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J^Vege table Prep araticnfor As - similatlng tteToodandRegtila- ting theStomachs andJBowels of ItoinotesIfigesUoTtCheerful- ness andRest.Contalns neither Opium,Morphine nor Mineral. RotNArcotic. Aperfecf Remedy forConstipa- tion, Sour Stomach,Diarrhoea, Worms .Convulsions .Feverish ness and Loss OF SLEEP. lacSimile Signature of CAST0R1A For Infants and Children, The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature You The Kind Have Always Bough!. THE CENTAUR COMPANY. NEW YORK CITY. ■HsHHHaiSHflHsHHHS GALDER B. WILLINGHAM, JR,, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Crockery, Stoves, Lamps House- Furnishing Goods. k COMPLETE LINE OF CHINAWARE TRIANGULAR BLOCK, MACON, GA. MANKIND MUST EAT DRINK and SLEEP. We have the accommodations at our «*8 ®4S» We supply all the Best Brands of WHISKIES, BRANDIES AND WINES. HOME MADE CORN WHISKEY a Specialty. JUG ORDERS GIVEN PROMPT ATTENTION. MEALS 23 cents. BEDS 25 cents. j&gl YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED. THE H, G, HAROtSOI WHISKEY CO., 508 Poplar Sreet, MACON, Ga. WASHINGTON LETTER. By Our Regular Correspondent'. Driven thereto by the increasing power of the trusts, and the appa rent impossibility of curbing them any means short of the abolition 0 f the tariff on articles controlled by them, a number of republicans are laid to have decided to adopt the democratic method and to start a £ght in the next congress for the heavy reductions of duty on a num ber of articles now heavily protect ed. To supply the deficit in the revenues thus caused, they will ad vocate the permanent retention of a large part of the war taxes. During the last fiscal year the war revenue act produced about $125,000,000. It is proposed in a bill now pending in congress to amend that law so as to reduce the taxes about $40,000,- OOO annually. This would leave a net permanent income to the gov ernment from this source of $85,- ,000,000. As the country grows this would materially increase. In the opinion of certain influential sena tors the time has come when the protective tariff will have to be re duced, and the proposition now is to put down the revenue derived from customs duties to a degree propor tionate to the surplus expected to -result from the operation of the per manent war tax act. It is under stood that the secretary of the treas ury is in favor of such a plan, and has advised with the members of the finance committee regarding it. The Senate has ratified the treaty -to buy two more islands from Spain, but “lack of time” prevents it from taking action on the reciprocity trea ties negotiated under the Dingley bill. The reciprocity agreements which have been negotiated with France and other countries would be of far more practical benefit to the people of the United States than the acquisition of the distant islands of Sibuta and Cagayan, while the agreements, taken as a whole, would be of peculiar benefit to a great number of American industries. They would open to farmers, ranch men, dairymen and manufacturers markets in Europe and in this hem isphere now wholly or partially ^closed to them. The benefit to American industries would be meas ured by millions of dollars. Killed a Monster Hog. Valdosta Times. Sheriff Passmore killed his big hog January 25 th, and'.the different parts have been salted down, con verted into lard, sausage, hog-head cheese, etc. On the hoof, the hog weighed between twelve and thir teen hundred pounds, and when killed and cleaned he tipped the beam at 955 pounds. The hams from this big porker weighed 102 pounds each, while the lard that was made from the fat weighed. 510 pounds. Three big wash pots were used to cook the lard and it required ten 50-pound tins to hold , the prod uct, then there was enough left to fill up several smaller vessels. Sus pended from the block and tackle which was used to draw him up so the butchers could do their work, he measured a little over nine feet in length. This porker was two years and ten and a half months old, and was raised in Sheriff Passmore’s yard. He was as gentle as a cat, and lived on as little as the average hog. Mr. Bryan’s “Commoner” is to be antedated by “The Reasoner,” edit ed by a young woman spellbinder of New York, who gives her name as •Grace White. “I want primarily,” says she in her preliminary an nouncement, “to counteract the in fluence which Bryan’s newspaper may have on the American public. I shall take up his arguments for free silver, and by cold reason and logic -dash them into atoms. I shall do the same thing with reference to his arguments on tha tariff and other questions of the day.” <*-•-*— Millions of people are familiar with DeWitt’s Little Early Risers, and those who use them find them to be famous little liver pills. Nev- «r gripe. Holtzclaw’s Drugstore. A recent report made to on the navy of the United _ shows that the government now has a total of 254 vessels. — - ■ ■ 1 Stop the Cough andWorhs off the Cold Laxitive Bromo-Quinine Tablets oure a cold in one day. | No Cure, No Pay. Price 25 cents. Growth of Methodism. Exchange. The Methodists have been taking an account of stock for the past cen tury in the United States, and the results show an enormous growth. At the close of the eighteenth cen tury the Methodist church number ed 187 ministers and 64,984 mem bers. Now it has over 30,000 ministers and 2,929,000 members. Besides the Methodist Episcopal church, 16 other Methodist churches have sprung from it, having the same tenets, which now have 36,424 ministers and 5,985,843 members. In 1800 there was not one Metho dist educational institution. Now the church controls 225 schools oi various grades, with an endowmenl of $14,543,489. and debts aggregat ing $2,336,338. The financial re ports of the missionary society be gan in 1820, when the collections were $823. In 1900 they were $1,- 233,904. Old World Methodism, which in the days of John Wesley had 313 ministers and 76,968 mem bers, now has 6,330 ministers and 1,169,188 members. Such has been the work of Methodism during the past century. In the opening year of this new century the Methodists propose tp add 2,000,000 converts to their number and to raise $20,- 000,000. Of this sum they have al ready raised $8,192,638. The Meth odist church is altogether a vigorous organization. Not a Successful Type-Setter. It is often said that one difference between men and women is that with men second thoughts are best, while women are more likely to be right when they act or speak upon the first impulse; but there are some things which even clever women cannot do perfectly without some preliminary practice, says Tit Bits. A lady whose husband is the edit or of a very small country paper said to him one day: “Type-setting looks so easy, I know I could do it just as well as anything. Let me help.” Although the editor is his own foreman and compositor, he didn’t accept this offer at once. But his wife was in the office alone when a wedding notice was brought in. “Obi” she said, gleefully, “I’ll just set this up and slip it into the form, and won’t George be surprised when he sees it in print?” It therefore appeared as follows in the next issue of the paper: maRRIED at Hcirst cHurch, on wennay Se! 9 5981 Mr! Jnho jacknos to mi78 kaly Rev.mR Decen Inn the resence oF a large number of F Redisn of the gnouy couple & was BeRyy joyful occrasino. Mr. and mrss will be at Hoem to their at 2x HaPt Traes Vyere in het wne reay. An unknown exchange very truth fully remarks that the newspaper is i law book for the indolent, a ser- non for the thoughtless, a library for ihe poor and an admonisher to the awless. It may stimulate the most ndifferent, it may instruct the most profound, but it cannot be publish ed without cost, and mailed free to subscribers. Ton Know What You Are Talcing When you take Grove’s Taste- ess Chill Tonic because the for- nula is plainly printed on every | eottle showing that it is simply! ron and Quinine in a tasteless- ‘orm. No cure, no pay. Price 50c. * Young Men at Panning. Prof. J. F. Duggar in Southern Farm Magazine of Baltimore lor February. For one properly qualified to su perintend a large plantation a period of service aB superintendent is the best means of earning at least a few hundred dollars for investment later in farming operations of his own. The demand for skilled superintend ents will increase as our farming operations become more diversified. Where a cheap negro foreman is now supposed to supply all the su pervision necessary on many a farm devoted almost exclusively to cotton, a change will be found imperative when low prices for cotton through, a series of years make diversification an absolute necessity. Ignorant la bor may profitably grow cotton, but it cannot, without skilled direction, successfully conduct the complicated operations of a diversified farm—the cutting of hay, the selection and ro tation of crops, the handling of ma chinery and the care and feeding of live stock. Let the intending farm er, if penniless, work for a time for low wages in whatever capacity he may. If, in time, satisfied of his ability to make a crop on his own account without going too deeply in debt, he may begin as a renter on a surprisingly small capital. In this case he should secure a lease run ning for several years, and if possi ble include the privilege of renewal or of purchase at the expiration of his original term. He must beware of beginning operations on too large a scale, and must make purchases of expensive machinery with the ut most caution. Live Without Toil. One of the greatest curses of soci ety, as now constituted, is that too many people want to live without toil. Everybody is willing enough to be boss, but somebody else must do the work. Now, this is all wrong, and the result is mortgages and mis ery. The Creator never made a man or woman too good to do a fair share of honest toil, and those who shirk their duty in this line are only breeding trouble. There is work to do everywhere—in the office, on the farm, in the store, in the workshop, at the bank counter, and, in all the departments of life. Blessed is the man who cheerfully and faithfully performs the work his hands find to do, for therein alone is the true phi losophy and genuine happiness of this life.—Exchange. Worktug Overtime. Eight hour laws are ignored by those tireless, little workers—Dr. King’s New Life Pills. Millions are always at work, night and daj, curing Indigestion, Biliousness, Constipation, Sick Headache and all Stomach, Liver and Bowel troubles. • Easy, pleasant, safe, sure. Only 25c at H. M. Holtz claw’s drug store. Only in 17 stotes can a married woman dispose of her separate and independent estate by will. In the remaining 28 states she must have the consent of her husband before she can will her own property as she may wish. O -*» Personswho cannot take ordinary pills find it a pleasure to take De- Witt’s Little Early Risers. They are the best little liver pills ever made. H. M. Holtzclaw’s Drug- stere.