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TO TEST WAR RATIONS.
Soldiers Engaged In Further Expert
ments as TO the Value of Com
densed Foods

Uncle Sans soldiers are to engage in
further experiments to ascertain how
long they can go without a square
meal. Brig. Gen. Weston, commissary
general of the army, while gratified
with the results obtained from the
emergency ration, believes it can be
improved, and now that there are 50
many troops available in the United
States, he proposes to recommend that
further tests Of the ration, under con.
ditions which will stimulate war, be
made.
These tests will be certain to bring
to the department numerous sugges-
lions contemplating improvement of
the condensed food. The ration is
sued for one days subsistence consists
OF Tour ounces of eyaporated beef,
eight ounces of parched wheat sea-
soned with one-quarter of an ounce of
SAT- and two ounces of chocolate com
olhea with two ounces of sugar. The
Whole Is placed in a can and carried by
me soldier. Trials of the ration made
u 'he philippines have been satisfac-
togy,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-08-09

that found in the east. in that il con-
talns, as a rule, asphalt instead Of
Paratltn. Since the earliest times the
Indians used it for various purposes.
and the Catholic fathers employed
asphalt in roofing the missions.
During the time of the early oil ex-
citement in Pennsylvania there was A
great deal Of wildcat speculation in
this state, large sums of money being
sunk Oil is found in different strata
representing different ages of the
world, The productive strata are Of
sandstone or sand underlying bodies
OF shaIe. The most productive wells
are about 1000 feet deep or even deep
er, Their life" varies. At Summer
land some run down only 1875 feet. And
this point is one of the most pictur-
esque of all the oil fields The town is
settlement Of spiritsts and is sit
uated on a narrow strip Of land be-
tween the ocean and the mountains.
the latter approaching very near the
,al,Io. ANY ~ '',is pace Nearly me
araa ,-fth -gly. 0"' ~, rr'o '''e sea Is COW
aro n,ast t,t " U.s. l,'ese ocean "elIs
49,, : ' ~ - = . Ing 10 VISITORS some
49, 81 t.i, U' P,n ~ ''J lee'' out Soo feet
49, 49, ~ . 80 ~ NnaF'eS run out
Iann,Il.- go 1'' a. { : 'Iinouu'eu ny
- a., ms
1AeSe "eI4s pay pretty well, fer al
'IouS II the quaIHy Is not especially
So $50 u Tue output great the cost OF
u ming 10 SlhaIl ana 4 well may be
pumped Ior zen uouarS per month. 1t
may De Ioaoeo directly into vessels
from me WeIis or be shipped on the
trans "hlIe run through this field. A
on luminous DeIt extends along the en-
TIRE racine coast from some point in
Mexico TO Alaska In transmitting
solld aSPhaItum from the mountain
mines OF santa Barbara TO the coast
Iehhefy' naPhlha Is used as solvent.
Alter reaching It's destination the
naphtha Is pumped back through the
pipe 10 the mine and IS ready for am
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-08-09
RETURN CARD SYSTEM,
united States Postal Commlssiou
Studying Ont New Method of
Business

The commission, consisting of tina
four assistant postmasters general
appointed by Postmaster General
Payne to consider the question of the
establishment of return postal card
system, with postage to be paid upon
the return of the card has concluded
its labors, and will soon unite on re-
port favorable to the plan. The COM
mission will recommend that two diff
ferent systems be tried, one requiring
that all the return postal card bust.
ness of each city shall be dore tbrouob
a corporation, and the other providing
for direct dealing with the govern.
ment and the firms sending out the
cards. The commission suggested
that each Of the plans be tried
in six cities in order that there
may be a thorough test. Business
houses which do large advertising and
mail order business are urging the ex-
pertinent
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-08-09

our people have known anything about,
You see Mcclellan had gathered here
more than 100000 soldiers, nearly all Of
them young men from the public
schools. All of them could write let
tiers, and they did so They wanted 60
tell The folks at home what they were
doing in camp, aud they wanted to
know what was going on at home The
result was that they filled our post Of
fee with tons and tons Of letters Our
force was inadequate, and we simply
corded up the letters in great bales.
Tt was impossible for us to forward
them Finally Postmaster Edmunds
took me with him to the postmaster
general 20 discuss the situation
81 told the official thatinmy opinion
we should be relieved Of the system Of
sending letters to their addresses di-
rect; that we should send all of Ohio,
Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia
and Kentucky letters to Pittsburg; all
mail for states west of Ohio to Chicago,
and Jet the large forces Of our clerks
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-08-09

/ ing extent. and this fact has given s
wide spread impression that it is all
too heavy This is mistake as
there are all grades Of oil IN the
state In fact, near Newhall, are the
white wells where perfectly clear
| kerosene, ready for illuminating
purposes, has been found. This ter
ritory IS, SO far, supposed to be linn
tied, being confined to q portion OF
Placerita canyon.
The first well was drilled at a
large expense owing to the quality
Of the rock formation, but after
months Of hard labor the operators
were rewarded by fine floor; in
fact, for a short time, the well was
a gusher. throwing stream 100 feet
into the ARA 4O0-barrel tank was
filed in "a hours, They tried boring
deeper, but the pipe detected and
the flow was "smothered. 1t is
thought that the removal Of the pipe
and redrilling in a straight line win
bring oil in paying quantities again.
1t filters through the rock in some
way until it is distilled, and is wsrth
from four to five dollars per bar
rel on the field The smell OF ma
tural gas meets one at every turn in
Placerita canyon, and in some por-
tions of the state there are paying,
flowing gas wells. 1t is probable
that the Los Angeles fields have pro-
dueed more oil than others in the
state, although the greater portion
of the product has been of low
grade, and most of the wells must
be pumped at considerable expense,
One skeptic who believed that there
were no flowing wells in the city was
invited to look at a gusher when the
cap was removed. with the result
that new $50 suit of clothing
was ruined, In oil more than in any
other industry one must look for
the unexpected to happen. Most of
the wells produce in large quanti-
ties at first. but woman who lives
in the midst of some wells, near
Westlake Park, stated recently that |
some Of the wells at the rear of her
residence formerly furnished IS bar
rels daily each. Now it is necessary
TO pump 65 wells to obtain that
amount of petroleum.
In 1868 a well costing $4,000 was
drilled on Hoover street, but the bust.
less was not pushed,
The California product differs from
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-08-09

amount. Twelve oil refneries in the
state are using at a rate of over
100000 barrels of petroleum per
year, the total amount of distillates
being over 10000 barrels. and the
refining business is in its infancy.
1t has been practically proven that
the supply is well-nigh inexhaustible.
and manufacturers win no longer
hesitate to make needed changes in
their furnaces
Until comparatively recent times.
petroleum has been almost ex-
clusively used for Illuminating pur-
poses, and the public has been Slow
in learning its value as a lubricant
and fuel Oil at one dollar per bar
rel is equivalent in cost to coal at
$3.50 per ton. Coal in California is
worth from $40 per ton, up. A
large quantity Of the output is not
susceptible to refining to any pay
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-08-09
SMITH D FRY.

masts, and two tunnels, and for or.
binary cruising purposes will have n
coal capacity of 1925 tons.
In point of size the new yacht will
exceed that of anything owned on
this side of the Atlantic, with the ex.
eeption OF Oliver H. Payne's Aphro.
dite, which is 3O2 feet over ali: 7
Pierpont Morgan's Corsair, 3O4 feet
over all; James Gordon Benefits
Lysistrata, 314 feet over all; and sew.
eral others. All these, while exceeding
Mr. Astor's vessel in point of size ara
not to be compared in point of speed
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-08-09
OLD SETTLER TALKS.
Has Besn a Resident of Washington
for OF Years.
National Capital Now Noted the
World over for Its Beauty, Then
Was Measly Country
Village.


&C. NILS Is The most pleasant sum
mer have ever seen 10 the
national capital and have
been here's summers,
The speaker does not look like one
50 far advanced IN years, lie has been
selling postage stamps for our city
post office for q very long time as
every patron of the office knows, but
nobody would suppose that he had
seen 50 many cycles Of time, de
bdded:
Il was born in 1927 and am in my
seyeny-siNth year. ! was here when
Jackson was president and in my
youth and young manhood l knew
Henry Clay, John c, Calhoun and all
those worthless Of whom you have read
Sc much. Even until this day am al
most as proud as was in my youth to
be able to boast that have sat on the
knee Of Daniel Webster
William I. Iurpin is the name OF the
vigorous old gentleman who has seen
this city grow from an obscure marshy
village into the beautiful capital Of the
republic There was hull in the bust
ness Of the evening and the narrator
stood by the window and received lot
OF very interesting information, IN an
twer to quite number OF pertinent
questions.
There was no city here In those days /
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-08-09
IN THE ANTE ROOM.
Some of the Persons and Thinpg That
Make the Senatorial Commits
siOner Weary,

Who, +l,o ;,,....,..,..-.
had disa,,r,,, wv, wv 20 w. "pte "lIeouan'
llt, Us" l,I'i Gu WIN tue cara OF the
" DOWN ~ .,,.';4 ,''e ''' Sd q'''e',
tbo oan,,,is-t - ny "P I. ''le9 o'
in,r,aIia4.I,. ~ '''" "oV come
'o'3' 'i"' as sue SAT there,
.a,,. ~" 10 IFaltze that she had
- a.. 0 80, ''"u 'ne lola % an iuea
r ,"I Pes''ls' ouSleSS Oh people
- ',"''' Pc sou VINO canle-aha they
.t,at ~ INNS I., Guns .ul'lS -oeile'ed
. ,,'''' "i ,1 niue Olt OF business was
to.'., any 'it"l AItef waiting per-
udPS TWO minutes the majority OF
."eln oegan TO iume and to inter
Iosd'G 'ne attendant relates the
Nc" York Herald.
one Wv woman having contained her.
sen lor Hye minutes in impatience,
s'oINeu hulnly away assuring every
one "lthln earshot that "she could
not wait another minute, as she had
an engagement On her way out
she hpttonhoJed another victim
and stood talking to him for half an
hour. Then she came back.
Has Mr., - come yet?" She
blandly asked the attendant.
"Oh, yes, come and gone" replied
that individual. cheerfully.
why, the idea. why did Won not
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-08-09

,,,a Hard on Both,-An Irishman whose "a.
was SO plain that his friends nsed ~ tsii iaoe
was an offense to the landscanoe H nm
peheu also to be as poor as he ,Sss ~ nap
0he DAY neighbor met him. and " eal
now are you, Pat% Mighty ba nq "s yea
al, Us starvation that's starin me in ~ pure,
Lpegorra, exclaimed his neiebbor ue ace lace,
s sngh,lcally ~ can't be very pIeasan y "Ea'
e''nef OF yezl"-London Outlook a'aH' i0r
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-08-09

. discerning Germs WHAT is this stnFp
asked the testy husband, sputterino S ovan
mouihlu OF the strange dish which FL of saJ a
On ne breakfast table. "Tbatf@' a ae nnas
Eae thoughtful wife, is the new 'Ibs nofaH
1924 t5o 1T ought to be healthy" dd pgs,sa
tne husband. I'm bet no germ Of ap nve sa
would try TO live on t."IBaltmD,oarpp s sense
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-08-09

49, '+N - So 1900 % we "a ---'F
OIL Is@u-3J
there distribute them, IN their rroner
trains This ida v.as gdoDteI and
that was the ort,in Of the ID p % ASH
was called. meaning th4 GI.rribYtirg
post offices. Ina,b0rt tfp...v4 cleared
our office Of accumulated mani and
then congress increased onr force
"Why, In those ea,.. while t.a arm,
was canped on the frofofa bHs
across the Potomac fine arm, ,arors
came in here loaded with immense
stacks Of mails and AS .oor as We
were able flo handle tha ratarrfpg
missiyes Ne SENT tha.a WAGONS bar2
to the arm, loaded yirb.a riI-,larauiIrt
of mail marter II was q oraat ,,orI,
IN handle fine army mail ae.os IA
sides thin We ,oera ra,.,fr.1 4, ham.
die q orqatrv ;ncraa.s5 ~o,,r+ ID NAN
for H. o.gr IsT.,., ,,s,,t +r. sr,-.a.
r,ertroert gDf +ra -+a.,a -
H. 1s-ter o4fca ba,irr ham trnt+.5
=, ore,t iii. H. .i.,.r.,.-.,.
Tie g,r. Of me nea.
n
~. I.r... I'M, " s.. .,i II .,,.
no-;,fan ,,sra ~. 80. I '-',''
H., arr-. ,i -rl a. - I y. ',l =
20 ~ ' ~ - ~ ~ '''-' - d Il 1-'0 .
- o.. ~ Wy a." l''o ''or'
~ ~ 20 w ~ io'H " '4' d gym ID, e we
l.Iu a. =. ~. - , t. o"'''s T., l1'' nue.
"neA our army came streaming back
WIN d" s9''9 o. stories o. .Ae olach
morse cavalry ana stoneNa4 jackson s +
n..+a5= ,fa 81 +. - I'M
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,h Deserved No Sympathy,-Mrs. Simnv.
udiae-l am so sorry that your dear o nndID
G Gnom yoa loved so much, is dead" ' Nrs
IE ouuo you needn't be; he did l,s
i br US a ceInt-after all the times we 'q baS
State Journal '"De'' 100 -ohlo
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-08-09

Witsor-What did the surgeon
charge for performing the operation
Kidder-Well, you see he and / be-
long to the same lodge, and he made
cut rate for me.--Chicago Amer
lean.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-08-09

In. Inc things at the tip of ones tongn.
S SeuSe SO maeh distress we wonder physicians
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-08-09

, Ii there be a crime of deeper dive than al
me gully tram Of human vices it is ingra6.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-08-09

| am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption
saved my life threN years ago. Mrs. ihoq
EIi(obDins,, Maple Street, Norwich, N. Y.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-08-09
Nothing rxnectea

Senator Windbagger with dignity,
4 have nothing to say.
Reporter (cheerily) oh, I under.
stand that but please state your
opinion. Judge,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-08-09

&c Alter t you have suffered from the rayagcs
T ol 1901 you finally begin to doubt that he
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-08-09
Expert at Doing Nothing

Manager-1homson, you are dis
charged.
Clerk-But what have done, sir?
Manager = Nothing absolutely
nothing. That'swhat complain about
-Tt-Bits.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-08-09
The Only One

The. UnIy Une.
"Are you sure you can support a
family?"
Il only want the girl. Judge.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-08-09

5 nl works of the cold Laxative Bromo
Qu'nne Tablets Price 2j cents. '' ''''O
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-08-09

Paid in Full Mendicant-"Boss d
N2 'i,t!,i owes C me a hvln', and" Grimshaw
Ton +" en- you re IWIng, aren't you?' Town
The St. Mary banner., 1902-05-31
Answers the Door Bell Herself.

In North Baltimore resides an elder.
ly lady who several years ago married
a man much her Junior. Whether for
economic reasons or preference, the
lady keeps no servant, and for years
her callers have been slightly discon.
certed on ringing her bell to have the
door open as if by chance and the mis-.
tress appear bonneted, yelled. and
gloved. apparently just emerging upon
some errand out of doors. Seeming.
ly taken wholly unawares she hastily
assures them that her mission is of nc
moment and can easily be postponed,
and pilots them into the jarkened
parlor, where, still yelled, she enter.
tains them with easy chat. Whether
the bonnet is ever removed or with
what speed the gloves and veil are
laid on" as the college boy would
put it. is the problem which has long
perplexed the neighborhood, and visi.
tors have learned to consider the non
appearance of any servant and the
chance meeting with the mistress at
the door an inevitable accompaniment
to friendly call.-Baltimore Sun.
The St. Mary banner., 1902-05-31
Medical Uses Of Tunnels,

Quite a new use has been found for
the Two-penny Tube and the other
underground railways. In addition
to being methods of quick locomotion.
they are also, in the opinion of many
trusting mothers who have little faith
in the pharmacopeia, important sana-
toria warranted to cure many Of
childhood's maladies. Tunnel air, it
seems, is good for Group, also for
whopping cough, and various other
ailments. Let us hope the ladies will
not get the idea into their heads that
it is a substitute for vaccination. A
doctor who was travelling on a rail-
way noticed that woman in the com.
partment almost pulled down. the
window when they entered tunnel,
and held outside a child whom she
was carrying, so thai the youngster
might get the full benefit of the foul
atmosphere; and when he asked the
reason of this extraordinary perform
ance she told him that tunnel air"
had been found to be complete cure
for the Group. And the other day an
East End mother was discovered by
guard giving her baby two complete
rounds on the Inner Circle" because
she had been told by a herbalist and
bonesetter that sulphurous atmos-
phere was good for the whopping
cough. Fortunately the unfailing
specific for the last-mentioned disor-
der was a visit to gas works, but
owing doubtless to the advance of
science, the underground railway has
taken the place Of the gaseous system
of pathology. Thus new and bene-
fetal era opens for tubes and tunnels,
and their shareholders.-London Tele-
graDh
The St. Mary banner., 1902-05-31
Quick to Seize His Chance.

One morning after the hand organs
got hold of his Washington Post
March," John Philip Sousa ran across
an Irishmaan playing the march at a
dirke-like pace, which set his teeth
on edge. Snatching the handle of the
organ away from him, Sousa exclaim
ed angrily: MY heavens. man! Why
don't you play it with little energy?
There's nobody dead on this block,"
The Irishman stood by, open-eyed with
wonder, as Sousa dashed through the
measures of the march at rattling
pace. And who are you, anyhow"
he exclaimed at length. Il am Mr.
Sousa,' exclaimed the bandmaster.
II composed that march. Don't mind
my giving you friendly pointer"
The Irishman retired with his fea.
lures wreathed in smiles. Next morn
ing an enormous placard appeared
about his neck. 1t was printed in red
ink. and ran as follows: "A pupil of
Sousa."-San Francisco Argonaut.
The St. Mary banner., 1902-05-31
ASBESTOS MORE IN DEMAND.
The Finer Grades Of the Mineral Now
Used for Making Ballet Dresses.

A very big revival in the Canadian
asbestos industry has lately set in as
a result Of the discovery that the
European substitute for the Ameri
can article is of inferior quality, and
Of the increased uses to which the
mineral is being put in the various in.
dustries.
For some ineXplicable cause the de.
mand for asbestos declined a few
years ago until the price paid was not
sufficient to warrant the continuance
of mining operations, and many of the
mines in the district of Beauce. where
the finest quality of the mineral in
the world is found. were closed down.
The Canadian asbestos is now worth
three times what it was year ago,
and the lately unproductive mines are
again in full activity. The gross
value of the asbestos shipped this year
promises to exceed $2,0O0000.
The supply of asbestos is furnished
by comparatively very small terri
toly. IL was hION IL SCNCld al uCNduto
ago that some asbestos existed there,
but the superior quality and richness
of the deposits were not exposed until
the burning of the forests in Thetford
and Colerine townships laid bare the
hills of serpentine in which the min
eral is found.
The rock carrying the merchantable
asbestos is generally a. grayish or
small PARTICLES of iron. The veins Of
asbestos vary in size from a mere
thread to a thickness of five or six
inches. Veins of two and a half
inches and upward Of good quality and
unbroken by particles of iron are re-
sarded as extra No. l."
The system Of mining is open
quarry work, the entire rock being
removed and broken up in order to
separate the asbestos. There is lit
tie or no excavation before the ashes
tos is reached, the veins of the fibre
being blasted out of the surface rock,
while workmen with hammers separ-
ate the portions of rock which adhere
to the pure asbestos, which is at once
sorted in grades for shipment. The
best quality is worth about $500 a
ton.
One of the best Thetford mines,
which could have been bought few
years ago for $4,000, is now yielding
it's owners more than 100000 year.
Another large mining area in the
same neighborhood has been acquired
by the Wertheims of Frankfort, Ger
many, the largest dealers of asbestos
goods in the world.
The commoner grades Of the min
eral continue, as before, to be manu-
featured into steam packing and fire.
proof building felt. The spinning and
weaving of the finest quality Of the
fibre have been so improved that from
being employed for drop scenes and
other heavy stage paraphernalia it
has now come to be used for the man.
ufacture Of stage dresses for the bal.
let.-New York Sun.
The St. Mary banner., 1902-05-31
A NEW TERRAPlN FIELD.
Maryland Diamond Backs or Their
First Cousins Found in Louisiana.

A fishery which has been carried on
for half century along the Gull coast
of Louisiana, altogether unnotlced ana
known only to the fishermen them
selves, has suddenly acquired Srea'
Importance owing to the discovery
that the things caught are either the
famous diamond-backed terrapln OF
MARYLAND or their first cousins.
All along the Gulf Coast are small
sea terrapin. They are found on the
shore in the summer, but in winter
they crawl up into the swamp and
bury themselves in mudholes. They
vary in size, but the majority are
small-about as big as a Maryland
diamondback.
The fishermen have been eating
them for half century. but have kept
them for their own use, believing that
they were too small to be OF any
value in the city market, where the
large green turtle of the West Indies
is the favoTite. They never heard of
diamond-bacll tcrrapin in their lives.
Those persons who have gone down
among the fishermen to enjoy sport
and have lived with them have always
reported that they Jared remarkably
we'll for people of their class. but this
was attributed to the fact, that most
of them, being CreOles or Malays,
were natural born cooks.
A party of New Workers who went out
fishing in st. Bernard few days ago
and stopped over at one of the camps
on Lake Borgne, were SO surprised
at one of the dishes set before them
that they wanted to know just how it
was prepared, and were told that they
were eating sea teryapin. An ex-
animation Of the terrapin showed it
to be first cousin to the Maryland dia-
mcnd back They carried home a
basket of these sea terrapin and liked
them so much that they sent back for
more
The news soon leaked out that the
terrapin which the fishermen have
been eating for half century because
they could not sell them were their
most valuable catch. They have
sworn off from terrapin ever since and
are selling all they can fish out OF
the mudholes with their tongs, and
getting what is to them a fabulous
sum, seventy-five cents and 81 apiece.
The fisherman who can find mudhole
with 300. terrapin in it and sell them
at such figures is as lucky from his
point of view as a miner who finds a
pocket of gold.
The sea marsh of Louisiana is OF
immense extent and dotted with these
terrapin holes. The surface has been
merely skinned over, as 1t were, for
the Fishermen were as surprised as
men could pe at discovering that the
terrapin were of some value. 1t may
be that the supply is infinitely larger
than is suspected and that enough sea
terrapin will be found in Louisiana
to put diamond-backs within the reach
of people of moderate ueans.-Sun.