Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-03-28
SAYINGS AND DOINGS.

The spirit world is sixty millions Of
miles from the earth, some spirits tell
us who have come back.
II China two people of the same
name dare not marry. The Smith fam
lily would suffer in that country.
SPELL murder backward, ard you
have its cause. Spell its cause in the
same manner, and yOu have its effect.
IT is estimated that in less than a
century the whole arabic land of the
United States will be taken up by actu.
al settlers.
WHAT is the difference between far
mer and a bottle Of whisky? One hus-
bands the corn, and the other Germs the
husbands.
NARROW. GUAGE railways have now
1854 miles in operation in this country
and Canada, and over 1900 more are
now contemplated.
WHEN she told him he was fiat,
Jones said it was her fault, because she
would not have him round. Jones
thinks he got square on her.
A wATcHAIAy who lodged in the boil
erroom of factory was asked if he
wasn't afraid Of being blown up, and
answered, with sickly smile, "No; I'm
a married man.
ANDREW JACKSON was accused of bad
spelling, but John Randolph defended
him by declaring that "a man must be
a fool who could not spell word more
ways than one. b"
AND now here comes cleaning light
through the midnight darkness. Rev.
Meekam, of Green Bay, says that it is
his belief that most Of the editorial
fraternity will eventually be saved.
A PRAYER FOR JUSTICE
0 thou God Of truth and justice
Seated on thy glorious thronei
Hear the pleadIngs Of thy people,
And thy mighty power make known.
God OF Israel
Send Us swift delyerance down.
Lo, the slain Of Moloch strewing,
Like the sand the ocean shore
Hark the duukard's death-kuell wailing,
Wgiiug Ger n evermOrs,
God Of mercy,
Hast thou lost thine ancient power:
Shall the widows piteous crying
Waste itself in wild despair
Shall the orphans bitter rig hing
Die unh,edel on the air.
God Of judgm ent,
All thy majesty declare.
THERE is an old story that st. Peter,
when reyisiting the earth, was obliged,
amid the multitudinous changes on
every hand, to have a guide through
most of Europe, but on entering Spain
he dismissed him for here, said the
saint, everything is Just as left it.
ADAMS apple is the name given to
the protuberance in the fore part of the
throat, occasioned by the thyroid cartil-
age of the larynx. This name origi-
psfa pssf fT2G piece Of 3a i5Gf6fddg3a rGf ifff
which Adam ate, stuck in his throat,
and occasioned the swelling.
A PUBLISHER in Yeddo, Japan, has
Just issued life of Washington ia for
ry-four volumes, printed in japanese
characters. and illustrated with numer-
Dus engravings On the irontispiece is
The portrait of the first president of the
United States, in the costume of the
present day, wearing heavy mustache,
carrying cane in his hand, and es-
'orted by terrier dog
THE teacher of an infant school had
Ter attention called to one little fellow
Who was listening to what she said.
She had been teaching her class the
dement's of English history, and wish
ng to see if he knew what she had been
liking about, she suddenly asked
Johnny, who killed King Rufus p
With a surprised look, he replied,
Why, didn't know he was dead -
A VIRGINIA railroad was made to pay
'25 for killing a rooster. The engineer
aid he spoke to the gentleman with the
whistle as kindly as possible, but when
he fellow dropped one wing on the
Tound, raised his good eye heaven.
7ard, and commenced whetting his
pur on the rail, forbearance ceased to
,e q virtue aud he lit into him with
hirteen freight cars, and forwarded
i'm to his happy scratching-ground
y lightning express.
The New Orleans Picayune says that
n the ID instant one of the railroad
of its city threw into tho
river forty.seven thousand
nickels, all of which had
cen received by its lines in payment of
ares during the year. The spurious
oins, it says, are manufactured in New
orleans, but the makers have not been
discovered. The railroad companies
fer reward of one thousand dollars
or the discovery Of the counterfeiters.