Ho « Lsz By W. A. CDRTIS. EKANKLlfl. MACON CO., N. C„ WEDNESDAY,- JUNE 28. 1893. VOLUME-'VU //V .SUGAR. ,N.C. ments by the epartmenjt. Neat ten i» ‘ r, Jan be Grown in fly Every State. •ican heat sugar industry 1 success, writes a Washington cor pondeny. The experiments of the IP*rlmeut of Agriculture during lire ft lWo orftlir Itreo years, prove the en Uicability of producing; l>cet the United States, and that '■iijfes. A single state! pro lust (jns, always siepi wen, ana ror some (Sie was in (he habit of remaining in ; lied until noon. This was when he felt fatigued or desircds to think out | some matter which specially engaged j him. but at Biarritz he never lay in bed but once, and that was two days i before the time fixed for his departure, j when he wa9 attacked by a cold in the head, and reverted to his old rule, kept his bed for twenty-four hours and thus regained his usual health. Since the right honorable gentleman returned to London he has risen early, and is as vigorous and hearty as his friends could wish. Mr. Gladstone lives very plainly, bis regimen being guided by authority, but his appetite in London is good. On one occasion i at Biarritz he was asked how he slept, to which he replied gaily: “Well, I .have done my nine hours.” , His memory is as keen as ever and at the Biarritz dinner table, as when he dines at home or with friends in London, hs was tho life of the party. Oil one occaeb n,when Mr. Tollcmacho was present, there was & discussion about classics and Mr. Gladstone quoted, not single lines of Greek, but whole passages. Oil the voyage from Calais the channel was very stormy and Mr. Gladstone lay down, but did not suffer from seasickness. Tho re ports of his ill health and lessened vi tality have caused the Downing street post bag to be unusually heavy and a great deal of ill-afforded time has con sequently been expended in refuting these idlo inventions. — [St. James Gazette. i The Last of Her Itace. Old Jennie, the last representative of the famous River Indians now liv ing in this country and quite advanced in years, is making* a burial robe, after the custom of the distinguished members of aher tribe, in which to bo laid away when the snmmons shall come and she shall pass to the happy hunting grounds, whero the white man is not and firewater is unknown. The groundwork is of fine buckskin the and ife Eiiperbly dccoyUed with various kinds of money used by the tribe for go erations past and richly ornamented in a pleasing and skillful manucr with jewels, pebbles, beads and other valuables used and admired by the tribe in the past. The robe when ci mpletod will weigh fully 50 pounds, and as a relic or re. minder of the peculiar customs and practises of a nation of people now practically billed from existence is most valuable and should be preserved. purpose in With this commendable view Mt's. Rowena Nichols, who has been/employed by the world’s fair co’.lftnitteo to paint the Table Rocks, ha rprocurcd a number of sketches of tLVsinteresting subject and will paint a ‘life-size picture of old Jennie wrapped in her gorgeous cerements, and. thus happily preserve sacred ^bout to pass forever into ob ^ Jennie was born and of Table Rocks,-(and once captured ! grievous outrages and nameless wrongs perpetrated upon lier people and their consequent annihilation from the face of the earth would touch 1^1 stoutest heart witli sympathy and ni ' most make one wish he could face again the brawny braves who fought and died for this fair heritage, and for which sad fate old Jennie’s henrt goes out in bitter wails. This point ing will be a valiiable^objoct lesson as indicating the fust fleeting cycles of time and the rapid mutations of human customs and usages and will serve as a mo3t fitting companion piece to tho Table Rocks, where Jennie was born and grew up, chiefly on war-whoops and ctunas, clad only in the free raw material of innocence and a copper complexion, happy in her native sim plicity and blissfully ignorant of modern civi ization. — [Jacksonville (Fla.) Times. The Acids of Fruits. George W. Johnson, in his Chemis try of tho World, says in describing the “vegetable food of the world:” “The grateful acid of the rhubarb leaf arises from the malic acid and binoxalate of pota3li which it contains; the acidity of the lemon, orange, and' other species of the genus Citrus is caused by the abundance of citric acid which their juice contains; that of the cherry, plum, apple, and pear, from the malic acid iu their pulp;’ that of gooseberries and currants, black, red and white, from a mixture of malic and citric acids; that of the grape from a mixluro of malic and tartaric acids; that of the mango from citric acid and a very fugitive essential oil; that of tho tamarind from a mixture of citric, malic, and tartaric acids; tiie flavor of asparagus’from aspartic acid, found also iu the root of the marshmallow; and that of,the cucum ber from a peculiar poisonous ingredi ent called ftuigiu, which is found in all fungi, and is the cause of the cucumber boiug offensive to some stomachs. It will be observed that rhubarb is the only fruit which contains binoxa iale of potash in conjunction with an acid. It is this {ingredient which renders this fruit soj wholesome at the early commencement of the summer, and this is one of the wise provisions of nature for supplying a blood puri fier at a time wheu it is likely to be most needed. Beet root owes its nutritious qu dity to about nine per cent, of sugar which it contains, and its flavor to a peculiar substance con taining nitrogen mixed with pectic acid. The carrot owes its fattening powers also to sugar, mid its flavor to a peculiar fatty oil, the horse radish derives its flavor and blistering power from a volatile acrid oil. The Jerusa lem artichoke contains fourteen and a half per cent, of sugar and three per cent, of inulin (a variety of starch), besides gum and a peculiar substance to which its flavor is owing; and lastly garlic and the rest of the onion family derive their peculiar odor fron a yel lowish, volatile acrid oil, but they are nutritious from containing nearly half their weight of gummy and glutinous substances not yet clearly defined.” A Bird Story. I hope, although the incident may be trival, that the little story may interest your readers as much as it did myself when I was listening ?omo nights ago to the little lark of whom niy story tells, piping away in what the. poets call “dulcet strains’’ of the most melo dious music. My friend, James Shanock, three years ago, caught a young lark, and it lias been pouring out its song ever since then from tho cage, and a very sweet note it is. Some little while ago, as the afternoon was sunny, the cage was hung outside in the garden at- that moment another lark was carolling in the air, and Shanock’s bird rose from the cage, which was only covered with a fine net, and in which there must have been a rent, and disappeared in the direction of the oilier lark. My friend seeing tliis^ at once began to whistle, holding up the cage to attract his pet back again, and in a very short -time down it came to ids feet, ami wailed patiently while he gently replaced him in his cage. There were three witnesses, 1 believe, in tliis case. The funniest thing, too, is about the same lime James Shauock’s cat bronght him .in a little bird quite delicately, and waited for him to take it from his mouth quite uninjured. He is a great bird-lover, and it looks as if tho cat, like everybody else, knew this fact. Because She Lied About Age. In our own country concealment of ago is regarded as a harmless fiction, and the practice is supposed to be rather prevalent among women who are more than twenty-five and under seventy fivo. In Austria a more serious view is taken of this offense. 'By a recent decree of their courts of a marriage was annulled ou the showing that the bride had exact number of years Can’l Stop “Tipping.” •*I see,” remarked a well-known man about town' Iho other day, “tliat we are in the midst of another of those periodic outbreaks against lipping, but It won’t mako a bit of difference; tip ping will go on just the same. Some few people will conceive the notion that ns a matter of principle they ought to refrain from tipping and they will try it for a few days and then will conclude that for the sake of their own peace of mind they’d better tip. Thoy’il eontiuuo confirmed ‘tippers’ for the rest of their days. m “The fact is it requires moro cour. age to rebel against the tipping sys tem than it does to revolt against al most any other social custom, I know whereof I speak, for I’ve ‘been there,’ and I’ll just tell you how it works. When you withhold the usual tip you become painfully aware that the wai ter thinks you aro frightfully mean. You would like to explain to him t^at you are only making a noble and he roic fight for principle, hut of course that is out of the question. Now, nothing hurts a man’s pride so much as to feel tlmt somobody. thinks him mean. He could better endure being thought a gambler Or a bunco Stcerer, or a mau who didn't pay his debts. You become afraid to look that waiter iu the face. Next time yon dine some where else and again incur the odium of undeserved contempt. You don’t get hardened to it; you hate it worse en'ch time, and after it has -gone on three or four days you just say to yourself, ‘Hang it’—or something else—‘this thing has got to Btop. I can’t stand having people ihink I am mean when I know I ain’t.; devil take the principle of the thing.’* Then you resume tipping and arc liappy once more,”— [New York Herald. May Displace Gunpowder. A commission of German artillery experts has been testing at the Jneter borg a new explosive which is intend* ed to replace, ultimately, gunpowder in the- German army. The oxploeive is a bro'rvn, fatty substance of the con sistency of frozen oil wlion exposed to ordinary temperature. It retains this consistency up to 112 degrees Fahreheit. A shock or a spark does uot $et it off. When used in gnus the explosion is obtained through contact with another chemical compound. The explosiou is almost unaccompanied by smoke And the detonation is incon siderable. The recoil is very slight, even when the heaviest charges have hcen used. The explosive does not heat the weapons sufficiently to cause difficulty in the way of rapid firing, and cartridges once used are easily re filled. For the present rifle, model of 1886, the new compound is not avail able, but if future tests he as satisfac tory as the receiit ones it will be in troduced generally in the artillery branch of the service. Four models ! of new army rifles, having many ad vantages over the rifle now iu use, have passed successfully the trials of the small arms inspectors. The in ventor of all four is Mr. Weiss of the i Gera dynamite .factory.— [Chicago Herald. tjueer l# h i oi a juog. Mr. Thomas Morgan, of Kentish Town, -wondered for a long time why his garden remained desolate, notwith standing all the pains' and seeds he lavished upon it, and why liis neigh bor’s dog was always so plump and fat, until he discovered the cause and elfect to he that thc nnitnal was inordi nately fond of tulips, hyacinths, or chids, and other flowers, and'was in the habit'Of visiting the floricultural preserves and eating up all the blooms he could reach. He did not care about grass or boxwood, or any of the com mon sorts, but the moment ho saw Mr. Morgan plant a black tulip or a rare orchid his eyes sparkled with the feast in store, and the moment the plant blossomed he devour ed it, stalk and all. For three year* this, went on. The dog was iusaliablo. lie was a kindof walking botanical garden, and still had always an appeuio for more. Mr. Morgan dared not kill tho dog, because ho might be held liable for its value, which, of course, would, not be taken at his own appraisement, so he sited Mr. Hal.t, its owner, in the Bloomsbury County Court, for tho damage done to the garden.—[London Telegraph. Whale-Oil Crullers. Somebody mentioned crullers. “Well, I reckon yon never tasted real crullers,” said an old follower of tho sea. “In tho days when whales were plentiful and great rivalry existed between the New Bedford sailors it was customary for the captain of a vessel to offer hit crew a barrel of flower, about twenty pounds of sugar and a barrel of oil out of the first whale caught. How that prize used to make the old salts work I And when they got tho whale the cook was called in and there were crullers lilt you couldn’t rest. Never, tasted whale-oil crullers, you say? Then yon never^riii. Tho whale busi ness 1 ^almost done toy. Whales are gettiugj scarcer every year. They had lion, and man lias neavly ex ihcm.—[New York Trt* LADIES’ DEPARTMENT, VALUABLE AID TO TRAVELERS. The Woman’s Rest Tour ,, Associa tion of Boston exists for the .pnrposo of enabling women whose means aro moderate to travel intelligently, and to get the best and most out of their wanderings, whether for rest or in formation. The annual fee of $1 en titles its members to a trustworthy schedule of.expenses, to a list of good lodging houses ou the Continent and iu England, and to various books pub lished throughout the year giving valuable suggestions. Though this is its first year, tlie association has 350 members.—[New York Post. GOWNS FOR THE EXFOSITION. It is not advisable to make cotton gowns for wear iu Chicago, for very often there are not five Mays iu a V whole summer there when thoy could be worn. A better choice would bo a soft white wool—crepou, or challle. A while serge, with a blazer or jacket 'anil silk biouso, would be comfortable and cool-looking; aud if further change be desired, add a holiotropo crepou or a silk-and-wool novelty' goods, and a pretty silk, one of the satin-striped taffetas or a changeable surrab. These can bo made as elabor ate as fancy dictates.—[Demurest. SEEING MRS. CLEVELAND. Mrs. Cleveland, wifo of the Presi dent, sees a few people by appoint ment. In fact, any one can meet her wbo takes the trouble to send a note requesting the favor. Tho secretary, who has charge of the matter, answers tho letter, appointing a time for the^ visitor to cull. Care is' taken that many engagements for one day are not arranged so as to bring a crowd to gether. Each person is shown into the receiving-room gradually so that every one has a chance to converse a few moments with the President's wifo before the next guest is an nounced. These appointments are generally made between tho hours of 12 and 1. — [New York World. BRUNETTES AND BLONDES. . The brunette type is becoming more numerous in England and on the Con tinent. This is sad news for tho blonde. Mr. Gladstone, who,observes most things, said some years ago that light-*haircd people were far less uu merou-Wfian iu his youth. This state ment was borne out by the results of the statistical inquiry undertaken by Dr. Beddoe, who examined 726 women and ifound that 369 were brunettes and 367 blondes. Carrying tho inquiry a step further, Dr. Beddoe learned that 78.5 per cent, of,the brunettes had husbands, while only 68 per cent, of flie blondes were married. From this it appears* that in England a brunette has ten chances, of being wedded to tho nine chances of the blonde; and Dr.' Beddoe went on to argue that “the English are becoming darker be cause the men persist in selecting the dark-haired women as wives.” The same thing is happening in Germany, in France, in Switzerland and else where on the Continent.— [New York Commercial Advertiser. BRIDAL GOWN OF A, FUTURE DUCHESS. At the wedding of Lord Arthur -Grosvcnor, who will one day he the Duke of AVestminister, to Miss Shef* iield iu London, the bridemaids were all dressed in hengaline, with short skirts and large, coarse, browu straw hats, liued with Malmaison pink vel vet, bows, lined with pink. Tho bride’s dress was a rich ivory satin with a deep flounco of old.Flem ish lace iu front falling over a fringe of orange flowers held by tlireo rouleaux of satin, and small bows of the latter with orange blossoms placed at short intervals nlongr the heading. Above Jits, near the waist, there w«i a narrow flounce. Tho bodico had zouave fronts, tastefully trimmed in the same lace and trails of orange flowers. The sleeves were slashed at the top with lace and fiuished at tho wrist with a puffing of siuin and orange buds. A long, square court train fell from the shoulders, trimmed with lace in deep points and ornamented with trails of orange blossoms. A coronet of orange blossoms with a long tulle veil.surmounted this costume, and the jewels worn were a diamond and pearl necklace with pen£-aw-“-Jffc;; V York Press. FASHION NOTES. , Neapolitan straw hats will again be* worn this summer. The leading color for outdoor wear is undoubtedly purple. Kid gloves with gauntlets of the finest lace have appeared. Yokes will still be worn, and they are nearly always of velvet. What is called <-white wool gre'na dine” is a new material for evening dresses. , The fancy in jewelry is the making over of old-fashioned earrings into stickpins. Among the newer things is the Egyptian bangle of silver, from which miniature mummies hang. ' Plain materials are employed more largely than they would otherwise be, because of the many boanliful trim mings. Cliffs worn outside the sleeves among the new fancie&. ;yrglitgrai in lace, tug v,.7-* i match