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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-23
kiannN Shlntinr

My dear" said the bridegroom tn,
day after they had returned from tbei
wedding journey, q have a suggestion
TO make that think will work to on
mutual satisfaction and benefit"
Now, John, darling" said the bride
preparing to weep at the slightest ex
cuse. remember, l never said coult
cook"
Don't worry; it isn't about Won,
cooking. 1t is about the letters Won
write and ask me to mail. 1t strikes
me we might be happier"
III ! didn't write to any one? O.
John, how"
Wait until have finished nv dear
All want to suggest is that YOU mail
your own letters so | won't be forever
forgetting them, and in return for do.
ing that will sew all my buttons on
BY doing 80 It seems to me We viii
overcome two obstacles to married
happiness that have caused trouble
since buttons and letters were invent.
ed"
And the little bride, having checked
her tears, agreed to try the plan
Judge.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-23
DREADED TO EAT.
A Quaker Couples Experience


How many persons dread to eat thef
meals, although actually hungry near
ly all the time!
Nature never intended this shoul,
be SO, for we are given a thing called
appetite that should guide us as IL
what the system needs at any time
and can digest.
But We get in a hurry, swallow on,
food very much as we shovel coal into
the furnace, and our sense Of annette
becomes unnatural and perverted
Then we eat the wrong kind of food
or eat too much, and there you are
indigestion and its accompanying
miseries.
A Phila. lady said, the other day:
MY husband and | have been sicl,
and nervous for Is or 20 years from
drinking coffee-feverish, Indigestion
totally unfit, a good part of the time
ior work or pleasure. We actually
dreaded to eat our meals.
We tried doctors and patent medi.
clnes that counted up into hundreds OF
dollars, with little If any benefit.
Accident9y, a small package OF
Postum came into my hands. made
some according to directions, with sur.
pTasing results. We both liked 1t and
have not used any coffee since.
The dull feeling after meals has
!eit us and we feel better every way
We are SC well satisfied with Postum
that we recommend It to our friends
VINO nave been made sick and nervous
ana miserable by coffee" Name given
ny Postum Co., Battle Creek Mich.
head the little book, THE Road to |
Meilslller ~ pkgs, There's Rea
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-23
FARMER AND PLANTER
Broom CORN.
some Things Necessary to Learn
About Growing It.

We published a piece sometime ago
giving the high price being paid for
broom corn and suggested that some
OF our southern farmers might be
realizing some Of this money. at same
time promised to publish the details
Of growing It successfully, says the
Southern Cultiyator. Since then we
have been posting ourselves upon the
subject and we never more strongly
realized the value and Importance OF
knowing Just exactly how to do a
thing right Broom corn can be
profitable business only to those who
VIII take the care and pains to learn
1t thoroughly and carry out each de,
tail with exact precision. The first
requisite for success is to obtain good
seed, There are two main varieties.
the standard" or long, and the
dwarf. The former is used for MAX
Ing carpet brooms and the other for
whisks' and hearth brooms." ANY
party here In the south would want
to grow the standard They should
get the best seed possible and then by
pains, taking selection, improve their
seed from year to year. Three quarts
OF seed will plant an acre. An acre
VIII produce 500 or 600 pounds of
brush, The seed should be planted |
in three-foot rows, from eight to ten
inches in drill and have from three
to five stalks in hill. The ground
should be well prepared and MANFRED
Sandy land makes the best quality.
Never plant until ground is warm. saw
good season for cotton planting as
the broom corn grows off slowly and
would get foul if planted too soon,
After it grows off can be cultivated
as easily as corn. When it is in
good bloom is time to cut. Generally
a man goes through and turns the
heads Of two rows down by bending
The stalks over to the middle Then
he comes along and cuts them off with
SIX inches of stem to each head. No
rain must fall on this brush. It must
be taken to shed and arranged in
ayers like you cure tobacco An open {
shelter is best but any well-ventilat- t
ID clubhouse will do. The seed should I
'e curried off before stacking. Where |
hey grow in large quantities they do I
his with a machine very much like Il
ur threshing machines, but in a small t
way one would have to use a curry
omb or invent some ARRANGEMENT I
'ith sharp spikes When the stems b
re so dry that no water can be driven q
II by twisting them, which is usually fl
bout three weeks they are ready to Ii
ut In large stacks We should have C
aid, at first they should not be piled O
layers more than three inches deem CT
the brush will not cure bright. al
his brush Is packed into bales yery 81
uch like our cotton for shipment. 1t
he price of Lroom corn depends upon
ie bright green color and the OF
raightness and length of the pt
rush" CT
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-23

Numerous methods have been rec
commended for killing the wolves
LARVAE of the OK warbler found un
der the skin along the backs of cattle
from January to April but none an.
pears to meet the case To kill the
grub and allow It to remain In the
back is unsatisfactory, because the
presence OF the dead body usually
causes more or less irritation and a
disagreeable sore. One of the best
methods is to enlarge the opening ia
the skin with knife just as soon
as the grub is formed, and force
1t out by pressure.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-23

Near Ashcroft in British Columbia
are a number Of small lakes WHOSE
shores and bottoms are covered with
a crust containing borax and soda in
such quantities and proportions that
when cut 1t serves as a washing com,
pound The crust is cut into blocks
and handled in the same manner as ice,
and 1t is estimated that one Of the
lakes contains 10000 tons of this ma.
terial.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-23
PROVE EVERY CLAIM
VI WllHams' Pink Pills Specific
For A1aemia and a safe Family
Medicine.

When the body becomes run down
either as result Of oyerwork. worr,
or a severe illness, an examination d
The blood would show It to he weg,
and watery This condition i called
anaemic, which is the medical term
Tor "bloodless. The common SWIM
toms are paleness Of the lips. gums
and cheeks, shortusss Of breath and
paIpitatlon Of the heart after the
slightest e. ertion, dun eyes and loss
Of appetite.
MT Louis L. CLARK. a painter of 10
Lincoln Place, Plainfeld, n J. saws.
Last May | was obliged to UNDERGO
an operation for append citls and
while the operation in Itself was sue
cessful, did not recover my strength
and health. | was confined TO nv he'd
Tor over month and was under the
Doctors care. When | was able In
get up my legs were so weak and un.
steady that | could only walk with a
cane with difficulty.
Il was getting no better and could
not think Of going back to work. I
was discouraged, when a neiehbor
told me that DR.. Williams Pink Pills
has cured her and advised me to try
them. began taking them about the
middle Of June and soon felt so much
better that l kept on and was cured.
DR. Williams Pink Pills have cur.
ed rheumatism, chlorosis, aftereffects
OF the grip and fevers, and, as the
health Of the nerves depends upon the
purity Of the blood, they are invalu.
able in neuralgia, nervous debility,
sleeplessness, dizziness and even 10.
comotor ataxia and paralysis.
DR. Williams Pink Pills are sold by
all druggists or sent, postpaid. on re.
ceipt of price, so cents per box. six
boxes $3.50 by the DR.. Williams Med.
icine Co.. Schenectady, N. Y.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-23
Judgment Needed In eardcn.

i am only a gardener or trucker,
but l find good sound Judgment is
needed in the garden as we'll as on
the farm writes a Louisiana CORE
spondent My truck patch is small,
but have sold at the rate of $500
on an acre. | have IL rows of straw.
berries. 1 sold $40 worth last spring.
These rows are G2 feet long. How is
that for strawberries? We have a
fine, healthful country here in the
pine hills. Everybody that works has
plenty but you win find some that
VIII not work-and always ready to
say hard times They are lazy.
Don't you think SO? Well, will close
for this time.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-23
FROM ADAM UNTIL TODAY
Short History Of the Home as Seen
by Humorist.

The home Is supposed to he a place
Where children can congregate, pro
tected from THE allurements Of the
world and the advice of the neigh
oors, and where parents can quarrel
ludiciously without too much inter.
ruption. In reality, however, the home
IS a place where decorators. painters.
furniture men and plumbers meet at
intervals in order that they may reyel
in luxury of their own.
Homes have been in vogue for some
llttle time Adam and Eve started the
hrst one. and it would have been well
with them if it had not been neces.
sary TO send out the washing. Thus
the servant question started and the
ruin of man followed.
A home is what is left after YOU
have paid the taxes, the interest on
the mortgage and the installment
man To have more than one home
is not to have any
Homes were at one time popular In
this country. When, by going out in
the back yard to milk the COW. one
was in danger of being scalped. the
home was at the height of its popu-
larity. Owing, however to the de-
ereasing demand for babies and the
increasing demand for alimony, homes |
are being looked upon with disfavor. |
IN the suburbs the home still flick.
ers on, kept alive by certain instincts
and handed down from a past age.
1t is impossible at present to saw
Just how long the home will continue
10 exist. 1t is hard to raise children
and mortgages at the same time.
1t is quite evident that cooks and
children are gradually disappearing
This greatly simplifes the problem
In all probability the race of the
uture will be divided into two classes
those who, having become worn out
for servants, are now in san.
tariums being taken care of by the
oVernment, and those who still con.
lnue to work for the trusts, unincum.
cred by babies or bank accounts
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-23
What the South Needs.

The great need for the DEVELOPMENT
OF the agricultural resources of the
south, says the Progressive Farmer
is not immigrants, as some seem 10
think, but it is the inculcation of right
ideas and correct principles of agri,
culture into the minds and practices
OF the people we already have and
nothing will enforce them so much as
the scarcity of labor. We certainly
don't need labor to enable us to make
more cotton. The fear that we will
make too much cotton has become a
nightmare to the cotton farmer
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-23
DON'T BE A PLUNGER.
BE Sure You Are Right, and Then
Go Ahead"

The blacksmith who would thrust
an edged tool pillow and horseshoe
in the fire all at the same time would
be apt to spoil all of them. He would
show as much wisdom as farmers who
endeavor to do three or four things.
each OF which is specially. We
know young man, says the Progress
siye Farmer, brought up on a farm.
lie is Industrious But he read up
on poultry and incubators and thought
it would be fine to have 100 or 20s
chickens falling over each otker to
get out of their shells. We have
never heard of him getting any broil-
eTs. An incubator might be bought
from him at a bargain. There is an.
other man who has quick, penetrating
mind, and he catches on to correct
methods of doing things. But he has
an orchard Of several hundred trees
mad bees, and ran a truck farm be.
sides his regular farm. He ATTEMPTED
all this work with little help: con.
sequently he does not succeed. Rails.
ing chickens with the aid of an incu.
bator and brooder is a specially. So
is an orchard and truck farm. These
are very el&acting, The work has to
be done at the right time. An expert
is required to do it, No farmer can
give up his main work for these spe.
cial crops No grower of truck can
attend to a cotton and corn farm at
the same time. The old saying, Jack
of all trades, good at none" is espe.
cially applicable to farmers.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-23

WANTED-For U. S, Army, able.
ooa II, unmarried men. between ares
OF IL and 80; citizens of United state r9
OF good character and temperate bab'
us VINO can speak, read and witt
English; for information apply to re.
crulting officer, 1876 N. Court Mon.
PMS Tenn; 1886 Main, Joneshoro
Tenn. AuHApolut,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-23
proner Method Of Walklnn.

To derive any real benefit from
walking, the step must be light and
elastic; swing the body so easily from
one leg to the other that It's weight
Is not felt, The harmonious play Of
the muscles imparts a supple grace
and lltheness that is felt mentally as
well as physically, and produces
healthy glow, showing that the slug,
gish blood is stirred to action in the
most remote veins. This manner of
walking, as may be imagined,
strengthens the whole body, giving
tone to the nerves and producing just
the sort of healthful fatigue which
encourages sound rest and beautiful
slumber.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-23
Home Grown Tea.

This year 1900 pounds of choice
tea will be shipped from what Is at
present, the only tea farm in the west.
ern hemisphere" says Freeman Til.
den In his article, Great chance for
Tea Growers" in the Technical World
Magazine. This farm is at Summer.
Vile, S. G, In the face of difficulties
that at times seem insurmountable.
but on the other hand, with the kind.
ly assistance of the United States
government, the Summerville tea farm
has grown to point where It can of.
Ter serious competition with the hest
grades of tea shipped from China In.
Ola, Formosa or Java. But above an
1t has been demonstrated that, barring
the question of labor, the finest tea
can be successfully grown at home:
and there is nothing that gladdens the
heart of an American more than the
discovery that he can enter into com.
petition in field hitherto denied him
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-23
Cotton Money Sorry Mon,

Cotton money is the sorriest money
we can have on our farm. writes a
Georgian. The reason why l say so is
because 1t takes twelve months to
make crop of cotton, and before it
Is done we count it as being dull
money. Well It is sure when it comes
but 1t is too long coming.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-23
Soil Must Have Hunn,,.

1t makes no difference how much
plant-food a given soil may contain il
is OF little value to growing crops in
the absence of humus. And it will
take a smart cotton farmer to keen
his lands supplied with humus and at
the same time grow cotton from year
to year.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-23
FOR SIX THOUSAND YEARS
Other People Have Priced the Farm
ers' Product.

4 great deal has been said Of late,
especially among cotton raisers, con.
corning the need of closer co-opera.
ton among farmers so that may con.
troll the prices of their own products.
In this line Of thought the Nacog-
doches lLa,) Plaindealer says:
For six thousand years other peo-
pie have been pricing the farmers
products 1t has mattered not what
he raised, nor in what quantity, he
has had absolutely nothing to say
about the price at which he should
dispose of it, Through all these weary
centuries of labor he has toiled in the
rain and in the sun, the heat and the
cold, to make two blades of grass
grow where only one grew before
and if reference is had to crab grass,
he has more than succeeded-and
caused the earth to bring forth an
abundant harvest Of products for man
and beast, but until now he has been
regarded as a nonenity when it came
10 hAlng price on these products
Such has not been the case with any
other class of people, except in a
limited extent to laborers, The price
OF all manufactured products, profess
sional services, etc, has been, and is
almost wholly regulated by the ven
dor-you pay their price or let it
alone. Under this system the burden
has fallen unequally on the shoulders
Of the farmer-he has taken what he
could get for his own products and
paid what he had to for the other fell
lows product Can 1t be successfully
denied that this inequality is largely
responsible for his condition to-day?
sn't it about time a change was be-
ng wrought and the farmer was pric-
ng his own products? What Is sauce
or the goose ought to be sauce for
he gander. What is fair for one
'ughL to be fair for the other"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-23

well since. l used to have such pain
IN my back that once | tainted. The
kidney secretions were much disor.
dered, and was so far gone that /
was thought to be at deaths door.
since Doan's Kidney Pills cured me I
ieel as If | had been pulled back from
the tomb
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents box.
Foster'Milburn Co, Buffalo, N. Y.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-23

GO years ago Allcock's Plasters wert
first introduced to the public, They are
to-day the worlds standard plasCers.
This invention has been one of the
greatest blessings imaginable and af
fords the quickest, cheapest and best
means ever discovered for healing
and relief of certain ailments.
Allcock's are the original and gen
uine porous plasters and are sold by
Druggists all over the world
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-23
Evidently Not.

NO." said the leading man az
never pay any attention to what the
critics say"
All, replied the dramatic editor
then they have not been giving you
favorable notices. Chicago Record.
Herald.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-23
Texas Onion Crop.

me Texas onion acreage this year
is placed at about 1900 acres, only a
little more than half that of the pre-.
Vlous season. The decrease is attrib.
uted to lack of success with Texas
Bermudas last year and to general
exposition on the part of the Texas
truck growers toward the diversified.
ton OF their crops.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-23

Lord 1veagh has one of the most on.
rious mobiles in the world II ia
the collection of old silver notsto
rings Which are large silver sockets
IN the form of rings, into which tho
wooden bowl used for potatoes useG
70 be fitted, They are much DrIzed
by bric-a-brac hunters. p''N0u
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-23
A Ton of cottonseed Meal

A ton of cottonseed meal has lao
pounds nitrogen and Is cents per
pound the commercial value, will give
WI Then it contains 40 pounds of
potash at 10 cents per pound, would
De ~, making the ton of meal worth
$25 as q fertilizer.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-23
First Thinn "a M

The first thing for farmer to do
is to sit down and count up how much
land he is going to tend this year.
then divide his crops just the best he
can. Then the next thing to do is to
prepare the Land that he wants to
plant first.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-23

a + tie r d lay don't
worry. Doan's Kid.
ney Pills have cured
thousands Of women
in the same condition.
Mrs. A. Holman of
Saltwater, Mimi. ,
says: "But for Doan's
Kidney Pills / would
not be living now.
They cured me in
1899 and I've baen
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-23
The ates, cor,h,..

How does Henpeck get along with
his new son-infaw?"
Fine; they may decide to com.
oine against the common enemy In
time Houston Post
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-23
Fiattery is like friendship In show
nut not In fruit-Socrates,

Nils; Ills, 81. Vitus Dance and all Nervous
Graat Mp permanently cured by DR.. Klino's
raj h nelve hestorer Send for Free 81 90
Id 4' o 99I'is ana treatise; DR.. R. II. Kline
Ld'' eSi Arch St. Philadelphia. Pa
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-23
Texans Raising Saddle Anrsna

Texas is coming to the front as n
saddle horse breeding state. A writer
from Mckinney says; THE saddle
horse interest is growing here in Tex.
as almost by leaps and bounds.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-23
Breed to LAYERS.

BY breeding each year only the best
layers and the producers of the lar,
gest size eggs will gradually build up
strain Of profitable stock.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-23
Peas as ProfltabI. as co,,o,

We can not tell you where you can
BUY peas; but we do say all farmers
should raise more Of them.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-23
Clover & Grass Seeds

r. we are Known as the largest growers of
grasses, Ci6vers, Oats, Barley, Corn. Pc.
"a and 9 ia Farm Seeds in America. Oper.
FREE
ouf mammoth l4S-page catalog is mailed
Tree TO all intending buyers; or send
&c IN STAMPS
ana receive sample of perfect balance m.
p no grass seed," together with Fodder
rlalhts' Glover, etc, etc, and big Plant
Crosse, Wis. IVA W. la
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-23

What We are stretches past what we
do, beyond what ne possess.-Drum'
mOnd.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-23
Never.

Never use nitrate OF soda under cot.
ION 1t should always be used as q
sloe application at second or third
blowing.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-23
American Hens Did Wal,

Inc last census Observation-Disclosures
sto.d production Of eggs in the United
states to be 1898, 662, 43s dozen A''eu
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-23

In the Transyaal the average yield
OF gold is half an ounce to the ton.
The expenses are, roughly, $685. q ton
of ere,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-23

The retirement of Rear Admiral
Sigsbee will leave in active service
only Evans and Dewey of all the high
naval officers who took part in the
Spanish war.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-23

j., Garfield lea insures a normal action of
the liver, overcomes constipation. and
Keeps the blood pure. Drink before retir,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-23

Clothes do not make the man, but
they have the first crack at making
Impressions of the man.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-23

Prlckly thistles have their uses
without doubt, but that doesn't Iusti'
fy you IN becoming one.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-23
LIZ Won MaaL

a. q preventive of dandruff or a ton,o o..
p lne mar you cannot do better tban o ~, ior
1901. established In
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-23
LON DzopAiR.
Read the Experience of a Minnesota
Woman and Take Heart,

II your back aches, and you feel
sick, languid, weak and miserable day
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-23

K isn't always the people who Jolly
you most that are your hest friends.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-23

Inc soubrette has the laugh ON tho
comedian who gets none.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-23

Some men blame their wives every
time it rains.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-23
QErn THAT'S pUREA-.>
NEt a a " sst I'd ! 3 ! aA
new Catalogue FREE ''e tVl S5SSoSs' "a
j. j, H. GRsgoRY G Son. MsPftrrs, u,sS %sss5sss
rILEs CrKrn 1N q rn,An.rn

A young man always sneers at the
love affairs of a widower.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-23
The FIiuht of Bees

Bees have been known to fly as
Tar as seven miles in search of flow.
ers.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-23

Decision of character will often give
10 an unfair mind command over
superior. Writ.