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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: JANUARY 24, 1895.
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THE HAWAIIAN REVOLUTION.
The attempt of Senator Frye to
magnify the Ut#4a royalist eruption
near Honolulu into a “revolution" nnd
to get tbo soikito of tho United States
to expires indignation ovnr It and to
bestow its unx-.illori-fW sympathy upon
the “young republic” Is a Oititle ntoro
“bouffe” than the “uprising" ltsedf, in
which the only serious Imchlent was
the unfortunate killing of Mr. Oantor,
says the New York T.mes. There Is
nothing (surprising In the Pic* that
such a disturbsnoe rtiou'd Uoour, and
iho "young ertpubllo." must export sim
itar ones occastonilly. If will l>o for
tunate if there Is none inone difficult to
deni with thin Uhls, which was almost
grol«si|ne In r .tB Insignificance.
The men who mini- Mte “ropnMlc"
and tiro ill roc: lmg its (bwllnlcs displaced
by force .the naitive government, which
was preferred 1»y nlnetr >n 'hs of the pop-
nhWon of the islands, unfortunately
with tho emotnlvance of an A morion
man-of-war, without which they could
not have necoinjs'Jshwl their object.
They barteseit up a government by "the
few" nnd undiirtttkeii to hold "the
many” down, Inrinding the bulk of the
re) tlv«* and n lirge force of -lapanese,
Chinese nnd VontugiUMo “rontturt ki-
horers.” They say they nan do It with
out heftp and govern the people much
heifer .than they could govern them
selves. A* to the lifter proposition,
there Is not much doubt, but when a
people Is Incapable of gowerolng Itself
and need* to be nil id by a small class
of superior persons, it affords no ma
terial far a “republloin form of govetn-
n»edt," and no repuhllo con take such
s peop'e into Its system wltbcut aban
doning Its principle.
The TVtlo govommeot Is nn Interest
ing exponmvnft, but It’Is not a ropublc.
The fnw who ore mo nosing it must ex-
pent occasional uprising* a id i Inst their
authoftty from Iheso Who have been
forced to submit agtlnst their wllL
slnoo these are a large majority of the
people. If the oligarchy con maintain
llsrijf and vindicate the beuiflccnee of
Its ratio. It win lie well, but It tkls no
right to took fitr help fosn any foreign
pewter or nr)ki> Its failures <tn excuse
for handing the nation over to foreign
control.
The Wilcox Incddeot would dbuhtless
hive occumsl all the stme if thore hud
been an American man-of-war in the
batbor of Honolulu. At all even:.*, tho
absence of such -a vuss l Rive the gov
ernment a chance to mblte goixl tho
.statement that H needs no torelgn aid
or oomfurt to milntain Its authority,
and It loqw. us safe from all chance of
oompUcat on. A v«**el would have
boon of no use there, orttl the only
question Is whrttbor disturbances may
occur In the future giving occasion tor
protection for American dtliens or
American “Interests." There is no in*
dlontlon of tt yet, atul If any vessel Is
sent it should be on "he dktilnot under
standing That it bas nothing to do
with revolutions or internal disorders,
except as tboti* may ctvltoger .the life
or prnp-rty of Aunrioin* wlto are
minding their own bua’.nva*.
THE CDNTRAL AMERICAN SITUA
TION.
-Voconllng ho the recent advices from
Central America, the condition of af
faire In that unsettled portion at tho
world le anything but promising, says
the Now Orleans Picayune. It appears
that Costa R cb, Honduras n-d Gun-
tentata have akerrd into a secret com
pact to dominate affaire In Ceotml
America and to divide up 8alrador. It
Ir also reported that the compact ex
tends to s Joint resistance of Mexico
should that country nrempt to invade
Guatemala.
It must be ndmimed, bow aver, that
there Is no gnatunteie of ibe reliability
of luox> ;v.?‘-rt3. isi, icd‘» > d, •hey •"*
W.oUdy denied by a oorrospondeot who
Is doubtiem w*£l Informed an the nut
ters wheratf be speaks.
For some time past Dogotfattoos have
been In program txwween Mexico nnd
Guttema.a looking n> a settlement of
a boundary dispute between tho two
countries. After severe! conferences
bemoan represantitlvi** of the two
|o*ert In the City of Mexico, the Mex
ican govonunedt formulated Its de
rm mis. which include the jnymea: of
an indemnity and the appottfixm-nt of
s Joint commission to Ux the boundary
lino la aococdanca with s former
treaty. These terms hare been rejonted
by Unattmala. and ualxw Mexico
crxl tks her demands, or decttlfls not
to print those slrauly nrtde. trouble
m,y very readily rosulL
la the meantime, affairs bare not re
sumed a normal sspact in Nlceraguo.
AJtlsotiigh the Rlueftods difficulty is
HCIUlULlIly Arlitt* tin
uneasy feeling as to the imfible course
of Gnut Brito la. Hidt ftovemnuuu
has not recognised the ntwv order of
thtDRi, utul it is reported ithnt s de
mand 'Will be made for tho restoration
of ton lights of tho Mosquito Cmcl
Clarence. It 1s either a significant
fact that a British squadron or oil roe
ships has gathered at BludUOds, nnu
that a force equally as strong hits ap
peared off toe Pacific cunt of Nica
ragua. Tie proa-no? of such a targe
force of British ships on the coast of
Nlcanjgut could hanBy bo due to an
uoddeaf, hence tt Is but natural that
suspicions of sane cent.nuipntod movc-
mont rihould have become current.
All nhsse foots point to the advisabil
ity of the United iStaiUs government
maintaining a small squadron in the
witters of the Gulf of Mexico. There
are seven! home ports whlcti such a
squadron could visit aud use us a txise
of operaitlons, and from any of -ntaich
the Central American coast could he
quickly rtndhcd.
A IUTIIHHC FIGURE.
The young man who is emperor of
China perhaps knows less of the world
than the average school boy of ten
years. Raised la the seclusion of a
palace and surrounded from his youth
up by sycophants who pr-(tended that
he mis something more than human—
almost a god—he has had no opportu
nity to learn ithe Itruith with remind to
litnwlf, his empire, or the rest of the
world. Men, as he know them, were
imnimol >«, i!„.r fcers before him,
pretending ithat he wtas too great aud
too sacred for them to look upon; but
the rapid and divisive ffaHaiits of his
armiiM and navy by the Japanese seem
to have brought even to utils sivltul.il
and deceived young man knawtelge of
the truth of the SJtiUitiuo ill which be
anil his empire now find themselves.
He know* that the general* in whom
he has been ituught to pluCe entire re
liance are not goneutals at all, but cow
ards and thieves, Incapable of execut
ing the slmpleM mfUihry operation,
and r«*p.«is'ble, 'thriHigh their pecula
tions, for the wrutthed o>ml.iion of the
army. He knows that though his peo
ple have 'been taxed to furnish the nec-
stry money, his soldiers are without
.inns, without ivoihiiig. wtthaut food,
and are nothing titnre than an unor-
ganlzed ant! Itolplits* molt. Ho knows
that his ministers, the men by whom
ho has been surrounded, who are re-
spons ble for Ills lgnotunoe nnd for the
false ivincitptlon ho has had of his
power and himself, are no batter than
hi* generals; tout duy, too, have used
their places and Hhelr control over him
to rob' the government of hundreds df
millions of ddlVtre, tbit they might be
come enormously rlih, wlr.lo all tho
doiurtmenta of Ithe pjareroment were
starved into a, sttuto of atrophy.
Hiving come to this knowledge, tho
kuwt ntiws from China says the em
peror his ordered ithe execution of gco-
eraita, admiriUs and mlnlstere—of all
the persons r.wpttuillil' fbr 'the harrif de
comlitloti In wfUob Chinn noiw finds
herself. lie has nlso issued nn edict,
a translation of which Is ns follows:
When we first took charge of the
affaire of the empire It was our Inten
tion to Introduce many reforms. Sud
denly nnd unexpectedly the Japanese
have broken the peace, taken away our
Ooruui dMDondency o»»d token posses-
spun of tlhe borders of our omptre.
We tuave sent our generals upon
Wbctm we depended, with their artnlee,
to punish the enemies of peace ur.J
drive them uwav. but wo never Intend
ed to distort) the peace of the Japainwe
empire and this our ancestors and aK
foreign muttons will know. Little did
we c meet Shat our generals were In
competent. and In many cases utstruat-
vrorthv. and that aotdlors were Insub
ordinate and 11-supplied with the arms
udmuate. and for Which large sums of
money were appropriated by us to sup
ply them with, and tt Is for these rea
sons that the Japanese have gained
victory after victory and place after
place, which mw* us the greatest
concern and makts our ancestors rest
less In 'their honored graves.
"All this aflltottou and trouble Is be
cause we are unworthy and have em
ployed unfit men. If, howetvr, the
worst comes and the enemy secure our
sacred altars, then there remain*
nothing tor us hut to perish at the
altar of our fathom and he gathered
home to them, fighting to the last os
thev dJd before us. for our country
and our honor. When that time comes
may you reverently escort the em
press do waiter westward and elect a
worthy man to be your emperor, look
after the sacred altar* of our ancestors,
rovlvw thought and wipe out their ter
rible disgrace.”
There la swutithing very pathetic In
this. Tho young man shows some
of ithe spirit with which the jutr.otlo
ruler of a great nation should be r.nl-
mtitaL Ait the suite time, his odlat to
the utterance of a tn.ui who to !u de
spair. l’ertaaps he Hills into dntpalr
too quickly; Is too ready to die and
nut ready enough to make a manly ef
fort to retrieve the fortume of bis
country. But possibly he feel* that
corruption has <lme Its work, and that
no effort mu now save Oh'pa. from
most humiliating defeat. If he ehouid
survive the iwur, however, it to possi
ble dm fils awukonlngof the Chinese
emperor will bring reforms that will
develop she stroi*t:h of toe ctuptre,
even as tost of Japan has been devel
oped. and make It ode of the greatest
powers of the world. An emperor who
txis • tvuUsallon of the weakness of
bto goveromunt, and of toe fact that it
and Its ruler are objects of ridicule to
the world. Instead of tho highest ob
jects of napeot and admiration, ss ho
had been tsught to believe they *w*.
will bo something entirely: now to
China. He can mslly jaccompish
great resuits, whereas he was tdwe-
htatov helpless On do auvttoins so long
as he wus too sacred dor men to look
upon him and .was kept in oouqsrte Ig
norance, not only of the condition of
his own country, but of tho rihttJvo im-
pjrtnnce of otlhor counitr.es.
A REMARKABLE GAJR UFJl.
Robert E. FaitiUson, nvho bis Just loft
the gu'i-rmtorial cfwlr of I’enngyirtp
nia, has b am nominated by tho Demo
crats of IMd Udclph'.a as tbtar asntllda to
for mayor of that city, kt is easy to
see, from the none of the Republican
[kipors, though .the Demooraitlo party
In rhiladeAphia is In a minority of
many thousands, ith'.tt Mr. lVtmisoubas
more than a fair chance of otaotion.
He holds the respect and confidence of
all classes of ttie community, and has
demotwtiviitud during two tends as gov
ernor of the grate, and before t. :ait, na
protlionotary of rhlladdlphta, *hst. ho
,1s brave, honest, of rare executive abil
ity, and can bo depended upon to carry
out any work of reform entrusted to
tils care. 'Iho Harrisburg Telegraph,
a strong Rqpublicuu' paper, in Its ed
itorial article commenting on bto oatver
as governor, said: “You made an hon
est, fearless chief executive of this
greut atafe of Pennsylvania. You were
not afraid to do your duty, and you did
It. You made enemies—tUxut wus to bo
exported; no man in public position butt
males enemies—lout you made friends,
and they will always honor and revere
an honest man suoh as you proved
yourself to be."
Mr. Pattlson cannot be elected os s
Democrat abut Is to say, Iry rvetn.v.
cra.tic rates alone—but there is reason
to be'Jeve tha t he will receive tho votes
of thousands of men who usually sup
port the UitpubUain aiimlldtuteo, hut see
no pol.tluvl i»ues In their dity affairs,
and who mainly desire chat ttitwe af
fair* rilui l bn controlled by a man not
only hones; but ttipnible. Hie to likely,
too, to receive tilt) support .of that,
branch of Republicans who resent the
fact 'that the candidate of 'their party
represents merely a triumph of one lo
cal boss over another, and tvUo find
liiemsn.ve*. in a position where ly their
voire they must support (Martin as
■gainst Quay.
Thu election of (Mr. Fjititlaon would
continue fitly one of the morit jretnark-
able careers in American paUelts^-u ca
reer made .possible only by the highest
personal qualities. There isjao pre
vious record of dt$y man bavlt|g served
through many years, in the j highest
ottlcus of a slate ove-rtvhu uilugly op
posed to the party ‘Wttfa whlcti ho was
affiliated. SloouW he be elected, the peo
ple of Pldladedptaki cnti count; rofedy
on tbo work of ref'urn, notv so badly
u■ 11 id itt '.in city, ' ll-: 'X u .-l
\\ i 1 . T* * 1 " i * “ -l.' _ -II ' i'll. l.M|
true, -Mr. lVLiaison ought t< > - r i
fur tho reason that Bblladelpbia nxda
hltu.
ENGLISH
OPINION
GUO.
OF THE NE-
^HE ROYAL Baking Powder sur
passes all others in leavening power,
in purity and wholesomeness, and
is indispensable for use wherever the best
and finest food is required.
State TestSo
“The Royal was found to be a perfectly pure
tartrate powder, containing neither alum nor phos
phoric acid. It was also the highest in leavening,
strength. It was in fact the best powder analyzed.
“GEORGE F. PAYNE, \
“State Chemist, Georgia.
Mr. James Bryce, who to now $>md-
(li'tat of the board of trade In life Brit
ish cabluut, some years ago ere aud al
to «t a It entry s-utatlon by tbo publi
cation of bto “Amcrtcto Common
wealth." No paltlcnl essay, for tbait
Is really artntt Mr. Bryvo's book to, pul>-
llshnl during retvat y*ure, bas recutvol
more f ivorUdo criticism. I't v ia oon-
cedcd oo every bind that Mr. Bryce
ifed given the world iho bin*, umlys s
of American px.tleul lusilmhons,
showing hlmarif oapalile of laying
aside n vtlotvil pr Jivllcia, or Dearly so,
aud also oipibe of appreciating toe
value of institution* foreign to his own
country, and in some rwpects antago
nistic to the institution* prevailing
thore.
Recently, a new edition of Ibis work
ha* boon pub! shed, and Mr. Bryce
takes advantage of the opportunity to
discuss a phase of oar shnstitm which
he had almost culirely mglec' d—the
negro proU om. We have not seto this
part of bto work, but find in on- of our
exdhangre toe conclusions reached by
him briefly skated.
Mr. Bryco minimises the negroprob-
1*-in. pe.nt.ng out thatithe rvkatlve num
ber of negroes It steadily sod raRiiLy
decreasing; dun toe mass at them to
drift.ng toward toe »>uth Atlantic and
Go f coast, and t'auit toey nnuK lieoomo
a smaller and Miullor feature in car
till! ties. Stated briefly, 1)1 prophaoles
ns to the future of toe negro are as
follows:
1. The negro, will stay In North
America.
•J. He will stay locality intermixed
with the white papulation.
3. He will ray socially distinct, tn
■Hen element unahnoibed nnd tomb-
■orbs Ido.
Tt will be torn that this English
* latest/fun takes toe view at this ques
tion that to held by toe more carisrT-
atlve of our own thinker*. He’s not
siarmed tor toe fuuuv of tola secuon,
th ough be to frank In *uyiog ton ."but
for this one difficulty"—tbo preseor •
of the negro-toe iSomh tnhfffe wil be
thought to be 4be most promising part
of toe Union; that pan whose advnnce
to likuty to be swiftest, utxl whoso
prosper Ay will be not toe leant secure.
.‘•But for this one difficulty!" in mak
ing this reservation, Mr. Bryce admits
the importance of the negro prbkro.
while agreeing that though It will re
main unsnarled, tt wtD ritaadlly grow
less tn ’.mportanec.
Id oommrntlDg upon tos view* of Mr.
Bryce, the Bhltadelpbla Bulletin, * R.-
pubican newspaper, draws toe Infer
ence hat in the opinion at this crest
English writer, toe majority of c,grots
are going “to s ek into deeper lgoo-
,-anoe and more he^tero cotadltlocs gen-
orally.” Mr. Bryce says nothing, as
We understand It, to Justify this Infer
ence, beyond what -we have quoted;
that to. that toe negro will drift to
wards the extreme Hoiat.h and thus be
come sopor.atcvl iu a large digroe from
the -white people. It floBows tint In
the opinion of this R-umbllcan paper,
the negroes tare saved from “deeper ig
norance and more helpless conditions
Vonerilily,” only beoanse they are hold
up by association with the Southern
white people; and yet the Bulletin,
along with Its Republican contempora
ries, Is always quick to read Southern
white people severe lessons on the cru
elty and lnjustlco with which they
treat their negro neighbors.
A CANDIDATE AT 82.
Somo people may remember that
some years ago old man Pb!lota* Saw
yer was a member of toe Unlfcri States
senate. He did not bsve much Influ
ence as a member and was never un
derstood -to represent anything In tho
upper house exo.pt ooe of the big for-
turn-a made In the lumber bus'ncm by'
a tear person* In the Northwest. Ho
* out of office ss the result of tho
political revolution In Wisconsin aor
tal years ago, and since toon nobody
out of tho immediate neighborhood of
bto home has hoard of him. In fact.
It was generally understood before he
went out of office tint most of (Us -large
fortune had been lost, utul 1 #va s conse
quently aioramod that his importance
ss a politician and officeholder would
also promptly disappear. S'ow, how
ever, the Republican* -have Spain ac
quired a majority In the Wlsootwln leg
islature and Mr. Sawyer emerges from
his tosenrity to announce tout ho .’■ a
candidate for toe United Huu-a senate.
It Is somctblog ranarkabk) -that a man
whose long Ufa baa been spent In bus
iness pursuits Should ueur tho end of
it become absorbed in politics, but this
It not toe marit remarMatfle feature of
Mr. Sawyer’s esse, for he Is doing
something never done liy any paUtlaian
before him. In that he to offering for a
term In too senate which wttl not be
gin nntll he has entered upon bis 82>1
year. Mr. Merrill of Vermont was
elected the last -time - when 80 y.Mr* old.
but elected to succeed himself, tn con
tinuation of a service In toe sonata
that had already extend'd over thirty
years. It to not at all probable that
Mr. Sawyer wlUJbe mcctMiful In hto
candidacy, but thill ho Is a candidate
under -the ctroamstanoes Is a striking
Clnstratlon of the infatuation with poll-
ttos by which many ns>n are affected.
And now they arc laughing at Faure.
Caslmlr-Pericr knew the French tem
perament said acted on hto Judgment
and left It to have Its way.
Byrnes says If the saloon keepers
were punished one would never hear
of 8unday liquor selling. And Byrnes
knows What he's talking about.
And row that vexed question of a
sower system is to bp finally settled.
Lot everybody bo thankful.
Tho Macon, Dublin end Bavnmwh
raid u to be built. So much the better
fur Macon.
The Commercial Advertiser suggests
that when TUlman breaks loose In
congress we may expect bloudy-shlit-
Ism, in extremis. TtIVman never wore
a Confederate uniform and 1s no more
calculated to-be a representative of
the men who did than Is a Zulu giant
In a side show to represent the ancient
Egyptians.
What a text some ignorant Northern
editors are getting from two very un
wise Southern congressmen Who al
lowed their feelings to get away with
them. If toe editors come South what
a change would come over them. Such
Changes do come over all of our North
ern visitors.
(We beg pardon in advance). "Did
you hear the concert?" “Yaw.”
OI- 1 GENERAL INTEREST
The Pcriopthalmns, a nath e of the Malayan
mangrove swamps, is do only fl«h wiilch
broaihes with its toll. If th* tall bo painted
over with oil or varn sh tbo fish die* of auffo-
cation.
Russia bas an amusement tax which to laid
upon every amnaemont t oltel sold, and the
managere raise the price accordingly. Already
n -ariy 1,000,000 roubles haVo been raised in
this way.
'Ascnraing that the 30,000.000 women of
of England shed tears twice s y ;ar, an English
statistician has fli u lod that too pruduets of
the combined woopa would shout equal the
displacement of an 100 ton yacht.
In Switzerland there to a law by which rail-
wav and steamboat companies, factory eatab-
liel m-'it..(ctc., are liable to indemnify II o:r
enni.i-. 0< In case of acctdenle or thoir widows
and chudren in esao of their death.
A Belgian inventor has devised an immense
lamp a ich as bae |eo (ably never been ism
Ik- o e. it is sis h e. high and mere ire* 7.HI
feet in dlameti r. It is f- d with lard oil and
tho conanmption Is said to be very small.
The farmers In Wcatem Michigan are com
ing to Iho conclusion that them la no more/
ill trying to comneto with tho Argentine, ltua-
» a mid India wheat growers, snd are going
Into fruit growing on a larger scare than ever.
An ingenious Scotchman lias devised a
thiead-apii n ng apparatus fiat Is o|>erated by
two trained mice. In driving tho little mill
with tlulr paws tho animal* dally perform work
equivalent to traveling a distance of ten and
a half miles.
When a Prince of the Austrian Royal family
dies hla horse follows the funeral e>verot
with a black doth, and lame in one hoof The
Unienesa is produced by driving a nail
through the horseshoe. This la the sign of
the deepest possible mourning.
In London alone there are upward of 170
pinafi rto factories. Over !,Susahop« snd fac
tories in the nut opolia are devoted to the
supplying of mnsreal goods of all torts.
Throughout tho provinces theru are U.UUU
musical oatablishuonto of various kinds.
The Arizona Indian* have a pro filar and
• If.dive way of branding animat*. The brand
is made of steel, w.th a knife edge. It is
fixed on the head i f an arrow, and shot with
a bow at the animal to be branded with aueb
fi r.o that it cuts tho mark In the hide.
The Rochester (N. Y.) Common Council pro
poses to make an arrangement with the street
railroad company by which it will carry for a
nominal sum all police area and detective*.
Tbit la the outcome of th* constitutional
amendmentprnhibltiag the laauano* of passes
to pnblie officers.
ALL POLICE CALLED OUT.
Alt tee tovras are talking shout cot
ton mils, but few of them are offer
ing ouch Inducement* as Macon's city
council did at Us last session. The
cotton mill people will probably see
what city wants tee ootton mills and
will bring them.
Tom Platt is ttylng bard to dictate
to Mayor Strong, of New York, but
the "boew" trill find tost the Committee
of -Seventy was In no sense a Republi
can edition of Tammany HalL
Why don't John Foetet burry UP
about getting to China. The people
are getting tired of reading about
Wel-Hal-lVel and Fe-cbl-U and all tost
sort of thing.
Macon bas small failures and some-
times a big fire, but the Indomitable
pluck of tbe city trill show Itself tn
the hardest times IhgcT no starva-
| lion In fitacoo.
Byrne* Hr* Prepared for Labor Trouble! fat
New York.
New York, Jan. II—Superintend -nt Bvrnca
has ordered ell tbe polios reserve* on date in
tbe city. This was dona because the first
brigade bad been ordered over to Brooklyn to
re-ln force th* militia ot that city and aasut in
supprets ng tbe street railroad rioters. Thin
wifi be uo night* off or daya off for the pre tent.
Every man wno U not an the sick list will be
on duty and in reaervf day and night.
WEDDING TO COME SOON.
Orange Btoasoms Perfume tbe Ah- of
Talbotton.
Tolbutton, Jut. II.—(Special.)—Soctal
circles ore on the qtrl vive since tee
announcement of wedding bells and
orange blossoms. Tbe contracting par
ties an) Hiss hnsahetb James Lnonard,
one off Georgia's noted beauties, to Mr.
WElbun Oapers Hightower ot Thom-
asron. The marriage wfil occur
Wednesday afternoon'at lbs Mettiodlst
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Color enter
tained u number off guests at their
picturesque suburban boms on last
Wednesday evening. A ncvtning off
rare pleasure was whiled array with
games, sportive Jest and moonlight
teteea-totes.
TM home of Mr. J. H. Morris, at
Tpsltantl was a Joyous scene on Friday
evening, cnfnpflrnentnry to Utc tove'y
meMen*. Misses Annie Freeman and
8A?Ue Turner. Corridors and verandas
cheerily resounded wlto the light
hearted voices, ball sod pa Bora wers
wraulred in artistic profusion with
wild smllax, pearly mistletoe and tho
coral's -precious berries. Within tho
portals of this charming home one over
finds nn open, generous hospitality
from the noble host and gentle, grc. ,
do-us hostess.
Mies Mary Estes, -wlto queenly grace,
wcloomed the lltemiry circle on list
evening. Mies Estes is a young lady
"whose lair (has a meaning and her
movements a grace." She entertains
delightfully. An Interesting programme
was rendered.
Mrs. 8. E. Childs was united In mar
riage Ito Mr. C. G. Townsly it tho
home of toe bride, on College Hill, this
week.
A Htftle negro wa* burned to death
at Ypslkkntl this poet week, the re
sult of careCessness.
JUDGE BECK AT GRIFFIN.
The Social! Little City Has a Week rt
Pleasure.
Griffin, Jan. 21.—(Special.)—Guperi r
court convened there on Monday last
ani Maroua W. Beok. The nowCy-elect-
ed Judge will preside for toe first time
In this district. Besides the settCcment
of several big receivership coses there
Is nobbing of special Importance in the
tlhe court.
The social event of the ensuing week
MU be toe anniversary reception given
by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Mr.te to
the Mystic Circle, sc tJietr pa'utlat
residence, on next Wednesday night.
■Miss Clarke of Milwaukee will begin
Instructions In cooking this week to n
class composed of thirty of the ienl-
Ing l.tdles of OrtfTtn.
Mrs. M. J. DanleO entertained toe
Mystio Circle on last Wedneo-tsy after
noon. She waa assisted by Mrs. R. T.
Daniel.
Miss Louise RemShart entertained
her friends FrbViy evening with a
phantom party at toe borne of her
uncle, Mr. M. O. Bawdoln.
Miss Eunice Edwards, one off be re
el *1 favorites off Griffin, Will (leave In a
fenv days foe- Fort Gaines, where »v
will spend aitnsst t-wo months anil then
sh* -will visit Miss Em Prince of Amerl-
cus. -Miss Edwards will he mitred by
her nrlny friends, who -wish her s
pleasant trip, but A speedy rtvtum.
Dr. E. R. Anthony, wbo was reomtly
appointed by Governor Atkinson on fi*
stage hoard of medical examiners, went
to Atlanta toilay. and tomorrow will
he installed wttih the otrier members
of the beard.
“CAPERS" HIGHTOWER TO WED
Cards Announce Hto Coming Marriage
to Miss Leonard.
Thomaston, Jan. 31.—(Special.)—Cards
have been received here from Mr. and
Mrs. Roderick Leonard of Talbotton.
announcing the marriage of their
daughter. Miss Elizabeth Jane, to
Mr. William Capers Hightower of this
city, on Wednesday afternoon, January
II, at 1 o'clock in the Methodist church
st Talbotton.
Tbo bride-eoect to one of toe hand
somest and most accomplished younz
ladles of her chy. She has many
charms and attractions, couplet
with her lovely disposition, tost will
carry her into to* midst of the society
of Thomsston. Mr. Hightower Is one
of the leading young bust nee* men
here. In social circles and In bustne-s
connections, no one ranks higher than
"Cape" Hightower. After the ceremony
the happy couple will leave on an ex
tended trip to the leading points rt
Interest In Florida and other Soutlun
dues. They will then be at home u
their friend* In an elegant suite ct
rooms at the Hotel Batulwlch.
Ten cents a pound will buy cheap and
polsxnou* baking pawdere. They work
direct Injury to nursing mot here, dys
peptics and others in delicate health.
Dr. Price’s a pure Cream off Tartar
powder, not only ssvus docs or bltls. tret
is more economical than others.
HE IS VERY SMOOTH.
A Professional Swindler Plays Upon
Stable Men.
Cordele. Jan. 20.—(SpecKl.)—On J»"-
ulry 7 a man about 10 jours off sc*
went u> Mr. W. H. Tripp, wfoo rxrez
a Uvery stable, to .hire a bone and
buggy. He claimed to be from Tex-u
and wave bto name os James P-
O’dhssugtmeesy. He exhibited to Mr.
Tripp a xteed to ton seres off land .n
Worto county. Getorgu, and gave hlu
a mortgage on this for Che safe return
off tbe trass, which t» sold be wanted
to use for « week. Mr. Tripp, after
waiting nearly two weeks, go* uneaqr
and commenced hunting for tbe tram,
which had not hewn returned. He ha»
learned that this man to a profession*]
swindler and Chflef. but no trace of
him and toe tenon has been found.
On December IT last O’Shaugbm'w/
momasgvd Che same land to Mr. J. a-
Smith of ‘Mooticelka no. and bss-t"*
the same -thing In several otter places
for tbe ouruow* at raising money.
A fow day* before O'abaughrasy cuae
to Cnedeie he was seen at Helena to
comoany with H. A. Turner, the
sfikfi detective, who was reported teed
reoemCv. It to reported ton* O’Hree 5 -
nessv to an uncle of Turner sod v*
run off to Texas a few years state
borse stealing. The bent ot Mr-
Tripp's was a medlren-taxed gray, wife
• sear on hind foot. The buggy *“*
to get the team or tbe thief.