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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-24

but didn't used TO be ,or
Where the parson and his family al io'
Sunday meeting drest, -.
| or the presents hung upon II Always nave
the most and best' ,., h,s
Where the little ragged urchln' wa u"
face clad In regret, 49,
Can look with wide-eyed wohueF a. 80"
things he'll never get
There were no velvet cush'ohs v" o"'
nineteenth century chairs;
No fine and padded tapestry where We
kaelt 10 say our prayers
| No costly paintings on the walls tha' some
how always stay,
In a sort OF mockins elegance "heh 'He
guests have gone away,
No sasligh; throwing diamonds IN your
eyes at every turn,
| Nor frappe from the punch bowl. tea from
costly silver urn;
| No pranclng steeds and butler, win iurs
and furbelows, :
To shield the rose-clad maioens from 'He
prying winter srowsl
Blu: the old log house In Herman, mat was
such a coy home,
With its shilgle-covered arches tha' 10
US was heavens dome;
Its bassw God floor OF puncneon, the pegs
beside the door,
Just enough to hang the wardrobe OF me
family and no more.
The rife and the powder flask. with It's
curious catch and spring;
The belt with sheath knife in 1t, bul!et
molds and everything,
Hung upon the dry. cracked rafter out OF
reach OF careless hands, ,
But ready, opportunity, when a sudden cal!
demands.
Along IN first December, when the WOODS
and fields were white,
| And the owls were holding concerts OF the
hooting kind al night.
There were hints OF coming Christmas. and
q half unconscious awe
Settled on our youthful features in a way
you never saw.
Six OF US in that household, l well may call
It seven,
But that one, a little three-year-old, had
strayed away 10 Heaven;
Six make even numbers, II We count IL TWO
by two,
But in pu, the other in It for complete
ness: wouldn't you?
We were tod TO hang our stockings and
then 10 quickly leave
This was early In the evening Of that IA
nous Christmas eve
And We scrambled up the ladder 10 th'
chamber overhead,
To whisper speculations on the thing'
that had been said.
Outside the storm was dancing In fantas'
tic flights amain,
Sowing crystal stars in owe agains
the window pane;
Yet sheltered in that household we it'll
cared for this,
When no harm would dare TO venture be
tween US and mothers kiss!
Very early In the morning. while the star
were shining bright
For the clouds had fed the scandal of dis
robing in the night
We sought our hanging stockings on III
backs OF every chair
The ones we wore the day before. Tor W
had no more TO spare!
Compared with what We have to-day !
would be counted small,
But the gifts were rich IN Kindness; 10
each one gave his all;
The apples were like spheres of gold, an
all the little things
Were more to US than diadems fror
crowns of ancient kings.
The hands that filed our stockings on tina
nigh, SO long ago,
The hearts that beat for those they loveC
are whittier now than snow
That ~scatters on his Christmas eve Il
crystal fleece Of white,
!, Reminder Of that household where
dreams we live at night.
edward william butcher, in Banner
Gold.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-24
THEY LOOKED AT HIM.
And Then the Indians Concluded to
Adjourn the Council and Go to
Their Homes,

At the time of the Sioux attack on
Fort Ripley. Mimi, in 1862, the Mile
Lac Chippewas assisted the white men
aud came to their defense. The secre-
tary of the interior and the state oil
Minnesota were very grateful for their
assistance, and the secretary promised
that as a reward these good Indians
should not be removed from their res
ervation. With the usual. faith of the
white man, only a few years later the
interior department sent a special
agent 10 persuade them to move from
Mile Lac to Leech Lake. There was q
great pow-wow, but the Indians could
not be convinced that they ought to
give up good land for bad. So a we'll
known Minnesota man came to his aid.
"My brothers." he said, "the great ia.
Their has heard how you are wronged,
and he said: Twill send an honest man
10 talk to them So he looked to the
north, south, east and west. and he
said: Here Is an honest man. and he
sent me. Brothers, look at me. The
winds of IS years have blown over nv
head and silvered it with gray. and dur.
ing that tne I have wronged no man
l am yser fiagEa. and / ask you to sign
this reaty' hen he had finished
one Of Zee skit% ros anl saiGs "siy
fslends. Coy /me. The winds Of more
thar 30 wiz /&rs have blown over m,
head and ! Nered ii with gray, but they
have not flown my brains away" Then
he sat DOWN and the council was ended
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-24
A WISE HERO.
fore He Did Any Charging
on the Enemy.

NO" declared the captain, 81 positively
decline TO lead my company up that hill.
"Sir," exclaimed the colonel, do you
know that what you are saying IS rank In
subordination!
Call il characterization or what you
WILL" the captain returned, but | refuse
TO go"
The colonel was furious. The company
that be had detached for the purpose Of
storming the hill and capturing the for,
On top OF it was the only one that could
be spared, and unless his plans as ar
ranged were executed the whole cam
paign would fail. Not only that. but his
little army would in all probability be cut
off from the main body and wiped out OF
existence.
1t was a critical moment. The captain
could be court-martialed and shot for his
refusal to obey orders, but what OF it;
Every man was needed. To court-mart!al
and shoot the obstinate captain would no.
be to take the hill and the fort. He was
the only man who could do it with the force
at his command.
What was to be done? The colonel
Enawed his mustache and thought hard. A.
last he decided to appeal to the captain in
stead Of ordering him.
Think, man, think Of the glory that
you will win if you do this thing" he urged,
II know all about that" the captain re
piled.
well, for heavens sake. don't you want
to be a hero? Think of it. The entire na.
tion will applaud you"
Il realize that, and am anxious to be.
come a hero; but | positively refuse to dc
it until you drive all those correspondents
back and keep them off the field. ] pro-
pose, i; | do this business, to retain the
sole magazine rights on it. I'm not going
TO do a heroic thing and then let somebody
else get $500 a page for writing it up"
So the hill was taken. and the farseeine
captain is now living in luxury and win.
ming new laurels with his pen.-Cleveland
Leader.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-24
A OF M
~ R..ulted In PrOat to the Book
Agent and Loss to Up-tO-
Date Man.

Us was looking lank and lean; he wore
.Lrn,dbsre suit of black, and under one
arm he carried a volume; unde the o.ner
there was an umbrella which had seen better
days. lie entered so quietly that Dodson'
who was busy at his desk, did not near hlm'
~ have here" he began, softly.
Dodson wheeled in his chair and took IN
AZ Situation. Il don't care what you
haveI" he roared. Don't you see that
.;gn, 'Peddlers and Book Agents Not
Wanted or are you bllnd!,
""Tbe lie of Samson continued the
agent. with an apologize SMILE,
"Nhy didn't you say so beforeF' said Dod'
son, subsiding; ., so continued
the long. thin man in black.
am take it, said Dodson, shortly "1ooa
A few minutes later a friend Of Dodson's
happened in and picked up the volume. =,
Hello, old mani" said he, as he looked It
over. Il didn't know you went in for BIB
lical subjects"
testify. Il believe that in times like these
every patriotic American citizen should IA
miliarize himself with the lives OF our prom
inent men who are at the front making his
tory for this glorious country. we neeiect
these things too long. | propose to Keep up
"You will have to hurry il you do" an
swered his friend, dryly. '"This particular
Samson without the p has been dead for
5000 years."-Detroit Free Press.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-24

There is a small dog named Gypliyins
st Ramsev's. \. j.. and belonging to
Jacob Storms, that has had at Il time
and another a lot of lively experiences,
perhaps not as many as some dogs, but
no doubt as many as any dog in Ram
sey's.
Gyp's first experience was with a
passing freight train, which threw him
for a considerable distance. He was
picked up for dead, but found to be
alive after all. No bones had been
broken, and, carefully treated, II
wasn't very long before he was around
again.
With another dog much bigger than
himself Gyp was playing n day in a
shop that took fire. Not much damage
was done by fire, but the shop was
filed for a time with s%uffocating smoke.
The big dog was found later lying on
a bench dead; Gyp, down on the floor,
off in one corner by q knothole, with his
nose to the opening, living.
Later Gyp fell out of a second-story
window of a barn and sprained one of
his hind legs, Lying in the road one
day, and of about the same color as the
dust, he was run over by a team, and
one of his fore legs was broken. 1t was
set and done up in splints. and in due
| time it healed all right and Gyp went
about with sound legs again.
Gyp's most recent lively experience
was with muskrats. He is a great rat,
ter, and he has the pluck and grit Of q
bulldog. but the muskrats We're Just !;
little bit too much for him, They BIZ
him and tore him and scratched hin
and used him up very badly, and poo
Gyp had to be carried home in a wheel
barrow. II was thought at first tina
the right thing TO do would be t.
chloroform him to put him out of hi
misery, that he couldn't live; but whel
it was considered what he had live
through before it was thought that h
might come out all right even iron
this; and Gyp has justified this eS
peetation. He is around to-day as live
ly as ever. and as sound. barring hi
teeth and his tail. He has lost nearl
all his teeth, and the few he has LET
are loose; and for a tail he has but
stump of a few inches, the rest wa
gone when he came to Ramsey's. 1t
believed that Gyp lost his tail by SON
lively experience, and that he has ha
other vicissitudes besides those hel
recorded: but this is only an accour
Of what has happened 10 him since /
has belonged to his present owner,
Y. Sun.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-24
300 Reward AluU.

The readers Of this paper will be pleased
TO learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able TO cure in
all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure Is the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being q constitutional disease. requires q
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces Of the
system, thereby destroying the foundation
OF the disease, and giving the patien,
strength by building up the constitution and
proprietors have 80 much faith in its cura
tive powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that IL fails to cure
Send for list OF testimonials.
Address F.. ]. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-24
why He Didn't Show I'm.

4 young East Indian of some wealth
arrived in New York, and there claimed
acquaintance with a gentleman whom
be had met in Calcutta. The American
greeted him cordially, and, after some
conversation, invited him to dinner the
mex day. 1t had been arranged to have
some friends meet the stranger, and the
dinner was rather elaborate, therefore
everyone was highly disappointed
when the guest did not make his ap,
pearance. The next day he was seen
Al his hotel and asked if his absence
Had been due to illness. mo; l was
quite WE'LL" he said, calmly, "but l wa,
not hungry"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-24

Alter a nan has proved that he knows
something it doesn't matter how he combs
his hair.
A wonan who never weeps is OF no more
account than a pump withou, a handle.
II is better to have a consistent enemy
than a friend who doubts you.
He who hesitates is lost il he has written
any letters committing himself.
Great expectations have made an iilcr
o; many a man with good stuff in him.
Men who build up their own fortunes often
forget to fit themselves for the positions
into which their money lifts them.-Cleve-
land Leader.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-24
Advance of Science,

81 see you've got your lightning rod up
for office again." said the friend of the can.
didate.
THE lightning rod" replied the candi.
date, who was a matter-of-fact sort of man,
lis one Of the exploded humbugs of the
past. What I'm trying to do is to get my
trolley poles up for the Office. "-Chicago
Tribune.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-24

was perched at the top Of the pole
and refused to bulge, In vain the sOE-
ceress cast her spell. The toy fell
from her hands a wreck; disaster, dire
distress, beclouded her face. Not a
shadow escaped Hillhouse. In . jify
he had seized his hat and was knocking
at her door.
~ have observed from my window
I am your neighbor,' he exclaimed, 10
eating his eerie den across the way
that you have met with an accident
| am moi without some mechanical
skill, and / thought | might be of serv'
ice
"She opened the door wide for him
to enter. In the dignity of her pres
ence the shabby gentility of her sur
roundings vanished.
"'You are kind, SIR she said. To
morrow is Christmas
"'Ah! so ii is said Hillhouse. 1 had
forgotten
~ promised TO take Christmas din
neT NesttTudS dlteI iohS sSuAS "a SEP
aration. There is n little boy in the
family, and l thought the toy would
amuse him.
"'And so i, WILL laughed Hillhouse
as it has you and me-
"She colored like an old-fashioned
garden pink, and her limpid gray eye:
dropped us he picked up the mutilatet
monkey. In less time than it takes tc
tell, this grotesque representative Of
the missing link was restored 10 it.
pristine agility.
allow can | thank you"
by telling me some day. said Hill
house, that your young friends en-
joyment of the toy has been greater
than ours
Some days elapsed before Hillhousc
had the courage TO knock a second time
at his neighbours door, In the inter
val he had learned a little OF her his
tory. 1t was not without a purpose that
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-24
Diplomacy.

Tommy-Papa, what is that diplomacy
the papers talk so much about?
Papa-Diplomacy is the art which en-.
ables one man to inform another that he i,
a scoundrel without giving him a chance tc
get mad about it.-Chicago Evening News.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-24
Tested and Found Wanting

Mrs. MISUNDERSTANDING, do you think
Mr.. Slowman is in earnest?
Miss Matchmaker-Im afraid not, nam.
ma: | mentioned diamonds last evening,
and he only yawned.-Jewelers Weekly.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-24
Agricultural.

"0ur town." exclaimed the man who had
accumulated most OF the desirable lots,
has fourished like a great tree"
Yes" said the town cynic, 1--WE have
done the roofing and you the grafting."-
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-24

Are you troubled with letter, Salt-Rheum,
Eczema, Ringworm or any skin disease! Tct-
terine is su%recure; tryit SOC. a~tdruggists,
or by mail for cash or stamps, J. I. Shup-
trine, manufacturer, Savannah, Ga.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-24
The Cats Rough Tonrue,

The tongues of the cat family are
covered with recurring spines. in the
common domestic cat these are small
but sufficiently well developed TO civ,
the tongue a feeling of roughness. Blu,
in the lion and tiger the spines ar,
strong enough to enable the animal IL
tear away the skin of a mans hant
merely by licking 1t.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-24

The earliest complete clock of which
there is any record was made by a
s@aracen mechanic in the thirteenth cen.
fury.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-24

She's tlmid and believes in peace,
She shrinks from wars alarms;
Yet. womanlike. she'll never cease
To love the call to arms.
Judge.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-24

When a man concludes he is too smart 10
work he comes to the conclusion that has
made more thieves than any other thing OIL,
earth.-Atchison Globe.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-24

Railways represent an enormou ad.
dition to public wealth. The value OF
the railways of all countries is some
thing like G5,556,0O0 200.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-24

The great trouble in this world is too
many fools: Fools have always been nu.
merous, and there is no prospect whatever
that the supply will diminish.-Atchison
Globe.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-24

WOULD like TO have
the Christmas time
remember now
so well:
SO many things for
gotten that would
be q Joy TO tell;
Not a gath'ring In
a meeting house
with a q
Christmas tree
Such things are com
mon now-a-adays'
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-24
The Climate Forbids II.

Biggs-ls it true that Smith, the iceman,
is dead?
Boggs--Yes, poor fellow. He cuts no ice
now Life
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-24

Cohens.ein-"I wonder Wy volks say dol
peezness yos peezness?' Mrs. Cohenstein-
"Ve.l, ain'd id?" Cohenstein-"No; peez
ness vos pleasure Puck.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-24

Good morrow, my lads and maidens;
Good morrow. kind people all!
I'm b.dden by dear old Santa Claus
To make you a little call.
And. knowing your gracious courtesy.
! leave you a card TO say:
Remember the little ones Of the poor
on the bountiful Christmas day.
st. Nicholas.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-24

icler of the Lone Star, the Pentlands
had met. loved, married and contin-
ued TO work side by side until their
Joint earnings enabled them to build
this pretty Queen Anne Cottage; and
TO the house-warming had been hidden
their Christmas eve friends tried and
true. Elizabeth Pentland's ambition
was achieved: she possessed a home,
AS she surveyed the table snowy in
white linen, glistening in silver and cut
glass, and caught through the holly
and mistletoe the approving coo of the
infant heir to Pentland affections and
goodwill" and the congratulatory
smiles of their guests, her happy face
lifted in gratitude.
THANK Cod" said Mrs. Pentland,
"this is one social event ! am not called
upon to chronicle"
Amen" said the city editor.
"How like a story" said Mrs. Wealth
| erell; zone Of those good, old-fashioned
wholesome love stories l am SO hungry
TO read. By the way, can anybody tel
us what has become of the old-fash
Toned love story"
Like the day of miracles, my dear
it has passed." Elizabeth Pentland''
cynicism was acquired before she me
the city editor.
1.-THE telling, you mean; but love-
not u bit of it. It's as young and a
full of vitality as this King Of Low
Feasts-Christmas ITSELF"
Mrs. Weatherell was mi of those rar,
women at peace with self and the world
despite the fact that the latter per
sisted in believing her wretchedly un
happy. AS pretty a woman as on,
meets in a long days walk was Mrs
Wetherell; nature and art fitted her I,
shine in brilliant society. But Mrs
Wetherell's beauty was of the spirit a
well as the flesh. Never was she know
to complain. The husband whom tn
world dubbed a miserable failure wa
still to her the Prince Charming VIII
won her heart when she was toaste,
the loveliest girl in her 'set."
At five and forty Mrs. WethereI
judged all marital relations from he
own vantage ground-the love that !
eternal. 1t was this refreshing. Al
cadian strain in her nature that a,
tracted and held the affection Of Elizt
: beth Pentland, whose knowledge Z
.men and things" had come from har
knocks with the world.
Il nm sick unto nausea" sighed Mr.
: Wetherell. .of the problems involved !
the modern lore story. How refreshin
It would seem to meet once more |
! print love onihe old familiar groundsi
fancy laughed MiSs Dashnwa,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-24

h

A good mans son inherits poverty Span.
ish Proverb.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-24

The only place where chronic Ii,
Bulletin. s-L, Al
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-24
To Cure "a

Some people are so skeptical IL, .
even doubt their own dou6ts.1ma
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-24

A play is never satisfactory !;
man or woman left over when, ~ snsts b
occurs in the last act.-Atchison mRahIiala
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-24

When eyes snap, it must be the lashes
that crack.-Golden Days.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-24

To Cure a Cold in One D..
Take Laxative Bromo Quinins TAI,
druggists refund money Il il fail. aOleta.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-24

He who sows thorns must not go barefoot
Spanish proyerb.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-24

Some people seldom lend a helping hand
unless it is to help themselves Rams Horn.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-24

Trouble gets into many a home by means
OF q night latch key.-L. A.. w. Bulletin.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-24

Piso's Cure for Communities -
a. a Cough medicine.@F "a, no q
Seneca St., Buffalo, N. Y. ,ASSS. {
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-24
GYp'S EXPERIENCES.
Strange Things That Have Happened
To n small Dog Living NJ
Ramsey's, ". j.

There is a small dog named Gyp living
at Ramsey's, y. j., and belonging to
Jacob Storms, that has had at one time
and another a lot of lively experiences,
perhaps not as many as some dogs but
no doubt as many as any dog in Ram
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1898-10-21
VOTERS ATTENTION.

1t was only carrying out the princi-
pie which the republican party adopt
ed in this state four years ago Of de-
ception, that the last legislature
changed the plan Of voting on OH
cial ballots. They thought that they
could break up the opposition by pre-
venting party nominees name ap-
pearing more man once upon the tick
ct. The result was that it forced the
independent and democrat party into
practically one party. As the repub-
lican ticket is placed first upon the
official ballot they changed the plac-
ing Of the x from before to after the
name. They hope thus to deceive the
voters into voting the republican tick
ct. A cross BEFORE an independent
and democrat nominee will now count
for the republican, but you cannot
by any possibility make a mistake
and put an x before the republican
candidates name as that ticket has
no place before it to marke, as per
example:
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1898-10-21
TOM BOLTON, FARMER
The Popular Walsh county AsrlcuIturaIlst
Candidate for State treasurer.

Thomas Bolton, the independent
and democrat nominee for state
treasurer, came to Grand Forks In
August, 1881. He hired out to David
Brown, who resided west of here and
worked in the field and through the
threshing season that fall, after
which he went to Walsh county and
took up the land on which he now re-
sides. Since then he has added four
more quarter sections to the original
quarter. Mr.. Bolton is a successful
farmer. In addition to raising grain
he has branched into the cattle rails.
ing industry and shown by his works
that he believes diversified farming
the proper method for the North Da-
kota farmer. He is popular with the
farmers and all classes in Walsh
county and will receive the enthusi-
astic support of big majority of
voters in that county. Mr.. Bolton
was born in Wellington county. near
the city of Guelph, Canada, in 1S49.