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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-12-03
A Teachers Testimony.

Hinton, KY, Nov. 28 Specialize ha'
long been claimed that Diabetes is incur
able, but Mr.. +. J. Thompson, teacher in
the Hinton school, has pleasing evidence
to the contrary. Mr.. Thompson had Dia.
betes. lie took Dodd's Kidney Pills and
is cured. In a statement he makes regard
ing his cure Mr.. Thompson says:
IL was troubled with my kidneys fol
more than two years and was treated by
two of the best doctors in this part OF the
state. They claimed | had Diabetes and
there was little to be done for me. Then
| started to use Dodd's Kidney Pills and
what they did for me was wonderful. Ii
is entirely owing to Dodd's Kidney Pills
that | am now enjoying good health"
Many doctors still maintain that Dia.
betes is incurable. But Diabetes is a lid,
ney disease and the kidney disease that
Dodd's Kidney Pills will not cure has yet
to be discovered.
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CHINESE TREE IN FLORIDA.
Rice Paper Plant Is Said to BE Well
Adapted to the CLIMATE of
the South.

The rice paper tree, one oil the most
Interesting of the entire fora Of China,
has recently been successfully expert
mented with in Florida, where 1t now
lourishes with other subtroplcal ana
Oriental species of trees and shrubs.
When first t%ransplanted in American
soil the ~experimenters expressed douDts
OF its hardness, fearing that 1t would
be unable to stand the winters. All
these fears have vanished, however, and
it is now the universal opinion hat 1t
Is as well adapted to the climate OF this
country as to that OF the famed Flowery
Kingdom.
1t is a small tree, growing to a height
Of less than Is feet, and with a trunk or
stem from three to five inches in diam
eter. Its canes, which vary in color &C
cording to season, are large, soft and
downy, the form somewhat resembling
that noticed in those Of the castor bean
plant. The celebrated rice paper, the
product of this queer tree, is formed OF
lii olltto VI thN pihhi "hiNh '
from the body Of the tree in beautiful
cylinders several inches in length.
The Chinese workmen apply the blade
OF a sharp straight knife to these cylin-
ders, and, turning them around, either
by rude machinery or by hand, dexteri-
ously pare the pith from circumference
to center. This operation makes a roll
OF extra quality paper, the scroll being
OF equal thickness throughout. After a
cylinder has thus been pared 1t is I'M
rolled and weights are places upon it
until the surface is rendered smooth
throughout It's entire length. 1t Is alto
gether probable that if rice paper maxi
ing becomes an industry in the United
States those primitive modes will all be
done away within. w. Herald.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-12-03
OFFICIAL CUP OF COFFEE.
Proper Method Of Brewing the Bev-
erage to Be Determined In
Washington.

BY direction Of the secretary Of agri.
culture the bureau Of plant industry is to
take up at once experiments to deter.
mine the best manner in which to brew a
cup OF coffee. To this end, says a Wash.
ington report, 4. l.. Lewton, q specially
trained expert, has been engaged. The
view OF the department ia that a cup of
coffee is good because Of the manner in
which it is brewed, rather than from the
quality Of the bean from which the bev-
erage is made. 1t will be appreciated by
all persons acquainted with the art and
mystery OF coffee.making that various con.
ditions, apparently trivial in Themselves,
have TO be taken into consideration In
producing the beverage.
For instance, in the process Of roasting
the beans may be more or less damaged
by being under or over done, and the
flavor OF the coffee thus impaired to a
corresponding degree. Hence the necessity
Tor ideal conditions in roasting. Again, the
effects OF water at various temperatures
upon the ground coffee and the proper
period for infusion will, for the first
time in the history of coffee-making, be
thoroughly and accurately ascortained.
The retention of caffeine, the active
principle OF coffee, to which it owes its
stimulating effects, and the elimination of
the calIeotannic and cafieic acids, which
are not only injurious to health, but com.
municate m unpleasant, bitter taste to
the beverage, will be, Of course, the prin.
cIpal objects.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-12-03
CLOCK TO RUN 1000 YEARS
British Inventor Constructs UNIQUE
Timepiece with Radium as
Its Native Power.

Richard Strut, son of Lord Rayleigh,
of England, has made a radium clock.
which will 30 for 1000 years without
winding.
In this clock a small piece of gold leaf
Is electrified by means of a very small
quantity of radium salt. 1t bends away
from the metal substance and keeps on
moving under this influence until it
touches the side of the vessel. At the mo-
ment of contact it loses its electrical
charge, upon which it springs back and
Is electrified again. The. repetition of
this process over and over again is the
whole secret, and Sir William Ramsey
considers it might be expected to con-
tinue, barring accidents, for a couple of
thousand years.
Asked If such an instrument could be
made a reliable timekeeper-one by
which a business mar could keep his ap-
pointments-Sir William answered:
Eyes, so far as the principle Is con-
cerned. Youhave the energy, and, unless
the thing stuck at some time or other, it
would go on and on, and could be regu-
lated to move the hands Of a clock face
to a mechanical nicely.
Sir William did not think such a clock
would be a very expensive luxury. 1t
ought to be possible to make n for
about 81, 900, he thought.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-12-03

Hard as is the work of a farm, it Is
yet an enterprise in which many wom-
en- have made, and are making
marked success. Women are adopts at
close calculation and reliable figuring,
and their plans will come more nearly
to r. alization when they have UNDER
taken a work, than will those of men
upon whom the care and duty of
financiering depends. Nicely and ac-
curacy of detail are feminine charac-
teristics, and in NJ place does such
nicely of calculation play a part of
more importance than in farming it.
self, and as applied to all the depart
nents of farm, or agricultural under
takings. Women can farm, do farm,
and are 10 be noted as successful
farmers. One woman we know who,
after the death of her husband, man
aged O large farm and made it bring
even greater returns that he had done.
She has grown to become n of the
shrewdest of ca~lculators and managers,
and her bank account has been ma
terially added 10 in the past few years.
And what other women have done,
still more of them can do,-Eiptomist
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-12-03
SCRAP LEATHER TIES.
The Latest Substitute for Wood in the
Manufacture of Supports for
Railroad Tracks.

Scrap leather is the latest substitute
for wood in the manufacture of railroad
ties. This process has been worked out
by +. w. Dunnell, Of West Warren,
Mass, who has had occasion TO give the
subject of paper making some study, and
the leather railroad tie is the result.
He claims that the tie can be made
so hard that 1t will resist a spike, if this
were desirable; but when the tie is made
at a proper density for railroad pur-
poses, it will take the spike as nicely
as wood, and will hold it much better.
The tie is said to resist the action of
water and chemicals to a great extent,
and the inventor estimates its life at
IS years.
Samples Of this tie put down some
% months ago in the yard on the Boston
& Albany railroad at West Springfield
have not shown the least wear, although
they have been subjected to the hardest
usage. The material from which these
ties are made represents the waste Of
the shoe and leather goods factories, OF
which there are many in New England.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-12-03
WOLVES HELD At BAY
A GREEDY PACK OF ILLS SURROUND
A OLERGYMAN'S WIFE.


Tho Rev. w A. Denton, Of Girard,
Crawford county, Kansas, tells the fol.
lowing story Of q narrowing experience
of one of the members of his family I:
"My wife," he says, twas assailed for
fifteen years by q combination of all.
ments following the birth Of u first
child. The food she ate fermented in
her stomach, she had frequent dizzy
spells, her limbs were swollen and pain.
full, her nerves were quite shattered, she
was unable to sleep and she was many
times on the verge Of heart failure.
physicians gave her only temporary
relief. Finally the favorable reports of
some relatives and neighbors led her
to make trial of DR.. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People. She expert
rienced improvement almost at once
They relieved her sleeplessness, the
smothering sensations have disappeared
and have not annoyed her for years.
They freed her from stomach trouble
and the dropsical tendency was miti'
gated. The progress of the rheuma'
tisn, which had begun to make her
fingers crooked, was stayed and the pain
was banished. In every respect they
gave her more help than any other rem
edy she had ever used, and she is today
in better health than for many years.
"Dr. Williams Pink Pills are our sta
pie household remedy, andI am i'll the
habit of recommending them to all who
suffer from troubles like those which af
ficted my wife"
All the elements necessary to give new
life and richness to the blood and repair
shattered nerves are contained, in a con
densed form, in DR.. Williams Pink Pills
for Pale People. They are also q specific
for troubles peculiar to females, such as
suppression, Irregularities and all form'
of weakness. In men they effect a rad
ical cure in all cases arising from men
tai strain, overwork or excesses of what
ever nature. DR.. Williams Pink Pill
are sold in boxes at fifty cents a boz
lr six boxes for two dollars and fifty
cents, and may be had Of nil druggists
or direct by mail from DR.. Williams Med
icine Company, Schenectady, NY. B
sure you get the genuine substitute
never cured anybody.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-12-03
QUEER ELECTRIC o
Cuts It's Own Canal Ahead and Fills
In Behind Itself in Its Search
for Gold.

Were that interesting and m~iscalcu-
lating gentleman, Robinson Crusoe, to
find himself upon one of the sand slopes
of the Pacific coast, he would think that
his toilsome building of a boat SO far
from water as to be unavailable when
finished was being repeated on a large
scale. A pit 100 feet long by 40 feet
wide and IL or ID feet deep has been
dug, and in this, often miles away from
any open water, Is built a large, fiat
bottomed barge, scanned and caulked
and made properly seaworthy.
On the barge are erected derricks, and
much strange machinery driven BY
powerful electric motors. BY the TINA
all is installed, water has percolated into
the pit, and the boat, built under such
queer conditions, is atloat.
This is the gold dredge. The sand
with which it is surrounded contains
gold in quantities which would not pay
TO work out, except by such a scientific
apparatus as this.
When operations Deeln the sand ana
soil in front Of the boat are dredged up,
dumped into sluiceways on board,
washed, sifted and treated Sc as to Sc
cure valuable particles, and the debris
Oailings) is then deposited over the
stern.
The work goes on continually, the
unwieldly boat gradually eating its way
through the marshy slopes, filling in the
canal behind, as it works along foot by
foot, and never having floating room
more than a few feet beyond its own
length.
The electric current is generated in a
separate power house on land a short
distance away, and conveyed to the mo-
tors on board by the usual conducting
wires.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-12-03

Saw The Nut-Bcnring Trees.

Nut-bearing trees are too generally
neglected on the general farm. That
they are sources of profit and salts
faction, few will deny. By planting
along roads, fences and on waste
ground, walnut and hickory trees cost
nothing, furnish shade for stock, add
to the attractiveness and value of any
farm, and supply the family with nuts.
A start Is easily secured. Bury, before
the ground freezes, the seed nuts, so
that in spring they will be ready for
planting in the nursery. In three or
four years they will be ready for set
ting, and in six to eight will begin to
bear. These nut trees grow OF a great
variety of soils. From the latitude of
central Illinois, south, pecan trees can
be grown. In Georgia, Florida, Ten
nessee, Arkansas, Texas, profitable COM
mercial pecan orchards are common.
In California the English walnut is a
great money maker, even on the high
priced irrigated land Of that state.
Consider the nut growing problem
carefully, and begin this fall by bury
ing a peck or two of walnuts, hickory
nuts and pecans.-Orange Judd Farm
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-12-03
SWINE ~CORRECTIVES.
Swine SiOckmcn should Seek to
Supply the Natural Cravings OF
Their Hogs In Winter.

During the winter, when the pigs
are more or less confined and have no
green or succulent feed, as they do not
in q large majority of cases, they de-
velop a craving for something not
contained in their ration Of grain. w.
A. Henry, referring to this tendency
in his book on Feeds and Feeding"
says:
Every stockman who has kept pigs
in confinement has observed their
strange craving for seemingly unnat-
ural substances-sand, rock, soft brick,
mortar, rotten wood, charcoal, soft
coal, ashes, soapsuds and many other
articles being greedily devoured when
offered. Such objects lie outside the
range of nutritive substances, and
we are puzzled to know why they
should be so eagerly consumed. In the
wild state the hog ranges through the
woods and open tracts, living upon
small animals, larvae and vegetation
generally. This material is of such
character, and Is gathered In such
mannei, that some of the soil is swal-
lowed with 1t. With rings In its nose
to prevent roofing while in the pas.
ture, confined on board floors during
the fattening period and given feeds
containing little ash, the pigs life Is
passed under unnatural conditions.
Another cause for this craving may
be the Intestinal worms, which are
checked or destroyed by some Of the
substances consumed. Unsatisfactory
or incomplete as such explanations
may be, the fact remains that the
pig seeks out these unnatural sub.
stances and greedily consumes them.
The feeder would best supply what
the pig Graves in this direction, and
search for the explanation later II he
wishes.
Ashes, either from wood or coal, will
always be in place in the feeding pen
and always in the feed lot. 1t is sur
prising how much of these will be
consumed by a bunch of pigs. Feeding
trials show that pigs when confined to
an exclusive corn diet are greatly ben.
Gifted by ashes, this substance caus-
ing the feed to be mor effective and
adding to the strength Of the bones
the latter result probably being due
to the lime In the ashes. Bone meal
Is another substance useful for
strengthening the bones of pigs. BY
saving the droppings, substantially all
the value of this h~igh.grade fertilizer
may be secured for field and garden
after it has served its purpose with
the pigs."-Farmers' Home Journal.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-12-03
Air Fertility.

II we consider the inconceivable
amount and variety of impurities which
are constantly arising from the surface
Of the earth In the form Of gases,
created by the decomposition of animal
and vegetable matters, we can easily
understand that the air must be heavi-
ly charged with them. They would in
deed very soon suffice for the destruc-
ton Of all animal life, but for the pro-
vision for their Withdrawal from the
atmosphere ard restoration to the soil
by the falling rain. The air Is pure
and sweet after q shower, because the
rain has absorbed and carried off the
offensive matter with which 1t Is
charged, end the rain water is nause-
II and unfit for animal consumption
because It contains these impurities.
But If filtered through the soil 1t
energies as a spring of pure water,
having deposited in the soil all the fer
tilizing Ingredients 1t contained, just
where they were within reach Of the
hungry plants which feed upon them.
1t would be hard to find in the whole
system of natures wonderful works q
more beautiful. or perfect illustration
than Is here afforded OF the simple
and quiet manner In which tho most
important results are attained, and
the economy which forbids the loss Of
the smallest particle of material with
which her Atorehouse Is flled.-Epito-
,Oisf
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-12-03
STRAYS.

Although iron pyrites and copper
pyrites are difficult to distinguish I'M
derground by candle light, they are
separated usually by the use Of the
bluish-white flame of magnesium wire
or the acetylene light.
A square foot of uncovered pipe,
filed with steam at 100 pounds pres
sure, will radiate and dissipate in a
year the heat put into 1916 pounds
of steam by the economic combustion
of 39S pounds Of coal. Thus. ten
square feet of bare pipe corresponds
approximately to the waste Of two
tons Of coal per annum.
0xygenated water at IL volumes is
pronounced by M. A. Renard the best
preservative of milk. Added directly
after milking. in the proportion of two
to three per cent. 1t decomposes in six
or eight hours into water and oxygen,
leaving no foreign substance as do
borax or ~salicylic acid, and effecting
no change like boiling or freezing.
The antiseptic action persists long
enough to prevent alteration,
The new carbon-molybdenum conf
pound Of Henri Moissan is obtained by
heating melted molybdenum and alr-
minum in the electric furnace. The
metallic product is treated with a con-
centrated solution OF potash, when
needle crystals Of the new compound
are obtained. The substance is very
hard, scarcely attacked by acids, I'M
affected by water or steam below 6DO
degrees, and promises to be Of value
for m%olybdenum steels.
The physiological effects Of electric
currents have been investigated by
Prof. Nernst at Bonn, The safety OF
the human body when exposed to a
powerful high-frequency electric cur
rent has been explained as due to the
passage of the current over the sur-
face of the body only, but Prof. Nernst
finds the reason OF the currents harm
!essness to be probably that it does
not have time to effect a change in the
cellular tissue before the reversal of
the current takes place, Experiments
on frogs have confirmed the new the
DRY.
II.-..1.1.. l. 1900. ana. l., 40 ,,trrrr
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-12-03
HERE AND THERE.

Fine cut second crop of clover hay
steamed and fed in a mash to poultry
is a great egg food for winter.
Hog worms Is often the starting
Of hog cholera. Keep the hogs clear
of worms, and they will not be so IL
able to take cholera.
BE reasonable; don't expect your
COW to give you a large mess Of rich
milk unless you furnish the material
out of which to make 1t, as well as a
comfortable place to do it.
The theory Of inoculating the soil
with cultures Of bacteria for special
crops is a German discovery, and SO
far as tests have been made, success
has attended the experiments.
The farmer should not be too
hasty in condemning many Of the
birds and animals that frequent his
farm. Many birds, and animals too,
that are believed to be enemies of the
farmer, arc in truth his best griends.
The animal feeder rever forgets
that only a part of the substance fed
to his animals is actually utilized or
enters the body as a part Of the new
growth made. or the total material fed
10 animals, 1t Is known that only a
part is di%gestible, and actual food
value.
When the COWS are sed on coarss
food of a strong taste, as cabbage, tur-
nips, garlic or similar plants, the milk
will surely taste strongly Of flavor, and
though by no means injured by them,
its flavor is quite distasteful with
many.
Turn the hogs into woods pasture
as much as possible this fall. There
is a good supply Of mast, and it is
about the cheapest food for hogs. Hogs
relish acorns, and fatten readily OH
them. Conditions found in the woods,
loose soil, abundance of roots, etc, are
ideal for the hog.
While people of wealth have for
years tended toward country homes,
the thinking man of narrow means is
now 0ftener looking through city
smoke toward a few acres outside
where he may carry on intensive farm
ing, while his children may at least
have pure air, pure sunshine, pure
water and pure food, together with the
ennobling influences Of nature.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-12-03
CUTICURA SOAP
The Worlds Greatest skin Sonp-Thc
Standard of Every Nation of
the Earth.

Millions of the worlds best people use
Cuticura Soap, assisted by Cuticura ONT
ment, the purest and sweetest OF cmol'
Iient skin cures, for preserving, purifying
and identifying the skin, for cleansing
the scalp OF cIusts, scales and dandrutfl
and the stopping OF falling hair, for soft
oning, whitening and soothing red, rough
and sore hands, for baby rashes, ltchlngs
and chahngs, and many sanative, ant
septic purposes which readily suggest
themselves to women, especially mothers,
as well as for all tie purposes OF the
toilet, bath and nursery.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-12-03

worked a most successful service Of cars
between the city and Paddington. Ran
dolph's steam carriage of 1872 was a very
wonderful-looking c~ontrivance, which
was, we are told, the only one of many
attempts, which carried the evolution Of
the motor car much further than 1t had
been brought by Hancock. Interesting
as are the stories of the early attempts
at perfection-the old steam coaches,
vast unshapely bodies perched on un-
couth frames and monstrous wheels,
... t~op-hcavy and Unbalanced.
grotesque and formidable"-bear little
resemblance to the modern cars.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-12-03
The Weight Of Eggs.

That eggs decrease in weight during
incubation has been proven by careful
weighings by Mr.. H. S. Gladstone. The
average loss Of a pheasant's egg from
the first to the 211st day was found to
be two drains u grains, and Il egg
which weighed II drains 10 grains when
laid had become reduced to 10 Grams
ten grains on the 23d day,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-12-03
A Coat of Many Shapes.

A Cape Town tailor, according to the
St. James Gazette, has invented a coat
that can be turned at will into a frock.
morning or evening dress coat. IKE
change is effected by the use of detach-
able and interchangeable skirts, which
are fastened to the body of the coat by
an ingenious system of lacing. 1t is
claimed that in two minutes a mar can
change a frock coat into a morning coat,
or a dress coat, by whipping off ono
pair Of skirts and lacing on another, and
1t is impossible to distinguish the join
ing from an ordinary seam.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-12-03

Is digestible, and much of the materi-
ais will be found In the heap.
IL may be claimed that the farmer uses
as much "shoddy" materials as the
manufacturer, II the matter may be
considered from a cartain standpoint.
for the reason that they are used over
and oyet again, going through various
processes and serving many purposes.
There is, in addition to the feeding
value Of materials, also a manural
value, and frequently the manuaral
value Is greater than the purchase
price OF the article, a fact which
should be considered by all farmers
when purchasing bran, shipstuff, gluten
meal, llnseed meal or cottonseed meal.
Every purchaser of any of these sub
stances should be made with a view
of feeding both the land and the
stock, and the value apportioned and
estimated according to the results ex-
pected from both sources OF profit. A
hundred pounds of food given an ami
NAL increases its weight to a certain
point, but as only a portion is digesti-
BILE, the food finds It's way to the ma
nure head, where 1t is used over again
to produce more food, like the "shod-
dy" of the factory. with the difference
that In the manure heap 1t u~ndergoes
chemical processes which fit it better
for the purposes of the farmer
Joshua Humble, in Epitomist .