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Volume LXIL. ]Federal Uniox wbllshedl ntStt. » JSouthern Reoori :b “ ‘ ‘1819. (Consolidated 1872 Milledgeville, Ga„ December 8, 1891. Number 23. . The four Official Reports, U g Govcrn’t, Bulletin No. 10 ; Canadian Gov’t,Bulletin No. 13 ; Ohio Food Commission, and N. J. Food Commission, show Cleveland’s Baking Powder strongest of all pure cream of tartar powders, yielding (average) 12.87 percent, carbonic acid gas. The Scientific American, after a most careful examination of the Official Reports, says: “ The show- ine Cleveland's makes, compared with all the principal brands, is such as to put it emphatically at the head. COL. LY $ES’ PRESENTATION Of Our C okts to thk Veterans in Augu ta on Veterans’ Day. Onpt. i .ge Eve introduced Col. Lyuea as > tows: Cooirni • and Fellow Citizens: It is with k >* pleasure I intrjdnco to you tny <■ -chooluiate, classtuute and rooumiat -one who almost left his primer i< houlder the musket, and was pron ed forauspiciousgallftntry. ,T. Co! 1 Lynns was the smallest hoy in t' e ranks, with his bayonet some! hi less when at order arms than six' tahove his head. [Laugh ter and pplause.] Gentlemen, I present you (Joi. J. Colton Lynes. [Applaii .1 c I., lynes’ .response. Col. L nes said: Comr s: It lills my heart with joy to I with you on this grand occa sion, an although you see me clad in blue it i iot because I have not worn the gre not because I have ceased to love i Here on these sons of vet erans w 'in you have honored with the pri yge of acting as your escort vou b old the dear and familiar color, ['.pplause.] The blue is our’s May 19, lWtt. 4G ly. Editorial Glimpses and Clippings. The next National Republican Convention will he held in Minne apolis on June 7, 1892. Bishop-elect Nelson will be con secrated in Atlanta, at St. Lukes cathedral, on the 25tli ol January. The Russian Minister of War has created a decided sensation by order ing a half millions pounds of soldiers biscuits, delivered by Jan. 1. At the citv election in Atlanta last Wednesday, the Citizens Ticket was elected by a majority of over 1,400. The barrooms are jubilant. The Radicals have a majority of two in the U. S. Senate. W lien it ad journed ir had a majority of 14. The Democrats are gradually’ getting on top. The Citizens’ Association reform ticket of Augusta, headed by J. H. Alexander for Mayor, was over- whelmingly elected last Wednesday by 2,504 majority. The large stock of golden silence which Secretarv Blaine is accumu lating threatens to lay President Harrison's silvern speech in the shade.—Atlanta Journal. Captain 8. R. Weston, of - Albany, lias been elected by the stockhold ers president of the Albany, Flori da and Northern Railroad, to till the vacancy caused by the death of Colonel Nelson Tift. Ex-Congressman ('buries H. Gib bon has been appointed hv the Gov ernor of Maryland United States Sen ator from that state to fill the posi tion until the legislature meets. Gib son is a brainy youug man. Dr. Madison Taylor, of Philadel phia, Secretary Blaine’s physician, declares that Mr. Blaine is now a well man—in better health than for vears. Ho says that six months hence he will be even better than lie is now. • The city solicitor of Philadelphia announced on Saturday that the colored boy applying for admission into Girard college could not Vie ad mitted. This is in accord with the will of the founder, but it neverthe less shows that distinction on ac count of race is confined to no sec tion of the country. Ex-Gov. Janies Johnson died on the 30th lilt., at the home uf his son at Upatoi, near Columbus. He was provisional governor during the reconstruction period. At one time he wus one of the most prom inent lawyers in Georgia, was on tile bench a number of terms and was largely instrumental in formu luting the State Constitution of 1868. Eatonton Messenger: It is not prob able that the proposed dummy line between Eatonton and Madison will be built soon if its construction de pends upon even a small subscription by Putnam. We believe a syndicate agrees to furnish $10,000. In a more prosperous year Putnam might sub scribe $10,000 but at present she will have to forego that pleasure. again, 'or, in the language of one of Georgi '■< greatest orators, “We are back in 1 he house of our fathers and we are here to stay.” [Applause. 1 And w ire just as much entitled to the w> ring of the bine as any man who ev rHived under the influence of the bln 'aws of Massachusetts, Rhode Islam r Connecticut. Con > des:—I bring you the charge once I il by that grand old soldier. Lieu len. D. H. Hill, the hero of Big B the!, distinguished for gal lants it Malvern Hill, Boonesboro and Chiclcamauga, and an uncompro rnisirn iefender of the impulses and nets < ' he Old South, the founder of the “Land We Love,” a distinguished ediio or and Christian gentleman. [App'ause.] On Sept. 25, two years ago. ue passed over the “eternal river" nd left this charge to me ant!. -o help me God, I shall see to it that arsons are taught to reyerenee our I ■ roes—the living and the dead. Applause.] With heart on lips. And soul within eyes, Brave and true as our clime, Sunny as their skies,” there they sit and greet you with their love. [Applause.] Let me now call your attention to that magnificent structure erected by the munificence of a generous ami chivalrio land. Journeying towards Paris, Frstnce, at the distance of t wenty miles from the splendid world’s capital, one may gaze upon a gilded dome, toweriug the surrounding splendor. That dome covers a palace set apart, Jor the veterans of a grate ful nation There they repose in peace and joy. Now look upon this picture. Georgia is grateful also, for we have seen contributions from ev ery hamlet and city pour into her beautiful capital to be devoted to the same mission of love. I see a noble structure erected there and offered to our heroes. I look again, aud 1 see a Legislature wrangling over the pay ment of a sacred debt they owe to patriotism aud to patriots, anil end its wrangle with an ignoble repudia tion of the sacred obligation. But comrades one year hence and the grand old commonwealth will be proud to tuke her heroes by the hand anil conduct them to a haven of re pose, where our sons may see them and send them tokens of tlieir love aud assurances of their protection. WOMAN. The Union Signal says :—“The years ago there lived on a farm among the hills of Massachusetts, a trirl who developed wonderful nrtis- t'c and mechanical tastes. The«e were wisely cultivated and to-day, grown to womanhood, that girl is receivug a salary of $2,500 for de signing watch cases, aud larquettes for a metropolitan jewelry house.” It is originality that pays. The woman, who would succeed, must either do something different, from everybody else, or else she must do wli.-it she does better than anybody else. There is no premium on medi ocrity but. there is always a possible reward for intelligence, fidelity and originality. * * * No sweeter songs were ever written than those penned by Helen Ashland Kean, author of “When the Tide comes in,” “Across the Sands” and other beautiful song poems. Yet few v omen have more sorely needed heip or sympathy. Her husband was an Evangelist, and broke down from over-work. They had a small farm on which they resided. Mrs. Kean was cook, laundress and seamstress, has done all the farm work aud cured for four small children, while earning a maintenance for the family by pen and brush. Lately her husband, crazed it is supposed by his long ill ness, deserted her and she is left alone with her children. Her fiiends pro pose to assist her by ordering her songs direct from lier as she will thereby receive a per centuge on the sales. This is a pathetic story. How deep are the waters through whicti tome noble souls are called to pass. Washington Letter. Mrs. Frances Sheldon, an English woman, has been giving an account of her travels in Africa to the Brit ish people. The stirring tale of her adventu rous visit, to Kilima Njuro and Lake Chala with only one English lady, who fell sick at the start, was very thrilling. She personally directed, disciplined and led 130 native carriers, and when they were rebellious, she brought them to reason with a horse- hide, the only argument that had any effect upon them. By all the savage tribes, who had never seen a white man or woman before, she was most courteously received, some times having as many as ten oxen presented to her, while site acquired the title of the “Woman Master.” She gave a vivid account of the mys terious lake, shut in by rocks and trees, through which it was necessary to force a way by swinging from branch to branch, like monkeys. It was 011 the return journey that the accident happened, and the bold lady- reached Engluud almost more dead than alive. Happily she is now re gaining strength. -Mrs. The old jail at Sandersville was burned last Wednesday morning.— There were three buildings on (he premises, an old-fashioned two- story jail, the jailer’s residence im mediately in front, and the kitchen. The lire originated in the kitchen, and all the buildings were destroy ed. The prisoners, three in num ber, were removed to the new jail mov in course of construction.— Four prisoners had made tlieir es- cupe a few davs before. [Applause.] They pledge 1 heir ener- nies to this cause, they are yours to day, but you are tlieir’s forever. [Grelit applause.] THE BOARD REVISED. Ladies in Charge of the Girls’ Normal College. The governor lias announced the following revised board of visitors to the Girls’ Normal aud Iuiiustriul Col lege.^ ‘ I First congressional district Mrs. W. W. Gordon, Savannah. Second congressional district A. W. Cosby, Albany. Third congressional district—airs. W. H. Felton, Marshallville. Fourth congressional district—Mrs. W. Y. Atkinson, Newnan. Fifth congressional district—airs. j. K. Ohl, Atlanta. A . . „ Sixth congressional district—Mrs. s. H. Alexander, Rome. Eighth congressional district Mrs. E. A. Gray, Lexington. Ninth congressional district—Mrs. A. J. Julian, Wooley’s Ford. Tenth congressional district miss Neppie Hunt, Sparta. Eleventh congressional district— Mrs. L. J. Knight, Valdosta. The appointments were made two months ago, but some of the ladies then appointed could not accept, con sequently it was necessary to revise the list. An Ohio lady was so frightened by ft snake that her glossy black hair turned white as snow. It was soon returned to its original color by Hall’s llair Renewer. Prevention Is Better Very “Dear Girls.”—They had a church sociable at California junc tion the other night, and the young ladies sold at so much per pound for tlie benefit of the church. The girls were anxious to make money for tlie church, and several y6ung men found tlieir purchases loaded down with flat-irons. One vouug fellow bought a little girl that ordinarily would weigh about ninety pounds, and wn.- surprised to see the scales register 275, costing him $5. The young men passed resolutions condemning the girls for swindling.—Sioux City Journal. The Cause of Rheumatism An acid which exists in sour milk and cider, called lactic acid is believ ed by paysicians to be the cause of rheumatism. Accumulating in the blood, it attacks the fibrous tissues in the joints, and causes agonizing pains. W hat is needed is a remedy to neutralize the acid, and to so invigo rate the kidneys and liver that all waste will be carried off. Hood s Sar saparilla heartily recommended by many whom it has cured of rheuma tism It possesses just the desired qualities, and so thoroughly purifies the blood as to prevent occurrence of rheumatic attacks. We suggest a trial of Hood’s Sarsaparilla by all who suffer from rheumatism. Cvrus VV. Field, in his old age, will have the sympathy of all. His wife died a few days ago. Two of his daughters are dying. His son has be- come insane, after making a failure said to be dishonest, and Mr Field himself is perhaps on Ins deathbed.— Constitution. Than cure, and those who ure subject to rheumatism can prevent attacks by keeping the blood pure and free from tlie add which causes the dis ease. For this purpose Hood s Sar- saparillu is used by thousands with great success. It is the best blood purifier. The correctness of the maxim nothing succeeds like success” is well exemplified in Ayer’s Sarsapa rilla The most successful combina tion’ of alteratives and tonics, it al ways succeeds in curing diseases of the blood, and hence its wonderful popularity. From Our RegularCorrespondent, Washington. D. C., Nov. 30, 1891. The next Speaker of the House will lie 51 r. Mills—Crisp—McMiliiu Springer Hatch, just as certain as the j caucus meets next Saturday. As a prophet with a reputation to main- i tain, there are no signs visible that ;| would justify your correspondent in j in dropping any portion of thiscompo- j site name. In plain every day tulk, j these five gentleman and tlieir friends j are engaged in conducting one of the liveliest and the most uncertain cam- j paigns for the Speakership ever known. Each of them is apparently confident of winning. It is conceded by the other candidates that Mills and Crisp are well in the lead, but they contend that neither of them can get votes enough to get nomina ted and that, after two or three ballots are taken without result, there will be a stampede to other candidates. Mr. 1 Crisp’s fiiends boldly claim his nomination without fail on tlie first ballot, while the advocates of Mr. Mills say that he will be nominated on tlie second or at the outside the third bal lot It is believed that more than one hundred unpledged members have arrived within the last forty-eight hours, and that half as many more will be here within the next two days. 5Iany of these men are entirely new in National politics, and a goodly per centage of them are personally un acquainted with a single one of the candidates. It is the votes of these new men which will settle the Speak ership, and at this writing no man can say with any truthfulness how they will vote; much will depend upon the impression made upon them by the candidates and their friends, and there is little doubt that some of the candidates ure being injured by fool- friends. The caucus, which will prob ably he held next Saturday, will include all of the Farmers’ Alliance men from the South and perhaps some of those from the West, although Jerry Simpsou says uone of the Alli ance ineu will go into the democrat ic caucus. 235 would be about the number if there was a full attendance, but it is safe to deduct five or six on account of absence, because of sickness or other reasons, so that it nay be set down as a reasonable cer tainty that tlie man who can get 115 will be nominated. The canvass for tlie minor offices of the House is quite as spirited as that for the Speakership, and the number,of candidates is much greater and not a few of them are ex-51 em bers of the House. Turner, “the iceman” is making a typical Tammany struggle for the Doorkeepership; Pennsylvania has two candidates for clerk, and Virginia two for Postmaster. But these posi tionsare usually settled in tlie last hours of the campaign by means of combinations witli the winning Speak ership candidate. While Mr. Harrison was cogitating on the free trade treaty which has I been negotiated with Hawaii and won. dering what tlie people would think of his signing such a treaty after re fusing to even receive tlie Commission ers sent by Canada to negotiate for au enlargement,k>f our trade relations, Mr. Blaine slipped over to Philadel phia to see Claus SprecKels, who is the virtual owner of Hawaii, and find out what he thought about this high protection administration endorsing a treaty ot absolute free trade. Mean while Mr. Harrison will hold the treaty until he can sound public opin ion; if favorable, he will sign it and send to the Senate for ratification, if unfavorable, he will “pigeon hole” it. That’s statesmanship of the Har rison brand. It Is said that Senator Sherman has complained to Mr. Harrison of Mr. Blaine’s meddling with his Senator- ship campaign in Ohio, and requested his aid in having it stopped. Just as has been predicted all along the Pacific Mail Steamhip Company will gobble up the greater part of the money paid out under the Postal sub sidy act of the last Congress. Mr. Wanamaker has signed eight cou tracts for carrying tlie mails under that law, unil the Pacific Mail Com pany gets three of the best of them, being for ten years each and to begin January 1, 1892, while the others will begin at different dates between Mars 1,1892 andPeceuiber 1, 1894. It seems Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report ABSOLUTELY PURE to make all the difference in tlie world when youcall a plain, everyday subsidy grab of Government money “expediting our ocean mails.” One of tho greatest national legislative scandals ever brought to light in this country was the exposure of tile methods used to pass the Pacific Mail Subsidy bill through Congress a few years ago, an exposure that drove a number of prominent republicans from public life. Now the same thing lms been accomplished, and if any one dares to protest ho is charged with being instigated by political predju- diee, and with trying to prevent the extension of our foreign commerce. Odd, isn’t it It looks as though there was to be a revival of the trouble between Wan amaker and Roosevelt, originated by tlie public statement by the latter that the former had beon guilty of carelessly handling the truth. Giye them room aud let’em fight it out. Letter From Eleanor Kirk. 78(3 Lafayette Avenue. Brooklyn, N. Y, Nov. 30th, 1891. “It is almost as bad to stuff oneself ill as to drink oneself drunk,” Mr. Beecher once remarked to some friends who had been suffering from engorgement during tlie holiday sea son. The lassitude, headache, and general irritability which seems to be the consequence of the national tur key, the national mince pie, and the imported plum pudding of our Thanksgiving day, brought the re mark of the celebrated preacher to my mind with renewed force. Personally a case of billious colic, or even a series of convulsions are more agreeable to look upon than is the man overcome by strong drink, but when the cause of the illness ir the result of intemperance, there doesn’t seem to be much choice be tween the man who lias stuffed and tlie man who has drank. I wonder why people feel called upon to behave like gluttons on Thanksgiving and Christmas. Many of them eat themselves into fevers, anil the comical side of the situation is that they never know what is the matter with them. A friend has just called who has been suffering* with malaria since Thanksgiving anil an other is sure lie is threatened with typhoid fever. I am convinced it wus the mince pie in both cases, and in the other instances which have come under my observation it was tlie plum pudding that did the mischief. The ways of housekeepers are mys terious. Why a heavy dessert should be added to a heavy dinner I cannot imagine, and isu’t it time to depart from the teachings and practices of our fore-motliers in this respect? It seems as if Brooklyn has feasted more generously this Thanksgiving than ever before—perhaps to show its delight in escaping a water famine. A sensible housekeeper who has the welfare of the world at heart, sends me some recipes for simple desserts, and advises that such pleasant and digestible articles of diet shall always be partaken of after a heavy dinner. One is orange jelly, which she recom mends as safe and delicious. I give it with great pleasure, and one is sea moss blancmange which I have preached so much about. Of course I am glad to emphasize that recipe: Take two ounces of gelatine to the juice of five oranges aud one lemoD, a little of the orange peel, and two cups of granulated sugar. Soak for half au hour in a pint of cold water, then add three pints of boiling water and stir till tlie sugar is dissolved. Strain through a fine seive or jelly bag, pour into molds and cool. It takes some time for this delicacy to harden, anu it is well to make it the day before is wanted. For sea moss blancmange wash carefully half a cup of moss in tepid water and add to it a quart of milk and a pinch of salt. Use a vessel that will not scorch anil let the contents stew slowly until the milk thickens. Try it occasionally, till you learn to make it, by cooling a tea spoonful. If it hardens it is done. When cold eat with sugar and cream. This correspondent also sends what she calls “guides for indefinite meas ures.” They are as follows, nnd will undoubtedly be found very useful: One quart of sifted ilour weighs but one pound. One qt. of pulverized sugar weighs about one pound seven ounces. One pt. of closely packed butter weighs about oue pound. One table spoonful of butter weighs about one ounce. Ten eggs weigh about one pound. This bright cook has also invented a new recipe whioh she asks me to try before recommending. This has been done and it is all she claims for it. The texture of this bread is a little different from the usual loaf, and ix good for a change. 1 pt. milk aud water (blood warn . 1 table spoonful of granulated mil-- , 1 table spoonful of butter, and <h,.i half tea spoonful of salt, 2 Flti.-idi- maim’B yeast cakes. Enough tw ce sifted flour to make a soft, smootiiV dough. *Rub the butter into the Hour, sift in sugar aud salt, dissolve the yeast in a little water from the 1 p\ "Mix with a wooden spoou, and heat well, adding flour till it is just dry enough to stick to the pan. Never knead it. When sufficiently risen, take it up 011 your floured hands, just touching it enough to mold it, ai/d put it into pans to rise again, front fifteen to thirty minutes. When it begins to blister put into the oven. This will make two medium-size* loaves that will cut smooth as cake. If it browns too rapidly cover with paper; this will prevent the crust from getting tough. It is so strange that housekeepers do not more clearly understand tlie necessity of providing such food (or tlie family as can be digested without, trouble and properly assimilated. Not only would there be more health in tlie household but much less Iric- tion anil anxiety in the management of all the affairs pertaining to it. A southern writer informs me that she has boxes and bags full of feathers and ribbons, and pieces of velvet. She would like to make some Christ mas presents of hats to some of her friends who are too poor to buy as pretty ones as can be constructed from lier materials. But she doesu't now how to go to work, and wlmt shall she do? 5Iy advice would be to select the things which will be most becoming to tlie persons she wishes to make happy, and pay a milliner to put them together. It seemed to me tlie other day as I amused myself by look ing at the pretty tilings on Broadway, that I could almost make a hat my self, the styles are so simple and so charming. Just now this great thor oughfare is looking its best, and its sidewalks are crowded with style seek ers. The handsomest window and the one which attracts the most ladies is Lord Ss Taylor’s magnificent great corner window on Broadway and 20th Street. From morning till night this vantage ground is occupied by ladies iu quest of the unique in cos tume. Here can be found the ladies of society, the beautifully attired modiste who is seeking the latest designs and materials for her custom ers. Aud women do not make up the whole audience at this popular Broad- w ay corner. The display is so artistic aud so remarkably beautiful that men often linger and look, and perhaps take home hints to their women folk. This is a swell show, and appeals to all who are possessed of good taste, and furnishes many an idea to those are unable to indulge in such elegant fabrics. There are reception and din ner dresses, the most charming anil stylish wraps and mantles, opera cloaks, aud hats for every face and complexion. The blending of colors aud shades in these wonderful cos tumes show the hand of an experi enced artist, and who can wonder that the wor.d stops to pay its tribute, and that the counters which hold these almost priceless goods ari* sur rounded by those who have learned outside just what to purchase inside, Eleanor Kirk.