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Macon beacon., 1907-05-11
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The raising of $4,000 in one day by
che Z. NJ. c, A. Of Ottawa, Ont, broke
all records that have been made by
the associations in their building can
vases, in which $5,O0O,OOO has been
secured in the last two years Re
Gently the Ottawa association set out
to raise 100000 in is days. 1t re.
Celved pledges for $2O3,959. On the
last day of the campaign 1900 people
pledged $4,000.
Macon beacon., 1907-05-11
eIRsr TO Cross PACIFIC.
s,d.wb.sl Steamer Aroused Much
Interest In Japan

.T saw the first steamship hyins .-,. luo
American flag that ever crossed lns s
pacific ocean enter the harooa ol
uongkopg." said Frederick r. stor'
ling. a merchant of Hongkong
Srbat vessel was the Colorado ana
II landed in Hongkoug in 1869 1T was
tbe first day OF January, and there was
big c>owd Of people Of all nallonall'
tos to see her Being a side-"hae'er
~ the old-fashioned type, she was
curiosity AT the request OF Isaac d.
Allen the American consul general
tbe sbip gave an excursion around tne
island on which the city is situated 1
was among the 1900 on board. IL
was a gala day. Whistles blew people
sbopted and numerous small sailing
boats and tugs escorted us.
"As / remember now the vessel De-
toncad TO the Pacific Mail Line and
sailed from San Francisco. She MADE
tbe trip of 5000 miles in so days, ana
when she arrived was in perfect ir'm
and good order. Everybody realized
that it means the Aeginntng OF In'
great development Of the Pacific
Macon beacon., 1907-05-11
WHERE WOMAN is SUPERIOR.


Since the first of the year" he
said a haven't had a smoke, and
haven't taken a drink"
Everybody looked at him with
amazement, respect and awe. How
strong.willed he must be, they said;
how ascetic, how spiritual! 1t was ire
mendous.
and yet, said a pale vegetarian,
"all women, or at least SO per cent. OF
them, maintain this wonderful absti-
nence their whole life long Why
don't you praise them for it?'
With his medicated handkerchief
he brushed the sneer from his lips.
1--WE men" he said, beside women
are hogs. We call our women silly;
we wont give them the vote; but the
average woman lives on a higher
plane than the average man. She
thinks of nobler things than money,
grubbing drink, tobacco food,
Did you ever hear your wife
growl about the cooking? Did you
ever hear of woman epicure? No;
woman is above the hoglike pleasures
Of the table. She Is above such
tobacco and whisky seance as is now
going on here
The vegetarian put on his cap Of
medicated flannel, and despite the
....-.--.4, 20 4I,s v4lg,I+ lrlvv a. fame
Macon beacon., 1907-05-11

Louis Weaver of this city returned
from visit to the Florida coast Sat
urday, bringing with him a 9O-pound
sailing fish, which he landed with a
hook and line after 35 minutes of
sport. says the Washington Post.
This is said to be the third fish Of
its kind ever caught in American wa
ters, and Mr.. Weaver has been busy
since his return receiving congratula-
tions from his numerous fishing
friends.
The monster will be turned over to
the Smithsonian Institution, which is
without a specimen of this kind.
Macon beacon., 1907-05-11
,mmense African Dry.Dook,

At Port Florence, on the shore of
the great lake Victoria, which is the
chief source of the Nile, there is a
dry-dock cut out of solid rock by ma.
tives who had never before done much
serious work. The dock is $50 feet
long, as feet wide and IA feet deep. 1t
is 3,700 feet above the level of the sea,
or nearly three times the altitude of
Lake Chautauqua.
Macon beacon., 1907-05-11
Soils for White Oaks.

White oaks have few side roots, but
each has one long tap root which eX
tends far down into the ground These
trees get most of their food from the
clay subsoils below. Elms and naples
have number Of side roots which eX-
tend far out in the surface layer They
get the bulk of their food from the
surface 12 inches Of soil. Oaks should
never be attempted in very rich soils
or elms and naples in poor clay soils.
Macon beacon., 1907-05-11

The Real Reasons Why These op-
erations Are Necessary.

Farming is a very ancient business, /
and the plow in some form, whether |
it be the forked stick or the triple |
gang plow is the oldest of all agricul- |
mral implements; but the-Question Of |
why we plow has never received the
consideration that it should have
Until about 200 years ago ths farm
er's idea of plowing was to get enough
loose soil TO cover his crop and thus
allow it 10 terminate, Farmers in
that day, and, in fact up to the time
of Jethro Tull, about $50 years ago,
did not seem to have any definite idea
as to how plants grow. That worthy
whose name should be forever held
in grateful remembrance among good
farmers, had the idea that plants took
up minute particles of the soil Itself
He published volume after volume on
this subject, and while his practice
was invariably right and in fact quite
modern, his theories were all wrong,
Just as in these modern times the
theories of many scientific farmers
are all right and their practice all
wrong; for 1t is matter oil hhJory
that theory and practice do not al
ways work together desirable as il is
that they Should.
When farmers got hoId ol lne lue"
that plants taio their 1000 away $
liquid ana ln 1c.dllon' ana 40 NOT l'o
on the s'd it5eI except IN lO'S wal!
1t became quite cI@ar thaJ water Is
one OF the essential elements "l FIa"l
/ growth and therefore mat IIo"lhh
should be done Tor the purpose oil put.
ting the so4 IN saeh e9haIlI'h tHa'
1t should have tRe greatest Wa'eI.
holding capacity not lu' eapac'ly OF
holding Jhe greatest amount %. "91't
between jhe paFucIes' oUI oL "olu'NA
large amount OF water III U.ll7
around lne surface Oh 'IIe SoL, 7'"''l7'
They soon discovered lIlal l"e ",'e'
the uIJh ana 'ue EIo''eI 'ne "U','O'l
oil SOIL grams lue l'lo'e S"'l"0' ''',,' %
was, anu therefore, 'le 5IG"'V' INC
|ater'hoIalhS capaclly'
studying the ma,'er .noIous'''l C y D.
they found says NaIIote y j '' ''''''
llal 'HeIe 10 setaO!'i v ''' US ~. 49,,
mer season Suluci'"I I"IHl"'' ~ 9"i'
ply 'he wants OIL lHe CIoP, anu i,'l',l
that II was necessary Hot H'e!eis W
pIo" ueep ana reduce 'ne SUI W ''
hne tlIih, nut 10 nave 'ne 'Ul l"e' Luz
70" IN close caplIlarF conlleo''o" t "'0i' .,~
the suDsoli oeIo"' III oIue' e'"' 10 ~
plants might ara" up "",e. ''ol'i w, :.
10" "heh lhere was ueICIC"Iy y, y, ~ J.,
coming rom .'e cIouuS' ! ms ,u' '''e'
modIlIed lhe JheofleS ol cu''', '''ol'. ~
lhen announcer syeP was "'',,0' .,' i, gu ~
ers oe9ah 10 reaIl1e 'H"1 "iiIiV 'il'''7, noe
was not manure u was ''e i'Nl 1"," Us :
W H. "',''0 ~ u-.' -, -,
uIlty 10 lhe soil IL Ieuoe',u "'oI ~,
aYalIaDIe Ihe IeTtlI.'S ai'G@u' y" VI, wy
soil |hlch cannot DC Wholly eNn""sl
ed by anything lnaI man can uo VI
Iaii 10 uo' IN o'lleI MoIuS ,4"g ~, u,
SOIL IS great oHelI'ie"I l'O0' '''o' . ., -
Macon beacon., 1907-05-11

An effective way for preventing
lice getting hold of young chickens is
to dip a sponge in kerosene, and then
squeeze out most of the oil, Rub the
sponge well over the feathers of the
breast and under the wings Of the
mother hen The chicks in huddling
under her, get their bodies in contact
with the oily substance, which means
death to vermin. Repeat once a
week,
Macon beacon., 1907-05-11

smells. For ten years I could not 40
homework. and for two years did not
set out of the house. The kidney Sc
cretions were irregular, and doctors
we're not helping me Doan's Kidney
pills brought me quick relief ana
finally cured me. They saved my life"
Sold by all dealers. 90 cents DoX'
Fostcr-Nilburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
Macon beacon., 1907-05-11

All clay soil and soils which he
come packed easily, need organic mat
ter. To these soils great deal OF
manure should be applied or they
should be seeded to some kind Of
grass. The grass roots decay and in,
crease the amount of organic matter
Macon beacon., 1907-05-11

According to figures compiled by
the census bureau at Washington
divorce suit is filed every ten minutes
during working hours of court Off
cials, and a divorce granted every
three minutes in the United States.
This has been the average for the last
20 years, and census officials say the
number is increasing at an alarming
Macon beacon., 1907-05-11

from kidney trou-
bles. My back panied
me terribly. Every
turn or move caused
sharp, shooting g
pains. MY eyesight
was poor, dark spots
appeared before me,
and l had dizzy
Macon beacon., 1907-05-11

Garfield Tea, Natures Remedy, brings
relief from many ailments; it overcomes
constipation, regulates the liver and kid.
neys, puri6es the blood and clears the
complexion, 1t is made of Herbs, and is
absolutely Pure.
Macon beacon., 1907-05-11
Peculiar Farms.

In the south 'possun farms are nu.
merous and one frequently sees gourd
farms also Near Los Angeles, Cal,
a Frenchman named Vernothas has
what probably is the only snail farm
in the United States. He ships his
cntnnt all over the country.
Macon beacon., 1907-05-11

Northeast Australia develops very
slowly. Farmers grow maize in the
old-fashioned way. The maize crop in
Queensland this year is record one.
Canning pineapples is becoming an
important industry in Queensland.
Opal mining 10 growing steadily,
Macon beacon., 1907-05-11
A Practical Demonstration,

"Come, come, rfy little man." ex-
claimed old Mr.. Cherry, 81 wouldn't
cry like that"
"All right, replied the boy, through
his sobs. "Lemme give you a soak
back o the ear with a stone like l got
an see how you'd do it,
Macon beacon., 1907-05-11

Youthful Enthusiasm.

Editor-That new man puts such an
unusual amount of fresh stuff into his
work
Seasoned Reporter-That's only be
cause he's so green.--Baltimors Amer.
lcan-
Macon beacon., 1907-05-11
Sour Soil.

II there is a great deal of sorrel
growing on the farm land, it is sure
sign that the soil is sour. A liberal
application of lime should be made al
once.
Macon beacon., 1907-05-11
GOOD GATE LATCH.
VIII Keep the Gate Closed and Is
SeIfOperating.

The tidy farmer never likes to see
farm gates swinging as they are
sure to loosen and sag the gate posts
Macon beacon., 1907-05-11
TEN YEARS OF PAIN.
Unable to % Even Housework Be-
cause Of Kidney Troubles.

Mrs. Margaret Emmerich, Of Clin-
ton ST., Napoleon, O., says: For
dffoeD years / was a great sufferer
Macon beacon., 1907-05-11
1t goes without saying that a talking
machine does not say without going.

Itch cured in 80 minutes by Woolfords
Sanitary Lotion. Never fails. At druggists.
Macon beacon., 1907-05-11

Goth Hats CbI5rcu's Dresses, n ',9j t8j
r,s,Js no look lsa new WIN
FADELESs DYES.
Macon beacon., 1907-05-11

Be generous in judging the faults
Of others. Most of us can only see
our own shadows.
Macon beacon., 1907-05-11

The velocipede was invented by
Drais in 1917,
Macon beacon., 1907-05-11

The Toxic Nicbi Nicm remarks
that "one days pay for an American
workman in San Francisco represents
a fair monthly stipend for Japa-
uese."
Macon beacon., 1907-05-11

Most women are proud of their
ability to humble a mans pride.
Macon beacon., 1907-05-11

Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teethng, softens the gums reduces IN.
nammatlou, allays pain, cures wind collie 25c bottle
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-17

e e sss Is al: rue assembly
laws that should govern the colony This Assembly
scntatives from each Of the plantations There
eleven Of these plantations and from
each would make Assembly Of twenty-five representatives
coming directly people The plantations at the
o the organization Of the Assembly follows: James
Martins Plantation smyths Hundred Martins Hundred
Argals Gift Flower de Hundred Captain Lawnes Pana
ton and Captain Wards Plantation.
Following the announcement of Governor Yeardey the
election Of representatives from the different plantations duly
occurred On the goth day Of July 1919. the Assembly
Governor Yeardey was present the head Of the colony
~ o to note was St 81 e
versity t is said that his religious views widely
different from those entertained BY the Puritans Of New
England The members Of the council by virtue Of their
office, were also members Of this General Assembly OF
these Captain Francis West, Of Sir Thomas West
Gil and had command OF the fort at the falls the James
River and had planted plantation A. eS Hundred known
descendant Of William the Conqueror He had agreed with
faybqnf in his opposition t. e q Maryland BY
peaks Bay with John Smith H and his wife both
Der Of the council the husband Of Pocahontas and the first
Of the cultivation Of tobacco c had recently
Gravescnd, England The Rev William Wicl,ar mem
Der Of the council the Assembly It IS said OF him
tain Samuel Maycocl likewise member Of the council was
graduate Of Cambridge University and stood high in the
esteem OF his contemporaries John Pory the sixth
Der OF the council secretary of the colony also
graduate Of Cambridge He especial friend of Tak
uyts and had at time in the English Parliament
lie had done some EXPLORING and had up the Nile
far inland lake in Abyssinia. The only copy Of
proceedings Of this first General Assembly OF America is
preserved in the British Record office and is in the hand
writing Of John Pory
The representatives from the plantations follows:
James City sent Captain William Powell and Ensign William
Spence. It was to Captain Powell that friendly Indian
yealed the plot Of 1922 and he afterwards active in the
pursuit and slaughter of the Indians He finally killed
BY the Indians on the Chickahominy River in, 1923.
Charles City sent Samuel Sharp and Samuel Jordan ]or-
The new age., 1907-01-05
Men and "Love Stories"

When a man has passed through the
cycle of emotions called love he has
had his adventures other peoples cease
to have personal bearing and he an
ticipates nothing further from them.
1t is not so with the young man or
woman who, as the proverb says of the
Young bear, have all their troubles be-
fore them. The world Of love, so full
of mystery for them, has become to the
maturer man translated into the con-
crete terms of domestic life and the
relations Of man and woman pass into
the domain of fact that can be tested
by experience.
Yet novelists do not seem to under
stand this psychology of the mature
man. and they continue to make the
love story their chief staple; so that
they are read chiefly by young men
and women as callow as their own
heroes and heroines. Pecuniarily they
are of course catering for a larger
market. the number of the immature
by age and the immature by nature
are always the larger part of mankind.
London Saturday Review.
The new age., 1907-01-05
DIFFICULT TO STEER A SHIP.
Man at the Helm Works with the
Curtains Tightly Drawn.

Man at the Helm Works with the
Curtains Tightly Drawn.
The work of steering great ship,
even with the aid of all the machinery,
is much more delicate than one would
imagine. The larger and faster the
ship the greater is the difficulty. 1t
is not enough to hold the wheel in the
same position to keep the ship on her
course, for the wind and waves and
the currents of the ocean tend con-
stantly to knock the ship off her course.
The great wall of steel-for the hull
may be 20 feet long and sixty feet
high-offers a broad target for the
wind and waves.
The art in steering is to humor the
ship to these forces and when she Is
DETECTED bring her back quickly to her
course. If you could watch the binna-
Gle, especially In bad weather, you
would see the needle of the compass
constantly shifting from side to side,
which means that the great steel PROV
is not going forward In a perfectly
StfdlgnL llne'
The most astonishing thing about the
bridge Is to find the wheelhouse with
all its curtains tightly drawn, as often
happens, and the man at the helm
steering the boat without seeing ahead
at all. At night or even by day, If
the light of the pinnacle is confusing,
the wheelhouse is often completely shut
in. The man at the Wheel it Is ex-
plained, does not need to look ahead
The lookout high up in the crows nest
and the officer on watch on the bridge
will keep him informed If any object
is sighted. The duty of the man at
the wheel is to keep the ship on her
course. Throughout his watch of four
hours he must keep his eyes on the
compass and nowhere else.-St Mich
OlaS
The new age., 1907-01-05
WHY SHOES DoH'T SQUEAK NOW.

A Piece of Tar Paper Between Outer
and Inner Sole Prevents Noise.
"Do you remember" asked the shoe
salesman of a Kansas City Times
writer, 1.-The days when new shoes
creaked? And how you used to have
the shoemaker put wooden pegs in the
middle Of the sole about every week
to stop the noise? Sometimes you
soaked the SoleS Of your shoes in water
and then had to rub them with lard
or some other kind of grease to get
them flexible. You don't have to do
that now. The new welt has taken
the squeak away. In the old days the
sole of shoes consisted of two even
pieces Of leather, and the friction Of
these two pieces caused the squeak
when a person walked.
"ShoeS are made differently now.
You see that little piece Of rigid leath-
er that runs from the heel around the
outside of the sole? That's what we
call the welt. 1t is piece of leather,
about an inch wide, sewed to flap
cut and turned under the insole- The
space between the outer side and the
insole is filed with ordinary tar paper,
which holds the sole in shape and also
prevents squeaking by taking away
the friction. This system of welt
was invented thirty years ago, but at
first it wasn't a success because the
soIes were sewed with a straight nee
die. Couldn't explain 1t to you in a
hundred years, but to prevent squeak
ing the soles of a shoe have to be sew
ed with a crooked needle.
you see when a sole is sewed with
a straight needle it leaves no fleXibility
to the sole. But the welt added so
much to the appearance and strength
of the shoe that improvements were
made on the first system, and soon af-
terward the slant or side sewing by
crooked needle was patented. A shoe
that Is made with. that Improvement
costs % per cent more to the manu-
facturer than the old style. The pat
ent on it still holds good and 171a
cents, royalty, has to be paid on
every pair of shoes that is made that
way. But it's worth it, A squeaking
shoe nowadays is as bad as out Of
date dress or straw hat in winter"
The new age., 1907-01-05
@Na W.
~
A Glimpse of Her savior.

The Rev. Maltbie d. Babcock, d. D.,
In a meeting Of ministers, told of the
day when Harry Morehouse, the cele-
brated evangelist, was guest in his
fathers house He was staying one
night in his room, waiting for the time
of the service, when he heard the door
open, and. looking about, saw 1t close
quickly again. He turned to his Bible.
and heard the same thing repeated /;
and then, without turning, he said !:
Come in," and there entered one of
the children Of the household, who had
seen so much Of Christ in the face Of
the preacher that she desired to know
Him, and she said "Mr Morehouse,
should like to be a Christian"
WELL" said he, in his quiet, gentle
way, you may" And he said: "Will
you please turn to the ffty-third chap
ter Of Isaiah, and read 1t, making 1t
personal to yourself? Whenever the
pronouns are general make them per
sonal"
She began: "He hath no form nor
comellneSs: and when | shall see him,
there Is no beauty that | should desire
him. He Is despised and rejected of
men; a man Of sorrows, and acquaint-
ed with grief and l hid as 1t We're my
face from him; he was despised, and
| IJesteemed him not Surely he hath
borne my griefs, and carried my sor-
rows; yet | did esteem him stricken,
smitten of God, and afflicted"
When she had read thus far, she
stopped, and Harry Morehouse said
GO Oh and read ii"
But he was wounded for my trans
gressions; he was bruised for my in
iquities; the chastisement Of my peace
was upon him; and with his stripes
am healed"
She could not read any further for
her tears, but she had caught a glimpse
of her Savior in this reading, and
Harry Morehouse said to her: This
is all we need to do to be saved-to
lay hold upon Him by faith, Of whom
Isaiah speaks. RAMS Horn.
The new age., 1907-01-05
A Provtdenttal Decision.

The Rev. DR.. Henry H. Jessup, one
of the veteran missionaries who have
served under the American Board,
Boston, and the Presbyterian Board,
New York, tells how he became mis-
sionary to Syria, as follows: In the
summer Of 1868, while still seminary
student in Boston, / called to offer my
services as a foreign missionary to the
American Board. | was cordially re-
ceived by that remarkable man, DIR.
Rufus Anderson, Of whom 1t might be
said, as Charles Lamb said of Daniel
Webster, that he looked like a walk
ing cathedral | told him | would be
ready in two years to go to any part
Of the earth where | was needed, only
on condition that my townsman and
roommate, Lorenzo Lyons, and my
self be sent together. Handing me a
package of letters he asked me to read
them carefully and in half an hour to
come to his room The letters were a
plea for help from the mission in Syria,
signed by Whiting, Ford. Thomson and
Eli Smith, asking for four missionaries
to occupy new stations, among them
Antioch. When l entered his room he
said: viii you go to Syria? I will
was my answer And that decided the
whole subsequent course Of my life
Up to that hour l had never thought
of going to Syria, but the divine call
had come and accepted It with all
nv heart"
The new age., 1907-01-05

Let me, as 1 sit and listen to His
comforting voice, bethink me whether
am doing for Him what might call
for a like approval. Can | take glad
ly all He gives, to me, and then, when
the next appeal to help comes, grudge
Him the smallest token of. my thank
fulness? AS | hear Him say, She hath
done what she could" let me honestly
ask, Am l also doing all can? Am
l saying to myself, IF my Lord and
Savior were only here l would lavish
on Him all that can show how truly |
love Him?" Then let me listen still
as He meets that profession of mine,
The poor We have always with you,
and whensoever We will, We can do
them good; and inasmuch as We do it
to one of the least of these my breth-
ren, ye do it unto nee. II. Knight.
The new age., 1907-01-05
our burden Bearer.

Our Burden Bearer.
The little sharp vexations,
And the briars that catch and fret,
Why not take all to the Helper
Who has never failed us yet?
Tell Him about the heartache,
And tell Him the longing, too;
Tell Him the baffied purpose,
When we scarce know what to do.
Then, leaving all our weakness
With the One divinely strong,
Forget that we bore the burden,
And carry away the song.
Phillips Brooks.
The new age., 1907-01-05
Nearness Of God.

We are too much in the habit of
thinking Of God as if He were very
far off, high in the heaven above us.
and having little to do with our hum
BILE, daily affairs on earth. We forget
that in Him we live and move and
have our being. That the welfare of
every immortal soul is His Immediate
and intimate concern. That He is near
enough to help us in our perplexities
as we'll as in our temptations, if we
will only ask Him. By the very CON
stitution of our being though He is so
near, He cannot help us unless we ask
Him:
Speak to Him thou, for He hears, and
spirit with spirit can meet:
Closer is He than breathing, and nearer
than hands and feet
The new age., 1907-01-05
A Prayer.

Loving Father, with Thee are all
good and helpful things, and Thou dost
invite us to ask and receive. Empty.
we ask for Thy fullness. We open our
hearts and eagerly desire an outflow
of blessing from above. May we to-
day receive the richest gifts from Thy
hands. Keep US from all danger, seen
and unseen. Lift above US the banner
Of Thy love. Cheer our hearts with
joyous hope for the future, and Impart
The new age., 1907-01-05

the strength we need for mind and
body May a sweet affection unite us
all so that the day may be as a fore
taste of the deep and lasting happiness
of heaven.