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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-20

The greatest glory Of a free-born
people is to transmit that freedom to
their children.-HarVard.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-20
False.

Clerk-This is an eight-day clock.
Murphy-G'wan! It's a lOi; theirs
only swim days in the wake!-Puck.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-20

Heavy words in meeting will not
make up for short weight in market.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-20

No objection is heard from the
young men of the family to the new
fad Of employing young women chauf-
feurs.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-20

Even 100000 worth of peace Ia
worth having.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-20

PILE CURED IN 9 TO IA DAYS
Your druggist will refund money If PAZO
MENT fails to cure any case OF Itching, Blind
Bleeding or ProtrudingP Piles in 6 TO IA days. 6Oc.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-20

In the silk war between italy and
Japan goods and prices cut much
more of n figure than battlesfips.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-20

Every year his world drinks 1.25O|
000, 900 pounds OF tea That seems
plenty.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-20

Money talks, but 1t will have to do
more than that If it insures peace
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-20

Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that Il
Bears the ~ ~
Signature of &MZALISI
In Use For Over so Years
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-20

Every little while nobody's seismo-
graph is recording an earthquake
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-20
HOW TO MAKE SALADS
STANDARD KINDS OF POTATOES
AND OTHER VEGETABLES
Bonbon. HazIenut and SWeetbreac
Salads Are More Unusual. but
Arc Not Very Difficult
to Mix

Vegetable Salads.-Whiie the many
excellent cook books Oil the market
give various good .ecipes fer salads.
1t is from the real cooks themselves
that We get the gems. The unusual
salads are, as q rule, a rather ex-
pensive luxury for everyday use. the
fish salads and meat salads are
fairly well known, the yeget able
salads are also becoming we'll
known, such as asparagus, cauli-
flower and the macedonia Of vege
tables. The ever welcome potato sal
ad is always a standby for the young
housekeeper in making up her daily
variety. The fruit salads are not al
ways as popular as they should be.
for many feel that just before the DIES
sert course they take away the zest
for the sweet to follow. Perhaps this
Is true. but they are so healthy that
this should be their excuse for be-
ing.
8onbon SaIad.-Shape small-sized
balls Of new Pimento cheese and
roll them In finely ground pecan
nuts. press half white grape
on either side of the cheese. AL
low six to portion arranged on
white lettuce leaves and cover with
heavy mayonnaise, to which little
whipped cream has been added just
before serving
Hazienut Saad.-Shell and banch
one pound Of hazlenuts and grind half
of them fine in a grinder. Crate
half of pineapple, mix with the nuts
and tablespoonful of sherry, juice
of half lemon and tablespoonful OF
powdered sugar. Let stand one hour
then drain and add package OF
cream cheese, mix to a paste, then
make into balls with a whole nut IN
the center of each. pile on white let
tuce leaves and cover with mayon-
naiSe
Sweetbread SaIad.-Parbol, blanch
and chill one good pair Of sweet
breads and cut them into small pieces
Grind fine one dozen sailed almonds
six olives, one green pepper and one
sweetbreads with the juice of lemon,
eherkin pickle Add these to the
juice Of one onion and a wineglass OF
sherry. Let stand one hour. then
drain and serve in green pepper cases
with mayonnaise dressing.
The .nvariable rule of good salad
making is to have all of the iugred
ents ready, but not to mix the salad
until the last possible moment. or
course, celery, where 1t is used, holds
a salad up pretty well, but if dressed
too long it is bound to grow wilted
and unappetizing.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-20

expectoration or fits of coughing, in
which they scatter germs with which
| their lungs are filled. Several doctors
have been infected in this way and
have died
The Chinese cities offer fertile
field for the propagation Of the dis
ease. The people are crowded to-
gether like behring's in barrel and
once the disease has appeared in a
house 1t is almost sure to contain
mate all the inmates and to spread
quickly through the whole city. There
are many Chinese towns where pigs
are the sole scavengers and where
sanitation is of the most primitive
kind Contrary, too, to general belief,
which regards worship of ancestors
are many parts of the great empire
where the dead are not inferred at all.
The collins containing the dead are
placed on the ground in places spe-
cially reserved for the purpose near
towns and. villages and are proved
upon by dogs and wild beasts. Now.
in the plagueinfected regions the
dead are being burned A wagon
driven by man wearing a muffler
sprayed with iodoform, goes through
the streets and collects the bodies
from the houses. They are then taken
to great pits outside the city or town,
soaked with kerosene and burned,
thrown upon them.
The Troublesome of the plague in
China began in Fuchiaten, in Man
churia, one of the filthiest towns in
all the east. Little attention was paid
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-20
Meerschaum Getting Scarce.

The valuable material from which
meerschaum pipes are made is con-
tinually getting scarcer and the large
industry which has flourished in Wen
ma, Budapest, Nuremberg, Paris and in
the Thuringian town of Ruhla seems
endangered. The manufacture Of
meerschaum pipes is much more i'm
portant than is generally supposed
The town of Ruhla alone has been ex-
porting in round figures pipes to the
value of about s1.500,000 annually
The finest grade of meerschaum is
found near Eski-Scheir, in Anatolia.
Asia Minor, In hollow, which in early
days was a lake, in which the meer
schaum was precipitated Meerschaum
is also found in other places, including
Thebes. Egypt, the Bosnian Mountains
in the neighborhood of Grubschitz, and
Nuendorff in Moravia and in some sec.
tons of Spain and Portugal.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-20
Tamale Pie,

Take one large chicken, joint as
for fricassee. salt and pepper each
piece and roll in -four. Have ready r
frying pan, containing part lard and
part butter: fry each piece Of chicken
in this until brown, then place chicken
in stew pot and add one can Of toma-
toes; one large onion that has been
sliced and fried; two OF three red or
green peppers, and a small piece OF
garlic: add little water and the
gravy that the chicken was fried in
Let stew until tender Thicker gravy
and turn into baking dish, take one
cup Of olives and drop them into the
stew. slice four hard boiled eggs over
top, and cover with rich pie crust and
bake
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-20

become a menace to the world. The
whole northeastern corner of the en-
pire and of Manchuria are In the grip
Of fresh outbreak of the black
death and the civilized nations of the
world are rushing physicians and med
ical supplies to the east in an effort
to prevent the spread of the pestilence
to other lands.
Never before in the history Of China
has there come plague that has
brought such dumb terror to the
hearts of the people as has this most
recent outbreak. Swift in its fatal
ity. it has swept from village to vii
lage. up one country road and down
another until it seems that no part
Of China is immune from it's ravages.
AS the black plague in the middle
ages swept down the valley OF the
Nile Transforming garden seat Of
the world into a valley Of death; as
later In Spain there were none that
did not mourn; as in England but
half of all London escaped; SO In
some parts of China there is scarcely
a family that has not been visited.
The unsanitary condition Of the
cities and towns in China where the
dreadful pneumonia plague is raging
is responsible in large measure for
the spread of the disease. The pres
ent pestilence is pneumonia rather
than bubonic, that is, it almost invari-
ably proves fatal One of the terribly
ing things about it is that it spreads
through the air. In the bubonic
plague the microbe is communicated
by bites of fleas from infected rats.
In the pulmonary form the patients
themselves transmit the disease by
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-20

to It at first and 1t continued TO
spread with great rapidity. The dead
were thrown into the streets, where
they lay exposed, and often, accord
ing to correspo ndents, those afflicted
with the pestilence were placed in
the streets to die. Over 5000 persons
have persisted in the Chinese quarter
of Fuchiaten. 1t was not until the
black death had spread over a large
section of Manchuria that the nations
of the world were aroused to the
menace. And now the plague, unless
almost superhuman efforts are put
forth, promises to spread beyond con
troll At Assikho, 40 miles east OF
Hardin, In Manchuria, there are 400
to 500 deaths a day. The same num-
Der is perishing daily at Mukden.
Chefoo reports $50 deaths daily, Al
Chang Chun 500 bodies We're burned
In a week and at Heulan l 400 vic
tins were cremated in an equal period
of time. Cordons OF soldiers are post
ed around many of the infected VII
lagos.
Doctors who have studied the
plague and who are now working in
the affected regions say that the
plague is of intense virulence. Death
usually ensues in "a hours and some
times sooner and nearly every case
proves fatal. The disease is conveyed
by fieas from rats and other small
animals and may be contracted by
breathing the germ-laden air. The
ease with which it may be cOmmuni-
Gated is one Of its great dangers.
Through disease bearing tieas of rats
ships may carry it to London, New
York, San Francisco or other civil
ized centers. That is the deadly
menace of China's great pestilence.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-20
INSURING AGAINST DEVILS
Curious Way the Chinese Have OF
Taking Out an Annual Policy
for Protection.

Once every year, during the first 10
days of the seventh Chinese month,
the curious ceremony of Yu-Nan-Whe mel
is celebrated, being In fact the pay
ing of homage to the land and sea
devils
Seven priests carry out the cere-
mony by offering up various forms OF
prayer, says the Wide World Maya
zine, and making an unearthly noise
by beating gongs.
Any one wishing to show his respect
to the devils can do so by payment
of 600 cash-about % cents-to each
of the priests, for which amount they
will continue their performance Tor
IL hours-a truly modest remunera-
ton.
For an extra payment of 1000 cash
a number of small red paper boats
about six inches long, with lights in
side, will be sent floating down the
river with the current These lights
are for the benefit of the sea devils in
order that they may be able to see
their way about on dark nights.
Having finished this performance
the person on whose behalf it has
been carried out goes away happy IN
the conviction that he will not lose
any of his family throughout the year
either by sickness or drowning. so
that the whole ceremony may be
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-20
Minute Pudding.

Set a saucepan or deep frying pan
on the stove, the bottom and sides
we'll buttered Put into it quart
of sweet milk, a pinch Of salt and q
piece of butter as large as half an
egg. When it boils have ready a dish
of sifted -four; stir it into the boiling
milk, sitting 1t through your fingers.
a handful at a time, until it becomes
smooth and quite fhick. Turn it into
a dish that has been dipped in cold
water Make a sauce, very sweet, to
serve with it, Maple molasses is fine
with II.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-20

A Brooklyn widow who advertised
that she was good cook of both
plain and fancy dishes, and wanted q
husband, got 145 proposals. This
looks as If the cynical clubwoman's
recipe OF making happy home by
feeding the brute" is near the mascu-
line ideal OF welded romance.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-20
Only System of Education.

No system OF education is worthy
of the name OF national system I'M
less it establishes a great educational
ladder, the bottom of which is in the
on which every child who has the
strength to climb may. by using the
strength. reach the place for which ma
ture intended him.-Huxley.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-20

A New England sea captain died as
the result of being jabbed with hat
pin worn by a Boston woman. What
an irony of fate it was that after fac
ing death on the waters for many
years he should be impaled on the
point Of effeminate fashion.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-20
Date GINGERBREAD.

One cup molasses, half cup sweet
milk. two and one half cups flour,
half cup butter, two eggs, one-half
teaspoonful of any kind spice pre-
ferred, one teaspoonful soda dissolved
in two teaspoonfuls vinegar. Beat
thoroughly and add one pound OF
dates. Bake in moderate oven.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-20
How TO Basic.

When basting a seam OF any length,
instead of pinning WORK 10 the knee
try holding with presser foot OF sew
ing machine. You will find you will
be able to P. t perfectly straight and
do better work,
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-20

New York doctors are preparing to
diagnose disease by studying the pa
tents dreams. The phantasmagoria
caused by an injudicious mixture of
lobster Newberg and mince pie would
indicate defective judgment, or we
have eaten things in vain.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-20
Sweet On aIet,

Add a little sugar TO the eggs in
stead OF pepper and salt, make II
then as plain omelet. inclosing IN
the center, if desired maraa!ade OF
lam When turned out on dish, spr!t
kle sugar over the top.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-20

The New Hampshire legislators are
trying to stop eavesdroppers on party
telephone lines, and they may become
SO foolhardy as to ask congress to
request postmasters not to read postal
cards.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-20

In spite of the fact that q prisoner
in a Washington Jail earned $4,000
while behind the bars, we still hold
that Jail is a good place to avoid.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-20

The auto truck may be commercial,
but it is also humanitarian, as any
one will witness who has seen the
struggles of an underfed horse with an
overloaded wagon.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-20

There is no more delightful reading
than the story of romance in real
life that ends happily; no more dis
tressing reading than such a story
that ends the other way.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-20

1.-THE government has ruled that the
TROUSERS of an official cannot be pressed
at public expense. We look for mora
baggy trousers In office hencefOrth.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-20

The news that radium is to be the
future competitor of coal as heat pro-
Queer inspires the coal dealers with
considerable confidence in boosting
their prices.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-20

One of the aviators recently went
I'D several hundred feet in the dark.
He probably had an idea that it
wouldn't hurt any more to fall in the
dark than in the daylight.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-20

Another college professor has come
to the front with a plan to regulate
marriages. What has become Of the
Old fashioned professor who taught
in school?
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-20

An eastern club woman who claims
to have Investigated, reports that men
love fluffy girls. Perhaps they do. but
they generally want the girls to get
along with their own tufts.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-20

The news that the kaiser has in
thirty causes one to suspect that Will
liam intends to go some in the near
future.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-20

A theatrical manager says there are
no pretty girls in New York. We can
afford to pity the poor metropolis.
There are no ugly ones here.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-20

A domestic in So years of service
saved 1872, 00G 1t would be interesting
to know how much her employe4
able to accumulate in the same pc
riOd
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-20

Jail sentences for women SNUG
glers seem hard, especially when the
women smugglers can better afford
money than time
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-20

Germanys rapid increase In popula-
ton leads US to believe that the stork
continues to be more popular there
than the military bird.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-20

An American has just paid $4,000
for one of Rembrandt's paintings. In
emphasizing the artistic temperament
that is going some.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-20

Eggs can become SO cheap as to
arouse suspicion.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-20

Chicago is becoming excited be-
cause SO many Of its marriageable
young men go west. But can you
blame them?
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-20

Radium is being boosted for heating
purposes. and there is no telling how
high its price will go.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-20

Men do not mind how much women
mimic their clothes so long as they
remain Womanly in action.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-20

Seattle is to have a 41-story build
ing 1t wants something Tacoma can
see and put in its pipe and smoke.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-20

The harem skirt has displaced the
hobble skirt, and it bids fair to become
popular.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-20

looked upon as an insurance policy
of the small lighted boats may be
seen floating down the Yang-tzeki
ang.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-20

OLLOWING close on the heels
Of the plague, great famine Is
sweeping over the Chinese en-
pire, and the victims of the
dual persecution are now num-
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-01-12
That Gravel Road.

Editor simmons. OF the Fulton
Leader. is trying TO talk up the gray
Il road between Hickman and Ful-
ton. and the spirit manifested by the
new editor looks good to as. bnt
this matter was threshed out a year
ago. with the resul, that II was mose
OF a load than the county could wei
shoulder. True. some OF our public
spirited citizens offered donations
aggrcgating moro than sl5,OOO-and
We believe the offer Is still good
but even then the cost Of this road
as asccriaincd by a rigid inVest'ga'
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-01-12
R. R. Work Stopped.

by reason Of failure TO reach an
agreement concerning the right-of.
way across the farms of G.. n. Helm
and Steve Stair. the construction
work on the new railroad into Hick-
man from Tiptonville was ordered
suspended indefinitely by the railroad
management last Friday.
G. T. Bondurant, who has the con.
tract for and is doing this work. re-
ceived a telegram from Pres. S. G..
Latta reading as follows. You will
stop any operations north of Big
Slough until the matter OF right-of-
way into Hickman is delivered. Con-
tract provides that subscribers shall
furnish this right-of-way- $. G.. Lat
Ia"
Following the instructions all work
was suspended for the present and
until the matter can be threshed out
in the courts. Appraisers were ap-
pointed, the board consisting of Jul
liam Choate, J. j. Seay and Norris
King, who made reports allowing to
Stair $l4O0 and G.. N. Helm $l1OO
for land and damages by reason of
the railroad crossing their farms. At
this figure. either the railroad or the
citizens of Hickman musf die nm 90
500 to get across these places The
railroad people say it is up to Hick-
man to furnish the right-of- way, and
there is where the matter stands. II
will doubtless be satisfactorily adjust
ed in a short time, and the work
pushed to completion.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-01-12
Allowed Only $1,000.

Judge w. A. MAYORS court spent
all day Monday and a part of Tues
day on the case of Steve Stair a.
gainst the Chicago. Memphis q Gulf
Railroad Co, regarding the amount
Of damage that would be sustained by
Mr.. Stair on account OF the railroad
building through his farm just below
town.
Some time ago commissioners were
appointed to appraise the value OF
the land and damage which would fol
low. The railroad will use an SO
foot strip across his place. making
a total of 5ia acres. and the commits
sioners reported that sl4OO would be
fair price Mr.. Stair was not
pleased with this amount; and nei-
Their was the railroad people. When
the case was called Monday morning.
vOlleys of demurrers and exceptions
were filed by Remley a Moore. rep.
resenting Stair. and Judge b. T. Da-
Wis. the railroad representative. AZ.
ter considerable trouble a jury was
finally empanelled. composed OF J.
ID. Pickett. Fred Hayden. Chas. Moore
NJ. E. Beasley. North Brasfield and
Mr.. Gsmmons.
About twenty witnesses were intro
duced during the proceeding. with the
result that bottom land enjoyed a
fluctuation in price Mr. Stair claims
that the land is worth $3.50 an acre
and that he is half damaged" 9th
er witness thought the land in ques-
ton OS3-acre farm was worth 800
an acre, while a number Of others
believed that the land was not worth
over $50 and that the railroad would
be a direct benefit 10 IL, affording II
a drainage. The case brought out the
facts that donations to this road a.
mounted to 1880 and that the citi-
gems must furnish the right of.way:
that the last assessment on the land
in question was $3.50. etc
Tuesday morning. after the jury
had been carried TO the farm and
looked il over. a verdict was render
ed that the land and damage both
did not exceed $1,000.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-01-12
Whipping Past Revived.

sun O'Neal, a sixteen-year-old col.
ored boy was given a lashing in open
county court before Judge Monroe
at Mayfield Friday. on the recommon-
dalton OF county attorney Hollifieli.
Thirty lashes applied with a riding
whip by a large colored woman. an
aunt OF the victim. was the dose
given. The boy preferred this unique
punishment to going to the state pris-
on. He was charged with stealing
coal and selling whiskey.