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16 EHSTER AT WASHINGTON* Easter Sunday is the day of the great •ocial parade in Washington. Conecticut avenue now is what Fifth avenue used to be before the Bowery and Third avenue sent their cohorts to invade it on Easter morning. Washington has no Bowery, and but a faint imitation of Third avenue, and the Connecticut avenue parade on Sunday morning continues to be a review of new bonnets and spring costumes. War news may thrill the heart of Washington, but it cannot make the Washington woman fore go the delight of appearing on Easter morning in "somethg old and something new, something borrowed and something blue.” Directly opposite the white house, on La fayette square, is St. John’s Episcopal church, the "court church” of Washing ton. It stands on sixteenth street, but the natural outlet from Lafayette square to the fashionable northwest section is Con necticut avenue, half a block away. It leads through Faragut square, where Vin nle Ream’s famous statue of Farragut e-. ' WBiSiw ■ aWnr w #■/ m#®\ Imb l f v - \\M A V__ stands; past old “Legation Row, now a row of boarding houses; past Senator Wol cott’s and Judge Davis and the British minister’s, and the Gardiner Hubbard House to Dupont circle, where the West inghouses live in the old Blaine Mansion, and where the Leiter house looms up like a big white barn or a public building. Be yond Dupont circle branch out half a dozen fashionable streets, where the Boardmans and the Whittemores and the Clovers and the Garys and other rich and fashionable people live. There is the Stewart mansion, and beyond it the new Chinese legation. In fact, in this little section which is fed by Connecticut avenue are most of the 'fine and fashionable residences of Washington, and many of the homes of the men who are in high official life, but not fashionable, in the ordinary sense of that term. Washington has more well dressed wo men than any city in the United States ex cept New York, and a brave show they make on Blaster morning, in their fine frocks and their new straw hats brilliant •with flowers. Washington has, too, a full supply of young men of the silk hatted, frock coated, smooth faced type, which has come into vogue of recent years—the Dicky Davis type, some people call it. Many of these young men belong to the “fore’ign office,’’ as they like to call the state department. They are up too late for service on Sunday morning, but they join the throng on the avenue at half after 12, and busy themselves lifting their silk hats in salute to their friends. There are many distinguished men in the parade: many strangers who seize the opportunity to see Washington at its best. The show lasts only half an hour, but its brightness lin gers in the memory for many a day. fl LIGHTHOUSE IN THE OPEN SEfl. Since Gen. Casey, who died a year or two ago, chief of the engineer corps of the United States army, successfully under mined the great Washington monument in Washington, and placed there a solid foundation expected to support that stone structure for ages to come, there has been nothing so daring in conception and so daring in purpose as the proposed estab lishment of a massive lighthouse by the government, naturally in the open ocean, off Diamond Shoal, seven miles from the present Hatteras light, and bearing almost due east. It will not only be a difficult but a costly piece of engineering, and sur rounding the plan is the foreboding of fail ure. The prediction is already widely made that $1,000,000 is to be sunk, literally as well as metaphorically, in the sea. If euch a structure is placed there and stands without serious damage the onslaughts of Neptune for five years, this government will have accomplished, in the opinion of a leading engineer, the greatest triumph in the history of this branch of science, for lighthouse building is something more than an art. The Minot’s ledge mariner’s beacon, of Cohasset. Mass., not far from Boston har bor, and the celebrated Eddystone light, off the Cornwall coast of England, in the -channel, although considered great engin- eerlng feats, will be trifles compared with this projected work. The shifting, treach erous sands of the Carolina coast are well known, and the long list of wrecks, in cluding that of the ill-fated Huron, when naval officers lost their lives, forms a most tragic history. The height of the focal plain above wa ter in the prospectus is given as 100 feet, and the light is to be placed in 33 feet of water, supported on disk piles, sunk to a depth of 30 feet in the sand. The diameter, from centre to centre of the vertical mem bers of the foundation series is to be 60 feet, with the height of the floor of the house above water 47 feet. The main por tion of the structure is to be constructed of forged steel members, with principal joints and connections formed of steel castings. A special feature of the design is to have all essential parts below the water line of massive dimensions, as well as all those above, which will be subject to the action of wind and waves. The use of bolts, keys, screws and other small sections or dimensions which would be readily weak ened by corrosion, will be avoided as far as possible. Joints and connections are to be made absolutely rigid to all possible strains, and to be as .strong as the mem bers themselves. This result will be ob tained by joining ends of members to steel cast hubs, by the use of massive steel rings shrunk on in a manner approximating that followed in “built up’’ gun construc tion. In the foundation series, besides the massive members necessary for the strength of the tower when in place, there will be certain other tie rods of lighter section, which are added fcr greater se curity to stiffen the framework while it is being floated, and while it is being placed and grounded on the shoal. It is proposed by the lighthouse board to construct the screw pile structure in some harbor, and float it out by steel cylindrical caissons calculated to give a draft of 30 feet when at sea. This part of. the light is then to be sunk probably 50 feet down in the bottom by hydraulics until a firm bold is secured. DfINNY.THE BUY PfITBIOT. Master Danny Wallingford of 442 Penn street .Indianapolis, is the most famous little boy in the United States. When every one in America was wondering it the spirit of patriotism was really extinct, Danny raised his small voice and a perfect cyclone of enthusiasm at the same time by loyally offering to financier the United States government to the extent of his en tire capital—lß cents in bronze bank — this to provide a warship to replace the unfortunate Maine. Danny wrote to the secretary of the navy. Mr. John D. Long, inclosing his savings—48 cents —and ask ing the secretary to buy a new warship with it. Secretary Long was so impressed by the little boy’s generosity that he wrote back: Washington. Feb. 24, 1898. My Dear Little Patriotic Lad: I have your letter and the 24 2 cent postage stamps inclosed with it which you have so generously taken from your spend ing money and given to your country. There is not so much need for help in building a battleship as there is for the relief of the poor sufferers on the Maine. I have therefore given the stamps to Mrs. Edwin Stewart, No. 1315 New Hampshire avenue. Washington, D. C.. who is treas urer of a society of ladies who are collect ing money for the benefit of those suffer ers, and I have asked her to send you a letter of acknowledgement. I am sure that a little fellow 7 years old who begins by showing so much interest in his country wil grow up an honorable and useful citizen. With very kind re gards, I am very truly yours, JOHN D. LONG. As to the sort cf little boy Danny is, no one can tell that so well as his mamma. She says: “His name is Daniel Kirkwood Wallingford, named for Indiana’s math ematician. He is a boy that likes fresh air and sleeps with two windows open the coldest nights. He eats oatmeal, broiled meat, cold bread and drinks milk. His natural taste for such food makes him a strong, healthy child, with the clearest MACON NEWS SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL a xBsB. complexion and very pink cheeks. He is full of life and dislikes any sort of pet that is lazy. Although so active, he enjoys drawing and often lies on the floor by the hour drawing steamboats, engines and flags. He can draw the flag of every na tion and paint it the right colors. When Buffalo Bill was in St. Paul (Danny was born in St. Paul and lived there until last October), Danny was the only one on a crowded street corner that could name every flag as the procession passed by. "He is not fond of show. He is very tired of people asking him about his let ter. He said: ‘I can’t see why so much has to be said just because a boy loves his country.’ "Billy Johnston, Danny’s little playmate in St. Faul. is the grandson of General Johnston and a son of Captain Johnston. The boys spend their time in summer building forts, making timber chests, marching With their grandfathers’ swords, rowing on Lake Como in front of their homes or riding on their bicycles in the park. "Danny knows the birds of Como park and can tell them by their call. He loves nature as a poetjoves it. Suffering of any kind, either human or animal, distresses him. One day this winter we passed a J poor boy who was in rags, and the boy i said: “ ‘I wish I had a warm coat like that.’ “Danny looked up with tears in his eyes and said: ‘ ‘Poor boy! Can't I give it to him, mamma?” i “He knows how cowardly it is to hurt a child smaller than himself. One day a lit tle colored boy struck him. Danny did not notice it. Next day it was repeated. For bearance had ceased to be a virtue, and Danny took him by the arm and shook him and said: “ ‘Little fellow, little fellow, you will get into trouble if you do not leave me ! alone’’ j “He said one day, ‘Why doesn’t America ; whip Spain?’ “I said, ‘Because 'Spain is too little.’ “ ‘Well,’ sugested Danny, after a mo ment’s reflection, ‘couldn’t we shake her a * little and say “Little fellow, little fellow, ! if you don’t let us alone you will get hurt” ’ i “Danny cannot read history yet He has ■ been taught history at home Having been i in the kindergarten two years, he got all : the stories that children love there “He started to school this fall at Miss Sewell’s classical school and there learn ed his letters We wanted his body to grow .strong before his serious studies be gan The book that has pleased Danny the most is one sent him by the author, Mr Rossiter Johnson, entitled ‘United States Wars.’ ” ; Danny is a patriot by birth as well as j training On hi< mother’s side he is tenth in descent from Richard Gardner, one of the Pilgrim Fathers who came over in the Mayflower Another ancestor is Tristan Coffin, who came to America in 1642 and : was the chief magistrate of the island of Nantucket His grandfather Walingford, ‘ was an officer in the Thirty-third Indiana regiment in the late war. His father, Mr. C. A. Wallingford, is an achitect. He is a rosy, handsome child, -with blue eyes, long, dark lashes and brown hair He is a merry, affectionate little fellow, with a high sense of honor, and when m few more years have gone over his head ; it will be strange if Danny Wallingford is not found administering the affairs of this country in some responsible capacity. Caroline Wetherell. Yellow Jaundice Cured. Suffering humanity should be supplied with every means posisble for its relief. It is with pleasure we publish the follow ing: "This Is to certify that I was a ter rible sufferer from yellow jaundice for over six months and was treated by some of the j best physicians in our city and all to no : avail. Dr. Bell, our druggist, recommended Electric Bitters, and after taking two bot j ties, I was entirely cured. I now take great ’ pleasure in recommending them to any ; one suffering from this terible malady. I I am gratefully yours, M. A. Hogarty, Lex ! insrton. Ky.” Sold by H. J. Lamar & Sons, druggists. E. Y. MALLARY, E. N JELKS, President. Vice-President J. J. COBB, Cashier. Commrcial and Savings Bank. MACON, GA. General Banking Business Transacted ..J:. : $5.00 will rent a box in our Safety De posit Vault, an absolutely safe plan in which to deposit jewelry, silverware and securities of all kinds. UNION SAVINGS BANK AND TRUST;COMPANY MACON, GA. Safety Deposit Boxes For Rent. J. W. Cabaniss, President; S. S. Dunlap vice-president; C. M. Orr, Cashier. Capital, $200,000. Surplus. sßo,oos Interest paid on deposits. Deposit yot savings and they will be increased b’ in terest compounded semi-annually. TUB EXCHANGJB BANK Os Macon, Ga. Capital $500,000.1- Surplus 156.u0»>.<; ■ J. W. Cabciniss. President. S. S. D“umap, Vice-President. C. M. On, Cashier. • Liberal to irs customers, accommodating to toe public, and prudent in its manage mem, this bank solicit* deposits am< other business m its line. directors. W. R. Rogers, L. W. Hunt, Josepa Dan aenberg, R. E. Park, S. S. Dunlap, J. Xi Cabaniss. H. J. Lamar. Jr., A. D. 3ch« field. W. M. Gordon. LNTABLI r| PLANT. CHhS. L». Ht’R“ Calmer L C» PLANT'S bOX, BANKER, MACON. GA. A general banking business transacts* and all consistent cortesies cheerluily ex tended to patrons. Certificates of d«po». issued bearing interest. FIRST NATIONAL BANK of MACON, GA. The accounts of banks, corporatiea* firms and individuals received upon tc» most favorable terms consistent with non aervative banking. A share of your bu» lues® respectfully solicited. R. H. PLANT. President George H. Plant, Vice-President. W. W. Wrigley, Cashier. Southern Loan and Trust Company of Georgia. MACON - GEORGIA. CAFITAL AND SURPLUS, 560,000.0 l J. S. SCOFIELD, Pres. Jos. W. PALMER, Vice-Pres. F. O. SCHOFIELD, Treasurer. BTEED & WIMBERLY, Attorney* Offers investors carefully selected Firs Mortgage Bonds, yielding 6 and 7 per cent interest, payable semi-annually. These mortgage loans are legal invest oxent for the funds of Trustees, Guardian* and others desiring a security which b non-fluctuating in value, and which yield: the greatest income consistent with Ab solute safety. Acts as Executor, Trustee, Guardia? Transacts a General Trust Business. HEADQUARTERS' FOR Real Estate Loans We have large quantities of money sub ject to sight draft for loans on city, farm or suburban property. Straight interest loans. Annual payment loans. Monthly payment loans. Security Loan and RBsnact Co. 370 Second St, Phone 82. T. B. WEST, Secretary and Attorney. LAWYERS. JOHN L. HARDEMAN. Attorney-at-Law. Office No. 566 Mulberry street, Macon, Ga. Will do a general practice in the courts of this circuit and in the federal courts. HILL, HARRIS & BIRCH, Attorneys at Law, Masonic Bulldin* 566 Mulberry Street, Macon, Ga. Will do general practice in state and fed era! court*. PHYSICIANS. DR. A. MOODY BURT. Office over Sol Hoge’s drug store, 572 Mul berry street. ’Phon 60. Hours: 11:30 a. m. to 1:30 and 4:30 tc 5:30 p. m. Residence 452 College street ’Phone 728. DR. J. H. SHORTER, Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat, over Sol Hoge’s, corner Mulberry and Second streets. DR, C. H PEETE, Eye, Ear, Note and Throat, S7O Second St Phone DR. MAURY M. STAPLER. Eye Ear, Nose and Throat. 508 Mulberry street, Phone 121 Easter Lilies 1 Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas 1 Without Santa Claus, - I And Easter wouldn’t be Easter Without the Lilies. I AND YET I J # Easter Lilies * j ARE SCARCE I 4 j Scarcer this year j than ever. Already ’* the Florists are overrun with or- ders which they can’t supply. But we have de- shad be ; ' M .LILIES. ..B For all. How have I IwSM we hone it ? Why by ordering direct from Bermuda, where they grow more luxuriantl y and beautifully anywhere else * n the world. We 7nn7» i t&&> ID ui Tin, But what vze have secured are yours at the REGULAR price. '• x . • * Al liflH *J|m W‘V} ’• •‘ <r - ’ ••'•''?•’ We have not taken advantage of the scarcity and will not try to sell them at an increased price. It will be necessary, however, for you to Place Your Order at Once. . 4 | We shall notify the shipper by wire next Wednesday, and if you would have your wants supplied, be sure your order is in in time. And remember that these flowers are the handsomest that can be grown. Drop us a postal Monday, or tele phone No. 9, four calls. STREYEfI SEED COMPANY,. 466 Poplar Street. 1