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iuom What is Going on in Our So cial World. PARTIES MO PASTIMES, Receptions, Teas, Cards, and all Manner of Pleasure Things at Home and Abroad. Macon society is made € ven more at tractive than usual just now by the pres ence of an unusually large number of un usually charming visitors, as the follow ing list will Hiow: Mis- Talbot, of Eaton ton, is with her aunt, Mrs. Charles M. Wiley; Miss Gardner, of Sparta, with her sister, Mrs. John Turner; Miss Irvin, of Washington, with Miss Margaret Calla way; Miss Griffis, of Chattanooga, Tenn., with the Misses Hazlehurst; Miss Pilcher, Miss Cornelius. Miss Payne, of Nashville, Miss YanJell, of Louisville, Ky_ Misa White, of Hawkinsville, with Miss Mary Cobb; Miss Maggie Weaver, of Greens boro, with Mrs. Richard F. Burden; Miss Rebecca Nall, of Griffin, with Miss Reba Ruan, Mies Daniel, of Atlanta, with Miss Stella Dank!, and Miss Courtney, of Richmond, Va., with Mr.-. John Courtney. • • • This morning at 10:30 o’clock at the Vineville Methodist church, Miss Camille Johnson and Mr. Edwin Davis were mar ried, Dr. J. L. White, of the First Bantist church oftlciateing. The church was pro fusely decorated with palms, and the wed ding nwsrrh was skillfully rendered by Mrs. S. A. C. Everett. Mr. Richard John ston and Mr. Pate Stetson were the ush ers. The bride wore a stylish traveling suit of brown cloth and fur with hat to match, and carried a beautiful bouquet of white roses. She entered the church with her bridesmaid, Miss Gertrude Taylor, who wore a gown of purple cloth and white satin with a large black velvet bat, and carried pink roses. They were met at the altar by the bridegroom and his best man, Mr. Fayette Davis. Immediately after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Davit left for vari ous points of interest in Florida, and after their return will be at home at the resi dence of Dr. and Mrs. Hinton on High street. The bride is the pretty and at tractive daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Holmes Johnson, and Mr. Davis is one of the best known and most popular young men in Macon, associated in business with his father, Mr. W. A. Davis, one of the city’s most prominent men. A number of hand some presents were received, and the young couple have innumerable friends to extend sincerest congratulations and good wishes. • • • Mrs. Maria Burks, of Wesleyan College, is spending the holidays with her cousin, Mrs. Richard F. Burden in Vineville. * • 9 Mrs. F. W. Lucas and daughter, of Athens, Ga.. are visiting Mrs. W. H. Pope on Madison street. * ♦ * Mrs. W. B. Lowe returns today to At lanta. after spending Christmas with her mother, Mrs. John B. Cobb. * Ifr * The Progressive Euchre Club will be en tertained tonight by Major and Mrs. Wil liam H Ross. * sjt The Whist Club will meet Saturday •morning at the residence of Mrs. S. iC. Singleton. K- 4c * Mrs. Walter Lamar will return home in a few days from Atlanta, where she has been spending some time with Mrs. Fannie Lamar Rankin. Mise Laura Anderson has returned home after a long absence, part of which time she spent in Nashville and the other part in Prescott, Arizona. Miss Anderson is one of the most.admired young women in society, and her friends will be delight ed to know that she has entirely recovered from the attack of nervous urostration with which she was suffering prior to her visit to Arizona. * * * Miss Martha Johnston entertains this evening in honor of Miss Mary < obb*s guests. < A ♦ Mrs. Carew lias returned to her home in Tampa. Fla., after a visit to her brothers, Mr. W.. W. Williams and Mr. J. H. Wil liams. ♦ ♦ * The Ladies’ Aid Society of .he ?»letho dist Orphan Home delighted ♦he children yesterday with a beautiful Christmas tree, and an elaborate dinner. * ♦ * Miss Annie Bannon gave one of the largest and most enjoyable card parties of j the season yesterday afternoon at her home on High street, complimentary to Mrs. Walter Harris Jones, of High Shoals, and Miss .Male Pegram, of Charlotte. N. C. •Miss Bannon, who is unusually hand some, was becomingly dressed in white or gandy’ with black lace trimmings. Mrs. Jones wore a stylish reception gown of old rose silk and white; Miss Pegram’s gown was of pink brocaded silk. They were as sisted in receiving by Mrs. Charles Ban non Jr., Mrs. Maury’ M. Stapler and Mrs. Church Berryman. The young ladies who participated in the game were Miss Louise Rogers. Miss Florence Talbot. Miss Little. 'Miss Marie Nisbet, Aliss Theo Tinsley. Miss Addie Walker. ‘Miss Florence Glenn, Miss Ellene Glenn, Miss Mamey Hatcher. Miss Ida Mangham, -Miss Nancy Winchester. Miss Lila Cabaniss, Miss Hattie Hazle hurst, iMiss Louise Hazlehurst, Miss Grif fis, Miss Marie Wilcox, Miss Estelle Court ney, Miss Margaret Callaway, Miss Miriam Powell, Miss Carolie English, Miss Kate Williams, Miss Zaidee Wright, Miss Cecile Cornell. ’Miss Reba Ruan, Miss Rebecca Nall, Miss Pilcher, iMie§ Cornelius, Miss ' Pay n®. Miss \ij ss Mary Patterson, ] L-9’7 <s< j n Davis, Miss Ethel Green, ' Miss Sarah Gardner, Miss Irvin. Miss Julia Huguenin. Miss Mamie Jemison, Miss Daniel. Miss Leila May Sasnett. The prize, a pretty watercolor picture in j an oval frame, was won by Miss Theo j Tinsley, and the consolation prize, also a | picture, was received by Miss Mamey ' Hatcher. Delicious refreshments were i served. • * • Among these who materially aided in j giving the children at tae Methodist Or phan Home a happy time yesterday, with toys and Good things, were Mr. R. S. -Pa- i tillo, Hebrew Young Lad'es’ Aid Society, The Elka, Messrs. Altmayer, Btdir.gfield Bros., Mafley. C. Marks, The Dannenberg Co., M. O'Hara. H. D. Adams, Benner 1 Bros.. Winn-Johnson Co., A. Daus, Gans, T. C. Parker and others. proofreading as an art. The One Cnrcrusfr.l nt It Mint Hare Many tccump! lmli uirutn. A recent issue of a Boston daily paper contains the following advertisement: “Any lady of fair education can learn to nad proof under personal instruction of ■ one of the world’s foremost proofreaders; a genteel occupation, <• sily learned: pays |ls to 5*30 v.-p» kly. h in! class ever form cl in Boston now brine oreanizod; tnem bership limited; itumediate application necesj-ary to enter cL-»-s Terms very rea sonable. ” We: heartily favor the proposition that every woman should be the, mistress of a remunerative occupation, by which she can contributes something to the industry and movement of the world, as well as to her I I own support when necessary, and we sin- ’ s cerely sympathize with the efforts of worn- j en to extend this field of useful and honor al<‘ employment and to gain access to new vocai ions. Proofreading is certainly i one of those vocations. But no mistake could be greater than to think of proof reading as something that “any lady can | learn.” I Proofreading is more than a trade. It is worthy of being called a profession. It is capable of liciug made a fine art. The true proofreader is the “finisher” of the “product.” And there is this paradox about, his work—when it is well done there Isa sense in which it does not show; we remember the proof reader only wheivhe is careless or neglectful. But so it is in truth with much good w’ork; it is often the not cluing ortho misdoing rather than the doing that enforces attention. The mere mechanics of proofreading j anybody can learn who can master the differences of letters and fonts, who has a quick and accurate eye* and who can order types and leads and spaces and punctua tion marks out of disorder and set each in its proper place and relation. But the mechanics of proofreading are simply its primary elements. To be able to spell and write the English language correctly, to know something in these days of other languages, at least the mod ern, to have some general knowledge of history and biography, to have a memory for names and dates, to be able to catch an author when he slips and check him when he goes astray, to remove the stains and smooth out the creases which some times disfigure the best of writing, to be able to suggest the last touch of polish for the page in type before it goes to become the page in print—all this belongs to the work of the true and truly efficient proof reader and demands a a combination of qualities which it is rare indeed to find in one person. The first principles of proof reading “any lady can learn,” but to be a proofreader in the large and distinguish ed sense is the growth of years of experi ence and may call into exercise almost as wide resources of scholarship and almost as great versatility of talent as authorship itself. It is a position to which any man or woman of brains and gilts might well aspire. Proofreaders like the late William Nichols of Cambridge and like Mr. A. W. Stevens of Lexington exemplify what we mean. Many an author of fame owes more to t he painstaking and ceaseless fidelity of his proofreader t han he would himself per haps bo willing to acknowledge, and the feat of riding several mental horses at once is by no means the least of the many forms of skill in which the proofreader must bo an adept. All success, then, to learners of the an cient and honorable art of proofreading, but let them net make the mistake of supposing that proficiency in it is to be won in a day. Boston Literary World. Palmerston and Itellgrlon. The most methodical of men in all things which were to him business, he was as careless as the younger Pitt himself in his private money affairs, It is a perfect ly true story that a London tradesman 1 believe a coach builder—-exasperated by his customer’s neglect, actually took steps toward putting an execution into Cam- I bridge House. Ono of the best rejoinders ever credited to Palmerston, which I happen to know to bo authentic, most close these Palmer stoniana. Always vain of his appearance and proud of his belles fortunes, he never j quite gave up his flirtations with young married ladies. Remonstrating with him on this habit, one of his devout relatives, a lady, began by describing it as ungentle- - manly; it was also, she said, contrary to all religion; finally, she urged, “it can never answer.” Then came the incorrigible reply of the gay veteran: “As to the first point, that is a question of opinion. I think it most gentlemanly. As to religion, I admit the practice of the churches differs. As to its not answering, your ladyship misappre hends the facts, for it never fails.”— Chambers’ Journal. j Aguinuldo'a Gifts to Dewey. “Admiral Dewey's cabin aboard the Olympia,” writes John T. McCutcheon to The Chicago Record, “is filled with pres ents from his admirers, including souve nirs of all kinds. Some of the most beau tiful of these arc presents from Aguinal do. The dictator has the greatest admira- : tion and respect for Dewey and has a sin gular habit of making an elaborate gift to the admiral whenever the latter ‘calls him down.’ “That accounts largely for the number of Aguinaldo presents that adorn the cab in. In all the dealings Admiral Dewey has had with Aguinaldo he has treated him with the greatest courtesy when cour- ’ tesy Was called for, and with the greatest severity when firmness was the thing; ; but, in spite of the rebuffs, Aguinaldo’e • notes accompanying the presents invaria bly refer to the admiral as ‘my honorable ■ and illustrious friend.’ ” , CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought r Piles, riles, rnesi Dh Williams’ Indian Pile Ointment will euro Blind, Bleeding and Itching Piles when all other ointments have failed. It absorbs the tumors, allays the itching at once, acts as a poultice, gives ’-•♦•ut re lief. Dr. Williams’ Indian Pile Ointment Is prepared only for Piles an* «* rt hing o f the private parts and nothing else. Every hex is warranted. Sold by druggists or SI.OO per box. WILLIAMS MANUFACTURING CO., Proprietors.-OUveland. O. •ent by mail cn receipt of price. 56c and MACON NEWS THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2? 1898. Tortured By Rheumatism. A Purely Vegetable Blood Remedy is the Only Cure. If the people generally knew the true cause of Rheumatism, there would be no such thing as lini ments and lotions for this painful and disabling disease. The fact is, Rheumatism is a disordered state of the blood—it can be reached, therefore, only through the blood. But all blood remedies can not cure Rheumatism, for it is an obstinate disease, one which requires a real blood remedy — something more than a mere tonic. Swift’s Specific is the only real blood remedy, and it promptly goes to the very bottom of even the most obstinate case. A few years ago I was taken with in flammatory Rheumatism, which,though mild at first, became gradually so in tense that I was for weeks unable to walk. I tried several prominent physi cians and took their treatment faith fully, but was unable to get the slightest relief. In fact, my condition seemed to grow worse, the pains spread over my entire body, and from November to March I suffered agony. I tried many patent medicines, but none relieved me. Upon the advice of a friend I decided to try S. S. S. Before allowing me to take it, however, my guardian, who was a chemist, analyzed the remedy, and pro nounced it free of potash or mercury. To the Soldiers. Christmas is nearly here and you will want to send the loved ones at home souvenirs of your stay in Macon. We have the prettiest line of Christmas goods in Macon. Everything in the way of Jewelry, Watches, Diamonds, Silverware, Novelties, etc., at reasonable prices. Call and see us. J. H & W. W WILLIAMS, KOAL! KOAL! KO AL! Try Our Satisfaction Montevallo, . Guaranteed. Jellico, Prompt Anthracite. ! Delivery. p & ne Roush Coal Co p 2 h 4 0 5 “ e This IT intry ITeather. Demands that you look to the comfort of your house. . First, the grate. If it is now out we have the new ones. Latest and best makes. Next, the windows. \\ e have the glass. Full lines builder’s supplies. - - • ■ - b™ wfiUKar mm 5 364 TH I RD ST. We are headquarters for HORSE BLANKETS. U e carry full line of Blankets, Lap Robes, Oiled Blankets, Rubber Aprons, Horse Brushes, Curry Combs, Etc. Spe cial attention to Mounted Officers’ and Cavalry Supplies. A full line of,Hunting and Regulation Leggings. G. B E R N D CO. Mfr’s HARNESS and SADDLERY. p For Christmas. d t An unusually choice and carefully | selected line of Gold and Silver nov- 4 L’ elties. J L . a t- Wrist Watches, Corps Badges, -j S <1 SILVER H For Fade, Bureau and Desk. A small and Ji k>’ choice lot of Pearls found in Georgia; and of <4 k- Georgia Gold. yi t ■ .ii L. O. STEVENS & BRO., J| 36© SECON D ST. 111 k I felt so much better after taking two bottles, that I continued the remedy, and in two months I was cured com pletely. The cure was permanent, for I have never since had a touch of Rheumatism, though many times exposed to damp and cold weather. Eleanor M. Tippell, 3711 Pow’elton Avenue, Philadelphia. Those who have had experience with Rheumatism know that it ! becomes more severe each year, and like all other blood diseases, the doctors are totally unable to Rm// tensify the disease. S. S. S. never disappoints, for it is made to cure these deep-rooted diseases which are beyond the reach of all other remedies. It cures permanently Rheumatism, Catarrh, Cancer,Scrofula,Eczema, , and all other blood diseases. It is the only blood remedy guar anteed Purely Vegetable Books mailed free by $ Swift Specific Company, Atlanta, Ga. cure it. In fact, the only remedies which they pre scribe are potash and mercury, and though temporary relief may result, these remedies pro duce a stiffness of joints and only in- North-Western Limited. ELECTRIC-LIGHTfcD 20th Century Train, For St. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth O 630 P. M. EVERY DAY. DAYLIGHT TRAIN LEAVES CHICAGO 830 A. M. DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. NIGHT EXPRESS 10115 P. M. DAILY. ALL AGENTS SELL TICKETS VIA Chicago and North-Western Ry. THE SHORT LINE TO MINNEAPOLIS AND DULUTH. Address W. B. KNISKER,N G. P. &. T. A. CHICAGO- - . - - ' ~ -- -- ~ _ ~ . ~.*T . Wb Are Better Prepared TTian Ever To take care of the building trade of Macon and tributary points. Our facilities for prompt ly filling orders are unexcelled. If you are go ing to build a bouse it will save you money to see us before buying your materia]. If you desire to build by contract, we are contractors and builders ana take any nouse, large or small by contract. Macon, Sash, Door and Lumber Co. Office, Fourth Street, Phone 416. Factory Enterprise,“South Macon, Phone 404 Christmas Comes But Once a Year. You know the rest. You may also know that we carry, by far, the largest and most complete stock of Whiskies, Brandies, Wines, Etc., to be found in Macon. All of the finest brands of Bottled Goods, Old Bottled Id 7 his kies, Old Id 7 in es oj Every Kind. Mumm's, Monopole Pomery Sec French Cordials ot Various Kinds. Appolinaris and all other Famous Table waters. Everything retailed at Wholesale prices. This is a point that should interest soldiers as well as civilians. A. & N. M. BLOCK, 556-558 CHERRY ST. Holiday G-oods. Pocket Knives, niiifnrii Table Knives, Fine Razors, |j I] I If! I1 1 Carving Knives Scissors, wu uui y. and ForkSj &c Silver Platefl Waie.iF”A lea Spoons, Butter Knives, Sugar Spoons, Nut Crackers, Etc. I Coal Vases, Fire Sets, Cake Boxes, Tea Trays, Etc. Just Received fullline White Enameled Steel Ware. i Guns, Revolvers, Ammunition. Third'st T r nnly safe, Bure tni ftPENNYROYAL PILLS. for D - KaircrrßO'SrAX. P11.X.3 and take no otherl Send for circular. Price per boi. 6 boxes for $5. JO. DR MOTT’S CHEMICAL. CO., - Cleveland. Ohio, For sale by H. T. LAMAR & SONS,;Wholeside Agentr. 3