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Talks of Cuba's Future.
"I shall endeavor to have Ouba
follow in the footsteps of the United
States,” said President Tomas Palma
the other day in a long conference
with Govarnor Jennings of Florida
and Col. W. J. Bryan, says the Ha
vana correspondent of the New York
World.
**I am familiar with American his
tory and ft great admirer of Wash
ington and Lincoln. One made the
Union; the other preserved it. Both
dignified it by gaining the respect
of other nations.
“I feel grateful to the people of
the United States, to . whose senti
ments regarding Cuba the house
and senate promptly responded.
President McKinley’s delay and de
liberation were due to his great
individual responsibility. Congress
had a collective responsibility.
“I have come to Cuba reluctantly,
preferring my home at Central Val
ley, N. Y., and a quiet life with my
family rather than public life. But
I have come because I have felt it
to be my duty.
‘•I want Cubans and Spaniards to
turn their backs on the past and
unitedly face ,the future, jointly
combatting difficulties ahd problems.
*•1 want opposition for the better
ment of the government, but not
personal or prejudicial opposition. I
should be ready and willing to heed
criticism. I think liberty of the
press a great national benefactor in
pointing out the errors and improv
ing the morals of the government.”
President Palma spoke kindly of
the clenenoy of the United States
courts and judges that tried the fili
busters, and particularly thanked
the commonwealth of Florida for
great help, sayings
“The history of Cuba’s success
was written on the Florida sands,
and the Florida keys opened the
door to Cuban liberty. Key West
is a ward of Havana, being nearer
to Ouba iu point of time than it is
to the mainland of Florida.
“Sanitation and education will
continue as they have been improv
ed by the military government.
Last year all South Amerioa (was*
exceptionally free from yellow fever.
There may be an inorease this year,
but the Cuban government will em
ploy the utmost vigilance to main
tain health and uninterrupted com
mercial relations. I believe in the
theory of the transmission of the fe
ver by mosquitoes, but I agree with
Governor Jennings in the necessity
of keeping this'oity olean.”
Governor Jennings interrupted to
say that it would be impossible to
maintain open commerce with Flori
da ports unless the sanitation in Ha
vana was good. President Palma
assured him that there would be no
cause for fear, the interests being
mutual.
President Palma says he shall be
glad to show his respeot for the
government of Spain and thinks thb
Cubans should take an interest in
the “mother oountry.”
Compensation.
Exchange.
Mr. Rockefeller has more millions
than he can count, and I haven’t a
dollar, but—
I can enjoy a square meal and
Mr. Rockefeller can’t.
Mr. Morgan owns railroads and
ships galore, while I do not own
even a wheelbarrow or a rowboat,
but—
I can have a bushel of fun bob
bing for bullheads and Mr. Morgan
can’t.
Cecil Rhodes piled up millions
upon millions and had diamonds as
big as walnuts, while I have had to
hustle to keep my family larder sup
plied, but—
I go home in the evening and
play with the babies and have more
fun in an hour than Rhodes ever
had. Besides, Rhodes is dead.
William Waldorf As cor has more
money than he can haul in a hay
wagon, and I haven’t enough to
overload a gnat, but—
When I drop in on my neighbor
in the evening he gives me the glad
hand, while Mr, Astor’s money can
not buy him the respect and love of
his fellows.
Whitelaw Reid is the possessor of
enough millions to purchase a flunk
ey’s place at the coronation of a
king and I have to scheme to keep
one suit of clothes fit to wear to
church, but—-
Dressed in overalls and jumper, I
ean pay court each evening to an
unorowned queen and make a ban
quet at a frugal board surrounded
by my little ones, while Mr. Reid’s
knickers and short sword excite on
ly the derision of his fellows.
Facts About London.
A child is born every three min
utes, and a death is registered eyery
five minutes.
The city contains over 700 rail
way stations, nearly 800 miles of
railway line, and 11 railway bridges
span the Thames. Daily 1,000,000
persons travel on the underground
railways, and 2,500,000 in 5,000 om
nibuses, 7,000 in tram cars. The
total population is between 6,000,-
000 and 7,000,000.
Ten thousand miles of overhead
telegraph wires almost shut out the
smoky canopy which spreads above
London streets, and the number of
telegraph messages received in Lon
don last year was over 6,000,000.
Ninety million gallons of water are
consumed daily.—London Letter to
St. LouiB Post-Dispal ch.
To ward off an impending plague
of 17-year locusts, the ladies of the
Woman’s Guild of the First Presby
terian ohuroh of Holidaysburg, Pa.,
are sewing 4,000 bags of pouches to
shield the young trees on the farm
lands of J. K. McLanahan, Sr., from
devastation and harm. The govern-,
ment has notified nurserymen that
the plague is imminent. ^ -
-Ex,
For biliousness use Chamber
lain’s Stomach & Liver Tablets.
They cleanse the stomach and
regulate the liver and bowels, ef
fecting a quick and permanent
| cure : . For sale by all dealers in
Petty, Warren & Lowe, Byron.
His Own Son.
A business man returning to his
home in Rochester, and hurrying to
his sapper, noticed a group of men
gathered in evident excitement on
the steep bank of the GenesBee riv
er, which flows througn the town.
He stopped long enough to see that
they were endeavoring to respite
some one who had fallen in, but was
tempted to hurry on, with »h-
thought that there were encjfli'g
men there, and that the iucideui
was not pne of special concern to
him.
Seeing, however, that the at
tempts at rescue were ineffectual,
and that the very swift current was
fast bearing its victim down the
stream, he dropped his valise, strip
ped off his ooat, plunged into the
water, and rescued—his own son.
This story, recently told in the
daily papers, teaches its obvious les
son. The parable of the Good Sa
maritan does not need an added
chapter, affirming that the man who
had fallen among thieves proved to
be the brother of him who dressed
his wounds, yet it has often happen
ed that he who turned aside to help
a stranger has brought a blessing to
his oyn fireside.
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New Year time in China is always
fruitful of fires, says Leslie’s Week
ly. It is the Chinese custom that
all debt& must be liquidated by the
eud of the year. Failure to do so
means utter ruin of one’s credit. It
frequently happens that a China
man, seeing disgrace staring him in
the face, will set fire to his house
and thin plead to his creditors:
“How could I day? The gods have
destroyed my home. Ask the gods
for the money.” In this way, if not
detected, honor is saved and credit
unimpaired.
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My little son had an attaok of
whooping cough and was threat
ened With pneumonia; but for
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy we
would have had a serious time of
it. It also saved hip* from sever
al, severe attacks of croup.—H. J.
Strickfaden, editor World Her
ald, Fair Haven, Wash. For sale
by all dealer’s in Perry, Warren
& Lowe, Byron.
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The farmer of southwest Georgia
who canduots his operations on a
sensible basis and diversifies his
crops in a oommon-sense manner, is
about the only individual who is in
dependent, who is independent of
the trusts. In Any event, the mon
ey barons squeeze him for less than
they do his town neighbor, says the
Albany Herald.
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Sound Kidneys—Perfect Health*
The use of Smith’s Sure Kidney Ciwe
will produce both. Try a bottle" aup
be convinced. 60 centB at Oater’s
Drugstore.
What Girls Should Know.
Poor girlsl If they had to know
everything magazine writers and j
theorists declare they must in order j
tojproperly fill the sphere of woman,
their much learning would drive
them mad.
The trouble is every writer speaks j
from .his own point of view, which
rarely coincides with anybody c-lse.
A sensible girl will just do the best
she can to make herself innately
nice, agreeable and efficient in what
ever art and industries that her tal
ent indicates, and then if she does
not succeed in winning some man’s
love, she will have that within her
self which makes happiness.
Here are some things that a wri
ter advises a girl to learn, and they
are, upon, the whole, very wise say
ing?.
A girl should learn:
To sew.
To cook.
To mend.
To be gentle.
To value time.
To dress neatly.
To keep a secret.
To be sel-reliant.
To avoid idleness.
To dam stockings.
To respect old age.
To make good bread.
To make home happy.
To be above gossiping.
To control her temper.
To keep the house tidy.
To take care of the sick
To take care of the baby.
To humor a cross old man.
To read the very best of books.
To take plenty of active exereise.
To wear shoes that will not cramp
the feet.
To be a woman under all circum
stances.
Those people who insist that the
Martinique, disaster was a “judg
ment” upon the people for their sins
ought to have been living there.
Pferhaps for the sake of ten such
very righteous ones the city would
have been saved. At any rate, an
earthquake or two might open a
■<hih!I tissue in their minds. Persons
vvh . take pleasure in seeing the
picked roast are perhaps survivors
of the Inquisitor type, who boiled
heretics in hot oil for Christ’s sake.
It also illustrates the idea that every
man fashions God in his own image,
in a certain sen&. If he is merciful
and a just man, he pictures God as
being merciful and just; if his na
ture is a malignant one, he attrib
utes to God acts and motives that
are malignant. He can’t help it.-
Marietta Journal.
New York state is going at the
matter of improving the country
roads in the proper manner.' The
legislature passed bills for the ap
propriation of $795,000, and the
counties have equaled this appropri
ation, so that the expenditure will
be no less than $1,590,000. Con
tracts have been awarded for road
improvement in fifteen counties.
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Kansas furnishes anqther instance
of the importance of proper punctu
ation. The occasion was at a dinner
given by a woman’s association, one
of the toasts being: “Woman: with
out her, man is a brute.” The paper
reporting the event caused the trou
ble by putting it this way; “Woman
without her man, is a brute.”
V-t-4 :
Capitalists of the west are con
templating the building of an im
mense lumber plant in southeast Al
abama, and have bought a tract of
land of about 144,000 acres. The
capacity of the plant, it is said, will
be about 50,000,000 feet of yellow
.pine lumber annually.
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Stops the Cough and Works off
the Cold.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
oures a cold in one day. No cure,
No pay. Price, 25 cents*.
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More than 60 varie ties of rice are
known in the Philippines, but,though
the cereal is so important to the na
tives, not enough of it is produced to
supply, their heeds, and large quanti
ties have to be imported annually.
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Laxative Chocolates cure chronic
constipation and liver trouble. Pleas
ant to take. Purely vegetable. Guar
anteed, at Cater’s Drugstore.
A GOOD PLACE.
Notice is hereby given to ladies and
gentlemen who visit Macon that Mrs.
W. H. Houser is now running a first-
class Boardinghouse at 755 Cherry St.
WE SELL
Harvesting Machinery,
Disc Plows,
Harrows,
Hay Presses,
Buggies,
Wagons,
Harness,
Whips,
Laprobes, &c
"We 3an quote you some
mighty low prices now.
A big lot Second-Hand Buggies
at your own price.
THE WILLIAMS BUSHY COMPANY,
MACON, GEORGIA.
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<S|ASTONISHING OFFER!!
For many yoars wo have sold our Whiskies and Cigars to Wholesalers only
and our brands are preferred by them, as thoy are superior to all others. In
ordor to give the Consumer the bonofit ot the largo profits of Sealer and
Middleman, we have decldod to now soil dlroct to the Consumer our Most
Popular Drtmda ot Whlskios and Cigars at less than wholoialo prices.
Whiskey
With ovc*-y quart bottle of our famous lOyear old Queen CltyClub PureBye
nna one box of our justly celebrated genuine Cuban a 10 ® ®'®* r
Havana Cuban Specials, we will give ABSOLUTELY FREE onoof the hand
somest open face, extra hoavy nickol Gent's patches aade.fno Indys) stem
wind and sot, gonulno American movement and case, best timekeeper on
earth, does not tarnish and will last a lifetime, 1 extra flno Vienna Meer
schaum Pipe, 1 genuine Meerschaum Cigar Holdor, 1 genuine Meerschaum
* puss OiVUVU UUSSWilS, * UUUUIIJbllUlil UUU VHV •
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fnmonsCubanSpeclals and one quart bottloof our famous 10 year old Queen
City Club Puro Rye cannot be bought for less than 412.00. We toll the
Whiskey and Clgare In-All I V QT O. O. D. with prlvllegoof ox-
oludingtho 14 prizes for UHU I. owiw I amlnation, while Whiskey
and Cigars alone oost more than wo ask for tho entire lot. Our Whiskey Is
an Absolutely Pure 10 year old Rye and our Cigars genuine Cuban hand*
made,clear Havana,made In our own factory. These clgare are far bettor
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the money Knot CDEC ( An Extra Premium of an elegant Pocket knlfo with two blades, 1 cork-screw, 1 cigar cutter an
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