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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-11-12
AN INEFFECTIVE REMEDY.
Error of Housemaid Which She
Thought to Correct in a
Queer Way.

Sir William Ramsay visited Philadel-
phia recently with the Society of Chemi-
cal Industry, and during his visit a re-
porter questioned him about the drink
ing water of the worlds great cities, re-
latts an exchange,
'London's drinking water is most
impure" the scientist said. '"rhey hold
that the English take more baths than
any other nation, but it is nevertheless
4 fact that you Phialdelphians, when
sour filtration plants shall be COM
jleted, will have a larger water supply
than London, notwithstanding the big
difference in the two cities popula-
tons"
The reporter explained a new system
for pumping water.
What do you think Of that system,
Sir William" he concluded,
81 think 1t is a slow, roundabout and
awkward way of remedying impure wa
ter's evils" said the scientist. 1T re-
minds me of the way a parlor maid Of
mine once tried TO remedy the evil of
a wrongly set table.
This maid wasleft-handed, and in lay
ing the cloth she put the knives on the
left of the plates and the forks on the
right. All wrong, you see.
THE housekeeper, coming in to look
the table over, noticed the error at
once.
why, Harriet she said, you have
placed all the knives and forks left
ha1ded.'
"Ah, so | have sighed Harriet.
Would you be kind enough now, ma'am,
to help me turn the tablet"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-11-12
HERE AND THERE.

The southern manufacturers are
cutting their own throats when they
ioin in with foreign spectators to de-
press the price of cotton.
Too many potato bugs are not
good for young turkeys, or even the
old ones. They pack in the crops and
cause death from irritation.
Begin now and SOY large crops OF
grain and clover and grass. Get cattle
and grow beef and meat. Plant less
cotton and get more for what you
plant.
When sweet~potatoes are ripe they
should be dug. Take one and cut or
break it. If the milk dries black they
are not fully matured, but If 1t dries
white they are ripe.
We call the attention of our read
ers to the fact that now is the time TO
diversity crops, Raise more grain
and hay, and feed it to your live stock.
This is the way to make the south
prosperous.
An average cheesemaker can take
good milk and make good cheese, but
it needs no prophet, nor the son of a
prophet, to foresee that dirty, tainted
milk will make poor cheese in spite
of the efforts of the most successful.
An extensive southern cotton
planter says: when we know the ne
gro can make cotton as successfully as
the most intelligent white man, wiz
not put our talent to something better
and let our tenants make all the cot
ton"
Much of the so-called cholera
among chickens is lice, roup or indi-
gestion. The chickens attacked with
any of the latter diseases may linger
for several days after they become
sick, but those attacked with cholera
will die within a few hours.
Dealers do not like to buy eggs
that are dirty, and a higher price can
often be obtained for clean ones, as
the buyer judges the freshness of the
egg by its appearance; so If they look
old, no matter how fresh they may be,
they will only bring the price of old
eggs,
1t is a comparatively easy thing
to show a farmer that he has injured
his land by letting 1t wash into gull
lies, and farther that the gullies are
caused by shallow blowing; but is
quite another thing to get that man to
quit shallow blowing and to learn to
pillow deep.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-11-12
VALE POLITICAL PARADES.
Modern Campaigns Are Conducted Up
on a More Business-Like
Plan.

Enthusiasts who try to help "sav,
the country" by marching the street.
are not very conspicuous in this pres
dental canvass. says Youths Compan'
ion. lmpromptu professions, TO vel.
come q candidate or to celebrate a vic
tory, are common, as they always wer,
and always will be; but the campaign
clubs that used to put on gorgeous uni
forms, light torches and tramp thl
streets every night are comparatively
few in number.
The fathers have told us how Zip
pecanoe and Tyler, too was shouted
and sung to victory. Procession,
played a large part in the spectacular
campaign of 1910. Enthusiasm seemed
TO crystalline into votes, and so quad
rennially, for half a century after, pol
iticians tried to revive that type Of en-.
thusiasm by the methods that aroused
1t then.
But managers Of recent campaign,
have regarded the procession as a can.
wasting measure of doubtful efficacy, a,
It is certainly proved economically
wasteful, II may provoke into activity
many an indifferent citizen who might
have forgotten that he was a voter
much less a partisan, but for the eS
plicit reminder that the opposite part,
is busy; and although the uniformed
campaign club may hold a few votes.
It probably makes not many.
There is another side to the question
Undoubtedly young men were attracted
to the party Of Fremont and Lincoln
in 1856 and 1860, by the enthusiasm oil
the other young men who marched and
sang their way through those cam,
palgns. Possibly II a political ISSUE
that strongly appealed to the publit
conscience were to arise, the success.
might be repeated, But when-as in
some recent campaigns-the clubs con.
sist chiefly Of boys, and have to be paid
al that, the case is different.
At all events, headquarters" has ex.
tinguished the torches, Mr.. Hanna be.
gan TO put them out eight years ago
He spent more money for oratory and
literature than for brass bands and
fireworks, and his success established
a fashion in politics which will proba.
bly, outlast this generation, at least.
Undoubtedly the old-style campaign
was the more picturesque, but the mod.
ern one is the more businesslike.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-11-12
time when she is nursing her progeny,

time when she is nursing her progeny.
1t may be said'that 1t is not possible
| to be quite sure when choosing dams
| which have not yet been bred as to
| whether they will be cross or other
| wise. There Is a measure Of truth in
| the statement. Nevertheless, If one Is
| working from day to day with a litter
of pigs, if possessed of that observa-
ton which the owner or feeder OF
| swine should have in order to make
a marked success Of the work, he will
notice a difference in the tameness or
witness of the members of the same
litter. This OF course Is the outcome
Of disposition. When a quiet disposi-
ton is manifested at so early an age,
that disposition is likely to remain.
On the other hand, should the young
SOW show a marked tendency to shy
ness and nervousness, these things are
also likely to characterize her as a
dam.
As soon as the brood SOW with her
first litter shows any disposition to
crossness she should be discarded at
once at the earliest convenient time.
In addition to the element of danger
that injury may come to the attend
ant, such an animal is much more
likely to destroy her young by tramp
ling on them, or in some such way,
than a SOW with the opposite DISPOSE
ton. 1t should be remembered that
this quality is hereditary. Quietness,
therefore. is much more likely to
characterize young sows bred from
quiet mothers than those bred from
mothers opposite in their disposition.
The Farmer.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-11-12
MAKING MONEY ON THE FARM
In Making the Crops stop the
and See That Nothing Goes
to Waste.

There are very many things that
contribute to this very desirable end.
but We especially desire in this article
to show you how to increase your
profits by taking care of what you
make. In this southland 1t is com
.paratively easy Ia make large amounts
of produce. but owing to the errors Of
our past education and the wasteful-
ness of our habits, we have not learned
to make the clear profits upon our
marming that we ought to make, We
annually grow in the south about
800, 000, 600 worth of corn stalks. These
we have suffered TO go to waste al
most entirely, Instead of raising cat
tie to eat the stover that these stalks
would make, We throw away OF burn
up the stalks and buy the beef raised
ON corn stalks where they do not
throw them away. If the southern
corn stalk crop was shredded and fed
to the southern-bred cattle of good
breeds, the difference in our annual
income would be almost equal to the
money received from the cotton crop.
Another similar waste is found in
the way we handle our cotton seed.
II every pound of cotton seed meal
was fed to cattle and then the Ii
properly saved and used, the cotton
seed crop would be almost equal in
value to the lint. But at present we
sell the seed at low prices and buy the
meal made from them at high prices,
and put it into the ground as a ferti-
lizer, thus losing about one-half its
feeding value. Horses, cows and hogs
nll do well when fed upon cotton seed
meal and orr stover, and by the prop
er use of these every farmer a large
ly increase the net income from his
farm.
Another source of great waste Is
found in the time, the energy, the
horsepower, the hired labor, and the
gnano used upon washed and worn
fields with only two or three inches of
scratched soil. All over the south
there are millions of these acres which
do not pay the expense Of cultiva-
ton. Instead of adding to the in
come from the farm, they take away
from the net income. 1t is worse than
f~oolishness to cultivate such land.
Either put 1t in grass, or let 1t lie and
grow It's W grass, or break it IL or
Is inches deep so that 1t will pay for
cultivation. Every acre of it would
pay if it was broken 10 inches deep
when dry in the fall of the year, and
properly cultivated.
To make money farming, we must
make each acre produce more than the
cost of cultivation. And we must make
each crop produced upon the farm
bring in a net income over the cost of
producing it.-Southern Cultivator,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-11-12
POOR JUDGES OF DISTANCE
Many Crack Shots Are Unable to Ac-
curately Estimate Length
of the Range.

The move to have congress make
provision at its next session for a large
annual appropriation to be devoted Ia
the purchase and equipment of indoor
and outdoor ranges and the distrlbu-
ton Of ammunition to organizations OF
rlfiemen, in accordance with the plan
drafted by the national board for the
promotion of ripe practice, is respon.
sible for renewed interest In rifle and
~reyolved shooting.
More attention is being paid Ia
shooting at unknown distances, say
a Washington report, and to get into
the front rank of shooters, skill in es.
timating distances is essential. 1t is
said that few, even Of the best shots
are good judges Of distances. Recent
tests have shown how little the aver.
age person knows Of the various shoot.
ing distances.
Do you know
That at 80 yards the white of a mans
eye Is plainly seen and the eyes them,
selves are visible up to so yards?
That at 100 yards all parts of tn.
body are seen distinctly, slight move
ments are %perceptible, and the minut.
details of the uniform can be distin,
guished?
That at 200 yards the outline Of the
face is confused and the rows of but
tons look like stripes?
That al 400 yards the face is a mer,
dot, but all movements of the legs ant
arms are still distinct?
That at coo yards details can nc
longer be distinguished, though file.
OF a squad, If the light is strong, car
be counted?
That at 500 yards the men in a squad
cannot be counted nor their individual.
movements distinguished?
At 1000 yards a line of men resem,
bles a broad belt; the direction of theil
march can, however, be readily deter
mined. At 1900 yards cavalry can bt
distinguished from infantry, and al
1000 yards a mounted man usually ap
pears as a mere speck.
Yet in these days of l~ong-rang,
weapons battles are fought at a dis.
lance Of 1000 yards, and it is desirabl,
for marksmen to qualify at that range
The new rife, with which United
States troops are TO be equipped, has {
..uVf-..-. - 70 ..4sHa n-I4g-- -
4,7S1 yards, or more than two and one
half miles. In other words, a bulle.
from this rifle will kill or disable at :
greater distance than the mar firms
It can distinguish an individual enemy
from the surrounding landscape.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-11-12

The extreme pressure to sell has pro-
duced its legitimate effect, lowered the
price of cotton. Why will farmers con
tinue to work against their W in
terest and to the interest of the specu-
iator? If the cotton had not opened so
early the farmers would not have sold
it so fast, and everybody would have
gone on all the same and waited for it.
But just because the hot September
sun opened it, they have rushed 1t on
the market and caused the price TO 30
down. Everyone at all we'll posted
knows this crop will be very little If
any larger than the last, and that will
make II worth u to 10 cents. Then
why sell so fast? Let every farmer
hold up selling until the price RISES
Dixie Farmer.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-11-12
Best in the World.

Cream, Ark, Nov, 7 Special After
eighteen months suffering from Epilepsy
Backachc and Kidney Complaint, Mr.. W
IL. Smith, of this place, is a well man again
and those who have watched his return tC
health unhesitatingly give all the credit tc
Dodd's Kidney Pills. In an interview re
garding his cure, Mr.. Smith says:
81 had been low for eighteen months with
my back and kidneys and also Epilepsy. |
had taken everything | knew of and moth.
ing seemed to do me any good till a friend
of mine got me TO send for Dodd's Kidney
Pills. [ find that they are the greatest
medicine in the world, for now | am able
to work and am in fact as stout and strong
as before | took sick.
Dodd's Kidney Pills cure the Kidneys,
Cured Kidneys cleanse the blood OF all i'm
p%urities. Pure blood means good health.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-11-12
ASKED A PERSONAL FAVOR,
Lawyer Wanted Judge to Relieve Him
Of c Somewhat Danger
Gus Duty.

One OF the most picturesque figures OF the
New York bar was the late Thomas Nolan,
a lawyer, whose witty retOrts furnished
subjects for merriment at many a lawyers
gathering, Now, Nolan was at one time
counsel for a poor widow who was suing a
construction company for the death Of her
husband, relates Success. The case had
been placed upon the day calendar" but
had been frequently postponed, and Mrs.
Moriarity, by the time she had made her
fifth call, was in an exceedingly disturbed
frame Of mind, consequently the tones of
Nolan. rich brogue were more than usual
ly feryid as he fought against the sixth ad-
JOurnment.
81 am sorry said Justice Dugro, but
your opponent has shown me good cause for
the adjournment, Mr.. Nolan, and the case
will therefore go over until tomorrow"
very well, sor," said the barrister,
sweetly, "but might | ask wan personal ia
vor Of this coort!"
Certainly, sir, with pleasure"
"Will your honor kindly sthep down to
my office and just tell Mrs. Moriarity that
you have adjourned the case?'
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-11-12
HOW TO REMOVE STAINS.
Unsightly Spots on Delicate Goods
May Be Easily and Perman-
emily Removed.

White linen or lawn that has been
stained with coffee can be freshened by
rubbing the spots with the yolk of an
| egg, to which has been added 20 drops
of glycerin, stirred together; rinse off
with warm water. Scorch stains or
white goods may be removed by squeez-
ing a lemon over the spot, sprinkling it
with salt, and placing it where the di-
rect rays of the sun will fall upon it,
say the Housekeeper. When on deli
cately tinted cotton goods, sprinkle the
spot thickly with cornstarch and place
in the sun, covering every part of the
goods with newspaper, except the part
! covered by the cornstarch. There really
| should be no chance Of scorch tain
on tinted goods, and there is no excuse
| for using a hot iron on it, a tlatiron that
is merely warm beiDg advised for IRON
ing all colored garments.
Sateens, whether French or domestic,
may be cleaned by washing them in
! soapsuds made Of luke warm water,
white soap and a cupful Of salt. Rinse
In lukewarm water and salt stiffen with
gum arabic solution and wrap in a large
sheet. In two or three hours iron on the
wrong side. These garments should not
be hung out of doors at all.
Many authorities hold that sateens
and all dark colored lawns and cotton
goods should never be washed with soap,
advising the use Of starch or rice water
in place OF soap. Any sort of starch may
be used, but cornstarch Is considered
best. Or, six quarts of water are put over
the fire with . pint OF rice, and boiled;
this water Is strained away and used for
washing instead of %soapsuds. The starch
is boiled, made very thin and both used
tepid, but not hot. The garment should
be washed in two starch or rice waters,
then rinsed and blued, and in this case
the gum arabic solution may be dis
pens,d with, since enough starch re-
mai'is in the goods to stitfen them sutii-
GENTLY, and when used in this way there
Is 80 chance of the garment becoming
sta ch-streaked. II they are to be made
very stiff, however, the gum arabic
should be used, The starch water re-
moves the dirt as well as the soap, and
there is no danger Of starting the colors
Of turning the goods rusty" as is apt
to occur when soap is used.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-11-12
No Words Wasted.

Nora vas a treasure of a servant,
whose habit Of speech was often IN.
direct, but was frequently picturesque
and Unexpectedly expressive, One
evening 'the master" was sitting in
he library when the door bell rang
Nora answered it, and on her return
through the hall the master" in.
luired who it a
"It was a young man, sor," replied
Nora.
well. what did he WANT" was the
question.
ooh, he was jugt lookin' for the
wrong number, SOP"
Did he find it?r asked the master,
"Yis, sor; it was next door" Which
reply settled the whole question in the
rewest possible words November
Lippincott's.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-11-12

The following bouquet is from thu
New York Times Of yesterday:
Ex-senator Davis is not in the leas
sensitive about his age, and stands {
lot OF chatting on the subject. While
at Democratic headquarters the othel
day he transacted about three times
the business of an ordinary man
When he had nearly finished his tasks
a Brooklyn leader who was watching
him said:
senator we're you always a hus
tler?'
Reckon | was" he replied.
well, you'll rust out
Probably not. | have to keep go
ing. It's my nature"
Mighty good thing" observed thu
Brooklynite. Makes me think Of al
Irishman's first introduction to ole
brandy. He had been treated TO {
very fine ffty-year-old make. After
he drank some he was asked for his
opinion.
"Be iabbers, it staggers me- he ey
claimed. If it's this foine at 90 year.
It must have been more electrifying
than radium when it wuz fresh -
Exchange.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-11-12

She had agreed to become his wife
For n long time he sat in silence, toe
full Of joyful emotion to say anything
At last his face became clouded. A
scowl Of annoyance settled upon It..
What's the matter?" she asked in
alarm. you are not sorry that | con
scented? Oh, Fred, | hope that is not
IT,"
"No, dear. You know that | love
you as never woman was loved be
fore
Then what has caused you distress
Tell me, that ! may console you. 1t is
the duty of a little wife to comfort
her husband in affection, and | am go
ing to be your little wife, amt !,
Fred?'
Eyes, darling, you are"
And there was a silence during
which no sound fell upon the air ex.
cept a noise like the popping of cham
pagne corks.
We'll, Fred, nov tell me all about
It."
We'll dear, | was wondering what
your father will say when | ask him
for your hand. | feel as if I were
robhing him of the greatest and most
precious thing in the world"
well she replied, "if that's al
that's the matter with you, | might
Is well tell you that father and | re
hearsed the whole act last night after
you left and | am sure he will re.
nect credit upon my training,"-New
York Press.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-11-12
FARMERAND PLANTER.
THE MODEL DAIRY cow.
Points In Breeding, Care and Milk
Ing to Insure the Hest
Results.

"Our model dairy COW" must not
only be well made, bred and fed, but
care about milking as well. Her calf
should be taken away the second or
third day, and fed on whole milk I'M
til after two weeks old. She should
be MIXED as early as possible In the
morning, aud II hours later In the
evening, TO the minute each time II
possible. She then will always expect
1t and her making of butter fat be
uninterrupted. Never speak to or
about her above the ordinary tone Of
voice. Use her in a ladylike manner,
and you will be suitably rewarded.
Always strain your milk before sep
arating.
Separate as soon as possible. Of no
separator, put it in the sprlng-house
or your best place for the cream to
rise.)
Feed the skim milk to the calves
and pigs as soon as separating is done.
Always have cream receptacles for
the cream.
Cool tn cream as soon as possible
by stirring with the can either in the
cold air or cool, fresh water.
Note-Never put two patches of
cream together until each has been
thoroughly cooled.
Weigh you cream on a good scale.
take a sample and apply the Babcock
test before shipping.
Weigh m test each cows milk ev-
cry week. and when falling below the
standard, part with the COW; and |
would pack up my butter by putting
my brand and best package IN II, and
standing by 1t with my name, and then
demanding the top of the market.
However this is another chapter, Be
careful of your young heifers. Give
them a small dose Of sulphate of mag
nesia morning and evening the week
before calvlng. If cows show any dan
ger of milk fever, put a drachm Of
iodide Of potash in her drinking water
night and morning, and she will be
kept free of this dreaded trouble.
Now, u low does not object to be-
ing brushed Off daily, yet this Is not
as absolutely necessary as some other
things. Yet, always keep her clean,
and her surroundings. or you will have
untold millions Of bacteria floating
through the air ready TO be absorbed
by any warm host, and milk and cream
are the very best absorbents known.
The faint we often detect in milk and
butter Is simply filth. The milking
place should always be clean, sweet
and airy, and free from flies. The
mixer should always keep an extra
auter wrap clean so as never to touch
the pail or milk unless perfectly clean
himself, and with a little whisk broom
to brush away every particle of dirt,
and some clean water to wash the
udder when necessary. Always remem-
Der someone is liable to drink that
milk, and how would you like your
baby, or sweetheart (f you haven't the
first, to be imbibing filth you have by
your criminal negligence imposed upon
her? Remember, II you have neither,
someone else is not so unfortunate
l. c. Wade, in Progressive Farmer.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-11-12
Plain Boiled CauliAower.

Remove all the green leaves but the
last layer, cut off the stem end and
place stem downward in cold water to
freshen, after carefully washing in
cold water, to which a little salt has
been added to draw out any insects
which may be in the flower. Place the
cauliflowsr in a kettle Of sailed boil
ing water, to which has been added a
quarter Of a teaspOonful of white pep
per, and boil until tender-from 20
minutes to half an hour. Drain and
serve on a folded napkin, and serve
with a drawn butter ssuce,-Washing-
Ion StsE-