chancery Clerk OF said county within
one year from this date, or they will be
forever barred.
Witness my hand, this 2nd day OF May,
1SD6, W. b. STEWART,
may2-4t County administrators.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-05-02
Ice House..

will furnish ice during the season at
all hours. Give your orders in time if
you want it by the sack for picnics, par
ties, etc. ALBERT REED.
Apl 25 -3m
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-05-02
Notice

Notice.
Nice assortment OF dressed
CEILING. FLOORING and
WEATHER BOARDING
also SHINGLES, for sale by the
npl4-lm Macon Mercantile Go,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-05-02
9s-5th Ave N. Y. City.
Corn for
Rangers Notice.

500 bushels for sale at my Prairie place.
1888. II, N, HUNTER.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-05-04
A PETRIFIED MAN DEAD.
A Philade1phian's Remarkable Malady
Due to Surf Baths.


Due to Surf Baths.
After lying for fourteen years in one
position, with his body slowly turning
to stone from a most remarkable cause,
death came to the relief of George kel-
ler a shoe fnisher, on Tuesday at his
residence, 1925 Stiles street. His NAL
ady was entirely due to chilly baths in
the ocean surf when he was excessively
overheated. The case of Keller bafied
the skill of the most noted physicians.
His disease was what is known to the
medical profession as 'rheumatoid
arthritis," and at first the malady af-
fected his lower extremities only. Then
gradually it spread over his whole body,
until, at the time of his death, he was
able to move only a few fingers of the
left hand.
In 1879 and 1880 Keller, after having
been attended by some of the best ply
sicians, was treated at the Jefferson
hospital, but all the skill of that instltu-
ton availed him nothing, and the late
Prof. Gross pronounced his case incura-
BILE. In 1887 he was sent to the Uni
versity hospital, and the combined skill
of the hospital and medical department
of the university wrestled with his case,
only in the end to pronounce him lncura-
BILE. Ever since he has occupied his bed
in the second story of the modest little
cottage in Stiles street, with his mother
as his attendant, until last winter, when
she died. The duty of caring for him
then devolved upon his brother-n-laW,
Edwin Tracey, and his sister, Mrs.
Tracey.
During these many years Keller suf-
fered at times the most excruciating
pains, sand to add to his affection he was
frequently annoyed with Indigestion.
But through all his suffering he pre-
served a cheerful demeanor. He was
always pleased to have his friends call
upon him, and he would talk to them
for hours at time. He was great
his side.
Keler's aff1iction is ascribed to IN in
discretion on his part when he was still
a young man. He was about Il years
of age and the almost perfect embodi-
ment of strong, healthy physical man
hood when he accompanied an excursion
party to Atlantic City.
After dancing for some time in the pa
vilion and becoming thoroughly over
heated he, with some companions, basti-
ly donned bathing suit and plunged in
to the surf. The air was raw and the
water cold, and he became chilled.
After remaining in the water for some
time he, with some companions, INDUCED
in a foot race on the beach and again
became heated In this condition he
again took a dash in the surf
When he attempted to arise the next
morning his legs were heavy and stiff,
and he could scarcely move them. He
managed, however, to get up and go to
his work, but gradually began growing
worse until, about three months after
ward, he was unable to leave his bed,
and he kept it until his death.-Phila-
delphia Record.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-05-04
FAITHFUL FOR MANY YEARS.
Story of Couple Who will Wed After
Enrfv Years, AhSence.

Story of a Couple Who viii Wed After
Forty Years Absence.
Bent with age and his hair silvered
by time William Temple has returned to
Hamlet, Ind, his native village, as sud
denly as he disappeared in 1853, when
he was the accepted sutton of Della d..
Wise Forty years ago Temple quar-
relied with his sweetheart and in the
heat of anger they parted. Miss Wise
was the daughter of wealthy parents,
while Temple was in humble circum-
stances. The estrangement was fol-
lowed by Temples vow that he would
forget his passion until his position in
life changed.
No tidings came from Temple and it
was feared he had ended his life in fit
of dependency Miss Wise refused all
proposals of marriage, clinging to the
belief that Temple would return to re
claim her as his wife. Temple returned
from California on the 10Th of April
and next day the now venerable couple
cemented the vows made before their
estrangement in wedlock. Temple has
made fortune by mine speculations.
The couple will make tour of the East
ern states, after which they will make
their home in California.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-05-04

lock consisting of eleven pieces of
iron, steel and brass, all of which, to-
gether with the key to it, weighed but
one grain Of gold. He also made chain
Of gold, consisting of forty-three links,
and having fastened this to the before
mentioned lock and key, he put the chain
round about the neck of a flea. which
drew them all with ease All these
together, chain and flea, weighed only
one grain and half.
Oswaldus Northingerus, who was more
famous even than Scaliot for his min
ute contrivances, is said to have made
1900 dishes of turned ivory, all perfect
and complete in every part, yet so small,
thin and slender that all of them were
included at once in a cup turned out of
a peppercorn of the common size.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-05-04
CROSS FOR DE LONGS MEN.
Senator Chandler has Introduced a Bill
for a Monument in WoOdlawn.

Senator Chandler has Introduced Bill
for Monument in Wood1awn.
A national monument will be erected
over the dead of the Jeanette Arctic eX-
ploring expedition in Woodlawn ceme-
terry, New York, if legislation now before
has introduced bill in the Senate ap-
propriating 100000 for it's erection.
The monument is to be fac-simile Of
that built by Engineer-in-Chief George
w. Melville at the mouth of the Lena
Delta to mark the spot where he had
buried the bodies of Lieut.-Com. George
w. De Long and his companions, who
had died while struggling to reach civil
ization
The Jeanette was abandoned before
she disappeared beneath the waves, and
three boats, the first under the com
mand of Lieut.-Com George W. De
Long, and containing fourteen men; the
w. Chip, and carrying eight men. and
the third, with Chief Engineer Melville
in command and eleven men, retreated
across ice and water. The second cut
ter, with eight persons, commanded by
Lieut. Chip, has never been heard of.
Engineer Melville found the bodies of
the De Long party and erected, with
it's foot placed in rock, cross p feet
high, made Of a spruce spar 13 inches in
diameter at the base, with a large cross
arm faced to a width of ID inches.
These are the bodies of those buried in
Woodlawn over whom it is proposed to
erect the monument: Lieut.-Com. G. W.
De Long, w. Lee, A. Gortz, A. DRESSER,
n. Iverson, III. III. Rack and All Sam.
The proposition in Senator Chambers
bill is to erect a fac-simile of this struct-
ure in Woodlawn cemetery over the re-
mains of the members of the De Long
party, which were removed to the United
States in 1884. Where wood was used,
the proposed tomb is to have bronze.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-05-04
Don't be in a Hurry.

A period of four months in summer
and six months in winter is thought by
sanitarians to be the necessary time that
should pass before new houses are ready
to be occupied. If when such house is
properly ventilated and heated there is
belief that it is still damp, test may
be made by placing fresh lime in the
rooms after the doors and windows are
Theoretically closed. Use one kilogramme
of the lime, and weigh it in twenty
four hours. If it has absorbed more
than ten grammes or 1 per cent. of wa
ter, the rooms is too damp to be health
fY11
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-05-04
Drinks a Pint Of Alcohol a Day.

Uncle Daniel Webb of Pinckney, a
very old man, requires a nint of clear
alcohol per day to keep him alive. He
has always drank more or less, but since
his wife died; two years ago, he has
in it's strongest form. He is helpless and
can live but short time.-Detroit Jour
nal
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-05-04
Atchison's Hero.

The real hero of the town is 13-year-
old boy who lives in Price addition. His
mother is dead, and there is quite large
family of young children, yet he keeps
house for his father and takes care of
his brothers and sisters, and does it well.
He can cook and wash dishes as well
as any girl Of his age in town, and he
finds time to raise a garden, too. His
brothers and sisters are devoted to him,
and mind him as they would their moth
er-Atchison Globe.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-05-04
Young Lee at West Point.

One Of the strongest ILLUSTRATIONS tina
the war is over is furnished by the lis1
of cadets appointed to the military acad
envy at West Point, in which appears the
name of George Mason Lee of Virginia
For the last two and half years George
Lee, who is a son of Fitzhugh Lee and
a granddaughter of Robert 3. Lee, com
mander of the confederate forces, has
been a student at the Virginia Military
institute, where he not only stood wei
in his classes but attained the rank Of
color-sergeant of his company.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-05-04
The Car-wheel Puzzle,

II had a question put to me the other
day that I was unable to answer" said
a man who stood watching a cable car
go abruptly around the curve at Thir-
teenth street and Grand avenue.
Here is what puzzles me: The
wheels of the car are firmly fastened to
the axles, and the wheels can't turn IN
less the axles turn. The outer rail of a
curve is longer than the inner rail. Does
the outer wheel turn faster than the in
ner wheel; or does the latter slip?"
The other man had once been in the
railway business, and he quickly replied
That's easy. If you'll examine closely
you'll see that the wheels, instead of be-
ing perfectly fiat on the rim are beyeled
making the outer circumference smallar
than the inside circumference. When a
car turns a curve it has a tendency to
go off at a tangent, or, in other words, to
jump the track, which it would do were
it not for the fange on the inside of the
outer wheel, which presses closely
against the rail. The rail touches the
inner wheel quite distance from the
fange The result is that the diameter
of the outer wheel, where it rests upon
the rail is greater than that of the in
ner wheel. This difference in diameter
equalizes the difference in the length of
the curved halls. Both wheels reyolve
with the same speed at their aXles, but
the outer wheel traverses greater dis
lance, because its diameter, from the
axle to the point of contact with the
rail is greater. kansas City Star.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-05-04
Purify
Your Blood

Now, as when warmer weather comes and
the tonic effect of cold bracing air is
gone, your weak, thin, impure. blood
will not furnish necessary strength.
That tired feeling, loss of appetite. will
open the way for serious disease, ruined
health, or breaking out of humors and
impurities. To make pure, rich, red
blood Hoods Sarsaparllla stands I'M
equalled. Thousands testify to its
merits. Millions take it as their
Spring Medicine. Get Hoods, because
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-05-04

There is just a little ap-
petizing bite to HIRES Root
beer /; just a smack of life and
good flavor done up in tenn
perance style. Best by any test.
Made only by The Charles E. Hires Co.. Philadelphia.
A Csc package makes gallons. Sold every where
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-05-04

The great hammer at the Woolwich
Gun works, Woolwich, England, weighs
forty tons, and it's drop is sheer fall
Of forty-four feet three inches.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-05-04

The English Royal Naval architect
says that a perfect modern man-of-
war should weigh not less than $4,000
tons. and cost at least 100000 or
$10,0OO,0OO
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-05-04
DIR. Dunant Forgotten.

The founder of the Red Cross society,
Dr. Henri Dunant, is living almost for
gotten in the hospice of Heiden. in the
Swiss canton of Appenzell The horror
with which he contemplated the terrible
scenes that followed the battle of Sol
ferino, June "a, 1859, first moved him
to make an appeal for the protection Of
the sick and wounded in war Dr. Dun
ants efforts were at length rewarded by
the conclusion, August, 1864, of the Ge-
neva convention and the institution of
the Red Cross society.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-05-04

| believe my prompt use of Piso's Cure
prevented quick consumption.-Mrs Lucy
Wallace, Marquette, Kas., Dec. u, ,90.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-05-04

Do not wear impermeable and tight
fitting hats that construct the blood yes
sells of the scalp. Use Halls Hair Re
newer occasionally and you will not be
bald
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-05-04

For 81 years Dobbins Electric Soap has been inetdt
ed by INSCRIPTIONS soap makers. Why? Because II
is best OF al and has, an immense sale. Be and
get D0b6ias' and take other Your grocer has it,
or will get it.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-05-04
GET A FARM NOW.

There is part of the country where farmers last
year had the largest crops and made money This is
in NORTHERN WISCONSIN on the line of the Wis
consin Central Railroad. There has been a demand
for every product raised, well for the timber and
cordwood cut, and bark Tor tanneries sold at good
prices. Greatest dairyng country in the world. Any
get employment. Full particulars with maps sent
free to any address,. Write to Land Department
wisconsin Central Railroad. Milwaukee,
Wisconsin,.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-05-04

Fits.-All Fits stopped free by DR.. Kline
Great Nerve RestOrer. No Fits after the
first days use. Marvellous cures. Treatise
and 50. 90 trial bottle free to Fit cases. Send
to DR.. Kline, 931 Arch ST.. Philadelphia, Pa.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-05-04

"A strike of $500 ore has been made
in the Devils Head claim, on Bernard
creek, about three miles west of Gillett,
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-05-04

-Suisun, Cal, shipped a box of cher
ries to Chicago on April 3. This is the
earliest shipment ever made from Cali
fornia
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-05-04
MILWAUKEE STEAM BOILER WORKS
]. w. EVIsTON, Proprietor.

FOR SALE-21 BOILERS-New and second hand,
in irstcass condition, from to So horse power in
Horizontal Tubular, Fire Box and Upright Boilers,
wAUKEE STEAM BOILER WORKS, 2sS and 235 Oregon
in want of boiler to examine them as they will he
sold below cost All repair work promptly attended to.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-05-04
Minute Workmanship.

In the twentieth year of Queen Eliza
, BETH says an English contemporary, a
blacksmith named Mark Scaliot made
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-05-04

New Kai Ki Wash Silks for Waists at
10 and 25c a yard
Shirtwaists with detachable collars at
39c and 49c. Send for illustrated cata-
logue.
ESPENHAIN DRY GOODS CO.,
Milwaukee. Wis.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-05-04
Spring
MI edicine

Your blood in Spring is almost certain to
be full of impurities-the accumula-
ton of the winter months. Bad ven
tilation Of sleeping rooms, impure air
in dwellings, factories and shops, sover-
eating, heavy improper foods, failure
of the kidneys and liver properly to do
extra work thus thrust upon them. are
the prime causes Of this condition. 1t is
of the utmost importance that you
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-05-04

Mrs. WiMsIOW's SOOTHING SYRUP for chill
dren teething softens the gums reduces inflam-
nation, allays pain, cures wind collie 25c bottle
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-05-04


The plain. unpalatable fact must be
stated, that in spite of the presence
among us of many persons whose lives
are regulated by spirit of the finest.
most thoughtful courtesy, as people we
Americans are noisy, boastful aggres-
sive, glorying in our ''push" and self-as-
sertiveness. and quite content that these
most disagreeable features of our Ra-
tional character should obscure our bet
ter and nobler qualities which lie be-
meath.
Let us be as resentful as we will, and
abuse to our hearts content the insolent
foreigner or the unpatriotic native who
says that there are some very weak
places in our armor, and then let us con-
fess to ourselves that our armor is weak,
and take counsel of our better and I'M
selfish selves how it may be mended.
Then. and not till then. shall we cease
to hear of "our dreadful American man
s.'-From '"The Presumption of
Sex" by Oscar Fay Adams.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-05-04
Ate Both Figs.

Several years ago an elderly gentle
man, residing on his own estate in a
northern county, walking one day
through his garden, stopped before a
fig tree on which were two figs ripening.
His favorite fruit were figs, and he
looked upon the two fine specimens, for
summer often came and went without
the fruit coming to maturity.
Shortly after he met his gardener, who,
assuring him the fruit were quite ripe,
was requested to send them to the sum-
mer house, where his master was about
to rest.
Picking the figs, the gardener sent his
little boy Of seven with the basket. On
the way the little fellow stopped, and,
removing the leaves, gazed upon the
tempting fruit. The attraction was too
great; he ate one. Covering the other
with the leaves, he proceeded upon his
errand.
On being asked if the gardener had
not sent two figs, the boy, after a mo-
ment's silence, answered:
81 ate one''
"You ate one? How?' exclaimed the
old gentleman angrily. 'How did you
come to do that?''
Dropping his eyes to the basket. 81
took it like this" said the child, taking
the remaining fig; "and | ate it like this"
And, suiting the action to the word,
he consumed the second fig before the
astonished eyes of the old gentleman
London Answers.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-05-04
A Clever General.

IA SlcVCE 0CACfdIs
Brigadier-General Sir Herbert Kitch-
ener, sirdar of the Egyptian army, who
will have command of the Egyptian ex-
petition to the Soudan, is only forty-fve
years of age, did not join the army I'M
til January, 1871, and is only major
in the corps of Royal Engineers. But he
has been called the greatest living fight
er of Arabs. He knows their language
and their customs, religious and social,
and is able to go among them in dis
guise with impunity. During the Nile
campaign, boatload of English soldiers
were proceeding up the river, close to the
bank, when they passed an Arab propell-
ing an irrigation wheel. He warned
them to keep to the other shore, but the
voyagers only laughed at his words.
Then they ran aground. The Arab de-
scended to the bank and remarked in ex-
cellent English, "You - fools, l told
you to keep away, The Arab was
Egyptian major, disguised to get into
the secrets of the Dervishes.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-06
OLD SOLDIERS
OF West Virginia Regiments to
Meet Here IN Reunion.
MEETING TO ARRANGE MATTERS


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,.aa ~, g., 49, s,""s" aar,n. -.
""' '"'' wv NV P"'pose VI n''"',N :"
rangcments for q reunion this fall, The
meeting was called to order at . o'clock
o,1 Ju1,a ri, ,o. No,,I, w,s ct,o.o,
"
chairman win George H. CRAWFORD or
WellSburE. secretary. Among those
| present wcro Tho fol,nwinr: Cantaln
~ , p..us. 49, r,.... ,,,,,t,
49, i''M'h'S' JUICY mayer "e'''"'
John J. McAdamS ana william john
son, OF Wheeling. Captnln Henry Sen
n,n a, n~t,rndsv,uo. n rraw,,rd
80 49,, u,u.n
anu George W. Nhi'c' OF Ne!iSpurE'
w. VI. Dunlap, OF West Alexander, and
Captnln C. G. Matthew'S. of Mounds.
,,,rt,
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The organizations represented were:
First, Twelfth and Fifteenth West
vIr,i,t, I,t,p,rr. tL,,,ras. and oar
49, -,
Ihs batteries ana FIRST West virginia
Cavalry.
After n short d~lacussIon a was de-
49, :. 80. a., - .. q.