Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-09-28
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

The bayonet was invented in 1926
by a woman OF Bayonne. and the use OF
this weapon was at first strongly rep
rotated by military authorities. The
hrst battle in which "a bayonet charge
decided the fate OF the day was that
at Neerwinden in 1893.
In Rio Grande do Sui, in Brazil,
Italian and German colonists have set
tied side by side, beginning with very
great hardships. The British consul
reports that crime is practically UNI
known among the Italians, that they
are extremely healthy, having no
doctor, and that they are more tidy.
practical and energetic than the Ger.
mans.
Fort Smith, Ark, is pulled up with
pride because Of having broken the
record ia a line that is not clear of
strong competition in that region.
lhere are now more prisoners in the
federal jail there than ever before, 2l7,
OF all grades. Not only this, but sit
is just at the close of the term of court.
which makes 1t all the more note
worthy"
-Sweden's state telephone is soon to
be connected with the state telegram.
instead of addresses the telephone
numbers will be used, the telegraph
clerks looking up the address. Mes.
sages may be ~telephoned to the tele-
graph office and telephoned back. thus
dispensing with the greater number of
the messenger boys, as in Sweden
nearly everyone uses the telephone.
-Bullheaded British courage was
shown in a recent sewer gas accident
IN London. A man went down INTO a
awe and did not come up, another
man descended to look for him. and
was followed, one after another, bv
three Others. The sixth man who en-.
tered the death trap succeeded in
bringing up the fifth still alive and in
getting ont the bodies of the first four.
"A thousand and eighty-one wolves
and coyotes killed in one medium
sized county would appear to be a fair
record, but the farmers of Yellowstone
county, Mont, who have collected
bounties on that number thus far this
season complain about the meage re-
suits Neighboring counties have done
better. Still, the sheep and
poultry should rest a trifle easier even
Yellowstone county.
President Lincoln issued a procla.
nation to the states in rebellion on
september -, 1862, declaring that he
would free their slaves unless they re-
turned to their allegiance by January
|, 1868 True, 20 his word, on January
i 1863 he issued the Emancipation
reclamation; it offered to receive the
into the federal service, and
warned them to abstain from violence
disorder. Lincoln said in the
proclamation that this act was
prompted by military necessity"
1t has been estimated that out of
me hundred manuscript books sent
inrequested to publishers in New
ork' more than ninety per cent. are
'eJected by the house to which they
re first sent and probably more than
twenty-five per cent. never find a pub
One general publishing house
only two per cent. of the un-
manuscripts received, and a
in another firm is of the opin-
on that ninety per cent. of all manu-
books once rejected never see
light. As novels lead in point of
published, so, also, they lead in
manuscripts rejected, forming, it is
aid upward of three-quarters of the
NIX OF rejected material. Theology,
co. is a much overwritten science, and
olumes on this subject are annually
eclined.