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VOLUMB LXIV. Is^hkkn^o 0 ^^ 1 |Consolidated im MlLLEDGE YILLE, Ga., SEPTEMBER 11). 1893.
Number 12.
Editorial Glimoses and Clippings. | SKETCHES OF TRAVEL
‘What eliadows we are and what
shadows wi pursue.”
The Warren County Pair comes oft
on the 11th, 12th and 18th of October.
The Flovilla canning factory is j
canning sweet potatoes, a brand new ]
industry. They are being accepted
with great favor.
By the tentli census 23,010.000 ins
habitants of the United Stite- were i
supported by agriculture, 11,520,000 |
manufactures and 15,020,000 by com
merce.
AN INTERESTING LETTER BY
ANNIE ABBOTT.
THE LITTLE GEORGIA MAGNET
Gives an Account of Her isit
to Berlin, The Prettiest City
in the World.
The question of the removal of«the '
county site of Macon county from |
Oglethorpe to Montezuma is exciting j
a great deal of discussion between I
these towns.
Hen. James S. Hook suggests that
President Cleveland’s baby be named I
Frances Whitehouse Cleveland, thus j
■ carrying with it the historic tact of I
a child born to the President in the
world-famed White House.
The Gate City Guard lias been dis
banded Try order of the Governor, its
active membership having been re
duced below the miniumum required
by law. This late crack company
will retain a social organization.
It is not work that kills men; it is
wor”y; work is healthy; you can
hardly put more on a man than lie
can bear. But worry is rust upon the
blade. It is not movement that de
stroys the machinery, bnt friction.
Cotton consumption in the South
increased 57.768 bales last year, and
in the past iiye years it has increased
274.000 bales. The increase was at
the expense of Eastern and English
mills. Tlie cotton mills are meving
to tile cotton fields.
In vain do they talk of happiness
who never subdued an impulse in
obedience to a principle. He who
never sacrifted a present to a future
good, ora personal to a general one.
can speak of happiness only as the
blind speak of color.
Mr. Joe Ohl, late night editor of
fhe Atlanta Constitution, lias been
promoted to a position on tlie edito
rial staff, and Mr. Frank Weldon,
lias succeeded to tlie post of night
editor. These gifted young writers
are on the turnpike to fame and for
tune.
Rey. W. B. Jennings, pastor of
the First Presbyterian church of
Macon and Miss Mattie Hull, daugh
ter of Hon. W. A. Huff, were mar
ried at the residence of the bride's
father in Vinevill*, last Tuesday at
noon. Mr. and Mrs. Jennings left
immediately after the ceremony for
tlie World’s Fair and Northern and
Western Lake resorts.
Tlie saving common sense of tlie
American people has always pulled
their country out of ruts into'whldh
unscientific legislation and ignorant
demagogy had pushed it. This sav
ing power is again called into use.
and that it will be equal to the oc
casion and the demand on it we can
not ilaubt. The squeeze will present
ly disappear, and it will go because the
mass of intelligent citizens combine
to make it vanish. Then we shall
have good times for a term of years.
—Tradesman.
Robbers held up the train between
Chicago and New York on tlie night
of tlie 10th. They shot the engineer
and robbed the safe. The safe is said
to have had $350,000 in gold shipped
by a Chicago bank to a New York
bank. The passengers were not mo
lested, though there was a scene of
fruntic excitement among them when
it was learned that the train had
lieen robbed. Some statements place
tlie amount of coin stolen at $500,000.
Tlie New York bank concerned can
not be ascertained. Tlie iaw custo
dians are aftiy- tlie thieves and there
is every indication that they will be
caught". Big rewards have been of
fered, by wire, for them dead or
alive and for tlie recovery of tlie
stolen property. This is the largest
theft ever known. There were only
four robbers concerned in it.
Later reports put the amount se
cured by the robbers at $20,000.
If yon want to stir the average
Texau to his patriotic depths and
test his rhetorical powers make the
suggestion that tlie Lone Star State
should be divided. . The latest reply
to the suggestion is the foil wing from
a Texas editor:
“How would you divide the mem
ories or Goliad and tlie Alamo? How
would you divide the glorious deeds
of the brave heroes of San Jacinto?
They belong.to Texas—all Texas, one
aud indivisible. How would you di
vide her grandest State House in tlie
Union? Tills talk of division is non
sense. Texas, as it is, with her glo
rious history, and as she will be, with
her unparalied developments, will
remain one State, indivisible for
ever.”
Jes so! But then, on the other side,
just think of the fat offices tiiat
would he created by making a lew
new states! In this practical age,
sentiment will yield to material de
mands.
Editor Union Recorder:—Dear
Sir:—Since you were kind enough to
publish *a letter from me, when I
was visiting Catania, Sicily,.describ
ing in a small way the beauties of
the grand old burning Mount Etna, hr iUZ< ] statue” oTBTucher,"* and
I will emleayor to give an explana-
quarter cailed the new street was ! tinue in your next issue. There are
built by the great Elector— Freder- very many places of interest in this
ick William, in the middle of the 17th : ‘° n v . e, f r ®‘*£ '^ U w .? rUl uiention 1
. ’ , . , TT . und ic somewhat, tiresome to relate i
century. He, also, planned Under ! to each one of my visitors the same
the Linden street, and otherwise, stories over, so if tho«e interested
greatly enlarged the city. Tlie sue- ! * rl my letters will follow me each
ceediug monarclis, especially Freder-j ™’ f l have'' been
ick the 1st, Frederick the Great, and ; doing, and the sights which I
the late monarch, have added many | haye been enjoying through this
new streets, and have embellished 1.world of ours. 1 have kept,
... . I a diary for four years, and have
tlie city with many new buddings | taken notes of all the places of in-
and monuments. | terest in my travels. I was so im-
Tlie long bridge of stone, which ' pressed, 1 think, I am prepared to
crosses (ho Spree, has a line eques- i K. ,v . e . a « lear explanation of the
. . , * , ,, .. .. sights to be seen in Europe. Yeryi
trian bronze statue of tlie (treat gootl j s | la n write up the Holy Land j
Elector, Frederick William. Oppo- j and my visit through the desert from |
site the guard'bouse stands the Tiflis in Asia to Mount Calvary.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report.
tion of. as best I can, other sights
the old country, beginfting with Ber-
Iiii, Germany, the most lovely city id
Europe, as there are some in our
city, who are natives of this country,
and would, 1 think, lie interested in
hearing what is going on there at
the present day.
1 hope the people of Milbdgeville
will not expect a deesription given by
me to compare with the one given bv
Mark Twain of Jerusalem. If so,
they will be disappointed. I will,
later on. however, Wilte up what
I saw, and how 1 was impressed
when 1 neared the Holy old City
from the east side.
Now to begin a description of Ber-
either side stands the marble statues
of Generals Billow and Schamlioist
(all by Rauch).
“Under the Linden” is considered
the finest street in all Europe. Tlie
street is beautifully paved; one mile
long, from tlie royal palace to the
Brandenburg gate. Tlie line arcs in
the ceuter consists of chestnut trees,
linden, plantain, accacia, and aspen
trees, whose various foiiage con
trasts beautifully with the elegant
palaces and public buildings that
line each side of tlie street. Here
are the palaces of tlie emperor,
tlie Prince Imperial, Fredederick
William, of Prussia* (son in-law of
Queen Victoria), of'the Queen of
Holland, the academy of line arts,
lin. On arriving at tlie station 'at- j tlie opera house, which is an elegant
Berlin, a contioller will be found at j structure, the arsenal, tlie semina-
the door, who distributes metalic j ries of the artillery and engineers,
ticket* which correspond with the j Here the fashionable and wealthy
number of tlie cabs with which a I exhibit themselves and their splen-
traveler is entitled. Then you urc
shown the list of hotels. The priu
cipal ones being Grand Central, Con
tinental Rome and Menopoie. Tlie
latter being the one in which I
spent my time. A magnilicent build
ing it is; containing 700 rooms, and
beautiful winter gardens. It is on
FriedmdistrasseBrascli Rothenstein's
German exchange. At 78 Friedrich-
strusse W., is a favorite gathering
place of English and Americans so
journing in Berlin. This city is sit
uated on river Spree, a small slug
gish stream, and is ordinarily tlie
home of tlie monarch; it is one of
the largest aud handsomest cities in
Europe; 12 miles in circumference.
exhibit themselves and their
| did equipages.
] Tlie fixtures which strike tlie eye in
I tlie street of Berlins are glass-fronts
I of buildings, ornaments, statues, in
scriptions, a profusion of gilding
j guard houses, sentay boxes; the inov
abies are, sentries presenting arms
every miuute, officers with feathers
and orders passing unceasingly,
hackney droskies. as we call bug
gies or carriages,and numbers of well-
dressed people. The streets are spa
cious and straight. A hand of plain
flag-stones on these inaigius make
rliem more walkable tliau tlie streets
of most continental cities.
Tlie opera house is one of the fin
est in Europe. Few cities can boast
such an opera company. My exhi
bition came between tire acts of this
great play, and hundreds were
turned away each night, who comd
not obtain admittance at any price,
so great was the success of the Little
Respectfully,
Am Abbott.
Washington Letter.
Prom Our Regular Correspondeut.
Washington, Sept. 11, 1893.
At last a real, genuine, bona fide
White-House baby! No wonder her
arrival in Washington, Saturday af
ternoon, created a sensation, causing
Congress and its doings to be for the
time forgotten or ignored. It was
an historical event that will be read
of with interest by yet unborn gen
erations, as the age nt which most
men become President makes it im
probable that it will become a fre
quent occurrence.Tli is is the first int be
history of the White House, although
there have been three other births in
the White House, two of them grand
children of President Tyler—-both
now living in Washington—and the
other to tlie wife of Col. Fred Grant.
Mother and daughter are iri good
condition and both doing well, and al
though President Cleveland is at
tending to business as usual it is
probable that his thoughts often in
voluntarily wander to his wife and
baby, however important tlie other
matters may be which he has under
consideration. The Clevelands have
had two very unusual honors in con
nection with the White House. No
other President was ever married in
tlie White House and no other Pres
ident's wife ever gave birth to a child
in the White House. Long life and
great happiness to Baby Ruth’s sis
ter, tlie White House baby!
other presented by Prince Henry| tbose wbo bave hoped that some
(brother of Wilhelm). from the satisfactory arrangement would be
guards de corps a very handsome , lin de that would get tlie solid sup-
lt has a garrison of 20,000 soldiers in Georgia ’Mague The" "Roy al “‘b 6\ Th, -‘ re iH to bw 110 compromise in
number. Tlie Spree intersects tlie (was never vacated. Then came, my the Senatorial light over silver. It
city, and is crossed by more than 50 invitation to the Etuperor’s palace, is to be fought to a finish, President
bridges in various parts of the city. ! 1 c,u { 00t *l n< L' vord . 8 to e *£ lain tha I Cleveland having declared that lie
1 tgrandeur of this palace. The rooms I . , , ,, , - , . .
1 lie Spree is navigable lor barges. a re magnificent. My performance I wo, ' lcl RCCe Pt nothing but the repeal
an J is connected by means of canals j took place in the bull room of this I of tile purchasing clause of tlie Slier-
with the Oder, as well as the Elbe, i (treat palace, for which 1 received ! man silver law without condition,
so that the water supply of Bei lin Is! f )y ha t n |? ( ? 01 E? u SmfrVVmiefni? 011 ^ > Tl;ii8 is H K, ' eat di8a PP 0,,ltUient to
very extensive.
The most prominent obiects to tlie
stranger are the pala-es and other
splendid buildings on either side of
what is called under the “Linden.”
from its magnificent avenue of limes.
At the extremity of this street is
the Bradensburg gate, which tortus
the prinoip.il entrance to the city.
j and is 8unnouniled by a uiagnifloent; The splendid marble columns
triumphal arch erected 1789, a copy of stair ases, the cleanliness, re
propylieuin at Athens. The car of Vic
toria, on tne toil, was taken to Peris
by Napoleon as a trophy, hut was
returned after tlie battle of Waterloo.
There are many elegant statues
in tne open spaces. The colossal
port of the democratic Senators and
bring the rank and tile of the party
closer together than they have been
since tlie extra session met. Tlie
end of tlie debate 1* not yet in sight,
although some Senators believe that
a vote can be reached in two weeks.
That, is the doubtful thing. The vote
is no longer doubtful. When it. is
taken the Vorliees bill will be pass
ed, bat when that will be depends
upon the endurance and disposition
of tlie Senators opposed to if.
A very important step was taken
by President Cleveland when, after
a full discussion of the matter by the
The front walls of the colonnade aie j cabinet, lie decided that this govern*
re lug l ie sides ot a atlorne( j w ith frescoes, executed un- j ment s i 10 uld proceed, without waits
ntefeet high are ! ,i er the direction of Cornelius. They j jlj( , f(jr Coll(?re8H to take further
jtion, to rigidly enforce the Geary
bracelet, also from Prince Henry
a necklace of pearls and dia
monds with his highness crown
and mouogram: a handsome writing
book of silver binding from tlie mem
bers of parliament.
The Museum of Berlin stands 11 n-
livaled in Europe. As a building
there are few that can surpass it.
and
stair nses, tlie cleanliness, renders
the effect truly magnificent. Its
picture gallery may be surpassed by
the gallery at Dresden, Vienna, Affizi
galery or Patti Palace at Florence,
Italy, but they have not its museum
of antiquities, nor historical relics.
In the gallery of modern sculpture
there is a most admirable statue of
equestrian statue of Frederick tlie Napoleon 1st, by Claudet,' and now
<7reat is one of the most magnificent considered the best, likeness extant,
in Europe. Covering tlie sides of a
pedestal of grani., » ■ U er me u.re.w.*«. u. ,. .
bronze groups, size of life, of all the I are allevoric.nl representations ot the **
leading generals and statesmen dur- | ornation of tlie universe and civili- >*r,r ,,
station of mankind, and are much I anti L hmese law. Lins step would
admired. No one can pass tli is ri, ave been taken before, hut it was
without a thorough investigation of eHllle ,| advisable, under tlie circula
rs beauties. On tlie left is tlie dance uePmeu
of the constellations: J upiter organ
izes the new course ol tlie world;
Saturn and the titans haying retired
into the shades of tlie past. Prome
theus steals tlie heavenly fire from
Dioscuri to give light to the earth;
Luna drives her chariot to illumi
nate the night; night unfurls her
mantle displaying her sleeping chil
dren. War still slumbers, maternal
love, pence, the urns**, a child, wa
ters the earth with rai.;; tlie sun in
his chariot, rising from th« sea sur
rounded bv tlie graces, while a choir
of harpers herald his coming. This
painting is tlie work of Riphael,
and the most beautiful work of art.
I felt as if I were in a draem while
gazing on tlie wall. I wisii I were
able to five a more full, and explicit
explanation of it. After writing
wlmt 1 have, each one must form
an idea of liis own, and picture in
expected with China, although
| precautions have been taken to have
from tlie shoulders of tlie monarch:. Tlie'expression of the lace is divine. H sufficient naval force in Chinese
his stick hanging from his wrist.! the most lovely I ever looked upon.1 waters to protect American inter-
All is perfect aud true to life. It is ti^conUGroon tor months, 1 believe, ests.
tlie production of Rauch. | and describe Berlin alone, hut fear-1 ,^,| ie \y or id’8 Fair souvenir half-
Berlin owes uracil to the taste and j n g to take up too much space, l j coming into the Treasury
munificence of its sovereigns. The ‘ must cut short this letter and con- dollars a.e
ing the 7 years war, 31 persons in
all. Chief among them are four of
his generals, Die Duke of Brunswick,
Prince Heinrich, of Prussia, General
Seydlitz and General Ziether. At
each corner of the pedestal atiove tlie
groups are figures, iu bronze, of jus
tice, prudence, fortitude, and tem
perance. Between these are bus
reliefs representing different periods
in the life of Frederick, tlie Muse
taaching him history; Mercury giving
him ft sword; walking in the gardens
of his palace surrounded by his fa
vorites, the grey hounds; playing on
his flute iu the weaver's hut; drawing
tlie plan of a battle after bis defeat
at Roilin. On tlie front tablet is tlie
inscription to Frederick the Great—
“Frederick William 111,1840. Com
pleted by Frederick William the 4th.'
The equestrian statue is 17 feet high, lli '’ 111 lnd H .llpnrUm
To tlie right of this is a painting
and most perfect. A mantle tilings of U(e ^^tyrdom o! San Sebastain.
stances, to wait a reasonable time to
see if Congress desired to take any
uetiou on the law, and also to give
the New Chinese minister an oppor
tunity to submit any message he may
have been charged witli by his Gov
ernment. looking toward the negot
iation of a now and more satisfactory
treaty. Further than tlie introduc
tion of a bill by Senator Dolph ap
propriating $500,000 to carry out the
provision of tlie law, Congress lias
taken no notice of it, and the Chi
nese minister has done nothidg,
therefore the necessary orders have
beeu issued by the Treasury depart
ment, to put the law tp work. Tlie
amount of money available is small,
but Congress is in session. No trouble
absolutely pure
for redemption In such quantities
tjiut Senator Morgan has at the re
quest of Secretary Carlisle, intro
duced a bill to repeal so much of the
law of 1879 as makes it compulsory
upon the Secretary of the Treasury
to redeem subsidiary silver coin in
Treasury notes, which is tlie same as
redeeming them in gold. Tlie Chi
cago banks with which the greater
portion of tiie Colombian half dollars
were pledged to secure advances
made to the Exposition managers are
now sending these coins to Washing
ton for redemption, it having been
found impossible to dispose of them
at the expected premium. Secretary
Carlisle thinks they would just as
well be put iu general circulation as
piled up in the Treasury; hence the
bill to stop their redemption.
Democratic members of the House
Ways anil Means committee wMl not
be sorry when the public tariff hear
ings close, on Wednesday of this
week. They have produced 110 infor
mation that, was not already possess
ed by the committee, and have only
served t.o keep tlie committee from
more important work—tlie prepara
tion of the reform tariff bill. As
soon as tiie hearings close, the dem
ocrats of the committee will pusli tlie
work without further interruption
until it is completed, as tliev do not
propose to allow ex Czar Reed and
liis republican colleagues on tlie
committee to delay matters by their
“funny business.”
Treusury receipts have sho»n a
very encouraging increase within tiie
last few days, indicating that tiie
country is very rapidly recovering
from its financial frigiit.
Senator Teller’s sensational attack
upon the press of the country,
in tlie Senate on Saturday, is
being talked abo.ut everywhere,
and tlie general impression, with
out regard to political opinion,
i- that lie made a serlou^ mistake.
There are, unfortunately, dishonest
newspapers, but tiiey are compara
tively few iu number. *
OUR CHICAGO LETTER.
W. D. Boyce’s Correspondence)
Bureau Administration Building,
World's Fair Grounds,)
Sept. 13, 1893.
The attendance at tlie World's fair
is booming now as it never has-be
fore and when the returns are all in
for the current week it will doubtless
be found that all previous records,
including that of the banner week
when Illinois day was celebrated,
will have been eclipsed. The records
for tiiat week, ending Aug. 2(5, were
1,003,454, So far the attendance for
the first four days of the present
week aggregate 707,401 an average
daily attendance of 170,873. Should
the average keep up the total for the
six days would not fall short of 1,100,-
000. So satisfactory has this atten
dance been of late that tlie executive
committee of the local directory at
its meeting Thursday uight decided
to pay another instalment of 10 per
cent on the debenture bonds Sept. 22.
This will make 40 per cent paid on
the total of $4,500,000. More could
doubtless lie paid but tlie council of
administration lias, also decided to
pay all the balances due on construc
tion contracts.
The great choral festival of tiie ex
position began Monday when the
Welsh Eisteddfod or gathering of
Welsh singing societies took posses
sion of festival hall. Druidical ser
vices were held before the adminis
tration building Monday morning,
and immediately after tiie bands
marched in procession to the hall
where at 12 o’clPck the choirs opened
their competition program. The
competition lasted through tlie week
until Saturday. Evan Rees, of Car
diff, Wales, won Die prize offered for
tlie Chair ode. This makes him the
first poet of Wales’ The Rev. Eben-
czer Edward- of MinersviUe. Fa.,
was awarded a prize or $300 for wait
ing the best essay on Welshmen as
civil, political and moral factors in
the formation and development of
tlie United States. Joseph P. Bur
ners ot Wilkesbarre, Pa., won th&
baritone solo contest and Hugh Kd%
wards of Rhyl, North Wales was, tbe
successtul competitor in translating
Tennyson’s “Locksley Hall” iDto
Welsh. The historic bardic chair
ceremony is the chief event of an
Eisteddfod. Its early history rune
I back to tradition. For the first time
1 at the Columbian Exposition cince
I Julius Caesar found the drniils in
Eng and has t liis ceremony been per
formed outside of Great Britain.
Machinery hall offers i^ew discov
eries ttaily to the observing studept.
Who ever passes the lathe of
Charley Soutag, looks about and
then insists on crowding up to the
gla-s partition. Charley Sontag is
one of the few thimble makers of this
country. Soutag's lathe is a mimic.
When the thimble is in the chuck,
it gives a marvelous imitntiori of the
mocking bird whistle which shrieks
its blood chilling notes from the top
of machinery hall. It does this when
the thimble maker is "Knurling” the.
end or top of the thimble. The
Knurling tool gi#-es out seven dis
tinct, notes during the operation anil
is one of tiie most musical instru
ments in the machinery hall orches
tra. Three hunnred s'ilver thimbles*
are turned out daily at the thimblo
factory. The operation is simples
and interesting. The preliminary
steps iu the making of a thimble art-
taken 111 the eastern factory, for tuts
machinery hall .ias» not tiie snace to
accommodate tlie machinery. Tin-
I thimble blank is cut and formed at
one operation. The silver, in strips*
j about two inches wide and of vary
ing thickness, is fed into a press
j which cuts a disk and stamps the*
I thimble of the round blank. The
I thimble js not cone shaped bin 1*.
• straight sided cup of silver. It is
next, placed under a straight punch:
which stretches it to tlie required
thickness Hffei' which it i- shaped to*
the familiar thimble form. A boy
takes the thimbles and in a lathe*
turns the edge mid turns the rim
over, and then the souvenir design
is placed on tlie band immediately
above the rim bv a roller die which
is held against It in a lathe. In this,
condition the blanks come to tho
World’s Fair to have tlie finishing
touches (nit on them. The thimble-
maker places tlie blank in a chuck
and sets the lathe spinning. He first,
knurls tin* top of tlie thimble as lu-
culls the process of putting in the-
dimples which catch the head of the
needle. The knurling tool is a little
narrow wheel of hard steel which
has teeth cut. in its rim. The wheel
revolves at the end of tlie tool a hicU
is held on a tool rest. The spinning;
thimble whirls the wheel around so-
rapidly that, the silver and steel give-
out. tlie notes of tlie mocking bird
whistle as tlie tool moves from tin-
centre to the edge and back again.
When the end is knurled Die side ot
the thimble is dimpled with a similar-
tool, oqly the wheel is wider. Tht-
Ihlmble Is finished inside in ano’her
chuck, turned down to the standard
weight and burnished. Thimbles
are of ten sizes, ranging from No 4 to
No. 14.
To gain strength—Hood’s Sarsa
parilla.
For steady nerves—Hood’s Barsas
parilla.
For pure blood—Hood's SRrsapa-
rflla.
The country seems .Inclined to go
ahead and let theSeuators talk thoux-
selyes to death if they want to.
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