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4 /ZVS SUIT ALL ... . Os course when we suit a man we suit him and he’s abundantly suited with our suit. Suit 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. Look at these figures: Stylish $8.50 Suits now for $5.67. Stylish 10. op Suits now for 61.67. Stylish 12.50 Suits now for 8.34. • Stylish 15.00 Suits now foi 10.00. Stylish 18.00 Suits now for 12.00. Stylish 20.00 Suits now for 13.34. A.,- r. fidf/ V f if jh''" [ FIT and | MISFIT. The Suit that FITS costs no more than the L Suit that don’t. Our Suits fit the wearer’s person, lit his pocketbook, fit his taste, fit his ideas, fit this L warm weather, and only cost $6.00 $7.50, SIO.OO r. and $12.00. : BENSON & HOUSER, 'rhe Up-to-Date Clothiers. L£V.A «z. A.. . ZV X .A’ A.- £ A £ A DRY GOODS. HUTHRfIRCE & ROUNTREE GIVE TRADING STAMPS J. ?, ». ). I. f !. >. ?. , ) >. h K h j.j. ,L gu i. }. KJ. ;L »..?, KKi ■•»►.»> ' ♦ , t » > f *> i> -r -i *»• -* ~► «h A Ncar-bv Hotel J -*4e e-4e Don't go on a long journey to find your summer's rest, comfort ami health, when yon «a* tan get them all within an hour’s ride from Macon at - X i The Wigwam | <4 At Indian Spring, where the accommodations 4.- arc the best, the rates low, the attractions all that could be desired. ,4< J 1' A T. C. PARKER, Proprietor. J C. E. Hooper, Manager. *s* 4* K .-1 1* < ■(' -o -o <r <• t o tz ■ft x < ll<\'< 7*i 7 N -<■ T*4 I'T'l' t'T’l *<■ r I *( 7'7 City Baggage Transfer Co Prompt delivery of baggage to and from all depots. Office next door Southern Express Co. W. H. ARNOLD, Manager. 518 Fourth St. Phone 20. Wa $250 $2.50 $2.50 Btack Vici, Goodyear welt, Single sole, London toe. Chocolate Vici, McKay Sewed, Bevel Edge, London toe. Brown Boarded Calf, Single sole, London toe. CLISBV cSz, M’KAY, Phone 29. \ 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. Bucklin’s Arnica Salve . The -best salve in the world for cuts, 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. jackson-slawn. 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,