Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-03-22
FACTS AND FANCIES.
AgOUT BEN ADHEM.

AEOD DEN ADL1A@H'
About Ben Adhem (maY his tribe inGease)
woke one night from dream piece
Of pie he'd ate the Risht before
Destioyed his slumber and brOke his snors
and BY the light Of o fat dTindhng taper
He saw fellow writing on paper.
Ben Adhem having cursed the oieoe OF pie
At the chap writing wlnked his eye,
And said, Ny friend, you Eling nssty quill
Wilst tell me what you writer Eaid ne, - VII.
| writs the names Of those that love their neigh
bore" ,,,-
These are the names of those alone
VINO 10 their fellows always give loani
TO thoge distressed thsy take and give bond, .,
Aud ten per cent is the interest charged thereon
He vanished left a bankrupt list,
Ard lo' Ben AdheIns name led all the Test
oil city Darick.
IN the midst of life we are in debt.
A FRLoE on the hand is worse than
two in the penitentiary.
THE slippery pavement ia often the
power behind the throne.
A FEW more pleasant days will ripen
spring poetry.
To remove paint from the wall-back
against it befc re it gets dry.
A soAP,TAIL candidate" is what
they call boilers in Mississippi
THE thoughtful tramp observes that
half glass Of whisky is better than no
bread.
Coon, like evil, is infectious; but as
an epidemic it must be considered a
failure.
IT is safe enough to tickle q wasp un-
der his wing, If you do it with very
long straw.
WHEN the old folks try to sit out
young fellow and his girl, they get dis
counted every time.
WHATEVER objection may be opposed
to whipping, it is at least undeniable
that it makes boy smart.
MIR. KEARHEI Is right The Chinese
are a great curse 70 thi country. They
wash of too many buttons.
The Boston Transcript wants mules TO
be put on castors. Did the Transcript
never zee d mule castor leg out st man
aB if he were short stop base ball
| player
WHEN we are young we waste great
deal OF time in imagining what we will
do when we grow older, and when we are
older We waste an equal amount Of time
in lying about what We did when We
were young-in telling about the cold
winters and trouble experienced in gain.
ing our knowledge,
A LITTLE girl, when her fathers table
was honored with an esteemed friend,
began talking very earnestly at the first
pause in the conversation, Her father
checked her rather sharply, saying,
"Why is it that you talk SO much?"
Clause I've dot something to say" was
the innocent reply.
"THEY tell me Leadville is pretty high
up" remarked 8 Denverite to visitor
from The carbonate field. " High up?'
calculated the other, "well l should dsay.
The air il 50 thin that you We got to tan
it in g conner 10 get square breath.
Why, live sor,eg in valley, but many
q time when I went home at night had
to push cloud from the front door to
get in"
A SOCIETY paper says: Square
necks are much worn on low c0rsages.
V necks are also seen, but round, low
necks are preferred by most young ladies
for ball toiets,n We prefer round, low
necks, and object strongly to square
necks because the corners cut your arms,
and the V necks (Which mean five dol
lars, we suppose) axe too costly.-tOil
City Derrick.
Gan, by Georgew groaned young Mr..
Leathered, sinking wearily into an Office
chair, "Ah, by George my head scAes
fearfully." "Possible2" ssEed his ems
ployer, old Mr.. HardfUx, with a look of
curious interest and sympathy. Posi-.
bic ? Something must have got in to it."
And then for long time nobody said
anything, aud the room seemed to grow
about fifteen degrees colder.
"Now, children" said 8 Sunday
school superintendent, who had been
talking to bis scholars about good people
and bad people, "when Pm walking in
the street, speak to some persons | meet,
and l don't speak to others and what's
the reason ?" He expected the reply
would be, Because some are good and
others are bad" but, TO his discomr
future, the general shout was, " Because
some are rich aud Others are poor"
SEVERAL ladies were sitting together
on the balcony OF the Clifton Hotel,
Nisgsrs, one night last summer, when
the moon, although full, was somewhat
hidden by clouds. A natty little fellow
came toward the group and said, softly,
Pussje, darling p whereupon all the
young ladies jumped up and came TO-
ward him eagerly. He selected one ami
walked away with her. The other brides
eat down, and told their respective Ro.
meos afterward that it was too ridiou-
lous tor anything" and that they 'never
were SO embarrassed in the whole course
Of their lives"
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