Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-11-21
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,ye moro than one thousanc
,'D aver which the flag Of japan
,be principal cities in the Repub
,rolombia I are now light with elec'
.rOp,,. queen of England ano
.,ss Of India, has forty grand
'., annr BrrRsrAnr has sold his great
linz, "The Last OF the Buifaioes''
'rer uS are only 40, 600 Hawaiian
ders left. Fifty years ago there
$4,000.
yrpruruRG watch in the form Of
,oru has a tiny pistol which serveA
alarm.
rs Genuine Shetland pony can be
u, On its native heath for about
dollars,
yo ear rings, such as were worn q
for of century ago, are coming II
ion again.
h. latest estimate shows that there
oplv fourteen people to the square
IN America
rcKY, the celebrated historian, has
60 unfortunate as to find that he
write poetry.
PUMPKIN, Weighing 110 pounds, was
nifty grown by William Spencer, OF
eerville, Md.
pr earl Of Dudley holds the largest
insurance ever effected, the amount
X for S6,OOo,O0O.
rs CnAScllARD places a high value
Millet's "Angelus." She has in
Nit for $40, 000
pATrLEsNAKF with two heads has
captured in California. 1t has
h in both its mouths.
by BoIEs, of Iowa, is a native of
York. lie started west for wealth
only few cents in his pocket.
BosToN lady has invented spoon
measuring medicine by which a
can be administered without spill
IE two.year.old boy of Frank Fet-
Of Camden, Pa, got hold of his
ers pipe, sucked a lot of nicotine
otit and died,
uE germs of yellow fever, it is
rght may he conveyed from tropical
btries by the pet birds exported in
hrge numbers,
ArE FIELDS definition OF plagair-
is pronounced very clever by the
os She calls it Il lack of skill in
icing concidents.
is rumorcd in Tennessee that the
lon guards were in collusion with
miners who recently made a whole
release of conviets.
CCoRDlNG TO official figures from
the counties of Pennsylvania over
10000 will be spent this year in re-
Eng the roads of the state.
b HELENE DRUsCHKowITz, one of
first women in Austria to acquire
title Of Ph, d., became suddenly in
ca few days ago in Vienna,
Sharon, Ga, recently, a lot OF
der was sold that was gathered in
by a slave, 1t was as bright and
lnd as on the day it was put up.
ARRIVING pretty bouquets to convict
nthan murdercrs is like feeding
fvberries to mule. 1t wastes the
sWithout improving the animal
DE wettest place in the world is at
Fra'Ponjee, in the Khasi-Hills of
Ean The fall of rain for q single
nth has ranged from 100 to 200
hes
SOSG the coming events of the
pier season in New York will be n
given in honor of the duke and
fhess OF Marlborough by Mrs Paran
vens
'l1lilN the past month work ahd
yes have been offered to the Russian
RisA eSiles by $500 industrial estab-
anen's, factories and mining corpo-
ans through the United Hebrew
frties.
L CHEATMAN, of North Carolina,
F0nly colored member of the next
sfess' is a college graduate, and is
no 1e the best educated Negro, with
flsle exception, that has yet sat in
housc.
f@UNlSo the population OF the
'a' according to latest estimates, ia
aVont 1880, 900, 900, it is estimated
n l'V5O' 100000 are non. Christians,
\ OF course, 100000, 900 only are
|rhtians
L LUMINOUS crayon has been in, ent.
saieh enables lecturers to draw on
''acRUoard when the room is dark.
r. Tor the use OF the lantern. It is
r.! 10 prove of value also to students
Fotake notes
p,s OF the longest chutcs in ,he
=" s IN a logging camp at Clifton,
\ ~ Is three-quarters of mile
" The bottom is shod with railroad
y log slides the whole length in
Ien'y second.
a@ rn " W'DuNN, the California nat.
',s'S' :" mas collected more than seven
!. "ouSand insects belonging to the
|. 's~Winged family, five thousand ol
!. V''eket tribe and about four thou.
aQ butterflies.
+ u a.oRGlA =, man five years ago, it Ii
NJ W.. discovered growing in his field .
w., aa plant the tint of which wa,
y. sa. rea, by saving the seed each
i, H. ny THIS season gathered q bale o.
y y curious cotton"
:. ,ah =. vote of a Riley county (Kan.
:. ~ was challenged because he hat
~ r,i III the penitentiary seven times
,,0"' ""S, however, equal to the emer
!, MY, y, ne produced the pardoning pa
~ , lor each ofrcnsc.
\ \ ~, alSruRE of powdered aluminium
N, s,o,'oe sa, Of potash will give n bril-
,d !, Ss' I light 1t gives no smoke
I'M ,a "'us lar better than the magnc
NJ. W Photographic purposes.
NM , ~ OF the princes that united I,
frrn WI, y oerman empire are now dead
.er !. ,.ASnERBnr T.. killed half q doze,
acc 'na Ad'rondacks a short tim,
|, kjl, a =. Is against the law for anyon,
.ason ',ore than three deer during tn,
Nv II ou' that doesn't trouble Free
llty ''' can ray his fine without diff