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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-10-31

American habits and customs, espe-
cially American clothes, are uppar-
emily becoming fashionable among
Germany's young men. Young Ger
many no longer contents itself with
the sartorial products of the Father
land says the London Answers The
exaggerated university suits Of Ameri-
can cut and manufacture please them
better, and most of them are never
more genuinely fattered than when
they are mistaken for "Amerikaner."
German clothiers have, in conse.
quence, been obliged to lay in large
stocks of American clothing to meet
the growing demand
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-10-31
Protected Both Ways.

Two conservative ladies Of old
fashioned notions we're travelling in
the west, and becoming interested in
young girl on the train, finally asked
why she was making so long a jour
ney alone. They were greatly shocked
at her blithe explanations:
well, you see, my mother and step
father live at one end of the journey,
and my father and stepmother live at
the other. They send me to each
other twice year, so there isn't q
bit Of danger with four parents ALI
on the lookout"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-10-31
Accountable Gift.

A woman who has travelled widely
says one of the most acceptable gifts
one can make to friend going on g
steamer is a box or jar of stun ed
prunes. These are rarely given, can
be eaten when other fruits are in
digestible, and are mildly laxative.
AS one authority advises free use of
prunes for nervous people, declaring
they have a quieting effect. the eating
the prunes on shipboard should help
to check seasickness-alFNyE aug
mented By "nerveAs
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-10-31

ness in each side, could not stand tight
clothing, and was irregular. was COM
pletely run down. On advice l took
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and am enjoying good health. It
is now more than two years and have
not had an ache or pain since. / do all
my own work, washing and everything,
and never have backache any more. 1
think your medicine is grand and praise
1t to all my.neighbors. If you think my
testimony will help others you may pub
lish 1t. Mrs. OLLIE WooDALL, Nor
toms Gap, Kentucky.
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound will help you, write
to Lydia E.Pinkham Medicine Co.
(cOnfidentiaD Lynn, Mass, for adj
vice. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by a woman,
and held In strict confidence.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-10-31
Righteous Indignation.

Little Ruth was the youngest daugh-
ter in very strict Presbyterian fam
lily that especially abhorred profanity.
One day little Ruth became exceed
ingly exasperated with one OF her dol
lies. In her baby vocabulary she could
find no words to express adequately
her disapproval of dolly's conduct.
Finally, throwing the offending dol
ly across the room, she cried, feel
Ingly:
MY gracious! wish 1 belonged
to family that sweared!"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-10-31

England's new torpedo boat Destroy
ers will be given names from Shakes
peare and Scott. So, in the near fu-
ture, we may expect to see THE Mer-
ry Wives OF Windsor" engaging in
battle, accompanied by "The Two Gen.
tlemen Of Verona" "The Lady of the
Lake." and THE Antiquary." The
war correspondent of the future prob
ably will be chosen from among the
book reviewers.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-10-31
What's the User

Church-Do you think the world 10
growing better?
Gotham-I'm afraid not. read to-
day that cornet that can be played
by a roll of perforated paper, like q
piano player. is recent invention,
and l see Evelyn Thaw's pictures arc
coming back in the papers.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-10-31
FAD FOR MASCOT JEWELRY
Has Been Put Forward for
Many Seasons.

She who has money to afford novel
ties should go in for mascot jewelry.
Never has it been more fascinating.
Even if you are not superstitious, you
are not above a luck charm of some
sort.
A safety pin brooch, with stone
in the center, has attached to it by
a thin short chain, lucky tortoise
in gold or enamel. The mascot can
be further enhanced by using ones
birth stone.
A motor bracelet of gold or silver
wire can have attached to it various
lucky charms, as the lucky finger In
ivory, a lucky penny, tiny rabbits
foot, and horseshoe, and a minute
blue bird for happiness as we'll as
safety. Sometimes these lucky pieces
are worn around the neck on fine
fold chain, or they form an interest
ing pendant for the watch fob.
Great favorites are the lucky pig
and lucky bear charm, while a novel
ty for the cat lover is small bowl Of
gold chain, or they form an interest
fish in it and a watchful cat at one
side.
A fascinating love charm which
comes in circular or heart-shape has
on it plus and minus sign with
Aujourdhui above the former and Gu
Hier beneath it, while beneath the
minus sign is Que Domain, which
translated means that the donors love
shall daily be more than yesterday
and less than tomorrow"
The fond father now presents moth
er with a ring containing the birth
stone of each child.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-10-31
Progressive Robbery.

There is some cool air left in Kan
sas yet. Mr.. Harlan said in Topeka:
"The crook who steals your watch
while he sings Onward, Christian
Soldier, does not represent the Kan
sas idea of progress. Roosevelt bat
ties for the Lord at Armageddon, and
Tor the devil in Kansas and California.
He breaches honesty and sincerity,
and practices the methods of Fagin,
Uriah Heep and Bill Sykes. He would
rob the Republicans of Kansas of a
phance to express their choice at the
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-10-31

The advice to substitute beans for
meat will receive a setback through
the explosion of some boiling beans In
. Colorado town. The beans tore the
stove to pieces and threw the owner Of
the house out the kitchen door. With
the militant spirit abroad as 1t is, the
adoption of beans as the principal ar
ticle of diet had best be postponed.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-10-31
Agnes Wehrle, Ed.
THE CATS USEFUL WHISPERS.


We are apt to think that the cats
ability to see in the dark is due en-
tirely to its eyes, but competent au-
thority assures us that the feline's
power in this respect is due almost as
much to it's "whiskers." These deli
cate hairs that project from the muz-
Ele of the cat family are wonderful
mechanisms, says Harper's Weekly
Each one grows from a follicle or
gland, nerved to the utmost sensibili-
ty. Its slightest contact with any OBJ
stacle is instantly felt by the animal.
though the hair itself may be tough,
ard insensible. The exaggerated
whiskers on the muZzle often project
to such a distance that from point to,
point they indicate the exact width of
the body of the beast. Consider the
lion stealing through the jungle at
night in search of prey, when the
least stir of twig gives alarm. The
lions whiskers indicate through the
incest nerves, any object that may be
In his path. A touch stops him short
before pushing through some close
thicket where the rustling leaves and
bougLs would betray his presence.
Wherever his head may be thrust,
without a warning from the vibrissae
there his body may pass noiselessly.
1t is the aid given him by his whiskers.
In conjunction with the soft cushions
OF his feet. that enables him to pro-
coed as silently as the snake.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-10-31
Posing as Providence.

The full page advertisements in the
magazines by the Republican national
committee attribute the present pros
perity ito the careful nursing of
President Taft" And yet some ig-
norant people here in the west had
been attributing it to the favorable
weather and the huge crops.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-10-31

A Chicago girl while playing the
plano was struck by lightning, al
though not seriously hurt. But
whether the casualty is to be viewed
as accident or retribution is a ques-
ton the neighbors are discussing
that is, of course, If the girl was the
average performer and the neighbors
average neighbors.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-10-31

1t is now announced that disgrun-
tisd employee destroyed Mona Lisa's
inscrutable smiles with sulphuric acid
Which settles the inscrutability of the
smile for all time. as the pleasantly of
no mystery can survive a sulphuric
acid bath.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-10-31

with tulle and trimmed with feath-
er mount
Materials required for dress: Four
and one-half yards satin, AZ inches
wide, five-eighths yard lace, IS inches
wide, two and one-half yards 40 inches
wide, two and three-fourths yards
fringe.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-10-31

A Texas girl announces her will
ingness to marry any man who will
consent to have the ceremony per.
formed in cage of lions. And all we
have to say is that the man who
takes the offer will deserve anything
that happens to him during the cere-
mony and afterward.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-10-31

The automobile. says St. Paul
preacher. has done more for sin than
any other one thing. Let US not be
discouraged. Somebody is almost
sure to discover a method of keeping
tires from being punctvred.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-10-31
BACKACHE
NOT A DISEASE
But a Symptom, a Danger SigY
nal Which Every Woman
Should Heed.

Backache is a symptom of organic
weakness or arrangement. If you have
backache don't neglect it. To get per.
manent relief you must reach the root
of the trouble. Read about Mrs. Wood
all's experience.
Morton's Gap, Kentucky. 81 suffered
two years with female disorders, my
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-10-31

polls. He calls 1t progress. l call it
stealing. What do you call it,"
Stealing" shouted 5000 Kansans,
according to the press reports
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-10-31

health was very bad
and l had a continual
backache which was
simply awful. Icould
not stand on my feet
long enough to cook
a meals victuals
with out my back
nearly killing me,
and l would have
such dragging sensa-
tons l could hardly
hear IL I had SORE.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-10-31

Is 1t blow to spiritualism when .
man strikes a happy medium:
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-10-31

This very graceful dress is in pale
gray satin. The skirt is plain and
has a short tunic Of ,ninon finished
with a narrow silk trimming. The
bodice, of satin, is cut Magyar, with
short sleeves, the long sleeves being
joined on with wrapped seams; the
low rour,d yoke is of lace. The tichu
is of ninon edged with fringe, it has
long ends falling over front Of skirt;
these are also finished with fringe.
Hat Of dark gray, Tagsl, swathed
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-10-31

at the head of government can get
reforms without upsetting business or
destroying constitutions.
Gov Wilson is the bearer Of reforms
which make revolution needless and
impossible. Elect Gov. Wilson.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-10-31

Easily Remembered.
Hell haven't the heart to kiss you
She-Well, take mine.-Ulk.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-02-02
The HOTOI'S Home Mission SGI8I
The Women COunciling Together.

For painstaking and untirine
devotion to their great work, the
women of the Executive Co1rRft.
tee of the WOman's Miss; Esary
Council are a most worthy exam.
pie. In their recent session Of
ten days in Nashville they thought
and wrought and prayed and con
suited with rare patience and in
telligence. The read ustment OF
their missionary societies to the
new regime, with the least posi-
BILE disturbance of existing condi-
tions, was the task before them.
The spirit and ability with which
they handled this difficult task
should be a joy to the whole
Church. They did not all think
alike, and every woman had her
say; but when it was done they
were one. Love and loyalty to
the whole missionary task of our
Church dominated the entire meet.
ing. Their work was not easy,
but they faced it bravely and
stayed by it, not skipping the
hard places nor sparing either
time OF toll till it was done, and,
we believe, well done. Let every
body take heart. A high and
hopeful note has been struck by
these leaders among our women.
This meeting gave us new assur.
ance and made our hearts glad.
Croakers and prophets of evil
would have been unwelcome and
exceedingly uncomfortable in that
meeting. Unity has been tested
among the leaders, and has stood
the test triumphantly. We pre-,
dict new life and hope all along
the line, and join the common
prayer: "God speed s."-Mis-
si0nary Voice.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-02-02
in MEMORY OF

My Friend and Brother, Dr.. w. F. Scales
who Departed This Life Nov. rs, 1911
Truly the grim Destroyer is no res
pecter of persons; before him fall the
gentlest, the tenderest, the happiest,
and apparently the strongest. When
one goes from earth's shadows into the
clearer day whose life has been we'll
rounded, who has known the best of
living which is not living for self-who
has given comfort; who has led a life of
great usefulness and who has given the
best of himself for family, for friends
and for neighbors, the infinite good of
a true life is made clean, the eternal
faith in humanity is made strong.
So there should be comfort and in
time there will be, 10 the bereaved ones
in contemplating the life that has just
ended from the knowledge that the
world is better for This having lived
that he has, so gently and so gra :efully
moved along its pleasantest ways, max
ing paths smooth, lifting burdens,
and ~lighteningl depressed hearts. He
was of a nature strong and a character
positive. he was ready of jest, keen of
appreciation and endowed with great
capacity for enjoyment. His ways
were ways of p~leasantness and all his
paths were peace. He has entered not
empty handed into the beyond; he goes
not a crownless man before the great
throne. May the Lord comfort the
bereaved widow. We will not ques-
ton why snch a life should close ere
the MONDAY has passed
"Not now but in the coming year,
1t may be in that better land
Wen read the meaning of our tears.
And then perhaps, We'll understand"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-02-02

The efficacy of national prestige
has been signally proved again, in
the soothing effect of q mere hint
of intervention upon threatened
political turbulence in Cuba
Those who gave "a short lease to
the life of the Gomez administra,
ton failed to calculate closely on
the dread of the island trouble
makers of a return of American
troops. On receiving his warning
President Gomez called the lead
ers Of the seditious factions and
made them wise to the risk they
were taking. Nothing more was
needed-under the inHunce of the
American sedative the troubled
waters grew calm. 1t is a great
thing for the island that q menace
hangs over the fervor of its poll.
tics. -Vicksburg Herald.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-02-02
Anent the Boil Weeyil.

Editor Of the Beacon:--
BY your permission. I wish to use the
columns Of the Beacon to say a few
things to its readers.
During the recent warm spell, I have
been looking for some sign Of the boil
wecvil, but I have not succeeded in find
ing any and l am persuaded that the
severe cold has practically destroyed
them in this section. However there
may have been sufficient escaped u do
considerable damage to late cotton.
think it would be a very good plan
now for the farmers to get busy as
soon as they can and prepare their
ground, either by flat breaking, OF
bedding it we'll.
And now. / wish to impress on the
farmers that thorough preparation
means fertilization. preparing aywell
%pulverized seed bed and cultivation.
do not want it to be understood that
am urging the farmers to pillow deep
at this season of the year. for I am
opposed to blowing more than two in
ches deeper than has ever been plowed
unless it is where there is deep soil, or
alluvial land, where deep blowing can be
done without damage, but in the old
land where they have been cultivated
for years. and the subsoil is close to the
surface, would avoid blowing this
ground too deep in the spring, owing to
the fact that the subsoil is full of toxic
acid which is poisonous, and when
mixed with the soil, has a deleterious eff
feet on crops, and often takes two or
three years to bring it back to where
it was when you started with it.
But what l wish to impress on the
farmers, is so begin as o as you can
and prepare the ground we'll. If you
flat break or bed see that the land is all
broke, and no hard streaks left where
the pillow has not turned You may not
get as much ground planted as y,u
thought, but it is far better in the long
run to plant less acres and make more
cotton per acre. than to over-crop your
self and have no time to do anything
else. What land you can't get ready
for cotton, plant to corr and peas.
The weevil, I believe, will not do the
damage in your county this year that l
thought for at first, and the farmer who
puts a little extra energy in his work
this year will make a full crop of cotton.
With best wishes to all, and prosper
Gus year in return. l am at your ser
vice and should you wish my ser
vice, command me.
Yours very truly,
A. H. NORMAN.
Agent Cotton CultGre Dept. Southern
Railroad.
Lauderdale, Miss, Jan. 18th, 1912.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-02-02
u

Again the stern rentless hand O
death has entered and borne from oul
midst our dear friend and co-laborer
Mrs. John F. Carr. Transplanted hel
in that "Home beyond the skies
where there is no pain no sorrow and nc
fare-welI's spoken. While our hearts
are torn and bleeding as we consign her
remains to the cold and silent tomb, we
can but feel We n more to bind us to
Heaven, one less to earth. Therefore:
Resolve l. In the death of Mrs. Carr
the community, church and society
have sustained a loss irreparable.;
AS a neighbor she knew not the
bounds of love and friendship.
In church and society ''she did with
her might what her hands found to do"
Resolve 2. To her heart broken fam
lily We extend our her heartfelt sympa-
thy and point them to all wise Father to
bind up the broken and bleeding hearts
and beg them to throw their burden at
the feet of the dear Master who alone
q comfort them.
Resolve 8. A copy Of these resolu-
tions be copied in our county paper,
New Orleans Advocate, and spread up.
on the minutes of the society.
Mrs, Nelson Stevens,
Mn allie kYeRa
MIN ! Al tAsYsh
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-02-02
THE TRAVELLING SALESMAN

1.-THE Travelling Salesman is zone o.
the early bookings at the Lyceum. This
announcement will, no doubt, be wei.
coined by all theatregoers who enjoy
clean, wholesome fun. 1.-The Travel.
ing Salesman is a worthy successor to
THE GLORIOUS Lady," James Forbes
other great success. The fact that the
play is the biggest laugh producer of
the decade is . matter of UNIVERSAL
knowledge. The company is headed by
Don Macmillan, a comedian of nation
al prominence and the supporting
company Is particularly cayable. The
scenic effects are elaborate and the
promise is made by the management
that this engagement will be one long
to be remembered.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-02-02
PRIZE FOR TICK ERADICATION.
Valuable Calf Offered for Best Work

Valuable Calf Offered for Best Work.
The local office of the Bureau of Ami
NAL Industry of the U. S. Agricultural
Department is indeed gratiied to make
to each of the counties of Mississippi
the following announcement:
To the county in Mississippi which,
during the season of 1912, shall make
the best showing in the great work of
tick eradication, this Bureau is enabled
to offer as a county prize, one of the
best bred bull calves in America. This
calf it is enabled to offer by the large
mind and large hearted liberality of DR..
W. p. Mills TO Missoula, Montana,
who is The owner Of one of the best
Jersey herds extant west of the Missis-
sippi River. This bull calf offered is
equivalent to a gift of from $500 to $500.
Now, this IS an offer which stir the
enthusiasm of every citizen of every
county in Mississippi. Because the ut
terly stamping out of the costly nuisance
of cattle ticks will benefit every brsi-
ness man in every county in the state.
The railroads see and understand this
and hence all the railroads in the state
are ardent advocates Of tick eradication.
In the last five years las, 900 square
miles of Southern territory have been
cleared of cattle ticks and the owners
of 4, 44O, 900 head Of cattle have been
benefited not less than $2l, 965, $50.
This is about $2l for every dollar ex-
pended. And this by rigid calculation.
Let the good work go on in the en-
tire state of Mississippi. Let every
county strive for the Jersey bull calf as
a prize, and as a trophy for the year
1912. And let the entire state be freed
from the curse and nuisance of cattle
tick.
This generous offer is made through
the influence of DR.. Knowles, the noted
.sanatarian of Montana
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-02-02
Biz Bud Corrects the Record.
Editor Of the Beacon

EulIpf OF the btAcoH
have noticed that the papers OF thu
state in referring to the signal and wei
deserved honor bestowed on our pres
ent efficient Speaker, Hon. Hilrie Quiz
in electing him Speaker without oppo
sition. have said that this was the frs.
time in the history Of the State tina
this honor was ever rendered any man
Now, | believe that the Truth ough'
to prevail though the Heavens fall
| find that Hon. II. M. Street was first
elected Speaker by reclamation ir
1876, just as soon as the Democrats had
gotten in power. in recognition of his
valuable services during the time he
was a member of the "black and tan
Legislature.
The next to receive this honor was
the Hon. James Madison the worthy
and efficient member from my own
Noxubee County | regard this as a
most magnificent tribute to Mr.. Madi-
son for when elected to the legislature
he was practically unknown outside OF
his own county. Had no collegiate ed
ucation, and therefore was deprived of
the influence that every college man
has from his class and club-mates, and
all who have ever aspired to a State
office know full well that this is a most
potent influence. But. after serving
two terms, he so impressed his fellow
members with what is called 'horse
sense" and his uniform fairness and
courteous treatment and ability, that
he was, at the beginning of his third
term, elected Speaker without oppo-
s%ition, and he filled the position so
cre1itably to himself that at the close
Of the session he was presented with a
handsome set of silver by his democrat
ic friends and also a set of silver by
the negro members of the house, and
was only beaten by one vote at the
next session by a coalition Of two of
the strongest men in that body.
Jim Madison started life with moth
ing to aid him except indomitable in
energy backed up by rare good
judgment. and although he died young
left a splendid estate and raised a fami-
Iy that any state might be proud of it.
when his children were small
and leaving his estate somewhat en-
numbered, his widow has managed the
with rare judgment andysuccess,
and 80 educated and trained the child
rem that they reflect honor upon their
and mother and are among the
best citizens of the best county in the
State, good old Noxubee.
One of the members of the legisla-
ture in his memorial to Mr.. Madison
said that of "all of the legislators he
ever met he was the best acquainted
with all the legislation Of the State for
the last twenty years." While no law
yer he was familiar with all the Code,
and his opinion Of the constitutionality
Of a measure could be. relied upon as if
It was the opinion of a judge.
Yours for the truth,
e. d, CAyETT.