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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-20
The Care That Prevented a Horror.

A train was running away down a
steep grade on Saluda Mountain in
North Carolina. The speed increased
with every foot travelled. Tho air.
brakes would not work. Trsinmen
were helpless, passengers in a STATE
Of hopeless fear.
Just at the moment when tho worst
was expected the train ran UP a short
incline and stopped. The next morn.
ing in the New York papers, in place
Of the lists of the dead and injured
that might have been, there was the
story OF how a safety-switch had
worked and had saved many lives.
This was q story OF preparation.
The railroad company in North Caro-
lima knew of certain dread possibilities
on its route. II provided against them
and has reaped in the happy conclu-
sion of a terribly threatening incident
the reward for its forethought.
When the Slocum took fire in thn
East river the first fact revealed about
tho boat was lack Of preparation
against the horror then impending,
Yet the possibility of what was hap
pening had been demonstrated many
times-with what should have been
everlasting force in the case Of The
Seawanhaka.
What is the difference in tho odu.
cation of passenger-carrying corpora.
ton which brings it about that III
North Carolina they take care while
IN New York they take c%hsnces!-'
New York World, July Q, 1904.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-20
RUSSIA'S BEAUTY COLONY.
Man of Many Roubles Has Built Up
Community of Physical
Perfection.

At the time OF the Russo-Turklsh war
NJ. Rcshetnikoff, struck with the inferior,
ill-nourished physique OF many recruits,
set aside annually out Of his large for
tune the sun OF 10000 rubles for the pur-
pose Of eliminating the unfit by encour-
aging marriage only between young peo-
pie of exceptional beauty, health and in
tellisence,
To attain this end. says the London
Chronicle, he employed as workers on
bis estate only the h%andsomest and
h~oalthiest villagers. These he encour-
aged TO enter upon matrimony by free
grants of land, payments Of all marriage
fees ana an annuity of 80 rubles a year
for every child born.
He succeeded in removing from his es-
tate by rather harsh means all deformed
and sickly persons and attracted hand
some giants from all parts OF the prov
ince by granting them valuable priyi-
lcges. Those who refused TO marry the
partners he selected were uncermonious-
~ deported.
Since the institution OF this human
beauty farm 40 model marriages have
taken place and over 100 children have
been born, nearly all Of them being i'm
mensely superior to the average Rus
sian peasant children in strength and
beauty, The girls in particular are re-
markable for their graceful carriage and
1.-THE, active forms.
"A marriage was lately celebrated there
with exceptional display owing to the
fact that the bridegroom and his bride
are the first couple both of whom sprang
from unions arranged by NJ, Reshotnik-
of.
The bridegroom, a handsome peasant
named Nasilie(f, of splendid physique.
and the bride, a lovely girl of IS, were
driven to church in NJ, Reshetnikoff'a
carriage and given as Gowry a large
wooden cottage and a plot of land. Hun
dreds OF persons witnessed the ceremony,
and at the wedding breakfast NJ. Reshet-
nikotf delivered an eloquent speech, in
which he welcomed the second genera
ion OF his musings who are to make
holy Russia an earthly Olympus paopled
with Apollos and Hebes."
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-20

Once upon n time there was a
primordial cell of |protoplasm that put
out a short, slender thread, which il
wiggled, and then rcioiced in a tail.
After that came a fish, and a saurlan,
and a bird, and the long list of nam.
mails. TO the monkey.
Behold" said the scientist among
the monkeys, "all living creatures are
troubled with tails, and the higher
civilization the longer the tails"
Then one of his auditors insisted
that they had cousins, called men, who
had no tails.
I'VE will see" answered the scien.
fist. Go where the men are and yori.
fy your statement if you can"
The other monkey went, and after a
while returned.
AT first ! thought that | was right"
he reported. "but | must admit that !
WAS wrong, for after hearing the men
talk | learned that each one had an
extremely long tale OF woe
Moral-A tail by any other spelling
may be as long.-New York Herald,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-20
As Ii Was Intended.

A certain clergyman reports the fol
lowing incident as occurring just in
side the entrance to n of the largest
and most popular New York churches
during a crowded service.
1t was during the reading Of a pray
or, and the entire congregation were
kneeling. A man of rough appear,
ance, evidently unused to ecclesiasti'
cal surroundings, strolled through TIT
open doors and stared in apparent
wonderment at the silent and kncsl
ing congregation. lie looked a mo
ment, then, turning to the sexton, who
stood nearby, remarked, briefly:
well, this beats the devil!'
The sexton turned a serene eye on
him.
THAT is the intention he replied.
-Harper's Weekly.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-20
SAVED FOR THE FISH TRADE
He Had Too Much Intellect to b
Hove Away" on
Doctor.

Inc fisi-man drove into the yard , f.r
eals AFTER the new summer residents rad
laheh possession oil their home. and seeing
an open door be stepped in and confronted
Companion.
,''Gettin' settled, | s'pose." he aid. agree
ADV, allowing his gaze to wander from two
hsl-unpaeked trunks TO a table loaded with
miscellaneous articles. well, take Your
tune, take your time; there's plenty OF I, IN
mere! understand your husbands a doc,
tor, ma'am?'
Yes, be is," said tie summer resident,
VINO IN spite OF warning. from city neigh.
bors that she had better display no i~augAli.
ness OF spirit under questioning. was unable
to put much cordialty into her tone.
wen, now, ! come near bein a Doctor
SAID the ,hsh-man, still with a wandering
gaze. My FOLKS wanted | should be one. al!
cXceptin OF an aunt that had money, and
was looked TO to help me out financially if |
took up with a profession. She spent one
summer here, and she made a reg lar study
Of my character an parts, and at the end OF
the season she up an told my folks that
tWouldnt do, must go into business.
'Ihat boy has got too much intellect Ia
be hove away on a doctor" she said: those
were her very words. Now how would you
like a couple o good mack rel all slit I'D an
ready for the brIler:"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-20
Voice from Arkansas,

Cleveland, Ark, August Ii (special).-
Nearly every newspaper tells q some won
deriul cure of some form OF Kidney Disease
by the Great American Remedy, Dodd
Kidney Pills. and this part Of Arkansas IL
not without its share Of evidence that no
case is too deeply rooted for Dodd's Kidney
Pills to cure.
Mr.. A. j. Garlic, well known and highly
respected here, tells OF his cure after nearly
a quarter OF a centurys suffering. Nj
Carlile says: ,
II want to let the public know what
think OF Dodd's Kidney Pills. ! think they
are the best remedy for sick kidneys ever
made.
~ had Kidney Trouble for % years and
never found anything that did me 50 nue.!
coed as Dodd's Kidney Pills. ! recommend
them to all sufferers
There is no uncertain sound about Mr.,
Carlilc's statement, He knows that Docd :
Kidney Pills rescued him from a lie Of sui.
fering and he wants TIE public 10 know
Dodd's Kidney Pills cure all Kidney lIIs
from Backache TO Bright's Disease.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-20
VALUE OF HUMAN LIVES.
Some Pertinent Suggestions Anent the
Duty Of American Railroads.

The startling information Is cor.
yeyed in the report of the interstate
commerce commission, relating TO
railroad accidents, that during 1903
there were 9,Si0 fatalities in America
from this cause. 1t Is shown that
deaths from railroad accidents in this
country average one person 10 every
100000 that travel, while in Great
Britain the rate Is one death to every
IS, 900 600 passengers. The railroads
of Great Britain and Ireland In 1903
carried 1,l94, $4,000 passengers, and
OF these but 1913 were killed and 1,9t2
II iured. During the same year Ameri
can railroads carried only 694,S9l,j 35
passengers. and out OF these there
we're 355 killed and 1921 injured.
These figures also include employees.
The commission reports that since
the adoption of the airbralie the fatal.
ilies from accidents have been reduced
SO per cent. There are thousands Of
freight trains running every day
throughout the country without this
seemingly necessary appliance. Laws
enforcing the use of airbrakes exist
II, many States. and the recommen.
dation Is made that It become 4 ma.
tional law.
From the appalling record as shown
by tho interstate commerce comnis.
sion, II would appear that some great
railroad corporations hold the value o.,
human lives too lightly. Hundreds Of
Innocent children. affectionate wives
ard mothers, intelligent and nrslu'
atle men are hurled into eternity in
an Instant; airy why? It is because OF
negligence on the part Of the railroad
companies? II so. then there must
be a remedy. and that remedy mast
be reached throug., the laws OF our
land. Modern appliances would pre-
vent many accidents These appli-
ances are in the shape OF airbrakes,
electric safety switches, block sys.
tens, crossing signals and many other
o~ontriyances that go toward reducing
danger
For years efforts hays been made
j., various States TO haze enforced
laws that would compel the companies
tG adopt systems tending 20 reduce
the number of accidents, Int IL soue
Instances these efforts have .oen mot
with strong opposition.-Danyer News
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-20

In some parts Of West Africa the
girls have long engagements. On the
day Of their birth they are betrothed 10
a baby boy a triie older than them
selves, ard at the age of 20 they are
married. The girls know OF no other
way Of getting a husband, and so they
arc quite happy and satisfied. AS wives
they are patterns Of obedience, and the
marriages r'l4lly turn out a succesk
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-20
In Prolific Colorado.

Last Sunday three pairs ri twins
were visiting together at Thos. Black
wells. They were May and Fern
Wooley, 8 years old, Raphealita ami
Juanita Cavalier, 4 years old, AL
Thomas and Vinton Blackwell, .
years old. Chester and Raymond
Stoneburner, 2 - years old. who were
expected to be at the twin rcullon
we're not there. The group were lined
up to have their pictures taken,
and a nicer lot of children woull
be hard to fnd.-North Fork (Col.)
Times.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-20
A School in the Fores+..

A new kind Of school Is about to BE-
started by the authorities OF Chariot
tenburg for the benefit of children
who, though not exactly i'll, are 81
weakly that they are very liable Ia
be attacked by disease, more especial.
ly tuberculosis.
Tho school, which is to accommo
date from 1870 to 124 children, Is to be
built in the depth Of the Junfernheide
woods, near Berlin, and the children
will remain there the whole day, sls
cial meals being supplied them.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-20

Ono OF the largest and most noticeable
! business signs seen anywhere is that OF the
' National Caskct Co. on their mammoth new
| factory at Nashville, Tenn, made on a wirc
frame with aluminium letters six feet high
| and one hundred feet long, which can be read
| from a long distance by day, and, where re-
produced in electric lights, can be read even
further at night.
This is the concern that il called on to fur
nish Baskets for the most prominent people
everywhere, including among IL recent or
ders, Baskets for Presidents v illiam Mckin-
ley, Benjamin Harrison and the late lament
ed Gen. John y, Gordon, and yet whose
goods can be had through the smallest I'M
dertaker in every town.
From the fact that they are called on TO
furnish caskets for the best citizens every.
where, there must be somc merit in their
claim that their goods are the best, and the
south should be proud 10 have a branch Of
,uch a high-class establishment within her
borders.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-20
Suspicious Signs.

Agent-My dear lady, | have here rem
edy that will absolutely cure your husband
OF the alcoholic habit. Drop a little in hi,
coffee
Lady of the House with indisnation)-
Vino told you my husband drinks
mo one. ] saw that the halo Of
scratches around the keyrole in the front
door. gstown Telegram.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-20

The wild-eyed man leaned over the
grocery store counter. Got any
eggs?" he inquired. Yes" said tho
grocer. Say whispered the Wild
eyed man TREMENDOUSLY will you sell
me a dozen of 'em for a thousand
shares Of Steel common?'-Chicago
Tribune.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-20

There goes Roxham. Every time |
think Of that mans financial embar.
rassment 1t makes me yearn to help
him" Financial embarrassment"
Eyes; he's got so much money he
doesn't know what TO do with it,
Catholic Standard and Times.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-20
No Wonder.

well, old boy, is this hot enjust
for your"
II should say not
What! Goodness, gracious, man
what's the matter with you?'
Nothing | just bought out an ice
company"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-20

whats the matter with your"
queried the policeman, trying TO pry
the late %reyeler away from the trolley
pole. "Offsher," wept the maudlin one.
I'm up (hlc) agensht it.'-Houston
Post.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-20

Bessie-Oh! by the way, Nellie was
talking about you last evening. Kate
The hateful thing, Bessie-Oh, but
she said only the incest things about
YOU. Kate wonder what mean
thing she is getting read! TO do 10
me. Boston Transcript.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-20
The Summer Resort Appetite

Waiter Girl with rising infectioD)
Chicken pot pie, roast leg Of lamb
Or
Summer Roarder-All three!
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-20

Bull he began, drEumentdtVeiyl
Mrs. Potter's right about 1t beln' TOO
lonesome for you TO stay here when
I'm out In the hills. 1t Is mighty lone
some for n little girl like YOU, You
better let me take you O'or to-mor-
row." She shook her head until her
misty hair flew out like an aureole.
"Who'd keep house for your she
asked. as if that question settled the
whole matter.
He laughed weakly. You do take
pretty good care of your dad, don't
you? And you're all the Eousekeeper
he's had for q good spell now
since ma went to heaven said tie
child, ~grayely,
lie started and looked al her sl-
riously.
"Who told you that?" be said. a.
most roughly.
Told me WHAT"
She was looking at the fire intenuv.
aud had a half-absorDed expression.
THAT ma went to heaven? Oh. she
told me herself, before she went, and
she made me promise I'd come, too.
She told me all about the angels and
God and everything. She said the an
gels was all around, every place, and
since she died | know it's true. cause
I've seer EN-. There's one right there
in the fire now. I've been seeing Il
ever SO long. A little baby angel with
its wings spread out to ny. See, pa?
Right there, in the middle OF the
brightest-see?"
NO" said the man, slowly. Il can't
quite make it out" Suddenly lie
started.
Whats that"
"Nothin' but a coyote" derlslvely.
"You amt afraid of a coyote?'
mo" he said, putting her down
from his knee, Il amt, but | though:
| heard something else, a horse snort
in, maybe"
He opened the door and looked out.
Three men ON horseback confronted
him. He was covered instantly.
Were INTO YOU said one, lacon-
ically. SAY your prayers"
lie grew pale beneath the bronze.
but he faced them resolutely, and
stood a trific straighter.
What does this mean, men," ho
said, What have | done?"
The leader laughed grimly.
When a mans too handy with his
brandin' irons he's apt to run up
against trouble some day. You've go.
about two minutes to make your las.
will and testament"
His troubled eye moved from one
10 another OF his menacing Toes, seek
ing in vain for the pity he never would
have asked for himself. The child
had crept TO his side, and looked Won
leringly and with terror upon the
three strangers.
At last, after a minute as long as
years, he spoke stumblingly. as If
words Of entreaty came hardly to his
lips.
You have homes, men, and little
ones, maybe. Think OF the child, and
have mercy" He caught her up sud-
denly and held her before them.
Startled By the sudden movement
the big gray reared and paved the air.
There vas a sharp report and a shrlll
scream through the stiffness OF tho
valley; then the father stood looking
stupidity at the limp and senseless
thing he held in his arms, and the
swift red stream that dyed his shirt
sleeve.
The big gray had bolted, and after
a moment of Mortified waiting the two
who were left wheeled their horses and
rode away through the night, with the
child's scream ever pursuing them,
leaving the outcast alone with his
dead.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-20

rs your wife one OF those womer
who look at their husbands and say
I made a man OF him ? - asked the i'm
pertinent friend. NO, answered Nj
Meekton. Henrietta is very una
5uming. She merely s2ys she be
lone her best -Chicoso. Journal
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-20
Appreciation.

81 am afraid You are one OF these people
who look down on toll"
Not al all answered the luxurious
youth. MY great grandfather worked hard
and invested his money, and VIC are quite
pleased with him for doing >o."-Detgolt
Free Press.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-20

News is by no means literature. News is
what yesterdays paper aroused curiosity
about, while literature Us a device Tor scpar-
ating head pieces from a il-pieees. Puck,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-20

Tie woman a man may occasionally bs
brought 10 acknowledge as his mental equal
always sympathlzes with his love for base
ball, and doesn't inquire how much he
lost in poker,-Philadelphia Ledger.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-20

The moon climbed up over a high
bluff and looked down upon a little
valley where a small, swift stream
ran through green meadows. Beyond,
the barren hills stood, bleak and
gaunt, against the sky, terrible In their
unutterable loneliness. In the midst
OF the valley n tree stood like a sen
tinel near a low log house set a stones
throw from the brink of the stream.
A fire that leaped upon the hearth
and flung its rudy light through the
small window served to light the ruoe
interior. its uncertain CLEANS half re-
vealing, half concealing the rough I'M
couthness of a man who sat before the
fireplace holding a child upon his
knee. She was not a beautiful child,
il You except the long, light
curls which hung like a misty cloud
about her small, round face. The IA
Their twisted one long curl about his
horny finger as they talked.
Nov tell me- he was saying, why
you uldn go nome with MIS-. POtter
to-day, when she rode all the way
over here on purpose, | met her out
beyond Four Mile, and she told me
She was comm over to get you t.
come home with her and visit for a
spell, till | could get time to look
round a little. | thought twas real
kind and good of her, and ! told her
to tell you | said you could go. I
give her my jackknifc to show you, So
you'd know she'd seen me. Didn't she
tell you?"
Yes said the child, smuggling
down ~contentedly in the circle of his
arm, "she told me, but | didn't want
to 30 over Il the Bar II. to live"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-20

/ am sure Piao's Cure for Consumption
saved my lie three years ago. Mrs, Thos
Robbins, Norwich, n. Y, Feb. u, 1900.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-20
BARNARD Wisdom.

Said the roster in the barnyard
To the rooster ON the vane:
am o mighty knowing fellow
AT predicting when twill rain.
For ] cast my eye upon you
And observe which way it blows,
Then ! rouse the farmers family
With M most sagacious crows"
So. to gain p reputation.
And TO ouafi of fortunes cup,
You will find the plan a good ore
Have a friend that's higher up.
Life.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-20

When . friend tells YOU of his wronsi
he wants sympathy and not an argu
mCUt-AtrlisOn Globe.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-20
Branded in
the Valley
By PIERCE
Copyright, 1898. by the Short Story Publishing Co.,
Al Rights Reseryed.)

A S the day died, three horsemeE
~ rode down from the mountain
aud struck into the trail that leads
across the mesa. Once clear Of the
descent, the horses broke into the long
swinging gallop which the cowboy
loves. The fine gray alkall dust few
backward from the flying feet in lit
tie clouds which looked in the half
light like puffs of smoke. They rode
in silence, save once when the leader
half turned in his saddle and spoke TO
the rider nearest him.
How far Is it, JIM
Jim lifted his bride reins. and his
horse sprang alongside the big gray
Of the leader.
Bout 80 miles, yet" he said, brief
ly; wen make 1t by nine o'clock"
Silence fell again and nothing was
heard on the wide, desolate plain. rs
the darkness deepcned, but the muf-
fled thud of the horses feet on the
soft soil, and now and then, faint
and far off, the l%ong-drawn, dismal
howl Of a coyote.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-20

urine was thick and cloudy and I could
barely cat enough food to live. felta
change for the better within a week.
The second week | began eating hearth
ly. ] began TO improve generally and
before seven weeks had passed | was
well. had spent hundreds Of dollars
for medicine that did not help me, but
so worth OF Doan's Kidney Pills restored
Inc to perfect health"
A TRIAL FREE Address Foster
Milburn Co, Buffalo, N. Y. For sale
by all dealers. Price, 30 cents.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-20

No one lives in the house in the val
ley. They say that when the moon IL
full fire leaps upon the deserted hearth
and iings a ruddy glow through the
windows. and he who listens may pres
entity hear the shrill scream OF a child,
and the clatter OF fleeing horsemen
across the mesa. But others say 1t is
a myth, and one can see nothing but
the moonlight reflected from the win
doWs. and hear nothing save the dis
nal and iong-drawn cry of a coyote.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-20

The sun climbed up over the high
BLUM and looked down on the green val
ley where the one tree stood by the low
log house. Under the tree u man was
STOPPING owe a little mound by the
side of a long one, patting it softly and
babbling 10 himself about his baby.
and the little angel in the fire, After
awhile he wandered away hatless and
coatless toward the mountain.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-20
ACHED IN EVERY BONE.
Chicago Society Woman Who Was So SICK
She Could Not Sleep or Eat, Cured
by Doan's Kidney Pills.

~ y. Ashland
Ave-, Chicago,
Orator Of the
w G $ ( 81 d c
Wed nesd y
Club, says:
"This win
ter w hen I
| started TO use
Doans Kidney
Pills / achcd
in every bone
md il u Il in.
tense pains in
tn kidneys
Il II d pelvic
ORGANS. T he