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BnMHHHHHHH An Average Man. Bal timoro Ad vertiser. An okl writer tells a . story of a man who prided himself on his great morality, and expected to be saved by it, who was constant ly saying: “I am doing pretty well, on the whole; I sometimes |jet mud and swear, but then I am strictly honest; I work on Sun day when I am particular busy, but I give a good deal to the poor, and I was never drunk in my- life.” This man once hired a canny Scotchman to build a fence around his lot. and gave him very particular directions us to his work. In the evening, when the Scotchman came in from his la bor, the man said: “Well, Jock, is the fence built, and is it tight and strong?” “I cannot sav that it is all tight and strong,” replied Jock; but it’s a good average fence,auy- how. If some parts are a little weak, others are extra strong. I don’t know but I may have left a gap here and there, a yard wide or so; but then I made up for it by doubling the number of rails on each side of the gap. I dare say that the cattle will find it a very good fence, on the whole,and will like it, though I cannot say that it’s perfect. “What!” cried the man, not seeing the point; “do you tell me that, you have built a fence around my lot with weak places in it, and gaps in it? Why, you might as well have built no fence at all. If there is one opening, or place where an opening can' be made, the cattle will bo sure to find it, and will go through. Don’t you know, man, that a fence must bo perfect or it. is worthless?” “I used to thing so,” said the dry Scotchman; “but I hoar you talk so much about average mat ters with the Lord, seems to me that wo might try it with the cat tle. If an average fence won’t do for them, I am afraid that an average character won’t do in the? Day of Judgment. When I was on shipboard, and a storm was driving us on the rocks, the cap tain cried, ‘Let go the anchor!’ But the mate shouted back: ‘There’s a broken link in flip ga ble.’ Did tho captain say when he heard that, ‘No matter, it’s only one link; tho rest, of the chain is good; ninety-one of the hundred links or strong; its aver age is nigh; it only lacks one per cent of being perfect; surely the anchor ought to respect so excel lent a chain, and not break away from it? No, indeed. He shout ed : ‘Get another chain 1’ ” He knew that the chain with one broken link was no chain at all. That he might as well throw the anchor overboard without any cable as with a defective one. So with ‘the anohor of souls. If there is the least flaw in it the cable is not safe.” Wou’t Follow Atlvlce After Pay ing; For It. In a recent article a 'prominent physician says, “It is next to im possible for the physician to get liis patients to carry out any pre- saribed course of hygiene or diet to the smallest extent; he has but one resort left, namely, the drug treatmeut.” When medicines are used for chronic constipation, the most mild and gentle obtainable, suoh as Chamberlain’s Stomach & Liver Tablets, should be employ ed. Their use is not followed by constipation, as they leave the bowels in a natural and healthy oondition. For sale by all dealers in Perry, Warren & Lowe, Byron. Not in ten years has there been such a rush of immigrants into this country as that shown- during the first three months of the cur rent year. Each month has shown a large increase over the corresponding month of last year, the aggregate for the quar ter approximating seventy-thou- sands more immigrants than land ed last year. These new comers, having heard of the prosperity in' the United States, have flock ed over to participate in it. Sound Kidneys—Perfect Health. The use of Smith’s Sure Kidney Cure will produce both. Try a bottle and be convinced. 50 cents at Cater’s Drugstore. i >-*-4 San Francisco has one saloon for every 22 adult male inhabi tants. The Farmer And The Institute. By William P. Perkins. Every farmer, no matter in what state or what section of the county he may live,should be sure to attend any farmers’ institute within his reach. The farmer is haudicapped by the forced isola tion of his life, and every oppor tunity for meeting with his fel lows should be embraced, even if it requires some effort and sacri fice to accomplish this. A man can do much solid thinking in sol itude, but to develop his wits, to be ready of speech, and to have the narrowness of his ideas rubbed out of him, he needs the intimate association with other men, the interchange of thought, the spirited argument with other minds. The farmer co.n profit much by the development of his social life, for every man is in a natural way a gregarious animal. He desires company. This accounts for the tremendous number of clubs, lodges, etc., where man is wont to meet man. The institute, the grange and other agricultural so cieties perform the functions of a farmers’ club, and should be patronized liberally Jiy farmers. In union is strength,*and one of the chief reasons why it is so hard to get farmers to unite and pull in unison and harmony is because of the issolation and independence of their various lives. Let farm ers meet oftener, talk thing over, and understand and realize the actual community of their inter ests, and much good will result. The farmers’ institute is growing better and better, more and more practical every year, and should receive the support of every live farmer in this country. It is the best kind of institution in which to learn of the farmers’ successes and failuro3, achievements and losses, and conquests over adverse circumstances. The subject of agriculture is too deep and broad for any man to know it all. One must profit by other men’s exp*-n- ence. It is costly business to lear.i everything by the light on on ■’« own individual experience. foolish to make mistake after m is* take, costly blunders that some other man has made and can warn his fellows against. It is the prov ince of the institute to post farm ers on all practical subjects, to help them in every reasonable way to moot the fierce competition of the times, to equip them for their life work. The girl is the mother of the woman just as “the boy is the fa ther of the man.” The period when the womanly functions be gin is one to be carefully watched and considered. Irregularity or derangement at this time may be promptly met and cured by the use of Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Pre scription. But neglected at this critical period may entail years of future suffering. “Favorite Prescription” acts directly upon the womanly organs giving, them perfect vigor and abundant vital ity. It removes the obstructions to health and happiness, and de livers womanhood from the cruel bondage of “fomale weakness.” You pay the postage, Dr. Pierce gives you the book. The People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser, 1008 pages, 700 illustra tions is sent free on receipt of stamps to defray cost of mailing only. Send 21 one-cent stamps for the paper bound book, or 81 stamps for cloth bound. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. Chicago is credited with the greatest per capita ice consump tion of any city in the world, the average being a little over one ton per person per annum. Oth er large cities do not average more than from oue-half to three-quar ters of a ton. The war tax repeal bill, it is estimated, will reduce the reve nues $70,000,000 per year. The taxes come off on July 1st, next, except the tax on tea, which is retained until January 1st, 1903. The tea tax raises about $4,000,- 000. This signature is on every box ot the genuine i Laxative Bromo*Quinine Tablets i the remedy that enrea o cold in one dny Gets $35,000 a Year. Oscar Futz, of Valdez, Alaska,; who was recently awarded for an - i other period for four years the contract for carrying the United States mails from Valdez to Eagle, is the best paid mail carrier in the world. For this contract with the government he receives $35,000 a year for making two trips per month between the points, a dis tance of 413 miles, or uearly $1,- 500 for each trip. The mail car rier is limited to 800 pounds, and consists generally of letters only, newspapers and the more bulky articles being carried, however, when the mail is unusually light. Postoffice department officials say, however,that the sum paid to him is reasonable when it is con sidered that he makes his trip by dog sled, and that he has the most dangerous route of any mail car rier in the world. His 24 trips a year keep him busy most of the time, and he practically takes his life in his hands every time he starts out on his solitary journey. Futz has the finest team of dogs in that far northern country, and some of his trips are mnde in re cord time. .He has been given up for dead many times by residents of Veldez and Eagle, but so far he has al ways managed to reach the end of his journey, although sometimes overdue and occasionally much battered up. He has fallen down precipices, been mixed up in aval anches, has been starved, frost bitten, frozen and injured but is still drawing his $85,000 a year from the government and says he expects to continue making his adventurous trips until ‘snowed under.” This is the way a Missourian confessed at a camp-meeting. He was pressed hard to repent and at last gor, up. “Dear friends,” said Bill, “I feel/the spirit moving me to talk and tell what a bad man I have been, but I can’t do it while 1 '>t» aland jury is in session.” “ .'he Lord will forgive you,” - .Miifci.ffl the preacher. “I guess . i:io’b all right,” said Bill, “but lie ain’t on the grand jury.” — The inventor of the famous Gatling gun lias turned his in ventive genius from the field of war into more peaceful paths,and has invented a plow operated by a gasoline motor, which he pro poses showing at'the world’s fair. It is said the plow, which is a gang of discs, can be operated at a cost of $2 per day and that it will do the work of thirty men and eighty horses. *.-0-0 No Loss of Time. I have sold Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for years, and would rather be out of coffee and sugar than it. I sold five bottles of it yesterday to threshers that could go no far ther, and they are at work again this morning—H. R. Phelps, Plymouth, Oklahoma. As will be seen by the above the threshers were able to keep on with their work without losing a single day’s time. You should keep a bottle of this Remedy in your home. For sale by all,dealers in Perry, Warren & Lowe, Byron. 4 The average republican congress man is anxious to adjourn and go home to explain his shortcom ings. A GOOD PLACE. Notice is lieiebv given to ladies and gentlemen who visit Macon that Mrs. W. H. Houser ia now running a first- class Boarding House at 755 Cherry St. which is very near the busicees center of the city, and she will be pleased to serve them meals at 25c. each. THE COMMONER; (Mr. Bryan’s Paper.) The Commoner has attained within six months from date of the first issue a circulation of 100,000 copies, a record probably never equaled in the history of American periodical literature. The unparalleled growth of this paper de monstrates that there ie room in the newspaper fields for a national paper de voted to the discussiou of political, economic, and social problems. To the columns of the Commoner Mr. Bryan contributes his best efforts ;and his views of political events as they arise from time to time can not fail to interest those who study public questions. The Commoner’s regular subeription price is $1.00 per year. We have arrang ed with Mr. Bryan whereby we oan fur nish his paper and Home Journal to gether for oni year for $1.90. The reg ular subscription price of the two pa- ners when suboribed for separately is $5$0. ' - ABB TOT ~ wminE' i i ■- - wmin » WITH TOf WE SELL Harvesting Machinery, Disc Plows, Barrows, Hay Presses, Buggies, Wagons, Harness, Whips, Laprobes, &c. We san quote you some mighty low prices now. A big lot Second-Hand Buggies at your own price. i THE WILLIAMS HUSSY COMPANY, MACON, GEORGIA. tho moneylfnot as represented, MIIlfSM® IFF For many yonra we have sold our Whisklcsnnd Cigars to Wholesalers only and our brand 1 : are profer-ort by them, as they aro superior to all othors. In ovd.'rtoslvathoC'cnsumertHa benefit of the largo profits of Dealer and Middleman, wo have decided to now sell dlroct to tho Consumer our Most I’opul n r Brands cMVhlsk^M aid^CIgrure^irt jfvBUY With ovo-v quart bottle oi our famous SO year o'd Qnoen CitrClub PuroRyc nna ono box of our justly colobratod gennfnn Cuban llaudMiado loo clear Havana Cuban Specials,we will glvo ABSOLUTELY FREE onooi tho hand somest open faeo, extra hoavy niokol Gent's Wstehts made.(no litdys) stain wind and set, gonulno Amorlcnn movomont and case, host timekeeper on earth, does not tarnish snd will last a llfotlmo. 1 extra flno Vienna Meor- schaum I’luo, 1 genuine Meerschaum Clgor Holder, 1'genuine Meerschaum tto , . All jewelry heavily 14k gold platod. All thoso 14 pieces with one box of our famous Cuban Specials aud'ono quart bottloof our famoue 10 your old Queen City Club Furo Ryo cannot bo bought for less than 412.00. Wo soil the Whiskey and Olgara In-ffSMl V ©| , 5 C. 0. D. with prlvilagoof ex cluding thu 14 prices for ML I *$<3s<J!f amlnntlon, while Whiskey nndCIgarsolonocostmorothanwo ask for tho entlro lot. Our Whiskey Is an Absolutely Pnro 10 year old Ryo and our Cigars gennlne Cuban band. msde,elear Havana,made In our own f netory. Thoso cigars are far better than anything evor advertised beforo. Wo Gnarnntoe tho goods and refund . m., , ' ,"u An ExtraPromlum of an elegant Pockotknlfa with two blades, 1 cork-screw, 1 cigar cutter'Mia glass cutter, If 43.97 is sent In ndvnnco with order. Goods sent In plain packogs. Write nor . - ... * ■- Order to-day. ■wholosalo Prlco Lists of Liquors and Cigars. Rosponstblo agents wanted. Order today. U. b. DISTILLER'S DISTRIBUTING GOr-Dept. 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