Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-07-21
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

Scotchmen are considered the greatest
gardeners in the world.
The one story frame cabin in
which Andrew johnson served his ap-
premiership as tailor is still stand
ing in Columbia, Tenn.
In Florida, and IN many other
parts Of the country, the orange is cut
in halves, and its juice and pulp are
passed to the mouth with teaspoon.
"A Chicago parrot scared away a
burglar who was trying to effect an
entrance through window, by crying
in IL shrill voice, Come off the
pcrch.n
The territory west Of the Missouri
river on the North Pacific railroad, it
is said, is gradually being ridden OF
the features which causes it to be
known as the hunters paradise"
A Georgia man has three-legged
chicken which, it is said, grows tired
of walking on two legs, corkscrews it.
self over and hops along on the third
in "A highly entertaining and original
manner.
The London Medical Press con-
graduates itself and its readers that
there is moro crowded city and one
with a higher death record than Lon
don, namely, New York, where, in
1880, 1857 persons lived In every
dwelling house, on an average, against
rs in London. Furthermore, the En-
glish city has no deaths from sunstroke
to record, and temperature below
zero is almost unknown.
The two sides of the face are not
alike. As a rule, says German pro-
fessor, the want of symmetry is con-
fined to the upper part OF the face.
The left hand half of the brain over
weighs the right half; the nose leans
u little to the right or to the left. The
region of the right eye is usually
slightly higher than that of the left
eye, while the left eye is nearer the
middle line Of the countenance. The
right ear is also higher, as a rule, than
| the left ear.
Whatever faults may be ascribed
to Indian agents, some Of them must
| be considered ambitious for the In
dians under their jurisdiction. Some
| years ago a party of Northern Arap-
ahoes from Wyoming came to Carlisle,
| bringing to the barracks the illustrious
names of Shakespeare, Garfield, Lin
coin, Grant, Raleigh, Horace Greeley
and Charles Sumner. There We're also
Peter and Cyrus, In both instances
presumably the Great.
| Even the Oldest fashioned garden
| does not contain all the varieties grown
in Shakcspeares day. The flowers for
May and June enumerated by Bacon
were ''pinks of all kinds, specially the
blush pink; roses of all kinds. eXcep,
the musk, which comes later; honey
suckles, strawberries, bogloss, Colum
bine, the French marlgold, Hos Afri
canus, cherry tree in fruit, ribes, figs
in fruit, rasps, Zine flowers, lavender
in flowers, the sweet satyrian with tn,
white flower, herbs, muscaria, lilium
corrallium, the apple tree in blossom
Put down the day OF the month il
which you were born, multiply by 2
add I, multiply by 80, add your age ii
years only, subtract 500, multiply by
100. add the number of the month yor
We're born in. add 1900. The result
will be the first Gone orr two figures
will give you the day of the month o
your birth, the next two your age il
wears, and the last two the number o
the month in which you were born, i
no mistake is made.
Tho Atlanta Constitution says The
negro is changing in appearance anC
losing some of the brthmarks pccu
liar to the African race. The new
generation is showing the effects of |
higher culture. Especially is thi
noticeable in the towns whore contac
with the whites shows its effect. Thu
nat-nosod. kinky- headed negro is pass
ing away and becoming an unknowl
race. All the colorcd children, NJ
matter how dusky in hue, show th
change. Longer hair, aquiline nose
and smaller mouths. with thinne
lips are the rule.
A resident Of Hampton Falls. N II.
, relates that she was one day attracte,
by the curious action of two robin
that suddenly appeared from tire
, near which she was standing, and tleN
rapidly toward her, almost striking
her in their excitement. Then the
returned to the tree and once NOR
flew back to her, repeating the actio
several times. until the tree was es
e amincd, when it was found to contai
$ a nest of young robins. Further II
r vestigation showed that a larg
speckled adder was eating the littl
birds, all but one of which were d,
, voured before the adder could /
killed.