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WOODS LANOINe ROAD RANCH
SAM WOODS, Proprietor.
Best Of meals. hns bsds, good stahass,
and oonvenisntly looatel. 0uoa aeooA-
nodauoos tor huntsss aad 1sAssDsa.
Give It . trial
MrowING DIZZY.
! SEPT. 18TH.

at the Transmissiaaapr and Inhsrna'
tional Exposition, Omaha, . rate of On.
cent a mile. via the Union Paoide, iron
points 10 Wyoming has besn axxNnged
TickSts ts DO sold espt. 17th anA 1Sth
good for return in 10 days.
This makes the rate from Laramie
$11.50 for the round trip.
For full informAttou call On
O. CLARK. Agent
, 1898-09-12

n. R.ouSue.a only 90. pr .o.sa
, 1898-09-12

been .sele ted at the previous meeting
were accused of cowardioe. T%hereupon
Lliccesi said: Il will show | am no
coward. i will kill some one" The
following day he left Zurich and went
to Basic, proceeding thence t o Ge-
neva.
, 1898-09-12

In ~ Thousands Of q. NJ - tbs nost ~.
ribAsu1Gction Of the human sos oait
rhskm, sorse, eruptioss, boils, all humoes,
sws4ings,e tc., originate IN its tosl faint,
and are cured BY the great and only Tfus
Blood Purifier, Hoods 6arssparilla. Tia
sdvanced theory Of today that tubsr-
culosis, OF consumption, b eurAbSs b.
proper nutrition, care and Purifying ths
blood, hnds confirmation in the sxpsri-
eno Of many who have been cured BY
Hoods ~Sarsaparina
Moods PIHs euro sick headache. 80.
, 1898-09-12
IN amy respect as the allies Of the

Their motive has been two-cold:-
First, an kmplacabEe hatred Of thk
Spanish, with an inUte racial thlrBl
for revenge, and secondly, their wish
to place themselves on record before
the world as a successful revolutionary
government and as complete masters
of the Ll1on provinces and as many
adjacent islands az they may have DO
occupy before the Philippine question
has been settled by the Paris COM
mission.
They are o W free to withdraw their
troops, to make an expedition against
Panay and TO capture Iloilo.
By continuing the campaign now, re-
gardless Of the armistice, they put
themselves in the wrong with every
body, just as by crowding into the sub
urbs of Manila and refusing TO vacate
the same unless compelbd to by a su-
pertor force, they have put themselves
IN the wrong with the Americans.
Their action ts doubtless due partly
to a ~disordered organization OF their
force. which, by their own confession,
ons1Ses VI CONVERSATION on andepend-
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power and distinction and all str,e-
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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-17
THE BURDEN JEWELS.
Proceedings to be Begun for the Recovery
Of this balance OF the Reward Of
$4,000 Promised.

London, Dec. 1l.-Streeters. the Jew
eiers of Bond street, have instructed
John Oakes, an attorney of New York,
to commence proceedings against !.
Townsend Burden to recover the bal
ance of the reward in connection with
the robbery of jewels from the Bur-
den mansion in 1895, when about $751;
600 worth of jewelry was stolen from
the house by servants. A reward OF
$4,000 was offered by Mr.. Burden for
the recovery of the iewelry, and the
thieves were arrested in April of the
following year, after having offered
some OF the jewelry for sale to the
Streeters, who communicated with the
police. The Bond street jewelers. say
f6S2 out of the promised e1,40o is
still unpaid
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-17
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Second SessiOn.)

IN the senate, on the 9th, Mr.. Vest (Mo.)
introduced some resolutions denying the
power of the federal government to ac-
quire territory to be held and governed
permanently as colonies. A bill amending
the navigation laws was introduced, and
precipiated brief discussion Of those
laws, participated In principally by Mr.
Vest and Mr.. Caffery Ha.l, both Of whom
opposed the biil......ln the house the Gus
tomary resolutions for the distribution of
the presidents message to the several
committees having jurisdiction, was
adopted. The army and navy deficiency
bill was reported The report of the Ha-
waiian commission was laid before the
house and referred. together with bill by
Mr.. Hit to carry out the resolutions.
In the senate, on the 7th, no business
was transacted in open session. Resum-
Ing business, at 2.l5, after an executive
session, the deaths of Representatives
Northway Of Ohio, and Love, of Missis-
sipp, were announced. and the senate, as
mark of respect to their memories ad-
journed......ln the house, the anti-scalp-
Ing bill was passed, after spirited de-
bate lasting four hours, by a vote Of ll9
to 10l
Senator Morgan. the Nicaraguan canal
bill was taken up and made the unfin-
ished business, after which the senate ad-
journed .... In the house the urgent de-
ttciency bill. to provide for the support OF
the military and naval establishments
was passed. practically without opposi-
tion. a number of amendments were
adopted, OF. the recommendation Of the
appropriations committee which had re-
ceived some supplemental estimates after
the bill was prepared. The amount
carried by the bill. as passed is $69, s95, So
The bill to render sureties of consuls, vice
consuls and consular agents liable fol
damages In suits at law was adopted.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-17

The Mississippi troops at Columbia,
Tenn, are reported to be in terrible
plight on account of the cold weather.
A private letter from member of the
Second Regiment received at Jackson
gives pitiful account of suffering
among the boys who are not used to the
cold which is prevailing at the camp,
and who are but poorly provided with
clothing and bedding. According to
this account the tents are hung with
icicles and crusted with frozen snow,
and the soldiers have to undress in cold
tents with the thermometer at zero.
Only two street fires are allowed. Th,
writer stated that application had been
made to Washington to have the troops
moved to Nashville, Tenn.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-17

The financial statement of Treasurer
G. R. Page of the levee commission of
the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta, submitted
recently by him and covering the period
from March LIST to October lst, shows
that for that period the total receipts,
including balance of sS49, l39. Al,
amounted to SSH ,051,S1. OF this amount
the item of debentures of 1898 was
$40 600. For the same period the dis
bursements, including 5000, 1885, 40 for
levec construction, were $3.50, ,03S. A
These left balance on had with the
National Bank Of Commerce of $751;
O17S7
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-17
The Third VIII Go to Cuba.

Capt. W. E. Hopkins, Company E,
Third Mississippi, reports that the
Third is under moving orders to 60 to
Matanzas, Cuba. No definite date has
been fixed upon by the war depart
ment, but all the necessary clothing
for the Cuban climate has been issued
to the regiment.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-17
smallnox at bedford. Pa.

Huntingdon, Pa, Dec. 12.-Benjamin
Lee, secretary of the state board OF
health, arrived here last night on his
return from Bedford, where he passed
the day investigating the nature of the
epidemic now prevailing there. DR..
Lee said that the disease is some pox,
and that, in the town alone there are
at least 20 cases. General vaccination
has been ordered. and the infected
houses are closly quarantined. 1t is
probable that the public schools of the
place will be closed.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-17
Hobson to Leave San Francisco for Hong
Kong December "a.

Washington, Dec. 11.-Navnl Con-
structor Hobson has been at the de-
partment in connection with orders to
proceed to Hong Kong, TO supervise
the reconstruction of the cruisers Don
Juan De Austria, Isla De Cuba and
Isla De Luzon. He desired a short
leave, but the department was com.
PEELED to refuse the request because ol
the necessity of getting him to Hong
Kong as soon as possible. Mr.. Hobsor
will sail on the steamer leaving Sar
Francisco on December "a, SO he will
spend Christmas at sea.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-17
OratOrlcal Contest.

Secretary Charles White, Of the
Mississippi intercollegiate Oratorical
Association, is now prepared to hear
from cities which desire TO- enter into
the competition for tho contest. Last
wear the contest was held st Millsaps
College at jackson. The next contest
will take place in May, 1899. The Asso-
citation only asks the city in which Il
holds the contest to furnish hall, ad-
vertising and about SIS cash. What
ever IS made out OF the admission fees
goes TO the local management. The
students pay their own expenses.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-17
SLIGHTLY More NJ oderate In Colorado.

Denver, Col, Dec. 1.-THE tempera-
ture in Denver and vicinity has risen
about ten degrees during the past "a
hours, the minimum record by the
local weather bureau for the day being
ten degrees below zero. The weather
continues fair.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-17
Special Judge.

The governor appointed Hon. W. A.
Belt special Judge to hold the Decem.
ber term OF the circuit court of Yalo-
busha county. Mr.. Belt holds this term
in place of Judge q. NJ. Stephens, who
is i'll.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-17
E.caue Of Conv,cted Hank pobbers.

Ottumwa, Ia, Dec. 1o.--Hai: and
Davis, the men convicted of rubbing
the Cincinnati (Appanoose county,
bank, have broken Jail at Centerville.
They have been traced to Exline, where
they took cars for Kansas City.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-17
To Investigate Indian Claims.

The members of the Dawes commits
sion who are coming to this State for
the purpose of identifying the Missis-
sippi Choctaws who are entitled to lands
in the Choctaw reservation under the
treaty of 1880 made between the gov.
ernment and the Choctaw Nation, are
expected to arrive at Carthage, Leake
county, on December 10th and sit there
until the cath. From thence they go
to Philadelphia, Neshoba county, sit
ting from December Goth to 31st, in-
elusive, thence to Decatur, Newton
county, sitting from January I'd to 7th,
inclusive. The head of each family or
some adult member of the family must
be before the commission at one or the
other of those places to give the COM
mission such information concerning
the family as may be required.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-17
Tippah County Clerk Named.

The governor has appointed T. A.
Hunt to be chancery clerk of Tippah
county. Mr.. Hunt succeeds Clerk
Mcintyre, who died recently.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-17
Mrs. Walthall Is Dead.

Mrs. Mary Jones Walthall, wife Of
the late United States Senator Edward
Cary Walthall of Mississippi, died at
Memphis last week. Mrs. Walthall had
been i'll for many weeks, her health
having broken soon after the death of
Senator Walthall, which occurred in
Washington on April 81 last, and her
death was due to general decline.
Mrs. Walthall was, prior to her mar
riage, which took place in 1860, Miss
Mary Leckie Jones of Virginia, she
having been born at st. Leon, in Neck
lenburg county. She was woman
whose charmingly noble traits were as
pronounced as the chivalry and gentle
ness of her husband Her remains were
inferred at Holly Springs beside those
of the late senator
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-17
Military appointment.

Henry E. Ramsey has been commits
stoned captain of Company Z, First Mis-
sissippi Regiment, in place of Captain
Birdsong, who resigned from the SER
vice
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-17
Mississippi Indians.

government commission will visit
this State to inquire into the condition
OF the Indian tribes now resident in
Mississippi, with view to moving them
to the Indian reservation lands in the
West. There are about 1000 or more
Indians in this State, Choctaws and
Chlckasaws. They are located in the
counties of Newton, Noxubee, Kemper,
Scott and Rankin. Unless the govern.
ment undertakes to coerce them, it is
certain that the Indians of Mississippi
will not move to the West. They love
the soil which holds the ashes of their
sires for hundreds of generations.
They can speak the language of the
white men and love to tell the tradi.
tions of their race, reveling in the de-
parted glory Of their ancestors. Many
of the older Indikls have formed warm
friendships among the merchants with
whom they come in contact.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-17
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.


The tigers tail was severely wrenched
at Meridian last week, and as result
thousands of dollars will flow into the
city and county Golfers. Thomas Wal
ton, prominent commission merchant
of Okolona, secured the evidence, and
cs result the places of W. J. Wood.
side, Tom Elmer and Armor's Annex
were decided public nuisances by the
mayor, and the police seized everything
in sight. Tom Elmer failed to show up
In the mayors court, and his bond OF
500 in four cases was declared forfeited
and he was fined $50 in each case. w.
j. Woodside, four cases, $50 and costs
in each. r. l.. Lavender, four cases,
also got the limit, $50 in each. R. S.
Waddle, two cases, $50 in each. Jake
Giles, two cases, same. S. NJ. Nelson,
one case, $50. Justice Klein then
caught the tiger keepers and tackled
on $500 and costs in each case.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-17

Every mother inclined to
money-saving will find good
sample of what economy
means when they buy
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-17

The cruiser New York arrived at
Havana on the 7th. Immediately af-
ter her arrival the New York saluted,
and Capt. Chadwick paid visit to Ad-
miral Manterola and Gen. Castellanos.
a naval lieutenant promptly returned
the visit on board the New York.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-31
SPAIN CANNOT CONQUER CUBA
A Question That Must BE Solved by
Us-Cannot BE Set Aside.

A Question That Must BE Solved by
Us-Cannot BE Set Aside.
Spain herself has demonstrated that
she is powerless either to ~conciliate
Cuba or to conquer it, says Hannis
Taylor in the North American Review.
Her sovereignty owe it is, in my hum
Bile judgment, now extinct "for all pur-
poses OF Its rightful existence" and
the hopeless struggle for Its re-estab-
lishment has degenerated into a strife
which means nothing more than use
less sacrifice Of human life and the ut
ter destruction of the very subject mat
ter of the conflict ITSELF" This de-
plorable state Of things is O only
shocking to humanity, but it is a spe-
cial and g%rievous burden to the people
OF the United States, by reason of their
intimate commercial and social rela-
tons and sympathies with the people
OF an island SO near to our coast line
as to be almost a part of our territory.
Our commerce with Cuba, amounting
annually at the beginning Of the pres
ent war to 500, 000, 900, has been near
ly wiped out. The millions of Amer
lean capital invested in the island
have been either destroyed or rendered
unproductive; many of our citizens re-
duced to absolute want have been
forced to appeal to congress for aid;
while too many of them have found
their way into Spanish dungeons from
which some have been able to escape
only through the door Of death. But
last, and worst Of all, our peace as a
nation is broken and disquieted by an
endless strife that enters as a potent
factor into our eternal politics. With
patience almost unexampled, we en-
dured all such evils during the period
of the great war that began at Yara
in 1868, and ended ten years later with
the treaty of Zanjon; then came the
little war, and finally the last great
war that has now been in progress for
more than two years and a half. Thus
we have been called upon to witness
nearly fifteen years of war in Cuba
out of the last twenty-nine. Through
out the present struggle, apart from
the commercial losses, we have been in
a state of semi-war with Spain; a large
part of our fleet has become a coast
guard; and our diplomatic relations
have been SO strained that for more
than a year the Spanish government
deemed 1t necessary to guard my place
Of residence with soldiers, night and
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-31

Country distances are peculiar
said Editor Littlejohn, Of the Carter
County (Ky.) Advocate, land the road
directions which a traveller receives up
in the mountains are sometimes lack
ing in quality of ex~plicitness, but are
frequently amusing to the inquirer with
plenty of leisure. How far is it from
here to Argillite?' asked a Portsmouth
drummer of an old fellow who was hoe
ing weeds out of some sickly corn. rs
it far?' Wall, it hain't so very fer nor
it hain't so very nigh. If you go around
by the big road it's ferder nor it is
nigh, but if you cut acrost the coun-
try it's higher nor it is fer, and If you
keep right straight ahead it's kinder
betwixt nigh an fer, but it's a n
siderable of a ja'nt from hyar, no mat
ter how you git thar"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-31
NO FLAME, NO NOISE.
A WONDERFUL CANNON MADE
IN FRANCE.
Colonel Humbert OF the French Army
Has Invented an Appliance That
Abolishes Both Noise and Flame
Causes and Effects. q

Co. Humbert of the French army
has invented an appliance that abol-
ishes the noise and flame that have
hitherto accompanied the discharge
Oh cannon and other firearms.
This appliance has been officially
tested On cannon and rifles ard has
worked satisfactorily. 1t must there
fore be accepted as an established fact
that a Jul can now be fired without
noise, flame or smoke.
1t Is not long since smokeless DOW
ders were introduced into various
armies. They necessitated important
changes in military tactics. The aboli-
tioh OF noise and flame will have even
greater results.
mat a great charge of gun powder
should be fired without noise will seem
10 most people incredible. Neverthe-
less the appliance by which this won
der is accomplished is very simple.
"hen he set out to solve the prob
lem, the inventor first considered the
EXACT causes of noise and fame in the
discharge OF a gun. The noise is due
70 the sudden expulsion of the gases
OF the exploded %gunpowder following
the bullet and the return of the air to
the barrel. The flame is due to the
ignition Of the gases by heat. If the
Darrel could be closed at the moment
the pro1ectile left it, there would be
neither noise nor flame. 1t ia inst
such a closing which Col. Humbert
has contrived.
The accompanying figures explain his
invention clearly. Figure 1, shows a
section of a short tube OBJ, which is
screwed over the mouth of a cannon
(A), which has been previously grooyed
for this purpose. The little tube has
the same diameter as the cannon. In
the interior of it is constructed a little
shutter (F), which works on a pivot
and normally lies in a horizontal posi-
ton. The under side of this shutter is
so constructed as to leave two empty
spaces beneath it (b BY.
When the cannon is fired the shell
leaves the barrel in the ordinary way,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-31

but the tremendous pressure of gas
following it slips under the little shut
ter and raises it up, as in Figure z.
The gas unable to pass out at the muz-
zle returns and escapes with greatly
diminished force through a number
of small holes Cd d. arranged in the
back of the tube, over the barrel and
directed toward the gunner. In order
that he may not be disturbed by the
backward rush of the gas, a band is
fastened round the middle of the bar
rel. causing the gas to dispense in all
directions.
The invention also serves the very
important purpose of suppressing the
recoil of the gun. In his experiments
with a small gun Col. Humbert noted
that the recoil, at the moment the
projectile left the muzzle, was only an
inch and a half, but that it subsequent
ly progressed to twenty-one feet. The
backward rush of the gas in his inven-
ton counteracts the recoil almost COM
pletely.
The apparatus for use with rifles is
nearly the same DIS lOT CduuOu, except
that a small ball instead of a shutter
rises and prevents the direct exit of
the gas.
Colonel Humbert is an officer who
distinguished himself in the Franco
German war and in Africa. He is now
advanced in years and on the retired
list.
When he first put his invention in
practical form he offered it to the
French Minister of War and of Marine,
but their experts did not then consider
it sufficiently valuable to purchase for
the public services. They gave the
Colonel permission to patent it and to
make it public. This he did.
He improved his invention and ap-
piled it with great success to a Hotch-
kiss gun of thirty-seven millimetres,
or about IL inches calibre. The re-
suit was far more in accordance with
the inventors theory than the off
, cial experts believed it would be.
The firing produced no flame and on
ly a slight kissing sound from the dis
charge of the gas through the small
holes.
The Ministry Of War Immediately ac-
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-31
RAMS HORN BLASTS.

Some guns kick: revenge Is one Of
them.
The sweetest flower of the gospel is
charity.
mo man can help his belief" I'm
less he has brains.
A poor picture is not helped by be-
ing put in a good light.
The dullest man has in him some
thing original. 1t is sin.
The man is usually In the right who
owns himself in the wrong.
In religious controversy, ferocity is
not the only sign of fidelity.
The waters of Lethe drown the past:
the blood of Jesus cleanses it.
For a certain class of minds, infidel-
ity is the hallmark of genius.
christianity is all very well, but q
man must live" Yes, to all eternity.
He who casts stones at others makes
of himself a target for their return.
For an epitaph: "He believed in n
free gospel: it never cost him a cent"
A temple to Venus was erected on
Calvary: it was the best the devil could
do.
Who would refuse the offer of eter-
nal life il he could put a mortgage on
it?
The thing that makes pessimism is
failure to find in men what angels pos
sess.
The confession of past folly may
be only the profession of present
wisdom.
Take care of Number One, but take
care it is the right one-the soul, not
the body.
Encyclopedias have to be rewrit-
ten every ten years; the old Bible is
still up to date.
He who always complains Of the
clouds, receives little Of ,ife's sun
shine, and deserves less.-Ram's Horn.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-31
Monte Carlo Profits.

Monte Carlos gambling bank took
in l4,950,O00 francs during the year
ending Oct. 81, 10000 francs less
than the year before. Among it's .ex-
penses were, for Prince Albert of Mon
AGO, 10000 00 francs; for police, edu-
cation and other public charges, L.
500, 900 francs; to the directors and Of
ficials, 1,0O0, 900 francs; for the theater,
music, sports and charity, 800, 900
francs; advertising, 500, 900 francs. A
hundred thousand francs was spent to
get unlucky gamblers out of town, and
another hundred thousand to keen
them from committing suicide. Never
theless IS persons killed themselves
on account of gambling losses during
the year.