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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-11-08
Storms Are FoundIings.

When we are asked to give an ac-
count OF the birth of q storm, we are
reluctantly compelled to admit that our
storms are, almost without exception,
foundlings, and that, as the precise
conditions to which they owe their or
igin are, for the most part, shrouded in
uncertainty, warm discussions at times
arise as to the parish whence they have
set out on their wanderings. Dove
said long ago that storms were due to
the interference of the polar current or
the east wind with the equatorial cur
rent or west wind. He gave the winds
these names, because on his view the
east winds really consisted OF air fow-
ing from the North or South pole tow
ard the equator, which was modified in
the direction of its motion by its change
of latitude; while west winds were really
due to air endeavoring to make its way
back to the pole from the equator,
whose course was in its turn modified
by its own moving from lower to higher
latitudes. To the conflict of these two
grand currents, east and west winds,
Dove attributed all our storms; but he
did not attempt to explain how the
currents came into collision. These
views, however correct on their cosmical
principles, have been superseded, OF
late years at least, as regards the ex-
planation of our winds, by the modern
views Of the relation between the wind
and the distribution Of barometrical
pressure; but, unfortunately, we still
remain in comparative ignorance OF the
ultimate causes to which the distribu-
ton Of pressure, or the rise and fall OF
the barometer, are due.-Popatlar Sci
e1lce Monthlu.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-11-08
Detecting Crime,

A woman applied to a priest to re-
cover certain article which had been
stolen from her. The priest, suspecting
that the thief was member of his con-
gregation, adopted an original method
TO detect him.
7 After mass, he mentioned the theft,
and his suspicion that the thief was
then present. If SO, he intended to
find him out.
"Down on your knees, all Of you"
he said. The congregation knelt. 81
shall throw this book" he continued,
"and it will hit the thief"
He made the motion, and one man
only ducked his head. "Come here,
sir You are the thief!" and he was.
An English magistrate in India once
detected thief by a method similar in
spirit, though not in form, to the
priests.
He missed a large silver bracelet
which be had left over night on his
table. He suspected one of his SER
wants, but said nothing about the loss,
except to his valet. In his presence he
placed on the table two marked rupees,
powdered with nitrate of silver. The
next morning the money had disap'
peared.
He ordered the drum TO be beaten to
summon all the servants. After they
had been placed in line, he talked to
them about the theft, and how wrong it
was for a servant to rob his master.
Not face gave sign of guilt.
Then he told them what he had done,
and that the thief would have O caustic
mark on his hand. Instantly one man
looked at his hand. He saw the mark,
turned and fed.
His fellow-servants pursued and
caught him. He made confession of
his guilt, and restored both money and
bracelet. Then he was drummed off
the premises. uIg
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Inc. Inc mos1ef was tho first TO enter the
io0m' ana, oeng o quick k-witted woman.
a. ., oace comprenenaed the situation.
cne new 70 her daughter, and. angrily
ordering her TO be quiet and not laugh
~ her fr1enGs misfortune. she pressed
ner 10 her bosom, and, hastily tear
ing on wreath and veil, dropped
.hem on the floor and kicked them
UNI Inaer sne pea; tnen, caiing assistance,
sne sno cari,eu tne giri INTO announcer
room, ana put ner 70 ped. Ihe doctor,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-11-08

PRAsoIs SCOTT KEY, a lawyer of
Frederick, Nd, was the author Of the
"Star Spangled Banner which hs
composed while prisoner in the Brit
ish feet durinG.the bombardment OF
Fort 4nHenry. The facts In relation
to the composition OF this song are
worth reproducing: "The British, hay-
ing captured Washington, returned to
to their vessels, carrying with them DR..
Beanes, q prominent citizen and physi-
clan Of Upper Marchase. Mr., Key, with
the permission Of tile President, pro-
ceeded to board the English feet and
solicit his release. The British Admi-
raj, Cochrane, upon whose flagship tho
Doctor was Imprisoned, being abont to
nakean attack upon Baltimore, detained
them both until the attack should have
taken place. On the evening OF the
bombardment they were sent, together
with Gen. J. s. Skinner, on board the
American cartel, the Minden, which
was anchored in sight of Fort Nc Henry
with guard OF marines, to prevent their
landing and carrying information to
their unsuspecting countrymen.. From
the deck the three friends saw the bonn
bardment Of Fort McHenry, which
soon ended. While the bombardment
lasted, the "bombs bursting in the air"
was evidence that the fort had not sur
rendered. The firing ceased soon after
midnight. All was once more still. Hay-
ing no communication with the shore,
the Americans were in grave doubt as
to the result Of the fight and the fate of
their many friends in the city. They
awaited the dawn with the greatest So
icitude. Then "on that shore, dimly
seen through the mist Of the deep"
they discerned the flag they had watched
at the twilight's last cleaning still wav-
ing above the fort, and the broad stripes
and bright stars, defiantly unfurled to
the breeze shone brightly as beacon
of hope to the beating hearts in the
bright rays OF the rising sun. It was
upon the deck of the Minden, between
midnight and dawn, that the song was
written whose stanzas expressed the
feelings OF thousands Of eye-witnesses
ON shore. To their great joy they soon
learned that the attack upon Baltimore
had failed, that Ross was killed, and that
the British were re-embarking the for
ces which had fought at North point.
When the feet was ready to sail, Mr..
Key and his friends were released, and
proceeded to Baltimore, where, from.the
rude substratum jotted down on the
back of letter, the song was reduced
to its present form, and read 20 Judge
Nicholson, one of the gallant defenders
of the fort. So pleased was he with it
that he had it printed by Samuel Sands,
the apprentice of Capt. Berry Edes, who
was then off on defense duty, and cop
les of it were distributed among the
citizens.
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A Fracture OF the Skull.

Some years ago miner was sent to
the Ayrshire District Asylum who, four
years before, had been struck to the
ground insensible by mass Of falling
coal, which fractured his skull. He lay
unconscious for four days after the ac-
cident, then came gradually to himself,
and was able, in four weeks, to resume
his work in the pit. But his wife no.
ticed steadily-increasing change for
the worse in his character and habits;
whereas he had formerly been cheerful,
sociable and good-natured, always kind
and affectionate to her and his children; /;
he now became irritable, moody, surly,
suspicious, stunning the company of
his fellow-workmen, and impatient with
her and the children. This bad state
increased; he was often excited, used
threats of violence to his wife and
others, finally became quite maniacal
attempted to kill them, had success
sion of epileptic fits, and was sent to the
asylum as dangerous lunatic. There
he showed himself extremely suspicious
and sirly, entertained fixed delusion
budb u0 WAS tuo NlCblu VI u conspiracy
on the part of his wife and others, and
displayed bitter and resentful feelings.
At the place where the skull had been
fractured there was q well-marked de-
preston of bone, and the depressed
portion was eventually removed by the
trephine. From that time an improve
ment took place in his disposition, his
old self coming gradually back; he be-
came cheerful again, active and obGg-
ing regained and displayed all his for
mer affection for his wife and children,
and was at last discharged recovered.
No palmer example could be wished to
show the direct connection Of cause
and effect--the great deterioration of
moral character produced by the physi-
cal injury Of the supreme nerve-centers
of the brain; when the cause was taken
away the effect went also.-Dr Mattds-
ley, IN Fortnightly Revie,c.
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Color, Of Thoroughbred Horses.

The modern thoroughbred horse is
most commonly bay, frequently chest
nut, less frequently brown, rarely black,
and still more rarely roam, and scarcely
ever gray. Cecil, an authority, writing
in 1855, calculated in the previous thirty
years the Derby had been won by six
teen bays, seven chestnuts and seven
browns; the ST. Leger by seventeen
bays eight browns and five chestnpts.
Since 1856 the proportionate number
Of bays has been maintained, the num-
ber Of chestnuts has increased, the
number Of browns diminished, and no
gray or roam has won either OF these
great stakes. Gustavus, a gray, won
the Derby III 1921, and Frederick, en-
othei gray, won the same race IN 1871
nothing Of that color since. There
has been no gray horse OF repute since
Chanticleer,, who, Of 4 or 5 years old, in
1847 and 1848, won many royal plates
the Goodwood stakes and the Doncas-
ter cup. There we're only two grey
stations named in the Racing Calendar
Of iS72-Master Bagot, an iron gray,
and Strathconan, light gray, descend
cd from Chanticleer, through his dam
Book of The Horse.
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Failures from OVERRIDING.

The story is current in the neighbor-
hood of Concord that Emerson, and
Hawthorne, and Alcott, and Thoreau,
and others, once formed social club
for evening conversations. 1t was
naturally expected that the interviews
of these literary giants would be occa-
sions of rare enjoyment. But the club
proved q wretched failure, and survived
only two meetings. The great men
couldn't unbend for easy and familiar
talk, and opened their lips only for or
ocular utterances.
John Stuart Mill tells of similar fail
ure in debating club in London. 1t
was composed of the most brilliant
young men in the city, Macaulay, Thrill
wall (the historian), Wilberforce, after
ward Bishop of Oxford, the brothers
Bulwer, the three brothers Villiers,
Charles Thomson, and others who at
terward won eminence in Parliament.
Great expectations were excited, and
the first meeting was crowded, a large
number Of men in public life coming to
hear the young orators.
A noted Oxford speaker opened tho
discussion. He attempted SO high a
fight that he failed utterly, and sat
down with extreme chagrin. Others
followed with similar aims, only to fail
in the same way. Not single speaker
was successful. The audience went
away disguised, and the young men
were 80 mortified that second meeting
was never attempted.
Had they been content to speak in q
natural way they might have formed
very successful society. They were
overburdened with the weight Of their
reputation and the expectation of the
ruhIio
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Seized BY q DeHII.FIsh.

The Leeds Mercury says that q
rather amusing incident was Witnessed
in the Scarborough Aquarium recently.
The keeper, while engaged in cleaning
out the tank occupied by the octopods,
was suddenly seized by the leg (fortu-
nately he had sea-boots on) by the
largest Of the octopods, which fastened
four OF his tentacles round the leg OF
the boot, and with the other four held
firmly on to the rocks forming the back
of the tank. A struggle ensued, during
which the man found he could not dis
engage himself without killing the ami
mai, and finally hit upon the expedient
Of slipping his leg out, leaving the boot
in the water, and beating a retreat.
The hungry octopus stuck to the boot
for twenty minutes, when it rclin-
quished it's hold.
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Bismrlarck's Dog.

"My dog, where is my dog?" were
Bismarck's first words on alighting
from the railway station at Vienna.
The dog Sultan, who attacked
Gortschakoff during the congress,
bounded to Bismarck's side, ignoring
Andrassy and Prince Reuss, who kept
at a respectful distance. Bismarck
and Andrassy entered the Emperor's
private carriage, when the window was
suddenly opened, and o stentorian
voice cried, "Mein hund, wo ist mein
hundp" If anything had befallen "Sul-
tan" it is believed the Austro-G German
alliance would have collapsed. How
ever, Sultan" was assisted by the court
flunkies into the carriage and sedately
sat on the rug.
The crowd at the hotel were stupefed
to see Sultan leap out of the court
carriage, contrary to etiquette, and
greet the by-standers with unpleasant
demonstrations.
The sight was ridiculous, and the
people fed in all directions, Sultan
having bad reputation. Recently be
manned the Berlin foreign-office official
for life, for sitting in Bismarck's chair.
Six Berlin detectives are watching
Bismsrck's hotel, Sultan's predecessor
having been killed, as Bismarck firmly
believes, by two social democrats.-
Vienna Cor. Ne,p York Herald.
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WIT AND HUMoR.

l.....~.. - ntlL4a fi
ANCIENT grease-Oid butter.
A sMoKK-HoUsE-A Cigar store.
An old lstter-An aged landlord.
A MATTER OF form-Ths Newspaper.
s.r,av,pn AZ last A contantad sboa-
maker. ~ nv
AY .J.vo..d r.,,rood st.t;or a ~
.on-sa - asa.;~,. 60 ''
s
..ia.n - -. ao..". [ 49, 49,. - '
IT. - :, ~. ~
lhooahls 'nAs puln n.ln -Aina'eSr p
e'ry wnen .ne edi'ors w's'e-pasAe' ~
,,,n,, - ho..
ni.A%AN was very mao puoaus9
ss, sDme .1s ohs Dousns g,l quais "a San A anu
'nen 'o'N nm w eA,'A :. uo"
a LADY m says Una. .no Ils uinelence %
sween ,a,s SIN n uIess anu III o'sroo gown 20
maternal Dus 'ha' . Aii s'an'
THREE feet make a yard. very true;
Du. Two iee1 unmake ~ msn'y quioA'
proViaeu 'hey are neh iee''
HAVE you mother.in-lawT asked
man OF dlsconsolate. looking person.
NO, ne ropneu' ou' 'e q iA'her in
Jail
FRIEND. Look here, Iom, you've
had enough. Iipsy youtn-"No sucn
snins; ~ en lau Wv inu'n ne'e' nAu
nouen'
A BONANZA man gave his daughter
mine as wedding present. he was
determined tnat sne snouiu not ihck
presents Vi niine'
WHAT VIII the harVest pc! asks an
exchange. Wen, Just wait I'LL the mar
vest bee crawis up your trousers-ieg,
and youli md out
"DoYoU keep any Hamburg ginedg?"
asks timid miss. Not II we can sell
it." was the pert reply OF the clerk. tie
kept some that day.
COULDN'T you lend me $5P" "Yes,
could, but I won't" "Then do you
think l wouldn't pay you back ?" " Yes,
you would, but you couldn't
POKER must have been in vogue long
ago for the melancholy Prince said:
~ call thee, Hamlet" when he was not
certain that he could see him.
Souoor. Inspector--" Now. younp-
ster can Won name me n mild winter? ~
Scholar-"The winter of T5. Our
taocbar xvaa aick than for civ waeksr
"'-S 49, '-
REMARK by Judge McOredy, in q
oo,,r4 81 Nv, T.ondnn ~ aTba Gbar-
eouiu u. rew Aonool, ~
i'll will kindly request the gentlemen OF
the iurv tn desisf from eating peanuts.
mn. -! -
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Cautions in Eatiag.

l. OF course, dont sat tso much.
The digestive, fluids are limited In
quantity. An shove snough u undi-
gested. irrihAkiAg and weakening the
system, and often causing paralysis Of
the brain by drawing on the rervous
force more rapidly than il is generated.
2. Don't eat between meals. The
stomach must rest, or IL viii sooner or
later break down. Even the heart has
to rest between the beats.
8. Don't eat full meal when ex-
hausted. The stomach is as weak as
the rest of the body. ,y1rrelf 1i7 'i
4. Don't take o lunsh at noon, and
eat heartily at night. The whole di-
gestiye system needs 10 share in the
rest and recuperation of sleep. Besides,
the tendency is to put fun meal into o
weakened stomach. .ps,aN,hi rte,lil u
8. Don't substitute stimulus for food
like many women who do hall days
work on strong coffee or tea. hAsfwelI,i
in the, case of horse, substitute the
whip for oats. e, =.
g. Don't have a daily monotony Of
dishes. Variety is necessary for relish,
and relish is necessary to good diges-
ton. .-t s,f.s -
7. Don't eat bIndly. There can be
nothing in the body muscles, men,
branes, bones, nerves, brain--whicb is
not in our food. One article furnishes
one or more elements, and another 9TH
ers. We could starve on fine -four.
Some articles do not nourish, but only
warm. .ro-ti q I.,- ....'
s. Eat according to the season-one-
third less in summer than in winter.
In the latter season, fat meat, sugar,
and starch are appropriate, as being
heat-makers; in the former, milk, vege-
tables, and every variety of ripe fruit.
8. Eat with cheer. Cheer promotes
digestion; care, fret, and passion arrest
it. Lively chat, racy anecdotes, and
innocent gossip are better than Hal
ford sauce.
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Frss fren IL r~sls Il . nsdsr,
enss~esnent. a HelIenia hsktls musf
have BEEN esllant sisht. In purpls
tunics and burnisbed sxmor IL man
stood ten. iftsen and twenty dean. be-
meath 4 eiitterine forest Of spear-heads.
Those who were well 70 do hsd no Iack
of Qold about their ereayes and breast-
plates. and were dsndified In plumes
and sword-belts. while even the poorest
citizen wore a helmet fashioned bv the
exquisite taste of a Greek artifioer II
must have been trial for the nerves OF
the brayest to stand biting his mus.
tache: humming a bar of the pman
which he was to sing within the nert
quarter Of an hour: WONDERING whether
his widow would marry aeain: hopino
that the cobbler on his right MIGHT NOT
turn tail. or the teacher Of evmnastica
on his LEFT shove him ont Of Che line:
dimly conscious meanwhile that his
Colonel was exhortine him in A series
of well.turned periods TO bethink him
self of the tomb which covered those
who died in Thermopylm. and the tro-
phy which stood on the beach of Arte-
misium.
And then the sienal.trumpet sound-
ed. and the music struck up. and the
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The Origin Of Pin.Money.

The word pin-money is not much used
nowadays, and, when it is, is apt to be
used loosely. 1t is often employed to
mean an allowance by father or
husband for daughters or wife's ex-
ira expenses. But its proper signifi-
canoe is woman's allowance for all her
personal outlay, whatever it may be.
The origin of the term is something
singular. Long after the invention OF
pins, in the fourteenth century, the
maker was permitted to sell them openly
the LIST and I'd of January only, when
the court and city ladies crowded to the
shops to buy them, having been pro-
vided by their fathers and husbands
with money for the purpose. After pins
had become plenty and cheap women
spent their money for other things; but
pin-money remained in vogue. The
opinion, often expressed, that pins were
invented in France during the reign OF
Francis l., and introduced into En-
gland by Catherine Howard, fifth wife
OF Henry VIII, is entirely erroneous.
In 1847, 200 years before the death OF
Francis, 10000 pins we're delivered from
the English royal wardrobe for the use
of the Princess Joan, and fifty-three
years later the Duchess D'Orleans pur-
chased Of Jehhn lie Breconnier, o pin
maker Of Paris, several thousands OF long
and short pins, besides 500 dozens OF
the English fashion, showing that pins
were not only manufactured, but had
gained a wide reputation abroad, during
the reign OF Henry ~. 1t is estimated
that hundreds of millions Of pins are
used every year in the United States.
What becomes Of all the pins is still .
question that remains unanswered and
Lnanswerable.
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- END OF TIE WORLD.


n,oa could be that the sad winds low
uetsne mn .a.
q \. world should sadasnly stand ssil and
..sssruci multitude would stshd con
ung the Unknowni = aliAI ~ y
don Of the anguish Of the moment srear
I'D Si he 10y barrier that pride has fsissd
p-thrownf \ n
d,ep, despairing bitterness that tingea
when we were standing on the brink Of
ionsf .4ysf, al n
burney me through darksoms swamps
4 cypress leaves lie strown;. astfai d .
css black gulfs, though jutting rocks left
al bleeding, torn; lt' aVNffN : :
.ling timbers blocked my way, oer
bnds OF crumbling stone
barney through the darkness, meath the
INN skies, alone. ~
lie Of the dear dream l. dreamed, Gro
/ioms glass had shown ~ 49,
and weakness, and the heart had bitter
sweet illusions sake I could forget the
Years flown,
jsrrfaintfng, dying till I found him, all
k
could I forget the cruel bond that pride
|growni
blight of death around us and his dear
near my own, sast
here amidst the ruins, where pale, weird
b, fickering, shone, rNs1~s
ID not fear to tell him how worshiped
alone. H Fl
him how my nature, strange, the world
never known?
judged by those loved. how might
q or fall alone;
not cold and naughty, that resped not
had sown,
was very weary and would smile death
ONE homef
l wait, as I have waited all my life.
arkness of the shadows Of deaths orgies
d me thrown,
FAD Sea fruit cherished once to taste
shes grownf
i, as have waited all my weary life,
le near In all The throng that can call
wn;
reck of falling worlds about my helpless
Ehick strown;
wild tumult blending the chill winds
and moan?4 4Nf. I
ch and wait, as have watched and wait
L alone.
0 with lonely eyes the changeless love
a,as OVER with ihe death-damp of the night
/, all alone,
my brow grow colder than the slab of
lie stone,
lean awaiting there the last great call,
}. i
10 the tears of others, but my hapless
have flown
shed o'er those dear forms beneath this
of marble stone.
I could not weep through all Deaths
cries now made known,
so much-while waiting through these
y years alone.
I'd alone reclining 'gainst this piece of
lie stone,
roaring, rushing Of Deaths
ws nearer borne.
DIST dissolving nature, with the final
, blown,
, as I have Northumberland, un-
IN. alone. RrFk
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aThe First Napoleon remarks the
Continental and S,ciss Times, "en-
dowed all his family splendidly, as the
master Of Europe might have been ex-
pected to do. The records Of st. Hell
ena show that sum variously estimated
at from $20,000,000 TO $100,000,000 Of
money was at the command of the ex-
lied Emperor in Amsterdam, Frankfort
and London. Notwithstanding the idle
stories which have been current for
years as to the pecuniary embarrass-
ments of Napoleon III. before he be-
came ruler of France, il is absolutely
certain that at the death OF his father,
the ex-King of Holland, at Leghorn, In
1846, he inherited very handsome
property"
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Blood, YeargO, Blood !


When the editors of the Okolona
States and Lemars Sentinel were in
troduced, the other day, they each took
three steps backward, and for some
minutes glared upon each other like
fierce Numidian lions. The Okolona
howler was the first to find words, and
said:
WHAT
And ist thoul
Come, then, bastard.
Let me have at thee,
And by the gods
That roost on high Olympus,
I'll eat ye up
In holy secondI
Ughl
Big Injun, me-"
= The Royal Bengal Badger of the Sen
tinel displayed his fangs and rejoined
with his native ferocity:
az thank the gods
For this opportunity
To call thee
To thy TEETH.
Liarl I'll t4l.
Hippograffl Aai, rata h
Hippopotamusl mea 1e
Snidel ai,i lf4iiaad M m
Shysterl z.-y !.
And baldheaded snipe Of the valley
o, come and see me, it9dt gi h1l
And I'll mop the ground am lpa.
With your miserable carcass 4u
Thour-thou-7thou-- ,yah hnn Hf-
Three-ply rI, .lrl l9arie '',prd
And doubly dyed b9.io1ort ~ll
Horse-thief, ,dW GI Y9WtHut luisaN
And son of q gunlnoe oi et loNaho
But the Okolona howler didn't come.
Alby stander had seized the hem of his
coatetail between the tips of his thumb
and finger and held him securely. So
thankful was the Iowa man that things
turned out as they did, that he went out
and breathed silent prayer to Heaven.
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