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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-11-19
GIRL AND WOMAN
CARE NEEDED AT THE CHANGE
FROM ONE TO THE OTHER.
Many a Life Spent In Suffering Beca aso
Troubles We're Allowed to Develop
At This Time.

Many a Life Spent in Suffering Been ase
Troubles Were Allowed to Develop
At This Time.
Every motherof a growing girl should
remember that there will come a time
when her daughter will BIO a girl nc
longer but will share with her the bless
lngs Of womanhood. Unless nourish-
ment keeps pace with growth the founda-
ions Of q life Of suffering are laid at
that time. Mrs. John MacKinney, Of
No. 475 Thirteenth street, Detroit, Mich,
writes a timely word. She says:
"Idid not get proper care at the first
critical time in my life and for even.
teen years I suffered as a result. I had
dizzy spells, felt a constant fear that
something dreadful was about to happen
and was afraid to go out alone. My
breathing was very short and | had pal.
pitation Of the heart 80 badly that ]
could not go up stairs nor walk even
moderately fast. l was 50 ervou that
could not ut still. At different times
for years l was under the care Of the
best physicians in Detroit and tried q
number of advertised medicines. Moth
Ing helped me until, OH the advice of a
neighbor, I tried DR.. Williams'P Pink Pills
for Pale People. I felt relieved before
the first box was finished and l kept on
taking them until / was cured.
"Last winter my little girl had rheu.
matism and l gave her DR.. williamsburg
Pills and she got well right away. My
niece was thought to be going into con-
sumption and, upon my advice, she tried
the pills. They cured her cough and she
Is now well and strong. My entire fam
lily are enthusiastic over DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People and we can
not say enough in their praise
These pills effect such cures be-
cause they go to the root of the disease.
Other remedies act on the symptoms
these marvellous vegetable pills remove
the cause Of the trouble. They have
proved themselves to be an unfailing
specific for all diseases arising from I'M
pure blood and weakened nerves-two
fruitful causes Of nearly all the
ills to which humankind is heir. DR..
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People are
sold in boxes at 80 cents a box, or six
boxes for $3.50, and may be had Of all
druggists, or direct from DR.. Williams
Medicine Co., Schenectady, NY.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-11-19
THE JAPS AND THE MULE.
Rice Growers of Nippon Are Not An1.
ious to Employ the Hybrid
in Their Work.

so the Japanese rice growers are
not willing to tackle that interesting
native institution, the American mule
without the aid Of home folk" said
an observant man, according to the
New Orleans Times Democrat, "and
| can see where they are right about
the matter. The American mule Is
a %long-eared, quick-heeled. supple
Tinted mystery, and no man. no mat
ter how wise he may be, can do any
thing with him unless he have special
training. AS a matter Of fact, the
white man In America is sadly de
knowledge Of the mule. Up to the
present writing the American negro
Is the only living person who a
claim anything like mastery when II
comes to the mule. Somehow there
Is something In the nature Of the
black man and the mule which makes
1t easier for them to get along. Just
what 1t Is | do not know. But even
the black man will have his ups and
downs now and then with the mule,
and | have seen some very interest.
ing instances Of this kind, n Of the
most amusing being that Of an ex-
tremely hard skulled negro who never
wanted a better weapon than his head
In any sort of conflict with man or
beast.
"One day he fell out with his mule.
Ordinarily, they get along well enough
together. But in some way the mule
n the day in question made the
negro mad and the fight began. In
the first place, the negro broke his
water Jug over the mules head. This
did not feaze the animal. Grabbing
the mule by the ears and taking a
good, firm grip, the black man landed
with vigor between the mules ears,
using his head as a weapon. The blow
was a knockout blow all right, but
the trouble was that 1t knocked the
negro out also. Both mule and negro
fell to the ground like dead. In a
short while both were fairly good
friends again. The Japs are right,
They will need special training on
the mule proposition and no mistake,
and the negro is about the best man
they can get to do the training"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-11-19
TILL NOON
The Simple Dish That Keeps One
Vigorous and Well Fed.

When the Doctor takes his own med
icine, and the grocer eats the food he
recommends, some confidence comes to
the observer.
A Grocer of Ossian, Ind, had a prac-
teal experience with food worth any
ones attention. .
He says: six years ago | became
so weak from stomach and bowel trou-
BILE that was finally compelled to give
up all work in my store, and, III fact,
all sorts of work, for about lour years.
The last year l was confined TO the bed
nearly all Of the time, and much of the
time unable to retain food Oh any sort
on my stomach. My bowels were bad
ly constipated continually, and | lost
in weight from 165 pounds down to So
pounds.
when at the bottom Oh the ladder |
changed treatment entirely, and start
ed in on Grape-Nuts and cream for
nourishment. | used absolutely moth
ing but this for about three months. /
slowly improved until | got out of bed
and began to move about.
Il have been improving regularly,
and now in the past two years have
been working about fifteen hours a
day in the store, and never felt better
In my life.
During these two years | have never
missed a breakfast of Grape-Nuts and
cream, and often have it two meals a
day, but the entire breakfast is al
ways made Of Grape-Nuts and cream
alone.
Since commencing the use OF Grape
Nuts l have never used anything to
stimulate the action Of the bowels, a
thing | had to do for years, but this
food keeps me regular and in fine
shape, and l am growing stronger and
heavier every day.
"My customers, naturally, have been
Interested, and | am compelled to an
swer a great many questions about
Grape-Nuts.
Some people would think that a sim
pie dish Of Grape Nuts and cream
would not carry n through to the
MONDAY meal, but 1t will, and in the
most vigorous fashion"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich.
Look in each pkg. for the famous lit
tie book, The Road to MELVILLE"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-11-19
L OUT GRASS.
A False Notion That seems TO Pos
sess the Majority of the
Southern Farmers.

"Kill the Grass" has been the war
cry on the farm ever since | can re-
member. AS the hands start out with
the plows and hoes, the command Is
given to "kill the grass" Go for Gen.
Green" Clean him off of the face of
the EARTH" and 1t is all very well to
carry this out among the growing
crops, and in regard to some pestif-
erous grasses and weeds. Such as
nut grass, bull nettle, Scotch thistle,
thorny wild carrot, etc, not a seed OF
these should be left to tell the tale;
but the kill grass cry should not be
too long nor too loud, as it may preju-
dice us too strongly against the whole
grass family, resulting in our loss and
injury, for there are several grasses,
(clover ~included), that are as worthy
of our cultivation as either corn or cot.
ton.
An acre well set in the evergreen
grasses is worth more annually than
an acre of any other crop. 1t only has
to be seeded but once, and yields It's
rich hay or pasturage annually for
many years.
Bermuda is of course the pasture
grass of the south for summer use,
but when frosts come it disappears
until the summer Jul comes again.
A pasture of the sweet and nutritious
perennial grasses, such as orchard, red
top, rye grass, timothy, meadow, Tus-
can, red clover, alfalfa, or lucerne and
blue grass, will afford the richest o.
grazing, while the Bermuda is gone to
sleep.
A proper mixture of the perennial
grasses is far better than any one OF
them alone, as each variety contains
food elements in different proportions,
also because some suit wet weather
and some dry weather, thus keeping the
pasture in best condition the year
round. For an annual hay crop we
know of nothing better than crimson
clover, and Italian rye grass, mixed.
Alfalfa is the best all-round food
crop for stock that can be planted. 1t
comes nearer being a perfect food than
any other plant. 1t is best to sow 1t
in drills in this section-drills twelve
to fifteen inches apart, laid off with
a bull-tongue pillow, in which SOW the
seed at rate of twelve or fifteen pounds
per acre, without covering,
1t supplies an abundance Of protein
the great muscle-building element Of
food. There are 211 pounds of protein
to the ton of alfalfa hay, being double
the quantity found in most other hay
crops.
Any land that will make good oats
will make alfalfa.
There is considerable talk about its
being necessary to doctor" the land
in order to succeed with this plant. l
have grown it successfully without any
artificial treatment, yet, II l intended
to plant again, ! would use the inocu-
lated soil, as only homeopathic doses
are necessary, and the cost is but lit
tie, and the bacteria needed for the
plant will then be provided, assuring
success.
Your advice, Mr.. Editor, to SOW
hairy vetch and burr clover on Bermu-
da grass sod, is good, as by doing so
the pasture is doubled in value.-Mark
Johnson, in Dixie Farmer.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-11-19
WHO is MORE CULLIBLE?
The City Man Is Not a Bit Behind His
Country Cousin in This
Respect.

rs the man of the country more guilt
BILE than the man of the city?' asned
an %observant man, in the New Orleans
Times-Democrat. There is a suspicion
that an answer in the affirmative would
fit the case. Yet, 1t may not be SO.
An interesting experiment has recently
been made, according to a story that
comes out of New York, and the result
According to the story this attempt to
prove that the residents of the country
districts are more gullible than those
of the city has nearly resulted in a jail
sentence for a college student employed
as a street car conductor In Brooklyn.
He Is said TO be a member OF a we'll
known family in Maine, and was a
student at Brown university in the class
Of '06.
Financial reverses sustained by the
family compelled him to seek work In
the city, and he became a conductor not
long ago. In July a friend of the con-
ductor residing in Maine received a
letter Offering to sell him, al low rates,
counterfeit money made in Mexico
The Maine man turned the letter oveF
to the secret service officials and the
conductor soon after vas arrested. He
was indicted and has been in jail since
July. The prisoner explained that the
letter was only a joke and an expert
ment in sociology, finally giving the
district attorney his true name, which
he formerly had concealed. lnvestiga-
ton proved the story to be true, and
when the case came before Federal
Judge Holt the district attorney ex-
planned. The judge ordered the joker's
plea of not guilty to be withdrawn
entered one of guilty and then suspend
ed sentence. He warned the student OF
sociology, however, to be more careful
in his future experiments.
But this does not by any means SET
tie the important question, and despite
the common belief in the gullibility OF
the mar from the country now and then
we run across a happening which shows
he has an element of shrewdness which
will often put the city man to a hare
test of his wits"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-11-19
he GOT THE HELPING HAND.
And Out Of Gratitude Would Have
"Bought" But for Several
Things.

The understood and notwithstanding
man who was wheeling the baby car
rage had good reason for his express
sion of anxiety. The infant In the
carriage, relates the Chicago Daily
News, was screaming at the top OF It's
voice, which was not a weak one. The
man "jiggled" the vehicle In vain; he
| addressed various soothing remarks
to the infant without the slightest ef-
feet. From time to time the UNDER
sized man looked dtspairingly at a
house, in one window Of which was
displayed the sign, Modes
whats the trouble with the kidY'
inquired a deep bass voice at the I'M
derslzed mans ears. The voice pro-
ceeded from the burly driver of a
xagon that stood beside the curb.
There was a friendly interest in it's
lone to which the understood man in
SANITY responded.
"Darned If | know" he said with
IN air of desperation. 4 Here!
Shoe! Shoe! Shoe! Hey! Baby, look
al the horsey-great big horsey!
O-oooh! What a nice horsey! | think
he's hungry. Baby see the horsey?'
"He amt interested in Stock said
the driver with a grin. Here, you
young Teller! What are you maxim
ali that noise about?'
The infant held its breath and then,
being shaken, emitted a he~art-broken
howl.
Where's its mother?" inquired the
driver.
The understood man jerked his
thumb at the sign Modes"
why d .you go in an apply for
help?"
The understood man shook his head
and again sDplied himself TO the paci-
flcation Of the infant, with Indifferent
success.
Amt that a bottle In the buggy?"
asked the driver.
Yes" said the understood man,
shut it's empty"
Hand It up here" said the driver,
ana as the small a doubtfully COM
piled he reached into a basket at the
back of the seat and drew forth a
package which he united. Then he re-
moved the rubber nipple from the
bottle and shook something from the
package into it, tying 1t up with a
piece of the package string.
whats that?" asked the father.
"Sugar," said the driver, deftly re-
tying his package and replacing it IN
the basket. Put that in his month
IN see If that doesn't quiet him. I've
got a kid O my own at home his size.
II works well with him."
The understood man hesitated. "He
nin't allowed to have sugar" he said.
at might put his stummick out O.
vhack. But"
He put the nipple in the baby's
mouth. The effect was instantaneous.
Its cry ceased and an expression OF
absolute bliss came over its infantile
features.
You don't need to tell her." sug-
eested the driver.
The understood man breathed a deep
sigh of relief and then looked CRATE
fully at the driver. Say" he said, III
there was a place neal here, and if l
could leave the kid"
"Oh, that's all right" said the
driver. You're welcome. That ought
to last him 10 or Is minutes. After
that, If the missus doesn't come out,
Heaven help you! So long!"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-11-19
An Honest Opinion.

Mineral, Idaho, Nov. l4th (Speeial).-
That a sure cure has been discovered for
those sciatic pains hat make SO many
lives miserable, is the firm opinion of Mr..
u. s.. Colson, a ~well-known resident of
this place, and he does not hesitate to
say that cure is Dodd's Kidney Pills.
The reason Mr.. Colson is so firm in his
opinion is hat he had those terrible
pains and is cured. Speaking of the mat
ter he says:
Il an only too happy to say Dodd's
Kidney Pills have done me lots of good.
] had awful pains in my hip so | could
hardly walk. Dodd's Kidney Pills stopped
it entirely. l think they are a grand
medicine"
All Sciatic and Rheumatic pains are
caused by Uric Acid in the blood. Dodu :
Kidney Pills make healthy kidneys and
healthy kidneys strain all the Uric Acid
out of the blood. With the cause re-
moved there can be no Rheumatism or
Sclatlca,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-11-19
FARMER AND PLANTER.
CATTLE IN SOUTH CAROLINA
Results show That II Is Profitable
For Every Farmer to Raise
some Cattle.

The farmers of the south are doubt
less in better financial condition now
than at any time since the war.
Their crops have been good and
prices better. While cotton is King"
It is well not to place entire depend
ence on that n crop, but TO raise a
variety Of crops SO If one should fail
they may have others to rely on.
1t is well to have some improved live
stock on every farm, to which may be
fed their surplus and such rough food
as there is a Emitted demand for on the
market, thereby increasing the slpply
of manure for the farm. This may as
well be fed to good, well-br stock as
to the native, az there is no doubt Of
greater profit. If your cottonseed-meal
can be sold to dealers and laid down
here freight prepaid at $23.25 and hulls
at $3.50 for our cattlemen to feed at a
profit, | see no reason why 1t should
not be fed at a greater profit on your
own farms. | saw a farmer in this state
yesterday who is feeding 1876 cattle av-
eraging 1000 pounds each on cotton
seed-meal and bulls and throwing in a
little corn fodder and straw. He ex-
poets to feed these cattle one hundred
days at a gain of two pounds each per
day and to sell them at $1.25 per 100
pounds more than they cost. Why
cant the farmers of the south do this
or ever better, as their meal and hulls
must be much cheaper than after 1t
passes through the hands of the mid
dleman' to the Kentucky farmer and
feeder.
Some hesitate to buy pure bred cat
tie from the north on account of risk
from fever. Last winter | shipped and
sold several carloads of pure bred and
grade breeding stock to the south and
after thorough enquiry ] have failed
to find any that have not done well
and none that have died from "tick
fever" Most of your states have their
state veterinarian, whose duty 1t is 70
inoculate cattle for any resident OF
their respective states.
My success with what | have sold
and the satisfaction given purchasers
has led me to ship two carloads of
Red Polls, Shorthorn and Po)led Dur
ham cattle to the South Carolina state
fair, October 25, for exhibition and
sale.
One car will contain registered stock
only, and the other grades, many OF
which are as good individually as those
registered and as pure bred, but no
pedigrees kept up. This shipment will
give the residents of South Carolina
and adjoining states an opportunity to
buy this improved stock laid down at
their own doors practically, and the
state veterinary ready to inoculate
them free of cost should parties desire.
Whether or not they will take ad-
vantage of this remains to be demon
strated, but | should judge from the
many enquiries | am receiving through
the assistance Of the advertising
houses of your valuable paper, there
will be many present who will likely
buy.-L. l.. Dorsey, in Southern Guilt
yatOr.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-11-19
Nv Wire and Air.

An accidental experiment in the veloc-
ity of sound is recounted by a CORE
spondent. He went to his telephone,
and Just as he put the receiver to his
ear he heard the click of another tele-
phone. Another receiver had been re-
moved and the line was open. Then he
heard through the telephone the shrek
of a locomotive whistle, and a few Sec
onds later the sound came through the
open window in the usual way. Looking
up, he saw a locomotive half a mile
away, passing the house of a friend.
The mystery was solved. The telephone
that was open was that at the distant
house, and the sound Of the whistle had
come through its transformation into an
electric current quicker than it had trav-
eled through the air.-Youth's Compan-
Ton.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-11-19
Future of Apple Business,

There has been a feverish activity in
planting apple orchards in many Of
the southwestern states, especially in
Missouri, also in Nebraska and West
Virginia, etc. The fear has often been
expressed that planting is overdone,
and that the world will be flooded with
apples as o as all the trees recent
ly set out arrive at bearing age. At
the same time, we here at the east,
especially in the great apple region Of
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-11-19

Prof. o. L. Waller, the governments
irrigation expert, has travelled over al.
most every foot Of American soil, and In
this way has gathered together many
"reminiscences of odd places and odd per-
sons.
"A vanishing type" said Prof. Wal.
Ter, recently, sis the bad man of the mid
die west. We rarely meet with him now.
He is almost extinct.
at was some years ago that / came
upon my last bad man. He sat on a small
stone under a tree.
"'Where is your house?' l asked him.
"'House?' the bad man snorted. DC
ye think I'm n o. that sort? l sleep
in the prairie. l eats buffalo and
drinks out Of the Mississippi. ''-Detrolt
Tribune.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-11-19
HERE AND THERE.

1t is said that a ~newly-laid egg
will keep fresh for many months in
a ten per cent. solution of s%ilicate, and
will then be indistinguishable from a
fresh egg, 1t has been reported that
chickens have been Matched from pre-
served eggs for 10 months in this way.
A Kansas farmer, being asked
what he did to get rid of the weeds
on his farm, said that he sold most
of them as mutton at three to four
cents a pound. A contemporary adds
that goats are the best brush-cleaners,
and sheep are the best weed-cleaners.
The feathering of chicks depends
on several matters, but much also de-
ponds on the breed of the chicks. The
chicks of non-setting breeds seem to
pegin to shoot out feathers from tn
wings before they are two days OLE
which is a drawback, as rapid feathe,
ing is weakening.
How many horses are kept with
little or no bedding? The horse shoul
have plenty of bedding at all time
During the winter, and summer
well. the horse should be kept COM
Portable, and it is impossible to keep
the horse warm in winter without a
liberal supply of bedding.
If you want a good calf do not
give it all it will drink at n time;
,,t,,o about tuo o,,ortc and Wait fftaan
minutes or a half hour and give more,
and so on, until it drinks all 1t wants
and Is satisted-and no bad result,
when, If it gorges itself at one draught,
it Is liable to take scours.
Much is frequently lost by hest
fancy in trying the new varieties OF
grain and fruit. In recent years the
Ben Davis apple, the Keitfer pear and
the alberta peach have made fortunes
for not over-cautious planters; not that
these fruits are of the best quality, but
they proved the money-makers.
The possibilities Of electricity
along agricultural lines are practically
unreasonable. Where the farmer has
sufficient capital and an abundance Of
coal, oil, gas or water power for gen
Grating electrical power, the various
purposes for which electricity Of .
high voltage power can be used seem
to be almost limitles s
If all poultry houses we're lathed
and plastered with two coats of NOR
tar, the lice problem would be solved
and the cold drafts shut of, To de.
stroy lice 1t would then only be nece
sary to burn enough sulphur in Il
poultry house once a week to fill /
with dense fumes, keeping 1t shut for
~>ur. and the work would be done
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-11-19

"Say, doctor" remarked the man who
had just dropped into the office. I'm
very much alarmed about my SON.
What's the trouble?" queried the
NJ. ID.
"He has had three peculiar attacks
within a week" continued the parent.
"and during each of them he was without
sense or knowledge for nearly two hours"
"Oh, don't be uneasy about a little
thing like that" replied the pill dis.
penser. I've known people to live all
their lives in a similar condition Gin
cirnati Enquirer.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-11-19

He was a Spectator, and for a year
past nothing had been coming his way
but expenses. One day his daughter in
formed him in an unfeeling manner that
if he did not give her a diamond bracelet
worth at least G150 she would elope
with the coachman.
Come to my arms, my darling child!"
he exclaimed, as the tears of JOY coursed
down his wrinkled cheeks, come to my
arms!"
But shall | get the bracelet" she
asked, hesitatingly.
"Of course not" he smiled, delight
eddy. "You get the coachman. | owe
him sight months Ges,'-Smith's
Weekly.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-11-19
RIGHT ON HER DIGNITY.
American Heiress Had Inherited Just
as Easy Money as Any
BODY,

IT understand" said the dignifed
English En- hdad mat a@ that that your father made
what do you mean?" asked the Amer.
lean heiress.
THAT he amassed his wealth by buying
and selling commodities that the common
people needed"
"He did nothing of the sort" retorted
the angry heiress, relates Judge. 81
want you to understand that papa did
not work a lick for a cent of his. lie
made it every bit by skinning people with
watered stocks. | guess that's just as
easy money as the kind that you inherit,
isn't it2n