Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-09-26

GEORGE VANDERBILT Will have
$4,000 tennis court in his palace a
Asheville.
Mrs. MAcKAY is the possessor of
string of hawless diamonds two yard
IN length.
THE United States mint in San Fran
cisco is the largest one of its kind il
the world,
His Bible shows that Jonas Carpen
ter of Denver, is one hundred and fit,
years old
TIE damage to the cereal crops il
Canada by insects has been estimated
Of sOOO OOO
IN this country 100000 persons ar,
engaged in farming-44 per cent. of oul
| wage earners.
NEARLY four.ffths of the sugar plan
tations of Hawaii are owned by Amer
leans, it is said.
HENRY i, HYDE, president of New
York Insurance company, gets a salary
Of $4,000 year
EIGHT thousand Jewish residents OF
Odessa, nearly all engaged in business,
are under notice of expulsion.
OIL fields greater in extent than any
others in the world have been discover
edn the region of the Caspian sea
NJ CHAucHARD, the wealthy Partisan
who owns MiIlets famous picture, the
"Angelus," has insured it for $40, 600.
Mrs. CORNWALL, of Bridgeton, l.. l.,
had dream and warned her husband
MOTTO 60 to work lie was killed the
same day
ATLANTA has a musical prodigy, a
grlnine years old who is said to play
The most difficult pieces on the piano
sfter single hearing.
lHAs 6RAUMANN wants a divorce
from Ida Graumann because she drars
bin around by his whisiers Why
don't Charles get shaved?
An enthusiastic person says that
words can not portray" the mag
ilhcence of George Vanderbilts coun-
try castle in North Carolina.
AT the close of the civil war there
we're 700 steam vessels entered on the
naval register of the United States, but
Nday only y Of them survive.
ANEW industry is started in Florida.
10 NakulIa county, large quantities of
Aore collars are made from the bark
/" lhe Wahoo, variety of bass wood.
ffAcH-sToNEs are used for fuel in the
FFsch districts of California, selling for
Y per ton, caloric value of peach
aoles Is equal to coal, pound for pound.
LIE two new Cunard ships, to be 6Oo
te' long and faster than ANYTHING
'A'at are guaranteed by the builders
%U ', 'sop ready for sea early in the spring
II Is sad that the largest locomotive
eu built in Europe was recently sent
!. s'oi the llirschou works, in Munich.
F" " iorty six feet over all and weighs
oghiy-four tons.
/ "ffLE'rREE contests figure among
I' la'est fads in Kansas. Everybody
T'o na, snake at the tree, and the man
a'' y. brings down the most apples car |
nfs Oft the prize.
J. a LONDON journal relates that the
l,'lan |, shah has been in retracy late
' ", 1ecause by mistake he used a rheu.
4a'N iotlon instead of hair DRESSING.
,a ,aa. turned his hair a beautiful myrtle
,aa '"l prSt large quantity of American
r." rn'scs ever sent to European markets
,se A. recently shipped from Philadel.
s,a a he lot comprised 5000 pounds
Sa SsA,, Of two kinds of sponges from the
florida coast. ' Va"
Two STONE slabs, one of them bear.
Ia au '9'iiptlon' june |, 17iG," and
s,. ~ p'nef the date l7l6, were found
m snna. la,,iarpe' ILL.,, recently They are
,s,m, srJ,ea TO mark the resting place of
''salles explorers.
|, n,A'EES na years ago student in Ber-
.,,;a as inoobed in the streets for ap.
,S,.'s ,s'D on bicycle. Now the German
1 Su sa,n =, blcyclists, which has Just held
}, gun = annual conference at Breslau.
v 1900 members.
,aaSE saah is deeply rooted superstition
lelr '''asa that May marriages are un.
Al, a'u are bound to turn out badly.
,o,.la nppil there were 2,O55 marriages in
,bils bilu' i, IN May there were but l,OOs,
It's June the number jumped to
,,,s,'.!' sIss MARION FOSTER, a niece of the
Nj, S'y' known as the little invalid
irtn,. y putting into her historical
On ~ sra aor the Worlds fair, subjects
4 r'y aeFy state of the Union.
ie,na n"'s'SFEcrANr which combines
pernS rn,ss with general worth is found
iii ma, ,ruganate of potash. One ounce
tk 4Ac a buclsetful of disinfectant.
ate w,H wu,,SHstai, and can be kept in this
TIM a.'il ready for use.
Iued 'VSacco ,Sa crop of Pennsylvania is
lids =. 'i's year at $500, 600. Two
hen ~ !, H., " Is Havana seed leaf; and
L de., ~ ,'naSquerades as Havana cigars, I,
ihts = pubic will be invited to con
,,a's Sa many times $500, GOO. '''N " e''
vir a. Nus Hhussian emigrants on arri~
,se .Os new York were clubbed by the
.v yo.,. a east into dungeon cells. The
sservs :, oil'eials seem determined to :
'kaess H.. sne Russians against home q
ar den. " y keeping up the customs of /
!, ~ar native land. +
Asol report report Me-, not long ago, the !
ut whsa ners got such small salaries
y town ~ = shoe factory was started in |
asAps y, 'ns young women abandoned
ase then Aa =. 'ook to stitching machines.
i ,bs,'e ea the school COMMITTEES have
'sst tbs 'sss s's open and are now trying :
'Hasss ''n0'l teachers back a. high. ;