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THE BATTLE OF LIFE
WORDS OF CHEER FOR WOMEN WHO
WORK.
T»r. Talmi>r« PrcachM From th» Text,
“Kvery W'lw Woman Buildeth Her
Hoinrn" Honert Independence Better
Thun Tncongeni»l .Matrimonial Bond*.
(Copyright. 1858, by American Press Asso
cfatlon. j
Washington, .Tan. 16.—This wrinon of
Dr. Talmage is a great encouragement to
women who have to earn their own living,
aa well as to all toilers with hand or brain;
text. Proverbs xiv, 1, "Every wise worn
on buildeth her house.”
Woman a mere adjunct to man, an ap
jicndix to the masculine volume, an ap
pendage. a sort of afterthought, something
thrown in to make things even—that is
the heresy entertained and implied by
tome mon. This Is evident tx» thorn l>e
cause Adam was first created and then
Eve. They don’t rend the whole story, or
they would find that the porpoise and the
bear and the hawk wore created before
Adam, no that his argument, drawn from
priority of cr.-.'Ulon, might prove that the
sheep and the dog wer greater than man.
No. Woman was an independent creation
and was intended. If she chose, to live
alone, to work alone, act alone, think
alone and fight h r battles alone. The Bi
ble says it Is not good for man to bo alone,
but never says it is not good tor woman to
b« alone, and the simple fact is that many
women who aro harnessed for life In the
marriago relation would tie a thousand
fold better off if they were alone.
Unfortunute Wives.
Who aro these men wl.o year after year
hang around hot< is and engine bouses and
theater doors, and come In and out to
bother butty clerks mid merchants and
mechanics, doing nothing, when there is
plenty to do? They are men supported by
their wives am! mothers. If the statistics
of any of our citii s could be taken on this
subject, you would find that a vast mul
titude of women not only support fhem
selveH, hut masculines. A great legion of
men amount to nothing, and a woman by
marriage manacled to one of these nonen
tities needs condolence. A woman stand
ing outside tlm marriage relation is sev
eral hundred thomond times Ixjtter off
than a woman l> Jy married. Many a
bride instead of a wreath of orange blos
soms might more properly wear a bunch
<>f nettles and nightshade, and Instead of
the wedding march a more appropriate
tune would bo the dead inarch in “Saul,”
and instead us n banquet of confectionery
and ices there might lie more appropriate
ly spread a table covered with apples of
Sodom.
Many an attractive woman of good
sound sense in other things has married
one of the.su men to reform him. What
was the r< sulf? Like when a dove, no
ticing that a vulture was rapacious and
cruel, set about to reform it, and said, *‘l
haven mild disposition and I like peace
and was brought up in the quiet of a dove
cot, and I will bring the vulture to the
same liking by marrying him.” So one
day, aft? r the vulture declared ho would
give up Ids carnivorous habits and cease
longing for blood of flock and herd, at an
altar of rock covered with- moss and
lichen, the twain were married, a bald
headed i agio-officiating, tho vulture say
ing, “With ail my dominion of earth and
sky I then endow and promise to love and
cherish till death d > u.i part.” But one
day tho dovo in her fright saw tho vul
ture busy nt a carcass and cried: ‘‘Stop
that,! Did you not promise me that you
would quit your carnivorous and filthy
habits If I married you?” “Yes,” said the
vulture, “but if you don’t like my way
you can louse,” ami with one angry stroke
<>f tho beak and another fierce clutch of
tho claw tho vulture 1. it the dove eyeless
and windless and lifeless. And a flock of
robins flying past cried to each other and
said: ‘‘Seo there! 'Flint comes from a dovo
marrying a vulture to reform him!”
Many a woman who lias had tho hand
of a young Inebriate offered, but declined
it, or who was asked to chain her life to a
man selfish or of bad temper and I'ofueed
the shackles, will bless God throughout;
all eternity that iho escaped that earthly
pandemonium.
Decreed to Celibacy.
Betides nil tills, in our country about
1,fM)0,» 'o men were sacrificed m our civil
war, and that decreed 1,000,000 women to
celibacy. Besides that, since tho war sev
pral armies of men as largo as tho Federal
nml Confederate armies put together have
fallen under malt, liquors and distilled
spirits, so full of poisoned ingredients that
the work was done more rapidly, and tho
victims fell while yet young. And if 50,-
000 men aro destroyed every year by strong
drink before marriage that, makes in the
83 years since the war 1.G50.000 men slain
and deeret'H 1,050.<100 women to celibacy.
Take, then, the fact that so tunny women
aro unhappy in their marriage, and tho
fact that tho slaughter of 2.550,000 men
by war and rum combined decides that at
least that number of women shall be un -
for life, my text comes in with a
cheer ant! a potency nnd appropriateness
that you may never have seen in it before
when it says, ‘‘Every wise woman build
eth her bouse”—that is, let woman be her
own architect, lay out her own plans, be
her own supervisor, achieve her own des
tiny.
In addressing those women who have to
fight tho buttle alone, 1 congratulate you
on your happy escape. Rejoice forever
that you will not have to navigate the
faults of tho other sex when you havp
faults enough of your own. Think of the
bereavements you avoid, of the risks of
unassiniHated temper which you will not
Jiave to run, of the cares you will never
have to carry and of the opportunity of
outside usefulness from which marital fife
would have partially debarred you, and
that you aro free to go and come as one
who has the responsibilities of a household
pan seldom be. God hits not. given you a
hard lot as compared with, your sisters.
When ydupg women shall make up their
minds at thA start that masculint l compan
ionship is not a in order to hap
piness, and that there is a strong proba
bility that they will have to fight thg bat,
tie of life alone, they will be gelling the
timber ready for their own fortune and
their saw and nx and plane sharpened for
Its construction, since "every wise woman
buildeth her house. ”
Should Learn Self Support.
As no boy ought to be brought up with
out learning some business at which he
could earn a livelihood, so no girl ought
to be brought up without learning the sci
ence of self support. The difficulty is that
many a family goes sailing on the high
tides of success and the husband and fa
ther depends on his own health and acu
men for the welfare of his household. But
one day ho gets his feet wet, and in three
day.s pneumonia lias closed bis life, and
the daughters arc turned out on a cold
world to earn bread, and there is nothing
practical that they can do. The friends
come in and hold consultation. ‘‘Give
music lessons," says an outsider. Yes,
that is a useful calling, and if you have
great genius tor it go on in that direction.
But there are enough music teachers now
starving to death in all our towns and
cities to occupy all the piano stools and
sofas and chairs nnd front door steps of
the city. Besides that, the daughter has
been playing only for amusement and is
only at the foot of the ladder, to the top
of which a great multitude of masters on
piano and harp and Hute and organ have
climbed.
“Put the bereft daughters ns sales worn -
en in t’ ( stores,” says another adviser.
But there they must comjx to with sales
men of long experience or with men who
have served an apprenticeship in commerce
and who began as shopboys at 10 years
of age. Some kind hearted dry goods man,
having known the father, now gone, says,
“We are not in need of any more help just
now, but send your daughters to my store
and I will do as well by them as possible. ”
Very soon the question comes up. Why do
not the female employees of that establish
ment get as much wages as the mala em
ployees? For the simple reason in many
cases the females were suddenly flung by
misfortune behind that counter, while the
males have from the day they left the pub
lic school been learning the business.
How is this evil to be cured? Start clear
back in the homestead and teach your
daughters that life is an earnest thing,
and that there is a possibHity, if not a
Strong probability, that they wHi_ have to
fight thw battle <h i)i« alone Let every
father and mother uy to their daughter*.
“Now, what would you do for a livelihood
if what I now own were swept away by
financial disaster or old age or death
should end my career?”
“Well, I could paint on pottery and do
«nch decorative work.” Yes, that Is beau
tiful. and if you have genius for it go on
in that direction But there are enough
busy at that now to make a line of hard-
long as yon Pennsylvania avenue.
“Well, I could make recitations in pub
lic and earn my living as a dramatist; I
jould render ‘ King Lear’ or ‘Macbeth* till
your hair would rise on end, or give you
Sheridan’s Ride’ or Dickens’ ‘Pick
wick.’ ” Yos, that is a beautiful art, but
aver and anon, as now, there is an epidem
ic of dramatization that makes hundreds
of households nervous with the cries and
shrieks and groans of young tragediennes
dying in the fifth act, and the trouble is
that while your frienßs would like to hear
you and really think that you could sur
pass Ristori and Charlotte Cushman and
Fanny Kemble of the p.ist, to say nothing
of the present, you could not, in the way
of living, in ten years earn 10 cents.
My advice to all girls and ail unmarried
women, whether in affluent homes or in
homes where most stringent economies
are grinding, is to learn to do some kind
of work that the world must have while
the world stands. lam glad to see a mar
velous change for the better and that wom
en have found out that there are hundreds
of practical things that a woman can do
for a living if she begins soon enough and
that men have beta compelled to admit it.
You and I can remember when the ma
jority of occupations were thought inap
propriate for women, but our civil war
came, and the hosts of men went forth
from north and south, nnd to conduct the
business of our cities during the patriotic
absence women were demanded by the
tens of. thousands to take the vacant
places, and multitudes of women, who
had been hitherto supported by fathers
an 1 brothers and sons, were compelled
from that time to take care of themselves.
From that time a mighty change took
place favorable to female employment.
Appropriate Occupations.
Among the occupations appropriate for
woman I place the following, into many
of which she has already entered and all
the others she will enter: Stenography,
and you may find her at nearly ail the re
portorial stands in our educational, polit
ical and religious meetings. Savings
banks, the work clean and honorable, and
who so great a right to toil thpre, for a
woman founded the first savings bank—•
Mrs. Priscilla Wakefield? Copyists, and
there is hardly a professional man that
does not need the service of her penman
ship, find as amanuensis many of tho
greatest books of our day have been dic
tated for her writing. There they are as
florists and confectioners and music teach
ers and bookkeepers, for which they are
specially qualified by patience ami accu
racy, and wood engraving, in which the
Cooper institute has turned cut so many
qualified, and telegraphy, for which she is
specially prepared, as thousands of the
telegraphic offices will testify. Photog
raphy, and in nearly all our establish
ments they tn iy lie found there at cheer
ful work. As workers in ivory and gutta
pcrcha and gum clastic and tortoise shell
and gilding, and in chemicals, in porce
lain, in terracotta. As postmistresses,
and presidents have given them appoint
ments all over the land.
As proofreaders, as translators, as mod
elers, as designers, as draftswomen, as
lithographers, ns teachers in schools and
seminaries, for which they aro especially
endowed, the first teacher of every child
by divine arrangement being a woman.
As physicians, having graduated alter a
regular course of study from the female
colleges of our large cities, where they get
as scientific and thorough preparation as
any doctors ever had and go forth to a
work which no one but women could so
appropriately and delicately do. On tho
lecturing platform, for you know the bril
liant success of Mrs. Livermore and Mrs.
Hallowell and Miss Willard and Mrs.
Lathrop. As physiological lecturers to
their own sex, for which service there is a
demand appalling and terrific. As preach
ers of the gi spel, and all the protests of
ecclesiastical courts cannot hinder them,
for they have a pat hos and a power in their
religious utterances that men can never
reach. Witness all those who have heard
their mother pray.
Oh, ytung women of America, as many
of you will have to fight your own battles
alone, do not wait until you aro flung of
disaster and your father is dead and all
the resources of your family have been
scattered, but now, while in a good house
and environed by all prosperities, learn
how to do some kind of work that the
world must have as long as the world
stands. Turn your attention from the em
broidery of fine slippers, of which there is
a surplus, and make a useful shoe. Ex
pend tho time in which you adorn a cigar
case in learning how to make a good, hon
est loaf of bread. Turn your attention
trom the making of flimsy nothings to the
manufacturing of important somethings.
practical Education.
Much of the fiino spent in young ladies’
seminaries in studying what are called the
“higher branches” might better be ex
pended in teaching them something by
which they could support themselves. If
you going to bo teachers, or if you
have so much assure}] wealth that you can
always dwell in those high regions,
trigonometry of course, metaphysics of
course. Latin a>;d Greek and German and
French, and Italian of course, and a bun
drod ot her things of course, but if you are
no expecting to teach, and your wealth is
not established beyond misfortune, after
you have leavi id the ordinary branches
take hold of th it kind of study that will
pay in dollars nnd cents in case you are
thrown on your own resources. Learn to
do something hotter than anybody else.
“Ah. no!” says some ymtng woman. “I
will not undertake anything so unroman
tic and commonplace as that.” An excel
lent author writes that alter he had, in a
book, argpod for efficiency in womanly
work in order to sccc. s*,- tmd positive ap
prenticeship byway of preparation, a
prominent chemist advertised that he
would teach a class of women to become
druggists and apothecaries if they would
go through up .apprenticeship as men do,
find a printer advertised that he would
take a ciass of women to learn the printer’s
trade if they would go through an appren
ticeship as men do, and how many, ac
cording to the account of the author, do
you suppose applied to become skilled in
the druggist business and printing busi
ness? Not one!
“But,” you ask, “what would my father
and mother say if they saw I was doing
such unfashionable work?” Throw the
whole responsibility ujKin us, the pastors,
who aro constantly hearing of young
women in all these cities who, unqualified
by their previous luxurious surroundings
for the awful struggle of life into which
they have been suddenly hurled, seemed
to have nothing left them but a choice be
tween starvation and damnation. There
they go along the street 7 o’clock in the
wintry mornings through tho slush end
storm to the place where they shall earn
only half enough for subsistence, the daugh
ters of once prosperous merchants, law
yers. clergyfflen. artists, bankers and cap
italists. who brought up their children
under the infernal delusion that it was not
high tone for women to learn a profitable
calling. Young wolnen. take this affair
in your own hand and let there be an in
surrection in all prosperous families on the
part of the daughters of this day, demand
Ing knowledge in occupations and styles
as business by which they may be their
own defense and their own support if all
fatherly and husbandly nnd brotherly
hands forever fall them. I have seen two
sad sights, the one a woman in ail the
glory o< her young life, stricken by dis
ease, and in a week lifeless in a home of
which she had been the pride. As her
hands were folded ever the still heart and
her eyes closed for the last slumber and
she was tfiken out amid the lamentations
of kindred and friends I thought that was
a sadness immeasurable. But 1 have
seen something compared with which that
scene was bright and songful. It was a
young woman who had been all her days
amid wealthy syftouadlngs F>y tLe visit- of
dwvtl] and bankruptcy U the EauseLold
turned out on a cold world without one
lesson about how to get food or shelter and
into the awful whirlpool of city lifer where
strong ships have gone down, and for 20
years not one word has been beard from
her. Vessels went put on the Atlantic
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ocean looking for a shipwrecked craft that
was left alone and forsaken on the sea a
few weeks before with the idea of bringing
it into port. But who shall over bring
again into the harbor of peace and hope
and heaven,that lost womanly immortal,
driven in what tempest, aflame in what
conflagration, sinking into what abyss? O
God, help! O Christ, rescue! My sisters,
give not your time to learning fancy work
which tho world may dispense with in
hard times, but connect yiour skill with
the indispensables of life.
Bodily Necessities.
The world will always want something
to wear and something to eat, and shelter
and fuel for tho body, and knowledge for
the mind and religion for tho soul. And
all these things will continue to be tho
necessaries, and if you fasten your ener
gies upon occupations and professions thus
related, the world will be unable to do
without you. Remember, that in propor
tion as you aro skillful in anything your
rivalries become less. For unskilled toil
there aro women by the millions. But you
may rise to where there are only thousands,
and still higher till there are only 100,
and still higher till there are only 10, and
still higher, in some particular depart
ment till there is only a unit, and that
yourself. For awhile you may keep wages
and a place through the kindly sympathy
of an employer, but you will eventually
get no more compensation than you can
make yourself worth.
Let me say to all women who have al
ready entered upon the battle of life that
the time is coming when women shall not
only get as much salary and wages as men
get, but for certain styles of employment
women will have higher salary and more
wages, for the reason tha't for some styles
of work they have more adaptation. But
this justice will come to woman not
through any sentiment of gallantry, not
because woman is physically weaker than
man, and therefore ought to have more
consideration shown her, but because
through her finer natural taste and more
grace of manner and quicker perception
and more delicate touch and more educated
adroitness she will, ip certain callings,
be to her employer worth ]0 per cent
more or 80 per cent more than the other
sex. She will not get it by asking for it,
but by earning it, and it shall bo hers by
lawful conquest.
Now, men o? America, be fair and give
the women a chance. Are you afraid that
they will do some of your work and hence
harm your prosperities? Remember that
there are scores of thousands of men do
ing women’s work. Do not be afraid.
God knows the end from the beginning,
and ho knows how many people this world
can feed and shelter, and when it gets too
full he will end the world, and if need be
start another. God will halt the inventive
faculty, which, by producing a machine
that will do the work of 10 or 20 or 100
men and women, will leave that number
of people without work. I hope that there
will p®t be invented another sewing ma
chine, or reaping machine, nr corn thrash
er, or any other new machine for the next
&Q 0 years. We want no more wooden
hands and iron hands and Steel hands and
electric hands substituted for men and
Women who would otherwise do the work
and get the pay and earn the livelihood.
iiuccessful Women.
But God will arrange all, and all we
have to do is to do our best and trust him
for the rest. Let me cheer ail women
fighting the battle of life alone with the
fact of thousands of wonien who have won
the day. Mary Lyon, founder <rf Mount
Holyoke Female seminary, fought the
battle alone; Adelaide Newton, the tract
distributor, alone; Fidelia Fisk,, the con
secrated missinparj-, alone; Dorothea Dis,
the angel of the insane asylums, alone;
Caroline Herschel, the Indispensable re
enforcement of her brother, alone; Marla
Takrzewska, the heroine of the Berlin
hospital, alone; Helen Chalmers, patron
pf the sewing schools for the poor of Edin
burgh, alond And thousands and tens of
thousands of women, of whose bravery and
self sacrifice and glory of character the
world has made no record, but whose deeds
are in the heavenly archives of martyrs
who fought the battle alone, and though
Unrecognized for the short 30 or 50 or 80
years of their earthly existence shall
through the quintillion ages of the higher
world be pointed out with tho admiring
cry, “These arc they who came out of
great tribulation and had their robes
washed and made white in the bloqd of
the Lamb.”
Let mo also say, for the encouragement
pf all women fighting the battle of life
alone, that their conflict will soon end.
There is one wort! written over the faces
of many of them, and that word is despair.
My sister, you need appeal to Christ, who
comforted the sisters of Bethany in their
domestic trouble? and who in his last
hours forgot all the pangs of his own
hands and feet and heart as ho looked
Into the face of maternal anguish and
called a friend's attention to it, in sub
stance saying: “John, I cannot take care
of her any longer. Do for her as I would
have done if I had lived. Behold thy
mother!” If, under the pressure of unre
warded and unappreciated work, yoar
hair is whitening and the wrinkles come,
rejoice that you are nearing the hour of
escape from your very last fatigue, and
may your departure be as pleasant as that
of Isabella Graham, who closed her life
with a smile .and the word “peace.”
The daughter of a regiment in any army
is all surrounded by bayonets of defense,
and in the battle, whoever falls, she is
kept safe. And you are the daughter of
the regiment commanded by the Lord
of Hosts. After all, you are not fighting
the battle of life alone. All heaven is on
your side. You wiR be wise to appropriate
to yourself the words of rhyth*m:
une has known in storms to sail
J have on board.
Above tho roaring of the gate
1 hear my Lord.
He holds me. When the billows smite,
I shall not fall.
If short, his sharp; if long, ’tis light.
He tempers all.
MACON NEWSyiONDAY EVENING, JANUARY x? 1898.
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Mr. Watson, of the
firm of Messrs.
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rode a
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CLAY’S COFFIN STORE.
Oldest exclusive undertaking house in
Macon. Orders by telegraph promptly at
tended to.
Nos. 511 and 513 Mulberry street. Store
’phone 425. Residence ’phone 426.
My One Sin-
gle aim is to do better
ROOF PAINTING than any one else.
I furnish matrial. labor, paint the !
roof for 50 cents a square of .100 square '
feet, and give a written guarantee that !
“If the above named roof leaks or needs I
painting at any time within ten years fro I
m date, I am to do the work needed with
out any expense to owner of building.”
Albany, Ga., June 5, 1897.
We know Mr. Harvey English to be a
citizen of Dougherty county, Georgia, a
property holder therein; that he has done
a large amount of painting in Albany. Ga.
We have heard of no complaints about his
. work. Work entrusted to his hands will ,
be faithfully executed, and his guarantee
is good. J. T. Hester, tax collector: Sam
W. Smith, ordinary; S. \V. Gunnison, tax
receiver; R. P. Hall, clerk superior court;
W. T. Jones, judge county court; W. E.
Wooten, solicitor-general Albany circuij;
Ed. L. Wight, mayor of Albany and repre
sentative in the Georgia legislature; B. F.
.Brimberry, John Mock. C. B. James, tgent
Southern Express Company; N. F. Tift, J.
C. Talbto, L. E. Welch, A. W. Muse, Y. G.
Rust, postmaster; J. D. Weston, S. R.
Weston.
Albany, Ga., Nov. 19, 1895.
The roof painting done for me by Mr.
Harvey English has been and still is one
of the most satisfactory pieces of work
which I ever had done. He stopped all
leaks in a large tin roof, and there were a
great many. His whole transaction was
fair, business-like and satisfactory. Re
spectfully, A. W. Muse.
Albany, Ga., Jan. 28. 1897.
Mr. Harvey English has covered the roof
of the engine room of the Albany Water
works with his roof paint, and I am well
satisfied with the work. He has also done
some work for me personally, two years
ago, which has proved satisfactory.
C. W. Tift,
Chief Engineer Albany Waterworks.
Quitman, Ga., June 8, 1894.
I have had my tin roof painted by Mr.
English. It leaked very badly. Since it
was painted it HAS NOT LEAKED A
DROP. He painted a roof for Capt. J. G.
McCall that leaked so badly that no one
would rent it. He had it painted and
worked on until he had about decided that |
HARVEY ENGLISH, Albany, Ga.
“English Paint stops leaks, yes it do.”
Don’t be Selfish
While buying a coat, blow yourself and put
one on the HOUSE. It needs it. I will
take pleasure in coating your house inside or
outside with up-to-date schemes of coloring at
moderate prices.
G. W. LINGO. ™ cnerru st.
' MACON, GA.
F.A GUTTENBERGER & CO
-JErgpari* Pianos and organs—Celebrated Sohmer
& Co., Matchless Ivers & Pond. Reliable
Rush & Gerts, the Famous Burdette Organ,
the Waterlo ° Organ, all strictly first-class.
Artistic piano tuning.
jSW/ I have secured the services of Mr. Wm.
Hinspeter, so favorably known in Macon
as a tuner and salesman. All orders left
at store w * ll have prompt attention and
satisfaction guaranteed.
Phone 73. $3.50 Per Ton.
$3-5° >!< P A A T >k ltMoI
Per Ton. 1 <■/%> I > I Genuine.
Eureka. Red x I, Buy from me I s?.s;o
Ash, Jelico. and get what you X °
Genuine. | pa/ f or I p er T on
HOLMES JOHNSON, oomuikU st.
$3.50 Per Ton. Phone 73.
« Novelties
FOR
Holidays
Wedding Presents, Birthday B Gifts and Beau
tiful things in Jewelry.
J. H. & W. W. WILLIAMS.
Macon Men Smoke
Macon Made Cigars
Call for Brownie five or American Rose,
best 5 cent cigars on the market. All long
filled and Cuban hand made. Manufactur
ed at the Havana Cigar Factory, 518
Fourth street and for sale everywhere.
“WE HRE STARTING
Hundreds in Business Each Month
Elderly men and women make best rep
resentatives, they are selling “Teoc,” the
one thing that every one demands and
must have. No one will be without it.
Nature created “Teoc” for the benefit of
mankind. Every family wants it. Every
man, woman and child wants it. Send five
two cent stamps for sample package and
five names as reference. No attention paid
to applications without reference.
Teoc Mineral Co.,
Pacific Building, Washington, D. C.
Cotton Factor,
fflacon, - - Georgia
«Big G is a non-poisonous
•emedy for Gonorrhoea,
4leet, Spermatorrhoea,
whites, unnatural dis
bargee, or any inflamma
ion, irritation or ulcera
tion of m nceu 8 mem
branes. Non-astringent
Sold by nruKCiMt*.
or sent in plain wrapper,
by express, prepaid, for
61.00. or 3 Isittles, |2.75.
Circular sent on request
it could not be fixed except with a new
roof. Since Mr. English painted the roof
it has not leaked any. He has painted roofs
for J. W. Hopson. John Tillman, Clayton
Groover and others. He does the best work
I have ever seen done on tin roofs. He is
an honest and upright man, who would not
deceive you for your money.
J. B. Finch. Merchant.
Albany. Ga., Jan. 29, 1897.
Having had Mr. Harvey English to paint
several roofs with his incomparable prep
aration for stopping leaks, it affords me
pleasure to bear testimony to his honest
workmanship and to the fact that “Eng
lish Paint Stops the Leaks; Yes, It Do.”
Joseph S. Davis,
Cashier First National Bank.
Albany, Ga.. Jan. 25. 1895.
Mr. Harvey English has stopped a very
bad leaking roof for us with his English
Paint. I recommend his paint to any one
who is troubled with leaky roofs.
Georgia Cotton Oil Co.. Albany Mill.
F. White, Supt.
Thomasville, Ga.. July 21, 1894
Mr. English has done some work for us
that required the best of paints and skill
as a workman. Without soldering he has
made a very leaky roof dry and tight. It
gives us pleasure to recommend him.
T. J. Ball & Bro.,
Wholesale dealers in choice groceries and
delicacies.
Thomasville, Ga., Ag. 18, 1894.
The corrugated iron roof of our shop
leaked so badly that in times of a heavy
rain, we have been compelled to shut
down all work and wait until the rain was
over. Mr. English painted the roof with
his English Roof Paint, stopped the leaks,
and now the work goes on, rain or no rain.
His paint is a first-class article. We take
pleasure in recommending English and his
paint. Beverly Bros. & Hargrave,
“Big Jim” Variety Works.
Thomasville, Ga., Aug., 1894.
I hav had Mr. Harvey English to do
some painting for me on iron and tin roofs.
I am satisfied he has a superior roof paint.
1 Wiley C. Pittman.
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Wo Lend In High Class De,itistiy '
i In Low Prices.
In Quick and Thorough operations.
We Lead In having every facility to do any and everything we un
dertake.
ryy Y i In being the only dentists in Macon to bring the heretofore
W lutJdLvl expensive dental operations within reach of all.
In the Equipment and Elegance of our parlors.
Uarantee^ n^ r a^our wor k f° r ten years.
In all things pertaining to Dentistry. Our Qualification is
undisputed and Reputation established.
gTpa (1 In Extracting Teeth Every Day from Bto9 a.
m. FREE and* without pain.
Don’t forget the name and number of the Big Office:
AMERICAN * DENTAL * PARLORS
370 Second Street, Macon, Ga.
DRS. YOUNG <So LANIER.
LIUIB 80-PBBP
® as Lost Her Sft8 ®’
/ \\ ftn<l 80 hav<? ln tny farmers who have been
-- fattening them for The market. We are
receiving every day the finest meets that
/>* eVtr trotted 0:1 a hoof > an d we will cut
'^4l^Asl sfed. / * and prepare them for your bab,e ln an ar
tistic manner and sell them at lowest
Jv/£* market prices.
Georgia Packing Co.
The Callaway
Coal Company
Phone 334.
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CENTRAL CITY.
Refricjerator and Cabinet Works.
MANUFACTURE S OF
Bank, Bar and Office Fixtur s, Drug Store Mantels
and all kinds of Hard Wood Work, Show Cases to
order. Muecke’s newest improved Dry Air Refrigera
tor will be made and sold at wholesale prices to every
body. Give us a trial.
F. W. riUECKE, Manager
614 New Street.
We Have Moved!
Our office and sales room to two doors from the express
office on Fourth street, wheie we are better prepared than
ever to serve those needing
Building Haterial of Every Kind.
Macon Sash, Don - Lumher Co
■WBCMI
i Sash and Door Co.
DEALERS IN
Builders’ and
Palmers’ Supplies
I
' Cabinet Mantels,
Tiles and Grates
Facilities Unsurpassed.
Home Industries
and Institutions.
Henry Stevens’ Sons Co.
H. SI EVENS SONS CO, Macon, Ga., Manufacturers of Sewer,
and Railroad culvert pipe, fittings, fire brick, clay, etc. Wall tubing with
perforated bottoms that will last forever.
Macon Fish and Oyster House.
CLARKE & DANIEL, wholesale and retail dealers in Fresh
Fish, Oysters,Crabs, Shrimps, Game, Ice, etc., 655 Poplar street. Tel
ephone 463. Fisheries and paching house, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Macon Machinery.
MALLARY BROS. & CO., dealers in Engines, Boilers, Saw
Mills. Specialties—Watertown Steam Engines, Saw Mills, Grist Mills,
Cotton Gins.
Macon Refrigerators.
MUECKE’S Improved Dry Air Refrigerators. The best Re
frigerators made. Manufactured right here in Macon, any size and of
any material desred. It has qualities which no other refrigerator on
the market possesses. Come and see them at tl>e factory o« St.
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