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Be Careful No woman can be too careful of her condition during the period be fore her little ones are born. Neglect or improper treatment then endan . gers her life and that of the child. It lies with her whether she shall suffer unnecessarily, or whether the ordeal shall be made comparatively easy. She had better do nothing than do something wrong. MOTHER’S FRIEND is the one and the only preparation that is safe to use. It is a liniment that penetrates from, the outside. External applications are eternally r right. Internal medicines are radi cally wrong. They are more than humbugs—they endanger life. Mother’s Friend helps the muscles to relax and expand naturally—re lieves morning sickness—removes the cause of nervousness and head ache— prevents hard and rising breasts—shortens labor and lessens the pains—and helps the patient to rapid recovery. From a letter by a Shreveport, La., woman: “I have been using your wonderful remedy, Mother’s Friend, for the last two months, and find it just as recommended." Druggists sell it at $1 per bottle. THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CU ATLANTA, GA. Send for our free illustrated t>ook, “Before Baby ;s Barn." k FRENCH TANSY WAFERS These are the genuine French Tansy Wafers, Imported direct from Paris. La dies can depend upon securing relief from tnd cure of Painful and Irregular Periods t regardless of cause. EMERSON DRUG CO., Importers and agents for the United States m San Jose, Cal. C. T. KING, Druggist. sole agent for Macan. G*. PROFESSIONAL. DR. C. H. PEETE, Eye, Ear, Nose, Throat. 565 Cherry St. Phone 285-2 Calls. DR. MAURY M. STAPLER, Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat, k 506 Mulberry street. ’Phone 121. I 1378. DR. J. J. SUBERS. 1898. Permanently located. L In the specialties venereal; lost energy | restored; female iregularities and poison ► oak. Cure guaranteed. Address in confidence, with stamp, 519 j Fourth street, Macon, Ga. LhHRRIS, THORIRS & GLRWSON, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law. Macon, Ga. IsYPHILIS ! I Primary, secondary or tertiary, no mat- | I ter how long standing, cured for life under 1 ’ absolute guarantee in- from 15 to 60 days. I i t*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 i no mercury cr potash. I will pay SSOO for * any case that I fail to cure within 60 days. . I Write at once. DR. GRAHAM, fl’iif* 11OQ. 114 Daarhnrn »t._ <lhlr»*aro. TH Henry Stevens, Sons & Company. H. STEVENS’ SONS CO., Macon, Ga., Manufacturers of sewer and railroad cul vert pipe, fittings, fire brick, clay, etc. Wall tubing that will last forever. For Whooping Cough use CHENEY’S EX * PECTORANT. I “Queen of Sea Routes/ Merchants and Miners, T ransportation Co Steamship Lines Between Savannah and Baltimore, Norfolk, Boston and Prov dence. Low rates and excellent service. Accommodations and cuisin*- 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 KimbaJi House, Atlanta, Ga. J. C. WHITNEY, Traffic Manager. P. TURNER, General Pass. Ag u nt. |Br General offices. Baltimore. M 4 A, For Croup use CHE- I ( EY’S EXPECTOP- Bit. "MULE JKINNER," One of Uncle Sam’s Most Ef ficient Auxiliaries. WOIIII OF THE TEAMSTERS,! How They Are Paid and the Great Care that is Taken of the Animals. The average citizen who is astonished [ at the magnitude of trains necessary to : transport a few regiments by rail would | be astounded at the colossal requirements * off transportation for an army in the field. 1 This is accomplished by wagon trains, ambulance trains and bv pack trains. From the "base of supplies” behind right tip to into the jaws of death in the firing line in frqont move myriads of vehicles, men and mules, ail transporting for the ■ army in their several departments. A ! mountain-top view of an army on the J marchand its moving transportation trains in a valley below is a sight once seen never will be forgotten. To every regiment in the field is as- ' signed a wagon train of twenty-five six mule teams or thirty-four mule teams. In cavalry regiments in active service the I wagon train is now supplemented by three - pack trains. Each is "bossed” and oper- ; ated separately. The “boss” of the wagon tram is called the wagon master and re- - ceive. ?60 per month and ra ions. The ; His "under boss” is called the assistant j wagon master and receives SSO per month ' and rations. The teamster, as he is offi cially termed, the wagoner, receives S3O per month and rations. Pack trains have , recently been described by me and have no place in this article. Quite often the wagoner is enlisted for that service and is then known by a large W inside a white circle or “wheel” on both sleeves. The i enlisted United States army wagoner gets j his uniform, other clothing, rations and i a trifle more pay than the regular private, i I do not really know the exact amount of i his -pay in money, but it is something over [ half what the unenlisted teamster re- , ceives. The unenlisted wagoner , calls himself a “government teamster,” that ; ■sounds self-respecting and dignified, or “citizen teamster,” that distinguishes him j from the enlisted teamster with whom he r prefers to have no affinity and little asso ciation. The general American public, ! who are opposed to titles and who know , the “citizen teamster” intimately well ■ call him familiarly a “government mule skinner;” that fills the bill exactly. Six mule teams are not driven with reins, but a sigle line, called a “jerk line,” which leads over the backs of the other mules to the left “nigh lead mule.” The bits of the two lead n)ules are connected by a light wooden or iron rod called a. “jockey stick,” to the “off leader,” and ; thus the team is guided. It seems an ! easy thing to drive a jerk line team —it is —just “jerk gee” to go to the right and "pull haw” to go to the left, but an inex perienced driver soon learns that it does require experience and judgment to know how much to jerk and how much to pull to safely drive jerk lines. A four line team is just like driving any four-in hand; you must hold up your lines, all in hand, all the time, or you may get ditched, especially if rhe quartermaster or wagon master catch you lolling along with loose lines. The "jerk liner” need not always keen his line in hand as he rides along on his wheel mule at ease, but the "four liner" must eternally keep his team in hand, and that is why the government, with what seems inconsistency, pays the six mule teamster $35 per month and ra tions and the four mule teamster only S3O ped month ami rations, but then the "jerk liners” have six mules to groom, feed and harness and the "four liner” has only four. The "mule skinner" got his title in the days of ’4ft, when mules in private trains en route across the continent for the Pa- I eific coast usually arrived at Salt Lake ! City and California in more or less skinny [ skinned up condition at The hands of their : drivers. Government public animals are I well fed and kindly treated and the “mule I skinner” title cf their drivers is now merely a present fancy, founded on a long ago fait. The only skinned government mules now are those accidentally bruised or wounded in battle of dead and skinned literally. A government mule in spring, summer and autumn is usually a fat, con tented animal. In winter his condition depends upon his quarters, work, expos- ; ure. etc. Volumes could be written on the virtues of government mules, for they are a much J maligned animal and some of them, be- I sides an unusually high grade of inteli gence. really have virtues. So truly val uable are the American hog and the .American mule that 1 assert past fear of contradiction that they more than money are the real sinews of war and no country can go to war without them. The army mule is fullof vagaries and has a decided keen sense of humor. Tied to the wagon tongue he is forever teasing and kicking the other mules, and it seems they kick so hard they must hurt each other, but they seldom do. It is only mule play. Os his own mate he is very sweet, fond and tender, and woe begone any other mule : that rashly meddles a mule’s mate. Re- I tribution with teeth and heels swiftly fol lows. If the average army mule is not soberly munching his forage and studying devilment at the same time he is nodding in the sun and dreaming of the days his , mare mother told all the horses hers was the sweetest mule colt darling in all the wide, wide world. Or else be is reaching up in the wagon seat to see if he can’t pull down the cushion and eat all the j stuffing out of it. or else fishing over in • the wagon body to see if he can't get hold of the whip—that driver's sceptre of au thority—and chew up its buckskin whip lash, or else nibbling at his halter strap to see if he can’t untie the Gordian knot of the regulation government halter strap tie and get loose to freedom. Free in cor ral or on the open be goes around bull dozing raw recruit mules with shave tails or putting up malicious jobs on mule riv als whom he hates but fears: and then he keeps up with an occasional kick up of j joy and a run around of glee till his driver corners him and he is led dejected and ' crest-fallen back to the wagon tongue or picket line and haltered up to his place again. The government does not permit i the tails of its public animals to be clip ped or shaved. In winter horses and mules turn their heads away from the wind and long, hairy tails assist to keep off the wind as they stand "rear end front” and prevent them from getting chilled. A long “switch-tail” mule is a regular, a veteran, and a hero of many hard services a “shave-tail" mule is a raw recruit, not long in United States army service, with all his promotions and i honors to win. The citizen teamster is neither required i nor permitted to wear a uniform. He I buvs at his own expense and wears what ever kind of clothing he pleases. His re- i MACON NEWS SATURDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 24 1898. lation to the government is the same as an employe to an employer in civil life, the employe engages and quite at pleas ure and the employer hires his mtt and discharges them at pleasure. Among government teamsters, however, it is con sidered highly dishonorable to quit in the face 0* danger or during bad weather or hard service. The teamsters take such a man m hand themselves and handle him very roughly. The discipline of a wagon train is such as every strict "boss” main tains among his men in civil life, prompt obedience and attention to duty is re quired under penalty of discharge or a good "cursin’ ” If the teamster is ugly and resists the wagon master, on bis own responsibility and risk, either fight him or shooi> him. as his judgment decides proper, and the grave circumstances of the case demand: it is a matter entirely be tween the citizens, to be settled by the courts o-f the country in which the diffi culty occurs. A master must be of cool head, good judgment, with ability to command men. A good wagon master who always gets bis train in on time is deservedly very popular with officers and men, be cause food and shelter and fire and bed ding and ammunition all depend on the arrival of the wagon train, besides numer ous little knick-knacks and articles not regulation, that the wagon master does not leave off but winks at and permits to come along with the load to add to the comfort of *thesoldier boy in blue. The wagon master gets bis instructions from an officer, the teamster takes his orders from the wagon master or assistant wagon mbaster. The “mule skinner” is not a bird of paradise, but a bird of the other feather. Off or on duty he is a good fighter when necessary. Like average men enduring rugged, out-door service, full of hardship, he is very often soothes his sufferings with whiskey. When full of liquor his nature as a good fellow or bad man crops out in full blossom and runs riot. If he is a good fellow his drunken antics will force a laugh from you, if he is a bad man you’d better steer clear of him. The be longings of a mule skinner is usually what be has on his back, what he has in his pocket, what he has in his grip or old sack (turkey, he calls the grip) and what he has in the jockey box of his wagon. The_.contents of his "turkey” are usually only a tew pieces of clean underwear, the contents of his jockey box are a curry comb, a horse brush, some extra mule shoes, a monkey wrench, a box of axle grease, a sponge, castile and carbolic soap, ointment for mule sores, a lot of fancy red. white and blue celluloid harness rings some very severe forbidden bits for tough mouthed, head strong mules, an extra (borrowed) whip lash or two, an axe, a wagon jack and sometimes a bottle of whiskey. The contents of a mule skin ner’s pockets are most often nothing. Mule skinners are scientific drivers. Some of their driving over roadless, rough country is simply wonderful, but the most wonderful part of it is that now you sel dom hear blood-curdling profanity around a. wagon train, either on ordinary occas ions of when pulling. roads, weather, grub and everything is tough. Perhaps the “bosses” don't allow it. perhaps the mule skinner has educated himself out of it. but mule skinner now are not as hard swearers as they used to be. Given a good team, either four liner or jerk liner, and a good mule skinner will drive it full and ’air without scraping or sticking right through the eye of a cambric needle, at i?f:s‘ they say they can. The wagons in army use are heavy six nule ’ fre.ght” wagons and lighter "es cort" four n ule wagons. The old-fash ■nn< ,1 curved body wagon of civil wa day®, has long ago been retired. The "tam of a four line are two lead mules a- 1 two wheel mules. The team of a jerk I’iu arc two lead mules, two “swing” ;r.n, s just O ’hin l :hr leaders, and two wheel r;rai« s, those on the left are referred to as near leader, near swing, near wheeler, those on the right are off leader, off swing, off wheeler. The names given to army mules are often humorous and again they could not morally be put in print. Every regiment camped around Macon has its wagon train, the Seventh cavalry at Central park not only having a model wagon train but two well appointed pack trains beside. A visit to them will prove interesting and instructive. W. W. DAVIS. •gsx When a man who 5.X has nt -'&lected \\ hi s health finally y A&gWV realizes that he u ’L * s being attacked ■n -'V ' by serious ill health it is no time tor half \ ■ way measures. ’-\ \ kleath is an ~ Y. \ enemy that —A must be knocked out yj xin the first w 1' round, or he ./ j} A W ) is pretty sure z/-' \ f to conc iner in Z \'l W the end - Y | 'vV A weak - Uv .-f!?" s t o mac h. an impaired di ■* gestion and a disordered liver mean that a man is fighting the first round with death. Unless he manages to strike the knock-out blow, it means that death will come up in the second round in the guise of some serious malady. When a man’s stomach is weak and his digestion is impaired, the life-giving elements of the food he takes are not assimilated into the blood. The blood gets thin and weak, and the body slowly starves. In the meantime the disordered liver and the sluggish bow els have forced into the blood all manner of impurities.. The body is hungry and eagerly consumes anything that the blood stream carries to it. In place of healthy nutriment, it receives for food foul poisons that should have been excreted by the bowels. Continued, this system of starva tion combined with poisoning, will wreck every organ in the body. Naturally, the weakest organ will give way first. If a man is naturally nervous, he will break down with nervous exhaustion or prostra tion. If he inherits weak lungs, the con sequence will be consumption, bronchitis, asthma, or some disease of the air-passages. If he has a naturally sluggish liver, he 'Will suffer from a serious bilious or malarial at tack. Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discov ery cures all disorders of the stomach, di gestion and liver. It purifies the blood and fills it with the life-giving elements of the food that build new and healthy tissue. It is the great blood-maker and flesh-builder and nerve tonic. It cures 98 per cent, of all cases of consumption. 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We have also appropriate gifts in parlor s'■> and library tables, dressing tables for the boudior, lounges, corner -chairs, easy < chaire, in a great variety to choose from. and at Prices that will make the economl <=o -j ca j b U y er ’ s heart glad. Wood=Peavy Furniture Company. NOW . here's t- -j. ••• 1 our Ladies, • Chance. $3.00 Shoes for/$2.25. $2.00 “ “ $1.50. And you know the class of goods we keep. SOLDIERS, REMEMBER THE NAME. Mix Shoe Co. 107 Cotton Avenue. HOT WIRES. We have kept the wires hot with our duplicate orders. New goods by every express. If you failed to get waited on yesterday come again to day. Special cuts on all Silver Novelties. Don’t want to carry them over. BEELAND, The Jeweler. Triangular Block. The Best Purest and Freshest Candy is worth only 60c per pound. Half, ,r Pound, One, 5 60c. Two, ' Three ; p Expound ' Half S^ Und ’ Boxes. - c - Received Fresh, daily at GOODWYN’S DRUG STORE Cherry Street, Cor. 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