Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-08-18
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

in the ninth century most OF the
clothes worn in Europe were made In
the monasteries which kept large stocks
Of ready-made clothing.
Soap is first mentioned in the ninth
century. II was alluded to as in use
In Germany foracleansing clothing and
as an excellent medicine.
"A French newspaper has been max
ing census of the survivors of Napo-
Icons grand army, and finds that only
four are left--Jean jacques Sabatier,
1902; Vic,or Baillod and Jean Bousset,
10l, and Joseph Rose, 100
An American elm will live under
favorable circumstances 300 years; a |
maple 500 years; the orange $50 years;
the seauoia over 1900 years. But a
frst-class scandal will live several
cons Several that originated in early
Egypt are still living and in good
health.
The title president occurs in the
Bible: 'slt pleased Darius to set over
the kingdom 120 princes, which should
be over the whole kingdom; and over
| IncSc UnTec pTtSitiCutos VI Whch' A'"~N
was first; that the princes might give
: accounts unto them, and the king
!. should have no damage Daniel vi,
y H.
Q In the Sierra Madre mountains it's
9 distressingly healthy, Lung diseases
t are unknown, people live in defiance
s of all hygienic laws and are rarely
|. sick When cholera reached the
n mountains some years ago the sick
people took bath-the Mexican cure
for all diseases-and promptly got
!. we'll.
- 1T is with butter as with eggs
=, the tradesman has subtle distinctions
o that puzzle the uninstructed mind. Ar
east side butter dealer makes these
seemingly inconsistent announce
IT, ments: Very best butter, twenty-five
B. cents; do. fine, twenty-five cents; DO
IS, good, twenty cents; cooking butter
ia seventeen cents. IN. Y. Sun.
nd AT recent meeting of Kyle uniol
nd parochial board, Ayr, Scotland, 1T wa
m. reported that the board of supervisio
hu visiting officer was of the opinion tina
=. the inmates of the poorhouse were to
80, comfortable and had suggested tina
'" IL the use of tobacco was stopped an
NJ " tea-making prohibited the number
ne male inmates would soon decreas'
VI The members decided not to restrit
'aa the privileges,
ON "A young girl tall, ,curly-headed an
em bright-eyed, sat near the fruit stand
the which her father is the owner,
lar BROOKLYN. Charles L. Erwin tried
Pa, kiss her and may have succeeded. 81
vor screamed. He was arrested, but pr
on testing to Justice Goetting that his
Dad rest was an outrage, for the girl hi
i it put her lips in kissing position,
or. was discharged with mild caution
,;1. be more careful.
,o;s A French priest, who had usually
mis-. very small audience, was one d
\ - preaching at the church in his villae
= .,a~ =" when, the doors being open, gand
WIN and several geese came stalking up t
WI, aisle. The preacher, availing hims'
anu of the circumstance, observed that
Will would no longer find fault with
the district for non-attendance, becau
'e OF though they did not come thcmsely
tral. they sent their representatives"
lives MIR. II. II. Dixon has been study
ling, the locomotion of insects and spid
also bv means of instantaneous pho
cs to graphs. He finds, says Nature, tt
1t is, the limbs move together in diagon;
,tion I'm insects the first and third legs
one side move with the second on
other. the antcnnR moving with
first leg on the same side. In the c
pei" of spiders. which have eight legs,
mt in s..t .rd third on one side move W
ms IN the second and fourth on the other
iaole Seasoned timber is but little liza
'ne to decay under the influence OF
nucn atmosphere, and will resist decomp
rably ton for an indefinite period when X
s the totally submerged in the water.
!, out piles of old London bridge, driven
It's in years before were found to be in
best. condition when the new bridge
,rmer erected in 1859, and those which ser
gives ms the foundation for Trojan's bri
Verv over the Danube, A. D. los, are sal
4 No be still visible at low stages of wa
:, t,;r School and Home.
yield lhe,o E.tnu,ho.land uJ Who
indi- "uno y, s. ..,1.h ;s ro,,, u
WON fected and simple in his life. WI
rhips' ever he travels on a railway he usu
'oens' takes third class ticket, to the in
It, but nation of the railway officials. [
insure a day they determined to break hi
81 and this frugal habit, and they fllet
heavy compartment with chimney sw
COM carving bags of soot When the {
'oking arrived at his destination he TOOK
i'd Sec sweeps to the booking office
being bought them each frst-class Il
back again and put one in each
class carriage sacks and all
A licensed organ grinder ant
u's," @ prizzled old collector illustrated
ihe other day how the law against S
ana begging is disregarded and the liz
and OF to grind out music is abused.
grinder was us sturdy an Italia
Y have ever said stand to a true man II
sitting mountains Of Sicily, while his coll
ma and WAS the wrinkled, white-haired
This ia terpart of old Gobbo. AS the gr
onle ~ ground, the old man held out hi
Of debt to passers-by and capered abo'
;. ho,t feeble fashion to catch the eyes
- :. indifferent, while the grinder dir
him now and again with rough
.'opS Then when the grinder shoulder
~ Vno instrument and trudged off, tn
% VIII. man followed slowly half bloc
re fast h;nd nausino now and then to e
my and In unabashed beggary, getting a
homo from boy in smutty apron
banana from the trundler OF a
reduced cart. The two kept up this little
s OF the for many hours, as they have dc
I'd from months and perhaps Tor years
commits The old man has an loeai Ia
sed the figure Tor the BUSINESS anu NC
value of TO command gooa waSoS'N'