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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-08-30
TO MOTHERS
Mrs. ]. H. Haskins, of Chicago,
ILL.,, President Chicago Arcade
Club, Addresses Comforting
Words to Women Regarding
Childbirth.

"DEAR MRS. PTNKHAM:- Mothers
reed not dread childbearing nfter they
know the value of Lydia Il. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.
While loved children l dreaded the
ordeal. for il left me weak and sick
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-08-30
TIA Correct CIa..iGcation

Gobang-I hear that your son has a
snug berth in the consular service.
Well, hardly a snug berth
Rather a folding bed. 1t only pay
$500 a ar,-Brooklyn Life.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-08-30

Ties OF your
medicines Pc
lin. have been
afflicted more
or less for a
quarter of a
century witt
catarrh of the
tomach and
constipation. A
dence in
W ashington
h as increased
these troubles.
A few bottlesof
rnllr melicinn
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-08-30

Artistic You wish me to paint you a full.
length portrait?
Mr.. Sapheadde-Well, | want it as long
as your customers usually buy Columbus
(O) State journal.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-08-30

Mr.. Henry a. Salzer, of La Crosse, Wis,
whose 'Salzers Seeds are famed the world
over, has sailed for Europe, accompanied by
his wife. He will dive into the heart of
Russia and Hungary after new seed novel
ties.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-08-30

Smith-Where are you living now?
Brown-ln st. Louis. Ever been
there?
"No."
"Well come over and spend a week
with us and you'll never live anywhere
else"
"Why, is the climate that fatal?'-
Chicago Daily NrHs.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-08-30
Only the Wise Can Know.

To Cure n Cold in One Day
TIE Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists efund moneyifit fails to cure. 25c.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-08-30

Natural Failure Yes, poor fellow, he
was once very prosperous, but he failed in
business" How sou Tried to establish
a quick lunch restaurant in Philadelphia"
Baltimore Herald.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-08-30

It's sometimes difficult to tell the diff.
ference between the man with a purpose
and the one with a pull.-Toledo Blade,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-08-30
At Newport.

She-You must not kiss me until we
are formally engaged.
He-Do you mean to say that you
always insist upon that rule?
i've always tried to,"-Judge.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-08-30

True bravery is shown by performing
wi'haut witness what one might be capable
OF doing before the world.-Rochefoucauld.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-08-30

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of
as a cough cure.-J. W. O'Brien, 800 Third
Ave, n, Minneapolis, MINI, Jan. Q, 1900.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-08-30
Finger Nails as Assets,

A Viennese jury has just put a valu-
alton on finger nails. An artist named
Franz Muller was the proud possessor
of a set much admired for their beauty,
which SO excited the jealousy Of a rival
that he managed to break one of them.
Muller promptly brought suit for dam
ages, and he has been awarded 1000
crowns, the equivalent of 5000 in our
money.-San Francisco Chronicle.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-08-30

Cured by Pe-ru-na of Catarrh of the
Stomach After Doctors Failed.
The following letter from Congress-
man Botkin speaks for itself:
House OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
WAsHISGToS, d. G.
DIR. S. b. Hartman, Columbus, o.:

My Dear Doctor-lt gives me pleasure
tocertifyt to the excellent curative quail
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-08-30

There are N o diseases THAT more quickly md surely deanse tho entire constitute htuu6 n danns
ohnyeth emhp Iyesc cured al once Tho body depends upon. the Kidneys to brow mine waste
matter O. the system, and when II fats do this the rsutb.a al interference thd gesuon.n
Soppaee OF the free circulation of the blood and n serious weakening OF the heart
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-15

continue so to describe her. Her medi-
cal attendant has told her that her
only hope Of regaining something like
her youthful contour of figure lies In
the practice of rigid self-dental with
respect to the dainties she enjoys
most The Princess OF Wales has also
received hint from a high medical
authority that she will some day be-
come second edition of her mother,
the Duchess of Teck, who was enor-
mougly fat, unless she practices fru-
gality in the line of CONNECTIONS.
The Duchess Of ARGOS, formerly
Miss Virginia Lowry of Washington,
wife of the new Spanish ambassador
to Italy, arrived in Rome recently
from st. Petersburg, the former post
of her husband. On opening her
trunk 1T was discovered that 1t had
been robbed In transit OF Jewels val
und at about $4,000. 1t is supposed
that the robbery took place between
Turin and Rome. van Calva.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-15
An EarIY Erfnk.

The finding Of q human footprint,
said to be 10000 years old, in Penn
syivania colliery has led to the report
that record in antiquity has been es-
tablished But this is q thing Of yes
telday, geOlogically speaking. The
day will come. the sthnulOgists say,
when mans age will be found recorded,
not in thousands of years, hut millions.
Even now they have traced him back
to presglRrial days. How to express
that In figures is a problem, but, at any
rate, they fix certain happenings In the
glacial period as 100000 years ago.
And in those days our forefathers, with
or without their tails, their three eyes
or fewer, were busy in Europe with the
mammoth and the elephant, the girane,
the lion, the tiger and species which
he has outlixed Man was on the earth
before vesnvius and Aetna reared
lrheir fiery heads unto the skies. He
has been found with his works Of art
buried d hundred feet deep Ia the gold
bearing gTavels Of California, overlaid
by four successive lava streams from
VOLCANOES long extinct
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-15

|sersby were likely to Inc rolled in the
nearest mud puddle and the tendency
Ito break windows and trough h0use''
inns and .alehouses became SO pro-
nouneed that keepers of shops and
taverns put mp their shutters and sse-
curely barred their doors. When ri
val hands met there WINS vast smash
ing of heads which afforded ample
practice for all the fbatbers and
laeches i'm the neigliberhood.
Matters went from bad to worse
until the public and authorities be-
came weary of reading the annual
list of dead and injured, and about
1880 the great Bhrove Tuesday
matches died out. The game was
perTaetuatad in the colleges, but even
there 1t was mo sport for wefrsSlings,
AS is proved by the fact that as late
as 1875 'shacl1tng,s or kicking an OPP
posing player on the shins, WAS al
lowed as one of the finer points. The
Football Association formed in 1878
was the result OF the interest in ath-
leties aroused by the volunteer move
ment in England in 1850 and the
Rugby Union WAS formed in 1871.
The present rules In the United States
were evolved from those Of the Rug
by Union, as opposed to the ''sOcker0
or Association style which has recent
ly been exploited as possible sub
stitute for the American game.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-15

took hand in the game because OF
the injuries with which 1t was at
tended was King James T. He was
"a patron Of sport ana believed in his
progeny getting plenty OF excitement,
but he lbaIlsed at football It WAS too
much trouble to raise an heir TO
have him twisted into d prgtzel just
about the time he might be useful in
holding down the throne. james told
his son to run along and have a good
time with the boys. In fact, he wrote
down certain preoepts for rne young
mans guidance, hut If the coach had
asked Prince Charles to 'sc0me ont
for the eleven" he would have been
met with the familiar parental OBJ
lection of the present day, which
King James expressed as follows.
"Iarom this c0unt I debar an such
rough and violent exercise as the foot
ball, meefer for tanning than making
able the users thereof
anterfered With Archery.
Football has always had tendency
to run foul OF the law. Its original
first offence was IN fal<ing fae minds
Of prospective soldiers of from arch
cry, hut IN this It had as a side part
ner the eminently peaceful and gem
tie game Of golf. In 1857 Scottish
act was passed in which the two
sports we're condemned in language
as vigorous as that used by some Of
our college presidents on the same
subject. because they occupied too
much az the time Of the husky men
who might haveheen learning the finer
points OF how to send an arrow
through the breast plate Of an En-
glish invader. The plants OF the
staid seigneurs received about as lit
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-15
FOOTBALL ANCIENT SPORT.
ROOSEYELTsS NOT THE FIRST
ROYAL EDICT 10 PREVENT
ROUGH PLAYING.

English and Scottish Kings Have
Debafred Game. fiasAlways Been
i toughest of Sports for Five Hun
dred Years-Shin Kicking approved.
President Roosevelt's attempt to
bring about a revision in the rules OF
the gridiron sport that it may be
I played with less risk to the lives and
limbs Of the contestants is after all
but a revival of the ,caustie COM
ments Of at least two English SOW
ereigns who beat the President on.
the revision business by several hun
dred years. Football is one of the
oldest OF all the English pastimes, and
it is even believed that the Greeks
and Romans had q similar game.
Ever since It first made Its appear
ance It has been characterized by ex-
IRENE roughness and has been the
subject OF denunciations ON the part
Of those who cared more for their
own safety ana that Of the players
than Tor the final score.
AS early MS 1914 Football had be
come 80 pepular IN London as a street
game and attracted SO many dlsUrd-
efly spectators that the stald old mer-
chunts entered a vigorous protest
King EdwHTd III wits on the throne
then and wasted no time dining the
football coaches or arguing about
the matter, He issued a pFoclama-
ton In which he said:
"Forasmuoh as there lis great noise
In the city caused by husfl1ng, over
large balls from which many evils
might arise, which God forbid. we
command and forbid on the half of
the King, on pain of imprisonment,
such games to be used in the city In
the future"
This terse and ominous declaration
by more saan five hundred
vears the American Legislators who
have come to the front In the past de
sade with bills to make Football IL
egal in their States.
The sport may be rough and un- !
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-15
PERFUMES FOR THE NOBILITY.
Ambassador WhiteIaw Reid Engages
Services of EarI's Son.

At one time Lady Curzon had the
reputation of spending more money
on perfumes than any other woman
IN England. 1t was said that she was
more extravagant in this respect than
Queen Alexandra whose perfume bills
amounted to something Ike 5000 a
year. New, the story goes. the Ouch
ess of Roxburgh has become the
most .extra1asaat purchaser of per-
fumery in the land. She patronizes
the heavy-seented essences Of the
East which are known TO be most ex-
pensive. The cost of her daily bath
would, It is said, keep a middle-elass
family for a week. Lady Curzon
used these same essences at one time,
but she found them 30 expensive that
she decided 70 try cheaper extracts.
Queen. Alexandra, too, has gone in
For retren6hment in the same dlrec-
ton, and she Is now satisfied with
the faY0rife scent of the late ,Qneen
which was a species of law
antler water specially prapaFed for
her by a chemist at windsor. The
of Wales is also extravagant
IA the use OF scents and uses a Rpe-
eial preparation made from violets
md other carefully cultivated flowers.
h is strange that Lady Suffolk, for
nerly Miss Letter OF Washington, dis
likes scents, considering her sisters
passion for them.
Dven royalty finds 1t necessary to
Held obedience to the doctors orders.
The fat has gone forth that Queen
must eat no more sweet
hings. In consequence, a welllSnown
INN of London pastry cooks, who |
ave for many years supplied her
majesty with confectionery and other
empting delcacies, have had their
rider cancelled. For their loss Of
rade the are consoled by the fact
nat they are still allowed to display
he royal coat-of-arms, which indi-
ates that they are under royal pat
mage. The Queen has long been in
'dlnately fond of sweets md con-
,ctions and has Teclxlessly induIgedI
er appetite for them. That has pro-
need an accumulation of sllperfiuous
iipose tissue which even the most I
Ipert of dressmalxers are unable to
mccall. She is no longer slim and
illowy, though English newspapers :
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-15
RIVAL NAVAL BUILDERS.
GOHERXMEET CONSTRUCTORS
BEAT PRIRATE CONCERN
IN SHERBUILDING.

The Connec1icut Aheadof Sister Ship
LOuisiana-sCost However Greater
FIRST War Ship Ever Built by the
Government.
There is great rivalry between the
United States Navy Yard ut Brooklyn
and a private shipbuilding concern at
Newport News, over the construction
Of the two naval war leviathans, Con-
nectieut and Louisiana. The Govern
ment Is building the Connecticut, and
the shipbuilding company is rushing
toward completion the Louisiana.
The figures given out but short time
ago by the Navy Department show
that the Connecticut Is 81 SO per cent
completed, while hsr sister ship shows
a percentage Of completion OF 1925.
A comparison shows then that the
'GOvernmsntsbullt t0at has a slight
lead which Is an the more gratifying
to the champions of Government con-
truction when it is considered tlat
this is the first battleship ever built
IN the United Suites by any other
than private constructors and that It 4
WIS predicted -that the Government
could not compete with lrivate build
sFs. Nevertheless the Government
STRIP win cost the more.
By act of Congress approved 8uly
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-15

has been made In each particular case. be-
cause 10 do 50 eOntr0Kerts the fundamen-
tal principle Of saving the public lands for
The home maker. Each locality should be
dealt with on It's own merits. Even IL IL
should ultimately appear that this law has
worked benehclally In Nebraska It would
BY no means follow that such law might
be safely applied to other regions different
In topography, soil. and climate. No arbi-
trary rule should be followed, but In each
case the area OF the homestead should be
determined BY the acreage which may be
necessary TO support family upon the
land either by agriculture, or BY, grazing Il
acreage Is determined for each locality,
any new general law providing a method
OF obtaining title to the public lands
would, 10 the opinion Of your Commission.
be decidedly unsafe.
Lieu Lands.
Careful: study has been given by your
Commission TO the subject Of forest-reserye I
neu-land selections. These selections have
given rise to great scandal, and have led
to the acquisition BY spectators OF mich
valuable timber and agricultural land aud
Its consolidation into large holdings. Fur |
thermore, the money loss to the Govern /
ment and the people from the selection |
Of valuable lands IN lien Of worthless areas /
has been very great. There has been /
no commensurate return In the way Of j
increased settlement ard business actlv- 1
ity. Public opinion concerning lleu-lBnd /
selections, by railroads IN particular, has /
reached an acute stage. The situation Is /
IN urgent need OF q remedy, and your Com
mission recommends the repeal Of the laws
providing for lieu-land selections
A partial remedy by Executive action
has already been applied by carefully To-
eating the boundaries sof new forest re-
serves, and thus limiting Iieu-land selae-
lions to comparatively Insignificant aneas. Il
rhe last ,aInual message to Congress de- 4
elnres definitely THAT HI
TheNaabigg0f forest yegezpes wftgS1n waiI,saa
ard EUueossS-0aa HanaseyBns limits whV Aere-
aJkfss, as Tor me pasz 1tree years. be so ma4Gg11
as 10 preven TIE fssse, under HE AR of June q
I6o7, 'of6aFe fer sechaHec oyzteE SELECTION tas-
EGAy eaiea SCRIP In all cases sOheye t0resf re-
series fgtfbg 1xe1s. c11e1sty land grants ab-llt
pear 10 beessenfiak 10 me yosps1iky of Seltkeys
aHine1s o,otAess, zhs 6oysynnssHf lands wifksa
skch proposed goreu 1ass,zws sUfH, as 5a the
receaf PAST, Be suiAsdzuz0s from sale or eNfryI
pending fe lpEsfi0n Of such negotiations SUIt
the oSOneys Of me land grants as rUI bteVet1 me
creation Of So-caifsa scrap.
There are now lands In private ownership 4
within existing Forest reserves, and SINH II
lar lands must TO a limited extent be In
olnded In new reserves Therefore, q me- 4
th0d is required by which the Government | u
may obtain control Of n0nagfieulturul i :
holdings within the boundaries of these re-
serves Your Commission recommends the | q
flexible plan I: Upon the recon- i,
when the public interest 80 demands, the
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-15
Queer 0dDr or Murnnrfes.

You may pnt a mummy In a glass
case and seal 1t Theoretically so that
no corrOding air can get within, but
it will stin exhale Its odor. -Four or
five thousand years. 1t would seem,
should exhaust all Olfactory qualities,
but experience teaches us that these
smells remain while the origin of their
scents is unknown to us. They are
today as much mystery to embalm-
ers as when the bodies were put in
the bath OF nature.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-15
ohestnuts are o very similar food to

Ghestnuts are % very similar food to
potatoes: The chestnut, however, lis
the more nutritious of the two. The
chestnut has only 3S per cent. water
while the potato has rs per cent. Of wa
ter. In all of the nutritive ingredients
the chestnut leads the potato. The
CHESTNUT may be cooked exactly as the
potato is, boiled, baked or roasted.
The culture Of the chestnut tree in
this country has as vet been neglected,
and furnishes an inviting field for en-
terprising agriculture and forestry.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-15
Eoo1HomoUT Anew FIaHmR RmNa BUILT by aovERNnrENr

n, 1902, authority was granted for the
cOnstruction of two sbattleships AFTER
ward named the Connecticut and
Louisiana, each $50 feet long, 76 1-6
feet wide, with a draft of "a feet 6
inches. A short time after this action
of Congress, the Navy Department de
sciaed to have one of the battleships
constructed by private parties, the
Government endeaxoring to build the
other.
Government Cot Bad Start Too.
The contract for the Louisiana was
let to the Newport News sShipbuilding
and Dry Dock Company who laid the
keel for that vessel on February z,
1903, while the Government was de-
layed in the construction of it's vessel
so much that the keel was not laid
down until March 10 of the same
year. The Government was further
delayed in building the Connecticut
owing to non arrival of necessary ma
chinery and armor plate. yet with all
of these drawbacks the latest figures
published by the Navy Department.
show the 'Governmont-built Boat
farther advanced soward completion
than that being erected by a private
concern. The Louisiana was the first
to receive its christening, having been.
launched August ~, 1904; the Con-.
necticut did not take to the waves
until September 20 of the same year.
The Brooklyn Navy Yard, where the
Connecticut lis being built is NOW en-
ploying over LOCO men on the battle
ship and it is started that there is
still room for 200 more workmen.
With the rapid progress now being
made on the vessels 1t is estimated
that they win be ready to go into
commission by june of next year.
Most Formidable of War Ships.
These battleshfps when completed
will be among the most formidable
war vessels of the world; the main
battery on each will consist Of four
12-inch, eight S-inch and twelve I'll
inch rifles; the secondary battery viii |
have twenty 3-inch rapid fire guns,
twelve 3-poundeFs, eight 1poUnders
and a number Of rapid fire guns Of
smaller calibre. There win also be
four submerged torpedo tubes TheI
ships win have ample protection by
heavy armor ranging in thickness
from nine to eleven inches. The con-
tract calls for vessels of 10000 tons
with steaming capaci-
ty, at 10 knots per hour, of 5000 miles
without recoaling. They are expect
ed, however, to make IS knots per
hour at the official trial. Each ship
will be manned by S55 officers and
men. The contract price of the Lou
islana is $8,990,000 while the Connect
icut is expected to cost $4,212,O00.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-15


tie attention then as now, for in 1891
we find another act in which flute
bale and collie" were roasted to a
turn and prohibited under severe
penalties.
The unregenerate Of Scotland were
much given to playing football on
Sunday. At first it interfered with
the practice Of archery on the Sew
enth Day, and later, when the Sab
batarian movement had acquired
prominence, it kept people away from
chureh,sO in 1891 We find the town
council of Edinburgh strictly forbid
ding the playing of matches on the
Sabbath.
Not only was the game itself
rough, but It attracted great CON
courses Of people who were willing
at all times to jump in with clubs
and other weapons and resent I'M
fairness or poor decisions. For
some reason ShroVe Tuesday was the
great date for annual contests, cor
responding to what Thanksgiving Day
used to be in this country. On this |
day the crowds swarmed out to the
greens and, from the descriptions we
have, their conduct before and after
the games would have made the wild 4
nights few years ago in the New
York Tenderloin after a big game in /
that city look like Sunday School
picnic.
Mas a Reign Of Eonror.
They marched aF0und with fnaoh 4
shouting and cheering, chasing the
city watchmen up md down alleys
and beating them right merrily. Pass
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-15

Rodrick They say Cholly Gooafel1
low Is very popular around town
Van Albert should say so Why
he wears out two coats a month just
from people sIapping him on the back
Chicago News.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-15

The hens eggs produced in this
country last year would ill 43, $4,000
crates OF 800 eggs each 1t would re
uuire 107s81s refrigerator cnrs to trans
port this crop, and these cars would
make a train 300 miles long.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-15

ladylllse DOwndngs, but what 1t was
in Etiwardls time, when the faEorite
diversions of the apprentices and other
youngsters were street fights in which
anything from an axe TO a kick In the
stomach was allowed may he better
imagined than described. The broken
collarb0nes and strained tendons with
which we are familiar as a result OF
scrimmages must have been mere pin
scratches compared with casualties
attending a buck on center by the
Medieval "backs."
Another English sovereign who
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-15
PENSIONS.

Over one Million Dollars
allowed our clients during the last
six years.
Over one Thousand
claim@allowed throughus dur
ing the last six months. Dis
ability AGe and In
Gre A@G pensions obtained
in the shortest possible time.
Widows claims a speciality.
Usnally granted within go
days ifplRced with ms immedi-
ately on soldiers death. Fees
fixed By law and payable out of
allowed pension. A successful
experience Of rs years and benefit
of daily calls at Pension Bureau
are at your service. Highest ref
erences furnished. Local Magis-
trates p e c II m ia ri1y
benefited by sending US
claims.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-15

In India the contribution basket Is
sometimes passed around IN the Hin
doc temples by an elephant.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-15

A virgin Is maid; when verging on
30 IL called an old maid.