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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1903-12-05
BEAR HUNTING IN COLORADO.
Until Winter Has Fairly
Set In.

The spring season is comparatively
brief as the fur is in prime condition
only for short time after the bears
come out, says the Illustrated Sporting
News, They take Immediately to a
vegetable diet and a strenuous life,
which soon works off the layers of fat
and by June the fine winter coat be-
comes thin and more or less shaggy,
BY September, however, the fur is again
in good condition. and from then on
hunting is good until real winter sets
in, and the first big, lasting snowstorm
sends Bruin hunting for shelter, The
latter is not necessarily in "a dark
den in the rocks or in the cave formed
by the roots of some fallen giant OF the
forest" for the falling giant is seldom
considerate enough to form anything
which could seriously be called cave,
and good rock dens are few and far be-
tween, If winter comes on gradually,
the bear will take some time in select
ing really good den, but if it sets in
suddenly and in earnest with big
snowstorm, the bear will hole up in
any sort Of shelter; fallen trees, piles
of brush, bushes or lodges of rock and
almost invariably on the northern sides
Of the mountains, where the snow lies
longest and they can sleep till the melt
Ing snow trickles in on them and drives
them out
The Hethod Of hunting is the same
in both seasons, but the feeding grounds
differ In the fall they collect where
the berries grow, but in the spring one
runs across their tracks almost any
where, as they are then constantly on
the move, and feed on the bark of young
alders, willow and all sorts of water
plants, fish, frogs, ants, etc
Having eollecteGyour outfit, you send
the pack train OF dogs, with the cook,
'wrangler' and one guide, on day
ahead, and then follows a long ride with
the head guide to where camp has been
made You eat tremendous dinner and
crawl INTO your sleeping bag at half
past eight or nine The next morning
you have breakfasted and are saddlng
your fresh pony flor every man must
have at least two mounts as the sun
peeps over the mountains. Strung out
in single file, led by the head guide in
the midst Of the dogs (only the terriers
are not coupled, you ride for perhaps
half an hour, when a halt is made,
cinches are frightened and the maya
zines Of your 34-4O Winchester or Ru-
manian Mannlicher filled and the rifle
replaced in the scabbard under your
right knee, trigger down to protect the
foresight Then you remount and the
line spreads out, and you move on, the
dogs still coupled, covering some
draw (small Valley, and all looking
carefully for bear sign"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1903-12-05
EXPENSIVE BEARS.
Clothes and other Articles
of Adornment

The fish commission in San Francisco is
frequently IN receipt OF ridiculous commu-
nlcatl3ns from people of the interior who
have vague ideas OF the functions Of the bu.
reau, says local exchange A retired
merchant from one of the hill towns, DE-
string 10 devote his spare time to the study
of zoology, sent the following letter Of
inquiry to Prof. Charles A. NoQelsang
Il am interested in natural history and
want TO get hold Of dear for scientific
purposes. DO you know where ! can buy
one: If SO, get a good one and express it
in a box @. o, d.. together with permit
for keeping same One of the common
irieties will do. | will pay all ex-
peuses,'
After pondcring over the communication
for some time Herr Nogelaug dispatched
the following reply:
"Dears Of all kinds are abundant in this
neck of the woods, and if you are not par
ticular as to color or breed | can easily
comply with your request. Mos, of them
would object, however TO being sent in a
box BY express. If you will agree to assume
the cost Of perpetual maintenance, | will
promise to send on a dear who will be use
full both for scientific study and for house
keeping. ! am not authorized by the laws
Of the state to issue such qerEas as you
require, nu ,un may get them from the
county clerk. | await your reply with
eagernCss
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1903-12-05

days and is yet only 55S miles from Pc
king. AS Newchwang is a treaty port,
where foreigners are permitted to re-
side permanently, the traveller will find
opportunity to pass delightfully."- the
hours which intervene between the ar
rival of his train in the afternoon and
the departure in the morning.
Travel is now faster and the passen-
ger speeds across the plains of Man
churia on the trans-Siberian railroad,
and as he journeys he cannot but be
struck with wonder at the great work
the Russians have achieved in that
country The Manchurian road was
Milt with marvellous expedition, the
work on its 1900 miles of length being
carried on simultaneously at three diff
ierent points, the Russians having been
able to carry an enormous amount Of
railroad material into the interior by
fleet Of "a small river steamers on the
Sungari, In the north the line ex-
tends through a mountain region, but
from Newchwang to the Sungari river
it passes through comparatively level,
well watered region densely populated,
and as far as the eye can see, under a
high state of cultivation.
After leaving the Manchurian road
the traveller journeys over the trans
Siberian road, the route Of which is
familiar to the reading public, the
building and the opening of that re-
markable road being so fully treated in
the public print for years past. Thus
has been established an all rail route
from Picking to Europe, and although
the journey is long and tedious, it is
full of varying scenes and experiences
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1903-12-05
WATCH IN THE SPRING.
And the Spring in the Watch, But
the Jeweler Didn't Grasp
the situation.

While pickncking with crowd in
the country tie other day, says the Jop.
lin News-Iersd, Arch Shade accidentally
dropped his watch in spring and quite
naturally it has since refused to run lie
took the timepiece to a jeweler, and the
following conversation ensued;
Here's my watch; can you fix it 80
%" What's the matter; Did you break the
spring.
No; the spring broke the watch"
The man wondered but proceeded to e1.
anime the injured article,
The spring is broken he finally an.
nounced.
mo wonder" said Arch; 81 dropped the
watch in it."
ct began to dawn upon the jeweler that
the young mau was certainly insane, and
just as he was glancing around for some
avenue OF escape Arch explained the situa
tion
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1903-12-05
CENSUS OF SMALL THINGS.
Estimates Upon Numbers of Diminu-
tive Creatures In Certain
Locality.

Few persons except naturalists ever
consider the enormous amount of life
other than human which exists in any
country, civilized or not, densely peo-
pied or thinly settled recent plague
of rats has prompted London Answers
to obtain an estimate from a scientist
who believes that within the area of
Greater London there are 20,0O0,0O0
rats-more than three times as MANY
rats as people.
Sparrows probably come next in
point Of numbers among London's
warm-blooded population; but the sci
enlist preferred to make his estimate
cover all the birds in the United King
dom. He believed they would average
800 to the square mile That would
give total of nearly 100000. Thus
the bird population outnumbers the
human by more than two to one.
AS for the insect population, that
is quite beyond any statistician; but
admitting that each bird ate only 30
insects day, British birds would con-
sumo more than 1,000,000,000 insects
in year Yet such an estimate seems
absolutely futile when we consider
that the insect population of single
cherry tree infested with aphides was
estimated by no less an authority than
Miss 0rmerod at 100000.
Lord Avebury once calculated that a
single ants nest might contain as
many as 100000 individual insects
Recent researches have shown that
these figures were too high; vet
the actual facts are astonishing
enough.
M. Yung, a French entomologist
has killed the ants in five hills by
means of poisonous gas, and under
taken the prodigious labor of count
ing the dead. The result showed that
in the smallest hill there were nearly
$4,000 ants; in the largest, $4,000; and
no man would dare to estimate how
many ants got away"-that Is. how
many we're absent from the hills on
business or pleasure at the time when
the scientist entered upon his tremen-
dous task.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1903-12-05
GRATEFUL, HAPPY WOMEN
Thank Pe.ru.na for Their
Recovery After Years Of
Suffering.

Miss Muriel Armitage, SO Green
wood Ave, Detroit, Mich, District
Organizer Of the Royal Templars of
Temperance, in a recent letter, says:
81 think that a woman naturally
shrinks from making her troubles
public, but restored health has meant
so much TO me that l feel for the
sake Of other suffering women it is
my duty to tell what Peruna has
done for me.
u suffered for five years with
uterine irregularities, which brought
on hysteria and made me physical
wreck. | tried doctors from the diff
ferent schools of medicine, but with
out any perceptible change in my
condition In my despair | called on
an old nurse, who advised me to try
Peruna, and promised good results If
| would persist and take it regularly
| thought this was the least | could
do, and procured a bottle. knew as
soon as | began taking il that it was
affecting me differently from any
thing | had used before. and so ]
kept on taking it, l kept this up for
six months, and steadily gained
strength and health, and when had
used fifteen bottles | considered my
self entirely cured, | am a grateful,
happy woman to-day Miss Muriel
Armitage
Peruna cures catarrh of the pelvic
organs with the same surety as It
cures catarrh of the head. Peruna
has become renowned as a positive
cure for female ailments simply be-
cause the ailments are mostly due
to catarrh. Catarrh is the cause Of
the trouble. Peruna cures the ca
tarrh The symptoms disappear
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1903-12-05
PARIS TO PERING
An All-Rail Route from the Chinese
Capital to Europe.
Connccting Links Ia China and Man
churia Now Complete aud june
ton with the TrHns-Sibe-
rian Railroad Effected.

II is not generally known that tho
prophecy made a few years ago that
some day there would be an all rail
route from Paris 10 Picking has been
fulfilled. hut such is the fact The
connecting links between the Chinese
capital and the trans-Siberian railroad
have been completed so quietly that
the world has scarcely heard of it, but
it is now possible TO travel all the way
from Picking to Europe behind the puff
ing locomotive. 1t is a long journey,
and tedious, for in China the trains do
not run very fast, 20 miles an hour be
ing considered the maximum speed.
The so miles between Picking and
Tientsin will take from ll:30 a. m, the
time ;he train leaves the former place,
until the shades of the evening are be-
ginning TO fall There are eight sta
tions between the two cities and the
stops are long; especially so would they
seem to a rushing American. At TEN
tsin the traveller will be obliged to
spend the night, for in China trains are
not operated after dark, but he will
have no reason to regret the delay, for
in this busy, thriving city OIL ,000, O00in-
habitants there is much of interest to
see
The sun will not have arisen in the
morning ere The traveller will have to
be on his way to the depot, for the
train gets an early start on the next
stage of its Journey After leaving
Tientsin wide sandy plains are crossed,
and here irrigation enables the Chinese
to raise sorghum as the principal crop,
Along towards noon grass and hills
rise before the traveller as a refreshing
vision, and the ride among the valleys
near the Gulf or Liautung, with its low
mountains and timber stretches. is de-
lightful. Shan-hai-kwan on the Gulf
of Lautung is reached at seven o'clock
in the evening and here ends the Chi
neSe railroad.
At Shan-hai-kwan the last fortified
gate in the great wall of China, which
extends clear across north China and
has its eastern terminus here, is passed
and Manchuria is entered, Through
the narrow strip of this country of 40
miles, which extends along the Gulf Of
Liautung, the Russians have built
branch Of their Manchurian railroad.
1t connects at Chan hai-kwan with the
road from Tientsin.
Leaving Chan-hai-kwan early the
next morning, the traveller now passes
stations with Queer-looldng Russian
names, and before many hours finds
himself at Ku-pang-tsze, which is the
junction point where travellers for Eu-
rope transfer to another train, though,
as the map shows, this railroad is con-
tinued to the northeast to the town Of
Hsin-min-tun. The route is now over
the main Manchurian line When New
chwang is reached the traveller finds he
has consumed three long wearisOme
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1903-12-05

ment or settling, or has a cloudy APP
pearance, it is evidence that your kid
neyS aud bladder need immediate at
tention.
Swamp-Root is the great discovery
OF DR.. Kilmer, the eminent kidney and
bladder specialist Hospitals use 1t
with wonderful success in both slight
and severe cases. Doctors recommend
it to their patients and use it in their
own families, because they recognize
in Swamp Root the greatest and most
successful remedy.
Swamp Root is pleasant to take and
is for sale the world over at druggists
in bottles of two sizes and two prices
-fity-cent and one-dolar. Don't make
any mistake, but remember the name,
Swamp Root, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp
Root, and the address, Binghamton, N.
Y. on every bottle.
, the slightest symptoms OF kidney or
it in your family history, send at once
=, who will gladly send you by mail, i'm
lie bottle OF Swamp Root, and book
N thousands OF testimonial letters re-
In writing to Dr. Kilmer
ay that you read this generous offer in
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1903-12-05

longer, with only one row Of pens
and these on the. south side, with
feeding alleys on the north Sum
shine is as essential 10 the healthy
growth of hogs as it is TO the
growth Of corn, and no effort should be
spared to provide plenty OF it, A wide
house standing east and west may be
lighted by having the north side Of the
roof three or four feet higher at the
ridge than the south side, and windows
built in between. This planinsures some
sunlight in each pen. At least one foot
Of trough room should be allowed for
each hog If the house is divided into
ten pens each l0xl4 feet, with four foot
alley through the center, 1t will accom-
modate the full number while fatten-
ing. Twelve or Is brood sows will be
required to raise 100 pigs, and the ten
pens will be none too many during tho
narrowing season.
II ear corn is used largely in fatten-
ing, labor will be saved by removing
the slides between the pens, using three
or four on one side for a feeding floor,
and the other side for sleeping quar-
tiers. If this suggestion Is adopted a
passage two feet wide should be pro-
vided across the end of the feeding al
ley. Reserve pens are thus kept for
store hogs and brood sows, and the full
amount of trough room can be used.
The construction of the house will de-
pend largely on the amount of money
that can be put into the building. A
cement floor and cement troughs are
advisable. The floor should slope to
the outside for free drainage and
should always be kept well bedded dur
ing cold weather Drop siding over 2x4
studding makes a suitable building II
is assumed that the corn crib can be
built close by, which is better than to
make 1t a part of the building, as the
steam from the animals is likely to In
jure the flavor OF the grain. One pen
may be inclosed entirely. to use as a
feed room where mill feed is kept and
It will often be useful for a narrowing
pen for early pigs. The posts should be
eight feet high and fioored to provide
storage for bedding above the sleeping
pens
outside pens or yards should be built
also, If means will permit, access being
made to them through a sliding door
from each pen. A good sized window
should be put in for each pen also, and
movable partitions or at least sliding
doors between the pens for convenience
in changing stock from one pen to an.
other Numerous convenlences can be
added to suit circumstances, but as Sc
little is stated in regard to the amount
OF money to be used, and as to personal
preference, only the general features are
giyen,-Prof Andrew Boss. in Orange
Judd Farmer.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1903-12-05
Reads Like a Miracle.

Friarspoint, Miss, Nov. 3O.-The But
Ter case still continues to be the talk OF
the town. Mr., G. l.. Butler, the father
of the little boy, says:-
"The doctor said my boy had disease
Of the spinal chord, and treated him for
two months, during which he got worse
all the time Finally, the doctor told me
he did not know what was the trouble,
The boy would wake up during the night
and say that he was dying. He would be
nervous and trembling and would want
to run from the house, saying he saw ugly
things which frightened him, After we
had tried everything else, | read an adj
vertisement OF Dodd's Kidney Pills as .
cure for Nervous Troubles, | purchased
some and used them until he had taken al;
together eight boxes, when he was sound
and well, with not single symptom Of
the old trouble. This was some months
ago, and ] feel sure that he is permanently
cured We owe to Dodd's Kidney Pills all
the credit for his restoration to good
health"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1903-12-05
PLAN FOR HOG HOUSE.
Advice 10 Farmer who Wants 70
Build a structure 10 Accom-
modnte 100 Animals.

Il is difficult to plan hog house
where little is known OF the conditions
governing. II is assumed that 1t is the
purpose Of the builder to grow and fat
ten 100 hogs per year, or in other
words that he is likely to have 100 hogs
10 shelter at one time that will average
200 pounds each. This being the correct
assumption, it would hardly do TO plan
building less than 32X5O feet, on the
ground The building should stand
north and south, if the lay Of the land
and other buildings will permit, so as
to get sunshine into each pen at some
time during the day.
If the building cannot be SO placed
e will be best to make it narrower and
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1903-12-05
FRILLS OF FASHION.


Garnets are again IN favor,
Moleskin is supreme among furs.
Ash gray is a leader among light col
ors
Applications of moleskin appear on
collars of cluny lace.
Siberian blue, medium tint, is one
Of fashions favorites.
Drawnwork medallions figure on all
kinds of wash neckwear.
The renaissance pattern is consplcu-
Gus in the new passementeries.
Mink is to be employed as a border
for evening dresses of chiffon.
Four hatpins are required to securely
anchor the modish types Of headgear
Peacock feathers are mounted on
brooches, hatpins, buckles and charms.
The newest handbags are fashioned
from patent leather in variety of col
ors.
Embossed velyets in medium and
small designs are again coming into
favor.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1903-12-05
THOUSANDS HAVE KIDNEY
TROUBLE AND DON'T KNOW IT
c., p.oder of Our Paper May Have Sample
Bottle Sent Free by Mail

ness. sleepleSsness, nervousness, heart
disturbance due to bad kidney trouble,
SKIN eruptious from bad blood, neural
pla. rheumatism, diabetes, boating, ir-
Titability. WORKOUT feeling, lack OF am
bition. loss of flesh, sallow complexion,
or Bright's disease.
II your water, when allowed to re-
main undisturbed in a glass or bottle
ior twenty-iour hours, forms a sedi-
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1903-12-05

allows the door to fall. The nest works
well, If fowls are pretty much of the
same size, but small her may not
raise the door enough to unfasten it.
The nest is u inches wide, IL inches
high and Is inches long. The illustra-
ton shows the hook which holds up
the door, also the nest set ready for
the hen to enter, Trap nests are useful
for poultry men who wish to build up
a special strain of birds, as 1t will show
which hens lay, thus enabling the
breeder to know exactly what he is do
ing.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1903-12-05

work without the greatest exhaustion,
This is a very common sight and is al
most always due TO pelvic catarrh.
1t Is worse than foolish for so many
women to suffer year after year with a
disease that can be permanently cured
Peruna cures catarrh permanently. 1t
cures old chronic cases as well asa slight
attack, the only difference being in the
length of time that it should be taken
TO effect a cure,
If you do not derive prompt and ats
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once TO DR., Hartman. giving a
full statement Of your case, and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable adj
vice gratis,
Address Dr. Hartman, President Of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1903-12-05
Female Weakness is Pelvic
Catarrh.
Always Half Sick are the Women
Who Have Pelvic Catarrh.

Catarrh of any organ, if allowed to
progress, will affect the whole body,
Catarrh without nervousness is very
rare, but pelvic catarrh and nervousness
90 hand in hand,
What is so distressing a sight as poor
half-sick nervous woman, suffering
from the many almost unbearablesymp-
toms of pelvic catarrh? She does not
consider herself i'll enough to 90 to bed,
but she is far from being able to do her
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1903-12-05

ing, and my limbs We're badly swollen.
One doctortold me it would finally turn
TO Brights disease. l was laid up at
one time for three weeks. | had not
taken Doan's Kidney Pills more than
three days when the distressing aching
across my back disappeared, together
with the other symptoms"
For sale by all dealers. Price 30 cents
Foster Milburn Co Buffalo, N. Y.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1903-12-05

For my hospital | have large dry
goods boxes, put where no healthy fowls
can get to them, made with Stats same
as chicken coops. Keep close watch that
everything is burned up, dead hens and
all. Take all away so the well ones
can not scratch in the ashes. No sick
fowl should be fed corn or oats; feed soft
food, and oyster shells. In winter feed
two quarts osyter shells day; in morn
ings, a soft warm mash; at noon, corn;
for supper they have oats and all scraps
from table. Once week ] give small
boiled potatoes mixed with bran, They
have dust bath and plenty OF milk and
have plenty OF eggs With good care
poultry pays.-Calla, IN Ohio Farmer
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1903-12-05
One of Them.

Il am sorry to hear your unfortunate
nephew has been closed out by the
sheriff, said the friend of the family.
Have You any idea what his liabili-
ties are?"
Yes I've an idea he's liable to call
on me fuT help about the fust thing
ne does" re marked Uncle Silas.-
Chicago Tribune.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1903-12-05
SIMPLE TRAP NEST.
Useful for PouItrymen Who wish to
Build Up n Special strain
of Birds

A simple trap nest is in use by the
Ontario agricultural college. The door
is adjusted low enough so that tho hen
on entering raises it slightly, thus re-
lieving the hook, which drops back and
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1903-12-05
Ought to He,

81 don't understand" remarked
Smithers, what Peary wants to be al
ways going after the north pole for.
1t must cost lot to live up there"
ut does, generally speaking" replied
Smuthers, but just think how cheap
ice must be!"-Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1903-12-05
The Sunken Rock.

o,,l positively decline to have That young
Clppercut IN my house again His influ'
ence on my son is most dangerous"
Why, my friend, he is far from being
a bad fellow. He has his follies. / admit,
but how unlike such really vicious mon
as Grogster. Cardiff and Pouyback -
Sir the only danger of sunken rock
Is that i is not sunk deep enough. Prom
Woodmyth." anu