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BLANCO SAID CEVERA USELESS Wanted Him Relieved from the Command of Spanish Squadron. MISSED HIS OPPORTUNITIES. Might Have Slipped Out and Given Battle to the Americans Out side Santiago. New York, 4—Advices received by the Junta says: News has reached here to the effect that <'attain General Blanco ha* sent a mes i ag. from Havana to the Queen Rngurit of Spain ri-questing her to relieve Vlmiral Cervira from command or the fleet in the ha.ri.or us Santiago and urging that he be repine d by Commodore Villamil. General Blanco said further that he did not Inllevo Admiral Perri ra was equal to the impart an-r of bi* command and J.li miting that if Santiago in lost to the Am< clean and Cuban forces it will be due to his neglect to take advantage of hi» opport unities. Hlamo thinks that Admiral Cervera ha* allowed valuable opportunities to slip by which ho has been laying in the harbor of Santiago, and says that ho should have gone out to meet and tight the American flei r before the Invading army was given an opportunity to land. At the same time Blanco's message show that he still believes, or rather hopes, that Spain will be victorious He Informs the Queen Regent that, the dissention and re volt among the police and volunteers in Hiv.inn due to the strict observance of military discipline have blown over and the inhabitants of the city, as well as the soldiers, are pacific and patriotic in their expression* and actions Ho says that the American soldiers am not fit to fight in Cuba, never having had any experience in tropical countries and the intense heat and peculiar climate have produced much ill ness among them. The Cuban soldiers lie refers to very contemptuously, saying that no account is to be taken of them, and he urges the Queen Regent to pay no attention to .American re-ports of victory in Cuba, which ho says, uro written for the sen sational American press, and ►ave no foundation in fact. According to the message Blanco says that a number of vessels loaded with pro visions for various ports have arrived, and that there is no danger of a famine. The American blockade of Havana lie says is absolutely ineffectual and the steaim rs find no difficulty in running it. A few of them are captured but the majority So far have succeeded In landing their cargoes. Ae the same time the Queen Regent re ceived Information from the representa tives of the South American governments in Madrid that they could not undertake to intervene or interfere in* any way with the Spntiish-American war, even to the extent of offering their services in the matter of securing favorable peace terms. Their deelin'tition Is accompanied by ex pressions of regret, but 1t is couched In such terms to leave Spain no hope of aid from that quart, r. The majority of the South America’, governments represented in M.ulri I. wnile pieserving a strict neutrality, are in heart In favor of Cuba if ain’t for h? United •States and would do nothing to place ob * tachs in the wav of the island neonle and th< indept ndenee which now seems assured to them. A Toxiih Wonder. HALL’S GRIIAT DISCOVERY. One small ’bottle of Hall's Great Dis covery cures all kidney and bladder trou bles, removes gravel, cures dinbetls, semi nal emlsisot»H. 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 solid by your druggist wild be sent by mail on receipt o's JI. Ono small bottle Is two months’ treatment and will cure any case above mentioned. E. W. HALL, Sole Manufacturer. P. O. Box 31M. Waco, Texas. Sold by 11. J. Lamar ft. Son, Macon, Ga. READ THIS. Cuthbert, Ga. March 22, 1898.—This la to certify that I have been « sufferer from ti kidney trouble for ten years and that 1 have taken less than one bottle of Hall’s llr.at Discovery and 1 thtnk that I am cured. 1 cheerfully recommend it to any one suffering from any kidney trouble, as I know of nothing that I consider its equal. R. M. JONES. CHEAP RATES. Baptist Young People's Union, Buffalo, N. Y., July 14 to 17, 1898. Account, of the above occasion the round trip tickets to Buffalo at one fare, half rate, tickets on sale July 11, 12 and 13, with final limit July 20. IS9S. An ex tension of tile liual limit may be obtained to have Buffalo not l.Wcr til.in \ugust3, provided tickets are deposited with joint nt at Buffalo between July 17 and 19th ami oti paym.nt es 50 cents. C. S. White, T. P. A. Burr I'iowu. C. T. A. EPWORTH LEAGUE. Important Meeting Will bf Held Tomorrow Night. An important and interesting meeting of the' city union of the Epworth League will fc. li. id at the annex of Mulberry Street Methodist church tomorrow night. An add.r< s< will be' delivered by Col. N. E Harris, who was a delegate' to the con vention in Baltimore. An < x<. ptlonally good musical program has been arranged by Mr. R. I. McKenney ami the choir of Mulberry street church. A presiden.t of the' city union of the’ Ep worth league will be elected at this meet ing. A Narrow F.mhp**, Thankful words written by Mrs. Ada E Hart, of Groton, S. D. “Was taken with a bad eedd which settled on my lungs: cough set in ami Anally terminated in consumption. Four doctors gave me up, saying I could only live a short time. 1 gave' mys< If up to my savior, determined if 1 could not stay with my friends on earth 1 would meet my absent ones above. My husband was advised to get Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption, coughs anel colds. 1 gave it a trial, taking in all eight bottles It has cured me, and. thank God. 1 am now a hijalthy woman.’’ Trial bottles free at H. J. Lamar ft Sons' drug store. Regular size, 50e and |l. Guaran teed or price refunded. On July 4th, sth, 6th and 7th, the Georgia Railroad and Atlantic Coast Line will sell round trip tickets Macon to Washington, D. C.. Fare $20.50. Tickets limited to July 16th, with privilege of extending to August 31st, 1898. Through Pullman Buf fet Sleepers between Macon and New York. For further information apply to W. W. Hardwick, Soliciting Agent. IN THE KLONDIKE Scurvy Has Marked Many Victims for Its Own. San Francisco, July 4—Miners who ar rived from the Klondike report that scur vy had marked hundreds of men in the Klondike for it* victims. Typhoid fever, and pneumonia have already begun a har vest ot death in the camp. The unhealthy season has begun and the one hospital in the camp was crowded with victims of the disiase peculiar to a new and thinly Bet tied country The deaths average about three per day. About one month ago my child, which Is fifteen mouths old, had an atack of diar rhoea accompanied by vomiting. I gave it such remedies as are usually given in such eases, but as nothing gave relief, we sent for a physician and it was under his ware for a week. At this time the child been sick for about ten days and was having about twenty-five operations of tha bowel* every twelve hours, and we w. re convinced that unless it soon obtained re lie; it would not live. Chamhcr'aiti's Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy Wis recommended, and 1 decided to try it. I soon noticed a change for the better; by its continued use a complete cure was brought about and it is now perfectly healthy.—L. Boggs, Stumptown, Gil mer Co., W. Va. For sale by H. J. Lamer ft Sons, druggists. AT CHRIST CHURCH. Patriotic Services Were Held Yesterday Morning. Patriotic services were held at Christ church yesterday morning and a sermon in accord with the occasion was preached by tihe rector, Rev. F. F. Reese. The music for the service had been specially adapted to the patriotic occasion. A large congre gation was out and Joined in the services. Hint- the KlondyKe. • Mr. A. C. Thomas, of Marysville, Texas, has found a more valuable discovery than has yet been made in the Klondyke. For years he suffered untold agony from con sumption, accompanied by hemorrhages; and was absolutely cured by Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds. He declares that gold is of lit tle value in comparison with this mar vellous ere —would have it, even if it cost a hundred dollars a bottle. Asthma, Bron chitis and all throat and lung affections are jiosltively cured by Dr. King’s Now Discovery for Consumption. Trial bottles free at H. J. Lamar ft Sons’ Drug Store. Regular size 50 cents and |l. Guaranteed to cure or price refundeel. Bucklin’s Arnica Salve The best salve in the world for cut*, aruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fevei eoree. tetter, chapped bands, chilblains corns, and all skin eruptions, and positive ly cures piles, or no pay required. It 1» guaranteed t* give perfect satisfaction ot money refunded. Price 26 cents per box Far sals by H. J. Lamar A Baa*' 4ru» •tar* MORE RECRUITS Wanted to Join the Expedition to the Philip pines. San Frascisco, July 4 —South Dakota needs forty more recruits. Kansas wants several and the 19th United States infan try is short two men. The United States signal corps detach ment at Camp Merritt wants sixty or more recruits, in addition to twenty reported to be on the way here from the east and the United States hospital corps, attached to the field hospital desires 200 recruits to complete its quota of 700 attendants. Practically no other vacancies exist among the different commands. OASTOXI.T.A.. Roars the The Kind You Have Always Bought “‘"r CHEAP RATES. Baptist Young People’s Union, Buffalo, N. Y., Jnlv 14 to 17, 1898. Account of the above occasion the round trip tickets to Buffalo at one fare, half rate, tickets on sale July 11, 12 and 13, with tinal limit July 20, 1898. An ex tension of the final limit may be obtained io leave ‘Buffalo not later than Augusts, provided tickets are deposited with joint agent at Buffalo between July 17 and 19th and on payment of 50 cents. C. S. White, T. P. A. Burr Brown, C. T. A. RECORD BROKEN. San Francisco, July I—Howard1 —Howard Brewer in an exciting contest has beaten the world’s amateur swimming record for 440 yards, his time being 6 minutes, 10% sec onds. The previous record was 6 minutes, 23 and 1-5 seconds and was held by Blum cf Chicago. Self Defence. Thia is to certify tnat a called confer ence of South Macon ’Baptist church we were dismlsed from said church for con tending for the rights, privileges, discip line and sovereignty of a Baptist church, which was all done contrary to the discip line of a ’Baptist and the scripture. If a brother commits an offense against the church the church should appoint a com mittee of one to wait on the brother and if he will not hear the brother the church should then appoint a eomittee of two or three and wait on the brother so that in the mouth ot two or three witnesses every word may be established, and if he will still not hear he should then be brought before the church and if he will not hear the church he should then ba treated.as a publican and a sinner. df I had been a culprit I could not be treated worse. If a < person cannot receive Justice in a Baptist* church where can ho reveive it, as a church shoull be the high est tribunal on earth. This shows that somebody is wrong , and where js the wrong? There were seven deacons and four of the deacons were put out of the church, myself ineluded in one of the four. 1 will here state that one of the four has been a deacon and labored for the church over twenty years. There was a resolution put before the conference, signed by fiften male members, the four deacons including four of the fifteen, are parties of the resolution, was a request for the pastor to resign. The whole of the resolution or charges were correct but were not sustained by the church. The major’iy of male members were In favor of passing the resolution, but it was lost by the ft male vote. I will state that tthere has not been a conference in the church during the pas torate of W. P. Southern which is about two vears and a half, consequently no ininutts have been kept. The pastor has ruled the church, usurping all authority. He made three deacons and bad them or dained without a confernece. He also nad two preachers culalned without a tonfer nev. which ’s contrary to Baptist discip line. The four deacons who were dismiss. .1 an ! a preacher combined against 'his. It is the duty of the deacons to look after the w-'lfare’.if th' (lurch and at » ceiled con fei<n< -' the foir deacons and -he p-.-acli.-r w.‘i-' accused of disturbing the ha.-'u inv of th. chir. h si>? signing the lesulutious and dismissed from the church when they were upholding the dignity of the church. In defense 1 claim that the acts of the pastv.r are all illegal, as the business of a church musk be done in conference, and there- has been no conference, except the called conference. Letters ot dismissal have been granted to numerous members .it different times without conference, and I would like to ask anyone acquainted with church government did they ever see a letter presented to church for member ship 'ba: not read "done by order of the church in conference” and signed by the moderator and clerk. Members presenting these letters to another church for mem bership certainly cannot be received, as there has been no conference. If this does not show a pastor ruling a church with a higti hand, then I will have to acknowl edge that I know nothing of church gov ernment or discipline. - We simply write in self-defense, feeding that we have Jone our duty as deacons and done nothing only for the good of the church, and could make no obeisance to man where our duty was to God. F. L. Brown. J. R. Langford. VASHTI THE VEILED. REV. DR. TALMAGE COMMENDS MOD ESTY IN WOMAN. Draw* * Le«uu>n From the Story of Drunk en AhMucru* and Ills Beautiful Queen. Condemns the Bold Female Demagogue. Some Heroic Women. (Copyright, IR9B, by American Press Asso ciation.] WASHINGTON, July 3.—Dr. Talmage in this discussion ‘tells the story of a beauti ful queen dethroned and draws practical lessons for all conditions and all times; text, Esther 1, 11-12. ’'Brii«» Vashti, the queen, before the king with the crown royal to show the people and the princes her beauty, for she was lair to look upon; but. the Queen Vashti refused to come.” We stand amid the palaces of Shushan. The, pinnacles are aflame with the morn ing light. The columns rise festooned and wreathed, the wealth of empires flash ing from the grooves, the ceilings adorned with images of bird and beast and scenes of prowess at*d conquest. The walls are hung with shields and emblazoned until It seems that the whole round of splendors is exhausted. Each arch is a mighty loaf of architectural achievement. Golden stars shining down on glowing arabesque. Hangings of embroidered work in which mingle the blueness of the sky, the green ness of the grass and the whiteness of the sea foam. Tapestries hung on silver rings, wedding together the pillars of marble. Pavilions reaching out in every direction. These for repose, filled with luxuriant couches, In which weary limbs sink until all fatigue is submerged. Those for ca rousal where kings drink down a king dom at one swallow. Amazing spectacle! Light of silver dripping down over stairs of ivory on shields of gold. Floors of stained marble, sunset red and night black and inlaid with gleaming pearl. In connec tion with this palace there is a garden where the mighty men of foreign lauds are seated at a banquet. Under the spread of oak and linden and acacia the tables are arranged. The breath of honeysuckle and frankincense fills the air. Fountains leap up Into the light, the spray struck through with rainbows falling into crys talline baptism upon flowering shrubs, then rolling down through channels of marble and widening out here and there into pools swirling with the finny tribes of foreign aquariums, bordered with scar let anemones, hypericums and many col ored ranunculi. Meats of rarest bird and beast smoking up amid wreaths of aromatics. The vases filled with apricots and almonds. The baskets piled up with apricots and figs and oranges and pumegranates. Melons taste fully twined with leaves of acacia. The bright waters of Eulams filling the urns and dropping outside the rim in flashing beads amid the traceries. Wine from the royal vats of Ispahan and Shiraz, in bot tles of tinged shell, and lily shaped cups of silver and flagons and tankards of solid gold. The music rises higher and the rev elry breaks out into wilder transport, and the wine has flushed the cheek and touch ed the brain, and louder than all other voices are the hiccough of the inebriates, the gabl.'le, of fools and the song of the drunkards. A Woman Wronged. In another part, of the palace Queen Vashti is entertaining the Princess of Persia at a banquet. Drunken Ahasuerus says to his servants, ‘‘You go and fetch Vashti from that banquet with the women and bring her to this banquet with the men and let me display her beauty.” The servants immediately start to obey the king’s command, but there was a rule in oriental society that no woman might ap in-ar in public without having her face veiled. Yet here was a mandate that no one dare dispute, demanding that Vashti come in unveiled before the multitude. However, there was in Vashti’s’ soul a principle more regal than Ahasuerus, more brilliant than the gold of Shushan, of more wealth than the realm of I’ersia, which commanded her to disobey this or der of the king, and so all the righteous ness and holiness and modesty of her na ture rise up into one sublime refusal. She says, ”1 will not go into the banquet un veiled.” Ahasuerus was infuriate, and Vashti, robbed of her position and her estate, is driven forth in poverty and ruin to suffer the scorn of a nation, and yet to receive the applause of after generations, who shall rise up to admire this martyr to kingly insolence. Well, the last vestige of that feast is gone, the last garland has faded, the last arch lias fallen, the last tankard lias been destroyed, and Shushan is a ruin, but as king as the world stands there will be niultitudesof men and wom en familiar with the Bible who will come into this picture gallery of God and ad mire the dixine portrait of Vashti the queen, Vashti the veiled, Vashti the sacri fice, Vashti the silent. In the first place, I want you to look upon Vashti the queen. A blue ribbon, rayed with white, drawn around her fore head, indicat'd her queenly position It was no small honor to bo queen in such a realm as that. Hark to the rustle of her robes! See the. blaze of her jewels, and yet it is not necessary to have place and regal robe in order to bo queenly. When I see a woman with stout faith in God {tutting her foot upon all meanness and selfishness and godless display, going right forward to serve Christ and the race by a grantl and glorious service, I say, ‘‘That woman is a queen,” and the ranks of heav en look over the battlements upon the cor onation, and whether she comes up from the shanty on the commons or the man sion of the fashionable stpiare I greet her with the shout, ‘All hail, Queen Vashti!” Things to Consider. What glory was there on the brow of Mary of Scotland, or Elizabeth of Eng land, or Margaret of France, or Catherine of Russia compared with the worth of some of our Christian mothers, mqny of thorn gone into glory; or of that woman mentioned in the Scriptures who put her all into the Lord’s treasury; or of Jeph thah’s daughter, who made a demonstra tion of unseltish patriotism; or of Abigail, who rescued the herds and flocks of her husband; or of Ruth, who toiled under a tropical sun for poor, old. helpless Naomi; or of Florence Nightingale, who went at midnight to stanch the battle wounds of the Crimea; or of Mrs. Adoniram Judson, who kindled the lights of salvation amid the darkness of Burma; or of Mrs. Hernans, who poured out her holy soul In words which will forever be associated with Iwnter’s horn, and captive’s chain, and bridal hour, and lute’s throb, and cur few’s knell at the dying day, and scores and hundreds of women unknown on earth who have given water to the thirsty, and bread to the hungry, and medicine to rhe sick, and smiles to the discouragi.'d, their footsteps heard along dark lane and in government hospital and in almshouse corridor and by prison gate? There' may be no royal robe. There may be no pala tial surroundings. She does not need them, for all charitable men will unite witii the crackling lips of fever struck hospital and plague blotched lazaretto tn greeting her as she passes: “Hail! Hail! Queen Vashti!” Again, I want you to consider Vashti the veiled. Had she ap]>eared before Ahas uerus and his court on that day with her lac* uncovered she would have shocked all the delicacies of oriental society, and the very men who in their intoxication de- Inandrel that she come in their sol>er mo ments would have despised her. As some flowers seem to thrive best in the dark lane and in the shadow and where the sun does not seem to reach them, s 6 God ap points to most womanly natures a retiring and unobtrusive spirit. God once in awhile does call an Isabella to a throne, or a Miriam to strike the timbrel at the front of a host, or a Marie Antoinette to quell a French mob, or a Deborah tostand at the front of an armed battalion, crying out: “Up! Up! This is the day in which the Dire! will deliver Siseia into thy hands. ” And when the women are called to such outdoor work and to such heroic positions God prepare* them for it. and they have iron in their soul, and lightnings in their eye, and whirlwinds in their breath, and the borrowed strength of the Lord omnip otent in their right arm. They walk through furnaces as though they were hedges of wildflowers and cross seas as though they were shimmering sapphire, and all the harpies of hell flown to their dungeon at the stamp of womanly indig nation. MACON NEWS MONDAY EVENING, JULY 4 1898. Vashti Unveiled. But these are the exceptions. Generally Dorcas would rather make a garment for the poor boy, Rebecca would rather fill the trough of the camels, Hannah would rather make a coat for Samuel, the He brew maid .would rather give a prescrip tion for Naaman’s leprosy, the woman of Sarepta would rather gather a few sticks to cook a meal for famished Elijah, Phebe would rather carry a letter for the inspired apostle, Mother Lots would rather educate Timothy in the Scriptures. When I see a woman going about her daily duty, with cheerful dignity presiding at the table, with kind send gentle but firm discipline presiding in the nursery, going out into the world without any blast of trumpets, following in the footsteps of him who went al tout doing good, 1 say, “This is Vashti with a veil on.” But when I see a woman of unblushing boldness, loud voiced, with a tongue of in finite clitter clatter, with arrogant look, passing through the streets with the step of a walking beam, gayly arrayed in a very hurricane of millinery. I cry out, “Vashti has lost her veil.” When 1 see a woman struggling for political prefer ment, trying to force her way on up to conspicuity amid the masculine dema gogues, who stand with swollen fists and bloodshot eyes and pestiferous breath to guard the polls, wanting to go through the loaferism and defilement of popular sovereigns, who crawl up from the saloons greasy and foul anil vermin covered to de cide questions of justice and order and civilization—when I see a woman, I say, who wants to press through all that hor rible scum to get. to public place and pow er, 1 say: “All, what a pity! Vashti has lost her veil!” When I see a woman of comely features and of adroitness of Intellect and endowed with all that the schools can do for her and of high social position, yet moving in society with superciliousness and hauteur, as though she would have people know their place and with an undefined com bination of giggle and strut and rhodo montade, endowed with allopathic quanti ties of talk, but only homeopathic infin itesimals of sense, the terror of dry goods clerks and railroad conductors, discoverers of significant meanings In plain conversa tion, prodigies of badinage and innuendo, I say, “Vashti has lost her veil.” Man’s Cruelty. Again, I want you this morning to con sider Vashti the sacrifice: Who is this that. I sec coming out of that palace gate of Shushan? It seems to me that I have seen her Itefore. She comes homeless, houseless, friendless, trudging along with a broken heart. Who is she? It is Vashti the sacrifice. Oh, what a change it was from regal position to a wayfarer’s crust! A little while ago approved and sought for. Now. none so poor as to acknowledge her acquaintanceship. Vashti the sacrifice. Ah, you and I have seen it many a time! Here is a home empalaced with beauty. All that refinement and books and wealth can do for that home has been done; but Ahasuerus, the husband and the father, is taking hold on paths of sin. He is gradu ally going down. After awhile he will flounder and struggle like a wild beast, in the hunter’s net—farther away from God, farther away from the right. Soon the bright apparel of the children will turn to rags; soon the household song will be come the sobbing of a broken heart. The old story over again. Brutal centaurs breaking up the marriage feast of Lapi thse. The house full of outrage and cruel ty and abomination, while trudging forth from the palace gate are Vashti and her children. There are homes in all parts of this land that are in danger of such break ing up. Oh, Ahasuerus, that you should stand in a home bj a dissipated life de stroying the peace and comfort of that home! God forbid that, your children should ever have to wring their hands and have people point their finger at them as they pass down the street and say, “There goes a drunkard’s child!” God forbid that the little feet should ever have to trudge the path of poverty and wretchedness! God forbid that any evil spirit, born of the wine cup or the brandy glass should come forth and uproot that garden, and with a lasting, blistering, ail consuming curse shut forever the palace gate against Vashti and the children. Life’s Campfires. One night during our civil war I went to Hagerstown to look at the army and I stood ou a hilltop and looked down upon them. I saw the campfires all through the valleys and nil over the hills. It v?as a weird spectacle, those campfires, and I stood and watched them, and the soldiers who were gathered around them were no doubt talking ot’ their homes and of the long march they had taken and of the battles they wore to tight, but after awhile I saw these campfires begin to lower, and they continued to lower until they were till gone out, and the army slept. Lt was imposing when 1 saw the campfires. It A r as imposing in the darkness when I thought of that great host asleep Well, God looks down from heaven and he sees the firesides of Christendom and the loved ones gathered around these firesides. These are the campfires where we warm ourselves at the close of day and talk over the battles of life we have fought and the battles that are- yet to come. God grant that when at last these fires begin to go out and continue to lower until finally they are extinguished and the ashes of consumed hopes strew the hearth of the old homestead it may be because we have— Gone to sleep that sleep From which none ever wake to weep. Now we are an army on the march of life. Then we shall be an army bivouacked in the tent of the grave. The Silent Martyr. Once more, I want you to look at Vashti the silent. You do not hear any outcry from this woman as she goes forth from the palace gate. From the very dignity of her nature you know there will be no vociferation. Sometimes in life it is nec essarj to make a retort; sometimes in life it is necessary to resist ; but there are crises when e most triumphant thing to do is to ko p silence. The philosopher, confident in his newly discovered princi ple, waiting for the coming of more intel ligent generations, willing that men should laugh at the lightning rod and cot ton gin and steamboat and telegraph, waiting for long years through the scoff ing of philosophical schools in grand and magnificent silence. Galileo, condemned by mathematicians and monks and cardiinds, caricatured ev erywhere, yet waiting and watching with his telescope to see the coming up of stel lar re-enforcements, when the stars in their courses would fight for the Coper nican system, then sitting down in com plete blindness and deafness to wait for the coming on of the generations who would build his monument and bow at his grave. The reformer, execrated by his contemporaries, fastened in a pillory, the slow fires of public contempt burning un der him, ground under the cylinders of the printing press, yet calmly waiting for the day when purity of soul and heroism of character will get the sanction of earth and the plaudits of heaven Affliction enduring without any complaint the sharpness of the pang, and the violence of the storm, ami the hi it of the chain, and the darkness of the night, waiting until a divine hand shall !«■ put forth to soothe the pang, asid hush the storm, and release the captive. A wife abused, persecuted and a perpetual exile from every earthly comfort, waiting, waiting until the Lord shall gather up his dear childre n in a heavenly home and no poor Vashti will ever be thrust out from the palace gate Jesus, in silence and answering not a word, drinking the gall, hearing the cross, in prospect i.f the rapturous consumma tion when— Angels thronged his chariot w heel And bore him to his throne, Then swept their golden harps and sang, “The glorious work is done!" Oh, woman, does not this story of Vashti the quren. Vashti the veiled. Vashti the sacrifice. \ ashti the. silent, move your soul:- My sermon converges into the one absorbing hope that none of you may be shut out of the palace gateof heaven You can endure the hmxLships, and the priva tions, ami the cruelties, and the misfor tunes of this life if you can only gain ad mission there. Through the blood of the everlasting covenant you go through those gates or never go through at all. God forbid that you should at last be banished from the s>M.-iety of angels, and banished from the companionship of your glorified kindred, and banished forever. Through the rich of our Jjord Jesus Christ AN OPEN LETTER To MOTHERS. WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD “CASTORIA,” AND “PITCHER'S (. ASTORIA,” AS OUR TRADE MARK. I, DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, of Hyannis, Massachusetts, was the originator of “CASTORIA,” the same that has borne and does now bear x . - on every the foe- simile signature of wrapper. This is the original “CASTORIA” which has been used in the homes of the Mothers of America for ova thirty gears. LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it is the kind, you have always bought . on the and has the signature of wrap- per. Ao one has authority from me to use my name except ihe Centaur Company, uj which Chas. 11.1 Letcher is President. March 24,1893. ~/f ? Do Not Be Deceived. Do not endanger the life of your child by accepting a cheap substitute which some druggist may offer you (because he makes a few more pennies on it), the in gredients of which even he docs not know. “The Kind You Have Always Bought” BEARS THE SIGNATURE Ur s? l ... /7 Insist on Having The Kind That Never Bailed You. THE CENTAUR COMPANY, 77 MURRAY THRU- . r V v I: NA 3ITY may you !;e enabled to imitate the exam ple of Rachel and Hannah ami Abigail and Deborah and Mary and Esther and Vashti. Buzzards and Christian Science. On our ride to Xochicaleo we chanced upon a valuable piece of information, which 1 do not feel like withholding from tliis superstitious age, and I think it will be of great use to our mind eurists and healers. When I wondered at the size of tile buzzards we encountered, our guide, who was a volunteer guide and a man of standing and perfectly trustworthy, in formed me that this bird.was really a crow and not a buzzard, as I had thought, and it is not merely an ornamental and thiev ing bird. This is what he told me: If any man has heart disease or is threat ened with it, organic or otherwise, all ho needs to do is to catch one of these crows and make a companion of him, a real in timate. He must keep him con stantly, let him eat from the same plate at table and sleep with him at night. When this intimacy is established, all the man’s heart disease and tendency to it will leave the man and pass into the crow. The tes timony to this fact is abundant and ad mits of no doubt, and the singular thing about the miracle is that the crow is not injured. The crow, by an entirely mental process common in all mind cures, absorbs the heart disease aud sustains no harm and asks no pay for his work. This Christian Science crow is, to be sure, a Mexican, but I suppose that any kind of crow with us would do as well.— Charles Dudley Warner in Harper’s Mag azine. O ZX. *5» e JP OTH I . Boars the Kind You Have Always Bought 81£ T° \ ‘ 'Ur? kT 1 > '^tbK?? hp|» VtyP■"■-\"' A¥■ B MSSfc vQr r k w - ^...... ...^XJ^T- —-• X^ 1 '?r~ -» JJ -' - ' I <■ ii lb r~~T~ "~aa_/ ' ~~.k,*'.~~ ' K—r** Living in the Open Air on the veranda brings health and com fort to those who know how to enjoy it. We have nice big easy rockers, chairs in reed or willow, with wide arms and roomy seats, lawn tables, hammocks, settees and every thing for cool summer furnishings for indoors and out. WtiKvsil SKnM , -*; '■ ■■■ ■...•.'< Wir <.J <a The Sleep i g Room of a Mil lio Hain offers no more solid comfort thaji what can be had by a selection from our stock of fine chamber furniture. We will sur prise you when you see such handsome and artistic designs at such simple prices. It is worth your time to see. V »esy y Iron Beds. No bed has given so great satisfaction to the public as the all iron bedstead. Cleanly, durable and tasty in design. One of ours fitted with the famous felt per fection mattress will yield a larger divi dend of solid comfort and give more genuine pleasure than any investment you can make. Prices on beds begins as low as $4.00. SEE US. The IRood-Pea zy Furniture Co Get Your Ice Near-Du The College Hill Ice Company. 269 Washington Avenue. pls the most convenience ice house for all the homes between New street and Vine ville. Delivers ice anywhere in the city without extra cost. Prompt attention to all orders. Telephone 511, two calls. W. H. SHEPARD, Manager. Hlacon Screen co. Manufacturers of the best adjustable wire window screens and screen doors. Your patronage respectfully solicited. Es timates furnished free of charge. J. D. Newbanks, manager, 215 Cotton avenue, Macon, Ga. In order to reduce our stock of specta cles and Eyeglasses we will, for a short time, sell all $2.50 Spectacles and Eye glasses for $1; all $3.50 Spectacles and ■Eyeglasses for $1.75. We guarantee them to be the best quality, and if not satisfac tory will return the money. H. J. Lamar 3 Son Cherry Street, Macon, Ga. For Sale, tai Rhl Eslate. 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 Oemulgee 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 Yinevilte car line adjoining Crump’s park. Vacant lots on Gray property in rear of Mercer University. Vavant lots on Tindall property and on Huguenin Heights. For any information apply to M. P. CALLAWAY, Receiver, Progress Loan Improvement and Manufacturing Company. D. A. KELATION. -V # /Tv s ‘ -/ j iGmoral Undertaker ami Embalmer. OPEN DAY* AND NIGHT Caskets, cases, coffins and burial robes: hearse and carriages furnished to ail funerals in and out of the city. telephone 468. 322 Mulberry street, Macon, Ga. • i-> BECOME A MAN 'This will interest those who hare doctored with “medical companies” and ’’free prescrip ijon” fakes and electric belts, until they are tho-- ouKhly disgusted. I ain a weH known t A physician of Chicago and have n; ul<- nervous disorders and all . a peculiar to men a apt dal study for 'JS" 1 -V 40 years. Ihaven’t a remedy that v.-lji wonderß 1° & few day-, but with p-t tierce and the correct Use of my ti eat roent I will guarantee to MAKE A MAN OF YOU IN TIME. For a short time i will s-nd a fall month’s treatment of my “NERVE-MEEDS” with some valuable private instructions, for VI.OO. or six boxes (a full course) for »0.00. I HAVE CURED THOUSANDS AND CAN CURE YOU. if ruffering from a chronic disease of any nature write to me in confidence at once. All medicines sent tn plain wrappers. DOCTOR GRAHAM, 114 Dearborn St., Room 1101), Chicago lib a. n a r. gd - n<»us ~r emedy f;>r Gr>uo • r Ro n. K <:f ** t. s r rmat or r h r»- u. in Ito 5 days Whiten, nnnjithral hs gßw GrwrMd’-td charge, or any inflaniiua- V cm ta stricture. tiou, irritation or ulcere y* -if rnvttiu ecnLAcion. tion ot mllc*» u « ijh in -Htfcms CHtMinuCo. h™™- Non-astrii»getit Vrik ciaKMKATI.O.IEg * o “ l ‘ , - T V S r>r w ‘ ,;t u* Plain wrapp-r, NBBSha- V by expiess. prepaid, t r \WfeUahtefflyagF: a si.in, or 3 untie.., $2 '’- ■ • Areal ar seut ou reguesk HOT SPINGS, Nort Carolina Mountain Park Hotel and Barta. HaAei Metus in Every Department— saad 3ervSoe linuxceUcA. Swimming r<x>l, Bowling, Tunnie. Gdtf. Port and IflUtavds. PfaotogwnAw's dartt room. Riding, Driving, Tennis. Large Bait Btxxu and Auditorium. Special reduoed summer rates. BEARDEN S Orchestra. . » . D Gfceen, Manager. POPULAR SUMMER RESORT. _ p * f ' lB n ° W 006 tlle mOBt pojniiar summer resorts tn Che South— tl'.'l. > ?cenery beautiful drives, good Hvery. Hotel Dalton is bells L''' Bee^er 35M1 mercial traveler. Elegantly built, edectrte fi.mlii.-e M • t'Uiq’hone. hot anl coM baths on every flour. Special rates to formation given by ,Ut " 1U ' !l i * ,lnnier Luiav Georgia and MorMhk Further ia ,D. L. DETTOfR, Proprietor Dalfoo. Ga. Ket’p out of Reach of the Spanish Gun. TAKE THE C H. & D. TO MICHIGAN. 3 Trains Daily. Finest Trains in Ohio. Fastest Trains in Ohio. Michigan and the Great Lakes constantly growing in popularity. Bverybody will be there thte snnuner. For information inquire of your nearest ticket agent. waimSDiings, Ga. R JUOIOTIN BESORT. Tho health and pleas ure resort of the South. With better bathing than on the coast. Swimming Pool, 50x150 Feet. of warm mineral water, 90 degrees tem perature. Also individual pools. 1,200 feet above sea level. Delightfully Cool Climate. Ab solutely pure air. No mos quitoes First-class accomodations and ser vice. Electric lights, oxci'ik-.nt or chestra Board, per day. $2.00 to $2.50, week $ll.OO to $14.00. Four weeks $36.00 to $44.00 ' . . . ONYY 3 HOURS FROn'i RIHCON. Write for booklet with full in formation CHRS. L. DRV IS, PloprletOL HOTEL Hi® And Cottages. Tallulah Falls, Ga. Open for the season. Hoard from sls to S3O per month, according to room. Six hundred feet of shade piazzas in center of finest scenery at Tallulah. ■Climate unsurpassed. Hight elevation. All modern improvements. ’Cable excel lent. MRS. B. A. YOUNG, Proprietress, Tallulah Fells, Ga. Glenn Springs Hotel, Glenn Springs, S. C. Queen of Southern Summer Resorts. There Is but one Glenn Springs and it has no equal on the continent for the stom ach. liver, kidneys, bowels and blood. Hotel open from June Ist to October Ist. ■Cuisine and Service e*celleal. Water shipped the year round. SIMPSON & SIMPSON, Managers. Bedford Alum, Iron and lodine Springs of Virginia. From whose water the celebrated “Mase’' so extensively known and used, U imihi facteured. Opens June IS, and is tt»e most home-like place in Virginia tor recuper ating. A modern writer bn the mineral waters of Europe and America gays: “Bedford Springs water cures when alt rther re.ne dies have failed, and especially in derange ments peculiar to females." Long distance telephone- connections, send for a 50-page Interesting phamptot of proofs. P. O. Bedford Springs. Va. J. R. MABEN, .IK., Via.,wletor. Hoanoke Red Sulphur Springs- ROANOKE RED SULPHUR SPRINGS, Via Salem, Va., opens first of .bin-;. Ele vation 2,200 feet. Sulphur, chalybeate, freestone and limestone water; fln< sum mer climate; waters rcHev. dyspepsia, hay fever, asthma, lung throat and kidney and female troubles. Terms reasonable. Write for descriptive pamphlet, references, etc. J. H. CHAIM AN, Manager. Long distance telephone connection. Find Relief in the heat of Summer at Sparkling Catawba Spring. Splendid hotel, health givdr.g water, Catawba county, N. C. DR. E. O. ELIAOTI & SON. Proprtetors. THE BEST QUIET KUMMER RESORT IN THE WORW. V.'ashlngon Springe. Virginia, nearest to the South of the Virginia Springs. Seven different mineral sprtags. Four analyzed show woottorfud curative pioperties. Cool, dry, dean, sweet is this ■pace. Ask anyone who has been there about it. |25 per month of four weeks. E Lou&ley, Jr., M>«x*f?er. Glade Springs, Va., N A W. H. R. .THE SKYUKA, SKYUKA. N C. ° ' Elevation 3.200 feet. AH modern Im proveim at —electric ligffts. baths with bet and vid water on every floor. An Ideal summer resort. For terms aptJy to D. E. Stearns & Son. Ocean View House. St. Simon’s Island Beach, Ga Fine sunt bathing, good table, artesian water. A. T. ARNOLD, . ‘ . Proprietor. ftoauttfully eltnatcd, fine shade trees, j lawn of blue grtete, itoX’’ well and city J water. Oipen at the year. The Arlington House. Nt>. 53 Sorth Main N. C. Balti rvntrns and wtrser dkieoaa in the I house, large nxMus. wtJi famished, good T. A. ALUPN, Prop. When you hear of War Rttmons of war. the iX<stUtukce that stalk erh by day or tho mocquito that llttieth by. night, Flee to the Mountains. Txwvhurg, Va., ie the pknx\ Only 86 miles from Washington. Write tor Hiua trated booklet to Leesburg luu, Deesburg, Va. The Atlantic Hotel MOOREHEAD CITY. N. C. j The finest resort on Che Atinrrtto coast. Bathing, sailing, fishing, biltlarda, tenpins, dancing and other amusements. Thu best and largest ballroom tn the south- The ccldbroted Old Colony orches tra of Erie) Pa., eight ‘pieces, brass and String. For pamphlet ajtly to Pettyjohn Bros., i managers. THE ELKTON, ELKTON. VA. I Open June 1. On N. W. and C. W. R. | R. Modern in all its appointments. Hot and cold Llthla water on every floor. Bath toilet and gas. Write for ratea. J. H. BROWN * CO.. Proprietors. [ STURTEVANT HOUSE, B Broadway and 20tli St,, New York, H American & European plan. Wil | 11am F. Bang, proprietor. Broad fl way cable oars passing the door :| transfer to all parts of the city. I Saratoga Springs I THE KENSINGTON, § and eottages. I ■I H. A. & W. F. BALNG, Proprietors, g New York Oifiee, Sturtevant House. (For Business Men <► In the heart of the wlLokisale dis < * triet. « For Shoppers <► 3 minutes walk to Wan.amakers; < > y 8 minutes walk to Siegel-Coopers w > Big Store. E;*ey of access to the < j ’ great Dry Goods Stoves. I> For Sightseers One block trerra cars, giving < > easy tramqwrtatloa to all points <► Hutel Alton, I New York. :> Cor. TWb St. and University l 1 8a»e. Only one block from , ► Broadway. < ROOMS, $1 UP. RESTAURANT, <► Prices Reasonable. S MACON AND BIRMINGHAM I*. R. CO. (Ptne Monutatn Route.) , Effective June 5. 1898. . 4 20 pmfDv Macon ArftO 86 am 4 20 pmfLv Sofkee DvilO 14 am 546 557 pmtLv ... YatesvlHe... Lvj 857 am 627 pmrUv .. .I*hnmaston... Lvj 828 am 7 07 pm [Ar ...Woodbury... Lvj 7 48 am scxmrEteN r/Ylway. ’ 7 25 pm (Ar. Warm Springs, f/vi 7_29 am 6 03 pm'Ar ....Columbus... Lvt 6 00 am 8 07 pmlAr Griffin Lvj 6 50 am 9 45 pmfAr Atlanta Lv| 5 20 am MOUTHER... RAIDWAY. ~ 420 amfLv .... Atianfa ....Ar| 9*40 am i 6 03 pmtLv Griffin Dvl 0 52 am I 525 pmfLv ... .C04um9M».... Lvj 0M) am j 6 49 pmpw.AVarrn Springs. Lvj 8 06 am ; 707 prrdLv.. ..Woodbury.... Ari 7 48 am 7 27 pmfAr ./Harris Clty._. I/v| 7 28 am CHJJTRAfL OF <MOf>RGIA. 7 45 pmlAr ...Greenville... Lvi 7 TO am 3 20 pin}Lv ».. .Columbus.... Arj ft 40 am 7 27 janlla/ ..Harris City.. Atj 7 28 am Close connection at Macon and Rcrfkeo with He Georgia Southern and Florida Central off Georgia for Savannah, AWiany, Soothweet Georgia points and Montgom ery, Ala., at Yateevßle for Roberta and pointe on the Atlanta and Vtorida di vision of the Southern railway, at Harris City City with Central of Gtorgla rail wry, | for GreenvHle and Columbus, at Wood j bury •vito Southern railway tor Coltrm | bus and Griffin, at LaGrnrtze with the : Atlaqta arid Weet Point railway. JULIAN R. LAS4E. General Manager, Macon, Ga. < ! R. G. STONE, Gea. I’ass. A»4. PULLMAN CAR LINE jfTFTOTTOrW) BETWEEN •» I Cincinnati, Indianapolis, or -Louisville and Chicago and THE NORTHWEST. Pulman Buffet Sleepers on night trains. Parlor chairs and dining cars on day trains. 'The Monon trains make the fast est time 'between the Southern winter re sorts and the summer resorts of the Northwest. W. H MeDOEL, V. P. A G. M. FRANK J. REED, G. I’. A., Chicago, 111. For further particulars address R. W. GDAD4NG. Gen. Agt. Thomasville, Ga. 3