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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-09-09
HORSES IN GEORGIA.
Can Not Re Raised In Georgia
Is Mistaken.

We often hear it said you can't raise
good horses in Georgia. We certainly
can not raise a lot Of things in Georgia
that we ought TO raise, until we put
forth more well-directed efforts in try
ing to raise them. We can raise az
good horses in Georgia as anywhere in
the United States, if We start right and
continue along the right lines. 1t takes
three things to raise good horses any
where in the world; first, good blood
to start with; second, watchiul atten.
ton and care, and third, plenty OF
grass and grain for food. While down
at Fort Gaines, we met Mr.. j. A. Rogue
more, who gave US IN account of his
experience with his mare lizzie i
Lizzie b. was foaled April "A, 1885, so
she is now twenty years old, sound
and doing good service, in fact, Is be-
ing used by a physician, DR.. c. w,
Holmes, who has a large practice, She
Is a standardized Hambletonian mare,
Her lineage can be traced direct TO the
Imported Messenger without a broken
link. Mr.. Roquemore broke her him
self and plowed her for sixteen years.
He fed and attended to her. She has
never been sick. Now comes the inter-
esting feature Of our narrative. She is
q dam Of seven colts which have
brought Mr.. Roquemore the neat sun
of 81 400, two Of them bringing SSl5,
He could have realized more, but he
sold them as colts. All her colts were
sensible, easily handled and fine har-
ness animals. What a history. Why
can not our farmers repeat it DER and
DER? just simply of the paralysis that
has stricken us through too much reli-
ance upon cotton, the negro and the
mule. Cotton Is a great blessing under
proper conditions, but we have turned
it into a curse in many ways. A farm
er rises in our estimation just in pro-
portion as he can show us his success
in other lines of farming besides rails
ing cotton. You know joy itself would
become monotonous with nothing else
save joy. variety is the spice of life"
and let us farmers give q little whole
some variety to our farming operations
by raising more horses, The next thing
that appeals TO our heart and fancy
after a fine, healthy child is a fine colt.
And |intraveling over Georgia and the
south our heart" is made to leap at
the sight of a young, playful colt all
too seldom. Here is the way we put it
if cotton is such a paying crop, we
ought TO make money enough to IN
dulge in the pleasurable and profitable
pasttime of raising ONE stock, and if
it Is not so remuneratiye, let us quit so
much of 1t, and raise some handsome
colts, fine cows and fat hogs to increase
our revenue, the productiyeness of our
soil and the attractlyeness of our
homesteads. We trust many may be
led to follow Mr.. ]. A. Roquemore's
splendid examplc.-Southern Cultlvat-
or.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-09-09
HERE AND THERE.

Tennessee this year has 1921, 000
acres in corn, and the prospect are
first class,
Good shade, plenty Of water and
salt, are of Importance to q flock
of sheep in the hot, dry summer season
than rich pastures.
More sheep deteriorate because OF
a neglectful owner or one whose temper
is cross and scorns little details than
from any other reason.
The fleece and the carcass make
up the sheep, and if either is inferior,
the sheep is inferior, no matter now
good the other may be.
Ewes ought TO be kept in medium
condition. For eight or even nina
months in the year they do not require
oil cake or corr and the time to spend
money upon them is when they are
nursing.
The $4,000 appropriated by con-
gress for breeding and feeding expert
ments with live stock, has been pro-
rated out to various experiment sta
tons in different states for carrying on
the work.
The annual production of butter in
the United States is about l,277, 800, 600
pounds, or An average of S,500,00O
pounds daily, two-thirds Of which
comes direct from the hands Of The
farmers wife,
Tennessee poultry fanciers have de-
cided that the state shall go to the
front. and rank among the first in the
country as an egg and poultry produc-
ing state alongside Of Iowa, Ohio, PeQU
|sylyduia and New York,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-09-09
A CROP WITHOUT HOEING.
Harrow Half the Hoeing May
lie Dispensed with.

The prospect of a fair cotton crop,
and ten cents per pound for it, is MAX
ing some farmers feel good, and the
darkest spot upon our agricultural hor-
iZon Is unsatisfactory condition Of la
Dor, We are met with this statement
of conditions everywhere, and many
ideas are given to help towards its
solution. Some want immigration, eth
ers more stringent laws upon carrying
out of contracts, and against interior
irg with another's hands, while others
are studying how to get along with
fewer hands. At the present time we
are looking for our greatest aid from
this latter source, together with the
use Of more machinery. We expect to
have the cotton-chopper with is next
season, and also the cotton-picker A
cotton picker is to be tried down near
Albany soon, and they think it is re-
duced down to a practical size, and are
confidently expecting it 10 prove a sue
cess. Now to the point Of this article.
We had a letter from a very large and
successful farmer over in Clarke Il
~, who writes that by the rapid use
of weeders and harrows he has made
this crop with little less than half his
usual amount Of hoeing. He afirms
that the most practical way to XII
grass is with these tools, just before
and Just after it comes up. Hoeing Is
the expensive part of making a cotton
crop, and by following this plan it is
reduced to a minimum. Mr.. W. l..
Peek in showing us his cotton cron
made very nearly the same remarks.
He said none Of his cotton had been
heed, except to chop TO a stand. We
call our readers attention to this, be-
cause We know mauy of thcm can in
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-09-09
RELIGIOUS RUMOR.

Tho Salesian fathers and Benedic-
tine missionaries report great progress
this year in upper Brazil.
The ear of Russia has given the Greek
Orthodox Christians of Boston 1000
toward erecting a place Of worship.
The papal decree with regard TO plain
chant has been put into practical effect
throughout Spain, the choirs of all the
large churches now rendering the same
according to the Solesmer revision.
The full official report of the papers,
speeches and proceedings of the church
congress OF the Episcopal church, re-
Gently in session in Brooklyn, N. Y, is
being prepared by Thomas Whitaker.
The edition will be limited.
BY the side of the bishop of st. AL
bans, special preacher, the other day,
at the church for the deaf and dumb,
oxford street, London, stood a curate
who with nimble fingers translated the
sermon. sentence by sentence, into the
deaf and dumb alphabet.
A spiritual awakening Is being ex-
perienced in Christiania, Norway,
worthy to be compared with that in
Wales. The young evangelist, Albert
Lunde, who has been working until re-
Gently among the Morse and Danish
people in various parts of this country,
has found the people of Norway ripe for
an awakening.
Tho growth Of Professionalism IN
France during the last century is
prophetic of larger progress when the
separation between church and state is
completed. In 100 years Protestant
church buildings have increased from 80
to 1900; pastors from 120 to nearly
1000, besides 200 evangelists, while
more than 100 religious societies and
charities have sprung up and 65 period
icals are published.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-09-09
THE WAITER WAS CURIOUS.
Poked His Hand Into a Bag of "Crab-
Apples" with Disastrous
Result.

Four men, two OF them carrying a big
potato sack between them. walked into
the Hotel Nendig cafe, at Twelfth and
Market streets, shortly before closing time
the other night, and sat down at one OF
the tables. The bag was carefully de-
posted in u corner, relates the Philadel-
phia Press.
A German waiter took The order with
one eye on the sack. Finally his Gu
riosity got the better Of him.
Dot IS a big bag, amt itY' he said.
"Not is in him.
Apples, Fritz" said one Of the men.
"Takc some home to the children
The waiter accepted the invitation and
plunged his hand into the sack. lie
brought IL out again in a hurry, with a
hard.shell crab clinging to one OF his
iingers.
Two hundred brothers and sisters OF the
first crab promptly took advantage OF ihc
open mouth OF the bag to crawl to lib
erty. They backed out OF the sack with
n rush and took possession OF the cafe,
nipping everything III reach. Several
seized trouser legs and sh0cstrings and
held fast.
Heroic walters made a sortie with
brooms and swept the crustaceans bael.
into the bag and tied it up securely,
Say, pleasc." demanded the German
waiter, sucking vigorously at his injured
finger, "vot kind Of abbles do you call
dose"
"~Crab.apples," said the four men, in
chorus.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-09-09
INVENTIVE INGENUITY.

A P~ittsburg mar has invented a ma
chine that viii make and bake 40
pies a minute.
Among the latest inventions patent
ed Is a contrivance which, fitted to an
ordinary sewing machine, will fan and
massage the operator while she is
working.
An Italian engineer has invented a
successful elevator for raising sunken
vessels, 1t consists Of compressed air
chambers Of canvas and wire, each
equal to a lifting capacity of GO tons,
and it is possible to attach as many OF
these as may be necessary.
Silicon. the most tbundant metal in
the world, but hitherto little known
because of the difficulty of separating
it from oxygen. has now been made
o|btainable in quantities to meet any
demand by the electric furnace. 1t
gives to steel valuable electrical prop
critics, and is expected to assume i'm
p~ortance in iron alloys.
Greater contrast In photographs Is
claimed for a new single lens, which
causes the picture to stand out in re-
lief as under the two lenses Of a stereo-
scope. The lcnse IS convex-concaye,
SO that the axes of the rays from diff
ferent parts of the picture meet in
the eye, and the local length should
equal that of the camera taking the
photograph.
A novel method Of getting rid OF
black smoke and at the same time
turning it to use is adopted in some
Belgian factories. The smoke is
driven by fans into a porous recepta-
Gle, over which flows a stream OF pc
troleum or similar liquid. The smoke
Is thus caught and turned into gas
that gives great heat, and can be used
for running gas engines.
A poor laboring man in Denmark
has made a new invention in life-sav-
Ing. He impregna,es clothes with a
substance which will keep a ship
wrecked person ailoat for several days
without losing its property. A coat, a
vest, a travelling rug-in fact, any
piece of wearing apparel impregnated
with the stun is enough to keep any
one above water. The invention has
been successfully demonstrated.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-09-09
NDPLANTER.
ARGUMENT FOR THE SILO.
A Veteran Feeder Gives His ENpe-
ricncc with "a system Of
Siingc Feeding.

| hayo depended largely on silage as
roughage for dairy stock for 10 years.
! think that my experience teaches
thtt 40 pounds silagc is equal 10 70
pounds best clover hay, counting rough
age only, but with silage corn planted
as we do in this section, rows 31s feet
apart. drilled in the row one stalk to
Is inches, we get fairly good ears If
season Is favorable. This very much
enriches the silage, so that dairy COWS
fed 80 pounds such silage will not re-
Quire more than onc-half as much
grain as those fed ON % pounds clover
hay, aud | feel confident that cows so
fed with four pounds grain to balance
Will keep in better condition and give
more milk than those fed 20 pounds
clover hay and eight pounds grain.
Owing to the more protein needed to
balance silage, ! estimate that four
pounds protein feed Will cost five cents,
and eight pounds Of the more oarbona-
ccous VIII cost eight cents. Counting
clover hay at $40 per ton, 20 pounds
cost 10 cents on this basis; then allow
Ing 10 cents for 40 pounds. this will
equal s. per ton value for silage, In
addition 10 his. if we add 20 the value
Of silage the saving In the cost of
grain feed, three cents per day, we save
over clover hay in feeding a ton of
s.lage $50. thus giving the silage a
value Of $3.50 per ton as compared
with clover hay at $40 per ton, With
this system of silage feeding | believe
that we can produce milk during the
winter season, with good warm stables,
as cheaply as we can on grass during
the summer. thus better equaling the
milk production throughout the whole
year, giving the dairymen much bet
ter prices for milk. With my own herd
/ get as much milk during the six win
ter months as ] do during the summer.
| have %endeayored to bring out two
points that | think all should be in
terested in: First, the value Of silage;
second. what does it cost to produce
milk during the winter season com
pared with tho summer.-L. p. Bailey,
In Rural New Yorker.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-09-09
FEvER'S AFTER-EFFECTS
Did Not Disappear Until the Blood
Was Renewed by Or. Williams
Pink Pills

Typhoid fever is sometimes called her
7ous fever. During the course Of the
fever the nerye are always profoundly
disturbed, and when it is over they are
eft SO sensitive that the patient has to
be guarded against all excitement. In tho
.onic treatment then demanded, regard
must be paid not only TO building mp flesh
put also to strengthening the nerves. A
.emedy that will do both, make sound
flesh to repair waste and give new vigor
10 feeble nerves, is tho most convenient
aud economical. Such q remedy is DR..
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People.
One proof Of this il the experience OF
Mr.. Charles Worth, Of East Vassalboro,
Maine. lie says: IL had n severe at
;ack Of typhoid fever lato i'll tho fall
which left me very weak and debilitated.
My heart palpitated, my breathing be-
,amediflicult afterthel least exertion and
there was numbness i'll both hands. L
suffered in that way forfully six months.
As ] did not grow out of it, did not in
fact see tho slightest improvement as
lime passed, ] decided to use DIR. VIII
!iams' Pink Pills MS knew of some cures
they had effected in cases like mine.
"Almost as SOC as ] began taking
Them | could SEQ decided Improvement
and after keeping on with them for
several weeks | was completely well. l
consider DR.. Williams Pink Pills n most
valuable remedy, and I am in the habit
Of recommending them oothers afflicted
Is | was"
When the nerves ache and trem-
bic it means that they are starving. The
only way to feed them is through the
blood, and the best food is DR.. Williams
Pink Pills. They are absolutely guarail-
teed to be free fromopiates or other harm
full drugs. They are sold by all drug
gists, or may be obtained directly from
the DR.. Williams Medicine Co., Schenec'
tady, N. Y.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-09-09
A CLEAR COMPLEXION
A Simple Home Treatment for Black
heads, Red, Rough and Oily Skin
and Disfguring Humors.

If you are afflicted with pimples. black.
heads, red, rough or oily skin, or dislg-
uring humors, you will find this simple
home treatment most agreeable. speedily
effective and economical. Gently smear
the face with the great cmollient skin
cure, Cuticura Ointment, but do not rub.
Wash off the ointment III five minutes
with Cuticura Soap and hot water, and
battle freely. Repeat this mornlr.; and
evening and you will soon be rewarded
with a skin soft, white and clear. Cuti-
cura Soap, the best toilet and complexion
soap in the world, assisted by CutieuTa
Ointment, will preserve, purify and
b%eautify the complexion and keep he
skin in a healthy condition, prevent
ing blackheads, pimples, eruptions or the
return Of eczema and other skin troubles.
Used as a shampoo it c%leanses the scalp
of crusts and scales, removing dandruif
and promoting the growth of the hair.
For red, rough hands, itching palms and
painful finger ends, Cuticura Soap and
Ointment achieve marvellous results, often
in a single night.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-09-09
BEAUTY AND HYGIENE.
Houses Have Been Cleared of StufHy
Draperies and Cumboring Orna-
ments in Crusade for Health. =

When it comes to matters of hygiene
the American woman excels. She Is the
most hygienic of women. She under
stands hygiene from its very inception,
and there is never an hour Of the day
nor a day of her life in which she does
not practice it. She studies it as a fad
and her life is one living hygienic ex-
ample.
Here are some OF the things which
hygiene has done for the American
woman and which she has done for
hygiene. She has banished window cur
tains and canopies from the beds. She
has torn the carpets off the floors. She
has ripped the tapestries from the walls
OF the living rooms and she has thrown
the upholstered furniture out Of the
windows. She will have few knick-
knacks around, but she has banished
the whatnot, the tiny shelves, the
swinging dust traps and all the small
articles which gather dust and hold it.
That is why, if II goes into the
houses of the very wealthy to-day, one
will find very few germ holding articles.
In the drawing rooms there are a few
marbles and bronzes; there is fine fur
%niture, and there are pictures. But
when it comes to the thousand and one
%trifles, the photographs, the countless
tiny bric-a-brac, and the little articles
that cluttered the home a few years ago,
they are missing to-day.
The very best homes have almost
nothing in the way of bric-a-brac. They
are furnished with an elegant simple
ity which is as beautiful as it is rare,
The cluttering little articles are not to
be found here,
And hygiene has done another thing
for the modern home. 1t has banished
the very heavy carpets from the floor.
The rugs may be elegant, but they are
neither thick nor heavy, They are
thin. silky affairs. They are light and
easily shaken, and they are hygienic
to the last degree. A rug costing $1,000
may be thin, silky, beautiful in texture,
yet of a kind which will not gather
germs. Many of the new floor cover
ings are absolutely germ proof in that
they can be cleansed almost as easily
as a dish.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-09-09
THAN MEAT.
A Judges Opinion of Grape-Nuts.

A gentleman who has acquired a
judicial turn Of mind from expert
ence on the bench out in the S~unfower
State. writes q carefully considered
opinion as to the value OF Grape-Nuts
as food, He says;
For the past 8 years Grape-Nuts
has been a prominent feature in our
bill of fare.
"The crisp food with the delicious,
nutty flavor has become an %lndispensa-
Bile necessity in my family's everyday
life.
ut has proved TO be most healthful
and beneficial, and has enabled us to
practically abolish pastry and pies
from our table, for the children prefer
Grape-Nuts and do not rich and
unwholesome food.
"Grape-Nuts keeps lis all in perfect
physical conditlon-as a preventive of
disease 1t is beyond value. have been
particularly impressed by the bene-
fetal effects of Grape-Nuts when used
by ladies who are troubled with face
blemishes, skin eruptions, etc. 1t
clears up the complexion wonderfully.
"As to its nutritiye qualities, my ex.
p%erience is that one small dish of
Grape-Nuts is superior to a pound of
meat for breakfast which is an i'm
portant consideration for anyone. 1t
satisfies the appetite and strengthens
the power Of resisting fatigue, while
It's use involves none Of the Disagree
able consequences that sometimes fol-
low a meat breakfast" Name given
by Postum Co. Battle Creek, Mich.
( There's 3 reason,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-09-09
Sure Cure at Last.

Monticello, Miss, Sept. 4 (SpeciaD.-
Lawrence County is almost dally IN re-
ceipt of fresh evidence that "A sure cure
for all Kidney Troubles has at last been
found, and that cure is Dodd's Kidney
Pills.
Among those who have reason to bless
the Great American Kidney Remedy. Is
Mrs. l.. +. Bsggett, OF this place. Mrs.
Baggett had dropsy. Dodds Kidney
Pills cured her. !.
II was troubled with my kidneys
Mrs. Baggett says in recommending Dodds
Kidney Pills to her friends, my urine
would hardly pass. The Doctors sad
had Dropsy. | have taken Dodd's Kidney
Pills as directed, and am now a well
woman"
Dodd's Kidney Pills W. the kidneys.
Cured Kidneys strain all the impurities
out of the blood. That means pure blood
and a sound, energetic body. Dodd's
Kidney Pills are the greatest tonic the
world has ever known.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-09-09
A DESIRABLE PHYSIQUE.
Braced Shoulders a Goal Towards
Which Women Successfully Ex-
ercise Their Muscles.

81 am glad my shoulders are broad"
said a woman who is noted for her good
figure.
Il am considered a beauty, though |
haven't a good feature, and | am called
stylish, though | don't have a dozen
dresses a year. 1t is all on account of
my figure. | am set up well, as the
dressmakers say.
IF you are not set up well, you might
as good as give up trying to be hand
some these days. You will never ac-
complish much" declares Madame
Darcy. Shoulders are broad and low,
and the line across the bust and chest
must be full.
81 gave up padding years ago, and
threw away my sawdust boX-that is, if
! ever had one, | discarded excelsior
and curled hair. and went in for phys
zeal culture. Development meant a
great deal to me, and | worked ii for
all 1t was worth. At the end OF six
months | weighed $40 pounds without an
extra ounce of fat. 1t was all muscle
and shoulders and bust. Not an ounce
of fat around my waist line.
Then people began to say ! was
handsome. Up TO that time no one had
ever noticed me. vas thin chested.
narrow shouldered and inclined TO
stoop. But all of a sudden | became a
raving beauty. 1t was my figure.
81 could tell you a dozen women who
have done the same thing. They have
no features to speak of. But when it
comes to figures, they are fine. 1t is
SO with most of our popular actresses.
They are not beautiful. But they have
personal magnetism and a magnificent
physique.
by magnificent physique | do not
mean that they are tall or Of the type
known as strapping. But they are wide
in the shoulders. full in the chest, for
their height, and they have muscle.
never saw an actress who wasn't a
bunch Of muscle and a marvel of per-
sonal endurance.
Mary MaDnering can wrestle with
any man going, and even delicate little
Maude Adams can walk, fence, golf and
do things that would tire out any mas
culine members Of the everyday frater-
nifty. The ordinary. average business
man would sink down, worn out, while
this little woman was sti!l fresh.
Speaking Of physical endurance,
there Is Bernhardt. Never mind how
old she is. She is the strongest woman
in France. She can walk b%arefooted on
the rocks at her seaside home when the
rain is driving sideways across the
rocks. and she can run through n storm
for miles. She is a wonder, not very tall
and not very imposing. But her Shout
ders are wide and her chest is full. No
Ilabby fat, but all good, solid muscle"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-09-09

prove on their present methods; in
fact, there is room for all of us to i'm
prove. And as soon as we make one
crop 1t is well for us TO begin planning
to do better with the next. No one can
do better than to learn how to use tho
weeder and light harrows so as TO kill
the grass just as it comes up. The
slightest disturbance is sufficient to
kill 1t at this stage, while expensive
hoeing must be done to kill It after 1t
takes good root.-Southern C%ultivator.