davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-25
DoINGs or THE DAY AT DOUGLAS.
sunday school Picnic--GalIows
Ready for the Hanging.

Douglas, Ga. April 24.-The Sunday
schools of Coffee county had a picnic yes
terday at Gaskns Magnolia Mineral
Springs. three miles from the city.
Contractors Smith and Creel have COM
pleted the gallows and enclosure upon
which Zach Holmes will be executed next
Friday for the murder OF Mr. Bitch.
Thomas 5. Kennedy has rendered his
service 10 tho war department By letter.
There ~ yet no EFFORT AZ this city to or
sanize home guard for The protection
or the women ana children from the raw
ages % the negroes. The county Is large
~ infested with a floating population OF
negro turpentlne, saw mill aud railroad
iaborcrs.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-25

localities where there is no irrigation. Be
sides celery they have an acre ia onions
and another in beans. from which they
are shipping daily.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-25
IN THE RAILROAD WORLD.
Matters of Interest in savannah and
Elsewhere


The gross earnings of the Central of
Georgia Railroad for the second week in
April, were ZS,1SO, against S75,711 for the
same week last years. The total earnings
from Jan. l, to the end-of the second week
in April were 81 500 217, against 81, $40 994 for
the same period in 1897
The gross earnings of the Georgia and
Alabama Railroad for the second week IN
April !, were $1s,1 100, against S16,315 for the
same week last year. The total earnings
from JAN to the end of the second week
in April We're 1851. 942 against $29s, Ses for
the same period in 1897.
Circulars have been sent out by the
Southern Railway Company, stating that
situations will be kept open for employees
who enlist TO fight the Spanish. The South
ern system has more than 10 600 employees. >
. Mr.. Arthur Darragh, the Chicago repre-
sentative of the Plant System. is in the
city. Mr. Darragh was formerly in the
employ of the Plant System at Savannah,
but was promoted several years ago.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-25

will tender Capt. Brown commission as
colonel of one of the regiments to be sent
TO the front and that he will accept.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-25

Let these men (the West Pointers) work
for living as men, and be entitled to the
consideration of the American citizens.''
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-25

Increase the standing army in ordesn
to provide berths for a favored few. for
those who may have graduated at West
Point and hold nov the privileges of this
nation. This is the object of the law Make
mercenaries of our volunteer soldiers and
martinets of every insolent military una
derstrapper."
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-06-25
Well Meant. Of Course.

Mr., Broadacre is a distinguished
agriculturist and breeder of cattle and
pigs, Among other things, he, some
time ago, introduced a few specimens
of white and black pigs, of small size,
easily fattened, and of very delicate
flesh. The reputation of these inter.
esting quadrupeds spread far and wide,
and Mr.. Broadacre daily received let.
tiers from the neighboring farmers
with regard to them. Ashort time ago
one of his greatest admirers wrote to
him as follows:
Respected Sir: went yesterday to
the cattle show at MI found there
was a great variety of beasts, and was
at not seeing you there
Golden Days.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-06-25
SQUIRE JONES' ECONOMY.
He Raised His own Tobacco and
First Chewed and Then
Smoked Ii.

THE most economical person | evel
knew remarked a West side barber as he
turned from a patient customer whom he
had been ~torturing with his wise remarks
tor halt an hour to strop his razor. was an
old lady who always declared that she hated
to see anything wasted, even the affections. -
Did you know old Nancy Jones" cried
the hitherto speeches. customer, rising to 3
full sitting. posture. Must remember her
husband, old Squire Jones'"
Cant say that ! do" replied the barber
who, like all his craft, was wise man and
feared a trap OF some sort.
lie went the old woman one or two bet
ter, continued the customer; mot in words
Tor ne hadn't the gift OF CAB like some in thi.
,IltF, but in actions, being closer than twin
brother"
What did he do that indicated greater
economy than the sentiment expressed BY
his wife, asked the barber, who had recoy.
cred his self possession.
He was a fearful chewer and used to raise
his own tobacco. After he'd got wha.
strength he could out of his guilds he woulC
lay them on a shelf and smoke them in a col
pipe OF his own manufacture when they got
dry"
He got it ALL" said the barber.
He did, but not when he finished smok
ing. Why, that old fellow used to snuff The
ashes. OF needn't use any bay rum If il
costs FIVE cents extra.'-Chicago Chronicle
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-06-25
PLUGGING THE PIANO.
Mr.. Gozzleby Finds Temporary Relief
from the Heavy Pedal by
Simple Means.

at Is a familiar fact" said Mr.. Gozzleby,
"or it is a fact at least familiar to all fond
parents, that children, without exception,
like to play the piano with the hard pedal
on all the time. All children like to make all
the noise they can, in playing the piano as in
everything else. Playing upon the piano
without the heavy pedal does not disturb me
at all; but the minute the heavy pedal is put
on | am greatly disturbed, and the continued
~resounding Of the notes fairly racks me.
"Of course, ] can't be forever saying don't,
and it's ungracious to say it at all, lsuppose,
for why shouldn't the children have their
funs And so | hit upon the desperate ex.
pedient OF blocking the heavy pedal. | have
whitfield out a nice little piece Of soft white
pine into a plug that Just fits into the space
under the pedal in the opening in which it
works., so that the pedal cannot be de-
pressed.
at has only been there two days now, but
it has been two days of blessed relief. 1t
can't last much longer, because the children
are liable to ask me any minute what's the
matter-I wonder they haven't asked me
long ago-and of course III have to tell EN-,
but | am grateful for the rest ! have had, and
the respite has given me strength the better
to withstand, for a time at least, the uproar
that will surely come when the children dis
tower the plug."-N. Y. Sun.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-06-25

church is in the form Of a r. 4 double
row OF pews occupies the center of the
main body of the church, with n single
row along the sides. thanking the two
aisles which lead from the entrance to
the chancel. 1t was in the third pew
from the altar-in one of the side lows,
which has on the upper part of the small
door that must be opened in order to
enter it, brass numerals Indicating that
ltlspew number 72-that Patrick Henry
stood when he delivered the fam
ing words which fired the hearts of his
hearers with the courage that risks all,
and conquers.
While the text Of this wonderful
speech is calculated to stir the heart and
incite the l~iyelieSt sentiments of patri-
otlsm. the manneri in which the greatest
OF American orators delivered it is said
TO have been a marvel of power. Accord
ing to John %ltoane, who was present at
this convention, Patrick Henry, as he
came TO the closing sentences of his
speech, stood in the narrow box of n
pew, with bowed form, his wrists
crossed as if manacled, an embodiment
OF helplessness. Raising his cIenched
hands, as if in prayer, be exclaimed. in
thrilling tones: Forbid it. Almighty
Cody" Then standing proudly erect. as
II determined 10 break bis letters, his
face distnr.aI nv az, anon,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-06-25
GLAD SHE DIDN'T YELL
When She Found Out That Her Indus
triOus NcighbOr Was Not COM
hitting Suicide.

A certain East end man delights in doing
odd Jobs about his home. He cuts his grass
and trims the walks, and handles a paint
brush like an old master. Carpenter tools
come handy to him, too, and the sound OF his
merry saw makes pleasant music for the
neghbors, who have no objection to being
awakened early. In short, he is clever all
round workman, and decidedly handy to
have about the house.
One day not long ago the woman of the
house next door happened to come out on her
back porch. There she casually looked over
the low fence into the handy mans yard,
What she saw scared her so that she couldn't
move hand or foot. The handy man was ~
ing prone on his back, his body concealed
beneath his porch, but with his face in strong
rellei. lie was very pale, his hair was dis.
ordered, and his eyes were rolled up and
fixed IN a CHASTITY i%ntentness. Against his
breast he seemed to be pressing some deadly
weapon that glistened as a ray of light
touched it,.
The woman on the porch tried to scream,
and couldn't. She knew the handy man was
committing suicide.
He painted, his face grew red, and his form
seemed conyulsed.
The woman on the porch caught her agon.
lzed breath and was about to let out a 40
horse power yell when she heard the sup.
posed suicide anxiously ask:
Isn't it through yeti"
Yes said a voice from above, at been
yoost through"
About this time the woman on the porch
understood that the handy man was boring
an auger hole through the floor of his porch,
that the deadly weapon was an auger, and
that the hired girl was on hand to watch
the operation.
,.Vh"r the woman on the porch was glad she
didn't yell.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-06-25
PATRICK HENRY

of the oldest and best known familie
of Virginia, and the cordiality witt.
which strangers are welcomed exempt.
hes the courteous hospitality for which
the south and particularly the state OF
Virginia, is justly famed.
The service is as free from ritualism
as the people are from cold formality.
and Notwithstanding that the church is
usually crowded and the seats are I'M.
compromisingly uncomfortable, it is an
experience as pleasant as it is unique
to spend a Sunday morning there. II
mere is a breeze it whispers through
the branches of the sycamore and lin
den trees that overtop ever the square
BASED, wooden church spire and cast
co" shadows over the graves of a zen
Grafton that lived and died more than
a hundred years ago.
The Gods acre of long ago, in the
midst Of which st. Johns church
stands, extends from one street TO an.
other, and is practically inclosed by an
old-fashioned brick wall overgrown at
intervals with English ivy. Among the
many old and quaintly-inscribed tombs
IN this church yard are a very few bear
ing a modern date. II is the boast NJ
many of the communicates of this
church that not only their fathers and
grandfathers, but their great-grandfa.
theirs have been identified with II. and
lie buried in its shadow. Occasionally,
when one Of these descendants diving
requests to be laid with his ancestors
in the old church yard, a new grave is
made, but this does not happen often.
II is the pride of the parishioners of
81. Johns that the church be kept as
nearly as possible as it was in Patrick
Henry's time, and while it is very care.
fully preserved the restorer has never
been allowed 10 lay p%rofaning hands
upon 1t. A wooden structure, it is
painted, not a glazing but a dull gray
white, and, standing among Its time
worn tombs and century-old trees, in
Its severe simplicity it is, as 1t were,
a bit Of the visible presence Of those
early days when men were stirred with
the noble sentiments of patriotism and
consideration for coming generations,
as by a common impulse. and so laid
nrm The foundations of a great nation
ANTOINETTE v. II. WAKEMAN.
Few women think themselves truly
homslY. VFr.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-06-25
THE ILLS OF WOMEN
And How Mrs. Pinkham HELPS
Overcome Them.
Mrs, MARY BoLLINGER, l1O1 Mariana

mIo' MANY DOLLiNGER, llUl Marlanna
St, Chicago, ILL.,, to Mrs. Pinkham:
81 have been troubled for the past
two years with falling of the womb.
leucorrhna, pains over my body, sick
headaches, backache, %rvousne and
weakness. ! tried doctors and various
remedies without relief. After taking
two bottles OF your Vegetable Com.
pound, the relief | obtained was truly
wonderful. have now taken several
more bottles OF your famous medicine,
and can say that | am entirely cured
Mrs, HENRY DoRR, No. 500 Findlev st.,
Cincinnati, Ohio, to Mrs. Pinkham:
For a long time l suffered with
chronic inflammation of the womb.
pain in abdomen and bearing.down
feeling. Was very nervous at times, and
SO weak | was hardly able to do any.
thing. Was subject to headaches, also
troubled with leucorrhea. After doc.
toring for many months with different
physicians, and getting no relief, | had
given up all hope of being well
again when read of the great good
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound was doing. decided imnedi-
ately to give it a trial. The result was
simply past belief. After taking four
bottles of Vegetable Compound and
using three packages of Sanative Wash
l can say feel like a new woman. ]
deem it my duty to the fact
to my fellow sufferers that lydia
Il. Pinkham's Vegetable remedies have
entirely cured me of all my pains and
suffering. have her alone to thank
Tor my recovery, for which l am CRATE,
ful. May heaven bless her for thu
good work she is doing for our sex"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-06-25

no one, either in Virginia or elsewhere,
had dared suggest official resistance.
With the splendid courage Of his CON
victiors, which always characterized
him, Patrick Henry proceeded 10 drat:
a set Of seven resolutions, resisting this
act, which he presented TO the assem-
DIV aud which, through his matches
power in svayiug an audience, he sue
ceeded, against grea; opposition. in get
ting carried. During the thuuderous
word battle which preceded the passage
Of these resolutions, reaching a eli
Of i~pyective against the injustice
Of the stamp act, Patrick Henry de-
clared ia tones at one sieu;orian and
thrilling; Caesar had his Rrutus;
Charles the First, his Cromwell, and
George the Third"
treason" exclaimed the speaker,
and Others about the audience chamber
joined in the cry. With the perfect self
possession which from the beginning
10 the end Of his career never forsook
him, holding himself in stately defiance
uhu' silence was restored, ne ''oSeu
With ana george 'ue ln'Fu may PFoH'
D! 'helr example II TINS oe treason,
'oe most Oh H. "ou 50 mastered
the situation ana became " 'aoer 0,
epoeh,maNetS, ior d ue"Soi "n"' IA"
oeeh oone ID Virgin" was soon Auo""
'Hrouenou' me co.ou''S' """ RESISTANCE
10 hrl''SN '"NA''oH ue'"''e general
fatrIck Henry considered the draft
ing and passage OF these resolutions ms
most important pubic service and ms
great speech MADE N o'a 81 Jonn 5
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-06-25
ALL SORTS OF PEOPLE.

a woman of Belfast, Me-, last week
pawned her best bonnet in order to OBJ.
tain money to pay the license tax on
her pet dog.
Forty-four gushing love letters, all
addressed to "his own dear darling
are The basis of q $4,000 lawsuit which
a giddy New York gentleman will have
to defend. He little thought his "deai
darling" would prove to be so dear.
A mounting patriot, of Frostburg.
Nd, who was very heroic before the
war began. was eager for a chance to
Stay a score or more of Spaniards, now
refuses to go to the front, saying "it's
no honor to be killed by a burned Span.
lard"
A yellow-skinned individual, whose
movements were rather suspicious, was
followed a whole playground the streets
Of Cincinnati by secret service mep
who believed he was a Spanish spy. /.
turned out that the yellow man was
harmless, and just recovering from an
attack Of the jaundice.
A young man In Kansas CITY. under
She weight of a patriotic jag, deter.
mined to join the army, and some trick.
sters escorted linn Ia a Salvation Army
tent. He there anaounced: II want tt
enlist" Instantly there was n bang on
the bass drum, and a little army las.
sic shouted, "Hallelujah! Another sin.
ner saved! Let us pray"
A young lady of IS tried to enlist In
the Third Missouri regiment. She said
to Maj. Jackson; ~ am eager to 20 tc
the front with the boys, and will cut of
my hair and do anything else, neces.
sary to disguise my SEX" The maio,
did his-best to convince the pretty
young patriot that her intentions were
very rash.
| Neprly nil the sfaree In M,,. -
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-06-25

The silent witness Of events which are
among the most important, not alone
in the history Of this country, but as
they relate to the establishing OF a great
republic Of the world,
1t was at the second revolutionary
convention Of Virginia, which was held
in this old church the Goth of March,
171j, that Patrick Henry made the IA
nous speech, which has been a prime
t%ayorite with declaiming schoolboys
for more than a century, closing with
the maryelously eloquent and soul-stir-
ring Gilman; rs life so dear or peace so
sweet as to be purchased at the price
OF chains and slavery? Forbid it. Al
mighty God. | know not what course
others may take, but as for me, give me
liberty, or give me DEATH" The old
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-06-25
AN OLD BULLY,
People who live in fear of his attacks,
How to avoid him or beat him Of
them 10 be niwavs ,eI;oh,. r......

them 10 be always reliable, Th.y ~.
liable TO gripe than other purpati,.
although mild in action, they aie ths,,
in operation. They are the best M
physic that can be had. PETER /, tn
kockpoft, Texas.
"Having used Or. J, c. Ayers PHI
years and thoroughly tested them, MiI
u preventive and cure for biliouus|
a truthfully say that | believe tb,,I
be the best medicine for the purpOgI
they do all that is claimed lor ihIv
JNo.-E. KoLp, Shark, Ark,
Biliousness is In general but q yus
Of q more stubborn disorder, cousir1
Constipation Is the root OF almost all
ical evils, and DR.. ]. {. Ayers Pllsd
almost all these physical evils by apiu|
the root. They cure constipation, ikt
consequent maladies, biliousnea, n
burn. palpitation, shortness Of bid
sleeplessness, nervous irritability, I
breath, coated tongue, and a score old
miserable maladies that have ,hei, ID
In constipation. DR.. Ayers Pills mi
surest and safest remedy Tor all diN1
of the liver, stomach, and bowels \
for Or. Ayers Curebook and read ,hta
Of cures told by the cured. Free. ADJ
the ]. c. Aver Co., Lowell, Mass.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-06-25

House. cleaning is a duty in every well-reg,
ulated household. People don't wait until
the filth becomes painfully apparent, but 1t
stands to reason that in every day use more
or less dust or dirt accumulate. 1t is SO
with the human blood. From the enormous
variety of eatables taken into the stomach,
quantity of useless material is bound to
accumulate in the blood and clog the free
and wholesome flow in the vessels. Every
person should from time to time have a
blood cleaning and the best cleanser and
blood purifier is Cascarets Candy Cathartlc.
We recommend them to all our readers.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-06-25
Overdid II.

az like the building well enough" said the
ho,schnnter 10 the agent, who had spent
Kali an hour showing him over the premises,
"Smt / am not certain about the surround
incs. Is It a quiet ncighborhoody"
"ssor;ct9 ~ said the agent. "You can't find
, oSieter place in the whole city"
q 9StiIl. | suppose the newsboys come around
bere bright and early Sunday morning, just
whom a man wants to sleep the soundest,
with their yells Of Mornin' pa%-a-a'per'1.
NO. sir; newsboys never come on this
itThen / think I'll look a little further,
T want A quiet neighborhood, but don't
want one that's dead" Chicago Tribune.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-06-25
n Theological Point.

A Sunday-school superintendent at
the close of an address on the creation.
which he was sure he had kept within
the comprehension of the least intelli.
gent of the scholars, smilingly invited
questions, A tiny boy, with a white,
eager face and large brow, at once held
up his hand. please, sir, why was
Adam neve a baby" The superin-
tendent coughed in some doubt as to
what answer to give, but a little girl
OF nine, the eldest of several brothers
and sisters, came promptly to his aid.
please sir" she said, smartly, there
was nobody to nuss him.'-Tit-B Bits.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-06-25

had finished one box | noticed an improve.
ment in my condition, and when | had
taken twelve boxes | was completely cured.
Those pills have done for you what We could
not do said one OF my physicians, they have
saved your life
That was two years ago and my heart
has not troubled me since, believe | owe
my life to Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People, and ! take pleasure in telling others
about them"
Among the many forms of neuralgia are
headache. nervousness, paralysis, apoplexy
and locomotor ataxia. Some of these were
considered incurable until DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People were formulated.
To-day thousands testify to having been
cured Of such diseases by these pills.
Doctors frequently prescribe them and all
druggists sell them.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-06-25

II b~iiiousness isn't the bully OF the body
then what isl When once biliousucss gets
the upper hand you don't dare say your
stomach is your owl. "Don't you dare eat
that dish SAYS biliousness, or you'll see
what I'll do" You tax the dare and you
do see or rather feel, the weight Of the
bully's revenge. The head aches, not a
regular ache, but an open and shut ache.
The eyes ache, not with a dull, tired ache,
but with an aggressive ache, as II they were
being bored by a gimlct. The stomach
trenbles with nausea. The whole head
Is sick and the whole heart Is faint" There
are scores of hundreds of people who live
so under the dominion Of this bully bill.
business that they don't dare cat or drink
without his permission. There's no need
OF such slavery. DR.. c. Ayers Pills
efectually cure biliousness..
"For fifteen years I have used Or. J. c.
Ayers Pills, and find them very effective
in all kinds OF bilious complaints. They
are mild in operation and easy to take. l
prefer them to any other pill, aud have
yet to see the case where they have failed
TO cure."-A. SwANGER, Texarkana, Ark.
II have used Dr., J. c. Ayers Pills In
cases OF biliousness and general disorders
oil the stomach IL bowels and have found
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-06-25

No mausoleum or craven statue could
be as fitting monument to the greatest
OF American orators, whose unfaltering
patriotism made him as ready to fight
for his country as to plead for it, as this
church, which is always open and wher,
the most democratic spirit prevails
The congregation is made up Of some
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-06-25
Try Anen.a Ennf-EaSe.

A powder to be shaken into the shoes. At
this season your feet feel swollen, nervous
and hot. and get tired easily. Ii you have
smarting feet or tight shoes, try Aliens
Foot-Ease. 1t cools the feet and makes walk.
ing easy. Cures swollen and sweating feet,
blisters and %callous spots. Relieves corns and
.ry it today. Sold by ali druggists and shoe
torres for 25c. Trial package FREE. Ad.
dress, Allen S. Olmsted. LIE Roy. n. Y.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-06-25
A FATALITY AVOIDED
rrnm thn nemoerat. Goshen. Ind.

When neuralgia is accompanied by a dull,
nsayv nam near the heart, frequently be-
coming intense, It generally, terminates
ftaily' Mrs. Nancy Flynn, who lives near
Goshen. Indiana, survived such an attack
and her advice is worth needing
I'm the fall Of '92,' she said, 81 began to
have trouble with my heart. There was a
,harp nam in my breast which became rap,
div worse. The doctor was puzzled and
nut me under the influence OF opiates.
These sharp attacks followed one another at
intervals and | became weak and had a nag
gard look. was constantly IN pam, sell
dom slept and had no appetite.
AT the end of two years was confined TO
NV couch most Of the time and the doctors
agreed that my death was only a matter OF
a short time.