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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-03-17

Many of the women engaged in in
dustry In England have donned mas
culine garb.
In a recent efficiency auto run, Miss
Eva Cunningham of Haverhill, Mass.
took first prize in the contest with 50
man competitors.
Miss Florence Powdermaker has
been made assistant chemist in the
Baltimore board of health, a position
never before held by a woman.
The Countess Benchendorff, wife of
the Russian ambassador in London, is
II of the best lady bridge players in
that city.
In two Cleveland ~foundries 800 won.
en- run great punching and drilling ma
chimes, working side by side with the
man machinists,
Miss Ella j. Slutz. n blind student
at the Ohio State university, while
only a freshman in tho college, ex.
poets to finish the four.year course on
time. Miss SlutZ Is alone in the
world and in her eagerness to fulfill her
ambition to secure an education, is do.
ing odd jobs about the school for
which she receives room and board
free,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-03-17

Jennie Catfish Is dead. In the
northeastern part Of the city Jennie
Catfish was as celebrated as the muf-
fin man Of English fame or the old
chimney sweep Of Charles Lambs
time, states the Philadelphia North
American.
Her call, ANY catfish? Any catfish?"
has rung through the streets Of the
city for nearly half a century. Resi-
dents of the northeast say they cannot
remember when she did not cry her
wares night and day. Many remember
it mingled with their childish dreams,
the shrill, piercing, long-drawn-out
wall bringing a picture of a little wom-
an, who always had seemed old, walk
ing swiftly along back streets and al
leys with a tray balanced on her head.
To the children she was Jennie
Catfish" which was their translation
of her cry. To her neighbors she was
Mrs. Amelia Wilson, eighty years old.
She had been i'll for some time and
had been taken care Of by a neighbor,
who the other day entered her home
with a postal from a niece. She found
the old woman dead as the result OF
pneumonia.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-03-17
STOP ALL DRINKING.

A handbook recently issued by the
German government for the use of
field surgeons sounds a note Of warn
ing against John Barleycorn. The
article is by Prof. Max Gruber Of the
Royal Hygienic institute of Munich.
We quote:
This is no time for the use of alco-
hol. Not only is the guzzling Of all
alcoholic drinks to be stopped, but
the use Of even small amounts is, as a
rule, an evil.
1T is scientifically established that
even small amounts Of alcohol weaken
and paralyze u powers of observa-
ton, memory and judgment, the COM
mand of our intellect, our wills and
our reason, our impulses, our brains,
our body; cut down the gains from
exercise, the endurance of hardships,
the ability to resist external injuries.
"One's strength and mental power
may be enough to withstand the mod
crate use, but efficiency cannot be i'm
proved by it. And those of US who
are small and deficient in mental and
physical power act recklessly when
we dissipate the little that we have,
especially when we are under obliga-
lions to accomplish the most that we
can"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-03-17

70 HELPS
DECIDUoUS TREES IN W
Some Reasons Why They Seem q
Thrive Better There Than
Elsewhere.

An o%bservant correspondent writes
TO ask why deciduous trees and shrubs
planted In lawns seem to thrive better
than those planted under other condi-
tions, more especially during the sum-
mer months, remarks the Los Angeles
Times.
Our dry summer atmosphere is very
trying on deciduous trees and shrubs
for the reason that such dry air causes
the leaves to transpire faster than
the roots can take up the necessary
moisture. Such conditions during the
hot weather put the trees, tiguratively,
in the position Of gasping for breath.
Trees in lawns have the advantage Of
being in a moister atmosphere than
when in soil with a dry surface, and,
therefore, have to labor less and may
breathe with greater comfort. The
soil moisture in a lawn is also more
evenly distributed over the entire root
system than could be the case where
water is applied to trees by irrigation.
either by tho furrow system Of in
basins. Deciduous trees always thrive
best in lawns.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-03-17
AMERICAS GREATEST FOES.

Had saloons never been discovered,
and were 1t then in my power to por.
tray the effects Of such a discovery, all
men, without exception, would declare
1t impossible to conceive of any more
diabolical plan for the degradation and
destruction Of the human race. Our
greatest foes are the manufacturers
and distributors Of alcohol. The
stories of injuries done by drink are so
written in the sad life history of many
Of our greatest men; are so evident
throughout our land in squalor, pow.
erty, misery and crime, and replete in
prisons, warehouses; and asylums. as
well as in domestic infelicity, that 1t
is inconceivable that any intelligent,
rational mar can deny the necessity
for strong, united action to rid the
land Of both manufacturer and dis
tributor."-Dr. A. Kelley of Johns Hop.
kins Hospital, Baltimore.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-03-17
PLANTS MUST BE STUDIED
Successful Culture Is Impossible Un.
less One Thoroughly Understands
Their characteristics.

Self-education in plant growing can
be carried on in the winter as we'll as
in the summer. 1t is interesting to
study the habits and requirements of
any plant, whether it is in season or
not. There are many hardy peren-
malls that can be started in the house,
and, If the work with them through
the winter is successful, they can be
set out of doors in the spring. This
includes growing from seed such
plants as rhubarb and asparagus.
There is no end to the plants that may
be thus utilized. Also, a plant started
and successfully brought to maturity
in the home is likely to be harder
than those plants that have been
started in hothouses and afterward
transferred to homes. II one fails
with a plant a lesson should be gained
from the failure in what not to do.
If n tries the growing of a good
many different kinds of plants there
are good chances for succeeding with
some Of them, even under adverse con
ditions.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-03-17
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Conducted by the National Woman's
Christian Temperance Union)
Why DRINKERS ARE EAT.

The labor leaders are beginning to
teach through the pages OF their jour
mails the nature and effects of alcohol
upon the physical organism. The fol-
lowing is from the United Mine Work
ers' Journal:
Not all hard drinkers are fat, but
the tendency Of alcoholics to obesity
is too marked to escape notice. A
well-known doctor says it is because
the alcohol usurps the function of the
fat, which ~accumulates. This Is how
he explains it:
1T is noticeable that those addicted
to the use OF alcoholic beverages often
reveal a tendency to corpulence which
IS proportionate to their use of the
drug. The fairness Is not a sign of
health. 1t is not even an indication
that alcohol is harmless. 1t is merely
the result OF the complete oxidation
Of the substance Of alcohol by the
human body. The body will oxidize a
two-ounce quantity Of alcohol in "a
hours, II Will do 1t 80 completely
that no trace Of alcohol can be found
in any excretory substance. This sim
ply means that the unnatural heat pro-
duced in the body by the presence of
the stimulant answers, for the time
being at least, for what would other
wise be produced by the expenditure
OF fats and carbohydrates. These lat.
ter are the fuel stored up by the body
and normally burned up in the pro-
duction OF necessary bodily heat
though not a natural heat-and this
expenditure Is avoided. The fat Is
therefore stored up in the body I'm
used, and corpulence is the necessary
result. This, Of course, is not a nor
NAL condition o a proper process.
1t becomes more unnatural with in
~creasing use Of alcohol"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-03-17
LOCATING THE NEW HOME
Points That Should Be Considered Be.
fore Permanent Residence 10
Decided Upon.

While home building Is not a specu.
lative investment, it Is a wise plan for
the home seeker to consider one or
two points in this connection. For ex-
ample, could he sell at a profit if,
through business changes or some 9TH
err necessity, he should be obliged to
sell?
1t is a w%ell-known fact that immense
fortunes have been made by people
buying on the great highways of
travel, where the increasing popula-
ton OF some large city, ever pushing
out from the center, pays more and
more for land.
Since Unborn in the heart Of most
men is the love Of making money, to
have a tidy sum laid by for old age
or a rainy day." the home builder
looking forward to the time when
he might wish to sell will wisely To-
cate on a main line Of travel, for as
the adjacent city grows, land values
must increase, and the holder of such
property correspondingly increases his
income.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-03-17
BROUGHT TICKETS WITH THEM
Mary Ellen Satisfied That at Least the
Visitors Had a Right to Be
Admitted.

Mary Ellen, the colored maid, had
been carefully instructed by her new
mistress in a number Of things con-
corning which she appeared to be pro-
foundry unenlightened. Particular
stress had been laid upon the proper
manner of receiving visitors and of
informing the mistress of their pres
ence in the house.
Perhaps altogether too much had
been said about 1t, or perhaps Mary
Ellen had stage fright at the crucial
moment, for when the first callers
came, after Mary Ellen's advent into
the family, she "ushered" them only
as far as Just inside the hall door.
Taking the cards they gave her, and
leaving the visitors standing there, she
went to the foot of the staircase and
shouted:
Mis- Gallatin! Oh, Mis- Gallatin!
Der's two ladies down here OATS come
to see you and dey's fotch dere tick
ets."-Harper's Magazine.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-03-17
PEARLS IN TOY DOGS TAIL
Man From Tokyo Had Gems in Silk
Vest and Cigarette Box Worth
Large Sum.

A little toy dog, with a stubby tail
and a pointed nose, which would emit
a bark like a grunt when pressed,
stood on the table in the office Of JUS
tice Wardell. surveyor Of the port Of
San Francisco, surrounded by a collec-
tion Of cultivated pearls.
The tip OF his tail was missing, as
was the end Of his nose, both Of which
had been cut away by customs inspec-
tors.
The dog was only one Of many clever
c~ontrivances used by Y. Nakane,
wealthy pearl merchant, when he made
a declaration at the customhouse say.
ing that he carried only $500 worth Of
pearls.
An investigation OF his baggage by
Custom Inspector j. B. Brosman re.
vealed pearls valued at more than 49,
900.
Nakane arrived in San Francisco
aboard the Tenyo Maru and declared
to the customs inspector that he had
$500 worth of pearls in a small jewel
case. An examination OF the case
showed that it had a false bottom, and
pearls valued at 81 900 were revealed
with the destruction of the case. This
was the first lot to be discovered.
While the jewel case was being
taken apart Nakane drew from his
pocket a dainty Japanese tobacco box
and proceeded to roll a cigarette.
The beauty of the box attracted the
attention Of Wardell, who asked to see
it at closer range. The box, when ex-
amined, revealed another 81 900 worth
Of the precious gems. Nakane re-
moved his coat to assist in the work Of
u%npacking his cases.
Again Wardell was attracted by the
beauty OF a silk vest and made an ex-
animation and found that In the cen
ter Of each of the buttons was set a
small pearl, which was so near the
color Of the shell-like buttons that the
gems could only be detected by an ex-
pert.
In the bottom Of one of the mer-
chants trunks the Inspector found a
toy dog carefully wrapped in tissue
paper. Nakane explained that 1t was
to be a gift to a child relative here.
An examination Of the outside OF the
toy revealed nothing; finally the tip Of
the tail was removed with a pair of
scissors and it was found to be filled
with pearls. A like find was made in
the dogs nose.
Nakane then confessed he had tried
to smuggle the jewels into this coun
try. The gems were contiscated.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-03-17

A sheldrake duck, diving into the
bay at Smiths Point, l.. l., varied life's
monotony by capturing an oyster and
being captured in turn.
or course all that the residents Of
Smiths Point know about the remark.
able catch is what they heard from
Will Murdoch, who tends the draw at
the Tangier bridge. and who admits he
has an excellent reputation for verac.
ity. viii took duck and oyster to
the Smiths Point Coast Guard station
and exhibited them to prove the story.
Where did he get them? Oh, he
caught the duck after the duck had
caught the oyster. The fowl pushed
its bill into the shell of the oyster.
Murdoch said, and the bill stuck fast.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-03-17

What in heavens name is tho use
Of sending to Jail a man who ought to
be with his family? What's the use
Of giving a man a bad name when a
good word will set him right"
That's what the first public defend.
er to appear in Pittsburgh's police
courts asked at the end of his first
days work.
There's no use following that old
method, but we've been a long time
finding it out. Sending a man to Jail
is a poor way to take care of the mans
family, but it's the way we've taken
for ages.
Giving q man a bad name instead of
offering him the good word his heart
is aching to hear is wasteful, but it
was easier, we thought, than the right
way. The strange thing about these
matters is that the wrong way always
seems easier.-Pittsburgh Leader.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-03-17
STRAW SHED FOR LIVE STOCK
Satisfactory and inexpensive Method
Of Securing Ample Protection
for Farm Animals.

A stable that will protect from cold
weather and storms may be construct
cd with little expense when straw is
plentiful. Each COW, II to be tied.
needs about fifty square feet OF floor
space to allow for manger, feed alley,
place for her TO stand and room to
get behind her for milking, cleaning,
etc. Young stock will need about half
as much space. A barn lGx90 feet or
one 32X45 will furnish room enough for
twenty cows and ten head of young
stock.
A straw shed for cattle should be
seven or eight feet high. The construc-
tion Of such buildings is very simple.
Posts are usually set in the ground
eight to twelve feet apart, and strong
timbors put on top Of these with poles
close enough together to carry the
straw on top of tho timbors. Walls
are constructed by making two walls
two or more feet apart and packing
with straw. These walls may be made
OF poles, boards or wire, % dc.
sired.
Hogs will require from ten to III.
teen square feet Of floor space each
~ n straw shed. Fifty hogs will re-
q ire a shed about 20x30 feet in size.
y is better to keep the hogs in a sep.
oro'H building from the cattle. The
shed for hogs need not be more than
four or five feet high. 1t is advisable
to make the walls tight, using woven
wire, or something equally good, so the
hogs will not work out through the
wall.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-03-17
BEER WORSE THAN WHISKY.

This is what the Home Life Insur.
ance company Of New York has to say
about beer:
"Of all intoxicating drinks, 1t is the
most animalizing. 1t dulls the intel
lectual and moral and feeds the sen.
sual and beastly nature. Beyond all
other drinks, it qualities for deliberate
and unprovoked crime. In this re-
spect it Is much worse than distilled
liquors. A whisky drinker will COM
NIT murder only under the direct ex-
element OF liquor, a beer drinker is
capable Of doing 1t in cold blood. Long
observation has assured us that a
large proportion Of murders deliberate
ly planned and executed, without pas
sion or malice. with no other motive
than the acquisition of property or
money. often of trifing value, are per.
petrated by beer drinkers"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-03-17
LIGHT HEIFERS FOR FEEDING
Buyers Estimate Doubling of Weight
by Next July or August as Result
Of Long Rest.

The tendency to feed hoifers still
prevails with many cattle feeders. FIX.
t~rayagantly high prices. seemingly.
are being paid for light heifers to 20
into the pastures and stalk fields to be
roughed through the winter and then
corn fed on grass next summer for the
fat cattle market.
A doubling of weight by next July
or August Is about the estimate these
buyers are figuring on as a ten months
result of growth and gain. In case
any prove to be bred, they are no spe.
cial disappointment, as the calf with
the mother present a good money in.
vestment for the market of next sum.
mer.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-03-17
GUARD AGAINST MUSTY OATS
When Fed Continuously There Is Like.
lihood That Severe Intestinal
Troubles May Result.

Many state experiment stations are
warning the farmers to beware OF
feeding their stock, especially tho
horses, musty oats during the coming
winter, When fed continuously there
is great likelihood that severe intes.
final trouble and probably blind stag
gers may result.
Blind %staggers is a disease caused
by mold which thrivcs on denied corn,
damp barley, oats and spoiled feeds OF
all kind, When II is necessary to feed
grain in this condition a little common
salt should be given with the grain at
all feelings.
Wherever the animals show INV ten.
dency towards constipation. admins
ter one-half ounce OF fluid extract OF
aloes or one-half pound Of EPSON salts
as a drench. Clean hay and fresh wa.
ter and salt are excellent in easing
the effects from such grain.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-03-17
Do the Work.

OF the little details that attract ones
attention in a we'll designed house,
none are more important than are the
flower boxes. These should be de-
signed by your architect, and may be
simple or pretentious, as the style of
your house demands. Built up from
the ground, of brick or concrete, they
are a source Of pleasure the year
around, If filled in the winter with low
growing evergreens. This is an espe-
cially pleasing treatment when used
at the sides of the entrance steps.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-03-17
TURNS PLUMBER
PUZZLED BY THE MYSTERY OF
CAGE WATER TANK.
Animal in Brooklyn Zoo Conducts Pa
tient Examination and Has Made
Some Progress on Road to
the Secret.

Prospect park 0 has a plumber
bear. and his name Ia Bosco. So far
as known, he is the only plumber bear
in captivity.
Bosco's residence Is No. | Bear
place, and he lives in a great cage,
which is far different from his an
cient homo in the wild Ural noun
tains. Bosco Is a Russian, a big
hulking. quietly.ambling fellow, and
he il a favorite with Head Keeper
O'Brlcn and his men, because he Is
40 tractable. says the Brooklyn Eagle.
No matter how the black bears in the
adjoining cage may snap and growl,
or the other members CT the bear
family may display their peevishness,
Rosco is always good-natured. He
has a great wooden ball that he plays
with in the most comical manner i'm
aginable.
But it Is about Bosco's plumber-like
procliyit that you want to hear.
Half Of his life is spent in play and
sleep. and the other half in trying to
puzzle out tho mysteries OF the big
water tank In the center Of his cage.
lilo is more Of Il monkey than u
bear" said O'Brien. no Is the
greatest imitator ! eve saw
Bosco first tried to get through his
clumsy old bear head what 1t meant
when tho water ran into the tank. He
would sit on his hind legs, with a lu-
dicrously foolish expression on his
face and study the water as he tried
to get the ms and outs OF the mys-
terry Of why the tank was full at some
times and empty at others. To trace
tho solution of this mystery became
the consuming passion of his life.
Sometimes he would rub his ear with
a contemplative paw, and you would
see his eyes brighten as he thought
he had at last struck the right trail.
Then he would retire into his cave in
the rocks, to cogitate at his leisure.
At first he tried to keep the water
back by showing a paw against 1t, but
this did no good. Then, when the
tank became cloggcd and the keepers
went into the cage to clean 1t out,
sat by in an attitude of an alert
old man taking in every detail OF
their operation. He saw them lift
up the trap and get down in 1t.
SO, when they had gone, Bosco or
ganized n class in plumbing with
himself as sole member. He first put
out a hairy paw and seized the trap.
It came up easily enough. Then he
at It, to sec what made 1t come
up, and put 1t back and lifted 1t again
and again in the Joy OF his discov-
cry. He had part Of the secret, at
any rate.
The next thing Bosco learned was
to get down into the tank and dig
around to see what made the water
stop running. He acted just like a
man about it, and performed each act
with comic gravity. He found a cap
down there, and he used to take that
off.
That ia about as far as Bosco has
got in the elementary stages Of plumb
Ing: but he Is ambitious. and If he
keeps on he may be ready to don a
jumper and overalls soon and start
out on n job with soldering irons un-
der his forepaw and charcoal stove
winging.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-03-17
Fruit Trees Along Roads.

The habit Of planting fruit and nut
trees by the roadside has long pre-
vailed in parts Of Europe. 1t should
be cultivated in the United States.
Hickory and walnut trees are as beau.
tiful as elms and a great deal more
useful. Salem's streets have been
planted with hundreds Of walnut trees.
Those set out along McMinnville's
pavement years ago produced a ton
and a half of nuts this season.-Port
land Oregonian.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-03-17

A Dutch expedition has recently fin
ished mapping Dutch New Guinea,
which is about fourteen times as large
as the Netherlands and includes the
greater part of the Island Of Paqua in
the South seas, Primitive men,
equipped with crude weapons and i'm.
plements of stone and flint, were en-.
countered. Some were wild and war.
like, while others were peaceable and
offered no resistance to the expedt
tons Investigations.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-03-17

shoes and has for an object to provide
n simple construction which can be
easily applied to and removed from
the horses hoof, and will, when in
place, be securely held against dis.
placement in any direction and will
embody means which will aid in the
adjustment of the attachment to hoofs
OF different size and shape.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-03-17
HEAL YOUR SKIN TROUBLES
With Cuticura, the Quick, Sure and
Easy Way. Trial Free

Battle with Cuticura Soap, dry and
apply the Ointment. They stop itch
ing instantly, clear away pimples.
blackheads, redness and roughness, re-
move dandruff and scalp irritation.
heal red, rough and ore hands 40
well as most baby skin troubles.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, C%uticura, Dept. L
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-03-17
Just the Place for Him.

The French sergeant who, as the
result Of a wound in the head re-
ceiyed in 1879, suffered periods of alb
normality, during which he neither
smolled or felt anything, would be al
most an ideal man for trench sery-
ice in the present unple-santness, If
what the correspondent writes is true
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-03-17
Useless Question.

Would your wife vote for you as q
candidate for Office"
Il don't think there's any use O.
my bothering my head about that" re-.
piled MIR. Meekton. 81 don't believe
Henrietta would let me run in the first
place"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-03-17
GOOD CALK FOR HORSESHOES
Device Shown in Illustration Is Simple
in Construction and Can Be
Easily Applied.

The Scientific American in illustrat-
ing and describing a toe calk for
horseshoes. invented by w. Gordon OF
Philadelphia. says;
The invention relates to improve
ments in calk attachments for horse