Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1873-03-29
GRAVE AND GAY.

AR1sTocRAcY in the 19thcentury is the
league, the coalition, of those who wish
to consume without producing, live
without working, occupy all public
places without becoming competent to
fill them, and seize upon all honors
without meriting them-that is a~ristoc-
racy!-[Gen. Foy.
Big Mouth, Powder Face, Spotted
Wolf, Tall Bear, and 10 other savages
visited the public schools Of Leaven-
worth, Kan, the other day. Messrs
Mouth, Wolf and Face made speeches
to the pupils, through interpreters, and
the ~gymnastic exercises tickled them
immensely. They thought itqueerthat
the little white squaws should partici-
pate in the war-dances.
A MINISTER making a pastoral call at
a house where the children were kept
pretty quiet on Sunday, was contiden-
italy informed by n OF the little girls
that she would like to be a minister.
Why" said the gratifed but somewhat
puzzled shepherd. $50 I could boiler
on Sunday" was the reply.
IN regard to disagreeable and formid-
able things, prudence does not consist
in evasion or in flight, but in courage.
He who wishes to walk in the most
peaceful parts of life with any serenity
must screw himself up to resolution.
Let him front the object of his worst
apprehension, and his stoutness will
commonly make his fear groundless.-
Emerson.
In strict observance of the will OF
Stephen Girard, no clergyman, known
to be such, is allowed to visit the col
lege Of his endowment. A gentleman
of a clerical cut as to appearance once
presented his pass to the %innitor. The
latter, taking him in from head to foot
at a glance, said: / cannot admit you
sir; you are a clergyman. The devil I
am, said the visitor. You can pass, was
the quiet reply.
THERE are faces which nature charges
with a meaning and pathos not belong
ing to the single human soul that fut-
ters beneath them, but speaking the
joys and sorrows of foregone genera
~tions-eyes that tell of deep love which
doubtless has been and is somewhere
but not paired with these eyes
perhaps paired with pale eyes that can
say nothing; Just as q national language
may be instinct with poetry unfelt by
the lips that use it,-[George Eliot.
PATIENT Griselda, do not let your -.
tience-which is in right measure an
for right purposes a divine virtue-de.
generate into meanness Of spirit, insip.
idity Of mind, poverty Of resources and
acquiescence in whatis not inevitable
Life is short and its issues mighty, ant
there are things which ought to be dom
with pains-taking, and things tina
ought to be done slightly, and things
that ought not to be done at all. Sh,
is the wise oma and thethrifty house
keeper who accurately discriminates an,
intelligently chooses the good par
which shall not be taken away from her
Gail Hamilton.
MIR. JOHN SMITH, of New York
breaches the startling theory hat tn
names of mankind are gradually lessen
ing in number and variety, and the PEG
pie becoming consolidated under a lin
tied number of appellations. One-hal
OF the propagating SUPPLEMENTARY
women-are p%erpetually losing thei
names by marriage, while new name
are never created. Names also fri
quently become extinct by deatE
Therefore the number of distinctly
cognomens must continue to diminis
until all mankind is comprised in Il
three great clans Of Joneses, Smiths an
Browns, with a few scattering detacl
ments Of Greens, Robinsons and Thon
sons.
CARE there any Episcopalians in til
vicinity, madam?. asked o tall, til.
stranger of Mrs. Artemus, as she stoC
in the open door in answer tohis knoc,
''Any which p "Episcopalians. 'Epi
copalians Wall. we don't exact
know. Ny John-he's my son-he 8
somethin' out,n the corn-aeld yeste
day. he didn't really know what
was, but ! told him I guesSedi It was
chipmonk. But now you speak on.
I'll bet it was an Episkerpalium. An
my next neighbor, Farmer Hawkin
he said he shot at somethin' that sam
day that John seen his strange crftnI
and Farmer Hawkins he thought IL va
some Wild crita La Id 81 -. (
some managery somewhere. Anyhow
think that's a Episkerpalium too. B
they bigger'n achipmOnkf "You mil
understood me madam. "Wdl, 20
needn't feel onoazy II there's an.
Rskerpaliuma n Ills here neighbor
hood. von cam st @ssup vour mint
thai they'll gii ah6bi We are 10 feel
n. : community % let things run q
lsss which mous destroy and dsvOul