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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-09-02
HERE AND THERE.

The best milk produced in the
United States, says G. n. Knapp, Of the
Wisconsin station, as well as the milk
produced at the greatest net profit, is
milk produced from silage.
Where a lake or river with a sandy
bottom is handy, it Is an excellent prac-
tice to give horses an occasional bath
in summer, 1t is the quickest and
most thorough way of cleaning a horse
perfectly.
1t is as necessary for chickens to
nave pure fresh, water in winter as in
summer, as 50 per cent, of the COM
position Of an egg is water; therefore
o constant supply of Adams ale must
he supplied.
In the southern states most nut
trees that have been given some care
and attention will produce crops in five
or ten years. The commercial nut Or
chard should receive attention similarly
given to the apple, the peach or the
peaf.
Just after and during the thresh-
ing season each year, a vast number Of
good horses, especially farm horses, are
ruined by too much newly-threshed
cats. 1t Is not so much a matter of over
feeding as it is giving a fed that is TOO
rich. For the best results, oats should
never he fed the horses till they are a
year old.
Tie success Of all business or
farming enterprises depends a great
deal upon the character Of the nan
agcr of the enterprise, Energy, perse-
verance, self-reliance, intelligence and
progression must be either the inherit
cd or acquired character of the man
ager of any successful business, whoth-
err it he banking. mercantile pursuits or
flaming
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-09-02
TO THE BISHOPS TASTE.
Nutmeg That Wasn't Nutmeg Pleased
His Prelate just as Well
Nutmeg.

The late Bishop Green on one Of his
diocesan NlslIations stopped with an cid
friend at Sewanec, Tenn, relates Llppin-
colts Magazine.
At the early supper Of the south. al
ways a most informal meal, the bishop
said he would have nothing but a disI Of
bonny-clabber, a little nutmeg sprlnbled
over,
There amt a bit OF nutmeg in the
house exclaimed the maid when the re.
quest was repeated TO her.
Dear me, sad the hostess, soto yocc
go to Mrs. Darlington next door and ask
her TO lend me a nutmeg"
Mis-. Darlington also was out OF nut.
meg.
Then 90 TO Mira. Harding, on the other
side, we can't all be ont at once, then
bring the bishop the dish quickly"
The hostess kept up a rapid fire of
bright talk to cover the hiatus IN the
service until the maid appeared with the
desired dish.
What an addition is the little sprinkle
OF nutmeg. y SAID the bishop; what a fine
relish 1t gives
When the good guest had retired the
mistress said TO tho maid:
go to the supply store the first thing
in the morning and get nulmegs, and re
turn the nutmeg to Mrs. Harding and
But Mrs. Harding was out OF nutmegs,
too
Then where did you get any?'
"La, miss, | was dat worrltted out dat
| des tuck IA wooden handle to a ole shoe
buttoner an grated it on
And the bishop had relished it. Sc
much for the power OF suggestion.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-09-02
SELECTED SCIENCE.

Fine gold has been found to be slightly
soluble in a strong solution Of yellow
ammonium sulphide.
An experiment with vacuum tubes of
several Kinds by Herr Hess showed that
external friction of the tube, such as
rubbing with the free hand, stimulates
conductiyity within.
John Butler Burke, who, through the
discovery of photographs, has suddenly
become the most talked of man in tina
United Kingdom as a man of science, is
an Irishman, and was graduated from
Trinity college.
Radium. like all other things, must be
known by what it does, And so far as
known, the doings of radium have no
parallel in nature. The chemist has seen
that it shines by its own light; and this
not for a day, a month, a year, but for an
illimitable period.
New smoke-burning appliances con-
tinue to use up a considerable share Of
the worlds inventive energy, The prom
Using idea of a Belgian chemist consists
in drawing the smoke out of the chimney
by an aspirator, and passing it through
a filter of coke saturated with petroleum.
The filter collects the SCOT, while the
gases passing through are made COM
bustible by the enriching with petrolo-
um vapor. There is no loss, as the coke
of the filter is an excellent fuel.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-09-02
HUNTER OF PARASITES.
Hardy Traveller Who Follows the
Least Known Profession
on Earth.

He had Just arrived in London from
Brazil, and was of the next day to the
a%ntipodes. | found him in the Office
Of the agent general for Western Aus
tralia, says a writer in the London
Daily Mail. lie was carrying q little
box containing a few commonplace
looking beetles. Yet to find those bee
ties he had travelled 15,U0O miles and
searched far and wide.
For the bron2ed and hardy traveller
follows the least known professor on
earth, that of the parasite hunter. For
years he has been travelling, literally
from China to Peru, in his search for
insects that will aid the farmer in his
war against pests.
81 am a traCker down of the natural
cures for the Insect pests that are do
ing damage costing hundreds of mil
Hons every year. said Mr.. Compere,
in answer TO my questions. Every
country has its different plaques. How
do these pests come? Here London
affords you the simplest illustration.
Millions of insects are carried into
England every day in the merchandise
that arrives from abroad, some in the
sackings Of eastern cargoes, some in
the dried foliage around tropical pro-
duc1.
AT any time one of these strange
insects, carried here in such fashion,
might find that the English climate
suited it, and that one of your native
products POSSIBLY wheat supplied ii
with a suitable food. Ii there were
nothing TO counteract 1t, it would in a
few years spread all over England,
breeding in great numbers several
times a year. Before many had quite
realized what was the matter, your
wheat crop would be ruined,
For some years my work has taken
me to every land. Now | am in Spain,
now in China, now in the heart Of
France, now in Central America. My
method IS this; When seeking on an
tidote | first find the native home of
The pest | wish to attack. Then | so
there, get into the country and exam
inc. | watch the same pest there
twhere it Is probably doing scarcely
any DAMAGE, and | am almost sure to
find that at some stage of its life an
other insect attacks and destroys it.
Then | have found what | wanted
my parasite-and | take it away with
me and creed it to fight the pest,
Every pest has its parasite, and
the right way to fight pests is through
their parasites. Western Australia is
setting the way here in practical fruit
culture and farming. and Others will
benefit flom its work"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-09-02
OVER THE OCEAN.


India railroads have just adopted a
standard time, which is five and a half
hours ahead Of Greenwich.
In one day the number OF paupers re-
lleved in So selected urban districts in
England correspondent TO a rate of 22S
to 10000 of the population.
A regatta was rowed on the Iambesi
the other day to mark the jubilee of DR..
Liyingstone's discovery of the Victoria
falls. There were 700 visitors.
The Berlin municipal authorities have
decided to establish public sun and
light baths at which first, second AMI
third class fees will be charged.
An engine on the Cape-to-Capo rail-
road ran over and killed n fine leopard
on the Victoria Falls bridge recently at
night. 1t measured eight feet in length.
NJ. Aumont, a Belgian farmer. commit
led suicide owing to the loss Of valuable
securities. Rats gnawed their way
through a wooden deed box and de-
stroyed the documents.
The British army authorities believe
that il is the khaki that has stopped re-
cruiting. So they are going TO return
to the scarlet. reserying the khaki for ac-
tive service and the training camps.
Park policemen assert that in the last
two years Investigations OF several cases
of drowning Of young girls after boats
had been overturned disclosed indica-
tons of hoodlums having rocked the
boats.
Little Princess Victoria Louise, the
kaiser's only daughter, hates starched,
frilly things and, in her wilderness of
snowy muslins, dreams vainly Of a
happy state in which she could grub
in the dirt to her hearts content,
The United German Automobile clubs
have decided to organize an information
al motor race on a great scale in July or
August of next year, in the vicinity OF
Hamburg. The German government has
promised its official support to the
scheme.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-09-02
SUCCESS WITH THE SOY BEAN.
In Being Recognized All
over the Country.

The soy bean as Il green forage crop
first attracted general attention from
the careful trials at the Massachusetts
agricultural college. Many years have
been required before dairy men would
try experiments to an extent sufficient
to decide its value, but during the past
few years the popularity of soy bean
has been rapidly increasing both cast
and west.
1t is one of the best crops for late
sowing as it will produce a heavy
weight of foliage when sown for some
time after the season for planting fod-
der corn, and if the season is hot and
without early frosts will produce a
large amount of feed, either for dry
fodder or for ensilage, and is. excellent
as a producer of milk if cut and fed
green.
1t has been grown with success
without inoculating the soil with spe-
cial bacteria which produce the noduIes
on the roots, but when grown on soil
iltL lHttuldltu, tit cIbp lHt HTSl year
will not be so large as that of the fol-
lowing year, other conditions being
equal.
The crop is cut while in blossom be-
fore the stems become woody. The
yield On the farm, while not equal in
weight to that of corn fodder, is con
sidered more nutritious weight for
weight and can be grown in a shorter
time with no greater amount of labor.
The seed is sown from the middle of
June to the middle Of July or even a
little later, the seed being planted in
drills like fodder corn about one bush
ell to the acre. 1t is ready to feed
green in September and is about up
for silage sometime during that month
in the proportion of about one-third
corn to two-thirds soy beans. The cul-
tiyation Of the crop is similar to that
Of corn, the horse weeder and double
cultivator being used with no hand
hoeing.-Farmers' Home Journal.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-09-02
CURI0S AND ODDITIES.

In Quito, Ecuador, 1t is usual to I'M
cover ones head wncn there IS a flash
Of lightning. This is probably a relic
of fire-wOrshiping days.
An old man named Kuss was buried
in Esrogy, Hungary. with his fortune
of $17,0 900 in his coffin. His relatives
heard of It and exnumed the body and
divided the money.
There is living at Rocife, near Per-
nambuso, a child OF five and one-half
years who is -four feet and two inches
n height. and who boasts a mustache
and a deep bass voice.
An egg with a perfect yolk and on
tanning another egg about the size of a
linnet's egg, which also had a good
shell and was p%erfect, has been laid BY
a hen belonging to a Swinlun (Eng.)
tradesman.
Many curious instances Of old laws
may still be found in England. In
Chester the man who fails to raise his
hat when a funeral is passing becomes
liable by an Old law to be taken before
a magistrate and Imprisoned,
Organ grinders in Vervieres, Bel
GUM, are by law compelled TO appear
every morning before the police super
intendent and play their instruments.
The organs which chance to be out of
tune must be set In-order before a Ii
cense to play on the streets will be
granted.
The following is an official report
sent to his superior by the station
master at Nimba, on the Uganda rail-
way: ITO station Nalrobi, from station
Venani. From stationmaster. Guard
No. . reports struck giraffe at mile 1853.
No damage TO permanent way or train.
Driver states giraffe ran off uninjured.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-09-02
FEED VALUE OF SOFA GRASS.
Its Worth On the Farm SO Great
That Every Farmer Should he
come Familiar with u.

Very fcw Of the farmers in the south
knew the value of the sofa bean until
the Agrlculturist began talking about
their feed value. llow easily cultivated
and what nutritious feed for stock.
For years We have been talking about
this wonderful plant, and its worth on
the farm is so great that we expect
TO write about ii until every farmer
shall become fully informed as to its
value.
Most plants contain the greatest
quantity of nutrition in their stems and
blades when they are in fun bloom and
begin forming the seed. The sofa bean
will make the best hay when cut in full
bloom and the pods are forming. The
pods have the greatest quantity of pro-
TEN Or fesh-forming ingredients, there
fore very desirable. When the seeds
are three-fourths grown, if the plants
be moved, the pods will continue TO
draw nutriment until they will fill, The
juices in the stems continue TO so
from the cut stalks for a number Of
days. For hay The crop should be al
lowed TO wilt and dry out some in the
swarth and then put in small, loose
piles to cure, and be handled the same
as red clover.
The sofa bean will give in the green
state on good soil as high as nine tons
per acre. At the Hatch station as high
as thirty bushels of SOFA beans have
been gathered per acre. while in Kan
sas the average yield was thirteen
bushels. We are glad you are pleased
with it. The dry beans are a highly
nutritious feeding stuff, and rank about
next to cotton-seed meal for beef steers,
dairy COWS, calves, hogs and sheep.
Four pounds of the SOFA beans is rs
much as should be fed to II horse or
COW al one feed. Fed to dairy cows
IL increases the flow of milk and rolls
out the yellow butter with the finest
odor. It will pay any farmer to give
marked care in curing the SOFA bean.-
Southern Agriculturist.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-09-02
FEEDING BEEF CATTLE.
The Value Of the Different Forms
OF HouGhnge ia Produce
Ing Beef

During the past winter an interest
Ing experiment with 60 head Of beef
cattle was conducted at the experiment
station. The 20 cattle fed Stage made
an average gain Of LAG pounds per
day; the 90 cattle fed timothy hay Ito
pounds per head per day; and the 20
cattle fed shredded corn slower 81
pound per head per day. There vas
thus a difference Of one-third to one
half pound Of grain per head per day
in favor Of The ~silage-fed cattle. The
silago-fed cattle finished off the best.
ard showed more quality than the 9TH
ers, and in any discriminating market
would have brought a considerably
higher price. The strong prejudice
against using silage for the winter
feeding Of beef cattle is hard to under
stand, for it has been fully demon
strated that silage-fed cattle will kill
out quite as well as the dry-fed cattle,
and the meat is, generally speaking,
Of a superior quality. Whereas, the
silage was all eaten up, 1873 Of the
stoyer and 4.l6 per cent. Of the hay
was wasted. The gains show that the
cattle fed were not of a satisfactory
quality. In previous experiments a
pound Of gain has been made for a
consumption of three to four pounds OF
grain. The silage-fed cattle In this test
consumed G.54 pounds Of grain for a
pound Of gain; the stoyer-fed cattle
about Ills pounds, or about twice as
much. and the hay-fed cattle, 500
pounds, or about twice as much, and
the hay-fed cattle $50 pounds, or 2.f5
pounds, or 2.45 pounds more per head
than the ~silage-fed cattle. With better
bred animals fed in previous expert
ments, the average gain per head per
day has often been 2,lS pounds through
out the six months feeding period,
which again testifies to the unsatisfac-
tory quality Of The animals fed in this
test.-Andrew NJ. Soulc, Director Viz
ginia Experiment Station, Blacksburg.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-09-02
SCINTILLATING SENTENCES.

stcadfastness is not pigheaded.
ness.
A thing worth having is worth going
after.
Love of home is the foundation OF
patriotism,
Punctuallty is the advance guard
of progress.
S%elfshness and ~stinginess are not
evidences Of thrift.
To-day is the crucial point of yester-
day and tomorrow.
Men who ride hobbies never walk in
the footprints Of others.
Have you ever wondered if a summer
eirl' is as cool as she looks?
Christianity is vastly more than be-
ing good through fear of punishment.
1t is unsafe to intrust an important
matter to a man who has nothing else to
do.
The man who quits work by the
clock will always have to work by the
clock.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-09-02
I,esson for Women.

Jersey Shore Pa Aug, 2Sth (SpcciaD-
"Dodds Kidney Pills have done worlds oil
good for me-" That's what Mrs. c. y
Earnest Of this place has to say Of Tia,
Great American Kidney Remedy.
u was laid up sick" Mrs. Earnest con
tinues, and had not been out of bed fol
five weeks. Then | began to use Dodd's
Kidney Pills and now ! am 50 | can work
and 90 to town without suffering any.
would not he without Dodd's Kidney Pills
| have good reason TO praise them every
where
Women who suffer should learn Il lesson
from this, aud that lesson is 'cure the
kidneys with Dodd'9 Kidney Pills and yout
suffering will cease Woman's health de
ponds almost entirely on her kidneys.
Dodd's Kidney Pills have never yet failed
to make healthy kidneys.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-09-02
FARMER AND PLANTER.
THE COMPOST HEAP.
One of the Most Important Factors
In Farming, Easily Made and
Easily Kept IN.

In these days, when commercial fer
~tilizers are SO largely used by farmers,
the compost heap is quite overlooked.
Many, in fact, especially among the
young men, scarcely know the mean
ing of the term. Many regard it as old
fashioned and unnecessary, and as too
troublesome to pay for Itself. The
truth is, It is more valuable for being
old Fashioned. Many of the best things
are old, for they are the result of Il
vide experience; and this being true,
hey are well worth trouble. Every
armer would do wisely to have a conf
post heap as a constant factor in farm
ing. No sooner has he spread one on
his fields, than he should start anoth,
er. Nothing is simpler, nothing OF
equal value to him requires less labor.
His main reliance should be upon 1t,
together with the %clovers, peas and
other turn-under heterogeneous crops
much more than upon commercial fer
~tilizers with their highly stimulating
qualities.
1t is easily made, easily kept up.
Stable-manure is its foundation, hence
its proper location is in the stable lot.
As often as the stables are cleaned
land that should be oiten), let the ma
nure be thrown into a heap near by
and a thin layer of the adjacent soil
thrown upon it, thus keeping a shallow
trench around it to catch the rain and
keep the edges of the heap moist, and
also preventing the escape of the am
monia. From time 10 time Il light layer
of slack lime should be thrown on,
and whenever practicable woods mold
or swamp mud should be hauled and
thrown on 1t. So it grows gradually,
and as it Is dug and carted out its in
gradients, fermented by natural heat
and already intermingled by their
contact and pressure, may be more
thoroughly commingled by spreading
and ploughing.
In the same manner a heap can be
formed for the garden, of poultry-ma-
nure, slops from house and kitchen,
soap-suds, etc, with some stablema-
nure, alternating with layers Of gar
den soil.
Experience has amply shown that
compost is tho best direct fertilizer,
whether for field or garden. It may be
followed up in the case Of lands nat
urally barren, or exhausted by over
cropping and bad tillage, with a mod
crate and judicious use of comercial
fertilizers, and it would pay the farmer
to purchase the ingredients of these
and compound them at home, rather
than pay fabulous prices to manufac-
turer or their agents for the ready
mare article. Then, too, he knows
what he is using.-H. A. Skinner, in
Progressive Farmer.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-09-02
CLEklENTENA GONZALES,
OF CENTRAL AMERICA,
RESTORED TO HEALTH.
PE-RU-NA THE REMEDY,

Miss C|lcmcntina Gonzales, Hotel Pro.
vincia, Guatemala, c. A., in Il recent
letter from ~ Cleveland Ave, Chicago,
IL, writes:
"Tf0ok PerGna for vermont con.
difi0n. Twas so run down mai c0nid
not sleep 0f night, Bad no ap~pedfeaHd
fell Hred in the morning.
~ fried many fDHics, bit PernGa
was the only Thing which helped me In
fheieaSf. AfferI Ind MkenbHta haif
boffIe I fen much better. IcOnHnned
rs use for three weeks aDdiWas com.
piefely restored 10 heaLh, and was
abic 10 TAKE up my studies which ihad
been forced 10 drop. There Is nothing
better nhaH Pernra 10 build up The
system. "--.CIemeHiiGa Gonzales.
Address The Pcruna Medicine Co.,
of Columbus, Ohio, for Instructive free
literature on catarrh
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-09-02

All women work; some In their
homes. some in church, and some in
the whirl of society. And in stores,
mills and shops tens of thousands are
on the ncver-ceasing treadmill, earning
their daily bread.
All are subject to the same physical
laws; all suffer alike from the same
physical disturbance, and the nature of
their duties, in many cases, quickly
drifts them into the horrors of all
kinds of female complaints, ovarian
troubles, liberation, falling and dis
placements of the womb, leu%corrhna,
or perhaps irregularity or suppression
of "monthly periods" causing back
ache, nervousness, irritability and
lassitude.
Women who stand on their feet all
day are more susceptible to these
troubles than others.
They especially require an invigorat-
ing, sustaining medicine which VIII
strengthen the female organism and
| enable them to bear easily the fatigues
of the day, to sleep well at night, and
to rise refreshed and cheerful.
How distressing to see q woman
struggling to earn a livelihood or per-
form her household duties when her
back and head are aching, she is so
tired she can hardly drag about or
stand up, and every movement causes
pain, the origin of which is due to
some arrangement of the female or
ganisT..
Miss F. Orser of IL Warrenton Street,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-09-02
HOPED TO BE STIRRING.
Uriu Was enclosed in the Room by
Much Sickness" But
Was Brave.

Admiral Uriu is among the officers of the
Japanese navy who began acquiring hon
ors early in the fight with the Russians. \
Detroit boy" who has advanced RAPIDLY
IN our own navy, relates the Free Press,
writes this home.
''uriu received his nautical education at
Annapolis. No one was ever IA harder
student or more CONSCIENTIOUS IN the per
Torrance Of the manifold duties imposed
upon It cadet,
One day he was i'll. The surgeon OK
amiued him and made a report that Urlu
was not IN condition to perform his daily
work. But the little fellow had a sense Of
obligation beyond this, and wrote thus to
his %favoriie instructor:
"'Nou have seen TINT | do not to-day
stand before you. | am lnclosed IN the
room by much sickness. | do not feel like
making the stlr. Tomorrow | hope great
ly to find it easy to make the STIR"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-09-02
GUST TIE DEMON.
A Tusale with Coffee.

There is something fairly ~demonlacal
In the way coffee sometimes wreaks its
ilendish malice ON those who use it,
A lady writing from Calf, says
MY husband and |, both lovers Of
coffee, suffered for some time from a
very annoying form OF nervousness, ac-
|companied by most frightful head
aches. in my ease there was
eventually developed some sort Of at
lection of the nerves leading from the
spine to the head.
81 was unable to hold my head up
straight. the tension of the nerves drew
it to M side, causing me tho most in
tense pain. We got no relief from
medicine, and were puzzled as to what
caused the trouble, till a friend sug-
gested that possibly the coffee we
drank had something to do with it,
and advised that we quit 1t and try
Postum Coffee.
eve followed his advice, and from
the day that we began to use Postum
we both began to improve, and in
a very short time both of us were en-
tirely relieved The nerves became
steady once more, the headache ceased,
the muscles in the back of my neck re-
Taxed, my head Strengthened up. and
the dreadful pain that had 50 punished
me while | used the old kind of coffee
Vanished