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A HELPFUL RELIGION
DR. TALMAGE TELLS WHAT THE
CHURCH OUGHT’TO BE.
The H**lp <>f MuMe In the Mnortimry A
HroA<iAtrl«. I Ire of Nong More FreHhnew
Mended Religion. Humdrum the Worst
of All Humdrum The old Style < l.tir.h,
ICopyrlght, 189», by American Pr< ; As.xo-'
elation.)
WASHING!. IN, Jun.. 12. —Ff r« ..pie under
stood religion to bo the piacti. al en
forcement, that Dr. T.ihn;.;., u i» in
this M i llion, the numb, r of (‘luisti.n dis
ciplMi would Ih> greatly inulttpliod, text,
Pwlnis x.x, 2. ‘'.Send thee help f...m the
nuh t.uary ”
If you should ;»*k f>o men what the
church Ik, they would gh.-y<.u 5o different
gnawers Ono mnti would nay, "It is a
convention of hyp«ril>•«. “ Another, "It
is an UHMwnbly of p. opl<-who feel thern
selvcs a grout d.al better than others”
Anotti. r, ‘“lt it. n place for gossip, where
wolverene disp. >-.|ti< ns dev our < :u h other. "
Another. "It j n pi... <• for tie- cultivation
of Huperstition and cant.” Another, "It
is an arsenal when* thi-oioghim. go to get
pikes and muskets and shot.” Another,
“It is an art gallery, where men go to ad
min-. grand arch, h arid exquisite francoand
musical warble and the Duntcsquc in
gi'x.my imaj.-ery ” Another iiuui would
•ay; “It is the liest place on earth except
>uy own home If 1 forget lh<q, O.hrusa
lern, let my right hand forget her cun
ning ”
Now, whatever the chtlrch in, my text
tells you what it ought to Ito—a great,
practical, homely, omnipotent help. "Send
thio Leip from the sanctuary.” Tho pc.w
ought to yield r< stfuiness for the body, the
color of the upholstery ought to yield
pleasure to the eye, the entire service
ought to yield strength for the moil and
struggle of everyday life, the Sabbath
ought to be haim cd to all tho six days
of the week, drawing them m the right
direction; the church ought to Ixi a mag
net, visibly and mightily affecting all the
homes of the worshipers Every man
gets roughly jostled, gets abused, gets
cut. gets insulted, g.-ts slighted, gets exas
perated By the time the Sabbath comes
he liah an iM-cumuliit lon of six days of an
noyanee/and that is a starveling church
service which has not strength enough to
take that Hcuumulated annoyance and hurl
it Into perdit ion. Tho business man sits
down inchurch hcadachey from flic week’s
engagements. Perhaps he wishes he hud
tarried at homo on the lounge with the
newspapers and tin- slippers. That man
wants to lie cooled off and graciously di
verted Tho first wave of tho religious
service ought to dash clear over the hurri
cane decks and leave him dripping with
holy and gl id and heavenly emotion.
‘“Send thee help from the sanctuary."
The Help of Music.
Tn the fir t. place, sanctuary help ought
to come from the music. A woman dying
in England persisted in singing to the last
moment. The utb-ndants tried to per
suade her to stop, saying it would exhaust
her and make her disease vvorae. She an
swered: "1 must sing I am only prac
ticing for the heavenly choir.” Music on
earth ian rehearsal for music in heaven.
If you and I are going to take part In that
great orchestra, it is high time that wo
were stringing amt thrumming our harps.
They tell us that Thnlherg and Gottschalk
never would go into a .concert until they
had llrst in private rehearsed, although
they were such masters of t he inst rument.
And van it bo that v.e expect to take part
in the great oratorio of heaven if wo do
not rohoarue lu re?
But, 1 am not speaking of the next
world. Sabbath song ought to set all the
week to music. We want not more har
mony, not. more artistic expression, but
more volume in our church music. Tho
English dissenting churches far surpass
our American churches in this respect.
An English audience of 1,000 people will
give more volume of sacred song than
an American audience of :.‘,OOO people.
Ido not know what the reason is. Oh,
you ought, to have heard them sing in
Surrey clinpel! 1 had the opportunity of .
pre.uli.mr the anniversary I think the
ninetieth nnnlversm-y—sermon in Row
land lllll's old chapel, and when they lift
ed their voice-, in sacred s.mg it was sim
ply oveiwhelming, and then in tho even
lug of the same day in Agricultural hull
many thousand voices lifted in doxology.
It. was like the voice of many waters, and
like the voice of many th unde rings, and
like the voice of heaven
The blessing thrill- d through all the laboring
throng,
And heaven was won by violence of song.
Now, I am no worshiper of noise, but I
believe that, if our American churches
would with full bi irtlnc-- e.f soul and lull
emphasis of voice sing the songs of Zion
this part of sacred worship would have
tenfold more power than it. has now Why
not take t his part of t in- sacred service and
lilt, it to win-re it ou rht to he'. All the
annoyances of Hie might be drowned out.
by that, sacred song Do you tell me that
it. is not fashionable to sing very loudly?
Then, I say, away with the fashion. We
dam back tin-groat Mississippi of emigre
gat.ional singing and let. a few drops of
melody trickle throw it the iliitn 1 say
take away tin- dnm and lei tho billows
roar on their way to the oceanic, heart of
God. Whether it is t.-.shionable t<> sing
loudly or not, let us sing with all |K>ssil>)e
emphasis
We hear a great deal of the art of sing
ing, of music, as an entertainment,, of mu
sic ns a reeieatton It is high time we
heard something of music as a help, a
practical help In order to do. this we
must have only a few hymns New tunes
and new hymns every Sunday make poor
com:reg.itionol singing Fifty hymns are
enough for 50 years The Episcopal church
prays the sumo prayers every Sabbath and
year after year anti century after century.
For that rea.->-m they have the hearty re
sponsoH Let us take a hint from that fact
ami let us slug the same songs Sabbath
after Sabbath Only in that way can we
come to th-' full force of this exercise.
Twenty thousand years will not. wear out
the hymns of William t'cwper, Charles-
Wesley and Isaac Watts. Suppose, now,
each |'-'rson in an audience has brought
all the annoy.inces of the last 365 days
Fill the nrnni to the ceiling with sacred
song, and you would drown out nil those
annoyances of the last 3f-i> days, and von
would drown them out ion-ver Organ
and cornet are only to marshal the voice
lad the voice fall into line, and in com
pinles and in battalions by storm take
th-' otHlur.u-v and sm of the world If you
cannot sing for y-'urself, sing for others.
By trying to give others good cheer you
will bring g-voil cheer to your own heart
High ami l»ry on the Kocks.
When Ixindonderry, Ireland, was besieged
many years ago, the jx-ople inside the city
wem famishing, and a vessel came up with
provisions, but th-- vessel ran on the river
bank and stuck fast The enemy went
down with 1.-iugl.ts r and derision to board
th-- vessel, when the v.- x l gave a broad
aide liie against the enemy and by the
shock was tursik-d bock into the stream,
ami all was well. Ob, ye who are high
a: -i dry on th, r-.n-ks of melancholy give
a broadside fire of- ng - uns-' your spirit
ual enemies, ami by holy reio-md you will
come out into the ealm vvivteis. If we
want to make ourselves happy, we must
make others happy Mythology t- Us us
of Amphion, who play-“d his lyre until the
mountains Wi-re moved and the walls of
Thelves arose, but religion hasamlghtur
story to tell of h--w Christian sang may
build whole temples of --ternal joy and lilt
the round earth into sympathy with rhe
skies.
I tarri-'d many nights in Ixmdon, and I
used to hear the bells the small bolls ol
the city, strike the hour of night—l, 2,3,
4— and among them the great St. Paula
cathvtlral would come in to mark the
hours, making all the other sounds seem
utterly insignificant ns with mighty tongue
it announced the hour of the night, every
stn-ke aii overmastering boom. My
friends, it was intend-xl that all the lesser
sounds of the world should l-o drowned
out in the mighty tongue of congregational
sofig Iveating against the gates of heaven.
Do you know how they murk rhe hours in
heaven? They have no clocks, as they
hnv-' no candles, but a great jk ndulum of
halleluiah swinging across heaven fi-om
eternity to eternity.
L--t those refuse to sing
Who never knew oar God,
But ehildien of the Heavenly King
Should speak their joys abroad.
.. .
Again, I remark that sanctuary help
ought to come from the sermon. Os I.tXJO
people in any audience, how many want
sy:i;pathetif- help? Do you guess 100? Do
y->u guos o 00? You have guessed wrong
I will t-'ll you just the proportion. (Jut of
’ ! KMi j-eoph- In any audience there are just
l.dtio who need sympathetic help Tb«w
young |-ople want it just ,-u» much as the
old Ihe old |M-oplc <-times '-■--in to
think they have a mono|x>ly of the rheu
matisms, and the neuralgias, and the head
a*'!,- - and the physh-nl disorders of the
world, but 1 tell you there are no won*
h- art.i< h<«-- than are f< It by some of the
young |»-opi<- Do you know that much of
the work iadone by th<- young? Raphael
■t-nl at 37 Richelieu at 31, Gustavus
Adolphus di<-«l at S’H. Innocent 11l came to
his mighti<-*t influence at 37. Cortes con
•pieii-d M- x:-- ) nt 30, Don John won Is
p;i.-il»> at 36, Grothts was attorney’ general
at 24 ami 1 have noticed amid all
of men that some of the soverewt liatth-s
ami the toughest work comes before 30.
ITcrcfore vv< must, have our sermons and
our exhortt-tioi's in prayer meeting all
symputhctle with the young. And so with
the.M js-z.ph- further on in life. What do
th- -t -I---tors and lawyeis an-1 merchants
and mechanics can; al-out th-- abstractions
of religion? What they want is help to
bear the whimsicalities of patients, the
browbeating of legal opponents, the un
fairness of customers who have plenty of
fault finding for every iinjK-rfection of
handiwork, but no praise for 20 excel
lences. What doos th-* bruin racked, hand
bli.- t-rod man can- for Zwingli’s "Doc
trine of Original Sin,” or Augustine’s
"Retraction-.?” You might as well go to
a man who has the pleurisy and put on
hi • side a pktstcr made out of Dr Parr’s
"Treatise on Mistical Jurisprudence.”
Help for Fveiy One.
While all of a F-ormon may not be help
fid alike to all, if it. 1-' a Christian sermon
pr- a-'h'-d by a C’hrl..tmn man there will
be help for every’ one somewhere. Wo go
hito an uj - thoc.u-.'s .-tore Wes-. ther,
b i.ig waited on. We do not ••ompL-dn he
iimi.-S! v .- do not immediately get the med
icine. We know our turn will come after
awhile. And so whi I" all parts of a -r
moi- may nut be appropriate to our case
if we. wait pray-'i'iully before the icrm-m
is through we shall hu-.o tho divine pn
scription 1 say to young men who are
going to p-ciu'h the gospel, we want In
our sermons not more metaphysics, nor
more imagination, nor more logic, nor
more profui dity. What we want in our
h rm-ms ami ('hri-1 i.ni v<h -rtations is
more sym| Aliy. When Father Taylor
preacii-'d in the Sailors’ Bethel at Boston,
the .Lick Tars felt, they’ had help for their
duties among th.- r; ‘lim s and th-- ioreeas
tles. When Richard Weaver preached to
the operatives in 01-lhatn, England, all
the workmen felt they had more grace for
the spindles. When Dr. South preached
to kings and pi-inc.-s and princesses, all
the mighty men and women who heard
him i-'lt preparation for their high sta
tion
People will not go to church merely as
a matter of duty. There will not next
Rabhath bo 100])eople in this city who will
get up in the morning and say: "Tho Bi
ble says I must go to church. It is my
duty to go to church, therefore I will go
to church.” The vast multitudoof people
who go to church go to church because
they like it, and th-' multitude of people
who stay away from church stay away’ be
cause they do not like it. lam not speak
ing about the way’ the world ought to be.
I am speaking about the way t he world is.
Taking things as they are, we must make
the ci clripi'ti'.l force of theehureh mightier
than the centrifugal. We must make our
churches magnets to draw the people there
unto, so that a man will feel uneasy if ho
dues not go to church, saying: “1 wish 1
had gone t his morning. I wonder if 1
cun t dress yet and get. there in time? It
is 11 o’clock. Now they are singing. It
is half past 11. Now they are. preaching.
1 wonder when the folks will be home to
tell us what was said, what has be-.-n going
on. ” When the impression is confirmed
thai.our churches, by architecture, by mu
si--, by sociality and by sermon, shall be
made the most attractive places on earth,
then wo will want twk*o as many churches
us we have now. twice as large, mid th- n
they will not hah aei-ommodaie the people
Religious Humdrum.
1 say t<> the young men who aro entering
the ministry, we must put on more force,
more energy and into our religious services
nmro viva- ity if wo want the people to
come You look into a church court of
any donomination of Christians. First,
you will find tho men of largo common
sense and earnest look. The edfication of
their minds, the piety of hearts, the
holiness of their lives qualify them for
their work. Then you will find in every
church court of every denomination a
group of ini'n who utterly amaze you with
the fact, that such semi-imbecility can get
any pulpits to preach in! Those uro the
men who give forlorn statistics about
church decaih'nce.. Frogs never croak in
running water; always in stagnant. Rut
I say to all Christian workers, to all
day ijehool teachers, to all evangelists, to
all ministers of the gospel, if wo want our
Sunday schools and our prayer meetings
anti our ehur- hes t-0 ga.tlier the people we
must freshen up
The simple fact is the people aro tired of
flic humdrum of religionists. Religious
humdrum is the worst of all humdrum.
You say over and over again, “‘Come to
Jesus.” until the phrase means absolutely
nothing. Why do you not tell them a
story which will make t hem c--me to Jesus
tn five minute.-:? You «. iv that all Slilul -,y
school ti'achi r and al) --vungelists, and
all ministers must bring * heir illustrations
from the Bible. Christ -lid not when he
pr-'aeh-'d. Tlui nmst the Bible was
written before Cbri t’s time, but where
did ho get his illustrations; lie drew th-mi
from t!-.' lilies. fr->m tho raven.-., fri-m salt;,
fr-ini n candle. Iron: a. bushel, from long
faced hypocrites, from g. o-., tiom moths,
li'om largi' gates and small gates, from a
ci.mol, from the needle’s eye, from yeast in
the dough of bread, from a mustard seed,
from a fishing net. from det-tors and cred
itors That is t'he reason multitudes fol
lowed Christ. His illustrations were so
easy and so understandable. Therefore,
my brother Christian worker, if you and I
find two illustrations for a religious sub
ject, and the one is a Bible illustration
and the other is outside the Bible, I will
take th-- latter l-ecau. e 1 want to l-e like
my Master. Looking across to a hill,
Christ saw the city of Jerusalem. Talk
ing to th-' pec-j'-le about the con.-j lenity of
Christian example, he said; "The world is
looking at you. Be careful. A city that
is set on a hill cannot Iw hid. ” While he
was s[K-,iking of the divine care of God's
children a bird Hew past. Ho said, "Be
hold the ravens/’ Then, looking down
into ths? valley, all covered at that season
with flowers, ho said. "Consider the 111-
les." (>h. my brother Christian workers,
what is the usv of our going away off in
some obscure part of history or on the
other side the earth to gt t an illustration
when the earth and the heavensare full of
illustrations? Why should we go away off
to get an illustration of the vicarious suf
fering of Jesus Christ when as near us as
Bloomfield, N J., two little children were
walking on the rail track, and a train was
coming, but they were on a bridge of tres
rlework, and the little girl took her broth
er and let him down through the trestle
work as gently as could toward the
water, very carefully and lovingly and
cautiously, so that he might not be hurt
in the fall and might be i ieked up by
thoap who were standing nearby? While
doing that, the train struck her and hardly
enough of her body was left to gather into
a fuii--r.il casket. What was that? Vicari
ous suffering. Like Christ. I’a-ig for oth
ers. Woo for others. Suilcring-R-r others.
Death for others.'
Illustrations Kcar s.t Hind.
What is th use of our going away oft to
find an illustration in past age- w hen dur
ing the great f- rest fires in Michigan a
mail carrier on horsi-hack, riding -in, pur
suevt by thc.e fiames w hich had swept over
100 miles, saw an old man by thenvadside.
dismounted helis a the old inan on tm'
horse, saying. "Now, whip up and get
away?” The chi man got away, but the
mail carrier perished. Just like Christ
dismounting from the glories of heaven to
put ns on the way of deliverance, then
falling back into the flames - r sacrifice for
otli-rs. Pung for ot hers. Woo for others.
Death for others. Vicarious suffering.
Again, I remark that sanctuary help
ought to conic through the prayers of all
the people. The door of the eternal store
house is hung on one hinge, a gold hinge,
the hinge of prayer, and when the whole
audience lay hold of that door it must
come o|>en. There are many people spend
ing th«'ir first Sabbath after some great
bereavement. Wlu-t will your prayer do
fnr them? How will it help the tomb in
thatman's heart? Here are people who
have not been in church before fur ten
years. What will your prayer do for them
by rolling oxer thsdr soul holy memories?
Here arc - rises of awful tempta
tion. They are on the verge of despair or
wild blundering or theft or suicide. What
will your prayer do for them in the way of
giving them strength to resist? Will you
be chiefly anxious about the fit of th*- glove
that you put to your forehead while you
prayed? Will yon be chiefly critical of the
rhetoric of the pastor’s petition? No.
No. A thousand people will feel, “That
prayer is for me,” and at every step of the
prayer chains ought to drop off, and tem
ples of sin ou»rht to crash into dust, and
jubilees of deliverance ought to brandish
their trumpets. In most of our churches
we have three prayers—the opening pray
er, what is called the ‘ “long prayer” and
the closing prayer. There are many peo
ple who spend their first prayer in arrang
ing th- ir apparel after entrance and spend
the second prayer, the "long prayer,” in
wishing it were through and spend the
last prayer in preparing to start for home.
The most insignificant part of every re
ligiouH service is the sermon. The more
important parts are the Scripture lesson
and the prayer. The sermon is only a
man talking to a man. The Scripture
lesson is God talking to man. Prayer is
man talking to God. Oh, if we under
stood the grandeur and the pathos of this
exercise of prayer, insh-ad of lieing a dull
exercise we would imagine that the room
was full of divine and
TLe Old Style of Church.
But, my friends, the old style of church
will not do the work. We might ae well
now try to take all the passengers from
Washington to New York by stagecoach
or all the passengers from Albany to Buf
alo by canalboat or do all the battling of
th-' world with bow and arrow as with the
old style of church to meet the exigencies
of this day. Vnlers the church in our day
will adapt itself to the time it will become
extinct. Th-' people reading nevvspai-ers
and books all the week, in alert, pictur
esque and resounding stylo, will have no
patience with Sabbath humdrum. We
have no objection to bunds and surplice
and all the purapl-ernaiia of clerical life,
but these things make'’ no impression—
make no more impression on the great
masses of the people than the ordinary
business suit that you wear on Pennsyl
vania avenue or Wall street. A tailor can
not make a minister. Sonic of the poorest
pnwhere wear the best clothes, and many
a backwoodsman has dismounted from the
.saddlebags, and in his linen duster preach
ed a sermon that shook earth and heaven
with its Christian eloquence. No new gos
pel, only the old gosix l in away suited to
tho time. No new church, but a church
to be the asylum, the inspiration, the prac
tical sympathy and the eternal help of the
people.
But while half of tho doors of theehureh
are t-i be set open toward this world the
other half of the doors of the church must
be set open toward the next. You and I
tarry hero only a brief space. We want
somebody to teach us how to get out of
this life at the right time and in tho right
way. Some fall out of life, some go stum
bling out. of life, some go groaning out of
life, some go cursing out of life. We
want to go singing, rising, rejoicing,
triumphing. We want, half the doors
of the church set in that direction.
We want half the prayers that way, half
the sermons that way. We want to know
how to get ashore from the tumult of this
world into the land of everlasting peace.
We do not want to stand doubting and
shivering when we go away from this
world. We'want our anticipations aroused
to th-' highest pitch. We want to have tl j
exhilaration of a dying child in England,
the lather telling me the story. When he
said to her, "Is the path narrow?” she an
swered, "The path is narrow; it is so nar
row that I cannot walk arm in arm with
Christ, so Jesua goes ahead, and he says,
‘Mary, follow,’ ”, Through tho church
gates set heavenward how many of your
friends and mine have gone?
The last time they were out of the house
they -'iime to church. The earthly pil
grimage ended at the pillar of public wor
ship, and then they marched out to a big
ger and brighter assemblage. Some of
them were so old they could not walk
tvithout a cane or two crutches. Now
they have eternal juvenescence. Or they
were so young they could not walk except
as the maternal hand guided them. Now
they bound with the hilarities celestial.
The lust time we saw them they were
wasted with malarial or pulmonic disor
der, but now they have no fatigue and no
difficulty of respiration in the pure air of
heaven. How I wonder when you and I
will cross over! Some of you have had
about enough of tho flailing
of this life. A draft from tho fountains
of heaven would do you good. Complete
release you could stand very well. If you
got on the oilier siiie and had permission
to come back, you would not come.
Though you were invited to come back
and join your friends on earth, you would
say: "No, let me tarrj here until they
come. I shall not risk going buck. If a
man reaches heaven, lie had better stay
here. ’ ’
The Cry of ''Victory!'’
Oh, I join hands with you in that up
lifted splei-fior;
When the shore is won tit Inst,
Who will count: th-' billows past?
In Freyburg, Rwitzct land, there is the
trunk of a tree -ICO years old. That tree
was planted to commeniorate an event.
About ten miles from the city the Swiss
conquered the Burgundians, a. d a young
man wanted to take the tidings to the city.
He took a tree branch and ran with such
speed the ten miles that when be reached
the city waving the t.rre branch he had
only strength to cry “ Victory!” and drop
ped dead The tree branch that he cturied
was planted, and it grew to lx; a great, tree
20 feet in circumference, and the remains
of it are there to this day My hearer,
when you have fought your last battle
with sin and death and heil and they have
been routed in the conflict, it will be a joy
worthy of celebration You will fly to
the city and cry “Victory!” and drop at
the feet of the great King. Theis the palm
branch of the earthly- race will lx? planted,
to become the outbranehjag tree of ever
lasting rejoicing.
When shall these eyas thy heaven built walls
And pearly gates behold,
Thy bulwarks with salvation strong
And streets of shining gold?
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MACON NEWS MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 13 1898.
PREPARING NOW
FOR PORTO RICO
Will Take Only a Few Days
to Invest Santiago and
Then
LEE WILL BE IN COMMAND
Os the Force 1 hat Will Capture the
Other Island -Will be Given
an Ample Force.
New York, June 13 —-A special to the
Times from NV ashington says:
Now that the Santiago expeditionary
force under General Shafter is on its way
to co-operate with Adimnal Sampson in the
reduction of that city and the capture of
the Spanish ships in its harbor, the ener
gies of the war department are to be di
rected to make preparations for invasion
of Porto Rico.
While the preparations will be pushed
forward as expeditously as possible, there
is no reason that any extraordinary haste
will be resorted to.
The volunteers *at Jacksonville and
Tampa, who are expected to form part of
the army of invasion for Porto Rico are
not in condition to be sent to that island,
an-1 it will take a little time to put them
in shape.
It is true that the progress made at
Jacksonville, where General Fitzhugh Lee
is in command, has been much more satis
factory than at some of the other camps.
Already clothing for 7,500 men has been
delivered there and owing to the abundant
raili-oad facilities no such confusion as oc
curred at Tampa in the distribution of uni
forms, equipments and supplies has been
encountered. This encourages the hope
that the volunteers there will be made
ready for the invasion -in less time than
was required at Tampa and is taken at
Chickamauga.
No one supposes that the Porto Rican
army will be made up of volunteers en
tirely. As General Shafter has taken to
Cuba practically all the regulars it will
be necessary for the move on Porto Rico
to be deferred at least until Santiago has
fallen and some of the regular troops now
with that expedition can be withdrawn
and combined wiith a detail of volunteers
for investment of San Juan. The war de
partment preparations all point to the one
operation following upon the other. That
this can be done speedily is not doubted.
The capture of Santiago is looked upon as
likely to require very few days and after
the city has fallen, a comparatively small
force will be required in co-operation wiith
the insurgents to take possesion of the en
tire province. When that is done, several
regiments of the regulars can be spared to
lead the Porto Riican force.
The same transports that are bearing
the Fifth army corps to Santiago will have
to be used for the movement against Porto
Rico, supplemented by the additional ships
that have be<-n ordered to Fernandina.
There are seven of ttem, the Gate City,
City of Macon, Comanche, Knickerbocker,
Calania, ami Nrcada and Louisiana. The a
•ships, it is expected, will take on volun
teers Horn General Lee’s Seventh corps
now at Jacksonville, while the transports
that are to take the regulars from Santiago
to San Juan may remain off the south
Cuban coast until their services are need
ed.
There is no disposition on the part of
the administration to underestimate the
strength of the enemy in Porto Rico in
spite of the newspaper strategists that it
is unconsequential.
Lieutenant Whitney is said to have re
ported the Spanish strength in the island
as small, but it is recognized by the war
board, if its general attitude may be
taken as meaning anything that it will not
do to take any chances in the matter. It
is remembered that Admiral Sampson
found the reduction of the forts and batte
ries at San Juan no child’s play, that he
suceeded in doing little damage to them
in three hours’ bombardment.
It is reasoned too, that there may bo
more Spanish troops in the island than
Lieutenant 'Whitney saw. At any rate the
war department feels that while it has the
men it will bo wise to send
enough to Puerto Rico to meet
-and defeat twice as many Span
iards as are said to be in the largest,
i'lie larger the force, the quicker, more
decisive and possibly the less bloody jvill
be the work of capturing the place. For
these reasons probably 12,000 or 15,000
men will be sent to the island.
General Fitzhugh Lee is expected Vo
command part of the Porto Rican expedi
tion, but this is not taken as eliminating
him from the main iCufoan campaign.”
There will he plenty of opportunity for
him to take the part he is anxious to take
in the real work of freeing Cuba after the
campaign in the lesser island is over. The
story that he is to be made governor of
Porto Rico is discredited by its inappro
priateness.
The navy department has been advised
of the purpose of army and the war board
is making arrangements for supplying the
convoying fleet for the expedition, for the
plans contemplate a joint attack on the
San Juan fortification by the army and the
navy and the fortifications are so pow’er
ful that heavily armored ships can only
be sent against them at the beginning.
Therefore it ds believed that Admiral
Sampson’s battleships will be the fleet.
Tlie Sure L.a Orippe Cure.
There is no use suffering from this
dreadful malady if you will only get the
right cure. You are having pain all through
your body, your liver is out of order, have
no appetite, no life or ambbition, have a
bad cold —in fact, are used up: Electric
bitters is the only remedy that will give
you prompt and sure relief. They act di
rectly on your liver, stomach and kid
neys, tone.up the whole system and make
you feel like a new being. They are guar
anteed to cure or prive refunded. For sale
at H. J. Lamar & Sons’ drug store. Only
50c per bottle.
Mr. P. Ketchum of Pike City, Cal., says:
"During my brother’s late sickness from
sciatic rheumatism Chamberlain’s Pain
Balm was the only remedy that gave him
any relief." Many others have testified to
tho prompt relief from pain which this
liniment affords. For sale by H. J. La
mar & Sons, druggists.
GONE TO BRUNSWICK.
Many Macon Druggists and Applicants for
Admission to the Ranks,
A large number of the Macon druggists
and would-be druggists went down to
Brunswick last night. The Columbus and
Atlanta delegation to tbe meeting of the
Pharnaaceirtictal Association passed through
at the same time. Macon has sent a larger
number of applicants to be examined by
the lioard than any o.her pk.ee wiil send
this year. In all there are nine applicants
before the boaid. The meeting lasts f or
three days.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and. Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature of
Pay your second install
ment of city tax by June 15.
and save tax execution.
EVERYONE IS PLEASED
But no One is More So than the Partner's
Themselues.
The anouneement of the consolidation of
the clothing firms of John C. Eads and J.
N. Neel is the big piece of news in com
mercial circles.
Both of these gentlemen were best
known as partners under the name of
Eads and Neel.
About ten months ago the partnership
was dissolved and both opened stores. Now
they have determined to go it no longer
alone and on August 1 next they will be
consolidated. Notwithstanding the disso
lution the two old partners have remained
firm friends and the fact that they have
decided to come together again seems to
give them as much pleasure as it does to
their friends.
AN ENTERPRISING DRUGGIST.
There are few men more wide awake and
enterprising than H. J. Damar & Sons,
who spare no pains to secure the best of
everything in their lines for their many
customers. They now have the valuable
agency for Dr. King’s New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds. This is
the wonderful remedy that is producing
such a furor all over the country by its
many startling cures. It absolutely cures
Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarseness, and all
affection of the Throat, Chest nd Dung".
Call at above drug store, and get a trial
bottle free, or a regular size for 50 cents
and SI.OO. Guaranteed to cure or price re
fundede.
MERRITTWILL
GET HIS QUOTA.
All the Troops for Manila
Have Now Received
Their Orders.
O‘W York,June 13. —It may be stated with
positivencss that the war department has
no present intention of sending any more
troops to San Francisco for the Philip
pines expediton then have already been
ordered there, says the Washington cor
respondent of the Times.
Gen. Merritt anounced when he left New
York that he wanted at least, 20,000 men
to take to Manilla and that he intended
to have that number, it was generally ac
cepted herethat Gen, Merritt won his
point and that the department promised
him the men he asked for. It is now stated
that instead of the 20,000 men he has been
counting on only 16,000 have been as
sembled at San Francisco, and that the
future governor general of the Philippines
is getting uneasy about the other 4,000.
Adjutant General Corbin has several
times recently, in response to direct in
quiries, stated that it was not intended to
send any more troops to the Philipineg
than those already selected for that work.
He was -asked the same question today in
view of the San Francisco reports about
Gen. (Merritt insisting on more men, and
he answered again that there was no in
tion of ordering any more additional regi
ments to'Manila at this time.
If the assertion. telegraphed from San
Fransico is correct that 16,000 troops are
already massed there, counting those who
have gone to Manila, it is estimated that
the recruiting of these regiments to their
maximum strength, as is being done under
the second volunteer call, will eventually
raise the strength of the force to very
nearly 20,000.
It is thought to be probable that the war
department is depending on this means to
fill it out as the recruits can be sent on
after the transports have left with the
regiments to which they belong.
Bucklin’s Arnica Salve
The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains,
corns, and all skin eruptions, and positive
ly cures piles, or no pay required. It is
guaranteed ta give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price 25 cents per box.
For sals hr H. J. Ijnar * «irue
rtor*.
CLIFTON PROMOTED,
Will be Chief Clerk to Assistant Passenger
Agent Hardwick.
Mr. Randall Clifton, who has been the
local passenger agent of the Southern rail
way and has made many friends while he
has been here, has been promoted to the
position of chief clerk to Assistant Pas
senger Agent Hardwick in Atlanta.
Mr. Clifton has a splendid reputation as
a railroad man and his promotion gives
great pleasure to his friends in this city.
He will be succeeded by Air. C. S.White,
who has been the agent of the Central at
Griffln.
.Bad management keeps more people in
poor 'circumstances than any one other
cause. To be successful one must look
ahead so that when a favorable opportun
ity presents itself he is ready to take
advantage of it. A little forethought will
also save much expense and valuable time.
A prudent and careful man will keep a
bottle of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy in the bouse, the shift
less fellow will wait until necessity com
pels it and then ruin his best horse going
for a doctor and have a big doctor’s bill to
pay besides; one pays out 25c, the other is
out a hundred dollars and then wonders
why his neighbor is getting richer while
he is getting poorer. For sale by H. J.
Damar & Sons, druggists. »
bigltsTival
Will be Given on Coleman’s
Hill for Benefit of Sol
diers.
The Soldiers’ Relief Association of Ma
con will give a festival on Coleman's Hill
next Friday night for the benefit of the
soldiers’ relief fund.
This will be one of the biggest affairs of
•the kind that Macon has ever known, in
fact an effort will be made to make it the
•biggest.
Everyone is expected to turn out, as
everyone is expected to do something for
the fund.
A number of attractions will be added to
the program for the evening which has
not yet been completed.
$1.50 TO INDIAN SPRINGS
And Return —Saturday-Monday Rate
Beginning Saturday, June 11, the South
ern railway will sell round trip tickets
from Macon to Indian Spring each Satur
day for afternoon and evening trains good
to return until the Monday following at
rate c-f $1.50 round trip.
• RANDADD CLIFTON,
Traveling Passenger Agent.
HAYNE TO THE FRONT.
Cadet Ellis Has Orders to Report to Com
mander of Minneapolis.
Cadet Hayne Ellis, who came home
about a week ago On a four months’ leave
from Annapolis, made application for ap
pointment to a ship for duty instead of a
furlough. On Saturday afternoon he re
ceived orders to report at once at the
Norfolk navy yard to the commander of
the Mineapolis, and left for that place on
Saturday night. Hayne is one of the most
popular of Macon's younger set and will
be followed by the good wishes of all who
know him.
C ASTORIA.
Bears the K’ 1 ” 1 YBU Ha *® A, * a?S
NOTICE.
Dr. H. W. Walker, Dentist, will be ab
sent from his office till Monday, June 13th,
in attendance at the annual Georgia State
Dental Convention.
SHAFTER TO LAND
AT ZACHIA BAY
Nine Miles From Santiago,
and Will Begin Opera
tions Immediate! v.
WILL ARRIVE fin THURSDAY,
Cable Will by That Time be in
Readiness for Direct Communi
cation With Washington.
Copyrighted IS9S by the Associated Press.
Mole St. Nicholas, June 12—6 p. m —The
expxedition from Tampa under Gen. Shaf
ter, convoyed by war ships from the North
Cuba blockading squadron, will land in
or near Zachra Bay, nine miles west of
Santiago.
Operations will begin imediately. The
•arrival of the transports with 26,000 in
fantry, three (battalions of cavalry and a
•battalion of artillery is expected off San
tiago by Thursday.
'When the associated press dispatch boat
Dauntless left Guantanamo this (Sunday)
morning the ca'ble steamer Adria was
grappling for the (Haytien cable. The
cable is to be spliced and Admiral Samp
son will bold it for direct eommunjea
tion with Washington.
“UNCLE BEN” DEAD.
A Well Known Figure in Card’s Military
Band.
Mr. Brn Thomas, who has been a mem 7
ber of Card's band for a long time, and
who has passed under the sobriquet of
“Uncle Ben,’’ died on Saturday afternoon
The funeral took place yesterday after
noon from Mrs. Houser's boarding house
on Second street. Uncle Ben was 65 years
of age and had not been in good health .or
a number of years. His last illnes lasted
only about three weeks.
Pay your second install
ment of city tax by June 15*
and save tax execution.
HOBSON AND HIS
SEVEN HEROES.
All Reported to be Well and
in Receipt of Cable
grams.
'Now York, June 13.—1 n response to an
inquiry Gen. Linares of the Spanish army
at Santiago ea'bled the 'following reply:
“Hcloson and the other seven prisoners
are well and in receipt of all cablegrams
.sent them.”
CASTORIA.
Bears the — ftlß Kin(l Yotl Ha<e Alwa V s
MONT DE SALES.
Closing Exercises Wili be Held Next Thurs
day Morn'ng.
The closing exercises of (Mt. de Sales
Academy will take place in the hall of the
Academy on Thursday morning, June 16
at 10 o’clock.
On account of limited space a nominal
admission fee Os 25 cents will be charged
and no child under 12 years will be ad
mitted.
Pay your second install
ment of city tax by June J 4.
and save tax execution.
f-'KI'PPERTON.
Rain is much needed in and around
Skipperton. Cotton crops are somewhat
retarded by high winds and cool nights;
stands not good on account of dry weather
and insects. The corn ciop suffet ing
much from drouth. Oat crops are consid
erably cut off by drouth. A few farmers
in this section have experimented on
wheat this year. They were advised by
one of the best farmers in the district not
to sow it, as it would not yield more than
five bushels per acre. Four farmers at’
Skipperton planted twenty acres and
threshed out three hundred and sixty
bushels. It would be a good idea for
fanners to turn their attention more to
raising food crops and not. so much cot
ton, unless cotton would bring a better
price.
One farmer at Skippertorf killed meat
enough last winter to run his plantation
this year and has meat to sell.
Pay your second install
ment of city taxes by June 10,
and save tax execution.
South Macon Dots
James Beverly Campbell and
“Sonie” Peevy are among the South Ma
con boys who have joined the immune
regiment now organizing in Camp Price
in Central City park.
'Mr. and Mrs. Joe McLendon had a mid
night caller on Thursday night last, which
caused them a great deal more pleasure
than surprise.
Mr. and Mrs. (McDendon are so highly
pleased with the midnight caller that they
have prevailed upon her to remain and
“Grace” their home indefinitely.
Dealt, the three-year-old daughter of
•Mrs. Wesley Bracken, who died yesterday
morning at the home of her mother, in
Waverley, near South Macon, was buried
at Jones Chapel cemetery this morning at
10 o’clock.
Mr. Jim-Tom-Simmons and Miss Mag
gie Hall were married at the home of the
bride’s parents in South Macon yesterday
evening.
Mr. Augustus J. Dong, of South Macon,
returned from Milwaukee yesterday even
ing at 8 o’clock, accompanied by his
charmng and lovely bride, who is one of
Milwaukee’s fairest and most lovely flow
ers.
Mrs. Josie and Mrs. Smith, of Ameri
cus, sisters of the groom, and their fami
lies came up yesterday afternoon and were
in attendance at the residence of their
mother on Ellis street, South (Macon.
CA9TOHT2L.
Bears the Tl» Kind Yotl Have A|jj[gys Bou'rtlt
Hotel Cumberland, opens
for the summer June 14th
Reduced terms offered parties
of five or more.
Lee T. Shackelford,
Proprietor.
Subscribers must pay up and not allow
small balances to run over from week to
week. The carriers have been In strueted
to accept. no part payment from 111/01*
after April tot.
110 fl yiyil ift
. . g For Infants and Children.
TASTfW |Tlie Kind You law
i - i Always Bought
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ncssandltestConUins neither I r Z * .s’
Opium. Morphine not Mincrai, £ 01
Kot N Afc c otic . ?
JftmTtAm Smi~ ijH • aV m
AllC&nnff »■ 1 ' Sg B w
fcs’. $ S a , Tho
fess?."” i I i\ lA • inu
Jujrr . ] IJK ■ A &
Apcrfcct Remedy for Constipa ft *OO
lion. Sour Steinach,Diau hoca, i < s V
Worms .Convulsions. Feveris- ® S V H
nessandLoss of Sleep. | $n U V
FacSinvle Signature of !
plways Bought.
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TH! CI NTAUR COMPANY. NITUI VOHK CITY.
J. S. BUDD CO.
320 SECOND STREET.
421 Walnut St. F) rini 101(1 Oglethorpe St.
4GOOakSt. rill HHill 1171 Oglethorpe St.
288 Orange St. lUI HUH t 904 Second St.
420 Calhoun St. 386 Clinton St.
233 Bond St. Opposite 386 Clin-
Dwelling with large lot. head of ton St., in East
Oglethorpe street. Macon.
Store and offices in good locations.
Fire and Accident Insurance.
POPULAR SUMMER RESORT.”
Dalton. Ga., is now one of the roost Popular summer resorts in the South—
climate delightful, scenery superb, beautiful drives, good livery. Hotel Dalton is
the homo of the resort seeker and (ho com mereial traveler. Elegantly 'built, electric
bells, elevator, tel .phone hot anl cold baths on every floor. Special rates to
families. Many come each summer from lower Georgia and Florida. Further in
formation given 'by
D. D. 'DETTOR, Proprietor, ........ Dalton, Ga.
Don’t Lay It to the Water.
Pure water is necessary to health, but clean premises is equally Im
portant. DISINFHXfTANT LI MIC is the only thing that guarantees u per
fect sanitary condition. Keep the yards well sprinkled. It will neutral
ize the poisonous gases and prevent sickness- —will save you many a dol
lar in doctor’s 'bills. Be advised in time. AVo have reduced the price
to 50 cents per barrel delivered . One barrel may prove tho salvation of
of your family. Use it now. Don’t w«it.
T. C. BURKE, MACON, GEORGIA
HHLF GENT fl WORD.
Miscellaneous.
FASHIONABLE hair dresser, all kinds of
hair work done on short notice; also
will buy nice h/iir. 653 'New street.
'Louisa Brown.
PURE rubber for fruit jars at Fair Store.
FOR SA LE —A handsome > rap, something
nice and good, been used but very lit
tle. Will sell for loss than half its
vaiwe. F. W. Williams, Fourth
street.
FOR iyhX'.’i'—Flat of three rooms, all fur
nished if desired, ready* for house
keeping, with gas stove, connected
bath and coßvenk nces private. Terms
very reasonable to right party. 147
Rose Park.
JELLY glasses at Fair Store.
THERE are oils and other oils, but none
as good as Safety Oil. For sale only
by Consumers' Oil Company.
TRY Salt-Rising or Milk Bread Saturday.
Woman’s Exchange.
Hurrah for Dewey. Have his or any other
picture you want framed or enlarged
'first class, but mighty cheap. Do you
want a beautiful hall, dining room or
parlor picture? I have ’em. Also breast,
scarf or hair pins, rings, cuff and col
lar buttons. If so remember Migrath’s,
558 .Mulberry street, opposite Hotel
Lanier.
WE have reduced Safety Oil to GO cents
for five gallons. Former price7sc. Con-
Burners' Oil OBeipany.
FRUIT jars at Fair Store.
FORRENT—Two five room houses, kitchen
attached, 166 and 172 Magnolia street.
William Lee- Ellis.
WANTED—Stock to pasture in my pasture
near Macon. Good water, plenty of
and a good plank fence. Reas
onable. Address Cason Sherwood,
manager, McElroy, Ga., or W. S. Sher
v.ood, city.
BERRY sets and ice cream sets at the
Fair Store.
SAFETY Oil. Finest oil made. Reduced to
60 cents for five gallons. Consumers'
Oil Company.
WE handle Safety Oil exclusively. Finest
lamp oil made. Five gallons for 60
1 r- <>■: Company.
USE Safety Oil in your oil stove. Purest
oil made. Consumers’ Oil Company.
TRY Salt-Rising or Milk Bread Saturday.
■Voman’s Exchange,
NOW is the time to have your lace cur
tains laundered. Mrs. Ryder, near
Chump’s park, does the very best. work.
Ail curtains laundered at only 25 cents
per window.
REMEMBER, the Fair Store keeps the
quickest and best ice cream freezers
on the market.
W'E have dropped the sale of Sunlight Oil
and will handle Safety Oil exclusively.
Finest oil made, five gallons for 6Q
cents. Consumers’ Oil Company-
W. A. GOODYEAR, carnage, buggy and
wagon shop. Horse shoeing, hue paint
ing. Repairing of scales a specialty
AGENTS WANTED—For war In Cuba by
Senor Quesada, Cuban representative
at Washington. Endorsed by Cuban
patriots. In tremendous demand. A
bonanza for agents-. Only |LSO. Big
book ,big commissions. Everybody
wants the only endorsed, reliable book.
Outfits aent free. Credit given. Freight
paid. Drop all rtash and make 3300
a month with War in Cuba. Address
today, THE NATIONAL BOOK CON
CERN, 352-356 Dearborn street, Chi
cago. 111.1
SEE Sc an.rToe com.: i ’s at Fair.
TRY~ Sait-Rising or M !k Bread Saturday. J
Woman's Exchange.,
WANTED —The people of Macon and .
friends of Mrs. O. A. Mason to know ;
they can obtain her services as pm- <
fessional nurse by tel- phoning or trie- I
graphing her at Fort Valley, care W.
B. Carlton, 3 daily trains to Macon.
FOR SALE —Milch Cow, fresh 16 quarts j
per day, 8 pounds of Butter per week
guaranteed. J. G. Postell.
FOR SALE—Bargains in unredeemed
pledges of every description. A largo
asortmynt of diamonds from I k to 3 k,
fine pearl rings and ear rings, solid
gold ladies and gents’ watches and
fine jewelry at half price. Old gold
and silver bought or exchanged. 8.
BlouCnstein, loan office, 453 Cotton
avenue.
Idle Hour Slock Farm,'
Macon, Ga.
Stallions at Farm
CLEBURNE.
Trial by Brown Hal, dam by Pat
'Malone. Cleburne is ( a halt brother to
Star Pointer, 1:59’4-
BARON STAMBOUL
Trial by Stamboul, dam Bon Bon
by Baron Wilkes.
Address—
J. F. GODARD, Manager,
Ger YouFlcTW-inj
The College Hill
Ice Company.
269 Washington Avenue.
Is the most convenlene ice house for all
the homes between New Street and Vlne
ville. Delivers i'ce anywhere in the city
without extra cost. Prompt attention to
all orders. Telephone 511 two calls.
W. H. SHEPARD,
Manager.
For Sale.
Dffli Real
EM
The Johnson & Harris store building,
corner Fourth and Cherry streets, now
occupied by A. & N. M. Block.
. 6 room house, 10 Franklin street, known
as the “Dickey” property.
3 room dwelling, 314 Jackson street.
The Glover residence on Huguenin
Heights.
The Chapman property on Ocmulgc-e
street, in front of M. & I. street railway
shops, with two 4-room houses.
Two 4-room dwellings on the Tindall
property.
5 acres on Vincville car line adjoining
Crump’s park.
Vacant lots on Gray property in rear
of Mercer University.
Vavant lots on Tindall property and on
Huguenin Heights.
For anv information apply to
M. P. CALLAWAY, ‘
Receiver,
Progress Loan Improvement and
Manufacturing Company.
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by «‘xpri'.?id. prepaid, for
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