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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-09-06

Richard Hightnut. an American with an
hnected English accent, receives a pres.
ent from a friend in china The present
proves to be a pair OF paJamas. a letter
hints OF surprise to the wearer, LlBhthut
dons the pajamas and late at night gets
up for q smoke. His servant. Jenkins
comes In and, falling to recognize lARht-
nut. attempts to put him out Thlnkins
the servant crazy, Lightnut changes nv
clothes Intending to summo help. mnen
he reoppcars Jenkins falls on his meek
with JOY. confirming Lightnut,s oeiet
that he In crazy. Jenkins tells Lightnut Vi
the encounter he had with q hldeous
Chinaman dressed In patamas IN
Lightnut Is asked TO put up the kidi 4
Tor the night on his way home from col
iege. Later llghtnut finds a beauuiu'
girl In blaoA pajamas In his room; Llgn.-
nut 10 shocked by the girls drlnkin8,
smoking and slangy talk. She tells MN
with a story OF her love for her sisters
roommate. named Frances. Next morn
Ing the girl Is missing and Llghtnut hur-
ries 10 the boat to see her on. lie IL az
costed by "A husky college boy. who CATS
him "Dicky." but he does not see the
Cir, Jack Billings calls TO spend lhe
night with LIghtnut. They discover
priceless rubles hidden In the buttons OF
the paJamas. Billings dons the paJamas
and retlres. Lightnut later d discovers
In his apartment n beefy person IN NUT
Jon,chop MINISTER'S and wearing paJai" ,ha
SeLklns caiis the police VINO uec,u. nIroxv
Intruuer 70 ne a criminal caaleu ~ ~ ~
%randpa' The intruder declares III s
x1snthuts guest ana Appears 70 .ne t "a
In the morning Llghtnut Is astonished TO
mo bllIlngs gone, ana more assons s,or
wren ne gers a message IRON tne in,d
ueIlnhulhg MS clothes hlgnthu,; uJ
!or larIytown, Bllilngs nonei u,s.oo nn
frances me glrl OF the pnlanhas, a ii"
sne traln. Llghtnut speaks 70 ler ~ o.
,u9es 10 the night before Sne uecinaos
inulgnantly thht Lightnut never Jaw o
"a olack pa)amas. Az IhrrytoWn al n.ho
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-09-06
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PLEASURE IN SUBURBAN LIFE
Many Ways In Which Il Can Be Made
Superior to Either the Rural
or Urban.

We should sharply distinguish be-
tween suburban life and rural life, for
q vast gap separates them. especially
for the gentler ex. Too often in
strictly rural life woman's time Ii
wholly occupied in drudgery, to the
exclusion of all social life, a consid-
cradle distance from nearest neigh
bors and their equally manifold duties
conspiring to prevent a supposed
waste Of time in visiting"
While all this IL changing for the
better, such conditions were never
true Of ordinary suburban life. Even
the farmers wife may now chat with
her friends and neighbors over the
telephone, and rural delivery places
her closely in touch with the worlds
movements and brings small articles
Of merchandise right to her door
nearly as quickly as it is delivered to
her city sisters. Suburban life con.
sists of living in rather thickly settled
communities, generally without the
confines Of municipalities, yet having,
usually, all the city's advantages OF
transportation, water service, tele.
phones, gas. electricity. daily papers
delivered a few hours after publica-
ton, together with many valuable up
to-date conveniences.
Every such community should have
a live improvement association, and
perhaps, in addition, an equally live
woman's club. Such clubs may pur'
chase magazines for either individual
or collective use at greatly reduced
rates, and would they but sufficiently
cooperate, all household commodities
at equally advantageous prices. Co.
operation, zealously and honestly car
ried out, spells success for any organi
cation or business enterprise.
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course-to Frances, I meal Why,
dash It, she seemed to find q funny
side to It that | didn't, don't you
know!
Tell me, now"-she clasped her
knee. lifting her lovely face coaxing-
ly-"tell me all that she said about
me-everything!"
And | did-every word. BY Jove!
And no one could look into that
sweet, ingenious face as l proceeded,
and doubt that the ISLANDERS were new
to her. Never a jolly one touched
her-only you could e their absur-
dity amused her. Several times l had
to pause as she bent under a gale OF
laughter.
Only once was she brought up,
shocked.
OH" she uttered family. as l came
to the intimation about her being hail
fellow-well-met with the footmen and
her drinking and carousing with them
and other men-servants until three In
the morning. l realized that 1t wasn't
the matter OF the drinking that
feazed her and drew from her little
gasps as I came to this-knew that
didn't bother her, don't you know, for
| knew she did drink-could drink,
mean to say; for | had not forgotten
the two full whisky glasses OF high
proof Scotch she had tossed of that
night In my rooms. Why, no, dash 1t.
she was able to drink-it went In the
family! | could never forget with
what pride she had told me Of putting
her brother Jack under the table two
nights running. That was all right
1t was the other part Of the frump's
scandal that brought her up, stand
ing, sc to speak.
For now she really looked embar.
raised, despite another lapse to laugh.
ter. Her face and neck we're dyed a
lovely crimson.
"Oh, dear!" she said finally; and
she wiped her eyes. What you must
think Of me!"-and she looked away,
a pretty frown contracting her face;
then the jolly dimple deepened once
again and she choked into her hand.
kerchief. "Oh, dear!" she repeated,
biting her lip to hold her Quiverine
mouth corners. "Oh, it's a shame"
heard her mutter; II mustn't let him
its too" She wheeled upon me
her lips frightened. "Oh!" she eJacu'
lated sharply, almost petulantly, and
her foot struck smartly on the boards
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-09-06
People Known by Their Homes.

Experienced travellers are elated
when they come across wellplanned
and wellcared-for homes ~tastefully
planted. They ~instinctively feel a de-
sire to know the occupants, feeling
sure they will find within people Of in
telligence, education, ~nobleness, gen.
erosity and affability. All know then.
that the cultivation Of plants and fow-
ers 10 indicative of high ideals and
character, even though he has never
thought closely along these lines. It
has truly been said that "the exterior
Of q home is an index to the charac-
ter OF thA ''hahitants." How will you
be judgS
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-09-06
Barber Shops In China.

Since the Chinese revolution a great
many Chinese have had their cues cut
of, and this has led to the opening Of
a large number Of barber shops
throughout the far east wherever Chi
nese are located, says an exchange.
Several progressive business men Of
Singapore, anticipating this, imported
a large number Of American barber
chairs, and they are now unable to
get supplies quickly enough. It has
also been learned that the Chinese In
sist on having American hair clippers.
and refuse all other makes offered
It would seem that American manu-
facturers of BARRIERS supplies should
experience a large increase In theb
Oriental trade.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-09-06

reason I knew It couldn't be and
wasn't true was"|I sighed heavily
"oh. dash 1t. it's so hard to get hold
Of the jolly thing!"
And there was q pause.
The real reason2" her voice coaxed
gently.
Was because" Then she moveA
the toe and 1t put me QUIT think
just because-oh. yes. I know now!"
And I looked up eagerly. lust be-
cause l knew that you-are you!" ]
finished beamingly.
"Oh, I see!" She said 1t musingly,
her finger lightly pressing upon her
lips, her beautiful eyes studying me
with the oldest. keenest side-glance.
A pause; and then: And how long
have you known me, pray? Just a."
"A thousand years." l said prompt
ly and earnestly. "A thousand years
and all my life, don't you know!
Never will know you any better"
II wonder" she murmured. noddins
slowly. And then for q moment she
didn't say a word, just sat there look
ing me over curiously, her expression
half shy. half ~quizzical, don't you
know.
Then her smile flashed again-a ra-
diant, dazzling brightness that brought
her nearer, like the effect Of the sun
lights sudden CLEAN there at times
upon the blue line OF the yves
Shore" away across the broad, three
mile span of the old Tappan Zee.
And n~ow"-again her splendid
young arms were clasped. wing-like.
behind her head; and its golden glory
hung like a picture against the dark
vine leaves, bossed with the clustered
purple flowers-"now," she repeated,
settling comfortably, you must Just
20 on and tell me the rest-I a bear
1t! What did my"-her big blue eyes
twinkled as she smiled-"my father
say about me?"
shifted uncomfortably. "Oh, |
can't, you know" I demurred. II say,
what's the use, dash it," Poor old
/ boy, somehow I just hated to round
on him-he was so jolly hard bit al
ready; Jack, don't you know! Be
sides
Pleased" Jove, how she said M
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-09-06
CHAPTER XVI.
"because You-Are You"

"Because You-Are You."
Poor, br~ave-hearted girl! How pitt
full and heartrending to a keen-eyed
man Of the world. seemed her poor,
little sham about her fathers trust in
her! For Knew the facts. you know!
And suddenly 1t came to me that |
Just couldn't and wouldn't let her 60
on this way, without the sympathy OF
the man she loved; without the pre-
cious consolation OF knowing that he
knew! She was being badgered and
rough.shouldered and put upon and
distrusted and maligned by every one
she knew. and she had nj one in all
the world to turn to but me-and-
Oh, | wanted her to know what |
thought. don't you know!
| slipped to the seat beside her.
"Er, Miss Billings" | began, think
Ing ahsent-mindedly OF what | should
say, and forgetting that We were quite
alone,
miss Billings!' Why do you call
me that?' Her lovely brow puckered,
81 remember, now, that's twice you
Frances, them" | corrected softly
She Strengthened. her bosom lifting
with a quick intake. BY Jove, that
was what she wanted!
oh" Then she leaned slowly back
looking at me thoughtfully through
half-closed eyes, her lips parted In
the oldest smile.
And | screwed my monocle tight ant
let her have smile for smile, deter
mined to chirp her up and make he,
feel our oneness-that sort Of thing
you know. And | succeeded, For O
a sudden her head went back and tn,
Joyous peal OF her canary laugh start
ed of the jolly birds in the tree
above us.
"Oh, yo0-" A stare, and then ar
other burst rs she bent forward, fac
buried In her hands. Then 1t lifte
sharply, fiame-dyed-her lips trem,
lous. her eyes shining like sapphir
stars. oh" she gasped, and how
envied the little hand she presse
against her waist; but the windows
dash the windows! "That's-that's
-Frances-just that much! But, d
you know, | don't-don't believe yo
really know my full name. / remer
her now several tn" She bent {
ward me witchingly, her wide bit
eyes challenging my candor. "Ho,
estly. now--do-you?'
So It was that thought that VIZ
tickling her! Well. by Jove, l had h,
there, for ] had heard the Judge me
ton her name in full. ! would su
prise her!
"Oh, don't II" exclaimed, winkir
as I polished my glass. We'll. no
about Frances Leslie B%illings?" l
aer have It slowly. distinctly, ar
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-09-06
Couldn't Happen TO Them.

Mike got q Job moving some kegs
Of powder, and, to the alarm Of his
foreman. was discovered smoking at
his work.
"Je-ru-sa-lem!" exclaimed the fore
man. do you know what happened
when a man smoked at this job some
years ago? There was IN explosion
that blew up a dozen men,"
"That couldn't happen here" 70
turned Mike calmly.
why mott"
cause there's only you and me-"
was the reply."-Everybody's Maya
zine.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-09-06
Sold Wife to Friend.

At the village of Utxnach, Switzer
land, the other day, a curious sale
took place. With her own consent q
woman was sold by her husband to
another man. an Italian, and a friend
Of the Swiss couple. The price asked
by the affectionate husband was four
dollars. To further ~"legalize" the
bargain, the Italian procured two wit.
nesses to the transaction and had o
contract written on stamped govern.
ment paper.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-09-06

"Oh. dash 1t. I'm afraid It will hupt
you." + protested uneasiIy; land 7
don't think the Judge really"
Il just don't care that"-a snap
from her little fingers and her arm
went back-"for anything he eveF
said about me that was meant SO,
please go OIL must go dress for
luncheon"
And so just took a deep breath, q
long running leap, and cleared the
bar-told her all, you know!
CTO BE CONTINUED.J
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-09-06
No Concern.

Mr.. Mips must be q singularly pure
and upright man."
why do you think he is unusually
so?"
Somebody told him there were
well-defned reports that a Burns de-
tective had been operating secretly
in the neighborhood he %frequents. and
he said 1t was nothing to him."
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-09-06
Diplomacy.

MRS. links always has such q good
time when she goes anywhere. How
does she manage to convey the impress
sion she Is a widow"
"She always makes an allusion
to her tardy husband a. my late
husband"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-09-06
Cause Of the Delay.

Cause Of the Delay.
Strange those two nations do noa
declare war"
"They are haggling about what per
centage each is to get Of the moving
picture receipts"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-09-06

Regular practlclng physicians reo3mmS.a
and prescribe OXIDLNE Tor MAIAI1, -H~
Il Is 9 proven remedy BY years OF e1PeIn~
Keep . bottle In the medlclne cnSSs
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-09-06
Remarkable FInanclerlng.

Figures don't lie"
Don't they? Here's an item from
New York that says a policeman there
saved $4,000 in q month from his sal
airy Of $4,000. Those figures must lie
for they won't stand"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-09-06
Sounds So.

How oddly that man cleaning the
machinery talks"
How do you meant"
81 heard him telling his helper to
save the waste"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-09-06

The Natural Inference.
While out motoring the other day. J
ran across an old friend Of mine"
WAS he much hurtf"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-09-06

And many 9 girl who starts out with
the intention of making q name foF
herself winds up By turning the JOB
over to some man.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-09-06

A woman seldom hits anything snS
aims at, especially If she throws her
self at Q mans head.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-09-06

There isn't much doing in the sen
love line when = nan loves himsen
as he does his nelghbors.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-09-06

Many q man can't even do his aug
without feeling that he L. DONG mo-"
than his share.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-20

and poultry products, has done much
to eliminate the tremendous fuctua.
tons in prices with the seasons
There would seem, therefore, to be
ample room for large extensions In
both these businesses. The future Ger.
tainly looks bright for the dairyman
and the poultryman who will put on
the market goods of high quality.
The opportunity of such a farmer is
even greater now than it was former
ly for the reason that in the case of
butter the advent of the hand separa-
tor has resulted in a decrease of the
first class butter on the market, and a
tremendous increase of inferior butter.
In fact, it is nearly impossible in the
cities to get high class butter any
more. At the same time the develop
ment Of the cold storage business in
eggs has made it difficult for city peo-
pie to secure eggs of good quality.
There is room, therefore for an
enormous business for the farmers
who will supply high quality of but
ter. and good line of strictly fresh
eggs.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-20

job" Therefore, when an enterprising
salesman revealed the wonders OF
a new and ingenious device for
ironing clothes at the cost of but little
perspiration, less physical energy.
practically no mental waste, and only
a few cents day In the cost Of power,
Sam said: II buy him"
Now Sam irons with an electrical
iron which saves him so many hum
dreds Of steps a day between the
stove and his ironing table. Further.
the iron is so arranged that by pull
ing a string he releases a weight
which bears down on the top of the
iron and relieves him of that duty.
Better still. the pulling of another
string lifts the iron just the right
height above the board and Sam does
not have to lift it and put it on the
old.fashioned iron holder.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-20
Treat 1t by the Yankee Method.

cell / have never seen an Instance
o. the complication recorded by Mark
Twain = infammatory rheumatism
complicated with jumping toothache
but p great many persons with ul-
cerated teeth seem to suffer from
ST. Vitus' dance.
Even worse than an liberated
tooth, if possible, is the impacted wis
dom tooth, because nobody will be-
lieve it is half so bad as you pre-
tend About one in six persons has
more or less neuralgia in either OF
the three branches of the facial nerve
when cutting the wisdom teeth. Some
of the worst cases never cut the wis
dom teeth at ALL but have ali the
trouble just the same. Often an in
veterate facial neuralgia is shown to
depend on an inverted, uninterrupted
wisdom tooth buried in the jawbone.
The X-ray discloses the offender and
its removal by the dentist ends the
trouble. When your face hurts be
a sport, and remember you're evolut-'
ing fast. BY and by therel be no
teeth to trouble US.
The fiat brow and prominent jaw Of
the Monaghan and negro race are as
characteristic as the high brow and
square jaw of the Caucasian race.
The danger is that we ultra-civilized
Americans, with our super-refned
mode of diet-our devitalized wheat
flour, our predigested breakfast foods.
our lost taste for raw vegetables-wili
suffer further recession of the jaw
and with it general systematic de-
generacy.
The prevention is summed up in
that new word of the English Ian
guage -Fletcherism. All the tooth.
brushes and dentists in the world can
not prevent trouble with the wisdom
teeth when there isn't room in the
jaw for the eruption of the last mo-
lars. Fletchers teachings-thorough
mastication, less food and more vege-
tables-seem to be the sum total of
oral hygiene from the preventive point
of view.
Among the low type of negroes In
Mississippi the jaws protrude beyond
the perpendicular face line in 97h per
cent Among 10000 persons examined
in the streets of London only 4 per
cent. were beyond the line. Among
1000 more intelligent negroes exam.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-20
ENEMY OF THE TAX PAYERS
Large Proportion of Crimes Conceived
In Saloons and Committed by
Liquor Drinkers.

The statement Of Prof. John A.
Nichols as to the condition that ex-
lists in every tax-paying community
ought to be posted In large letters
over the door of the tax Office, and
printed in red ink on every tax re-
ceipt: THE liquor traffic is the di-
rect enemy of the taxpayer of the
land. Ia il common sense to license
a man to sell liquor and then lock up
another man for buying it, and after
wards tax the people to take care OF
him?' It has been made SO clear by
many competent authorities that a
large proportion of crimes are not
only conceived and plotted in the sa-
looms. but are committed under the
influence of drink, that every tax-pay-
er and every voter should be able to
see the direct relation between his
use of the ballot and the amount of
his taxes If he will persist in. COM
plicating the social and economic
problem by voting for the legalized
liquor traffic, he must take the con-
sequences in the payment of high
taxes for the support OF those insti'
buttons which the drink evil make'
necessary.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-20

ZIP ASHINGTON.-" Naval officers are
w guessing whether the United
State battleship Nebraska, which ran
upon an uncharted shoal short time
ago, is going to take the place of the
Inflated Texas, later named San Mar
cos, which was the hoodoo ship of
the navy" remarked Captain L. L..
Darbey, a. retired naval officer, the
other day I'll luck pursued the Texas
almost from the beginning, and it
seemed that it was never out of trou-
BILE during all the time 1t was in COM
mission, except at the battle of San
tiaxo, where it did great work.
Before the Spanish-American war
the NTexas while being overhauled at
the Brooklyn navy yard was sunk. be-
cause the yokes of its sea cocks were
broken In the course of repairs, and
the water poured in just as II the
beat had been scuttled. The Texas
sank, as everybody knows. and was
raised as soon as possible. 1t was on
that occasion that Captain Jack Phil
lips, one of the bravest and best naval
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-20
Bad for Bones.

DR.. Lane of London, one of the lead
ing experts in the treatment of bones,
has made it possible to hold frag'
ments of broken bones together with
metal plates which are attached by
means of screws. He has observed
that in the case of persons accus-
toned to use alcohol the bone tissues
are SO soft and friabie that the screws
do not hold we'll AS he said to rep
resentative Of Good Health, "a drunk
ards bones are rotten; they are not
good for anything. Whatever alcohol
may be good for. 1t certainly is bac
for bones"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-20

inches deep at the high end and 10 or
IL at the low end. Swinging stan
chions are used. They allow the COWS
more comfort than the rigid kind.
81 like the two-story barn because
It allows a big, roon1y NOV. for hay,
Professor Reed said recently. But
the floor of the NOW must be tight.
Some of the best dairy barns are one
story, for the reason that chaff and
dust sift through the floor of the loft
into the milking room. But a two
story barn can be made just as SAM
tary, provided a tight floor is made in
the loft and the rafters are sealed
with matched ceiling underneath. A
tight ceiling and floor can usually be
made cheaper than an extra barn for
storing hay A good dairy barn should
have at least four square feet of glass
for every COW. Sunshine and light
keep the barn sanitary Sunshine
drives out the dampness and leaves no
place for bacteria TO thrive
Ventilation in dairy barn is very
important The King system is the
most perfect in use today. That is
the system used in both dairy barns at
the Kansas Agricultural college. The
principle of it is to have outlets near
the floor of the barn for foul air. The
snlets for fresh air are near the cell
lug. The outlets and inlets are SO ar
ranged that there is no draft over the
cows.
Continuous mangers-one long man.
ger for each row of cows-are used.
These are about 2 inches higher than
the stall floor and only few inches
deep. This kind of manger is easily
cleaned. There are partitions to keep
the cows from robbing one another.
These are of sheet iron and joined to-
gether so that they can be raised
when the manger is to be cleaned
throughout.
Slight changes would adapt this
barn to the needs of almost any small
farm. The calf pens could be given
over to COW stalls and the calves put
into the box stalls. The long. open
driveway is useful for storage in emer-
gency and permits the backing in CT
a wagon load of feed. The silo may
ne located to one side of the center
of the building to allow wagon to
pass out of that end of the building.