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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-10-24
DIVORCED CANON PASSED

BOSTON, Oct. 24.-The Episcopal convention by reso-
luton today referred the matter of the election of the
presiding bishop to the next general convention. The
divorce canon amended by the house of bishops and
taken up by the house of deputies passed without
debate.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-10-24
MURDERER IS
NOW A SUICIDE
(Scrlpps News Association.

(Scrlpps News Association.)
NEW YORK. Oct. 24.-Frank GUS
tafson. convicted wife murderer, who
was to have been sentenced today to
die in the electric chair, committed
suicide this morning by hanging him.
self in his cell In the Tomhs.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-10-24
Russian Fleet Located.

(Scripps News Association.)
LONDON, Oct. 24.-At 2:15 today
derney island in the English channel
Off the coast Of Normany.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-10-24
B0RAH AT TROY
tscripps News Association.l J

(Scripps News Assocfation.l
TROY, Idaho. Oct. 2%.-Hon, will
liam E. Borah spoke here Saturday
night on campaign issues. He was
greeted by a rousing house. Borah's
campaign work Is earning him the
sobriauet of "the silver-tongued ora
tor"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-10-24
MOBOL|zE WARSH|PS

PORTSMOUTH, Oct 24.-All the superior officers of
the warshps here held conference today with Admiral
Beresford commander in chief of the home squadron. 1t
is understood naval mobilization is under discussion.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-10-24
Searched Merchant vessels.

PORTSMOUTH,, England. Oct "a.
The report Is confirmed that the
Russian Baltic feet stopped and
searched merchantmen off the Isle
Of Wight. The fishing vessel Wren
Is now reported safe.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-10-24
British Warships Ready.

(Scripps News Association)
GIBRALTAR, Oct. 24.-The British
channel fleet arrived off here this
morning. An officer Immediately
boarded the flagship with dispatches:
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-10-24
Ermak II Damaged.

COPENHAGEN, Oct. 24.-The Rus
sian ice breaker Ermak arrived in
the roads in a damaged condition to-
day.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-10-24
(scripps News Assoclation.)

(Scripps News Association)
ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 24.-The
following official list Of Russians
killed and wounded in tho fighting at
shakhs river from October IL to 19
was given out today:. "Kilied, one
general, 237 ofhcers, 1880 men
wounded, three generals, 3o2 ofacers,
a4,73o men; guns lost, 81; guns taken,
ST; Russians capture, 3o2.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-10-24

(Scripps News Association)
ROME, Oct. 24.--A dispatch from
Toxic states the Japanese losses at
Yentai as $500 killed and 26,o0o
wounded. The aJpanese are said to
have lost 81 guns.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-12-10
ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE
For New York Central g. Hudson River
Railroad COMPANY.

The most powerful electric locomotive
in the world has Just been completed for
the New York Central e. Hudson River
Railroad in the shops of the General Elec.
trio Company and the American Locomo-
| tive Works ut Schenectady, N. Y.
This locomotive is one of between thirty
| and fifty Which will be used by the Rail
road Compa uy for hauling the through
passenger trans within its Electrical Zone
from Grand Central Station through the
Park Avenue tunnel to Croton on the
| Main Line, a distance of "a miles, and to
White Plains on the Harlem division, a
distance Of "a miles.
This will be the heaviest steam railway
passenger service which has ever been
HANDLED by electric locomotives. With
one of these locomotives trains of ten or
moe cags will be hauled at express, speed
Of 10 to TO miles per hour, and the de-
sign md method of control are such that
two or more locomotives can be coupled
together and operated by a single en-
pineer FROM the leading cab, so that the
size of the train that may be under the
control Of ous, engineer is practically un-
limited so far as the question OF motive
In general desi, n the locomotive is dou.
bic ended and $, mmetrlcal IN ,construc-
ton. so that it can be run in either drec-
ton with equal facl hty.
Mounted on the nlaln frame OF the TO-
comotive is the steel cab IN three divisions,
in which are located the various devices
for GENERATING the locomotive. The loco.
motive is equipped for both straight and
automatic air braking, signaling devices,
bell, whistle, headlights, a~ir,sending de-
vice, electric air compressor, etc., being AS
complete in every way with respect to OPP
Grating devices as a steam locomotive.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-12-10

~Among.thc questions asked of cream
cry patrons by the Kansas experiment
station is, what dairy or farm paper
do you read?" Out Of II patrons who
answered this question, 50, or 60 per
cent, took no farm or dairy paper.
In looking up the details of the rec
ords, it is interesting to note that the
highest Yield was made by a man who
keeps special dairy cows and a lib
eral subscribed to farm and dairy pa
pers. This patron realized 80 per cow
per annum more than the next best
patron, who read no paper, and 1876
per cow more than the poorest patron.
In collecting records we find where in
telligence is applied to the dairy in
dustry, the GOV yields from $50 to $50
worth Of products per annum. Con-
trast this with $40 to $50 without in
teliigence, and NO. one need ask If edu-
cation pays. Intelligence applied to
feeding calves will cause them to gain
from u to % pounds per week. in
stead Of seven to ten pounds. This is
where intelligence can be turned into
cash. Muscle. to win, must be lubri-
Gated with brains. With the constant
advance in methods, no farmer or
dairyman can expect to meet the new
conditions without being fully up to
date In every way, and the only way
to keep posted is by careful reading
of an up-to-date journal."-Barnum's
Midland Farmer.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-12-10
P~ARAGRAPHIC PERSONALS.

The late George G, Vest left an estate
of s150,0O0.
Manuel Garcia, at one time a noted
singer, is living in London. He is 100
years old.
Mrs. Louise G. Smith, whose mother
was a sister of Thomas Jefferson, is dead
at Louisville.
Although So years old, Mrs. Sarah Nc
Laughlin, of Lynn, Mass, does a gocd
days work binding shoes.
Hon. Manuel Lucuaino Dlaz, secre-
tary of public works for Cuba, is in this
country for the purpose of studying i'm
proved railroad methods,
DR.. Ch%rysander, formerly private Sec
rotary to the great Bismarck, is a patient
in a lunatic asylum at Hamburg. He
suffers from fits of nervousness.
Seymour G. Gourlay, lately defeated
for parliament in Canada, distinguished
himself while a member Of that body for
his bitter attack on the United states,
Henry NJ, Dellinger, Of Washington,
d. c., hale and hearty at the age of
SO, fitted up the telegraph experiment
station at Washington for Morse, the in
ventor OF the telegraph,
John Hollingshead, a famous London
theater manager, who died recently, is
credited with the discovery Of the col
laborative genius of w. S. Gilbert and
the late Sir Arthur Sullivan.
Paul de Cassagnac, the prominent
Bonapartist deputy and journalist, and
once the most notorious duelist in
France, died November A, He was Gil
years old, and began his journalistic
career at the age of 10.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-12-10
SERMON WAS A WINNER.
Such q Good One the Parson Was Re
quested by the Bishop for
the Loan of 1t.

AZ a dinner to the archbishop Of Can
terbpry in New York. relates the Buffalo
Enquirer, Bishop Chauncey Breyster, Of
Connecticut, decried s.f.praise.
rs there anything tamerj,' he said,
than to hear "A man praise hlnlselt-than
to hear a judge praise a decision he has
Just made, or 4 surgeon praise an appen-
dix operation he has performed, or a cler-
gyman praise a s4,mon he has preached?
Let me tell yua about a certain self
praising clergyman
AT a dinner s%inLiar TO this one he be-
gan to talk of ms own el%oqnence. lie
talked of it a long time. Finally he de-
scribed a sermon w~bcrewlth he had
raised enough money to build a magnifi-
cent new church.
"He said that this sermon had thrown
the congregation into Il transport OF liber-
atty. From all sides of the auditorium
there had %resounded announcements of
subscriptions of 81 600, OF $1,000, even of
s., 900. Women had advanced to the altar
and thrown in their watches, their rings,
and their bracelets. One young woman
had even
But here a distinguished bishop inter
rupted. lie bent forward and tapped the
speaker on the shoulder.
Could you lend me that sermon? he
whispered"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-12-10
TIME ENOUGH FOR A NAP.
Sleeping-Car Porter Thought That
rip Van Wrinkle" Could
Sleep 1t Out.

Joseph Jefferson has in his time played
many parts" yet so closely is he identi-
he'd with rip Van Winkle' that the
public never lost sight of 1t when it had
the privilege of seeing him. While he was
playing in Missouri once he boarded a
VIGOROUSLY slow train for st. Joseph.
He vent into the s%leeping-car, but not
to go to bed, as the tram was due at st.
Joseph late in the evening. 1t dawdled
along, however, says the Philadelphia
Press, and finding that it could hardly ar
rive before morning, lie ordered his berth
made up.
AS the porter finished his task Ny. JEFF.
ferson said: This is the worst road ] ever
travelled on; | fancy Pm In for a full
night of it,"
Deed, | reckon you is, sah," replied
the porter,
Positively the slowcst road! tn be
morning before we are there. Do you
think you'll get in before Pm awakc?"
SLOW road, sab! Bound to be plumb
mo'nin', sab. But one of tive passengers,
sab, was tcllin' me thas you's the gentle
man what once went to sleep and slep
years.; and ! reckon, sab, dat if You take
one O dem maps we'll be able to land you
mighty close to st. 10 fore you wake,
sab"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-12-10
WHATFARMERS SHOULD KNOW
Many Things to Learn by Hearing,
by Reading or by Personal
Experiment..

A farmer must hear OF read much,
then experiment much to learn a lit
tie. Nearly all farm lands need bet
ter drainage. The better it Is drained
the looser and finer it will stay, and
the richer it will get. If the land is
nearly lev Ell, pillow it together in wide
lands or strips, the way it drains the
best. Pillow together at the same place
three times or more, so there will be
much slope between the center Of the
strips and furrow. After that pillow
crossways in small strips-that drains
your lands-it also produces much bet
ter, and will not cost you a cent more.
If water stands on land that is well
pulverized it gets hard when dry, but
if it is we'll drained it stays looser than
clody land and cracks less. The clods
attract the fine particles, causing it to
crack more. If land is worked when
1t Is wet, also where water stands on
the land, and it then gets dry, it
cracks easily, then when it rains again,
instead of the soil washing in the
cracks the ground swells till the cracks
are closed up; and when dry weather
comes 1t is in nearly the same condi-
ton as before.
Wherever rain collects it forms a
scum on top of the soil, even where
ii is sandy, causing less water to be
absorbed, and more to run off. Many
fail to raise good crops after deep
blowing, because below the surface it
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-12-10
HAPPY CHILDHOOD.
Right Food Makes Happy Children
Because They Are
Healthy.

Sometimes milk does not agree with
children or adults. The same thing Is
true of other articles of food. What
agrees with one sometimes does not
agree with others.
But food can be so prepared that 1t
will agree with the weakest stomach
AS an Observation-Disclosures, no matter
how weak the stomach, can eat, relish
and digest a nice hot cup Of Postum COT
fee with a spoonful or two of Grape
Nuts poured In, and such a combination
contains nourishment to carry one a
number Of hours, for almost every
particle of it will be digested and taken
up by the system and be made use of.
A lady writes from the land of the
Magnolia and the hooking bird way
down in Alabama and says: Il was led
to drink Postum because coffee gave me
soul stomach and made me nervous.
Again Postum was recommended by
two well-known physicians for my chill
dren, and | feel especially grateful for
the benefit derived.
Milk does not agree with either
child, so to the eldest, aged four and
one-half years, l gave Postum with
plenty of sweet cream. 1t agrees with
her %splendidly, regulating her bowels
perfectly although she is Of a consti-
pated habit.
For the youngest, aged two and one
half years, | use one-half Postum and
one-half SKINNED milk. l have not
given any medicine since the children
began using Postum, and they enjoy
every drop of it.
"A neighbor Of mine is giving Postum
to her baby lately weaned, with SPLEEN
did results. The little fellow is thriv-
ing ~famously." Name given by Postum
Co.. Battle Creek, Mich.
Postum agrees perfectly with children
and supplies adults with the hot, in
MIGRATING beverage in place of coffee.
Literally thousands Of Americans have
been helped out of stomach and nerv-
GUS diseases by leaving off coffee and
using Postum Food Coffee. Look ip
pkg. for the little book, THE Road to
WellYille,H
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-12-10

In the fall, up to the middle of De-
cember, in Tennessee, the earth is
warm, therefore the warmth aids
termination of new roots Of trans
planted trees. This is an unquestion-
able fact, therefore fruit trees will do
better is t~ransplanted at this season.
In the spring, when most trees are
transplanted, the soil is cold and re-
mains in that condition until the heat
of the sun becomes unpleasant to per-
sons. The winters in the southern
states are generally so mild that it
can not hurt the fall-planted trees, be-
fore they become rooted. When trees
are set out in the fall that leaves that
much more time for attending to other
farm work in the spring. Frequently
trees in the spring are overtaken by
cold in the cars, the roots become
chilled and they never recover from
that chilling. Put out fruit trees in
November, but be certain not to let
the roots be exposed to frost or freez-
ing winds.-Key.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-12-10
w ODDITIES.

At the Strozzi palace, In Rome, there
is a book made Of marble, the leaves be-
ing wonderfully thin.
A marriage market is held annually
near Moscow, and it is said that over
1000 marriages are arranged there each
year.
over the grave of a horse in a private
garden, near Westminster Abbey, is a
stone engraved with this quotation from
the Psalms: Thou, Lord, shalt save
both man and beast"
When a large flagstone at Bayswater,
London, was found TO be displaced, work
men discovered that 1t had been forced
upward by three or four mushrooms
growing underneath.
Bulgarian newspapers give the names
of two doctors OF philosophy who have
taken the teachings Of Tolstoi SO
much to heart that one of them has
become q cobbler and the other a boot
black.
Bibles and other books are difficult
to distribute In Turkey. said a speaker
at Exeter hall, London, the other day.
A work Of chemistry was rejected be-
cause H2O (water) was translated as
"Hamid Second is a nobody"
Kettles made of paper-a japanese in
~vention used in the japanese army-are
about to be supplied to the German
army. BY pouring water over them they
can hang over the fire without burning
for a length of time sufficient to boil
the water.
The ameer Of Afghanistan recently, in
public durbar in Cabul. related a dream
he had, in which the Haddah Mullah had
appeared to him and given him permls-
sion to act as his deputy. All present
thereupon congratulated the ameer on
his appointment as spiritual as well as
temporal head.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-12-10
N INVENTIONS.

A clever Swiss inventor has original
ed an instrument which tells the exact
condition of the air in a room-that is,
Its degree of impurity.
A practical folding umbrella con-
structed on the telescope plan has been
evolved. The 28-inch size folds up to ~
inches, and the other sizes in proportion.
A Norwegian named John Eggen has
invented an electric apparatus for indi-
eating the presence Of a school OF fish In
the deep. 1t consists of a metal plate
and a %microphone In the water, connect
ed by wire with a telephone on board
ship.
Swiss watchmakers have now added 4
p~honograph to some OF their wonderful
watches. A small rubber disc is put in
the watch and arranged in such a way
that the record is repeated every hour.
Anything can be put on the record thai
the owner wishes.
A new invention for insuring dry
seats on electric cars in wet weather has
been displayed in Edinburgh, AS ex-
planned by the inventor, the new ar
rangement is a simple one, and can be
fitted to any style Of garden. tramway
or ships deck seat. II is practically a
wooden covering for the seat, can be
lifted in wet weather, the ordinary
movement Of the back rest Of the seat
locking 1t In position. When raised, 1t
forms a shelter for the back Of the pas
senger. In dry weather, the cover forms
the ordinary seat.
Glass that can be heated white hot
and then plunged into cold water with
out breaking seems an impossibility,
but 1t has been recently made an accom-
plished fact. II is made from Brazilian
quartz pebbles heated red hot and then
thrown into distilled water. Then the
purest pieces are selected and welded
with the oxyhydrogen blowpipe into
long stems like straws, from which glass
vessels of any shape can be made. Thus
far the quartz glass has been employed
chiefly for making laboratory appara-
tus. A test tube made In this way will
not break when q white-hot coal Is
dropped into 1t.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-12-10

walk at all, and every makeshift l tried
and all the medicine / took had not the
slightest effect. My back continued to
grow weaker until l began taking
Doan's Kidney Pills, and l must say I
was more than surprised and gratiiied
to notice the back ache disappearing
gradually until it finally stopped"
Doan's Kidney Pills sold by all
dealers or mailed on receipt of price,
30 cents per box. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-12-10

was left too cloddy, and the subsoil, !
generally cracking easier, let's down
tho dry air to the roots. After plow-
lag about six inches deep, use a har-
row that will leave the clods on top;
it is q great mistake to let the clof
stay below the surface. When
have the first blowing well pulve' ,,oa
have a good skim pillow or scra' :. ~
tached to the beam, to scrape ~ a.
rich, loose soil into the deep ,,,r,on, :.
the second blowing, which sho,Id Nv
over 10 inches deep.
The subsoil or poor .an ~, -
on top, although it G naa,.a any, -.
plant in growing, M Tho n,ant ,hat
srows .n thn APPS Mos and tallest will not
prouuet 4 or most. | do not
,hiiN =. AIRY TO pillow deep oftener
una, ! 20 years, and | hope my
reaueio III try a little piece that
way '" 30 convinced. have noticed
wneie there vas rich soil, well pulyer-
'@eu below, and about four inches of
s''nd on top, 1t produces good corn
sVen in the driest year. Deep plow-
Ing gives the taproots a chance 10
grow strong before they get to the
hard, dry subsoil, then they can grow
through 1t easier to reach the water.
Some imagine that the roots should
grow near the surface and that they
need much air. They only grow out
Of the surface when 1t is too wet, then
when it gets dry the plant suffers so
much more. | have noticed where the
top soil is too rich and loose, too many
roots grow too near the surface. The
same occurs if it rains often and only
a little at a time. Then when it gets
dry, especially after heavy rains, the
crop suffers severely, producing much
growth but poor gain. Most farmers
know that five stalks of corn to the
hill five feet apart, especially if 1t Is
dry from tasseling to ripening, will
not produce half as much corr as one
stalk two feet apart. Why, then, do
they keep on planting so far apart?
1t pays well to soak orr before feed
ing, but do not let 1t get sour; stock
will like 1t better, and it will do more
than twice as much good.-Cor. Jour-
ma of agriculture.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-12-10
Greatest in the World.

Arlington, Ind, Dec. 9Th (Special).-
Mr., W. A.. Hysong, the photographer,
who moved here recently from Sapp, Ky,
is firmly of the opinion that Dodd's Kid
ney Pills are the greatest Kidney Rem
edy the world has ever known.
"In the years 1901 and 1902" says Mr..
Hysong, land for some time before ! was
afflicted with Kidney Trouble. My
joints were sore and stiff and | finally
got so bad | could not turn in bed with
out assistance. In the Spring of 1908 |
was induced, by a friend, to try Dodd's
Kidney Pills, and after using one and one.
half boxes | was and am still completely
cured. Several of my %neighbors, too, used
Dodd's Kidney Pills, and in every case
they did as recommended"
Cure the early symptoms of Kidney Dis.
ease, such as Backache, with Dodd's Kid.
ney Pills, and you will never have Bright's
Disease.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-12-10
HERE AND THERE.

The Aldrich system is two rows OF
corn and two rows Of cotton, all four
feet wide. You make about a full crop
of each, is the claim. Experience
seems to bear out the claim. Try 1t.
The cheapest way in the long run,
to clear land, is to dig or pillow out
the trees. There is no easy way to
clear land, to get it into cultivation;
be sure you do not pillow the land
when it is wet.
Timothy hay is not suited to the
needs of the sheep. Digestive disor-
ders occur when timothy hay is fed,
which often result in the loss of the
sheep. Glover and mixed hay may be
fed to the flock with good results.
in popping corn there is always a
considerable loss of weight. Accord
ing to some recent experiments, 100
grains of unpopped corn weighed 10
grams, while the same quality fully
popped weighed 80 grams. The diff
ference of four grams is claimed to be
the amount of moisture expelled.
Take time to clean the mud off
the horses legs after they are done
with their days work. You would not
like to go to bed with your old muddy
boots on. If you did, there would be a
rumpus before morning when your
wife found it out. And that surely
would not be comfortable.
In raising chickens for market
purposes, only one breed should be
kept. If more than one breed is kept,
the result will be a flock of mongrels
after a while, with no two alike; and
the eggs will differ same as the fowls.
Uniformity Is what the market wants
as we'll as good quality.
TO get a living is the mandate
given to every son Of man. Mems es-
Inmates of what constitutes a Giving"
vary as the stars in Heaven, To some
it means food, shelter and clothing
only; to the enlightened it means this
and more-books, travel, pictures, SOL
itude, and leisure 10 get the best each
contributes.
On account of the fleece and car
cass both having to be considered
there is more difference in value be-
tween a good and a Door sheep thar
between the good and poor animals OF
other kind of stock. The fleece is very
important and the carcass equally so,
and neither must be neglected at the
of the other.
Year by year the Dorset breed of
sheep becomes more popular as it be-
comes more widely distributed. OF
recent time the demand for rams
and ewes of this sort has develored to
a large extent in the northern south,
Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia,
Virginia and North Carolina having
purchased a great many Of them.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-12-10

Some merchant in Paris hit upon the
novel scheme OF advertising hair tonic
by painting the name of the tonic on
the heads Of bald-headed men and hay
ing them walk through the street bare
headed. But Paris has a law that all
advertisements in public places must
have a revenue stamp, and the men
kicked against having the stamps
pasted on their heads, so the plan has
failed.