Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-03-03
FACTS AND FANCIRS.

men under arms.
DARYMEY are getting richer than
ANYBODY else in Wisconsin.
EACH beau plucks a leaf from the CO.
quette 50 that thons only remain for the
husband.
AT the opening Of parliament Queen
Victoria wore her crown on top Of her
widows cap.
The late George Dawson, Of England,
said he hated theology and botany, but
loved religion and flowers.
BRECKISRIDGE's elegant house in
Washington was bought by Alfred Lee,
a negro, who deals in feed, and who paid
100000 for it,
Ir was Queen Charlotte who said,
&" am always quarreling with time it
is 50 short to do something, and 50 long
to do nothing"
FAsTERs are remindedot Josh Billings
remark: "If | make mi breakfast on salt
fish ! genully make mi luther tn meles on
kOld water"
AFTER all, mankind has changed very
littln with the lapse Of time. In a little
tavern, recently dug out at Pompeii, the
usual slate and pencil were hanging on
the back door.
YoUNG man, don't waste your time in
complaining that the world owes you
living, but pull off your coat, fax about,
and take the debt out Of the worlds
hide.
WOMEN wants to "enjOy all the rights
Of man." but we can't see what pleasure
it would afford her to sit on a storebOx
or street corner complaining Of the
scarcity of labor and squirting tobacco
juice at lamp.post.-A0rr storm Herald
A YOUNG fellow who indulges in the
use of strong drink, says at night he
feels as if he owned all the property in
the world, in the morning as if he owned
none, and was in arrears for his taxes on
what he owned the night before.
" AMELIA" he said, what delicious
weather this is, How the teryent bill
lows of sunshine beat down through the
blue abyss of yonder sky" " And oh, it
feels 50 good, Eugene just as if some
body was pouring warm oil down your
back"
LET US invest slowly in blue glass.
Let the poor buy -four and meat and
clothes, for these are certainly good for
health and let the rich, who have few
spare dollars, work out the problem for
us all. Meanwhile, natures old.tash-
ianed white light is au awful good thing
and amazingly cheap.-Protf9sor Sr'ng'
NEW YORK is sgiying big charity balls
for the poor; and it must be quite q
treat to starving man or woman to reac
that Mrs SO-and-so wore white SIX,
court train, trimmed with knite-pIeated
rufles and that Mrs. Lofty's diamonds
were valued at $4,000, SUCH gorgeous
descriptions are calculated to appease
mans hunger and cheer him up. But,
after all, the best charity ball for a
I hungry man is a Goldfish ball.
/ THE essence of the last successful play
The Hetman at the Paris Odeon
j. contained in the following lines:
/ have rigei have loved. have sung
And my life w@ dance,
x,, cs,d5 HaI to I'f ne IN Faacs Fran go tc was youns
. / have liyel have loved lave sung
,.,-.,,.-.,..rb,-, .,s.re1. I hate.
"' We In n 1,ii dgteat bave known
That Franc. ssi was my S15l, 2%n: know Il foo late
'na 3aye I2yG jy,l M have ssi, ,asrsi hate. %
Turpr /. = story told Of two Scotch
,oJg 'r-i,,, rbn l,now Iittle Of g1nnerv and
no.nrai ,~a1 g1 history but were familiar with
~, Lt.nc T lone. bibIe and with the winged
isaj. that mass tor cherubs in painting
nvi'', n,I .cmin+nnro' MIN nr Goinr out a,runninG
@"u toga+bor [ one Of them .hot a bird and
sGse'ti', w dtbor '+s ram IN secure the trophy.
Gn,ring CIo ,,Nl near where il had fallen, he
gonn5 1I't' = White owl so sprawled in the
aro.. ,g@...' S. to nrcsent to his view only
head with staring ewes and a pair OF
winas attached. Instantly he shouted
I;-,,,,.. . Wo'ra in 'for il now
u i,,I.. C.'r'"{ r.o 70 .bot a cLembim !"
JUN ; We saw, '
ONCE in while even negro mia'iItl
combination peTpeuatts JOKE which -
really a good one an ilqsII1'lon =. N,lloo VI
which fact recently occurred L., Itor%on, %osc
Gliby Is London MIlg nIgIiN3, II, .ho, rooJ
wines are PreSumaply It IoI an I;if ,i'f' rSoyoI S