Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-06-08
MISCELLANEOUS.

Next 70 Tooie, John 6 Clark il gaid
to be the most popular eccentric comedian
on the English stage.
The Philadelphia Press prints a cal.
culaton to show that the electric light Is a
times cheaper than gas
Tool. steel ia generally first hardened
by heatjn it u Il cherryredani then pluuc.
ing 1t into cold water. Aiterward the TEN.
per ia drawn by moderately heating the steel
again,
A firm in Richmond, Va, ha. ready a
second steam Gre-eRgine for the CITY oi M
Petersburg, Russia This same firm ina he,
tore the war built the first engine used in
the MuscOvite capital.
An epson saIts mine has been discoy~
cred about twelve mites from Chattapcoyg
Tenn The deposit is two feet thick. and
easy OF access. Itis pure, and only requirps
crushing 70 make it marketable.
David Pulsiter, Of Bnstou bought An
old Hebrew Roll Of the Law at second.
hand bookstore fra nominal price. Rabbi
iaraVon, OF Jerua lem inspected il, and
pronounced II 600 yenrs old most an.
cientrelic Of the kind in existence.
The Medical and Surgical Reporter
notices theory lateIv put forth hv the emf,
nent Dr.. Il W. Richardson, Of London In
the IA, ct that in The future preventive med,
iCine will have the ascendancy and ucprl.
tive medicine will take It's proper plgce in
the background In other words men wiU
be taught from childhood how TO hveao ,l, To
avoid disease and the state will more thor,
Oughly do the sanitary work which dev0lyps
upon It.
ltappears from the report made to the
International Sunday school convention at
Atlanta thatthefe are 76 $50 Sunday schools
in the Unted states with 6,423 2sj scholars.
New York stands a. the head Of the list Of
states, with s03,399 scholars Pennsylvania
lsnext with 7S3025; and Ohio is third, with
62l,792,
Says the Richmond State: The failure
Of so many New England cotton mills and
the strikes in Old EGgland among the opera
uves must lowert the price OF raw cotton, and
raise that OF the manufactured Article. II
should admoni5h the south that /. is not only
her policy TO grow, but to spin and weave the
cotton also, Let usproft by the experience.
New York Independent: The magni,
tude of the army OF the unemployed was
curously illustrated the other day. A bank
in this clty advertised for two or three clerks,
and the apple uts numbered nearly five
thousand-mo.t Of the applicants being com
petent bo0kEeepers and accountants, thrown
out Of wotl.hy the hard times
There will be opened in Paris on July
10, an institution known as the Tissersnd
Home, 1t was founded 10y rich real estate
owner OF Moutrouge for the accommodation
OF thirty old men born at that place, ana his
legacy was augmented by his widow. la
England institutions for Old men uroye so
little satisfactory for those for whom they
are designed, that at Greenwich hospital
they have done away with indoor pensioners,
aud give them an allowance for food instead.
A serious attempt is about TO be made
in London to introduce horstiesh as an AZ.
ticle Of food. 1t will be remembered that in
1858 a grand banquet was held at the Lang.
ham hotel, ut which the chief dishes 40 least
Of every course consisted Of horsefiesh
dressed in a variety Of ways. The dinner
was pronounced to be a success The board
Of works having sanctioned the establish.
ment OF slaughter houses for horses intended
for human food hippophagy may be expect
ed to have fair trial IN England,
A short general summary OF the vital
statistics OF France for 1876 is published.
The births amounted to 9666S2, exclusive of
those stlllborn, and the d aths to S}4,O74 so
that the increase Of population was i326OS
persons. The stiIIborn numbered 5i,6S0,
and the marriages 29l 1856, These figures
show that while France with population OF
S6,000,O00, that is, half As much again as
that OF England namely $4,000 0OO--had an
increase of population amounting TO 1872
OOO,the increase in the latter country reached
2u5 90 !, half as much again as France. While
in England there is one birth 10 Is inhah.
itants, in France there is not quite one birth
to SO.
King Humbert, of Italy, is prOiuse in
his gifts. In general his present is watch,
gold or silver, according to the rank OF the
recipient, with the crown ani stem upon the
back of it, aud chain with locket at,
tiched, On the anniversary Of his birthday
he ca led all the cords.ieri who had a sisted
in guarding the budy Of Victor Emmanuel
into the hall OF the Swiss, and when they
we're ranged in order the little Prince OF
Ma, les presented each OF the thirty with
watch and chain in the name Of his father.
70 the six chiefs Of the carabtnicrt he gave
horses which they select d from the royal
stables, having previously looked these gift
horses In the mouth.