Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-03-16

On During the session Just closed
lIorso bills and 10 Senate bills failed
,xecutiye approval.
,ropLE who are fond of condolences
find it interesting to note that
liam Henry Harrison Miller, born
,he wear the first Harrison was
,ted President and named for him,
ONES, forty-eight years later, tho
of the second Presi-
h Harrison,
here is no country in the world
Rre the science of long life. accom-
! ed with good health, unimpaired
hal faculties, good digestion, and
h activity, is better understood
1 in France, and there, of 1000 per-
born l20 reach the age OF seventy,
the percentage appears to be high
(l eighty-hyc is past.
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r. pi"'"' e, an authority on this
b. as rs that one-third Of the
aas Carolina have q large
lion blood, and arc, as far
! |ooa either half or moro
Ne another third has less white
IA, but still some; while of the re-
kder it would be difficult. he says,
|rd IAN assured specimen of'the pure
|can type.
kLEs> lut area of the new States
10 be considerably narrowed here
j, not many more stars can DO
\ to the Union without taking in
|ico and the British possessions.
only territories left within our
lent borders are Arizona, New
tco, Indian Territory, Idaho, Utah
|Wyoming Altogether these are
50 large as the Territories just
kfOrmcd into States.
one Of the great canyons out West
i is an icicle one thousand feet
A local paper thus describes it:
toume Of water unusually large for
keason Of the year is falling over
Perpondicular wall at the head of
canyon, about an even thousand
b height. The falls are incased in
lat tube Of ice, which, when the sun
es 1t, looks like a gigantic column
Tstal standing upright against the
piee,
---ss-.-sss.-.-s.-s
kDlCAL authorities are discussing
fact that typhoid fever is much
fatal in Southern than in North
limes, The average death rate
The malady IN the Pennsylvania
tai for a period of twenty years
. ) per cent. In the marine hos
service for 1872 to date il was but
while the Gulf district shows the
ordinary rate of ll,6 per cent.
EOrth Atlantic district shows a rate
S9
New York Independent has col
the views of a number of prac-
EDUCATORS in the Southern States
he negro question" All assert
the taxpayers OF the Southern
are rapidly educating the negro,
believe That when the negro is
Rrly educated he will be a good
b. As a rule, the negroes Of the
len States are on good terms with
white neighbors and sensible
b to desire to remain so.
Brazil there is a tribe called Cafu-
Fhch has sprung into existence
larriage between the long, stiff
natives and the imported negro
As might be expected from the
R'ue Of these extremes. this peo-
loSsess hair Of a very eXtraordi-
kind. 1t rises perpendicularly
'he head in thick, curly masses,
prms wig of such enormous di-
ions that the possessors must
low when entering their huts-
person who hereafter taps a
lone wire in Connecticut for tho
Ol doing II little detective work
ITS a misdemeanor. A law to
ieci has just been passed at Hart-
lhc provocation for il was the
pOny in a recent divorce trial
POhy contained in the steno-
plc report of an eaves-dropper who
ns ear glued to u telephone
e' when the plaintiff and de.
~ We're holding conversation.
great Eltlel Tower in Paris will
l'Sned by April |. The tower
AZ present S25 feet high, and
Y 1870 tons, Only 800 tons re-
!" be added. To approach the
'OOl the tower there will be three
: :. Kinds of elevators. Two will
Ne llrst platform, two others ia
'Ona and third platforms in a YER.
~e The whole trip will take five
~ and the elevators will be capa.
aklng up $50 persons an hour.
,uueth Congress, just closed,
'Aeh The record as to the number
introduced and passed. The
Vi oils and joint resolutions
,'ced has been in round number,
nearly % per cent. greater thar
V,ner Congress, Number in
w IN the House II, $50, and IL
T0ale 1000. or this number
na'l Of the House bills have beer
apun by committees, the numbe,
%,'ce =" reports on bills being
) "a '"' number of Senate reports