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A JHHV AWARD DATIL
DR. TALMAGE POINTS OUT THE END
OF THE GAMBLER.
A T’owrrfiil ,t '■! t!:« I •.!>- In
volved Mn <:«»»..« . , f ,.. < uwh
Rnfilra I:« n«'<. t,< < I f t t ',. R In
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•'■<>!>> rlftht, ) by A- .<< . . a .
Wa: I<IN-;n-*l, April 3. TL. spirit <;f
hazard in this. m-h-j n is nj d l.y i’r
T«h»in.t<», and tL«-downward path of t'.t
gnu. "tor i.. ph»:;iJ. [>• ..at; to <
A> ts i, ly, -‘Aceh:.. ia H,.»t is in ti,<-
field of bl- od. ”
The mon y thrtt Julian far Mirren
d-Tlllg < hr! ! w. ■- n (| to pi-r:-lif ■,
graveyard. Ah th-- i.mf.-y v.as l;bx><i mon
<>y, the i.-r-.uiid bought by it. c ■ di- d li
tho Syrian tni.'-u ■ A-■
“th. fi-ld t.i blood.” W- il, there i., Os.,
wont I want to writ, today <n«r ever*.
rn<-.<. . oiirn- t. hero wag. aru st;:!.- -I and
every poolroom nod o ■ ry p tmblilip* salii'-n
mid every table. li-> nr private. li re
men mid women bet lor snc.s of nmnej
lari,., or ntn.il!, mid that Isa word ine::r
iindiia-1 with th- lif<*’d lunuii.i i .Me vie
thm. Ae.-hlmmi
'ldin irmiiblmg ;.-:rlt. u-l-l-. h i* nt. nil
tiiiii-. a > l op'ii'! ■ > < .il, < .1 a j.
mvi pH over the country like an '-ppi-m.l.
pro-i rat hi;; lie mint d Ibot, .on.- t nor
has never b- on a wt-to" .-at -- k than ib .
from which all th-, x ~, tuv. ■ • an 1
c.th-H are now i-iiflirin t
H l.ilo iimmig my I. arer-. mid reader;, are
those who ha.', p e don I lie th, . r
noon of lite mid th' l>."f w .lie |..),0 (1,, .||
Illg mid till) el-y < i .!H . ■!>,. v. ith the jrlnw
of the sotting aim ii I. rp numi.i r • f : i
lire in early hfn, and the morn in;.'- I. cum
Irin down out of th" -•.lear nl;y upon ttc a.,
mid the bright ah- in red6k nt vvi’ h sprin-
Idos lomH, mid the nt ream of life, gi. mid-ij:
nnil glancing, rushes on 1., tv.iin flow- ry
banks, milking mu: i<- a., it. g< .Some of
you mi-enp.a.'-ed in mere,'l)l He coin ..mas
clerk,, and iiookl.ceperfi, ami your wlmio
life is to be pushed in the exciting v.-.tld of
traffic. U*!.c soui.d -a l ui.y life Mirs you a;-
tile drum stir- the fiery war her e (Ml" r,
are In the mechanical ui-I.h. to hammer and
ehl.-.el your way through life, ami huccc;.::
nwult-i you. Some are preparing for pro
fessionnl life, and grand opportunities uro
before you nay, somoni' you niready have
buckled on the nr mor Hut, wl.ilovt.r your
mzo mid calling, the subject, of gambling,
nbout, which 1 spunk to.lay, is pertinent
A Worldwide f '.it.
Some yearn apo when an m sociation for
the HUpproHMioti of gn ml Ting was organized
an agent of the i; so- iai.imi came to a
prominent eitiz- u and miked him to pa!
mnizii tho Rocioty, lie nald: “.No; 1 can
have no interest, in such an organization
1 am in nowise iifii it.d by the evil ” At
that, very limo his son. who was his part
m r ill business, was one of the heaviest,
players in n famous gambhui.' e.labiiiih
moot. Ani.thcr iciu.-.cd Ids palroimge on
the sbiiio ground, not knowing that his
first bookkei-per, t,hough i- < - iring a salary
of only $ i.t’bO, wns 10. ing froai ,3i)to>HX>
per night. The pre ident of a railroad
company refused to patronize the institu
tion, saying, “Thai wocieiy i> must for the
defense of iii.-n b.-mts. but v.e tailrond peo
ple are not injured by- this evil” —* not
knowing that, al th it. very time two of lii.-
cnnductors vv< re spending thr. e nights of
each week at faro tables in New S'ci-k
Directly or indirectly this evil strikes at
the whole world
Gambling is the risking of somothiiig
more or less vnluahhi in the hope of win
ning more than you hazard 'l’iie instvu
liKints of gaming may differ, Inn. th.-' priu
oiplo is l lai same. The shr.ldin-: and d-.'ul
ing cards, however full of ti-mptut i in.is mi.
gambling unless stakes are put up, while
on llm other hand gamMing may bo car
rind on without ci»rd i of dice or billialds
or a tenpin alley, ‘i'im man who I.et on
horses, mi elections mi li.itth -, the mail
who denlH in “fancy ” sti • ks or onduet.s a
luislness which ba. -idH e.’ttr i eapi al oi
goes into transiu 1 Im is w it :i< mt founds, imi,
but dependent upon what sr.cn cull “luck, ”
is n gambler.
Whatever you expect to get fn in your
neighbor without mis ring r.i'i . ouiv.dei: tin
money or t im:'or skill is ed l, r 1!,.' pc Ha t
of theft or gaming. l„m.t. ry ti, l.els u-’.-l
lottery policies colim into Ihe s urn- • iln
gory . iia/.iars for the founding of hospi
tals, sehools and ehun lu s. e .mhi- ted on
the r.idling system eoimi under llm sumo
denomination. Do imt, th-ri-lore, assort
nte gambling neeessarily v-.nli any ii. • ru
ment, or game or t imu <u - plane i.r ti.ink
the prliuvipl-i dap.>mis upon whether you
play tor ll glics of wino or ICO sic; ■; oi’
railroad stock. Whither you p./.i-miz"
auction pools, French mutuals or bonk
milking, whether you employ faro or I.il
liai ds. rondo and keuo,* cards or I;.: :.delle,
the very idea of the t hing is tlishom st, ipr
it professes to bestow upon you a good fur
which y ou give no c-|uivalont.
Tiic t'urHv oi Ci'iit-irh s.
This crime is no newborn sprite, hut d
haggard transgre. •mu tiuitconies stagger
ing -low n under a mant io of curses through
many centuries. All nations, ImiiUuous
and civilised, have Heim addicted to it.
Blit now the laws of the whole civilized
world denounce tile sy ~ m I :i:n t 'aents
have been pas.ed. but -mlv paiti iity eii
forced, and nt times not enforced at. all
The men interested in gaming h-mses and
In jockey clubs wield such iimm i-. o by
their numbers and llillllirto that the
judge, the jury ami the police - liie- r must,
be bold indeed who would array them
selves against these ini imous esiabiish
nients. The house of coin mens of Eng
land actually adjourns -m Derby day that
members may attend the race... ami in the
best circles m society i.i t!ii- country today
are many hundreds oi professedly respect
able men who nit- ,-ic.k nowicdge-i gambler.'.
llumlredsof tb.ousandsof dollars in this
land are every day being won and lost,
through sheer gambling Say .:< liavoler
through the west. “I have irav. h d I,GOO
miles at. a time upon the vve-tern waters
nml seen gambling at every waking mo
ment from the com mem-ement to the
termination oi the journey The south
vvi stof this iMiuntry recks vv ith this sin
In some of those cities every third or
fourth hoiis'ii in many of th-' streets is a
gaming pined, and it may b-’ truthfully
averred that each of our -. .lies is eurscii
with this evil.
Alon wishing to gamble will find places
ju»t suited to their capn- ity net only in
the underground oyster cellar or at tho
table back of the curtain, covered with
greasy* cards, or in tst; ambeat smok
ing cabin, where the bloated wrett h
with rings m his ears deals mil his p-ve!;
and winks in tin* unsuspecting traveler
providing iron drinks all tnouml, but in
gilded parlors ftnd amid gnrgiKms stir
roundings. This sin works rum fir c t by
providing an un hi alt Idl'd stimulant, r.x
citcmeiit is plcasureablo. v nder every sky
nml in every age mon have sought it We
must at times have excitement.. A thou
sand voices in our nature demand it. It.
is right. It is healthful It is inspiriting.
It is a desire Go<l given But anything
that lint gratifies this appetite and hurls
it back in a terrifle reaction is deplorable
and wicked. Jxmk out for the agitation
that, like a rough miisi-'ian, in bringing
out the tune plays so hard ho breaksdown
the G->d never made a man
strong enough to endure the wear and tear
l>f ganiblii-g oxcitemerts.
i'be Road to Unia.
A young man having suddenly inherit
ed a largo property sits at the i':'. ard ta
bles mid takes op in a dice box tho estate
won by a father s lifetime s sweat and
shakes it and tosses ii away. Intemper
ance soon stigmatizes its victim, kicking
him out, a slavering fool, into the ditcii or
sending him, with the drunkard s hic
cough, staggering up tho street where his
family lives. But gambling does not in
that way expose its victims. The gambler
may b« eaten up by the gambler's passion,
yet you only discover it by the greed in l'-is
eyes, the hardness of his features, tho
nervous restlessness, the threadbare coat
and his embarrassed business. Vet he is
on tho road to ruin, and no pr -acher’s
voice or startling warning or wife’s en
treaty can make him stay for a moment
his headlong career.
The infernal spell is on him, a giant is
aroused within, and though you hind him
with cables they would part like thread,
and though yqu fasten him soveo times
around with chains they would snap like
rusted wire, mid though you piled up in
hU path heaven high Bibles, tracts and
sermons and on the top should set the
i rm-i of the Sun of G-kL over them all the
gambler would leap like a roe over the
rocksen hi? wayt-j perdition. “Aceldama,
the Held of Llood 1”
Again, this sin w.aks mln by killing
ind'.iHiry. A man u> -i to r-apingseor- s or
f umlriKi of dolimv: from the gaming table
will ... t 1.. ' i.t with -low work. He
wii! y. “What is th" Us-: of trying to
this STO in my st.,re when lean
make live ii-ie h that m half an hour by
the dir-id” You never knew a confirmed
-rambler wlm was in-in-t.rlous. The men
giv o to t: Is vi'.c f'H-nil th-’ir time not ac
tiv- ly emps-o cd in 'he game in idleness or
intoxiemiuii <ir sleep or in corrupting new
vii‘ >i ,m This sin has d idled tho cariienter’s
:w and ■ ut the band -•I’ the f.-« lory wheel,
: ik the cargo, broken the t--th of the
f. rm rharrow and s- >:t a strmigo light
ion.; So ‘.lor the Iw-.ttery of the philoso
pher. T hi' vry fsr.-t idea in gaming i,; at
. .ir w ith aii ihe of society.
Something For Nothing.
Any ti.-itli- or occupation that, is of Is
ennobling. Th<-Rtr«-t-t sweep--r advances
th.- inti rests of so.-i'ty by the cleanliness
ffe- led 'I .... pay, for the fragments it
eat ■ I - clem-in * tin- i.ou-.* of vermin. The
liy that takes : i.e sweetness from thodregs
of iho i-.;p compoiinatefi by purifying tho
ii' and ! toping back the pi >t il-::<:o But
the g.imtliT giv<« not anything for that
whi-1. I.- t.;l 1+ 1 r.ieH that Si-.'ti nee. He
<h make a return. li-it it is di.-ar.ice to
the man t:.;.t h<' !!• e. s, di-sp.-Jr to Ids
I <mt ruin to his Im-m. -anguish to l.is
wife ehm'sc to his i liiidrcn mid eternal
u.c'lli— away Io his •< ul. lie pays in terns
and Mi,ct! and ny anil .im-kni ES and
V.'hnt. dull work is plowing t-> the farm
er wli. n in the village saloon in one night
he maiii s anil lose s the value oi' a sun.nr. r
harvest! Who will want to s- II tar-'s mid
i.i. • -••int- nmikeen mid cut p .rnients and
weigh ntig:>r when in ;i night.’.-; game he
n .ken mid lohch mid makes .-i-.-ain and
loses agj'.-ii the profits of n sea M-n?
John Bora- k v.’.-.s .sent as a mereantlle
agent from Bremen to England and this
coifnlry. After two years his employers
mistrusted that all wins not right. Ho was
a defaulter for .'.one It was found that
ho hail lost in Lombard street, London,
;?■.?,!.i)uo; iii Fulton stre. I, Now York, 810,-
eoo, ami in New Ormans §3,000. Ho was
imprisoned, hut afterward csc.aped and
went, into the gambling profession. Ho
died in lunatic asylum. This crime Is
gotti.-ig its b vol under many a nicrcan
tilo house in our cities, and before long
down will come the great establishment,
crushing reputation, homo comfort and
immortal souls How it diverts and sinks
capital m iy be inferred from some anthen
tic statement before us. The ten gaming
houses that once were authorized in Faris
pass 'd through the banks yearly i’-25,000,
000 'francs.
Source of Dishonesty.
Furthermore, this sin is the source of
dishonesty. , Tho game of hazard itself is
often a ( heat How many tricks mid do
options in the dealing of the cards! 'JL'bo
opponent's hmid is ul'ttfmc.s found out by
fraud. Cm-tisare marked so that they may
be (b sigi.iitoil from the back. Expert
ganiestets have the.ir acconiplices, and one
wink may de-ide the game. The dice have
been fimnd loaded with platina so that
doublets como up every lime. These dice
are ii: treat nod by the gamblers unob
served by tho honest men who have come
into the play, and this accounts for the
fact that 99 out of 100 who gamb-c. how
ever wealthy when they began, at the end
are found to bo poor, miserable, haggard
wretches, t hat would not now be allowed
to sit in the doorstep of tlio house that
they once owned
In a gaming house in San Francisco a
young man having just conic from the
mines deposited a large sum upon tho ace
and Won §:32,000. But tho tide turns. In
t< use anxiety comes upon the oountenmici s
of all. Slowly the cards woitt forth. Ev
ery oye is fixed. Not r. sound is hoard un
til the two is reveal",! favorable to tho
l.mik There are shouts of “Foul! .Foul!”
but tho keepers at t lie tables produce their
pistols, anti the .uproar is silenced, ami the
bank has w-iu $95,000. Do you call this a
g. of chance? There’ is no ohanco
about it.
Notice also tho effect of this crime upon
domestic happiness. It has sent its ruth
less plowshare, through hundreds of fam
iJies, until the wife sat in rags and the
daughters were ilisgrr.ced, and the sons
grbw up tolho same infamous practices, or
took a short e,ut to destruction across the
murderer s Sialfold. Home has lost all
ehm-ms lev the gambler. How tame arc
tho children’s c,-losses and a wife’s devo
tion to the gambler I How drearily the lire
I'-irns on the domestic hearth! There
must Im louder laughter and something to
win and something tu lose, an excitement
to drive the .heart faster, fillip the blood
and fire the imagination. No home, how
ever bright, cun keep buck the gamester
The. sweet, call of love bounds back from
his iron soul, and all endearments are con
sumed in the lire of his passion. The fam
ily Bi bla will go after all other treasures
are lest, and if his crown in heaven wore
put into his hand ho would cry: “Hora
goes—one more game, my boys! Ou this
one throw 1 stake my crown of heaven!”
Destroyer of Youth.
A young man in London on coming of
ago received a for-uno of $120,900, and
through gambling in three years was
thrown on his mother for support. An
only son went to New Orleans. He was
rich, intellectiml and elegant in nunnuors.
If is parents gave him on his departure
from liome their last blessing. Tho sharp
ers got hold of him. They flattered him.
i I’.-'V lured him to the gaming table aud
let him win almost every time for a good
while and p -.tleu him on tho hack and
sail. “First rate player.” But, fully in
liieir grasp, they fleeced him. and his
s3t>,OOC' was lost. Last of all, he put up
his watch and lost t,hat. Then he began
to t hink of his home, and of his old father
and mother, and w rote thus:
“My beloved parents, you will (Touhtloss
feel a momentary joy at, the reception of
this letter from tho chilli of your bosom,
on whom you have lavished all the favors
of your declining years. But should a
feeling of joy for a moment spring up in
your hearts when you should have re
ceived this from me, cherish, it net. I have
fallen deep, never to riso. Those gray
hairs tb.at'l should have honored and pro
tected I shall bring down in sorrow to the
grave. I will not curse my destroyer; but.
oh, my God, avenge tho lyrengs and impo
sitions practiced upon the unwary igaway
that shall best please him! This, my dear
parents, is tho last letter you will ever re
ceive from me. I humbly pray your for
giveness. It is my dying prayer. Long
before you will have received this from mo
the cold grave will have closed upon ma
forever. Life to me is insupportable. I
canrmt —nay. 1 will not—suffer tho shame
of having ruined you Forget-nnd forgive
is tho dying prayer of your unfortunate
son. ”
The oh! father came to the postoffico,
got* the letter and fell to the f!-x>r. They
thought ho was dead at first, but they
brushi'-i hack the white hair from bis brow
and fanned him.* He had only fainted.
"Aceldama, the field of blood!”
Wi.- n tilings go wrong at a gaming t.o
ble, they shout: “Foul! Foul!” Overall
the gaming tables of the world I cry out:
"Foul! Foul! Infinitely foul!"
Gambling In Churches.
"Gl't-stores ' r.re abundant throughout
tho country. With a book or knife or sow
ing n avliino or coat or carriage there goes
n prize. At these stores people get some
thing thrown in with their purchase. It
may be a g Id watch or a set of silver, a
ring or a farm Sharp way to get off un
salable goods. It b;’s filled the land with
fictitious artie’ea and covered up our pop
ulation with brass finger rings and de
spoiled the moral sense of the community,
and is fast making us a nation of gam-
The church <~f God hrs not .eemed will
in;.- to H.iw the wi'i -d to ha e all the ad
va;::.. ;e of tl ;se garni s of chance, A
church bazaar opens, and toward tho close
it is found that .■iiiu’of the more valuable
articles re tin. alnble. Forthwith the con
ductors of the enterprise conclude that
th.-y will rafle for some of the valuable
articles, and under pretense of anxiety to
make their icinister a present or please
some popular member of the church fasci
nating persons are dispatched through the
room, penoli in hand, to “solicit shares,”
or perhaps each draws for his own advan
tage, and scores of people go home with
their trophies, thinking that it is all right,
for Chri-tian ladies, did the embroidery
a : I Christian men did the raffling, and
the pr'Kiecds went toward a new commun
ion set. But yon may depend on it that as
far as morality is concerned you might as
well have won by tho crack of the billiard
ball or the turn of the dice box. Do you
■ nd. i- that eburehes built, lighted’ or
uphelsu.- l by such pnu <-sses as that come
to great financial and Hpiritmxl decrepi
tude? The devil s-iys, “I helped to build
that boa. .. <>f worship, and 1 have as much
i ht, tfi. r■ as you have,” and for once tho
devil is right. We do not retul that they
had a lottery for building the church at.
( ' riiith or at Antio-h or for getting up an
Mubroidered surplice, for St. Paul. All
*!.!:■ 1 .stylo ecelesiaMii-iil gambling. More
than one man who is destroyed can say
that, his first sto;> on the wrong road was
when he won something at a church fair.
A I’cruicioUH Castom.
The gamblina ;h it has not stopped for
any indecency. There transpired in M;»ry
lirtid a lottery in which people drew for
lots in a burying ground. The mixlern
habit of I'. tting about, everything is pro
ductlve of immense mischief. The most
healthful ami inno--nt amusements of
yachting md basobal! playing have been
the occasion of putting up excited mid ex
travagant v aurs. That which to many
;. be ii .idvai.tu'reobs to body and mind
h is bi-eir to ot:;. i s the imx-iijs of financial
and moral los ’1 he custom is pernicious
in ■!: cxiretuo where, scores of mon in re
;p" lablf life give themselves up to bet
tin..', now on tb.is lx>:it, now on that; now
on thi- hall club, now on that. Betting
tb it, once v-as chiefly tl.e n.-companiiuent
of the race course is fast becoming a na
tional habit, and in some circles anyopin
io-i nd an::- ■ 1 mi finance or politics is ac
< "st"‘l with the interrogation, “How much
will you I ton that, sir?”
This custom may make no appeal to
slow, lethargic temperaments, hut there
are in the country tons of thousands of
quick, nervous, sanguine, excitable tem
peraments, ready to be acted upon, and
rbeir feet will soon take hold on death.
Fur pome months aml perhaps for years
they will linger in tho more pdlite and ele
gant circle oif gamesters, but after awhile
their pathway will come to tho fatal
plunge.
'Shull I sketch the history of «tho gam
bler)'* Lured by bad company, ho finds his
way into a place whore honest men ought
never to go. Hu sits down to his first
game, hut only for pastime and tho desire
of being thought sociable. The players
deal out the cards. They unoopsciously
play into satan’s hands, who takes all the
tricks and both the players’ souls for
trumps, ho being a sharper at any game.
A slight stake is put up, just to add inter
est to tiio play. Game after game is played.
Larger stakes and still larger. They begin
to move nervously on their chairs. Their
‘.tows lower aud eyes flash, until now they
who win and they who lose, fired alike
with passion, sit wish set jaws, and oom
pressed lifis, and clinched fists, and eyes
like fireballs that seam starting from their
sockets, to see the final turn before it
comes. If losing, pale with envy and
tremulous with unuttered oaths cast hack
rediiot upon the heart, or winning, with
hysteric laugh—“Ba, ha I I have it!”
Lost Game &n<l Soul.
A few yenrs have passed, and ho is only
the wreck of a man. Seating himself at
the g-inic ire he throws the first card, he
% .."ikes the last relic of his wife —the mar
.fiagu ring which sealed the solemn vows
hetv, ecu them. Tho game is lost, and,
staggering back in exhaustion, he drcams.
Tho bright hours of tho past mock his
agony, and in his dreams fiends with eyes
of fire and tongues of flame circle about
him with joined hands, to dance and sing
their orgies with hellish chorus, chanting
"Hail brother!” kissing his clammy fore
head until their loathsome locks, flowing
with serpents, crawl into his bosom and
tink their sharp fangs and suck up his
lifeblood and, coiling around his heart,
pinch it with chills and shudders unutter
able.
Take warning! You are no stronger
than tons of -thousands who have by this
practice been overthrown. No young man
in our cities can escape being tempted.
Beware of the first beginnings! Th’is road is
n down gr do, and every instant increases
the m.amei.oum. Iziunch not upon this
treacherous sea. Splint hulks strew the
beach. Everlasting storms howl up and
down, tossing unwary craft into the Hell
Gate I speak of what 1 have seen with
my own eyes. To a gambler s deathbed
there comes no hope. He will probably die
alone. His former associates come not
nigh his dwelling. When the hour conies,
his miserable soul mill go out of a miser
able life into a miserable eternity. As his
po.i,- remains pass the house where ho was
ruined old v.mi-r.nions may look out for a
moment and say “There goes the old car
cass—dead at last,” but they will not got
up from the table. Let him down into his
grave. I’J-int no tree to cast its shade
there, for the long, deep, eternal gloom
that settles there is shadow enough. Plant
no forgotmencts or eglantines around the
spot, for flowers wore not made to grow
on such a blasted heath. Visit it, not in
tho sunshine, fur that would be mockery,
but in tho dismal night, when no stars
were out and the spirit of darkness como
down, horsed on the wind, then visit the
grave of the gambler.
RAILROADS AND WAR.
What Officials Say About the Effect on Their
Business.
Kailway officials in this, territory are
a.minst war unbss there is absolute neces
sity for ir. Mmost to a man they are for
peace with honor and a majority of them
•say that the recognition of Cuba’s inde-
I-i i-d ui e is as far as the United States
hould go at this stage. If Spain wants
to fight on that ground, then let war come.
To the Southern railroads war would
nu an Stimulated traffic for a time. Such
ystems as the Southern railway, the
Louisville and Nashville, the Illinois Cen
tral and (.he Plant system would probably
be -called on to move great quantities of
munitk-ns of war and coal, as well as
troops. The Central of Georgia and the
\tlantic Coast Line would play important
; .ii ts and the Seaboard Air Line would
probably come in for a share. But the
man mors of the roads an»> afraid that the
business of the country would be serious
ly disturbed and -that in the long run thev
e.'iild be worse oif. Officers and employes
no ai ? a-, tually engaged in operating
railroads are not called on to go to war,
so :i is not personal convenience which
infiuc-nees them.
V’hile most of the railroad officials have
all along believed there would be no war.
• i.ey say that the world will be surprised
at the country's resources should war
come. No class of men have a better idea
et the resources cf the United States than
■hose who manage the railroads. They
know what can be done in an emergency
bc-cause they are constantly confronting
emergencies.
The railway managers keep advised of
he situation as it changes from day to
■lay. Evidently the managements of the
principal roads in the South have been in
communication with the representatives of
toe government and they are prepared to
handle any kind of a movement on the
shortest notice, ’
Subscribers must pay up and not allow
small balances to run over from week to
week. The carriers have been in structed
to accept no part payment from anyone
after April Ist.
RHEUM\TISM CURED.
My wife has used Chamberlain’s Pain
Bilin for rheumatism with great relief,
and I es:i r -ommend it as a splendid lini
ment for r-i.-umv.:ism and other household
u c Co- which we have found it valuable
W. J. Cuyl- r. Red Cred;. N. Y.
Mr. Cuyb r is one of the leading mer
chants of tris village, and one of the most
prominent m‘u in this vicinity.—W. G.
Pb.il'oin, editor Red Creek Herald. For
. ale by H. J. Lam.tr & Sons, druggists.
Subs rll-ers must pay up and not allow
small balances to run over from week to
week. Th<- carriers have been in structed
to accept no part payment from anyone
after April Ist.
You can talk to 10 MOO every day through
th« eolumM of Thu New*.
MACON NEWs MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 4 1898.
DANGER IS OVER
And the Fruit Men Are Happy Over Excellent
Prospects for Crop.
The danger line for the fruit has been
passed for the fruit at present.
Ibe orchard owners around Macon are
hc.ppy, and say that it will be a big crop
Fruit jnrj, a ;] agree that if there is no
kilhug frost during the full rhoon in April
then it is reasonably safe to predict a full
p. a--h .Top. It rarely happens that there
is any weather suftu i, ntly severe after
that time to damage the fruit to any con
sid. ruble extent, though such a thing has
sometimes happened. However, they are
looking forward to an abundant peach
i-rop, and unless all signs fail they will get
it. The trees are hanging with ffuit. Un
!«ss something should happen to cause
some of tne young peaches to drop oft be
fore maturity the branches will yot be able
to support the weight.
The Constitution's Griffin correspondent
Fruit men say that they have never seen
the t;<es so full before. A ride through
the section of the country that lies be
tween here ami Sunny Side in search of
information as to the condition of the
crop revealed the fact ihajt ail those en
gaged in this industry art wearing a very
satisfied look, and are quite sanguine as to
tin Qiture. They s'ay that so far positively
no injury has resulted. This is the uni
versal opinion of men who arc in a posi
tion to know whereof they speak.
Alter seeing several fruit men in the city
the Constitution correspondent c.111,,1 mi
Col. Redding, at Experiment, for his opin
ion. He says that his thermometer has
not registered any freezing weather eitehi
yesterday or today, ami he hardly thinks
tonight will be as cold as either ol the two
preceding. He does not think the fruit
was injured in the least. One after an
other of those engaged in the fruit grow
ing industry, all of whose orchards amt
vineyards lie along the line of the Central
railroad as far up as Sunny Side, were
seen, and each one of them confirmed Co).
Redding’s opinion. Several of them ven
tured the assertion that the danger line
had been passed, and that nothing w’ould
be likely to happen from now on to cut off
the crop. Others were not so sanguine,
and one or two. were afraid that a cold
snap oi sufficient severity to kill the young
frujt might come as late as may. The
other fruit crops, grapes, plums and straw
berries, are never killed in this section,
and very seldom injured.
Marshallville, Ga., April 2. —(Special.)
'Marshallville’s fruit crop is all right. The
fruit crop here was not at all injured by
the cold snap of the last two days, and no
fears are entertainod by the fruit men
here. The mercury reached only 42 de
grees, and that only at daylight. A light
breeze prevented frost. The fruit crop is
beyond the bloom state, and with few ex
ceptions looks well. Botan plums and old
elberts are a sparse crop. No immediate
danger is anticipated from the weather.
“Spraying” the first time to destroy
fungi and insects has been quite general,
and every tree has had its drenching of
limi.-,. bluestone and parts green. With
this good start an average crop is expected.
I was reading an advertisement of
Chamberlain’s Coiic, Cholera and Diar
rhoea Remedy in the Worcester Enterprise
recently, which leads inc to write this. I
can truthfully say 1 never used any rem
edy equal to it for colic aud diarrhoea. I
have never had to use more than one or
two doses to cure the worst case with my
self or children.—AV.'A. Stroud, Popomoke
City, Md. For sale by 11. J. Lamar <t Sons,
druggists.
COL. N. E. HARRIS.
Comment of Albany Papers Upon His Lee
ture at the Chatanqua.
Commenting on the speech of Col. Nat
■E. Harris at the Albany Chatauqua the
Herald of that city says:
At il o'clock yesterday morning the at
tendants at Chatauqua were treated to a
most enjoyable and instructive lecture on
“The Elements of American Greatness,”
by Hon. N. E. Harris, of Macon.
In beginning he congratulated Albany
upon the signs of progress and prosperity
which he had observed, and commented
especially upon her enterprise in erecting
the magnificent Chatauqua Auditorium. He
wished that his own town, Macon, had
done so well. She had been waiting for
6,000 years for such a building, god was
doing nothing but waiting still.
Mr. Harris' lecture was a medley of his
tory aud anecdote, beautiful word paint
ing ami patriotic sentiment, and many
times were his eloquent periods greeted
with applause.
His grouping and treatment of the ele
ments of national weakness exhibited a
eh ar insight into the history making con
ditions of tho past and present, and a mas
ter’s ability in presenting them with force
and vividness. But strong as was his pre
sentation of this part of t'ue lecture, it
was in the discussion of the elements of
the country’s greatness -that he arose to
the highest altitudes of eloquence, and
struck the responsive chords in the hearts
of his auditors.
Several word pictures that ho drew were
simplj* grand, that, of the battle scene
which recollection had stamped upon his
memory being especially fine. The lecture
was closed with the quotation of Joseph
Rodman Drake’s beautiful apostrophe to
the American flag, which the lecturer ef
fectively rendered while waiving in his
hand a small edition of Old Glory.
To (£ure
Scrofula
It ought to interest everybody to
know that the terrible affliction
called Scrofula is the forerunner of a
still more terrible disease. Scrofula
is the seed of consumption. It is so
deep-seated and obstinate that not
one doctor in a hundred can cure it.
To cure Scrofula, you must cure the
blood. You must go down to the
roots and reach deep. A glossing
over with mineral poisons is not
only useless, but makes things a
great deal worse.
Isssj
Swift’s Specific cures Scrofula
when nothing else will. It purifies
and vitalizes the blood. It drives
out the poisonous elements. It stops
the accumulation of morbid deposits.
It is purely vegetable, and is the
discovery of an eminent scientist.
It is for the blood alone;—that is all
it is grxid for. If you have Scrofula,
Catarrh, Rheumatism, Cancer, Ec
zema or any other Blood Disease.
S. S. S. will cure you, no matter how
many doctors or other medicines
have failed.
Send to the Swift Specific Co., Atlanta,Ga.
for free. l«M>ks about Blood Diseases.
Notice Insurance Bgenls
By ordinance are requested.to make re
turns by April sth of premiums received
for quarter coding March 31st, and to pay
tax on same by April 10th inst.
A. R. TINSLEY, Treasurer.
Academy of Music.
One Solid Week, Commencing MONDAY,
APRIL STH,
Punch Robertson
Company
In up-to-date repertoire. Monday night,
“Parisian Princess.” Ladies admitted free
Monday night if accompanied by escort
with one paid thirty cents ticket, provided
ticket is purchased at advance sale before
-5 p. m. Monday. A MONSTER CAR OF
SPECIAL SCENERY. Prices, 10, 20 and
30 cents. Reserve sale open now open at
Harry L Jones & CO.’s.
AN OPEN LETTER
To MOTHERS.
WE ARE ASSERTING IN TBF. COURTS OUR RIGHT TO TNE
EXCLUSIVE USE GF THE WORD “ CASTOR! A,”
“PITCHEH’S CASTOR!A,” AS OUR TRADE MARK.
7, DR. SAMUEL FiTCHER, us Massat kusetts,
was the Originnlor of “Pi ICHLL S CASTORiA/’ Z/.'c 5 same
that has borne and docs ncaj Cc'ctj/
bear the facsimile signature of <wrapper.
This is the original “PiTCHLR’S CA3';C>LA. ’ which, has been
' used in the homes of ike j-L.thcrs of Amrrk a for over thirty
years. LOOK CAREFULLY til the wrapper and see that it is
the kind you have aluia'i.s hw' f, —yT” 3 the
and has the signature of wrap-
per. No one has aiithordy fsm me to use my name ex
cept The Centaur Company of CJ:as. IL Ficlokcr is
President. p
March 8,1S!)7.
.DO lx Ol .L’O JjOOuiVlhl
Do not endanger the life of your child by accepting
a cheap substii ntc v. iu.h some thug; i t may oifer you
(because he nukes a few moi'c pennies on it), the in
gredients of which eve?? Le docs not know.
“The Kind Yon Ilavo Always Bought
BEARS THE FAG SIMILE Si GN AID RE OF
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Insist on Having
The Kind That I Tever Failed You.
twe tc Tr -ik. ; ; c»t».
J. S. BUDD & CO.
Successors To
GORDON & BUDD.
Real Estate, Rent Collections, Fire and Acci
dent Insurance.
Personal attention given to all business entrusted to us.
Office 320 Second St. - Telephone 439.
G. BERND <&. 00.,
Ap© L_©3.,d©ps
In STYLE QUALITY AND PRICE
When in Need of
Fine 1 larness. Saddles, Robes, Blankets, Whips, etc., call and see us.
Riding and Huntng Leggings in all styles.D
TRUNK REPAIRING A SPECIALTY.
THefi , ig’era,tors.
The best line in the city to close out
at COST.
H From $3 lo $8 Saved to You.
3 ' General line of
; i|i/ China, Crockery Glassware,
I® . Tinware, Stoves and
Housekeepers Nove ties.
H J. W. DOMINGOS,
SGI Mulberry Street, Macon, Ga.
Building Lots at Auction
Ocmuigee Land Improvement’ Company will sell vacant lots at
public sale Tuesday, April 5, 1898, at Bibb county court house. These
lots adjoin Pleasant Hill and Viniville, and aie on the ‘‘Race Track,”
which hgs been specially set aside for homes for the better class of the
colored population, situated on a commanding view of the city anti laid
•out in regular avenues and blocks.
No better oppmtnnity has ever been offered for such fine invest
ment to make improvements for an income.
To be sold at public outcry to the highest bidder.
Easy terms.
Small cash payment; four deferred annual payments, with 6 per
cent, interest. These lots are in block A, B, C, Danu IC on Poe street.
Grant avenue, Lincoln avenue, Sheridan avenue, summer avenue and
the Boulevard.
See plat of lots for full information.
On each lot the deterred payment of-Sioo will devided in four
annual payments of $25 each, with 6 per cent, interest. All balance
over must be paid in cash.
Ocmulgee Land ImprovementCoi
Rainy Weather
Make seed grow if they are GOOD.
We don’t have any other kind.
Plant cow.
Streyer Seed Comp’y.
466 Poplar Street.
=— LAND LO R’dS ! “”
Do you know that we are the only exclusive rental agents in Ma
con. No other departments. If you are not satisfied with your in
come give us a trial.
A. J. McAfee, Jr., & Co.
357 Third Street.
S. S.
Call to see our large stock of newest style vehicles. We sell Cleve
land and Cresent Bicycles. The Cleveland is in the front rank as a
light, easy-runing, first class bicycle. Cresent sales are larger than ever,
which is sufficient to settle the popularity of this staunch wheel.
Crescents from S2O to SSO.
Clevelands $50.90 to SIOO.
Have received large new stock Baby Carriages.
te? || NEW
00-Hlocta
3'he colors
are Mahog
any, Golden ' ■’?Ow
Oak, Purple,
Antique ( ak. E-<NX
Nothing hand
so in er ever $a (|hs| ~
shown in Ma- O ! JW
con. Yo u sj,. -x ollF
would be stir-
prised at their Jjsf k f fIE
c lie ap n ess, * a ’*»’. K
when you eon gj? "s W®
sider 1h ei r O &&
elegance.
Wood-Peavy Furniture Co
CHERRY STREET.
F. A. GUTTENBERGER & CO
422 Second’Street.
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Pianos and Organs.
The, celebrated Sohmer & Co. Piano. GROANS. ' ' ’;. i. ,; 4
The celebrated Ivors & Pond. The Estey Organ.
The reliable Bush & Gerts and numerous The Bur’deftt Organ. ,
other good makea. The Waterloo Organ. ‘ il
I have been selling Planus and Organs lor the last twenty-five years and have
always sold and always will sell the very best instruments at the greatest bargain*.
J. S. BUDD. L. L. DOUGHERTY.
A. B. hinkle, Phusiclan and Surgeon.
Office 370 Second Street.
Office Phone, 917, tw<s calls Residence Phone, 917, four calls.
■Does general practice. I tender my services to the people of Macon and vi
cinity. Disease of tin Eye, Ear, Mo?..< Thro at and Lungs specialties. All chronic dis
eases of the above, such as sore eyas, granulated lids, deafness, running at the ears,
ringing in the ears, catarrh, sore throat, h oareeness, coughs, consumv'tlon, etc., will
be treated at my office for ?.’> per month cash.
Eye gte.«u-s and spr-ciacles fitted accu lately and furnished. Prices very reasona
ble. I will examine school children’s eyes for glasses free from 3 to 5 p. tn. oo Sat
urday r 3. .
Office consultation and treatment for t he poor absolutely free from 8 to 9 every
morning. Visits in the city tor . ash, day, $1; night, $2. Office hours: 8 to 10 a. in.;
12 to 1 p. m., and 3. to G p. m.
THIS MATTER
OF JEWELRY
Is much a matter of taste. No matter
what your tastes are, we can suit you, be
cause we’ve got the stock to select from,
and the prices are right.
GEO. T. BEELAND, Jeweler, Triangular Block,
take’Periodical Tickets.
j
il ■/
it// Just what every woman wants. No more
,j'. ; trouble with your hair curler.
K “ PERFECTION.”
Self-HeaW Half curler.
The whole thing is called a Curler. The upper
• H Ski* 1S called die Curling Iron. The lower half is
*D Is tatted the handle. Price $1.25.
|j| Nickel -Alarm Clocks, 75c.
ill J. H. & W. W. WILLIAMS,
bj| JEWELERS. 352 Second Street.
Home Industries
and Institutions.
Henry Stevens’ Sons Co.
H. STEVENS’ SONS CO, Macon, Ga., Manufacturers of Sewer,
and Railroad culvert pipe, fittings, fire brick, clay, etc. Wall tubing with
perforated bottoms that will last forever.
Macon Fish and Oyster House.
CLARKE & DANIEL, wholesale and retail dealers in Fresh
Fish, Oysters,Crabs, Shrimps, Game, Ice, etc., 655 Poplar street. Tel
ephone 463. Fisheries and packing house, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Macon Machinery.
MALLARY BROS. & CO., dealers in Engines, Boilers, Saw
Mills. Specialties —Watertown Steam Engines, Saw Mills, Grist Mills,
Cotton Gins.
Macon Refrigerators.
MUECKE’S Improved Dry Air Refrigerators. The best Re
frigerators made. Manufactured right here in Macon, any size and of
any material desred. It has qualities which no other refrigerator on
the market possesses. Come and see them at the factory New Si*
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