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ally selected highly productive land
and plenty of 1t. The strip of country
now comprising the five wealthiest
counties in the state was organized into
BOURBON county. Washington, a vii.
lase SIN miles distant, was the capital"
OF the mississippi territory" Those
coming from the same state located ms
nearly as practicable in the same neigh.
Dorhood, and frequently gave to that
~helghDorhood the name of their native
STATE Being nearly all wealthy, and
many OF them leaders, the country was
divided into clusters of settlements, and
each had a society OF its own; vet all
mingled on state occasions" Natche,
was the most aristoeratic section of fine
territory, and this section continued
then, as it did for nearly th~ree-onor.
'ers of Il century later, the greatest
part OF the wealth and intelligence,
ana from this city came more political
leaders, and more men who achieved
a national reputation, than any other
city OF its size in the United States.
For the half century preceding the
late cIvll var Natchez had a population
of about 5000. Her merchants vera
very wealthy and had their summer res.
lderces, where they lived luxuriously.
Inc planters built their huge man.
SONS Of rare architectural beauty and
symmetry, and always with a view TO
me entertainment of their friends and
distinguished visitors, and they were
many. These plantation houses were
given romantic or appropriate names,
such as THE Briers," "the Forest"
Melrose,' Cherry Grove" Cedar
urove,' and were embowered in beau.
llful groves, surrounded BY well-kcnt
lawns. The houses in the city were of
hher architectural finish, but all were
constructed on that southern type-
VIDE verandas and large, white CORN.
'niah pillars Concord" the residence
the Spanish governors, is one of tbe
most interesting landmarks of the citv
monmouth the home of Gen. John !
III y. 4
Qu''mar' is one of the finest build
i"ss III the city. He had a library of
several thousand volumes. which pa.
intact to this day. "Gloster"
.he residence of Winthrop Sargent.
'ne iirst governor of Mississippi, is an.
o'her type of the olden-time southern
mansion. Another is the fine man
Oh sargent S. Prentiss, the most
nrliiiaht orator of the southwest in
the days of oratory. "Montebello" wac
me residence of the Shields family. and
1t still stands.
very Few Of the descendants of the
Early settlers have emigrated. Tbev
ave remained and intermarried. md
nearly all of them are related. FORMING
= delightful community-everybodv
everybody. Many live in their
'icestral homes. The society is mol
,sneu and exclusive, based upon good
ancestry, morals and refinement ~
amer and intelligence-the only real
iristocracy. "
Inc population of the CITY is about
lo'ooo, the greatest increase having M.
'ufred within the last decade.
J. M, SCANLAND.
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THERE is A DIFFERENCE.
some Peopie Seem to Make Them.
selves Popular sooner
Than Others

Everybody in Virginia who is n
body knows Col. Tazewell Elicit. n
richmond, and most of them have an of
iectlonate way of referring to him a,
'IaZ.' He was in town the otber do,
on his way to New York, and in tb,
course of a few incongruvial remark,
he told this story on himself to illus.
trate a point.
some years ago" he said, ~ had oc.
casioh 10 stop at a hotel in Baltimore
"here a friend of mine had been living
LOT seven years, One morning after /
had been there three DAVIS wanted e.
ma this friend, whom | shall call Mai
hockbridge, and l asked the clerk n no
had seen him about the office durinn
the last half hour. He said he had pot
and referred me to an old dark who
presided over the boot blackery in the
adjoining back hall.
Have you seen anything of Ma;
hockbridge this morning. Uncle loo 3,
| inquired.
i don't know no SIGH gem'n. sub,
replied the old man.
Don't know himT / said, in .nr.
PRISE. 'ofc curse you know him.
mo, sub; ! dunno no Maiah Rock.
bridge round yeah, subj
u couldn't understand the sit,,.,o.
n went after the old fellow an ~
trot. Tue
Now, look here, Uncle Joe, 7 in.
sisted; you know me, don't you?'
Oh, yes, sub; you's Cunnel Elicit
OBJ Richmond, suh.'
Weil' how in thunder does it ham.
pen that you know me, when 7 have
only been here for three DAYS. and vor
don't know Maj. Rockbridge, who has
been here for seven years? as
THE old man began busting nv cont
with the wisp in his hand.
n gwineter 'splain dat right now
ooss'' he said, cautiously. you see, sub
OARS some folks wat makes themselves
more notoriouser in three DAYS dan
some udder folks does in seben wears
Da's jis' how dat is, suh,' and I agraed
entirely with Uncle Observation-Disclosures
Star. s'oh
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DOCTORS DON'T DENY N
The frank testimony of a
famous physician.

afflicted with the iheuma,i,,,
years, and had taken as She I'm iot thfsa
me, more than one hundred do Il iniotns
OF medicine to obtain teIiei .. ~. sutu
aty beneficial result. Iadyis.yJst withas
Q bottle OF DR.. Ayers Sarssoa,,I,n ef tot,|
her that II Il failed to do her rnaSt and I'd
refund the money. A sho,i ~, ! Sopl
ward, ] learned that n had en,s ing aitt
q .neighbor OF hers simils,jv "a ne, III
also entirely relieved OF MI, S~nieted vi
It's use. This Is the universal ,.Mpiaiui /
administration Of your Samantha u
Is without excsption, the best PhS,dniia. i
her with which an acquainted'S,S0 a pHI
There Is no other similar m.d,,,..
show a similar record. OiA.rs h ~ es
tated the remedy. They cant ,m nase int
record. Or. Ayers %Sarsapariijs Sas "
friendship Of the physician and a aas d,
OF the family, because II cures, r. Issst
all promises made for 1t. II has ths'll,
thousands OF people OF the most ma,I assaa
diseases that can mutilate m,Snat
Nothing mas ever supe Iceded il and rn IN
ing W will until a medicine I " aoa
that can show q record OF cures o,s mag
hhmber and equal In wonder e, ~ q
wrought by DR.. Ayers S~arsaparil,o 'AS y
~Curebook, a story OF CURES ~
the cured, Is sent free on ieoues, i Sa ,
for II. WITH
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Don Nldal, one of the earliest Spanish
settlers, and Lake C~oncordia was so
named from Concord, the homo of ~
hrst spanish governor of Natchez and
me hrst fine residence built in the
place. From the summit of the Natcba,
nils the view of this unbroken nlair
and the grand sweep of the river is en-.
'rancing. But looking up and down the
river AT the bluffs in their r~uggedness,
clothed to their SUBMITS with forests
Oh trees and tangled vines, the view
S somber, but grand.
III was but natural that such 2 pic-
turesque country should soon he set.
tled' and upon the arrival of the French
under Lasalle, the explorer, a settle
ment was made. A few years afterward
the capital of the territory was removed
to what is now New Orleans. Nh
French found here the powerful trim
OF Natchez Indians. who came fron,
towards the setting sun" and claimad
their descent from the Aztecs. Thon
were .he highest type of civilized In.
uians in America. They were Are WON.
snipers' and their chief was called tho
"oreat Sum-" They massacred a.
french garrison. and were finally exs
terminated. eA-
30 II viii be seen that Natchez Is tho
uiussi whi'e settlement in the south.
Mesl, ~ y also the most historical, and
notea " having been the center ~
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When Dr.. Aver a~hhounced his sarsapa
rilla TO the world, he at once found the
physicians his friends. Such d remedy
was what they had looked for. and they
were prompt to appreciate its merits and
prescribe 1t. Perhaps no NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
as a patent medicine is so generally ad'
ministered and prescribed by physicians as
DR.. AYERS Sarsaparilla fof blood diseases,
and diseases. of the skin that indicate a
tainted condition Of the blood. Experience
has proved II to be a specific In such
diseases, and sores OF long standing, old
ulcers, chronic rheumatism, and many
other like forms Of disease have yielded 10
the perseveriug use OF DR.. Ayers Sarsapar-
lila after othet medicines had utterly failed.
The testimonials received from physicians
10 the value OF this .femedy would fill Q
volume. Here Is one leaf signed by Rich'd
II. Lawrence, NJ. D., baltimore, Md.
ut affords me pleasure to bear testimony
to the success which, your preparation OF
s%arsaparilla has had Id the treatment Of
cutaneous and other diseases arising from
a Initiated condition Of the blood. Were Il
necessary, might give you the names Of
at least fifty individuals who have been
cured Of long standing complaints simply
by the administration OF DR.. Ayers Sarsa.
pa.rilla. One very remarkable instance
was that ola quite old woman who had lived
at Catonsville, near this city. She had been
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wealth and intelligence during its long
history; and us having provided more
brilliant men than any other section OF
the southwest. A number of wealthy
French came from New Orleans and
cultivating large estates, mainly by slave
labor, lived in elegant ease. They
built their chateauN upon the bluffs,
and reaped fortunes by planting in
digo and tobacco. Next came the Span
iards, also people of education and re-
finement, the governors De Lemos,
Gayoso, Minor and Don Jose Vidal.
The Spanish settlers were given large
grants of land, and in order to cult
waite them there was renewed activity
in the slave trade-the slaves being
brought from Cuba and San Domingo.
The Spanish aristocracy built a num-
Der of fine residences, some of which
Still stand, and are occupied by their
descendants. The officials dwelt in
what was known us the Court Circle"
OF the city, and would not permit any
II else to build house in that neigh
borhood. Yet there were some fam
HES who were even of bluer blood than
were the officials. The Spanish type
OF architecture, coutrasted with the few
remaining old French houses and the
more modern American residences, gives
to the little town a quaint picturesque
ness.
During the Spanish occupation, when
revolution was at its height and
worst, many of the colonists emigrated
the Mississippi territory, which
then extended to Georgia. They were
not of the typical pioneer class who go
to the wilderness to blaze out : way for
civilization, but were wealthy and rul-
tiyated, aud brought along their lux
lries, household goods, fine librariesand
their slaves, They wished to escape the
horrors of war, and to save their prop
,rly, and some of them were not en-
hhslastic for a separate government.
they came from Virginia, the Carolinas,
Maryland and from the north. They {
-oated down the river, and from New
they came gradually up stream I
the German and French settle
nents, and occupied the rich alluyial Y
fronting the Ever. A few years '
fter the close of the revolution, the
parish learned that they were beyond v
boundary line-and that this was
OF a part of West Florida. They only Il
this after the country became #
liekly settled with Americans, how. f
yer. After their departure, IA heavy is
de of immigration came, and, the main &
being men of wealth, they natur- t
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-04-30
PROMPTLY MET.
The Boisterous Dully Was Gently
hut Effectively Called.
Down.

There was a big, co~arse,voiced fellow, will
red face, a superluity of beef about his hcat
and an Unsuitable desire to hear himself tall
that was nicely come up with in a harbe,
shop the other day. He was fashily dressed
and seemed aggrieved that every man en-
ployed in the place did not rush to help hin
get ready for the chair. He had assistance
in having himself brought down to the condi
ton for being shaved, declining to handle
anything from his hat to his collar and neck.
tie.
While being lathercd and shaved he told
boisterouSly and profanely about the de.
generacy of the times. Men who had to earn
their living didn't know their places and
acted as though they were just as good as
those who hired them. The greatest mis-.
take this country had ever made was when
it did away with slavery instead of extend.
ing 1t to every state and territory in the
union.
After he had insisted upon half a dozen
additions and extra touches from the knight
of the strop the big man stepped from the
chair and produced a fat pocketbook, while
still holding forth in his offensive vein.
"Nevah mine dat" said the proprietor,
who had known life on the plantation in the
OLD days, I'VE don make no cha'ge TO
takin' de hris'les off of ANIMALS like YOU"
The bully was about to break loose like an
unheralded cyclone of destruction, but h,
saw half a dozen BARRIERS about him, each on
whetting a razor on the palm of his han,
and looking solemn.
How do you make money at that price,"
he asked with a siclly grin.
I'VE make it often ge'men, sah," and il
was wonderful to see how soon the big man
was dressed and away.-Detroit Free Press,
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anxious to rush into hostlllties. AS
matter of fact, If this country had un-
dertaken to at once aVenge the crime
which was committed In Havana har'
Dor we would have been Inundated by
temporary defeat at the hands of the
perpetrators Of that crime.
Everyone wildly remembers the
shock which filed our land when news
came of the explosion of the Maihei
and the president was advised by many
men of prominence to at once send our
fleet to lombard Havana, and arbitrate
afterwards. But he wisely forebore and
resisted such counselors.
Every day of delay made this country
stronger and made Spain weaker. Our
resources were being developed; and
all the while the financially and morally
rotten government at Madrid was grow
ing weaker. The president sought to
quiet our people by automatically over
looking the Maine disaster. But he and
all of us realized that the starvation of
the Cubans was set aside in the public
mind, and the Maine disaster was fore
most. Over all, sternly searching for
the truth, was the piercing eye of the
American eagle.
Finally the senate committee on for
eign relations held an investigation
which demonstrated and fixed the re-
sponsibility for that awful crime. From
the moment of the publication of that
report there was but one sentiment
among II people, and that was for
revenge. They called not for repa-
ration. The Spaniards might have
given MS back our battleship, in effect,
by paying indemnity; but the criml-
nails could not give us back our sailors.
Poor fellows! They died In the service
of their country, without having an
opportunity to fire n shot in defense of
themselves, in defense Of the flag, or
n defense of the national honor.
One of the most effective utterances
congress concerning the Maine dis
nster was delivered by a young con-
gresham from the Mississippi valley,
who dramatically quoted these lines of
Lord, God of Hosts, be with us yet;
Lest we forget, lest we forget"
That sentiment pervaded the land.
t permeated the atmosphere of the
city. 1t was Oh the lips and in
he hearts of all as we calmly awaited
he long delayed report of the naval
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AhnkG Infn Yaur IT,

Aliens Foot Ease, a powder for In. u
II cures. painful, swollen, nervous s ns !, \
feet and instantly takes the stipu uI an, /
corns and bunions. It's the greatest co wui !
discovery of the age. AIlen'sf Foot .Eass m,S.
tight or new shoes feel easy. It il cs, t''
cure for sweating, %callous and hot. tired !!
Ing feet. 1ru It today. Sold by all drrgSss
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Address Allen s. Olmsted, lie Roy. N W.
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The eyes," said the sentimental
ooarder' "are the windows Of the soul'H
am sorry to hear that" said thu
Cheerful Idiot, "for l have been aurh,
mat 1t Is extremely unhygienic "a
steep with ones windows tightly
c'osea''-cincinnati Enquirer.
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STANDARD OF SPAIN.
AT Last 1t Must Leave the Western
Hemisphere Forever.
After Centuries of Savngery and BRr-
bnrIty the Cruel SpRniHrds Are
About TO Receive Their
Just Deserts.
Especial Washington letter.

From the day of the declaration o
President Cleveland that the United
States had a right to interfere will
the brutal conduct of the war in Cub;
il was inevitable that the crisis between
Spain and the United States SHOULD
some day eliminate.
The report Of the senate committee
on foreign relations on the resolution
recognizing the independence Of the
| Cuban republic gave TO the American
| people and to the world statements OF
facts which had not been developed by
investigation or by the public press,
That report showed to the world that
the warfare of the Spaniards was re-
duced to the savagery of numbering lit
tie children and torturing innocent
women in a manner too horrible to be
described in polite language,
The tiendishness of the Spanish race
has no parallel in the history of the
civilized world. Those people have had
their churches, their priests, bishops,
their c~athedrals and all of the devel-
oped paraphernalia for the dissemina-
ton of the Christian religion-a re-
ligion of love. And yet, as the centuries
passed and intelligence of right was
disseminated, the Spaniards became
worse and apparently less capable OF
refinement of feeling.
The crusaders buckled sword in a
cause no more holy than the cause of
humanity which has led the United
into armed conflict with the as
of II sailors, the torturers of
the Cubans and the m~urderets of the
and Peruvians.
The people of this country have been
inpatient and their representatives
received scores and hundreds of
elegrams and letters manifesting the
mpatience of the people; and for a
line the president himself was assailed |
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my son." said the philosopher, you
know the adage,. don't you? Never put all
your eggs in one basket. Then If an accident
happens only a portion Of them will be
broken. 80 with your money. Don't put it
yes" returned the son, who knew a few
things, too, "but in scattering your money
around among banks you only increase the
chances of getting loft by cashiers" -Chica.
60 Evening News.
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VI uiultftS the hcSluthte OF the spanish
Governors at Natchez)
dotted with groves of oak and mag
n%olias, in which are half-concealed the
glistening white houses of the planters.
The uplands gradually increase until
Natchez is reachcd-about enmiles dis
tant, Here the famous "Natchez Hills
rise to a height OF nearly 300 feet above
the river. These wild and rugged hills
are of a peculiar rich, marty loan,
and are evidently the result of an earth
quake. They extend back into the in
terror for ten or twelve miles. and those
not under cultivation are clothed with
forest primcyaI" of magnolia, oaks.
tulip and black walnut. These hills
are cleft with creyices or CANYONS.
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His Only Regret.

Young man." said the magistrate
severely, "the evidence is conclnsir.
against you. You tried to kiss III,
plaintiff against her will. Have va,
anything to say before sentence i.
passed upon you?"
Only this, judge" replied the oun
man, who was about as handsome !,
Specimen as you could find in a days
Journey. Only this. judge-that | am
exceedingly sorry that | did not snc.
coed. When I look upon the beaurtif,l
race and the rosy-red lips Of the main.
llf, feel that If ! had succeeded n
Kissing her would have paid the fine
WIN the greatest cheerfulness."
Judge faltered the fair plaintiff.
II you don't mind, i should like to with.
draw the charge.'-N. Y. World.
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WASPS AT WORK.
now the TINY Creatures Gnther the
Materials ana Build Their
Warm Nests,

one morning in early summer. while
standing beside an old rail fence watch.
ing some COWS that were cropping the
grass, my attention was attracted Inv
the peculiar movements of n wasp that
settled on the rail beside me. The rail
was covered with a light gray fuzz OF
woody fiber beaten up from the decay.
ing WOOD by the excessive soakings II
had received from the long spring rnins
and when the wasp had gathered as
much of this as he could carry he slow.
~ flew away. IN a short time there
were d dozen or more Of those indus.
trious pulp gatherers at work on tbe
Old rail, and as fast as each of them oh.
tanned a load away he flew in the direc.
ton of a clump of bushes that grew be.
side a small stream.
My curiosity was aroused, and 7 do.
termined to find out, if possible. what
they were doing with such a quantity
OF hber, and, approaching the thicket
cautiously, | soon discovered them nj
work on a good-sized nest which hung
from the limb of a white beech sapling.
| was able to get quite near it, for
wasps are not apt to be quarrelsome #
left alone, and these were too busy tn
take heed of anything except their
work.
AS fast as their loads were deposited
they hew down to the brook and hav.
ing wet their whistles" returned to
the nest and set about beating the fiber
INTO a thin sheet which was SO deftlv
joined to the main body of the nest
that the jointure was im%perceptible
ihere was a constant throng of work.
ers coming and going, the objective
points being the nest, the old fence md
the brook, and while each addition 70
the structure was only the tiniest mite
yetit grew perceptibly under the united
efforts of those little builders.-Ou,
Animal Friends.
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ISTILL ARISTOCRATIC.
Natchez, Miss, Retains Many Old
Time Peculiarities.
Settled Originally by Intelligent and
Wealthy People, IL las Lost
None Of Its Social Charms
of Nore.
Especial Natchez (Aliss) letter.

E|FEN"E -F"FVWNN NWNINNF TWNV'FFI
The picturesque little city of Natchez
is built upon the highest peak of
the celebrated "Natchez Hills" As
.cending the Mississippi river from
New Orleans, the first rising ground
is at Baton Rouge (Red Stick,
Louisiana. Below that city the country
is a level plain-a beautiful landscape
Of plantations of ereening sugar cane,
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M.luooerty (angrily)-Moikey!
ous)-Sorr? 'u
McLnbberty-oi hos.to old YES ,w,o,u
sones ~ahlready to stop thot noise:
SLOW ", d yez want me to tell yez the
S'cond toime?-N. Y, World.
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Danger OF Reviyipr m.u,.,.

Jeweler-You say your wife's a mu.;..,
should think something in the tOrn pS \
Customer-Did you ever try tn OWL,
two o'clock in the morning? Then II Y.
ySu suggest such a thing? - Jev,3 !,
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Both the method and results wher
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasan,
and refreshing to the taste. and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys.
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys.
TEN etfectually, dispels colds. head.
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro.
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C.
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthyand agreeable substances. its
many excellent qualities commend il
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50
cent bottles by all leading drug.
glsts. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro.
cure 1t promptly for any one who
wlshessto try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. Ky. REw YoRk. N.Y.
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Morality.

Because a man fools away a great deal of
money is no sign Of immortality. Many a
man has spent all he earned all his life whose
idea Of a highly wicked time was to chuck
a girl under the chin.-Atchison Globe.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-04-30

Since the discovery and introduction !
DR.. Mofett's TEETHINA tTeehihg PSrSu
the death rate of small children has lar,b,
decreased. TEETHISA Aids Digestion, ResHi
lates the Bowels and makes tcething e,w
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-04-30

Fits stopped free and permanently CURED
No fits after first days use of DR.. Klint|
Great Nerve Restorer. Free s. trial bottled
treatise. DR.. Kline, 933 Arch st., Phila, n