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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-22
Bowser's Experiment
He Tries to Find Out the Difference Between Cocktails and
 Milk Punches In the Interest of Future Statistics, but the Cat Upsets His Plans

make a milk punch to give the matter a test"
 Mrs. Bowser exhibited no interest in the statistics, but MT. Bowser and the cat descended to the basement and pre- pared the flowing bowl. It was a hot milk punch, to agree with the season, and it was left on the table to cool while MT. Bowser ascended the stairs to say:
 "A few jealous minded persons who fail to grasp the magnitude of the ques- ton will probably refer to me as Milk Punch Bowser,' but such a term will simply be overwhelmed by the plaudits of the nation. I am much more likely to live in history as 'Rowser the Ex. perimenter' or 'Bowser the Saver of Thousands"
 "What is a milk punch made of P asked Mrs. Bowser as she looked him straight in the eye.
 "Well-er-well, it's principally milk, you know. But for milk what would become of the babies? I have some times thought that if all the cows should die"-
 "What else besides milkT
 What else? Why, they dash little little whisky or rum into the glass, believe, and sometimes grate in little nutmeg. The idea is to tickle the pal ate and keep the brain clear at the same time. Statistics show''- -
 "I don't care about statistics,' inter rupted Mrs Bowser. "What is cock tail made off"
 "A cocktail? Why-er-let's see. A cocktail is made of several things, believe, and all warranted to wreck happy homes and bring gray hairs to the grave. I have never seen 8 man mix one, but I know he mixes at least three drinks together and hopes you'll go home and kill your wife and cripple your children. l tell you, Mrs. Bowser if you knew half the evils of cocktail drinking, if you knew of the hardwork- ing wives turned outdoors and the in nocent children made to suffer, you would agree with me that if took g whole year to find substitute it would be money well spent"
 Well, go ahead, but, of course, il will turn out like all your other fads.' y "Fads, my dear-fads? When did you ever know me to have fad? No one is more clear of them. am simply go ing to make an experiment in hopes tc save this American nation $16,000,O0C a year and the lives of 10000 people am going to show the members of the Blue Jay and all other clubs that
 Your punch must be ready by this time" she interrupted.
 "Yes think it is, and I'll 20 down and drink it and then take pencil and paper and record my feelings as they transpfre."
 MT. Bowser went whistiing down the basement stairs, but after a moment he came bounding up again with bis eyes bulging out to exclaim:
 ''The cat-the cat! The ptnch-the punch" ..,.
 "What do you meanT
 'The cat has lapped up every drok
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-22

THE CAT HAD LAPPED UP THE MILK the door, You said it was the horse radish you had at the club dinner that affected you."
 By thunder, woman, won't stand for this, but I'-
 MT. Bowser stopped there for min ute, and then his voice softened as he continued:
 q beg your pardon. Yes, I admit I came home little befogged. It wasn't the radishes, Mrs. Bowser, but it was the drinks, the cocktails. That hits this case exactly. The Blue Jays desire to swear off on cocktails and find harm less beverage to take their place. It must be something little more con- vfvial than ginger ale and yet without the exhilaration of a cocktail. In other words, 1t must warm the cookies of the heart and yet prevent the wheels from going round in the head" . ''I thought. you said the secretary wanted statistics"
 "He does, but can supply them by the cart load. He also wants me to ex- pertinent little with milk punches. If the milk punch can be made to take
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-22
s Worth, 30 Green Trading Stamps WitI

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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-22

the place of the cocktai,, then the couple of hours shall be able to deter mine the question"
 You'd better let the club do its own experimenting" observed Mrs. Bowser. ''It's funny thing that you are always picked out for such occasions. If the secretary wants to find out the differ ence between cocktails and milk punch es, let him guzzle.''
 MT. Bowser flushed red and white, and the cat thought he was going to get up and kick over chairs, but with great effort he restrained himself and took a piece of paper from his pocket and said:
 T see that you do not yet compre- bend the size of the situation or the gravity of the occasion. Let me give you a few statistics. More than $16,- GOO, 0,OOO per year is paid out for cock tails. At least 10000 drunkards are made every year through the influence of those drinks. The number of mur- ders is about 4,00O, and the number of happy homes wrecked is 7,5oO. Last year, for instance, the number of en- agreements broken off between loving couples for no other reason outside of cocktails was 27,00O. Cocktails are de- generating the intellect of this country more than all other drinks combined, and if a substitute is not soon found we must as a nation take third or fourth place. If one cocktail will act on 8 man as it did on me, you must l realize the danger we are fin as a ua- tion."
 'Then why not let everything % and stick to cold water?' asked Mrs. Bowser.
 "It may come to that, my dear, though there is no conviviality about cold water. I shall first experiment on this substitute. and if I find that 1t does not fill the bill shall probably recommend water with little dash of paregoric in It. I will leave you these statistics to look oyer and go down ana
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-22
l 0:1
CHEESE CREAMS.

minced truf1e and with few peas, and fill the middle with pheasant, prepared thus: Melt half an ounce of butter in a small stewpan, and stir into it a large teaspoonfu1 of curry powder: let it fry gently for five minutes, then add the veloute sauce, which should be made with equal quantities of good white stock and cream, and as soon as the sauce is hot add two tablespoon fuls of tomato conserve. Have ready 8 brace of roasted pheasants, cut into neat pieces, with the skin removed: let the birds simmer very gently in the sauce, covered with a buttered paper. for half-an-hour, arrange them in the prepared border, strain the sauce over them, and sprinkle some minced truf- fie over the top.
 2. Cheese Creams.
 <, Ingredients: One-half pint cream, three ounces grated Parmesan cheese, iaspic jelly, seasoning, cucumber, sher- ny, salad.
 Whip the cream until it is quite stiff, add the cheese. and season 1t with celery salt and Nepaul pepper, then add 8 quarter of pint of cool, bu, liquid. aspie jelly and & teaspoonful o1 sherry, and whisk all together for a few minutes. Fill soma little molds with the cream which have been pre- .viously lined thinly with aspio jelly and decorated with heArt-shaped pieces of cooked cucumber. and leave them on ice until they are required. Turn the creams carefully from the molds, and garnish the dish on which they are served with small salad
 ! MAY MARCEL
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-22

or Inar puncn. anu Hs ruruHRer unan D fool! Here she comes nowv'

or TuaT- puncn' ana Ns ~uruHKer EnHn a fool! Here she comes now!'
 1t was true. The cat had found the substitute to her liking and Tapped it up, and she had jag on. She rolled her eyes, waved her tail and bumped her back, and as MT. Bowser pushed a chair at her she uttered several blood curdling meows and then began to circle around the room. She went over and under chairs, up on the mantel and down, over the piano and under the lounge, and wherever she went she left trail of broken bric-a-brac be- hind At length, with a terrific yeowi and spit, she made for rear win dow and carried out the glass and landed In the back yard.
 "Well, there's your experiment" :" said Mrs. Bowser as she nodded her head.
 "And-and--woman-- began MT. Bowser, but she interrupted him:
 Mot a word. sir! You pick up the pieces and then drink glass of cold water with a dash of vinegar in 1t and go to bed. There won't be any more Blue Jay experiments around here to- Eigntr' M. 0uAD-
 She Knew.
 Itwas in Philadelphia public school the other day that class in spelling was going over 8 lesson in words of two syliables- One of the words was mummy" Children" said the teach CT, ''how many of you know the mean ing of the word .mumnsyf" After a long silence one little girl raised her hand.
 "Well, Maggfe?'
 'sIt means yer mother"
 The teacher pointed out her mistake and explained fully the meaning of the word. Presently the word poppy" had to be spelled.
 ''Who knows what poppy meana7'' asked the teacher.
 The same little gixl raised her hand, this time brimful of confidence.
 'tWeIl, what's the answer, MaggieY
 Tt me.ss>e man mummy replied thA- -chiia.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-22
RAGoUT OF PHEAsANTs A LA BoM-

round fllets remain. Put the cooked spinach into small saucepan contain ing a good lump of butter, season it with salt, pepper, 8 dust of sugar, and a little nutmeg, and stir into it two tablespoonfuls of thick onion sauce, which should be made with cream. AS soon as the mixture is thoroughly hot, remove the saucepan from the stove, and add the yolk of an egg, then turn the spinach into basin and let it cool. Make an incision with sharp knife on one side of the noisettes. and fill them with the prepared spinach using forcing bag and small pipe for the purpose; flour them lightly, dip them into warm butter, and cook them quickly in boiling butter until they are evenly Drowned on both sides. Drain the noisettes, brush them over with warm glaze, then sprinkle them with chopped parsley and place on half a tomato, previously cooked on but tered tin in the oven, and serve them surrounded by the brown sauce.
 Ragout of Pheasant Ia Bombay.
 Ingredients: Six ounces rice, one pint chicken broth; curry powder, one ounce butter, two eggs; tomato con- serve, one pint ve1oute sauce, one brace pheasants; seasoning, peas truf- ] Hes.
 Blanch the rice and let 1t cook in a stewpan with one ounce of butter and the chicken broth until it is quite ten- der and the broth is absorbed, season ing it as soon as it begins to get soft with salt, pepper and curry powder When the rice has cooled little, add the yolks of the eggs, and after mix ing 1t well. fill buttered Breton bor- der mold with it, pressing 1t down well; then place the mold in a sauce- pan containing small quantity of boiling water, put 8 piece of buttered paper over the top, ana place the pan in 8 quick oven for about 20 minutes. Turn the rice border on to hot entree dish, decorate it round the edge with
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-22
tcopyr1ght, 1904, by c. B. Lewis.1

tcopyright, 1904, by c. B. Lewis.1
 A LETTER had been left at the A house for MT. Bowser during A M the afternoon by the postman,
 and after reading it, as he came home from the office, he observed to Mrs. Bowser:
 "It is from the secretary of the Blue Jay club, and he wants me to compile a few statistics"
 ''Is that the club you attended one night and came home to-to'- she fal- tered in reply.
 'I came home to whatT'
 "Never mind" If
 'sBut do mind. You are intimating that I came home out of my normal condition in some way. I want to know what you mean"
 "Well, you didn't get home until after midnight, and found you looking all over the front steps for the keyhole of
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-22
An Old Favorife
THE CATARACT OF LoDoRE
By Robert Southey

G-1ERE it comes sparkling, And there it lies darkling: H Now smoking and frothing HhE It's tumuit and wrath in,
 Till, in this rapid race On which 1t is bent, 1t reaches the place Of it's steep descent. The cataract strong Then plunges along, Striking and raging As if Q war wagtng Its caverns and rocks among;
 Rising and laaping,
 Sinking and creeping,
 Swelling and sweeping, Showering and springing. Flying and fiinging. Writhing and ringing, Eddying and whis<ing, Scouting and frislStng, Turning and twisting. Around and around With endless rsboundI Shutting and fighting. A sight to delight in; Confoundipg, astounding. Dixzying and deafening the ear wit it's sound.
 Collecting, projecting Exceeding and speeding, And shocking and rocking, And darting and parting, And threading and spreading. And whizzing and hissing, And dripping and skipping, And hitting and splitting. And shining and twtning, And rattling and battling, And shaking and quaking, And pouring and roaring. And raving and waving, And tossing and crossing, And flowing and going. And running and stunning, And foaming and roaming, And dinning and spinning. And dropping and hopping. And working and jerking, And guggiing and struggling.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-22
Special Bargains for Wednesday and Thursday.
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$2 worth, 20 green trading stamps, wi $3 worth, 30 green trading stamps, wi $1 worth. 10 green trading stamps, wi
 $3 worth, 80 green trading stamps, wi
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-22
wnge Scale Signed.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March a. The miners wage scale has been signed by the joint subscale commit tee, consisting of two miners and two operators of each of the four states forming the central competitive dis trict. No change was made from the original proposition of the operators which was voted upon by the miners. The next joint conference will be held e< IuAsananQlsss .2Ke 12Q&
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-22
MONEY MADE
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Buy your Groceries at tho Union Supply Co., Get Green Trading Stamps Fill your stamp book quick Furnish your home free of charge By doing this you your bank account. Come in. Let convince you
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-22
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-22
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-22
S2 Worth, 20 Green Trading Stamps With

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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-22

And heaving and cleaving . !: And meaning and groaning: n. And glittaring and frittering. q And gathering and feathertng. And whitening and brightening, .
 And quivering and shivering, |
 And hurrying and skurrying,
 And laundering and hounderfng: Dividing and gliding and sliding. And failing and brawling and sprawl
 ing, , And driving and irving and striving, And sprinkling and twinkling and
 wrinkling, And sounding and bounding and And bubbling and troubling and dou-
 bling, And grunbling and rumbiing and tuna- Ana clattsring ana battsring and shat
 terinG; , Retreating and beating and meeting
 and sheeting, Delaying and strayfng and playing with and spraying, Advancing and prancing and glanclng Rscoiling. turmoiling and toiling and boiling, And cleaning and streaming and steaming and beaming And rushing and flushing and brush ss ing and gushing, And Tapping and rapping and clap
 ping and skipping, And curling and w1irling and purling
 and twirlinH, And humping and plumpdns and ,
 pumping and jumping And dashing and flashing and splash
 ing and clashing; And so never ending. but always de-
 scending, Sounds and motions for ever and ever
 are blending All at once and all o'er. with a mighty
 uproar- And this way the water comes down ags at Lodore.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-22
DAINTY DINNER MENU
ATTRACTIVE vIANDs SERVED IN
 ,APPETIzING FORM.

How to Arrange, Prepare and Serve Them to the Best Advantage
 Some Recipes That Are
 Valuable.
 DINNER.
 Clear Ox-Tail Soup
 Smets in Batter.
 Nodsettes of Mutton. Ragout of Pheasant a Ia Bombay.
 Roast Lamb.
 French Beans Ia Creme.
 Apricot Pudding.
 Cheese Creams.
 Smelts in Batter. Ingredients: One gill white wine. 1h lemon rind, 12 smelts, one ounce fresh butter, one-fourth pint milk, one-half pound flour. which should be dried and sifted; two eggs. seasoning, Dutch sauce, fried parsley.
 Place the fish for an hour or two before they are required in 8 pickle made with the wine. oil, onion (which should be sliced), few thin strips of lemon peel, and pinch of nutmeg and cayenne.
 Noisettes of Mutton. Ingredients: Eight neck Of mutton outlets, one-half pint sieved spinach, onion puree, two eggs, seasoning, four tomatoes, glaze, butter; three-fourths pint thick brown sauce, chopped pars- ley. Divide the outlets and remove the bones and fat, so that only the little
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-07-16
IN 'iE1InRIA1i.

ELLA ANN CALHOUN, daughter OF the
late Joseph G.. and Sarah A, Calhoun, was
born in Mobile, hla.. Nov. lO,h, 1871. She
was reared and educated IN her native city.
whore She, on Dee. Sth. 1860, was married
to William Hunter Harlan, of NoSuhee Co.
Miss.
She dlcd IN NoXuhec CO., Miss, on June
2O'h, 1901,
She profcssed religion and joined the
Methodist church IN early childhood, aud
remained stcadfast to the end Of her HE.
Sister Harlan WAS yrv modest in her
/ claims. but showed her loyalty aud devotion
70 duty by ready response to every call OF
her church.
She visited the sict aud distressed as the
occasion demanded aud she had opportuni'
ty and to the afflicted, among the many
lnborer, on her husban,'s plantation, she
was q miHistnUing angel.
/ caught the last request made Of her nus
band. and In that request her noble lite Is
summarized. She said g" be good End kind
TO the needy aud sick and help them all you
can
For many years, aud up TO her death. she
was organist OF her church and was always
present when not p|roYidentially hindered.
She sleeps in the Odd Fellows cemetery,
Macon, Miss.
She was 4 sister OF WI Calhoun OF Pur'
Wis, Miss, j, Il. and Miss Amanda Calhoun
of Mobile, Ala, Mrs. Il. II, McDougpll Of
atlanta, Ga. ana Mrs. John \, Mcleod OF
IlattiesbuIg. Miss, who with her husband,
live children and four grand children, sur
yive to suffer the pans of a sore hereave'
meut. May the God OF all grace solacc
their aching hearts and sustain them in this
afllictlon. We expect TO meet her in the
"happy beyond Her pastor,
Il. II. L%ANGFoRD.
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A most grewsome find was made
by two negroes of the Trinity neigh
borhood last Tuesday morning, when
they stumbled across the body OF
Mr.. Dancey Blewett, the young son
of Mr.. Claud Blewett, a man who
is we'll known in Columbus and
throughout the county, lying cold
in death with a pistol wound i'll his
left breast to tell the tale of the sad
fate which had befallen him.
A prominent citizen of the Trinity
neighborhood was interviewed by a
Commercial reporter We yesterday
morning, and from him it is learned
that young Blewett left home at an
early hour Monday morning, saying
that he was coming to Columbus to
spend the day. At sunset he had
not returned, but his father had no
misgiyings, thinking that his son had
concluded to stay over night with
friends here, and the first thing to
alarm him was the finding OF the
horse which the young man had rid
den by a negro living IN the vicinity.
| When the horse was brought home
riderless foul play was Immediately
suspected, and a search for the
young man was inaugurated. About
nine O'Clock Tuesday morning his
l~ifeless body was found lying in an
open field about one mile from his
fathers house, with a pistol shot
in his left brest, as described above.
The verdict of the jury empaneled
by Justice Hairston was that young
Blewett came to his death from the
effects of a pistol shot fired by some
unknown party, and they recon-
mended that a woman named Matte
Buchanan be held to await the ac-
ton of the grand iury,as she is sup
posed to know something of the kill
ing, In accordance with this verdict
the B~uchanon woman was remand
ed to jail and vas brought to this
city and turned over to Sheriff Egg
gleston yesterday morning.
Mr.. Blewett's remains were in
tered IN the Trinity cemetery at six
O'Clock Tuesday afternoon,-Colum-
bus Commercial.
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KodoE dyspepsia Cure
Digests what yes sat,
NOTICE.

| haye resigned the cashier ship Of the
Bank of Macon and taken full charge Of
my business (the Macon Mercantile
Company where | will keep a large and
complete line of everything at the very
lowest prices for first clsss goods. l will
be in the cotton market this fall, and
promise to do my best to make cotton
bring full value.
| wish to thank my friends for the
business they gave me at the Bank of
Macon, and ask that they continue to do
business with that Bank, and also ey-
tend to them a hearty invitation to call
on me at the Macon Mercantile Com
pany. where | will t,y to give them the
best goods for the least money Of any
house in Macon.
Yours truly,
G-1S.tf N. SCALES.
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Boil Weeyil in Texas.
CRANDALL. TEXAS, July /

CRANDALL. TEXAS, July1
MIR. N. Scales,
Macon, Miss,
Friend Noah:
In reply to Your letter Of June goth
will say that sthe boil weevil is In this
country in large numbers. and are get
ting in their work on the first fruits of
the croo. All south Of this, Kaufman
county, ann down to the Trinity river
en- both sides for several counties ont,
the weevil is said to be at werk now.
As you know every effort is being
made, and has been used. to extermi.
mated them, but seemingly to 10 good
effect They got to us last year late in
the Sc son, but are now well seeded and
and is the har lest proposition this coun
tryIhas ever witnessed Bankers and
merchants are at sea u know what to
do. as the cotton crop is the foundation
of all business interest.
The farmers are using paris green,
Beaumont crude oil, and some of them
are picking mp the p%unctured squares
and burning them. This of course, viii
exterminate millions Of the pest. What
the result of the weeyill will be with u'
time only can tell, but Judging from the
conditions they have left other sections
it will be fearfully demoralizing to al
business interests.
All lines of business has been wonder
fully curtailed this year, and We hav'
never known what it was to be conrte-
| ous until now. Our corn. oats, wheat,
hay aud alfalfa crops are the best for II
years past. and the cotton crop is IN flint
condition and well advanced.
Yours truly,
~ 49,
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SPECIAL NOTICE.

We have several ware houses on the
side track at the depot, and can sell you
certain lines of goods for less money
than any house here, and ask you to call
and get prices on all heavy goods. Get
our prices on Lime, Cement, Hay,
Shingles, Lumber, Com, Oats, Bagging
and Ties. We have all these goods in
car lots and don t have to dray up town.
Don't you see where we can save You
money? MACON MERCANTILE Co.
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Finest Country in the World.
UUTH WUTy,
w. T. COSBY

STONE, ALA, July 10, '04.
Editor Of The Beacon
notice in your last issue what J. c.
Windham said about DR.. Cooks corn.
Jim is behind the times. The corr was
planted on Monday, plowed on Tuesday,
hoed on Wednesday, fodder pulled or
Thursday and corn housed on Friday
all in one week. The doctor has the
finest piece of land in the state. The
negroes cut a bee tree on it yesterday
and the doctor says they'got a wash tub,
two fifty gallon cans and three or -four
buckets full and left a large quantity Of
mellilOtus honey.
We live in the finest country unde.
the SUI. Ask the doctor about hi,
pumpkin crop.
WALTER D. WINDHAM.
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Remember that we will take yonr or
der for goods at ANY time ofday, and the
little mules will take them to you IN a
hurry. MACON MERCANTILE Co.
Try our Matchless Hams and Bacon
o will have nothing else.
MACON MERCANTGE Co
Getting Ready.

There are signs that more business
houses will be opened in Macon by Sept.
first. Mr.. Chas. Eardin will put in a
fresh grocery stock in the house now oc'
cupied by Mr.. Hughes. who will take
Mrs. Mollie Patty's store house, and il
is now being fitted up for him
Work is progressing on the Holberi
building, leased by the Noxubee Hard
ware Co., and also on the old ban'
building.