Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-01-27

Some day light wifi vanquish gloom,
Come day pain will find h9lmi
Some day eyes will not to wet
Some day, someday viii come yet.
-C1risiGq GgWhor'
FACTS AND FANCIES.
A'DAEBURY girl say5 a frosty mus
tache is just like plate of ice.cream.
IN this country there are now forty
seven young women christian associa-
tions, formed on plans similar to the
young mems christian associations.
WHAT a silent old world it would be If
men talked only as much as they think.
A fellow would have to carry rattle
around with him to make a noise with,
-Hdutcys.
EVENING SONG.
Look Of, dear love across the shallow sands
And mark you meeting Of the sun and sea-
How long they kiss in sight ot all the lands;
All longer, longer we.
NOW In the sea'4 real vintage mets the SUM-
Az Egypts pearl dissolved in Iosy Hine
And Cleopatra night drinks an. 'Tis done.
Love lay thy hand in mine
Come forth, sweet stars, and comfort heavens
Gl,mmcr ye waves around else unligh,cl sands,
O. night divorce our sun and ky apart
-Stdaey Lanlr.
DURING a recent gale a full clothes
lire Of freshly. washed linen, headed by 4
red flannel shirt, passed over u Mas
sachusetts town, gays the local paper,
bound east.
Ware glad to see that the ladies are
again forming reading clubs for the win
ter. The reading club is an organization
that discusses the character Of Shak-
speare's Portia for fifteen minutes and
the best manner Of cutting a basque on
the bias for an hour and q half, and
rarely fails 10 be Of great profit,
LIFE OF a LEAF.
Auug leaf on q summer stream
That picked from an alder tree,
And watched il dance in the sunny beau,
"Oh for a life like that lsgl," cried,
"foatlng along on the sunny tide"
Over the water came a breeze
And II hurried the leaf alo. E;
Down TO the margin stopped the trees,
And they whispered gentle song.
''Ohl fora life like the ieHi," | cried
"EyeT in sunshine and song TO glice"
Fast ped the leaf on it, Joyous way,
Til il reached the rocks in the livCr;
Over the ledge amid foam ard spray
Went the leaf and WIS lost forever.
"Ah me- Is iieliEe the leai.' / cried
"Ljke the leaf, the ech0igg rock replied.
A1oyIs-Miss Jones, DO you think
Brown so awmlly ugly? Miss J.--Cgly!
No, indeed Why we all think him ex-
tremely nice-looking Adons- Well,
| was talking to him on the stairs just
now, and a lady passed, and heard her
say, That's the ugliest man ever
saw :" And there was nobody there but
him and me
THE fastest time across the Pacific has
been made by the Occidental and Oricn.
tai steamship Oceanic, The ship arrived
unexpectedly at san Francisco on the
26th ult., fourteen days and fourteen
hours from Nokohoma, beating by
twenty.one hours the time Of the Cityof
Peking OF the PaciGc pail line, on a recent
trip, which pto that time had been the
best across the Pacific,
KITTY OF COLERAIEE.
As beautiful Kitty, one morning, was tripping,
with pitcher oi milk from the iaicot Cole
raiue,
When .6e saw me She stamb'el--thc pitcher it
tumbled,
And ali the sweet DuttemHs vatcrel the plain.
Oh, vba, shall do now Twas looking at YOU
sure such pitcher u meier meet osaln.
Twas the pride Of the dairy; on, Barney NJ Nleory
luuer sent o5 plague TO Che girls OK to'o'
Ia!ue.'