Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1888-10-11
$500 A YEAR.
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

The negroes Of Georgia are said 70
own more than twelve million dollars
worth Of property
Excavations made in TEin,xuntzan.
Iacata-. Mexico. la search Of treasure,
are said 10 have revealed n magnificent
palace which is an archaeological Won.
der.
French economy Il very evident
Ia the marketing Of fowls. Not only
half birds can be- purchased. but legs.
wings and breasts are offered separate
iy. Tho carcass il used ior soup, and
even tho blood 10 sold.
Mother Hubbard. u ha. been do
cided. had sanity origin. She 10
Identified with 81 Hubert. tho patron
Of dogs and the chase. who i repre-
scented In long robe, a verltAbla
Mother Hubbard gown. and who had
successfully sppealel 60 the imagina
tlun ~ The story teller
The oldest womnn's club In the
United States l. the Wumen's Physlo-
logical Institute Of boston. Forty-one
yeas ago Il was organized with the
purpose u promoting iho more perfect
health ~ women. There i one sur
yiviug charter mcmber. a Mrs Hobbs.
and she T. eighty years old
-lllu~traiions % the longest exist
snco of American families seem 20 b.
la order, Among others who boast of
lopg podiRroe. tho owner Of the
lurHsworih house ia Dcdham, Mass.
sh9uld not b. Forgotten. seven gen
cratious Of the same family have been
born and bred ln the old mansion a
record uot often cqualed ia this c0un-
try
According ~ Notes and Qaertes
. the longest word in the English Ian.
guage in actual zee l. "di=proporiion-
ah.cncss. with tNeuty-ons letters,
closely followed by "incomprohensi.
hleues. One ~ the longest ~ med.
ieai terms ia ''mcthy lh-nsolnethoxy.
cthyltetphy lropy ridinecarbox late. p
which is the chemical term for coca
iue.
American women will be Interested
h. kuuw that in Burmah etiquette i'm.
poratively farbids both men and women
20 hetray In any way the fact that thoy
pOs-sss io.t and that IL has thus be
come tho inyarihbIo rule for all gilded
Burmr-e 10 80 dovetail aud fold up
their lower eAtr"mitic- a. "a present a
singIiarly forc-s shortened appearance
when they sit down to converse.
Pour hundred men are required 10
take the great city Of New York across
the Atlantic and attend % the wants
Of her passengers. The engine de-
partment claims the attention Of iSJ
- these workers. including twenty.
sin assistant enRineers. thirty fromen
and hity-iour coal passers. In the
sailing department thore are sixty
mon and In the passenger department.
$50 men.
/ A maa recently died in Washing.
ton Territory end left viii. in which
his father h madsahoir 30 a watch aud
chain, his mother 90 house and lot.
and his dog, FlisnoOdle Kilpstrtck.
came N for bequsst of ts.00o
Trustee. were named 10 hold thi. sum
for the beneficiary. and 70 uraish him
with provisions. 10 consist u an the
dellcacics of the season. besides chew.
ing gum. liquors and cigars.
Admiral Porter. 0f the navy. "
seventy-soven yoars of age and bids
fair Ia live for many years 30 come.
The secret Of his wonderful prussFYa-
tion is that he has lived plainly. lie
seldom drinks tea or coffee. bat L. q
msderste smoker Never get vet
l. rule ior preserving the health
that he has strictly adhered 10 all his
life Even during his srrvice In the
var, IL i said, he never got vet no
matter how hard Il rainod.
An Albany boy having been bitten
bs dog. the nsighhors wanted Ia put
court plaster over the wound and .atu.
rate u with vinegar An aged colored
woman recommended as a sure pre-
ventiye Of hydrophobia that the boy
should back three time. around an
electrie light pole with his eyes closed
and then bite a pleoe out Of the left
ear Of the FIRST dog that he spied on
opening bis eyes The injured hoy
went home with light heart and no
fear Of hydrophobla
An anecdots In the WomaH's World
shows the attitude In Germany toward
woman's part in public interests. Al
q call made by an English couple upon
a German Of eminence and his wife.
talk arose upon the public question of
the hour The Englishman, percelv-
ing that the German lady was being
left out Of the discussion. asked And
what IL your opinion. madamq" be-
fore she could reply her German lord
made short work of iti Leave the
room. mslne Lsibe, these matters can
bo Of no interest 10 y0u,"
DR. Hay. an English chemist with
q Leaning toward RhAstllneas. has In
vented a substitute for cremation. lie
would pound and pulveriEs the corpao
In q mortar. breaking the bones 10 III.
tie bits The resulting mass he would
put through q prodigious sausage ma
chine and make II Into mincomeat.
Dried by means % steam heat al . TEN
peraiure Of $50 degrees. shs mas.
would attain u commercial value A. a
fertilizer. should this method fail to
suit. he suggests either the boiling %
/ the body and the conversion Of the rn-
sulting oil into q lubricant or for soap.
or else the placing Of the body Into q
gas rutort and converting IL into lllu-
minating gas, water. ammonia. tar,
animal charcoal, sulphate Of ammonia.
anlline colors and carbolie acid.