Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1875-11-20
q -iffMELY TOPICS.

A NUMBER Of German merchants do
ing business in New York have united
70 raise fifty Thousand dollars to de-
7 fray the expenses Of the reception
Of the German crown prince in that city,
and his subsequent escort to Philadelphia
on his visit to the centennial exhibition
VIcE-PREsIDEnT WILSON was taken
suddenly i'll in Washington last week
and his life was despaired Of. He rallied
however, and in an houror two was CON
sidercd out Of danger. Tho latest ac-
counts represent his condition as quite
low, but still with no alarming symp-
toms.
LITTLE children are sold and exported
from Italy now under new dodge In
stead of taking them away singly, the
speculatorsn1nH up a whole family at
HcIading father, mother, uncles
3 -once1 IS, and start the lot for foreign
;,ass The law can't gainsay the will of
father and mother, and SO the little ones
are smugglcd out TO tussel with the
world.
Hon. JEFFERSON DAVIS has accepted
the presidency of the American depart
ment of the Mississippi Valley society,
Of London, rendered him by the parent
organization. The object of this move
ment is to direct attention to the devel-
opment of the commercial, agricultural
and mineral resources of the valley of
the Mississippi. Mr.. Davis will devote
his entire energies to the work in this
country and Europe, making his head
quarters at New Orleans.
In the lull of political agitation the
French government is pushing with con-
siderable vigor the new army scheme;
and the necessary preparations are forth
with to be made for the formation of the
territorial army. This force will consist
of 100000 men, all born between 1885
and 1916. The infantry regiments, of
which there will be 156, are to be first
enrolled. These figures look very for
midable, but, as matter of fact, the army
will, for some time to come, exist prin-
cipally on paper.
A CURIOUS freak of nature can be seen
near Eureka, Cal. 1t is in the shape of
tree seventy-five feet high, one portion
of which is pine and the other fir. The
body, from the ground to distance of
thirty feet, is pine, and then for dis
tance of twenty-five feet it is fir. The
remaining twenty-five feet, like the lower
portion, is pine The fir portion of the
tree is in fourishing condition, the
foliage on that part being so dense that
the leaves are rather scarce. 1t is rare
curiosity, and attracts the attention of
everybody Who passes it.
The Paris Universe states that the
Pope's household consists of 537 per-
sons, the chief of whom are Cardinal An
tonclli, the major-domo, the master of
chamber, the grand almoner, the secre-
tary, the steward, the governor, Gen.
Kanzler, and 5 chamberlains. There are
20 persons employed in the secrctary's
Office, Is in tho administration of the
palace and s in the secret printing house.
The Pope has groom of the chamber
and 6 body servants. The Apostolic
Chamber is composed of president, 23
couriers, 3 servants and orderlies. Car
dinel Antonelli and Gen. Kanzler have
a suite of 4S persons, while the Swiss
Guard and Pontifcial gendarmerc num-
ber 200.
THE present Pacific railroad, and es-
pecially the California end of it, which
is commencing a southern line of its own
from that side, is opposing, though not
with great openness, the Texas Pacific
railroad project. According to the
Springfield Republican, Gould, head OF
Union Pacific, and Huntington, man
ager on this side of the Central Pacific,
arc sending secret emissaries over the
south, cultivating dissensions in the
southern mind on this question, and try
ing to prevent the southern congressman
being unit in favor of the Scott
bounty bill, when they get to Washing
ton this winter.
The New York Herald publishes tel
egraphic synopsis of the letters received
in London from Stanley. He says that
Livingstone was wrong in reporting that
the Victoria Nyanza consisted of five
lakes. Speke correctly states that Vic
toria Nyanza is one lake, but Speke's two
islands are peninsulas. The river Thi-
..,saGsss is tho. principal feeder OF the lake,
Vnd. the EXTREMIST source of the Nile yet
Vovered. Stanley had several con-
\. vFith slave dealers ON the lake. On
X V1eion he was attacked by one hun
&iyes, armed with spears, in thir-
1es who were repulsed after a
W. Three natives were killed.
\ kived at the Utesias hunting camp
lA.@Msyura, April 1S, when the king di-
fccted extraordinary displays and festivi-
One feature was a naval review on
ne lake ofeighty-four canoes, manned by
50O0 men. On the second day in addi-
u ~,