Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-05-11
PERSONAL AND lMPsRsoNAL

Modern maids Of all work common
liz object 10 waiting on the table. The
objection was indicated in the case Of
a far western maid in search of a place
by the inquiry: "Do you do your own
reachingY'
A Frenchman who settled in South
Carolina a few years ago planted l5C
acres in asparagus. At the end of six
years he sold his farm and returned to
his native country with a fortune OF
$3.50, 600 Savannah News
Frederick the Great could be a
Chesterfield when he tried. Tie did not
always try, however, and though moi
so much addicted to kicking the shins
of his courtiers as his father was, he
was far from being a thoroughly agree
able companion.
A short time ago the position of pub,
lie executioner in Vienna was vacant,
aud n fine looking woman OF twenty
eight applied for the place. She said 1t
would comfort a man about to die to
have his last earthly gaze rest upon a
beautiful young woman.
Lord Palmerston says that when
his grandfather. Lord Pembroke, gave
a dinner party he used to say: There.
gentlemen, is my champagne, my
claret, etc. am no great judge, and
| give you this on the authority OF my
wine merchant: but | can answer for
my port, for made it myself
MIR. Andree, the Swedish aeronaut
and scientist, who proposes to reach
the north pole by balloon, has secured
a companion for his trip. Mr.. Ekholm,
of the Stockholm meteorological bu-
reau, who headed the Swedish expedi-
ton to Spitzbergen in 1882 to watch
the transit Of Venus, has volunteered
to accompany NJ. Andree.
Mrs. Henry Meurer, Of eOot Cough
street, Baltimore, is the mother OF
three sets Of twins. She is twenty
four years Of age, her twenty-tfth
birthday falling on the 10th Of next
July. Mrs. Meurer has been married a
little over six years. The two latest
additions to her family were born on
March 3. OF the six children two are
girls and four are boys.
Mgr. Capcl, the well-known Roman
Catholic ec~clesiastic, became a ranch
nan in California a few years ago, and
is now said to be very wealthy. For
mcrly the pink of perfection in dress,
he has now become indifferent to his
garb, and always appears in the rough
costume Of a ranchman. He was once
a brilliant social figure in London, and
is said to be the original Of Catesby in
Disraeli's "Lothair."
Capt. Edward w. Owen, who died
at Brookeville, Md, recently in his
cighty-seventh year, was a member of
the jury which heard William Writ
make his eloquent speech before Chief
Justice fancy, and he was a listener
in the United States senate to some Of
Henry Clay's most famous orations.
His father, Col. Washington Owen, was
with Gen. Winder at Bladensburg.
Baron Steuben was known as the
rudest, toughest, most u%ncivil and dis
courteous officer in the revolutionary
army, He spoke English to some en-
tent; that is, he knew most OF the oaths
and explosives and had other words
enough to string them together, but
when a little excited he would burst
forth into a most extraordinary mix
ture of German, French and English,
and in this polyglot composition would
abuse everybody in hearing.
Mara had a voice that extended
from middle G to Z in alt, and was one
of the most facile and flexible ever
known, She delighted in the forid
music of Hasse, Graun. Benda, JONI
melli, ~Pergolese, Porpora, Sacchini and
others of that school, and with the ut.
most ease and grace executed passages
that are now consigned to solo instru-
ments, such as the violin and flute.
h ncld tie stage fun 177f " 1909,
with an occasional appearance after
the latter date.
"A stranger once walked into a
court and spent some time watching
the proceedings. By and by a man was
brought up for contempt of court and
fined, whereupon the stranger lose and
said. "How much was the fne?"
zone pound" replied the clerk.
WELL" said the stranger, laying down
the money, 'if that's all, I'd like to
jine in. I've had a few hours expert
encc in this court, and no one can feel
a greater contempt for it than I do
Tit-Bits.