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10 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.