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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-09-09
FISHING TIME IN THE PASIG
Swimming In Myriads Near Surface
They Are Shared and Speared
by Filipinos.

Friday morning Fflipinos sharing
cells and other fish in the Pasig near
the old captain of the port building by
the aid of fish snares caught the
largest eel ever seen on the water
front 1t was fully ten feet in length.
Both banks Of the Pasig and all the
ships and lighters moored In the
stream were thronged with hundreds
of Ffliptnos with snares and spears
trying to catch the fish that in myri-
ads were swimming near the surface
of the stream.
Natives when asked in regard to
the phenomenon were almost unani-
mOusly in their statement to the eff
feet that at this time of the year the
bottom Of the river gets hot and that
the fish have to leave the depths of
the stream and fash back and forth
or or near the surface.
Another theory that seemed to have
a great many adherents was to the eff
feet that at this time every year
there was a change in the character
Of the water, this change acting on
the fish as a stimulant.
This theory was advanced by an old
pilot who has witnessed the phenome-
non for many PENNSYLVANIA Times.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-09-09
HOUSE BUILT IN NINE HOURS
Quick Work by Members of a Los
Angeles Lodge in a Spirit
of Brotherhood.

A unique record in home building
was established in Los Angeles re-
Gently when 100 members of the
Woodmen of the World erected a four
room cottage on East F~ifty-secOnd
street in less than nine hours.
From top to bottom, from roof to
foundation, front porch, front steps,
sewer connection, gas pipes, plumbing
and even the painting was completed
long before dark and the little house
was ready for occupancy. Where
in the morning had been a ragged
patch of corn and ugly underground
by night as coy a little cottage as one
could wish for pOked it's little red
chimney skyward and its doors stood
invitingly open.
Love and the spirit of brotherhood
made possible the seemingly impOs-
sible. The house was erected by the
Woodmen of the World for their fell
low member James Harvey and his
mother, Mrs. Margaret Harvey. Har-
vey is ~thirty-five years of age. Many
years ago he became a member of the
order and was a hard working and
popular member. Five years ago he
was stricken with Chronic rheumatism
that may make him an invalid for the
rest of his life. He has been unable
to do any work since.
The house is Is by ga feet in di-
mansions. has -four rooms and a fully
equipped bath, hot and cold water and
gas. 1t is valued at more than $1,000.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-09-09
Shelley the Henpecked.

Ernest Hunter Wright. in an article
on the death of DR.. Frederick James
Furnivall. throws this new light on
the home life of the poet Shelley:
DIR. FurnivalT's father was a sur
geon, but touched literature at one
point-he attended Mary Goodwin
Shelley for a time. He found it no
privilege to wait upon that lady. She
was forever ordering Shelley about
like a slave, and wearing his life out
with her whims and tempers. It was
Shelley do this or Shelley do that
from morning to night, with never an
e%ndearing word and seldom a polite
one. So the elder Furnivall decided on
some advice for Shelley. and though
not a man of phases. he spoke his
mind as best he could one day when
the poet had dropped in to watch him
make pills.
deuce take 1t all, Shelley he
said. You're putting up with too
much nonsense from your wife. You
ought t. show some backbone. You're
a man. Shelley-why don't you make
Ter behave?'
- can't replied the poet; she
%on't-it's impossible!'
Then you ought to divide the
house with her
How asked Shelley, naiveIy.
"'Why, in the Irishman's way-you
take the inside and give her he
outside"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-09-09
TALKING to the Child.

Mrs. x talks to little Madge
just as Mr.. x talks to their dog"
said a little girl of a neighboring fam
lily. And it was indeed true, Mrs.
x is a very well-meaning woman
and would be greatly surprised If she
should hear the foregoing statement
She has simply unconsciously acquired
a harsh tone Of voice in dealing with
her children. This is altogether I'M
necessary and is not, as many moth
ers seem to think, a mark of good dis
cipIine. The mother whose n is
quiet but firm is generally a much
more successful disciplinarian than
the harsh-voiced mother who issues
her commands In a dictatorial manner.
Kindness never spoils children. 1t is
fabby ~indecision, sometimes mistaken
for kindness, which spoils them.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-09-09
Dog Went Through the Paper.

A story went the rounds in New
Richmond that Chief Brooks had been
attacked by a vicious dog. The New
Richmond News found that the story
was exaggerated. Mr.. Brooks had a
pet dog that he had beer teaching to
jump through a hoop covered with
paper-just like the circus pups.
The other day when the chief was
lying on the rug, he picked up the
newspaper to read. not thinking Of the
dog. The dog thought it was the
game and make a good running jump
through the paper, landing his north
rear paw in the fire department chiefs
eye and his south paw in his mouth.
The dog went through the paper all
right, but the New Richmond News
and Republican Voice insists that he
also, in about three seconds, went
through the window, screen and all,
ki-yi-ing fire and showing evidences
of having been violently lifted.
The chief now has one sporty-look-
ing eye out for fires n his face
shows some signs of sprain
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-09-09

I am now enjoying" -MrS. SARAH
LoUsIGNONT, Ala s. Livingston Street,
Brookfeld, Mo.
The Change of Life Is the most crit
cal period of a woman's existence, and
neglect of health at this time invites
disease and pain.
Women everywhere should remem-
Der that there is no other remedy
known to medicine that will so sue
cessfully carry women through this
trying period as Lydia E.. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from ma
tive roots and herbs.
For 80 years it has been curing wo-
men from the worst forms of female
illSmindammation, liberation. dis
ties, periodic pains, backache, and
nervous prostration.
IF you would like special advice
about your case write a cOnfiden-
G1a1 letter to Mrs Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free,
and always helpful
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-09-09
FOOD HEAT VALUES
WHERE THE GOVERNMENTS Elk
PERIMENTe ARE FAULTY.
More Valuable Information Could BE
Obtained If Man Fed Badly Cooked
Meal We're Put in
CaIorimeter.

The department of agriculture Is
conducting a series of move eXper1-
ments to determine the relative en-
ergy of neat value Of certain toods
The subject selected for experiment
is required to eat a particular 1000.
He then passes n the Calorlmeter'
or heat measurer-an alright glass
cage which has a system Of pipes
filed with cold water running around
the inside walls.
The heat generated by the body IN
assimilating the food just eaten causes
the water tt grow warmer. Inc III
crease.in its temperature is carefully
noted, and a comparison or the IN
| creases due to different foods gives a
fair measure Of their relative neat
producing qualities.
No one will deny that the arrange
ments here described are most IN
genious. They seem admirably
adapted to shed much light upon the
subject. But hat they will fail to
record the highest heat effects OF
beefsteak, chops, rice, cabbage ana
other foods must be obvious to the
most superficial observer.
To get that information me must
go to the home. And we must have,
not the well-cooked roast beet and
cabbage and chops, etc, which the
government scientists are feeding the
subject, but very badly cooked tood
indeed.
1t is a fact of common knowledge
that nothing makes a man hotter
than a breakfast chop cooked until
- t. - 4@,,rh or 1no&hnr. or q Gfpq u
that can hardly be masticated; or
ham fried when he likes it boiled;
or four-minute eggs instead Of the
favortte two-minute eggs; or we'll
done roast beef when he wants it
rare.
If the department of agriculture
could sneak up and get the 1rate
father of the family inside a calort-
meter while in the inf1amed state
due to these foOds-well, he would
probably burst the calOrimeter. The
cold water would turf to steam so
quickly that the pipes would have
to give way.
All will admit the difficulty of Sc
curing a scientific registration of
such remarkable heat effects. But
this difficulty does not alter the fact
that only under these or similar con-
ditions can the observer get any idea
of the tremendous caloric pOssibili-
ties Of certain foods.
The utmost heat hat a man in a
comfortable c~alorifeter, fed on we'll
cooked food, could generate in an
hour would be practically fnfinites-
imal compared with what a small,
dyspeptic man confronted with q
leathery chop at the domestic board
could emit in a minute.
1t may be that the department in
tends to make farther and more IL
Illuminating experiments somewhat
later. If it does not, it might as well
confess that 1t is not trying to find
out the extreme heat production OF
various foods-that its investigation,
in a word, lacks scope and thorough,
ness.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-09-09
Active Possession.

Guinevere, aged four, was going out
to walk with a young lady, of whom
she was very fond. AS they opened
the street door they were met by a
swirling cloud of dust, blown up from
the thoroughfare.
Keep your lips tightly closed, Gwen,
or you'll get your lungs full of mi.
crobes," warned the young lady.
Guinevere pondered a moment and
then, looking up, demanded:
what are your crobes ?"-National
Monthly.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-09-09
GIobuIar Lightning.

Yesterday the inhabitants of Lewis
ham were provided with a specimen
Of that curious phenomenon known as
"globular lightning" It is what is
commonly called the fire ball." and
as it persists for several seconds it is
obviously Of a totally different char
acter from any other form Of light
ming. It is much less brilliant than
ordinary lightning, and its brightness
appears to be that of iron at the red
hot stage.
1t is not, as some accounts might
lead one to infer, a solid missile, but
it is always spherical and appears to
fall from a thunder cloud by it's own
gravity, sometimes rebounding after
striking the ground.-London Globe.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-09-09
~ - &
Hometown
G7d6P53
TALK WELL OF YOUR CITY
Story Of a Young Mans Experience
That Points a Lesson to Citizens
of Every Community.

The Toronto Mail r~ecounts the
story Of a young man, a citizen Of
the Dominion, who recently visited
several cities of the states. He
brought back with him some impress
sions of one of our cities in particu-
lar-MinneapOlis, Minn.-and in the
opinion of our contemporary Canadian
cities might consider his views with
great profit. The truth is, the lesson
of this young mans experience should
prove as interesting to communities
on this as on the other side Of the
border. II amounts to this, that
everybody he met in Minneapolis
spoke we'll of the town. "Of the many
people he met there" say our in
formant, "he found not one who was
not enthusiastic about the city. The
conversation seldom ended without
the other party giving it a turn to
the popular theme-MinneapOlis.
Now, this young man not only
listened in Minneapolis to praise Of
It's places of interest, it's progress, it's
prospects, It's advantages as an in
dustrial center, as a place Of resi-
dence, and so on, but he stored these
LhiH5o III IFS I4Ihh1 NCOh ~ " ~
Toronto, talked to the editor of the
Mac and Empire about them, and got
the latter interested in them to the
extent that he sat down and wrote an
editorial eXtOlling handsomely the
civic pride of the Minnesota city.
THE lesson the editor draws from
the young Canadians enthusiasm-or
rather the cause of it's that pride
of city is something that would be
both becoming and useful on this I d
of the line. While Minneapolis is not
the only city in the United States
where the young Canadian might have
found a similar measure of local pride
and enthusiasm, there are many cities
in this country, be it said with regret,
in which public sentiment Is so tine
tured with criticism of everything
local that the visitor IS led to won
der why, under all the circumstances
the complaining residents who talk
for those places do not move away.
1T is rather a trite way of putting
It, we know, but this e not prevent
1T from being true, that a city is what
its citizens make it. IF a city is not
what 1t ought to be, this is generally
the fault of the citizens who content
themselves with criticising it."
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-09-09
When the Fish Exploded.

Somebody discovered that fish are
fond of gasoline, and this led to the
idea of soaking worms in gasoline in
order to make them more alluring
when used for bait.
Mark the result.
Two of those gasoline-tempted fish
exploded in the frying-pan, and broke
the kitchen window, and blew the
cooks face full of mashed potato, and
hurled the teakettle into the -four
barrel, and painted the kitchen ceiling
with stewed tomatoes.
Call it a lying world and let it go at
that.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-09-09
HOW A DOCTOR CURED SCALP
DISEASE

when I was ten or twelve years
old I had a scalp disease, something
like scald head, though it wasn't that.
l suffered for several months, and
most of my hair came out Finally
they had a doctor to see me and he
recommended the Cuticura Remedies.
They cured me in a few weeks. l
have used the Cuticura Remedies, also,
for a breaking out on my hands and
was benefited a great deal. 1 haven't
had any more trouble with the scalp
disease. Miss Jessie F. Buchanan,
R F. D. 3, Hamilton. Ca, Jan. Z. 1909"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-09-09
A Llkinu for "HamIet.v

DO you like Hamlet?" asked the
hostess Of her unlettered, if gushing,
guest.
Indeed I do" was the reply. Il am
excessively fond of it, but I always
prefer q savOry to a sweet one"
There was a mOmentary confusion,
and then the hostess realized that the
admiration Of the guest was of a cul-
mary, not literary, character.
ST gave her ham with an omelette
for breakfast next morning" said the
hostess, when telling the story
Scraps.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-09-09

There is more Catarrh in this section OF the country
than all other diseases put together. and until the last
few years was supposed to be incurable. For a great
many years doctors pronounced 1t a local disease and
pI escribed local remedies. and by constantly failing
to cure with local treatment, pronounced 1t tncurable.
Science has proven Catarrh to be q constitutional dis
ease, and therefore requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney
& Co.. Toledo. Ohio. is the only constitutional cure on
the market. 1t Is taken internally in doses from 10
drops to a teaspoonfuI. 1t acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one
hundred dollars for any case 1t falls to cure. SEND
for circulars and testimonials.
Address: F. j. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. Ohio.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Take Hairs Family Pills for constipation.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-09-09
Even the Children.

Ex-Governor Pennypacker, condemn
ing in his witty way the American
divorce evil, told, at a Philadelphia
luncheon, an appropriate story.
Even our children" he said, "are
becoming infected. A Kensington
school teacher, examining a little girl
in grammar, said:
What is the future Of 81 love?"'
GA DIVORCE the child answered
promptly"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-09-09
Sourse of Revelation.

Tw~enty-seven new, crisp, 81 bills,
says Harper's Weekly, weigh as much
as a $40 gold piece. Wouldn't have
thought it, and have no means of
proving the assertion, but if SO it is
probably owing in some way to the
recent activity of the inspectors of
weights and measures.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-09-09
Scandal,

Mrs. Simmonds glanced at the scare
headline: Bank Robbed! Police at
Seal" and laid down the sheet.
"Naow, look at that, Ell" she ejac-
ulated, repeating the headline aloud.
Here's a big city bank broke into by
burglars, and tn city police force all
of fshin' somewhere! What a scan
da1!"-Judge.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-09-09

QaC68 DaCk TO CQ0
time that wo n
may expect nature
to bring on them
the Change of Life.
I got a bottle Of
Lydia E. Pinkham's
v egetabl Com
pound and it made
me feel much better,
and I have contin-
.ued its use. I am
very grateful to you
for the good health
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-09-09
kent with RarnumIa CIrcua.

P. T. Barnum, the famous circus
man, once wrote: II have had the
Cuticura Remedies among the con-
tents of my medicine chest with my
shows for the last three seasons, and I
can cheerfully certify that they were
very effective in every case which
called for their use."
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-09-09

were highly colored and scalded terri
bly,. Marked improvement followed
the use Of Doan's Kidney Pills. In six
weeks I was a we'll woman. My friends
and relatives marvel at my recovery"
Remember the name-Doan's.
Tor sale by all dealers. so cents a
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. v.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-09-09
If You Are a Trif!e Sensitive

About the size of your shoes, many people
wear smaller shoes by using Aliens FOot-Ease,
the Antiseptic Powder to shake into the shoes.
It cures Tired, Swollen, Aching Feet and
gives rest and comfort. Just the thing for
breaking in new shoes. Sold everywhere, Csc.
Sample sent FREE. Address, Allen S. OImsted,
LA ROy, n, Y.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-09-09
Then II Happened.

What made you think he would
propose to me?"
why, when 1 refused him he said
he didn't care what became Of him;
but perhaps he wasn't serious."-
Houston Post.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-09-09

Depend not on another, rather lean
upon myself; trust to thine own exer-
tons, subsection to another's will
gives pain.-Manu.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-09-09

invalid. I lay in bed
unable to move hand
or foot My right
limb was swollen to
twice normal size. l
looked the picture OF
death and my case
puzzled the doctors.
The kidney secretions
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-09-09

Or. Pierce's Plea SAINT Pellets regulate and Inv1g-
crate stomach, liver and bowels. SuRar-cOated.
Tiny RrAnules. easy to take as candy.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-09-09
TO DRIVE OUT MALARIA

Take the Old STANDARD GRoVEs
CHILL TONIC You know what you are taking.
The formula is plainly printed on every bottle,
showing 1t Is simply Quinine and Iron in a lasts
less form. The Outline drives out the malaria
and the Iron builds Up the system. Sold by all
dealers for 50 years Price 50 cents
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-09-09

OF MIDDLE
AGE
Need Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Brookfeld, Mo.-"Two years ago I
only weighed 118 pounds. Ny trouble
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-09-09
A MARVELLOUS RECOVERY.
How a Chronic Invalid Regained Per
feet Health.

Mrs. Ray Trusner, 80 West Third
St, New Albany, Ind, says: kidney
disease had rendered me q chronic
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-09-09

The busy man wonders how the
loafer manages to live.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-09-09

The secrets the average woman can
keep are those of her toilet.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-09-09

The man whose bluff is not SOM
times called never existed.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-09-09

Examine carefully every bottle Of
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see hat it
Bears the ~ ~
Signature t&MNEZM
In Use For Over 80 Years.
The Kind You Have Always Bought.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-09-09

Mrs. Winslow"s Soothing Syrup.
FOR children t~eething, softens the gums, reduces in.
ANIMATION, A1lays pain. cures wind colo. sc q bottle
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-09-09
Sometime Dreadful.

Wee Anita was listening to a story
of the Johnstown flood.
What made tt?" she asked.
"Oh, the dam broke" replied grand
ma.
The next morning she ran into her
brothers room and, climbing up on
the bed, inquired anxiously: "Buvver,
wasn't it just drefful bout that swear
breaking and killing all dose people? ?"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-09-09

You say it costs less to run this
automobile than that trotting horse
you owned?"
Yes; 1 used to bet on the trotting
horse"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-09
FIVE DANCED WITH KING
Four Proud cinclnnati Bellies are Ye

Four Proud Cincinnati Bellies are Yet
Alive.
Cincinnati, May s.-Of the five proud
young women with whom the late
King Edward danced when he was in
Cincinnati half century ago as the
young Prince of Wales. four are yet
living. Miss Rebecca Groesbeck, who
married r. II. I. Goddard, now lives
at Providence; Miss Helen McGregor,
Of Mount Auburn. after whom Nc
Gregor Park and Helen and McGregor
Streets were named married General
Nelson B switzer ,o Of the VHi MT States
Miss Edith Burnett is Mrs, Pomeroy
and now lives in in. NeW York o. City; Miss
married Or. r. " Saunders. of the
British army and went to Canada 70
live; she died In Newport, Ky. The
remaining young. woman, Miss Alice
Hilton. became Mrs. Du Charme. and
husband is dead. but she like the
three ,others of her. companions of
that mem orabe evening In 1850 has
survived her royal partner.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-09

room by court attendants. and later
apologized to the court.
A motion to reduce bail from $4,000
was vigorously opposed by Assistant
District Attorney De Ford. and he was
upheld by Magistrate Breen. who said:
II find that the charge has been
fully sunstantlated. Not only SYSTEM
atically. but scientifically, this girl
was inveigled into a den for the pur-
pose OF perpetrating a shameless out
rage of numbering her, I say. in every
respect except physical. ! shall not
reduce the bail / fixed before | knew
the dangerous character OF this man"
Before the "Oom' was started toward
his cell. two men and a woman, his
'novitiates," shook hands with him and
added expressions OF their mistaken
belief In him. The woman, whose hair
was streaked with gray, was hand
somely gowned. She remained In whis.
pered conversation with the "Oon'
until Detective Callahan took his arm.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-09
DOM IS PH|LOSOPHY
REVEALED BY GIRL
Gertrude Leo Says She Believed
He Had Supernatural
Powers.
LOVED AND FEARED HIM
Sister Interrupts "Yogl Priest
Hearing and Berates
His Lawyer.
LOVED AND FEARED Hin

New York. May s,--The trial OF
"oom." the ,self-styled god and head
of tho Yogi religion, was resumed be-
fore Magistrate Green in tho West
Side Court yesterday afternoon. Oom's
real name is Peter Coon, but he called
Pierre Bernard.
Gertrude Leo, a Seattle girl, whom
the "Oom' brought to this city, tes-
titled that she met the "Oom' in Jan
uary last year in Seattle. She bad Just
left hospital, and the "oom' prom
ised to restore her health IL she would
accompany him to this city. He said
he would employ her as his stenog-
rapher and give her a musical educa-
tton,
When she reached this city, she said
"Oomn took her to q flat on Yves