The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1888-04-11
INTER EsTTNq ITEMS.

state bearing the expense.
There are aheut 800, 900 people
engaged in keeping bees in North
America, al 4 the honey product is
100000, 900 pounds. valued at s15,.
600, zee, =
Thirty thousand Forged tickets
were scattered abroad for the Pope's
jubilee ccre1AoSSsa at the Vatican.
The genuine tickets had to be print.
ed over again.
The Hasfl. Brighton, 40 feet
long and 200 feet wide, 10 being
moved back from the beach at CO.
ney Island, by locomotive machin>
cry, and the move is m entire suc4
cess as tar as it has progressed.
A Roman CAthelis priest Ia
Pcnnsyffahla n6f9 declared open
war on bustles. He brands them
as uusightly aglrd = tf}reduotion of
wretelree ysh:t!,. Il. liz further says
that tniess the women of his COM
gregatian, old and young. abandon
the use of the offensive article, he
will to1Eid them the conmuaion.
Htmano owners Of old dogs and
horses in New York City, fit spec
tacles to the eyes OF the animals.
An old dog, reiuvenated by a pair
OF spectac!es, will she1. pleasure by
unmistakable sign@s and sometimes,
when he loses Els glasses, will pick
them up and carrythem to his mas:
ter TO be rea.jdsttd.
Prominent women in Washing
ton society employ private secreta,
ries in the difficult task pf meeting
many s4ciaI duties Widows in
reduced circumstances, lady clerks
who are posted on matters of ETH
qlette and newspaper writers act
il this capacity, and initiate new
cbmers into the sbciaElife Uf Wash,
ington.
They have exhausted about eve%
~ uotailc in Europe in the way of
Centennial anniversaries, and now
they have raked up Boakels. What
never heard of Beakclsl Well,
B4akels lived FIVE hundred years
ago, and it was he who introduced
into Holland the art of sailing and
packing herrings. He died in 1887,
but he is going to have an anniyeT-
sary fcte just the,sia,r .~'< ''''''' ~
Another man who is "the image
Of President { leve!ar d. exists in.
the person of Colonel Lowering,
who recently ran for Governor Of
Massachusetts, against Oliver Ames,,
remarks the Graphic. and his pict-
ure has been taken to he placed
beside that of the President. a
resIdent-of Washington fas 4 pho
tographic group of half a dozen
men who closely resemble the ExD
ecntige. ~
.a'i. $50; {rs
More tn. n $4,000, COO worth Of
oysters were shipped from Nary
land to all partsgt. the world this
season. Over s6.eOc persons are
employed IN >tl.e Industry in the
State, and itaupports besides, /, 500
si;hocners and sloops. To enforce
the law for the regulation Of these
vessels the State maintains an 'oys-
ter navy consisting of FIVE steam.
ers. six schooners and eight sloops.
As the Boston Herald notices.
the value of the insured property
destroyed in the recent fire Oh
Broadway New York, represents
a sum nearly equal to what il
paid by all of the property owncrs
OF New York city for six months
insurance protection" so that, as
Che Herald adds, "the outlook for
profits in tie insurance business
during tho present year in New
iorK. ana III the other large cities
of the country Is lot specially en-.
couraging."
A Washingtca correspondent
who recently attended DIR. Sun
derlant,' s church. and sat in pew
directl~in front Of the Presidents .
says: Il sat near Mrs. Cleveland.
and during the singing | could
heat her pure, fresh voice joining
ip every hymn that was sung. She
has a t:aiDed soprano. which sAe
uses with out atfectation, aud ap.
p lreutly with real enjoyment, uts