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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-01-05
ELEVEN YEARS OF ECZEMA.
Hands Cracked and Bleedino-Nal
Came Off Of Finger-Cuticura Rem.
edies Brought Prompt Relief,

Il had eczema On my hands for
about eleven years. The hands crack.
ed open in many places and bIed One
OF my fingers was so bad that the
nail came off, had often heard of
cures by the Cuticura Remedies bnt
mad no confidence in them as 7 had
tried so many remedies, and they all
mad failed to cure me. I had seen
three doctors, but got no relief Final.
ly my husband said that We wouId
try the Cuticura Remedies, so we qot
cake of Cuticura Soap, a box of
Cuticura Ointment, and two bottles
OF Cuticura Resolyent Pills. Of course
l Keep Cuticura Soap all the time for
my hands, but the one cake of Soan
and half a box of Cuticura Ointment
cured them. 1t is surely a BLESSING
Tor me to have my hands well, and 7
am very proud of having tried Cnti.
cura Remedies, and recommend tbem
to all suffering with eczema Mrs
Eliza A. Wiley r, f. D. No. ?. tbs.
comb, Iowa. Oct Is. 1906"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-01-05
Peru Claims Kuroki.

Gen. Kurold, the famous japanese
soldier, has been varlously described
as of Polish, Russian and German OK
traction. Another interesting chap.
ter has been added to this genealogical
symposium by an. official publication
in the Official Gazette, of Lima, Peru,
which makes the claim, and submits
a plausible statement of facts to prove
it, that Kuroki's father was a Peruvian
patriot whose name was Transito
Charroqui. 1t is also declared that
The generals father was a descendant
OF the Incas, who themselves are be-
lleyed to have been descendants of an
Asiatic race, so Kuroki is an ataylsm
and has come into his own in the land
of his fathers.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-01-05
FARnER AND PLANTER
SELLING COTTON AHEAD.
The Farmer Gets the Worst End Of
the Bargain.

For several years some farmers
have been selling their cotton in win.
ter or spring for fall delivery Many
who would not gamble in cotton fu-
lures would sell their cotton ahead
and thus help the gamblers. In some
way their figure every year that an
enormous crop is going to be made
and that the price of cotton will so
down to five or six cents, and that by
selling at about ten cents, they will
/ get ahead of their neighbors Ten
cents is the price usually paid for
cotton sold this way. 1t is true that
some Of this cotton has been deliver
ed when the price was under ten
cents, and then the farmer feels good
about his trade, but for the past few
years the average price has been above
ten cents, SO that selling ahead is a
losing business. If cotton did not
range most of the time above ten
cents the mill men and merchants
would not engage cotton ahead at
that price The Spectator, the cot
ton mill man and the merchant plan
the game from carefully prepared
statistics and the farmer bets on their
game. A safe rule 10 follow all through
life Is never TO bet on anybody elses
game. Another good rule to make is
not to sell anything which you do not
possess and do not know that you ever
will have as yours, The farmer who F..
sells cotton in winter or spring to he
grown that year does not know, and /
cannot know, just what he is doing. |
More cotton was engaged from this |
crop than from any crop in the past In
our opinion, this was one Of the rea-
sons why 1t went so low in Seatem.
Der Hundreds of thousands of bales
were delivered on contracts by men
able to hold their cotton and who
would have held it but for the fact
they had it sold and wanted to fill
contracts. This cotton coming on the
market at that time lowered the
price. 1t was figured that enough
cotton had to be delivered under con.
tracts to run the mihs, and therefore
1t was not important TO put tie price
up. We think that but ,or ;he stolms
In the far south and the wet weather
here which greatly decreased the nam
Der of bales Of god cotton, the price
would have remained low, largely on
account of the contracted cotton,
-Smithfield IN. c. Herald.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-01-05

Great Britain and her colonies and
the United States represent together
the fabulous total of 1l10OO0OOO
Engllsh-spealllng persons, figures
which leave all competitors hopeless
ly in the rear Germany and Russia
occupy second place with 100000
apiece, and France. Spain, Italy and
Portugal follow, with 5LOOOO00, 49,.
100000. 100000 and 100000 re.
spectively. according to The Atlas of
the Worlds Commerce.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-01-05

Happily the horse has faculty for
upsetting the gloomy predictions that
he is fated to be put out of business
blythe automobile. The horse business
has kept right on developing in spite
of the fact that the automobile indus.
try has been engaged in similar I'M
dertaHng. The demand for horses is
still great. The supply of some
classes of them is inadequate. The
prices are high. The automobile may
scare the horse into the ditch, but
It isn't likely to crowd him to the wall.
There will always be a field for the
horse, as there will always be a field
for the omobile.--IIartford Times.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-01-05
MADE THEM ALL LAUGH.
Book Must Have Been Funny, but No
One Knew What Is Was.

1t must have been very funny
story! The type looked funny from
across the aisle of the car, the pic.
lures looked funny, and the young
lady who was reading it doubled I'D
in fits Of stifled laughter every few
minutes. The young man in the seat
with her could not help stealing a
glance at the pages of the book which
was evidently so funny. but whose
cover was carefully doubled back out
of sight, and soon he began to laugh
as he unblushingly followed the story
page after page, shaking with sup.
pressed merrimeat.
The woman in the seat at right an.
giles became interested and looked
over the girls shoulder. Presently
her face broadened into a grin and
soon she was convulsiyely shaking.
The man in the seat across smiled a
the scene, A boy few seats dow
the aisle grinned sympathetically.
dafky still further down showed all
his white teeth. The contagion spread
until the car was nearly on the verge
OF Mysteries, when the falr reader got
up to leave the train, yet no one but
the girl herself had any idea as to
what the book was,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-01-05
PRUNING GRAPES.
All Systems Are the Modification Of
Two.

Tho great majority OF growers prunC
their grapes in one way, without ref
erence to the fruiting haAlt Of the va
riety Probably the most common
method Of pruning is to cut the new
wood back to short spurs of two OF
three buds, leaving one spur at a
place, and distributing these at APP
proXimately regular intervals along
tht vine. Another very common style
of pruning is tie KniTIIn system, in
which the main vine Is carried With
out branches to a wire SIX feet from
the ground where two arms are
formed, and the lowest shoot on each
arm is cut back to S 10 ~ buds. the
arm being cut off just beyond this
shoot, thus leaving two long canes,
which are tied to the wire right and
left When the buds push in the
spring the rev growth, which bears
the fruit, is allowed to hang down,
thus checking wood growth and hav.
ing a tendency to increased size Of
fruit All systems of grape pruning
are notifications Of one or the other
of these.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-01-05
Art IN Hand.Mad, Articles.

Oscar S. Sraus the new secretary
Of commerce and labor, is o connols.
seur OF pottery and porcelains. Ma.
ehinery." he said, has robbed us of
our useful arts to great extent. In
machine-made things there can be no
artistic quality, no individual express
sion. In handmade things, even the
humblest, there is always an oppor-
tunity for art to show itself
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-01-05

Monarchs must know more than one
language King Edward, who trav-
eled so much, speaks French better
than some Frenchmen, and also Ger.
man. The ear of Russia speaks
French as well as his native tongue
and knows the numerous dialects.
Emperor William of Germany speaks
French and English correctly, and is
also well versed in Latin. The king
of SPAIN the youngest of all, speaks
German with ease and also French
and English. Because of his marriage
he now practices the latter. The king
of Portugal speaks French, English,
German and Spanish, The king of
Italy is master of French and Ger
man and is also well versed in the va
rious Italian dialects.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-01-05
One Reason for EaItnr.-

The late Barney Owens. OF Point
Breeze was a David Harum type oi
character. This noted and successful
horseman had way of saying wise
things with a seasoning of homely
humor. To a conceited man who had
Jailed egregiousiy in life Owens said
one day at Point Breeze: We'll, Bill,
you and I know how it is with some
men They're so busy blowing their
own horns that they can never hear
the factory whistle coaXing them TO
come to work, philadelphia Bulle,
tin.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-01-05

and dizzy spells also, but my worst
suffering was from renal collie. After
1 began using Doan's Kidney Pills |
passed a gravel stone as big as a
bean. Since then | have never had
an attack of gravel, and have picked
up to my former health and weight l
am a well man, and give Doau's Kid
ney Pills credit for ii"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-01-05
To Younu Men.

Young men who go away from their
parents and home to work for wages
on other farms should select places
where the manager will be an edu.
Gator to the young man. Select a
farm where the family read, where
there are agricultural papers to be
read, where there is taste and ambi.
ton to excel in farming, A young man
should not make money the main idea,
but should seek 10 improve his mind
and qualify himself to manage a farm
on @ higher basis.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-01-05
POSTUM CEREAL CO, LTD.
Guarantee On Their Products.

We warrant and guarantee that
all packages Of Postum Cereal, Grape.
Nuts and Elijah's Mamma hereafter sold
by any jobber or retailer, comply with
the provisions of the National Pure
Food Law, and are not and shall not
be adulterated or mis-branded within
the meaning Of said Act of Congress
approved June 80, 1906, and entitled,
IAN act for preventing the manufac-
ture, sale or transportation of adul-
terated or mis-branded or poisonous or
deleterious foods, drugs, medicines,
liquors, and for regulating traffic there
in for other purposes
POSTUM CEREAL Co, LTD.
c. w. Posi-, Chairman,
Battle Creek, Mich.
Dec 70, 1906.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 10Th day of December, 1906.
BENJAMIN F. REID,
Notary Public.
My commission expires July /, 1907.
Our goods are pure, they always
have been and always will be, they are
not mis.branded. We have always
since the beginning Of our business,
printed truthful statement on the
packages Of the ingredients contained
therein and we stand back of every
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-01-05

The labor situation in the Missia
sippi valley is one Of the serious prob
lens confronting not only PLANTING
but manufacturing interests, and the
courts are being called upon to close
up all dives in the cities and drive
all loiterers thereform, in order that
there may be enough help to gather
the cotton crop, and carry on man.
ufacturing industries, says a Memphis
Tenn dispatch to the New York
Commercial This step has been taken
in Memphis, and reports from Jackson
Miss, are to the effect that the pro.
prietors of manufacturing establish.
ments have appealed to the courts to
shut up all the low dives and stop the
Illicit sales of whisky, declaring that
if this is not done, the manufacturing
plants will have to be closed down.
At Vicksburg, Miss, efforts have beer
made to drive all unemployed negroes
ont of the city, ard recently one of
TIE judges was asked to adjourn court
and let the negroes who were on trial
60 to the cotton fields and help gather
the crops, request with which he
readily complied.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-01-05

Mark Twain tells now four years
ago he was invited b! the University
Of Missouri to 60 out t.ere and receive
the degree of IL. D. A the same time
he visited Hannibal, his boyhood
home. Just as he wasabout to leave
being accompanied to TIE station by a
crowd Of citizens TomINash, a school.
fellow, came up-whitt headed, but
still boy He shook hDnds with his
friend OF many a year and nodding
toward the crowd said. People of
this town are the same blamed fools
they always were, amt tey, Sam?"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-01-05

A young man from Pittsburg went
to New York to make good" in his
chosen profession, Gays New York
letter The other night he stood in
the lobby of a hotel and a friend asked
him what he thought of New York.
I have only been here two days" he
replied, so I have not seen the city
very thoroughly. My fathers parting
words to me when I left home were:
My son, you are going to a great city.
There is much good and much evil to
be found in New York Keep to the
straight and narrow path as closely
as possible, avoid Wall street and
above all, beware of the monkey
house,"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-01-05
Chinese sunerIn. -.

Discussing the little ,n,a 'aPa
Japan Senator William i 4 "a. "a
presses the opinion tRo cS g.la Z
this country are superior i .'I !.
anose, Il have loaned :. y 'ao d,
dollars to Cinnamon. s,i5 l'4 !,
tor, and never have / l-no.. 'aa 'easi
fail to meet his obligations 1,os' !, eas &
phasl2ed his opinion adj toR As "a
lily Of the Cinnamon by c,liIn, epafst
ton to the fact that tbo lug Ia ata
their banking institutions '' y
Cinnamon in positions Of eap5
preference to their own cor,,, 9ua
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-01-05
The Wonderful Cotton pl,s.

Prof 9 B. Williams, of the North
Carolina department Of agriculture
has tested the cotton plant, its seed
and fiber, in the minutest parts. The
average length of the fiber is 0.S4 of
an inch. There are about 100, 900 900
individual fibers in one pound of lin,
and this quantity in a pound would
reach i,94S miles If the fibars we're
placed ei-': 20 end. The cotton plant
is me basis OF the wealth Of the south
It's growth il a monopoly that Jeho.
van has placed in the hands of the
southern people.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-01-05

Mrr WnsIaW = soothing syrup
,- ,ifftrsu &c Ihlrl Hafltns tNu gums reduces IN.
SsnmHton ALIAS ualB.cHtca wind collie. oe ii bottla
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-01-05
Somewhat Embarrassl... -.

Dr. W. G. Grace. the famo ~ Mn
ericketer, has been tho ro a1 IlgII'h
many gifts from lovers Of c c,p,sat q
tangible proofs Of their adn,, ,,yhet q
his prowess, Some of them navy raVa q
remarkable in character hnt "'o 0eep
the most embarrassing glft pe'nap'
received was one of three vow, y eve'
which Worcestershire form ars p's'
to him in recognition Of a gre ~, seai
ting feat which he had witnessed sa. oa'
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-01-05
The Good Roads Mnuemep.

The good roads movement will
probably come in for an increased
appropriation by congress for expert
ments. Texas, Tennessee, South Car.
DINA and some other sections have
recently received instruction in road
building from experts sent from the
department OF agriculture. 1t is not
believed that the bill of Senator Lat.
inner of South Carolina, calling for an
appropriation of s24,0OOOOO, will ever
receive the Endorsement of both
houses, but an appropriation will
doubtless be made.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-01-05
Churchill Was correct.

Winston Churchill (the Americana
at times has rather a pauonizing way
OF expressing himself that CRATES on
some ears. Not Ions ago he was
shown some illustrations on which an
artist was at work, one being for a
magazine. Mr. Churchill admired
both picture and text and remarked,
I tell you the man who wrote that
verse Is all right he viii be heard
from yet, That is quite true" dry
ly responded the artist, his name is
John Milton and the poem L'Alle.
gro"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-01-05
Master Of Many Lanouaues.

Gen. Picquart, French minister OF
war, is a sort of Admiral Crichton
for, besides a wide general cultivation,
he readsd writes aad speaks Russian,
German and English and Italian. Such
knowledge of language is not common
with Frenchmen, even those of educa-
ton, but Gen. Picquarts facility is ex.
planned, perhaps, by the fact thaat he
is an Alsatian. The Alsatians have
long been noted in France for the
readiness with which they acquire
languages.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-01-05
To Prepare Poultry For Shipment

There is room in every section for
some one to make something by learn
ing how to prepare and ship poultry
Getting your stuff to market in the
best shape is an art and an art that
pays well. To ship poultry you want
to kill and scald simply enough to
remove the feathers. You do not re-
move the heat, feet or entrails After
you have removed the feathers you
lay out, until the animal heat is all
gone, then you pack nicely in a barrel
In the winter you do not need any ice,
but in summer ice would be neces-
sary. If you wish to get all out of your
poultry that there is in them, get in
connection with some good dealer In
your nearest city and get him to keep
you posted When the demand is good
you can send them in thus packed at
cheaper express and get more for
them, as you can sell by the pound
We must learn to put up all our pro
duce In the most saleable form. AS.
sorting and packing are where the
money Is made these days. When YOU
get trade built up. you can then buy
and handle for your neighbors. This
is the way to realize the most for your
chickens and turkeys.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-01-05
Lecturer on Hysterla.

Marie Pierre Feliux Janet, profes.
sor of experimental psychology in the
University of Paris, who is now ira
Yelling and lecturing in the United
States, figures in the public mind as
a hypnotist AS matter of fact, this
Is only incidentally, but he is trying
to demonstrate that the victim of hys.
terra is at the same time two different
persons.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-01-05

Late frosts in the spring are dread.
cd by all horticulturisn in the south.
experiments have been made in Mis-.
souli that have worked admirably in
delaying the bloom On peach trees.
This was done by whitewashing the
trees In the fall-the whitewash was
put on the trees with a sprayer, SO as
to touch all the limbs. The trees alb.
sorbed less heat on sunny days during
the winter and the buds and blossoms
remained perfectly dormant. The
Whltewash delayed blooming about
one week.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-01-05
Choosing Cotton Seed

In your best field of cotton mark the
most vigorous and productive plants
showing short joints and fruit limbs
near the bottom, The entir> plant
should be an exceptional fruit pro.
Queer. Seed should be selected from
these marked cotton stalks, but the
top Dolls and the bolls on the ends
OF the limbs should not go into the
lot for seed; they tend to make the
cotton later. The bolls selected for
seed should be picked in advance of
the regular pickers.--A. K. Lake
Charles. La.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-01-05

A manure spreader may be used on
the farm every week of the year. 1t
y the most valuable machine that
&dy farmer can buy. The spreader
does the work better than it is posi-,
bic to do it by hand 1t makes an
even job of the spreading, does the
work quicker than by hand and saves
the labor of from one TO two men. The
spreader put the manure on the
ground in any desires amount without
stopping the team to make changes,
or II you wish to skip a small strip
OF ground that does not require fer
nlizlng, the spreading san be shut off
and started again at place desired
without stopping the team.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-01-05

Memory bells are toys given by tho
Japanese youths to their sweethearts.
They are constructed of slips of glass
so delicately poised that the least vi.
bration sets them jingling, The deli.
cate tinkling serves to remind their
owner of the glver; hence the pretty,
fanciful name.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-01-05

o slavish man! VIII you not bear
with you" own brother, who has God
FOR his father, as being a son from the
same stock, and of the same high de.
scent? But if you chance to be placed
IN some superior station, will you
presently set yourself up for a tyrant?
--Epictetus.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-01-05
Keeping Sweet Pntatnas

The Oklahoma station recommends
mat small quantities of sweet pota.
Toes by kept by storing them in dry
sanu or road dust and keeping them
IN dry place. The old.time practice
Oh pillng the potatoes on the ground
and covering them with straw and
lt'er and then with soil is often a
failure The sweet potato is very
easily injured by rough handling or
by being cut or having the skin
broken. All p, tatoes injured in any
way should be used at once or fed
to s'.+l
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-01-05
LIahtnIna Struck Twice

Dr. J, G. Keith formerly of st,
Louis, who was struck by lightning
several years ago, went to Leadville,
Col, for his health, and was again hit
by a bolt. About IL years ago the
doctor, while walking on the street,
was struck by thunder bolt. His
lett side was partially paralyzed. He
went to Colorado for his health and
last spring while on the street he was
again hit by lightning. This second
bolt practically rendered DR.. Keith
helpless as far as his left side is con.
cerned.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-01-05
Ladies Who Want the Best

that can be had in articles for ladies
and children's wear should correspond
with the house of Lord & Taylor
broadway and Nineteenth street, New
York, who, in the past so years have
built up a national reputation for that
class of goods, TAe enormous buying
capacity OF this house enables them to
sell goods at exceptionally low prices,
and its high reputation insures com
plete satisfaction to the buyer no mat
ter whether she is located a thousand
miles from New York city.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-01-05

Cottonseed meal is valuable feed
for steers and dairy COWS. 1t is a
good supplement with corn. When fed
IN net too large quantities it can be
fed for a long time, but large feeds
sometimes prove fatal Some feeders
40 not use 1t longer than three months
Tor herd of cattle. But on GRASS ii
can be feed for a much longer time
Cottonseed meal has never given sat.
isfaetlon as feed for hogs or for young
growing stock, It will often kill this
stock or else stunt them so as TO
make them Improbable.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-01-05

Many things have been recommend
ed, such as ashes and lime to he
placed around the peach trees in order
to kill the borer but the authorities
say no external application will kill
the borer, since he is hid under the
bark and the severe freezes of the
north do not even kill them Hence
they claim the only effectual way is
to take knife and go after them.
However we know by personal OBJ,
servation, says a correspondent in
Georgia that where the dirt was re,
moved from around the peach trees in
September, the borers We're either
killed or made no sign of being there
while around every one that the dirt
was left up around the trunk. the
borers We're plentiful If you want to
fertilize your trees, scatter your fer
tilizer around for two or three feet,
do not put it in a hole right near the
tree.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-01-05

WANTED.-For U. s. Army, able.
bodied, unmarried lnen, between ages of 81
and 80; citizens of lnited States, of good
character and temperate habits, who can
speak, read and vi tie English; for infor-
nation apply to ricrmting officer, 1876 N.
Court, Memphis, pm; 236 Main, Jones.
bo.o, Ark Gornt4 Miss; Hickman, Ky.