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FOR RANK AND FILE. THE WORLD WANTS A RELIGION FOR ORDINARY PEOPLE. S« Dr. In a Sermon That la Full of Fnrouragrrncnt For Faithful Men and Noble W omen Who Are Vnrccogrnlred and Vnrewarded. [Copyright, 1898. by Amyl in Press Aw- Washingtom, Feb. 13.—Dr. Talmage In this discourse call* the roll of faithful men ■nd noble woman In all department« who are unrecognized and unrewarded and sounds encouragement for those who do work tn spheres inconspicuous; text, Ro mans xvi, 14, 15. “SnluUs Asyncritus. I'hlegon, Herrnaa, Patrobas, Herinea, Phi lologus and Julia." Matthew Henry. Albert Barnes, Adarn Clark, Thomas bcott and ail the oom mentatora pass by these verses without any espe'ial remark. The other 20 peopl<- mentioned in the chapter were distin gulahed for something and wore therefore dlscuswed by the Illustrious expositors, but nothing is said about Asyncritus, Phlegon. Hennas, Patrobas, Hermes, Philologus and Julia. Whore were they Iwjrn? No one knows. When did they die? There is no record of their decease. For what were they distinguished!’ Atwilutely nothing, or the trait of character would have been brought aut by the apostle. If they had been very intrepid, or opulent or hirsute or musical of cadence or crass of stylo or tn any wise anomalous that feature would have been caught by the apostolic camera But they were good people. because Paul sends to them his high Christian regards. They were ordinary people moving hi or dinary sphere, attending to ordinary duty and meeting ordinary responsibilities. What the world wants is a religion for ordinary people. If there bo in the United States 70,000,<N)0 people, there are certain ly not more than 1,000,000 extraordinary, and then there are 09,000,000 ordinary, and we do well to tumour backs for a lit tle while upon the distinguished and con spicuoua people of the Bible and consider in our text the seven ordinary. We sficnd too much of our time in twisting garlands for remurkables and building thrones for magnates, and sculpturing warrii rs, and apotheosizing phllnntbrcpists. The rank and fileof tho Lord’s soldiery need especial help. Tl*o Mediocre Many. Tho vast majority of people will never lead nn army, will never write a state con stitution, will never electrify a senate, will never make an Important invention, will never introduce a new philosophy, will never decide the fate of a nation. You do not expect to; you do not want to. You will not boa Moses to lead a notion out of bondage. You will not be a Joshua to prolong the daylight until you can shut five kings in a cavern. You will not be a St. John to unroll an Apocalypse. You will not be a i’uul to preside over an apos tolic college. You will not be a Mary to mother a Christ. You will more probably bo Asyncritus or Phlegon or Hernias or Patrobas or Hermes or Philologus or Ju lia. Many of you arc women at tho head of households. Every morning you plan for tho day. The culinary department of the household is in your dominion. You de cide all questions of diet. All the sanitary regulations of your house are under your •upervision. To regulate tho food, and the apparel and tho habitsnud decide the thou sand questions of home life is a tax upon brain and nerve nnd general health abso lutely appalling, if there bo no divine al leviation. It doos not help you much to he told that Elizabeth Pry did wonderful things amid tho criminals at Newgate. It does not help you much to be told that Mrs. Judson was very brave among tho Hor noslan cannibals. It does not help you very much to be told that Florence Night ingale was very kind to the wounded in the Crimea. It would be better for mo to tell you that tho divinefriend of Maryand Martha is your friend and that ho sees all the annoyances and disappointments and abrasions and exasperat ions of an ordinary housekeeper from morn till night, and from the first day of tho year until the last day of the year and at your call he is ready with help nnd re enforcement. They who provide the food of the world decide the health of the world. You have only to go on some errand amid tho tav * erns and the hotels of the United States •Vid Great Britain to appreciate the fact that a vast multitude of the human race aro slaughtered by incompetent cookery. Though a young woman may have taken lessons in music and may have taken les sons in painting and lessons in astronomy, she is not well educated unless she has taken lessons in dough I They who decide tho apparel of the world and the food of tho world decide tho endurance of the world. Martyrs of the Kitchen and Nursery. An unthinking man may consider it a matter of little importance—the cares of tho household and the economies of do mestic life—but 1 tell you the earth is strewn with the martyrs of kitchen and nursery. The health shat tered womanhood of America cries out for a God who can help ordinary women in the ordinary du ties of housekeeping. The wearing, grind ing, unappreciated work govs on, but the samo Christ who stood on the bank of Galileo in the early morning and kindled the fire nnd bud the fish already cleaned and broiling when the sportsmen stepped ashore, chilled and hungry, will help every woman to prepare breakfast, whether by her own hand or the b '.nd of her hired help. The God who made indestructible eulogy of Hannah, who made a coat for Samuel, her son, and carried it to the tem ple every year, will help every woman in preparing the family wardrobe. The God who opens tho Bible with the story of Abraham’s entertainment by the three angels on tho plains of Mamre will help every woman to provide hospitality, how ever rare and embarrassing. It is high time that some of tho attention we have been giving to the remarkable women of tho Bible—remarkable for their virtue, or their want of it, or remarkable for their deeds—Deborah and Jezebel and Herodias and Athalia and Dorcas and the Marys, excellent and abandoned—it is high time some of tho attention wo have been giving to these conspicuous women of the Bible be given to Julia, an ordinary woman, amid ordinary circumstances, attending to ordinary duties and meeting ordinary re sponsibilities. Then there are all the ordinary business men. They need divine and Christian help. When we begin to talk about busi ness life, we shoot right off and talk about men who did business on a large scale, pnd who sold millions of dollars of goods a year, nnd the vast majority of business men do not sell a million dollars of goods, nor half a million, nor quarter of a mil lion. nor the eighth part of a million. Put all the business men of our cities, tow ns, Villagesand neighborhoods side by side, and you will And that they sell less than SIOO,OOO worth of goods. All these men in ordinary business lif J want divine help. You see how the wrinkles are printing on the countenance the story of worriment Mid care. Premature Old Age. You cannot tell how old a business man is by looking at him. Gray hairs at 30. A man at 45 with the stoop of a nonoge narian. No time to attend to improved dentistry, the grinders cease because they aro few. Actually dying of old ago at 40 or 50, when they ought to be at the meridi an. Many of these business men have bodies like a neglected clock to which you come, and when you wind if up it begins to buzz and rear, and then the hands start around very rapidly, and then the clock strikes 5 or 10 or 40, and strikes without any sense, and then suddenly stops. So is the body of that worn out business man. It is a neglected clock, and though by tome summer recreation it may be wound up, still the machinery is all out of gear. The hands turn around with a velocity £hat excites the .xstenlshmeut of the jyorld. Men cannot understand the wonderful ac tivity, and there is a roar and a buzz and a rattle about these disordered lives and they strike 10 when they ought to strike 5, and they strike 12 when they ought to strike 6, and they strike 40 when they ought to strike nothing, and suddenly they •top. Post mortem examination reveals the fact that all the springs and pivots and weights and balance wheels of health are completely deranged. The human clock ia simply run down. And at the time when the steady hand ought to be pointing to the industrious hours on a clear and sun lit dial the whole machinery of body, mind and earthly capacity stops forever Oak Hill and Greenwood have thousands of business men who died of old age at 30. 35, 40, 15. Now, what is wanted is grace, divine grace, for ordinary business men. men who are harnessed from morn till night and all the days of their life—harnessed in busi ness. Not grace to lose SIOO,OOO, but grace to lose $lO. Not graze to supervise 250 employees in a factory, but grace to super vise the bookkeeper aud two salesmen and the small boy that sweeps out the store. Grace to invest not the SBO,OOO of net profit, but the $2,500 of clear gain. Grace not to endure the loss of a whole shipload of spices from the Indies, but grace to en dure a loss of a paper of collars from the leakage of a displaced shingle on a poor roof. Grace not to endure the tardiness of the American congress in passing a n<-eesi-ary law, but grace to endure the tardineKsof nn errand boy stepping toplajr marbles when be ought to deilvei the golds Such a grace as thousands of busi ness men have today—keeping them tran quil, whether goods sell or do not sell, whether customers pay or do not pay, whether tariff is up or tariff is down, whether the crops are luxuriant or a dead failure—calm in all circumstances and amid all vicissitudes. That is the kind of grace we want. Heroes at Home. Millions of men want it, and they may have it for the asking. Some hero or hero ine comes to town, and as the procession pasees through the street the business men come out, stand on tiptoe on their store step and look nt grime one who in arctic clime, or in ocean storm, or in day of bat tle, or in hospital agonies did the brave thing, not realizing that they, the enthu siastic spectators, have gone through trials in business life that are just as great be fore God. There are men who have gone through freezing arctics nnd burning tor rids and awful Marengos of experiences without moving five miles from their door step. Now, what ordinary badness men need is to realize that they have tho friendship of that Christ who looked after rbc reli gious interests of Matthew, the custom house clerk, and helped Lydia of Thyatira to sell the dry goods, and who opened a bakery and fish market in the wilderness of Asin Minor to feed the 7,000 who had come out on a religious picnic, and who counts the hairs of your head with as much particularity as though they were the plumes of a coronation, and who took the trouble to stoop down with his finger writing on the ground, although the first shuffle of feet obliterated tho divine calig raphy, and who knows just how many locusts there were in the Egyptian plague and knew just how many ravens were nec essary to supply Elijah’s pantry by the brook Cherith, and who, as floral com mander, leads forth all the regiments of primroses, foxgloves, daffodils, hyacinths and lilies whit h pitch their tents of beauty and kindle their campfires of color all around the hemisphere—that that Christ and that God knows the most minute af fairs of your business life and, however in considerable, understanding all the affairs of that woman who keeps a thread and needle store as well as all the affairs of a Rothschild and a Baring. Then there are all the ordinary farmers. We talk about agricultural life, and we immediately shoot off to talk about Cin cinnatus, the patrician, who went from tho plow to a high position, and after ho got through the dictatorship in 21 days went back again to the plow. What en couragement is that to ordinary farmers? The vast majority of them—none of them will bo patricians. Perhaps none of them will be senators. If any of them have dic tatorships, it will be over 40 or 50 or 100 acres of the old homestead. What these men want is grace to keep their patience while plowing with balky oxen and to ke'-p cheerful amid the drought that de stroys the corn crop and that enables them to restore tho garden tho day after the neighbor’s cattle have broken in and trampled out the strawberry bed and gone through the Lima bean patch and eaten up the sweet corn in such largo quantities that they must be kept from the water lest they swell up and die. Everyday Grace. Grace in catching weather that enables them, without imprecation, to spread out the hay the third time, although again and again and again it has been almost ready for the mow. A grace to doctor the cow with a hollow horn, and tho sheep with tho foot rot, and the horse with the dis temper and to compel the unwilling acres to yield a livelihood for the family and schooling for the children and little extras to help the older boy in business and some thing for tho daughter’s wedding outfit and a little surplus for the time when the ankles will get stiff with ago and the breath will be a little short and the swing ing of tho cradle through the hot harvest field will bring on the old man’s vertigo Better close up about. Cincinnatus. I know 500 farmers just as noble as he was. What they want is to know that they have the friendship of that Christ who often drew his similes from the farmer's life, as when he said, "A sower went forth to sow," as When ho built his best partible out of the scene of a farmer boy coming back from his wanderings, and the old farmhouse shook that night with rural jubilee, and who compared himself to a lamb in the pasture field and who said that the eternal God Is a farmer, declaring, "My Father Is the husbandnmn.” Those stone masons do net want tq hear about Christopher Wren, tho architect who built St. Paul’s cathedral. It would bo better to tell them how to carry the hod of brick up the ladder without slipping, and how on a cold morning with the trowel to smooth off the mortar and keep cheerful, and how to be thankful to God for the plain food taken from the pail by the road side. Carpenters standing amid the adz. and the bit, and the plane, and the broad ax need to be told that Christ was a car penter, with his own hand wielding saw and hammer. Oh, this is a tired world, and it is an overworked world, and it is an underfed world, and it is a wrung out world, and men and women need to know that there is rest and recuperation in God and in that religion which was not so much intended for extraordinary people as for ordinary people, because there are more of them. The healing profession has had its Aber crombies, and its Abernethy?. and its Val entine Motts, and its Willard Parkers, but the ordinary physicians do the most of the world’s medicining, and they need to un derstand that while taking diagnosis or prognosis, or writing prescription, or com pounding medicament, er holding the del icate pulse of a dying child they may have the presence and the dictation of the Al mighty Doctor who took the case of the madman, aud after he had torn off his garments In foaming dementia clothed him again, body and mind, and who lifted up the woman who for 18 years had been bent almost double with the rheumatism into graceful stature, and who turned the scabs of leprosy into rubicund complexion, and who rubbed the numbness out of par alysis, and who swung wide open the closed windows of hereditary or accidental blindness until the morning light came streaming through the fleshly casements, and who knows all tho diseasesand all the remedies and all the herbs and all the eatholicons and is monarch of pharmacy and therapeutics, and who has sent out 10,000 doctors of whom the world makes no record, but to prove that they are an gels of mercy I invoke the thousands of men whose ailments they have assuaged and the thousands of women to whom in crises of pain they have been next to God in benefaction. Come, now, let us have a religion for or dinary people in professions, in occupa tions, in agriculture, in the household, in merchandise, in everything. I salute across the centuries Asyncritus, Phlegon, Her nias, Patrobas, Hermes, Philologus and Julia. Tired of Extraordinary Folk. First of all. if you feel that you are or dinary, thank God that you are- not ex traordinary. I am tired and sick and bored almost to death with extraordinary people. They take all their time to tell us how very extraordinary they really are. You know as well as I do. my brother and sister, that the most of the useful work of the wofld is done by unpretentious people who tolL right on—by people, who do not get much approval and no one seems to say, "That ie well done.” Phenomena are of but little use. Things that are excep tional cannot be depended On. Better trust the imallest planet that swings in its orbit than ten comets shooting this way and that, im;>eriling the longevity of worlds attending to their own business. For steady illumination betterte a lamp than a rocket. Then, if y-;u feel that you arc ordinary, remember that your position invites the k-ssattack ('onepicuous people—how they have to take it! H«,w they sre misrepre sented and abused and shot at! The high er the horns of a roebuck the easier to ‘■trike him down. What a delicious thing it must be te lie a candidate for governor of a state or • resident of the United States! It must be ti sociti :ng to the nerves. It must pour nto tl.e soul of a candidate such a sense < f serenity when ho reads the blessed I came into the jx>s«v~sion of the abusive cartoons in the time of Napoleon I, print ed while bo was yet alive. The retreat of the army from Moscow, that army buried in the s;icW4 of Ru».,ia, one of the most awful tragedies of the centuries, represent ed under ti e figure of a monster called General Frost shaving the French emperor with a razor cf ici< le. As Satyr and Beel zebub he is represented, page after page, page after page. England cursing him, Spain cursing him, Germany cursing him, Russia curei;: ’ him, Europa cursing him, North and South America cursing him The most remarkable man of his day, and the most abused. AH tho.se men in history who now have a halo around their name on earth wore a crown of thorns. Take th'- few extractdinary railroad men of our time ami see vv hat abuse comes upon them, while thousands of stockholders escape. New York Central railroad had 9,265 stockholders. If anything in that railroad affronted tho jieople, ail the abuse camo down on one man, and the 9,264 escaped All the world took after Thomas Scott, president of the Pennsylvania railroad, aburau him until lie got under the ground. Over 17,00 U steck holders in that company. All the blame on one man! The Central Pacific railroad—two or three men get ail tho blame if anything goes wrong. There are 10,000 in that company. I mention these things to prove it is ex traordinary’ people who get abused, while the ordinary escape. The weather of life is not so severe on t he plain as it is on the high peaks. The world never forgives a man who knows or gains or dees more than it can know or gain or do. Parents sometimes give confectionery to their chil dren as an inducement to take bitter med icine and the world’s sugar plum precedes the World's aqua fortis. The mob cried in regard to Christ, "Crucify him, crucify him!” and they had to say it twice to be understood, for they were so hoarse, and they got their hoarseness by crying a little while before at tho top of their voice, “Hosannal” Tberivor Rhone isfoulvvhen it enters Lake Leman, but crystalline when it comes out on the other side. But there are men who have entered the bright lake of worldly prosperity crystalline and come out terribly roiled. If, therefore, you feel that you are ordinary, thank God for the defenses and the tranquillity of your position. From Huiuble Homes. Then remember if you have only what Is called an ordinary home that the great deliverers of the world have all come from such a homo. And there may be seated, reading at your evening stand, a child who shall be potent for the ages. Just unroll the scroll of men mighty in church and sta;e, and you will find they nearly all came from log cabin or poor homes. Genius almost always runs out in the third or fourth generation. You cannot find in all history an instance where the fourth gen eration of extraordinary people amounts to anything. In this country vve had two groat m?n, father and son, both presidents of tho United States, but from present prospects there never will be in that gene alogical line another president for a thou sand years. Columbus from a weaver’s hut, Demosthenes from a cutler’s cellar. Bloomfield and Missionary Carey from a shoemaker’s bench, Arkwright from a bar ber’s shop and he whose name is high over all in earth and air and sky from a manger. Let us all bo content with such things as we have. God is just as good in what he keeps away from us as in what he gives us. Even a knot may be useful if jt is at tho end of a thread. At an anniversary of a deaf and dumb asylum one of the children wrote upon the blackboard words as sublime as the "Iliad,” the "Odyssey” aud the "Divina Commedia” all compressed in ono para graph. The examiner, in the signs of the mute language, asked her, "Who madetho world?” Tho deaf and dumb girl wrote upon the blackboard, "In thebeginning God created the heaven and the earth.” The examinor asked her, "For what pur pose did Christ come into the world?” Tho deaf and dumb girl wrote upon the black board, "This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. ” The examiner said to her, "Why were you born deaf and dumb, while I hear and speak?” She wrote upon the blackbottyfl, "Even so. Father, soy sa it seemeth good in thy sight." Oh, that wo might be baptized with a contented spirit. The spider draws poison out of a flower, the bee gets honey out of a thistle, but happiness is a heaven ly elixir, and the contented spirit extracts it not from the rhododendron of the hills, but from the lily of the valley. cvzv *3 c? rex . Th® f;j- /-y siSMtsrsZ A" s A'tfery if ’ ;>■'>■' . Wrapiet. ts G is a non-poisonons remedy for Gonurrhfea. CL R G! cut, Sperinato rrhoe a, 1 to n bites, unnatural dis- Guaranteed charges, or any inflamma- ■'aJ’X nut to stricture. tiou, irritation ur ulcera- coutagion. tion of mucous mem |ff*<THtEvAM3ChEMICILOo. br ane«. Non-astringeut. y.-S-A CINCINNATI,O Sold by U.S.A. or in plain wrapper, *’>' express, prepaid, foi lb 00 ’ or 3 bottles, 1J2.75. ’ '4.V Ea circular sent oh refiesl GEORGIA? 8188 CcTvNTY—To tne Su perior Court of Said County: The petition of James R. Sanders, and L. Oscar Taylor, of said county, shows: First—That they desire for themselves, their associates and successors, to be in corporated as a body corporate and politic under the corporate name of "The Sanders Furniture Company” for a term of twenty years, with the privilege of renewal at the expiration of the said term of twenty years under and by corporate name aforesaid. Second—Petitioners show that the object of said corporation i« pecuniary gain and profit; that the principal business of said carporation which they propose to carry 1 on. is to buy and sell all housefurnishing goods, carpet?, stoves, clocks, watches and all jewelry aud works of art, to buy, sell, repair and manufacture furniture of every kind, and wearing apparel of every kind. Third—The capital stock of said company shall be four thousand dollars ($4,000), to be divided into shares of one hundred dol lars ($100) each, with the privilege to in crease said capital stock to any amount not exceeding twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) by a majority vote of all the stock, each share pf gtoek to be entitled to one vote in the management of the affairs of said corporation. Whenever any stockholder shall have paid in full his subscription to the capital stock of said corporation his liabilities shall cease. Fourth—The place of business of said corporation shall be in Bibh county, with the right to establish agencies anywhere in this state, as they may deem necessarv or expedient. Fisth —Petitioners further pray that they may have the right, under and by said corporate name, to sue and be sued, to have and use a common seal, to make all by-laws for their own government as they shall think necessary, to appoint such offi cers and agents as they think proper, to purchase and hold such property, real or personal, as is necessary to the purpose of the organization: to do all such legal acts as are necessary for the carrying out of the purpose of the corporation, and gen erally to exercise all powers conferred upon corporations under and by the laws of the state. W herefore, petitioners pray that an or der be passed granting this their applica tion for incorporation, and petitioners will ever pray. etc. H. F. Strohecker, Petitioners* Attorney. I, Robert A. Nisbet, clerk of the superior court of Bibb county. Georgia, do certify that the above is a true copy of the orig inal petition for incorporation of "The Sanders Furniture Company as the same appears now of file in said clerk’s office. Witness my official signature and seal of office this 10th day of January, 1898. Robt. A. Nisbet, Clerk. MACON NEWS MONDAY WILL NOT RUN. Mr. Lawton B. Evans Will Not Oppose Com missioner E. R. Glenn. Macon is much interested in the poli tical future of Professor G. R. Glenn, state school commissioner, against whom it has been stated that Mr. L. B. Evans, of Augusta, would enter the race. In a letter written to State School Com missioner G. R. Glen-n, Mr. Evans has an nounced that he will not be a candidate for the office of state school commis sioner. The name of Mr. Evans has t>een prom inently mentioned in connection with the office of state school commissioner and it has been intimated in several papers in the state that he would be a candidate for the office. As a matter of fact, many have expect ed his announcement, and the letter re dbived by State School Commissioner Glenn yesterday shows that he has no in tention of making the race. Mr. Evans’ statement that he will not be a candidate for the office leaves Pro fessor ®lenn practically without opposi tion, since no one else has been mentioned as a probable aspirant. It seems very likely that Professor Glenn will have no opposition. The letter from Mr. Evans making known his intention to remain out of the race is as follows: "Augusta, Ga., Feb. 11, 1898 —My Dear Mr. Glenn: I see my name mentioned in several of the papers of the state as a probable candidate for the position of state school commissioner. I assure you that I had nothing whatever to do with such an announcement and have no pres ent intention of offering for the position. On the other hand, I shall cordially indorse your candidacy and will do what I can to secure your nomination and election. I ‘oakeit that the papers desire to compli ment me with their mention and I am obliged to them for it. However, I think your election is certain and I shall feel disappointed if you are not retained. I esteem you as a good man for the position, and do not believe in turning good men out. Yours, L. B. Evans.” FRENCH 4NSY AFERS These are the Genuine French Tansy Wafers, imported direct from Paris. Ladies can depend upon securing relief from and cure of Painful and Irregular Periods regardless of cause. EMERSON DRUG CO., importers and Agents for the United States, San Jose, Cal. C. T. KING, Druggist, sole agent for Macon, Ga ™®i Cotton Factor, macon, - - GeoiQla Money. Loans negotiated on improved city prop erty, on farms, at lowest market rates, business of fifteen years’ standing. Facili ties unsurpassed. HOWARD M SMITH 314 Second St., Macon, Ga. BICYCLE Given Away —AT — H. J. Laman Sons. Gome See How We Do It. a Fp Clothing made by us wins reputation upon many points of excellence. Os course, quality is pre-eminent. But style, workmanship and finish receive the amount of attention their importance de mands. Our mid-winter reduction sale presents an opportunity to the careful, stylish dresser that should not be overlooked. Values are up to our usual high standard, but prices have been cut materially. We have a splendid line of medium weights, suitable for early spring wear as well as for present use. Geo. P. Burdick & Co., Importing Tailors. Bicycles and Typewrite, New and second hand for sale or rent. Factory man in charge of repair department. J. W. Shinholser, Cotton Avenue and Cherry Street. ' iOS AVegc table Preparation for As similating the Fooii and Reg ula ting the Stomachs ansi Bowels of 1 Promotes Digestion,Cheerful- | nessandßcst.Contains ncitiier Opium .Morphine nor Mineral. Not Narcotic. Jtrape of Ola n'S.Hit Id- fiTCSEfI Pur’fJan Sttl ~ 4lx. Senna * Sete - ' dnisc SeeJ * V feppermint - ( Jh Cad -xioO Sjda • I flam Seed - Ciarifud Aiaeer . 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Riding and Huntng Leggings in all styles.D TRUNK REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. Prepare foFWinter. Window Glass, Mantels and Grates. Can furnish any size or parts broken. Call before cold weather comes. T, C. BURKE. Don’t be Selfish While buying a coat, blow yourself and put one on the HOUSE. It needs it. I will i take pleasure in coating your house inside or outside with up-to-date schemes of coloring at moderate prices. G. W. LINGO, 62(U Cfierru st. . MACON, GA. CASTORIA The Kind You Have Always Bought, Bears the Fao-simile Signature —of — OH THE WRAPPER OF EVEEY BOTTLE. THE KIND YOU HAYE ALWAYS BOUGHT. THE CENTAUR COMPANY. NEW YORK CITY. Great Sale of Hats. 2.000 samples ofFZlen’s, Boys’ and Children’s Hats and Caps. Just opened and will be sold at half manufac turer’s cost. The Dixie Shoe and Clothing Co, Corner Cherry and Third Streets. CENTRAL CITY. Befrloetator anil Cabinet Works. MANUFACTURE S OF Bank, Bar and Office Fixtur s, Drug Store Mantels and ad of Hard Wood Work, Show Cases to order. Muecke’s newest improved Dry Air Refrigeia-|| tor will be made and sold at wholesale prices to'every body. Give us a trial. F. W. ITUECKE, Manager 614 New Street. 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 painting at any time within ten years fro 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. W. Gunnison, tax receiver; R. P. Hall, clerk superior court; W. T. Jones, judge county court; W. E. Wooten, solicitor-general Albany circuit; Ed. L. Wight, mayor of Albany and repre sentative in tbe 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 tbe 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 BEAKED 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.” LANDLORDS! Do you know that we are the only exclusive rental agents in Ma con. No other departments. If you are not satisfied with your in come give us a trial. A. J. McAfee, Jr., & Co. 357 Third Street. OffiTwatcir Is a good investment, because it enables you to save time. When “time is money” by knowing the exact time when you need to know it. That’s the kind of Watches we sell, and don’t think our prices high because others are. We can sell you a gold filled (not plated) Watch for $20.00, gonts’ size; ladies’ for $lB. BEELAND, the Jeweler - - - Triangular Block. ■t ■ Home Industries and Institutions. Henry Stevens’ Sons Co. H. STEVENS’ 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 f 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 New St. roof. Since Mr. English painted the root it could not Jjc fixed except with a new it has not leaked any. He has palmed roefs i 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. i J. B. Finch, Merchant, i Albany, Ga., Jan. 29, 1897. > Having had Mr. Harvey English to patnt > several roofs with his incomparable prep i aration for stopping leaks, it affords me ' pleasure to bear testimony to his bouest workmanship and <.o the fact that “Eng lish Paint Stops the Leaks; Yes, It Do.” Josepa S. Davis, Cashier First National Bauk. 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. F. Whi re, Supt. Georgia Cotton Oil Co., Albany Mill. Mr. English has done some work for us that required the best of paints and ekiil 1 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 Wiley C. Pittman. Thomasville, Ga., July 21, 1894 3