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— . > ' .. . Mi Treaty Will Soon Be Signed. Final negotiations for the conclu sion of the definitive treaty tie tween the United States and Colombia, which is to authorize the construc tion of the Panama canal, began at th6 state department July 9 th at a meeting between Secretary Hay and Mr. Cromwell, representing the Pan ama Canal Company and the Colom bian legation here. Mr. Cromwell, at Secretary Hay’s instance, also laid before the department of justice all thfc papers in his possession calcula ted to assist the attorney general in his work in settling the title. Sec retary Hay turned over to him a mass of papers, which the counsel examined very carefully. While no definite conclusion was reached, a distinot advance was made. Gable correspondence must be had with the Colombian government, but it is believed that the treaty can be signed within a week. The Colom bian government has decided to ap point a non-partisan commission to re-arrange the electoral and provin cial districts of Columbia, and it was believed that, the way being open for new elections, the congress could be elected and assembled within the next four months, and the body could proceed at onoe to ratify the canal treaty, which is to be conclu ded here. It is inferred from this statement that an-arrangement has been reached between the Colombi an conservatives hnd liberals which will terminate the revolution which has now lasted for more than two years. Egyptian Cotton. His Elusive Philosophy. Dr. Herbert W. Spencer tells, ac cording to the New York Times, the following story of his attempt to corner a Christian Scientist: “Every time we met this Scientist took occasion to scoff at medioal sci ence and to dwell upon the wonders which could be performed through faith. ‘You are convinced that through faith you can do anything?’ I said to him on*' day. “ ‘Yes,’ he replied, ‘faith will move mountains.” “A week later he was in my office with a swollen jaw due to a tooth ache. ‘What, you here!’ I exclaimed with feigned astonishment. “ ‘Oh, doctor,’ he said, ‘I have suffered agony all through the night. } I simply can’t stand this pain any longer.’ “ ‘Have you tried faith?’ I said to him. ‘You know you told me the other day that faith could move mountains.’ “ ‘But this is a cavity, doctor; ’this is a cavity.’ ” According 1 to an interview with Mr. C. S. Austin, of San Antonio, Texas, Egyptian cotton may work a revolution in the cotto industry in the south. Mr. Aust says that Egyptian cotton is, being introduced into Texas with favorable results. "It is much more desirable,” says he, “than the cotton raised in the United States now, and is even bet ter than the sea island cotton. The Egyptian cotton has much longer fiber than other ootton, and its seed can be removed so easily that it is not necessary to cut up the cotton in ginning it. A series of saws which work between rods is used in ginning ordinary cotton, and con siderable power is required to tear it loose from its seed. The Egyp tian cotton can be separated from its seed by a series of rollers which do not cut the cotton and destroy the length of the fibre. The de partment of agriculture has distrib uted the new cotton throughout the south, and it will soon be known whether the Egyptian product will flourish in all the districts devoted to the raising of cotton.” While Egyption cotton may even tually be grown on a larger scale in the south, it is quite probable that it will be a number of years before it supplants, if it ever does, the cot ton that is at present so successfully grown in the south.—Columbus En quirer-Sun. An American War of One Battle. In tip twpials of tfee American B’-aVy ho achievement of a single' passes that of vid Melposagal in ‘Hardware, - Harness, - Saddler the iWVdmlagili Simonoseki. Hap- j poniiMf qn dtlier side- of the glebe-firing qur civil war this dar ing exploit passed unnotip©&’ at the time. Bidfeflgr told, -the sfeqry is thfe'! A sloop of jjtaj of six guns, .in -a nar row sta?»i4 engaged during- seventy minutes a foree of seven batteries mounting thirty heavy guns and three men-of-war cay-tying eighteen gtais, in all forty-eight guns. The Japanese ffeffse comprise^ probably ipso, TJm Wyoming, unaa- sistdd,- destroyed bne'.qf’ jsjie batter ies, two’ ships, disabled a third and emerged from the conflict with a loss of -four men lulled and. seven wounded. -Ravage? of the Black Death. The Beginnings of thelilack-tleath arose hi China about the year 1333 Martin Anderson of Hoboken, New York, deposited $200 in the Bank of Savings at Fourth Avenue and Twenty-second street, Manhat tan, in 1840. He lost or mislaid the bank book, and when he died dida’t mention anything about it to his family. Recently his daughter saw a newspaper advertisement request ing Anderson or his heirs to call at the bank. There they learned that the deposit made by their father now amounts, with interest, to more than $3,000.—Exchange. One Too Many For Hanna. Senator Hanna receives many cu rious letters, but the proposition which was made to him the other day takes the palm for uniqueness. “On the top of Mount Ararat,” wrote his correspondent, “there is still preserved, buried amid eternal snow, Noah’s ark. I am organizing a company to dig it out and bring it to the United States. You can help me make a lot of money if you will go into the scheme, because the original Noah’s ark would be the best paying attraction at the St. Louis fair.” - Up to the present time Senator Hanna has not invested in the Noah’s ark scheme. The adaptation of education to a scientific age does not involve the contest as to whether soience or classics shall prevail, for both are indispensable to true national, if not individual, education. The real question is whether schools will un dertake the duty of moulding the minds of boys according to their mental varieties. The study of na ture may sometimes quicken dull minds which the classics have failed to arouse.—Pres. Chas. W. Dabney! with drought and famipq in tlio grdtut rsver plains, which weme fol lowed by fleicfds so violent that 400,- 000 people perished. Great telluric convulsions occurred over fhe sstroc ifac-ts. The mountain -Tsindhccfti Ml do and vast clefts were formed, from which it is said that noxious vapors, aeoended. Anyhow, flood and famine were, followed next year by a terrible plague, which carried off S-jJM&Oipdjj of tyie wretched Chi nese, mil it 1337 a still more dreadful famine ’destroyed another 4,000,000*-—All the Year Round. Diamond Cutting. Not is dimnpnd'cutting not a speo&jHy ftiglfly paid occupation, trat.V te^gaate involving a most hu miliating? .syfct&m of' e^pipnago to the Worker. Each man has to strict ly aocquMk fqr the stoires he receives on .going te worfc in : tho“ morning and the tonht has to Be, carefully tbe unfinished work is banded in at srigM to be locked up a safe, against the return of the ike iKxt day. The cossd- biBties tgrout, through, a dishonest workman Knows that an attempt to dispose of an unfinished bring suspicion upon HmnPfiereve* the attempt was made. The census figures show the pro duction of tpbacco in the United States in 1900 to have been almost 869,000,000 pounds. The value of 'the tobacco products was a> little more than $283,000,000. Still there is no glut of the tobacco market; there is a demand for all that is raised, and of the finer qualities for much more than is raised. Only the District of Columbia, Utah, Ne vada and Rhode Island failed to produce any tobacco in 1900. Her First Request. Greatly excited, the hand of res cuers surrounded- the missionary whom they had saved from the hands of her kidnapers. Utterly weak and faint, she lay upon a cot, but smiled feebly at her friends. “Is there anything we can get for you?” asks one. “Yes,” she whispers, “yes. Get me a fashion paper. I haven’t seen one for six months.”—Judge. GARDEN AND FIELD BEANS, CORN, ONION SETS, EARLY AMBER and ■ORANGE SORGHUM. KAFFIR CORN, PEANUTS, WATERMELON,, . ■ ; CANTALOUPE Stock and Poultry Powders. % W. JrAY, Mug’s. 46© Poplar St. —: MACON* OA There were 187 door-keepers con nected with the House of Represen tatives during the recent session of congress. That lacks only a little of being one door-keeper for each two members of the House. Taken altogether, there are , a great many' more employes of congress than there are members of that body, and the salary list of employes is being continually increased. A Tennessee woman, relates an exchange; cured her husband of staying out late at night by going to the door when he came home and whispering through the keyhole, “Is that you, Willie?” Her husband’s name is John, and he stays at home every night now, and sleeps with one eye open and a revolver under his pillow. Full line Agricultural Implements. v V ' v .... f . . . . . '• •• • • / B EST GOODS. % CLOSEST P JilCE. ' ■ . ‘ -\v ' Harness Repairs a speciality. 463-465 Third St, MACON, The Ga. Poultry Herald. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE STATE ASSOCIATION. CFORG ■fwmniw... Subscription Price 50c. a Year. ' ■ ADDRESS GA. POULTRY HERALD, VAX.DOSTA GEORGIA. The Herald FREE one year to every Home Journal subscriber wjho pays fcl.50 strictly in advance. ■M C. HUH N, DEALER IN SPORTING GOODS.: Bicycles, Baseball Goods, Fishing Tackle, Guns, Pistols, etc. ‘Hand some Specialties, Pocket and Table Cutlery, Mechanics’ Tools. - ■ > Wm Repairing of Guns. Bicycles, Etc. 520 MULBERRY ST. • - • MAOON, GEORGIA Titles and Trade. In the eighteenth century Har wood, the Irish chancellor, had a piteous complaint from a mayor of Drogheda, who was one of many Irishmen honored with titles about that time. “How Bhall I ever qell my cheese and butter now that the Duke of Dorset has made mo a knight?” exclaimed the worthy mayor. “Hold your tongue, you old fool,” retorted Harwood. “You are well off that he did not make yon a lord.” IiIiIIIMM.iI.i urmi Avfcgetable Preparationlcr As similating llieFood ai lileg dia ling flic Stomachs andBowels of For Infanta and Children The wm A Beautiful Bull. Dr, O’Hague, health officer of Minneapolis, when recently in Phil adelphia at a gathering of medical men became engaged in a discus sion. of the dangers resulting from impure drinking water. “Why,” he said, “the typhoid be cilli call for the most diligent at tention if the health of a communi ty is to be conserved. They are so small, gentlemen, that a handful of them could be placed on the point of a needle!”—Philadelphia Times. Promotes Digestion,Cheerful ness and flest.Con tains neither Opium,Morphine nor Mineral. jNqt Narcotic. of Old J)rSAMUEL PITCHSR IKwyJtm Seeds' j!lx. Soma * s.'mMU Sells— jtoiee Seetl * J)w#rminb - Bi CmhmattSoiu. + Heap Seed- » i Cl/, fud .Sugar Wf/uiiyMw. Clover, Aperfecl Remedy for Constipa tion, Sour Stomach,Diarrhoea Worms .Convulsions,Feverish- ness and Loss OF SLEEP. The Same Old Story. J. A. Kelly relates an experience similar to that which has happen ed in almost every neighborhood in the United States and has 'been told and re-told by thousands of others. He Says: “Last summer I had an attack of dysentery and purchased a bottle of Chamber- lain^ Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, which I used according to directions and with entirely sat isfactory results. The trouble, was /“•'i:trolled much quicker than for- mi-r attacks when I used other remedies.” Mr. Kelly is a well- ,known citizen of Henderson, N. C, For sale by all dealers in Perry, Warren & Lowe, Byron, Mastication. If your tendency is to gulp down food like porridge and vegetables, quite wet, the obvious remedy is to eat them in a dry state, or else eat with them alternate mouthfuls of dry bread or cracker. A cracker is admirable to induce mastication, for the reason that it compels one. to eat slowly. TBe tendency to moisten the food continually while eating in some artificial way is responsible for much - rapid eating and imperfect mastication. Facsimile Signature oP ' NEW "YORK. EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. rm THE OENTAUH COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY. His Business Habit3, Benevolent Gentleman—-So you’re working, arg you? ‘Well, that’s right. Do you go home for your luncheon?. 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