Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-08-06
Address
A Pdper 81 Years Old.


The BEACON lntely received q paper
the New York Sun-which was print
ed 81 years ago.
Franklin Pierce was President then,
and the Sun declared that bis admins
tration a failure.
The Crimean war was in progress
then and the Russians were retreating
been at it ever since, perhaps, which
is why they do it so readily in these
days.
A hotel man advertises lodgings for
twelve and a hall cents a night. Must
have had half n cent pieces when the
Sun was published.
One Of an Arctic exploring party
writes of a forest that was so charged
with electricity that, wheh the wind
struck 1.-THE trees sent forth thousands
of sparks, which made the place look
like it was inhabited by millions of
lightning bugs.
They also discovered, among other
things, two different kinds of moss
out of one of which they made bread
and used the other for smoking to-
bacco. The bread moss would be a
good thing for this country if there
were not SO many people here now
trying to live without work.
Apropos of the Arctic exploring
party, an old timer tells the BEACON
tue following: Once upon a time-not
so many years ago-a fakir hit upon
this scheme to raise the wind AS he
was neither married nor a candidate.
and it wasn't raining, his landlady sug-
gested, not go mildly that he might fine
a job if-he looked for it. She had never
heard of q job pulling a mar out Of
bed to accept it, although severa'
boarders who were anywhere from five
to seventeen weeks behind had tried tt
convince her to the contrary.
Well, this was the fakir's scheme tt
"get by" The first page Of tht
papers was filled with articles about thu
manners, customs and habits of thu
Arctics, the fora and fauna, ETC., Of
that country. This, in addition to The
fact that jobs were plenty and wages
high, made the tskir's task compare
lively easy. Opportunity was knocking
at his door. He seized it.
Having obtained permission of tn,
foreman, he entered q room where 5Ot
workmen were being paid off. He hat
two trays. On one Of which was wha
appeared a large sponge; or the other
bunch Of popptd pop corn. This wa
the fakio's ''spiel'':
Here you are, gentlemen! Here 20,
are! The Arctic Morning Glory
In the tray on my left is the plan
before blooming ; in the tray on m!
right is the plant after blooming? Nov
is the time to buy. Secure one of thes'
rare beauties when the usher pssse'
around. (The fakir used to travel witt
a c%ircus.) The Arctic Morning Glor,
che Arctic Morning Glory-isn't it
beauty, a rare plant brought from tina
bleak region at great expense by DR.
Kane. Everybody has heard Of DR.
Kane, or il they haven't, they will
Why, gentlemen, in addition to tn
rare qualities possessed by this beauti
full flower, observe, II you please. tn
delicate tints Of the color, in addition
gentleman, to the exquisite perfume
this exquisite lplant has absorbed som
of 1.-THE temperature Of the Arcti
region. so that, gentlemen, for the ir
significant, paltry, l am almost asian
ed to mention it. sum of 81. 80. by TAX
ing away a part of this magnificer
flower, you can have any degree q
cold desired. Think Of it, gentlemen
a portable ice-house. so to speak. fc
the miserably sum, I blush CO say it, q
$3.50. Why, gentlemen, think of tn
saving Of wood and coal. That alon
is worth the price OF admission. It
like buying the United States Mint f.