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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-05-26

Mares wife. He's home too, SO Lye
says!"
what do l Ire where the pup lsI"
she thrust in yehemently. "'Course
she's a womanl So be I, an so were
your dead Betsy"
Then she stamped her foot tenn
~pestuously.
"Get out Of here an watch for Mac
kenzie an his folks" she snapped.
ITS about time he were stormin' the
Silent City. I'm thinkin'."
Roughly she showed the men out
into the blizzard and closed the door.
Then she stood with her back to 1t,
deep sobs racking her body.
Now as she had almost died, and
Wee Jerry too, so would Marcus Mac
Kenzie, The vicious hope that she
could see him writhe In his grief took
possession Of her.
Distraughtly she placed the bar
across the door, making IRE 1t vas
locked. Then, creeping to the cot,
she gazed down at the wet bundle.
There, where she had helped Oscar
Bennett over dark rough places into
the light Of Eternity, lay the dearest
dear of her bitterest enemy.
She uttered an exclamation when
she saw a lifting shudder go ver the
thing on the bed. A smile fitted
across her face, and her hands came
together convulsively.
Slowly she knelt down and un-
wrapped the thick blanket, and Eve
lyn Mackenzie was staring out at her,
dull eyed and terrified. A dark rag
completely filled her mouth and Polly
grinned at her.
"Do you know what sQuatters do to
chickens they swipe from you rich
folksT" she asked huskily.
Although she could not speak, Eve
lyn heard and understood. She closed
her eyes, her face going drabber in
the fickering light, but at a sound the
weary lids flew open again.
Polly had stepped to the wood-box
and was picking up .he ax. She
brought 1t forward, and smiling the
same sinister smile, showed 1t to the
pallid girl.
"Thls,' was all she said, tapping
the handle.
Evelyn struggled; and Polly
laughed, a wicked laugh, no more like
the ripple which Daddy Hopkins had
loved to hear than the bark Of O wolf
Is like the lark's morning song.
Tears rose into Evelyn's eyes and
rolled down her cheeks. The smile
faded slowly from Polly's face. Ever
had excruclating agony touched her i;
like a sunbeam through a rift in q
storm cloud, the old Polly leaped up to
take heed Of another's hurt. This feel.
ing she crushed down: but she put the
ak on the floor and sQuatted beside the
bed.
Scarcely had she done this before a
loud knock came on the door. She
threw the blankets over Evelyn and
went swiftly forward and lifted the
bar.
Larry Bishop thrust the upper half
Of his body into the room.
"Old Marc an his gang are In the
Silent City lookin' for his woman" he
whispered hoarsely.
where's LyeT" came In a hiss from
the squatter girl.
"Of up the road watching" returned
Bishop. "What'd you do to 'er, brat7"
"Come in," said Polly. In an under.
tone, grasping the end of his scarf
and pulling him through the doorway,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-05-26
CHANGE Of LIFE
WOMAN'S TRIAL
PrOOf That Lydia E. Pnkham's
Vegetable Compound Is Of Great
Hep at This Period
Metropolis, Illinois.-'T have taken
Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Com

pound and it is all ID
claims to be and has
benefited me won
derfully. l had been
sick for eight months
with q trouble which
confined me to my
bed and was only
able to be up part Of
the time, when Twas
advised by q friend,
Mrs. Smith. to try
Lydia E. Pinkham' .
|Vepetable Com
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-05-26

What a man has done you can do.
But those who have been done you
can't do so easily.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-05-26

Nearly all the knowledge In the
world has been acquired at the en
pense Of solnct ody's burnt dngers
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-05-26
16799
DIED

In New York City alone from kid
ney trouble last year. Don't allow
yourself to become a victim by
neglecting pains and aches. Guard
against this trouble by taking
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-05-26
GOLD MEDAL.
MM !!!!!!!:!!: Oh

The worlds standard remedy for kidney,
liver, bladder and uric acid troubles
Hollands National Remedy since 1896.
All druggists, three sizes.
Look for the name Gold Medal on every boa
and accept no imitation
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-04-28
BARNACLES LONG A. MYSTERY
Up to a Comparatively Few Years Age
the Small Creatures Were
Wrongly CIassed.

So indefinite and hazy were the re-
suits Of investigation In its case that
until q very few years ago the
barnacle was classed with the mol
lusca. although 1t is really crusta-
cean. 1t is developed from free-swlm-
ming larvae and attaches itself to
rocks or timbers, which it never leaves
again unless torn off by force.
There prevailed during the Middle
ages a curious superstition that the
barnacle was the egg of a migratory
goose, the eggs being attached to the
branches of trees that overhung the
water. Not until it was found that the
bird had its nesting place in the
Arctic regions and came South dur
Ing the polar winter was this fiction
disproyed But the bird is still known
as the barnacle goose.
The barnacle also attaches Itself
to living organisms one of its favorite
lodging places being the huge bulk OF
the whale. Sometimes, 1t Is contend
ed. it ventures even into the jaws Of
the big mammal. 1t is one Of the
paradoxes of nature that the leviathan
Of the deep is utterly powerless to
cope with the small crustacean, which,
at its largest size, when within the
shell, is about as big as chestnut. 1t
Is believed that whales sometimes rub
themselves against ships in their at
tempts to rid themselves Of their un'
welcome tenants.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-04-28
EASY TO START "HARD TIMES"
Rumor Becomes an Endless Chain
Once the Proper Impetus Has
Been Given to IL.

In Paris portrait painter sat 10
his favorite cnfe slipping HIS wine. His
first small bottle finished, he was
about to order more when his eye fell
on n headline in the Figaro, Hard
Times Are Coming" so instead of or.
dnring his usual second bottle he
'alled for his check.
"ls there anything wrong with the
wineT asked the landlord.
"The wins IS good. but ! did not or.
der secdnd bottle because hard
times are coming and we must econ.
omlze," explained the artist.
Hard times" said the landlord
Then my wife must not order the
silk dress we planned, but must take
one of cotton"
Hard times" repeated the dress.
maker when the order was cancelled.
This Is no time to expand I must
not make the Improvements | had
planned in the place"
Hard times, eh?" said the builder
when the dressmaker Cancelled the
building plans. Then I cannot have
my wlfe's portrait painted"
So he wrote to the artist ard can.
celed his order.
After receiving the letter the artist
went again to his favorite cafe and or
dered n small bottle of wine to soorft
him. On nearby chair was the ia
per In which he had read of hare
times two days before. He picked it
up to read more closely and found II
was two years old!
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-04-28
FAMOUS "LlON OF LUCERNE'
ThorvaIdsen's Masterpiece Common.
crates the Heroism of the Swiss
Guards in Paris in 1892.

The cell-known monument called
the Lion Of Lucerne," erected near
Lucerne, in 1921 commentaries the
tragic fate of the Swiss guards In the
French Revolution when In their de-
votion to, duty they were sacrificed to
the bullets of the Marseillais and the
pixies Of the mob, August 10, 1892.
This infantry regiment, the "Gardas
Suisses,' had been originally Swiss
mercenary regiment in the Wars of
Religion; but for their own good con
duct at the combat of Argues they
were incorporated in the permanent
establishment of the Maison du Roi,
by Henry ", (Henry of Navarre), In
1899, and in the guards in 1915. The
French guards sided openly with the
constitutional mo- ment at the Revo-
luton and were disbanded, but the
Swiss guards remained faithful to
their trust.
This monument was the work Of
Bertel Thorvaldsen Q77O1S4Q, a
Danish sculptor, noted for his statues
of Christ and the apostles and for
his efforts at classical sculpture. He
was the son of an Icelander who had
settled in Denmark. and was born at
Copenhagen. There he lies buried I'M
der bed of roses in the courtyard
of the museum he endowed.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-04-28

NOT MUCH SNOW IN NORTH
Geological Facts Which Are Some
thing of Surprise to the Aver.
age Reader.

BY the figures Of the United States
weather bureau snowfall in winter in
st. Louis, Mo-, or In Richmond Va, is
three or four times as great as for the
north coast Of Alaska, while we believe
that the snowfall in st. Louis or the
highlands Of Scotland Is ten times as
great as on the north tip of Greenland
ur on the northerly islands discovered
by my expedition of 1913-1S writes
Vilhjalmur Stefansson in the Worlds
Work. In the north polar regions there
is, to begin with, very little snow on
the ground at the end of winter. We
have already said that in some parts
Of the polar regions the temperature
IS 100 degrees in the shade in the sum-
mer. 1t would have to be very pc
culiar kind of snow If a little of 1t
more or less covering the ground
in winter would last far into the
spring. OF course, 1t does not last
long, but disappears like magic. For
three or four or five months, according
20 Just where you are, you have green
prairfes and flowery meadows that are
q delight to the eye, and would be de-
iightful to every sense but for the un-
heli0vable plague of insects-mosquis
toes, sandflies, horseflies and the Like
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-04-28
PUT ANTIQUARIANS IN FURRY
Historic Old English Building, Long
Hidden Under improvements"
Recently Brought to Light.

Lost for centuries, a building Of his.
toric and civic importance was dis
covered at Hereford, England, owing
to the collapse of modern chimney
in the Booth Hall hotel during repairs
The building Is an ancient, timber.
built structure known as the Booth
HALL. According to local antiquarans
u license was granted In 1884 for the
purchase Of the site for municipal
building, and 1t was afterward used as
house Of detention for freemen and
bankrupts. When the chimney col
lapsed parts Of the roof and the cell.
ngs Of upper bedrooms were brought
DOWN, and some fine oak beams and
rafters were exposed. Closer exami-
nation showed the portions Of carved
and nodded work. A member of the
Hereford Woolhope club, local soci-
ETY. whose chief interest Is the preser
Fation Of ancient work Of the county,
persuaded the owners to restore the
building, and after the partitions and
ceilings Of the old attic bedrooms had
been removed three handsome ham
mer-beam principals and two tie-beam
principals were discovered, the ham,
mer-beams having carved brackets
with fgureheads, and the tie-beam
principals with paneled king posts
contained beautiful tracery panels
Cusped wind-braces between the prin-
cipals decorate and strengthen the
structure.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-04-28
THERE IS NOTHING QUAINTER
maroIehead Lanes Keep Visitors to
Gray Sea-Town Puzzled as to Whore
Streets VIII Lead.

a rough village Of huts clamped
Gown to the rocks and hugging its fine
harbor, such was Marbiehead for
many years. The huts grew bigger
and finer, the narrow footways broad
ened a tritie, but kept the devious
turns and abrupt ups and downs with
which they began-so abrupt that
even today many Marblehead lane
mas to resort to steps to get itself and
Its traveller where it would 60.
There is nothing Quainter to be
found In our country than this pra,
sea-town With its incredibly tangled
streets. Never does a stranger know
where he will end when he sets forth
to follow one Of them. Sister and
found ourselves walking briskly away
from the place we wanted to 20 to
oftener than not. Luckily the water
exists, for when you strike 1t you have
chance TO take new bearings. and
In time we got so that we could Law
a course by the tower Of Abbott hall.
which dominates the entire Village
We would climb up to 1t to get a
fresh start, and usually found that we
we're approaching it from another
direction than the one we imagined.
It was a sort Of Alice in Wonderland
progress, the thing being to 90
where you knew you shouldn't In
order to get where you wanted to
be.-"Old Seaport Towns,s Hildegarde
Hawthorne.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-04-28
FISH N0T Bred FROM EGGS
Scientists Have Discovered Small
Species That Undoubtedly Bear
Their Young Alive.

The habit Of laying eggs is so near
~ universal among fishes that prob
ably most people viii be surprised,
says Science Siftings to learn that
certain small species actually bear
their young alive. Among these is tie
large family of killifishes, or Cyprtno-
dontidae In such species the young
are born in a comparatively advanced
stage Of development. When born
they closely resemble the adult fish.
Nj Of them are very tenacious of life.
That the bearing Of the young alive
=. certain fish is not significant Of
higher state Of evolution, as the lay
man might naturally suppose, Is
proved by the fact that 1t occurs In
many species of the sharks and their
cousins the rays, though these are
among the earliest, |. e., the most an
cent fishes that we know. This habit
of procreation has been developed in
order to give the young fry a better
chance of survival than they might
otherwise have-it is literally a case
of fewer babies but better ones" The
most curious of all these fishes Is the
genus Anableps which lives in the
streams of the American tropics. This
Is sometimes called the four-eyed fish,
for the reason that its large promi-
nent eyes, which actually resemble
marbles on the top of the head, are
divided horizontally into two parts.
the lower half being fitted for water
vision and the upper half for air
vision.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-04-28
But Is 1t Worth 1t?

This is remedy Of an English
woman for taking off supcrtluous
ounces from the face that has be-
come too fat through overeating and
lack Of exercise.
+ 10 begin with, OF course, she rec
ommcnds mild dieting and plenty Of
walking and lots Of water to drink
every day. This to cut down super
tluous fat al over the body.
one good exercise is this: Open
the mouth ana work HE jaw vigor-
ously, first to the right, then to the
left, then backward, then forward.
DO thIs pcrslstcntly.
Then draw the checks IN between
the teeth and pun them out hard and
full, Then, with the te"th shut light,
stroke the checks with the palms Of
ne huts gently upward from the
chin tlp to forehead, Don't do any
Of the sfrokiug exercises too rapidly
or vigorously, but do them for n long
time, pcrsistently, slowly. You Will
get the best results IN this way.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-04-28
A Scientific Prediction.

The story is often told of the great
naturalist, Cuvier, that, given sin
gle bone he could reconstruct the an
Imal to which 1t belonged. That
somewhat similar law of organization
-uIa~ Trough the various species that
forM families in the animal kingdom
Is Indicated by curious case Of scien.
tilc prediction, to which attention
was called at recent meeting of the
biological society In this country
nuremberg. while studying the min
ute animals called diatoms, found that
many species were distinguished by
The number of rays they possessed.
But in the series Of specimens that
he had he could find bone having re-
spectively 81, %, 81, 81, 80, II, AZ A,
IS. 46, 4S and 40 rays Still he pre-
dicted that the missing species would
some day turn up, and he was right
for ten Of them were afterward dis
covered, although the remaining two
have not yet been found.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-04-28
JOB PRINTING.
Executed Promptly AT The
ERALD OFFICE,
BRUIN HAD SENSE or HUMOR
NO Other Explanation Of Animals
Taking Picture Of His Enemy in
HumlIiatins Flight

For a long time bears have been
known to be humorous. but NOT until
few days ago was II demonstrated
that black bear, II properly ap-
preached, will display artistic leanipgs.
REMARKS writer in the New York
Sun Somewhere In the dim lore OF
Drum generations there may have
been bears that had artistic inclina-
ton or the subject OF this story NAV
be The advance agent of a new ultra
tendency in wild life. Every SUPPOSE
ton, however, fails to explain salts
factorIy how black bear in the vii.
derness Of the Allegheny park could
learn enough about camera to take
pictures.
Nevertheless, 1t Is true that at least
one bear knows photography, accord.
Ing to K. S. Craig, forester from the
New York State College of Forestry.
Craig is engaged by the park com
mission to assist in making a study of
the timber growth in the new state
park. Black bears have always been
plentiful in this section, where the
Allegheny river winds through the
mountains down to the OHIO. Craig
was cruising through the forest gath.
ering timber data He left his camera
on log and was looking around for a
good subject to snap when he discoy-
cred big black bear browsing in
some berry bushes.
Craig was surprised. He neglected
TO think of the camera In the concep.
trated effort to Place distance be
tween himself and the bruin. He ran
down the trail back to the camp and
Informed two companions Of the pres.
ence of the black bear. The three
uen went back to the spot, but the
bear had disappeared. The camera
Craig left on the Jog Has still where
be placed it, but plate had been OK.
posed. This did hot al,yac, attention
until the plate was developed and
showed him In rapid fright down tina
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-04-28
GOES BACK TO OLD EGYPT
legend OF CT LerelIa. Almost Uni
versa!, Believed l. save Come
From Ancient Memphis.

Cinderella and the legend surround
Ing her glass slipper is believed to
have originally come from ancient
Memphis. In the ruins Of this buried
city lies the pyramid Of Rhodopis, who
lived ut Naucratis and was incom-
parably beautiful and chaste. One day
hon Ehodopis was bathing an eagle
Few through the open ceiling of her
Bathroom and plucked from her maids
hands the sandal which she was just
about to lace about her mistress
foot
The eagle then flew to Memphis
where the king was administering jus
tee in one Of the courts of the palace.
and, lowering above the king dropped
the sandal, which fell into the folds OF
the kings garment. He examined the
sandal and found it so small and love
~ that he bade his servants search all
Egypt till they should find the woman
whom it would fit.
Rhodopis was found in Naucratis
and carried to the king, who married
her. She died after a few months
happiness, and the disconsolate king
had one of the costliest pyramids of
antiquity built in her memory. In the
first century B. G. the priests of Mem
phis were wont to exhibit sandal in
a crystal shrine which, they declared,
once belonged to Rhodopis, miraculous
ly preserved through many centuries,
%bo of
Rhodopis have entirely vanished and
! her pyramid is little more than ruin,
but her legend lives in every land.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-04-28
CARRIES STOOL TO WORSHIP
Woman at jersey Resort Village Acts
as Her Own Usher on Sunday
Provides Own Seat.

Summer resorters get accustomed to
doing without the many little convent.
ences of home life. They philosoph'
lcally accept conditions as being nee
essary to camping out" SO oil stoves
take the place Of gas ranges and they
carry water for the household from
the public hydrant down the bungalow
Tined street, says the New York sun.
On week-ends most Of the bungalow
colonies house added guests and the
kitchen and porch serve as overflow
bedrooms Few Of the churches In
the summer towns are able to seat all
fhe worshIpers on Sunday. But that
doesn't hinder the attendance. At
Jersey resort village the other Sun.
day one woman was carrying a camp
stool to church. Her neighbOrs
thought no more Of it than had they
seen her carrying a bundle of gro
ceries from the corner store.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-04-28
Tho GuileIess YokeI.

James X. Howard. president of the
Farm Bureau federation. said in
Washington the other day:
"The farmer Is going to market his
own product hereafter. The farmer
Of the past who let the middleman
collar all the profit Of the farm, was
more guileless than Cornelius Husk.
Corn Husk, you know, came to
New York to see his uncle. He got
Of at the Pennsylvania station and
asked a policeman how long q walk
II was to his uncle's place.
"'You'd better take the elevated
the policeman said. handing back the
card with the address on It. It's o
sevcn-mile walk to where you're
going
We'll. by crlnus. ri walk her,
anyhow said Corn Husk. Seven
miles, though Say. amt there 10
shees cut across the nsIdsS"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-04-28
REMAINS IN HER MEMORY
How North Star Brings Up Vision ct
Happy Childhood to the
Mind of Writer.

One OF my own most perfect child
hoou memories concerns my visits to
my grandmother, when she invited me
% stay for supper, and my GRANDPA.
ther walked home with me after dark
All along the way, he used to point
out our two shadows on the paFement,
as we passed the street lights one ~
one.
We watched the way the shadows
we're very short directly below the
lamp, and how they heightened until
they were just our height-his more
than twice as tall as mine-and how
they finally grew so long that their
tops We're almost out of sight The
object was to find the point where
the shadows We're exactly as tall as
ourselves. When we came to the
darkest part of the street, where our
shadows were lost in the hedges we
used to stop and find the North star
over a pointed tree near my OWL
home.
That was always the way we made
NE Journey from his home to mine,
until he thought that I was too old
20 care to have him show me stars
and shadows any more. But for me.
as long as I live. the North star Will
shine over that particular tree. And
shall always keep the memory of
that funny little shadow that usec
TO be mine, clear cut with the light
behind it-and beside it, hand in hand
with 1t, that dear characteristic shad-
ow that never falls on any road in
The world.-Frances Lester Warner In
The Atlantic Monthly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-04-28

negro couple, about middle age,
presented themselves to Justice Of
the peace the other day for the mar
rage ceremony. After they were duly
pronounced man and wife, Mandy
drew away to one side while Jack paid
the justice. When they were out In
the hall Mandy inquired:
"What'd you-all pay dat man fer
marryin' us?"
"Jes what he said 1t was wuth,"
Jack replied.
well. what-nll did he say It was
wuth7" Mandy insisted.
Five dollahst' Jack informed her.
Five dollahsi" exclaimed Mandy.
Man, man, dat amt no way to do
nuthln'l You-all 20 right back dar
and give dat marryin' man another
Ave dollahs. Dis n do third time All
been married an All amt nevah yet
been married Tor less On ten dollahs,
and All amt gonna stat now lAxaA-
~ CITY Star, -. :. AZ
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-04-28

"Ill have a chocolate matted milk,
please" said the stenographer to the
soda clerk. please mix it with
spoon instead of the electric mixer"
Mix it with spoon" exclaimed
the clerk, somewhat surprised. THAT
will take me three times as long, and
I'm busy"
But 1t must be mixed with q
spoon' the little thing at the counter
exclaimed
"Why?" asked the clerk.
"Well,' she replied, 81 can't stanc
the noise that that soda mixer makes
1t sounds just like that thing that the
dentist puts in my mouth when he
wants to make filling. 1t makes me
creep all over when hear it."-New
York Sun.