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, . - ; Lj I %/■ ■ b ■ iWkH IVIf « /w I I Iw/ * w I I wkl w T B a /—% JL JL aIL Jl—-/ Jl. ▼ JL. JB. Mk-X XJL X w w M M Vol IX No. 186. THS PRMIDXIT’B MESSAGE. H ’ ’ It Wm Transmitted to Congress I Yesterday Afternoon ■ president McKinley sent to congress yesterday afternoon bis long delayed message 00 lb ® Coban situation and 1 t he destruction of the United States I battleship Maine. It is a very lengthy document, and deals with tbe matter in an exhaustive and patriotic manner, and declared the war as conducted by Spain not civilised warfare, but one of extermi nation, and the only peaee it oould be get was that of ihewildernes* and the | grave. He shows bow such a warfare has injured tbe commerce of this country, and that as long as it lasts thousands will starve daily and the United States I will be forced to continue supplying the destitute reconcentradoes with food. He recognises that tbe issuance of a proclamation of Deutrallyjby which process the socalled recognition of belligerence ie published, oould, of of itself, and unattended by other ac tion, accomplish nothing towards the instant pacification of Cuba and tbe cessation of the misery that afi. flic is the island. Nor brom the standpoint of experi ence does be think it would be wise or prudent for this government to recog* nixe at tbe present time the independ ence of tbe so called Cuban republic. Such recognition is not necessary in order to enable the United States to intervene and pacify the island. He says the forcible intervention cf tbe United States as a neutral, to stop tbe war according to the large dictates of humanity and following historical precedent where neighbor* tng states have interfered to check the hopeless sacrifices of life by inter necine conflicts beyond their borders, is juetifitble on rational grounds. The luug trial has proven that the < object for which Spain has waged the war cannot be attained. The only hope of relief end repose from a condi tion which can no longer be endured ie tbe enforced pacification of Cuba. In tbe name of civilization,in behalf of endangered American enterest which give us the right and the duty to speak and to act, the war in' Cuba must stop. "In view of these facts and of these conditions I ask congress to authorize and employ the president to take measures to secure a full and final termination of hostilities between the government of Spain and the people of Cube and to secure in the island tbe establishment of a stable governunt capable of maintaining order and ob eerviog its inter national obligations ensuring peace and tranquility and the security-el its citizens, as well as our own,and to use the military and naval forces of tbe United States as may be necessary for these purposes. "And io the interest of humanity and <0 aid in preserving tbe lives of tbe starving people of the island I re commend that the distribution of food and supplies be continued and that an appropriation be made out of tbe public treasury to supplement the charity of our citizens. The issue is now with tbe congress. It is a solemn responsibility. I have exhausted every effort to relieve the intolerable condi tion of affairs which is at our doors. Prepared to execute every obligation imposed upon me by the constitution and the law, I await your action. "Yesterday, and since the prepara tion of the foregoing message, official information was received by me that tbe latest decree of the queen regent of Spain directs General Blanco, in order to prepare and facilitate peace, to proclaim a suspension of hostilities, the duration and details of which have not yet been communicated to me. "This fact with every other perti nent consideration will, I am sure, have your just and careful attention in the solemn deliberation* upon which you are about to enter? If this meas ure attains a successful result, then oar aspirations as a Christian, peace loving people will be realised. If it fails, it will be only another justifica tion for onr contemplated action.” \ When Traveling Whether on pleasure bent, or business, take on every trip a bottle of Syrup of Figs, 31 it acts most pleasantly and effectually ktdne y*« liver, and bowels, prevent in <? fevers, headaches, and other forms of Sickness. For sale in 50 cent bottles by all leading druggists. Manufactured by the California Kg Syrup Company only. NOTICE OF ARMISTICE 1 Spanish Minister Presents Document to the State Department. 1 Washington, April 10.—The Span ish goverment, through its minister at Washington, Senor Bernabe, tonight 1 delivered an important official docu ment to the State department stating that the armistice which the qneen regent of Spain had commanded Gen eral Blanco to proclaim today was without condition*: This communication cleared up the misapprehension on the mast vital 1 point of Spain's concession, namely, that tbe armistice wae without condi tions. Tbe nose was received by tbe state department alter the first cabinet meeting and was one j>f tbe main subjects of consideration' at the second cabinet meeting held tonight. Although the Spanish note was surrounded with the usual secrecy of official negotiations, the following summary of its contents Was secured : “The Spanish misister in* Washing ton, deeply impressed by the numer ous errors which seem to have obtain ed credit in public opinion in Ameri ca in regard to the Cuban question, considers it bis duty to call again the attention of the secretary of state of tbe United States to the following points: " 'l. Her majesty, tbe queen regent of Spain, desirous of ending the trou bles which are desolating Cuba, has commanded a suspension of hostilities. General Blanco has been ordered to proclame today an armistice without conditions. He will determine later the duration and details of the armis tice so as to carry out the generous intentions of her majesty and the wishes of the friends of peace. “2. Her majesty's government has granted to the island of Cuba institu tions as liberal as those enjoyed by Canada under < the British flag. The Cuban chambers will meet on tbe 4th of next May. It will be their duly and privilege to put into practice and de velop these institutions. In addition to this Cuba is represented in tbe par liament at Madrid. "3. Public opinion in this country appears to ignore tbe fact that tbo loss of the Maine was immediately followed by official and reiterated expressions of condolence from her majesty, tbe queen, from her government, from her charge d’affaires in Washington and from tbe authorities in Havana; all of which tended to affirm the horrors which this diaster bad caused to arise in Spanish hearts, as also the sympa thy felt for tbe United States govern ment and navy for tbe American na tion. # “Tbe Spanish minister feels confi dent that he can cotint upon the cour tesy and sense of justice of tbe United States government to enlighten public opinion upon this subject. "4. As tolbe cause of Ibis lamenta ble disaster, it resolves itself into a question of facts which can only be settled by material proofs. Tbe Span ish minister reiterates the assurance that bis government is ready tn sub mit the question to experts designated by the maritime powers, whose con clusions are in advance accepted.” Musical Tonight, Tbe ladies of the Dorcas Society will give a musical at tue Olympic Theater this evening, beginning at 8 o’clock. The best musical talent .of tbe city has been employed an excel lent program arranged and an enjoya ble evening assured all those who at tend. A small admission of 25 cents will be charged, and the receipts will go to improving tbe Baptist church. Go out and spend a pleasant evena ing and at the time help the ladies in their noble work. ■Jio-To-ltoc for Fifty Cents. Guaranteed tobacco habit Cure, makes weak men strong, Mood pure. 50c, *l. All druggists JCASTORIA For Infant* and Children. j&Js* //r, „ Everybody Bays 80. ' Coscarets Candy Cathartic, the most won derful medical discovery of the age, pleas . ant and refreshing to the taste, act gently and positively on kidneys, liver and bowels, Cleansing the entire system, dispel colds, r cure headache, fever, habitual constipation , and biliousness. Please buy and try a box r of C C.C. to-day; 10,25,50 cento, Bold and guaranteed to cure by all druggists- - ........... , , , Biwy-'-y GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 12,1858. - —— A Pretty Picture- Hera is a pretty word painting from Gov. Bob Taylo-’a lecture on the Fid dle and the Bow: "I think paradise was the very dream of God, glowing with ineffable beauty. I think it wae rimmed with blue mountains, from whose moascov ered cliffs leaped a thousand rainbows from the son. I think it was an archi pelago of gorgeous colors, flecked with green isles, where the' grapevine stag gered from tree to tree, as if drank with the wine of its own purple dus ters; where peach, and plum, and blooded cherries, and every kind of berry bent bough and bush and shone like showered drop* of ruby end pearl. I think it was a wilderness of flowers, redolent of eternal spring and pairing with birdsong, where dappled fawns played on banks of violets, where leop ards, peaceful and tame, lounged in copses of magnolias, where harmless tigers lay on snowy beds of lilies, and lions panted in jungles of roses. -77 "I think its billowy landscapes were festooned with tangling creepers, bright with perennial bloom, and cur tained with sweet-scedte.l groves, where the orange and tbe pomegran ate bung like golden globes and ruddy moons. I think its air was softened with tbe dreamy haze of perpetual summer; and through its midst there flowed a translucent river alternately gleaming in its sunshine and darken ing in its shadows. And there, in some sweet, dusky bower, fresh from the hand of his creator, slept Adam, tbe first of the human race; Godlike in forip and feature; Godlike in all the attributes of mind and soul. No mon arch ever slept on softer, sweeter couch, with richer curtains drawn about him. And as be slept a face and form, half hidden, half revealed, red lipped, roeeobeeked, wbiteboaomed,and with tresses of gold, smiled like an an gel from the mirror of his dream; for, a moment smiled, and so sweetly that bis heart almost forgot to beat. And while yet thia bright vision still haunted hie slumber, with tendered touch an unseen hand lay open the unconscious flesh of bis side, and forth from tbe painless wound a faultless being sprang; a being pure and blith some as the air; a sinless woman, God’s first thought for tbe happiness of man- - “There was not a painted cheek in Eden, nor a bald bead, nor a false tooth, nor a bachelor. There was not a flounce, nor a frill, nor a silken gown, nor a flashy waist with aurora borealis sleeves. There was not a curl paper, nor even a threat of crinoline. Raiment was an afterthought, tbe mask of a tainted soul, born of origi nal sin. Beauty was unmarred by gaudy rage. Eve was dressed in sun shine, Adam was clad in climate.” At the Y.M.C.A. The arrangements for tbe joint en tertainment to begiven by the Eu phradean society,of the Neel Institure, and the Ladiea Committee are pro gressing nicely. The following pro gramme has been prepared: Music—Mise Elizabeth Mills. Prayer. Reading—Miss Lucia Starhes. Debate—Resolved that Cuba should be annexed.—Affirmative, Lucian Goodrich, Warren Neel, Utis Cum mings; negative, Jce Mosely,. Walter Barnes, Jno. Gamble. Music —Miss Alice Hasselkus. Recitation —Miss Annie Kimbrough. The price of admission ie 10 cents and tbe proceeds will be appropriated to the school library and the Young Men’s Christian Association. v ■ e-- - - Election of Officers and Delegates- The congregation of St. George’s Episcopal church on Sunday elected the following officers for tbe ensuing yeak: Senior Warden—J. M. Kell. Junior Warden—S. Grantland.- ( Vestrymen—Wm. Thomas, F. G, Bailey, J. M. Mills, W. K. Howard, D. J. Bailey, Jr., J. R. Johnson, A. S. Campbell. Delegates and alternates .to tbe dio cetan convention, which will be held in Savannah, beginning May 18,1898, were elected, as follows: Djlegatee—-S. Granlland, J. M. Mill?, D. J. Bailey, Jr. Alternates—W. K. Howard, F, G. Bailey, W. B Reeves. > Baa't Tcbacce BpU aa4 Sawk* T«ar Life Awiy. To quit tobacco easily and forever, be ma? , aetic. full of rife, nerve and vigor, take No-To i Bae, the wonder-worker, that makes weak men : strong. AH druggiata, *oc or SI. Cureguaran- I teed. Booklet and sample free. Address Sterling Remedy Co. Chicago or New York. - ■— Reyral makes the teed pwrs, HBSP* •OVAI SAXINO POWOER CO., NIW YORK. i , l,»w. What a Man Eats The Royal Statistical Society of Great Britain bas been calculating tbe amount of food eaten by an average mao who lives to be seventy years old. He will eat between 14 and 15 tons of bread for one thing.. Tyro compartments of an English roil way car would bold the giant pota to, cu| io halves, which this man would eat, but no one man could carry the ba)f. Half a million peas, requiring a pod four miles long’to hold them, a carrot twice as big as a donkey, enough let tuce to carpet a twelve room house,has sides smaller vegetables too numerous to mention, would be eaten. If a man ate nothing but beef, be would consume a bullock weighing over 18 tons and standing 15 feet high and would likewiebjeat five tons of fish : •nd 10,000 eggs Four tons of sugar, three quarters of'« ton of salt, a ton of batter and a oheese weighing nearly 300 pounds would be consumed, together with one hundred tins of mustard and fif teen pounds of pepper. Tbe solid food taken in a life-time would be nearly fifty-four tons, and th* liquid would be 1280 times a asan's weight. If all this was of the oodaUtency of a frothed egg, it would be 20 as big as the man, and if the iofal amount of sustenance was converted into mechanical power it would be equal to lifting 87,600,000 tons one foot high. A cigar-smoker consuming half a dozen cigars a day for fifty years has, if all were lumped together, a cigar sixteen feet long and two feet broad, weighing a ton, and requiring a steam engine to create a through draft when it is lighted. A pipe smoker would use half a ton of tobacco. ■ l!l " 1 ■ —-v-..... e OBHB OMOTB Both the method ana results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys* tem effectually, dispels colds, head* aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro* : duced, pleasing to the taste and ac ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most , healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most ’ popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in SO cent bottles by all leading drug gists. Any reliable druggist who , may not have it on hand will pro , cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it Do not accept any substitute. cmjfMhia m syrup ca our HUM9OO, cal ‘ IMHWUU. KT. HEW root. Ml .WOOD YARD. I want to sell you your Wood, cat and * split, ready for use. Wood yard at No. 1 Hill street Telephone No. 10. W, B- GRIFFIN- I 1 K<lacataYoar Bowel. With •,'a.eareta. i Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever. 10c. 25c. If C. C. C. fail, druggists ref und money. - R.F.Strickland&Co. LEWSIIUm()I)DS4SMES WE NEVER SACRIFICE QUALITY FOR PRICE, AND DP YOU GET IT AT STRICKLAND’S THE QUALITY AND STYLE IB ABSOLUTELY THE BEST. IT IS SATISFYING TO KNOW THAT YOU CAN BUY AT HOME AND FEEL SURE THAJ* IT IB CORRECT IN EVERY PARTICULAR Here are Some Nev Things That We Want to Show Ton. Laced striped French Organdies. Laced striped American Organdies. Organdie Luee m plaids and flowers. White Piques plain, dotted and striped. Beadere striped Percale. Printed Madras Oloths. 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