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L’ _ Fbil i W m ZA A "IT TF ■ 1 BJ |W /I B I > < 1 /% ■■ , t-w ImA / ■ ■ H ■ I I ■ I I ■ . ■ / w fe B ; Bfeß ■ ■ 1 j I IB JF ■vk I I I Bki w ■ w a r" > S! . B M B B 1 x ▼ B Jr J I J 1 X : -- == Vol IX. No. 192. STATUS OF AFFAIRS. Action as Taken to Date in Both House* of Congress. Washington, April 18—Following la the status of the Cuban resolution! jn both bouses of qongreaa: Shortly before 8 o’clock Saturday night the aeoate passed a Cuban reso lotion embodying the house heading, number and enacting clause, the sen ate preamble, resolution, the Tnrpie amendment and a fourth paragraph proposed by Mr. Teller. In full it reads: Joint resolution for the recognition of the independence of the people and republic of Cuba, demanding (that the government of Spain relinquish its authority and government in the island of Cuba, and to withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters, and directing the president of the United States to carry these reso lutions into effect. Whereas, the abhorrent conditions which have existed for more than three years in the island of Cuba, so near our own bordors, have shocked the moral sense of the people of the United Slates, a disgrace to Christian civilization, culminating as they have in the destruction of a United States battleship, with 266 of i*s officers and crew, while on a friend. |y visit in the harbor of Havana, and cannot longer be endured, as has been set forth by the president of the United States in his message to congress of Aprill 11,1898, upon which the action of congress was invited; therefore, Resolved, By the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America, io congress assembled : First—That the people of the island of Cuba are and of right ought to bi free and independent, and that the government of the United States here by recognizes the republic of Cuba as the line and lawful government of that island. * Bscond—That it is the duty of the United States to demand, and the gov ernment of the United States does heryby demand, that the government of Spain at once relinquish its author ity and government in the island of Cuba and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters. Third—TlJat the president of the United States be, and he hereby is, eirected and empowered .to use the entire land and naval forces of the United States, and to call into the ac tual service of the United States the militia of the several states, to such extent as may be necessary to carry z these'resolutions into effect. Fourth—That the United Slates hereby disclaim any disposition or in tention to exercise sovereignty, juris diction or control over said island, ex cept for the pacification thereof, and aster tsits determination when that is accomplished, to leave the government and control of the islandto its people. . In the house shortly alter noon to day Mr Dingley made the following .motion: “I move to concur in the senate amendment to the house joint resolu tion with an amendment striking out of the first paragraph the wordp "are and” and also the words ’and that the government of the Uuited States hereby recognizes the republic of Cu ba as the.true and lawful government of that island,” so that the first para graph of the senate amendment will ° read as follows : “First, That the people of the island of Cuba of right ought to be free and independent." This motion was carried—yeas, 179 ; nays, 156. The resolution then went to the senate The senate stood firm for its original resolution and sent it back to the house. - . *.... ' • * Stores to Close- We, the undersigned dry goods merchants of Griffin, kgree to close our doors at 6 time, com mencing May 1 to Septal, 1898, except Satuidays: R. F. Strickland & Co., Bass Bros., A. A. Snider, G. Cohen, T. J. White, L. L. Heinz, H. W. Hasselkus, M. R. Brown & Co., W. P. Horne, Miss Unie Green, Flemister <fc Bridges, W. D. Davis & Bro., Edwards Bros;, M. B. Headen, J. Buck man, L. C. Manley Mgr., A. Rogowski, J. A. Scott, Burr’s Son, M. Friedman, Wiley L. Smith. dalle is * I S - To Cur* Constipation Forever. ■ Caacarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or 25*. “ C. c. C. fail to cure, drvzgists refund money. SOUTHERN SOLDIERS , TO BE PUT IN CUBA. Washington, April 13—The auxil iary force of invasion will be made up of southern troops. Secretary Alger, at a conference with army officers to day, so decided. ' The present plan is that the army of invasion aud occupation shall con ” sist of the regular army, reinforced by the from the gulf and south Atlantic states. Thia decision was reached inasmuch as it is believed that the southern men will be belter able to withstand the j danger of the climate of Cuba. B The military from the northern and g western states will be scattered along j the coast and used to arm the forts I and coasts defenses f The above special to the Atlanta . Journal of yesterday caused more oom tnent in our city than any report sent ■ out during the present strained rela ' lions between this country and Spain, j There are but few who place any , credence in the report, for our people ) cannot believe Secretary Alger to be a s fool, and surely only a fool would for ‘ a moment think of pursuing such a f course. I If this country should become en« ! gaged in a war with Spain the South, I if treated with proper consideration, f would do her full duty and send to the 1 defense of the stars • and stripes her noblest sons. > , Bat the South does not propose to send her sons into the hot bed of yel- I low fever, or to be made the , targets ‘ for Spanish bullets while the North’s ! soldiers are placed along our coasts to ( desport themselves in the waves as ' they dash upon the beach at Tybee, or Cumberland, and to bo soothed to 1 slumber by the zephyrs fragrant with ' theoder-ef the orange and the mag nolia. No, a thousand times no! ! If we are to have war the North i must take her stand by the side of the South, and do her full share of the fighting. There must be no discriminating! LETTER LIST. 1 • • I Listof letters remaining in the Griffin, Ga., postoffice, week ending Arp. 16,1898. Persons calling will pleae say “advertised" and give date. One cent must be paid on each advertised letter. MALE LIST. Jon Agav, Charlie Baker, Fellow Driv er, Marlon Hillman, Willie Hand, Simp son B. Johnson, George Mors, J. W. i Mays, B. A. McDonald, Tom Roberts, William Foster. FEMALE LIST. Miss Mary Dickinson, Miss Annie L. Freeman, Miss Minnie Inglctt, Mrs.-R. B, Jeffers, Mrs. Alibe Me , Mrs. Lula Nenson,Mrs. Roberbebur, Mrs. Hienry Bchinson, Mrs. Kindness Snow, Mrs. Ro sa Thersey (colored), Bertha Marks, Mrs. Martha Tebison, Mrs. Georgia Williams. David J. Bailbt, Jb.,P. M. I ’ w When Traveling Whether on pleasure bent, or business, take on every trip a bottle of Syrup of Figs, as it acts most pleasantly and effectually , on the kidneys, liver,And bowels, prevent ing fevers, headaches, and other forms of sickness. For sale in 50 cent bottles by all leading druggists. Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Company only. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. ’rtadh TT"* ls " • is. >* . E.iucvi* Yoor Bowel<JVlth Cascareta. . Cathartic, cure conatlpatiop forever. Oc. jjc. If c. C. C. fall, druffriets refund money. FOR SALE. - acres of land, lying in a body adja. ; cent to the village of Orchard Hilf, Ga., and fronting Central Railroad of Georgia ’ over one mile. About one-half in a high i state of cultivation, with tenant and out houses; balance in original forests. The , place contains a fine young peach and ap , pie orchard, and is nearly enclosed with wire fences. It is well watered by branches and a large creek. It lies well, and is 4 miles from Griffin. Would sell very low for cash or on time, or would exchange for Atlanta real estate. Apply to or address, H. C. Cumming, Griffin, Ga. No-To-Bac for Fifty Cent*. Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak men strong, Mood pure. 60c, SI. AU drugglsta GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 19, 1898. LIFE AND DEATH. I BY W. E. H. SEARCY. I ———— > AU life as far as we are acquainted t is embodied, that is, is invested with a body. Vegatable life, which is the lowest form of life, has a clear and > distinct embodiment. Here is an . oak, there is a pine, there is a hickory r ehere a cedar, here is a violet, thereois | a filly—everywhere, on every hand we have the embodiment of vegetable , life in thousands upon thousands of t beautiful ferme. All different and i distinct from each other, individua lized, and in the animal kingdom we havq a higher life, but it is invested with bodies also clearly distinct from , each other. Here is a lion, there is a horse, here is a cow, there is a chick en, here is a bird. Ob how wonderful , animal life i<embodied! Large books , have been written on birds alone, and the artist’s skill is tested tn the utmost to. paint even the plumage that adorns them. Large books have been written on the fishes, and on domestic fowls, and domestic animals, and wild , animals. The general classifications of animal life in our werks on Z jolo- «? gy can.only be made in hundreds of printed pages. The life of man is al so beautifully embodied. A discourse might be spoken on the hand alone. The eye is a thing of wonder and ad miration. The brain passes all under standing. The beautiful figure of the maiden, the strong frame of the man) the diversity in color, size, and form al! make mankind a wonderful race of individual existences. Natural death is simply the passage of life out of these embodiments Wa see the dead tree, the dead animal and the dead man, and the only difference we are able to find, is that the life principle is gone. We must lee therefore, that all em bodiment is simply a clothing of the' life principles. It is a house in which they live, (see 2rd Cor V). When they go out of the bouse, and cease to • care for it It fails to pieces. The pow erful oak, gradually decaying, with its long limbs and branches denuded of foliage, which we see constantly in passing along the highways, is an il lustration of the perishing embodi ments of nature wbteh once possessed life, but from which the life went forth and left it “dead.” We all see exactly what becomes of the natural embodiments of life—they all turn back to their original ele ments, but we do not see what be comes of the life principle that once inhabited them. We do not say that .the life princi ple of the vegetable continues to live in the spirit realm and makes the beautiful flowers of the spirit land. We do not say that the life of the ani mal continues to exist in that fairest of lands, and are to reside with us in a rejuvinated earth. No! we do not know God’s plans about animal and vegetable life. Revelation teaches us, however, that the life of the man is immortal; that it never dies, but that the alliances growing out of our embodiments are absorbed into a higher and nobler re lationship. Not that the relationship is destroyed, but that it is taken into higher and nobler purposes. Christ teaches us this in His answer to the Saducees, who questioned Him as to the woman who had seven bus- * bands. The Saducees wished to puz zle Him by asking whose wife will she be in the resurrection? Christ answered that io the resur rection they neither nor are given in marriage, but are as the an gels of heaven—that is, they were not natural beings, not clothed with the sex nature which belongs to the body, but were spiritual beings, like the an gels of heaven. Then the Master makes a revelation which opens the door of future life wider than ever opened before. He says: “But, as touching the resurrec tion, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, I am ’ the God ol Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living."—- Matthew 22. What did the Master design to teach but that we need not be troubling about who shall claim this one or that as his wife in the resurrection; neither shall we be thinking of the dead, for there arq no dead; “what we call death is only a transition.” Our friends are all alive. Their lives have simply passed from natural em* Royal makes the food pare, ®AkiHO ji. »OY*X BAKIKQ POWDER CO., NEW YORK. hn———— hodiment to spiritual embodiment. The wile is there, not to be the spirit wife of either of the seven brothers,but an angel companion to all, in a pure realm Where there is no marriage. But Revelation is clearer still. On the day of the transfiguration there Stood Moses and Elias with Christ— the supposed dead were living. Moses bad been buried by the angels on Nebo’s lonely mountain, but there stood Moses, not dead, but living. Living in a spiritual embodiment in a higher life, be could not have had the natural embodiment, because the resurrection bad not yet taken place. If then, there was any embodiment at alldt must have been a spiritual one. Bt. Paul tells us (2nd Cor. 4 and 5) “our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.” look not at the things which gre lean; but at the things which are not seen ; for the things which are seen are temporal,” that is, pertaining Id this life. “For we know that if the earthly house of this taber nacle (bodily frame—Revisers) be dis solved, pulled dowd and demolished,as an old bouse (Bishop Kenrick) we have a building from God. Instead of flesh and blood, which cannot enter heaven, the rising body will be clothed, or covered with what is analogous there to, but incorrupt able and immortal— Jofen Wesley. “For indeed we which are in this tabernacle (bodily frame—Revisers) do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed (runem bodiad) but Ifrat we would be clothed upon (with the glorious, immortal incorruptable spiritual body—John Wesley) that what is mortal may be swallowed up (absorbed) of life.” So the whole plan of nature and Revelation coincides in the thought we express, that the natural embodi ments, whether they are absorbed or swallowed up, or are dissolved, give place to the spiritual embodiments; “for God giveth it a body as it pleases him.” Life is wonderful and its embodi ment are wonderfully wrought by the great divine spirit. Death is the re sult of transition from one form to another. The embrionic form of our own lives perished at our physical birth Paul tells us truly the grain is not quioked except it die. Our new embodiment in spirit life is unfolded in the death of the natural one. “In death’s unrobing room we strip from round us . The garments of mortality and earth; And breaking from the embroy state that bound us Our day of dying is our day of birth." <MTO BNJOYS 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 onl v froip 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 50 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. aUFBWA 09 smp co, FMKdSCO. CAL. . ■ ittmu. Kt. KOt MMb AL Bducate Yow Bowela With Vascareta. Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever. 10c. 25c. It C.O.C. fait druggists refund money. «p R. F.Strickland&Co. Dry Goods and Shoes, Reliable in Quality, LOWEST IN PRICE. ’' . - ALL THE LATEST NOVELTIES IN MUSLINS, LAWNS, WHITE GOODS AND ORGANDIES NOW IN STOCK. NEW LINE OF RIBBONS IN PLAIN AND DOUBLE FACE SATIN, ALL COLORS AND WIDTHS. MOUBELIN DE BOIR, ALL COLORS, AT 75c. CHILDRENS LISLE HOSE, BLACK OR TAN, 25c. NEW STOCK BABIES CAPS 25c. TO SI.OO, CHILDRENS SAILOR HATS 25c, AND 50c. BOTB STRAW HATS, NEW SHAPES, 25c., 50c. AND 75c. MENS STRAW HATS, ALL STYLES, 25c. TO |1.50. MENS NEGLIGEE SHIRTS 50c. SHOE DEPARTMENT 150 PAIRS BLACK OR TAN OXFORDS, SIZES 24 TO 5, WORTH AND $1.25, SPECIAL AT 50c. 100 PAIRS OF GENUINE DONGOLA SHOES, 2} TO 4, BUTTON OR LACE, WORTH $1.25 AND $1.50, SPECIAL 75c. AND SLOO. DON’T MISS YEHS SALE R. F. STRICKLAND & CO. SHOES, - SHOES !• IN MENS SHOES WE HAVE THE LATEST STTIEB--COIN TOES, GENUINE RUSSIA LEATHER CALF TANS, CHOCOLATES AND GREEN AT $2 TO $8.50 PER PAIR. IN LADIES OXFORDS WE HAVE COMPLETE LINE IN TAN, BLACK AND CHOCOLATE, ALSO TAN AND BLACK SANDALS RANGING IN PRICE FROM 75c TO $2. ALSO TAN, CHOCOLATE AND BLAOKSANDALB AND OXFORDS IN CHILDREN AND MISSES SIZES, AND CHILDREN AND MISSES TAN LACK SHOES AND BLACK. * WE HAVE IN A LINE OF SAMPLE STRAW HATS. Pianos and Organs. J» H. Huff has several Second Hand Pianos and Organs to sell CHEAP for CASH or rent* All the latest popular hits in Sheet Music oq hand. EDWARDS BROS. RACKET STORE. 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