Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1873-02-22

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conditions, become wise for a short
time, as glasses rubbed acquire electric
power for while. Emerson.
MISS TEMPERANCE ANDERSON, a resi-
dent of Baden, Beaver County, Penn
s%yIvania, has hair six feet and a half
long. It isquite thick and fine, blonde
ALADY with avery unmusical voice
insisted upon singing Of q recent party.
What does she call that ? inquired .
guest. The Tempest, 1 think, answered
another. Don't be alarmed, said a sea-
captain present les no tempest. It's
only a squat, and will soon be over
WHEN we look for the highest bene-
fits of conversation, the Spartan rule
of one to one is usually enforced. Dis
course, when it rises highest and
searches the deepest, when it lifts us
into that mood out of which thoughts
come and remain as stars in our frma-
ment, is between two. Emerson.
THERE is no outward sign of polite
ness which has not a deep moral reason.
Behavior is a mirror IN which every one
shows his own image. There is a
politeness of the heart akin to love,
from which springs the easiest polite
ness of outward behavior.
JOSH BILLINGS was asked, How fast
does sound travel? His idea is that it
depends a good deal upon the noise
you are talking about. The sound of a
dinner-horn, for instance, travels half a
mile in a second, while an invitashun
tew git up in the morning j have known
to be 3 quarters nv an hour goin' . pair
of stairs, and then not hev strength
enuff left to be heard.
Some of those who hold receptions on
New years day will appreciate what
Sydney Smith says of the shakes of the
hand There is the high official the
body erect and a rapid, short shake,
near the chin. There is the mortmain
the flat hand introduced into your palm,
and hardly conscious of its contiguity.
The digital one finger held out, much
used by the high clergy. There is the
shakus rusticus when your hand is
seized in an iron grasp, betokening rude
health, warm heart, and distance from
the metropolis, but producing a strong
sense of relief on your part when yot
find your fingers unbroken. The mex
to this is the retentive shake = ON,
which, beginning with vigor, pauses a
if Ito take breath, but without relinquish
ing its prey, and before you are awar
begins again, till you feel anxious as t.
the result, and have no shake left in you
THOUGHTS DURING HAIR-CUTTING.
Will he cut it we'll, or shall l look Al
object for the next ten days?
Will he ask me how would | like i
cut?
VIII he talk to me ?
Will he blow upon me
Will he snip a bit off my ear?
Will he prick my lip when he trim
my mustache?
Will he tell me that my hair is gettin
rather thin at the top?
Will he ask me whether / have triet
, OF would like to try, their marvelou
balsam, or their wonderful wash, {
their unrivaled restorative?
Will he ask me whether I will
shampooed:
Will the brushing business brir
: tears into my eyes?
j Will he part my hair on the wroI
side?
. Will uncomfortable hairs get betwet
my collar and my neck?
OLD Judge W. of -, in thOOld D
, minion, is a character. He was a la'
= yer, a Legislator, q judge, and leadir
politician among the old-line wings
blessed memory but, alas! like ther
his glory departed, and, like maj
others of his ~confreres, has gone "whe
the woodbine twineth." Notwithstan
ing the loss of property and the too fir
: use of apple-iack, he maintained t
: dignity of ex-iudge, dressed neatly, CT
ried a gold-headed cane, and, when
= had taken more than his usual allo
ance of the favorite beverage, he W
I very pious at such times, always atten
ing church, and sitting q the sta
i as erectly as circumstances would Q
NIT, and responding fervently. On o
Q occasion a Baptist brother was holdi
forth with energy and JUNCTION on t
Il evils of the times, and in one of !
7" flights exclaimed, "Show me q drur
ard p The Judge rose to his feet, a
:, steadily balancing himself on his cal
said solemnly, "Here I am, sir; here
amp The elder, though a good d
- nonplussed by the unexpected respon
managed to go on with his disconr
and soon warming up to his work, ag
- called out, "Show me a hypocri
Show me a hypocrite! Show me a h,
W ocrite!" Judge W. again rose, 9
reached forward across o seat which
NJ tervened, touched Deacon d.. on
IN shoulder with his cane, and said, I'D
"a con D, why don't you respond, S
p Why don't you respondP 1 did wi
they called me-"
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