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yourself; you can’t do it unless you pick your
summer outfit from our stock. It’s full of suits
for every occasion of business and pleasure and
will give you pleasure to inspect them. We shall
be pleased to please you and we know wc can.
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Stylish 10. op Suits now for 61.67.
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Bevel Edge, London toe.
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NEW BUREAU i
COMES SOON
Congressman Bartlett Savs
that ihe Appropriation is
Now Available.
NEED BE NO DELAY.
The Appropriation Was Made Avail
able by July Ist of this Year— .
Will Move in Matter at Once.
Congressman Bartlett has been a some
what busy man ever since his return from
Washington. Few men have more friends
than he, and few men receive a more hear
ty welcome from their friends than he
does.
He was found this morning in his new
office in the Pythian Castle, where he was
entertaining several friends with the his
tory of one of the well fought battles of
the session.
But The News man was* there to ask
something about the weather bureau which
’Macon is to get as the result of the united
efforts of Congressman Bartlett and Sena
tor Bacon.
Mr. Bartlett said that the appropriation
■ passed and was made available on July 1,
of this year, so that it is reasonable to
suppose that the new station will be in
place before very long.
‘Yes,” said Mr. Bartlett, “I do not see
any reason for any longer delay about the
matter, the appropriation is at once avail
able now, and I do not see why 'the bureau
should not be put in operation.
“I intended to call on Observer Moore
before I left Washington with reference to
this matter, but in the rush to get away I
failed to remember it.
“I will, however, give it my attention at
once and thing that we wil have the wheels
moving very soon.”
Congressman Bartlett has been one of
not missed a day from his seat. He has
been in Washington steadily since the sth
of January, and during that time he has
not missed a day from hos seat. He has
not been out of Washington in the whole
of that time and this is his first visit to
Macon since the session opened after the
vacation.
Perhaps no member of congress can show
a better record than this, and it is doubt
ful it any can show as good.
Congressman Bartlett is looking well,
and while he is in need of a rest it is very
doubtful if he will take one for some time
yet.
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bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains,
corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi
tively cures piles or no pay required. It is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or
jnpney refunded. Price 25c per box. For
sale by H- J- Lamar & Sons’ drug store.
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Details of a Wedding in Which Manv Macon
People Are Interested.
The marriage of Miss Sarah Grant Jack
son and Mr. John Slaton was solemnized
on Tuesday in Atlanta at the home of the
bride’s parents.
There were present only the members of
the families of the bride and groom and a
few of the nearest relatives. It was a
home wedding of elegance and beauty.
That home, one of the elegant residences
of Atlanta, was unusually beautiful on
tlijs occasion, witli music and flowers to
lift info poesy its every day prose —though
prose of a high order.
Stately palms transformed into bowers
pretty niches here and there. Pink and
white carnations added their loveliness
on all sides. They lent a smile to the dark
beauty of the reception hall with its
heavy oaken panels and crimson walls;
they added their grace to the spacious li
brary and to the diningroond with its rich
mahogany and tapestry, and they fitted
exactly the drawingroom with its finish
and furnishing of pink and white and
gold.
There, in that latter spot of beauty, the
ceremony was performed, the bride and
groom standing jfi front of the mantel
whose ivory tint, contrasting with the
green of the banked palms and tpning into
the hues of the pretty carnations, made
with them a lovely background for the
bridal tableau, consisting of the bridal
oouple. with Mr. John W. Grant, the
bride’s brother, who entered with the
groom; Mrs. John W. Grant, who held the
bride’s boupuet; Captain William D.
Grant, the father of the bride, with whom
she entered and who gave her to the hus
band of her choice; and Bishop Nelson
officiating in full caiionjoals and adding
impressiveness to the scene.
The gown worn by the bride seemed an
epitome of the floral tints about her.
It was of softest silk grenadine, the
white ground strewn with roses and buds
bearing a delicate tracery of foliage—a
Dresden design, exquisite. The skirt was
close-fitting about the hips, and then fell
into the soft folds of a Spanish flounce set
on with narrow ruehings of white chiffon.
The bottom of the flounce was finished
with the same pretty ruehings. The bodice
had a full shirred front of the grenadine
and a yoke effect of appllqued lace on chif
fon in a design of roses and bow knots.
Soft ruffles of embroidered chiffon- added
their softening finish. A most artistic
touch was given to the gown by the scarf
of white chiffon which, beginning at the
right shoulder fell in soft drapery to the
bottom of the skirt on the left, the pretty
fall being twice interrupted in its course,
once caught by a knot of shaded green
ribbon on the left side of the bodice, and
again at the waist by the woven girdle of
shaded green ribbon. The long ends of the
scarf wt re finished with a full ruffle of the
chiffon above which was a lovely bit of
applique work of white chiffon embroidery
I over green silk The shirred close-fitting
I sleeves were finished at the wrist with a
touch of green silk and a fluff of the em
broidered chiffon ruffle. The high collar
of whi.e satjn. tucked, had a flare of green
silk lined with rose. The entire gown was
male over white taffetas. Within this
lovely gown rose the graceful form of the
wearer, and from its blossomy surface was
lifted her face, as fair as a flower itself.
Mr. and Mrs. John William Grant de
i lightfully assisted Captain and Mrs. Grant
in extending to the guests the hospitality
of the home.
Shortly before 12 Mr. and Mrs. Slaton
left the house amid a parting salvo of
| rice, the entire party gathering on the
i front veranda to bld them a genuine good
bye.
At the- station they took the northbound
train for their wedding journey. - They will
probably be absent until Septembar. On
their return they will be at home to their
friends at the residence of the bri-te’s
parents, Captain and Mrs. Grant.
CHEAP EXCURSION.
Macon to Tybee, $2.75 Round Trip, July
16th.
On July 16 -the Central of Georgia Rail
way Company will run the largest excur
sion of the season. Macon to Tybee, only
$2.75 round trip, under auspices of Macon
Post D. T. P. A. Tickets good on all regu
lar trains returning up to and including
train leaving Savannah 9:00 p. m. Mon
day.
J. G. CARLISLE, T. P. A.
, E. P. BONNER, U. T. A.
■MACON NEWS THURSDAY EVENING. JULY 14 ißg&
Notes Taken
On the Run,
Mrs. Leila Lockhart.has returned to her
home in Milledgevißt after a pleasant visit
to friends aire here.
Drs. W. And Mason, dentists,
556 Mulberry,. oppQsito Hotel Lanier. Try
a bottle of Holmes’ mouth Wash for pre
serving teeth; pdriTjutig the breath, bleed
ing gums, ulcers, sore mouth, sore throat,
etc. For sale by all druggists.
The work of laying the brick paving on
Cherry street has necessarily been con
siderably delayed-by the heavy rains, but
the contractors say that it will now be
pushed rapidly.
Music Lessons—Piano and violin in
struction at reasonable prices. Miss Nellie
Reynolds, 252 Washington avenue.
■Hon. Thomas E. .Watson, of Thomson,
•pasesd through’the city'last night en route
home from Jesup, where he had bc-en at
court.
Mr. A. J. Cleghorn, of Americus, is reg
istered at the Brown House.
Mr. Max Altman, of Albany, is a guest
of the Hotel Lanier.
Mr. -R. L. Moss, Jr., of Athens, is stop
ping at the Brown House.
Mr. J. B. Edge, of Perry, Is registered at
the Hotel Lanier.
Mr. J. R. Graves, a prominent citizen of
Bainbridge, is a guest of the Brown
House.
Mr. H. D. Smith, editor and proprietor of
the Daily Advance, Ashburn, Ga., and
wife, passed through the city this morning
en route home from Newnan, Ga.
Dr, Charles Lanier Tooie, dentist. Of
fice corner Second and Poplar streets.
Mrs. R. P. McEvoy is spending the sum
mer at Sparta.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wachtel, Miss
Gertie* Wachtel and Miss Blanche Baum
are at Indian Spring.
Mr. Henry M. Steele, of Savannah, is
i registered at the Hotel Lanier.
Mr. P. H. Barker, of Atlanta, is stopping
; at the Brown House.
Mr. George Carlton, formerly of this
city, but now of Montgomery, Ala., is a
, guest of the Hotel Lanier.
Mr. W. J. Rosser, of Atlanta, is in the
city today.
Dr. W. L. Smith, dentist, 353 Second
street, over Beeland’s jewelry store, office
telephone 452.
Mr. Robert L. Moye, a prominent citizen
of Cuthbert, is in the city today, stopping
at the Hotel Lanier.
(Mr. Rufe Evans is all smiles today. A
visitor in the shape of a fine baby girl ar
rived at his home yesterday.
Dr. Hall asks The -News to notify Con
federate Veterans that the badges have
been received -and can be had from Colo
nel Wiley.
Mr. J.E. Hays, of Montezuma, is at the
Brown House.
CASTOHTA..
Boars the The Kind Y° u Have Always Bought
PRONOUNCE SCHLEY, “SLY.”
The Commodore Has Something to Say
About His Name.
This is the way our gallant Maryland
commander expressed himself regarding
pronuneition of his name shortly before
he was made commodore:
“At the time I was a pulling, mewling
baby, without name or much more hair on
my head than I have now,” said the gal
lant officer, playfully brushing back the
locks which so gracefully conceal his bald
pate, “my parents were, I suppose, at their
wits’ end to cudgel up some name appro
priate for the marvel of human excelence
they undoubtedly thought me to be. At
that time, which marks ap era in one life,
anyway. General Scott was in the zenith
of his glory and rotundity. He was a great
friend of my parents, and frequently called
at our house. As I said, my parents were
cudgeling their brains to find some name
god enough to tack on such a morsel of
humanity as myself, and while in the
midst of their councils one day the huge
shadow of Scott darkened the doorway -and
east its robust shade on me. That settled
it. The circumstance was regarded as an
auspicious o;nen, and forthwith it was de
cided that J was to pass through life ps
Winfield Scott Schley.
“Now. for pity’s sake, don’t give my last
name with a German accent. It’s pro
nounced Sly, plain, commonplace, every
day Sly. That’s the way it has been pro
nounced in my family as long as I can re
member or even heard of. I’m not much
on pedigree searching—too many of my
acquaintances have stumbled across horse
thieves and priates to make me desirous
for that kind of recreation—but Schley is
an old Maryland family, though why they
have stuck on all those sloppy Dutch con
sonants I can’t tell, but it’s 61y I was born
and it’s Sly I’ll be till my hair ceases tw
come out, then you can call me Dennis,
if you like. So long as I have the proud
distinction of drawing a comb over my
head with a purpose I shall most distinctly
and positively object to be called Ptschzley
or any other foreign twisting of the
name.”
South Macon Dots
Mrs. Harriet A. Wilder returned to her
home on Williams street from a two
weeks’ visit to relatives and friends in
Crawford.
Oscar Wilder has returned from a week’s
visit to Roberta and vicinity.
Mrs. Jerre Britt, of South Macon, is vis
iting relatives in Crawford county.
Mr. Wilborn Bond and daughter, of Ro
berta, visited South Macon this week.
They were the guests of 'Madams Britt,
Wilder, Avant qnd Bankston, all of Wil
liams street. South Macon.
Mrs. C. R. Avant, who has been quite
sick during the present week, is much im
proved in health. Her host of friends
hope for her a speedy recovery.
“Smith.”
Very best standard makes
of shoes at your own price.
Fire Sale Rochester Stock.
MOORE WAS RELEASED.
Evic'eice Was Not Strong Enough to Con
vict Him.
John Moore was? arrested in Pike coun
ty yesterday by Deputy Marshal George
F. White on the charge of illicit distilling.
He was given a hearing before Commis
sioner Martin this morning and was re
leased. Some strong evidence was intro
duced but Commissioner Martin decided
that there wasn't enough evidence to bind
him over to the United States court.
CALL FOR TICKETS"
Subscribers who are entitled to tickets
on the prizes which are to be gixen away
by The News can obtain them on Wednes
day Thursday of Friday of each week by
calling or sending to the office of the sub
scription department. Office hours 8:30
a. m. to 6:30 p. m. Remember that sub
scriptidh must be paid when due to secure
tickets. G. W. TIDWELL.
Manager City Circulation.
ROLL OF NAMES
OF OLD CORPS.
The Full List of the Names
of the Macon Light
Artillery.
Following is the roll of the Macon Light
Artillery:
Henry N. Ells, captain.
Win. F. Anderson, first lieutenant.
H. A .Troutman, first lieutenant.
C. W. Slaten, second lieutenant.
F. M. Yolds, second lieutenant.
J ,E. Weddon. sergeant major.
W. C. H. Cooper, quartermaster ser
geant.
C. <l. Norton, commissary.
John N. Galliglier, artificer.
J. H. Humphries, farrar and blacksmith.
Y. G. Castlin, surgeon.
F. W. Strong, secretary.
H. J. Steward, captain orderly.
H. M. Farmer, first sergeant.
H. G. Jardell, second sergeant.
• George W. Reese, third sergeant.
Mebrille Anderson, fourth sergeant. .
C. E. Carnes, fifth sergeant.
N. M. Hodgkin, sixth sergeant.
W. J. Gray, seventh sergeant.
J. H. King, first corporal.
R. H. Hines, second corporal.
C. M. Ells, third corporal.
E. P. Strong, fourth corporal.
Geo. Sheppard, fifth corporal.
E. H. Rutherford, sixth corporal.
H. C. Corbin, seventh corporal.
W. G. Blue, eighth corporal.
A. Mollit, ninth corporal.
L. R. Menard, tenth corporal. - ' .
A Waltz, eleventh corporal.
M. McKinan, twelfth corporal.
PRIVATES.
C. Aldrich, James Angle, AV. *D. Aldrich,
James Purnes, Y. C. Belycn, L. I. Bates,
E. Burgamv, Jahes E. Brannon, J. H. Bar
ton, C..H Craft, Y. Carrol, D. Cnadock, J.
R. Collins, Wm. Codey, John Cr.tsbey, A
*M. Crow, M. P. Crow, Wm. Cligne, J. D.
Chadwick, Clarke, W. H. Durden., Wm.
Dunaran-t, P. Dickson, Joseph Dickson, G.
F. Donahue, Loring Dickinson, F. Dan
iels, Dense, Robert W. Ellis, Wm. Edge,
W. H. Ellison, W. A. Evans, Thos. Y. Ellis,
C. W. Ells, R. T. Edwards, J. H. Findlay,
P. Fleming, D. Fuley, E. Freeman. Flynne,
Geo. W. Findley, A. Guinn, H. M. Green,
J. H. Grover. J. R. Green, John Gibson,
Joel Gibson, J. Q. Gallagher, J. C. Han
cock, W. F. Holland, James Hines, H. C,
Holloway, Harrison, C. Hardage, Haynes,
J. T. Humphries, J. C. Judson, R. W.
Johnston, J. H. Killingworth, Kenedy,
Hugh Lawson, G. W. Lamb. Chas. W.
Lackman, Solomon Lockett, J. H. Ligold,
R. A. Lundy, J. H. Lawson, Lawson, E. J.
Lewis, R. J. Lightfoot, J. McKenney, Perry
McGinty, J. W. McDonald, Y. W. Murphey,
J. iMixon, A. McQuinn, P. McGlown, 'Mo
ran, Robert Mapp, Murphey, Mussedwhite,
McCracken, Maddox, Silas 'Murray, C. G.
Morton, J. L. Morris, D. Oppenheimer, W.
C. Olmstead, E. C. Power, D. P. Pugh,
John H. ißarham, Purvis, A. Pugh, A.
Robertson, A. Ross, F. Reichert, 11. G.
Ross, Rodgers, J. L. Solomon, L. G. Snipes,
W. W. Snipes, E. Stapleton, Wiliam Shell,
W. G. Shipard, G. Slaughter, W. J. Sur
sey, J, IM. Sanders, Scarboro, Swinson, A.
Shnith, Smith, Alex Siles, Sutton, W. J.
Taylor, A. Tripod, Levi Timmons, W. H.
Virgin, J. H. Weston, C. A. Wynne, W. J
Weaver, L. H. Washington, R. C. Wynne,
"Warren, Woodward, Brantley Williams, Y.
K. Youngblood, J. Youngblood.
ARMOUR PLATE IS EXPENSIVE.
But Steel Fortresses of the Sea Are Built
With Greatest Care.
Many persons are surprised that in these
days of cheap iron and steel armor plate
should cost S3OO or more per ton, yet an
American company has contracted to send
a large amount of plate to Russia at a
still higher figure. The price of armor is
accounted for by the enormous cost of the
plant, by the difficulty of handling such
heavy pieces of metal and by the complex
ity of the process of manufacture.
A piece of steel weighing 50,000 pounds
is no trifling thing to handle, and it takes
from three to six weeks to make a piece
of armor plate.
Each plate has a different shape to fit
the precise place on the ship’s side which
it is to occupy. A huge press, capable of
a pressure of 100 tons to the square inch,
shapes the metal before it is hardened.
When the plate is tn be tempered it is
heated In ope pf the great fqrnaces, all
the handling being done by gigantic cranes
and then plunged six or eight feet deep
into a huge oil tank filled with a mixture
of crude petroleum, fish qil and resin.
Here it stays until cool. It is then put
into the furnace and annealed, after which
it is put into a pit and covered with cin
ders for some sixty hoflrs. Os course there
are huge borers and planers for filching
the plates and providing the bolts for
fastening them to the ship,
•In the harveyizing process the surface
of tile plate is carbonized to a depth of
three or four Inches by spreading silica
sand, slack and a clay mixture over the
plate and subjecting it to an intense heat,
from which it is allowed to cool gradually
in the furnace.
NEW AND TERRIBLE EXPLOSIVE.
Jovite is the latest high explosive.
It is destined to supercede gunpowder
and dynamite.
Its power is as great as dynamite.
It is safer in handling than gunpowder.
It is destined to become of wonderful
efficiency in wap.
The United States government is now
experimenting with this explosive.
Shells filled with jovite have been put
through 14% inches of nickel steel armor,
and the shells did not explode until they
reached the other side.
A jovite shell would enter a heavily ar
mored vessel and explode on the inside.
This means the total destruction of the
ship.
Jovite cannot be set off by mere concus
sion.
Successful experiments with the new Ex
plosive have been made a few miles from
Washington, U. U.
Jovite will be used for loading torpedoes
to the end that the handling of these awful
missiles of death may be rendered harm
less.
Jovite will hold the world for a few
years, and then give way to some other
and more terrible explosive.
WILL MEET.
Corbett Has Signed Articles—Matched With
Kid ZMcCoy’
New York, July 14 —The contest between
Jim Corbett and Kid McCoy was clinched
yesterday by George Considine, of Detroit,
who signed the articles of agreement,
drawn up by L. H. Hathorne & Co., of
Buffalo, for Corbett. McCoy’s signature
had already been secured. The battle will
be for twenty rounds for a purse of $20,000,
and will be decided on August 27. The
articles stipulate that Corbett shall receive
$2,500 in the event of the police interfer
ing. The contestarits wjll be permitted to
wear bandages on their wrists. A referee
may be selected in a few days. Professor
John Duffy, of New Orleans, will likely
be the man. George Slier was proposed,
but Corbett objected to him. Each pugilist
will be asked to post a substantial forfeit.
This amount will probably be fixed at
SI,OOO. Should the day set—August 27
prove cloudy the men will meet on the
next clear day. Only legitimate members
of the club will be allowed to see the mill.
Those who wish to join the organization
will have to notify the club in advance.
Corbett has started to train for feh fight
at Asbury Park. McCoy wi|l in all prob
ability do his work at either Brandon. Vt.,
or Cold Springs, Pa.
Don’t you fail to come to
the Fire Sale. Rochester
Shoe Stock.
KINKS IN THE TAX LAW.
Railroad Commission May Straighten Out
Two of Them.
There has been some talk of appealing
to the Interstate Commerce Commission
for relief on interstate business in the
event that the Georgia Railroad Commts
sion holds that on business done Within the
boundaries of the state the express and
telegraph companies cannot exact the
stamp from their patrons.
The Georgia Railroad Commission has
jurisdiction over both of this class of cor
porations. A‘t its hearing on next Tuesday
some able arguments are exp toted on the
intend and eclaration of the la w as regards
the tax on telepgrams and express receipts.
The decision of the Georgia commission
' will be awaited with much iuiterest. as it
may affeet action in other s tales having
similar bodies. In Texas the railroad com
mission ordered express comp antes not to
collect the tax from the shippers, but al
most immediately afterward v.thlrew its
order, having concluded -that it had t o ju
risdiction i nthe matter.
Ip <n North Carolina one of the rail
road commissioners sent a te'aegram to the
office. It was refused, because there was
no 1 cent accompanying it for the stamp.
Word was then sen.t .to the telegraph office
'tha tis the message was not sent, suit
would be instituted for damages. The oper
ator conferred with headquarters by wire
and received instructions to send the mes
sage. North Carolinians are- wondering
whether this is an acknowledgament of the
fact that the telegraph companies should
beara the tax, or was merely a. recognition
of the power of the railroad commissioner
to make it ineresting in other ways for the
companies. j
——
Kentucky’s Freakish Well.
“Ono of tho most remnrkutilo natural
wonders I ever saw,” said a giuntleniau
front tbo Purchase today, ‘‘is ait old un
used wall on the Tennessee riwer, down
in our country.
“Nobody knows who dug,tho well or
why it was ever dug, as & istnot near
any farmho iso or village. But the un
usual thing about it is its freakashness.
For instance, last sunimet’. during tho
drought, when water was at a premium,
I went to the well while fislting in the
neighborhood and found it over half
full of the coldest limestone aqua pun»
lever drank. But every fall mud winter
the wall goes dry, and there, is seeming
ly no stream from which the well can
thaw its supply of water. Au old man
who lives near by told me that last sum
mer was the only time he had ever
known limestone water to rise in the
well.
“ ‘Why,’ said the old river man iu
speaking of the mysterious well, ‘1 have
drawn the very best of iron mineral
water out of it at one time and white
sulphur at another. The negroes say the
well is haunted because steam rises
from it iu the winter time, when there
is not a drop of water in it. The blacks
shun it as they would the boss denizens
of the infernal regions, swearing the
water is poisoned and that a draft
from it means death to him who swal
lows the potion. And it is as queer and
freakish a spot as ever I saw. ’ ’’-—Louis
ville Post.
London Bridge.
The Britons themselves were quite
unable to construct a bridge of any kind
unless in the primitive methods observ
ed at Post bridge and Two bridges, on
Dartmoor, by a slab of stone laid across
. two bowlders. The work, therefore, was
certainly undertaken by Roman engi
neers. We have, in the next place, to in
quire what kind of bridge was built at
that time by the Romans. They built
bridges of wood and of stone. Many of
these stone bridges still remain; in oth
er cases the nieces of hewn stone still
remain. The bridge over the Thames,
however, was of wood. This is proved
by the fact that had it been of the solif
Roman construction in stone the pier?
would be still remaining; also bv the
fact that London had io bp contented
with a wooden hi'idgo tUI the year
117 G, when the first bridge of stone wa»
eoximienced.
Considerations as to the comparative
insignificance of Loudon in the.first cen
tury, as to the absence of stone in the
neighborhood and as to the plentiful
supply of the best wood in the
from the forests north of the city co»-
finn the theory that the bridge was built
of wood. We have only, therefore, to
iearn how Roman engineers built
bridges of wood elsewhere iu order to
know how they built a bridge of wood
over the Thames.—Pall Mall Gazette
Street Boys Have e. New Game.
The pmall boys down in Wall street and
neighboring thoroughfares have a new
game which they call ‘guessing.” One of
them takes a cent, turns it over on its
back, and the other players guess its date.
If any of them comes within three years
of the date, the holder pays each of the
hlPviy guessers a cent. Those who fail to
guess within three years of the date pay
the holder of the piece a cent each. AU
tho player’s in the game rub their lingers
ever the back of the cent. They say that
If it is rough it has not been coined long,
p,nd that it is probably not more than a
year or two old. If the cent feels smoath,
the players hold that it has byun made so
by much handling, and that it was mint
ed a number of years ago. The boys who
win the most money at the game are those
who have the most delicate touch and
from much experience at playing the game
can come pretty near to guessing the age
of the cent by just rubbing their fingers
over the buck of it. Now and then one of
the boys will fool the players by holding
out a newly made cent which he has made
smooth by sandpapering or some other
process.—New York Tribune.
As They Se» Vs From Fnglmnd.
Here is opo of the fairy talcs about
American customs that find credence in
England. It is from one of the leading so
ciety weeklies: “The professional brides
maid is one of the latest transatlantic in
stitutions. Whether from unwillingness
to incur expense or to receive the cost of a
dress from the bride’s family, the young
ladies who tx?long to the creme de la creme
of New York society are no longer avail
able for this purpose. Some say they are
not invariably up to the accepted standard
of beauty. So it comes about tlwit a good
looking, graceful giri may earn <3O and
all expenses for appt aring at one of tho
fashionable matrimonial ceremonies of
Fifth avenue. The other day a fair bride
was followed to church by ho fewer th.
15 hired virgins to bear her company. A..»
exceptionally charming young lady can
command even a bigger rtmurn ration, and
one of the most successful of these femi
nine acolytes is said toexpect at least <IOO.
She has officiated on 200 occasions and
saved <20,000, so that her own turn may
come very soon,”
Library Tickets Given With Deg Licenses*
Some time ago tht Kansas City coum il
passed an ordipapca giving the public li
brary 5u per cent of ail money derived
from dog licenses. This will amoui.t to
about $2,5u0 per year. The membership
fee to tho pul.iie library is ?l annually.
The promoters of the free membership
scheme claim that by virtue of tho ordi
nance giving tlio library half of the dog li
cense money the poor people of the city
practically support the library. They
argue it is not the rich people who keep
dogs, but the pe.or classes. Tho license on
a female dog is <2.50, while it cosis <1.25
per year to harbor a male dog. It is
claimed that 05 per cent of the money de- j
iriveel from dog licenses comes from the
| laboring people and, inasmuch as their .
' money supports the institution, they think
I it is no more than right that they should
be allowed free access to the library.
I The ordinance will provide that when a
1 person takes out a dog license the city
clerk shall issue with it one membership
to the library.— Topeka State Journal.
HfiLF CENT fl WORD.
ADVERTISKMKNTS of WantH. for Sale
For Hunt, l.owt. Found, Kte.., are inserte<l
in THIS COLUMN at Half Cent n Word
each insertion. No AdwrtHHemeut taken
j tor lesHthan 15 ceatn.
Miscellaneous.
, WANTED —To rent. Nicely furnished
I large room, with two bedo and having
hot and cold bath convenient. Must be
within five blocks of the court house.
Address "Hurry,” care News.
W. A. GOODYEAR, carnage, buggy and
wagon shop. Horae ahaeing, fine paint
ing. Repairing of acalea a specialty
462, 455 Poplar street.
WANTED—One pair mules, horses or po
, nies for a eouple of weeks. The work
1 have requires three or four hours
per day. Will feed and care for tiaern
well. Call at Ivey & Dash’s Oak street
woodvard for W. R. Ivey.
FOR SALE —Hand picked selected fancy
Elberta peaches, % bushel baskets 50e.
Phone 132, Roush Produce Company.
NICE single and double teams for hire
Special attention given to boarding
horses. Carload horses just received.
Give us a call. Phone 36. Hicks,
Warfield & Minton.
GfST our prices on iron or steel fence. The
lattst and most up-to-date patterns.
A postal card will get our illustrated
catalogue.. Central City Marble and
, Granite Works.
ALL of my furniture and household goods
for sale —carpets, furniture and one
small steel range; also one buggy and
harness and gentle mare. Call at once,
417 Forsyth street.
I s
• CUCUMBER pickles, 10c quart. Flournoy.
IF in need of a horse of any kind call and
see our horses and get prices. We can
save you money. Hicks, Warfield &
Minton. Phone 346.
FOR RENT —Nice six room house head of
I Cherry street, 110 Nisbet Place. Will
rent for *l6 per month. Will rent
1 three rooms if preferred. Apply News.
1 WILL give music lessons for one year
1 free to the first two girls who will
get me six music pupils each. A grad-
• uate with honor and medal from the
, most conservatory south. Charges rea
sonable. Address or come to 229 Tatt-
nail street, Macon.
'b'OK SALE —One car load of well inoke
) horses, among which arc several fam
ily horses and ponies for the boys.
( Prices to suit the times. Hicks, War
, field & Minton.
, NOW is the time to have your lace cur
tains laundered. Mrs. Ryder, near
Crump’s park, does the very best work.
All curtains laundered at only 25 cents
i per window.
WANTEtD—'For a family* of four, beard
with a private family, or three fur
nished rooms close tn, suitable for
light housekeeping. Address A. 461
Plum street.
Hurrah for Dewey. Have his or any other
' picture you want framed or enlarged
first class, but mighty cheap. Do you
want a beautiful hall, dining ronin or
parlor picture? I have ’em. Also breast,
scarf or hair pins, rings, cuff and col
lar buttons. If so remember Migrath’s,
558 Mulberry street, opposite Hotel
Lanier.
STOVE R'EPAIRING—First-class “work at
reasonable terms. Send orders to J. L.
Johnson, care iMallary ißros. Co. Foun
dry Fourth street.
NOTICE —The Oak street woodyard has
reduced the price of their wood to 50
cents per cord. Ivey & Dash, Phone
213.
BUY A
choice residence lot near Mercer Uni
versity. William Rodgers, 451 Poplar
Street,
AGENTS WANTED —For war in Cuba by
Senor Quesada, Cuban representative
at Washington. Endorsed by Cuban
patriots. In tremendous demand, A
bonanza for agents. Only *1.50. Big
book ,big commissions. Everybody
wants the only endorsed, reliable book
Outfits sent free. Credit given. Freight
P&icl. Drop all Hash and make S3OO
a month with War in Cuba. Address
today, THE NATIONAL BOOK CON-
* CERN, >52-356 Dearbora etryet. Chi •
cage. 111.
Important to
Property Owners.
The following resolution was passed by
the Board of Health of the city of Macon
at their regular meeting held on July 13,
1898;
Whereas, It is absolutely essential for
the health of the city that al surface
cloects or privies should be removed -and
water closets connected with our system
of sanitary sewers should be substituted
therefor, and while recognizing the strin
gency of the times and not desiring to
impose any unnecessary expense upon the
property owners, bo it
Resolved, That all surface closets or
privies within the city limits be removed,
beginning with rhe squares adjacent to the
fire limits, and when those have been re
moved to begi.n wiih those in the next
blocks, thus gradually widening the circle
and ridding the city of what may well be
considered a menace to health.
BRIDGES SMITH.
Secretary.
An Ordinance.
Protecting the Fresh Air Inlets Belong
ing to the System of Sanitary Sewers of
the City.
' Bo it ordained by the Board of Health
I of the city of Macon and it is hereby or-
I daine.l, by authority of the same, That
I from and after the passage of this ordi
nance it shall be unlawful for any person
I to cover with dirt ur any other material,
to injure or iu any way impair the useful
ness of any fresh air inlet belonging to
and made a part of the sanitary sewer
system of rhe city of Macon.
| Passed July 13, 1898.
Be -t ordained by the HMror and city
council of the city of Macon and it is here
by ordained by authority of the same,
That for the violation of the foreging or
dinance of the (Board of Health the person
or persons so offending shall be summoned
before the recorder and upon conviction
be punished as prescribed in the act cre
ating the recorder’s court.
Passed July 5. 1898.
'BRIDGES SMITH.
Clerk of Council.
In riemoriam.
Died at the residence of her parents,
Hon. M. F. and Fannie Etheridge, in
Houston county, Ga., June 22, 1898, Della,
wife of Eugene A. Middlebrooks, of Macon,
Ga., age 18 years, 10 months and 22 days.
Swiftly came the noiseless messenger and
took from our loving hearts this earthly
treasure. So pure, so lovely, so young to
have drained all of life’s sweetness, its
pleasures, its hopes and fears. With the
light of immortal beauty on her sweet
face, she fell asleep in Jesus.
Oh! the agony of that hour when death
came and stole the bloom from her cheeks,
the smile from her lips, the light from her
beautiful eyes, we knew then, as we shall
always know that life can never be the
same to us again.
She was her husband’s earthly idol, she
was our true lovely friend, ever ready to
sacrifice her own pleasure for home en
joyment. We are almost broken hearted,
that the light of our household has gone
out, yet We do but sympathize with the
lonely grief-stricken one in his bereave
ment, he is our friend, and our whole
heart goes out to him. If we could say but
qne comforting word, but alas! that is
denied us, for we, like him, are but pass
i ing under the rod, and our tongue refuses
; to utter hut. one sentence—'Delia is dead,
i The songs she sang afe but sad refrains, i
i and our smiles are but hidden pain.
Sleep on sweet Della in thy warm bed,
> until the Resurrection morn, when pa
; rents, relatives, friends, baby and hus
| band dear, will meet you on the golden I
' shore. • |
I Since she went home,
i How s.till the empty room her presence I
blessed.
■ Untouched the pillow her dear head press
ed.
Our lonely hearts hath nowhere for it’s
rest
i Since she went home.
I The long, long days have crept away like
years,
The sunlight has been dimmed by doubts
and fears
Since she went home.
A. G. V.
Fruit Jars,
Jelly Glasses,
Jar Rubbers,
Prese r v i ng kett I es
Freezers,
Ice Shaves,
Ice Picks,
Water Coolers,
Refrigerators,
Stoves,
Ranges,
Crockery,
Tinware,
Agateware,
Galvanized Ware,
Wooden Ware,
Glassware,
Big Bargains in
Tumblers.
Brooms lower man
uou ever saw tiiem
Feather Dusters,
Scrubbing
finishes,
Horse Brushes,
Shoe Brushes,
Handsome line of
Lamp Globes,
Ail sizes.
Everything in
Household and
Kitchen
Novelties.
S ' •- J . 1
Bring along the
Periodical Tickets
Trading Stamps
Or Discount Slips.
We Guarantee our
Goods and our
Prices.
H. C. Tindall
a co.,
MACON, , . . GA,