Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-04-04
NUMBER 30.
PERSONAL AND lMpsRsoNAL.

"A Washington widow is reported to
have doffed her weeds and achieved
second marriage in her wedding dress
before it went out of fashion.
| -Kossuth usually finishes the day
with game of billiards, and, though
he is cighty-nine years old, he plays
with a steady hand and usually wins
"A pathetic story is told of young
woman, the wife of photographic art
list, who had been married but four
months when she committed suicide be-
cause of her inefficiency in housekeep-
ing. In her farewell letter she begged
her husband never to marry again.
He Wants His Price "A West Vir-
ginian claims to have discovered cave
filed with boxes of gold, diamonds and
rubies-enough to load two ofreight cars
but he won't give it away for less than
S., 900 cash down. He doesn't want to
be mean, but he just won't do it, that's
all.--Detroit Free Press.
The young prince Of Naples is the
picture Of youthful English dude
smooth-faced, with fair sprinkling Of
down on isupper lip, an eye-glass and
suit of clothes cut in the latest English
Style But he is very clever, speaking
four languages fuently, and because of
his retentive memory is regarded as a
sort of royal encyclopedia.
jay Gould may be forgiven some of
his sins, but nobody would think of con-
doning such POPULARITY as he has been
indulging in on his southern trip. For
instance, looking out of his car window
he said to an Atlanta reporter: "Why
is it that black pigs eat more than
white?" The reporter threw up his
hands at the first fire, and Mr.. Gould
replied: because there are more black
ones than white ones"
Lady Macdonald, wife of Sir John, is
brilliant woman, an experienced pol.
itician and fascinating hostess. She
was Miss Bernard, of Jamaica, but
was educated in England. Sir John was
made baronet the same year in which
he was married, and Lady Macdonald
went from her quiet home to assume
great success. She is tall and majestic
in appearance, brilliant in co.Jersation
and greatly admired in Canadian socia.
circles.
The estate that Senator Hearst will
leave to his heirs is valued all the way
from 100000 down to $1,000, ,0O0 1t
has no fixed value for the reason that
much of it is composed of mining prop
erty that now yields large income,
but is of precarious nature. His solo
heirs are his wife and young Will
Hearst, who, while being first-class
newspaper man, is gentleman of ex.
pensive tastes and princely extrav-
agance. 1t is even alleged that he can
spend money faster than the Home
stake miners can dig it out
"A singular little incident occurred
in front of the Gedney house, New
York. A handsome young lady, styl-
ishly attired, was walking down Broad
way and young man equally captivat-
ing in his way was coming uptown.
They met in front of the afore-
said hotel and as they passed the
youth deity slipped his hand into the
girls pocket and drew her pocketbook
from it. 1t was done before the very
eyes of twenty astonished guests of the
hotel but before they had time even
to express their surprise at the young
mans audacity he turned with polite
bow to the young lady, handed her the
be so careless in the future and passed