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THE MACON TELEGRAPH: STTHDAY MORNTINTG, OCTOBER 21, 1894.
DIXIE INTERSTATE FAIR
MACON OCT. 23 TO NCW. 8, INCLUSIVE.
Under the Auspices of Georgia State Agricultural Society, Under the Management Macon Exposition Company
SEATS FOR TEN THOUSAND
PAIN’S Gorgeous Pyrotechnic, Historical Spectacle,
m SdMw !
350 PEOPLE IN THE CASTE.
ACRES OP SCENERY, /
MAGNIFICENT COSTUMES,* /
THE GRE^LAKE
Beautiful Ballet, Choruses, Marches, Sports apl Pastimes—
historically correct, Realistic eruptionlof UtAesuvius. One.
thousand dollars display ‘Fireworks nightly, J
Lucky Bill’s Wild/est Show'
Cow Boys’ fun, pony oxprcs.s/ampion rifle shots^nd Wild
West equestrians and rough rjjjfig-
GREAT MUSiCAL CONGESTS
By various Brass Bailor Individual, infltruKmental and voeul
contests. /
I /HE GEORGIA BQ$,
Prof. G CANADA. the Bdgh Wire Artist,
in 'ms Great Feats ojf Human Daring.
Finest display of Agricultnre, Mechanics, Fine Arts, Nee
dlework, F -ses, Cattle, Swine, Poultry and Dogs ever shown
in the S</th, illustrating the rapid development of this section.
/ = = ~
150,000 SQUARE FEET
Of floor spaqe in the main building, every inch covered with
interesting and instructive exhibits.
$15,000 in Purses.
The Finest Races
On the Finest Track,
In the Finest Park in the South, commencing October 29,
ending Monday, November 5.
A REPRODUCTION OF THE FAMOUS
MIDWAY PLAISANCE.
As seen in the World’s Columbian Fair, Chicago, embracing
German Village, Irish Village, Streets of Cairo,
Egyptian Hall in London, Libby Glass Works,
Blarney Castle, Japanese Village, Old Vienna..
Moorish Palace, Japanese Theatre. Turkish
Theatre, Persian Theatre, Palace of Illhsion,
New England Home, Trained Animals, Etc.,
Exhibiting Costumes, Customs and Amusements of their re
spective countries.
MOHS. ACHILLE PHILLIOM,
THE MARVELLOUS EQUILIBRIST,
In his wonderful feat of ascending the Spiral Tower on his en
chanted Ball.
THE SAHFORD SISTERS,
THE MUSICAL WONDERS,
Rendering their specialties in two daily concerts, delighting
Thousands.
THE ORIGINAL Be COMAS,
The world’s greatest mid-air Bicycle Riders, in their astonish
ing evolutions—a 3,000 feet ride suspended by the teeth.
See Official Programme in Daily Papers. Low Rates and Special Trains on all Railroads Entering Macon.
A. C. KNAPP, Secretary,
mum m mwmi.
Personal Experiences of a Macon Man
on llio Sandwich
Islands,
PraMili m. Graphic Dcccrlptloa of
the People ac lie flaw Thorn, and
the Country ac II Ia«Xcioc
About tho Sugar King*
NINE YEAItS A RESIDENT THERE.
“If I «u a young man I would go
Kick to tlio Bandwlcn Inlands again,”
remarked Mf. Johu Dempsey, general
foreman at tho Central shop, llio oUn-r
day. Hccalllng Unit Mr. Dempsey was
a resident of Uio Sandwich Islands for
alno years—being employed by Claus
Spreekles ns cblet engineer at bis su
gar mills—1 asked Uiui to toil wo of
tho Islands and tliclr people. A taro
raconteur. Mr. Dempsey wake* verita
ble word'Pcturvs la describing bis ex
periences and observations wb.lo a
resident of tlieso tar olt Isles. Tho
glamour of the Occident, tho sapphire
skies, the endless bloom, llio doloc far
alttt* existence were round nbout wo
as 1 listened.
“I went out to tlio Islands,” ho said,
“to take charge- as chief engineer—of
Claim Sprockies’ sugar wills on llio
Islam! of Muni, one of tho Sandwich
group, ninety miles from Honolulu.
Tho sugar plantation of tho Hawaiian
Commercial and Sngir Company—
Claus BprMMaa and sous Iking iho
eomi>any—Is tho liirg.-st In the world.
Tlfe properly helouged originally to
1'rlneeiM Ruth, hut was held on n lease
by Father Menolr, parish priest at
Wntluki. Spreckles having bought the
land from i’rlneesa Until, Father l.e-
liolr surrendered aH lights ns lei-.s,
la order to secure work for the Mtiros',
'SprecRIes had his eys ou Uic prop-
arty long before ho made any attempt
to buy It, and ns the land tli.-ro must
be Irrigated, fuur years.In advance of
his purchase he se--ii’.vd the passage Of
a law pennlttlnga person, for (OipOM
of liTlgatkoi. to carry water across
any Unda between waterways and his
own property- 6pieekl#o gave t.roof
of hi* far-seeing business aeuinen in
this, fer we had to bring water a dis
tance of forty BUM by Iron pipes and
wooden rtumi-s. We bad four mills on
the plantation but only Used ihiev of
them at it time. The capacity of Urn
thro* mills was twelve ton* an hour.
We made four grade* of sugar--.1, It,
0 ond D. 'the refuse or molasses as
v.-o wore no! allowed to make nun of
It—wc run luto the oceaa.
“It took nine tons of oatie for one
ton of sugar,-which will give you so
Idea of the amount of care used tn a
season. A thous.ind-acpo Bold of e.ino
would Vew often yield eight tons of
sugar to the aero, or seventy-two ions
of cane. Sometimes tho yield would
exceed llitS. We used refuse colic for
fuel, aud all our coal was brought
cither from Australia or British tX>-
lunibla, at a cost of SIS per b-u.
“Steam plows ivero Med for break
ing ground for the crop. We had six
setts of wtrom traction engines, which
enabled us to work six gang plows of
twenty-tour plows to the gang. Tho
engines were set 400 yards apart at
opporit* ends of the Held amt tho plows
attached by a wire cable to a drum on
the engine ond were hauled from end
of the field to the other, every round
trip leaving in Its ivako forty-eight
{trebly turned furrows. The six plows
would turu over 283 furrows every
round trip. With no frosts, a land of
perpetual summer, with sufficient water
for irrigation, thero Is no failure In
crops. To linndlo tlio work at the mills
und on the plantation wo used 850 Jap
anese und .'.'Jo Chinese, besides u largo
oontlngent of Kanaka, or native la
borers. Five locomot-.vcs, 1,000 cars,
forty miles of permanent double track
und forty miles of portable truck nro
required m humHo the product of the
plantation and the mills.
‘Tho master spirit of Oils vast cn-
terpr.se. In fact the master of all com
mercial Interest* on tho Sandwich Is-
Inuils, was Claus Bprcckles. Ills life
Is a veritable romnnee of business, If
Uiero cun bo nny romnneo In business.
Horn In Bavaria, ho left the Father
land at the age of 10 and bullied at
Clinrleaton, 8. C., wlUi ?2 In his pocket.
With no education other than to ho
obtained In Iho hamlet school of an
ugrlculiiir.it district, ho started out to
work his way to fortune. From
Clinrleaton he went to Now York. I
am not curtain whether ho married In
Charleston or New York. From New
Y'ork ho went to San Francisco, and
hero fortune seemed to nivait him at
every turn. Engaging In tho grocery
business, Re merged from that Into the
brewing business, nnd from brewing
turned to sugar planting nnil refining.
It la as tho Sugar King that ho la best
known, and In this business ho lias
gathered the most of Ida great wealth.
A mate who never divulges his plaus, a
student of men, quick and determined
tn action. 1 retard him ns the most
astute player on tho business dicss
I Nun'll of tlio world. Despite, however.
] all the tianl tilings that have been said
' about him, Claus Spreckles is loyal to
his friends, n liberal and kind em
ployer nnd n man who keeps faith In
alt business transactions.
•The magnitude of Spreeklcs’ busi
ness intervals on tho Islands forced him
Into tho role of a political dictator,
llo made Kalakau king, sotting Bold*
the claims of Emms, tho dowager
queen, and the lust of the Knme.iina-
11a dynasty. Kalakfiu had the iintno
but Spreeklcs got the came. As long,
however, ns Rnlnksii kept faith with
Kpreetlcs nil went well, lu time, how
ever, listening to the Advice ..f others,
lie was easily flattens—he was led to
bell ere lie could found an empire of
the Isles of the Pacific, uniting Samoa
nnd dthcr groups Into a great confed
eration, of which lio would he the em
peror. To (hat end he Nmsht an old
steamer—A perfect tub—tor 18,000, ex-
pended 128,000 on her In repairs, and
sent 'John Rush ns minister plenipo
tentiary and envoy extraordinary to
Samoa, Rut this scheme of empire
Ms soono exploded. Spreokle* forced
him to discharge his chief adviser, a
shrewd* and unscrupulous Italian ad
venturer. ivltli a direst that If ho re
futed lie would bo compelled to iil«li-
rote. The tnorwtpg business Interest
of iho Amerte.in,colony nnully forced
tho A'uivriatu residents to take some
j decisive action to protect themselves
from the uncertain vagaries of native
rule.
“Of tho climate nnil the wonderful
fertility of the son no wools can fitly
describe It. The orange, lemon, guava.
! Umarind. banana, bread trait, plueap-
i pie anil ooeoannt arc Indigenous to the
salt Nature seems to ham anticipated
| the wants of man. and the BUM
stems a At complement to his »ur-
I roumliugH. A Kanak regards all lu-
N>r, beyond that nuwty for procur
ing sufficient food, as useless. He eon-
sa white man oa work Intent as
liquor. made from a species of - aches
I cr prickly pear, anti be is content. To
• have a tana, the native name for
front, Is the acme of bis ambition.
This consists of pol, barbecued plg-and
Bomet.uio* dog. rr
••nieir manner of barbecuing a pig
Is unique, 'lliey dig a hole lu tho
ground of the requlrctl size anil lino
bottom and shies With stones weighing
nbout six pounds. They build a Uro
lo tf, and when they lnive a hot bed
of coals they throw In nones and pllo
on more wood uml heat tho stones red
hot. They make nn Inoislon In each
able of the pig Just bac« of tho foro
shoulders nnd draw him. Two men
take hold of him, one by the fore legs
and one by thn hind legs, nnd, holding
him over the lire, slowly turn him
from ono side to tho other until tho
hair is all singed off. Tlio singing fin
ished. tlio pig Is wash.nl Inside and out
nnd filled with hbt stones... He Is then
ivrnppetrin folds of tho ted leaf, cased
In elny and covered .vlth hot stones
nnd coals; A ring Is formed around
llio pit und the Kanaka dauco aud sing
until the pig 19 cooked.
"Wlien ready tir be served they nil
sit down In u row and the pig and pol
nro served ou plate* made trom tlio ten
leaf. Pig served this way Is delicious.
“Pol is the national dish. It ts pre
pared from tho Taro, n species of lily.
Tho butt) or root, rosombilug a turnip,
Is Riu portion used. It is planted on
bottom lands that cna bo overflowed,
ns It wilf'hot grow except under wa
ter. When the time conies to harvest
the Taro tlio native* strip to the waist,
wade Into tho mud and water, selzo
the ton of the plant, pull It out of tho
soft, black mud in which It is rooted,
cut off the bulb aud stick tho tops
back luto die mud again to grow a new
crop. Tb prepare pol tho bulbs are
ilmt washed and parboiled, ader which
they are placed In atudo stoue mortar
nnd reduced to the consistency of
book binders' pastel It is then placed
In n gourd calabash holding about half
a peck and allowed to ferment, wheu
It la ready for use. Thero nro tlireo
grades of pol—one finger, two fingers
and three fingers. It' Is termed cno
finger when thick enough for a finger
load to make a mouthful, two llugcrs
ivhen It requires two Qagora to ladle
it .nto the mouth , aud three fingers
when If requires three Ungers to scoop
it up. A null has been established to
make flour of Tnro, which Is shipped
to thl* eoiiutry und Europe foroise In
the hospitals. It has Nell proved a
perfi-et food lor the *lck and Is recom
mended as a sure cure for-dyspepsia.
Taro baked the* oatno way as wa hake
potatoes Is delicious.
‘Their homo Is a veritable garden of
the Lord, with tltb thost perfect ell-
mate on the globe, jet the native race
Is doomed to final extinction. Tho
deadly nnd insidious leprosy Is their
bane. Onco Inoculated there Is no
cure. A stalwart'and perfect raco
physically, they have fared poorly at
the hands of nfleo races. Leprosy was
unknown on die Islands until after
1S32. when the first Chines* were
lauded. The native name for It ts
Ml pa-ca-or—Chinese sickness. Its rav
ages are Increased by the haeblts of the
native*. Indolent, creatures of the ap
petite, subject to po moral restraint,
leprosy I* the deadly price they pay.
It is not only the bane of tho natives,
but of every white iu*s who does not
Isolate himself. When l first went to
Kalinin! thero were fourteen white
men fhero amt not a trace of leproay,
and In eight years they were alt lepers.
It can be taken by Inoculation; .i
scratch on the hand by one tainted
with It Is siiltielent 1 always shaved
myself while thero for fear of It.
When a native discover* that lu- has
, the disease h- seeks to hide It as long
as poos file, and uses s preparation of
herb* known to the natives which will
k.--.p ,t back for a time. When t!r<
tolls the l-'.-r Hctlrn, dreading the ex
ile to the h per settlement on the island
10. WADLEY, General Manager,
\
Will serve all market delicacies in the most excellent style to
"Visitors to the Big F^ir.
Remember we keep everything that is delicious and toothsome. We
never close—open day and night. Finest cooks in the city; polite atten
tion to guests.
We have a limited number of rooms. Our location is convenient and
those who will visit the city during the fair would do well to secure accom
modations in advance.
Fish, Oysters, Quail. Rice Birds, Doves—everything in the game line
served in every conceivable style—all hours day or night.
ULLMAN & WILLIAMS,
Proprietors, Cherry, Between Third and Fourth Streets.
of Molokai, flee* to tho mountains. Ho
knows Unit once :it Moi.ik.tl, he W.U
never see relatives and friends again.
The ocean stn-fi-hiug in limitless per-
spective on the one side and shark In
fested waters between him and his
home on the other prevent^. escape.
While In the mountain* they are fed
by their relative*. Tills tail go on un
til a public outcry forces the authori
ties to act. and then tho poor unfortu
nates will be hunted out. If there ,.ro
a hundred In concealment fifty wdl bo
arrested—Just enough to satisfy tho
clamor-ana sent to Molokai. This
drendful malady is ihe only drawback
to life on these Islands. The lotus
eaters - elysiuiu. the counterpart of
1-Men. el,null—s sum-lime ■ v.i-
tempered by cooling brressi. a land of
p.rennml bloom, yet it is blight-,1
with tho most terrible pestilence that
ever aiuleteJ human flosb.”
SOME AMUSING BULLS.
What an English Newspaper Contest
Brought Out.
London Tid Bitse offered a prize -,f
one gu,nea for the most r.emuslng
“bulls' and these are soma specimens
sent In. the first one taking the prize:
A certain polltldnru, 1 ttly condemn
ing the government for their recent pol
icy e.utc-nf.ng the income tax, is to-
ported to have sold: ‘They'll keep cut
ting the wool off the sheep that lays
the golden eggs until they pump It
dry.”
Below are some of the best competi
tions scut in:
Extract from a .qx-\h made at a
meeting to remote total abstinence:
“fhe glorious work will never be ac-
co'ulismd until the go si ship Temper-
acne' shall sail from on- en.l of the
Lind to the other, send with a cry of
•victory!' at each step she takes, shall
plmt h-r banner In every city, town
aud vOlaega in the fn '.si Kingdom.**
An Irishman, in the midst of a tirado
against landlords sod capitalists, de
clared that If these u-.n were landed
on an. uninhabited Island, they
wouldn't be there half nil hour before
they would have their lieunds la tlio
pocket* of the naked savages.”
Only a few weeks ago, a lecturer at
a big meeting gave utterance to 1ho
following: “All along tho untrodden
pueths of the ljutro wo can see the foot
prints of an unseen lianiL”
"We pursue the shadow, the bubble
bursts, and leaves the r.slis iu cur
hnuds.”
One of the regulations of tho West
Bosoton Bridge Company reaeds:
“And th sueld prepr.tors shall meet
annually on the first Tuesday of June,
provided the same does not fall on Sun
day.”
An orator nt one of tho university
unions here off the palm of merit when
he declared that “the British lion,
whether it Is roaming Die deserts of
India or climbing the forests of Canad-
ae. will uot draw in Its horns nor re
tire Into Its sheik”
POLICE COURT METHODS.
An Easy Way of Judging Former
Prisoners.
The methods of the jjrofessionael
reader of mamneript* for ae publish
ing house, who Is said occasionally to
put an almost Imperceptible mark on
u manuscript which he finds, in hi*
opinion, worth! ■**,- In order that a
brother reader for another house may
not have the trouble of spending much
time In passing on U, find a counter
part In the method* of tons of the Jus
tice* of the pollceeaurts. A reporter of
the Now York Evening Post had occa
sion I Yoritville police court to Inquire
about a man who hod boyn held for
trial under J300 bond* several days be
fore. The complaint was finally found,
and the clerk. nf-T a hasty glance at
It, mid ho could not tell anything more
about the man. Suddenly -he clerk ex
claimed, after a closer look:
“Oh. yes, he was a rink bad ’un.”
Inquiry elicited th efiict that some
of the Justices hive s hiblt of putting
private marks in Inora-iplcuous pin, re
ou cvr.aln complaint* In order that
they and Judges, woh, afterwards ha'
to oonslder tide same case inay not ha’
to waste muoli time in the matter,
a mta who Is brought up before tl
-Justice ha* -ill unprepossessing uppea
anoe and be-jra marks of wSchedne
on his face, on almost tmpercaptlb
Croat' Is placed close under the last h
ter of the algikitrfre he puts on the oi
side fold of ubecompkunt, holding ti
man under bond* or for trial.
The ooeual observer never would d
Wot It, and u closer glance would gb
one tho Idea ultat it wha simply a cai
leas blemish lit forming the letter,
the prisoner seem* a hard character, I
matter what hi* protestations may t
two crosses are put uddetrthls nan
And If th* nun arraigned appears
bo a dyed-tn-the-wool villain, thr
crosses tell the talc.
Justices who have never seen the mi
or the one who ha* made the privj
mars* can Judge of the prisoner, wh
brought up. In weeks or months aft’
no matter what his -mask of go
c o:hes,c lean face and air of re*peel
Ihllty may be. It Is a simple matter
“nearthlng the original complaint, a
eul lng the degree of the Judityal a«
esUon or decision to the number of p
vate signs, or lack of them, on th
complaint.
os! faith could be usel. The sdhei
parent rascality is capable of gre
The original scheme of private mar
against prisoners of an opposite poll
lainy a minute mark for the'compln!
may be Mid to be 4n its inclpie
on complaints sgatnst prisoners of a
stage.
INDICTED FOB MUItDER.
-Unite City, La., Oct. 18.—Today Dft
E. W. Maggan was arrested, charged
j with murder In the first degree. It la
; said that he hired tho two assassins
j who went to the house of William
; Mulder, near Independence, a few
: weeks ago. and fired through llu- v.-in-
dow nt Mulder, killing M-J. .Muldel
i and wounding her sister amt Mr. Xliih-
I ler. Dr. Maggan came here from Vlf-
g.nia atxiut seven years ago. His rep-
: utatiou has been above suspicion an.1
few can be made to believe that his
| hands are atalaed in die foul murder.