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CLEANSED IN BLOOD.
DR TALMAGE ILLUSTRATED AN OLD
TESTAMENT SCENE.
Sln« That. Only HDhkl C»n Remove -Glori
nui Freedom of a Purified Soul What
We Are Taught by the Bird* of An
cient Sacrifice.
•Copyright. 1«98. hy Ameri'-nn l>r< ,s Asso
ciation]
Washington Mriy 2ft.—From a arene of
old l»r Talinagv in this scrnton presents
the old g<>s;>el under another phase; text,
Levlth us xiv, ft 7. “Ami the priests shall
coniinand that one of the birds bo killed
in an earthen vessel, over running water.
Ak for the living hint, ho shall take it,
and the cedar woxl, and the scarlet, and
the hyssop and shall dip them and the liv
ing bird in the blotd of the bird that was
killed over the running water, and ho
■hall sprinkle upon him that is to Ih»
clean wed from the leprosy seven times and
shall pronounce him elemi and shall let
the living bird loose Into the open field.”
The Old Tchi'innt to very many peo
pie is a groat, siaiighb r house strewn w ith
thu bl'HHl and bones and horns and hooi,.
of butchered animals. It offends their
sight; it disgusts their taste; it actunlhr
nausea Dm the stomach. But to the intel
ligent Christian thu Ohl Testament, is a
magnificent corridor through which Jesus
advances As he ap|H-arH at the other end
of thu corridor wo can only see the out
line.* of his character. Coming nearer, we
can descry the features But. when at last
he steps upon the platform of the New
Testament, amid t he torches of evangelists
and apostles, the orchestras of heaven an
noutice him with a blast of minstrelsy that
wnk«H up Bethlehem at midnight.
There wore a great many cages of birds
brought down to Jerusalem for sacrifice—
sjtarrows and pigeons and turtledoves. I
can hear them now, whistling, caroling
ami singing sli around about, the temple
When a lepcrwns to l>e cured of hi-leprosy,
in older to hix cleansing two of these birds
were taken. One of them was slain over
an earthen vessel of running water —that
is, clear, fresh water—and then the bird
Was killed. Another bird vv/is then taken,
tied to a hyssop branch mid plunged by
the priest into the blood of the first bird,
and then with this hyssop branch, bird
tipped, the pi lest would sprinkle t he leper
seven times, then untie the bird from the
hyssop branch, and it would go soaring
into the heavens.
Now open your eyes wide, my dear
brethren and sisters, and see that that fir I
bird meant Jesus and that the second
bird moans your own soul.
There is nothing more, suggestive than
a caged bird. In the down of its breast
you can see the glow of southern climes.
In the sparkle of its eye you can seethe
flash of distant seas. In its voice you can
hear the song it learned in the wildwood.
It 1h a child of the sky in captivity. Now
the dead bird of my text, captured from
the air, suggoststhe Lord Jesus, who came
down from the realms of light and glory.
He once stood In the sunlight of heaven.
He was the favorite of the land. He was
the King’s Son. Whenever a victory was
gained or a throne set. up lie was the first,
to hear it. He could not walk incognito
along the streets, for all heaven knew him.
For eternal ages he had dwelt, timid the
mighty populations of heaven. No holi
day had ever dawned on the city when ho
was absent. He was not like an earthly'
prince, occasionally’ issuing from a palace
heralded by’ a troop of clanking horse
guards. No; ho was greeted everywhere
as a brother, and all heaven was perfectly
at homo with him.
But one day t hem came word to the pal
aeo that tin insignificant, island was in re
bellion and wtw cutting itself to pieces
with anarchy. 1 hear an angel say: ‘‘Let
it perish. Tiie King’s realm is vast, enough
without, the island. The tributes to the
King uro largo enough without that. Wo
cun spare It.” “Not so,” said the Prince,
the King’s Son, amt 1 see him push out
one day under the protest of a great com
puny, lie starts straight lor the rebellious
island. lie lands amid the execrations of
the inhabitants, that, grow in violence un
til the malice of earth has smitten him,
and the spirits of the lost world put t heir
black wings over Ids dying head and shut
the sun out The hawks and vultures
swooped upon this dovo of the text, until
head and breast, and feet ran blood—until
under the docks and beaks of darkness
the jioor thing perished No wonder it
was a bird that, was taken and slain over
an earthen vessel of running water. It
Wiih a child of the skies. It. typified him
who camo down from heaven in agony and
blood to Have our souls. Blessed lie his
glorious name forever I
A Clean Hird.
I notice also in my text that the bird
that, was slain was a clean bird. The text
demanded that it should be The raven
was never sacrificed, nor the cormorant,
nor the vulture. It. must be a clean bird,
says the text, and it sugg<-Is the pure Je
sus the holy Jesus Although ho spent
his boyhood tn the worst, village on earth,
although blasphemies were poured into
his oar enough to have poisoned any one
else, ho Ht.inJs liefore the world a perfect
Christ Herod was cruel, Henry VIII
wus unclean. William HI was treacherous,
but point out a fault of our King. Answer
me, ye boys who knew him on the streets
of Nazareth! Answer me. ye miscreants
who saw him die! The skeptical tailors
have tried for I,son years to find out one
hole in this seamless garment, but they
have not found it The most ingenious
and eloquent infidel of this day in the last
line of his (took, all of which denounces
Christ, says, “All ages must prtx’laiin that,
among the sons of men there is none
greater than Jesus ” So let this bird of
the text lav clean—its feet, fragrant with
the dew that it pressed, its beak carrying
sprigof thyme ami frankincense, its feath
ers washed in summer showers. O thou
spotless Son of God, impress us with thy
Innocence I
Thon lovely source of true delight.
Whom 1. unseen, adore,
Unveil thy liauttes to my sight,
That I may love thee more.
I remark, also, iu regard to this first
bird mentioned in the text that it was a
defenseless bird. When the eagle is as
vaulted. with its iron beak it strikes like a
licit against its adversary This was a
dove or a sparrow, we do not know just
which. Take the dove c.r pigeon in your
hand, and the pecking of its lx>ak on your
hand makes you laugh at the feebleness of
its assault The reindeer after it is down
may fell you with its antlers The ox
after you think it is dead may break your
leg in its death struggle. The harpooned
whale in its last agony may crush you in
the coil of the unwinding rope. But this
was a dove or n sparrow—perfectly harm
less, perfectly defenseless —type of him
who still, “I have trod the wine press
alone, and there was none to help.” None
to help! The murderers have it all their
own way. Where was the soldier in the
Roman regiment who swung his sword in
tlie defenseof thedivine martyr? Did they
put one drop of oil on his gashed feet?
Was there one in nil that crowd manly and
generous enough to stand up for him?
Were the miscreants at the cross any more
interfered with in their work of spiking
him fast than the carpenter in his shop
driving a nail through a pine board? The
women cried, but there was no balm in
their tears. None to help, none to help!
O my I-ord Jesus, none to help! The wave
of anguish came up to the arch of his fret,
oame up to his knee, floated to his waist,
rose to his chin, swept to his temples, yet
none to help! Ten thousand times ten
thousand angels in the sky ready at com
mand to plunge into the bloody affray and
strike bank the hosts of darkness, yet none
to help, none to help!
Oh. this dove of the text in its last mo
ment clutched not with angry talon-! It
plunged not A ravage beak. It was a dove
—helpless, defenseless. None to help,
none to help!
As after a severe storm in the morning
you go out and find birds dead on the
enow, so this dead bird of the text makes
me think of that awful storm that swept
the earth on crucifixion day. when the
wrath of God. and the malice of man, and
the fury of devils wrestled beneath the
three crosses. As we sang just now:
Well might the sun in darkness hide
And shut- his glories in
When Christ, the mighty Maker, died
For man. the creature's sin.
But 1 come now to speak of this second
I bird of the text. We must not let that fly
away until we have examined it. Th<
i priest t<K>k the second bird, tied it to the
hyssop branch and then plunged it in the
■ blood of the first bird. Ah, that is my
: soul, plunged for cleansing in the Saviour’s
| blood) There is not enough water in the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans to wash away
I our smallest Rin Sin is such an outrage
on God’a universe that nothing but blood
can atone for it. You know the life is in
the blood, and ns the life had been forfeit
ed, nothing could buy it bock but blood
What was it that was sprinkl'd on the
doorposts when the destroying angel went
through the land? Blood. What was it
that went streaming from the altar of an
cient sacrifice? Blood. Wliat was it that
the priest carried into the holy of holies,
making intercession for the people? Blood.
What was it that Jesus sweat in the garden
of Gethsemane? Great drops of blood.
What does the wine in the sacramental cup
signify? BJrxxl. What makes the rols-s
of the righteous in heaven so fair? They
an- washed in the blood of the Lamb.
What is it that cleanses all our pollution?
The bloo-1 of Jesus Christ, that cleanseth
from ail sin.
1 hear somebody saying, “I do not like
such a sanguinary religion as that.” Do
you think it is.very wise for the patient to
tell tlv dector, “I don’t like the medicine
you have given me?” If he wants to be
cured, he hail Ix-tter take the medicine.
Aly i.«or<t tied has offered us a balm, and
ft is very’ foolish for us to nay, ”1 don’t
like that balm.” We had better take it
and i>e saved. But you do not oppose the
shedding of IJood in other directions and
for other ends. If lou.ooo men go out to
battle for their country ami have to lay
down their lives for free institutions, is
there anything ignoble aliout that? No,
you say, ‘‘glorious sacrifice rather.” And
is th.-re anything ignoble in the idea that
the Lord Jesus Chi ist. by the shedding of
bi IJ. od, delivered not only one land but
all lands and all ages from bondage, intro
during men by millions and millions into
the liberty of the sons of God? Is there
anything ignoble alnmt. that?
As this sc'uind bird of the text was
pbinged in the blood of the first bird, so
we must, lie washed in the blood of Christ
or go ]>olliiti d forever.
Let 1 he water and the blood,
From thy side a healing tluod,
Be of sin the double cure,
have from earth and niako mo pure.
Glorious Freedom.
I notice now that as soon-as this second
bird was dipped in the blood of the first,
bird the priest unlooseneti it and it was
free—free of wing and free of foot. It
could whet its beak on any tree branch it
chose. It could peck the grapes of any’
vineyard it chose. It was free; a type of
our souls after we have washed in the
blood of the Ltinib. We cun go where we
will. We can do what we will. You
say, ”Had you not better qualify that?”
No; for I remember that in conversion the
w ill is changed, and the man will not will
that which is wrong. There is no strait
jacket in our religion. A state of sin is a
state of slavery. A state of pardon is»a
state of emancipation. The hammer of
God’s grace knocks the hopples from the
feet, knocks the handcuffs from the wrist,
opens the door into a landscape all ashim
mer with fountains and abloom with gar
dens. It is freedom.
If a man has become a Christian, he is
no more afraid of Sinai. The thunders of
Sinai do not frighten him. You have on
some August day seen two thundershow
ers meet. One cloud from this mountain
and another cloud from that mountain,
coming nearer and nearer together and re
sponding to each other, crash to crash,
thunder to thunder, boom, boom! And
then the clouds break and the torrents
pour, ami they are emptied perhaps into the
very same stream that comes down so red at
your feet that it seems as if all the carnage
of the storm battle has been emptied into
it. So in tliis Bible I see two storms gath
er, one above Sinai, the other above Cal
vary, and they respond one to the other
flash to flash, thunder to thunder, boom,
boom. Sinai thunders, “The soul that
sinneth, it shall die;” Calvary responds,
‘ «Save them from going down to the pit,
for I have found a ransome. ” Sinai says,
Woe! woe!” Calvary answers, “Mercy!
mercy!” And then the clouds burst and
empty their treasures into one torrent,
and it comes flowing to our feet, red with
the carnage of our Lord, in which, if thy
soul be pluns’ed, like the bird in the text,
it shall go forth free—free! Oh, I wish all
people to understand this, that when a
num becomes a Christian he does not be
come a slave, but that he becomes a free
man; that he has larger liberty’ After he
becomes a child of God than before he be
came a child of God.
General Fish said that ho once stood at
a slave block where an old Christian min
ister was being sold. The auctioneer said
of him: “What bid do 1 hear for this man?
He is a very good kind of a man; he is a
minister.” Somelxidy said, “Twenty dol
lars” (he was very old and not worth
much), somebody else, “ Twenty-live, ”
“Thirty,” “Thirty-live,” “Forty.” The
aged Christian minister began to tremble.
He had expected to be able to buy his own
freedom, and he had just S7O and expected
with the §7O to get free As the bids ran
up the old man trembled more and more.
“Forty,” “Forty-five,” “Fifty,” “Fifty
fl ve, ” “ Sixty, ” “ Sixty -five. ’ ’ The old man
cried out, “Seventy.” lie was afraid they
would outbid him. The men around were
transfixed Nobody dared bid, and the
auctioneer struck him down to himself—
done—done!
But by reason of sin we are poorer than
that African. We cannot buy our own de
liverance. The voiees of death are bidding
for us. ami they bid us in, and they bid us
down But the Ijord Jesus Christ comes
and says: “I will buy that man. I bid for
him my Bethlehem manger. I bid for
him my hunger on the mountain. 1 bid
for him my aching head. I bid for him
my fainting heart. I bid for him all my
wounds.” A voice from the throne of
God says: “It isenough! Jesus has bought
him. ” Bought with a price. The pur
chase complete, it is done.
The great transaction’s done.
1 am my Lord’s, and lie is mine.
He drew me, and 1 followed on,
Charmed to confess the voice divine.
Why, is not a man free when he gets rid
of his sins? The sins of the tongue gone,
the sins of action gone, the sins of the
mind gone. All the transgressions of 30,
40, 50, 70 years gone—no more in the soul
than the malaria that floated in the atmos
phere a thousand years ago, for when my
Lord Jesus pardons a man he pardons hun,
and there is no hallway work about it.
Here 1 see a beggar going along the
turnpike read. He is worn out with dis
ease. He is stiff in the joints. He is ulcer
ed all over. He has rheum in his eyes. He
is sick and wasted. He is in rags. Every
time he puts down his swollen feet he
cries. “Oh, the pain!” He sees a fountain
by the roadside under a tree, and he crawls
upto that fountain and says: “I must
wash Here I may <wol my ulcers. Here
1 may get rested. ” Ho stoops ilown and
scoops up in the palm of his hands enough
water to slake Ms thirst, and that is all
gone. Then he s- ops down and iiegins to
wash his eyes, the rheum is all gone.
Then he puts in his swollen feet, and the
swelling is gone. Then, willing no Linger
to be only half cured, he plunges in. and
his whole body is laved in the stream, and
he gets upon the bank well. Meantime
the owner of the manison up yonder comes
down, walking through the ravine with
his only son, and he sres the bundle of
mgs and asks. “Whose rags are these?” A
voire from the fountain says, “Those are
my rags.” Then says the master to his
son, “Go up to the house and get the best
| now suit you can find and bring it down. ”
Ami he brings down the clothre. and the
beggar is clotiied in them, and he looks
around and says: “I was filthy, but now
lam clean. 1 was ragged, but now lam
robed. I was blind, but now 1 see. Glory
lx? to the owner of that mansion, and glory
be to that son who brought me tliat new
suit of chain s, and glory be to this foun
tain, wliere 1 have washed, anti wheto alj
who will may wash and be clean!” Where
sin abounded, grace doth much more
alxmnd. The bird has been dipped; new
let it tly aw.»y.
The next thing I notice about this bird
w hen it was loosened (and this is the main
lilea) Ls that it flew away. Which way did
it go? When you let a bird loose from
I your grasp, whi. h way dres it fly? Up.
What are wings for? To fly with. Is
there anything in the suggestion of the di
rection taken by that bird to indicate
which way we ought to go?
Rise, my sutil, and stretch thy wings.
Thy l-etter portion trace.
Ti: from transitory things
To heaven, thy native place.
Flying Heavenward.
We should be going heavenwards That
is the suggestion. But I know that we
have a great many’ drawbacks. You had
them this morning perhaps. You had
them yesterday, or the day before, and al
though you want to be going heavenward,
you ar <%>nstautly discouraged. But I
sup] ■ u:n that bird went out of the
pri< <t -s h.initrt it went by inflections—
sometimes -’L toping. A bird docs not shoot
directly up, but this is the motion of a
bird So tha soul suis toward G<xi, rising
up in love and sometimes depressed by
trial. It d “>s not always go in the direc
tion it woxki like to go, but rhe main
course is right. There is one |Kissage in
the Bible which I quote oftener to myself
than any olher, “He knoweth our frame,
and he remcmix.'rel:i that we are dust.”
There is i l< ■ nd in Iceland which says
that when Jesus was a buy playing with
his eomrulcs on • Sabbat :i div lie made
birds of clay, and as tie . l.ir.ls of clay
wen- st imtiog uj-cii i.e ground an old
Sadduei-e came along, and he was disgust
ed at the sport and d ished the birds to
pieces, but the legend says that Jesus
waved his hand alxive the Broken birds,
and they took wing and went singing
h: avenwanl. Os course that is a fable
imong the Icelanders, but it is not a fable
that we aio da t and that, the hand of
divine grace wapiti over us once, we »go
singing toward t he skies.
I wish, my friends, i aat we could live
in a higher atmosphere. If a man's whole
life object is to make dollars, he will Le
running against those who are making
dollars If his whole object is to get ap
plause, he will run against those who are
seeking applause. But if he rises higher
than that he wiil not be interrupted in his
flight heavenward. Why does that flock
of birds, floating up against the blue sky
so high that you can hardly see them, nut
change its < our>c for spire or tower? They
are above all ol; ,1 ructions. So we would
not. hove so often to change our Christian
course if we lived in a higher atmosphere
nearer Christ, nw.rer the throne of God.
Uh, ye who have been washed in the blood
of Christ—ye who have been loosed from
the hyssop branch—start heavenward. It
may be to some of you a long flight.
Temptat ions may dispute your way, storms
of bereavement and trouble may strike
your soul, but God will sec you through.
Build not on the earth. Set your affec
tions on things in heaven, not on things
on earth. This is a perishing world. Its
flowers fade. Its fountains dry up. Its
promises cheat. Set your affections upon
Christ and heaven. I rejoice, my dear
Brethren and sisters in Christ, that the
flight will alter awhile be ended. Not al
ways beaten of the storm. Not always go
ing on weary wings. There is a warm
dovecot of eternal rest where w r e shall find
a place of comfort, to the everlasting joy
of our souls. Oh, they are going up all
the time—going up from this church—go
ing up from all the families and from all
the churches of the land, the weary doves
seeking rest in a dovecot.
Oh, that in that good land we may all
meet when our trials are over! We cannot
get into the glorious presence of our de
parted ones unless we have been cleansed
in the same blood that washed their sins
away. I know this is true of all who have
gone in, that they were plunged in the
blood, that they were unloosed from the
hyssop branch. Then they went singing
into glory. See that ye refuse not him
that speaketh, for if they escaped not who
refuse him that spake on earth how much
more shall not we escape if we turn away
from him that speaketh from heaven?
Napoleon’s Provisions.
“What would you do,” Napoleon was
asked in his examination at the military
school in Paris, “If you were besieged in a
place entirely destitute of provisions'?”
“As long as there was anything to eat in
the enemy’s camp, ” he replied, “I should
not be at all concerned. ” —Success.
Discovered by a Woman.
Another great discovery has been made
and that, too, by a lady in this country.
“Disease fastened its clubches upon her
and for seven years he withstood its se
verest tests, but her vital organs were
undermined and her death seemed immi
nent. For three months she coughed in
cessantly and could not sleep. She finally
discovered away to recovery by purchas
ing of us a bottle of Dr. King’s New Dis
covery for Consumption, and was so much
relieved on taking the first dose that she
slept all night and with two bottles has
been absolutely cured. Her name is Mrs.
Luther Lutz.” Thus writes Mr. W. C.
Hammick & Co., of Shelby, N. C. Trial
bottles free at H. J. Lamar & Sons’ drug
store. Regular size 50c and sl. Every
hottie guaranteed.
HOW THEY FOOLED THE CENSOR.
Something About the Man Who Holds Back
the News.
Key West Fla., May 29 —Everyone has
heard of the government censor, but few
have any idea of the duties of that indi
vidual. Nor has the general public any
knowledge of the wiles of correspondents
used in their efforts to dodge the official.
The present censor at Key West is Captain
James Allen, a gentleman and a scholar,
but, as he puts it, “mechanically brutal”
in the dischage of his duties.
lie massacres news.
Captain Allen has numerous rules. He
will not permit correspondents to send out
anything pertaining to the movements of
the American fleets. He “kills” everything
that is not fully authenticated, and corres
pondents who try to shut out others by
holding the wires—i. e., sending out ver
bose accounts—are fooled, because he has
a rule which gives short bulletins prece
dence over others.
Captain Allen permits no cipher mes
sages, nor does anything go that he does
not approve. But he is not infallible.
When Admiral Sampson's fleet sailed to
bombard Puerto Rico every effort was
made to get the news out. and to that end
every subterfuge was resorted to. The
first message sent by one man was: “Fleet
sailed for Puerto Rico today. Bombardment
and naval battle imminent.”
It came back to the writer with trian
gular lines through it, and in the center
the censor's “No.”
Five others followed, all worded differ
ently. but with no better success. Then
he tried one which read:
“Our dispatch, boat is with fleet* of
newspaper ships on way to Puerto Rico.
Business.”
Captain Allen let it go. Half an hour
later the correspondent rushed into the
cable office.
“Has my cable gone?” he demanded.
“Yes,” he was told.
“Pshaw. I made a mistake; the boat was
here,” he said.
Then he dispaitehed: “Use sixth 'tenth,
eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth
and fifteenth words in my last.”
It went through, and his office read:
“Fleet on way to Puerto Rico —busi-
ness.” Which told the tale.
I might mention hundreds of such in
stances, but one will suffice. All the op
erators are sworn to serve the government
and to send nothing unless the censor
shall have passed upon it.
Yellow Jaundice Cured.
Suffering humanity should be supplied
with every means posisble for its relief.
It is with pleasure we publish the follow
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six months and was treatea by some of the
best physicians in our city and all to no
avail. Dr. Bell, our druggist, recommended
Electric Bitters, and after taking two bot
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pleasure in recommending them to any
one suffering from this terible malady. I
am gratefully yours, M. A. Hogarty, Lex
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druggists,
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MACON NEWb MONDAY EVENING, MAY 30 189 K
CUNNINGHAM
ON THE CROPS
Plan on Which the Fruit Will
be Shipped bv the
Union.
BIG MEETING TOMORROW
At Which It is Hoped That a Large
Number of Growers Will
be Present.
The meeting of fruit growers to
morrow promises to be well attended' and
the advance guard is already here.
It is hoped that the outcome of the
meeting which is the first step towards
making this most successful fruit season
that Georgia has ever known, will be a
complete organization on the part of all
growers for their own good.
Some three years ago when the crop was
large a considerable portion of it
was shipped through the exchange estab
lished by the association with headquar
ters in Macon.
The result was general satisfaction and
while the work of the exchange was nec
essarily not as complete as It can be made
this year, the end of the season found that
those who had followed in the footsteps of
the exchange and had shown confidence
in the organization had not been disap
pointed.
It is more than provable that the ex
change will be organized this year with its
headquarters for the state in iMacon
though the real headquarters of the ex
change wiil be in Chicago.
Colonel Dudley 'Hughes, the president of
the Georgia Fruit Growers’ Association is
in the city. He says that the crop in fails
section all down the IMacon and Dublin
railroad is unusually promising and that
they will ship more fruit than ever before
in the history of that section of the coun
try. He is very hopeful of the outcome of
the meeting tomorrow.
(Mr. John D. Cunningham, president of
the American Fruit Growers’ union, has
just returned from the headquarters in
Chicago, from which he proposes to direct
the marketing of the fruit crop of the
United Sstates. As there will be 2,000 car
loads of peaches from Georgia and 5,000
from California going to market at the
same time, this task is one of no small
proportions.
The peach crop of Georgia, according to
Mr. Cunningham’s estimate, will be twice
as large as the largest heretofore, and
will net the growers of the state about a
million and a half dollars. It will also
be worth an immense sum to the rail
roads.
Mr. Cunningham returned to Georgia
for the purpose of attending the meeting
of the Georgia Fruit Growers’ Union.
He said of the crop and co-operative
methods by which it is to be marketed:
“The peach crop is very large in Georgia
and in California, and as the fruit from
both states will come into the market at
the same time, we have taken extraordin
ary measures to secure proper marketing.
“There will be at least 2,000 cars from
Georgia. The largest number heretofore
was 935. The peaches ought to net the
grower S7OO per car. The railroads get
about $175 per car, besides SBO for refrig
eration. In California the crop is very
large, but somewhat damaged.
“The American Fruit Growers’ union
proposes to direct the shipments so as to
prevent a glut in the markets. We have
an agent in every city of 10,000 inhabitants
and over, and will be prepared to handle
the crop ourselves if necessary. What we
propose to do is to force the dealer to come
to the shipping poyit and buy the fruit
there, at a reasonable price allowing them
a fair margin. If they will not do that we
will consign it to the agents of -the union
in the different cities.
HOW THE RULES WORK.
“If you have a car of peaches to ship
from Griffin, for Instance, you will wire
the headquarters of the union at Chicago
that you will have a ear to ship tomorrow
You will get a telegram directing you to
ship to such an agent 'at such a city. This
telegram would be based on our knowledge
of market conditions in every city in the
country.
“This would be done on a commission
basis with charges the same as 'those made
by any reputable commission man. The
profit, if any. arising from the excess over
these commlsions over expenses like tele
graph calls, agents’ salaries and clerical
work would go back to ithe stockholders
in dividends. The American Fruit Grow
ers’ union is a purely co-operative con
cern.
“In 1895. the year of the last big crop,
the Georgia Fruit Growers’ association
handled 90 per cent, of the crop marketed
from this state. That association went into
the Georgia Fruit Growers’ union bodily
and unanimously.”
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AN OPEN LETTER
To MOTHERS.
WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THE
EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD “CASTORIA,” AND
“ PITCHER’S CASTORIA,” AS OUR TRADE MARK.
J, DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, of Hyannis, Massachusetts,
was the originator of “PITCHER’S CASTORIA," the same
that has borne and does now ** OZi every
bear the facsimile signature of wrapper.
This is the original “ PITCHER’S CASTORIA,’’ which has been
used in the homes of the Mothers of America for over thirty
years. LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it is
the kind you have always bought —* on the
and has the signature of wrap-
per. No one has authority from me to use my name ex
cept The Centaur Company of which Chas. H. Fletcher is
President.
March S, 1397.
Do Not Bo Deceived.
Do not endanger the life of your child by accepting
a cheap substitute which some druggist may offer you
(because he makes a few more pennies on it), the in
gredients of which even he does not know.
“The Kind You Have Always Bought"
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Keep your yard and under house well
sprinkled with the above and it will pre
vent sickness and save you many a dollar.
Price reduced to 50c per barrel, delivered
T. C. BURKE, Macon, Ga.
No Book to carry around. No
Tickets to get lost. In using
Trading Stamps simply have your
book at home and ask for Stamps.
When you buy for cash. Every
member of the family can get
them. We give you orders on
merchants or elegant Premiums
valued ai $5.00 to $9.00 each.
Philadelphia TradinglStamp Co.,
Office Goodwyn’s Drug Store,
Macon, Ga.
A. BTn-ri N K LTE:,
Physician and Surgeon. Office 370 Second Street. Office phone 917, two calls; resi
dence phono 917 four calls.
Does general practice. I tender my services to the people of 'Macon and vicinity.
Diseases of the eye, ear, nose, throat and lungs a specialty. Office consultation and
treatment for the poor free from 8 to 9 a. m. Visits in city for cash —day sl, night
$2. 'Medical services free to families of all who are in the army from Macon. Eye
glasses and spectacles fitted accurately and furnished. Prices very reasonable. Office
hours 8 to 10 a. m.; 12 to 1 p. m., and 6 to 6. p. m. Monday, Friday and Saturday
nights 8 to 9:30.
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THE NORTHWEST.
Pullman Buffet Sleepers on night
trains. Parlor chairs and dining cars
on day trains. The Monon trains make
the fastest time between the Southern
winter resorts and the summer resorts
if the Northwest.
W. H. McDOEL, V. P. & G. M.
FRANK J. REED, G. P. A.,
Chicago, 111.
For further particulars address
R. W. GLADfNG, Gen. Agt
T'bzwp I(l wr|la Ht
NOTICE TO CANDIDATES.
The Democratic Executive Committee
of Bibb county made the following assess
ments in order to defray the expenses of
the primary to be held on June 6th, they
will print all tickets, and unless your as
sessment is in the hands of the treasurer
on or before the 3rd day of June at noon,
your name will not be printed upon the
official ballots. Send all remittances to Mr.
J. H. B. Wilder, treasurer of the Demo
cratic Executive Committee:
Clerk of superior courts7s 00
Sheriff 75 00
Tax collector 75 00
Treasurer 75 00
Tax receiver 50 00
Members of legislature, each 50 00
Coroner 10 00
Delegates to state convention 10 00
Surveyor 5 00
By order of the Democratic Executive
Committee of Bibb county.
T. J. WARE, Chairman.
SAM ALTMMYER. Secretary.
Special Notice.
For rent —My residence in Vineville,
with or without furniture. John L. Harde
man.
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568 Mulberry Street.
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business of fifteen yeajs' standing. Facili
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Schedule in Effect Sunday, May 1, 1898
CENTRAL TIME
HEAD DOWN. READUP. ’ ' ” :
_ N YI 7 X " _ : Y I >2’ 13 j Wt Slt I Xo - 14 I No - 10 I No - B I No 10
< Ibpm. 4 4.»pm 8 30am| 4 15am]Lv.. Macon . .CAr[lo 55pm] S 10am|10 50a in | 710 pm
9 45pm] 7 45pm,11 10am] 7 luamjAr.. Atlanta .Lv| 8 15pm| 5 20am] 8 lOaml 4 20pm
10 OOpnijlO 00pm 4 oOpmj 750 am Lv.. Atlanta. Ar] 8 05pm| 5 OOarn] |U 40am
I OOarn] 1 Warn 6 25pm| 7 50am|Lv.. .Ro me.. ,Dv 5 35pm| 1 44am] | 9 00am
“ 34am| 2 34am 734 pm 11 40am|Lv. .Dal ton.. Lv] 4 24pm]12 10am| | 750 am
4 loam; 4 15am] 8 50pm 100 pm Ar Chat’nooga Lv 3 lOpmJlO 00pm | « 35am
. H pm, . lopm 7 |„ ani M r. y lßam| j 8 00pm
4 I 5 "’•• un L- xin gton lib io 40pm*
7 ®? pm j I 7,Ouu . I•• Louisville.. ..] ] 7 40am] | 745 pm
7 30ptu l i 1 30 am ........ .. Cincinnati._.i s 30am | 8 00am
9 2^ an, l I 7 53pm] |.. Anniston.. ..|... ]~¥33pm| 1 8 00*m
II 4 ’’“‘ l Birmingham I 15pm | 6 00am
8 o:>am l I 1 iOftm 745 pm .7 Knoxville.. 7 00am] 7 40pm] ~7.73~j 1 4ftjwn~
I I No - 14 ; No. 16 South. | NoT 16.~| _ No7l3 _ | |.
I I n ®opm 8 Mam Lv .. M.ieon..’Ar| 4 40pm' 4 ioam|.. ...| '
I 1 12 30am! 10 50am Lv. .Cochran. Lv| 3 20pmj 3 33am] |
I I ’lO 45am|Ar Hawk’ville Lv| 2 50pmj [ |
I I 1 laamjlO 50am Lv. East man Lv| 2 41pm| 1 46am] |
I i 2 05am ll SCani’Lv.. Helena.. Lv] 2 03pm] 1 02am] 1..
I I 4 05am| 2 38pm Lv. .Jes up.. .Lvjll 22am,10 14pmj
I I “ 30am, 3 30pm Lv Everrett.. Lv]lo 45am| 9 25pm] |
I I ’’ 30am I 30pm|Ar Brufewidk. Lv 9 :!aun; 8 15pm| |
I I 8 15am 9 25pm Ar Jack’ville. Lv, 8 Ou.im 7 00,»m
.♦••.♦♦♦ l Xo. :• Xo i:; East.“l 1»». T*
........| 7 10pm' 8 30am i ti.amLv,. MaconTT Ar, 8 itamj 7 10pm| |
I 9 45pm|ll lOamj 7 15am|Ar .. Atlanta. Lv] 5 20amj 4 20pm] | ”
|H 50pmjl2 OOpml 7 50am|Lv.. Atlanta. Ar] 5 10am| 3 55pm|
I 9 25am] 8 30pm] 6 40pm|'Lv Charlotte Lv]lo 15am| 9 35am| |
I 1 30pm|12 OOn't 11 35pm|Lv .Danville. Lv] 6 07pm| 5 50am] |
I 6 25pm| 6 40am j,Ar. Richmond Lvjl2 01n’n]12 10n,n| | '
0 30pm 7 35am....'..’,'g|Ar“x..; f.>lk. I.v 9 :it>amilo7Wpm|7.7.T77.’|77T.T7T
I 3 501 1 53am] |Lv. . Lynchburg Lv| 3 55pm| 3 Mam|........|
I 5 48pm] 3 35am] ]Lv Charl’ville Lv| 2 15pm] 1 50pm] |_.
I 9 25pm] 6 42am| I.Ar Wash gton. Lvjll 15am]10 43pm| |
|ll 25am] 8 OOarn] |Ar Balti’more Lv] 6 17aml 9 20pm|
I 3 OOamllO 15am] |.Ar I’hiladlphia Lv 3 50am| 6 55pm| |
i 6 20amjl2 45n’n| |Ar New York Lv]l2 15am| 4 30pm|... J_.
I 3 pm! 8 30pm| [Ar ■■ .. Boston Lv] 5 OOpm'lO 00am| |
THROUGH CAR SERVICES, ETC.
Nos. 13 and 14, Pullman Sleeping Cars between Chattanooga and Jacksonville,
also between Atlanta and Brunswick. Berths may be reserved to be taken at
Macon.
Nos. 15 and IG, day express trains, between Atlanta and Brunswick.
Nos. 9 and 10, elegant free Observation cars, between Macon and Atlanta, also
Pullman Sleeping cars between Atlanta and Cincinnati. Connects In Union depot,
Atlanta, with Southwestern Vestibulcd Limited,” finest and fastest train hi the
South.
iNos. 7 and 8, Pullman sleeping ears be tween Atlanta and Chattanooga. Con
nects In Atlanta Union depot with "U. S. Fast Mail Train” to and from the
East.
(FRANK S. GANNON, 3d V. P. & G. M., J. M. CULP, Traffic Manager,
Washington, D. C. Washington, D. C.
W. A. TURK, G. P. A., S. H. HARDWICK, A. G. P. A.,
Washtngon, D. C. Atlanta, Ga.
RANDALL CLIFTON, T. P. A., BURR BROWN, C. T. A.,
Macon, Ga. 565 Mulberry St., Maoon, Ga.
« Central of Georgia
Railway Company
Schedules in Effect Feb. 25, 1898 Standard Time
90th Meiidian.
No. 5 | No. 7 *| No. 1 *| STATIONS | No. 2*| No. B*| No. «
11 20 am| 7 40 pm; 7 50 am|Lv Macon. . .Ar] 7 25 pm] 7 40 am| 8 55 pm
12 19am] 8 40 pm] 8 50 am|Ar.. ..Fort Valley. . Lv| 6 27 pm| 6 39 am| 2 53 pm
! 3 35 pm|. |! 10 20 am|Ar. .. .Perry Lvi! 5 00 pm 11l 30 am
I 11l 15 am|Ar. ..Columbus. . .Lv] 4 00 pm
143 pm 10 01 pm |Ar.. .Americus. . .Dr| 518 pm 128 pm
f 2 05 pra 10 25 pm |Ar.. ..Smithville .Lv 455amf1 05 pm
3 15 pml 11 05 pml jAr. .. .Albany.. ..Lv 4 15 am 11 50 am
5 50 piu] | |Ar.. .Columbia. ..Lv 9 00 am
2 55 pml | |Ar.. ..Dawson. . ..Lv 12 13 pm
3 37 pin] | |Ar.. ..Cuthbert . ..Lv 11 30 am
455 pm| | No. 9 *|Ar.. .Fort Gaines. Lv No. 10 * 110 30 am
4 29 pml | 7 40 am|Ar Eufaula.. ..Lv 7 30 pm 10:06 am
8 14 pm| | |Ar Ozark. .. .Lv| I 7 05 am
6 00 pml | 9;10 amiAr .... Un Springs. Lvi 6 00 pm| j 9 15 am
7 25 pm [Ar Troy. . ..Lv| I | 7 55 am
No. 11.* No. 3.* No? 17*j |j No. 2.*| No. 4»| No. 12.*
800 am 425 am 415 pmlLv.. . .Macon. . ..Ar| 11 10 am| 11 10 pm| 720 pm
922 am 547 am 542 pm|Lv. .Barnesville . .Lv] 945 r 945 pm] 605 pm
112 05 am 7 40 pmlAr.. .Thomaston. ..Lv| 7 00 am 1 3 00 pm
955 am 616 am 613 pm|Ar. . ..Griffin. . ..Lv| 912 am 915 pm 530 pm
• I -'ll 47 am] |Ar.. ..Newnan. . .Lvi ! 3 23 pra
I 1 05 pml |Ar.. ..Carrollton. .Lv| ! 3 10 pm
_ll 20 ami 745 am] 735 pm|Ar„
No. 6. ! No. 4. •] No. 2 ’ | Na.'l. •! No. 2. *| ' NoTVF -
730 pm 11 38 pm 11 25 am]Lv. .. .Macon. . ..Ar] 355 am 746 am
810 pm 12 19 am 12 08 pra|Ar. . ..Gordon. .. .Ar 500 pm 810 am 710 am
8 50 pm ! 1 15 pm]Ar. .Milledgeville .Lv ! 3 45 pm 6 30 wjj
10 00 pm ' 3 00 pmlAr.. ..Eatonton. . .Lv I 1 30 pm 5 25 am
| |! 6 50 pmlAr. .. Covington. ..Lv .' 9 20 am
•11 25 aml*ll 38 pml*ll 25 am|Lv. .. .Macon. . ~Ar|* 3 45 pm|* 3 55 am]* 3 45 pm
117 pm| 130 amlf 117 pm|Ar. .. -Tennille Lv| 156 pm 152 am| 156 pm
2 30 pmj 225 am; 2 30 pm|Ar. . .Wadley. .. .Lv fl 255 pm 12 50 am| 12 65 pm
2 51 pm] 2 44 am| 2 51 pm]Ar. . .Midville. . .Lv 12 11 pm 12 30 am 12 11 pm
3 25 pm] 3 15 ami 3 25 pm]Ar. .. .Millen. .. .Lv 11 34 am li 58 pm| 11 34 am
a413 pm 442 am] 510 pm|Ar .Waynesboro.. .Lv 10 13 am 10 37 pm|elo 47 am
e530 pm 635 am]l 655 pm|Ar... .Augusta. . .Lv.! 320 am 840 pmjs 930 am
............ 342 am] 350 pm|Ar. .Rocky Ford. .Lv 11 10 am 11 19 pm
.......... 600 am! 600 pm|Ar. .Savannah. ..Lv| 845 am 900 pm
No. 16. *| | No. 15. *| |
, !12 30 pm|Ar .. .Eatonton .. .Lv ! 3 30 pm
| 10 45 am|Ar. ...Madison. .. Lv 440 pm
. |l2 20 pm|Ar. ... Athens .. ..Lv 330 pm
• Daily. ! Daily except Sunday, fMo al station, s Sunday enly.
Solid trains are run to ands from Macon and Montgomery via Eufaula, Savan
nah and Atlanta via Macon, Macon and Albany via Smithville, Macon and Birming
ham via Columbus. Elegant sleeping cars on trains No. 3 and 4 between Macon
and Savannah and Aalanta and Savannah. Sleepers for Savannah are ready for eccn
pancy In Macon depot at 9:00 p. m. Pas-sengers arriving In Macon on No. 3 and Sa
vannah on No. 4, are allowed to remain iusleeper until 7a. m. Parlor cars between
Macon and Atlanta en trains Nos. 11 and’>2. Seat fare 25 cents. Passengers for
Wrightsville, Dublin and Sandersville take 11:25. Train arrives Fort Galnea
4:30 p. m., and leaves 10:30 a. m. Sundays. For Ozark arrives 7.25 p. m. and leaves
7.45 a. m. For further information or sch edules to points beyond our lines, address
J. Q. CARLISLE, T. P. A., Macon, Ga. E. P. BONNER, U. T. A.
E. H. HINTON, Traffic Manager J. C. HAILE, G. P. A.
THEO. D. KLINE. General Superintendent.
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No other Line offers a Panorama of 460 miles of variety and interest.
Tr’ps per Week Betweea Irery Day and Day and Night Service Between
Toted.. Detroit .nd Mackinac cXS; M™IT AND CtEVELANP
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