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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-04-11
WONDERS OF THE DEAD SEA
Interesting Trip Around This Body Of
Water Told by Jacob E.
Spafford.

Jerusalem. An interesting trip
around the Dead sea was made in
motor boat by Jacob e. Spafford, a
member of the American colony in
Jerusalem.
In circumnavlgating the lake four or
five very fertile plains or ghors were
met with. These plains" writes Mr..
Spafford, naturally bring to mind the
connection of the Dead sea with So
dom and Gomorrah, the cities of the
plain that were ovcrthrown. They
have been variously placed on every
side of the sea.
"These plains and the small oasis
at Engedi are the only points where
life of any kind and water are to be
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-04-11
Girls steal a Bath.

Fort Worth, Tex.-Chief of Police
Renfro and three policemen were call
ed to a barber shop late at night to
arrest burglars. With drawn revolt
yers they opened the door of bath
room where the burglars" We're hid
Ing. and were amazed to find two pref
ty young women, nude, bathing in the
tub. Feminine screams startled pass
ersSy. The two girls threw water into
the chiefs face and he beat a retreat.
Later he arrested them for stealing
bath. They gave their names as
Miss Katharyn Reid and Miss Jessie
Hoover. -
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-04-11

bodies. The deposits found up to the
present time have been of irregular
naturalization and not of great ex-
tent. consequently all platinum de-
posits must be considered with eau
ton.
OF the rare metals associated with
platinum. iridium. osmium. palladium
and others. little need be said because
of their rarity. II found they will be
associated with platinum and will be
known by the greater hardness,
brighter surface and greater specific
gravity.-Moody's Magazine.
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Defile Leading From HIver Amhlon.
had This evidently was little para
disc in the time of Solomon and is
frequently mentioned in the Old
Testament.
about ten miles from Engedi lies
the peerless natural fortress of Ma
cada (Sebbeh), first fortified by the
Maccabees, then used as a place of
refuge by Herod At the foot of the
tableland can be seen the Roman wall
of decentralization and the two. Ro-
man camps on either side of the small
ravine
"The fortress. which is LOO miles
above the sea, has steep sides at about
an angle of 10 degrees and cannot be
approached, except from connecting
neck called the ,Serpentine. A more
inhospitable place or one more disad-
vantageous to besiegers could not be
imagined.
Eight miles away is Jebel Usdum.
a mountain of rock salt rising to a
height of 500 feet. In this mountain
Is large cave which was explored
to the extent of about 200 yards. at
which point a tapering cylindrical
shaft of about 20 feet in diameter was
discovered, piercing the solid rock salt
80 feet high, as though through pol
ished marble, evidently the effects of
the rain.
Great snow white stalactites hung
from the ceiling The approach to this
mountain presents most fantastic APP
pearances Of walls, buttresses, par
apets, projecting towers, etc., caused
by the qualification and lay of the
salt boulders.
"A little south of Masada lies the
rich Ghor-el-NIizra Here and else
where abound the apple of Sodom de-
scribed by Josephus."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-04-11
CHAPTER XIII.
Job and Polite Bumpus.


Il never have told a downright
falsehood," said Lima. Mother taught
me how wicked 1t is to tell stories
Did you ever tell a fib to your mother,
Frances?"
'Tain't no use to try to 'ceive my
mama" was the reply of the other
little girl; she's got such gimlet eyes
and ears she can tell with .'em shut
If you're fibbing. | gave up hope
long ago, so I just go long and tell
her the plain gospel truth when she
asks me, cause know those gimlet
eyes and ears of hers re going to
worm it out o. me somehow
Grown folks pin you down so close
sometimes" said Jimmy, you bound
to 'varicate a little; and / always tell
God I'm sorry. tell my mama the
truth most all time 'cepting when
she asks questions bout things amt
none Of her business tall, and she
all time want to know Who done it?'
and il let on it's me, know she'll
wear out all the slippers and hair
VI uSnSS lHSy ID pduuALHS lily canoe,
sides switches, SO | JUS say 4 do
know, 'm'-which all time amt per-
zactly the truth You ever tell Miss
Minerva stories, Billy?"
Aunt Cindy always says, 'twa'n't
no harm t all to beat bout the bush
an try TO th'ow folks offer the track
long as you can. but If 1t come to
the point where you got to tell out
an'out fib, she say for me always to
tell the truth, an / jest nachelly do
like she say ever sence Is born" re-
piled Billy.
The children Swung awhile In 81
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Copyright. by Reilly & Britton Coz

to, me-
And the Bible says, Love your
kin-folks, Miss Cecilia splained--"
Il use to like my Uncle Doc heap
better'n what do now" went on the
little girl, needless of Jimmys inter
ruption, till went with daddy to his
office one day. And what you reckon
that mans got in his office? He is
got a dead man 'thout no meat nor
clo'es on, nothing tall but just his
bones"
Was he hant?'' asked Billy. Il
like the Major best-he's got meat
on"
Nav; he didn't have no sheet on
just bones,' was the reply.
No sheet on; no meat on!" CHR
ruped Billy, glad of the rhyme.
WAS he angel, Florence?" Ques-
toned Frances.
Nav; he didn't have no harp and
no wings neither"
ut must have been skeleton 2
explained Lima.
And Uncle Doc just keep that
poor man there and won't let him go
to Heaven where dead folks b'longs."
81 spec he wasn't good man fore
he died and got to go to the Bad
place., suggested Frances.
"I'll betcher he never asked God
to forgive him when he 'ceived his
papa and sassed his mama, this
from jimmy" Doctor Sanford's
just a-keeping old Satan from getting
him to toast on a pitchfork."
Il hope they'll have Christmas
tree at Sunday-School next Christ
mas" said Frances, barking back.
'and / hope I'll get heap O. things
like l did last Christmas. Poor little
Tommy Knott he's so skeered he
wasn't going to get nothing at all on
the tree so he got him a great, big,
red apple an he wrote on a piece o.
paper From Tommy Knott to Tommy
Knott, and tied it to the apple and
put it on the tree for hi'self."
Let's ask riddles" suggested Lima.
"All right" shouted Frances, I'm
going to ask the first"
Nav; you amt neither" objected
Jimmy. You all time got to ask the
first riddle. I'm going to ask the first
one
Round as biscuit, busy as bee.
Prettiest little thing you ever did
see p A watch.
sHumpty Dumpty set on wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall,
All the kings horses and all the
kings men.
Can't put Humpty Dumpty back
again "A egg.
Round as a ring, deep as a cup.
All the kings horses can't pull it
up "A we'll
House full, yard full, can't ketch-'
Hush, JIMMY" cried Lima, in dis
gust you don't know how to ask
riddles. You must MT give the an
swers, too. Ask one riddle at time
and let some one else answer it:
GAS l was going through field of
wheat
| L picked up something good to eat,
Twas neither fish nor flesh nor
bone,
l kept it till it ran alone?'"
"A snake! A snake!" guessed Flor.
ence. That's easy riddle
Snake, nothing" scoffed Jimmy,
you can't eat snake. Sides Lima
wouldn't a picked up a snake. Is
it little baby rabbit, Lina?"
1T was neither fish nor flesh nor
| bone" she declared; and rabbit is
flesh and bone.'
"Then it's boun' to be a apple" was
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-04-11
:. Caesar and the Empire.

The reason why the. Roman EN-
pirs succeeded the republic.swas that
there was felt to be an urgent need OF
strong central power. For many
years the republic mad been desolated
and the cry of the whole, people was
for peace peace almost at any price.
Now. peace could be secured only by
the ascendancy OF a single man. ritil.
ing with absolute, and Il irresistible,
sway So the people acquiesced in the
change. They even hailed It with Joy
A few patriots like Brutus and Cato
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-04-11
Where Platinum is Found

and the accumulation must be from a
great extent OF country If a paying
deposit is to be developed.
Platinum is OF silver gray color
which is rarely furnished It's devoi.
opment is similar 60 gold. except that
where gold Is usually associated with
quartz and light colored rocks plat
mum will be found more commonly
with dark colored rocks. and espe-
cially those OF greenlsh shading
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-04-11

1t Is found only in small quantities.
except at two or three localities. West
ern Colombia and eastern Russia have
gravel beds which a1ord the princi.
pal supply of this metal. Elsewhere
It is found over considerable areas.
but not sufficiently concentrated to be
of Importance. 1t may be looked for
among the formations adjacent to re-
gions of old volcanic activity.
The distribution is principally in al
tered rocks. and segregation seems to
have been the principal cause con.
tributing to It's collection In ofs
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-04-11

Jimmy's next guess; that amt no
flesh and blood and it's good to eat.
An apple can't run alone" she
triumphantly answered. "Give it up?
Well, it was an egg and it Matched to
chicken. Now, Florence, you ask
one"
S'pose man was locked up in a
house" she asked, how'd he get
out?"
Clam outer winder." guessed
Billy.
1T want no winder to the house,"
she declared.
"Crawled out th'oo the chim'ly. like
Santa Claus" was Billy's next guess.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-04-11
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

That part of the Ladies' Aid Society
which lived in West CoyingtOn was
bearing down upon them.
"Yonder's our mamas and Miss
Minerva, he whispered. Nov look
what mess Billy's done got us in;
he all time got to perpose someping
to get .chillens in trouble and he all
time got to let grown folks ketch
EN-"
Aren't you ashamed to tell such a
story, Jimmy Garner?" cried Frances.
BILLY didn't propose any such thing.
"'Tain't no use to rum" advised
Jimmy. They're too close and done
already see us. We boun to get what's
coming to us anyway, so you might
jus as we'll make 'em think you amt
'fraid of 'em. Grown folks got to all
time think little boys and girls r.
skeered of EN- anyhow"
Aunt Minerva'll sho' put me to bed
this time" said Billy. Looks like
ev'y day gotter go to bed"
Mother will make me study the
catechism all day tomorrow said
Lima dismally
Mama II lock me up in the little
closet under the stairway" said Fran
ces.
MY mama1l gimme bout a million
ticks and try to take all the hide off
o. me- said Jimmy; but we done had
q heap of fun"
1t was some hours later. Billy's
aunt had ruthlessly clipped the turkey
feathers from his head, taking the
hair off in great patches. She had
then boiled his scalp, SO the little boy
thought, in her efforts to remove the
mucilage Now, shorn of his locks
and of some of his courage, the child
was sitting quietly by her side, listen
ing to a superior moral lecture and
indulging in a compulsory heart-to-
heart talk with his relative.
81 don't see that it does you any
good, William, to put you to bed"
Il don see as it do neither, agreed
Billy.
q can not whip you; | am constitu-
tionally opposed to corporal punish
ment for children"
rs posed to it too," he assented.
Il believe I will hire a servant, so
that | may devote my entire time to
your training.
This prospect for the future did
not appeal to her nephew. On the
contrary it filed him with alarm.
"A husband d be another sight
handler" he declared with energy;
he'd be a heap mo- count to youth a
cook. Aunt Minerva There's that
Major"
.You will never make a preacher
of yourself, William, unless you inn
prove"
The child looked up at her with as
constituent; this was the first he
knew of his being destined for the
ministry
"A preacher what 'zorts an calls
UP mourners?" he said,-"not on yo'
tin-type. Me an Wilkes Booth Lin
colin"
How many times have l expressed
the wish not to have you bring that
negro's name into the conversation?
she impatiently interrupted.
Il don perzactly know, m" he an
swered good humoredly, bout fifty
hunderd, / reckon. Anyways, Aunt
Minerva, l amt goin' to be no preach
err When l puts on long pants rs
goin' to be a Confedrit Vet'run an
kill bout fifty HUNDRED Yankees an
Injuns. like my Major man.
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gave up in despair, but most meh
were pleased, with the revolution
which made Caesar supreme. Mt
thatsihey were monarchistic at. heart.
but Shat after the devastating strife
they 8santed peace. even though 1t pc
at the sacrifice OF some of their liber
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-04-11
Rare Metal In Small Quantities Usu-
ally Is Associated With Gold
ia Gravel Beds.

Platinum Is found associated with
gold principally in gravel beds. The
ordinary source is accumulations OF
gravel which have been eroded from
extensive area and gradually concen-
trated in one locality by the continued
action OF water. 1t Is a rare metal
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-04-11

Monticello, N. Y.-Miss Cynthia
Pintler deposited in local bank near
~ $1,000 In old coins OF small denom-
nations, the savings OF her brother
during 20 years.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-04-11

Chicago.-Held for deserving his IT.
year-old wife. Albert Kosticky de-
clared he was disappointed in her. for
American girls were far prettier.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-04-11
u se : Booster.

Be a. boostsrs not "a knocker. Yoa
know. without telling. which OF these
two your highness. Yourself. prefers 10
have
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-04-11
CHAPTER XII.

In the House of the Lord.
1t was beautiful Sunday morning.
The pulpit of the Methodist Church
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-11-22
Boy Cattle ID State.

4 Jackson dispatch says, Tht
growing Importance Of the live
stock industry In Mississippi d
strikingly demonstrated by the
fact that the large commission
firms in st. Louis are now sending
buyers to this state, and they are
buying up cattle Of all kinds,
whether fat or poor.
Two buyers from st. Louis were
In Jackson this morning in search
of cattle. They were offered stiff
prices for cattle of all grades, fat
clttle being shipped direct to St.
Louis for slaughter, and animals
in poor flesh will be stall fed dur
ing the winter months.
Mississippi cattle are bringing
from $3.50 to $3.50 in st. Louis,
Dudlye Jones, q stockman of Ter
ry, having sold a carload of calves
from pure bred stock at the latter
figure only a few days since. In
cidentally, the sale furnishes an
Illustration Of how it pays to raise
good stock.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-11-22
Amending the Cont ton.
Prof. Dairy Husbandry

If the people generally appre
ciated the sacredness and impor
tance of the organic law Of the
State, the constitution, which is
the basis and fundamental founda
ti0n of all the statutes for the pro
lection of life and property, there
would te patient thought and hes
itancy when called upon to ratify
changes or amend a single para
graph framed in convention by
our wisest and best men. Yet we
have seen a legislature, fresh from
the body of the people, many
members of which never read the
constitution, passing by two thirds
vote at a single session three
amendments, one Of them embrac
ing a northwestern experiment.
And we have seen those amend
ments voted upon at the polls with
less consideration than was given
to a constable's election on the
same day, and only falling because
the aggregate vote upon them, fol-
and against, did not constitute a
majority.
In many of the other states a
constitutional amendment is a rare
event, and as to the constitution
of the United States, it has in
over a hundred years had but six
teen amendments, and all of them
embraced new matter without re
pealing existing clauses.
Even now we have had pending
for about five years an amendment
providing for an income tax, that
acquires the endorsement of sew
lrai more states. Aberdeen Ex 4
eminer.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-11-22
Craham-Hagin.

MARRIED-At the home of the
brides parents Sunday, November nth,
1912, Mr.. J. E., Graham and Miss Lilly
Hagin.
The bride is the bright, attractive
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Hagin
and whose nobleness of mind and heart
together with very loving and lovable
disposition makes her loved best by
those who know her best. : 4. $50
The groom is promising young bus
mess man of Clarke county, holding a
responsible position in the office of the
Hiwannee Lumber Company, Hiwannee,
Miss.
The ceremony was impressively said
by Rev. E. ]. Hill, pastor of the Bap-
tist church. Only the families of the
contracting parties were present.
They left on the $50 train for Meri-
dian. but vii iisks ths'r hrnie at HI
1saHfsl ri
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-11-22

President elect Wilson very
wisely refuses to give any indica-
tion as to his cabinet selections.
He has probably made none as vet,
and should not act hurriedly for
he has a world of good material at
his disposal. There is only one
appointment that seems to accord
with s'the eternal fitness OF
things" and that is the appoint
ment of Oscar Underwood to the
secretaryship of the Treasury.
1t will be history repeating itself,
for Robert J.. Walker, from his
neighbor State of Mississippi, the
author of the greatest Of Revenue
Tariff bills, was called to the
Treasury Department to put his
great measure into operation
Aberdeen Examiner.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-11-22
MISSISSIPPI CATTLE.


Stockyards at Chicago for tn.
month of October show that Mis-
sissippi is making great strides ir
the production of beef cattle.
During the last. four months, ac
cording to a report issued Tues.
day, Mississippi had: sent to the
Chicago market 1000 more cattle
than for the same period last year,
and up to. the first of November
the State gain, in, cattle over its
last years record was II, 900 head.
Mississippi's success, says the
same report, with the 9college
fedn cattle it marketed at the
National SSsehh yarks soIac Cifie
back has had a stimulating effect,
and now a large number of the
very best cattle being received
there are coming from this State.
Tick eradication has had a great
deal to do with this increase in
marketable cattle from Mississippi
With the tick eradicated a big
handicap has been lifted from the
stock raisers of the State. Their
cattle ale easier gotten in condi-
tion for market and bring a far
better price than under the condi-
tions that prevailed in former
days.
The raising of live stock both
for home purposes and for market
benefits the producer in more ways
than in actual profits from his
sales. The stocking Of cattle on
confined areas of ground for feed
ing purposes increases it's fertility
and enables the farmer to raise
better crops. The constant shift
ing of these areas keep his land in
a continual sfertilized condition,
and increases its value. In old
States where this method has been
pursued land values have increased
wonderfully, and the same thing
will take place right here in Mis-
sissippi, in fact is taking place,
probably faster than our people
realize. One-idead farming is a
thing of the past with the Missis-
slppi agriculturist, who has come
to understand that he can raise
anything he wants and its put
ting that knowledge to good use.
-Clarion-Legder.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-11-22
Williams 81 BTyaA.

That our great victory Il large
ly due to the foresight and insight
Of John Sharp Williams, VIM. ].
Bryan and Q few other far.seeIne
Democrats, In selecting Woodrow
Wilson as q winner, does not now
admit of question or doubt. We
say this as one who during the
campaign for nomination differed
from these distinguished statesmen
and favored the selection of Gov.
Harmon. of Ohio, as the Demo.
cratic standard bearer. During
the great fight that terminated SO
gloriously on November End,
those distinguished leaders made
good their predictions by the
most active and aggressive work
upon, the stump, Bryan in the
West and Williams in the East,
and both assisted materially in
scoring the most extraordinary
victory, one of the grandest Of
which was the carrying of Massa-
chusetts, the State where Will.
liams' hardest work was done.-
Aberdeen Examiner.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-11-22

The County Health Officer, DR.. J. M.
Stanley will begin sanitary inspection
Of the town of Macon ppi Monday, No
vember 25th. Special attention will
be given to all parts Of the premises,
but more especially to the mode Of dis
posing of waste.
Any information in reference to ssni-
tation, the proper disposal Of waste
and the preservation Of health in any
respect will be gladly given on request.
We are anxious for this report to be as
creditable to the town as possible, and
hope to find all premises in first class
condition from a sanitary point of
view.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-11-22
The Steady Subscriber

The Steady Subscriber.
How dear to my heart .is the steady
subscriber,
Who. pays in advance without skip
ping, q year,
Who lays down his money and offers II
gladly,
And casts round the office q halo OF
cheer.
Who never says "Stop 1t, cannot af-
ford IT,"
Or Getting more papers each day
y. than read. y
But always says "Send it; the whole
outfit likes it
In fact, we regard it as business
need"
How welcome is he when he steps into
our sanctum,
How he makes "our heart" throb, how
he makes ''our eye" dance;
We outwardly thank him-we inwardly
bless him.
the steady subssrisss %hS bsvs N
AsAsNAx,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-11-22

Agriculture! College: !, Miss.

Agricultural College, MISS.
November IL, 1919.
Editor Of BEACON:
The A & NJ. College, in cooperation
with the Dairy Division Of the Unite q
States Department of Agriculture, Il
going to hold twelve months. state
wide farm butter-making contest which
will be open TO any one in the state
who is making butter at-home.
The general plan of the contest will
be as follows: Each contestant will
send one pound Of butter to the college
each month for twelve months where il
will be scored by a competent judge.
All contestants whose average score
! for the twelve months is 80 or above
will receive diploma and the three
whose average scores are the highest
will each receive one of the following
prizes:
l. A registered Jersey bull calf,
given by the Dairy Department of the
A. & M College.
2. A United States Cream Separa-
tor. given by the Vermont Farm Ma
chine Company, Bellows Falls, Vt.
8. An eight bottle Babcock Milk
Tester and a Milk Scale, given by the
Dunn Machinery Company. Atlanta,
Ga.
Every month each contestant will re-
ceive card giving the date that the
butter will be scored SO that he may
plan to send it to reach the College be-
fore that date. On the back of this
card there will be space in order that
the contestant may record the different
facts in connection with the churning,
temperature of cream when churned,
time required to churn, etc. This card
will be sent in with the butter and we
will then have a clear record of how
the butter was churned and can criticise
it more intelligently. and give sugges-
tions for its improvement. After the
butter is scored each contestant will re-
ceive letter telling him the score re-
ccived by his butter, any criticism we
have to give, and any suggestions we
can give for its improvement.
The charges for transporting the
butter to the College will be paid by
the person sending it, in, but the Col.
lege WIZ SELF all the ~ssssifff5I5les tdsshe
very best advantage and will refund to
the contestants the full amount re-
ceived for it.
All wishing to enter this cont est may
send their names to Prof. ]. S. Moore,
Agricultural College, Miss, and for
further information write hin or w. L.
Bleecer, Starkville, Miss.
j. S. moore,
$ Prof. Dairy Husbandry.