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IS SOCIETY. What is Going on in Our So cial World. PARTIES AND PASTIMES. Receptions, Teas, Cards, and all Manner cf P’easure Things at Home and Abroad. Tin ball g ven lonigif -by the miLtaiy - to the < tlzens of Macon will be the most brilliant of this week's social as- f aib,'and every preparation ba.-. been made ter a delightful evening. The Progressive Hueber Club and * ihe \ nut ( lub will not meet this week, but will r< Uitne their series, of delightful en ' < rtainments after Christinas. Mrs. John B. Cobb and Miss (Mary OtXhb have esued invitation.- to a music-ale to bi given nex< Tut-day evening in honor of ' heir guests. • • • Mr. and Mrs. Marshall J. Marrny Eelton Hatcher and Mr. Eelton Hatcher will spend Cdiristnnas in Marshall ville. • * • ’Miss Annie Bannon will give card party next Wednesday afternoon an honor of her guest, Mirs EMaie Pegram, of Charlotte, N. C. • • • Mis. Walter Harris Jones, of High Shoals, Ga., is visiting her mother, Mrs. Charles Bannon. « • * ’Miss Mary I’ulhr White, of Hawk’ns ’ville, will spend the holidays with her aunt, Mrs. John B. Cobb. ♦ • ♦ Miss 'Culler has returned from Hawkins ville. and is with Tier sister, Mrs. Cobb at Wesleyan College. * » * Hr. It. M. Patterson hjts returned from after a visit to his daughter, Mrs. Hamil ton Yancey, in Rome. ♦ * * Miss Harriet Hazlehurst and .Miss Louise Hazlehurst will make then- formal debut into Macon society next Thursday night -at a reception and ball given at the Volun deers’ Armory. • « • Mrs. R. E. Park is visiting in Atlanta, and is receiving many pleasant compli ments and social abtentions. Hr ♦ * The 'Current Topics Club will hold its next meeting on the 9th of January in ’Mrs. Cobb's parlors. Mrs. ’Morrison Rogers has arranged the following interesting 'program: The subject is “A Resume of the Events of 1898.” The first paper is by IMrs. William H. Eelton. and the topic is “Political Events of the Western Hemis phere. iMrs. Mallary Taylor has a paper <n “Political Events of the Eastern Hem isphere.” Mrs. Reese will read a paper on “Heiots of the Hour,” and Mrs. R. E. Park will have an article on the dis tinguisned .Dead.” “New Books” will be discussed by (Miss Ida Holt, and IMrs. Eliz abeth Johnston Cooke will read apaper on “Music and Art.” * * ♦ The torquoise is believed to be especially rich in virtues. The Germans claim that •y its varying shades it turns lell-itale on the caprices and moods of its wearer. Car dan. the famous Italian physician and phi losopher. asserted that turquoise mounted and worn as a finger ring secured a horse man from all injury, and added with com mendable caution, that be had a beauti ful turquoise given him as a keepsake, but never tested its virtues, no; -caring for the sake of experiment to risk his life. Shake speare caused Shylock to say: “'He would not have lost his turquise ring for a whole wilderness of monkeys.” Cainilius Leoni das. a writer of pas ceniurtis, wrote much that was interesting about jewels. He naniese a number that are either no longer found or eli#? they are creations of his im aginations. Leonidue states that the ale <oria not alone renders a man invisible, out being held in the mouth allays thirst.” she stone, doubtless of his fancy is found n the intetines of a capon that has lived seven years. Again, he tells of. the be zoar. a red, dusty. brittle and light stone, which is taken from ihe body of some -ani u.il, and is infallible against melancholy. H« credits Queen Elizabeth with wearing he bozoar. Four famous rings of histori •al interest were those presented by Pope innocent to King John. The monarch was urged to note with extreme care the shape of the rings, their number, four, being a square. typified firmness of mind, fixed steadfastly on the. four cardinal vinuese. The blue of the saphire denoted faith, ihe green of the emerald, hope; the crimson or the ruby, charity, and the splendor of the topaz, good works. The rings them selves represented eternity, with neither beginning nor end; gold, which was the material, and. according to Solomon, the most precious of metals, signified wisdom, more to be desired than riches and power. Alagator dressing cases. z WORD TO XMAS BUYERS. $1 Back For Every $5 Spent at the Stern heimer Bankrupt Sale. The figures speak for themselves: $1.50 Canadian Club Rye $1.25 $1.50 Mount Vernon (1893) Rye 1.00 1.50 Maryland Rye (1893) 1.25 1.25 Pimlico Club Rye 1.00 1.50 California wines, per ga110n.... 1.00 I" cent cigars per hundred 5.50 A discount of 25 per cent on all bottled • goods. Finest Port and Sherry wine at 33 1-3 per cent discount. Christmas buyers will be able to save a snug sum by purchasing their wines, a liquors, etc.. from the Steinheim<ir stock, ' ; .’ t 451 Cherry street. ’99 Kambleo. S4O. Typewriters, $15.G0 up; fresh stock car bon and ribbons. J. W. Shinbclser. COLONY NEAR WAYCROSS. Interesting Settlement of Ohio People in Wd»-e County. Maycross, Ga., Dec. 22 —The Duke colony is growing in interest as the days go by. There are about fifteen or twenty families in the settlement, and the number will be doubled by March Ist. The contract with - W. T. Lott & Co., the former owners of the Duke property, specifies that forty fami- ■ lies, actual settlers, are to locate there. The tract of land consists of 768’,-i acres, including the old mill and town site. The purchase price was $3,000 to be paid in five years. All business of the settlement is conducted on the co-operative system. I There are forty shares, each one having a fortieth interest in the farming lands as well as the town property. An initiation ] fee of $5 is required of each member, and as the installments fall due on the prop erty he pays his pro rata share. There are about seventy-five houses in the town, but I only forty are suitable for the people to I live in. Some of them are excellent dwell- I ings erected by the managers of the mill I prior to their removal from that point. | Duke is seven miles’ west of Waycross on ’ i the Plant system. \ newspaper will be started at Duke in J a few days. j- j s pe<ng moved from Cin cinnati, where it has been published the past two years. The paper Is called Self- Reliance, and has been a reform sheet, blit , the editor, Ezra James, says he will drop i the reform feature and run the paper in 1 i the interest of the colony and immigra- • tion. The editor, by the way, is the father of nine living children and ’five or six dead. Twins have been born into his home three times. The colonists will celebrate Christmas ‘ by having a big dinner in which ail the members of the settlement will unite. A number rnf Northern people from other ■ places will be invited. A party of colonists left Dayton. 0.. November 14rh for Duke, traveling by . | private conveyance. On the 10th of Decem i her they were at Knoxville, Tnn., and they ' are expected in Duke the middle of Jan- 1 uary, making the trip in about sixty days. A NARROW ESCAPE. Thankful words written by Mrs. Ada E. Hart, of Groton, S. D. “Was taken with a bad cold which settled on my cough set in and finally terminated in i Consumption. Four Doctors gave me up. • i saying I could live but a short time. 1 ’ . gave myself up to my Savior, determined ■if I could not stay with my friends on earth, I would meet my absent ones above. > ; My husband was advised to get Dr. King’s - J New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs I and Colds.’ I gave it a trial, took in all eight bottles. It has cured me, and thank ? God, I am saved and am now a well healihy t I woman.” Trial botles free at H. J. Lamar t A? Sons Drug Store. Regular size 50c. and • SI.OO. 'Guaranteed or price refunded. Plies, riles, rues 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 «*ehing at ( , once, acts as a poultice, gives ♦’•“♦•ut re lief. Dr. Williams’ Indian Pile Ointment ’ Is prepared only for Piles an- of 5 ; the private parts and nothing else. Every t ■ box is warranted. Sold by druggists or ; tI.OO per box. WILLIAMS MANUFACTURING CO., ; ClAveloTid O •ent by mall en recelnt of price. 50c and Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diar rhoea Remedy can always be depended upon and is pleasant and safe to take. Sold by H. J. Lamar & Sons. TREE FULL OF FRUIT, Oranges Raised in Troupe County and Sold in La Grange- LaGrange, Ga., Dec. 22—A noveJ and beautiful sight appeared on the public I square yesterday about noon—-a real live i orang? tree with its rich green leaves and I | it-s perfectly matured golden fruit hamming from its many pendants was sold for I $12.50, The tree is ten feet high, its stock or (body measures nine inches in circum ference, while its limbs run out about two ’ and a half feet on every side, this giving it a symmetrical shape. It was grown by I Miss Howard Birdsong, who lives about “ twelve miles from town, in the Antioch neighborhood, who had her brother to bring it to town and sell it, Miss 'Mollie Rowland being the buyer. The tree is ‘ growing in a large box and this year pro duced forty-six perfect oranges, most of i which are now ripe and hanging on it. The buish is nine years old, having been killed down to the ground when about two years old. in the winter Miss Birdsong kept it in the hall of her house to protect i it from the cold. S’ AZ 15 lit A"-’ The most critical period in a woman’s life may be properly called “ Blossoming Time.’’ It is the period when she blossoms from girlhood into wopianhood. At this momentous time the best medi cine for a woman take is Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. It acts directly up on the delicate and important organs that are to bear the burdens of wifehood and motherhood. It makes them strong, healthy and vigorous. It corrects all irregularities and displacements and stops exhausting drains. Taken during the pe riod of expectant maternity, it banishes the usual annoyances and makes baby’s coming easy and almost painless. It in sures the new-comer's health and an ample supply of nourishment. It transforms weak, sickly, nervous, complaining wo men into happy, healthy wives. Thou sands of women have told over their own signatures, the story of the marvelous merits of this great medicine. An hon est dealer will not try to persuade you to take something different from what you ask for. for the sake of a few pennies ad ded profit. Mrs. Anna Ulrich, of Elm Creek, Buffalo Co., Neb., writes : “ I was under doctors' care for two years with uterine disease. I was so weak that I could sit up in bed only a few mo ments. I commenced taking Dr. Pierce’s Fa vorite Prescription and when I had taken one half dozen bottles I wa- up and goim* wherever I pleased, and have been very strong ever since —that was two years and a half ago. - ’ The only constipation-rwr<? that never causes discomfort—- Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant I j Pellets. At all medicine stores. , MACON NEWS THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 22 1898. I To the Temperance People: In a speech at the Academy of Music made recently Major J. F. Hanson said : “It is my opinion that where there were ten drunkards in Macon before you had a brewery there is one now.” .Good Beer is the Best I Temperance Drink The Medical Faculty has recognized the fact that ACME MALT TONIC is a valuable Medicine and it is therefore classed as a proprietary medicine. Order a case from your druggist or from The Acme Brewing Company ——■■■ - ■ taffies’ Desk at M:SD in Oak, I \ And fine one be sides, for Christmas. • PHYHE A 'WILLIHGHWU. 1 [ » Largest Furniture and Carpet Store in Soutta I For Xmas Presents. Are you looking for a nice present at a k*w cost? If so we have them. Six pretty sideboards S2O to $35. Original price $25 to $45. Aleo six plain oak sideboards $8.35 ;to sl6 65, worth eare-third more. Five handsome walnut suits $45 to S6O. Original 1 . price S6O to SBS. Beautiful Golden Oakard quartered oak -suits at one-third off. ; Wardrobes correspondingly low prices. Combination book cases and desks at . factory cost. Beautiful rcekers in willow, Mahogany, (with pearl inlaid,) Golden Oak, highly polished and quartered oak, are beauties, and the prices are record l i breakers. Smyrna Rugs 30x60, $2.25. Table Scarfs and Portiers can’t be beat. Nice I woolen Blankets, Lamps and Toilet seis unmatched at our prices. A. S. Thomas Furniture Company. 420 Poplar Street. I Santa Claus Is riding one of our nice Crescent Bicycles jL ' f° r ke knows a first class up-to-date wheel ‘co when he sees it. We are selling this ex- cellent wheel at holiday prices. Remem ''''' t> er that if you are fastidious in your taste ’ __ "* about bicycles that the Cleveland is the z only wheel on earth for you. Our stock y buggies, traps, surreys, and phaetons [II ’/ B always complete and our prices the low- U VI |1 est consistent with the quality. S. S. PARMELEE, ----- CO p—-., t Corner Second and Poplar Streets. This ITin try ITeather. Demands that you look to the comfort of your house. First, the grate. If it is now out w-e have the new ones. Latest and best makes. Next, the windows. We have the glass. Full lines builder’s supplies. T. C_ 364 TH I RD ST. — We are headquarters.for HORSE BLANKETS. We carry full line of Blankets, Lap Robes, Oiled Blankets, Rubber Aprons, Horse Brushes, Curry Combs, Etc. Spe cial attention to Mounted Officers’ and Cavalry Supplies. i A full line of Hunting and Regulation Leggings. G. B E R N D CO. Mfr’s HARNESS and SADDLERY. ' A Gift From Santa Claus i ' T^e largest stock of pianos and organs, jg -1 guitars, mandolins, banjos, etc., ever brought to this city. Celebrated makes of jt*-r - pianos; celebrated makes of organs, all 2 TT/f sold at lowest prices and easy terms. ' *' ~ a§e “* S r tile Yost t yP ewr iter. GuttenDeraer & Co. , 452 Second Street. XMAS GOODS. Dolls and Toys, Gold Pens, Silver Novelties of all kinds, Brush and Comb Sets, Albums, Photo F'rames, Fancy Writing Papers, Cups and Saucers, Vases, Book c , Games and Pictures. Holt's Art & Stationery Go 652 Cherry St, TH EZ North-Western Limited. ELECTRIC-LIGHTED 20th Century Train, For Sr. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth LEAVES CHICAGO 630 P. M. EVERY DAY. DAYLIGHT TRAIN LEAVES CHICAGO 830 A. M. DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. NIGHT EXPRESS 10115 P. M. DAILY. ALL AGENTS SELL TICKETS VIA Chicago and North-Western Ry. THE SHORT LINE TO MINNEAPOLIS AND DULUTH. Address W. B. KNiSKER,N G. P. & T. A. CHICAGO- I - - ;• " 1 ~ Christmas Comes But Once a Year. You know the rest. You may also know that we carry, by far, the largest and most complete stock of Whiskies, Brandies, Wines, Etc., to be found in Macon. All of the finest brands of Bottled Goods, Old Bottled lEhiskies, Old Id 7 lnes oj Every Kind. Mumm’s, Monopole Pomery Sec. French Cordials ot Various Kinds. Appolinaris and all other Famous Table waters. Everything retailed at Wholesale prices. This is a point that should interest soldiers as well as civilians. A. & N. M. BLOCK, ' 556-558 CHERRY ST. Holiday G-oods. Pocket'Knives, rhltTnril Table Knives, Fine Razors, 11 11 I IKI II Carving Knives Scissors, uu uui y, and p or^ s> &c Silver Plated WaieJß 'S: Butter Knives, Sugar Spoons, Nut Crackers, Etc. Coal Vases, Fire Sets, Cake Boxes, Tea Trays, Etc. » Just Received full line White Enameled Steel Ware. Guns, Revolvers, Ammunition. Third PILLS. sSa Ask for D 2. MOTT 3 Pk.’NITTBO'XAX. FULLS and take no other, Seed for circular. Fzice SI.OO per box» 6 boxes for ss z dO« Ult. MOTTS CHEAIICAL CO., - Cleveland, Ohic For sale by H. J. LAMAR & SONS, Wholesale Agents. 3