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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. 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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. 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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. 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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" BEARS THE FAC'SI MILE SIGNATURE OF .Jr tv’s Insist on Having The Kind That Never Failed You. « tMomtva compjuiv. it «nr. oit». DISINFECTANT LIME, 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. PULLMAN OAR LINE q)) (MKAiO fan'll i.ii.i BETWEEN Cincinns/ti, Indianapolis, or Louisville and Chicago a®d 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. IT IS NO IDLE BOAST. THE NEWS LEADS IN SUBSCRIP- TION. | We can prove it. Ad- i vertisers should bear this in mind. It reaches more Macon | homes than any other | paper. Light As a Feather. Perfect in fit and elegant in style—the sum- mer weight Suits we are making up. GEO. P. BURDICK & C 0.,, 568 Mulberry Street. Money. Loans negotiated on improved city prop erty, on farms, at lowest market rates, business of fifteen yeajs' standing. Facili ties unsurpassed. HOWARD M. SMITH 314 Second St., Macon,»Ga. s Kidney Pills v il in diseases- of the f rinary Organs. Have > your kidneys? Have I ’ d your nervou® sys- i 1 d trouble with your , bladder? Have> you’ ins, side, back, e coins . F lave you a flabby ap- ’. Ik U.UCV oi the face, espec tally I under tiie eyes ’? Too frequent de- t | ► sire pass urine ? William’! Kidney ’ „ k I ills will impart new life to the dis-1 ’ eased organs, tone up the system, k ► and make a new man of you. ZBy ’ mail 50 cents per box 4 ► Williams mfg. Co., Props., Cleveland, O. k For sale by H. J. Lamar & Son, Whole sale Agents. aafh Southern R’y. 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. it’4Ha I B I' Spring is Here And with it comes the thoughts of cool refreshing Beer. It is the only thing to drink in the spring, and, in fact, any time of the year. Good Beer, such as we make, puts life and strength into the body. Our Beer is more than good; it is the best made, because it is made of the best hops and malt that can be bought. Better send us your order. Acme Brewing Company. fwaS "t Coast Line to Mackinac The Greatest Perfeo MEW STEEL tlon yet attained In PASSENGER Bost Construction: STEAMERS. As 1 Luxurious . Equlp- SPEED, ment, Artistic Fur- COMFORT ~ * nlshlnq, Decoration ANO SAFETY ( wwT***' J" ■ndEfficlentSorxice To Detroit, Mackinac, Georgian Bay, Petoskey, Chicago 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 rsToexsi, “Tin soo," sisqviTTß Put -In - Bay b£um, ASU DILLTH. and Toledo. Cunnwtiona ore made nt Cleveland with LOW SATIS to Fl.tnre.qne Sukl.M and Ear neat Trains ft.r all pointe East A.uth Betura, laeludinir Jiealo nn.l Berth.. Approx- and at Detroit for all point. Iwata Cost Irow Cl.relaud, |l3; from Toloda, I,vrt “ , SI4I from Detroit, SIX. Ml. Sanday 1 rips Jane, inly, Annst, Bopteaber and Ostobsz Only. T'.' 1 . Oeiraii oid cieveiana KMonuon annu 3