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HoUgEHoLb HINTS

Keep gasoline tightly corked TO pre-
vent evaporation, and avoid using II
near q lamp or hot stove.
The best comfortables are filed with
lambs wool batting, which is very light,
and much warmer than cotton.
Old, thin und~eriannels, too far gone
for other use, may be cut into tiny
pieces with which to stuff cushions and
soft pillows.
The woman who goes without o house
keepers paper in these days wrongs
herself and her family. Enough may
be saved by its hints and helps to more
than pay the cost.
While gasoline may be @ source of
danger il handled by Needless persons
or those unaccustomed to Its use, we
must not forget that it fills an impor-
tant place in domestic economy.
1t is not true economy to buy the
heavy seine Irvine fish-net curtains, no
matter how low the price. for, being
entirely of cotton, the pretty colors will
o fade.
An improved fryer includes q second
inside pan with a long handle, which
acts as a frying basket, and can be lifted
out easily, az the handle is always cold.
Housewife.
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which were not conquered by the Ro-
mans until 81 b. {. In the partition Of
the empire Crete fell to the east. 1t
was conquered by the Saracens in A.
ID. 623, and reeonqueTed in 95l. When
Constantinople was captured by the
Crusaders the island was given 10 Bon
iface, marquis of Montferrat, who. in
1904, sold it TO the Venetians who held
1t against the Turks until 1868, when all
but the mountaineers became subjects
OF Turkey. Instructions since then
have been frequent, and in 1880 the Is
land was ceded to Egypt, but was re-
stored to Turkey in ISL. AgeneraI in
surrectiou broke out in 1858, and in 1861
the entire Christian population joined
In an effort to throw off the Turkish
yoke. In 1865 the powers interyened "a
secure reforms and compelled the sui.
tan to grant a new constitution, WHOSE
provisions, however, were constant,
ignored BY the Turkish officials. Al.
other attempt to secure freedom and
annexation to Greece was made in 1874
but again frustrated by the interyen
ton OF the powers. A clanse was h
serted In the treaty OF Berlin promIsip,
extension Of the guarantees Of lsss
Tho Turkish Representatives prom
ised faithfully 10 carry ort III =
forms demanded. but the promise,
we're only made 70 b. broken, aud eye
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/; can play with great effect should i,
be compelled TO acquiesee in the pro-
posals to grant autonomy TO Crete
under the suzerainty of Turkey. AT
the Berlin conference OF 49,. Theodore
DelyanDis, now prime minister Of
Greece, made an earnest plea for the
incorporation of Crete with the Hell
ifInic kingdom. He warned the states
men constituting the congress that
sooner or later the powers would have
to face the Cretan problem and pre-
dictcd that if they could not arrive at a
settlement then they would eventually
have to deal with Thessaly and Mace
donia also, whose people were anxious
to become Greeks in fact as well as
zane. Mr.. Delyannis is now in a po-
sition 10 say Il told you So" for all
Macedonia is but waiting for the word
to drive the Turkish troops out of the
country, and the same state of affairs
exists in that portion OF Thessaly which
still belongs to Turkey. Greece itself
Is stronger than il was in 1878. Its gov
eminent, from King George down, is
immensely popular with the people.
Greece may be playing a bold game
of bluff, but the concentration of 90
900 reserves on the borders of Ihessaly
might De Interpreted as meaning that
she will carry out the bluff. The sui
tan evidently fears that active hostili-
ties cannot be postponed much longer
and is making frantic efforts to send
fresh troops to Thessaly and Macedonia.
Thousands Of reserves have recently
eft Salonica for the frontier. but they
were an ill-clad, poorly-ted crowd who
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-03-27

My tailor has promised to have my
clothes done tomorrow" "Do you
think he'll give them to you on time?'
"Oh, no.; III have to pay cash."--Yonk-
ers Statesman.
Not Half Bad.-Johnnie's Teacher
And now, Johnnie, tell me what the
last commandment is" Johnnie ia
street car touristl-" Please don't
spit on the floor "-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
-Visitor-"I am grieved to learn of
your mistress illness. Nothing serious
no great cause for alarm, | trust?'
The New French Maid-"No, monsieur,
nozzing beeg, nozzing grande. Some
thing-what you call %leetle, petite.
What zey call re Northumberland.
pox."-Tit-Bits.
-"Old Shilark says he is the man
who started you ON the road to fortune"
"The old villain tells the truth. All | had
when l was a young man was a 5o-acre
farm and he cheated me out of that.
Then / had to come to town to get some
thing to do and got into business and
got rich."-Indianapolis Journal.
"A Patron of the Divore Courts
"Did l understand you to say that you
are unmarried, madam" asked the law
yer who was cross-examining a Chicago
woman. Il do not know what you I'M
derstood me to say" replied the wit
ness; "but that is what said. l have
been unmarried four imes."-Pitts-
burgh Chronicle-Telegraph
Young Writer Ito editor of Monthly
Review)--"If you think my article So
good, why don't you let me put my name
to it?" Editor-"Because nobody would
read it if l did" Young Writer-'But
you had an article by the duke of Ditch
water in your last number, and you put
his name to it." Extraordinarily; but
nobody would have read it if l hadn't
-Pick-Me-Up.
An English lady, on 4 visit to Scot
land, attended public worship in a par
ish church at nc great distance from
Crathie. In the same pew were about
a dozen persons-farmers, their wives,
and herdsmen. Shortly before the be-
ginning of the sermon, n large snuff
null was passed to the occupants OF the
pew. Upon the lady visitor declining
to take a pinch, an old man, who was
evidently a shepherd, whispered, in a
very significant manner: TAX the
sneeshin', mem; talk the sneeshin'. Ye
dinna ken our meenister; yell need il
afore he's dune!"-1'it-Bits.
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Decline in pe.r,.

A curious effect of the plague in In
dia has been a sudden increase in the
number of pearls reaching the London
market, and a consequent marked fall
in prices. This is not due to unusual
industry on the part of the divers, but
to the fact that the native dealers at
bombay have been in such haste to quit
the stricken city that they have eagerly
disposed Of their wares at far below the
customary market value. One English
firm OF importers of Indian pearls has
accumulated a stock which, if placed
suddenly on the market, it is estimated.
would send down quotations fully 2s
per cent.-N. Y. Tribune.
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WINTER
THROAT Troubles of Children in Cold
Weather.

Catarrh microbes are guests with a
procliyity for introducing their rela.
tives, and another puzzling problem is
the management of children that are
always apt to catch cold. After months
OF shifting and coughing the little pa.
tient perhaps begins to complain of
pains in the throat; the trouble NAV re-
suit in Group, or something worse, and
the alarmed mother makes up her mind
to take no risks if she can help it. Out.
dngs are suspended altogether; in win.
ter the windows are probably nailed
down to exclude every breath of cold
air; but after all the youngsters cannot
be expected to submit to a pe~rpetuity
CT indoor confinement. Their wistful
looks, as they linger about the window,
suggest a desire for a change of scene,
end their mother at last consents to
take them to meeting or to the new mu-
scum. But that expedient is an appeal
from demons to Beelzebub, and a
graphic humorist, with a good deal of
hygienic insight, describes a crowded,
overheated meeting house as a place
where "Freddy's cough germs estab-
lish a colony in Tommy's throat; old
Jones consumption microbes hover
about in search of victims, and Smiths
departing influenza takes a fresh grip
on Jackson's lungs."-The Family Doc
tor, in Chautauuuan.
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since 1sso the cretans have struggled

since 1850 the Cretans have struggles
for liberty, :
1t is not generally understood that
in a measure, the warfare in Crete has
been a fratricidll struggle. The Turks
never had much influence in the island,
! except perhaps in a few coast towns.
Most of the lighting has been done 10y
the "othomanoi," who are renegade
Christians, Th~ree-fourths of the ma
tive Cretans are communicates of the
Greek church, the other fourth has en-
braced Mohammedanism. Historians
have time and again pointed out the
wonderful "adhesiveness" and fanati-
cism of Moslemism. and TO these must
be attributed the sueces OF the mineri-
". Religious renegsdes are fierce and
intolerant, and when these misguided
Cretans were encouraged by their
spiritual advisers 10 strike blows for
the prophe, and their holy religion they
became iends who looked upon the
destruction Of their brethren as a work
pleasing 10 the eyes and nostrils OF
Allah. The Christians, on the other
hand. have been divided into many
factions, each recognizing its OWL petty
and n~eglec,ing TO work together
for the salvation OF all, But with the
arrival Of the Greek troops a new spirit
came into the land. and every Christian
in Crete row yearrs for union with the
country which, in the hour Of di-est
need, came 10 the rescue.
From an international viewpoint the
existing condition ot affairs is intense
Is interesting. The powers know that
Greece has several trump cards which
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0 LNKIsTODOULAkIS.
fHR Wal CHIEF OF THE cRETAH

could not withstand an onslaught from
the muscular, weii-kept Greeks, unless
enough Mohammedan fanaticism could
he instilled into them 10 look upon the
war az a holy crusade. With this con-
yiction In his mind the Turkish soldier
at once beeomes a most dangerous enc
nay and most cruel and reckless fighter
1t has been intimated that Prince
Ferdinand OF bulgaria has made over
lures to Greece to join IL in a war
against Turkey and that King Alex
ander Of Seryia iS willing TO take an Of.
fsnsise and defensive part in this ALI.
anee. Should this prove true. the yaunt-
ed European concert" would melt into
thin air. and the great powers would be
compelled 10 take sides for or against
the pressryatIon Of the Turkish EN-.
plrs. But diplomacy. a. practiced At
1t. Petersburg, Berlin and London, IL q
mysterious game. The commercial and
financial interests, 10 say nothing OF
territorial ambitions, involved ia the
hnal settlement OF the eastern question
are 70 stnpendous that "A hours may
Change the position of fonr Of the great
powers. Thst Enssia and Great Britain
VIII be opponents In The final struggle
= the only esrts3Dfy. On which sdds
.srmany, frsses, Italy and Austria w1ll
ne found depends On the basgsiss tAe1
may y able 70 ssste
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-03-27

Pincushions in the form of vegeta-
hles, though no longer new, may be
made very attractive by selecting pic
turesque models and matching the
silks to the color Of the vegetables or
fruit. They are always taking at
fairs. The carrot, the bright-red beet,
the orange and the banana arc all easily
initiated in silk, and are often 30 "natur.
al that at first sight they defy detec.
ton. The horse-chestnut and the "iyy.
leaf are good designs for small cush.
ions. The cushion usunlly displayed on
The toilet table Of to-day is Of medium
size, and Is generally covered with q
piece Of muslin daintily embroidered in
silk or ribbon work. A great many
women use a quaint little china basket
Or box to hold pins instead Of a cushion,
On their dressing table--N. Y. Tribune,
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habitants, the fact remains that its de-
iauce Of Turkey and OF Mussulman
fanaticlsm called to the attention of
the world the pusillanimity Of the
great powers" which for years have
stood idly By while the suitan's MIN
ions massacred tens Of thousands Of
Christian men, women and children in
Armenia, Macedonia and other prov
inces. The invasion Of Crete by the
soldiers OF Greece has done more TO
impress upon Sultan Abdul Hamid the
uncertainty Of his position than all the
collective notes which have been left
al his palace By the ambassadors OF the
powers. II has coged the unspeakable
Turk to such an extent that he is glad
TO have the marines of Russia, Great
Britain, Italy, France, Austria and Ger
many act as his police officers and medi-
ators-a proceeding which be would
have spurned a few years ago. Whether
Greece is TO receive any immediate BEN
eft from its heroic and humanitarian
enterprise or not, the people Of Crete
viii hereafter enjoy a measure of free
dom equal 10 that granted a few years
ago to their brethren in Bulgaria. Aud
eventually, it may be taken for grant
ed, the island will become an inte-
grail part of the Hellenic Kingdom.
The island Of Crete, in which public
interest is conferred just now, has an
area Of about $500 square miles and a
population OF 10000. OF whom 100000
Sre Christians. 1t has been essentially
Greek for $500 years, As early as 1000
i. c. the Dorilns founded a number of
independent republics on the island.
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RHEUMATISM AND
GENERAL DEBILITY.


From the New Era, Greensburg, Ind.
Mrs. Henry Neiman hives at Sunman, Ind,
and a very coy home she has. too. re
porter recently called on her and found her
looking stout and well, showing no indica-
tons that she had ever experienced a day $
illness in her life. But her story, as related
to the reporter, proved quite different,
About two years ago" sad Mrs. Nel'
man, Il was taken i'll with sciatie rheu'
matism, general debility and female weak
ness. Nv trouble soon told on my en-
tire system. Ny cheeks became Thin and
pale, all energy lett me, and fell oil rapidly
in flesh. Then II was that the rheumatism
troubled me in my lower limbs. One at
tack after another came on, growing worse
each time, till | could not walk at all, OF
course | could do no work while in this con,
dition, which made lie truly a burden to
me. My appetite failed me and many a
night was spent in sleeplessness. Various
remedies | tried all without avail, when
was advised by Mrs, Henry 0sting and
others to try DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People. the medicine having done them
such a great good in similar troubles. l
purchased a box OF our druggist, Bigney 4
Co., and before | had taken it all | began to
ease. | continued to take them, buying a
second box. and when ii was nearly gone
was able to walk about as well as ever, and
have not been troubled since.
The medicine seems to have done much
good in this locality, as many Of my neigh
bors sTeak favorably of it and, as for my.
sell, can heartily endorse DR.. Williams
Pink Pills feeling confident that anyone
afflicted as | was could easily be restored to
their usual health by their use"
To svhstantiate her story Mrs. Neiman
gave oath as to its truth, the following being
the seal OF a Notary Public:
COUNTY OF RIPLEY, :.
STATE OF INDIANA, 30
Sworn and subscribed to before me, a
Notary Public, in and for Ripley County in
the state Of Indiana.
{Seall G. W. BIGNEY, Notary Public.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain, in a con
densed form, all the elements necessary to
give new life and richness to the blood and
restore shattered nerves. They are also a
specific for troubles peculiar to females, such
as suppressions. irregularities and all forms
of weakness. They build up the blood, and
restore the glow of health to pale and sallow
cheeks, In men they effect a radical cure
in all cases arising from mental worry, over
work or excuses of whatever nature. Pink
Pills are sold in boxes (never in loose bulk
at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $3.50, and
may be had of all druggists, or direct by
mail from DR.. Williams Medicine Company,
Schenectady. N. Y.
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A oE LUCK.
What 1t Brought to the O'shauEnessy
Set.

"Well. Mrs. Crimmins, what's III
news?" l asked of my laundress whe,
she had finished her weekly arithmeti
regarding the price of my clothes.
"D'ye remember hearin' me skpeak a
me neighbor, Mrs. O'Shaughnessy, he
thot rot tree hundrhed dollars along a
her husband fallin' off a buildin' an
breakin' his neck? Twas not that | be
grudge her her PROSPERITY; but l Sc.
at tn tonne, an l ridin' to the funera
in tn twinty-siventh carriage from III
~learse. an the flowers! an the band.
and herself overcome iviry tin minutes.
| seq to mesilf; Things can't go on like
this, Mrs, Shaughnessy, your luck''
hound to change sooner or lateher'-
not that 1 was begrudgin' her, We under
sthand.
Sure enough, the other day sine come
in %rayin', an seq she 10 me: Mrs. Grim
Minis, will We lind me til use av your
front windows%
"'Fwot's goin' on?' seq /. Is ut a
funeral. or a murdher, or some wan hav-
in a ft% There do be a deal Nv inther-
tainment in our neighhorhood.
Its no psshtime I'm borrowin' your
window FOR. Mrs. Crimmins,' seq she; !
want tn loan az it 10 curse me daugh-
ter Mary Ann from, as she dhrives from
the church in a hack; she's there this
minute gittin' morried TO a man widout
the price av a license in his pocket
"'Not Mary Ann Shaughnessy'
seq l, wild the bringin' up she'shad!'
1.-The same seq she.
"'Th' ungra,eful huzzy.' sex i. Have
the window an welcome. Fwot a pity
they're not walkin', an We cud t'row q
Lan'ful av rid pepper along wild III
curse Ye niser can be sure whether
III curse ull hit or rot, but tn peppers
a matther sv aim,
81 spint a forthune on her sehoolin'.'
seq she; livery clint ay poor Pats broken
neck money that was lift from the
funeral win, to buy her accomplish
minis. l Civ her a quarther ay mu-
sic
"'She niver had but six weeks to
music me own daughter shpoke up
from III mkt room.
AN sot was long enough to have
til whole thing at her fingers ends il
she'd been Payin' attenshun,' seq Mrs,
0'Shaughnessy. An Frinch; | civ her
tin lissons TO French. an she marryin'
a man widout a penny in his pockut.
Wait till We hear III curse I'll put an
her, Wait till We hear nj. Faith, an
Ut ull eruddle your blood
An she kept on braggin' about tn
iiigant curse she had, till the door few
open, an in walks Katie Foley.
"Fw'y amt ye all at the weddin?' seq
Katie, Mary O'shaughnessy's come
from I'll church an her mother-in-law's
sent for q keg Of beer
"'Hoiee Schmoke.' seq Mrs. O'Shaugh.
messy, thin I'm too late TO curse her,
1t must be done as they come from the
church, or it's no good. Vera, werra
thot | shud stand here talkiu' an lose
tn chance
Mrs. O'Shaughnessy,' seq I, so long
as you've lost your chance at cursing her
'twould be a pity to lose your chance at
III beer.'
Its true for We, Mrs. Crimmins,
seq she, wen all go around to old WON,
an Dolan's an make ut up
An make ut up they did, the auld
woman beginnin' to cry into her sicond
glass. Sure'n they're both liyin' Off
her now, an he nothin' to do. 'Twasn't
thot begrudged her, but | knew at tn
time her luck I'D change."-The Sym.
postum.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-03-27

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New Haven, CT, are the largest manufac-
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means to shoot Winchester ammunition,
for the best results are always obtained BY
the combination of Winchester guns and
Winchester ammunition. This company
sends a large illustrated catalogue free upon
request.
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UP IN a
Sensations Produced by Its Rising
and Falling.

A dim sunlight strikes us in the bal
Icon. Suddenly we realize we are in
bright sunshine again, with fleecy
white clouds below us and a deep blue
sky above. Look at the shadow of the
balloon on the clouds! See the light
prismatic colors like a halo around the
shadow Of the car. Here we are all
alone, in perfect silence, in the depths
Of a great abyss-massive clouds tow
eriIg up on all sides, a snowy white
mass below. But no sign of earth-no
sign Of anything human. Not a sound,
not a sign of life! What peace! What
bliss! Horrors! What's that report?
The balloon must have burst. Oh, non
seIse! Keep still! It's only a fold OF
the stuff nipped by the netting being
suddenly released; that's all.
Well, we are falling, for, see the bits
Of paper apparently ascending. And
we must take care, for the GOODNESS and
dampness of this cloud will cause the
| gas to contract and we shall fall rapidly.
So get a bag of ballast ready. for we are
already in the darkness of the cloud.
Now the gas bag shrinks and writhes,
ard the loose folds rustic together, and
it gets darker. You can feel the breeze
blowing upward against your face OF
hand held over the edge of the car.
Well, that's not to be wondered at, for
remember we r falling, say 1000
feet a minute, which is the same thing
as II we were going along ten miles
an hour sitting in a dogcart. Not quite
the same, you say-you'd sooner be in
the cart? Well, perhaps If the horse
were going straight at a wall, without
the possibility Of being able to stop him,
you would think otherwise. But lookl
There is the earth again; so out with
your ballast. Go on! Pour out plenty:
there's no good economizing.-Black
woods Magazine.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-03-27

New Guinea is the home of the most
wonderful feathered creature known
to the student Of ornithology-the aw.
full rpir n'doob, or bird Of DEATH A
wound from the beak of this creature
causes excruciating pains in every part
Of the body, loss Of sight, speech and
hearing, convulsions, lockjaw and Ger,
tain deatb.--N. Y. Sun.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-03-27
Spanish TaPtlets.

Line IL CREASED patty tins with
pastry. Put q piece of stale crust OF
bread in each to prevent the center fill
ing up and bake them. Remove the
crust. Put into each . tablespoonful OF
red currant jelly or jam. Then All M
The cases with some apples that have
been peeled, cored, sliced. cooked TO a
PULP, and then rubbed through ! sieve.
Take . white Of an egg, beat 1t to a
rerystiif froth. Stirintoitlightly two Ia
DIespoonfuls Of sugar. Putt on rough
~ over the tops Of the tarts. Sprinkle
over with graduated sugar. Put in n
sery slow oven till a pale brown and
slightly crisp. Serve hot or cold
s<@s.Da Globe, -
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Bangs-The police won't allow II
old blind apple woman to build her
stand on the corner Of that vacant build.
ing lot any more.
Fangs-Poor old woman! That Il
the second time she has lost her site
Philadelphia Press.