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THE MACON TELEGRAPH: "WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 28, 189*.
THE MftGON TELEGRAPH
PUBLISHED EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR
AUD WEEKLY.
Office 569 Mulberry Street.
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carrier* to lb* city, or mulled. po,tage
free, » ctnu * month; »LS» for three
months; H.M for alx month*; 17 for one
year; ererr day except Bander. Id.
STUB 1'ELtXlKA r-rt-rm- w eekly, Won-
deye, Wedneedtye end Friday*, or Twee-
day*. 'ftturaday* and lUturdey*. three
month*. elx month*, f>; one year. H
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on* year, tl.
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Remit by poelat order, check or refla
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and all ordera, caccka draita, etc., made
payable to TUG TKLKORAPH,
Madon, Oa.
HOB ALDERMEN.
Tbo Good Government Club presents
tho following arad.date* for aldermen
nt the election to bo bold on tba 8tb ol
December next:
Pint Ward—JOHN M. WAT-KKR.
Second Ward-E. J. WILLINGHAM.
Third Ward—AlultltlS HAPF.
Fourth Ward—W. A, GOODY.
Flfib Ward—T. E. EYAl.S.
Sixth Ward-O. D. PEAVY.
PLATFORM.
"ftesolvad. That It la tba obit, t and
purpose of .'The Good Government Club
of tha city of Macon to accompllih by
laafui meant and honorable method* the
election of«.x aldermen on the Itb day
of December next who will diligently eeek
to control the administration at .,ur clt)
government In the latereat and to th<
hoi.ur of !!)• entire community; wbo r ill
haw the city law* perlaiently nr.d impar
tially enforced, and who will, to 10 far
ae our city charter provide*, havt tba
city government co-operate with the
atei* author!tlca to detecting end prone-
cutlng to conviction all violation* of atat*
law* within the .city Umita. Espresaly
dlac.almtog all animosity, prejudice and
dea're to pereeoutv or oppoaa nny of our
fellow altlaue. w* engage In thla move-
mcnl becauae of pubUo oonaldaratlona
only, and we appeal to the people of the
city, without regard to race, claa* or con
dition, political affiliation* or rellglou*
belief*, to join iia In It, end we invite
euch of our fellow cltiaena who lata *o
determined and who deelre I.iemherehlp
to thla dub with a view to promote it*
causa, to ear oil their name* on the btok
w* keep for that purpose."
OALL ON l'Effi TttBAHOBBB.
A good many, peuplo.wtuy a« certain
thku they bare pj.rt all their tuxes and
art. cnxtled U> voru may In ny ai iktu.
It heut dovuiopod that too street tax n
of.try imeituKv las nod b*at .uoluited
vtL'aa tho o-tlzca asked fur lx* uix b.U
xml paid ft,
Fior Urs ivueoo U 1* greatly to bo de
sired that every tux payer wbo :» not
glMalUMly oupu n that bu baa pa.d his
street tax ahull o.ill on the treasurer
aud (tod oat whether be Use doao no
or not.
Til E BOND ISSUES.
There cum be no doubt that the peo
ple ice uvfirse to an 'nnM.no or too
public debt tn a time of peace. it
may oo evuu slid that they ruaont too
Issue of two Imns of fifty mill on do;,
lore oaoh l*y ton present tulm'.aAtra-
Una. But it ts not too part of putri-
ousm to use this natural feeling of
toe pooplo to emttttw dun against
the udin-u'.ituuKvin. which .n issuing
toe bond* docs about the only thins
possible to savo tbo ocetit of the gov-
enomouk Without tbo firac of them,
the tnusury would imw bj bunkrapt
and ta ounwnoy system la tho worat
poMiide srafe of dtaorder. Without
the sooond, tooso misfortunes were
euro to ovei'luko tbe ooitatry in the
mans of a few weeks or mouths.
I nsv.nl of 'the v.toperatlon tarcotod
towards INHOdant Olevolaud In ntoi)
gome of^our oiaiotnporar e* Indulge.
It would toe fxr Miter for them to give
their readers to uudenstend tho aotual
facts of toe s.tujiloa. They would
Urea !m!p -h> improve tlie sltuit.-ou. It
Is pei'fi.afjy a-"Uv*) to denouneo tbo ad-
nujjjiu ion .or Issuing betels without
trying to help it out of toe difficulty in
which Ct Is pkuvd by unwise laws on
the sai:i)h> books. It Is nude toe duty
of too (Mrenainent to msuiraji tbe eon-
vercial.tj of all forme of our currency.
It Cannot, w-toout a gross uegtoot of
duty, permit 'toe money lu toe treasury
to full to so low a point that puM o
oonfiUcnoe will be lost xt Its ability to
pay gold oo demand. Nor oun it fall
to permit Just cfajns at tbs govern
ment, already due, to remain unpall
It csMjbort slop the mall service, it can
not «U->\v tbe array and uavy to go un
paid, it cannot do anything thv. will
Show Mint tbe goreruraeut U uniible
to comply wto Its tuuoclal engsge-
lUi-jcn. In view of tbe fact that toe
loojxfie ot tbe eor«mtn<xtt Is now
ab ut swvtdre txBILoa dollars s month
lose ibto tbe txiA-oNv* wfc'ch congress
bar uipxied upon K, wtub posable
thing is there to do except to borrow?
It hit n author ty to tax beyond toe
estetr .lusborised by the laws and
thee •Catv oanna: loaraese Its lnoome In
tbo- way. - It cannot use toe silver be-
Joo” -sg to N 'n tbo treasury te pay its
debts, because It ho* no xutoor ty In
Irw .1 to employ it, tad even If it hid,
in dung so it wetfid v.oUu- toe Injunc
tion of tbe Ix-jv toot It mn*t ma ntaln
toe convertibility 0 f tbe tauvracy.
The Ta.w under which the government
sots n borrowing was intended merely
to rxsitWe M. to preserve toe parity of
toe A fferent Kinds <>f money, by being
always In a position to redeem green
backs wt demand In gold. But at toe
Mttom of toe difficulty Is the icsutb
' 'i*ny of toe governiumu’* revenues.
I It to obtged to pay oat gold to moot
curnent expenses, and thus draws not
only tram Its supply of ’money, but
from the supply of gold Intended to
make the paper currency safe. Tbe
government is certainly In a very un
fortunate, very week, powlton. It It
st the mercy of «U comers, we uwy
say. It aan be forced to -tsue bonds
whenever toe market Is congested and
too &nterese rate becomes very low.
The remedy lies with oougrete, not
with too sdofinisWatlon, and to tbid da-
vtk.ng of tots remedy congress ought
to address Itself promptly when It re-
ssaemMle* on the first Monday la De
cember. It ,‘s said that toe president,
through too seanmary at toe treasury,
will submit a plan by which the gov
ernment win bo relieved of the neces
sity of furnlablug gold for exportation
st toe domaod of note hold ora, nod of
'asuffig bonds to men who bafe more
money than they ran lend. There Is
no other way tn which too evils of tbe
mention mri be completely cured, and
wo hope that the plan will bo cone d
ered on Its mentis, without reference
to too cUmor of Populsts and tbetr
synqUikLzem. In repealing tbe Sher
man kuw, toe De&toonttlc party took
a long step dowonls tbe r.ght kind of
ret&Wui of onr ourrency sys;cnt. If it
Hba.ll talkie toe other step nhut Is neo-
cssary and nMcetoo tr,usury tram tbe
booking bus.mas, n add lion to hav
ing rdfornu.il too 1ur.ff even after an
Inoampleie fosb-on, It will hove won
too tight to domand toe ruspeo: of tbo
people. Tbrne vc.ll vtudiuuo Its wis
dom.
FREE SHU'S.
When Prasldaot Clevoland went to
PMbdtdph-o s eltort time ago to bo
present at too launching of the St
Louis, tbe flirt of tho grant trans-Ait-
lantio liners buflt on tbs side of tho
ocean, ho nude s little speech In wh.ch
he suggested tbe reform of our nanga-
tfon lau-s. Uo flavored free ships, wn.le
standing In the greatest of American
ship yards, and in tiuao free chips will
come.
Tho «t. Louis Is bu.lt for s company
which scoured from congress too right
to rag etur two ships built abroad, in
ooMLdetuit£rtnof to* having,two otpully
good built In the United States. Wlicn
those four vaiscfe are In service, pre
sumably otw wtU be as pronuibte as
aoathcr ro toe company and, through
the aompxny, to the pooplo of the
Unlfed Salto*. If the English built
vessels of tho fleet earn mlll-ons of dol
lars tor their American owuurs, that
money will be Just as good and a* use
ful as the siixto number of dollate
earned by tho American built vessels
In tho fleot. Tbe two foreign built
ships w.ll be to every way ns profita
ble In the performance of ihe services
of wh.oh ships are capable as the
American built, if It be well for the
country, therefore, tor its c-trrylug
ir.--.ia to bo .n tho lisouls «.t is own |h*>
pie. it aintut make the aLghtcst dif
ference whuiher too trade Is carried In
homo bu.lt vassals or mat. The poo-
oaoslou of a tmorlrmt tnarino .s toe
feat of prima .mporuiux'. The gut
ting of toe ptolkis to be made In bu-ltl-
tog the ships Is one of secondary Im
portance. Expenonoc has demon-
utratod tout If our goverumont will per-
ufit our dr zeta to own no ships which
are tot buTt in this country, then they
w.ll rofltso to go .nto toe oosau carry
ing bum nous. They cannot do so proflt-
olily. Bemuse of too proiub-t.on of
registry to vcecjols owned by Ameri
cans, but not built In this oonutry, the
sb.p balding ludtMiry sung to a very
low ebb. Lt has boon rov.vud some
what, ua-nly by ordvrs for building
wur ships for toe navy But that is
but prvcutioua employ mow, and It Is
employment which the ysidt would
have rowivod -wbotosr or not Hh-.ps
wmvi free. Traoc-cxlly, therctore, :t
we are to liellovo tho Icseom of expo-
tiiuce, even the ship yards have noth
ing to gain from >Ua pylluy of pnxec-
ttou so king persisted in. With free
ships, It Is rcusone'uo to .believe that
the country would soon bar* a mur
oantlls marine ndctjun's toe Its uvu-ls
ana the ship yards weu'-l get ao less
work to do than they hare now.
UNJUST AUR'iSTS.
Some days ago the Tricgrapt print.d
In Its local oclumns the story told by
a detective of tfim city ocnoottong too
arrest of centhto oklxvns of Cbuunccy
oo toe chatgo of hawng blown open n
safe In tons town. Ailtornnrda It
primed a telegram from Gbuuoccy,
shuwi.ng that these gvorivincn, when
enu gued heflore the court, were
promptly doahtuged. the evidence be
ing of o> flimsy a cfanracrar as to ex-
olio too 4auLgnatoia of the presiding
Judge a gains: toe perrons rmpons.ble
tor the ertveTH.
Tho Telegraph baa received a latter
stgoed by 'Mofem. W. H. Forreyt, W.
H, Wtktox. H. B. Thompson, J. 5. Ca
nard anil J. D. MfOomiefc, the gentle
men who were so unjustly tubjrotvd
to the humlKatloa of arrest on an ac-
otwtioa so serious, tn wfc oh they de
nounca toe pemans v-aom they held
reapyatiblo for t6Yr aair.-r-.ng a very
severe language. While sympato'a ng
with tour kkllgnatioo, too Idi-gtaph
thinks U better, because of the riidcnea
of the hngtnge employed and the sc-
tiousneas of tbe charge* mad*, net to
print -this Jotter. No good ora coma
from its publication. So tor as wa can
see,.the gentlemen are completely vin-
d'oated. The Judge, in d'amiaelng the
case apder tbe o.rcumHunni, certainly
showed that In bis m.ud there was no
proof whatever of their guilt. Tire
Triumph regrets haring primed the
original stride, beams?, as events
hare shown, its pubVau.ou tended to
the injury of persons anlasdy accused
of crime. The toot that the arrests
hud been made, however, justified It,
awarding to newspaper pwot'-'->, xn
making the puW.-cat.ou, trad ,n doing
so it wss equally with tho gentlemen
Immediately concerned a rottm of tbe
practices from, wlflch they suffered.
OAiN M AOON AFFORD IT ?
"The failure of the Macon Kxposition
Compear to per the permlume which it
agreed to pay th* aoccesaful exhlhltora
at the recant Dixie Interxtat* Fair hae
excited wldeapread dlaeatlafaction, and
th# cxhIWtor* who were euwarded pre-
mluma are complaining bitterly.
"The expotltlon company It compoaoa
of aom* of the wealtWevt and moat prom
Inent citizens of Macon, and the prospec-
tu* of th* fair embraced tha name* ot
-many leading Georgians and the govern
ors of other Southern states. Naturally
the exhtbltora felt encouraged to do their
best, and It la admitted that they made
the fair a flrst-claa* exposition. It la not
treating them fairly o make them tote
the result* of their labor, and we cannot
believe that Macon will allow them to go
without the Justly-earned rewards ol
(heir skill and toll.
"The truth 1st Macon cannot afford to
do It. Her wealthy citizen* who organ
ised the exposition company should go
down In their pockets and foot the bill,
and we believe that they will do It.
they do not, then their failure to live up
to their contract will Injure Macon, In
lure Georgia and Injure the proepects ot
future fair* an* exposition* In this state.
The payment of the premiums was
promised ‘after the jloao of the fair,' to
use th* anguago of tho official prospec
tus, but the great majority ot the extib;
(tors are atilt watting.
"The State Agricultural Society also
ha* a grievance. Th* expoottton company
wa* to pay lt tl.750 on the second day ol
the fair, but It asked for a week'* delay
and then paid only $1,000.
"Clearly thla way of doing buslnesi
must necessarily hurt Macon, Georgia,
the agricultural society and our future
expoettlons. The people of Macon are
liberal and publio-splrited and we cannot
behave that they will let the matter rest
here. We feel aatlsded that they will
raise the money and redeem every pledge
mode by the exposition company."
We roptlgft too above from the At-
lanoa Goarst-tuton for toe purpose ot
commending it to the careful consid
eration of our o'tilxens who are Inter
ested to too 'future welfare of Macon.
There 1* a great dull of truth and force
to wfxat too aamatitution says. If the
premiums due ~to exhibitors are not
paid, what chance will we Juto in too
future to make a fair a success? It
they are not paid, toe good results to
toe oily of the hast and oompletsat
fi r too city has ever hud will bo lost
The times are bard, bu* we arc sure
toait no hotter -'uvastmont can be made
by our dtirent than la the puymerit of
to* money duo to l5o people who as
sisted In malt.ng too Dixie Fair toe
auoecHS to was as an osiwfWan.
Why Is lt tout a movement Intended
merely to secure good government
through the enforcement of the laws ex
cites the bitter hostility of toe liquor
deafens!
THE HOUGH FANATIC'S MISTAKE.
"What Fool* There Mortals Bo!"
To tho Editor of too Telegraph:
That the ahuao ot intoxloatlmc drink
and tha traffic therein are a source of
great evil no honeai and Intelligent
nun wiil deny.' That there ora honest
and ln-;elhgent doubts and dlfferecesas
to the wlsee-t and best means of ore-
vontlng or diminishing this evil Is
equally true.
Thu proposition tost there would bo
less abuse. If such drink were as free,
plentiful and convenient as water,
though not plausible or much advo
cated when examined In -too light of
human experience and human nature
Is not without foundation. That -there
ohould be restriction and regulation Is
tho conservative if not. too correct
view. -That Us manulttnure and sale
should bq entirely prohibited U tha
extreme position, and tho one that la
likely for a while ut least to prevail
throughout this country, utfiess a groat
chance for toe bettor toon tak** "1*<“
Among our liquor dealers and their al
lies.
Many of us who are wedded to the
doctrine toad to* greatest degree of
liberty ehould be Sett to toe Individ
ual rhat is consistent with to* eafetv
of society have believed that at tot*
stage ot our civilization publio aen'.i
affairs. In order to administer our city
governments la their Interests alone
and to ehleld themselves even from
prosecution for their . hfMm P i Tlot4 .
tlons of Uw. ■■ ■ * ,
‘•We tore now m our o,-.-n city
forcible illustration of this spirit of
defiance and domination. T.iey have
ruled our city for years, -with what
measure ot success I shall not now
discuss. They have a.t tola t'tmo -in our
aldermanlc board a large proportion of
liquor dealers, who, with their perso
nal, political and business friends,
have an overwhelming majority. Yet
when a very large nu.-nt>cr of our citi
zens presume to organize and present
to toelr feXow citizens six candidates
for sldermea they raise the false cry
of prohibition class rule, church rule,
etc., when they and all of us know
that If every one of there candidates
should be elected the whisky iwierext
and the whisky element would grill
have nearly aa mat* representation as
an other Interests and element* com
bined.
“I do not mean to charge all of my
fellow citizens -who are engaged or in
terested 1,1 the liquor traffic with vio
lations of the law. or with entertaining
such extreme or narrow views. Some
of them ere law-abiding, conservative
and generous men, but'lhey are tn toe
minority and are dominated like to'e
rest of the community.
"It Is well known -that toe Good Gov
ernment Club Is not a prohibition or
ganisation, or any olasa movement. It
la composed of all classes and publishes
every day to the world Its only pur
poses. It Is not an effort to destroy
any business or Merest tost Is now
lawful, but to protect all tost Is lawful
and to prevent that onCy -which Is un
lawful; to promote the welfare of all
our people at home -and the honor and
reputation of our city abroad. Ie it
possible that there Is a sensible man
In Macon who does not know that ev
ery lawful business -and Interest ot this
city would be belter subserved -by such
men os hove been presented than they
are now being subserved by the pres
ent alderroanle board?
"What Is lt toe opposition wants or
objects to? Do they want good gov
ernment? Then why not agree on toe
good men already tn the field?
"Are they opposed to good- govern
ment? They resent toe Insinuation
with Indignation. Do -they really ob
ject to the men themselves? Are they
not as good men as nny they have
ever elected? Do they really object to
toe manner In Which tfia present ticket
has been nominated? Is St not at least
a slight Improvement on the old
method? Do they object to the men
-who nominated toe ticket? Are they
not quite as good and as patriotic as
toe men Who have heretofore nomi
nated their tickets?
"Mr. Fdhor. tt to useless to pursue
this Inquiry. If the liquor men Of tots
city, and a few others who are per
sonally Interested In perpetuating thefr
power, insist on an opposition ticket
they simply betray on Intention to con
trol the etty for selfish and unlawful
purposes. In order to -do this they are
making no -appeals to the patriotism
or toe honor or the Intelligence of the
people; -but, reinforced by a few -witling
dupes among toe whites, they are seek
ing to accomplish their purposes by
registering and voting Ignorant and
purohasea-bCe voters, who are well
known In many Instances to be unlaw
ful and fraudulent voters. Will tho
white and colored people <lt toto city
who have at heart too public welfare
allow their efforts to prevail? I trust
not. Conservator."
Highest of aR ia Leavening Power.—Latest U.S. Gov’t Report
Powder
AB&01AJTEK.Y PURE
SHORT TALKS
WITH MANY PEOPLE.
There to a wrong t-mpresslon out os
to the effect of the Macon Exposition
Company receivership. Many suppose
that the receivership will Increase the
-burdens of the company and cause &
large portion of Its assets to go In use
less court costs. This seems to he not
true, as I understand It. In fact, a re
ceivership. under al! the circumstances,
■appeared to he toe most economical
way of eettltng up toe affairs of toa
exposition company. Inasmuch as mi
nor suits were springing up e«oh
day. on all of Which toe company
would have costs to pay, thus not only
complicating the affaflts, but running
up court costs In every justice court
In toe city. So lt wa* thought best to
file a general -bill -and consolidate such
claims, toerdby doing away -with so
much extra cost and allowing one bill
ot costs to settle the whole.
I have tefled with a number of mer
chants on the subject, and I think busi
ness will be generally suspended In
Macon tomorrow. Thanksgiving day.
It Is not necessary to wait for a peti
tion to be circulated, nor to wait and
see If toe other fellow Intends to close.
Just go Ot atone, if necessary, and do
yourself a credit and your emptoves n
good turn by observing tomorrow as
toe day Is intended to be observed. I
have In mind one man who considers
It Almost as much a duty to close his
store on Thanksgiving day as on Sun
day, and he never falls to do it. The
gentleman Is Mr. Dick Burden of the
Empire Store, end I ‘haven’t the Slight
est doubt that you will -find his place
of -business dosed tight tomorrow, and
that. too. without coneuftlng every
merchant In town about the matter.
Now, there Is no doubt of the fact
that toe closing movement will be gen
eral tomorrow, for I have heard the
•merchant* say so.
You. -may say for me that I have
ode all my. appointments—all that I’m
cotrur to make.” eald United States
Marshal John D. HarreCl yesterday.
Welt, that's news, but when toe re
porter asked Oapt. Harrell It he had
experienced any difficulty tn finding
people who were willing to nerve their
country In the capacity of Deputy
United States marshal, he smiled and
said nothing.
ANTF-MAmST SMILES.
First Lady (threatcnlnglyl-Dld you
can roe a two-faced tiring did you?
“ ady (unabashed)—-Yea I did.
ment would not enforce a radical pol- iaraw which
Icy. ,-uiJ that It would rreif.t In the ao- and what s more,, I doaj Jtoow wmen
cret and more Injurious sate of a Urge I on ’ero's the ugliest.—London in bus.
If not an undlmlnlshed amount, and I The Olfflhoma maiden mho was
-that Its sale under proper restrictions squeezed by a bear tiff her ribs w-ere
and regulations properly enforced broken Is now oinvmced that there
would be best. may be too much of a good thing.—
For the apparent failure of thU con- Kansas City Star,
servntlvs policy and the' extatlnr and I The reported death o fJohn L. Sulll-
threntened success of the extreme one van probably grew out of the fact
toe liquor men themselves are more to he has been on a protracted sober,
be blamed than sll the balance of man- ^ John has not taken » drink for two
to mild Just and *' hc<e weeks.—Washington, Post,
eonduev litlrilK! "Durby tells me that hie career as A
to m-ikint toem^feSniere a^fto# “»«»«' m &n la practlcallv reined."
i«*St offensive the bUl now pending In aS&J*? "ichtogo^ RM-
our legislature with A fair prospect L2 dln * 5 toas ' Kec
of passage, and which would aween . ilT
away the Uqqor bushum «-•-—• No,® said the shade, I couldn t
In so far aa the name are lawful, would bring my weecth with mr.' "I am sor-
not be receiving serious consideration, ry." rejoined autan. "I would -Ike to
Th* whlejty question tn Georgia would know how it feet* to have money to
have tor a who.' at least been prxo- bum for once.’’—Detroit Tribune.
.tioatly st Past, on A middle and con- The car’s marriage contract with
kj 1 , 1 1'Ji, \ J®* 1 *** basis. Princess Allx has been signed. She al-
Bul violation* of these rartd, just and i n ws him't nigh: key, but stipulate*
necessary lawn have been notorious that he shall wok* the ,flro in the
and common, and In many InstanoM morning.—New York world.
£mbU^ tar *“**>“ (meeting Dobson. With
£ 5 tnfem£ nd ° Uwr ot
.J^bW^-hSvejxoj^been content tomak* Y e*. hut my wife wouldn't speak to
11 P** 1 * r. w.vn fju4rr fellow! Mine did
their bmtovfcw
White oar tenu*ra no* extremist*
s*«n to think that U<*uor Is the only
thine that does any wrongs, our liquor
tan Aiks art as If liquor Is the oo:y
thine that has any rights, and in many
ol our cKUt they and their .aSUfl* d«»
rouid a monopoly of the city offices
and the entire control ol municipH Chicago Tribune.
_ Jacxson—l.ucky fellow! Mine did
—Harlem Uft?.
Mr. Meelcer (trundling their seventh
down th© streeo—This baby carriage
exercise, Luclndi. is a nuisance, and
I’m getting blamod tired of It. Mrs.
Meeker—H-sw can you talk so, Orlan
do? It's » good thing. Push It along.—
THE MONGOLIAN BUILD.
Am m Rulf, Chinamen Arc Muscular and
Athletic Specimens of Humanity.
One of the surprises encountered by tbo
trareler when ho is first among Mongolians
la their physical development Americans
sra wont to judge their bodily structuro
by the specimens lathe laundry shops of
Sam Lee or Wl Ping, and tbe looso cloth
ing ol the Chinaman conceals his brawny
arms and legs when he has them. See
ing Tibetans In the Himalayas—stocky
chunks of men, with an abnormal muscu
lar development—had not brushed away
my Idea that tbo Chinaman was rather a
slim, unmusoular oriental, something like
tbe willowy Hindoo, but when I landed in
Singapore and first saw numbers of coolies
stripped to their work I was thunderstruck
at their massive proportions.
The Chinese ore commonly said to bo a
diseased race, a people permeated with blood
poisons, but one docs not see it In the av
erage specimen, and one docs seo nt every
street comer men with limbs and torsos
like Sandow, men who would be marked
down for football players in any American
college. Not but what disease is always
an accompaniment of so crowded 9 popu
lation, not that its manifestations fail to
impressyoa, but the Chinaman, far from
being a taper fingered mortal, is a tough,
sturdy, fine fellow, with thews and sinews
like an athlete, and plenty of ambition
and oourage—within his racial lines. Nor
have I found any exception to tho role.
The Mongol from the borders of India,
where, going cast, you first Btriko his
homely coarseness, to tho confines of Ja
pan, where you say goedby to his lovely
cherry blossoms and his smiling bows, is
everywhere, in physique, the same 6trong,
enduring man. The Chinaman is filthy in
mind, body and estate, tbe Japaneso is
equally clean, but In more physical quality
they are very much alike. That the Mon
gol’s nervous structure Is less fine than tho
Aryan's is evidenced by tbo fact that the
average Chinaman will endure unblanohcd
tho pain of a surgical operation wbioh
would seriously compromise tho reaction
ary power of most white men, and this, If
anything, adds to his value as a mere hu
man animal.—T. A. Dodge in Forum.
BEEF POWDER.
Nourishing and Appetising and Can Bo
Easily Made at Homo.
Bomo of the beof powders In the market
smell and taste of tbe chemist’s shop and
are not readily taken by an invalid whose
palato requires to be coaxed. A happy idoa
struck the writer several months ago that
beef powder might without difficulty be
prepared fresh and on a small scale by any
ordinary 000k. The experiment was mode,
and the result was satisfactory beyond ex
pectation. Beef powder made at homo is
appetizing, has a delicate aroma and flavor
and can betaken with pleasure by invalids
who turn with aversion from ordinary
food. If a little pepsin be taken at tbo
same time, it is digested even'when the
ordinary peptonized foods are not retained.
The mode of preparation is simple. Lean
beof is out into small pieces. Those are
put Into boiling fat drippings or butter for
aooupleof minutes until the surfaoels
browned. They are then removed from
the fat and placed on a strainer for a few
moments. Afterward they are plaoed in a
mincing machlno. The resulting mince is
placed in a slow oven and dried. The dry-'
ing process nmy take from 6 to 24 hours,
or even longer, according to the heat em
ployed. When thoroughly dried, the meat
is quite crisp and can be ground in a cof
fee mill that has not been used for 'any
other purpose.
In the drying process the meat loses a
trifle ipore than four-fifths of Its weight.
This beef powder can be taken in various
ways—with hot water or soup, with mash
ed potatoes, with bread and butter In a
sandwich or with a little pepsin in a starch
wafer.
Tho writer has given this homemade
beef powder with such excellent effect in
several cases where there was muoh diffi
culty with food that he thinks others may
find it useful.—Dr. W. R. Huggard in
British Medical Journal
The Runaway Star.
The greatest velocity that has been roc-
ognlzed among the stars is found in the
motion of a star known as 1880 Groom-
bridge, or the "runaway star,” os it is
sometimes called, which is believed to bo
rushing through space at the rat© of 200
miles per seoend. This star appears to be
moving in a perfectly straight lino through
the sky, and* it may be visiting our star
system for the firvt time, but whence It
came or whither it is going no one can
tell, and it is a great enigma to astrono
mers.
Its wonderful velocity cannot be ex
plained, as it Is far greater than could be
produced by tho influence of all known
orbs in the universe, and, on the other
hand, the oomblned attraction of all tho
■tprs cannot stop this wanderer in its soli
tary {light through space until It has
rushed onto the remoter distances, beyond
which the largest telescopes have never
penetrated.
It has been mathematically demonstrat
ed that a body approaching the center of
our system from an infinite distance cannot
move with a greater velocity than 25 miles
a second If influonoed by the attraction of
tbe masses In our universe alone, but here
we have been considering a star moving
with eight times that velocity, and still,
notwithstanding the fact that lt has the
greatest motion known among tho stars,
it would require 185,000 years for this re
markable star to complete an entire cir
cuit around the heavens.—All the Year
Round.
A Delicate Insinuation.
The dudo drummer from the metropol
itan city of New Vork was making his first
trip west, and r a Missouri he began to
get quite flip. uad a fair chance on a
train to tako thi -cat next a bright faced
Missouri girl, and of course he took it, and
It wasn’t long before he wag doing his
best to be entertaining to tho young wom-
She couldn't help herself very well
and took it good naturcdly.
“Did yen know,” he said after some
Ume, “that this Is my first trip, and I am
Aosh from tho east?”
“Well, no, “ she replied, so the people
around could hear, “I didn't know it—
that is to say, didn't know you were from
the east.”—Detroit Free Press.
Turned tha Tables.
While a Bowdoln college profeseor was
bolding a recitation some mischievous stu
dent induced a hand organ man to coma
np to the boll near the professor's door
and ploy "Sweet Marie,” th© boys all join
ing in the oborus. The professor come
aut, hat in hand, and passed lt to every
ane of the studenta outside, exhorting
them to be generous. Taking tbe money
collected, he gave it to the hand organ
man and told him In Germ in to leave th*
ampul, which ho did without delay, while
it slowly dawned oa a dozen crestfallen
students that a practical Joke had been
perpetrated.—Lewiston JournaL
Colas of Enoruou Slae*
When the area afcd square inohes of sur
face are taken Into consideration, th© lar
gest coins ever issued by any govommenb
on the globo were thoso put into circula
tion by Sweden during the sixteenth cen
tury. These mammoth pieces are neither
round, square, oval nor octagonal in shupe,
but are great irregular slabs of copper de
scribed as “resembling pieces of a boiler
after an explosion.” Tho smallest piece
issued under the law which authorized
this gigantic coinage was an irregular rec
tangular slab of about 12 square Inches of
surface and about half an inoh thick. It
was worth 30 cents. Tho largest of tho
samo series was about a foot square and
had a face value of $4. Each of thes©
copper slabs Is stamped in several plaoea
on tho face, tho various inscriptions giv
ing tbo date, denomination, etc. Tho $4
plcco mentioned last above is nearly an
inch in thickness aDd weighs four pounds,
lacking a fraction.—St. Louis Republic.
Are Sailors Safer Hum Landsmen?
Judging from the number of people
who are annually killed In the streets of
London, the Aitantio ocean is far safer
than the bustling Strand or Cheapslde.
Thero are over 100 people killed every year
from accidents in the streets of London,
to eay nothing of the number who are kill
ed in tho streets of other largo towns.
Over 5,000 persons are annually injured
in London in connection with the traffic
of tbo streets. Tho late Mr. Thomas Gray
of the board of trodo marine department
stated some time ago that a man is safer
at sea lu a fairly good ship than any
where else. “There are more lives lost,’’
he said, “among miners from accident
than among sailors and many more among
railway cmalojees.”—London Tit-Bits.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
A. PROCLAMATION.
Georgia—By w. ty, Atkinson, Governor
of Said State.
Supplemental of the reward offered by
tote department on the I2to -of Novem
ber, Instant, for the arrest and convic
tion of the murderers of Lea Lawrence.
In the county of Jasper.
I have thought proper to Issue thts, my
proclamation, hereby offering a reward
of $50 each for the first six persons who
may be prosecuted to commitment to jail
for complicity in eild murder.
And I do moreover charge end require all
officers, civil and military, to be vigilant
In endeavoring to apprehend tho said mur
derers In order that they may be brought
to trial for said offense.
Given under my hand and seal of th*
state thla toe 26th day of November,
18M. W. Y. ATKINSON. Governor.
By the Governor:'
ALLEN D. CANDLER.
Secretary ot 8t*t».
NOTOC3S OF ELECTION.
Notice is hereby given that an election
for six aldermen, one from each of toe
elx wards of the city, to serve for the
ensuing two years, will be held in tho
city of Macon on Saturday. December b,
1551, at the precincts named below. Polls
will -be opened at 8 a. m. and will close
at 5 p. m. The following are the mana
gers of said election:
First IVcrd—Corner Fifth and Ocmul--
gee streets. R. L Henry, DeWltt Mc
Creary. J- H. Pellew..
Second Ward—Court House. C. A Etlls,
G. -L. Reev-es, John Marks.
Third Ward—City Hall. E. O'Connell,
E. C. Corbett. F. A. Schoneman.
Fourth Ward—Near corner New and
Plum. John Harts. H. P. Westcott, W.
L. Johnson.
Fifth Ward—Findlay's Foundry. S. J.
Kent, J. W. MUllrons, W. P. Carlos.
Sixth Ward—Warterhouse'3 store. G.
I* Bright. T. W. Waterhouse, W. H.
O’Fry. H. HORNE, Mayor.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
-Mabel Lodge No. 255. F. and IA. M.
will hold a call communication tote
evening at Grand Lodge, Mulberry
street. Members of Mscon Lodge No.
5. South Macon Ledge No. 3M and so
journing 'brethren are Invited to at
tend. Work in the M. M. degree.
t. j. Carling, w. m.
F. A. Coburn. Sec'y.
LOANS ON REAL ESTATE.
loans made on choice real estate and
farming lsnda In Georgia. Interest 7
per cent Payable In two, three or five
years. No delay. Commissions very
reasonable.
SECURITY LOAN AND ABSTRACT
COMPANY.
120 Second Street Macon, Qa.
LOANS NEGOTIATED.
On Improved city and farm property
i Bibb and Jonee count!ee in loan*
ranging from 1500-tin at 7 per cent elm-
pie interest: time from two to five years.
Promptness and accommodation a spe
cialty. La J ANDERSON A CO..
No. 218 Scoand Street. Maoon. Qa. '
MONET TO LOAN.
€eren per cent. Loans negotiated on
Improved fclty property and farm*.
SOUTHERN LOAN AND TRUST COIL
PANY OF GEORGIA.
Mi Second street. Macon, Oa.
CITY TAX NOTICE. *
The fourth and last installment of the
city tax is now due. Taxpayers are re
quired to pay for the year.
Executions will be issued and expenses
charged to those in default.
A. R. ilNSLEY, Treasurer.
November IA WM.
•M. R Freeman. H. G. Griswold.
FREEMAN & GRI9TVOLD.
Attorneys aud Counsellors at Law,
Masonic Building, • • - Macon, Ga„