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THE PURPOSE OF LIFE
DR. TALMAGE ON THE AIM AND OB-
JECT OF EXISTENCE.
The tn* <»f I.lff ShonhJ He Action.
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Mreenalty of 'pcolnlltlnK—l*itrndi«e
Shtial Be the Hrarnrd of l.nhor.
elation J
X\ Nov. 13.—T0 all those who
f<*4 they h ».e no mi- lon In the
world, thin sermon of Dr. Talmage will
come an a chet ring revelation; V-xt, John
xvlli, 37, “To thl« .-nd was I born.’*
After Pilate had •uicided. tradition says
that his body wtw thrown into the Tiber,
and such storms • n e<<l <,p andatxmt that
river, that his I tody wan taken out and
thrown into the Rhone and similar <li«
tiirb-unes swept that river and its lianks.
'1 hen the ixidy was taken out and moved
to IjHuaanne, and put in a dee]>eg jiool,
which Immediately Ix-canio the center rtf'
similar iit tn, ,• j.h< rfe and a<jticou« riisturb
nnccH Though theso are fanciful and
false traditions, they show the exaration
with which the world looked upon Pilate
It was Ix’fore this mun, when he watt tn
full life and power, that Christ was ar
raigned a- In a court <>f oyer and terminer
J'lhitu said to liis prisoner, *• Art thou a
king then) and Jr-iisatHV’ered, “To this
end was I born.” Suri, < Dough, although
all earth and hell ar<e»- to keep him down,
he is today empalaced, enthroned and
comm ted king of earth and king of heav
en That is what he came tor and that is
What lie fieeomplislied
Ry the time a child reaches 10 years of
age the parents legin to. discover that
child’s destiny, but by the time he or she
Teaches 15 years of age, the question is on
the child’s lips: “What, shall J do? What
am 1 going to be? What was I made for?’
It is a sensible and righteous quest ion, and
the youth ought to keep asking it until
it Is so fully answert d that, the young man
or young woman can suv with ns much
truth as its author, though on a less ex
pam-ivc scale. “To this end was I liorn.’’
T!ir nivino I’orpoH,-.
'I hi re is t<s> much divine skill shown in
the physical, mental and moral constitu
tion of the ordinary human lining to sup
pose that he was constructed without, any
divine purp< se. If you take me out on
some vast plain and show me a pillared
temple surmounted by a dome like St
Peter's and having a floor of pnw.iouH
stones and arches that must have taxed
the brain of the greatest draftsman to de
sign, and walls scrolled and niahed and
paneled, and wainscoted and painted, and
I should ask you what this building was
put, up for and you answered, “E:>r noth
ing at. all,’’ how could 1 believe you? And
it is impossible for mo to believe that any
ordinary human being who has in his
muscular, nervous and cerebral organiza
tion mor ■ wonders than Christopher Wren
lifted in St. Paul's, or Phidias ever chisel
ed <>n the Acropolis, and built in such a
way that it. shall last long after St. Paul’s
cathedra) is as much a ruin ns the Parthe
non--that. such a being was constructed
for no purpose, nnd to execute no mission,
and without, any divine intention toward
some end The object, of this sermon is to
help you to find out. what you are made
for and help y<><. find your sphere and as
sist you into that condition where you can
say with certainty ami emphasis and en
thusiasm and triumph, “To this end was
I born." .
First, I discharge you from all responsi
bility for most of your environments. You
are not responsible for your parentage or
grand parentage You are not. responsible
for any of the cranks t hat may have lived
In your ancestral line and who a hundred
years before you w ere born may have lived
a stylo of life that, more or less affects you
today You are not. responsible for the fact
that your tompernment is sanguine, or
inclnnc.holic, or bilious, or lymphatic, or
nervous Neither are you responsible for
the place of your nativity, whether among
the granite hills ot New England, or the
cotton plantat ions of Louisiana, or on the
hank of the Clyde, or the Dmdper, or the
Shannon, or the Seine Neither uro you
responsible I<>r the religion taught in your
father’s house, or the irrellgion Do not
bother you: .elf’ about what you cannot,
.help <>r about circumstances that you did
3tof. de too
Ta he t bines as t hey are and decide the
question so that you shall bo able safely
to .s.-y, “To this end was I born.” Dow.
will v->u d< ei.l * it? By direct application
t<> the o ily Being in the universe who is
competent to toll you—t he Lord Almighty
Do you know the reason why he is the
only one who can till? Because ho can see
everything between your cradle and your
grave, t hough the grave lie. So years oil’
And besides t hat ho is the only Being who
.can see what has been happening in the
din t 5(10 years in your ancestral line, and
foe thousands of yearsclear back to Adam
.and there is not. one person in all that an
icestralTf no of 6.000 years but has somo-
Ihow nffi'Cfcd your character, and even old
jAdam himself will sometimes turn up in
v<W disposition. The only Being who can
take ,all things that pertain to you into
consideration is God, and ho Is the one
you cun tiek Life is so short, wo have no
time to experiment with occupations and
professions The reason wo have so many
t dead failures is that parents decide for
childr ii wli.it they shall do or children
themselves, wrought on by some whim or
fi’anev. decide for themselves, without, any
Implornt.!o<i of divine guidance So we
ha e now ii. pulpits men making!.sermons
who ought io ho in blacksmith shops nmk
inti plowshares, ami wo have iu life law
these who instead of ruining the cases <4
their clients ought to he pounding 6hoe
lasts, ami doctors who an> the worst bin
dr.mces to their patients mnvaleseenco
and artists trying to paint landsi-ujx’s who
ought to bo whitewashing board fences
while there ate others making bricks who
ought to be remodeling constitutions or
shoving planes who ought to be trans
forming literatures Ask God ais>|it what,
worldly business you shall undertake until
you arose positive you can in earnestneaa
smite your hand on your plow handle or
your carpenter's bench, or your .Black
stone’s “Commentaries. ’’ or your nuxiie.nl
• dictionary, or your Dr. Dick's “Didactic
•Theology, saying, “For this end was I
’born ’’ There are children who early de
'velop natural al’initios for certain styles
•of work When the father of the astron
miner Forbes was going to London, lie
asked his children what present he should
bring each one of them. The boy who
was to be an astronomer cried out, “Bring
nw a t&lescope 1 ’
Signa of the Future.
And there are children whom you find
nil by themselves drawing on their slates
or on paper ships or houses or birds, and
you know they are to be draftsmen or
architects of some kind And you find
others ciphering out difficult problems
with rare interest and success, and you
know they art'to be mathematicians And
others making wheels and strange con
trivances, and you know they are going to
be machinists And others are found ex
perimenting with fioe and plow and sickle,
anti you know they will be farmers And
others are always swapping jackknives or
balls or bats and n.a- ing something by
the bargain, ami they are going to be mer
chants When .Abbe do Hance had so ad
vanctxi in studying Greek that he could
translate Anacreon at 13 years of age,
there was no doubt left that he was in
tended for a scholar. But in almost every
lad there conies a time when he does not
ln-’w what he was made for. and his par
ents do not know, and it is a crisis that
God only can deride. Then there are
those ixi'ra for some especial work and
their fitness does not develop until quite
late When Philip Doddridge whose set
mens and books have harvested uncounted
souls for glory, I’gitn to study for the
jninistry, Dr Calamy. oue of the wisest
an,l Itest men. advis. d him to turn his
thought* to some other work Isaac Har
row, the eminent clergy num and Christian
ecientist— his books standard now, though
he lias I'een dead over 200 years —was the
disheartenmeut of his father, who used to
say that if it pleased God to take any of
his children away he hoped it might be
his son Isaac So some of those who have
been characterized for their stupidity in
boyhood or girlhood, have turned out the
mightiest benefactors or benefiU’tresscs of
the human race. These things being so,
Biu I not right in saying that in many
oases God only knows what is the most
appropriate thing for you totlo.jand be is
die oiie to asx? Ahd let all parents and
All snltonlg nnd all universities'and all col
leges recognize this and a large nnnitx r of
those who spent their Ix’St years In sturn
oling about among businesses and occupa
tions. now trying this and now trying
that and fading in all, would be able to
x<> ahead with a <!<4lnit<', decided and tre
mendous puriw.M- saying. “To this end
was I bom.’’’
XVbnt Sbnll 1 Dot
But my subject now mounts Into the
momenton- Let me say that, you are
made for usefulness nnd heaven I
this from the way you are built Yon go
into a shop where there is only one wheel
turning and that by a workman’s foot on
a tn-mile, and you say to yourself, “Here
is something good being Jone, yet on a
email scale,” hat if you go into a factory
covering many acres and you find thou
sands of bai.iis pulling on thousands of
wlteels and shuttles flying and the whole
wene lu-wihh ring with activities, driven
.by water or steam or electric power, you
••onclmb' that the factory wns put up to
•1“ great work and on a vast si-jile Now,
I'X ik nt yoii.’m d if 1 should find that
you Lad only one faculty of txidy, only one
muscle, only one nerve, if you could uro
tout not hear, or e« aid h> ur and not wee, if
you had the use of only one toot or one
hand, and, as to our higher nature, if you
had only one mental faculty and you had
memory but no judgment, or judgment
tint no will, amt if you l:ad a soul with
only one capswity. I would say not much
is !'xptx:t*'d of yon. But stand up, oh,
man. and let me look you squarely in the
fwo Eyes capable of seeing everything.
Ears capable of h< arlng everything Hands
c.npable of grasping everything. Minds
with more win els tlum any factory ever
turned, more power than any Corliss en
gine ever moved A soul that will outlive
.all the univers!- except heaven, and would
outlive all heaven if the life of the other
immortals were a moment short of the
sternol Now, what has the world a right
to expect of you? What has God a right
to demand of you? God is the greatest of
economists in the universe, nnd he makes
nothing uselessly, and for what purpose
did he iiuilit your body, mind and soul as
they arc built? There are only two beings
in the universe who can answer that ques
tion The angels do not know. The school*
do not know Your kindred cannot cer
tainly know God knows, and you ought
to know A factory running at an ex
pense of ss(M),oiio a year and turning out
goods worth 70 cents a year would not be
such an incongruity as you, O man, with
such semi infinite equipment doing noth
ing, or next to nothing, in the way of use
fulness. “AVhat shall 1 do?” you ask. My
brethren, my sisters, do not ask me. Ask
God There’s some path of Christian use
fulness open It may be a rough path or
it may be a smooth path, a long path or a
short path It may be on a mount of con
spiculty or in a valley unobserved, but it
is a path on which yon can start with such
faith and such satisfaction and such cer
tainty that you can cry out in the face of
earth and hell ami heaven, “To this end
was I born ”
A«*t nt Once,
Do not wait for extraordinary qualifica
tions. Philip, tlie conqueror, gained his
greatA'st victories seated on a mule, and if
you wait for some caparisoned Buceph
alus to ride into the conflict you will
never get into the worldwide fight at all.
Samson slew the Lord’s enemies with the
jawbone of the stupidest beast created.
Shamgar slew 600 of the Lord’s enemies
with an ox goad Under God spittle cured
the blind man’s eyes in the Now Testament
story Tak<' all the faculty you have and
say: “O Lord, here is what 1 have I Show
mo the field and back me up by omnipo
tent power Anywhere, anyhow, any time
for God. ’’ Two men riding on horseback
camo to a trough to water the horses.
While the horses were drinking one of ths
men said to the other a few words about
the value of the soul, then they rode away
and in opposite directions But the words
littered were the salvation of the one to
whom they were uttered, and he became
the Rev. Mr Champion, one of the most
distinguished missionaries in heathen
lands, for years wondering who did for
him the Christian kindness, atid not find
>ng out until in a bundle of hooks sent
him to Africa he found the biography of
Brainerd Taylor and a picture of him, and
the missionary recognized the face in that
book ns the man who nt the watering
trough for horses had said the thing that
saved his soul What opportunities you
have had in the past! What opportuni
ties you have now I What opportunities
you will have in the days to cornel Put
on your hat, O woman, this afternoon
and go and comfort that young mother
who lost her babe last summer. Put on
your hat, O man, and go over and see that
merchant who was compelled yesterday to
make an assignment and toll him of the
everlasting riches remaining for all those
who serve the Lord. Can you sing? Go
and sing for that man who cannot get
well, and you will help him into heaven.
Let it be your brain, your tongue, your
eyes, your ears, your heart, your lungs,
your hand, your feet, your body, your
mind, your soul, your life, your time,
your eternity for God, feeling in your
soul, “To this end was I born.”
It may be helpful if I recite my own ex
perience in this regard. I started for the
law without asking any divine direction.
1 consulted my own tastes. I liked law
yers and courtrooms and judgesand juries,
ami reveled in hearing the Frelinghuysens
and the Bradleys of the Now Jersey bar,
and as assistant of the county clerk, at 16
years of age. 1 searched titles, naturalized
foreigners, recorded deeds, received the
confession of judgments, swore witnesses
and juries and grand juries, but after
awhile I felt a call to the gospel ministry
an J entered it, and I felt some satisfaction
iu the yvork; but one summer, when I
was resting at Sharon Springs and while
seated iu the park pf that village. I said to
myself. “If I have .an especial work to do
|n the world, I ought to find it out. now,”
and with that determination I prayed ag
I had jgwer before prayed, a,nd got the di -
vine direction, and wrote it down in my
Xuemoranduni icick. and 1 saw my life
Work then .as plainly a* J gee it now. Oh,
do not lie satisfied with general directions!
Get specific directions. Do not ;>t
random. Take aim and fire. Concentrate,
Napoleon’s success in battle came from his
theory of breaking through the enemy’s
ranks at one point, not trying to meet the
whole line of the enemy’s force by a sim
ilar force One reason why he lost Water
loo was because lie did not work his usual
theory and spread his force out over a
wide range. O Christian man, O Chris
tian woman, break through somewherel
Not a general engagement for God, but a
particular engagement, and made in an
swer to prayer. If there are sixteen hun
dred million people in the world, then
there are sixteen hundred million different
missions to fulfill, different styles of work
to do, different orbits in which to revolve,
and if you do not get the divine direction
there are at least fifteen hundred and
ninety-nine million possibilities that yon
will make a mistake. On your knees be
fore God get the matter settled so that you
can firmly say, “To this end was I born.’’
Life Is Brief.
And now I come to the climacteric con
sideration As near as I can tell, you
were built for a happy eternity, all the dis
asters which have happened to your na
tuve to be overcome by the bloixi of the
Lamb if you will heartily accept that
Christly arrangement. We are all rejoiced
at the increase in human longevity Peo
ple live, as near as I can observe, about
ten years longer than they used to. The
nuxlern doctors do not bleed their patients
on all occasions as did the former doctors
In those times if a man h;ui fever they
bled him; if he had consumption they
bled him; if he had rheumatism they bled
him, and if they could not make out ex
actly what was the matter they bled him.
Olden time phlebotomy was death ’s coad
jutor. All this has changed. From the
way I see people skipping about at SO years
of age I conclude that the life
companies will have to change their table
of risks and charge a man no more pre
mium at 70 than they used to do when he
was 60, and no more premium at 50 than
when he was 40 By the advancement of
medical science and the wider acquaintance
with the laws of health and the fact that
the people know better how to take care of
themselves human life is prolonged. But
do you realize what, after all. is the brev
ity of our earthly state? In the times
when people lived 700 and 800 years the
patriarch Jacob said that his years were
at tbo life of the youngest
tl-W *
person in this assembly and supposing that
he will live to be a nonagenarian, how
abort the time nnd soon gone, while bank
ed up in front of us is an eternity so vast
that arithmetic has not figures enough to
express its length, or breadth, or depth,
or height. For a happy eternity you were
bom, unless you run yourself against the
divine intentions. If standing in your
presence my eyor.hould fall upon the fec
biest soul here as that soul will appear
when the world lets it up and heaven en
trances it. I supjxrse I would be so over
powered that I should drop down as one
dead.
You have examined the family Bible
and explored the family records, and you
'may have seen daguerreotypes of some of
the kindred ot previous generations, you
have had photographs taken of what you
were in boyhixxl or girlhood, and what
you were ten years later, and it is very in
teresting to any one to tx> able to look
back upon pictures of what he was 10, or
20, or 30 years ago, but have you ever had
a picture taken of what you may be and
what you will be if yon seek after God and
feel the spirit’s regenerating power?
Whero shall 1 plantthe camera to take the
plot ur» ? 1 plant it on this platform. I
direi’t it toward you. Sit still or stand
still while 1 take the picture. It shall be
an instantaneous picture. There! I have
it. It is dime. You can see the picture in
its imperfect state and get some idea of
what it will be when thoroughly devel
oped. There is your resurrected twdy, so
brilliant that the noonday sun Is a patch
of midnight compared with it. There is
your soul, so pure that all the forces of
diabolism could not spot it with an im
perfection. There is your being, so mighty
and so swift that flight from heaven to
Mercury or Mars or Jupiter and back
again to heaven would not weary you, and
a world on each shoulder would not crush
you. An eye that shall never shed a tear
An energy that shall never feel a fatigue
A brow that shall never throb with pain.
You are young again, though you died of
decrepitude. You are well again, though
you coughed or shivered yourself into the
tomb Your everyday associates are the
apostles and prophets and martyrs and
most exalted souls, masculine and fem
inine, of all the centuries. The archangel
to you no embarrassment. God himself
your present and everlasting joy. That is
an instantaneous picture of what you may
be and what I am sure some of you will be.
The End of All Life.
If you realize that It Is an imperfect
picture, my apology is what the apostle
John said, “It doth not yet appear what
we shall be.” “To this end was I born."
If I did not think so, I would be over
whelmed with melancholy. The world
does very well for a little while, 80 or 100
or 150 years, and I think that human lon
gevity may yet be improved up to that
prolongation, for now there is so little
room between our cradle and our grave
we cannot accomplish much, but who
would want to dwell in this world for all
eternity. Some think this earth will final
ly bo turned into a heaven. Perhaps it
may, but it would have to undergo radical
repairs and thorough eliminations and
evolutions and revolutions and transfor
mations infinite to make it desirable for
eternal residence. All the east winds
would have to become west winds and all
the winters changed to springtides and
all the volcanoes extinguished and the
oceans chained to their beds and the epi
demics forbidden entrance and the world
so fixed up that I think it would take
more to repair this old world than to make
an entirely new one. But I must say I
do not care where heaven is, if we can
only get there; whether a gardenized
America or an emparadised Europe or a
world central to the whole universe. “To
this end was I boru.” If each one of us
could say that, we would go with faces
shining and hopes exhilarant amid
earth’s worst misfortunes and trials. Only
a little while, and then the’rapture. Only
a little while, and then the reunion. Only
a little while, and then the transfigura
tion.
In the seventeenth century all Europe
was threatened with a wave of Asiatic
barbarism, and Vienna was especially be
sieged. The king and his court had fled,
and nothing could save the city from be
ing overwhelmed unless the king of Po
land, John Sobieski, to whom they had
sent for help, should with his army come
down for the relief, and from every roof
and tower the inhabitants of Vienna
watched and waited and hoped, until on
the morning of Sept. 11 the rising sun
threw an unusual and unparalleled bril
liancy. It was the reflection of the sun on
the swords and shields and helmets of
John Sobieski and his army coming down
over the hills to the rescue, and that day
not only Vienna, but Europe, was saved.
And see ton not, O ye souls, besieged with
sin and sorrow, that light breaks in; the
swords and the shields and the helmets of
divine rescue bathed in the rising sun of
heavenly deliverance? Let everything else
go rather than let heaven go.
AVhat a strange thing it, must be<o feel
oneself born to an earthly crown, but you
have been born for a throne on which you
may reign after the last monarch of all
the earth shall have gone to dust. I in
vite you to start now for your own corona
tion, to come in and take the title deeds
to your everlasting inheritance. Through
an impassioned prayer take heaven and all
of its raptures
What a poor farthing is all that this
world can offer you compared with pardon
here and life immortal beyond the stars,
unless this side of them there be a place
large enough and beautiful enough and
grand enough for all the ransomed. Wher
ever it be, in what world, whether near
by or far away, in this or some other con
stellation, hail, home of light and love
and blessedness! Through the atoning
mercy of Christ, may we all get there!
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MORE ALCOHOL.
Train Load Sent to Japan for Smokeless
Powder.
By Associated Press.
Peoria., BL. Nov. 14 —-Another train load
of alcohol billed to Japan, has been sent
west. It will be used in the manufacture
of smokeless gun powder. There, were
eleven oars of sixty-five barrels each or
62,900 gallons. Recently an order was re
ceived here for a large supply of spirits
to be shipped to Great Britain.
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MACON NEWS MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 14 1898.
TEXAS IN DRY DOCK.
Damaged by a Floating Log in the Delaware
River.
By Associated Press.
New York. Nov. 14—Preparations have
been completed for the dry docking of the
second-class battleship Texas. The Texas
is to go into the big dry dock at the New
York dock this morning. When she is in
the dock repairs will be made to the star
board side of her propeller sheathing,
w hich was damaged by # a floating log in
the Delaware river. The torpedo boat
Rodgers has gone out of commission. She
is lying in the Whitney basin and will be
placed under the new protective shed.
EMILE ZOLA
Thinks that America Will Do All Right After
a While.
By Associated Press.
Kansas City, Mo.. Nov. 14 —-Edward Zola
of this city, a cousin of Emil Zola, the
French author in the course of an Inter
view talked Interestingly of his- distin
guished relative.
“I think,” said he, “if Monsieur Emile
Zola knew you Americans better he would
admire you more than he does and I told
him so the last time we met in 1895. He
only laughed and said 'America would do
after awhile when the people had ab
sorbed more of the arts and culture of the
Europeans. But he is very grateful for
the interest and sympathy of the American
people in the hot struggle against mili
taryism in France and his opinion of this
country Is changing.”
HYDROPHOBIA.
Ten Year Old Boy Died in Agony in Mis
souri.
By Associated Press.
Sedalia, Mo., Nov. 14—Thomas Moore,
7-year-old, son of E. J. Moore, a member
of company I. Second regiment Missouri
volunteers, is dead of hydrophobia. The
lad was bitten two weeks ago by a dog
which was supposed to be suffering with
rabbles. 'A few hours before the boy died
he commenced to bark like a dog and was
attacked with frequent convulsions. He
tried to bite his attendants and seemed
possessed of superhuman strength. His
death was a most agonizing one.
DISCOVERED YB A WOMAN.
Another great discovery has been made,
and that, too, by a lady in this country.
“Disease fastened its clutches upon her
and for seven years she withstood its se
verest tests, but her vital organs were
undermined and death seemed imminent.
For three months she coughed incessantly
and could not sleep. She finally discov
ered away to recovery, by purchasing of
us a bottle of Dr. King’s New Discovery
for Consumption, and was so much re
lieved on taking the first dose that she
slept all night, and with two bottles has
been absolutely cured. Her’name is Mrs.
Luther Butz.” Thus writes W. C. Ham
nik & Co., of Shelby, N. C. Trial bottles
free at H. J. Lamar & Sons’ drug store.
Regular size, 50c and SI.OO. Every bottle
guaranteed.
Plies, rues, v-nes i
Dr. Williams’ Indian Pile Ointment will
cure Blind, Bleeding and Itching Piles
when all other ointments have failed. It
absorbs the tumors, allays the Hching at
once, acts as a poultice, gives re-
lief. Dr. Williams’ Indian Pile Ointment
is prepared only for Piles an 4 ‘-'''ing of
the private parts and nothing else. Every
box is warranted. Sold by druggists or
SI.OO per 'box.
WILLIAMS MANUFACTURING CO.,
' Proprietors, t—evpland. O.
sent by mail on receipt of price. 50c and
A Sure Sign of Croup.
Hoarseness in a child that is subject to
croup is a sure indication of the approach
of that disease. If Chamberlain’s Couch
Remedy is given as soon as the child be
comes hoarse, or even after the croupy
cough has appeared, it will prevent the
attack. Many mothers who have croupj’
children always keep this remedy at hand
and find that it saves them much trouble
and worry. It can always be depended
upon and is pleasant to take.. For sale
by 11. J. Lamar & Sons, druggists.
IGBHEK
Easily,Quickly, Permanently Restored
MAGNETIC HERViSE
antae to Cure Insomnia, Fits, Dizziness, Hysteria,
Nervous Debility, Lost Vitality, Seminal Losses,
Failing Memory—the result of Over-work, Worry,
Sickness, Errors c< Youth or Over-indulgence
Price 50c. and $1: 6 boxes $5.
Foi quick, positive and lasting results in Sexual
Weakness, Impotencv. Nervous Debilitv and Lost
Vitality, use YELLOW LABEL SPEClAL—double
strength—will give strength and tone to everv part
and effect a permanent cure. Cheapest and best
roo Pills $2, by mail.
FREE — A bottle of the famous Japanese Liver
Pellets will be given with a $r box or more of Mxg
letic Nervine, free. Sold onl. by
For Sale at Gcodwyn’e Drug Store and
Brown House Pharmacy.
The
Reason
Why
The people should and dd buy their frames
and pictures from us is simply this, We
have three times the assortment of any
one else to select from, we are th only
xclusive frame makers in Macon, we do the
best work and our prices are as low and
often lower than our would-be competi
tors.
New Goods daily!.
W. Lamar Williams,
422 Second St.
“Queen of Sea Routes.’
flerchants
and Miners
Transportation Co
Steamship Lines
Between Savannah and
Baltimore, Norfolk,
Boston and Prov
dence.
Low rates and excellent service.
Accommodations and cuisine unsurpassed
Best way to travel and ‘ship your goods.
For advertising matter and particulars
address
J. J. CAROLAN, Agent, Savannah, Ga.
R. H. WRIGHT, Agent, Norfolk, Va.
J. W. SMITH, Agent, .10 Kimball House,
Atlanta. Ga.
J. C. WHITNEY, Traffic Manager.
W. P. TURNER, General Pass. Agent
General offices, Baltimore, Md.
SYPHILIS 1
Primary, secondary or tertiary, no mat
ter how long standing, cured for life under
absolute guarantee in from 15 to 60 days.
I a&ve used this wonderful remedy in my
private practice for over 20 years and have
never failed. A patient once treated by
me is free from outbreaks forever. I use
no mercury cr potash. I will pay SSOO for
any case that I fail to cure within 60 days.
Write at once.
DR. GRAHAM,
Suite 1109, 114 Dearborn st, Chicago, ILL
I IpktiiTmT 4 I
The Kind You Have Always Donglit, and wliicli has been
in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of—
«■><! has been made under his per
(j? y Ss—S sonal supervision since its infancy.
- “*'< " * < Allow iio one to deceive you in this..
All Counterfeits, Imitations and Substitutes are but Ex
periments that trifle with and endanger the health of
Infants and Children— Experience against Experiment.
What is CASTORIA
Castorta is a substitute for Castor' Oil, i'aregorie, Drops
and Soothing Syrups. It is Harmless ami Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic
substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the
Stomach ami Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children’s Panacea—The Mother’s Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA always
Bears the Signature of |
The Kind Yon Have Always Bought
!n Use For Over 30 Years.
THE CENTAUR COMPANY. 7T MURRAY STREET, NFV» YORK CITY.
Home Industries
and Institutions
HENRY STEVENS, SONS & CO
H. BTE VENS’ SONS CO., Macon, Ga., Manufacturers of Sewer and Railroad cul
vert pipe, fittings, fire brick, clay, etc. Wall tubing that will last forever.
MACONREFRIGERATORS.
MUMCKE’S Improved Dry Air Refrigerators. The best Refrigerators made. Manu
factured right here in Macon, any size and of any material desired. It has qualities e
which no other refrigerator on the market possesses. Come and r.ee them at the fac
> -y ew W * rt—»+.
Macon’s Oldest Established and Reliable Jewellers,
J H & W. W. WILLIAMS,
352/Second* Street.
- ... Invite their customers and general eus-
tomers to call, now that Christmas rime
fI ' s coming on and see their beautiful line
sterlin silver noveltise suitable for
t holiday gifts for father, mother, brother or
-r; 3 *-- JSSSftk sister. Our entirely new selected choice
cases .of manicure sets, traveling shaving
'W SCIS an d gen,,emens 'toilet sets. All kinds
?fl of art silver ware and all that pertains to
I |Uj|RigHHrawfeiaßk a we4l kept F’welry store in delicate and
I ’ 'jH KfflEtSftßnJL esthetic styles of watches, diamond jew-
yt dry and opera glasses, can be found at
WILLIAMS’. Give us a call and we will
ji welcome you.
JS.BUDD 8 CD « 'Z“" 43B
tLo! beconu&i. rnone zoy
FOR RENT.
372 College street. 719 Arch street.
230 Bond street. 0 room dwelling on Hill
261 Bond stree’. street near Whittle school.
482 Orange street. _ , ,
858 New street. 6 room dwelling on Stubbs
1522 Fourth street. Hill.
613 Georgia avenue. Dwelling and store corner
517 Georgia avenue. Third and Oak streets.
We represent several strong Fire Insurance
Companies.
THE FAIR STORE F
Has removed to Cherry street, next to
Payne & Willingham’s and L. McMa
nus’ furniture stores and opposite Em
pire Store.
IT IS time” -
TO
fi— d
JSLf
of what kind of cooking apparatus shall be put in for
fall! The oil and gas stove will have to be abandoned.
Why not get a TRIUMPH STEEL RANGE ?
It is the most perfect yet invented, and is unsurpassed
for the quality of its work and economy of fuel. Is
less trouble, cleaner and less expensive than any other
stove made. Come in and examine it. Price S3O,
with complete furniture list of 30 pieces.
Clothing and Gents’ Furnishing Goors.
BENSON & HOUSER.
DRY GOODS.
HUTHNBNCE & ROUNTREE
GIVE •
TRADING STAMPS.
Also forty other merchants in Macon give
Stamps with all cash purchases. Ask for a
book. Save your Stamps and get an elegant
Clock, Lamp, Oak Table, Onyx Table, Watch,
Set of China, Morris Chair, or auy one of the
numerous elegant presents we give away.
Office—Goodwyn’s Drug Store.
Buy your drugs from Goodwyn’s andjget trad
ing stamps.
c. H. & d. to Michigan!
3 Trains Daily.
Finest Trains in Ohio.
Fastest Trains
Michigan and the 6reat Lakes constantly growing in popularity
Everybody will be there this summer. For information inquire
ot your nearest ticket agent.
'""“iSStast Line to Mackinac'
NSW STEEL The Greatest Perfeo
PASSENGER Q-’-r. Lion yet attained In
Steamers, . NW -■ Boat Constructions
l Luxurious . Equip*
SPEED, ment. Artistic Fur-
COMFORT j nishlng, Decoration
AND SAFETY and Efficient Service
lo Detroit. Mackinac, Georgian Bay, Petoskey, Chicago
No ot her 1 .Ho ollurs «. P*n<iriun» of 4t'A iniloa of equal variety and interest
Four Trip, per Week Heineea I F er, Day and Day and Xiirtit Serriee Between
To!edif,Oetrcit and Mackinac Cleveland! OETkOIT M’DtLEVELANB
S«i ? -.. AB q B BTTB ’ Put- in - Bay
‘ • and Toledo. Connection, nre made at Cleveland with
LO" ,ATFS tc M.yeLlnae nnd Lmtlifnl Trains for ah poinls Fast, South
lutnrn, Indudlug .’deals and Berths. Approx- £? ,n • s,,u lhwrst t ar<| at Detroit f<’r all ppintr
inmt • Cost from t’ivrvinnd, sl*.j from Tokdo. fcorth and Northwest
sl4 frora Lb.'troJf r $12.50. Sunday Trips Juno. July, Au trust,
Cnv -1 r, T .f * * *-* , , . * . ‘ Septoinbor and October Onlr.
wm am cweM unwion a—
Central of Georgia
Railway Company
Schedules in Effect, June 12, 1898, Standard Time
90th Meridian.
Il N 2fi L! ’’l „ N ?’ I *l STATIONS | No. 2*| Ne. 8»| Ne. C
94 m i V?o Pm| , 750 am i Lv Macon .. .Ar| 725 pm| 740 am] 350 pm
,A 9- i B4O pm 850 am l Ar ....Fort Valley Lv| 627 pm| 630 am| 242 pm
! 9 30 pm l’ I, 9 40 am|Ar. ... Perry Lv|! 4 45 pm| |!IL 30 am
.... ......| [ii 15 am|Ar. ..Columbus. . .Lvl 400 pm| [
••.’•"’•••I I, 5 50 pm|Ar. . .B’mham. . .Lvl 9 30 am] |
152 pm| 9 57 pm, |Ar.. Americus ....Lv| | 5 18 am| 107 pm
‘ pnl ‘ 10 21 pm i ....|Ar.. .Smithville ..Lv| 4 55 am,! 12 42 pm
3 pm HOS pm| |Ar ....Albany ...Lv| | 415 am| 1135 am
8 ’ 9 rm |Ar ..Columbia .... Lv| | | g 55 am
“0” pm |Ar ...Dawson ....Lvl I | 1152 am
3 4 ® pm lAr ... uthbert ...Lv| |... | 1111 am
3 99 pm No 9 * |Ar .. .Fort Gaines ..Lv| No 10 * | 9 55 am
4 P m 745 am|Ar ....Eufaula ....Lvl 730 pm |lO 20 aai
8 14 pin »....|Ar Ozark .. ..Lvi | 650 am
600 pm r 9 05 am|Ar ’..Union Springs Lv| 6 00 pm | 9 05 am
7 25 pm| | |Ar Troy. . ..Lvi | 7 55 tan
_ pm l I 40 35 amlAr.. Montgomery ..Lv| 4 20 pm | 7 40 am
No. 11.‘I No. 3.*j No. TT “j No. 2.*| No? 4.*f No. 12 *
800 am| 4 25 am| 4 20 pm|Lv ... .Macon. . ..Ar| 11 10 am| 11 10 pmi 720 pm
922 am| 5 40 am| 5 40 pm|Lv. .Barne sville . ,Lv| 9 45 r 9 45 pm| 6 05 pm
112 00 m 12 00 iu| 7 10 pm|Ar... .Thom aston |8 10 am| |! 300 pm
955 am 6OS am| 613 pm|Ar. .. .Gri tlln. . ..Lv| 912 amj 915 pm| b3O pm
II 20 am| J 35 am| 7 35 pntlAi*. , Atlanta. . ..Lv| 7 50 am| 7 50 nmi 4 OB om
no. t>. >i No. 4. *| No. 2*| . xs<e. x.’) a, .
730 pml 11 38 pm 11 25 amjLv. .. .Macon. . ..Ar| | 855 ar , | 745 am
810 pmj 12 19 am 12 08 pm|Ar. . ..Gordon. .. .Ar| 400 pm| 2 10 am| 7
850 pin; I 1 15 pmiAr. .Milledgeville .Lv|! 3 00 pmi..... | 6 20 am
10 00 pm' ' 300 pmiAr.. ..Eatonton. . .Lv’l2 50 pm| | 5 25 am
|. I 4 45 pmiAr. . .Mae hen. . .Lv|!lo 55 am| |
..........I.’ |! 6 50 pmjAr. .. Covington. ..Lv|; 9 20 am| I
•11 25 aml*ll 38 pm|*lt 25 am|Lv. .. .Macon . ~Ar|» 3 45 pmj* 3 55 am|* 3 45 pm
1 17 pml 1 30 amlf 1 17 pm|Lv. . .Ten mile Lv| 156 pm; 1 52 amj 1 56 pm
2 30 pm 225 am 230 pm|Lv. . Wadley. .. .Lv|fl2 55 pm 12 28 am| 12 55 pm
2 51 pm| 2 44 am| 2 51 pm|Lv. .. Midville. . Lv| 12 11 pm| 12 25 am| 12 11 pm
3 30 pm| 3 35 am| 4 00 pmjLv.. ..Millen .. ..Lv 11 35 am| 11 50 pm|sll 30 am
s 4 17 pm 442 ami 503 pm|Lv .Waynesboro ..Lvi 10 10 am| 10 34 pm| 10 47 am
5530 pm 635 am|! 650 pm|Ar.. ..Augusta .. .Lv| 18 20 am| 8 40. pm| 930 am
.j. ± 1 600 am] 600 pm|Lv.. .Savannah. ..Li' 845 am| 900 pm|
No. 16. »| j No. 15. •(| I
I 12 00 mlAr .. .Eatonton .. .Lv ! 3 30 pm
I 13 20 pmjAr. ... Athens .. ..Lv 330 pm
• Daily. ! Dally except Sunday, f station, s Sunday only.
Solid trains are run to ands from Macon and Montgomery via Eufaula, Savau
,sh and Atlanta via Macon, Macon and Albany via Smithville. Macon and Binning
;am via Columbus. Elegant sleeping cars on trains No. 3 and 4 between Manor
uid Savannah and Aalanta and Savannah. Sleepers for Savannah are ready for accv
rancy In Macon depot at 9:00 p. m. Pas-sengezs arriving in Macon on No. 3 and S'
annah on No. 4, are allowed to remain iusleeper until 7a. m Parlor ears betweer
ifaco'n and Atlanta on trains Nos 1 and 2. Seat fare 25 cent-? Passengers for
' rightsville, Dublin and Sandersville t.»kf.11:25. Train arrives Fort Gaine*
4:45 p. m., ami leaves 10:10 a. m. Sundays. For Ozark arrives 7:30 p. m. and leaves
7:30 a. m. For further information or schedules to points beyond our lines, address
J. G. CARLISLE, T. P. A., Macen, Ga. E. P. BONNER, U. T. A.
a. K. HINTON. Traffic Manager • ' ci G • »
TH KO. O KIJNX.
Southern R’y.
Schedule in Effect Oct. 16, 1898
CENTRA L TIME
READ DOWN. READ UP.
"nOTNo. 15 | No. 9 | No. 13 | West | No. 1-t | No. 10 | No. 8 | No. 10
710 pm, 4 45pm| 8 3<‘am 2 05am|Lv .. Macon .. Ar| 2 05am| 8 20am|ll odamjDTopm
-9 45pm| 7 45pm,11 Ibamj 4 15am;Lv .. Atlanta. Lv|ll 55pm] 5 20am| 8 10am| 4 20pm
7 50am|10 uopm| 4 00pm| 4 20am|Lv.. Atlanta. Arjll 50pm| 5 00am| |ll 40am
10 20am| 1 00am| 6 25pm| 6 30am|Lv.. Rome.. Lv| 0 40pm| 1 44am| | 9 00am
11 30aml 2 34am| 7 34pm| 7 22am|Lv.. Dal ton...Lv 8 42ptail2 10am| | 750 am
1 OOpmj 4 15am| 8 50pm| 8 40am|Ar Chat’nooga Lv| 7 30pm|10 00pm| | 8 00pm
7 10pm| 7 10pm| 7 40am| |Ar .Memphis . Lv| | 9 15am| | 8 00pm
4 30pm| | 5 00am| 5 40pm|Ar Lexington. LvjlO 50amjl0 50am| |’lO 40pn»"
7 50pm| | 7 50am| 7 45pm|Ar Louisville. Lv| 7 40am| 7 40am| | 745 pm
7 ’opm| | 7 30am| 7 30pm|Ar Cincinnati Lv| 8 30am| 8 30am| | 8 00am
9 25pm|........| 7 25pm| 9 15am||Ar Anniston. Lv[ 6 52pm| 6 52pm[ | 8 00am
11 45am| |lO OOpmjll 15am]Ar Birm’hnm. Lv| 4 15pml 4 15pmj | 6 00am
8 05am| I 1 10am| 7 45pm|Ar Knoxville. Lv| 7 00am| 7 40pm| | 740 pm
; I I No. 14 I No. 16 I . South?" | No. IS. | No. 13 |..‘ |
| 7 lopml 2 10am| 8 3&am|Lv.. atacon .. Ar| 8 20amj 2 OOarn] |.. '
| | 3 22am|10 05am|Lv Cochran.. Lv| 3 20pm|12 55am| |
| | 3 54amjl0 50am|Lv. Eastman. Lv| 2 41pm|12 25am| |
| | 4 29am|ll 36am|Lv.. Helena.. Lv| 2 03pm]ll 54pmj |
| | 8 30am| 4 30pm|Ar Brunswick. Lv| 9 30am| 6 50pm| |
........I I 9 40am|-9 25am|Ar Jack’ville. Lv] 8 00am| 6 50pm| f.? "
7LT777T No?7 I No. 9 I No. 13 | East | No. 16 | No. 10 | |
, 7 10pm| 8 30am| 2 05am|Lv.. Macon.. Ar| 8 20am| 7 10pm| |
i 9 25am| 8 30pm| 6 10pm|Lv Char lotte Lv|lo 15am| 9 35am|
...J... 1 30pm,12 00n’t|ll 25pmjLv . Dan ville. Lvj 6 07pm| 5 50am| |
.| 6 25pm] 6 40amj |Ar. Richmond Lv]l2 01n’n|12 10n,n|........|
L.. 3 50, 1 53amj |l,v. .Lynchburg Lv| 3 55pm| 3 40am | ]
5 4£pmj 3 35am] |Lv Charl’ville Lvj 2 15pm| 1 50pm| |,
| 9 25pm| 6 42am| ]Ar Washgton. Lvjll 15amjl0 43pm| j
|H 25am] ? OOamj |Ar Balti’more Lv| 6 17am| 9 20pm| [
j 3 00am|10 15am| |Ar Philadlphia Lv 3 50am1 1 6 55pm| |
i 6 20am|12 45n’nj (Ar New York Lv|l2 15am| 4 30pm| j
’* | 3 pmj 8 30pm| |Ar .. ..Boston Lv| 5 OOpmjlO 00am| j
THROUGH CAUSER VICES, ETC.
Nos. 13 and 14 > Pullman Sleeping Cars between Cincinanti and Jacksonville,
also between Atlanta and Brunswick. Berths may be reserved to be taken at
Macon.
Nos. 15 and 16, day express trains, bet ween Atlanta and Brunswick.
Nos. 9 and 10, elegant free Observatior cars, between Macon and Atlanta, also
Pullman Sleeping cars between Atlanta and Cincinnati. Connects' in Union depot,
Atlanta, with “Southwestern Vestibuled Limited,” finest and fastest train tn thv
South. •
Nos. 7 and 8, connects in Atlanta Union depot with "U. S. Fast Mail Train” to and
from the East.
FRANK S. GANNON, 3d V. P. & G. M., J. M. CULP, Traffic Manager,
Washingon, D. C,’ • Washington, D. C.
W. A. TURK, G. P. A., 8. H. HARDWICK, A. G. P. A.,
Washington, D. C. Atlanta, Ga.
C. S. WHITE, T. P. A., BURR BROWN, C. T. A.,
Maoen, Ga. 546 Mulberry St, Macen, Ga,
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