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FIRST GAME
Os THE SEASON
Will be Played This Afternoon
Between Mercer and .
Milledgeville.
* GREAT GAME EXPECTED
As the Two Teams Are Evenly
Matched —the Way They
Will Line Up,
The first game of college ball played in
the state w.ll be the one this afternoon
when the Mercer tigers meet the team
from Milledgeville on the diamond. There
are many reasons why the people of Macon
can expect one of the best games of ball
that has been played on the diamond here
In Ecme time.
bast season the Mercer team gave the
Milledgeville boys a severe drubbing, and
they have not recovered from this yet.
Consequently they will come back at Mer
cer this year with the determination to
•win, and it is said that their team is one
of the strongest that the Cadets have ever
gotten together. The men arrived on the
11 o’clock train this morning, and are
quartered at the Brown House.
The game was first scheduled to take
place in Milledgeville, but the authorities
there wired the management of the Mer
cer team that Milledgeville was quaran
tined igainst Macon, and that they couid
not come here to play ball and bring a
crowd with tnem.
Some of the Mercer boys went over to
'Milledgeville Thursday night to try and
arrange matters. Tht y furnished the city
council with certificates from Professor
IPolioek and the Board of Health of Ma
con that there was no danger whatever
from smallpox, but the authorities there
“were firm, and said that they would not
allow a party composed of more than
twelve people to come to Milledgeville
from Macon. So it was finally decided to
have the gams take place in Macon.
In their practice games the Tigers
showed many weak points, and their er
rors were more glaring because they were
playing with the strongest team in Amer
ica, but there are many points where the
team can be strengthened, and some of
the members qf the team have made the
mistake of objecting to being criticised.
Taken as a whole, the batting strength
of the team is below the average, but this
has been wonderfully improved within the
past few weeks. There has always been
h conspicuous absence of coaching on the
team, and this has been one reason why
the team is unable to get together. There
is no beter material in the country for a
Rood bail team than is the Mercer team
now. and with a little training they will
b eensy victors ever the Athens men, who
are their sworn enemies.
Bruce Jones will cover the area behind '
Hie bat, and in this position he is fault
less. He throws accurately and with
speed.
Mansfield will be in the box, and has
Riven promise of more trouble to the bat
ters that come up before him this year
than he did last.
Garrett on first, Harris on second, Kir
vin on short and Stinson on third, makes
an Infield that is like a stone wall. Acree,
Wachtel and Jones in the outfield are fast
and sure.
The Mercer boys wear a confident look,
and say that they will win easily, while
the Milledgeville aggregation are equally
certain.
A large crowd of rooters came over
with the Cadets. Following is the line
up of the two teams:
Mercer. Position. Milledgeville.
Mansfield Pitcher Dolan
Jones Catcher Brantley
Garrett First Baseßeynolds
Harris Second Base Anthony
Stinson Third BaseStalvey
Kirven Short Stop Walker
Acree Center Field Conn
Jones Left Field Ellison
Wachtel Right Field Riner
SMACKED OF SPOOKS.
Cradle Rocking in a Deserted Cabin
Startled a Weary Traveller.
Montreal, April 1. —A traveller from the
north has just returned with a queer story.
“I was hungry and tired one night when
1 spied a little cottage some distance down
the road. A lamp, turned low, burned in
side. 1 could hear a gentle, creaking
sound.
"I knocked softly and whistled a tune to
reassure the inmates of the house, if they
should happen to be women. No one an
swered. I knocked again, and with the
same result. Still the creaking noise
could be heard.
"After a time I pushed the door open.
There was not a soul in the room except
a tiny baby about the size of a soft hat.
It was lying in a cradle.
"But the cradle was rocking.
"I was startled, for the sight smacked
of spooks. The creaking noise had such a
harmless aspect, and was so cheery and
clean, in spite of the dim light, that I
was reassured. I went closer and found
a string attached to the cradle and run
ning out through a hole in the wall.
"I followed the string to rfie rear of the
yard, where I found a sedate looking mule
munching at some fodder in a melancholy
fashion, and switching his tail meanwhile.
"The other end of the string was attached
to the mule’s tail.
"It was an ingenious device of a tired
mother, who wanted to spend a few mo
ments with a distant neighbor.
"I went back and stayed by the kid un
til she came back, and I took my trick at
the cradle, for which I was rewarded with
a good supper and night’s lodging.
HE WAS A CUBAN?
Mysterious Tragedy on the Metis River —
Gonsales Samarine and His Merry Life.
Rimouskl. Que.. April 2 —From a point
t n miles up the Metis river comes a mys
t aus story concerning the death of Pe
el Gonsales Lamarine, aged about 30,
v j*e affairs has been a subject of gossip
for several months. Lamarine came to
this seceion a year ago with a negro ser-
Jvant girl, and a beautiful woman, slightly
llri senior, who passed as his wife. They
|eP" ? French brokenly, and were set down
as ’.bans, or Spaniards. After renting a
an’ I! farm. Lamarine had the house which
ctcc hear the river moved a quarter of a
mh back, and elaborately refitted. He
then ‘urnished it luxuriously, bought four
fan orses, and abandoned himself to a
life, snort. Thereafter almost daily he was
®e -v. accompanied by his wife whipping
tlie 'almon streams, shooting game, or
else riding aimlessly about the country.
They received no visitors, except a dark
bearded man. who came down from Mon
treal at regular intervals, apparently to
shoot and carouse with Lamarine, and on
these occasions, the house actually shook
I with revelry. The last visit occurred two
’ weeks ago, and ten days later another
| stranger appeared on the scene. He was
I I about 50 years old, with jet black eyes,
black mustache, and gray hair. With a
marked Spanish accent, he enquired the
way to Lamarine's, and then set out be
hind the swiftest pair of horses he oxilJ
hire.
At 10 a. m. he was seen moving into
Lamarine’s gate. Three hours later Mrs.
Lamarine came out behind two of her
husband's blooded horses. She took the
road to Quebec, and in the sleigh were six
big trunks, and the negro maid.
At 5 p. m. Lamarine and the stranger
walked down to the river, and stood talk
ing on the bank. Then suddenly, while
in full view of several neighbors, Lama
rine ran out on the ice, knelt dow-., and
then forced himself head first through a
hole cut in the ice for watering cattle. He
was drowned instantly.
Then the stranger walked back unmo
lested, loaded four more trunks into Lama
rine’s second sleigh, and drove away, leav
ing his hired team in Lamarine’s stable.
Neither he nor the woman have been j
heard cf since. A search of the house '
showed that everything except the bare
I furniture had been removed, and abso
lutely no clue to the identity of the par
ties remained. As it was a clear case of
suicide, and as the body could not be re
covered, no inquest was held.
All sorts of theories are current, but
there are absolutely no facts to support
them. The most probable is that Lama
rine had collected money for the Cuban
insurgents, and had absconded with it. Lt
seems likely that he committed suicide art
the stranger’s behest, rather than face the
vengeance of bis betrayed colleagues.
Easter
Before
Christ.
(Copyright, 1898.)
Even before the advent of Christianity,
eastern nations had long observed the
springtime by elaborate religious ceremo
nies. These festival occasions universally
commemorated the god or savior of the
people who held them.
In Persia, Mithras, the savior and medi
ator between god and man, was believed
to have risen from the dead, and the mys
teries connected with his worship were
celebrated in the latter part of March.
The body of a young man apparently dead
was exhibited to be restored to life The
priests watched his tomb until midnight,
with loud cries and in darkness, when all
at once the .lights burst forth from all
parts, and the priests cried: “Rejoice, O,
sacred in itiated, your god has risen! His
death, his pains, his sufferings, have
worked our salvation!” These ceremonies
were accompanied by lighting the sacred
candle, and anointing the image with, per
fume.
The principal religious festivals of the
i year not only in Egypt but in Syria,
Phrygia and Greece, and, in fact, through
out the east, were solemnized at the lat
ter encl of autumn and again at the be
ginning of spring. Those which occurred
in spring were particularly characterized
by mirth and revelry. The resurrection of
Adonis or Thammuz, was celebrated
throughout the east. Julius Firmicus, in
an oration or address delivered to the Em
perors Constans and Constantins, de
scribed these rites in detail. The wor
shippers laid an image upon the bed. and
bewailed in mournful songs. After con
tinuing these lamentations for a consider
able time light was brought into the room,
and the mouths of the mourners were
anointed by the priests, upon which the
young man impersonating Adonis gently
murmured: “Trust, ye communicants.
The god having been saved, there shall
be to us out of pain, salvation.” In Alex
andria the feast of the resurrection of
Adonis was observed on the 25th of March
in very much the same way as described
by Julius Firmicus. These festivals were
observed in Europe as late as the year 412,
and at Antiocty, the ancient capital of the
Greek kings in Syria, as late as the year
| 363.
Adonfe, or Thammuz, had his altar even
in the temple of Jerusalem. Several of
the psalms of David were part of the lit
urgical service employed in his worship.
With the same ceremonies as in Egypt and
elsewhere the Easter rising of Adonis was
commemorated at Byblis, in Phoenicia.
The ancient Greeks also celebrated this
festival in honor of the resurrection of
Adcnis, in the course of which a figure of
him was produced, and the ceremony of
• burying, with weeping and songs of wail-
I iag, gene through. After these a joyful
I shout was raised, “Adonis lives, and is
I risen again!” Elsewhere in the east the
' Easter festivities were of a similar char
acter, and the priests addressed the wor
shippers with the formula. “’Comfort your
selves, all ye who have been partakers of
the diety thus preserved, for we shall now
enjoy some respite from our labors,” to
which were added these words, “I have
escaped a sad calamity, and my lot is
greatly mended.” The people answered by
chanting the invocation. “Hail to the dove,
the restorer of light!” Other ceremonies
were similar to those now held in Roman
Catholic countries on Easter Sunday and
Good Friday.
“The resurrection and reign over an
eternal kingdom by an incarnate, mediat
-1 ing diety, born of a virgin,” says Profes
sor Mahaffy, “was a theological eonceo
-1 tion which pervaded the oldest religion
of Egypt.” Osiris was the popular god of
that country, pre-eminently good and
dear to the hearts of the people. His res-
• urrection and ascension was celebrated an
nually in early spring, about the time
• known in Christian countries as Easter.
' The anniversary of his death, or disap
, pearance, in November of each year, was
1 observed with rites of mouring. Similar
in nature were ceremonies in other coun-
Taesmophoria of the Athenians and the
Etachthae of the Boeotians. Later on
■ came other observances describing the
1 search for Osiris, when processions bearing
the sacred chests and arks with fresh wa
ter. spices and costly perfumes, marched
to the temples. The sacred cow was led
around the temple seven times, which in-
■ dicated that the god did not complete his
return until seven months after. These
observances took place in the early spring
—March or April.
Phrygia was celebrated throughout the
east for the mysteries of Atys, and in these
mysteries Atys was represented by a young
man tied to a tree, as though suspended
’ upon a cross, and there were great cere
> ■ monies attending his release, which was
typical of the resurrection. These mys
teries, which began with three days of
. ! mourning, were followed immediately by
t i a feast of Hilaj-ies, or day of rejoicing, a
i festival that occurred on the 25th day of
1 • March, or the eighth day before the ca
-1 lends of April. In connection therewith, a
i ' son, which afterward became the "Haller
? luiah” of the Christian church, was sung,
r and also the “Haec Dies, etc,” “This is
t i the day made by our Lord: let it be for
us a day of rejoicing and cheerfulness.”
’ The famous prose, “O, fllii et filiae,” was
’ j also sung.
The ancient Scandinavians also had their
I Easter celebration. In fact, the word East-
MACON NEWS SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 3 1898
er —Anglo-Saxon Eastre and Eoster and
German Ostera—is a survival from the old
Teutonic mythology. It is derived from
Eostre or Ostara. the Anglo-Saxon goddess
of spring, wao corresponded to the Sldo
nian Asteroth or Astarte. To Eostre, the
fourth month, answering to our April, was
dedicated /nd was called Eostur monath.
Tais month was the same as the paschal
month of the Jews, and the old festival was
observed with the gladness of a new sol
emnity. The month of April is still known
in Germany as Oster monath, and the
worship cf Ostera on Eastre took deep
root in northern Germany, whence it was
carried Into England by the Saxans. Down
to the beginning of the present century
the Easier time continued to be celebrated I
in many parts of Germany by the building
of bonfires and numerous other rites that
were of remote tntiquity. The fire rite
was the great feature of these early ob
servances in Germany, and afterward in
Great Britain, and the universality through
Europe in heathen times cf the worship of
the personification of the sun and light
through the kindling of fires, and other
lights, is testified to by the yet surviving
practice of periodically lighting bonfires.
The fire festival of Ostera was originally
held about the Ist of May, and was shift
ed to conincide with the church festival
of Easter. Unable to extirpate these
heathen rites, the early church sought to
Christianize them by associating them
with rites of her own, and for this pur
pose either appointed a church festival
at the time of the heathen one, or endeav
ored to shift the time of the heathen ob
servance to that of an already fixed church
festival.
These- observances continued to be cele
brated with seriousness and enthusiasm as
late as the sixteenth and seventeenth cen
turies, but the kindling of bonfires was
after atime put down by the government,
the earlier interdicts alleging the un
christian nature of the rites, and the later
the danger occasioned to the forests. Af
ter Christianity came, joy at the rising
of the natural sun, and at the awakening
of nature from the death of winter, be
came joy at the rising of the Sun of Right
eousness, the resurrection of Christ from
the grave. A survival of these bonfires can
be traced in the great paschal tapers,
sometimes weighing 300 pounds, with
which the early churches were lighted on
Easter eve.
Even the use of Easter eggs was of an- I
cient origin. There can be but little doubt i
that this custom was originally designed !
as symbolical of the revivification of na- i
ture, the springing forth of life and |
spring. Long before the years of the Chris
tian church the Jews used egggs in observ
ing the feast of the Passover. When the
Persians keep the festival of the solar new I
year, they present each other with col- '
ored eggs, a custom that has been handed i
down to them from the remotest antiquity. I
An JEast«-r Offering.
Weary and worn upon life’s stage,
I’ve found a quiet hermitage
Where grief forgets the tears it shed,
And hopes revive that once were dead,
Where love divine with heavenly glow
Makes the sad heart forget its woe,
And ’Christ, the risen, still inspires
With happier thoughts, with pure desires,
Oh, may each wayworn pilgrim find
Such rest of body, peace of mind!
Many there be as well as I
That solace find in this retreat,
Who hear the busy world go by,
Yet cannot tempt their straying feet,
For dearer to their hearts by far
Than all allurements of the world
Is he who first removed death’s bar.
'And open wide its gates were hurled,
And, thinking of his empty grave,
They know ais power who came to save.
Lily or palm I cannot bring,
Nor rarer offering to his shrine.
The mead of gratitude be mine
And of his love to loudly sing—
That love which, brought him down to
earth
To show us diviner way
By which the vilest sinner may
Remove the ban that cursed his birth.
O, Risen Christ, for hope divine
Our heartfelt gratitude is thine!
NEILL MACDONALD.
NIAGARA POWER AT BUFFALO.
Within a Few 'Months tne City Win Be
Lighted by Electricity Generated at
the Falls.
Within six months tne city of Buffalo
will be ligated by electricity generated at
Niagara Falls and received in a new pow
er house at Buffalo, says the Railroad Ga
zette. At present the lighting of Buffalo
is from dynamos driven by steam. In the
new station steam will have no place.
What work cannot be done by electricity
direct from the falls will be obtained from
generators driven by special motors, which
will, themselves, be driven by Niagara
power. All of the apparatus at present
ordered for this new power house will be
made by the General Electlc Company.
The first contract made with the Cata
ract Power and Conduit Company covers
eleven 250 K. W. air-blast transformers
wound for 1100 of 22,000 volts primary and
stepping down to 352 volts secondary. They
will be fed by two independent sets of ca
bles, so that the light and power service
may not be interrupted in case of a break
down of one. In this contract are included
the motors and blowers necessary to keep
a current of cold air constantly circulating
through the transformers and a complete
switchboard equipment for connecting
ing them to the high volting line and to
the secondary circuits. From these trans
formers the current will be delivered to
the bus bars cf the Buffalo General Elec
tric Company.
The current from the falls having a pe
rlodilcity of twenty-five cycles, it has been
found expedient to raise this to sixty cy
clese in order that the incandescent lights
may be operated without perceptible flick
er. Frequency changers or motor genera
tors will be employed, each of 400 K. W.
capacity.
The current for the arc lighting in the
streets will be generated by thirty No. 12
125-Hght Brush arc machinese. These ma
chines wiil be set one on each side of a
250 H. P. synchronous motor to which they
will be directly coupled. The low-tension
direct current for small mercantile and
domestic power purposes, such as run
ning elevators, driving printing presses,
machinery, etc., will be obtained from two
rotary converters, each of 200-H. P. capac
ity. These are of the same type as those
installed by the General Electric Company
in the Niagara street power house of the
Buffalo Railway Company, and will de
liver the current at 500 volts.
The total capacity of the plant will be
5.900 horse power. Thirty arc light dyna
mos will furnish current for 3,750 arc
lamps: the Incandescent lights will num
ber about 24,000, and the estimated num
ber cf small moters is 600. The comapny
now lights 2,000 arc lamps on the east side
and 862 on the west side, and the arc-light
capacity of the plant will shortly be in
creased.
1—
Dr. M. Mariqn_Apfel,
Physician and Surgeon.
John C. Eads & Co. Building.
Phone 811.
Easter Offerings
AT
II ii Ili iiii nee & Rountree
What would the world It is proper that the world
i—r—, be without Easter? should rejoice on
And what would such an occasion; ijSSEp,
X 'S2 j 1 Easter be without it is proper that
P r etty !J we should array
things that go to i ourselves in “pur-
JZAI.I make it festival of pie and fine linen”
* |Z » y p * • r ’ •$
joy and beauty ? j as a token of joy.
As the trees and Cowers put forth fresh
foliage and blossome, so it is proper that
men and women and boys and girls should
put on the habiliments of spring.
But there is a lesson in ART and econ
omy ti be learned in the purchase of your
EASTER OUTFIT. With some it is nec
essary to practice economy, and even the
most plethoric purse does not scorn sug
gestions that enable it to get the most for
its contents.
Appreciating both the demands of the
times and the spirit of the occasion, we
have to make
Some Easter
Suggestions
wh’ch we think will interest every pros
pective buyer. We would like to elabo
rate on them, but space compels us to pre
sent them in the shape of cold business
prepositions.. Here they are:
Light Weight
Wool Suitings
We are showing this season ourown im
portation of B’reneh and English Dress
Goods in all the new shades and weaves.
44-in. Poplin in mode, new blue and
gray, 85c. yard.
50-in. English Covert Cloth for tailor
gowns, in all new colors, $1.25 yard.
English Checks and mixtures, in light
and medium shades, for serviceable street
dresses; strictly all wool, 45 to 85c. the
yard.
Imported Dress Lengths, no two alike,
some stylish, some handsome things in the
lot; your choice for $10.90.
French Chailies, 32-in. for children’s
dresses and ladies’ waists, 25c. yeard.
There Are 0 n ly Two Things Necessary to Good Form.
The First: The Second:
• •
Is to wear the Celebrated Red- Is to have Madame de Young
fern Corset. We are the sole design your swellest Spring
agents for this section of this Suit. It is needless to argue
unmatchable corset. why—Madame’s creations speak
for themselves.
IT is easy to make a mistake in i
choosing any corset. Our fitters i TJUT this ? ou win notice on Easter
will save you from doing that with jj Sunday; that the handsomest cos-
the Redfern if turn2s to be seen werere made at our
you will let store. Os course ~ "■" i 11
them. They y OU can ’t ask *«* ' p i
nfv have been skill- tne wearer about _
ZX Aa fully drilled in it, and you won’t JU El s-i EL 111 3
*(V Qj t the right COr “ need to—for they
DB Youud.
* n 0 * corn_ the way, Mad- J
mend all cor- ame will show *T 1 '* 1
;ets for aZZ figures; if we did, all would next week the handsome and ex
not have them. W hat we suggest elusive trimmings selected by her on
s the right Redfern Model for your . her recent trip t 0 New York for ex
figure. We have them in a wide elusive use in her department. It
range of models so we may suit all f or y OU to get your order
who come to us for corset advice. in a g early as possible.
Redfern Corsets are more expensive
than some other corsets, but, con- But we might ta i k from now until
sidering the exactness of pattern and Easter, and still we couldn’t tell you
beauty of fabrics, they are less expen- of half the pretty things we are show-
sive in the end. ing. They must be seen to be appre-
Complete assortment of Redfern ciated.
Models at our store.• .
OUR bTORE IS HEADQUARTERS for fashionable Fabrics. Our constantly increasing
trade enables us to buy the newest goods at all times. The many ladies who appreciate pretty DRESS
FABRICS will be pleased to see the many new weaves we are offering.
OUR OPENING last week, it is safe to say, accomplished the implanting upon the minds of the
people of Macon and surrounding territory the fact that this is the ideal store for ideal goods at conect puces.
HUTHNANCE & ROUNTREE
406 Third Street, Macon, Ga.
Black Goods.
No more complete stock in Macon to se
lect from.
Black Diagonals and Brocades, all pure
wool, 45c. yard.
40-in. all-wool Serge and Henrietta
Cloth, 50c. yard.
Black Brocade in small figures and
stripes, all wool, 40c.
Handsome line French and English Bro
cades and Crepons, 75c. to $2.00 the yard.
Black Velour —For a handsome black
skirt see the Black Silk Velour we show
all the week az. 85c. to $1.35 yard.
Black Grenadine —Ready tomorrow to
show' you our recent importation; black,
plain and fancy silk grenadines, all prices.
<
White Goods.
Every well posted lady In Macon knows
that we are headquarters for all kinds of
White Goods, Embroideries and Laces. We
make no idle boast when we say v,e have
by far the most complete stock of this
class of goods ever carried in this city. If
you aie not cognizant of this, visit our
i White Goods department, and see.
j FRENCH LAWN—This is a fine sjieer
I fabric, 50-inch, part silk, washes beauti
i fully, 40 to 75 cents a yard.
j Batiste Mull, 22-in., in four grades, 25,
i 35, 40, 50c. yard.
I Thread Cambric, 36-in., pure linen, 50,
j 75c., SI.OO, $1.25.
Persian Lawn, 33-in., 20, 25, 35, 40, 50c.
Dimity in fine cheekc and stripes, 8, 10,
12%, 15, 25, 35c.
Special—Fine Sheer India Lawn, old
price 25c., this week only 15c. yard.
Gotten Dress
Fabrics.
Showing throughout Easter week com
plete stock of all kinds of Cotton Dress
Goods, Figured and Plain Organdies, Ba
tistes, Dimities. Piques and Zephyrs. This
collection will not be excelled by any house
in Macon. Most of the high-class import
ed novelties in this department are con
fined to us, and will not be found else
where. There are special things here that
will not last long. You should see them
as early as possible.
Specials For
Easter Week.
Best Shirting Prints, 4c. yard.
Best Indigo and China Blue Calico, 4%c.
Bc. quality Apron Ginghams, in all sized
checks, 20 yards SI.OO.
.16 yards best yard-wide Fruit of the
Loom Bleaching for SI.OO.
Good styles Dress Ginghams, sc. yard.
Best Percales, yard-wide, all new styles,
10c. yard.
Yard-Wide Irish Lawns, in small pat
terns, 7c. yard.
Children’s Fast Black Hose, all sizes,
10c. ptair.
Belts, in black, brown, and tan leather,
good quality, 10 and 15 cents.
Apron Lawn, 40-in., 10 and 15c. yard.
Ladies’ Vests, sc.
Surely these offerings cannot fail to at
tract you. They have been especially ar
ranged for Easter Week, and we confident
ly expect them to meet with your approval.