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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 OM Well MX I'i/:; <>< :-J | •'■<>!>> 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 _ • -v 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. y s^ “ ~~_ . ~TT~~-2f'7l"T||PF?ff r HIBIv------ j ■'*-■ <■ . : ■ BfeTT--- j --s.?^ ! --'!5 pSr/ %> Biliwf W ■-■ ; ks> '" feh®«-*' s ? / r’tjtvjtc. -. .'^' ? Wa ' 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* 3