Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-10-26
Odds and Ends of Interesting InfOrma
tiOn.

ACCORDING q local IeIter puDllSn-
ed by the Odessa Messenger, it is
still uncertain whether Sebastopol is
to be restored as u military harbol
or converted into Il harbor of com.
merce. The Communicative chief Of
the fleet and ports OF the Black Sea
had recently visited the place and
had made Il careful inspection of the
town and It's environs. The railway
which is to connect Sebastopol with
the Odessa-Ki lief Moscow line is be-
ing rapidly completed, the city be-
comes more animated every day, and
the answer to the question, "Nhat is
to be done with Sebastopol? % is
~anxiously expected. The general
opinion seems to be that Sebastopol
will be made both a military and q
commercial port, and that new forti.
tications and new docks will, at the
same time, be constructed.
IL THE days when man was every.
thing and woman nothing, it was
correct enough to say "a person,
whatever his beliefs may be, can do
so and So" But, as woman has
forced her way up, she has rebelled
against the masculine possessive, and
demanded that we should use the
phrase "Whatever his or her be.
liets may be- That is not only
cumbrous, but unmelodius. We arc
not, however, prepared to endorse
the remedy proposed by an eccentric
philologist. He says that a new
word should be formed, equivalent
to his or her" and suggests 'hizs1i
as the most suitable one. -
brid is to be declined &Gesb bizey
tains This nr1/Tcular which con.
wor3s. - opposition closes whit the
cont"lT Should this addition be &C.
1ole to persons speaking and
writing the English language, l viii
subsequently propose a number o
new words as analogous improve.
ments." Fer the sake of preventing
any analogous Improvements We
trust that all persons speaking anC
writing the English language will
hasten to signify how unacceptable
this addition to i. is.-Chtcago IriJ
ule.
THRRE ARE more solid inducement.
for wearing the beard than the mere
improvements of a mans persona
appearance, and the cultivation o
such an aid to the everyday diplom
acy of life. The hair of the nous
taehe not only absorbs the moistur,
and miasma of the fog, but it strains
the air from dust and the SCOT of oul
great, smoky cities. 1t acts also i!
the most scientific manner, by tax
ing heat from the warm breath as i
leaves the chest, and supplying it tC
the cold air taken in. 1t is not onl,
a respirator, but with a beard entire
we are supplied with a comforter a.
well, and these are never left at home
like the umbrella and all such appli.
ances when they are wanted. Mofa.
and Livingstone, the explorers, ant
other travellers, say that at night nc
wrapper al equal the beard. A re.
markable fact is, too, that the beard
like the hair of the head, protect.
against the heat of the sun--it act
as the thatch does to the ice-house
but, more than this, it becomes mois
with perspiration, and then, byevap
Grafton, cools the skin. A man wit
accepts this protection of nature
may face the rudest storm and tn.
hardest winter. He may 60 from
the hottest room into the coolest al
without dread and we verify be
lieve he might sleep in a moras
NTH impunity-at least, his chanc,
of escaping the terrible fever woul,
be better than his beardless com
panions.-Amerjcdn artisan.