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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. Prcmonltlona of I «''ftilnc«« The 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! A TEXAS WONDER. Hall’s Great Discovery. One bottle ot Hall’s Great Dis covery cures all kidney and bladder trou bles, removes gravel, cures dtebetis, semi nal emislsons, weak and lame backs, rheu matism and all irregularities of the kid neys and bladder in both men and Women. Regulates bladder troubles in children. If not sold by your druggist .will be sent by ma' on receipt of sl. One small bottle is two months’ treatment and will cure any case above mentioned. E. W. HALL, Sole Manufacturer. P. 0. Box 21t, Waco, Texas. Sold by H. J. Lamar & Son, Macon, Ga. READ THIS. Cuthbert, Ga. March 22, 1898.—This Is to certify that I have been a sufferer from a kidney trouble for ten years and that I have taken less than one bottle of Hall’s Great Discovery and I think that I am cured. I cheerfully recommend it to any one suffering from any kidney trouble, as I know of nothing that I consider its equal. R. M. JONES. 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. 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 posi tively cures piles or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25c per box. For ■ale by H. J. Lamar & Sons’ drug atora. From New Zealand. Reefton, New Zealand. November 23, 1596. —I am very pleased to state that since I took the agency of Chamberlain's medicines the sale has been very large, more especially of the -Cough Remedy. In two years I have sold more of this particu lar remedy than of all other makes for the past five years. As to its efficacy I have been informed by scores of persons of the good results they have received from it and know its value from use in my own household. It is so pleasant to take that we have to place the bottle beyond th® reach of the children. E. J. Seantlebury. For sale by H. J. Lamar & Sons, druggists. 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. 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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, ■ 3