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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-06-26

MIR. TOLLIOTT had just finished

MIR. TOLLlOTT had just iinlsheu
wi his dinner.
Mr., Folliott was a very rich man, and
his cook had once been a pupil Of the
great Soyer, so that the meal, nj
though transformations in every respect,
was of the best and choicest. The as
raragus soup, a delicate young baked
shad, roast ham with champagne sauce,
n salad, coffee, sweets-all these things
Mr.. Folliott enjoyed because, in their
way, they were perfect. And he was
Just culling out a few monster straw
berries from among their green leaves
when a footstep sounded on the YER
andn.
He looked quickly up. a tall child OF
10 stood there, her face flushed, her
hair disheyeled, and her thick boots
powdered with the fine dust of the
roads.
81 am so hungry" burst inyoluntari,
" from her lips. Cant have II Of
those cakes?"
Mr.. Folliott frowned and shook his
head.
"lf YOU are a beggar," he said, "yor
had better 90 around to the back door
Mrs. Hanford will give you something
dare say"
The child blushed deeply, and drew
herself up with something of uncon
scious dignity.
I'm not n beggar," she said. "Can'
a girl be hungry without being a beg
gar? have come here to look for Pau
| Folliott."
That's my name," said the old gen
tleman, Il little suspiciously.
Chen" said she, %composedly, 81 hav'
come here to be your little girl. an
Oracle Bellairc. My papa was Col
| Bruce Bellaire, and when he died h
said that you would take care of me
Here are his letters And, now, please
let them give me something to eat"
And this Is the way in which Grac'
Bellairc came to the house of her ia
TIERS distant kinsman, Paul Folliott.
She was a pretty child when the dus
was washed out of her dimples and tn
shining brown curls were brushed int
something like shape. She had Bruc
Bellaire's large, dreamy eyes and eN
quisite Greek profile, and Mr.. Folliott
even while he experienced a thrill q
CONSERVATION at this new charge, feI
lis heart warm toward her.
"My dear" said he, "you are n mic
little girl, but what can | do with you?
81 could stay here and play, couldn'
IL" said Oracle, in%nocently.
But there is something else in tn
world for little girls to do besides play
ing" said Mr.. Folliott-and so he too
counsel with Mrs. Hanford, his hous'
keeper.
Dear heart, sir" said that kind
parsonage, sit seems to me plai
enough. Why don't you send her
Mrs. John Folliott? Don't you remen
Der last summer, when she was hel
and you helped her out with the deb
that troubled her 81 badly, she d
clared she would do anything in Il
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-06-26
WARS GROWING SHORTER.
Modern Appliances Have Made I'll

With the exception of the Franco
rrussian war, the greatest war which
Europe has seen since the days of Ma
poleon was the Crimean war, which
took place more tkan 40 years ago and
lasted about two years. The campaigns
OF Napoleon. of course, while they were
considered short as compared witt
some previous wars in Europe, were
certainly long as compared with The
wars of the past few decades. y dis
tinct movement in the direction of th'
shorter duration of wars is TO be no
tlced in the past few centuries.
The campaign in the Spanish Neither
lands lasted AZ years. Then FOLLOWED
the Thirty Years war in Europe, end
ing in the peace of Westphalia. Clyi
war in England lasted from 1912 to 1GGO
although hostilities were not in prog
ress all that time. The wars of tn
Spanish succession, of the Austrian sue
cession, the Swedish-Russian war AM
the Seven Years war followed, aver
aging about ten years apiece. Th'
Napoleonic campaigns covered neari
Is years. The Crimean war lasted iron
1854 to 1856. In the war of the rebel
lion in this country the world saw tn
latest wal which extended over fou
years of time.
Since 1865, with the general introdut
ton of the telegraph, the electric cabl
and the modern system of railway
war has become q matter of q fey
months at most. In 1866 Prussia dc
fcated Austria in seven weeks. PrusSl
defeated France in about two month
The war between Russia and Turhc
began in April, 1877, and was practical
finished by the close of that year. Til
war between China and Japan bcga
about midsummer, 1894, and ended
March, 1895, The present war betwee
Turkey and Greece seems to be pra'
tically ended in about four weeks frol
the outbreak of formal hostilitics.
seems to be shown by experience tn;
the important nations in these days
telegraph and railway cannot cor.lu'
wars for any length of time unless Il
contending countries are separated h
the ocean or some other natural ba
ricr.-Boston Advertiser.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-06-26

world to show her gratitude? And she's
got daughters of her own, hasn't she?
Who is there in the world that could
bring Miss Oracle up better than she?'
Mrs. Iianford, you are a genius!"
said Mr.. Folliott. "Why on earth didn',
] think of that myself?"
Mrs. John Folliott came to the Grange
ut portly, smiling matron.
"The darling!" she cried, enthusias-
ticaIly, embracing uracie, who looked
rather awed at the sight of so much
Splendor. 81 shall love her as dearly
as If she were my own! Poor, dear
Cousin Brucel How well | remember
him! You sweet one, you are the very
picture of your papa!"
So Mrs. John Folliott, greatly re.
joicing, returned to the brown stone
house in New York, whose rent was un.
paid, and to the daughters whose OK
pensive dresses were yet written W
on the wrong side of Mile. Surlitor'.
books.
Its positively providential," sale
| Mrs. Folliott. "a thousand dollars 4,
year clearly added to our mcconnell"
"I'ut there is that great, awkward
child to bring up" said Madalena Fol
lott, q handsome brunette, who hal
Just made her debut in society.
"Oh, that does not signify" said tn,
serene matron. "Her cost will be alb
solutely nothing"
And SO, in the course of q few weeks
Oracle Dellaire found herself s~ettlin,
down to the position of lady's maid t.
the three Misses Folliott. She sewe,
the buttons on Madalena's boots, sh
ran out on rainy days. when the yer,
chambermaid objected on ccoun O
the weather, to match shades of worste
and filoselle for Alicette, the secon
daughter; she washed Florence
poodle for her, and wept many n tear Q
bitter modification the while. And b
degrees her shoes grew worn and rust,
her healthy young growth outstrippe
the limits of the coarse serge gown
her homeland mantle became 10 shnbl
that she could not go out except unde
cover OF the friendly dusk. Once, drive
by desperation, she wore Florence
white chapeau and soft seal JACKIE
BIT she never repeated the experiment
for Mrs. Folliott met her on the stall
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-06-26
FIGURES ON PHOTOGRAPHS.
Phenomena Formerly Thought to he
SnnrrnnIMrnl.

turul.
II is no uncommon experience to find
upon new plates certain images for
which there seems to be no possible eS-
PLANTATION, their startling and unac-
c~ountaIble appearance being "wropt in
mistry," causing establishment not I'M
mixed with uncanny feeling. y gen
tleman made an exposure upon the in
terror of a friends house; he was doubt
full of the time, and proceeded to de
yelop for under-eXposure; to his great
surprise the plate developed quickly,
and to his greater surprise the image
was an interior quite different from
that upon which he had exposed. The
plate was from a fresh box and could
not possibly have had Il previous eN-
posture.
Another instance of the kind, having
quite a sensational and tragic ending,
is on record. An exposure was made
upon a view having a river in the fore
ground. The photographer, while de
yeloping this peculiar plate, was per,
fectly a%stoundcd by an appearance
which he had not seen while taking the
photograph, and for which he could
in no way account. On completing the
development there was plainly re
vealed, in the foreground of the picture
the figure of a woman, apparently float
ing upright in the water. Not many
weeks after, to complete the mystery
the body of a woman was found in the
river at the exact spot where the photo
graph had been taken. Again, not Ions
since, the daily papers were agitatet
over the account of a travelling pho
tographer, who, upon making an eX
posture upon the interior of a repute'
haunted house, discovered at one of thu
windows Il portrait of the murderer
man through whom the house hat
gained its evil name. In another cas-
three distinct images, having no con
n"ection one with the other, were i'm
pressed upon a single film. The plat
was exposed upon Il garden in Thu
evening-nothing remarkable being
seen-but when placed in the dccelope
a mans hat of old-fashioned shape,
child's dress and a dog We're distributes
ever the image of the garden. Sue
mysterious images were more commol
in the days of wet plates than now.
A few years back Prof. Burton in
vestigated the matter. Upon tracing
back the history of the glass he foun'
that it had been used for other films
and that the images which appeared I'm
doubtedly arose from the remains o
previous images. The old glass wa
thus proved to be the source Of tn
ghosts; it only deepened the scientifi
mystery, while it cleared away tn
supernatural. The glass traced by Bun
ton had been washed for some weeks
immersed in strong nitric acid, an
every means taken to insure chemic'
cleanliness, yet, in spite of all Thu
enough energy remained latent to forr
a dcyelopable image upon the new hin
whether by chemical or physical fore
remains to Zoe discovered. A cOmplet
solution of the difficulty would prol
ably throw considerable light upon til
nature of photographed images j
general; at least, it seems to indicat
that light is not absolutely essenti;
in the formation of latent images on
sensitive tilm.-Journal of lliotos
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-06-26

The Philadelphia Record says that
the scarcity Of cedar wood for cigar
boxes and other purposes has caused
dealers to look to foreign countries to
supply the demand. The steamship
Borderer left Philadelphia n few days
ago for the Colombian coast to load
u full cargo of cedar logs for the Phil
adelphia and Boston markets. The logs
are cut high up on the mountain sides
and are drifted down the streams to the
coast.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-06-26
One Dollar, or Pneumonia,

Railroad President - Hum! Seems
to me the receipts from our chair cars
are not as large as they might be,
Superintendent - No. The people
object to paying the dollar extra fol
such a short distance.
Prcsident-Hem! While this damn
chilly, windy weather continues, sc,
that the brakemen on the ordinary car.
politely open all the doors for passen
gers to get in and out at every station
and-and Politely leave them open un
til the train gets under full hcadwa,
again. Politeness pays, you Known
Y. Weekly.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-06-26
A MARYLAND STAKEHOLDER.
The Kind That Had the Love of His


He was n STAKEHOLDER who loved
freedom, of that class which our abo.
lition fanatics never UNDERSTANDINGS
for whom slavery was not Il politica!
conviction or a profit scheme, but n sad
Inheritance of responsibilities, to he
borne in the fear of God, until some
time, some way, beyond human fore.
sight, it might happily be done away.
lie and his kind never bought or sold.
except rarely, it might be, in the way
OF mercy, to save some poor wretch
from a bad master or separation from
his family, or the dreaded fate of being
sole an sont down SOUTH" Thos,
who were consistent Methodists obcyed
the unwritten law of their church il
that region and manumitted slaves AT
agreed ages, when they had served t
few years of maturity to pa,
Tor the care of their childhood
and were able to take care Of
themselves. They were taught tc
read, they were trained to pray
they were nursed in sickness an,
watched and guarded for their wei
1are, so that misfortune or derelictio,
in n of them was mourned almost as
family sorrow.-John Edgeworth, il
Chautauquan.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-06-26
WIT AND WISDOM.

-"You never heard of a war ship go
,rr 70 the bottom on her trial trip
81 sunnos the excitement keeps her
up."-Truth.
-"IIave Seribbler, the author anu
his wife made it up?' "Oh, yes she
ROW reads what he writes, and he eats
what she cooks. "-Tit-Bits.
DO YOU succeed in picking up a
Gying?" said the robin to the toad 'oh'
yes" replied the toad; but 1t Keeps
me on the iump."-Yonkcrs Statesman
Practical Philosophy.-"Whotst the
use of crying over split milk?' So say
inc, the milkman turned cheerfuIly 10
the pump and supplied the deficiency
Truth.
-"How do you like the new PROBES
sor's lectures?" "They seem eNtraordi-
narily dry, considering how many
%founts of knowledge he has."-Flie-
gende Blaetter.
Miss Passee II accepted Dick
| Bradford last night Miss louhSe-
Yes. l expected it." Miss Passee-
"Why?" Miss Younge-"Because when
| refused him he said the next time he
would propose to some one old enough
10 know her W mind."-Harlem Lie
Plain Sailing.-'lt seems to me-
said one young woman that lIarolu
talks more clearly on the tarltf thal
anyone else | have ever heard Yes,
replied Miss Cayenne. "He has the ao'
vantage of not knowing enough about
it to get his ideas confused."-Nash
ington Star. u
"A Rare Jewel.-'My wife, said th'
Young man, in earnest tones, rs I
Jewell" They all say that said tn
elderly man, speaking apparently t'
the wall. "But | know. OF course, you
won't believe it, but she watches mi
take my bicycle all to pieces without OF
fering a single suggestion."--lndianap
Ii, UA,,pnp1
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-06-26
In rHE TWILIGHT.

My hands are growing weary,
While from my setting sun
The gold is slowly fading,
And so much work undone.
Now every passing moment
Some task unfinished brings
To hands grown weary doing
So many useless things.
MY feet are also weary:
The ways they walk are hard.
The thorns have held and hurt Them,
The stones have left them SCARED.
Here, in the gathering twilight
They falter now n fail,
Poor feet hat stray so far from
The straight and narrow trall-
Away off in a canyon
| hear a lost sheep cry,
And on the perfect pathway
See happy souls go by.
But My soul Is weary
AS YEARLY | plod,
And all because I've wandered
So far away from God.
-Cy Warman, in n. Y. Sun.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-06-26

A bicycle highway woman is brand
new idea. yet recently two French Ia
dies Of rank, while walking along the
Corniche road, were stopped by a cy-
clist in boomers, who ~dismounted sud-
denly, produced a revolver and re-
uuired them to give up their purses,
icwelry and other valuables. The rob-
Der matron or maid placed the plumber
in a handbag and swiftly rode off be-
fore the alarm could be given.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-06-26
LETTERS 10 The MICE.
The Ancient Greek Method of Rid
ding Fields of the Pests.

uthH Fh'thN w ~
A fallacy entertained by many people
regarding mice is that house cats will
kill them. This belief is proved every
day to be erroneous. A mouse trap is
a more sure and less troublesome meth
cd of putting the pantry's infesters to
death. House cats, as time goes by, are
changing. Formerly they were active
by day and vigilant by night. The
tendency of improved civilization is to
make them sleepy by day and rovers
by night. They have their whims now
adays, requiring considerable attcn-
ton. Perhaps the superior intelligence
| of the Martians will make them useful.
Cats in Mars may talk for anything |
know, and mice in Mars may be so
large that they hunt the cats. Both
possess some intelligence, and both
have folklore.
The probability is that the use of
cats as mice eXterminators is compar-
ntively modern and a custom that origi-
mated in the occident. The story of
W%hittington's cat indicates that cats
were scarce articles in the rat-infested
islands of the east where the London
captain traded at the time the cat sold
for four chests of gold. No one who
likes cats and reads the story at this
late day can refrain from Il slight feel
ing of disappointment at Whittington's
parting with his cat. He might not
have been lord mayor of London if he
had saved his feline friend from the
fiery sun and high-spiced meats OF
Cathay, but the chances are that he
would have come to the front with
meddling with politics.
The Greeks were unquestionably
overrun with mice and Bishop Hattie
had troubles of his own with the rats
The latter hard-hearted prclate lost
wealth, dignity and life, but the Greeks
had a peaceable and gcntlemanly meth
cd of dealing with mice that is rather
unique. When Il cellar or a granary
was overrun with mice, the Greek su
perstition dictated that a letter be writ
ten in large readable ancient Grecl
aLn.aaon i'm .bo.o ,o,de.
.I adi,na ro, 600 Mica no, rrosont
,aith,r ~ ]innirra mo nor to let otbor,
,1o 60 n,ro Won yopdo, cold" (snoc;
r,;nu ono not Zoo fo, ,.r\ sand If oyo
uon Ia Goo, H.. tLo mo,ho
- ,La ,.Ja In +oon vo,, il eo,n,
-,
RIA roror CONTINUING tbove word
,,as 90 Lo rloood on g loroo rool, !,
49, e.,1 ,,i.L H. u.rif,u ,,omnoa,
u zone hoIiarod 40 ho on3ooain,,. az,
No do,,ht tboro ,,oro o,eo. tbot oorlI
aS.a4al taia
paa,lo % tho n,ason+ day ortor wao
;.a fn,i,Iaaa pnL inoTsotmaI ,ns
A. m;.L - au1 ~.
'L,1 sonao,i,~aa t,n. uritinm ,a4,o.a d,
H. aftar tha s,rIo 81 tho c,.oo1. 10,
. ~a,.Lauoh ,at;u a. maaI
.HN'
49, ia sno ,aat n.nar anan"ndI :.
- sa1
ao so,n1 nat .honr ~
~ N %
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-06-26

Rolling out of piccadnv
street came one of those sni., l9ts
carriages, gorgeous with erylod
dragons, heavily hung vii JS'uen l
pings, guarded by two m ~,.p narul
the rear, driven by a bSr IIrOOn i@
man in a curly wig, conta3su Marco
in white with lovely bomnung tp1
moment a sweep and His que's. n
ing into Piccadilly, with bIaeell VEN
brushes, having evidently i a
some affair of business, wb,o uSI III
vehicle attracted their attenga tAks
Bill, | wish we was themI's0 .,Is
swered Bill, much surprised ,py
to die the same as u.s. b,,. lAgl
over the "Meditations of MAY" N0 MI
in search of some more proioVas, y
upon the inequality of n l osuu n,
heap of ours. And in vain 'yis o. u
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-06-26
Social Distinctions

Dear me, l never supposed it," said
the Sweet Girl, laying down her news.
paper.
Never supposed what?" asked the
Horrid Man.
Here is n of those prize fighters
who declines to meet another because
the other person is not in his class. Who
would have imagined that those crea
lures paid any attention to socinl dis
tinction ?"-Typographica journal.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-06-26
WonId Arm the World.

If all the guns made by the Winchester
Repeating Arms Co., New Haven, Ct, could
be collected, there would be more than
enough to equip the standing armies of the
world. There are over 2,00O,00O Winches
ter guns in use to-day and the number is
rapidly increasing. The popularity of Win
chester rifles and repeating shot guns is de
served for they always give entire s%atisfac
ton and for strong and accurate shooting
they are unsurpassed. These guns are made
in all desirable calibers and styles. Every
gun has to pass the most severe tests before
it leaves the works, which insures its be
ing perfect. When buying a gun the Win
chester is the make to take, for it can al
ways be relied upon. Send for a large illus
trated catalogue free.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-06-26

To prevent the freezing OF water
mines in cold weather where the flow OF
water is continuous Il small motor Is
operated by the water pressure to COM
prcss warm air, which is forced into the
nine at regular intervals to form glob-
ules and warm the pipe as they pass
through.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-06-26

eyes" said Mr.. Snicksnackle, 81 do not
like my name at all. They say that either
the legislature or the district court will
change it for me. Which would you apply
to if you were in my predicament!'
"Well," said she, thoughtfully, "a minis
ter would do for me-"
And three hours later it struck him that
perhaps there was a mild hint in what she
had said.-Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-06-26

Interesting illustrated booklets pertain;
ing to Massachusetts, Seashorc, Ocean, Island
and Inland Resorts, are issued by the pas
seDger department OF the Fall River Line.
the famous route between New York and
Boston, Newport, Cape Cod, Martha's Vine
yard, Nantucket, Bar Harhor, the White
let's will be mailed upon receipt Of one.
cent stamp. Address o. II. Taylor, Genl
Pass'r Agent, Fall River Dino, New York.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-06-26
Something Cheap.

As she stood upon the top stoop and
kissed HIM good,by before he went out to
oattle with the cold, cold world he thought
that she had never looked so winsome, even
in their old counting days.
And now my bad boy must have as many
slaps as years he has lived, for to-day is his
birthday" she went on, beginning the
Christening salutations.
"Why, so it is" he said, with that mo
mcntary sensation of years passing helpless
ly away which middle-aged men experience
upon these occasions.
"And what lovely thing shall his darling
wife get him for a birthday present this
year." she went on. "You already have O
smoking cabinet and a card table, and my
dining-room lamp, You know, was n Of
my birthday presents to you. And then
''Td go kind of light, my dear" he an
swercd, somewhat moodily. Get mc some
little cheap thing. | haven't been able tc
pay for my last years birthday present
yet.'-N. Y. journal.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-06-26
Sunshine ana Sal

The redbird sings, and the sn,s.
its gold through my window.rasa l
sweet perfume steals into nv paae \
the roses in the lane. TIT 9|
clear; in the school.yard near MN Il. \!
romp in glee; the earth is bripb,I WV \
sunlight, but what is it all 10 %1s \ \
For, across the way, there i ! \. !
that fortunes my weary brain NJ
fair, with auburn hair, is at tn, 1 ,asa
-Up-to-Dat pAal
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-06-26

On the deck of the steamer, or on board the
train that is to bear you away from those
dear to you, you will, if you are wise, have
safely slowed away in your luggage a sulii'
Gent supply of that safeguard against i'll
uess-IIostetter's Stomach Bitters. Com
mercial travellers, tourists and pioneer emi.
grants concur in testifying to the fortltying
and saving properties of the great tonic;
Use for constipation, biliousncss, malarlal
and kidney complaints and nervousness.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-06-26

Miss Brunei like de shape well
enutf, but it do look to me like dat bird
amt big enuff fer to set it off lust
scrumptious.
The Milliner-Well, now, OATS u pref.
ty lib'ral bird fob a dollah hat.
VI tells you de bird amt large emf
Ter to suit my perceptions"
Oats as lahge a bird as you can pi,
fer de money"
" tell you de bird amt lahge emf
"Wot do you want n lucky bnz
zar'"
We'll, don't want no snipe."
The Milliner (warmly)-Say. Won do,
set down a minute an I'll cit nv nj
man to go out an shoot a eagle fer Won
"oh, he needn't take de trouble. lies
let EN- look undah de bed on foteh on
one o dem chickens he stole from
pahson Sunday night"
What's dat?"
She makes a rush around tbe sbo,
case, but Miss Bruno nimbly eludes bc
and list s.-Cleveland Plain Dealer
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-06-26
Wanted Gravy ON Them.

Happy Bridegroom-Waiter, | wan
a dinner for two.
Waiter--Vil re lady and gentleman
hat table d'hote or a la carte?
Happy Bridegroom generous to
fault, but weak in French)-Bring u
some of both, and put lots of gravy OIL
| em.--Comic Cuts.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-06-26

To permit shower baths being taken
in an ordinary washtub without splash
inc the walls or floor a metallic hood is
attached to the tub, with a tube leading
from the water pipe to Il perforated
dome in the top of the hood to shower
the bather as he sits under it.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-06-26
He'll Need a Few More,

"Why don't you stop this everlasting
grind, Richly? You're worth a couple
of millions now"
IA mere drop In the bucket, sir. Nj
daughter has set her mind upon marry,
ing n titled foreigner."-Detroit Ere,
Press.