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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-04-26

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CITY GARDEN IDEA is GOOD
Baltimore, Seeing Success MInneapo-
lie Made, VIII Follow In Sister
Cfty's Footsteps.

1t was recently mentioned as being
part Of the plans which the Women's
Civic League of Baltimore has in con-
temptation that vacant lot farming is
to be encouraged. In almost every
city where this scheme Of %helpfulness
has been utilized the urban waste
places have been tried the results have
been satisfactory far beyond the ini-
tial hopes Of those who have been in
strumental in putting the scheme into
operation. Minneapolis last year In
troduced the vacant lot garden scheme
with dazzling success It not only
supplied many needy families with a
food supply, but 1t compelled a low
ering of the enormously high prices
demanded for vegetables by the re-
tailers.
Minneapolis has just about half the
population of Baltimore, and occupies
nearly double the ground space. 1t Is
quite apparent, therefore, that there
are more vacant lots scattered about
In Minneapolis than in Baltimore. But,
all the same, there Is a considerable
amount Of idle land, in building-lot
sizes, distributed over Baltimore. In
the suburban sections particularly
there are many lots upon which build.
Ing improvements are not in immedi-
ate contemplation. In Minneapolis
and other cities many such idle lots
have willingly been loaned to the city
garden organizations.
These lots r given out In limited
assignments to families that will un.
dertake to farm them. BY j~udicious
management a considerable food sup.
ply can be grown on a small piece Of
land. For instance, on a strip of land
ten feet wide and twenty-one feet long
twenty-one tomato plants may be prop
erly planted. A single tomato plant
sometimes yields, during a season, a
bushel Of tomatoes, and so a bit OF
land ten by twenty feet may yield over
twenty bushels Of this fruit There
are other vegetables that give returns
In like proportions. The city garden
scheme is one which helps people to
help themselves.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-04-26
is DEAN OF ALL INDIANS
Sitting Elk, Mighty Warrior Whs
Never Killed White Man, 10 Old
est Redman.

Oldest Of all Indians in the United
States. Sitting Elk. former chief OF the
| Ogallalla Sioux, is visiting In Denver,
the guest of the white man, against
whom he always refused to make
war.
For almost a century he has been q
leader among his people. but. wiser
than other chiefs. he early realized
that the red man was doomed and at
every opportunity he counseled peace
with the palefaces.
He could we'll afford to do so, for his
people knew he was no coward.
Il have never killed a white man."
he proudly boasts, but ! have fought
many battles, and | have done many
Draw deeds in my long life Of ninety.
six years. | was but seventeen when
| waylaid and killed my first enemy.
That was a very brave deed. Since
then | have killed many. many enc
mics"
Sitting Elk is q total abstainer. he
smokes cigarettes. but insists he has
none Of the other bad habits OF the
white man. He is childless. the last OF
his line, but he expects to live for
many years more-to be hale and
hearty long after he has passed the
century mark.
Sitting Elk moves. tall and stately
among his kinsmen. and puffs his pipe
with a complacency unruffed oy
thoughts of any immediate Journey TO
the happy hunting grounds.
Bright Of eye. keen of mind. the old
warrior dons paint and feathers for
his appearance with the younger
members of his tribe In the headlong
dashes across the amphitheater at the
stock yards, and rides with an aban'
don which deies the spectator to SIN
gle him from the reckless redskins
who have but one-fourth his years to
their credit,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-04-26
COFFEE HURTS
Ono In Three.

It Is difficult to make people bel,eva
that coffee is a poison to at least one
person out of every three, but people
are slowly finding 1t out. althoYSSv
thousands OF them suffer terribly he.
fore they discover the fact.
A New York hotel man saws. "Each
time after drinking coffee I became
restless. nervous and excited, 30 that
was unable to sit five minutes in one
place. was also inclined to vomit and
suner from loss of sleep, which got
worse and worse.
"A lady said that perhaps coffee was
the cause OF my trouble, and suggested
tnat l try Postum. I laughed at the
thought that coffee hurt me hut She
insisted so hard that I finally baa
some Postum made. have been ms.
ing Il In place of coffee ever since. foI'
l noticed that all my former neryo,ax
ness and Irritation disappeared. I ba.
gan to sleep perfectly, and the Postum
TASTED as good or better than the ola
conee, so what was the use nj s,icl.
Ing to a beverage that was ininr,n.
me? uAinS
One day on an excursion nm ~.
country l remarked to a young ladv
friend on her greatly improved apnear.
ance. She explained that soma. t;ma
before she had quit using coffee ana
taken to Postum. She had gatr.d =
number of pounds and her former nal.
pitation of the heart, hummipe IN ths
ears trembling of the hands and ,sas
and other d~isagreeable feelings bsS
disappeared. She recommended mo -
quit coffee and take Postum and wss
very much surprised to find that : boa
Aifeady made the change.
She said her brother had also
5ce,ved great benefits from leaving -,
and taking on Postum "Tbsrs,.
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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-04-26
striking. 1t was down In that creas

striking. It was down In that creass
that we round the spring"
"And that was the night you didn't
milk the cows till ten O'clock" she
laughed. "And If you keep me here
much longer, supper won't be any
earlier than 1t was that night"
Both rose from the bench, and Day
light caught up the milk-pail from the
nail by the door. He paused a mo
ment longer to look out over the val
ley.
TITS sure grand" he said.
TITS sure grand" she echoed, laugh.
ing joyously at him and with him and
herself and all the world. as she
passed In through the door.
And Daylight, like the old man he
once had met. himself went down the
hill through the fires Of sunset with .
milkpail on his arm.
THE END.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-04-26
Probably Made q Hit.

A young woman who presides over
one Of the kindergarten schools Of
Cambridge appeared at her desk re-
Gently attired in a new close-fttinx
skirt. With no thought other than
the conducting Of her regular routine
work, the teacher went about her du-
ties. She noticed, however, that one
of her charges was paying little at
tention to his work, but following her
with his eyes wherever she CHANGED to
go. Approaching the little fellow
with the intention of ascertaining the
trouble, she said: "Well, Tommy
Before she could 60 any further the
youngster shook his boyish head and
said: Say, teacher, that's a classy
skirt you've got on!"-Boston Post.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-04-26
he were drinking in that. to; fs.gg

he were drinking in that, to- fss:Ng
with the air. .
Dede did not know he had come
back, and at times he turned his head
and stole glances in at her-at hel
efficient hands, at the bronze Of hel
brown hair that smouldered with fire
when she crossed the path OF sunshine
that streamed through the window. al
the promise Of her figure that shot
through him a pang most strangely
sweet and sweetly dear. He heard
her approaching the door, and kept
his head turned resolutely toward the
valley. And next. he thrilled, as he
had always thrilled, when he felt the
caressing %gentleness of her fingers
through his hair.
81 didn't know you were back" she
said. "Was 1t serious?"
Pretty bad, that slide" he answer.
ed, still gazing away and thrilling to
her touch. More serious than | reck.
oned. But rye got the plan. Do you
know what I'm going to do?-I'm go
ing to plant eucalyptus all over 1t.
They'll hold It. I'll plant them thick
as grass, so that even a hungry rab.
bit can't squeeze between them: and
when they get their roots agoing,
nothing In creation will ever move
that dirt again.
why, Is Il as bad as that?'
He shook his head.
Nothing exciting. But I'd sure like
to see any blamed old slide get the
best Of me, that's all. I'm going to
ssal that slide down so that It'll stay
there for a million years. And when
the last trump sounds, and Sonoma
Mountain and all the other mountains
pass into nothingness. that old slide
will be still a-standing there. held
up by the roots"
He passed his arm around her and
pulled her down on his knees.
Say. little woman. you sure miss a
lot by living here on the ranch
music, and theaters, and such things.
Don't you ever have a h~ankering to
drop It all and 60 back?"
So great was his anxiety that he
dared not look at her, and when she
laughed and shook her head he was
aware of a great relief. Also, he noted
the undiminshed youth that rang
through that same old time boyish
laugh Of hers.
Say" he said, with sudden fierce
ness, don't you go fooling around that
slide until after | get the trees In and
rooted. It's mighty dangerous, and !
sure can't afford to lose you now"
He drew her lips to bis and kissed
her hungrily and p~assionatSly.
What a lover!" she said and pride
In him and In her own womanhood
was In her voice,
Look at that, Dede." He removed
one encircling arm and swept II In a
wide gesture over the valley and the
mountains beyond. The Valley of the
Moon-a good name, a good name.
Do you know, when l look jout over It
all, and think of you and OF all It
means, 1t kind of makes lue ache in
the throat, and | have things In my
heart can't find the words to say.
and have a feeling that | car almost
understand Browning and those other
high'tiying poet'iellows. L@ok ii Hood
Mountain there, just wheEe the suns
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-04-26
BEWARE THE TREE BUTCHER
indianapolis, Speaking from Expert
ence, Sounds a Warning That ls
- Well Worth Needing.

The influence of the tree trimmer in
increasing the susceptibility Of a tree
to insect attack Is often of more i'm.
p~ortance than would appear at first
glance. Many trees are so weakened
by wanton butchery that they become
an easy prey to the various borers
that seldom attack vigorous trees.
While this vandalistic form of injury
is preventable 1t is surprising how
many people continue to allow the
tree butchers to ruin fine shade trees.
The tree butcher goes on p. T. Bar.
NUNS old assumption that there is
q sucker born every minute" The
truth Of this was well shown in In
dianapolis last year when some
itinerant tree doctor" went about
painting the trunks of shade trees
with a dope" containing tar. Ac-
cording to the self.styled expert, the
preparation was absorbed through the
bark and then disseminated to all
parts of the tree, killing any bugs"
that might be present. When there
vas no evidence Of any insect injury
the tree doctors would suggest the
8 Of the tar paint to open up the
pores Of the bark and make the tree
healthy" 1t seems almost too alb
surd to believe that intelligent citi-
zens would be caught by such a fax
err. but even after a series of news.
paper warnings he succeeded in paint
ing hundreds Of trees throughout the
city. The deplorable thing about 1t
all is that practically every tree that
was painted died-and there appears
to be no law to cover the case.-Ip
dianapolis News.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-04-26
A Believer.

Clifford Plnchott, at his brothers.
house, in Park avenue, New York, lis
tened quizzically to a political story
that was being submitted to him for
yerificatio nby a popular reporter.
When the reporter finished his mar
rative Mr.. Pinchot laughed and said:
I'll reply to that as the old Italian
peasant replied to the statement that
his fellow-countryman loved birds too
well ever to eat them:
"'Well, I don't mind believing that
myself the old man said, but there's
q good many who wouldn't"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-04-26
For the Kitchen Porch.

When planting vines for shade over
the kitchen porch next spring, try the
common lima bean vine, for this
yields %bountifully Of its fruit, and the
foliage il both beautiful and dense.
You can also pick the beans easily
woman's Home Companion.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-04-26
FooIInu the Lord.

FuUIItu tHe EoTu.
Mother" leased a little boy OF i've.
"does God know everything that I'm
going to do before l do it,?
Eyes, dear, everything" she said.
well, does he know that I'm GO
Ing upstairs In a minute and put on
my pajamas and say my prayers and
get into bed?"
Yes, dear, he knows everything"
We'll, tonight he's going to get
fooled, for I'm not going to say my
prayers."-St. Louis Republic.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-04-26
CHAPTER XXI.

But there came the day, one year,
In early April, when Dede sat IN an
easy chair on the porch, sewing on
certain small garments, while Day
light read aloud to her. II was In
the afternoon. and a bright u was
shining down on a world Of new green.
Along the irrigation channels of the
vegetable garden streams of water
we're flowing, and now and again Day
light broke off from his reading TO run
out and change the flow Of water,
Also, he was teasingly Interested In
the certain small garments on which
Dede worked, while she was radiant
ly happy over them. though at times,
when his tender fun was too insistent,
she was rosily confused or affection
ately ~resentful, 1t was a few minutes
later that Daylight, breaking off from
his reading to change the streams Of
irrigation. found that the water had
ceased flowing. He s%houldered n pick
and shovel. took n hammer and a pipe.
wrench from the too dollhouse. and re
turned TO Dede on the porch,
q reckon I'll have to go down and
dig the pipe out" he told her. IT'S
that slide that's threatened all winter.
guess she's come down at last"
Don't you read ahead, now" he
warned. MS he passed around the
house and took the trail that led down
the wall Of the canyon.
Halfway down the trail, he came
upon the slide, 1t was a small affair,
only a few tons Of earth and crum'
bling rock: but. starting from fifty
feet above, II had struck the water
pipe with force sufficient to break It
at a connection. Before proceeding
to work. he glanced up the path of
the slide. and ne saw what made his
eyes startle and cease for the mo.
ment from questing farther.
Hello" he communed aloud, Took
who's here"
His glance moved on up the steep
broken surface, and across 1t from
side to side. Here and there. in
places. small twisted manzanitas were
rooted precariously. but in the main,
ave for weeds and grass, that portioA
Of the canyon was bare, There were
signs OF a surface that had shifted
often as the rain poured a flow of rich
eroded soil from above over the lip OF
the canyon.
"A true fssure vein, or | never saw
one" he proclaimed softly.
Dropping the hammer and pipe.
wrench, but retaining pick and shovel,
he climbed up the slide to where a
vague line OF out-juttlng but mostly
soil-covered rock could be seen. II
was all but lndlscernible. but his prac-
ticed eye had sketched the hidden in.
formation which It signified. Here
and there, along this wall Of the vein,
he attacked the crumbling rock with
the pick and shoveled the cucumber.
ing soil away, Several times he ex.
amined this rock, So soft was some
Of It that he could break 1t In his fin.
gers, Shifting a dozen feet higher up,
he again attacked with pick and
shovel. And this time, when he rub.
bed the soil from a chunk of rock and
looked. he Strengthened up suddenly,
gasping with delight. And then, like
. deer at a drinking pool In fear of its
enemies, he flung n quick glance
around to see II any eye were gazing
upon him. He grinned at his own
foolishness and returned TO his exami.
nation OF the chunk. A slant of sun.
HGht fell on 1t. and II was all aglittsr
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-04-26
The New Wife.

Hubby-My dear, won't you sew ON
q button for me before you go out?
His New Wife-The cook may DOS
slbly DO 1t for you. But please bear in
mind you married a typewriter. not q
sewing machine.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-04-26
Great System.

'This winter air is nice and fresh"
said the brisk citizen.
That's where you are wreng," re-
piled the man from Chicago. IT'S the
same old air; it only seems fresh be-
cause 1t has been In cold storage"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-04-26
Perfect Peace.

ITS so quiet here" wrote a map
who was r~usticating In the country,
that ! tc and listen 70 the ned-iak
ingl"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-04-26

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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-04-26
Alaba6ine
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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-07-05
NEWS OF THE DAY CONCERNING CHICAGO

Police Lieutenant John Dow
ney, having acquired some $780,
600, has resigned from the force.
Downey is a piker. Nick Hunt
is worth three-quarters of mil
lion, there or whereabouts.
But both Downey and Hunt
made their dough in the same
way-in real estate, so they say.
Case of Harry Elgin Webster,
sentenced to life for murder of
Bessie Kent Webster, to be re-
opened. The old gag-insanity.
Mrs. Fannie Sherwood Somers,
who got divorce after husband
had spent her fortune of $4,000,
found working in Milwaukee de-
partment store.
$50 troopers of First Cavalry,
IN. c., modified in Grant Park,
and started on hike to Camp
Worth, Lyons, III.
Judge Slusser in Municipal
Court denied motion of attorneys
for J. c. Henning to reopen Hen
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-07-05

we had it paid for. Now that it
was paid for it looked to us as if
it had ,shrunk. That is because
a house had been built up on
each side of it.
well, here's you lot" said Pa
Dillpickles. "Now who are we
going to get to design house
for it?"
or" answered Yours Truly.
with my T-square and thumb
tacks, l viii design itP' -
You. see, I'd been preparing for
this. I'd been reading all. the
Cosy. Home pages in. the maya
zines and studying floor plans
and elevations Until l could lay
out a house with my eyes shut
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-07-05

ning's damage suit against Clar-
ence S. Funk.
Wonder if Harrison's stirring
up all that fuss about the subway
just to get people to forget what
happened at Baltimore.
In case anyone HAS forgotten
the Democratic convention,
with great glee, tied a can to Mr..
Carter H. Harrison.
Blackstone Hotel management
says it is going to have place on
its roof where children can make
mud pies.
Heat caused three deaths in
Chicago today: John Debrey,
20l1 Wabash ave-; Charles Viii
liams, 102 Root St; John NJ. Con-
roy, 1907 Cottage Grove ave.
And Forecaster Cox brings in
whole procession of glooms by
saying the heat is going to con-
tinue without relief for several
days.
After countrywide search of Z
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-07-05

all except the dimensions and ar
rangement of the rooms and spec
ihcations and estimate. l believe
in every man being his own archi-
tect, especially if he is woman.
So l got tracing paper and india
ink and a drafting board and
rule and went to work while the
rest Of the family was still scrap
ping over whether it ought to Be
a bungalow ora. two-story house.
I planned and, i planned untilgI
had a design for a $500 house
that anybuilder5oould put@up for
$1,000, and was neithe ra,bung-
allow nora tWo-story house, sbut;a
little; of each.
(Continued.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-11
FAVORED JENNINGS
Johnson Was Not Against
Tigers Leader.
WANTED HIM WITH N. Y.
If He Did Not Sign to Manage De-
troit for Another Term of
Years.

NEW YORK. August 1o.-The re-
enga cement of Hugh Jennings by the
Detroit club releases story that will
make clear Ban Johnsons real attitude
When Johnson and Comiskey were here
several weeks ago, the president of the
American League was asked whether
Jennings would be allowed to get out of
the circuit because of the fact that he
rooted for the Giants against the Ath-
letics in the worlds series last fall,
Johnson smiled broadly as he replied:
1T is true that Jennings caused some
i'll feeling because he pulled for the
Giants. and some of the American
League men openly scored him; but the
fact remains that Jennings a mana ger
won three pennants for Detroit. Some of
the Tigers are opposed to him now. but
they can't deny that Jennings has been a
success in former years. If the Detroit
club should decide to let Jennings go.
nothing would please me more than to
hear that President Farrell of thei High
landers had signed him to manage
the New York team. Jennings would
prove McGraw's equal in popularity here
and would soon have winner. But at
the same time. / believe that Wolverton
with a fair share of the luck. eventually
will succeed.
So the widely published yarn last week
that Ban Johnson had decided to fire
Jennings out of the American League was
z joke. although many credulous persons
actually believed il.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-11
COLUMBIA GOLFERS.
Chamberlain Defeats Jackson in
First Round of August Tourney.

The first round of the August tourna-
ment of the Columbia Country Club was
completed yesterday afternoon. Daniel
h. Jackson, winner of the July cup, lost
his match in this round, being defeated
by Ii. c. Chamberlain. up and 1. The
results follow:
FIRST SIXTEEN.
First round-E. A. Newman, Is handicap. de,
feated Henry l.. West. IS handicap, by up and
3 to play: A. Il. Shelton II handicap, defeated
play; Claude >. Watts. "a handicap. defeated c.
4; Watson; IL handicap. by g up aud > 10 play
Mntsr 10 handira a by n' up: Basil n Manly.
Is handicap. defeated otto Leubkert, Il handi-
Iap ia4Gsa @ 10 bane K
dicap. by :, up and TO play; Fred s. stiit. -
hS dfaii, r. s simmons S hnndieap' defeat
cd a. {. Van Leer II handicap, 10y . up and :
to play.
SECOND SIXTEEN.
First ronnd-J. Edward kreh: jr., "a handicap,
defeated DIR. 7. A. Geddes, Is handicap. by J
mp ard to play; Robert W; Cox; "a handicap.
and l 1" play; A. q. thurman. u handicar de-
fea,ed George w Rcs. 20 handicap. by ] up;
L. ID, Underwood II handicap. defeated f.. Is.
De Graw. ~ handicap. 10y > up aud to play,
q. II. Stearns. II handicap defeated Z. H..
Weaver; 16 handicap. by default; C. Z. Langley,
handicap. by up: +. $. NARROW IA handicap.
defeated la, J. W Jay "A handicap. by up: f.
III ndliuttap, defeated y. j. tidIh, ~
handicap, by 4 up and ) To play.
THIRD SIXTEEN
FIRST round-J. C. Let's. 20 handicap. defeated
Paul Freeman, ~ handicap, by l up; Frank Gov
ern, Is handicap, defeated f. :. Appicmsn, IS
handicap. 10y up and to play: T. W. Brahany,
"a handicap defeated r.. ]. Ober, "a handicap, 10y
:; up and To- play: Montgomery F.. Danforth, 10
handicap. defeated .. J. DE Moll, IS handicap.
rs up and To play; A. II. Giles 20 handicap,
defeated \. Ward Evans, "a handicap. by de-
fault: IL. \. ellis. u handicap, defeated J. a..
Myers, jr.. % handicap. by default; Dr. Paris f..
Brengle. II handicap defeated 5. A. Reeves "A
handicap. by mp and tn play; J. l.. Rigglcs.
- handicap, defeated james Sharp, 2i handicap,
by default.
Play will continue this week, when the
second round in the three sixteens will
be completed