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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-05

TOWN.
WnELR
IMPORTANT PART OF HOUSE
Wise Builder viii Always Provide for
Porch That Is Comfortable in
All Weather.

A case before the city building COM
missioner for decision hinges on the
question whether q porch is part OF a
house. 1t is a technical point the
official is to decide. involving an in
depreciation OF the municipal building
code. Technicalities aside, however,
the question almost answers itself.
Of course, a porch is part OF a house,
says the Cleveland Plain Dealer. In
the modern house 1t is likely to be
about the most important part for six
or seven months Of the year.
Some day a monument may be erect
ed to the memory Of the person who
first suggested the porch. II anyone Is
able to fix his identity. More probably,
an investigator would find that the
porch is a result of evolution like a
modern locomotive or an automobile,
for which no individual could claim
credit. The "stoop" Of our grand
fathers, like the wheezy "injine' OF
pioneer days. has been exalted to q
position Of high service and respect.
Part of a house? Ask an architect
or q contractor. The modern man
who plans a comfortable residence
himself designs the kind Of porch he
deems suitable to his comfort and
dignity and when that is done gives
secondary thought to the rest Of the
house. The porch must be big enough
to entertain on, big enough to eat
on in seasonable weather; it must
be screened for protection against in
sect pests. II one wishes for comfort
de luxe he may give his porch a fire.
place and defy cool evenings to drive
him inside.
The sleeping porch, too, has edged
its way into our social consciousness
in these latter days. 1t also is a big
part of the house. Doctors prescribe
and children cry for it.
Statistics indicate a general lower
ing death rate among Americans, rural
and urban. One wonders whether the
advent Of the ubiquitous porch has
had an appreciate influence in bring
ing about this result. The gospel o.
fresh air owes some acknowledgment
to this part of the house which lures
men, women and children out Of stuffy
rooms and fills their lungs with fresl
air. The porch knows no social caste
it is not a rich mans privilege alone
Tie humblest home may possess !
and, in fact, usually does. More powe,
to it.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-05

Compound to me and | tried it at once
and found much relief. After that ]
had no pains at all and could do my
homework and shopping the same
as always. For years l have praised
Lydia E Pnkham's Vegetable Com
pound for what it has done for me,
and shall always recommend it as q 70
mans friend. You are at liberty to use
my letter in any way" Mrs. THOMSON.
$40 W. Russell St, Philadelphia, Pc.
Change Of Iifs is one Of the most
critical periods of q woman's existence.
Women everywhere should remember
that there is no other remedy known to
carry women so successfully through
this trying period as Lydia E. PinkhAm's
Vegetable Compound.
If you want special advice
write to Lydia +. Pinkham Med
icine Co. (confdential), Lynn,
Mass. Your letter will be opened.
read and answered by q woman
and held in strict confidence.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-05

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture)
Despite the fact that the only fruit
which equals the p%ersimmon In FOOD
value is the date. many persons VINO
have persimmon trees ON their land
are making no use OF them, AND there
has been comparatively little enort
made to develop the trees commercial
ly. In a new bulletin, Farmers Bulle'
tin No. 6S5 Of the United States de-
partment of agriculture, some OF the
many uses to which the fruit can De
put are described and methods OF
propagating the trees discussed.
The persimmon is found in largo
numbers we the southeastern quar-
ter of the United States and in some
places as far west as Iowa and east
ern Nebraska, and as far north as
Rhode Island, New York and Michi'
gan. The real persimmon belt. how
ever, may be said to extend from
Maryland, Virginia and the Carolinas
westward through Missouri and Ar
kansas. Where the tree is most album
dant there is considerable prejudice
against it because Of the persistency
with which the young sprouts come up
in cultivated fields, and also because
of the pickering astringent effect OF
the unripe fruit. There Is a saying
that persimmons are good for dogs,
hogs and 'possums," but this is unjust
to a product which can be made very
useful to man.
AT the present time a few growers
In the persimmon belt who have easy
access to markets in large cities have
built up quite a considerable demand
for persimmons, and the wild fruit car
also be sometimes purchased during
the autumn and early winter. A nun
Der of n%urserymen also sell seeding
trees for ornamental planting, fol
which they are very effective, and {
few have special varieties developed
for the production Of the fruit.
One obstacle to the more genera
use of persimmons is the mistaken
idea that they are not fit to eat unit
they have been touched by frost. II
consequence many persimmons which
ripen and fall to the ground before
frost m are allowed to go to waste
AS a matter of fact, II may be sale
in general that the best varieties arr
those which ripen just before the trees
shed their leaves. II a persimmon II
not edible before frost, 1t is simpl,
because the variety happens to be I;
late one and the fruit is not ripe. Ii
order to be on the safe side, however
It is recommended in the bulletin al
ready mentioned that housewives witt
are using persimmon pulp in the prep
aration of bread, cakes and othe'
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-05
No "Smoke Of Battle" Now.

One of the marked features OF the
European conflict that distinguish It
from the wars Of the past Is the ab-
sence Of smoke IN the firing line. Ow-
ing to the use of smokeless powder,
no smoke is made when a rifle Is dis
charged, while the heaviest artillery
throws off nothing more than a thin
mist that is invisible a hundred yards
away and disappears within a few Sec
onds after a gun is fired. only
when ~shrapnel or a shell e~Xplodes In
the enemy's line is there anything Wis
ible in the way of smoke, the whole
purpose being to conceal the position
OF the guns throwing the pro1ectiles
while making the points where the
projectiles explode clearly visible. The
expression, the smoke OF battle SO
faithfully descriptive Of the wars OF
the past, has little meaning when ap-
piled to a modern war.-Popular Me-
chanics Magazine.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-05

place is only about six inches long. The most valuable are two "Pterophylum
scalers" that came from Brazil. Taken together they would weigh about five
ounces, but you would have to pay $3.50 for them, a g they ire exceptionally
rare and beautiful. Mr.. PauIin is the only man in America who has ever
raised young ones from this kind of fish.
Brought together in MI. Paulins little home near the Neck" are fishes
such as these from all over the world. India, Siam, China, Africa, Mexico
and all parts Of South America have contributed to his museum. Every now
and then n of Mr.. Paulins sturdy boys runs oer to the swamps by Neck
and captures millions of little Daphnia o waterh lice, and the fish in the
aquara have a splendid feast upon them.
Fish are cruel animals, however" said Mr.. Paulin; they eat their own
young. Yet the most interesting have is the mouth-breeder o 'Paratlapia
nulhcoor that protects it's young in its mouth. The female carries the
eggs in her mouth for ten days, then the fish ar born and after they swim
about in the daytime, she opens her mouth at nghtfan, and her little ones
swim into it to be kept safely there for the night, like chicks rnder their
mothers wings"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-05
FEED CHILDREN
On Properly Selected Food. 1t Pave
Big Dividends.

II parents will give Just q little in
telligent thought to the feeding OF
their children the difference In the
health of the little folks will pay.
many times over, for the small trouble.
A mother writes: Our children are
all so much better and stronger than
they ever were before we made .
change in the character OF the food.
We have quit using potatoes three
times a day with coffee and SO much
meat.
Now we give the little folks some
fruit. either fresh, stewed, or canned.
some Grape-Nuts with cream, occa-
sicoally some soft boiled eggs, and
some Postum for breakfast and sup
per. Then for dinner they have some
meat and vegetables.
1T would be hard to fully describe
the change in the children they have
grown so sturdy and strong, and we
attribute this change to the food elo-
ments that, l understand, exist in
Grape.Nuts and Postum.
"A short time ago my baby was
teething and had a great deal of stom-
ach and bowel trouble. Nothing
seemed to agree with him until tried
Grape Nuts softened and mixed with
rich milk and he improved rapidly and
got sturdy and we'll"
There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek, Mich.
Ever read the above letterH A new
one appears from time 20 time. They
are Eeauine, true, and full 81 Au@sz
! Interest.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-05

heard of Magee should be appraised Of what was at hand. Generous estimates
pt. the crowd at 10000.
Until Magee appeared at the triangle at eight o'clock no one know how
he meant to do the pushing. The first and hearuest laugh was with him
therefore when he brought to view q painters ladder truck, between the I'M
rights of which had been drawn a wire, from which depended a Japanese
lantern To the top Of this lantern had been Affixed a tiny pole Ant from
its peak dangled the peanut.
It took Magee half a hour to push his peanutladen truck over the
prescribed course.
There were loud and vehement expressions OF disappointment iron the
throng of onlookers for they were all there to see Magee crawling nearly two
miles on hands and knees. ONein also protested earnestly at hrst tina the
loser was evading the terms of the wager But soon he showed himself a
good sport, admitted Magee had outwitted him and good naturedy accom-
panied the peanut pusher over the prescribed route.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-05

chorus in a new tragedy, up or
Down, or Who Stole the OXYGEN" the
first rehearsal of which in the eleva-
tor of the Broadway Theater building,
had just ended under the direction Of
the elevator operator, William White,
who was not named for his color.
The act began when the chorus
found itself stuck at $50 o'clock a
foot beneath the first floor ceiling in
a 3 by 5 by 7 space and with walls
one and a half feet thick on all sides.
The seven ihlnroyised a few lines
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-05
Ancient Egypt.

There are no statistics for the pop
ulation of ancient Egypt. Herodotus
says that in the reign OF Amasis the
number of inhabited cities was not
less than 10000. Amasis reigned
somewhere about 525 b. c.. The num-
Der of cities given by Herodotus IL
held to be impossible. Authorities on
ancient Egypt are Maspero, Champoi-
lion, Flinders, Petric and RawlinsoD.
The Encyclopedia Britannica has an
exhaustive article on the subject.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-05

until Lew Fields drove up in a limousine to take his brtherinlaw to dinner.
Fields sent for a parolman, who sent to the West Thrtieth street station
for another, who sent for several more. Altogether they summoned fremen.
The lines of the chorus became more forceful as policemen, fremen and
Others tried to start the elevator from the root; the basement and by psychic
suggestion. Then they grew muhned and hyaerical a skirts we're pulled over
heads by the sweterng occupants.
At eight o'clock Lew Fields had a happy thought and sent to the elevator
company for an expert. Twenty minutes later the seven had been pned
from the ar and the search for cooling brew began.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-05

on his roof and in a large glass house
in his back yards. The mans name is
William L. Paullin, and. in addition to
seven fine children. he has this won.
derful and unsurpassed collection OF
both goldfish and tropical ones.
Let no reader have visions Of
huge sturgeon or Florida sharks or
giant-inned animals of any kind. Many
of these thousands are only q quarter
Of an inch long. some only q six
teenth, and neve will be any larger.
Khareaa the .fallestn hsh Of the Yh0la
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-05

fered for six years
terribly. Itried sew
eral doctors but nons
seemed to give me
relief. Every
monththe p~ainswers
intense in both sides,
and made m e so
weak that l had to
go to bed. AT asst
a friend recommen-
ded Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-05
HAVE NO PLACE ON STREET
Overhead Telegraph and Trolley
Wires EffectuaIIy Mar the Beauty
of Any Town.

The two accompanying views show
concretely the effect in making the
city beautiful of the removal of tele-
graph and trolley wire poles from the
main streets. The telegraph and high.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-05

George Dyson, a negro, was explain
ing about the arrest of 25 negroes at
zoos East NineteenyS street about
1880 o'clock in the morning. Justice
Casimir }. WEIGH IN the South side
court listened a%ttentively. Il can't
decide whether dog walking is disturb
ing the peace ar not. Let s see you
dog walk"
Dyson and Minnie Sawyer, to the
mingled humming and clapping OF
hands and stamping Of feet, dog
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-05

cafe In East orange, was as nrmly
of the opinion that Weinert could not
lose. So Magee and O'Neil made a
wager.
Weinert got the decision, and Ma.
gee fulfilled the losers share of the
bet. Its terms were that he should
push a peanut from st. Marks tri.
angle, West Orange, along Main street
to ]. F. Cronen's cafe, one and three
fourths miles to the eastward. O'Neil
fulfilled the winners privilege Of see.
Scr 20 a. %bot ouarxhody r,ho oyor bod
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-05

"Oh, aSdy lawd. Look at dat step! How do love dat dance" A chorus
of yoices sounded approval of til, exhibition of Minnie and George. Loud
applause greeted the completion fl Justice WEIGH did not join in.
THAT must have been disturbance Of the peace all right That looks like
q 1ouchame-koutch to me. Minnie and George, you ire discharged. but
uun that dog walk. The rest of you IRE fined IS each"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-05
Finds New Way Of Paying Peanut Pushing Bet

z Asst ORANGE, N J-George W. Magee, an ice dealer of East Orange
Il N. J, could not believe that Jim Savage could be outpointed in his fight
AT Madison Square garden with Charlie Weinert Jack ONeil, who has a
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-05
IS
TO
BLAME

Root the great Kidney remedy. Al drug
gists in hfty-ceut and dollar sizes. You
may receive a sample size bottle by Par
eel Post, also pamphlet telling about II.
Address DR.. Kilmer d Co.. B~inghamton.
N. Y. and enclose ten cents, also mention
this paper.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-05
Seven CorpuIent Men Stuck in Gotham Elevator

NEW YORK-Seven corpulent theatrical men, one of whom was Bob Har
~ rs, brotherinlaw Of Lew Fields, almost too weak to talk, tottered into
q Broadway cafe and whispered: Beer, hogsheads Of it" They were the
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-05
Philadelphia Man Keeps 10000 Tropical Fish

DHnADELPHIA-one of the most remarkable of this ctys many remark
] able men is a carpenter, who has cultivated a scientific hobby of collect
ing tropical fish. and Re now has about OOOO of them. contained in aquara
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-05
Kansas City Prisoners DOG Walk" for the Judge

uANsAs CITY-"Jes a harmless little social PATTY jedse yo honah Bout
n a dozen couple was walkn' d dwag. Want no crap shootn o tall
When de laws come they finds a happy dance and no peace disturbance"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-05
MRS, THOMSON
TELLS WOMEN
How She Was Helped During
Change of Life by Lydia E
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.

Philadelphia, PA am just Sugars
Of age and during Change of Life 1 suf-
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-05
His Kind

His Kind.
When a whale spouts, it is a pa
cificist grafton"
How do you make that out?"
Doesn't ho pour oil upon the wa
ters7"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-05
TRY THE OLD RELIABLE
\NlNTERShlTHs
w CHILL TONIC
For MALARIA c EH1ER =
A FINE GENERAL STRENGTHENING TONIC

Women as well as
men are made miser-
able by kidney and
bladder trouble. Thou
sands recommend DR..
KILN err Swamp
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-04-08
LITTLE GIRL PASSES AWAY.

Anna Mae Sanford, daughter Of
Silas w. and Maggie Lewis Sanford.
born Dec. 1, 1908. at Fort Collins.
Colorado, died Sunday, April 4. of
true Group. at the home, sos w.
Robinson st.
She leaves besides her parents one
sister. Minerva, and one brother,
Lewis.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon at $3.50 at the
home, Rev. w. H. shullenberger
officiating.
Anna Marie was child ofunusual
brightness and cheerfulness and her
sudden taking away is sad loss In
home and neighborhood. The be-
reaved parents will always have low
ing and sacred thoughts Of the home
beyond the skies.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-04-08
IN THE LEAD. SCHOOL
LEVY CARRIES. LIBRARY
TAX VOTED OUT.

W. Clyde Johnson, of Mexico the
present School superintendent of
Audrain County, is in the lead for
election by a good majority overJ.
E. Wilson, of Martinsburg. Wanda
liza, Laddonia and Rush Hill poll
good votes for johnson while Mar
tinsturg show their appreciation of
Wilson by going for him solid.
Mexico polled 80 votes for John
son and a little less than a hundred
for Wilson.
r. D. Worrell and DR.. A. c. White
were elected members of the School
Board and the usual go cent levy
carried. The library tax was an ex-
cess-was voted out. When needed
the citizens will vote a smaller
amount.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-04-08
YOU THINK
ABOUT 1T

The Message has received the fol-
lowing important suggestions from
one of the papers very best county
readers:
Many county Sunday schools came
out from winter quarters last Sun
day. The wisdom OF winter quar-
ters" is still in doubt but there can
be no question about the important
part these schools play in the spirit
ual mental and social growth Of the
people.
Where can a better place be
found for character building from
youth to age?
Here spiritual strength may be re-
newed to cope with life's tempta-
tions. The mind may exercise it.
self in the study of Gods Word.
The social life may be Quickened and
broadened by applying these teach
ings to intercourse with others.
Let no one allow these opportuni-
ties to slip by unused.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-04-08

Roy Nelson Ferguson, 10 years
old, son of Mr.. and Mrs. H. T. Fer
guson. east OF Thompson, and grand
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Greasy Of
Thompson, died Sunday afternoon,
at four o'clock He was a member
of Liberty Christian church and was
a most excellent young man. Be.
sides the parents he leaves three
brothers and two sisters. Rev. Egan
Herndon held funeral services at
Hopewell church in Thompson Mon
day. The Message family have en-
ioyed personal acquaintance with
this excellent family and most sim
cerely sympathize with them in the
going away of fine young member Of
their household.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-04-08
THE BIC
HORSE SALE
ONE ANIMAL BRINGS $765; An
ANOTHER $500 AND YET
ANOTHER S465.

The Tenth Annual Special Mis-
souri, Horse Sale came to a close
Saturday. Buyers were here from
distant parts of the country. Jas.
Houchin of Jefferson City sold a
bay mare Talent, to ]. R. Thomp-
son of Chicago for $735. Reece
Hughes of Wellsville Mo-, sold a
fine mare Rachel Mcdonald, to
Hon. w. D. Vandiver of st. Louis
for $500. M. A. Steele of Freeport,
ILL.,, sold beautiful mare to DR.. w.
c. Gadsby Of st. Louis for $465.
iSlver King, sold by Lee Bros. of
this city to c. C. Holman of Lancas-
ter, Pa, for $500.
Other sales were:
Rex Cauthorn, black gelding,
years old, Jump Cauthorn, 500, to
c. c. Holman.
Sun Dance, chestnut stallion,
years DID,. j. c. Woods, agent, Paris,
Mo-, $3.50, to C. Van Studdiford.
Pride of Paris, black stallion,
years old, Longview Farm, S4O5, to
H. NJ. Davis, Richmond, Mo.
Blue roam. mare, years old, H.
A. McClintic, Monroe City, Mo-,
$50, to Jack Harrison.
Brown mare, years old, DIR. Will
liams, $3.50, to Lee Bros.
Darius, chestnut gelding, by Ches-
ter Mcdonald, five years old, con-
signed by Chenault Todd & Sons,
Fayette, Mo-, to C. C.Holeman, $145.
Woodrow Wilson, bay gelding, six
years old, consigned to &C. Holeman
by Roy Davis of Marshall, Mo-, 5000.
Jack Dare, bay gelding, by My
Dare, consigned by Tom Bass, to S.
Saunders, Minneapolis, Mimi, $155.
Brown stallion, years old, $145,
to w. R., Buckner, Auxvasse, Mo.
Lena Maid, chestnut mare, con-
signed by w. P. Jones, Auxvasse,
Mo-, to S. G. Wood, $3.50.
Irma Denmark, bay mare, five
years old, sired by Rex Monroe, con-
by Longview Farm, to S. Saunders,
1865.
Bay Gelding, five years old, con-
signed by Blades & Holeman, to
John r. Thompson, Chicago, $244.
Bowling Green, chestnut gelding,
by Miras, consigned by Hawkins &
Shepherd, Bowling Green, to c. C.
Berry, New York City, $500.
Chestnut geiding, consigned by
Lee Bros. to E. REEVES, Hamburg,
Iowa. $40.
Margaret Dare, bay mare. 5 years
old, owned by S. G. Wood, Auxvasse,
to S. Saunders. SITS.
Dapple grey gelding. 6 years old,
owned by ]. d. Johnson, Monticello,
Mo-, to C. C. Holman, Lancaster,
Pennsylvania, S140.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-04-08
MRS. WILSON DEAD.
One of The City's Most Highly Re-
spected Citizens.

Mrs. Mollie Adaline Wilson, 73
years old, widow of the late Dave
Wilson, died at her home in this
city Saturday night. She had been
in weakened health for some time.
She was born in Palmyra and was
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Pay
ton Hayden. Was married to Dave
Wilson about 80 years ago and s
years thereafter moved to Mexico.
The husband died four years ago
Two step-children survive her, Rob
ert and Gertrude Wilson, who lived
with her here. Robert Wilson has
a position with McPheeters Bros.
Furniture Store in this city and has
the confidence of the entire commun-
ity as also has the sister, Miss Ger
trude.
Mrs. Wilson was a fine Christian
woman, a member of the Methodist
church. The funeral was held at
the home Tuesday afternoon, con-
Quoted by Rev. S. w. Hayne, as
sisted by Rev. w. A. Shullenberger
of the Christian church. The pail
bearers were w. D. Mason, Ross
Cauthorn, John Beal, S. D. Dawson,
DR.. w. r. Rodes and Zach Schultz.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-04-08
MRS. VANDVEN-
Ter LOSESSUIT

DR.. e. ID Vandeventer was killed
by the cars, near midnight, July f.,
1910, in front of the c. & A. depot
at Laddonia. Mrs. Lucy B. Vande-
venter, his widow, who now resides
in Mexico, sued the railroad for
damages. The matter went thru the
Audrain County Circuit Court and
then was taken to he State Supreme
Court. Friday, of last week, Judge
Graves, of said last named court,
held that Mrs. Vandeventer could
not recover. He holds that there
was contributary negligence on the
part of DR.. Vandeventer.