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THE WEEKLY TELEGA A PH: WSPNEBDAY. OCTOBER 30. ISM.
THE HOME 0t THE WASP. S’ t!, *. raf<rr3 - ^.v,[.uinij- iu* uttio
_____________ i ioute U too mini I to lurouimodate her
Mr <® family, Lut the next morning tl
ua.'j) goes again for paper pulp anil con
, new to make another and a larger
fcneii around tho first. She now stands
Alt Jr Among Theta Sllnalmr I !2Lr .!° out ^° f of tho first little hou;
built for a scaffold, and 01
AN INTERESTING INTERVIEW WITH
DR. L. B. CLIFTON.
ong Theta Kllnglng
JnteeU lie Telia of Tln-lr Habits
and Horae—Ilnur They Build
Their Neat*.
A Telecbapii reporter cjlled again on
Jr. Clifton yesterday to get an item of
Titers*, in tho line of natural science.
When ho announced the object of his
visit, the doctor said:
“Suppose you go with me up into tho
hlcll Wy
of course reach much further. She ctm*
tnujcis 1J10 second shell light on top of
the first, only sho ipraoas tho second
curved disc gradually further and fur
ther from tho surface of the find* until
T u 0 , ^ ,ne ^ 1® in tho form of a half
glo ;o she can just reach out and lav tho
paper on the edge* Then this shell ia
gradually, round, d and clewed up ic L*>-
fore, leaving only a small round door to
m and cut. It mnv take tl
rttic. I have there somo very intend " v 'ra{d.yi W romidcio thl*«cmid «h.U,
“K«.BOyngtW r "w 5S
c..n eee them without using the micro- Uttio cell built during tho first day. Tho
scope." I nest is now about ai largo as a pigeon’s
The reporter followed tie doctor up | h ^ e COPBaguin fo* material ami
; oil* garret of hi Lome Lu an n 1 2‘? lu,er:t ’ ,B third Hi II. working ns
- a rlimnsa of i 'Ti r , 6 ‘ ,,of ? rv °. r ound the edge*. This third shell
’’ ‘ £ . °/ P e * 8 I ma £*a tho house as largo as a lion’s egg
lu'Tc mas about rc. eating down stairs, j and the form U becoming moro and
v i*n the (lector a ured him tnnt no [ pcar-sluned, for tho reason that
1 rm wouldcomo L, h.m from the in- 'shells touch each other at the top
I '.Hants of the paper citie* hanging to Si*?!TnJSBJZ* COD< * 0t *frm
i io rafters Thor* «, Am i tnc.ncdof Inu.dln;; goes on until flvu or
Ul rollers. There were, perhaps, ten or six different .hell, hare been made,
a dozen wasps nests, large and small, when the nest is the
which ihec
c&iun was at the
cIosm of Mirnnvr on# of the largest I have
ever ■ s oon. No doubt this pig sty was a
most valuable storehouse for thorn, fur*
nishlng abundance of food for their
young.
.‘‘Wasps are very fond of young cater-
pillars, especially the cotton caterpillar
(.Metin', and do much good in tin- cotton
field by thinning out them destructive
enemies of the cotton. Wasps are ulso
very fond of honey* although in this
donate they do not seem to be able to
store it up in cells os somo of their rein-
ti .Mi do in the tropics. In order to «>•>-
ana from the round dcors in the bottom
numbers of wasps were going In and
coming out. There was a window In
each end of tho atlir. and ono glass had
1 een removed from each, ao that the
wstps could pass in i.nd out. The first
tb.ng notice! by tl.» r porter was that
alitiiu wa>|w flew straight ut at these
ojkn fanes instcau of trying to to
througn tlio glass, as wasps 'generally do
" lieu they find their way into houses,
on railing the doctor’s attention to this,
he said:
“Oh yes; my wasps know too m tch to
hump their heads against tie glass.
These you n..w see were all Uiru nut!
raised right here, and are th iroughly
acquainted with tho surround.ng*, if a
ci een hoi n country wasp should get In
Jicm the cliancea are that it would starve
to (hath while bumping its head against
the glass before it accidentally struck
tho opening.’*
"wnat do you find so interesting in
these dangerous insects aa to cause y u
to go to the trouble of raising them?”
was a.-ked the scientist.
‘•If l should tr> to tell you all I have
found interesting about them, and that
h, I expect, a very small part of their
history, it would make a pretty large
b >ok. Perhaps 1 could give you some
information as to how they buiid their
houses, and that might bo new to some
of the readers of the Telkobapii.”
“The wasp,” said the doctor, "ii the
original inventor of papt rmsk;ng. Cen
turies a^p, when uirf Egyptians were
writing tlieir hieroglyphic records on
l ooks of stone, and the Greeks were
iidng waxen tablets, the wasp was man
ufacturing, right before the eyesof man,
I«»I**r made from wood pulp. It is omy
within tho last lew years that man com
menced lo make paper from woo l. This
process was patented by Senator Miller
from New York, the co.league of "He
loo” I'rntt, and who is better known i»v
the nickname of “Wood Pulp'* Miller
than as » United States senator.
“The nest built by a wasp is a marvel
cf aroidteaurai skill. I have spent lo;
r-niy many hours but many days in
watching their construction. Iam piettv
mru I could not buiid one myself, but I
know just how it is done, having seen
the whole process ‘from turret to foun
dation stone.* It la tho ir.o.hcr wasp,
single handed and alone, that builds the
lioiu# m Uio early spring. These ne>ts
you see hero were not commenced in this
attic, I found them when the founda
tions were being laid and brought thorn
horo at night with the mother wasp fast
asleep in the first little shell sho had that
day made. When sire waked up in tho
morning sho war no doubt puzzled to see
how the world had clianged uio md her
home, but as she found food rigid by her
Best. ch«* Man J^rama ... **.,
Situation and went on with heir buiidinjgT
“There are among wasps, at among
bees, three different kinds of individual^
the females that lay the eggs, males or
drones that do nothing but eat, and tho
workers or neuters. When the frost
come* on. either for want of food or
from being chilled by the cold, all the
males and workers and a largo proportion
of the females die. There ore, however,
even in thecoldost climates, a few gravid
females that succeed fa hiding themsclres
in wurm \ laces and so live over iho
w ntcr. In tlw early spring these solitary
widows come forth from their hiding
place* and commence to build the home*,
jn which they, during tho summer, raise
Urge families, sometimes amounting to
*weral thorn a id individuals. The mother
w»*p gnon around carefully hunting « pa
proper site for her home. Hhe usually
chooses a sheltered pos ten rear when?
there is a supply of food for her little
ones. She then goes to the fence mils
and I mania that have by exposure to the
weather been rendered soft and
l : ou * the surface. 6ho
. anJ *crapre up this
fibre with her strong mandibles, chews
:t and mixing it with her saliva, rro*
“ ,lcc * • palp, which on drying become*
X, brcmn , P?P* r - &)'» brine. .,
Wlof tills pulp in her mouth ami with
■In’SKate.t doateiltj Ui» down ■ rcoo'l
•licet of it on the under aid. of tiio limb
nr other object on which .ho ho. fieri led
to .itnoi. >er ii ,n»». -hot paper ulw,
uiullj not larger than a i ulf dollar, ia
*>.P*rl»etIj emiented to lid. limb Ihettit
will »u«iaiu tlio w.icbt of licr hotu. ,ui-
wnded beneath. During the aummer
When Uio hour, gets much larger and
heavier her children often reinforce thU
mpiort mid mote it etronger. After
die iIim; u I: a .he then went ci n strong
!*!*; «op hbout one-fourth of su
[heh in dimeter and from '•* to S inches
“hg. This rope hang, down from the
BJhher of the u se. l rom the lower end
« thi. roiw riw commences tlio home
Ijoptr. She lsj. down on tlio end of
rope another d ec of paper, tliis time
rnried over like a small watch crr-tnl
Witk tin. iti'un imeP Hi.I- ( i _ .
tain this honor tho wasps bccomo pirntas
and robber.*, rrtQUoaUy waylaying tho
lione:-t, hard-working honey bees wl
coming home to the hive heavily loa<
with honey. The wnsm rushes out and
seizes the bee, but the bravo insect fights
s:ub!>omIy for its property and its life.
The robber wasp, however, generally
succeeds in clasping tho bee around with
its long legs, and then, while tlio lieu U
in such a |>osItIon that it cannot use its
sting, tho wasp readies around, and,
with its powerful mandibles, bites tho
honey bee in two* Leaving the thorax,
with tho wings buzzing and tho Jegi
wildly kicking, it seise* tho abdon o i
which contains the coveted honey, toi
which the robha ry and mm dvr was com*
United, and Hies away with it to its
paper castle to distribute it amoug ila
hungry children.
^“Ihe nest of the paper-making wasps
TO WRESTLE WITH VICE.
THE MASS-MEETING’S COMMITTEE
AT LAST MAKES ITS REPORT.
“W'lien ifad .VI«n < unapt re* Good Jleo
Must Cotubtne,” Is tks Motto-A
ifeploratilu Male of Adairs AI*
Icged—What W ill be Doue.
The commltteo of church members
appointed at tho meeting in Mulberry
Street church on tho evening of Oct. 9,
when I ,0 i nv <^tigato into tho non-enforcement
of tho laws against gambling liounes and
other places of vice havo nu de their re
port to a second meciiug.
it was unanimously adopted and no
doubt will be decidedly interesting to n
large number of Macenites tliin morning.
Tho day following the first meeting, a ,
conference was held between Mayor J
Pr'co and cne of the member* of th*
committee. Tho mayor, it is said. a«kcd
*ILt TBEYPSBlieiV B«ABl
Mayor Frier, the AlArr.wen and rity
Officials PfllllUa (lie Koehester Its*
forinaiory.
If there is anvthiog h» tlie boy, Ira
Hea<l. who was taken by Mr, W. C.
KnoLIock from the karrscL't, he will
haveevfry opportunity affordeiJ him to
bring it out.
ft will bo remembered that one night
over a month ago the police nicked lip a
ragged, barefooted lad, and ns he had
no h* me, no businew, no frlendi,
could n >t or would not give any good
account of himself, bo was locke i up on
the charge of vagrancy. The next morn
ing he told tl;e recorder his story. Ho
was placed at the industrial or reforma
tory school at Iloolutster, N. Y,, for a
ligflt i ffonse, i ami with another boy
escaped, having some seven weoks to
hi r .V, lie joui nejed through the West,
workiugn; ho could, ami finally sepa
rate.] from his companion and drifted to
Mac
<IC.L.
i G0.t>
Are Now Prepared for
? of a gooee egg.
ifie laboie of the mother wasp up to
this time have been Tcrj heavy, rcr-
c?^mo™ a fni ,a l« KO h , aI £ i a “0®^ 1 »re from fir.inoi^TSp to'tVo” tteTln
n ? “SS £ P . r taT , JE | <11 .mol. r. I fo.1 u colony •om.r'ansinco,
? • ,hu m«t,nai K -ivln K them nil the .ugnr .no U-or i£Z}
SSlidKTi. 1 * nJ u tl,,n vouWcon.ume.nd In llvo month, tlx,
5, d Ini" 0 “ 1,n 8om . e ' huiltanest nearly two (ovt in di.ui.tcr
ti.n« ,h, will go ov,f her work, land over three feet in length. They
Ildn .n/,,. 1 n quired on nn a T«. K o on. pound of
»*ug.»r and one pint of beer n day. Tills
nest is preserved in ihs Smithsonian
Institute at Washington. Now 1 hato
only started on wnspe 'and have been
speaking only of one specif* while there
are several hundred, and have already
occupied, I fear, more space than you
intended me to take up. There is a large
strengthening the thin spots, but as n
general thing all is made perfect the fir.t
time.
‘Now, the mother wasp no longer goes
off in avaich of material. t>be U in nos-
eeesion of nil the paper required to
finish her house for her first brood of
children. She now goes inside for sup
plies. She takes down first the lit:ie
disc as 1-trge as an acorn in wbidi she
has slept since the night of her capture,
bne has to chew it up agal i Into pulp,
bring it out and lay it down in the large
outside tbei', widen will for tl e present
compete her nest. After the first little
shell is used up, she then take* down the
second in the same way, ar.d sho hns s >
managed affair* that nil tlie inside shells
except one, for she finishes the h<.u*
with do ible walls, just suffice to build
the finishing shell 011 tho outside.
•*Ont of these nest* you see here has a
watch crystal i * its side. I cut a hole
with the siii ots iu the paper shell, and
bv means of mucilug* nttachod the
glssf to the Uest so that I could
kw wbat was going on inside.
Tills Ktting in tue light annoyed
the mother wasp for some time, but bv
occm-ionnlly covering up tho glass witii
a piece of cloth shefinallv became recon
ciled and went on with her work. She
fteincd to understand that I would not
injuro her, and when 1 placed a
saucer containing sugar and beer do o
to iier nest I completely won her liter,
und we were fast friends from that tiiuo
on. Often when I would be looking in
at her working sho would stop and,
coming up to tho gloss on tho inside,
look out ut me for a few moments anil
tiiengo Kick^to her werk. I came acrosa
uiie WoBpa few jvua ngo that a'usu
finely refused to bo interviewed. 1
placed tlioglatsin the side of kor no*t
and furnished her all tho deJlracies of
the season to try to gain her confidence,
but she insisted on preventing my look
ing in at her. She would tear down the in
side shell, but instead of bringing it out
and building tho outer shell with it she
mup.ul it over tho gln«* so ns to com
pletely oxcludo tho light. I replaced the
darkened crystal with another, i.n l sti '
a third, all of wdiicii she covered wi
per shad* Not wishing to work
death 1 then lot her have her
until the nest was finished and the
combs in position, when I again placed
u crystal in the aide, which she now
allowed to remain.
'After all the inside sheila
1th the o|m pert down. This is at
-> ma<te th it she cn.i • *.-nd at the it er
ami ie*ch all aronn . ;..u edge* v. ■ w
11 aa>* exit naed outward aa far as she c •
it still ii.or. ctlr.6 io 11..
f* n “j 11 roach li.T work. Thh K- n
It into th, llpire of half n glol. .
‘,« “oi lt, along th, nig™, laying down
•iwhioadriiobrinpta .trip of p»p,r
“«ighib of on inch will, anil nliout
“fro .piarter. of an inch long. Sho
•OW run, alone tl.« ejgwof the iioliow
J <». ’ In all W movements one Foot
•Jfy fanened at the very n ntcr of the
litfu . * ***•* anii W *ho edge* got a
thi t0 ? farout *fi* pull* them in before
t_ f Tlie house now curves
award and soon take* on the form
hollow glol>e. AVben U is
incloted except a small
in tho bottom, juet Urge
ft U u 'v the wasp to pase in and
X tint shell, when thus com-
jr*" 1 * 1* abmt as Urge as a while oak
t 001 ®nd resemblt*s it very much in
to vvhich the ne»t is at-
22? I** 10 th ® MLcer of the
J f®* hqu. c .* i.nuaJly built in a
in «* » ** night tlie t.red mother crawls i
and goes to sleep. t>he elumLere
uSTlFI, !ier *n» r «l day’s woik, and I
**»« lln,L * l cut iff tie limb, sft<-r ’
j ‘ IJ ;K‘ n g up tho hole in tho nest, and
1 • J s it up here and fasten it as you keo 1
icaffnlds
were tsk* n down and tho ncet completed,
then tho mother wasp went to work and
buil. beeutlfui iaivr combs, somewhat
like the wax coiube built by tho bees,
only instead of standing on tho edge ns
tho bee*’ combs stand those of tho wasp
were hung to the top with the cells
opening downward, bhomado another
rupo of pai'cr, reaching front tho very
apex of If cone-shaped house, and
hanging down almost to th* center or
w idest part. To this sho fastened a cir
cular lloi r, leaving only room enough
around the etigee for her to pons. Hang
ing down from this floor, or rather ceil-
ling, the made a numlier of beautiful
p.ipcr cells, and laid an egg in each one
oi ibe cell*, i
“When these first egg* were hatched
out into grubs the responsibilities of
mother m*asp became stiff moro pressing.
Hi* young grube have excellent npje-
tilee and require a consul* rabie amount
of food, ail of which the mother must
provide. It ia not very long before the
grulw are full led, tlien they slop eating
and spin a cocoon, covering t iemselvc*
up in the cells, i’retty soon tiiey change
topupm, anff finally come out terfict
wasp*. AlUtu individuals of this fiist
brood are workers. 1 heae children nro
affe in less than a day
take on themselves tho heavy
work hertofore performed bv the moth* r,
and now for the first time the i»oor. over
worked widow can take a little much
niNNiedrest The toil of the mat now
goes merrily on. Many willing workers
make the task fight. Uuy by day new
additions are made to llw number of
workers, and the mother wasp has noth*
ing to do but lav eggs in the paper ceils
made by her children. They bring her
food, cartas h» r and treat her with the
greut.Tt coi.gidvraiion. It soon becomes
necessary to inert ate the size of the nest.
The young wasps take this uj on th *m-
•elves. They go out ; nd gather wood
pulp and uuk9 au -umr uud a Urger
•iieil outside of the old house. Tney
work in concert and sectn to know just
what is necessary, they never p. t in each
other’s way and the work of each ia
nicely joined to that of all
tlie ethers. After tho outside
-;.••11 i. «■<»m11. :• 1 tlit-v t-L.* d« v. ii
part of thr inside shell, in ing it in making
com be and ceil*. They now drop a second
pa|*r rope below the first tier of cells,
ai d on tlie ceiling of this they construct
a larger number of cells than were con-
taiued in tlie ceiling above. The mother
wasp lays t pg* in these cells also, and
tlie young are tended by tho worker
was,,*. Late in the fall the mother wa* p
lays •‘gjrs from which are hatched male
-r.,1 feme 1 * waanri. nn.l nf iI.m.a »l...
females who survive the winter continue
the species, as already related.
“During the summer the young grub*
are fed generally with Hies. The worker
wasp* are very expert in catching this
food for the children. When 1 wan but
a small boy I remember watching a
nest which was locate i near a
pig sty. Tho tlie* swarmed in and
around this sty, lighting on the pig-, and
feeding on the refuse matter in which
they wallowed. 1 wst< bed the w*s:wi
darting down from their nest and eaten-
lag the Ibe* off tho noses of tho pigs a«
they lay in tlie sun; and it was evident
tl.** pigi "ere v\ e l satisfied with the
op rations of the wos(>s, who were j u, °'*^ 1
.h-ti.yit-g il.i ir tormentor*. On an {"ii'' ' ‘
a\er.i,*» t« n v.a |r.» would p-xiin-tt down
on one or the other of tho p.g» every
m nutc, and won i carry off a fly each
siuvotr trio. Thu wasu hun-M freut
genus of wa.Mi)s c:tile«l mud daubers,
wliose history u wonderful, but I will
irnve to stop for the present. H
MACO.V.f VITAL STATISTICS.
A Proposed Rnrrsu for the Collection
of Imporlant Paris and Visum.
Tho board of health has under consid
eration the matter of collecting end re
cording the vital stetist.es ol the city.
Other cities have instituted this meas
ure and it has proven the means »f a
record that has proven n:oet valu able.
The hoard has framed nn ordinance and
submitted it to th# city attorney for
proj er shaping, and will endeavor to be
gin work with the new yer.r.
The purpose of the board is to require
{<urents, or noxt of kin. to report all
births within tue city limits within five
doyi; to nquire ministers, magistrate*
and others authorized to cclebmto mar-
rtagw, to report alt marriages
witfiin the city limits and to
require all undertakers and sex
tons to report each and every death
certificate, whether of persons buried in
the city cemeteries or carried out of tho
city for interment Blanks In book form
are furnished all of whom these require
ments are exacted and they are given u
fixed time to make tlwreturns of each
event to the secretary of the board.
’* ’ *' ■ the secretary tc
it i« m*«u • h# .... _i PPWWpBWgfB
keep separate record biioks and fi/r£
cord each birth, tnarrisgo or death alpha
betically, making the books cumpk-;
records.
The necessity for such a record is
manifest. Not long ago the widow of n
Xcr.fiarn gentleman who died in Macon
ie eral years ago, wrote from her homo
iu MavuchiiM-iu that slio could uot pro
cure n j-enMcn duo her uulai
recfr.l of death could
shown. Another easo occurred
within tho put month, showing tho
for such a record. A ycuag m«n
in New York wroto to find out ihoduto
of birth of his sister, who was born in
Macon, as !m> applied far letters of guard
ianship for the aider, und tho intorma
lion was ntCMoar^. Besides this use of
the record:«wilt be invaluatlc* fir
statistics wh o i make up good si wing*
for ciliee. Another reason for it Is that
is a check agninst infanticide.
Macon should liavo the bureau by all
means, as is claimed by many c.tizens,
end live board of hsultb is mu»t earnest
iu its endeavor to have tho measure in
stituted.
CAPITALIST* AMI-: COMING.
Mr, JIor»»*s Trip to the N'ortli Proves
to ho a Surcetidii One,
Aftor a ten days’ stay in the North, Mr.
Henry liorso returned homo 1-riday
morning.
Tho object of his trip, os has been
stated betore, w*s to engage the atten
tion of capitalists in New Tork and Bos
ton and to organize two or three stock
couipauit-s for various pur poors, among
them being manufacturing. As to his
, that is best told in his own
language.
“1 mu glad to get back to Mncon and
idvasant weather," said Mr. Horno to tho
Telegraph man. “1 made a llying trip,
but 1 was successful, so far os 1 can see.
and Macon will possibly epen her eyes
when every tiling gets into shape.
“My object was to secure the assist-
nnco of capitalists in the purdiaso of
sumo property. They wist corns down
here in a few days and will invcstigato
the claims. One of the companies will
be a : SdO.OCOouo abd the other a $100,Odd
company.
“1 nave nothing to say at present wbat
my pilots are or what the gtntlemen in
tend to do when th -y cutne down, but
there is on# thing nud that is certain, I
have secured tho capital f< r a manufac
tory with a plant worth H&O.OJQ. What
will be the line and where ii is to be lo
cated 1 cannot ted. I havo had several
liberal otters nf o.us near the city, and
one man has gone so for as to offer lha
land free eo that he can build c luges lor
workingmen close by and rent them out
at a ueut profit. In a few days 1 will
give you all of the facts."
fortheuair.es of tho persons and loca
tion of tlie places that were* cp.mly
lating tho law.
Day after day tolled by, and nothing
moro beiug heard of tlio c
forest in it had about d.'o J out, only to b«
revived, fresh and as strong as ever thi*
morning.
The movement, at first called
law and order league, from
1 npppearanres seem* to be
OMUiming that shape and an organiza
tion of the church member* on tho Hd of
November will no doubt be t !.<• nit.
Tho report and resolution* ato given in
full this morning.
To tho Mend era of tbs Mulberry Stn < t
Chinch: The utidci>igned committee
appointed at a meeting held in Mulberry
Street church on tho Qth insfi, beg to
submit tho following report:
At the outset we deem it proper to
make n brief, plain and unvarnished
statement of the fact* and circumstances
that led to the appointment of this com
mittee.
For several months pa-t the non-en
forcement in this city of the liu ,..^;iin,t
gambling houses and other i>ia ■ > < f ill
repute ha* been n mutter, not only of
deep regret to all good citizens, but a
matter of public discussion in localnovvx-
papen and in the press of tbs stato. The
open disregard of ordinance* and stat
ute* against tl e.c evil* has b?en treated
in privute and public discussion ns nn
;<• . i -*u I d_< t ;iini i n !i imibh* !a« t.
It is with much pain that wo nn ntion
i.t ti .m •. If tin- arlionol
thU committee were the first announce
ment of the facts, a jmt prido in our
city would make us hesitate long before
malt ing them public, nnd nothing but
the strongest convictions of plain duty
would prompt lie to declare the exist
ence of a stato of things vvhich involve*
serious evil and peril iu our inidft, and
affects tlie good uatue of our
city and official administra
tion in this city and county.
But no reluctant duty of tin* char
acter rest* upon us—for tho facts aro al
ready public property and knowu to all
who read. Whii#personally regretting
responsibility for it belongs, not t • tluwe
who havo promulgated tho facts, but
these who havo allowed tho *liu:ueful
1 1 i ., t ai. 1 w 1,0 L.i\. taken mi
action to remove the reproach to tho en
tire cou munity which tho existence cf
such faou implies.
With thu incalculable evil* thus
" 1 '< • i'll, on tho heart* and con
sciences of tho member* of our church,
a considerable number of them \\u*
present at ono of the regular M-rvirci
n* Id \.' •. i. < rid a v evening. Oct. 'J.
Tho subject of the duiwwof Christian
cit z nshipwaJ informally brought for-
ward Luring the nu < tin.:.' T’lii.-. id:" a
conslderution of the obligation* lining
upon u* as citizen* and a* member* of
tho church to aid in tlio enforcomsnt of
thu 1»\%» uiai^oi d i«» •u)ipren» vice and
crime, and particularly the daugorou*
sources of temptation to the youth* and
young men of the city; and tho result
was the ujq>olntmtat of this committee
to ccn>iilcr uud report whether somc-
thiugought not to b* done nnd cannot ho
dono in thi* direction. The discussion
and tho resulting action were who lv un
premeditated ami impromptu; but wo
relieve U came ai a result of divim-
g"! '■■met. ai <i o.’ Know that thu uiem.
ters preheat ac p I iu the fear of < iod an<>
lu the spirit of love to tfi r fellow uu
Your committee rep-it that In the
'hitf Kenan telegrnpliSa . 0 Rochester
and I,und that what tlie boy hhj
whs true, ami also Hint a man woulu 1,0
bunt for him. Tho boy was bold, the
elm / ( | (vting si**- I:< < h. -ieman «l»ilr.
Jn ihomoantiiuo the clct!:c« worn by the
J R> . V had worn completely off, anil the
lad w*> really suffering from cold in hi*
prison, and but fur a bountiful supply of
blaukiU lurnihlied him bv thu kind-
hearted station-1 louse sergeant#, he would
have fared badly.
Alt ntion was drawn to hie condition
by the | nj era, and he was well supplied
"fill a quant,ty «»f emthing, Mav< r ! r.cc
contributing a pair of shoes. The mayor
also Earn'd I. .m tho boy that ho had
wot. ft} in a bakery, and feelirg an in-
h re*,t In him he saw Mr. Knobiock, thu
~?ker.and begged that ho see tho l>oy.
i Ins Mr, Knobiock did, and offered him
i Jfi't been installed in tho
bnivi'r * homo and wa# giving witisfaction
n ovtry way, when Officer Murray from
itoii.Piter arrive 1 in tlie city, just a
n< nth from the time Chief Kenan notl-
n;d tho Rochester authorities. Tho
rtenu-i of tho boy wero soon fully en-
n-ted in his behalf, and determined that
U tl L ,c ** 10U ^ taken back nn effort
' mu J l o made to secure hi* pardon. Ho
vas given some money and sent away to
eni.iin until something could be dono
* or him.
At fho meeting of council Monday
night u petition for portion, setting forth
all the facts, was circulated muon? the
otlur city officials. Mr. Knob
forwarded the petition to Roche
otiurs in ti e city havo written to in-
mien tig! parsons at that place. XT
Kii" lo k is doing all in hi* power
recur* tho toy * release. His family hi
l><‘co:i.o nttaci.td to him, nnd XIr. lvno
I<M*k firmly txl.'eves that there is good
tho boy and that some day ho will L
cornea useful eltizm of Macon. Thoi
Milt of tho application for pardon will 1
looked for witii considerable interest.
THEE RUSPI!
Anticipatiug lhe Large crowe's iu atteudance on
OUR STATIC FAIR!
We have laid in the greatest stock of
n N-*uirnrftd for Viol
•ni’ri IIevcuue Lews.
i pssssd on three violatera
Uws Friday in the fed-
IN THR PEDIillAIi COURT.
Father and
Ing l.'ncli
Sentence v
of tlio revent
eral court.
A father and son, who had boon work*
|JT in •*»» unr-giitered distillory in Ilau-
* ii k c only, wero the main figures iu
thfc proceedings.
pie lather, Wilkins J. Harper, jiloaded
piilty to the charge, but there was Mich
Mai ray of evidcuco ia hi* behalf that it
w4*:fi fir t conceded by thoso m attend
ance that he would necessarily receive
bus a light sentence. Two well-known
mil influential men, Hon. W, J, Xortlien
aqi Hou. H’-alxirn Jieese, gave testimony
a*Vv hi* previous good reputation and
i h lacier, and there was oleo « resolu
tion p:iK*otl by tho Hancock rountv nlll-
nnce, strongly indorsing Mr. Harper’s
Dry Goods!
Dry Goods r
Ever Brought to a Southern Market.
Every Department presents a
.Array of Loveliness and
ties "With. Bargains.
Dazzling
Dris-
Wo extend a special Invitation to nil vidtnr* to call any tirao during tho
week and see “tho ‘sight" of tho city, natnclj:
We havo received during tho past
week large shipments of the very latest
noreltics iu ladies' and children neck
wear. f
i 33-Inch, all wool, Tricot#, in lovely
gray and hrown mixture*, SQo n ynnL
20 pieces, nil wool Ladies’ Cloth, 40
Inches wide, only C0j a yard.
Point do Geno Collars nnd Cuff* in
seU.Dircctoire.Fauntieroy and Drs Collier
do Niiis.se, also in sets and to match. Theso
good* aro tho very latest metropolitan
iraze and odd no little to the general ele
gance of a lady’s costume.
A few pieces of Black, all wool,
nenriettaa, bilk finish, 40 inches wide,
45o a yard.
Tlie largest and by far tho bandsoniwt
lino of Cloaks to r.clc< t from ever dis
played in Macon. Ladies’ Wraps from
iff to $85.
250 dozen Ladies* Colored Bordered
Hemstitched Handkerchiefs nt 5c.
200 dozen Ladies’ White Reversed
Handkerchief* 10c each.
Wo have a perfect Gem in a Rich Seal
Blush Jacket at $11.
300 dozen Gentlemen's White Linen
Ilemstiched Handkerchiefs 10c each.
At 40c a yard wo will sell this week a
CO-inch, all linen. Blenched D»miwk.
60 pieces, double width English Suit
ing V: 1 -;<• a vaid.
At fiOo we will ii n a <’> 1 hu h 1: ffl
Damask that other concern* in the city
nro asking 7flofor.
100 pieces New England Henriettas,
all colors, 10c a yank
At 4 jc a dozen largo fringed Doylios,
d Georgian.
From tl •• \ ii/ii ta ( It. n ■ !■•
A good nun died when Ftrdinan l
Phiinr.y lremin d hi, I v,t at Ids horn., m
Athens on Hundnv. Ho w a \ lionon d l.v
hi* neighbor* and loved by he; ImuiU.
lie goes down to his grave rijM* injnn,
Hurruiinded like Israel by liiihOiH, witii
his^houso in order nnd hii lamp trirnmod
Tlie must active part of Ids life was
H|KM:t in ' ii,u l '. : I r.i.imit' I It :i
1SI!(J. " There were somo prominent m* i
in that clasi Then? was Benjamin 3L
rainier, of Now Orleans the most prom-
nt of Presbyterian divines. There waa j
judenn nt much can do done
ought to bo done. Wo bedsvo that
organization can bo forno d among i
moral people and good citiuns or t
community that can |Mjwerui]!j die
tli# viol-tions of law and will b«t a gr«
support to the official* in theenfororm
of tlie laws. If the vice* condemned
those law* cannot be wholly th- tiovi
yet the place# where tbeyarer.o[..riou<
• I < n r.i .1 ! i• • n* i.p ; n • j,.,
evils can at least be driv< u to * t ret h
II! I ' ■ v ' . tfi.-ir «1 Iiigi-IH a lrre
t •• ■ ’ i . n 1 u-.w .u v u id ' ..
doerv. sod. Such
been fo.mcdiltuwhe
notable ssecdx
The p>A jicople’of thisc:t.
It w s also shown that in tho houso
vl »-re the illicit dMilling was carried on
ty of idly gallons per iiay. The unreg-
-tonnl Kt hi lm i a cep city of ninety gal*
-nn. The one was evidently used as a
loak for tbo other.
Among o:her evidence brought up to
show extenuating circumstances, was
tact that the defendant wa* without
m*. All Ids crops ad been destroyed
flood*, and, owing to other nii/for-
c*. lm had b com® almost penniless.
i( extremity ho turned to disliking
iiqu r for a hvirg.
1'e judge was not disposed to be
leni nt. and icrordingly he rentenced
the father to three tm>"ths imprisoii-
meat and t<> piy a flto of $.’00.
The son. kiank M. Harper, was gi ...
the haute Sentence, with the exception
that hi* term of imprisonm.ut was fixed
at two months.
J kc I „n bey (col rod) of Butts county, largo nnd growing
aan found guilty of working ht-vi-i’al He built l«<» I»-.Mitiful k* i. • .i
business. IIo reared bis family accord-
ing to the strict egUfpf life to which ks
hmi ii.-i-i iir i . i., un . 11 cv ; !.•;,« <>■! ci i-
rens ami upri *lr, pr« ;■■ r.'» i men.
We will show to-morrow an all lin
Towel 00x20 inches at L’5c that cannot
bought in Macon for less than 40c.
Our stock of Gentlemen’s suit a
trousers' patterns nover fails to oli< it t
profoundeat admiration of everyone w
inspects it. We guarantee a saving
purchasers in this department of from
to 40 per cent.
Gentlemen’s 4-ply, all linen, Gdlara
all the new shapes at $1.00 a dozen.
Wo can show moro handsome Dres;
roods and TVunmingn to snatch than an y
>ther two houses in tho city.
see our Saturday night display
windows.
nunr call n
t r a * rruicc
Jackson, Tcnm,
marvel* of this n i
ing tree. Keif) or «
•peii, make no u
day drops of v
from its ieav
id
UK,
• * ■
:o it. Day
m i :.v II
■ a lino of ^luo
nths in tho county
id bar
thieved
J a bin
A Narrow Kerape,
The fire department responded to a
call from box 10 early Thursday morn
ing. 1 he fire proved to be located in the
old Menard houso, on the corner of Fifth
and Walnut street*. A spark from tlio
chimney set fire to the roof. Ten min
utes work extinguihhed tho flames.
Fireman Vaughn had a narrow escapo
from serious if not fatal injury during
the lire. While walking on the roof
several rotten aliiogle* broke in with his
weight. A ceiling prevented his falling
through to thu l!o r i mow.
There i* a general |ublic sentiment
that tl.o build ii gt on thu row should bo
Vaughn’* narrow escape seems to b« U a
warning.
N«w Officers.
Tlio Floyed Rifles at a recent meeting
elected tho following new officer*: Sc
ond-liculeiiAiit Thomas Drew, tir-t-.v r-
grant Fred Stewart, esoend Jameshhirali,
t bird John Brown, fourth Charles Milk
Bona, color-sergeant J. H. Magill, qmy,
termaster-serguant Henry I’hrker, «or«
porals Ghsrlue Stevsrt, W, A. Nr Ron,
Jr., Rob<rc Morgan and Gat finer Da v,.%
virrti Win*,
u* fir. LiaV*
upon t&mse'lvee their i h tre ofthebUme
for the deplorable state of iiffairn win
haa existed and will exi,i until th
moro in tho matter. They atm. t rl»
t< i tl> ;• .’our t' . .r ul..)'. <!ut>
influencing public opinion and n. \
bolding their oflkinN in theenlorcenu
of the law. Tlie violators of ih<> law s
always active—they always make tin*
reives felt and heard—they ar«>alw;t
organized, perhaps not formally I
they act in concert by natural mi* j,
When bad men con-pin-, m
must combine.’* Wo shall n-v ••
toco interact ar.d mo. t t| ; *. J
activity and co-oparation of the «-viilv
disjioeed until wo iii.-ko effectivu their,
fluency activity an l co-o|H.-rnt;on of
good citizenship.
With these statements and with the
conviction that to r« main silent and in-
l’’< .:.’ T " 1.1 make u. r^ponribi.
for tho evil of which wo coiiioluui vv*
submit tlio follow ing:
Resolved, That tie committeo l>o
authorized to invite rcpre»«nutivc* of
other churcho* to meet witii ii» at t »
Young Men’s Chri.tian A»«ici.it,un p. r-
lor* on bunder afternoon at 4 o’clo. k
Nov. 3, to teas coui.*d in referenda to
•am* plan «-i muti.od ol securing the < n-
forcement of the law# against gambling
bouses ondotlur places ol vice.
2. That in thi* movement wo invite
lha co-onoration tint r.nlv r>f all
members, but of all good citizen*.
W. ii. Hill.
\*A\< Ha Krill AN,
W. R. Rih.kiw,
w. < J. >« »u»aion,
G. 11 Gi.cnx,
Committee.
FlnrU *100.
In the federal court 'ihnr*«iay. J. V.
Powers was lim d $100 and icut, and a
month In jail, tor working in hi,f4tl»n
distillery. The ,us|« t idcd tlie
h-'*. Oh rower • v.a.^ o . s 17 year* of -
and wa# working under his f*thn\
order a.
Uis rent ace
»U, ;i..fi two m
jail.
WH t* Burnett (colored) of Up
ciumy, had a hearing before Commit
i* «dmrgcd with r«-
Uilisg l»qi-or vv.tl.oiu i. hr.-n-c, km wa#
di*cliarg< d fot uantufsulkciuntevidcocv.
IN THE SOCIAL U fllKL.
Approarlilui NeptUI*—Tlia Direr*
l*>|rr Club la lli«rcauU«'A Sarlety
.Ran Talks,
The coming marriage of Mia Mann
Lamar of thi.-* city to Dr. Walker of Co.
luir.luh J.ui b<-« n amiuui.er.l, Th,. mi-
mouy will »ake place ul the residencr of
.Mr*. Hull in Navannnh, on Nor, 2, after
which the couple will go North on a
bridal tour.
Tin* Directoire Club, vvhich was so pop-
I r lu i <-u uud wl.ii-h K uvc fi h ||. ,
I brilhi.i.t rce.rplions uud daners during
un wmu-r, i» to Uj i«s>rgriiiized tin#
h r »ing. at a meeting of the mrmbrr*
Inch will bo lu-ld at the residence of
I r.i. A. W. I i -e. The trill.* ,t auc-
e.v«-* of lint h* 4#on are remembered
ith ft clm^i of pleasure.
Ki.»< kt-rl o. ken will not bo worn tliis
4mju iu Mucon. 'Jhc cxperioNOt w hile
it la-ted last Inter tatiafled a majoritv of
the young m* u that cne season of tlio
C'OaliiUH* 'Win *.l It « « Uld ritullil. .Sitbi *
u«d, known MAiuity leader yeetenUy:
••ih.- toy#are down on Knickerbocker*
. n i liu r. is no •i.mgi-r <.f a r.-\,\al *,f
lh«- custom thi# ***a« n. I be-hove that
it will be- regulation tuli die*.-* this si-u-
bon for u change.
“The out lock to far for a pleasant and
guy M-..W.1. u k-k; Mi st of tlio elder
memUrsof Ihf'ihuliao* will be with
tun \ smnwrwai v iuo ana tnis win no
duubt draw In ' ily upm Ike ciqb. The
Coinnu rcial will givu a ilance once *
mouth ar.d this will take thu plane of
Id club hop* which have been kept
wm ii.p.- H.m,I nmt
noted lawyer*. Tli.-ru wa, JoriahT. Ir*,... . )lft fc .i. .. r j . * .
▼in. Jolin LeConte, now of tho UniTcro-; j,,...-, _ t , ir i.t (1 i,,'<’ ,
Uy.-f nn:,: Willi. if.., I. ‘,. U V-r ,| 1 I
? rofe.«.i- of imitheiootiai in tho .Lite 1 ' I ,, '
t’nirenity mid Shelton Snndford pro-'/ flrm ‘ - lJ1 1 *
leworof tnntlieinnilo. In Mcrcsr Uni- JU 4 ' ’
ver,ity. Among thi.* munfaer wo, Kd- JjA' 1 ®”? !X’ . V " V ' ’
wwd r. Clo*ton7 who afterward tecnm, “ r J^c^rrT. p mdedtwoh 0
• ronget nnd mo*t lucdewful In th. p i acoon ,t oi.n„„,.il II •, tr.n. 111 J! ,
,u e. Tirente veora ngo F.ndinnml hu I. , n nbte to funn I, a pi,, -;
l’hlriirj’retiredfrom bu«momr wealthy bl „ lall ., lb#
man. fiinco thon he ••»«* hr«n on. •* ... . . * non »
gaged in looking
and
aanwciQe. me body was I
•era cud* flbiU & »».!,
as cut from ear to ear, and tho face
id body wero covered witii blood.
Tho jury rendered a verdict that tho
lihl came to its death by vk !• nee at
• ' ;l " I ■ . .v , U»
iVir.S, KENAN UJIID.
>m! Non # for tin i . fTncU of a Formal
\Vfkle71a Matron,
A telegram was received Saturday bi
Mr*. I. U. Crawford umounctng A
death of Mrs, Kenan, atone time lu.itroi
of Wesleyan, nnd well known in thi,
city by hundred*. Mrs. K- s in wa* ii
Atlanta at the time of herdnth. li. i
There u a well located only* a few fret I
it ie probable that tliin '
been en-
^. y* from the troe, und i .
inure it*, may have something to do with it, Lut!
,.. . - the roots of the tree do not extend into I
4Jto» l wh.r.>Urad **]•*"** thi, wril or touch It. w.i
■ 11;
:ltf hi
tree with the disturbed
, dead warrior*.
j THU WICKLY
innrjr Fact* and FI.
: 11 rtor.i
n «-
up for v*«rs
mcmocrehip
club.”
^ ha r.i
than
keep up
good
Catarrh
ir;m, after
than a buhinese one, lie was lutrun
of education, and in thi*, ns in
hh tastes ho adhered to
conservative and solid rat H r
than to thu advanced and showy meth
ods, This was characteristic of tho men. J .n
I wwIrIII Ml Mag it pomp or at• I
iMtetiaa. Uis domestic life, while ac-1 The following is the mortuary rep
CQBMBtedbF ease and eloquence, ad- for the week «niing (X:t. 30, *i»--j
hared in it* rigidity to theold lime math* complied by tho board of health: ’ ,
cds which he Lad followed from child- White males— i • n Yarboro, bj-inI 40 ! -
hoot!, Larly hours and temperate living years, continued tuna; t . W, Nowton
were never abend- ned. He loved the good uge<l iH your , gastro hopatiti .—‘J.
old forms of worship,where m#n preach-1 White femal-*-J|rs, w. v.\ c’ollina
o«l the pure gospel of repentance and love aio unat rtained, ln::irt failittu with!
‘ congregation chanted neuralgia; Lula Mc.kUnus, ago 5 year*
ssrra
nadlng bjr all i
Bn.
Ill RlWtU i
■ - •
In .
__ _ ^ ^ ihiugton. Fi
ithouF operatic foim* or hronchTti*.— 2.
- 'ii. Tti.^oM-f»jh-1 Cri|iriil m»l»—U.nrrCa .'y »roi1 1, |
the destinati
here t
God’s prslves
dramatic Uu ^
toned Georgia gentleman of fifty years ! me ntlia, cause of death imknovvn;JameI
ago was Mr. I’hinixy’smodel, and ho lied B. Moore, aged 3 years, tauvj ul death
fritnds in every ti#^ f even including unknown,—J.
tho primitive »ect, where men wero Colored females—IiszioWillL.ii*, U i>u
ffuifflit to Ulievo In God and pay their 25 years, cause of dc;.tii unknown; «.?iie
J- ‘ \jong before he conn • ted him- Lambert, aged 7 l . ntb-, ch> ra infai-
lh ittv fJtiin-li Ur turn --
col-
•elf with any church, Mr. Fblnixy’e turn.—2,
home w as the stopping place for Total—white m.Ji
minister* of various denominations orvdmalteC, femal
who pasMal through Athens. George I * —
F. Picrco, of sainted memory, was hisl Laylmr tho i'orii<-i-«(onp,
close friend—and not long after Robert' The corner tono of tlio new library
Toombs became a Methodist, his other building will be laid witii Masonic hon-
friend. Ferdinand I'binizy, gave in hia ©raooOcLBlnt 8 o'clock. Grand Mas-
Flef lance at the altar. He gave liberally ter Davidson of Augm tn w ill ullii iate in
of lux land and means to Ood's people, person, and the grand lodge is expected
Charity found in him a warm but uno»- to bo preoent in force, aa that louy will
UrfattflD friend. Old friend» we ro ke in ressioa at the time. Other bodies
clierudied regardless of mesas—lie w as wut unite in uxe ceremonies of tho occa-
true in every way to early attachments. •i°°*
and influences. j Tho copper 1 ox which is to be pla-icd
Mr. Phiulzy wa* probably tlio largest * n the atone is now at the library, and
stockholder io the Georgia railroad. He Mr, Herb t will take pica uro in d. p bit-
owned over $400,000 in tl.!* favorite sc- ingin itanyciii.< : in?.:, t n •
curity. Ho waa constantly iocicasiug which may k« . : k .I kirn.
hteoaUing. and had seen it in the last ^ brief addrasa will be delivered on
cig‘.t .us double Id value. Several the occasion, fhe programme will ba
'gned all hi# director-. announced ia due tin
1 *' N .1 I-AIK,
shich
sunering snip*,
nrrh.and | roa-l,
“P«»ly 1 In.ut
Ii. Any i of
-jh sen-I-
including o.»e in the Gecrgn
Atlanta and Weal A
a van nah railroad, huu’!.,-r
naa Orepur and
the University,
nude of the m
9,818 postal cs
pounds of fourth-c
xnu HALL
Citizen* WtH .Hake It n
—TheCotton va
• i.
V.’hilj you aro having a bi
bi( fair, t)» jKup!" ui Kai
UC31U1, UM nWKU
hare tho best county ft
Last year, tSt-- iir ,j, the farmer* did k
r,<> ir. o K tiiftv -iioul'i, Lur ii.jw tfc
1 to th-•• ir- r t witu htr.-n
: ' 11 toi
fuinituic tij any ci.,ui urho ,p
• -i • ? uu the njur.-i, *ii■ : i;•, f.,.,
ia has l*.*un arrange 1 and v.ill draw .
•ial. !—
t your
ej'uring
a Mu
Bsj
trui-tet in the
The
Eurklau'
t in
mnMum tat ft
Gi.v; r;,y. - i ; ry
'*"ifuErisr firwA-)U. i j bv*. tvr
Arult-a Naive
r«! flru-t- 1\ «enu p#r
ii. J. Lax.** A iv 1.
i F»n*.
adfuld
..inj# 1 fiivt-l »|- u> flute Uni
. V) Wam-n struct, larv’e planter and owned M-veral fnr
receive th# rw^ipe to win* h, up to a few years a offhe ►a
1 * bw pervmal SUDervUlun. Ho i>tu’
c< a.rul iu everything, In-ciiIim) l.« w
cautiom*, clriSsiy eb&ervont, diligent a
bouoreMe, He neglects t no «)«ult
Four batteries of tl.
Mmb States grtillery passed through
from l ort Mcl'iierson Thursda,
h United
big c
'ih- fr.
h.t’
Nn " it.:"
v:.. ■ ha«
’ • • ’ 1 V -l
of the wa
i BmcU
iiiuchin. ry . : .n
l j nut half *utpk, tl..- <i
| making 5,000 v ardi p.r
i r .: in all It#
It caa
-u, ev«a by