Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-01-05
VOLUME XVIII


The Springfield, Mass armorv, which
mas been Idle for year, is about In resume
operations, and will give employment TO Zoo
or 800 men. ~ -O'
Europe has, as near az can be calcu-
lated, 5O0OO miles Of railroad. end A,nario,
300; India has 1900 or 5000 ma
Australia 1900. ''y'' ""'
The prevalence of diphtheria in soma
parts OF Indiana is alarming. Itiycnidemic
In many localities, and schools have benn
obliged to close.
A Venetian has succeeded in mokino
a u, vlolln, the box OF which is porcelain, and
lhe strings OF metallic wire. Upon it are
sala to be produced tones of rare purity
richness, harmony and power
10 remove foreign bodies from The
throat an English naval surgeon recommends
blowing torcibly into the ear. Powerful
reflex action is produced, during which the
lorelgn substance is expelled.
John Bright said, lately, that "you
might almost as well ask Il spider TO give mn
weaving his web, or to destroy Tint he had
woven, as to ask the great body Of LAWYERS
10 consent to simplicity and purifcatjon
OF the law" ''''N'''''i
Col. q. G. Long. an ex-confederate
ooihcer who resigned his place in the Epyp.
tan army, has arrived in Washington and
says that only about nine Americans remain
In the service Of the khediye and that thew
have but little influence.
lhe secretary of war has appointed
Gems. Barnard and Wright as commission
OF me engineer corps to make nm inspection
oi the Eads lettleS, with instructions to re.
port at the earliest day possible Cant, Fads
Is IN Washington to facilitate matters.
Oak wood which has remained a lone
time in water finally acquires the appearance
and hardness OF ebony. Upon demolshng
the old slulce dam in the Rhine, oak which
had lain for li6 years was found to have be.
come possessed Of the characteristics Of
ebony. The modification is due to the
peroxide Of iron.
English capitalists have raised money
to build an underground railway in New
YORK city, running under Broadway, from
the battery to City Hall park, thence through
adjacent to Union square, and through
Fourth avenue to Fortysecond street. Sir
Edward Watkin president of the London
underground railways, is said to be at the
enterprise.
MIR. Darwin must look to his laurels
A Japan correspondent says that be saw
wrought in inaid wood on door in the
great temp e Of Ligmoto, scene showing
hrst monkey then an ape, then a gorilla
and so on up by gradual development until
the anal one Of the series was perfect man
surrounded by elephants and curious birds.
The door was several hundred years old
In France each inhabitanJ drinks, on
an average, three.quarters of gallon of
spirits annually, Sudden deaths, the con.
sequence of drink, are most frequent in
those departments in which spirit is drunk.
they are rare where wine only is consumed
Cases OF intOxication, sufficient to bring the
drinKer under the notice of the law, are also
nve times more frequent in the departments
which consume much alcohol than in those
in which wine iscOnsumed. So, also, with
respect to alcoholic deirium; the number of
cases stands in almost direct relation to the
amount otspirits consumed, and particularly
to the amount OF manufactured spirit which
is taken. Vendee and Charente pre,en the
only exceptions to this rule and there
large quantity Of white wine is taken-al
most as dangerous as brandy.
New York Bulletin; The project some
time talked Of, Of opening up direct trade
between the northwest aud the West India
islands, we see has at last eliminated in
practical step on the part Of some of the
southern and southeastern railroads that
promises to be rewarded with success. A
line Of steamers has Just been established
connecting Savannah with Cuba, the boats
to leave Cuba every two weeks. The rates
on -four from Savannah to Cuba will be 80
cents barrel, and 40 cents per 100 pounds
on fourth class. To draw the attention of
shippers of the northwest to the business
possibilities in this direction, arrangements
have been perfected 30 that freights can be
shipped from Chicago and st. Louis direct
to Cuba. The roads which have taken the
initiative in this movement are the Central
of Georgia and the Nashville and Chatta.
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