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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-06-13
SOME ODDITIES.

Doctors affirm that spirits harden the
tone of the voice.
In Bond street, London, there is a bar.
Der shop where dogs are shaved, washed
and frizzed.
Lightning entered a house near
Orange, CAL, while the family was al
supper, and instantly killed a father
and his two o
Ostrich races are frequently wit
messed on an ostrich farm in Anaheim.
Cal. The owner trains the birds to
drive in single, double and tandem har-
ness.
The affection of an Indiana woman
for her husband caused her to fuss over
him to such a degree that he wants to
obtain u divorce from her.
The house of David Stohl, of King.
man county, Kan, was on fire. A neigh
Dor, George Austin. was viewing the
burning building, when the heat caused
a double-barreled gun in the house to
be discharged, and the contents entered
Austin's head and body.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-06-13
The Wheeling Maid.

For summer cycling fashion permits
the wearing of low shoes of russell
leather or kid. They may be worn with
golf hose i'll a color harmonizinp with
the suit.
A new thing is the bicycle belt for
women. 1t has attached to it a small
leather bag or purse. 1t looks like a
c%anteen. but 1t is intended for small
change, tickets, a watch and other
trities that the rider likes to have at
hand.
One of the best new bicycle boots for
women is fashioned like a mans dress
Foot. The sole is made of rubber, with
a roll in the rea of the, ,hall. TO kee,,
the foot from slipping
The vamp is Of pedal.
witE-<- &g1ove kid or soft leather,
The portion i~nclosing the leg OF
morocco or patent leather. There is
an opening on the side to facilitate
putting it on, and the boot Is fastened
on with a strap and buckle.-Chicago
Record.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-06-13
NOTES OF THE DAY.

Polo on tricycles is the latest Paris
novelty in sports.
The Carlton club, London, has about
1000 members. and is the richest in the
world.
Boston has just discovered that it has
streets to the number of 550with names
duplicated.
Princess Helene, the duchess OF
6parta's baby. is Queen .Victoria's 22d
great-grandchild.
Negus Menelek's queenhas turned an
italian private who can sing Neapoli-
tan songs into a court farorite.
Three steamers arrived at Juneau
Alaska, during n week in April, car
rying 4o4 passengers for the gold dig
glngs.
The people Of New York drink $780,
900 gallons Of whisky o year. The con-
sumption Of beer In New York in q
single year is 16o, 900, 1000 gnllons.
Once nor the proposal is 10 be made
in parliament for the abolition of the
Office of lord lieutenant of Ireland, and
the establishment of a royal residence
in Dublin.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-06-13
M.KINLEY ANp eusINEAs.
The Ohio Napoleon Is Not the Choice OF
the PeoDle.

The Ohio Napoleon Is Not the Choice oil
the People.
! The opinions Of some of the prom
inent London papers on the business
/ situation and outlook are considered
worth transmitting on this side of the
| Atlantic from week to week. The opin-
ions transmitted and printed here Mon
day morning were to the effect that
husiness-meaning speculation in
American securities-was stagnant and
would be stagnant until one William Nc
Kinley, of Ohio, should open his "pon.
derous and marble jaws" and deliver to
a Whiting universe his momentous opin-
ion on the money question.
These sapient essayists on business
affairs sum two things: First, that
McIinley's ideas on the silver question
are OF the utmost Importance to people
who nre interested in American securi-
ties; and, second, that Mr., Mckinley
may be induced any day to speak out
and set the pertubed business mind at
rest.
They are mistaken in both respects.
IL Mckinley We're the p~residcnt-elect a
plain and emphatic declaration from
him, like Cleveland's strong letter be-
fore his Inauguration in 1855, would be
worth much. But Mckinley is not presi-
dent-elect. He is not ever tine nominee
of his party, and he may never be. The
worth of manufactured enthu-
siasm may be completely exhausted in
less thar "a hours after the assembling
Of the st. Louis convention. He is the
candidate of his party and it
now looks as though he would be nomi-
mated. But parties sometimes do very
things, especially when they
ire founded on the principle of greed
not upon any great principle of jus.
ice and humanity. And if he is nom
mated his election is not to BIZ taken for
'ianted. The American people are not ,
I'll republicans, and a nomination by
he republican party is by no means
Equivalent to an election. The demo-
party is still alive, despite the eff
orts of rotten money men TO stab it to
cath, and its candidates may be elected
ext November.
AS to the second point, he knows very
tile of American politics who supposes
Iiat Mckinley can be induced to express
n opinion before election. He saw n
picture of himself the other day
pholding a banner IN which were in
his own words: "No one need
Z in any doubt about what the repub-
can party stands for. 1t stands now.
ever, for honest money and a chance
earn it by honest toll" Then las his
'es wandered to the spread eagle in
background he smiled in approval
nd said: That's business
The spread eagle in the background
copied from the silver dollar. 1t
ears a shield for a dickey and spreads
only its wings but its beak as it ,
Ills: I'm worth 50 cents; in God we
ust for the other So" I
That's business and it is all the .
that can be got from Mckinley .
fore election. The banner with the G
eaningless inscription and the bird !
tn the significant screech, perched I
ION a Rocky mountain crest, will have -
serve for the enlightenment of the
world as to McKinley's opinion \
the silver qucstion,-Chicago Chron- ,
e. q
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-06-13
QUEER THINGS.

Dances are frequently given at a
blind asylum in London.
Matches have not yet displaced the
finder box in certain rural districts OF
Spain and Italy.
There Is said to be a "hell's half acre"
In southern California, 40 miles souare.
in which every rod has a boiling spring
or a spcuting geyser.
Cattle must be very precious in Bor.
neo, when a COW receives the honor Of
an obituary notice in the official Jour
nal, Thus Q newspaper solemnly in
forms its readers that ian aged COW be-
longing to the government herd metits
death on the 18th by falling INTO a dixie
AZ a secluded spot, where It was unable
to extrlcuto ITSELF"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-06-13
a TYpE Of RepusLIcANIsM.


Z Quay Always In Favor Of Taxing thu
Many "a Enrich the Few.
The Courier,Jouranl some time since
suggested that Mr.. Quay was the typical
republican politician, and as such 9
very appropriate candidate for his
party for the presidency. The Pennsyl.
vania convention did not accept this
estimate in so many words, but it de.
scribed Mr.. Quay MS one of the party's
foremost leaders-"wise in counsel and
brilliant and able in action; at once
the type of the American citizen,
scholar. soldier and statesman"
This estimate is %overdrawn. Mr..
Quay is not the typical citizen, or
scholar, or soldier, or statesman. All
those positions are already filled by
dead men, and among the living there
are those who fit them better than Mr..
Quay. The convention should have con
fined itself to characterizing Mr.. Quay
as the typical republican politician.
His right to that cannot be disputed;
and, after all, this is probably what the
convention meant.
1t is the theory of the republican poll
tician that Office is n private snap. tits
his practice to devote his energies in
Office TO rewarding those who helped to
put him there, not out Of gratitude, but
in order that he may get back. The
Legislative power of the government, in
his contemplation, is for use in trans
ferring money from the ordinary citi.
zen to certain privileged classes who
have contributed large sums of money
to put the party in power. The process
of the courts must be stopped when n
republican worker is in danger of pun.
ishment, and if this be impracticable,
then the p%ardoning power must be used
to save him from punishment. The
people of this state understand how
that is.
Now, see how well this fits the career
of Mr.. Quay. When he became a men,
Der of the board of pardons, about 1879,
two of his henchmen were arrested for
bribery in connection with an attempt
to put through a So, O0O 900 measure to
pay for losses by n riot. One was con.
yicted, and the other confessed, but
both were Immediately pardoned by the
influence of Quay. About the same
time Quay and Cashier Walters, Of the
state treasury, took 100000 from the
public vaults and lost it in speculation.
Walters committed suicide and Quay
talked about it, but Don Cameron and
one else loaned him the money
replace the sun distracted, so that
he determined to continue his career
as a republican politician, "wise In
counsel and brilliant and able in &C.
In 1885 he became state treas
urer, distracted $500, 900 from the treas
lry, invested it so well as to be able
replace = and make a clear profit OF
100000. This showed such brilliancv
N action that he was shortly afterward
elected to the United States senate.
There are many other incidents in
luay's career of a similar tenor, all
ending to show that no politician
'mong his fellow republicans has so S
iuccessfully worked public Office for c
lis own individual benefit and that of '
lis aiders and abettors, as he has done.
Courier-Journal. {
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-06-13
HE SPURNED THE TRIBUTE.
SO the Indignant Opera Singer Threw
Choice Vegetables at the Usher,

SO the Indignant Opera Singer Threw
Choice Vegetables at the Usher.
At La Grange the other night the
star performer In n travelling opera
company was inadvertently made the
victim of a practical joke which every
body but himself enjoyed thoroughly.
On the evening of the performance one
OF the company was indisposed and a
resident of La Grange who had preyi-
ously taken the part in a local company
consented to go on. The local singer
Is a Well-known man about town. be-
longs to all the secret orders, and has
a host of friends, who could not miss
such an opportunity to testify to their
esteem. All the boys were duly noti-
fled and came prepared with proper
testimonials. At the end of the Sec
ond act there were loud and continued
calls for the local singer.
In the confusion the leading man did
not distinguish the name, and, taking it
for granted that he was being called
for, stepped before the curtain and
made an elaborate bow. An usher adj
vanced with a large tray covered with
Il napkin the size of II small tablecloth.
The gentleman pulled out another stop
in his smile, and, lifting the tray with
one hand and removing the cloth with
the other, disclosed to view n very
choice collection of turnips, c%abbages,
carrots, onions and other d~elicacies of
the season.
White with indignation he dis.
charged the entire collection with the
force OF a Greek catapult at the head
OF the retreating usher, but as his ari.
t'tion was great his aim was CORE
spondlngly unsteady and nobody was
hurt Later the real situation was ex.
planned to him and after due acknowl.
eugement on the part of the person for
whom the bouquets were really intend
ed the performance proceeded TO n fri
umphant close.-Chicago Tribune.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-06-13
Three for u Dollar!

Three what? Three charmingly executed post
ers in colors. drawn by W. W. Denslow, Ethel
Reed and Ray Brown, will be sent free OF postage
TO any address on receipt OF One Dollar. All who
are aniicted with the poster craze" will imme-
diately embrace this rare opportunity, as but a
limited number OF the posters will be issued.
The scarcity Of a good thing enhances its value.
Address GEO. ii. HEAFFoRD. Genera Pas
senger Agent OF the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul Railway, Old Colony Building, Chicago,
Illinois.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-06-13
POlLtlcA Va. Letters.

First Little Girl-My pa is a great
councilman, and gives contracts for
sewers and things. Everybody has
heard Of him.
Second Little Girl-My pa is an ed
itorial writer on a great newspaper,
and helps to make history. Everybody
will hear of him when he dies.--N. Y,
Weekly.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-06-13
Halls Family Pills are the best.
National Republican Convention.

On account of the National Republican
convention, which will be held in st. Louis,
June 10, the Iron MOUNTAIN ROUTE will
sell tickets at a rate Of one fare for the round
trip from all points on the lin to st. Louis.
Tickets will be sold from Texas, Arkansas
aud Louisiana points, and at Memphis,
Tenn, Cairo, H., and Columbus, Ky, June
IL, IA and 10, same being limited to contin-
uous passage in each direction. For full
particulars address nearest ticket agent of
the company OF II. c. TOWNSEND, General
Passenger Agent, st. Louis.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-06-13
Sentiment and Reality,

1t was n pretty little love scene-the
picture they were looking at, and the
title was "The Old, Old Story"
"What is the old, old story?' she
asked, artlessly.
"0h, I reckon it is something about
getting robbed by the umpire, or some
thing of the Sort" he answered.-In.
dianapolis journal.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-06-13
Tho Professor.a niistake.

Energy" said the professor, 'is never
wasted"
Il guess" said young Fresh, "that the
old man never famed the air 50 hard
that he almost pulled his spine in twn
when two men were out and the bases
full."-Indianapolis journal.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-06-13
A Sinking Fund

OF vital energy is easily and pleasantly re-
p~lenishable. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
is an invigorant without q peer, and will
speedily iniuse fresh stamina into an en-
feebled physique. Besides this, it averts
and remedies malaria, and subdues bilious,
kidney, dyspeptic and rheumatic ailments.
The nervous derive great benefit from its
tjar.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-06-13
M'kINLEY BEFORE THE PEOPLE,
A Policy That Has Never Been Popular
With the Masses.

"A folicy That Has Never Been Popular
With the Masses.
1t is timely to recall that Mckinley.
ism has never once been ratified by the
people at the polls.
Garfield was a moderate protcctionist
"a protectionist for eXpediency's sake,
distinctly suspected Of free trade lean
ings. But for Hancock's tariff a local
issue remark-a remark whose truth
was less appreciated then than now
the tariff would have cut no figure In
1850.
The campaign of 1884 was one of per-
sonality and filth, Nobody discussed
the tariff that year.
In 1888 the republicans directed their
attack wholly against general reducing
OF tariff rates. Their war cry was the
preservation of the system then exist
ing. BY fat fried from the protected
manufacturers, they purchased a VIC
tory. The proposition that there would
be IL general advance Of rates was not
made to the people; on the contrary,
the republicans admitted that the tariff
i'll some of its schedules ought to be re-
duced, and pleaded that the reduction
should be done by its friends.
Then came McKinleyism, as the rati.
t%ication of Il secret bargain between the
republican national committee and
those from whom the fat was fried.
There was n general boosting of the
rates all along the line. 1t is unneces.
sary to recall the accompanying scan.
dals, or the opinion expressed by Blaine
and other republicans in touch with the
popular opinion. What of the cam.
paigns that followed?
In 1890, the republican party, with the
Mckinley tariff as the issue, was all but
annihilated. In 1892, with the McKin.
ley tariff still the issue, it lost for the
first time since the war control of all
the departments OF government. In
1894, returning to partial power by mis-
representation and falsehood as to hard
times, themselves the heritage of Nc
k~inleyism, the leading republicans
nevertheless distinctly denied that they
were pledged to a reenactment of the
Mckinley law.
What is there in all this to delight
republicans at q Mckinley candidature,
or to terrify democrats? The people
have never yet cotlntenanced the policy
which will be endorsed WHO eSLs,y
is nominated, and there hasSE =
lelieve that they baaSS Sn 70
minds.-AlbanE~Al nged their
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-06-13
LOVE. Enoentricitiss.

She-Darling husband, look at our
sweet baby; amt he sweet? Which do
you 'spose he loves most, his papa or his
mamma?
He-Why, his mamma. to be sure.
She-No, he don't; he likes his papa
best.
He-Well, have it your own way; l
really think he does myself.
1t was then the trouble began.-To
Date.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-06-13
suggestIve

Scene on the balcony.
Marie lin ballroom nttire)--I wish
had a wrap to put around my neck.
Young Moonbeams-Won't my arms
lo?--Tsxas Siftings.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-06-13

DRoPsY is a dread disease, but 1t has lost
Its terrors to those who know that II. II.
Green d Sons, the Dropsy Specialists of
Atlanta, Georgia, treat it with such great
success. Write them for pamphlet giving
full information.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-06-13
T FOREIGNERS.

s------
President Faure, of France, is a great
lover OF horses.
The queen Of theiBelgians plays the
harp exquisitely.
Countess Hartenau, the Morganatic
widow Of the late Prince Alexander of
~Battenberg is about to marry an Aus
trlan officer Of high rank.
Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild's
yacht Roma is a floating palace. Forty
can dine comfortably in the luxurious
dining DON
II Abdul Hamid Khan, %s1'lta- 4 Ter
key, should lose he 4Id prnt-
'h'T S. 4
49, = S,o6o 10.5 Can break a
dozen glass vases with a revolver while
U~oilorinO mast them,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-06-13
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Get Mckinley started and he can
talk a streak. Perhaps that's what
Hanna is afraid of.-Albany Argus.
There is a good prospect now that
all the %convicts in the Kentucky peni-
tentiaries will be out in time to vote
the republican ticket in November
Louisville Courier Journal.
--Eastern bankers who drew on
Mckinley for an expression OH the cur
rency question had their drafts re-
turned with the memorandum: "No
Tongue."-Detroit Free Press.
Hon Mark Hanna must have been
nervous while Hon. Matt S. Quay was
ut Canton, for fear that the latter might
turn the little Napoleon into a boomer
for the Beaver candidate.-N. Y. Sun,
They are experiencing some diff.
slaying the Mckinley him-fam
L York people. The matter.
81 {: E amites are demandips
Il sss: s of the Ohi@Zg the
ss:s Z astty candidate.
j have tim their
80 president at
popularity will
Il ~ *szS4 balloon. The
I votes for him
zz ~ II ess men will be
& zfSza ~seryer.
q ssE1z s 3z5s ss.I hat Mckinley is
a4|sa Eyes with pledges
II To gain the presi-
has been all things to
never did a nan seek Office
Bf0fe perslstently or sacrifice more to
curry favor with more conflicting clc-
ments. If he shall gain the presidency
IL will be through such methods that
would insure the miserable failure of
any president SO elected.-Louisville
Courier-Journal.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-06-13

WHEN all is summed up q nan never
speaks of himself without loss; his accusa-
tfons Of himself arc always believed, his
praises ever.-Montaigne.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-06-13

II M reduced to great extremities again,
sighed the funny man, as he tossed off an
other Joke or two involving the Chicago
Cir. Chicago Tribune,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-06-13

THAT which history can best give is the
enthusiasm which it raises in our hearts,
Goethe,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-06-13

ALWAYS Cor AwAY.-"Did you ever hear
one Of Browns characteristic storiesin
"Well, no-not q whole one,"-Chicago
Record.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-06-13

ADvERTIsEMENT.-''A Swiss hotel wants
some Munich waiter girls in Tyrolean cos
Iume who can speak French. "-Fliegende
Blaetter.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-06-13

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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-06-13

SOMETIMES" said Uncle Eben, "when
er man asks yer fob advice, what he really
wants is fob yer ter guess his opinion an
tell 1t ter i'm. Washington Star.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-06-13

If your food is not properly digested, use
Dir: Carlstedt's German Liver Powder.
Price, Is cents. AT all druggists.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-06-13

IcASYoT speak too highly of Piso's Cure
for Consumption.-MRs. FRANK MoBBs, 2l5
w. I'D ST., New York, Oct, 80, 1894.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-06-13

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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-06-13

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from the public eye for nine years at least.
Horace.
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THE trouble with most people who change
their minds on public questions is that they
cannot understand why everybody else
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-06-13

THE Jealous is possessed by a 'Hine mad
deyil' and a dull spirit at once.-Lavater.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-06-13

ScRIBBLER-''Jingle is a poet, isn't hep
Scrawler-'No, he's q commercial man. He
gets paid for his poetry. "-Philadelphia
Rpcnrd
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-06-13

LOOK how the blue-eyed violets glance
love TO one auother.-T. b. Read.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-06-13

HE-"I am told that your admirers' name
u legion" She (blushing)-"Oh, no, IN.
deed, his name Is Jones. brooklyn Life.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-06-13

stS5ddle bug, as a political *.
preston, has, it would seem, effected
"a permanent entrance into the vocabu.
larry of politics. Ii is now being used all
over the country, one paper in the south.
west finding 1t worth while to print
an alleged picture OF the insect. The
republicans believe that the expression
was for the first time used, in its po-
litical sense, in it's own columns, and
therefore views the quick spread of
it's use with more than ordinary in
terest. The use of gold bug by the sill.
yer men very naturally, of course, sug-
gested the use of silver bug, and then
came straddle bug to fit candidates like
Mckinley. 1t is interesting to note,
also, that in natural history we find a
straddle bug, which, according to the
Century dictionary, is "a sort of tumble
bug, a scarabaeid beetle with long legs,
of the genus C~anthon." This locates
1t very near Canton, and the superla-
tive fitness Of the expression will final.
" be shown If only the straddle bug
Mckinley is finally made to tumble
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-06-13

- correspondent wants 10 know
why Mckinley hasn't as good a right
to change his views on the monetary
question as Carlisle had. He has; but
the question is whether he has changed
his views. Carlisle has declared frank
y that he has changed his and clearly
defines his present position. Mckinley
is dumb. Yet he permits one set Of his
followers to declare that he has not
changed his views and another Ret to de-
clare with equal emphasis that he has.
That is the difference between the two
cases.-Detroit Free Press.