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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1921-07-22
A LEPROSY CURE

Though there are but a few thous-
and lepers in the United States, there
are about a million in the entire
world. and the hope Of a cure for a
disease that has defied the science
Of the ages is Of universal human
concern, says an exchange.
The wife of an army colonel, a
victim Of the dread ailment, has gone
to the national hospital in Louisiana,
not with utted despair in her heart,
but in the reasonable expectation of
a cure within five years. The active
principle of chaulmoOgra oil has
yielded remarkable results in cures
at the leper colany in Hawaii. There
is every reason to suppose that it
will prove a salyatOry remedy in the
present instance.
Oil from the seeds Of East Indian
tree has been used as a specific by
the natives Of the Orient ere now;
but DR.. J. T. McDanald's discovery of
a way of using the essential element
has made the application of the ex-
tract possible in cases in which the
oil itself gave excruciating pain to
the patient Formerly, therefore, a
cure was an exception; henceforth
we may expect it to be the rule. 1T
is not too soon to chronicle an i'm
portant slept toward another Of the
memorable conquests of modern
medical science.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1921-07-22

Remember, my son, You have 10
work whether you handle a pick on
q pen, q wheel5arrow or a set of
books, digging bitches, or editing a
newspaper ringing an auction bell.
writing funny things you must work.
If you look around you viii see the
men who are the most able to live
the rest Of their lives without work
are the men who work the hardest
Don't be afraid of killing Yourself
with overWork--it Is beyond your
power to do that on the sunny side
Of thirty. They die, sometimes; but
1t is because they quit work at n.
m. and don't get home until 3 a m
It's the interval that kills, nv son.
The work gives you an appetite for
your meaLs-it lends solidity to YOUR
sIumbers-it gives you a perfect and
grateful appreciation of holiday
Ihere are young men who do not
workout the world is not proud of
Vnem' 1t knows not their names
even 1t simply speaks Of them as
nold So-and Sos boys" Nobody
likes them; the great busy world
doesn't know they are there. So
find out what you want to be and
DO and take off your coat and make
dust in the world. The buster YOU
are the less harm you will be apt to
get into--the sweeter will be your
'Ieep the brighter and happier your
holidays and the better satisfied will
he world be with you.-Exchange
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1921-07-22

The trouble with the man who
shaves himself grows out of the at
titude Of superiority which he effects
and his belief that he has been "call-
ed" to convert those who shave in
barber-shops. WhSneVer we see a
particularly pompous and offlcious
man we know we are in the presence
of another who shaves himself.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1921-07-22

AhN.H.t ..|N w N|
What interesting facts are u.a
ay little drifting along the shores o..
. time concerning the war. Men who's,
/ words were guarded and who's,
hearts kept secrets are now speak
ing and writing until sooner or later
the world viii know upon what frsil
things of humanity the awful catas-
trophe depended and how mems
pride and ambition lured the world
into the blood Of millions.
Jules Cambon, who was the Ambas-
sador of France at Berlin in 1914.
writes an account Of his activities IN
those days in a late number Of a
French Review. He tells of a visit
to Won Jagow, German Foreign Min
lister, and after the Official business
was settled, he asked Won Jagow If
he might speak to him Sas man to
mani The reply was "yesE and
then Camboa said
"Let me tell you that what YOU
are undertaking is folly. You
will gain nothing and risk losing
much assure you that England
cannot keep out of the conflict,
and will be on our side. You will
find yourselves alone against all |
Europe, having as an ally only one
1ecayed empire"
Won Jagow smiled and replied;
"You have your information, we
nave ours. We are absolutely GER
ain Of the neutrality Of England"
Cambon soon after called upon the
Ambassador Of EnglSnd at Berlin
md told him Of his talk with Won
.agow The gentleman replied
AS regards the attitude Of my
ountry l think exactly as you do.
Unfortunately | am not authorized
o say So"
The strange part Of it all seems to
e that it cannot be explained how
Germany was SO deceived, with all
er shrewd officials in every capital t
{ the world, with all possible means
f information; but perhaps one will
ave to fall back on the old trite /
aging: Whom the gods would de- t
roy they first made mad" Or per- q
APPS Wilhelm thought "Ich fuhla J.
he Armea in NoHer Faust" t
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1921-07-22

For the first time in history a
Representatives when Miss Alice
woman presided over the House of
Robertson, Republican member from
Oklahoma, occupied the chair during
the absence from Washington Of
Speaker Gillett.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1921-07-22
Innp-Felt Want

Are you interested in crude petro.
leum ?" asked the suave caller, with
an oil prospectus in his hand
mot at all" said Mr.. Clipping
but I'm interested in popular by
product"
What is that, SIR"
Gasoline. If you can tell me how
to buy it at fifteen cents a gallon or
less III talk business" birmingham
Age-H Herald,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1921-07-22
MARRIAGE OF OPPOSITES

Once. long ago, a wise person ut
tered a NAHUM, and the maxium ran
"Iike repels. and unlike attracts"
In science the law holds good. but
good many folk have applied it tc
love. and they say, Marry your on.
posite"
If You we're taxing vour summer
holiday VITA a friend would VIM
choose ay mariner ona wirb whom,
you had not one taste in common?
Of course not. For holiday
you'd take jolly good care that your
companion and you had like tastes,
or you'd know that holiday would
be wash-out
And yet, when it comes to taking
life partner you hear people tank
about the marriage of opposltes be-
ing the IDEAL
fa" Of my acquances who have car
ried GU, The marriage of opposites
iala. Well camoui!age names. So
they WON'T know we are crticizing
There are the Jenson Browns. She
is one of those little women with
lrinKly eyes ,hat tell Won at q Glance
She is humorist. Mrs. Jensen
Brown always sees the funny side of
life, and her sense of humor is
strongly developed. But MI. Jenson
Brown is as solemn as an owl He
never sees a Joke. In consequence
you get the lady screaming with
laughter and the husband looking
puzzled. "Obo. John. can't Won see
how funny it is?" she cries Bpt ba
can't.
robr,s I.cl, 81 ,,,,,,o.. =. ,.,,4;,,.,,
,yo,,,.,, - bis ;f ~ H. 80 :, So'''''''ai
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~ ~ W. ~ ''i 0Pii'!0ii' anu 'liey 10 not
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1921-07-22

tLat me write the songs cf a ma
aon and I care not who makes the
laws"
Well, at that some Of the songs
have more hense to them than some
Of the laws. "--Louisvile Courier
Ionrnal.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1921-07-22

Benson--Do you know when a
baby begins to think?
HobsOn-Yas; mine begin to think
| ought to walk the floor with him
when he was week old.-London
Mail. Ass%N
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1921-07-22
MULE STRAYED.

One blach mare mule, weight about
1850 pounds, plump build, cash
across left front knee. Strayed
from Pierce's saw mill, about four
miles southwest of Mashulaville,
Wednesday, July 18th. Was last
seen Thursday morning, the 18th, at
Weldon Goodins, headed through
woods towards Shuqualak.
II found please notify J. Y. Pierce,
ut saw mi u, or r. F. Pierce, at
planning mill, Macon Mis-. and re-
eeive reward. R. 3, PIERCE
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1921-07-22

Walter F. Stonley, of Charlotte,
N. c., went into an army salvage
store there the other day to buy a
pair of reclaimed trousers. He
bought a pair that suited him ard
upon examination found that they
were the very same pair that he had
worn in France, as his name was
still plainly written on the waistband,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1921-07-22

In Chicago potatoes are selling
for thirty cents bushel, but because
Of the high Gosh Of fuel gas to the
restaurants il costs dollar for eight
ounces of them fried.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1921-07-22
Two Rnoms for Rent

With lights furnished if preferred
The rooms are cfnnd5ted Parties
with children need not apply Stu.
ated one and one-half blocks from
postofice on Main street.
MRS. w. 0. BARNES.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1921-07-22

Ms Fayette Anderson has in his
pasture north of Shuqualak a white
face bull, Weight about 500 pounds.
if not called for will be eshayed.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1921-07-22

,VistOr--Weli. my little man, I sup.
pose you take after your father
Little man (age five)-No. sir;
but he takes after me sometimes
Chicago News. n... ..
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1921-07-22

Most husbands will welcome any
kind of laws--BLUE, pink or orchid
that viii forbid them to put up the
screens, NOV the lawn, or do any
thing on Sunday, except loaf and
sleep.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1921-07-22

A man can take care of his
enemies, it 81 his food friends from
whom hs needs to DO protected.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1921-07-22

A woman takes her flirtations on
installments-but, somehow, when
love affairs begin coming to man,
they come not single file, but in
battalions.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1921-07-22

If you don't keep your account
paid up, we can't sell you on credit.
Thirty days is the limit; it is the
limit we get on what we buy.
Don't get mad when told that we
cannot sell you on credit.
FERRIS BOOKSTORE
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1921-07-22

There was delightful bit of
rapidftre repartee during the Senate
debate recently on the Presidents
Bonus Bill message Senator Jones,
Democrat, Of New Mexico, remarked
- he Senate had just witnessed
1cadantad a~jsddo Of
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1921-07-22

We can't all win in the battle Of
life, but if fortune doesn't favor US
we can at least try to be good losers
u isn't easy but it is possible.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1921-07-22

Taking them by and large, fat
woman is always a little better look
$ug than a thin one. And yet women
sSend their weary days obsessed by
Gear that they are putting on flesh.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1921-07-22

think the first virtue Is to re-
strain the ltongue; he approaches
nearest to the gods who know how
70 be silent though he be in the right
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1921-07-22

The tallest trees are most in the
power Of the winds, and ambitious
men Of the blasts fortune.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-12-23
Earthuuake's Peculiar Effect.

An earthquake that shook India not
so long ago was remarkable for the
curiOusly ~distorting effects it produced
upon standing objects. Similar effects
have been noticed from other earth
quakes, but seldom to so striking an
extent. In an official report in the mat
ter it is described how this earth
quake twisted a lofty monument at
Chatak. The monument was an obelisk
Of brick, coated with plaster, more
than go feet tall and u feet square at
the base. About six feet Of the top
was broken off and thrown to the
south, and nine feet more was thrown
to the east. Then a piece 20 feet In
height was separated, % feet above
the ground, and twisted in a direction
opposite to the motion of the hands of
a watch, but without falling.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-12-23
First Aid to Cupjd.

Heretofore clotheslines have served
two purposes. Obviously, their most
frequent use has been to hang clothes
on. Their more important service,
from a social standpoint, has been
the breaking Of falls Of persons who
happen to tumble out OF windows.
But now a new use which prom
ises to supersede the others. A GER
tain young man, and an equally GER
tain young woman, who live in apart
ment houses on the south side, facing
each other across a large yard, have
discovered that a clothesline makes
q love line by the aid Of which all
sorts Of messages may be sent and re-
ceived.
After writing a note the sender at
tacheS it to the line, which is manipu-
lated across the yard. After reading
and enjoying the contents the receiver
writes an answer and sends 1t to the
other side.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-12-23
SEEM .WKWA. D III MOVEMENT
Bird Lover Points Out Varying Cats
Of Feathered Creatures Seeking
Food on Ground.

Watch a blackbird hunting for
worms on a lawn; he moves by hop
ping.
But watch the wagtail darling
about or the lawn or following the
pillow, or hunting down by the
streamside-he walks or runs. He
glides as smoothly over the rough fur
rows of the field as if he were skating
on thin ice. So graceful are his move
ments that he seems to be dancing.
Why some birds should thus hop
after their prey and others run is a
curious problem, observes a writer in
Pearson's Weekly. A solution may be
found in the different life habits Of
the hoppers and runners and in the
different habits of their prey.
To hop on a lawn after worms may
be the best way to disturb and pounce
upon them. But it would be better to
run after lOw-f1ying winged insects.
Walkers and runners as Il rule are
birds who seek their food on the
ground and live chiefly on the ground.
Partridges and landrails are famous
Rocks, larks, meadow pipits
and %starlings live much on the ground,
and walk and run.
Hoppers, as a rule, are passerines-
birds with claws adapted to perching.
1t is natural for them to hop about
trees, and SO they hop when they come
to ground. There are some eXcep-
tons TO the hopping habits Of tree
birds thus the wood pigeon is a tree
bird that walks.
A walking bird, like a starting, may
occasionally hop, and the usual hop
ping of the thrush may break into a
quick run.
Other birds will not either walk,
run or hop If they can help it-like
swifts, who rarely touch ground at
all.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-12-23
HASTE is WASTE IN Tropics
Northerners There on Business Must
Leave All ~Preconceived Stand
ards at Home.

Who enters the tropics should leave
all haste behind. We have a superior
way Of talking Of the land Of man
ana" quite overlooking the fact that
the physiological law of the land Is
expressed in the "manana" attitude.
With the cumulative energy of gener-
atoms Of temperate-zone-born ances-
tors In our veins, we may maintain
our standards Of push and speed in
the tropics for a time, but that is nc
reason why we should expect people
who have been reared under less favor
able climatic conditions to live up to
them.
Indeed, 1t Is highly advisable TO
leave all Of our preconceived stand
ards at home. Latin Americans have
been long subjected to climatic and
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-12-23
Finds Snoring Costly Habit.

A Brooklyn mans snOre is costing
him $4,000 because he has to take it
TO Europe with him. The snore Is so
powerful that he has found it neces-
Sary, if his wife wax to get any sleep,
to occupy a room far apart from hers,
I'm bis large residence. The couple are
the husband had to arrange for sepa-
rate statCroOm accommodations, for
his wife's comfort, SO she might
sleep on the steamship. This mean
$1,000 more for the separate charges
for this notable snore.-New York
Evening Post.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-12-23

Being a woman, Samantha Haskins
possessed a goudly portion of that
leaven Of human aitairS-the dramatic
sense. Living as she did in the iSO-
lation of a northern Maine farm, her
husband and few neighbors afforded
small opportunity TO use that sense.
But, given the chance, she made the
most Of it.
1t was one October evening when she
and Ephraim-her husband-sat to-
gether in their kitchen.
Finally she spoke, casually enough,
"Winter'S mo- here :"
Means III have 10 build q rev COW
shed directly, | reckon" he growled.
Her husband sighed again, I'll fetch
me home a new pair Of rubber boots
next time I'm in the city" he said.
Samantha's eyes frightened and she
rocked her chair with short, nervous
jerks. "That'll be capital, Eph-jeS'
what you need! An fetch me some
black goods for a new coat" she
cried.
Eph sat erect. "Now, Samantha!
You know l amt able to fetch you a
new coat! That COW shed'll cost
me nigh on sixty dollars an that
storm door! I'll have to pay Abe
Colts fifteen dollars to the cent to
fix it-an'-!" he spluttered into ST.
lence.
In the shadow of the lamp light Sa-
manth2 eyes nGTTowed-anG though
she said not another word about the
coat the thought Of it never left her
mind and remained there even until
the next day when she went over to
a neighbours for q chat.
Mrs. Carter was a crisp tongued old
lady who lived alone on the farm neal
est the Haskins house.
Samantha laid the matter before her,
II reckon I'll need a new coat this
winter, Mrs. Carter"
my shed needs paintin'-' observed
Mrs. Carter ~pointedly.
Samantha stared at her in amaze
ment. "Why Mis- Carter ~ she gasped.
II can't climb ladders anyway, cause
my skirts will catch and trip me!'
Put on overalls :" Mrs. Carter sug-
gested.
sin Pop-over Junction" cried Sa-
mantha, aghast. Then she laughed.
They'd put me outa church Reverend
Symptom jes' preached agin them New
York women wearing Knockers las Sun
day"
But Mrs. Carter persisted. "Come
over Thursday noon! Mos every
body'll be down to Saco to the Meth
dist conference"
BY noon Thursday practically every
n had gone to the conference. Eph-
rain was TO leave by the half-past one
train. Finally he was off.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-12-23

"Gby, Samantha !" he called as he
rolled out of the yard into the road.
Samantha waited until he was out
o. sight, then struck out across lots TO
Mrs. Carriers. She arrived breath
less. Mrs. Carter was waiting for her
at the gate.
Il got 'em ready for YOU" she an
nounced.
Now that she actually saw the
things, Samantha hesitated and drew
back but Mrs. Carter urged her on.
She rushed the reluctant Samantha
into the overalls. Just as she was
~gingerly trying the first step Of the
ladder there was q sound of wheels
in the road.
ITS Eph, Samanthy !" whispered
Mrs. Carter. Now, when he gifts OPP
posite, you turn round, careless like,
and holler. Have a good time at the
conferenceY"
Here he is Samanthy," prompted
the woman on the ground.
Samantha chung TO the ladder with
one hand and half turned toward the
road. "Eph! Ephw she called. The
driver hauled up the horse until his
fore feet left the ground.
Samantha !" he roared, and his eyes
bulged and blazed.
His wife trembled on the ladder.
DO you reckon he'll divorce me,
Mrs. Carter?" she murmured.
Mrs. Carter was equal to any oc.
casion.
Have q rale nice time to the con.
f~'rence, Eph! ~Samanthy's painting
my shed for mew
Ephraim found his tongue. Come
down off'n that ladder fore you break
y neck an take off them trousers !"
he ordered.
why, Eph! youT! miss that &c
If you don't step on right lively" she
cried, and waved gaily at him.
For answer Eph began to descend
from his seat.
Il reckon you'll get the coat now,
%Samanthy," observed Mrs. Carter.
what was you amin to paint sheds
for, Samantha" he demanded.
"She's earnin' some money" replied
Mrs. Carter smartly, before Samantha
could speak.
II reckon I kin earn plenty for me
IN NINE" retorted Eph holly.
Even to winter coats?" asked Mrs,
Carter coolly.
For a second time, Eph found moth.
ing TO say. "C'mon home, Samantha y
he grOwled.
In silence she peeled off the over.
alls and started for the road. "G'by,
Mrs. Carter" she called as she reached
the gate.
BE sure an get broadcloth, cause
It's durable and Stylish" answered
Mrs. Carter.
Though his face was still crimson
and his lips pressed hard, Eph did not
draw away his arm as Samantha
grasped it TO pass through the gate.
And all the way home she leaned back
peacefully, admlring the autumn foil.
age and cutting and fitting her new
winter coat.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-12-23

other influences Which have Of neces-
sity profoundly affected them both
bodily and mentally. We must re-
member also that, racially, We are as
far apart as were the Conquistadores
from the Pilgrim fathers.
Let US therefore accept as a fact
that u habits of thought are funda-
mentally different and give to history,
tradition, environment, and heredity
their share Of praise and of blame for
existing conditions.-National Geo
graphic Magazine.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-12-23
THE NEW COAT.
BY MARIE r. BONNER.

CpQro0Q1N10
1921, by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
Evening journal., 1921-09-22
CLERKSHIP QUESTION
NOT YET SETTLED

No action was taken by Levy
Court yesterday on the resolution
introduced by commissioner Col
Inns. Democrat. during Tuesdays
session of the court, that the courts
attorney, p. Warren Green give an
opinion as to the law in the case OF
clerks of the Board OF Assessment
office. receiving pay without first be-
ing certified.
OF the five clerks employed in the
office. only one is a Democrat and
it is intimated that William A.
Scott, one Of the board members. Is
insisting that a Democrat De select
ed for the position of clerk now held
by Theodore W. Francis.
According to the statute, II was
required that the office force shall
be certified by a majority of the
Board Of Assessment to Levy Court
before payment for services render
ed is made, and the Democratic
members contend that the board as
now constituted has not complied
with this requirement as regards the
present force, an attempt to reduce
the number of Republican clerks
when the new board was organized
having resulted in tie vote.
Mr.. Green said that, because of the
pressure of other work, he would
not be able to give an opinion, as
requested. until the court meets
again next Tuesday.
Evening journal., 1921-09-22
SHOOT SCHEDULE.

The schedule has just been issued
for the events Of the Trap Shooters
League for the season. The events
start on October Is. the local shoot
ers will be with P. R. R.. Whining
ton. The schedule follows:
October 15-Wilmington at p. r..
R., Lansdale at Quaker City. Cam
den at Meadow Springs, West Ches-
ter at Chester.
October 29-P. r. R. at Meadow
Springs, West Chester at Lansdale,
Chester at Camden, Quaker City at
Wilmington.
December 17-Lansdale at CAM
den. Meadow Springs at Quaker
City. Wilmington az West Chester.
p. r. r. at Chester.
January 7-Lansdale at Meadow
Springs. Camden at Quaker City,
West Chester at P. r. R.. Chester at
Wilmington.
February 11-Quaker City al
Chester, Wilmington at Lansdale
Meadow Springs at West Chester
Camden ct p. r. R.
March Quaker City at Wesi
Chester. Wilmington at Camden, p
r. r. at Lansdale. Chester al
Meadow Springs.
April Quaker City at P. r. r
Lansdale at Chester. Meadow
Springs at Wilmington. West Ches
terter at Camden
Evening journal., 1921-09-22

the Giants win four out of the
seven, the Pirates will have to win
eleven in a row TO win. If the
Giants win only three. the Pirates
must win ten out OF eleven.
With the American League It is
different. The Yanks have a Lead
OF one point and the only sure way
Tor them to cinch the pennant is 70
win every one OF their remaining
eleven games.
Cleveland with only nine more
games on the schedule, 70 a ltttls
bettr or than the Yanks.
The series starting tomorrow VIII
be almost decisive IL one Of the clubs
sweeps the series An even split
which is not improbable, will bring
the settlement OF the argument into
the very last week Of the race, ac-
cording to the way they are going
now.
After the series with the Yanks,
Cleveland has the rest of the sched-
ule with the White Sox. while the
Yenks have to take on the tough
Browns. the Athletics and the Red
Sox.