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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-01-21
MIGHT HAVE SAVED 1T.
A Lot of Trouble from Too Much
Starchy Food.

A little boy of eight years whose
parents did not feed him on the right
kind of food, was always nervous and
suffered from a weak condition of the
stomach and bowels. Finally he was
taken down with appendicitis and after
the operation the doctor, knowing that
his intestinal digestion was very weak,
put him on Grape-Nuts twice a day,
He rapidly recovered and about two
months thereafter. his Father states,
"He has grown to be strong, muscular,
and sleeps soundly, weighs GO pounds
and his whole system Is in a fine
condition of ncalth." Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
It IS plain that if he had been put Oh
Grape-Nuts at an earlier period in his
life, and kept from the use CT foods
that he could not digest, he never
would have had appendicitis, That
disease Is caused by undigested food
decaying in the stomach and bowels,
causing irritation and making To- the
growth of all kinds Of microbes, get
ting up a diseased condition which is
the active cause of appendicitis, and
this is more marked with people who
do not properly digest white bread.
Grape-Nuts is made of the selected
parts of wheat and barley and by the
peculiar processes of the cooking at the
factory, all of tie starch is turned into
sugar ready for immediate digestion
and the more perfect nourlshment Of
all parts of the body, particularly the
brain and nerve centres,
Read the little book. Tie Road Il
MELVILLE" found Ia caOh pEg,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-01-21
SOME FASHIONABLE FRILLS
Pretty Trifes That Enter Into the
Composition of the Latest
Costumes.

A trunk, on the wardrobe order, with
writing desk attachments, is the latest
Louis XVI. ribbon work is the trim.
ming novelty, says he Brooklyn Eagle.
The use of several shades of one color
is a distinctive note in the new embroid-
cred trimmings.
Droderie Anglaise will be the leader in
wash embroideries next season.
Silk embroideries in broderie Anglaise
design are also promised.
In linen trimmings, raised effects will
predominant.
Apricot is one of the shades noticed In
trimmings.
Notified cslfskin is utilized for a va
riety of accessories for the desk and
dressing table. characterization in art
nouyeau design lends a decorative
touch.
Walrus is the preferred leather for
bags.
On account Of its lightness, aluminium
is employed for the framework Of hand
bags. The silyery hued metal is usual
ly concealed by a leather covering.
Plated neckwear is promised consid-
cradle vogue next spring and summer.
Apropos of the fancy for ruching, the
Paris correspondent of a dry goods jour
nal says that an American buyer who
asked for ruchines in Paris was met
with the reply: you are evidently an
American; no one else wants ruching in
Europe"
Both for the street and house. coats OF
velvet are worn, with skirts of different
material.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-01-21
WHAT WOMEN ARE DOING.

The position of assistant chemist in
a New Jersey chemical manufacturing
establishment is filed by a member OF
the class Of "a, Ct Wellesley.
Mrs. f. Weatherrcd's specially Ii
representing her native state, Oregon,
at expositions, Having performed
this service at the Pan-American and
St. Louis fairs, she will now give her
time next year 10 the Lewis and Clark
exposition, to be held at Portland, Ore.
An odd mission for a woman has
just been undertaken by Miss Gwen
dolyn s. Hamilton. She has gone TO
Kingston. Jamaica. at the behest OF
the new British Cotton Growing asso-
citation to report on the possibilities
for cotton growing in the West Indies.
She is only q, but has written consid-
cyably on scientific topics.
Mrs. II. e. Root has not many COM
petitors in her line, namely, bill post
or. As the manager Of an opera house
III y w NOliliS lONI o1t 'hIll'J' '''
eral bill posters, and when circum-
stances a few years ago left her minus
her help, she started in to do the work
herself, until she could teach a new
set Of helpers the secret Of FASTING
autographs on billboards.
In a recent address relative to the
progress of the woman movement an
Ohio clergyman said: There are over
100000 professional women in the
United States. There are 1000 law
yers, 1000 journalists, 5000 clergymcn,
1000 physicians, 5000 government Of
%ficials, "a 600 merchants and $3.50 300
teachers and college professors, And
women are gaining on men in almost
all the occupations, save, strange to
say, those of domestic servants, laun-
derers, mil!lners and saloonkeepers."
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-01-21
TOO MUCH PROSPERITY.
Jewel of a Cook Uses Reward for
Industry in Making Her
Escape.

A young brokers' wife had al last pro.
cured a cook with skill in her Inc and
suburban staying powers. But the spell
was broken by the husband while his wife
was at the shore for a few weeks relates
the New York Sun.
Selma" he said one day to the Nor
wegian jewel, III you have a couple OF
hundred dollars saved up I'll double it on
the street for you to-day" So the trust
ing servant turned over to the young
broker $50 of her years saving. That
night the broker returning home entered
through the size gate. As he passed the
kitchen door he saw the prize COOK pre-
pairing dinner.
SELMA" he called. Look here, It's
oil yours. And he held up a roll of bills.
"All for me-" she gasped. How much
is it?" -.
Five hundred and forty dollars" said
the broker.
Il work no more. | 20 back to Norway
tonight" And grabbing the money she
dartcd upstairs. The broker ate l,ls din
ner that night at a suburban restaurant,
and now the couple have a city apart
mput,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-01-21
Custa4d Cake.

First line a plain mold with a little
jelly, and decorate it with thin strips
of citron and preserved cherries; melt
two ounces Of best felatine in a gill OF
cold water, then stir into a pint Of Gus
tard made of milk and eggs; sweeten all
to taste and flavor with essence OF
lemon; whip one ell of sweet cream to p
stiff froth and add to the custard grad.
ually; afterward stir in half an ounce
Of citron, chopped small; crumple
enough sponge cake to make a pint and
add to the above, then pour into the
mold; when the cake is cold and set,
turn out and serve. If you wish, add
two ounces of chopped almonds to the
custard-they are an improvement
Peoples Home Journal.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-01-21
A Stove-Lifter.
PROVES GREAT POWER
When Regular Medical Treatment
Failed, DR.. Williams Pink Pills
Cured Her Rheumatism.

Hundreds of people afflicted with rheu-
matism have spent years under the care
of excellent physicians in vain. Then
they have settled down to the conviction
that it is fastened on them for life. Mrs.
Dinsmorc was not willing to join the
ranks Of the hopeless merely because her
doctor did not know how to help her.
Here is her story
"Four years ago I suffered greatly
with rheumatism in my hands and
knees. After | had been sitting a while
my limbs seemed so heavy could hardly
walk OH the first attempt. So long as 1
kept moving | was all right, but just as
Don rs | stopped, something seemed t.
settle in my knees and make them ache.
My hands were so bad | couldn't touch
the palms Of them o flat surface; they
were swollen and panied So"
"Did you call III a Physician"
al doctorcd steadily for over a year;
! then one doctor said you have taken
medicine strong enough to kill almost
anything Still, it did not kill me nor
INC IllcullluJiSlll'
GLOW, then, did you get rid of it?"
cat different times | had read in vari-
ous publications about DIR. Williams
wonderful Pink Pills for Pale People,
and | finally decided to try them. / took
them steadily for four months in nc
cordance with the directions. BY that
time | was completely cured"
"Have You been free from it ever
SINGER"
"Since then I have had but one slight
return Of my trouble, and a box or two Of
the same pills made me all fright again"
Mrs. II. A. Dinsmore lives in hearty
enjoyment of her recovered health at
Woburn, Mass, entirely freed from tho
grave anXieties that rheumatism always
brings. When it appears in but a single
Joint it shows that the blood is in faulty
state in the whole body. 1t may at any
moment break out elsewhere, and one of
the dangers is that it may break out i'll
the heart and then the result must be
fatal. The only security is to keep the
blood all the time i'll a perfectly sound
condition.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills make healthy
blood. All other relief is superficial.
This is thorough. These pills are sold
by all druggists.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-01-21
Lobster Rissoies.

Mince fine the meat of one boiled
lobster, pound the coral smooth and sea
son with pepper, salt and a grating OF
nutmeg. Add the grated yolks of three
hard boiled eggs, Make a batter Of two
ta%blespoonfuls of milk, one tablespoon
full OF -four and one egg. Beat these we'll
add to the lobster mixture and set where
it will cool. When stiff enough roll in
balls about the size of a horse chestnut
and brown in hot butter in a chatting dish.
Washington Star,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-01-21
A PARACUAYAN REVOLUTION
Heads of Army and Navy Dragged
Ashore by a Single Shirt Z,
Collar.

During a recent revolution in Paraguay,
according to a correspondent, a minister
OF war and the admiral OF a fleet were
captured when swimming for liberty and
dragged from the river by a single shirt
collar" The whole Paraguayan navy was
captured at the same time. The plot
was Matched in Buenos Ayres, says the
correspondent. One dark night a steamer
sailed from the port OF La Plata bearing
several hundred patriots, with krupp
field pieces, rifles and ammunition. When
the boat got near that historic spot, HUI
malta, which played such an important
part in the war that ended in the down
fall and death Of the Dictator Lopez, she
encountered the entire Paragaayan navy.
This navy consisted of a steam barge
seized from a private river company and
manned by 100 men. 1t Was commanded
by the minister CT war, who turned him
self into an admiral for the occasion. A
Characteristic South American fight took
place.
At the first shot the war minister and
the admiral jumped overheard and tried
to swim ashore. But the pair were caught
by the victors and dragged out of the
water by the single shirt collar mentioned
nboVp
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-01-21
RUSSIA'S CHILD FARMERS.
Boys and Girls of the Cars Domain
Look After the Poultry,
Pigs and Cattle.

In every large estate in Russia the
raising Of poultry is a leading indus
try. Children Go much of the work,
| especially in the summer months, says
an eastern paper,
The poultry house is a large wood
en- Building, divided into separate com
partments for the different breeds of
birds. Chickens, geese, ducks, and tur-
keys are bred in large numbers, and
great care is necessary to keep them
in good health, as they are kept in
doors in the cold months, when only
the ducks and geese are hardy enough
to be permitted to spend a few min
utcs in the open air on sunny days.
The poultry house is heated by large
brick stoves. Next to the house is the
kitchen of the woman who has charge
of them. Her children, or some of the
children on the estate, assist her in
feeding and caring for her feathered
1locks.
In the summer the pastooks and pas
tooshkas, as the boys and girls are
called who look after the poultry, pigs
and cattle in the fields, relieve their
elders Of the care of the poultry. These
children drive the flocks out to the
fields in the early morning, each with
a loaf Of black rye bread. The fields
abound in brooks and rivulets as a
rule in which the geese and ducks dis
port themselves,
The pastooks and pastooshkas hang
their scanty clothing on the ever-pres-
ent willow trees, and mudlark to their
hearts content, leaving the water only
when the flocks show an inclination to
wander too far.
Toward nightfall the birds are
driven home and fed, while the boys
and girls repair to their straw-thatched
and llme-washed i2bas, where they
climb into the narrow hunks to sleep
after a meal of cabbage soup and rye
bread, washed down with kvas, a fer
mented drink made from meal and
honey,
This time is the happiest time Of
their lives. The harder labors of the
farm soon succeeds it. Farming in
Russia means constant toll from the
thawing of the ground until it is frozen
again, The pastooks and the p~astoosh-
kas suffer the least of all engaged In
agriculture.
Poultry raising is lucrative. The ex-
port of eggs and fowls of all kinds is
very large. Thus the little poultry
tenders perform an important econom-
ic part in farm life in Russia.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-01-21
THE "HOLY CAKE WALK"
Extraordinary Card to Draw Converts
Was Not a Gratifying
Success.

A strange scene was again witnessed
in the Camberwell Public Baths recent
~, says the London Daily Mail. The
bath had been drained to mako room
for the Pentecostal dancers from Dem
YER City. The other night they held an
other service, introducing the Holy
Cake Walk" by which they hope to gain
converts by the thousand.
A quintet of ladies wearing smart
American blouses and tight-fitting
nurses %bonnets, headed by Rev. Mrs.
Obadiah Kent-White, sang Burning
Bush songs, and danced Highland
filings with a will.
Mrs. 0badiah's husband wears broad
cloth and a plaintive look. Mrs. Obadiah
herself is a pueilistic-looking lady, and
emphatlcally the man at the helm. u
One glance flashed from her steel gray
eyes, and the whole troupe caper uI
and down and cake walk and shrek for
their very lives. The ecstatic-lookine
girl in brown jumps a foot higher. and
Rev. Mr.. obadiah mildly waltzes with
Rev. Mr., Hartley.
Mrs. obadiah brooks no rivals neal
her throne, A meek-eyed young man
who stated he was connected with a local
Christian church, wanted to have his
say.
Fiercely Mrs. Obadiah glowered at the
interrupter. Git" she said. mo one
speaks here until we are better acquaint-
ed'-and the troupe danced approval.
The dancing proved infectious. Two
men in the audience ventured to execute
a cake walk in the hall. Fer a moment
Mrs, 0badiah's iron expression relaxed
Two converts were gained, and the
dancers set up a chorus of praise tc
Heaven. Alas! the hopes of Mrs
Obadiah were doomed TO disappoint-
ment, True. the dancers were "elevat-
ed" but not spiritually. T%enderly two
white-robed bath attendants assisted
them to the door,
Then Mrs. obadiah commenced ar
hours succession of impassioneC
shrieks. There is nothing gently per.
suasive about the platform manner Of
the leader of the Pentecostal Dancers
Her expression is pueilistic, her pictures
lurid, and her points forced home witt
a sledge hammer. In no existing re-
lieion was there full scope for a lady
Of Mrs. Obadiah's extraordinary talents
and so she founded the Holy Dance.
Chicken suppers, doughnut social'
and oyster stews were among the deadly
sins mathematical by Mrs. Obadiah
and those engaged in them were, in the
lady's opinion, on the straight road tc
perdition. The holiness CT this land
she deplored, had all gene into the cook
ing business,
Conversion to Mrs. Obadiah's peculiar
doctrine has had startling results. One
friend of hers in Denver City, who stole
some mules, could see nothing but mules
with "hell fire streaming out of their
eyes" while to a lady who eyaded pay.
ing her ear fare, f.e-cent pieces looked
as big as cart wheels.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-01-21
DIFFICULT TRANSLATION.
How a Missionary on the Congo River
Complies His Grammar and
Dictionary.

When the American Bible society de-
cides that a new race shall have a BIZ
Bile of its own, a grant of money is
made ard the first steps toward trans
lation are begun.
Let us suppose the recipient Of such
q grant is Rev. Mr.. Smith, of some re-
mote cannibal village on the Kongo
river in Central Africa, says a writer
in Everybody's. There he is; he has
only just arrived. Not ore word Of
the gibberish around him does he I'M
derstand; and the natives may say the
same of his tongue. The first thing to
DC is to build his house; and even
while he is building it he has his note
book and pencil in n hand and his
trowel or a brick or plank of wood
In the other.
The first phrase he gets to know is
"What is this?' o. What is that?"
These questions he fires off at his
assistants at all hours of the day and
night; has them repeated again and
again, and carefully notes down their
phonetic equivalents. This is the
nucleus OF a kind of dictionary and
grammar combined, and this tedious
work goes on simultaneously with the
building operations and the general
work of winning the confidence Of the
natives. perhaps for a year or two.
BY that time the vocabulary is pretty
complete, and Mr.. Smith begins on the
work for which he has all this time
been preparing himself.
AS the greatest work of the Amer
lean Bible society has been done IN
China, it seems fitting that the most
remarkable copy of the Bible the so
ciety has yet produced should be in
that tongue. | refer to the sumptu-
Gus edition de luxe presented to the
dowager empress of China on her six
t.eth birthday by the British and
American ministers on behalf Of the
Christian women of that country.
The book was manufactured by the
Presbyterian press in conjunction with
the silversmiths of Canton and had sill
yer covers embossed with bamboo and
bird designs. i, was printed on the
very finest paper obtainable, with the
biggest type, and a border of gold en-
circled every page. 1t was incased in
a casket Of solid silver. the whole weigh
ing ten and a half pounds, and there was
a gold inscription plate on the cover OF
the casket.
No sooner was this superb volume
presented to the dowager empress than
she sent her eunuchs from the palace to
the book store Of the Bible society to
ask for a common copy, so that she
and her ladies might compare the two
texts. Her majesty evidently thought
the Christians had one version for the
palace and another for the hovel,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-01-21
People Who Radiate Cheer.

Who can estimate the value of a sun
nv soul who scatters gladness and good
cheer wherever he goes, instead OF
gloom and sadness? Everybody is at
tracted to these cheerful faces and sun
nv lives, and repealed by the gloomy
the morose and the sad. We envy people
who radiate cheer wherever they go and
fling out gladness from every pore,
Money, houses and lands look con.
temptible beside such a disposition
Detroit Free Press.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-01-21
CAUSE AND CURE
OF RHEUMATISM.
hown by Numerous Cures MNdcb by
Dodd's Kidney Pills-Thcy Cure
kidneys and the rheumatism
Cures ItscIf-Rcmarkable Case
of Maggie r., Deckert.

Eagle River, Wis, Jan. l6th.-(SpeciaD
That rheumatism is caused ty dis
ordered kidneys is proved by the cures
Dodd's Kidney Pills are making IN every
state in the Union. They cure the KID
neys and the Rheumatism cures itself. a
cure that has caused deep interest in this
neighborhood is that of Maggie Il. Deck
ert. In speaking of it she says:
Il had kidney trouble and rheumatism,
and was so lame | could not, walk. |
was in a terrible state and firmly believe
that if / had not used Dodd's Kidney
Pills | would be dead. | took nine boxes
of them and they have done me more
good than all the other medicines | ever
took. Now my aches are all gone, lean
eat and sleep and | am feeling good. |
want all the world to know that Dodd's
Kidney Pills cured me-"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-01-21
lydia e. Pinkham,s VegetabIe Compound.

Il will entirely cure the worst forms of Female Complaints, all Ovarian
'ronbhcsr Inflammation and liberation. Failing and Displacement of the
Ionh, and consequent Spinal Weakness, and is peculiarly adapted to the
1haDfc of Life.
II has cured more cases of Backoehe and LepGoThga than any other rem
edy the world has ever known. 1t is almost infalible in such cases. 1t
dl@oycs and eNpes tumors from The Uterus in an early stage of de-
seop nent.
Irregular, Suppressed or Painful Mensruaton, Weakness of the stomach,
cnoig stion, Boating, Flooding Nervous Prostraton, Headache. General Dciil
~ quickly yield toit. Womb troubles. causing pain, weight and lackaChc in
renuy relieved and permanently cured by its use. Under all circumstances it
pTgorates the female system. ana is as harmless as water
II quickly removes That Rcaring-down Feeling extreme lasstudc, don't
and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. fecingi cXciabiity, irrtabiity, nervous
-ess. Dizziness taintnca, slecpcSness, natulency, melanchoyo the 4" blucsn
md headache. These re sure Indications of Female Weakness, or some de-
fnbgsment Of the Uterus which this medicine always cures Kidney Complaints
MI lackache. of either sex, the Vegetable Compound always cures
Those women who refuse to accept anything else are rewarded a hundred
lot md times, for they get what they want-a cure. Sold by Druggists
~'Ty where Refuse all substitutes.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-01-21

Horace Walpole once told this story
Of Lady Ailesbury: On her return to
London from abroad her ladyship
found that the duchess OF Devonshire
had still the highest feathers, Upon
this she tried to get one higher, with
out success, till she luckily thought of
sending to an undertaken. He sent
word that his hearses were all out, but
they were expected in a few DAYS and
then he hoped to accommodate her LADY,
ship.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-01-21
WEST INDIAN PROVERBS,
Trouble neber blow trumpet,

Trouble neber blow trumpet.
Spider an fly no mek-good bargain.
What man no know is good for know.
When fowl merry, hawk him catch
chicken.
When dog hab too much owner, him
sleep widout supper.
When berryin' day come at you door,
you no pick an choose gravedigger.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-01-21
His Theory.

"If | were a rumor, said the poor but
honest young man, Il would probably be
able 10 win the heiress in a walk"
why do you say that?' Queried the
dense friend.
Because" explained the other, "a
rumor soon gains currency, you know
Chicago News.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-01-21

A juryman who appeared before Sir
James Hammer in a London courtroom
recently was in deep mourning and
claimed exemption from service on the
ground that he was interested in a
funeral that day at which he desired
to be present. ooh, certainly" said
the courteous Judge, and the man went
%sad-facedly away. do you know the
man you have exempted" asked the
clerk. mo-" said Sir James. "He is
an undertaken" was the reply.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-01-21

This was the felicitous compliment
of the mayor of Coventry &c Queen
Elizabeth after The rout of the armada:
81 always thought, your majesty, that
the S%paniard, when he attacked you,
got the wrong SOW by the ear!'
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-01-21

Queen Victoria was greatly moved on
the occasion of the distribution or
medals at the close of the Crimean
war, but her grief was not apparent
to those less sympathetic. WAS the
queen |touchod?" a lady asked Lord
Panmure. BLESS my soul, no." was
the reply; "she had a brass railing be-
fore her and no one could touch her!"
81 mean was she moved?" the lady
continued, and was answered: Moved?
She had no occasion to move"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-01-21
TICKLESoME ALE

Said a man who had been detected
cheating at cards: "They threaten to
kick me downstairs. What TN | to
do?' The friend appealed to offered
this timely counsel: "Play on the
ground floor"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-01-21

The race of Todas, in India, which
practices %polyandry Zone wife having
two or more husbandsl, which was
100000 strong a century agQl has dWip
died TO jQI persons,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-01-21
Anv Port.

port your helml' roared Roiest.
yensky as the Russian feet arrived in
eastern waters
Porte" queg!ed the man at Tie wheel.
Eyes" roated The brave commander
Neutral yort Houston p05t,