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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? A Texas Wonder. HALL’S GREAT DISCOVERY. 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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 || AVcgelabkPrcparationforAs-1 J ~ ; sitniiahngthcToodatxiPc^ula- I » ' , # ; ting tte Stomachs and Bowels of BeR.rS th.o & 1 i t c ■' • ' /vir L & Signature / M y v » Promotes Digestion.Cfeerful- ° 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. je— r jCASTORIA 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. ** non-pct?M»«one r : -«< *ly f«r <;< J.orrl u-a, t’L JLEb ** p•• r n t <•» t * n IVt * VI ’“ b *’ n M r*l uiti- *'■• Ars ‘V? • harg’ -. or any iailiHHim a. 4 *. «:rtet«rc. «»<•«», irritation or uiu<ra *>re cC <>kartfti*. tion «»t IH ». Ct- U H ’tiMlli- ~r -- ■ b '.i-u-lringcnt. U.S.A. ‘ ' r ‘ >‘ l f’LiK. Aiapper, by «‘xpri'.?id. prepaid, for ° r 3 > $2.75. * Cireidar teat ou 3