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12 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.