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DEATH OF A PLOTTER! HAMAN DIED ON THE GALLOWS ME Pf.iPAHLD FOR ANOTHER. K*v. l»r. Tninuige This lueWont to Il I n«tri*l e n I -< fr.l I. c.'rorigs We Would Do oilier* Kctniu I p<ni Our j •elven Wealth anil il.«|>pii>eita. |‘"opyrlgbt. I***- I>> Anon. n IT. A-.-to | « iaiioit.j WANII MITOX Jit.i* s.—The dooia of ar roganm- and Il n uward of Hd« liry aw !••*. ■oiiH which Dr Tain i»< <■ hen <lr-a*.re from Mordica) on ho: l>;,-k mid Haman aioot; text. Eethi-r Mi. to, th<-y hanged Haman on the galloW that lie h.-ul pre paii'd tor Motdecal Hero is an niiental eoiirtier nlxnit the moat, ofTcnaivt in..n in Hebrew history', Haman Ly name. JI.- j Jotted for the de struct ion of the i. raelitish nation, and I wonder not that in some of the Hebrew •yn/igopne.~ to this day when Haman's name is mentiom <t the i-ongrotfation clinch their fists and stamp their feet anil cry, “Jmt his name Im: blot tod out!” Haman was prime minister in the magnificent court of Persia. Thoroughly appreciative of the honor cotdcired, he oxjiccts every body that ho is'i.sse.s to be obsequious. Coming In one day at the gute of the pal ace, the servants thop their heads in h mor of his office, but a Hebrew named Mor do<ai gazoo U|*m the passing dignitary without lx*iidtng his hum! or* taking off his hat. lie was a good man and would not have lieen negligent of the ordinary courtesies of life, hut he felt no resjH-ct either for Haman or the nation from which he had come. Ho he could not lx- hyjio critical, and while others made oriental salaam, getting clear down before this prime min litter when he passed, Mordecai, the Hebrew, relaxed not a muscle of his neck and kept his chin clear up. Because of that affront Haman gets a decree from Ahasi urus the dastardly king, for the nmssiu re of all the Israelites, and that, of course, will include Mordecai. Ciinipdy nnd Tr«j<e<iy. 'To make u long story short, through Queen Estlii r this whole plot was revealed to her husband, Ahasuerus. ’One night Ahasuerus, who was afflicted with Insom nia, in his slecplehs liours culls for his sce letary to read him a few passages of Per sian history, and so while away the night. In the book rend that night to the king an account was given of a conspiracy, from which Mordeenl, the Hebrew, bail saved the king’s life and for which kindness Mordecai luul never received any reward. Haman, who had Itecn fixing up a idea gallows to hang Mordecai on, was walk lug outside t'ne door of the king’s sleeping apartment and was culled in. The king told him that ho had just had read to him the account of some one who had saved his (the king's) life, and he asked what re ward ought to be given to such a one. Helf conceited Haman, supposing that he himself was to get the honor and not Im ugining for a moment that the deliverer of the king’s life, was Mordecai, says, “Why, your majesty ought to make a tri umph for him nmi put a crown on him and set him on uAqdcndid horse, high stop ping and full blooded, and t hen have one of your princes load the horse through the streets crying: Bow the knee! Hero comes a man who has saved the king’s life!’ ” Then said Ahasuerus in severe tones to Haman: I know all about your ucoundrcllsm. Now you gooutand make a triumph for Mordecai, the Hebrew, whom you hate. Put the best, saddle on the finest horsp, mid you, the prince, hold the stirrup while Mordecai gets on and then lead his horse through the street. Make haste!'’ What a spectacle! A < omedy mid trag edy at one and Iho same time. There they go! Mordecai, who had lieen despised, now starred and rotted in the stirrups. Haman, the chancellor, afoot, holding the prancing, rearing, champing stallion. Mordecai bends his neck at last, but it is to look down at the degraded prime min ister walking beneath him. Huzza for Mordei’al! Alas for Haman! But what a pit;, to have the gallows, recently built, entirely wasted! It is 50 cubits high and built with care, and Human hud erected it for Mordecai, by whose stirrups he now walks ax groom rit ranger and more start ling thiii) any romance, t here go up theslepsof I ho sc itl ojdiiig, side hy side, the hangman mid Hainan, the ex-ehaneel lor. “So they hatiged Haman on the gallows that ho bad prepared for Mordeejii." i.euniiiis of Warning. Although so many years have passed since cowardly Ahasuerus reigned and the beautiful Esthw’ answered to his whims mid Persia j-. risked, yet from the life and death of Unman we may draw living lessons of warning and inst ruction. And first. wo cornu to the practical sug gestion that when the heart is wrong things very insignificant will destroy our comfort. Who would have thought that a great prime- minister, admired and ap plauded by millions of Persians, would have been ho net tled and harassed by any thing trivial!' What more could the great dignitary have wanted than his chariots ami attendants and palaces mid banquets. If affluence of circumstances can make a man contented and happy, surely Haman should have tieep contented and happy. No Morih'cai’s refusal of a bow takes tha glitter from the gold and the richness from the purple mid tho speed from the chqriots. With a heart pulled HP with every inflation of vanity and revenge, it was impossible for him to be happy. The silence of Jlloi'decai at the gate was louder than the braying of trumpets in the pal ace Thus shall it always be if the heart- Is not right Circumstances the most triv ial will disturb the spirit. It is not the gr>s:t calamities of life that create the most worriment. I have seen men, felled by r< peat-vi blows of misfor tune, arising from the dust, never de H]xmding. But the most of the disquiet which men suffer is ironi insignificant causes, as a lion attacked by some Ix-ast of prey turns easily around and slays him, yet runs roaring through the forests at the alighting on hi- brawny neck of a few in sects. You meet some great loss in busi ness with comparative composure, but you can think of petty trickeries inflicted upon you which arouse all your capacity for wrath ami remain in your heart an un- In'aralile annoyance. If you look back up on' youi life, you will find that the most of the vexations and dist urlwtuees of spirit >vhi<_-h you felt were produced by cireum' kiaiuMS that were not worthy of notice. If you want u> be happy, you must not wire fur trifles. Do not be too minute in your Inspection of the treatment you’ receive jjom others. Wiio cares whether Mordecai bows whi n you pass or st.-mds erect and •tiff as :i isdar: That woodman would not make much clearing in the forest w ho should stop to bind up every little bruise and scratch l,e nscived in the thicket, nor will that man iweomplish much for the world or the church who is too watchful and appreciative of petty annoyances. There are mult it tides of jx-ople intheworld constantly harrowed because they jvtsg their lives not in searching out those things which are attraetise and deserving, but in spying out with all their powers of vision to oae whether they cannot find a Mordecai. An Emblem of Worldllnes*. Again, I learn from the life of the man under our notice that worldly vanity and •In are very anxious to have piety how be fore them. Human was a fair ••m! i ; n. of entire >voiidlim-ss am*. M.adeeni tjm repre sci|tati\' ~f unflinching godlim-ss, Such Here tlyd t]^»^‘’ a .of ifiaxicTviit trim s fT'at h:id this i -rm-lit.- bowed to the prime jiiinister it would ha ve been tui ack nowl plgmenf. qf rc-qx-ct for hit, character anil puti.hi would therefore have fiinmal against h|s religion had he snada any übeisam-u or dropped his chin half an jnch before Haman. When therefore t>roud Hamuli attemptetl to conux.*! a ipmuge which was not felt, he only did what the world e\<-i since has trieil to do • piien it would fop-e pur holy religion in finy way to yield IP its dictates. Daniel, |f ne find been a man of religious eom {iromit>tM>. would never have Ixvn thrown nto the fien of lions. He might have inode sump arrangements with King Dori ps whereby fie could have retained par&of fiis form of religion without making him »>elf so completely obnoxious to the idol aters. I‘tiul might have retained the fa vox us his rulers ami escajxxt martyrdom if he had only ba n willing to mix up his Clute tian faith with a>w errors. His unbend ing Christian character was taken as an insult Fagot and rack and halter in all ages have been only the different ways in which the world has demanded obeisance. It was once away up on the top of the tem ple that satan commanded rhe holy one of Nazareth to kneel before him. but it is not now so much on the top of churches as down in the aisle and the pew and the pulpit that satan tmnpta the espousera of the Christian faith to kneel before him. Why was it that the I’Jatonio philosophers of early' times as well as Toland, Spinoza and Bolingbroke of later days were BO mad ly opposed to Christianity'? Certainly not lx>-au >e it favor-d immoralitb-s or arrest<xl Civilization or dwarf«*d the intellect. The genuine reason, whether admitted or not, wax Ix-causc the religion of Christ jjaid no rcs]x-< t to their intellectual vanities. Blount and Boyle and the host of infidels hafchctl out by the vile reign of Charles IX, as reptiles crawl out of a marsh of slime, could not keep their patience be cause, as they passed along, there were kitting in the gate of the church such men an Matthew ,-uid Mark and Duke and John, who would not bend an inch in re spect to their philosophies. Satan’H Wiles. Satan told our first paroqts that they would become as gods if they would only reach up and take a taste of the fruit. They tried it and failed, but fheir de fendants are not yet satisfied with the ex jwriment. We have now many desiring to be as gods, reaching up after yet another apple. Beason, scornful of God’s Word, may loam and strut with the proud wrath of a Haman and attempt to compel the homage; of the g<x>d, hut in the presence of men and angels it shall be confounded. "God shall smite thee, thou whited wall!’’ When science began to make its brilliant discoveries, there were great facts brought to light that seemed to overthrow the truth of the Bible. The archmologist with his crowbar and the geologist with his ham mer and the chemist with hjs batteries charged upon-the Bible. Moses’ account of the creation seemed denied by the very structure of the earth. The astronomer wheeled around his telescope until the heavenly Ixxlics seemed to marshal them selves against the Bible as the stars in their course's fought against Sisera. Ob servatories and universities rejoiced at what they considered the extinction of Christianity They gathered new courage at what they considered past victory and prc--. il on their conquest into the king dom of nc.turo until, alas for them, they discovered too much! God’s Word had only' been lying in ambush that, in some unguarded moment, with a sudden bound, it might tear infidelity to pieces. It vtus as when Joshua attacked the city' of Ai. Ho selected 30,000 men and con cealed most of them? then, with a few m< n, he aosailed the city, which poured out its numbers and strength Upon Joshua’s little band. According to previous plan, they fell back in seeming defeat, but after all the proud inhabitants of the city had been brought out of their homes and had joined in the pursuit of Joshua suddenly that brave man halted in his flight, and, witli his spear pointing toward the city, 30,0<X) men bounded from the thickets as panthers spring to their prey, and the pur suers were dashetl to pieces, while the hosts of Joshua pressed up to the city and, with their lighted torches, tossed it into flume. Thus It was that the discoveries of scif-nci- roomed to give temporary vic tory against <lod and the Bible, and for awhile the church octal as if she were on a relreat, but when all the opposers of God and truth had joined in the pursuit and were sure of the field ("hrist gave the sig nal to his church, and, turning, they drove back their foes in shainp. There was found to l» no antagonism between na ture ami revelation. The universe and the Bible were found to be the work of the same hand, two strokes of the same ptm, their authorship the same God. Fride He fore a Fall. Again, learn the lesson that pride goeth before a fall Was any man ever so far up* as Haman, who tumbled so far down? Yes, on a smaller scale every* day the world sees the same thing. Against their very advantages men trip into destruction. When God.huinblcs proud men, it is usu ally at the moment, of their greatest arro gancy . If therh boa man in your com munity greatly* puffed up with worldly* success, you have but to stand a little while and you will six l him comp down. You say, “I wonder that God allows that man to go on riding over others’ heads and making great assumptions of power.” There is no wonder abopt it. Haman has not yet got to the top. Pride is a com mander, well plumed and caparisoned, but it loads forth n dark and frowning host. We Imw the Ix-st of authority for saying that-“pride goeth before destruction and a haught y spirit before a fall. ” The ar rows from the Almighty’s quiver are apt to strike a man when on the wing. Goliath shakes his great spear in defiance, but the small stones from th« brook Klah make him stagger and fall like an ox under the butcher’s bludgeoi). He who is down can not fail. Vessels spudding under bare poles do m t feel the force of the storm, but those with all sails set capsize at the sudden descent of the tolipi-st. Again, this oriental tale reminds us of the fact that wrongs we prepare for others return upon ourselves. The gallows that Hanan built for Mordecai became the prime minister’s ■ strangulation. Rolm spierre, who sent so many’ to the guillo tine, had his own head chopped off hy the hot >•'l instrument. The evil you practice on others will re. oil u; on y.-ur own poto. Slanders nome home Oppressions i)-er.;a home, Ort|< Ities pome home, \ ou will y.-t !-;- a hickey v. dklng beside ih.' very charpar oh \\ 1.i.-h you expix-ted to ride others down When (’hack-, 1, who liati th-ss.royi d Siralford, was about to In. Ix'hcaded, he said, “1 basely ratified an unjust scnienci, and the" imliar injustice I am now to undergo i.-. n. ibh' retribu tion for the punishment 1 inflicted on an innocent man.*’ Lord Jciftvys after in carcerating many innocent and good peo ple in London Towel was himself impris oned in the same place, where the shades of those whom he had niahveated seemed to haunt him, so that lie kept crying to his attendants. "Keep them cfi, gentlemen, for God’s sake, keep them off!” Thechiek cns had come home to roost. The body of Bradshaw, the English judge who had txH'n ruthless and cruel in his decisions, •vas taken front 1:1s -plendld tomb in West ninster abbey, and at Tyburn hung on a gallows from niorping until night In the presence qf jeering multitudes. Haman's gallows came a little late, but it came. Opportunities tty in a straight line and just touch us as they pass from eternity to eternity, but the wrongs W do others Ily in a circle, and, however tne circle may widen out. they an sure to come back to the ixiint from Which they started. Th< re are guns that kick. Fortune's Furthermore, let the story of Haman tench us h»>w quickly turns the wheel of fortune. One flay, excepting the king, Haman was the mightiest man tn Perisa, but the next day a lackey. So we go up. and so we come down. You •seldom find any man SO years in the same circum stances. Ot those who in political life 2(i years ago were the most prominent, how few remain in eonspicuity ! Politieid par ties make certain men do their hard work and then, after using them as hacks, turn them out on the commons to die. Every four years is • - im-.i uid «.t:nu melt wKo ought .vl’taitdy ■o )>: th. next president are ‘Ytopl--Ifltod; wiHl" 3 * i; me'wiio"tais day are f orc and poverty stricken will ride urf on the shouldeis qf the people a’.ai taki; .'.--■r turi; m .idmiv-gion anq the spoils of v'Sfico. Oh, how quickly the wheel turns! Ballot boxes are the steps on which men come down as often tvs they go up. Os those who were long age successful in the iuvnmulation of property how few have not met vvith reverses! While many of those who then were straitened in circum i *>tai)cvs now hold the bands and the bunk i s Via-t.ativm. Os all fiekle things in th'- w< rid fortune is the most fickle. Ev cry day she changes her mind, and woe to the man who. puts any confidence in what she promises or proposes! She cheers when you go up, and she laughs when you come fluwn. Oh, trust not u moment your heart’s affections to this changeful world 1 Anchor your soul in God. From Christ’s Oonijtanionship gather your satisfaction. Then, come sorrow or gladness, success or defeat, riches or poverty, honor or dis- grace. hemu or saikneis. Fife or de;.th, time er eternity, ail is years, and yc are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s. Wraith aud IlappineM. Aguim this Haman's history shows us that outward po.-sessions and circum stances cannot make a man happy. While yet fully _y.-si.cd in authority and the chief adviser of the 1 \isian monarch and every thing that equipage and pomp and splen dor of residence could do was his he is an object 1.-.-s ui of wretchedness There are today mor.- aching sorrows under crowns of royalty than under the ragged ea[>B of the housek-ns Much -if the world's afflu ence and gayety is only misery in colors Many a woman seated in the street at her apple stand is happier than the great bankers. The mountains of worldly honor are covered with perpetual snow. Tamer lane conquered half the world, but could not subdue his own fears. Ahab goes to bed sick because Naboth will not sell him his vineyard. Herod is in agony because a little child is born down in Bethlehem. Great l elix trembles because a poor min isterwill preach righteousness, temperance and judgment to come. From the time of Louis XII to Louis XVIII wjus there a straw bottomed cliair in France that did not sit more solidly than the great throne on which the French kings reigned? Were I called to sketch misery in its worst form 1 would not go up to the dark alley of the poor, but up the highway over which prancing Bucephali strike the sparks with their hoofs and between stat uary and parks of stalking deer. Wretch edness is more bitter when swallowed from gemmed goblets than from earthen pitcher or pewter mug. Il there arc young people here who arc looking for this position and that circumstance, thinking that worldly success will bring peace of the soul, let them shatter the delusion. It is not what we get; it te what we are. Daniel among the lions is happier than King Darius on his throne, and when life is closing bril liancy of worldly surroundings will be no solace. Death is blind and secs no differ ence between a king and his clown, be tween the Nazarene and the Athenian, be tween a bookless hut uml a national li brary. The frivolities of life cannot, with their giddy laugh, echoing from heart to heart, entirely drown the voice of a tre mendous conscience which says: "I am immortal. The stars shall die, but lam immortal. One wave -of eternity shall drown time in its depths, but I am im mortal. The earth shall have a shroud of flame, and the lu-avons fioe at the glance of the Lord, but I am immortal. From all the heights and depths of my nature rings down ami rings up and rings out tho word immortal.’ ” A good conscience and assurance of life eternal through the Lord Jesus Christ are the only securities. The Day of Triumph. The soul’s happiness is too large a craft to sail up the stream of. worldly pleasure. As ship cm-j.-enters say, ir draws too much water. This earth is a bubble, and it will burst. This life is a vision, ami it will soon pass away. Time! It is only a rip ple, and it breakoth against rhe throne‘of judgment. Our days! They lly -swifter than a shuttle, weaving lor us a rolte of triumph or a garment, of shame. Begin your life with religion, and for its great est trial you will be ready. Every day will be a triumph, and death will be only a king’s servant calling you to a royal banquet. In olden time the man who was to re ceive the honors of knighthood was requir ed to spend the previous niglit fully armed and, with shield and lance, to walk up and down among the tombs of the dead. Through all the hours of that night his steady step was heard, and when morning dawned amid grand parade and the sound of cornets the honors of knighthood were bestowed. Thus it shall be with the good man’s soul in the night before heaven. Fully armed with shield and sword and helmet, he shall watch and wait until the darkness fly and the morning break, and amid the sound of celestial harpings the soul shall take the honors of heaven amid the innumerable throng with robes snowy white streaming over seas of sapphire. Mordecai will only have to wait for hie day of triumph. It took all the preceding trials to make a proper background for his aftfer successes. The scaffold built for him makes all the more imposing and picturesque the horse into whose long white mane ho twisted his fingers at the mounting. You want at least two mis fortunes, hard as flint., to strike fire. Heavy and long continued snows in the winter are signs of good, crops next sum mer. So many have yielded wonderful harvests of benevolence and energy be cause they were for a long while snowed under. We must have a good many hard falls before we learn to walk straight. It is on the black anx il of trouble that men ham mer out their fortunes. Sorrows take up men on their shoulder* and enthrone them. Tonies are pearly always bitter. Men, like fruit trc-es, are barren unless trimmed with sharp knives. They are like wheat—all the better for tne flailing. It required the prison flayk-ness and chill to make John Btitiyan dream. It took Delaware ic<- and cold feet at Valley Forge and the whiz of bullets to make a Wash ington. Paul, when he climbed up on the beach at Melita, shivering in his wet clothes, was more of a Christ An than when the ship struck the breakers. Pres cott, the historian, saw better without his eyes than he could ever have seen with them. Mordecai despi.-ed at. the gate is only predecessor of Mordecai grandly mounted. LACRET’S REVENGE traced the Spy Who Had Be trayed His Father in Havana. Tampa. June 2.—Jose Castellanos, a Spanish spy. was ari-.-stc.l this afternoon in his room at the Palmetto hotel. He .a -knovvlefli-:. >1 t-hat he is the son of a Spanish offlk-tr in the Spanish army. Pa pers sufficient to convict him were found in his room..—Extract from a news dis patch. Here is part of a plot for a war romance tak. n from re al life. The war itself will develop the sequel. In the spring of 1597 Amalio Lqcret, who bad been living ip H t y..m 4 as the secret agent of the Cubans, was 'arrested sentenced and shot. His betrayer was un it now n. The last trip of the Olivette front Ha vana in April brought to the American shqre umr? that. <'u>b n refugees, among t’item were Enrique Laic-ret. son of the Cuban. Am.T-lio; Seuorita Fanique. of the family of Feria. and one Jose t’a.-tel lanos. a son of a pro-Spanialt family, who himself prpfegsej a barred for the Spanish and a love for Cinbre litre, The Cuba ns in question, wjth many Others, stopped at the Palmetto hotel in T.xnrpat Love is hidden and I will not at tempt to tell the love story the Pal metto hotel. Fan-ique's love tor Castella nos may have grown. At any rate En rique’s love for Fanique had grown, as wa. shown by future devolopmerits, At noon on a certain day in May a transport left Port Tampa bearing the Cuban volunteers of the United States to Cuba to fight the last bitter fight for the liberation of their native land. On that same morning Enrique Laeret was hoi seen at the Palmetto hqtol rr,. ;he after noon secry*. -» . .xce :t~rt-ste-i i.isv Gas.eilanos \>u rhe . h uge or serving Apaffi as a apy. The followjn? morning Fanique Feria ieceived t'ne following letter by mail j givcit as translate.l ‘'My Dear Fanny—This will be tdie last let., vou will have from me before Cu -a is free. You will ue surprised at the arrest eq Hmm-*. He Is a Spanish spy. Pap. rs wht h I took from him and which I gave to the United States authorities will prove his guilt. He was the man who be trayed my father in Tuba. What I did 1 did >n veng. ance and love for that conn try wht h is giving ns succor. -I leave on the transport for Cuba to help share in the war which will win us liberty. Good-bye.” ENRIQUE. CASTORiA For Infants and Children ■tit fa Lz?’ ' u n MACON NEWa MONDAY|EVENING.*JUNE 6 1898. IMMUNES TO . GMO NOW Col. Rav Has Come at Last, and Work of Assembling Commences. IS WELL SATISFIED. He Says That the Park Will Make an Ideal Camping Ground for the Troops. Colonel P. H. Ray, in command of the Third regiment of immunes, of the United States army, arrived in the city last night and is quartered for the present at the Ho tel Lanier He is accompanied by Mrs. Ray. Colonel Ray was accompanied to Macon by the adjutant of his regiment, Mr. John ‘Condon, who has been appointed adjutant of the regiment. The work of gathering the regiment will now commence at once, as there is still a great deal to be done in the matter of securing the enlisted men. Colonel Ray paid a visit to the park this morning and found that everything was to his perfect saticfaction. The buildings have been put in good condition and the grounds are looking their .best. He says that it can be made an ideal place, and that the buildings are just the thing for quartering the men. It is good news for his friends in Ma con that Mr. Sidney Wiley has been ap pointed a lieutenant in the regiment of immunes. ‘He arrived from Camp Northen yester day, and this morning is at work as a re cruiting officer in the Floyd Rifles’ armory. In this work he is assisted by Mr. Marion Harris and Mr. F. F. Crenshaw, who has been appointed with the authority to raise a company. A number of gentlemen all over the state have been authorized by Colonel Ray to raise companiese and are at work. This does not mean that they are all made captains, but if they succeed in raising the company to its full strength they will, if qualified, be receommended for a commis sion as captain. It is more than probable that Lieutenant Wiley will be made a captain of one of the companies under Colonel Ray. He is one of the 'best qualified milit-.rv men, and it was for this reason, that he was selected from the forces at Camp Northen for the position. Os course the fact that he had resigned a lieutenancy to be a private in th? Macon Volunteers was taken into consideration. Colonel (Ray will eon'er with his offi cers today, and will make arrangements for receiving the men as they come 'ti. It will probably be some time, however, before the full regiment 's made up but some of the men will begin to arrive today, and this week theby will be coming in from all over the state. The gentlemen who have been appointel with the authority to enlist men for the regiment have gone oat this morning to different parts of the state. Among these are Messrs. Taylor. Jelks and Rooney, all of Hawkinsville, who will be out all this week tiirougn the lo\wr part of the state and the third congressional district for the purpose of securing the criuts. A great deal of interest surrounds the organization of this regiment of immunes which, by the way, will not be made up of those necesajrily who have had the yellow -fever. Tn fact, the regiment will be im mune in name only. An article written :n The Nsws thr Other day in a palpably jotular vein seems to have given offense to some of the offi cers or would-be officers of the regimen*. The News did not say that the men of the regiment were liars. But it did‘say that the better lair a man was the more accep table he would be as a recruit. For if a man will go any one "f the captains or recruiting officers and state that one o' his principal qualifications is that he has had yellow fever twice, and all the other infectious diseases two or- three times, he will be snapped up so quickly that his head will swim for thirty days afterward. But a man may be thoroughly truthful and say that he has never had even the mumps and yet be accepted as an immure. One thing is very ceitain, the regiment will be made up of as fine men physically as can be found in inv regiment in the United States. Colonel Ray himsflf : s an officer of ex perience and is destined to make himieif very popular among the people of Macon and the men of the regiment. iHe has no idea when and where nis reg iment will be first sent, but he hopes that it will be to Cuba, where tberer is some fighting to be done. Os course it will take sme time to get the men into drill shape anff to get them int the proper condition to go to the front, ‘but as preference w : ll be given to. men who have had some mili tary experience, the chances are that they will be ready quicker than most neonle think. It is not likely, however, that the men ■will be mustered in for some time, pio >a blj not far the next three weeks. Speaking of his work Col. Ray said: “It is my instruction from the war depart ment to raise my entire regnneiit iff this state, if possible and I ynflerstand that more than enough . ompaies are already ■forming jy the principal cities of the slate for iny regiment. "The Third volunteers will cp.nsist of twelxe companies of eighty-three men each, and the headqqarters of the regi ment will ,be in Macon for the present and until we gr ordered ip the frpnt. "it has been reported that the resiwenu will consist entirely of immunes, but syeh is not the egae, unly the surgeons and they- assistants will be immunes, and the question will ngt fie put any wha desire to enlist in the ranks. Os course the more immunes » hare ip the regiment the bet ter fitted we wjll he for active service in "It is my understanding that the Third United States volunteers will be m the vanguard of the invading army. I saw Sec retary Alger only a few hours before leav ing Washington, and received assprances from him that my regiment would be among the first to step on Cuban soil, that D. :f the first invasion F* to be made ig f uoa - I h aye no idea wherp wy wfll fie ordered to first after the regiment t= fornt ed, but I »t will be either Tampa or Mcbif°. "I wjH Teturn to Atlanta tomorrow or 4»ixt yay with a regiment surgeon to begin t-ht- examination of the men who have en listed here, and to muster them m as quickly as possible Fourieea inen are at work , u the state raising companies for tor the regiment and only twelve of them will be needed but T will try to consoli date some of the smaller companies and in that way may be able to tffke .hem all. After the companies are eaffsted the whole regiment w;ll tyke up quarters at Ma.-on and there await the order from the war department to go to the front. That order will not come for at least two weeks yet. "The companies forming in the stale are principally in Brunswick. Ravaunah Macon and Columbus." Col. Raj )ouk«<i around with interest at splendid proportions of Atlanta and "The last time I was here with the fed eral army, way back in the sixties. I never thought that I would come ba. k in after years to form a regiment of Georgia sol diers. but here I am and I will say now that the Third regiment will be among teh bravest men in the entire armv." C-A-S'l'-OIRX Yhs fie- flails z . 1 '“ H a CHAFING UNDER LONG DELAY. Say That the Movement of Troops is Entirely Too Slow. Washington, June s—Yesterday was the greatest Sunday in the navy department since the outbreak of the war. No dispatches came over night. The situation at Santiago is such in the opinion of the officials that no startling developments are to be expected immedi ately and the next news to be looked for from that quarter is the arrival of troops. As far as can be gathered, in spite of all reports to the contrary, these troops have not yet started and naval officials are im patiently awaiting the movement. It is possible that a small advance de tachment has gone forward, but it is felt here even that is composed of an engineer battalion with a siege train lying off Key West. There is much dissatisfaction expressed at the slowness of the movements in the South owing in a large part to slender means of transportation and the chronic difficulty encountered of getting anything dene down there in a hurry. In army circles it seems to be expected that Sampson is to furnish sufficient force to convey troops and transports but it is not known whether he is to supply this force from his own squadron now off San tiago or whether he will call upon Com modore Watson off Havana to perform this work. In the first case there will be consider able delay owing to the length of time re quired for. warships to make passage around from Santiago to Key West. The officials do not credit the cable re ports that troops have been landed at Point Cabrera half dozen miles west of Santiago Bay and they are inclined to the opinion that if there has been any landing in that vicinity it is confined to the sup ply of arfns and food to the insurgents abounding in Santiago province. The navigation bureau and the navy de partment were closed up for the day be fore noon because there was nothing to be done. % The war department was open for busi ness in a limited way for half the day and Adjutant General Corbin was hard at work at his desk in telegraphic correspondence with army officers in all ports of the coun try and '“particularly regarding Spanish military prisoners from whom selections will be made for the change of the gallant little band that sunk the Merrimac. The commanding officer at Fort Mc- Pherson. Ga., has furnished the depart ment a full list of captives to facilitate the work of exchange. This is likely to occupy more time than was originally expected because of the difficulty of communicating with the Spanish admiral at Santiago. The war. department officials themselves are surprised at the number of Spanish offeers held captive at Fort 'McPherson and it will Ibe seen that there is hq lack of material for an equal exchange as 'there, are sixteen men now there. A Texas Wonder. HALL’S GREAT DISCOVERY One small bottle of Jiall’s Great Dis covery cures all kidney and bladder trou bles, removes gravel,’cures diabetis, semi nal emisisons, weak and lame backs, rheu matism and all irregularities of the kid neys and bladder in both men and women. Regulates bladder troubles in children. If not sold by your druggist will be sent by mail on receipt of sl.-Ope small bottle is two months’ treatment and will cure any case above mentioned. E. W. HALL, T , „ w Sole Manufacturer. P. O. Box 218, Waco, Texas. Sold by H. J. Lamar & Son, Macon Ga READ THIS. Cuthbert-; Ga. March 22, 1898.—This is to certify that I have been a sufferer from a kidney trouble for ten years and that I have taken less thp.n one bottle of Hall’s Great Discovery and I think that I am cured. I cheerfully recommend it to any one suffering from any kidney trouble, as I know of nothing that I consider its equal. R. M. JONES. DENTISTS MEET AT LYTHIA SPRINGS Full Program for the Meeting of Tooth Pullers of the State, The thirtieth ann«al meeting of the Georgia State Dental Society will'occur at the Sweetwater Park hotel, Lithia Springs. Ga., June 7, and remain in sesion until June 1. A program containing a number of pa pers ny prominent dentists throughout the state has been prepared and will be closely followed. One of the features of the meet ing will be these papers and their dis cussion by the 'society. The officers of the association are as follows: Dr. H. D. Wilson, president,Bain bridge; Dr. H. IM. Mixon, first vice presi dent, 'Rome; Dr. B. H. Wiliams, second vice president. Waycross; Dr H. A. Low rance, treasurer, Athens; Dr. S. McKee, recording secretary, 'Americus; Dr. O. H. McDonald, corresponding secretary, Atlan ta; Dr. H. H. John son, editor, 'Macon. The following is the executive commit tee: Dr. W. W. Hill, chairman, Washing ton; Dr. E. A. Tigner, Atlanta; Dr. C. P. Davis, Americus; Dr. E. L. Haines, Grif fffi: Dr. W. A. Summerlin. Dublin. The state 'board of examiners, which is 'composed of the following dentists, wiill meet Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock for the purpose of examipg applicants for li cense: Dr. H. dqyle, chairman, Thom asville; Dr_ ID. D, a tkinson, secretary, Brunswick, pr. A. G. Bouton. Savannah; Dr. It. Hf. Pat things, Atlanta: Dr. H. H. Johnson Following is the program of the thir tieth anual meeting of the Georgia State Dental Society: TUESDAY, JUNE r 10:30 A. M. Calling meeting to order by president. Prayer. Roll call. Pavmeyi of dues. Reading president's address. ■Adjoin nment. « AFTERNOON SESSION AT 3 O’CLOCK. Reading papers and discussion. Dr. H. .B. Adair, “Amalgram.” Dr,. M. N- Mixon, subject to be an nounced. Dr. C. V. Rosser, subject to be an nounced. Dr. T. P. Hinman, “Practical Points in Operative Dentistry.’’ WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8. 9 A. M Report of committee on president's ad dress. Papers as follows. Dr. C. Buottug -e&lson, “The Lips; Their Cary and Treatment. '* Dr. D. St. Arnold. “Diseases of the An trum and their Treatment.” Dr. B. H. Williams, “Antral Abcesses and their Treatment.” Dr. C. P. Davis. af Case of Transplantation." AFTERNOON SESSION. 3 O’CLOCK, jsapers as follows: Dr. A. K. Fort. “Comparative Value of Antiseptics.” Dr. J. W. Manning, “Deutai Education.” Dr. E. L. Haiftes. ‘Dental Education.” WEDN^-ADAY EVENING, 8 O’CLOCK Demonstrations of X-ray and high, f>-e --quent electric current. THURSDAY. & O’CLOCK. The entire morning will be devoted to clinics and other interesting demonstra tions. AFTERNOON SESSION. 3 O’CLOCK. Report of committee on clinics, nvidents in office practice and discussion of sub jects sugested by the national association. FRIDAY, 9 A. M. Papers as follows. Dr W. A. Summerlin. “Practice versus Credit.” Dr. W: H. Johnson: “Practical Ideas on Bridge Work.” Dr. E. A. Tigner, “The Object of Our Society.” AFTERNOON SESSION. 3 O’CLOCK. Report of executive committee. Report of examining board. Election and installation of officers.. Adjournment. The first day of the meeting will prob ably be devoted to preliminary work. The meeting promises to be harmonious. MH BULLETINS; FOIL JETURNS Will be Displayed by The News bv Stereopticon Tonight. CANDLER'S BIG VICTORY Will be Told By Flashlight —Re- turns From the Local Elec tion—Ladies Invited. The News has made arrangements to give the people of Macon the full election returns tonight from a'll over the State. These returns will be displayed by stereopticon from the News office, and will make one of the best returns ever seen in this. city. The local returns will be given in full and the returns from all over the state showing the result of the gubernatorial ra'ce and t'he complete victory of Allen D. Candler. For this purpose one of the best stere opticon lanterns in the state has been se cured and the crowd 'Wi'H be kept enter tained as a sufficient force of men will be on the spot to keep the screen full of good th i nigs. The returns frpm the election will be in terspersed with war bulletins, arrange ments having been made to receive the bulletins from the front as soon as they come in. iAs it is expected that something of in terest will transpire at the front today the war bulletins will be.displayed rapidly. The ladies wil'l'be entertained and ample accommodation will be provided for them. The N< a- has made arrangements for the securing of the returns from the dif ferent counties in the state as soon as they are ’made up and the service will be given to the News patrons tonight and to the public generally free of charge which will be complete, accurate and interesting. Remarkable Kes.me, Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plainfield, 111., makes the statement that she caught cold which settled on her lungs; she was treat ed for a month by her family physician but grew worse. He told her she was a hopeless victim of consumption and that no medicine eould cure her. ■ Her drug gist suggested Dr. King’s New Discovery for consumption; she bought a bottle and to her delight found herself benefitted from the first dose. She continued its use and aljter taking six bottles, found herself sound and well; now does her own house work and is as well as sjie ever was. Free trial bottles of this great Discovery at H. J. Lamar & isons’ drug store. Large bottles 50c and sl. I was seriously afflicted with a cough for several years and last fall had a more severe cough than ever before. I have used many remedies without receiving much relief, and being recommended to try a bottle of Cahmberlain’s Cough Rem edy by a friend, who, knowing me to be a poor widow, gave it to me. I tried it with the most gratifying results. The first bot tle relieved me very much and the second bottle has absolutely cured me. I have not had as good health for twenty years. Re spectfully, (Mrs. Mary A. Beard, Claremore, Ark. Sold by H. J. Lamar & Sons, drug-' gists. I have found Cheney’s Expectorant su perior to anything I have ever tried for colds and bronchial trouble. Send me by first mail six bottles of your mod. excellent medicine. PROF. J. H. RICHARDSON. Tettß. Summer Resorts. THE ELKTON, ELKTON, VA. Open June Ist. On N. W. and C. W. R. R. 'Modern in all its appointments. Hot and cold Lithia water on every floor. Bath, - toilet and gas. Write for rates. ’ J. H. BROWN & CO. Proprietors. Beautifully situated, fine shade trees, lawn of blue grass, cold, well and city water. Open al the year. The Arlington House. No. 53 South Main Street, Hendersonville, N. C. Bath rooms and water closers in the house. Large rooms, well furnished, good fare, attentive servants, charges reasona ble, carriage to all trains. T. A. ALLEN, Prop. Find Relief in the heat of Summer at Sparkling Catawba Spring. Splendid hotel, health giving water, Catawba county, N. C. DR. E. O. ELLIOTT & SON. Proprii. tors. When you hear of War Rumors of war, the pestilence that stalk eth by day or the mosquito that flittetb by night, Flee to the Mountains. Leesburg, Va., is the place. Only 36 miles from Washington. Write for illus trated booklet to Leesburg Inn, Leesburg Va. THE SKYUKA, SKYUKA, N. C. Elevation 3,200 feet. AR modern im provement—electric lights, baths with hot and cold water cut every fluor. An ideal summer resort- For terms ajxpjy to D. E. SteaYps Son. Roanoke Red Sulphur Springs. ROANOKE RED SULPHUR SPRINGS, Via Salem, V:;v. opens first of June. Ele vation 3,200 feet. Sulphur, chalybeate, freestone and limestone water; fine sum mer climate; wffters relieve dyspepsia, hay fever, asthma, lung, throat and kidney and female troubles. Terms reasonable. V> rite for descriptive pamphlet, references, etc- J- H chapman, Manager. Long distance* telephone connection. Ocean View House. 9t. Simon’s Island Beach, Ga Fine surf bathing, good tattle, artesian water - A. T. ARNOLD, Proprietor. The Atlantic Hotel MOOREHEAD CITY, N. C. The finest resort on the Atlantic coast. Banhing, sailing, fishing, billiards, tenpins, dancing and other amusements. The best and largest ballroom >n the south. The celebrated Old Colony orches tra of Erie, Pa., eight pieces, brass and string. 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HTN KLE, Physician aud Surgeon. Office 370 Second Street. Office phone 917, two calls; resi dence phone 917 four calls. Does general practice. I tender my services to the people of Macon and vicinity. Diseases of the eye, ear, nose, throat and lungs a specialty. Office consultation and treatment for the poor free from 8 to 9 a. ni. Visits in city for cash —day sl, night $2. Medical services free to families of all who are in the army from Maicon. Eye glasses and spectacles fitted accurately and furnished. Prices very reasonable. Office hours 8 to 10 a. m.; 12 to 1 p. m., and 6 to 6. p. m. Monday, Friday and Saturday nights 8 to 9:30. Exquisite are the BELTS we are now manufacturing for Ladies and Gentlemen. Pure white and colored leather. . See our handsome line of Buckles. Trunks repaired. No drayage charged. G. BERND <Sc C 0., 450 Cherry Street .... Macon, Ga. Don’t Lay It to the Water. Pure water is necessary to health, but clean premises is equally im portant. DISINFECTANT LIME is the only thing that guarantees a per- J feet sanitary condition. Keep the yards well sprinkled. It wMI neutral ize the poisonous gases and prevent sickness —will save you many a dol lar in doctor’s bills. Be advised In time. We have reduced the price • to 50 cents per barrel delivered.. One barrel may prove the salvation of of your family. Use it now. Don’t wait. T C. BURKE, MACON, GEORGIA For Sale. Dmlili M Ml. The Johnson & Harris store building, corner Fourth and Cherry streets, now Occupied by A. & N. M. Block. 6 room house, 10 Franklin street, known as the “Dickey” property. 3 room dwelling, 314 Jackson street. The . Glover ' residence on Huguenin Heights, The Chapman property on Ocmulgee street, in front of M. & I. street railway shops, with two 4-room houses. Two 4-room, dwellings on the Tindall property. 5 acres on Vineville car line adjoining Crump’s park. Vacant lots on Gray property in rear of Mercer University. Vavant lots on Tindall property and on Hugucntii Heights. For <iny information apply to M. P. CALLAWAY, Receiver, Progress Loan Improvement and Manufacturing Company. CITY TAX NOTICE. The second installment of the city tax is now due. I am compelled to issue ex ecutions against those an default. Pay and save costs. A. R. TINSLEY, Treasurer. May 16th, 1898. Idle Hour Slock Faun, Macon, Ga. Stallions at Farm CLEBURNE. Trial 2:1144, 'by Brown Hal, dam by Pat Malone. Cleburne is a half brother to Star Pointer, 1:59’4- baron stamboul Trial 2:27’£, by Stamboul, dam Bon Bon by Baron Wilkes. Address — J. F. GODARD, Manager. ; 1J U. j 0f 11 CASTORIA The Kind You Have Always Bought, Bears the Fan-simile Signature ON THE WRAPPER OF EVERY BOTTLE. THE KIND ! YOU HAVE ALWAYS BOUGHT. TMK CENTAUR COMPANY. NLVJ YORK CITY GEORGIA, Bibb Count. To the Superior Court of Said County: The'petition of the Jonoe Furniture Company respectfully shows: That on the 11th day of November, 1897, it was duly incorporated by an order of the Superior Court of said county, a body corporate and politic under the corporate name of the Jones Furniture Company, for the purpose of carrying on a general wholesale and re tail furniture and house-furnishing busi ness; and that it has been duly organized under said charter, and la carrying on the business authorized by said charter. Your petitioner desires to amend its aforesaid charter by changing the corpo rate name from the Jones Furniture Com pany to that of the Georgia Furniture Company; and that said corporation shall have all the rights and privileges under the new’ name of the Georgia Furniture Company, that it had under its original name of the Jones Furniture Company, and that said charter as amended, with all powers, privileges, rights and immunities by Its said charter conf<-red, be continued under its aforesaid charter as amended, for a term of twenty years, with the right of renewel at the end of that time. Wherefore your petitioner prays the granting of an order amending its said charter by changing its name to that of the Georgia Furniture Company, with all the rights and privileges under its new name that it held under its original name. And your petitioner will forever pray. R. K. HINES, Petitioners' At R. K. HIJs'ES, Petitioner’s Attorney. I, Robert A. Nisbet, clerk of Bibb Supe rior Court, do certify that the above la a true copy of the original petition as the same appears on file in said clerk’s office. This April 16th, 1898. ROBERT A. NISBET, Clerk. If in Need of a Safe, Buu a Good One. Below is a list of merchants who know a good thing when they see It. List of sales since March 22, 1898: Georgia Quincy Granite Company. Jones Grocery Company. Rogers & Joiner Commission Company. L. C. Crawford. J. S. Frink. A. E. Harris. Jake Ginsburg, Cordele. Ga. J. B. Rau. M. S. Rogers. ’ J. B. Frink. . .. ; I.»« Ed Devlin. H. Kessler. . , N. I. Parr. E. Friedman. - • ■ W. J. Wyche. Hardeman Grocery Company. > « * A. Delkin, Atlanta, Ga. «,? Davidson Jewelry Company. 1 H. D. Adams. J. T. Callaway, Jr 412 Second St. Phone 334. Subscribers must pay up and not allow small balances to run over from week to week. The carriers have been in etructed to accept no part payment from anyoua aftorAjurH ._ . , „ 3