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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-05-15
WHY the Irjshmuu Omit.

There was once an lrishman vino
sought employment as a diver, bring
ing with him his native enthusiasm
and Il certain amount of experience. AL
though he had never been beneath the
water, he had crossed an ocean of one
variety and swallowed nearly an ocean
Of another. But he had the Hibernian
smile which is convincing, and the firm
Glanced to need a new man. And so
on the following Monday morning Pat
hid his smile in a diving helmet.
Now, the job upon which the crew to
which Pat had attached himself was
working was in comparatively shallow
water. and Pat was provided with Il
pick and told to use it on a ledge below
in the manne with which he was IA
miliar.
Down he went with his pick, and for
about Is minutes nothing was heard
from him. Then came a strong, de-
termined, deliberate pull on the rope,
indicating that Pat haG a very decided
wish to come to the top. The assist
ants pulled him to the raft and removed
his helmet.
"Take aft the rist av it." said Pat.
"Take off the rest OF it?"
"Yis," said Pat. "Oill work. no
longer on a domn job phere OF can't
spit ON me hands."-Boston Budget.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-05-15
ReSCUlNG GAME IN THE ALPS.
HOW II M%ountaincers shovel Deer
from Beneath AyaIanches.

Deer and such large game suffer
greatly in the Alps from the avalanches,
When everything which they are ac.
customed to seek for nourishment is
covered several feet in snow hunger
adds its pangs to those of cold. Some
Samaritans of the forest are in the habit
OF scattering food about in more shell
tered places. This, however, cannot be
OF great service, and thousands of deer
perish annually from hunger. In the
Alps the avalanche is the third danger
which confronts the wild game, spe
cially in the springtime. A very little
thing, as a stone, a SNOWFALL, the fall
ing branch of a tree, may pr~ecipitate
them. In an instant a mass Of snow and
ice weighing tons starts down from the
heights with overwhelming force.
Usually a sure instinct keeps deer out
OF their path, but they are not infre-
quently surprised. Often through the
peculiar rotary motion at the sides of
the snowslide, and the consequent
churning up of materials, the game is
landed at the foot of the mountain, in
ouch a position that a rescue is possi-
bic. This is well known to the forest
ers' After an avalanche they hasten to
therescue. 1t is necessary to accomplish
the work in great haste. Wherever
there is a visible trace of game the
snow is eagerly shoveled away, and
very often an imprisoned deer is
brought to light. Very often the ami
mails arc half dead, and rude surgical
cid must be given to broken legs.-Cli-
cago Inter Ocean.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-05-15
THE RAGGED LITTLE BOY.

He stood beneath the taring hghts'
His clothes were thin and old,
The wind upon the avenue
That night was piercing cold;
lie tried to sell his papers,
But the people would not buy,
And while he shivered on the stones
\ tear stood In his eye.
what will you do when you're a mah'
\ strange kindly said; &
The boy a moment seemed 10 SMILE
And then he shook his head;
"I cannot tell you, sir. said he
And brushed a tear away;
"But mother says she hopes that l
May rule this land some day. A.
A lady fair upon whose hand
A diamond flashed It's light 4
A nome. stopped before the lad =
That cold and stormy night;
Her dainty fingers drew her purse,
And in his hand so cold
She dropped, with just her sweetest smile.
Some bright and shining gold.
"'When you're a man what Will you DOR
The wealthy lady cried;
'''Tll pay you back q hundredfold,
The little boy replied;
zone little room we call our home
Amid the shadows gray;
But mother says she hopes that
May rule this land some day.
Beneath the starry flag that floats
With pride from sea TO sea
A ragged coat Is no disgrace, ,
For here all men are free,
The little boy who shivers, in
His garments old and POOR,
May open, as the s~esldent, |
Some day, the white house door. (
We cannot cast the horoscope
OF every boy we meet
And jostle as va hasten down
The ever-Crowded street;
For a mothers prayers are answered in
A region far away;
And he who wears a ragged coat
May rule our land some day,
IT. c, Harbaugh, in Ohio Farmer.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-05-15
Turning Turf Into COnl.

Another plan for turning to account
forces of nature as yet dimly under
stood is reported from Scandinavia.
where q savant has discovered a method
OF converting turf into coal. The turf
is placed in retorts and gradually heat
ed to $50 degrees. The retorts are then
closed and the temperature kept ND for
seven hours. The tar and gas products
are thus retained in the coal mass TO
the extent of so per cent. and the re-
sultant is said to contain 65 per cent.
OF carbon, 8 per cent. of hydrogen, 81
water and 5 per cent. of ashes. Turf
coal gives about the same mount of
heat as seconds, and has been tested
both in Krupp's iron foundry and for
domestic purposes.-Chicago Chronicle.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-05-15

Take a good, compact piece of beef,
trim it neatly. Put a couple of spoon
fuls of fat in Il kettle, let it get hot, put
in the meat and let il scar, turning il
ever and over till the outside is partly
cooked. The object of this is to close
the pores of the meat so that the juices
will not escape. Then fill up the ket-
tie with boiling water, barely covering
the meat, and let it simmer slowly till
tender. Salt and pepper when half
done. When the meat is done pour of
the water, put a piece of butter in the
kettle and let the meat roast or brown
in this. turning it often. Pour in a
bowlful of the hot liquid in which the
meat was boiled into the kettle, and
thicken with a little -four stirred smooth
in cold water. A tablespoonful of to.
mato catsup imparts a very agreeable
favor.-Detroit Free Press.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-05-15
PRESS COM ENTS.

-Republican prosperity seems to
be the same size and shape of Cleveland
adversely. The thing hasn't even had
its hair cut.-Atlanta Constitution.
1t was supposed that the change of
administration would cause a general
rise in values, but so far the only things
that have risen have been the Mis-
sissippi river, the airship and popular
Observation-Disclosures Times.
When Maj. Mckinley was getting
up a tariff bill and proposed to take
hides off the free list a man from Maine,
named Blaine, called him down and
asked him if he wanted to protect the
republican party out of existence. Rut
the republican party has lost a lot Of
brains since that time.-St. Louis Ee-
public.
AS a revenue measure the Ding
ley tariff bill will prove n fraud and
failure, as a scheme of federal taxation
it is an outrage, and as a party meas
ure it will be u more dangerous and
deadly boomerang than was the tariff
bill that bore the name Of the prescott
president, a man who occupies his pres
cntoficials station solely because he went
before the people of the United States
as the only defender of the integrity Of
the currency in the field and put the
tariff issue behind his back. Has the
country been buncoed?-Atlanta Jour
nal.
The eastern goldite organs are
having a hard time in trying to make
the people believe that the silver ques.
| ton had nothing to do with the recent
political cyclones in various parts of the
country. AS a rule, they charge it to
the Dingley tariff. This is absurd, for
the Dingley robber tariff has not yet
been passed, and the people have but
little knowledge Of what 1t will be like
when 1t finally gets through the SEN
ate. The gold organs are simply stn.
pid. They were foolish enough last
fall to imagine that the silver Ixsue war
! deodr-lliuois State NcgisteE.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-05-15
IIF WE WANT SILVER RESTORED.
This Country Must Act Upon Its Ow"
Responsibility.

The so-called silver men, In the
limited States have no desire to block
the way TO a just and proper interna-
tioual agreement for the restoration oil
hinetallism. If the monetary system
known by that name is a good one or
iii be better than gold monometallism,
il follows, as of course, that II cannot
become a bad thing il procured by inter
national agreement.
But we do not believe that such an
agreement with the leading commercial
nations is within the scope OF reason
able probability under existing condl-
tiops. The two nations whose concur
renee is deemed essential are England
and Germany. The finacial policy Of
both countries is absolutely controlled
by the creditor classes. 1t is true that
the best economic thought Of Europe,
both in England and upon the CONT
nent. is in favor of bimetallism. But
this economic thought" is not the con-
trolling force in European politics,
While the great arguments in favor Of
bimetallism are unanswered, and VIII
remain unanswered, it is not apparent
that airy progress has been made toward
It's establishment. In truth, the ten
denotes seem TO be the other way. The
reason is perfectly plain. The moneyed
men, who constitute the worlds great
creditors, are benefited by the appre-
citation of money. 1t enables them to
collect their pay in money more valu-
able Ii. e., of greater purchasing power)
than that which they loaned. Now and
then we find a man whose generous in
~stincts lead him 10 surrender a pc
cuniary advantage. But such men are
few, and, as a rule, they do not belong
to the class OF professional money lend
ers. The latter are altogether insen-
sible TO argument based upon moral
and equitable considerations if those
considerations are opposed to their in
terests. When dealing with the money
lenders themselves argument in favor
of charging the money volume is SIM
ply wasted.
These same classes are all powerful
in shaping the financial policy of their
respective governments. There is no
form of wealth so potential as ready
money. We know something of its pow
er in our politics. The banker
controls the business man," the bust
ness man controls his employees, and to-
gether they, in large measure, control
the elections. In Europe, where uni
versal suffrage is unknown, where the
governments are either practically in
the hands of a single man or a select
few. it necessarily follows that the dis
tinctively creditor classes constitute
a relatively greater power" than they
do here. They not only influence the
elections in countries where elections
are held, but they influence the leading
Statesmen" and, in large measure, die
tate their policy,-National Bimetallist.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-05-15
WHY HARD TlMES2
some Facts and Figures That Speak
for Themselves.

for Themselves.
Why hard times in this country is a
question well worth considering. Why
such suffering as we have had for
years when the land has been blessed
with abundant harvest and with a
population disposed to active industry
with organized Industries of the very
best and natural unequaled.
\ recent government report shows
how the farmers have suffered from
low prices, and this gives us some light
at least. We give some figures that
speak for themselves:
In 1896 we produced 2,2S3,0oo,0 900
bushels of corn; the farm price for II
was 2l.5 cents n bushcl, and the total
value S401, 0O0, 900. In 1891, for a
corn production OF 1900, 100000 bush
els. the farm price was 400 cents a
bushel, and the total value was $780,
10000, or $685. 00, 900 more than the
farmers received in 1896 for a vastly
larger crop. A loss like this must af-
feet the whole country.
In the latter part of 1896 a slight i'm
proyement took place in the price of
wheat, owing to scarcity abroad, yet
the farmers got for the crop of that
year S202, 100000 less than for the
crop of 1891. The average of wheat
was 72.6 cents a bushel, against 81 in
1891, but we had the advantage Of a
failure of the European and Indian
crops, which forced up the price Of
wheat; otherwise we would scarcely
have got more than the 50-cent aver
age. With crops of wheat half as
large again as ten years ago we are
getting some $4,000, 900 a year less
for ii.
Oats make n worse showing. For a
vastly larger crop in 1896 the farmer
receives $40, 700, 900 less than for the ay-
crage crop of the six years from 1890 to
1926, and $4,000 less than for the ay-
erage from 1880 10 1889.
In these three great farm products
the farmers received $4,000, 600 less
in 1896 than the average of preceding
years. This decline in prices has been
going on for some 20 years, and If
cotton and other crops were taken into
the account the loss would be increased
by hundreds of millions more.
All this explains the shrink7ge in
everything else; in the prices of mill
and factory products and the wages OF
the mechanic, the laborer and miner,
Farmers and those dependent on the
marketing of their products constitute
fully one-half the population of the
union.
The republican party proposes to
remedy all this by increasing taxation
thereby making dearer those articles
the farmer has to buy. In addition to
this, their protective policy is calcu-
lated to seriously cripple our trade with
foreign nations where u breadstutls
and provisions find a market. Let US
not forget that the country during all
these years has been under republican
policy. The run is theirs.-Springtield
(Ill.) Register,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-05-15
SOME LATE NEW THINGS

A combined ice and roller skate re-
Gently patented has the wheels set on
rollers fastened to clamps, SO that they
can be sprung upward out Of line OF
the runner when not In use.
A newly devised luxury for use in
the bath tub consists Of o soft lining
made of sponges attached to q wire net
ting, to prevent the body from COM
ing in contact with the tub.
To assist in working buttonholes in
garments a simple invention has an OBJ
long ring pressed over the cloth after
the ~buttonhole is cut, to serve as Q
guide for the needle.
For use in exterminating bedbugs
and other vermin q small lamp is fitted
with a water compartment in the top,
with n nozzle. to direct the steam In any
desired direction and scald the pests.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-05-15
NOT BY THE PEOPLE.
4 Cnse of Government by the Money
Power.


The people last fall voted for currency
reform, and they looked for and ex-
peoted it, until they were given TO I'M
derstand that the republican campaign
promises were only a feature of n sort
of bunco game. A great number of
voters supported the republican candi-
date for the presidency under the as
surance that his election would promote
The interests of the bimetallic cause.
Those voters also were fooled, although
the president has made a show of carry
ing out the pledge of the st. Louis plat.
form. We are not TO have any currency
reform; we are not to have a bimetallic
policy. We are to have only tariff Of Il
high brand. High tariff has long been
an article of republican faith, and the
leaders would likedo put another robber
measure on the statute book, so that il
it should happen to just antedate the
return of prosperity, n pure republican
policy would be credited with having
brought good times. The New York
Press Washington correspondent thus
explains the failure of currency legis-
lation to materialize:
Leading republicans know that If the
house should pass a bill reforming the
currency or to permit pooling or any lesls-
latlon Objectionable to the silver combine
in the senate the tariff bill would be made
the object of their evenge.
The activity of the house In thrusting
upon the senate corporation or financial
legislation instantly would rekindle with
added fire all the animosities of the cam
paign, and the silver question would jump
to the front. There would be endless de-
bate, and the result would be the fall
ure of everything which is earnestly de-
sired. Above all issues the republican
managers intend to keep the tariff for
ward"
There's the whole secret. The repub-
lican party does not want to take any
orders from the people. 1t proposes to
show them that it knows better than
they do what they want, and while
there is something desperate about this
bluff, it will work we'll if the country
be favored with that prosperity, which,
it is widely believed, will not return
until something is done to relieve the
stringency that is caused by a faulty
currency system. That is, republican
defiance of the will Of the people will
go down with the people If il shall prove
TO be n success. but the chances for sue
cess are so slender that the republican
leaders may well pause before proceed
ing to the length of establishing a
policy Of robbery instead of one of re-
lief. They have no notion of pausing,
however, unfortunately for them and
their party.-Binghamton On. W
Leader.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-05-15
In Marble Time.

John" said n Somerville mother IN
her thrce-year-old boy, "how do YOU
ever manage to wear such big holes in
the knees of your stockings?"
] don't know, mamma" John an
swered thoughtfully; maybe I do IL
when ! say my prayers" Somerville
journal.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-05-15
and Best.

Very few shooters load shot gun shells
now that factory loaded shells can be
bought so cheap. 1t is cheaper and easier
10 buy than to load shot shells, and there Is
no question that the machine loaded are
better than the hand loaded. The shells
loaded by the Winchester Repeating Arms
Co, New Haven, Ct, are the standard OF
the world for reliability, uniformity and
strong shooting qualities, They are used by
all the best shots in preference to any others;
Winchester loaded shells can be bought of
all dealers in all gauges and loads. Results
show them TO be the best on the market.
Send for a large illustrated catalogue tree.
First Neighbor (proudly)-"My daughter
is learning the violin" Second Ditto sad
lYl-"SO | ear."-Fun.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-05-15
caution. Criticism at rutney.

Intelligent Waterman Ito inquisitive
stranger)-You wants to know which l
think1l win?
Inquisitive stronger-Yes; and T.hear
you're a good judge.
"That / oughter be. But may l ak
II you belongs to Hoxford or Cam.
bridgeg
"Neither; but take a great.interest
In the race"
well. then it's my hopinion there's
hesery likelihood Of another dead sat"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-05-15
sr,rr OF Ono, CRY OF ToLrpo, !.

IUCAS OUUNT1s
Frank ]. Cheney makes oath that nc lsthe
senior partner of the firm OF r, j Gheney
County and State aforesaid, and that said
firm viii nav the sum OF One Hundred Dol
lars for each and every case Of catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use of Halls Catarrh
Cure FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day OF December, A. ID.
iSS6. A. W. GLEASON,
TSeal1 Notary Public.
Halls atarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system, Send for testimonials,
free. +. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, U.
Sold by druggists, 75e.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-05-15
The action of the republican mi

The action of the republican party
in upturning the whole Wilson-Gorman
tariff simply because it was inaugu-
rated by n democratic administration
is child's play, and the drafting of a
tariff bill that exceeds the high average
of the Mckinley bill is criminal in its
folly, even from the standpoint of par
tisan politics. 1t disrupts trade, in
terferes with commerce. unsettles bust
ness and invites opposition that will in
sure Its overthrow as soon as the dis
satisfied public gets a chance to show its
disapproval ut the ballot b%ox.-Clntta-
nooga Times.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-05-15

You v really know how MAJ
eases there are to which mortals y ~.
ieet until you hear a crowd Of IA are Sb
talking together. -Atchison GlobSeu WOnsa
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-05-15
Making Extract Of Beef.

During the season $4,000 head Of cat-
tie are boiled down into extract Of beef
every week at Fray Beutos, south
Ameriea.-chIcago Times.Herals.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-05-15

After physicians had given me nm
saved by Piso's Cure.-Ralph Eripss NM wsI
Transport, Pa, Nov. %, 1898. S' W.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-05-15

Not to be provoked is best; but ~
never correct till the fume is moved
every stroke our fury strikes il sprnti ~
ourselves at last.-N. Y. Weeklv 4e ht
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-05-15
No-To-Dac for Fifty Cents.

Over 400, OOOcured. Why not let No.To-Bac
regulate or remove your desire Tor tobacco?
Saves money, makes health and manhood.
Cure guaranteed, soc and loo, all druggists.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-05-15

Teach self-dcnial, and make its nr,,,,.
pleasurable, and you create for tbpp 's "1uS
a destiny more sublime than ever ;sofd
from the brain of the widest dreamer 'uea
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-05-15

Every time a man looks thoughtful as
long as two minutes at a time, his wife be-
gins to wonder what is on his conscience
Atchison Globe.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-05-15

When some people make a fool bargain
themselves, they try to hide it by Dragging
on their shrewdness Washington Dem
oprat
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-05-15

As you chew tobacco for pleasure, use
Star. 1t is not only the best, but the most
lasting, and therefore the cheapest.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-05-15

They say that the ostrich can digest stones
and broken glass. We wonder if an ostrich
ever tried to digest an American radish!-
htnbison Glohn
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-05-15

"Why did that rude,looking train-boy
bite !he quarter | gave him." He's an ex-
cowboy from Texas, ma'am; and they fire.
~quently bite the dust out there"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-05-15

Do brides put a piece of their wedding
cake under their pillow to dream on?--
AtchisOn Globe.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-05-15

THE New York Tribune says that
farmers in England are suffering WORSE
than American farmers from the gold
system, which is the system of scarce
money. Many properties within II few
miles of London are deserted, as they
are in our eastern states near factory
towns. Farms that rented, near Lon
don, n few years ago for $1,000 rent now
for only $500. Houses that were valued
at $4,000 in 1875 are now only worth
one-fourth that much. Farmers are
throwing up their farms and joining
cooperative colonies as a necessary step
for self-preservation. England has had
the gold standard since 1916, and its
fruit is getting dead Observation-Disclosures
Item.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-05-15

as that a good hen, Uncle Josh~ q,
good hem" said Uncle Josh; "why H.. a
hen lays eggs as big as hailstuns. D st,',
Free Press. D'"ut
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-05-15

Anything first.class is hard to equal
Washington Democrat.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-05-15

The ~forerunner OF 4 train OF evils, which
too often eliminate fatally, is inactivity or
lethargy of the kidneys. Not only is Bright's
disease, diabetes, gravel, or some other dan
eerous integral disease Of the organs them.
selves to be apprehended, but dropsical
diffusions from the blood, rheumatism and
govt, are all traceable to the non-removal
from the blood by the kidneys of certain i'm
p%urities. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters de-
purates the blood. renders the kidneys ac-
live and prevents their disease.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-05-15

1t Is said we pay the most for vh,, !.
given us.-N. Y. Weekly. "Aa'a
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-05-15
Air. palfour Il looked unon - a

Mr.. Balfour Is loOked upon as the
political leader of the English bimetat-
lists. So, where Senator Wolcott fnds
anything encouraging in the European
situation it is difficult TO see. We think
he will yet have to plant himself .og-
ically on his own statement that il
"all rests with the United States. :
when YOU want q thing done, do II
yourself" is as good a motto now, as il
ever was.-Nationql B~imetallist.