davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1905-04-27

The crown forests of Russia comprise
30, 100000 acres belonging to the Gar
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1905-04-27

The present population OF Great Britain
and Ireland is about 42.750,000
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1905-04-27

Itch cured in 30 minutes by Woolford's
Sanitary Lotion. Never Fails Sold by al
druggists, 81, Mail orders promptly filled
by DR.. +. Detchon, Charlottesville, Ind.
The Peruvian railways have all been con-
soldatcd.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1905-04-27

The residence of the proprietor of one
M the porcelain factories at Limoges
vas sacked by strikers.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1905-04-27

Senior 9ued Cuban Mnis the United States is an orator born an
the Etelan Theatre Mtz3 Cuba he said 81 have audiences under
the spell Of eloquent speech and the of strong emotional exccnn but
Qucllas the
Medicine
ID C.S
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1905-04-27

The tWO-stOry Northumberland house
owned and occupied by Jacob Swan,
hree and a half miles west Of Hoffman
vile, Baltimore county, was burned to
he ground. The fire is supposed to
nave caught on the roof while the family
we're eating dinner. A small part of the
furniture was saved The loss is partly
covered by insurance.
Rutherford B. Hayes Bacr. whose
head was grazed by a bullet the other
night at his home, near townsville,
Washington county, was only slightly
injured, although the first reports were
that he had inflicted a mortal wound
upon himself.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-02-25
BEAUTIFUL WOMEN
Row THEY MAINTAIN THE CHARMS
OF THEIR SEX.
The Importance that Attaches to the Car u
OF the Blood If One Wants Bright Eyes
and II Clear Complexion.

ana II clear complexion.
Every sensible womannaturally wishes
toappear attractive heknows the value
of bright eyes, delicate complexion and
lively spirits. She knows also that
good health is at the basis OF her charms,
and that good blood is the source Of good
health.
Miss Mamie Conway has a complexion
which is the admiration of all who know
her. Asked ii she could make any sug-
gestions that would be helpful to others
less fortunate, she said:
"DTy complexion would not have
pleased you, if you had seen it two years
ago. Ii was then about as bad rs it
could be, and it gave me 20 great deal of
dissatisfaction. If you want u good
complexion you must take care Of your
health, especially Of the condition Of
your blood. My health was at that time
completely broken down. Iwasnervous,
had frequent headaches, % torpid liver
and u great deal Of pain in that region.
[ suffered also from Indigestion. 1t was
clear That my blood was in bad condition,
for pimplcs broke ont all over myface."
cit is hard to realize that, for there
isn't the slightest trace of such blem.
ishcs now"
cit was unfortunately quite other
wise then, and a long time passed before
| found anything that gave me any re-
lief. I became very weak and l~istless.
The Doctors medicine did me no good,
and | took u number Of highly recon-
monded tonics with no better result.
As soon, however, asI began to use DIR.
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People my
complexion cleared up, and after [ had
taken two boxes there was not a sign Of
q pimple left on my face. Ny checks
becamor rosy, I gained flesh and have had
perfect health ever since"
Rosy checks aud sparkling eyes arc
merely signs ofhcalthy blood. They have
comenot only III thocase of Mis- Conway,
whose homeis ut 1911 East Eighth street
Canton, Ohio, but to thousands Of
women for whom DR.. Williams Pinl
Pills have made new blood. Thereisn
surer way for you to obtain them, thantc
buy Il box Of these pills from any drug
gistuud try them for Yourself. They cor
rect irregularities and Danish weakness
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-02-25
Mr1M aryKoeb ne
Nervous exhaustion invites disease.

Nervous exhaustion invites disease.
This statement is the positive truth.
When everything becomes a burden
and you cannot walk n few blocks with
out excessive fatigue, and you break
out into perspiration easily, and your
face Pushes, and you grow excited and
shaky at the least provoeation, and
you cannot bear to be crossed in any
thing, You are in danger; your nerves
have given out you need building up
at oncci To build up woman's nerv-
Gus system and during the period of
change OF life we know of no better
medicine than Lydia L. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. Here is an
illustration, Mrs. Mary L. Koehne, 371
Garfield Avenue, Chicago, ILL.,, writes:
"|Ihaveused LydiaE Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound for years in my family and it
never |disappoints so when | felt that | was
nearing'the'change Of lifel commenced treat
mcnt with it. | took in all about six bottles
and it did me a great deal of good. 1t
stopped my dizzy spells, pains in my back
and the headaches with which | had suffered
for months befG5a taking the Compound. |
feel that if it had not been for this great med
icine for women that ! should not have been
alive to-day. 1t is splendid for women, old or
young, and will surely cure all female disCr-
ders.'
Mrs. Pinkham, of Lynn, Mass, in.
vites all sick and ailing women to write
her for advice. Her great experience
Is at their service. free of cost.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-02-25

this offer which is made to get you to
test Salzer's Warranted Vegetable Seeds.
They will send you their big plant and
seed c%atalog, together with enough seed
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-02-25
POINTS ON APPENDICITIS.
Jersey School Superintendent Turns
Loose on Vermiform Mis-
information.

Many a layman has been "stumped'
IN trying to master the intricaoies OF the
vermiform appendix. But let everybody
take heart, says the New York Sun.
in an aristocratic New Jersey suburb
recently the superintendent OF public
schools was visiting a grade while a lesson
IN physiology was being demonstrated
The teacher was explaining the construc.
ton of the spinal column. She compared
it to a string OF beads in order to show its
formation, and drew a diagram for further
illumination.
When the lesson was finished, the super
intendent suggested that a most impor.
tant feature OF the spinal column had not
been explained.
1T is this curious, pointed section at
the base" he said, indicating the end Of
the vertebral column, which is called
the yermlform appendix. You have all
heard of appendicitis? Very good. We'll,
that is the name given to a disease which
Is caused by an Inflammation OF this APP.
pendix. An operation for appendicitis
means an amputation of this useless ap,
pendiX.'
There is n new superintendent Of public
schools in that suburban New Jersey
town.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-02-25
FORBIDDEN TO
SOLDIER BOYS
By B. II. COLLINS


hNHY daughter" said an elderly
wi father to his beautiful daugh-
ter, This town, begging your pardon
this fool town has been seeking to de-
moralize itself with a lot of idle, worth
less"
Yes, yes, | know, the soldiers are
comingl The soldiers are coming!'
And the girl danced about the room
gracefully, delightedly,
Hear her!" exclaimed the old man,
growing very angry. Now, Agnes
listen to me. Soldiers are not like they
were in my day; then to be a soldier
was TO be a man. But in this fool wal
with Spain 1t is different; the ranks are
full of worthless men who have enlisted
because they were out of jobs. Now,
from what | hear, the young women OF
Jacksonville have gone crazy"
20, won't the town boys be jealous?
The soldiers are coming! Tra-la-la!
la-la!"
Agnes, listen to me! Remember you
are not to put your foot on the encamp-
ment grounds while the soldiers are
here. If had a daughter who went wild
over a lot of idle men and boys she knew
nothing about, I'd lock her up
20, father, | didn't mean 1t. Surely
you would never have the heart to for
bid my going with the other girls to see
the drilling. and-and-' But he left
the room, slammlng the door behind
him. and leaving Agnes with her face
buried in a sofa pillow.
why, Agnes, darling, what is the
matter?' asked Florence Dickson, COM
ing in a little later.
The soldiers are coming sobbed
Agnes.
well, you are a goose. | hope you
are not crying for that
Mono, but father says | shan't see
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-02-25
WHY NOT, INDEEDP

II more thar one house are called houses
And more than one mouse are mice,
Then why are two mice not houses,
And why are two houses not hice?
If n letter is sent and it goes,
And we know it went when it's gone,
Why hasn't it snent when it SHOWS
Or the money we spent been spone?
If the vine hat clings never changed,
But the joke that we spring Is sprung,
Why isn't the bell that we ring ranged,
Or the door that is banged shut bung2
A word that we speak is spoken,
Why don't we say 1t is spake?
Our girl, when a pitcher Is broken,
Zach, Louis,' she says, sit ISIS break"
If we lie when we say that we laid
And we lay when we said that we lied,
Why don't we speak of the needles we
played,
Or tell of the pieces we piled?
A fish that we catch isn't catched,
And the roof that we thateh isn't thaught.
Why don't we speak of a thought that was
matched,
or hear Of an egg that was haughtl
If a picture that's hung isn't hanged,
But the man who Is hanged isn't hung,
Why isn't the song that we sing sanged,
or any old thing ever thung?
Maurice Smiley, in Golfers.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-02-25
A New Educational journal.

A stock company is being organ
lied in Jackson with a capital stock
of $4,000 for the purpose Of pub
fishing an educational and indus
trial journal. The promoters, two
Of whom are State officials, report
that $4,000 of the stock has already
been subscribed, and the remainder
will be forthcoming within a few
days. The publication is TO be
launched within the next two
days. Prof. H. L. Whitfield will
edit the educational feature of the
journal.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-02-25
Treasury Statement.

All of the county tax collectors
have settled with the State treasurer
for January collections. Treasurer
Miller states that since the lst Of
February about $450,000 has been
paid into the vaults from the
seventy-six counties of the State. All
of the school fund warrants have
been paid, and the treasury now con-
tains about S250,000 to meet current
expenditures. He hopes to be able
to run several months without re-
questing the governor to borrow the
100000 authorized at the last ses-
sion Of the legislature.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-02-25

Mississippi's crop of fruits and
vegetables, especially the latter,
promises to show an enormous in
crease during the coming season.
The one hundred or more truck
farming association organized along
the lines of the Gulf and Ship Is
land railroad are making extensive
preparations for planting, and the
Shipments promise to be so heavy
that the Ship Island system has or
dered special rolling stock.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-02-25
Importing Pyrites From Spain.

The fertilizer companies in Jack
son are now importing practically
all of the pyritcs ore used at their
plants through Gulfport. Several
shipments of this mineral have re-
Gently been received through the
Gulfpdrt harbor, and thence via the
Ship Island railroad TO Jackson.
The fertilizer factories find this
route both cheaper and quicker.
Nearly all of the pyrites used by the
local factories come from Spain.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-02-25
Slow in Reportinu.

Insurance Commissioner W. Q.
Cole states that the fire, life and fra
ternal insurance companies are
rather slower than usual in submit
ting their annual reports. Quite
a large number Of the corporations
have not yet reported. They have
until the LIST of March to submit
statements of business handled dur
ing 1904, after which q compilation
of the figures will be made by the
auditor.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-02-25
If You Arc Sick, Doctor!

When the medicinal properties of Saw
Palmetto Berries were discovered the qucs.
ton Of the permanent cure OF stomach.
Liver. Kidneys and Bladder troubles was
settled. Vernal Palmcttona palmetto
Berry Wne) is recommended by thou
sands of former sufferers. relieves inc
inflammation and cures the disease. Don I
suffer from Dyspepsia, constipation, baeE{,,
ache, headache, Nernal Palmett9na WI
Vernal Remedy Co, lie Roy, N. Y, sod
by druggists.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-02-25
THE NEIGHBORS ALL
USE THEM NOW.
Quick Cure of Rheumatism by Dodd's
kidney PilIs-How They Saved
the Shop of n Kansns Black
smith - Cure Was Per-
manent Too.

Goodland, Kan, Feb. 2Oth.-(Spccial)
SO quick and complete was the cure OF
n. +. Albertsou, a local blacksmith, tnat
it almost seems like a miracle. lie had
Rheumatism so bad he feared he would
have to give up his shop. One box Of
Dodd's Kidney Pills drove away all the
pains and they have never returned.
Speaking of his cure, Mr.. Abortion says;
Il had Rheumatism in my shoulders
and rms for years. Part Of the time it
was so bad | could not sleep at night.
My arm hurt so that it seemed J would
have to give up my blacksmith shop. |
went to the drug store and bought one
box Of Dodd's Kidney Pills and took
them. ! have not had the Rheumatism
since. a great many OF the ]nelghbors
are using Dodd's Kidney Pills since they
saw how they cured me-
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-02-25
Shake Into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot Ease. II cures painful, swollen,
smarting, sweating feet. Makes new shoes
easy. Sold by all Druggists and Shoe Stores,
Don't accept any substitute. Sample FREE,
Address A. S. Olmsted. lie Roy, N. Y.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-02-25
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS,


The report for January shows that
l9,473,000 feet of Mississippi lum-
Der was exported through the harbor
at Gulfport during the 30-day
period, which is $4,000 more feet
than was exported during the entire
year of 1902, which was the first year
the harbor opened for business,
Twenty-one ocean-going vessels, hay-
ing drafts averaging from II to %
feet, and cargo capacity of from
400, 900 to 100000 feet of lumber,
loaded and cleared from Gulfport
during January.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-02-25
Shv Mt Drawing.

"When | was a young man" said
Stormington Barnes, 81 went on the stage
with the determination OF becoming the
architect of my own fortune"
"Well?" queried Walker Holme
AS an architect" continued Mr.
Barnes, Il was a successful failure be
cause of my inability 20 draw large
houses. Chicago Sun.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-02-25
viii Build a New Courthouse.

The Board of Supervisors of Gov
ington has advertised for plans and
specifications for a new $4,000
courthouse to replace the structure
destroyed in an incendiary fire last
December. A lively fight is in pros
pect over the location for the build
ing between Collins and Williams
burg. Collins has the advantage of
being on the line of the Gulf and
Ship Islard railroad, while Will
i%amsburg is an interior town,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-02-25

Right-of-way deeds for the pro-
posed Belzoni extension of the
Southern railway are now being filed
for record, the permanent route foI
the line having been agreed upon by
the engineering corps Of the system.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-02-25

The old courthouse and jail Of
Harrison county, at the old county
seat, Mississippi City, has been or
dered sold by the Board of Super
yisors on the first Monday in March
at public auction.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-02-25

n e NW0 VTIUWIV WI
to ride in u II My condition was
critical when / sent for Doan's Kidney
Pills. | used three boxes and they
cured me. Now | can go anywhere and
do as much as anybody. / sleep well
and feel no discomfort at all"
A TRIAL FREE-Address Foster
Milburn Co, Buffalo, N. Y. For sale
by all dealers. Price, so cents,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-02-25
CUTICURA PILLS
For Cooling and Cleansing the Blood
in T~orturina, Dislguring mo
80 Chocolate Pills csc.

Cuticura Resolvent Pills Chocolate
ccated) are the product Of twenty-five
years practical laboratory experience IN tn,
PREPARATION of remedies for the treatmcnI
cl humors of the skin, scalp and blood
with loss of hair, and are confidently be
l,eyed to be superior to all other blood
purifiers, however expensive. Complete
external and internal treatment for every
humor may now be had for Sl.0O, con
sisting of Cuticura Soap to cleanse The
skin, Cuticura Ointment to heal the skin
and Cuticura Resolvent Pills to cool anC
cleanse the blood, a single set is otter
sufficient to cure.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-02-25
Accidentally Killed Himself.

j. @. SanderSon, u successful
farmer and cstimable citizen, living
five miles west of Ripley, accidently
shot and killed himself while out
rabbit hunting last week.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-02-25


cines to cure my
kidneys. | do
not think that
any man ever
suffered as | did
and lived, The
pain in my back
was so bad that
Icould not sleep
Nat night. could
not ride u horse,
and sometimes
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-02-25
Explained

Noah looks thin in this picture"
Eyes, ma'am," replied the Bible
agent, he had been living for a long
time on water when that was taken"
Houston Post,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-02-25
Edwards Hotel Burned.

The Howell Hotel, at Edwards,
was destroyed by fire last week, en-
failing a loss of more than $1,000,
The fire originated from a defective
Hnn
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-02-25
MiIllnns nS XcrcfnhIcr.

When the Editor read 10000 plants foI
&c, he could hardly believe it, but upon
lecond reading finds that the John A
Salzer Seed CO., La Crosse, Wis, thar
whom there are no more reliable and cx
tensiye seed growers in the world, make.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-02-25

az couldn't make it at poetry said the
author, "but I've struck it rich at laat,
for I've written a cook book, with only
q rhyme here and there between the vege.
tables!"-Atlanta Constitution.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-02-25

Up in Michigan an editor tells of a hol-
low tree that was so full of squirrela that
their breathing broke the bark.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-02-25

Taylor's Cherokee Remedy Of Sweet
Gum and Mullen is Natures great rem
edy. Cures Cough, Cold, Group, Con
sumption and all throat troubles. Al
druggist, 25c.. SOC, and Sl.0O per bottle.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-02-25
Oldest Native Dead.

Capt. Y. W. Brown, the Oldest ma
tive of Claiborne county, died last
week at the age Of 90 years.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-02-25
Mississippi Branch Organized.

A Mississippi branch of the Gulf
States Bottling Works was organized
at Jackson last week, with W, W.
Lake as president.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-02-25
PAS Edict

Ma Twaddles-John, Pm interested in
this "jiujtsu' I've been reading so much
about in the papers.
Pa Twaddles Mrs. r., il You bring an
other Of those new breakfast foods into
the house | leave. Now that settles it.
Cleveland Leader,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-02-25

The less polish a man has the more re
Elections he is apt to cast.-Chjcago Daily
News.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-02-25

Do not believe Piso's Cure for Consump'
ton has an equal for coughs and colds,
f. Boyer, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb. 10, 1900.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-02-25
1000 gloriously brilliant EtyeIs,

providing you viii return this notice, and
if you will send them 20c in postage, they
will add to the above a package of fa-
nous Berliner Cauliilower. Lk. IL
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-02-25

Civilization advances, but poverty grows.
1--WE ask you for predigested bread" cry
the poor, 'and Won give us an uppasteuf-
lied stone!"-Puek.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-02-25
To Cure a Cold in One Day

Take Laxative Bromo QuinineT Tablets. All
druggists refund themoneyifi it fails to cure,
Z. W. Groves signature is on each box. 2Jc.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-02-25

The chief trouble with the man de
signed by nature for the small potato CON
tiugent lies in the fact that he will per-
sist in fancying that he is in the some
pumpkin seL.-Judge.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-02-25

To boast of ones honesty doesn't al
ways prove tn. Y. Times.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-02-25
A HEALTHY old AGE
OFTENTHE~ BESTPARTOFLIFE
Help for Women Passing Through
Change of Life

Providence has allotted us each at
least seventy years in which to fulfill
our mission in life, and it Is generally
Il own fault If we die p~rematurely.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-02-25

The Pulaioncs are on the war path in
Samar. This is the first outbreak tuat has
occurred in the Jones family for over 40
years Minneapolis Times.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-02-25
TORTURIEG PAIN.
Half This Mans Sulerings Would Have
Killed Many a Person, But DOan's
Kidney Pills Cured Him.

A. G. Sprague, stock dealer, of Nor
nal, H., writes: "I'or two whole years
] was doing nothing but buying medi-
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-02-25
% % ~ 00@

Homcbuilder yellow Dent Corn grows
like a weed and yields from l57 to 260
bushels and more per acre. It's the big
gest yielder on earthl
Salzer's Speltz, Beardless Barley, Maca.
roni Wheat, Pea Oat, Billion Dollar Grass
and Earliest Cane are money makers for
you, Mr.. Farmer.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-02-25
Jrsr sim TINS NOTICE. AYD 10C

in stamps to John A. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis, and receive their big catalog
and lots of farm seed samples. *. IL