Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-02-18

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Fine winter weather, but a little too
much of it.
Several other things besides college Q
football need reforming. n
Lake Michigan resists all tempta e
tons to become a skating rink. I
There is a prospect that the earth y
will step on the tail of the comet "
Feet are growing larger" Another 0
reason for the increased cost Of -liv Il
ing. e
Golf balls are going up in price and l
there threatens to be much privation h.
on the links.
In addition to life belts lake steam :;
ers should carry a complement of -
skates. =
Oleomargarine is in wrong when 1t )
is artistically colored and boxed up 1:
and shipped as cheese. Ct
Uncle Sans battleships are display. II
ing too great a fondness for the mud q
banks Of the Delaware.
Like all we~ll-regulated great fairs A
The Berlin exposition of 1911 is prepar- :,
ing to ask for a p~ostponement. =
Now a French warship has gone on sc
the rocks. Some of the navies Of the {
world do not seriously miss war. p;
Pigs are suggested as pets for chill tc
dren. They are particularly charming OF
in the form Of breakfast bacon. &C
Prof. Lowell has not told us wheth. o
er Halley's comet was looking pleas
ant when he took it's picture the other Fl
day. r.
II the monorail car is to be a com e
mercial success it should hurry to the "
task before the airship pre-empts the u
field. O
From a rough description of its e
operations, we conclude that the gyro-
scope train is safe from spreading of
the rails. e
Wall street reports a brisk demand -
for money. Sometimes Wall street !"
news has a wonderfully human and "
universal note, :"
New York wants to make Fifth av- Il
enue the greatest highway in the
world. Broadway, it is claimed. Is
the greatest buyway. oil
You can hardly blame the man who :,
turned to the sporting page expecting =,
to find there the news of the British =
political campaign. "
Very likely the st. Louis Judge who IL
wept when he sent two embezzling al
bank clerks to prison did not ave
any money in that bank. -,
For the leading nations of the world t;
to go bankrupt on Dreadnoughts is a u
costly way of providing themselves d.
with a worlds peace court. m
A cargo Of silk valued at 81, 900, 900 h,
was recently shipped from Japan to
this country. The cost of living is
likely to go on increasing. -,
Emperor William would like to stop al
the people from deserving the farms. 10
He might establish some rural FIVE W
pfennig moving picture shows. V
A Missouri professor claims that
Shakespeare used slang. But he never Us
interpoIated a Observation-Disclosures a
he-did-say" song in any Of his produc- st
tions. ca
Then, again, if 500. 900, 900 was sent w
down into Central America to secure -;
peace. think of the fighting there .,
would be for each man to get his =,
share of it! =,
A st. louis man is seeking a d. dc
vorce because his wife has not spoken III
to him for five years. Wait. Perhaps pr
he has reason to believe she intends al
to break her long silence.
Scranton, Pa, wants special men IN
ton because of a hen that lays eggs re
worth $500 a dozen. Out west they be
merely give such news a line In the er
miscellaneous market reports. to
Hollan is a little hamlet in Vir- es
ginia which does not amount to much pl
in itself. But it is a sort of store
house and shipping point for the crop
of peanuts which is one of the prin- ,
Cipal sources of wealth in that local D;
1ty. So when fire destroyed most of h;
the town and $40, 900 worth of peanuts III
went up in smoke, it was a calamity mr.
of considerable proportions. And
doubtless the attendants at the cir
Gus and the habitues of the peanut no
gallery" will have cause to mourn. y,
An esthetic couple in New York are al
in trouble because they insist on IN
dressing themselves and their young IN
son in ancient Greek costume and so III