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MISSISSIPPI WILKES

Is very handsome colt, dark brown color, line style, stands about Lot and vii weigh
1850 pounds. His mother died when he was born aud had to DO raised OF bottle, but for
this he would certainly have made / horse of l hands. His SIRE, Tennessee Wilkes.
2T5 Is quite young 10 years. and has not had y chance yet to show what his cohst can
do, but they ire showing speed and adozcn or morew will encru the 2#Whsti in 1890. Miss
chance. Iei closely related to Ar ZIP sold for Sl05NWW and stands At $1,000 with
book full for $780, Red WHkc, (sre of over 30 in 2"OH>t) The King that sold Tor $751;
WOO last month and many other descendants of Geo Wilkes, that have brought long
prices under the hammer.
Mrsi~ippi Wilkes will make the season of lSOat my stable. Terms 1900. Season
due NOV. ii, 1890 with .Hghto return lin 1891 tornn ny mare thHtl does not get in foa.
j. n. HOLMAN,
Macon Mss.
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,turday. Mch. 90, 1890.

Georgia has followed the lead OF
,sisippi in establishing m Indus
Institute and College for girls,
/ Louisiana and Texas contemplate
ny so.
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Druggists you should Away have
a good supply Of DR.. Bulls Worm de-
stroycrs on hand. Mothers want these
candies for their children and won't
take any other.
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,eting of the State Democratic Elk
ecutiye Committee.

The State Democratic Executive
lmmittee met al Jackson yesterday
"ording to previous notice.
4 was decided to name 18th of June
The time for holding a State Convcn'
II for the purpose of nominating
fourteen delegates for the State at
&c for the constitutional convention.
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For tho cure OF colds. coughs, and
all arrangements OF the respiratory
organs, no other medicine is 50 relia-
BILE as Ayers Cherry Pcctoral, 1t re-
lievcs the asthmatic, and consumptlvc,
even in advance stages of disease, and
has saved innumerab.c lives.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-03-29

Our druggist keep for sale Halls
Vegetable Sicilian Hair Remover, the
best preparation ever made for rcstor-
ing The vitality and color of the hair.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-03-29

A good head of hair is desired by
every one. Halls Vegetable Sicilian
Hair Remover will restore the hair, if
the hair cells are not closed up.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-03-29

Last Saturday, Jim Hill, of Missis-
opi, the negro who is contcsting Re.
rsentative Calchings' seat, and A. I.
Iimberly, appeared before the Senate
mmi,,ce on foreign relations and
in a plea for the continuation of
m. b. Sorsby, the renegade Demo.
IT from Greenvillc, Miss. who was
minated last December to be Unit
States Consult General in Ecuador.
rsby is the man who stole the prl-
tc letter Of Editer McNcily and
rned them over to Hill, and as n re.
lrd tor the theft he was appointed
the above office. The republicans
! Vicksburg have protested against
,rsby's confirmation, and it may be
at the nomination will be rejected.
National Democrat.
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WHO CAN GUESS THE NUMBER
OF BALES FOR 1SS9-OO!

II will Pay you 10 Guess. ana II will
Pay you Better 10 Guses Early,
Provided You Guess Inteiligentiy
n acknowledgement Premiums
for the Hest Guesscs offered by che
News and Courier.
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SHOWING CONDITION OF lHE
Merchants and Farmers Bank,
MACON. MISS, on NIGH. rs, 1900
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF AN Act APPROVED MARCH IN. ES&
RE L
$ls0,035 9

sloN59 SlSn.Gj ~
Il. W. JONES, JR, Cashier If Merchants \ Farmers Bath Macon, Mississippi
do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true. full and exact statement ofthr assets an
liabilities of said Bank n the day and date named therein, AS shown hy the BOOKS o
same. K. W. JONES. JR. Cashier
Sworn to and subscribed before me-, Il Notary Pdlhlc. in and for the county OF ON"
lee, State of Mississippi, this the 10Th day of March, 1880.
JOSEPH l.. PATTY. Notary Public,
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Little spells OF fever. little chills so
bland,
Makes the mighty graveyard and the
angel band,
A little Cheatham's Chill Tonic taken
now and then
Makes the handsome women and the
healthy men.
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fhc State has passed a bill through

fhc State has passed q Dill through
!, influence of Senator Walthall, al
wing the bridge company at Match,
Till 1892 to begin their bridge. and
rec years longer to complete IT., If
Z, bridge is completed within that
,c, Natchcz viii progress most
)idlv within the next five years.
nd the beginning of the work on the
idgc will be the signal for other rail-
lds to direct their course to a point
zero the Mississippi can be crossed
better means than by slow and
pensiyc transfrr.-Meridian News.
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The News and Courier offers the follow
ing premiums for the nearest guesses of the
correct number OF bales of the United States
cotton crOD OF lSSg-.M:
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~ y0UB RAcK xCHEs
Hscsls ess' ss SSss'l SsIiirT2ra
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C~oRsuwyilts, MISS, Dec. II, 1888.
Pans MEDICINE Co., Paris, Tenn.
Please send me three doren Of your Groves Taste
less Chill Tonic. ! was pleased with the lot from YOU
last hummer. The people were delighted with 1t. |
gave your Chill Tonic 10 some children Who were
pale and swarthy and cmaciatcd. having had chronic
chills for months past, one Of them for a year, aud
within three weeks amer beginning with the Chin
Tonic they were hale and hearty, with red aud ROSY
cheeks. Il acted like o charm.
". ". sTINsOS, u. D.
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IE MACON BEACON.

PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY
BY +. T. FERRIS.
scriptlon, IN advance, per annnm $780,
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All Kinds Country Produce Taken in Exchange
GROVES TASTELESS CHILL Tonic

1t 10 as pleasant to the taste as lemon
syrup.
The smallest infant will take 1t and
never know it is medicine.
Children cry for it. Never fails to
cure.
Chills once broken will not return.
Cost you only half the price of other
Chill Tonics.
No quinine needed. No purgative
needed.
Contains NO poison. Cheaper than
quinine.
1t purifes the blood and removes all
malarial poison from the system.
1t is as large Is any dollar tonic and
RETAIlS FOR so CENTS.
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Mississippi Wilkes
Born June 20, 1886,
very dark brown
colt, hind feet
white.
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FIRST PREMIUM.

SECOND PREMIUM.
a copy of The News and Courier and The
Sunday News, free, for one year.
THIRD PREMIUM.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-04-27
2setp!a1ork Dailp Gribm,rs
FOUNDED HORACE GREELEY
SUNDAY, APRIL q, 1890.
TWENTY-FIVE PAGES.
THE NEVIS THIS MORNING.

Foreign.-IIenry VI. Stanley arrived IN London
he was enthusiastically greeted by great crowds.
- Reinforcements have been sent to the
French garrison at Kotonon, in Dahomey. -
Preparations have been made TO meet possible
outbreaks on May Day in Germany. -
G. W. S. comments upon the news In London.
- Queen Victoria -and the Emperor and En-
press of Germany attended a review of the troops
at Darmstadt - Giovanni Succi finished a
forty DAYS fast in London. - The report OF
a Ministerial crisis in Brazil is denied.
Conrress-Both branches in session. - Sen
ate The resolution granting gold medal 10 the
son of Captain S. c. Reed. hero Of the battle OF
Fayal. was discussed. -: House: Debate on
the Legislative bill was continued
Domestic.-Speaker Thomas b. Reed discussed
the need Of reform in National elections at the
South in a speech at the annual dinner of the
Pittsburg Americus Club. - Testimony was
taken by the Congressional Investigating Com
mittee at Little Rock. concerning bulldozing tao.
tics at elections - The master carpenters in
Chicago refused to submit the strike to arbitra-
tisu,
City and Suburban. Lively testimony given
before the Senate Investigating Committee by p.
H. Mccain, who formerly managed the Mount
St Vincent Hotel in Central Park. - dinner
given at Delmonico's in honor OF General Grants
birthday by prominent citizens; reception by the
Harlem Republican Club. - The General Laws
Committee of the State Senate heard important
testimony the dangers of escaping gas.
- The objection of Commander McCalla against
certain testimony given at his trial was ovcrrued.
- William Day and j. Reid won the champion
ship races of the 'Cross-Country Association -
Winners at Linden Park: Blue Rock. Early Bios
som, Stoncmason, Eric. Sparkling. and Montc
Christie - Stocks active and. with fluctua-
tons, generally higher. closing strong.
The Weather.-Forecast for to-day Cloudy and
rainy weather, followed by clearing skies. Tenn
perature yesterday: Highest, so degrees lowest,
AZ; average, A. 1-s.
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he the more likely to remain II their la.ners'
husbands and brothers are brought In by direce
nreachinc 10 men. Let preachers look upon IL
ne tboir main business to make religion an es-
sontially manly thing, and to give men some
,bi,o Iucid and earnest to think about and
live nv. and they will find the vacant pews
cradualy filling up with men. Let them re-
aoct that if religion had been designed to be
mainly gospel for women, the Bible would
bovo been largely a record of the virtues and
trials of pious women abounding In patience
and faith. 1t is not record OF that sort.
There are nine men to one woman IN the lsts
Of Scripture patrarchs, prophets, apostles and
martyrs. st. Paul's writings fill large part
of the New Testament, and he was not only q
manly man himself. but he preached to men in
strong. uncompromising, manly way.
If there be any single quality in which bust
ness men of this day take characteristic pride
if is that of being practical. Ministers In
,roacbinc 70 men will do well to remember this
when they choose their texts and outline their
sormons LET them realize that they have a
message 10 deliver to men that they have busi-
moss 70 transact with mems souls and let them
on about if with as much earnestness and di-
RICHNESS men display III 'iNii "NSh""J III
fairs. Short sentences few words, sharply de-
fined thoughts, clear ard lucid reasoning, and
the direct and plain presentation of essential
truths are the qualities of preaching which will
commend sermons to practical men. Rhetoric
will not suffice to bring men into church. They
bayo their Sunday newspapers and stand IN no
need of literary diversion. Simplicity OF style,
directness of appeal, earnestncss OF manner and
= broad daylight gospel of common-sense will
I'll the pevs with men; and women will be all
the better for that kind Of preaching The
hest modern preaching for men is outside the
range of theological controversy and academic
argument. 1t is not literary in form or marked
X intellectual in tone. 1t is not embellished
with tags of poetry, artificial rhetoric and
nicturesoue descriptions. 1t is not the moral
essay written in the seclusion OF the study.
II is the clear, incisiye, practical preaching OF
the man who has message to give TO his fell
low-men. and who delivers it with the air of
one who cannot help being in earnest That
i the preaching that will fill the churches with
men.
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UTZZLTVG THE PRESS ~ EUROPE.

NY/ZLTNG THE PRESS ~ EthoiE'
The general feeling Of uncasincss which has
prevailed throughout Europe since the resigna-
ton Of Prince Bismarck cannot fail 10 be IN
! creased by the measures recently adopted ~ me
various Continental Governments with regard
! 10 the Drcss. At Berlin the authorizes have
issued notification that persons putting INTO
circulation in the domestic or foreign press
news which the Government may see 1T to re
gard as sensational and basccSS Will be tired
on the criminal charge of fraud, and punished
by IMPRISONMENT with hard labor. This Of
course will render the position OF the foreign
| correspondents at Berlin one OF some peril. since
| their liability to imprisonment will depend ell
| tjrelv upon the construction which the German
| authorities may choose TO put on their DIS
patches and letters. In Italy. Roumania and
Servia a number of representatives of the for
eign press have been expelled by the police and
forbidden to return under severe penalties for
having vcnturcd 10 crticsc the acts of the local
authorities At Madrid and Vienna the Gov
eminent has Instituted proceedings against some
of the leading papers because of the publication
Of articles which it regarded as Objectionable,
and at Lisbon the young King has issued "A de-
cree dcpriving the Portuguese press of the
liberty NlllCn II mas nllncllO 'nJoNcu, dn" S"p-
iccting il TO stringent regulations
But the most astonishing act or despOtism is
that which occurred few days ago at War
saw Determined to extend his policy of tho
classification OF his western provinces even 10
the stage. the Car dispatched a company Of st.
Petersburg actors to give performances at the
principal theatre in Warsaw. As, however. the
Polish ariStocracy declined to attend, the po-
lice sent tickets to the most prominent citizens
with an intmaiOn that the refusal to bry them
would be looked upon sign OF disloyalty
| The tickets were taken. but the Polish National
Theatre, where the Russian troupe was per-
forming, remained empty, until the police de-
| cided that il was reasonable TO pur-
chase tickets and then TO refrain from
putting in an appearance. Having noticed
also that the press abstalned from max
ing any reference 10 the performances, the Gov
crnor-C enoral summoned the editors Of the city
and censured them Tor their silence. On the
following day their papers contained the scanti-
est OF scant notices. maniiestly written by the
youngest of their "young men" His anger
thoroughly aroused by this lack OF Difference to
| his instructions. General GOuIkO once more
| called together the editors and ordered them
with threats OF Imprisonment, and Of suppress
| sion OF their papers, to publish long articles
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-04-27

.Iohn Quincy Adams nothing was more I'M
worthy than the use of patronage a. Spolls'
The country had to wait until 1t obtained the
sorviccs of Andrew Jackson before 1t had a
President who was willing to avow such doc
trino The man who refused at the close Of
Washington's incompatible life to vote for
resolution of compliment to and confidence III
tho Father of his Country was the author Of
the system by which our public service has
bcon so monstrously detled. The effect Of
his example is seen to-day in the attitude OF
public men upon the question OF reform. In
the party he led and fashioned there is to-day
scarcely "A single politician who would not re-
neal the Civil Service law if he dared; and
even in the Republican party, which enacted
the law. there are many who place every pos
sible obstruction in its way.
This is not so dangerous as it is strange
The abuse of patronage inevitably hurts more
than it helps. 1t retireS ten men from pubilc
life for every one it retains. Ii breeds enemies
much faster than friends. 1t is an unceasinS
plague. No man has been so slllful in deceit
or so wisely selfish as to escape the odlum
which attaches TO it. Why. then, should Con-
sressmen oppose laws which make them 1ree'
which lift them from the position of mere olilce-
brokers into that designed for them by the
Constitution? Why not welcome the change
that takes the service out of politics altogether
and relieves them of the harassments OF all
that desperate mob that begS with one hand
and stabs with the other? The politician
who fails to support and strengthen Civil Ser
vice reform is as poor 4 philosopher as moral
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-04-27
THE POLTCY or CIyfL SERJICE REFORM

Congress occupied itself the other day with
discussion which throws light upon the rcla-
ton Of our public servants to the Civil service
law, and illustrates the force of public scnii-
ment in this country when it runs counter TO
the wishes and supposed interests OF politicians.
No one who is familiar with popular opinion
and who suffers himself to see with unpreju-
diced eyes can doubt that the great body of our
citizcns-ninc-tcn ths Of them at the least
are in favor OF non partisan Civil service
that is. of a body Of clerks who attend to their
duties and earn their salaries without partici-
pating in politics further than to east their votes
and TO declare their sentiments as the average
citizen does In other words, the people do
not want their servants, and especially their
minor servants. 10 become their bosses. They
assert that a man : ability to assert or deliver
letters, TO count column Of figures. to weigh
merchandise and TO run upon crIands is IN no
way affected by his views upon coinage, the
tariff or the Monroe Doctrine. They insist
that the rule Of appointment and OF retention
should relate to an applicants capabllity, and
not TO his political affiliations. They think Il
line should be drawn between those leading
officers of an Administration who, as the in
strumcnts for the carrying out of its policy,
need to be in sympathy with its views and
those who would perform exactly the same
service in the same way, no matter Of what
party the Government was composed
These views arc not new in America. The
new view is that which maintains that the
salaries we pay to watchmcn, scrub women and
accountants may properly be employed as tails
to somebody's political kite. Such an idea
,.o,,ld ,,,.r.uuHlV IispuSfod
or John Adams. Even jefferson, whose mat
ter was always better than his method, would
have denounced it earnestly. Madison would
have thought of selling his vote as soon aS "A
public Office Monroe, tricky and selfish as he
was, held himself much above that sort OF
politics. while to the pure and noble mind of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-04-27
PERSONAL.

II is veraciously chroniced that once upon
time, while travelling west of Omaha, Mr.. Charles
Francis Adams visited in his private car by
typical cowboy, dressed in regulation costume. lie
was ; much above the average height as Mr.. Adams
was below it. Turning to the railway president, he
inquired
BE you Charles Francis Adams'"
EYES," the reply.
Charles Francis Adams, president Of the Pacific
road -
Yes"
Then you are the man who writes those heavy
railroad articles for the papers"
Gracious but expected to see somebody seven
feet high You amt as big man as thought you
was, anyhOw!'
1t than dozen years ago that Professor
Matler Of Amherst College, became interested in the
fine arts. and in 1879 he dropped German and was
made lecturer sculpture Through his energy and
financial ability the college secured the finest collection
Of plaster casts in the country outside of Boston.
arr wa opened ~ H Erne nan IN - ~ ITO
fore. In order 10 make careful selection Of casts,
gravnss photographs, ETC. ana me establishment q
Of the college. ii supplemented the art lectures, and
became notable factor in the training and advance
ment Of the students.
Judge jeremiah Smith, Of Dover, y. H., has been
appointed to a profcssorshp in the Law School at
Harvard He will to Cambridge Immediately.
Judge smith is one of the ablest lawyers In the state
he for time the supreme Court Bench. and
retired, IL well understood on account OF Ills
health His father was Governor Of the state
a telegraphic message from Omsk, in Siberia. ans
the arrival at that place Of the Cossack officer
Peschko who has undertaken 10 ride alone, with one
horse from Bagovestchenk the chief Russian station
on the Upper Amoor, 10 ST. Petersburg, distance Of
5.437 miles. starting from Blagovestchensk the
I9tn Of November. he reached Irutsk on the 9TH of
January, and Omsk on the 18th Of March the journey
as far as the latter place being accomplished at an
Of about twenty eight miles day. HorSe
and rider both reached Omsk in good condition. In
the enterprsing COssac Traversed 2,451 verss
II 1874 niles in forty nine days in the saddle ga
hours The road in general IS atrocious.'
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foes of the Third Republic and to insure for
that Republic, let us hope glorious peipetuity'

The secret of the friendly sentiments and
kindly courtesy which Mr. Chauncey Depew
invariably DISPLAYS toward the members of the
newspaper Profession has at length been traced
to its source. 1t appears that in the early
stages OF his career-we purposely refrain from
stating how many years ago-he once enter
tanned the very laudable ambition to become
an editor-and even entered in competition
for an appointment as such on the stall OF
"The Yale Literary Magazine The story
which he wrote on that occasion is contained
in The TRIBUNE of to-day, and its peruSal
cannot fail to create feeling of regret that he
should have preferred the presidency OF
mere railroad to the glolIes and distinction of
an editors chair
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an agricultural population drawn from Sweden Of
other foreign countries?

Arbor Day is to be celebrated in this State
next Friday, and there is every reason 10 suppose
that its second observance will be more general
and more successful than the first. Nearly 5000
school districts reported last year that they had
taken part in the celebration, and 24.l66 trees
were planted" the most successful beginning ever
made in any State" New-YorS Joined the pro
cession late, and it is another feather in the
Empire States cap that she has made such
long stride toward the front rank. The time will
soon come when every State in the Union will
have its Arbor Day, and the generous rivalry
between them will result in National blessing
of large dimensions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-04-27
PRE1CHING FOR .nEN.

It is one of the commoncst SurS upon the
Christian religion that it is gospel adapted
to women rather than to men. Every Sunday
in every congregation women largely Outnum-
her men in the pcWs. Because women are
ia al in attendance at public worship and
men stay away, the cayilllng criticism Is raised
that religion il an clTcminate recreation rather
than manly obligation. Many preachers sigh
and are troubled in mind Sunday after Sunday
because, in rapidly glancing over the pcws be
fore beginning their sermons. they see a throng
of women who are less in need of pulpit ad-
monition and teaching, while the men whom
they ara more deSlrOus OF influencing are not
there. Religion seems to have power with
women, but prayers, sermons and hymns weary
and bore the mon. The inevitable effect Of
seeing many bOnnctS and few bcardS in front
of them is to tempt preachers to minister to
those who are there to listen to them and to
adapt their sermons to women rather than to
men. But this only makes Il bad matter worse.
How can men be brought into the churches =?
This is one Of the most serious problems in the
work of every earnest and practical minister
Many of the clergy after striving for years TO
find "A solution of the question are content to
preach only for and to women.
Perhaps the best way OF meeting the diff
Guilty is for preachers to recognize the fact that
religion must be adapted to men and present d
in "A direct, busincSSlilc way. If the women
are always in church there is less need of
preaching to them. If the men are seldom in
the pews there is the greater need of bringing
them in by services and preaching which will
appeal to them. There can BIC no danger of
preaching the women out of the churches
They have always been there, and they will