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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-10-12

at takes rainy spell to show up
cheap shoe" says a shoe dealer. ~
can be spotted by an observer on
rainy day, though 1t may have come
within an hour from the store Watcn
the feet Of people the next time II
rains and you can pick out the mex
pensive shoes. A cheap shoe always
slips when the pavements are wet
Artificial stone pavements especiaiiy
show them up. The sole of a cheap.
common shoe Is made of imitation
leather, composed of pressed paper
and water softens 1t and makes ths
wearer slide along while walking you
c.r always tell cheap shoe IN this
way."--Indianapolis News
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-10-12
MUNICIPAL MATTERS

Canoe building is one OF the ,nS" ,nS;ob
..;ss of Kennebunkport, Me- wnion n
.ries ss 70 :, build great ships, and even
usss s,s launches an occasional schooner
seven-story building IN Nm .n'VasI o1iI
,.s inst been raised with jacks =. s.n :,
40" nus. without cracking pane OF giae'
or injuring wall - ny, nork
within 20 miles of City han pan ,ha,
New o0n ooo IN nsople, or more than one one
twentieth of the country > eh''' ff
nlation.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-10-12
OTHERWISE UNN0TICED.
Secretary of State Hay Will rcsum.

Secretary OF State Hay Will resume
his official duties next week.
Federal officials in Texas announce
n vigorous war against lotteries and |
lottery agents.
Scarcity of fresh meat supply has
advanced price of beef two cents per
pound at st. Louis.
American fnanciers are making an
effort to secure control of the street
railways in St. Petersburg.
The wedding of Senator Chauncey
Depew and Miss May Palmer will take
place in Paris early In December.
Admiral SIMPSONS health is report
ed to be improving, and his present
condition is not considered serious.
Capt. Louis Haas, for 20 years prom
inently connected with the Chicago
police force, died, Monday, of pnou-
monia,
Charles Leo, bartender, aged so,
committed suicide at Terre Haute,
Ind, by throwing himself in front of
train.
The Mexican government has sus-
pended the duty on American corn,
owing to the shortage of the crop in
that republic.
August Noctzleman, well-known
German citizen of Marion, H., died
from the effect of poison taken with
suicidal intent,
Mrs. Sarah Feldman fell four sto'
ries through an elevator shaft at Kur
lander Bros cloak factory, St. Louis
: and was instantly killed.
= Within one hour after having beer
arrested, at Beardstown, ILL.,, on I
charge of theft, Walter Fee was
corpse. He had taken carbolic acid.
j. Tabo Cruise, q well-to-do farmer an
. land owner, committed suicide b
: hanging to an apple tree in his OF
chard at his home near Mascoutal
Ill.
j.. George w. Christian, a prominer
:. physician OF Austin, Tex, was foun
- dead in his office. Chloroform is b.
= lieved to have been the agent
death.
Charles Witherspoon, a negro farr
er, near Forney, Tex, was wayla
~ by unknown parties and shot
y death. 1t is believed it was wantt
assassination.
The fifth annual Cedar Rapids ia
u carnival opened Monday with enc
se Gus crowds. One of the features W
Nh a. baby show, with nearly two hu
- dred entries.
IA Fred c. Rcitinger aged 3@, an
torney of st. Joseph, Mo, was CIV
NJ n sentence of three years in the pc
nc nc tcntiary for embezzling funds beloI
~ Ing to clients.
'h Fire swept through half block
nc frame and brick buildings in Sor
A.'' III Chicago, Monday, causing loss in
10 neighborhood of $4,000. Nine ou
ings were burned.
il' Charles Bensyl, 80 years old, form
ier " of Danville, H., was killed BY
ms Southern freight train at Prineet
lhe Ind. He was formerly prosperc
y but had lost all his money.
40 Boer sympathizers have started
nee endless-chain postal card system
on appealing to President Roosevelt
prevent further shipments of hol
gh. and mules to the British in 30
'"s' Africa.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-10-12
..,.no,,t.n railors of London.

It would be hard to find more cos
mopolitan couple Of sides than those
who played a cricket match last sat
urday. Two teams were selected from
among the students Of the Tailors
Academy. Drury lane, and some idea
Of the countries represented may bs
gained when we state they represent
ed Persia, Barbados, Denmark, doi'
land, Hungary, New Zealand, Queens
land. West Australia, Jamaica, Eng
land. Scotland, Ireland and Wales. a
Queenslander and a West Australian
each selected side, and closely con
tested game was played on Parlia'
ment Hill Fields. Some OF the LADY
students joined in the game, and
proved great adopts in the art o'
piling up runs.-Tailor and Cutter
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-10-12


,oo,ord 10 paradoxical lands
nioht almost as Justly have peen
ca,lad ireland, for there frost and nre
are strangely mingled. Ihe ioi'y
mountains, towering skyward, are ciau
with sunny fields and glaciers, YET a.
tbe same time send forth hre ana
steam and molten rock. AT times tne
sruntion. bursting forth suddenly
melts the ice and snow on the mouh'
tain sides, and great foods rush down
into the valleys. On the cooieo sur
fare Of the lava flow ice anu snow
accumulate, and then perhaps new
eow of lava covers up the ice WIN
ort melting IT, The ice is thus smut
nm as in a great natural ice house'
and may be so preserved for thou
sands of years. Dr.. Geikie menuohs
Ease in which layer of ice occurs
batween two beds of lava in geo.
logical section. The antiquity OF such
a he'd of ice is to be measured IN thou-
, sands and tens of thousands OF years.
: On a smaller scale is the famous Els
, noble. a natural ice house not far from
5 Caseslburg in the Eifel. There on the
, hottest day in summer ice is 10 De
Y found. This ice is famous, and was
: always served at the table OF the
:. E,ector of Cologne. And if in North
e ern Iceland we have paradoXical ap
o nroximation of heat and cold, it is moi
: otherwise in the far South, for IN I'M
S Antarctic regions Mount Erebus SENDS
IS forth its fiery torrents and the no
- stream which rushes aloft falls a
snow on the leeward side of the noun
tain.-Chambers Journal.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-10-12
Married sixty Years.

Nashville, ILL.,, Oct. s.-Elige Trout
and wife quietly observed the sixteth
anniversary of their marriage Mon
day. Although the former is 81 years
old and the latter 76 years, they are
more active than some persons many
voars their Junior.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-10-12
n,p Fire at Arkansas city, Ark

Arkansas City, Ark, Oct, s.-A haif
million dollar fire occurred Monday
completely consuming the Paepcke-
Te;cht Lumber Co.'s immense yard OF
cottonwood lumber, containing some
,our million feet of seasoned lumber
and much other property.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-10-12
labor Chair of Ethics.

Prof. Walter Vrooman, founoer Ok
the Ruskin labor colleges In England
and this country, is said to have In
dueed laboring men to establish pro
fessorship in the University OF Chl'
cago. founded by John D. Rockefeller
to teach ethics and moral philosophy.
The new chair Is to be estaollsheu
and its occupant chosen by January l.
The professorship will not be main
tanned by the university, but the move
ment is probably expected to get much
patronage from it.
As the science of ethics covers the
methods by which Rockefeller ac'
ouired his abnormal wealth, and as
moral philosophy doubtless has some
bearing upon monopolies in general
such pursuit in Rockefeller's college
NAV become highly interesting
II is to be hoped that Rockefeller
p,ble class and the chair of ethics may
manage to keep somewhere Wlthin
sneaking distance.-Boston Globe.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-10-12
...-lu ,lnn nn0 AMONG the amlcted

nearly 100000 among the aifiic'eu
towns of Mississippi.
AZ the time OF his death Col. Power
was serving his second term as oecie
tarv of State and his demise leaves
vacancy which will not be easy 70 NIL
During his incumbency OF the once
he has saved many priceless srecordsahu
historical papers from destruction aho
his contributions to the archives Oh 'he
Mississippi Historical Society ale
among the most valuable III 'no
nossession of that body.-Demoerat'
Star.
In the death of Col. Power the stata
of Mississippi has lost one OF ner pes'
citizens. Though not Mississipplan
by birth. no native born son OIL ene
commonwealth could have loved nei
better or served her more faltnluliy
than did Col. Power. For the MY
! vears he has been a citizen OF hh
.. state he has ever strlven for, watcheu
and guarded her interest. Her history
he knew by heart, and but for MS pen
Il ,orv an historical incident woalo
Doubtless have been lost and forgotteh.
Col. Power was probably the mos'
:, =, widely known and best beloved cltizeh
= of the State. He was generous 10 =
= fault. more so than his purse couiu
hear and his kindness Of heart Kne"
no bounds. The entire state Is ei,
wranned in gloom and the tears Oh
le genuine sorrow that are shed over the
death Of this good man are coplous'-
~ Winona Democrat
- The faculty and student body Oh the
- - Jefferson County High School adopted
- - the following resolutions respectihs
- the death Of Col. J. L. Power:
- Whereas, Since it has pleased dou
in His infinite wisdom, to remove
., from our midst by death the person o.
~, the late Col. ]. L. Power; therelor'
a be it ht
he Resolved, /. That the people Oh 'ni
ar state have lost one OF their nio'
or worthy friends and benefactors'
nd 80 That our county and we, IN
corps of teachers and the students
Jefferson County High School, nav
,on lost a friend faithful and true ana
"s. That it is the earnest desire
this entire school that copy OF tne'
mel resolutions be forwarded to the berea
AIRY ID family as a token of sympatf
'ase and appreciation of Col. Powers gre
rom service as an educator and citize
his. With dee resect.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-10-12


lovingly called, passed away at his
home at Jackson on Tuesday, Septem-
her %, 1901, at 1885 O'Clock, of pneu-
uonia contracted on a recent visit TO
Buffalo, New York. He was Ill only
ten days.
We knew Col. Power intimately tor
over thirty years and a better man
and a man more beloved by the peo-
nle generally of the State never lived
His place in the State will be hard to
fill To the bereaved the Democrat
Star tenders sincerest sympathy.
Col, John l.. Power has been foi
many years one of the most promi
, nent public men in the South. til
, has been closely associated with MIS-
+ sissippis history for many years, ant
' his death removes from the stage o
4 earthly action one of the States mos
valued citizens. AS a public of1cef
soldier. historian, statistician an
: leader of secret fraternities, he wa
y nre-emiaent and there has been fey
events of general public interest 0
Importance during the past two-scor
wears with which he has not bee
y closely associated. - In benevoler
y work Col. Power held supreme piac
= and he has probably accomplisne
more in collecting funds for orpnai
30 than any man in Mississippi. A wor
ss Of which he was always especial
IN proud was in connection with the ye
IL low fever epidemic In 1873, when he r
:. ceiyed and distributed judicious
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-10-12

The Herald knows Of no man VINO
can take the place of Col. Power. Ihe
Press had in him an earnest, true
friend; his church, one OF the most
consistent and devoted of members;
the various secret orders-Masonry,
Knights of Pythias and Odd Fellows
a brother whom they could trust; edu-
cetional and charitable institutions, a
ready helper.
Well may Mississippians mourn the
death of such a man. Long after th'
hody that was laid to rest in the GENE
tery at Jackson on Wednesday after
noon has returned to dust, will TN
memory of this illustrious man b'
fresh In the hearts of the thousand
who esteemed him in life. Last weel
the nation mourned the death of 1t
President; today Mississippi mourn
the death of one whose loss is create
70 the State than was Mr.. Mckinley
= to the nation.
: Col. ]. l.. Power is dead; great an
A good man has fallen. Peace TO n
a ashes.-Y azoo Herald.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-10-12

Our big adopted sister Memphis
mourned last week, as did all of North
Mississippi, because one more nopie
man had been called from the work
he loved and the life he so adorned
to the bourne from whence no traV-
eler returns Lucas Clapp was one
of the leading men of Tennessee ana
one whom the people of Memphis de-
lighted to honor. He was born in Holly
Springs and educated at the state
University. His father, Judge Jere'
miah Clapp, at one time represented
this State In the Confederate Congress
ana while his worthy son was ioya
| 10 the State of his adoption and ap
preciated the high honors bestowed
rpon him by the people of Tennessee
he always had warm place in MI
heart for his native State, and ther'
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-10-12

1t is a splendid evidence of our
progress that we can now find, in
many Of our own stores, cotton goods
(domestics, etc. made in our own
mills, of our own cotton, by the labor
of our own people. Surely we VIII
find greater pleasure in wearing
homemade clothes than we have
ever gained from the finest product
of Mississippi cotton, when woven or
Eastern looms,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-10-12

1t is highly probable that Chick
asaw county's two most important
towns will soon be connected by rail-
road. Long years ago the survey
was made and the earthwork all pre-
pared between Houston and okolona'
and as much of this work still holds
good, the much-to be-desired ena
should be easy of accomplishment.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-10-12

A Kansas woman wants divorce
because her husband declines to kiss
her. Since the advent of Mrs. Nation
the public is disposed 80 give the haIv
sas men the benefit OF all the doubts,'-
Washington Post,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-10-12

Travellers along the line of the NJ
& O. Railroad will miss the hotel that
formerly stood at Artesia, 1t was de-
stroyed by fire last week, as was also
the depot building, The old Artesia
dining room was famous wherever
Southern travelling men went, for few
hotel men in all the land served such
delicious meals as did the Chidseys.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-10-12

are many in the place OF his nativity
who mourn as for one very dear 10
them.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-01-19

Isaac w. Brown of Fulton county,
the bird and bee man. who for sev-
eral years has been working to i'm
press the people Of northern Indiana
with the Importance OF protecting ma
tive birds and bees, has been given an
attentive hearing in Kokomo. The pub
lie schools of the city are now giving
much attention to nature studies, and
Mr.. Brown has given series of talks
to the pupils.
He has advanced the idea that for
every grain and fruit destroying insect
there is in the economy of nature Il
bird whose province is to destroy that
insect. The meadow lark, he says, has
a special appetite for worms that de-
stroy clover, while the mission of the
bumble.bee is to distribute the pollen
of the plant. The robins and bluejaysi
are the natural protectors of the or
chard and every bird has an especial
use to which the naturalStS would
again return them. 49, indianapolis
News
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-01-19
CHARACTER IN TEETH.
What Their Size and Color 1ndicnte-Ihe
"Ncw Americnn Shade"

What Their Size and Color Indicnte-The
"Scw American shade"
1t has been said that one can tell the
color and shape of a mans teeth, when
his mouth is shut, by merely taking
note of his complexion says the Lon
don Express.
There actually Is some affinity be-
tween the color OF ones teeth and
the character of ones complexion, but
such an analogy would probably only
receive popular recognition when pre-
scented in individuals of marked type.
The experienced dentist can, no.
ever, often determine the shape ami
color of his patients teeth without
ever asking him to open his mouth.
In person having red or aubu"n
hair, blue eyes and fair or tloril
complexion, the teeth would he
creamy, inclined to yellowness ana
brilliant and translucent.
On the other hand, teeth of pale, dull
or muddy color, with no transparency,
will be met with among people of
sandy hair and light gray eyes.
The bilious temperament, with its
black, curly hair and dark and deep,
ruddy complexion. presents teeth of
strong yellow color, rather opaque and
frequently marked with traverse lines.
Teeth of a pearly blue or gray Of
marked transparency. and rather long
and sharp, are nearly always ussocl-
ated with delicate transparent COM
pleXion.
When obtaining artificial substitutes
for their lost teeth, patients, and par
tcularly lady patients, are prone 10
desire them of unnatural wilderness and
regularity, to combat which weakness
often places the dentist in a position
of some delicacy.
On the other hand, there are others
who are sticklers for the natural. The
smoker has marked prediction for
teeth of khaki hue, and a dentist tells
of patient who recently asked him
for "Thc now American shade, with
gold spots" of course innocently re-
ferring to the transatlantic practice
of even filling artificial teeth with gold
before fixing them in the human
mouth.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-01-19

1t seems somewhat ridiculous that
man who has gained prize shall have
to pay for it. Such is the case with +"
spect to the prizes gained by many o.
the exhibitors at the exhibition. Gold
and silver medals have been awarded
ny the hundred. but instead of such
medals being actually Of gold and sill
yer, they will be Of bronze, unless the
successful exhibitors choose to pay for
them. The prize winners have just
been informed that those who have
gained a silver medal can have one of
real silvcr-onc Weighing 1870 grammes
by paying 20 francs, while the happy
recipient of a gold medal can receive
the genuine article-weighing approx
mately POO grammes-for the trifiing
sum of 40 francs. They sometimes do
strange things in FranCe.-Paris Mes
ongcr
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-01-19
The Nations on Mont Ilnnc

The table of ascents of Mont Blanc
for 1900 has just been published, says
the Westminster Gazette. 1t shows
that the Swiss lead with So ascents,
followed by the French. Germans and
the Americans, England being quite
low down on the list. with only five
ascents. A good many Of our climbers
were on other kopies at the time, and
we may console ourselves for our loss
of place by the reflection that English
asCentS were most numerous in the
days when Mont Blanc was more diff
cult than it is now. The pioneers. in
1855. were Savoyards. The first Swiss
and the first English asccnts followed
in 1887. Then came the first German
ascent in 1902. the first Polish ascent
in 1878, the first American ascent in
1919. the first French ascent in 1884
and the first Italian ascent in 1910.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-01-19

Science has routed many ghosts
during it's short life as an unauthor-
lied development of human knowledge,
though in the minds of the thoughtful
II has probably raised far more than
1t is supposed to have dlspelled, says II
London newspaper, 1t will. at all
events, be news to most readers to
learn that the will O. the wisp,'
grave lights" and other similar noe
turnal manifestations of once sup
posedly supernatural phenomena are
now not unlikely to be captured and
utilized for the purpose OF relieving
the rates. At Chorley it has been as
certained that 1000 feet 20-candle pow
er gas can he obtained from the or
ganc matter contained in one ton OF
sewage. The present price of coal
undoubtedly acts as a fostering power
to such experiments as these. which
are by no means contemplate even
although their end may appear of Il
hopeless aspect commercially.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-01-19

Frankie is Of very sor'ou4 frame
CT mind and given to thinking abou'
gray, problems tor himself, Not lone
ace he attended a children's meet
ing and never took his eyes from tbs
face Of the minister who did The tain
ing. The remarks aimed o. reach III,
infant comprehension by first showing
tares out of garden that they might
not choke the flowers and vegetables
This went TO the mark, because the
] tile ones had moro OF less y actiCa.
knowledge Of the subject
The application was that children
should carefully cultivate the sood in
their natures, wedding ont the faults
ind wrong tendencies that might In
the end destroy all that was best
in them
frankie went home and for two
days had little to say except in re.
Sponsc to direct questions. But il
was too much for his immatura men
tai equipment, and he blurtod out;
Mamma, how did that man say !
must get them weeds ont Of my
stomach"
That Same evening Frankio's god
father called. Just to draw the lad
cut and to tide over lull in The con
vcrsaiion his own father inquired
What is godfather, Frankie -
The boy thought with his usual de.
liberation and replied: III S the
man thatll como in here ami take
yGur blaze and boss things when
you're gone"
ut is your bedtime, frankie" said
the mother, gently but irml! Do
q oft Free Press
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-01-19

brilliant sunlight Now was his mas
ter, for ! was swIitcr than he was
upon the ground, But | lost no time
admiring him, for was ready to sink
from exhaustion.
| got my stick across the middle of
his back to keep him from getting
away again AS IL touched him he
turned and bit II sayagely, BY Il
quick movement | shifted the stick,
and got It close TO his head, Then
grabbed him with my fingers round
the throat,
He was a furious captive, To and
fro he dashed himself, his long body
and whip-like tail striking mo all over
my body, legs and face, so that ! had
to drop the stick and hold him with
the right hand at the middle, to keep
him from breaking his own neck by
his struggles.
Within half an hour had him in
cage in my room; and within an hour
after that he had lost his fear OF me,
and had lost my fear of him to such
an extent that | allowed him to glide
along my shoulders and around my
neck.
Beautiful. gentle and harmless. he
was now the gem of my collection,
and | treated him as one entitled to
unusual privileges; for while the
other snakes We're confined to their
cages, the boomslange was n prisoner
at large. He lived on some branches
suspended from wire halfway be,
tween the ceiling and the floor On
these branches would put chamolons,
and the boomslange would catch and
swallow them as contentedly as If he
were still free in the wild BUSH
Youths Companion.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-01-19
Talk
About 1t

That's always the way with
our Hair Vigor. When per-
sons use it they are always so
highly pleased with it that they
tell their friends about it.
If your hair is short, too
thin, splits at the ends, is
rough, or is falling out, our
Flair vigor will perfectly satisfy
you.
If your hair is just a little
gray, or perfectly white, Ayers
Hair Vigor will bring back to
it all the dark, rich color it had
years and years ago.
One dollar q bottle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-01-19
Valuable Aim anac Free.

We have received Il copy of the new
almanac for 1901 published by the
Royal Baking Powder Co. 1t Is an ar
tistic and useful book, and will be or
interest to housckcepers. A notewor-
thy feature Of the almanac Is predic'
ton Of the weather for every day or
the year by Professor DcNoe who cor
rectly prophesled the great Galveston
Cyclone and other important mctero-
logical events. We are authorized to
say that any woman render OF tins
paper can secure copy without cost
by sending u request 10 the company
at 100 William street, New York.