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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-11-11
Mrs Besyie MnsIey

To be such n successful wife, TO re-
tain the love and admiration of her
husband, to inspire him to make the
most of himself, should be a woman's
constant study.
If a woman finds that her energies
are tagging, that she gets easily tired,
dark shadows appear under her eyes,
she has backache, headaches, bearing
down pains, nervousness, whites, irreg-
ularitics or the blues, she should start
at once to build up her system by a
tonic with specific powers, such as
Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound.
Following we publish by request n
letter from n young wife:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:
ever since my child was born | have sif-
fered, as Ihopefew women ever have, with in
Illumination, female weakness, bearing-down
pains, backacho and wretched headaches. 1t
affected my stomach so | could not enjoy my
meals, and half my time was spent in bed.
"LydiaE Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
made mot well woman, and | feel so grateful
that | nm glad to write and tell you Of my
marvellous recovery. 1t brought me health,
new life and vitality Mrs. Bessie Ainsley,
Gil South 10th Street, Tacoma, Wash. -
What Lydia T.. PinlIham's Vegetable
Compound did for Mrs. Ainsley it will
do for every sick and ailing woman.
If you have symptoms you don't I'M
derstand write to Mrs, Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free and
always helpful.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-11-11
OLD FASHIONED FARE.
Hot Biscuits, Griddle-Cakes. Pies and
Puddings.

The food that made the fathers strong
Is sometimes unfit for the children un-
der the new conditions that our chang
ing civilization Is constantly bringing
in. One of Mr.. Bryan's neighbors in
the great state Of Nebraska writes:
Il was raised in the south, where
hot biscuits, griddle-cakes, pies and
buildings are eaten at almost every
meal, and by the time | located in Ne.
braska | found myself a sufferer from
indigestion and its attendant ills
distress and pains after meals, an al.
most constant headache, dull, heavy
sleepiness by day and sleeplessness at
night, loss of flesh, impaired memory,
ETC., etc
81 was rapidly becoming incapaci-
tated for business, when a valued
friend suggested a change in my diet,
the abandonment of heavy, rich stuff
and the use Of Grape-Nuts food. /
followed the good advice and shall al
ways be thankful that | did so.
Whatever may be the experience
Of others, the beneficial effects of the
change were apparent in my case al
most Immediately. My stomach, which
had rejected other food for so long,
took to Grape-Nuts most kindly; in a
day or two my headache was gone,
began to sleep BEAUTIFULLY and before
a week was out the scales showed that
my lost weight was coming back. My
memory was restored with the re-
newed vigor that l felt in body and
mind. For three years now Grape
Nuts food has kept mt in prime condi-
ton, and l propose it shall for the
rest of my days.
"And by the way, my 2h-year-old
baby is as fond of Grape-Nuts as l
am, always insists on having IT. 1t
keeps her as healthy and hearty as
they make them" Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich
There's a reason.
Read the little book The Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgS
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-11-11
PonularitY of the Prune.

The people of the United States are
great eaters Of the prune. Last year
over 100, 900 900 pounds were consumed,
France and the Danubian provinces
prior to 1886 furnished nearly the entire
supply of the United States. In that
year, however, American grown prunes
appeared on the market, and thereafter
the supply from this country increased
until the importation of foreign fruit has
been reduced to very small proportions,
California produces the larger portion
of the prune supply, $500, 600 trees being
grown in Santa Clara county alone.
something over no. 900, 900 pounds being
the amount of prunes produced. Ten
thousand trays of fruit spread out in one
unbroken tract may be seer in this
county during the drying season. As
Secretary Wilson says: 1T is no wonder
that the Germans and Austrians who
used to furnish us great quantities OF
cheap prunes do not like the turn ar
fairs have taken, Our prune growers
and shippers have certainly gotten after
them with a sharp stick"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-11-11
D OF ALL LANDS.

In Greenland women paint their
faces blue and yellow.
In India the women of three high
castles paint their teeth black.
Borneo women dye the hair in fan.
tastic colors-pink, green, blue and
scarlet.
In New Holland scars, made care.
fully with shells. form elaborate pat
terms on the ladies' faces.
In some South American tribes the
women draw the front teeth, estee. n
ing as an ornament the black gap
thus made,
In New Guinea the ladies wear nose
rings, piercing the nose in the same
fiendish way that civilized women
pierce the ears.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-11-11
SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES,

Mr.. Allison, who is 70 years old, and
who graduated at Missouri university
In 1852, has reentered the university
In order to take a special course In
surveying.
President Jordan, of Stanford uni
versity, has had occasion to decide
that the fact that valuable ancient GU
rios presented to the university were
stated by the donor to have been OBJ
tanned through spiritualistlc revela.
lions does not faint the curios.
Rev. +. Ward Denys, rector OF st.
Mary's Protestant Episcopal church OF
Baltimore, plans the building in his
city of the only counterpart In the
world Of the church at Stratford-o on
Avon, in England, where Shakespeare
was christened and married, where he
worshiped and was buried.
The Rev. Walter ]. Stanley, rector
OF st. Peters Catholic church at Dan
bury, Conn, has been created a knight
OF the Order Of Leopold II.,by King
Leopold of Belgium. The honor was
conferred in recognition of Father
Shanley's interest in and defense OF
the Congo Free State in Africa.
Rev. DIR. Il. L. Eaton, Of P~ittsburg,
Pa, n Of the leading preachers OF
the Methodist church in this country,
is expected to leave the pulpit in Oc-
tober to devote his time to organiza-
ton and nation wide extension of a
new reform movement to be called the
National Ministerial Prohibition ALI.
ance.
AS a memorial to the late Jay Cooke,
one Of the founders and rector's war
den of st. Paul's Protestant Episcopal
church of Ashbourne, Pa, a memorial
hall will be built there. The plans
for the building, which will cost SIS,
900, have been accepted. The funds
will be provided by Mr.. Cookies chill
drpn
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-11-11
Jot It Down.

While the little mistakes and disap.
pointments of the years work in the
field and garden are fresh and ap.
parent, 1t is a good time to make a
few notes-more than mental ones
with the view to correcting the diff.
Guilty next year. In the rush of plant.
Ing in the busy season the exact way
that things should be done, in the
light of past experience, often escapes
attention, and a repetition of old fail
Tres is the result.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-11-11
After the Bugs,

have been aggravated more tina,
once at a well fed hog roofing up the
bluegrass sod when there appeared to
be no purpose other than that of "in.
born %cussedness." | find that there is
more in the purpose than this imagin.
airy disposition, An old bluegrass SOD
has under its surface plenty of bugs
and worms of which Madam Hog is
fond and for which she IS willing to
do a large job of rJoting. | have
found one way to keep her from root
ing up the bluegrass sod. It Is by
keeping her off it when the ground
Is soft.-Farmer Furrow.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-11-11
Wearing Hats in Church.

The question Of women wearing hats
in church recalls the fact that men also
formerly wore theirs at worship. Pepys
shows that in the seventeenth century
both men and women wore their hats
to worship. "To church." he writes,
"and heard a simple fellow open the
praise of church musique, and exclaim.
ing against men wearing their hats on
in the church" Later he notes that he
saw a minister preach with his hat off.
which | never saw before" The hat
was then an integral part of both male
and female costume, and Pepys catches
"a strange cold in my head by fiinging
off my hat at dinner IN. Y. Tribune.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-11-11
Cures Rheumatism and Catarrh -
Medicine Sent Free,

These two diseases are the result of
an awful poisoned condition of the
blood. If you have aching joints and
back, shoulder blades, bone pains, Grip
pied hands, legs or feet, swollen muscles,
shifting, sharp, biting palms,. and that
tired, discouraged feeling of rheumatism,
or the hawking, splitting, blurred eye
sight, deafness, sick stomach, headache,
noises in the head, mucous throat, dis
charges, decaying teeth, bad breath, belch.
ing gas of catarrh, t'ke Botanic Blood
Balm CB. b. b.. 1t kills the poison in
the blood which causes these awful symp-
toms, giving a pure, healthy blood supply
to the joints and mucous membranes, and
makes a perfect cure of the worst rheuma-
tism or foulest catarrh. Cures where all
else fails. Blood Balm (B. b.. b. is com
posed of pure Botanic ingredients, good
for weak kidneys. improves the diges-
ton, cures dyspepsia. A perfect tonic for
old folks by giving them new, rich, pure
blood. Thoroughly tested for thirty years.
Druggists, 81 per large bottle, with com
plete directions for home cure. Sample
free and prepaid by writing Blood Balm
Co., Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble and
special free medical advice sent in sealed
letter.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-11-11
WORK OF

A new tim~erecording camera has
been patented in England. By photo
graphing IN automobile in motion and
a watch at the same moment, it Is pos.
sible for policemen to produce absolute
proof that a motorman has exceeded
the legal speed limit.
1t is reported from London that an
inventor named Apostolof has de-
vised a new process of milling wheat
by which the quantity Of -four OBJ
tanned is increased no less than Is
per cent. The quality, 1t is claimed,
Is improved at the same time.
A device has been patented in Aus
tralia whereby a number of radial of
curved V-sectioned vanes of blades are
disposed between the hub and rim
of the wheel of a cycle for the pur-
pose Of assisting the propulsion of the
vehicle by means of the air currents in.
duced by the vanes.
An inventive genius has patented a
detachable fur collar for %overcoats,
and some local clothing manufacture
ers think highly of it. 1t fastens over
the permanent collar with flaps, and
when adjusted 1t would puzzle an ex.
pert to detect its on and off feature.
The economy herein presented is obvi-
Ous.
An Italian scientist has invented a
novel substitute for irrigation. He
uses the fruit of the Barbary nopal,
a fig tree which bears figs that are ex.
cellent reservoirs of moisture. In the
spring the scientist digs a ditch about
the foot OF the tree he desires to pro-
tect from the coming drought and this
ditch is filled with figs cut into thick
pieces. A dense layer is made and
beaten down. The m%ucilaginous pulp,
covered with earth, stores up much
moisture, which it gives off gradually,
watering the tree sometimes for as
long a period as four months.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-11-11
WEE WITTY BITS.

Our worst enemies are the friends
who have failed to find us profitable.
The cost Of living doesn't trouble
those who can beg, borrow or steal.
Ii Is not necessary for a man to
carry a gun If he is looking for work.
A lot Of energy is expended ia try.
ing to find out things we are sorry to
know.
A metropolis Is a town of so much
Importance that 1t no longer has to
brag about 1t.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-11-11
Cheating the Calves.

There never was a man who was
smart enough to cheat his calves and
young stock, He may think ho is do.
Ing it when he scrimps them on their
r%atiOns, but he will find out when il
comes to figuring up in tie fall that
le is the one who has lost money.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-11-11
4 TRULY IDEAL WIFE
HER HUSBANDS BEST HELPER
Vigorous health Is the Great Source of
the Power to Inspire and Encourage
All Women Should Seek 1t.

One o. the most noted, successful and
richest men of this century, in u recent
article, has said, Whatever | am and
whatever success l have attained in
this world | owe all to my wife. From
the day ] first knew her she has been
an inspiration, and the greatest help
mate of my life"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-11-11

C<ASG ZA11D SOI4E Il ThoscW Tho Smoke thu
WEIGHED by His Soap

In the little town Of Peru, ten miles from
Pittsfeld. the farmers in the winter bring
their butter and eggs to Frank Creamer's
and exchange them for tea, sugar OF any
thing else they need.
One day Mrs. Ackert brought some but
ter in pound humps to exchange, and after
weighing them, he said: Mrs Ackert, TINS
butter does not weigh a pound.
81 can't help that" she sad, Il weighed
Il by a pound Of soap ! got here a few days
ago."-Boston Herald.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-11-11
H SCALP HUMOR.
Suffered Tortures Until Cured by
Cuticura-Scratched Day
and Night.

my scalp was covered with little PIN
pies and / suffered t%ortures from the
itching. | was scratching all day and
night, and | could get no rest. ! washed
my head with hot water and Cuticura
Soap and then applied the Cuticura ONT
ment as a dressing. One box of the oint-
ment and one cake of Cuticura Soap
cured me. Now my head ia entirely clear
and my hair is growing s~plendidly.
have used Cuticura Soap ever since, and
shall never be without it. (Signed) Ada G.
Smith, 800 Grand St, Jersey City, n. j."
"De man dat does de mos work." said
Uncle Eben, "ain' de man dat loses time
standin' roun' talkin' bout how much
work he does,'-Washington Star.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-11-11
New Industry.

Agent will just leave this prospectus.
cir, and when you read it through care
fully, you will see that you cannot pos
sibly do without our company, If You
want to make sure of the future Of your
wife and little ones.
Business Man-What's your speciality
1--WE insure you against loss on your life
insurance policies Baltimore American.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-11-11
First Cemetery

The earliest English cemetery as
distinct from churchyards and burial
grounds connected with places Of wor-
ship, is that at Kensal Green, which
was |consecrated in 1882, long after
the first separate grounds in America
The word means sleeping place"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-11-11

al thought you said he was a big corpora
ton lawyer
mot at all
"Im sure you told me he spent most OF
his lime attending to a big corporation.
eyes, his " corporation. He, fcgevcr
eating and drinking - Brooklyn Eagle.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-11-11

do you think he loves you?' asked
Maudc.
II don't know" answered Mamie.
Gle writes to lou every day 2
yes; but hi letters seem susplciously
sane and sensible. STRAY Stories.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-11-11
His Selfshness.

"Tf eyou don't stop narging me, Emily, |
shall shoot myself this very minute"
Eyes. that's Just like you, when you know
how nervous ! an when | hear a shot
Meggendorfer Blaetter.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-11-11

had kidney trouble so badly they were
ngonized with pain in the back, head
and loins, rheumatic attacks and urin-
airy disorders. am gladto recommend
such a deserving remedy.
(SignedD MARCUS r. MAYER.
Sold by all dealers. so cents IA box.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-11-11
Use of Millet Seed.

Millet seed is one of the finest foods
Tor chickens, as well as other fowls
Scattered among dry leaves it will
make a drove Of chickens busy and
happy for hours.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-11-11

Not until it is all over can the editor de-
eide whether an automobile race shall be
printed on the sporting page or among the
days tragedies.-Baltimore Sun.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-11-11

Taylor's Cherokee Remedy Of Sweet Gum
and Mullen is Nature great remedy Cures
Coughs, Colds, Group and Consumption,
and all throat and lung troubles. AT drug
gists, DC, SOC. and Sl.0O per bottle.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-11-11
In These Dave al Graft.

"That thief, it seems to me, got a re-
markably light sentence"
Yes; 1t was pro 5ed that he was
guilty of plain, direct stealing. and the
novelty Of the thing caught the jury
Chicago Tribune.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-11-11

diti, buot, ga IN,
Coquelin and other
famous singers and
actors, writes
Gentlemen: | wish
as many suffering men
and women as / can
reach to know the ex-
ccllcnce of Doan's
Kidney Pills. ! was
greatly benefited by
this remedy and know
IL purp1 Savarp1 who
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-11-11

When a man has learned to get along
without pride or prejudice he has mastered
the greatest lessons in life.-Detroit Free
Press.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-11-11

I am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption
my life three years ago.-Mrs. Thos.
Robbins, Norwich, n. Y, Feb. II, 1900.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-11-11

three sides so that It will be easy TO
shovel into. | then fastened one hook
on each corner at the bottom to hang
the bag on. A two-inch strip three
ieet long was then bolted on to The
fiat side of the hopper, and in this a
number of holes were bored. This
finished my bagholder, and all | have
to do is to hang 1t on a spike, using
the different holes in the strip for this
purpose, according to the size OF the
bag. The illustration shows the plan y
This is another of those little de-
vices that Is useful to the farmer.
There are comparatively few things
that are more useful than a good bag
holder. Ordinarily two men are re-
quired to do the work that one man
can do If he has a bag holder that is
practical 1t appears as though our
Stephenson county CID subscriber
his a plan that will answer every rur-
pose. Some will object to it on &C
count of the hooks, and the liability
of tearing the bag, but we venture
even though there Is some injury,
that the damage will not be so great
but what the top of the bag will last
as long as will the bottom where 1t
'omes in contact with the floor.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-11-11

Obstinacy is the foundation Of many a fat
fee for lawyers.-N. y. Times.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-11-11
Nv
Wf} ,ta9sllG]JS
A HANDY BAG HOLDER.
Farmer Tells How He Made One
Which Did Better Service
Than Many Others.

A subscriber in Stephenson county,
Illinois. writes to the Prairie Farmer.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-11-11
GRATIFYING PRAISE.
Letter from Marcus Mayer, the Great
Patron of Music and Drama.

Marcus R. Mayer, who brought TO
America Nine. Patti, Duse, Salvini,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-11-11

saying: II saw in
your paper lately
an illustration OF
a b a h o
which | think ]
can beat. | make
a frame at the bot
tom of two-incl
strip, 6xS inches
square, with a
solid wood back.
For my hopper |
used sheet iron of
an old binder, cut
ting 1t to slant
ont at the ton on
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-11-30

There was an. element of humor in
the interview which took place in Paris
between the Shah of Persia and NJ.
Curie, the French scientist. His maJes-
ty had expressed his desire to see the
wonders of radum, so a telegram was
sent to NJ. Curie asking him to present
himself at the Elysee Palace Hotel,
says the London Chronicle.
Your name and your great discov-
cry are known to us in Persia" said
the Shah, after the manner of an Ara
bian Night" potentate addressing a
magician Il wish to see this famous
radum, which is described as having
the most marvellous powers"
Sire" replied NJ. Curie, Il can sat
isfy your curiosity, but not here, for
the light is too strong. In order that
you may properly see the brilliance OF
radium | must show it in a room which
is dark-entirely dark"
The Shah, whose nervousness is very
well known, did not take kindly to the
idea of a dark room, and called his
grand vizier, who suggested drawing
the curtains of the room, but M. Curie
persisted that blackness was necessary.
Thereupon the Shah called M. Paoli,
the French detective protector of roy
alties, who assured his majesty that
there was no danger. So the party de-
scended to the underground apartment
in the hotel known as the safe room.
M. Curie began expounding the prop
critics of radium, and then gave a sig
nal for the electric light to be switched
off. Immediately a panic seized the
Shah's suite and all cried out in Per-
sian and in French, Light Light!
Turn on the light" The electricity was
switched on again, and the disappoint-
ed savant was forced to show his ra-
dunn In a lighted room.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-11-30
ROOSEVELT AS A BEAR HUNTER.
Black Sort Not Formidable Brute
--Easily Loses its Head.

Ordinarily, however, a black bear
VIII not charge home, though he
may buster n good deal. saws the
President. | once shot one very
close up which made a most lament
able outcry, and seemed to lose its
head, It's efforts 10 escape resulting in
It's bouncing about among the trees
with such Needless hurry that | was
easily able to XIII It.
Another black bear. which I also
shot at close quarters, came straight
for my companions and myself, and
almost ran over the white hunter
who was with me. This bear made
no sound whatever when I first hit
II, and | DO not think It was charg-
Ing. | believe It was simply dazed,
and by accident ran the wrong way,
and so almost came into collision
with us.
However. when It found itself face
to face with the white hunter. and
only four or five feet away. II pre-
pared for hostilities, and think
would have maulod him II | had not
Drained It with another bullet; for I
was myself standing but six feet or 50
to one side of It, None of the bears
shot on this Colorado trip made a
sound when hit; they all died silent
ly, like so many wolves.
Ordinarily, my experience has
been that bears were not nurried
when | suddenly came upon them
They impressed me as If they were
always keeping in mind the place to-
ward which they wished to retreat in
the event OF danger, and for this
place, which was Invariably a piece
of rough ground or dense timber,
they made off with all possible speed.
not seeming to lose their heads.
Frequently | have been able to
watch bears for some time while my
self unobserved. With other game I
have very often done this even when
within close range, not wishing to
kill creatures needlessly, or without
a good object; but with bears, my
experience has been that chances to
secure them come so seldom as to
make It very distinctly worth while
improving any that do come.-New
York Mail