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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-01-28
Mince Pie Story Interests DR.. WILEY

thirst for O~pulence SeiZes him the
temptation to sophisticate his product
becomes irresistible. His first false
step may seem harmless-it may be
nothing worse, indeed, han the addi
ton Of some sterilized wood pulp to
his pie flling-but that first false step
is fatal. Ere long he is launched upon
a dizzy career of chicanery and sub
terfuge. Abandoning apples and
peaches entirely. he begins to fill his
pies with carrots and turnips. Instead
Of flour, he tries plaster of paris; in
stead of soup meat, cat meat; instead
Of sugar, New Orleans molasses; in
stead OF magnesia, manganese. Final
ly, instead of baking his pies, he mere
ly varnishes them with shellac.
No wOnder the ordinary m1nce pie
Of our hOstelries and eating houses,
our public %banquets and our cook
stands bears an evil name. No wonder
1t is avoided as a pestilence, even by
shoe drummers. And yet mince pie,
per Sc, is not nefarious. Made at
home, and without too great a depend
ence upon ~left-overs and other culin-
airy debris, 1t may be both nourishing
and palatable-a sound and even de-
l1ghtful Wand, with something of lob
ster salads hearty solidarity and
something Of the wiener schnitzeTs
haunting mystery. Made upon the east
ern shore Of Maryland, where pieology
is an art as noble as piano playing or
therapeutics, it may rise even high
er than that, becoming a true victual
Of the first-class and ranking with
ham salad and fried
smelts.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-01-28

n r. HARVEY W. WILEY, govern
- ment chemist, was greatly inter
ested In the story which has reached
Washington, Of a Polish coal miner in
Ohio, who, biting onto a slab Of Pitts
burg mince pie, struck a rivet and
broke off sever teeth; but, being ex-
tremely hungry and having no money
to buy actual food, kept at his grim
task. A minute later he struck a stick
Of dynamite in the core of the same
pie and was buried from his late res
tdence the next day, leaving a wife
in Poland and another in Ohio.
Thus lives are wiped out and homes
are made desolate by the ordinary
mince pie Of commerce. dubious
and sinister victual, in whose dark
depths a million dangers Turk.
The average mfnce pie manufacture
er, we have no doubt whatever, starts
out in business with high ideals and
a real love for his art. 1t is his firm
intent to devise only the best and
purest pies and to use In them moth
ing but genuine fruit, honest soup
meat, choice brands of f~ourth-rate
flour, clean bacon rinds and chemical
ly pure glucose, magnesia and anitine
dyes.
But as he goes on and the mad
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-01-28
Woman Makes Bugs for the Government

gigantic scale in comparison to the
life size insects, a close microscopic
study of the subject and the ability
to shape the different parts on iden-
teal lines are details of Mrs. Heide-
mann's work hat must be followed
each time she molds a reproduction.
Mrs. Heidemann as a sculptor has
produced busts Of some of the celeb
rites Of the day, but she says her art
has never been more severely taxed
than it is through her employment for
the bureau of entomology of the de-
partment of agriculture. The models
of insects v virtually every known
form of life in the world of bugs.
The models are a true reproduction,
fantastic in some cases and hideous In
others, and they furnish exceptional
means for persons interested in agri-
culture to study both the insects that
destroy crops and the others that pre-
serve agricultural products
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-01-28

I'D ROSPERTY has returned, accord
i ing to import and export records
for 1909, published recently by the bu-
reau Of statistics Of the department of
commerce and labor. The surest In
dication Of ready money, officials de-
clare, is the diamond market, and dur
ing the first II months of 1909 this
has doomed, the importation Of cut
diamonds amounting to $25,214,541,
three times as much as during the COR
responding period last year, and les
ly Sc, 10000 more than during that
time in 1907.
Imports of cut diamonds this year,
with December omitted, amounted to
more thar $1,OO0,OOO above those in
the II months of 1907, this banner
year in the importation of cut gems.
On these diamonds the government
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-01-28
Uncle Sam Gets After the Loafers

charge OF Cnarl6S u. Norton, assist
ant secretary of the treasury, who
handles the annual estimates for all
departments, and he has not yet eX-
amtned a single public office without
finding faults to be cured and the ex.
pense to be cut of. The trouble lies
largely In an unnecessary number of
employees and a consequent system of
loadng and Sinking that would not
be tolerated in any private business.
Much Of the investigation so far
made has been the personal work of
Mr.. Norton. Thus in an office under
the treasurer of the United States he
found the work far behind and an APP
plicat1on for more employees on file.
Mr.. Norton went to this office at nine
in the morning, when business is sup
posed to begin, and found it empty.
Presently a few of the clerks arrived,
u it was ten o'clock before all Of
them were there and at work. AZ
1870 some of them went out to lunch,
and it was 1:30 before all of them
were again at their desks. Shortly
after four they begin to leave the
place, although the days work Is not
supposed to be over until 4:30. At
that hour not a soul remained in the
office.
After satisfying himself this was the
daily routine in the off, e Mr.. Norton
sent for Charles H. Treat, then treas
urer, and exploded his bomb. He or
dered hat instead of increasing the
force in that office it was to be re-
duced. This was lone and the Office
has SO increased in efficiency that it Is
doing more work than 1t ever did be-
fore. and is fast catching up on its
business.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-01-28

YYASHINGTON. - The comprehen-
w sive economies IN the executive
departments Of the government which
the administration is seeking to ap-
ply, will penetrate to the remotest
sections Of the country. Not only
is h work Of the departments in
Washington being analysed, but every
public office in every state will receive
the same treatment. This will include
every mint, especially the big mint at
Philadelphia, every custom house, ev-
cry internal revenue office, every post
office and all other offices where the
public money Is expended. The prom
ise was made by Senator Aldrich, dur
ing the tariff debates, that a saving
OF from 25 to 40 per cent. is possible
and the administration is aiming to
reach those figures.
This means that preparations are
being made to make many consoltda-
lions where work heretofore has been
duplicated. In fact, some of these
consultations are accomplished al
ready. Also 1t means hat the bust
ness OF each borough and office Is be-
ing scanned, all with a view of In
creasing their efficiency and at the
same time reducing the cost. The ad-
mintstration has gone far enough to
know that this can be done.
The work of investigation Is under
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-01-28
INSOMNIA
Leads to Madness, if not Remedied in
Time.
INSOMNIA

Experiments satisfied me, some 5
years ago." writes a Topeka woman
that coffee was the direct cause of the
insomnia from which l suffered ter
ribly, as we'll as the extreme nervous
ness and acute dyspepsia which made
life a most painful thing for me.
@" had been a coffee drinker since
childhood, and did not like to think
that the beverage was doing me all his
harm. But it was, and the time came
when l had to face the fact, and pro-
tect myself. l therefore gave up coffee
abruptly and absolutely, and adopted
Postum as my hot drink at meals.
Il began to note improvement in my
condition very DOR after l o On
Postum. The change proceeded grad
ually, but surely, and it was a matter of
only a few weeks before l found my
self entirely ~relieved-the nervousIess
passed away, my digestive appal Atus
was restored to normal efficiency, and
l began to sleep, restfully and peace
fully.
These happy conditions have con-
tinued during all of the 5 years, and l
am safe in saying that l owe them en-
tirely to Postum, for when l began ia
drink it 1 ceased to use medicine"
Read the little book, THE Road to
Wellville, in pkgs. There's a Reason"
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time to time. They
are ~EenuiRes trues and full OF human
interest
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-01-28
NEVER FOUND
NO SUCH THING AS A PERFECT
HUSBAND EXISTS.
But, to Be Quite Fair in the Matter,
Writer Also Asserts That There
Is No Such Thing as a
Perfect Wife.

A distinguished lecturer, who has
also won fame in the pulpit. is going
around the country describing the per
feet husband, and Is received with de-
lighted au~d1ences--of women. It is
much to be regrette ed that men are not
in attendance. We are not aware that
there are many perfect husbands in
the world, and If the learned lecturer
has some new points which will in
crease the serenity OF the domestic
h~earthstOne the men should have
them.
1t does not seem to have occurred to
the women who are SO enthusiastic
over this typical but unbound perfect
husband hat he will never be happy
without a perfect wife. We admit that
as a rule women are better than men
in the largo morals of life, but the
perfect n has not been discovered.
Hence the domestic squabbles, hence
the divorce courts, hence these tears.
The perfect husband has a large load
to carry, and it is much to be feared
that he finds life a burden at times
because of his lack of sympathy. The
perfect wife, if she exists, is always
saddled on to human imperfection of
the male variety and much is the fuss
made about it. Men are content, like
the humble beings that they are, to
take their troubles silently, but wives
feel that the world is entitled to know
the burden Of their sorrows.
All OF which is slush, of course.
There is neither a perfect man nor wo-
man in the world, and it isn't particu-
larly desirable that there should be
until the general average Of humanity
is higher. What we want in this world
Is all the contentment, happiness and
entertainment that is possible and
laudable, 1t is impossible that there
should be a quiet home without fric-
ton, but it is quite possible and essen
tial that the difficulties be reduced to
the minimum.
The whole trouble with the matri-
monial situation to-day is that there is
SO little Of the willing mind on either
side to seek an accommodation. In
married life there is a necessary com
promise between two individual ma
lures. Wise couples are willing to es-
tablish q home based on mutual help.
The unWise couples rush to home and
mother and then to the divorce courts.
People in this world who complain of
trouble have usually themselves to
blame. Most of the troubles we have
never happen, and such as occur may,
for the most part, be avoided. The
perfect man and woman are not neces-
sary, but the sensible man and wife
do not need the law or the prophets to
make them happy in their own home.
1t takes two persons always to make
a quarrel, and it is easier to effect a
happy compromise than most persons
imagine.
Some people think married life a
torment. II SO, it is because they have
remarkable facilities for making it so.
The world is filled with happy homes.
philadelphia Ledger.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-01-28
THE WONDERBERRY
OR SUNBERRY
sands Say It's the Best Thing
They Ever Grew.

The Wonderberry or Sunberry, the
marvellous garden fruit originated by
Luther Burbank. and introduced by
John Lewis Childs, the well-known
Scotsman of Floral Park, N. Y, has
proved a great success all over the
country. Thousands of people say IL
is the best thing they ever grew.
Mr.. John Burroughs, the well-known
author, Naturalist and bosom-friend OF
Theodore Roosevelt. says it is the
most delicious pie berry he eveF tasted,
and a marvellous cropper.
A Director of the New York Agricul-
tural Experiment Station says it fruits
abundantly wen in pure sand. In the
short season of Northwestern Canada
it is a godsend, and fruits long after
frost has killed most garden truck.
d. S. Hall, Wichita, Kan, says thirty
people grew it there last season with
perfect satisfaction.
K. S. Enochs, Hammond, La, says
1t yields $3.50 worth OF fruit per
acre with him. Mrs. j.. H. Powers.
4732 Kenwood avenue, Chicago. raised
enough berries on a space 4X10 feet
to supply herself and friends.
J. P. Swallow, K~enton, Ohio, says its
equal for all purposes does not exist.
Rev. H. B.. Sheldon, Pacific Grove.
Cal, says he likes the berries served
in m and every way.
". T. Davis, Enon, Va, says it is
true to description in every way. and
fruits in three months from seed.
Judge Morrow, of U. s.. Circuit
Court, says the WOnderberry is simply
delicious raw or cooked.
Mr.. Childs exhibited one plant five
months old bearing 1O,375 berries
which measured about eight quarts.
Mrs. Hattie Vincent, Hayden, New
Mexico, says it stands the long, hard
droughts OF that climate and fruits
~abundantly all summer.
1t is certainly the most satisfactory
garden fruit and the greatest Novelty
ever introduced.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-01-28
The Ruling Passion.

An old IrishwOman, in describing a
gone but not forgotten" said: Mike
was the foine man entoirely and he'd
be living now, if it wasn't for the
dhrink. He had a dog and sure that
haste would bring him home from the
saloon whin he was SO blind wild
liquor he couldn't see a shtep before
him. And whin he died-'tis the truth
I'm shpaking-his ghost walked at
night, both back and fOOrth, betune
the saloon and his house-and bedad
twas SO dhrunk his dog knew him!"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-01-28
AH AK1NG models Ct bugs for Uncle

M AKING models CT bugs for Uncle
IVA Sans use in teaching agricultur-
lists and "b~ugology" students how to
distinguish between insects hat are
harmful and those that are useful is
the novel occupation of Mrs. Otto Hell
demann, well known as a sculptor in
Washington.
1t is no easy task that Mrs. Heide-
mann has. All the skill of the sculp-
tor is necessary an the dexterous
f~ashiOning of the queer looking mod
els. for although they are made on q
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-01-28
Helping Out the companx

Confederation pulled the wrone
rope; another time. when y want
to get off the car, just notify ne.
Passenger didn't want to get oH.
l just wanted to ring up the last fare
thu you failed to register.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-01-28

Dr.. Provine a Farmer.
The following is {. dispatch from Gin
ton, Miss, and gives the experience of
DIR. Provinc, of that place:
DR.. j. w. PrOvine, professor of chem
istry in Mississippi College, has demon
strated the value of intensive farming
over that Of extensive. A few years ago
he bought a little WORKOUT hill farm of
some seventy acres. He has, by a sys-
TEN of wise fertilizing and deep blowing,
brought this farm up to an almost per
feet state of cultivation and production.
He has persistentIy used the fertilizers
from the stable. 1t is no
thing for him to gather forty or fifty
bushels of corn to the acre and to make
from a bale to a bale and a half of cot
ton to the acre.
The last year or two he has been Civ
ing some attention to the crop of cane.
This he finds the most profitable crop he
can make. He has realized as much as
$500 per acre with his molasscs crop.
He has established Il little manufacture
ing plant. SO his crop is the very best
that can be made.
Or. Provinces experience might be the
experience of every farmer i'll this sec
ton of the country, for there is no more
favorable climate throughout the world
thar is furnished by this latitude. Crops
of every kind. to say nothing of fruits OF
every kind, can be produced here. When
people find this out, the cotton boil wee
vii problem will be in a large measure
settled
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-01-28

port or every one who IS interested in
improving the class OF horses.-Holly
Springs Reporter.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-01-28
Worth Emulating.

An aged Confederate veteran and a
small boy living near Alderman, Miss,
made a splendid success farming last
wear. The following Associated Press
dispatch is a statement of what they ac-
complished:
The farmers of this country can profit
by the example set by w. c. Coleman,
who lives three miles south of town. He
is living on a place he settled when he
first came to this country, and which
would be considered by some as worn
out. Mr. Coleman is a Confederate vete-
ran and is &c years old. and while this
wear was one of the worst in years on
farmers, he, with the help of a 12-year-
old boy. made and gathered three bales
of cotton and $50 bushels Of corn and
other things in proportion. While other
farmers with richer lands are shipping
corn IN here from the Northwest, Mr..
Coleman has it to sell. He works each
wear to build up his land and looks after
the bitches, saves all his manure and
lives at home. Mr.. Coleman one day this
week killed a hog that weighed ASS
pounds and has two young mules to
place on exhibition here on Trades Day,
which takes place on the 18th. What
this old gentleman has done this year,
others could do each and every year"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-01-28
Breeders Association.

BIceQ6IS ASSOCldllOu'
Tn Marshall County Breeders Asso-
citation was organized last Thursday at
the New Elks' Hotel by the election of
w. c.. Robbins as president; c. II. Curd,
secretary. and Mr.. NJ. c. Jones as treas
urer, with the following directors: c.
=. Ames, Henry Gatewood and l.. b. Hud-
son. The purpose of this organization is
to improve the live stock of this section
of Mississippi. They have purchased a
fine trotting-bred stallion, DIR. Moray,
Jr., and will stand him at the fair
grounds this season. DR.. Moray is
probably the best bred horse in this sec
ton of the country. He is a blood bay,
sixteen hands high, and is perfectly made
in every respect. This horse will be kept
at the fair grounds, and the owners are
anxious that all lovers of good horses
will look at this animal. The gentle
men who have put their money in this
animal are working to improve conditions
In our section and should nave the sup
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-10-04
To Grow Hair on a
Bald Head
By u Specialist

Thousands of people suffer from
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tried nearly every advertised hair
tonic ana hair grower without results
have resigned themselves To badness
and It's attendant discomfort Yet
thDir ease is not hopeless: the follow
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made hair grow after years of bald
ness and Is also unoqualed for rostor-
ing grey hair to It's original color.
stopping hair from falling out, ana de-
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and specialists, and Is absolutely harm
less, as 1t contains none OF the pois-
onous wood alcohol So frequently
found in hair tonics, Do not apply to
the face or whore hair is not desired
BE sure 10 ask the druggist for all
the enclosures in the LaVona de Com
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Nou TO a handsome free sprinkler top
for your hair tonic bottle, and YOU are
also entitled 10 receive free advice OF
an expert on the hair by simply writ
Ing to the address you win find enclos-
ed IN the carton.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-10-04

EEEs1f
Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1910-04-23
Makes Good.

What was, only few years ago, a
small wagon show, has, by the use
of acute business ability and per-
severence on the part of the Camp
bell Brothers, come now TO be at the
top notch of tent shows and the cir
Gus which Campbell Brothers present
to the public today, takes its place
as a standard circus among the best
in the Country.
At great outlay of money and
hard work these progressive gentle
men have been gathering together
from all over the world and adding
to their shows all the extra attractions
that go to make up the best.
Famous acrobats, gymnasts, equili-
hrists, contortionists, aerial per-
formers. dancers, fun making clowns
and sensational specialties: besides
the daring bareback riders and ex-
hibir IS of handsome high spirited
trained horses and trained elephants.
ponies, mules and dogs 90 to make
up an entertainment that is I'M
equalled.
The menagerie annex contains the
most complete and valuable collection
of wild animals and ferocious beasts
from all parts of the world.
AT 10 a. IN. every morning, rain or
shine, takes place Campbell Brothers
great sensational street parade with
it, hundred of horses with glittering
equipment to dazzle the eye-hand-
some women riders, soldiers and men
of all nations, mounted and carrying
the flags of their country, cages OF
wild animals and all interspersed with
bands of catchy music. The above
shows will exhibit in Kingman on
Wednesday y, rain or shine. and
pro Mise every feun', ~ advertised
9TH in parade and in I'll. Dig sh ows at
, and s . m.
Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1910-04-23
SherB'S Sale.

Hui L. Marchand, plaintiff.
VS..
The Ruth Mining and Development Company, a
Corporation. defendant.
Under and by virtue of Execution and Order
of Sale issued out of the District Court of the
Fourth Judicial District of the Territory of Ari-
7ona, in and for the County of Mohave, the
10th day of April, 1910, in accordance with GER
tain judgment rendered in said Court the 9Th
day of April, 1910, in an action wherein Hugh L.
Marchand was plaintiff. and Ruth Mining and
Development Company, corporation, was de-
fendaat, in and by which judgment it was ad-
judged and decreed that said plaintiff do have and
recover from said defendant, Ruth Mining and
Development Company corporation. the sum of
One Hundred Eighty-eight and $500 (S1ss.55)
dollars, with interest thereon at the rate of six
per cent. per annum from the 9Th day of April,
1910 until paid and for plaintiffs costs and dis
bursments in this cause, amounting to the sum of
Eighteen and 45-lOO (Sls.45) dollars.
And it is further ordered, adjudged and decreed
that Plaintiffs mechanics lien upon the following
described property of defendant, Ruth Mining
and Development Company, corporation. as the
same existed on the 18th day of February, 1910.
be foreclosed. and that said property be sold to
sdLlsAg sdlu Judgment NoSNS anu interest," anu
which said property is described as follows, to-
wit:
Certain patented mining claims situated in the
San Francisco Mining District, County of Mohave
Territory of Arizona, known and called the
Ruth lode mining claim and Helen lode mining
claim. the location notices of which may be found
in Book K. at page 345. and Book "A, at page
2 5, respectively; said records being Mining Rec
ords of Mohave County, Arizona, to which said
records and the whole thereof, reference is hereby
made for more full and complete description:
Also one hoist and hosting works in and upon
the aforesaid Ruth lode mining claim, buildings,
machinery, tools and improvements of every
manner and description thereon situate.
Now. therefore, notice is hereby given that on
Monday, the 10th day Of May, 1910,
at the town of Kingman, Arizona, at the hour 2
O'Clock in the afternoon of said day, in front of
the South door of the Court House. will sell the