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DEATH OF A PLOTTER!
HAMAN DIED ON THE GALLOWS ME
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WANII MITOX Jit.i* s.—The dooia of ar
roganm- and Il n uward of Hd« liry aw !••*.
■oiiH which Dr Tain i»< <■ hen <lr-a*.re from
Mordica) on ho: l>;,-k mid Haman aioot;
text. Eethi-r Mi. to, th<-y hanged
Haman on the galloW that lie h.-ul pre
paii'd tor Motdecal
Hero is an niiental eoiirtier nlxnit the
moat, ofTcnaivt in..n in Hebrew history',
Haman Ly name. JI.- j Jotted for the de
struct ion of the i. raelitish nation, and I
wonder not that in some of the Hebrew
•yn/igopne.~ to this day when Haman's
name is mentiom <t the i-ongrotfation clinch
their fists and stamp their feet anil cry,
“Jmt his name Im: blot tod out!” Haman
was prime minister in the magnificent
court of Persia. Thoroughly appreciative
of the honor cotdcired, he oxjiccts every
body that ho is'i.sse.s to be obsequious.
Coming In one day at the gute of the pal
ace, the servants thop their heads in h mor
of his office, but a Hebrew named Mor
do<ai gazoo U|*m the passing dignitary
without lx*iidtng his hum! or* taking off
his hat. lie was a good man and would
not have lieen negligent of the ordinary
courtesies of life, hut he felt no resjH-ct
either for Haman or the nation from which
he had come. Ho he could not lx- hyjio
critical, and while others made oriental
salaam, getting clear down before this
prime min litter when he passed, Mordecai,
the Hebrew, relaxed not a muscle of his
neck and kept his chin clear up. Because
of that affront Haman gets a decree from
Ahasi urus the dastardly king, for the
nmssiu re of all the Israelites, and that, of
course, will include Mordecai.
Ciinipdy nnd Tr«j<e<iy.
'To make u long story short, through
Queen Estlii r this whole plot was revealed
to her husband, Ahasuerus. ’One night
Ahasuerus, who was afflicted with Insom
nia, in his slecplehs liours culls for his sce
letary to read him a few passages of Per
sian history, and so while away the night.
In the book rend that night to the king an
account was given of a conspiracy, from
which Mordeenl, the Hebrew, bail saved
the king’s life and for which kindness
Mordecai luul never received any reward.
Haman, who had Itecn fixing up a idea
gallows to hang Mordecai on, was walk
lug outside t'ne door of the king’s sleeping
apartment and was culled in. The king
told him that ho had just had read to him
the account of some one who had saved his
(the king's) life, and he asked what re
ward ought to be given to such a one.
Helf conceited Haman, supposing that he
himself was to get the honor and not Im
ugining for a moment that the deliverer
of the king’s life, was Mordecai, says,
“Why, your majesty ought to make a tri
umph for him nmi put a crown on him
and set him on uAqdcndid horse, high stop
ping and full blooded, and t hen have one
of your princes load the horse through the
streets crying: Bow the knee! Hero
comes a man who has saved the king’s
life!’ ” Then said Ahasuerus in severe
tones to Haman: I know all about your
ucoundrcllsm. Now you gooutand make
a triumph for Mordecai, the Hebrew,
whom you hate. Put the best, saddle on
the finest horsp, mid you, the prince, hold
the stirrup while Mordecai gets on and
then lead his horse through the street.
Make haste!'’
What a spectacle! A < omedy mid trag
edy at one and Iho same time. There they
go! Mordecai, who had lieen despised,
now starred and rotted in the stirrups.
Haman, the chancellor, afoot, holding the
prancing, rearing, champing stallion.
Mordecai bends his neck at last, but it is
to look down at the degraded prime min
ister walking beneath him. Huzza for
Mordei’al! Alas for Haman! But what
a pit;, to have the gallows, recently built,
entirely wasted! It is 50 cubits high and
built with care, and Human hud erected
it for Mordecai, by whose stirrups he now
walks ax groom rit ranger and more
start ling thiii) any romance, t here go up
theslepsof I ho sc itl ojdiiig, side hy side, the
hangman mid Hainan, the ex-ehaneel lor.
“So they hatiged Haman on the gallows
that ho bad prepared for Mordeejii."
i.euniiiis of Warning.
Although so many years have passed
since cowardly Ahasuerus reigned and
the beautiful Esthw’ answered to his
whims mid Persia j-. risked, yet from the
life and death of Unman we may draw
living lessons of warning and inst ruction.
And first. wo cornu to the practical sug
gestion that when the heart is wrong
things very insignificant will destroy our
comfort. Who would have thought that a
great prime- minister, admired and ap
plauded by millions of Persians, would
have been ho net tled and harassed by any
thing trivial!' What more could the great
dignitary have wanted than his chariots
ami attendants and palaces mid banquets.
If affluence of circumstances can make a
man contented and happy, surely Haman
should have tieep contented and happy.
No Morih'cai’s refusal of a bow takes tha
glitter from the gold and the richness
from the purple mid tho speed from the
chqriots. With a heart pulled HP with
every inflation of vanity and revenge, it
was impossible for him to be happy. The
silence of Jlloi'decai at the gate was louder
than the braying of trumpets in the pal
ace Thus shall it always be if the heart-
Is not right Circumstances the most triv
ial will disturb the spirit.
It is not the gr>s:t calamities of life that
create the most worriment. I have seen
men, felled by r< peat-vi blows of misfor
tune, arising from the dust, never de
H]xmding. But the most of the disquiet
which men suffer is ironi insignificant
causes, as a lion attacked by some Ix-ast
of prey turns easily around and slays him,
yet runs roaring through the forests at the
alighting on hi- brawny neck of a few in
sects. You meet some great loss in busi
ness with comparative composure, but you
can think of petty trickeries inflicted upon
you which arouse all your capacity for
wrath ami remain in your heart an un-
In'aralile annoyance. If you look back up
on' youi life, you will find that the most
of the vexations and dist urlwtuees of spirit
>vhi<_-h you felt were produced by cireum'
kiaiuMS that were not worthy of notice. If
you want u> be happy, you must not wire
fur trifles. Do not be too minute in your
Inspection of the treatment you’ receive
jjom others. Wiio cares whether Mordecai
bows whi n you pass or st.-mds erect and
•tiff as :i isdar: That woodman would
not make much clearing in the forest w ho
should stop to bind up every little bruise
and scratch l,e nscived in the thicket, nor
will that man iweomplish much for the
world or the church who is too watchful
and appreciative of petty annoyances.
There are mult it tides of jx-ople intheworld
constantly harrowed because they jvtsg
their lives not in searching out those
things which are attraetise and deserving,
but in spying out with all their powers of
vision to oae whether they cannot find a
Mordecai.
An Emblem of Worldllnes*.
Again, I learn from the life of the man
under our notice that worldly vanity and
•In are very anxious to have piety how be
fore them. Human was a fair ••m! i ; n. of
entire >voiidlim-ss am*. M.adeeni tjm repre
sci|tati\' ~f unflinching godlim-ss, Such
Here tlyd t]^»^‘’ a .of ifiaxicTviit trim s
fT'at h:id this i -rm-lit.- bowed to the prime
jiiinister it would ha ve been tui ack nowl
plgmenf. qf rc-qx-ct for hit, character anil
puti.hi would therefore have
fiinmal against h|s religion had he snada
any übeisam-u or dropped his chin half an
jnch before Haman. When therefore
t>roud Hamuli attemptetl to conux.*! a
ipmuge which was not felt, he only did
what the world e\<-i since has trieil to do
• piien it would fop-e pur holy religion in
finy way to yield IP its dictates. Daniel,
|f ne find been a man of religious eom
{iromit>tM>. would never have Ixvn thrown
nto the fien of lions. He might have
inode sump arrangements with King Dori
ps whereby fie could have retained par&of
fiis form of religion without making him
»>elf so completely obnoxious to the idol
aters. I‘tiul might have retained the fa vox
us his rulers ami escajxxt martyrdom if he
had only ba n willing to mix up his Clute
tian faith with a>w errors. His unbend
ing Christian character was taken as an
insult
Fagot and rack and halter in all ages
have been only the different ways in which
the world has demanded obeisance. It
was once away up on the top of the tem
ple that satan commanded rhe holy one
of Nazareth to kneel before him. but it is
not now so much on the top of churches
as down in the aisle and the pew and the
pulpit that satan tmnpta the espousera of
the Christian faith to kneel before him.
Why was it that the I’Jatonio philosophers
of early' times as well as Toland, Spinoza
and Bolingbroke of later days were BO mad
ly opposed to Christianity'? Certainly not
lx>-au >e it favor-d immoralitb-s or arrest<xl
Civilization or dwarf«*d the intellect. The
genuine reason, whether admitted or not,
wax Ix-causc the religion of Christ jjaid no
rcs]x-< t to their intellectual vanities.
Blount and Boyle and the host of infidels
hafchctl out by the vile reign of Charles
IX, as reptiles crawl out of a marsh of
slime, could not keep their patience be
cause, as they passed along, there were
kitting in the gate of the church such men
an Matthew ,-uid Mark and Duke and
John, who would not bend an inch in re
spect to their philosophies.
Satan’H Wiles.
Satan told our first paroqts that they
would become as gods if they would only
reach up and take a taste of the fruit.
They tried it and failed, but fheir de
fendants are not yet satisfied with the ex
jwriment. We have now many desiring to
be as gods, reaching up after yet another
apple. Beason, scornful of God’s Word,
may loam and strut with the proud wrath
of a Haman and attempt to compel the
homage; of the g<x>d, hut in the presence
of men and angels it shall be confounded.
"God shall smite thee, thou whited wall!’’
When science began to make its brilliant
discoveries, there were great facts brought
to light that seemed to overthrow the truth
of the Bible. The archmologist with his
crowbar and the geologist with his ham
mer and the chemist with hjs batteries
charged upon-the Bible. Moses’ account
of the creation seemed denied by the very
structure of the earth. The astronomer
wheeled around his telescope until the
heavenly Ixxlics seemed to marshal them
selves against the Bible as the stars in
their course's fought against Sisera. Ob
servatories and universities rejoiced at
what they considered the extinction of
Christianity They gathered new courage
at what they considered past victory and
prc--. il on their conquest into the king
dom of nc.turo until, alas for them, they
discovered too much! God’s Word had
only' been lying in ambush that, in some
unguarded moment, with a sudden bound,
it might tear infidelity to pieces.
It vtus as when Joshua attacked the city'
of Ai. Ho selected 30,000 men and con
cealed most of them? then, with a few
m< n, he aosailed the city, which poured out
its numbers and strength Upon Joshua’s
little band. According to previous plan,
they fell back in seeming defeat, but after
all the proud inhabitants of the city had
been brought out of their homes and had
joined in the pursuit of Joshua suddenly
that brave man halted in his flight, and,
witli his spear pointing toward the city,
30,0<X) men bounded from the thickets as
panthers spring to their prey, and the pur
suers were dashetl to pieces, while the
hosts of Joshua pressed up to the city and,
with their lighted torches, tossed it into
flume. Thus It was that the discoveries
of scif-nci- roomed to give temporary vic
tory against <lod and the Bible, and for
awhile the church octal as if she were on
a relreat, but when all the opposers of God
and truth had joined in the pursuit and
were sure of the field ("hrist gave the sig
nal to his church, and, turning, they drove
back their foes in shainp. There was
found to l» no antagonism between na
ture ami revelation. The universe and
the Bible were found to be the work of the
same hand, two strokes of the same ptm,
their authorship the same God.
Fride He fore a Fall.
Again, learn the lesson that pride goeth
before a fall Was any man ever so far up*
as Haman, who tumbled so far down?
Yes, on a smaller scale every* day the
world sees the same thing. Against their
very advantages men trip into destruction.
When God.huinblcs proud men, it is usu
ally at the moment, of their greatest arro
gancy . If therh boa man in your com
munity greatly* puffed up with worldly*
success, you have but to stand a little
while and you will six l him comp down.
You say, “I wonder that God allows that
man to go on riding over others’ heads
and making great assumptions of power.”
There is no wonder abopt it. Haman has
not yet got to the top. Pride is a com
mander, well plumed and caparisoned, but
it loads forth n dark and frowning host.
We Imw the Ix-st of authority for saying
that-“pride goeth before destruction and
a haught y spirit before a fall. ” The ar
rows from the Almighty’s quiver are apt
to strike a man when on the wing. Goliath
shakes his great spear in defiance, but the
small stones from th« brook Klah make
him stagger and fall like an ox under the
butcher’s bludgeoi). He who is down can
not fail. Vessels spudding under bare
poles do m t feel the force of the storm,
but those with all sails set capsize at the
sudden descent of the tolipi-st.
Again, this oriental tale reminds us of
the fact that wrongs we prepare for others
return upon ourselves. The gallows that
Hanan built for Mordecai became the
prime minister’s ■ strangulation. Rolm
spierre, who sent so many’ to the guillo
tine, had his own head chopped off hy the
hot >•'l instrument. The evil you practice
on others will re. oil u; on y.-ur own poto.
Slanders nome home Oppressions i)-er.;a
home, Ort|< Ities pome home,
\ ou will y.-t !-;- a hickey v. dklng beside
ih.' very charpar oh \\ 1.i.-h you expix-ted to
ride others down When (’hack-, 1, who
liati th-ss.royi d Siralford, was about to In.
Ix'hcaded, he said, “1 basely ratified an
unjust scnienci, and the" imliar injustice
I am now to undergo i.-. n. ibh' retribu
tion for the punishment 1 inflicted on an
innocent man.*’ Lord Jciftvys after in
carcerating many innocent and good peo
ple in London Towel was himself impris
oned in the same place, where the shades
of those whom he had niahveated seemed
to haunt him, so that lie kept crying to his
attendants. "Keep them cfi, gentlemen,
for God’s sake, keep them off!” Thechiek
cns had come home to roost. The body of
Bradshaw, the English judge who had
txH'n ruthless and cruel in his decisions,
•vas taken front 1:1s -plendld tomb in West
ninster abbey, and at Tyburn hung on a
gallows from niorping until night In the
presence qf jeering multitudes. Haman's
gallows came a little late, but it came.
Opportunities tty in a straight line and
just touch us as they pass from eternity to
eternity, but the wrongs W do others Ily
in a circle, and, however tne circle may
widen out. they an sure to come back to
the ixiint from Which they started. Th< re
are guns that kick.
Fortune's
Furthermore, let the story of Haman
tench us h»>w quickly turns the wheel of
fortune. One flay, excepting the king,
Haman was the mightiest man tn Perisa,
but the next day a lackey. So we go up.
and so we come down. You •seldom find
any man SO years in the same circum
stances. Ot those who in political life 2(i
years ago were the most prominent, how
few remain in eonspicuity ! Politieid par
ties make certain men do their hard work
and then, after using them as hacks, turn
them out on the commons to die. Every
four years is • - im-.i
uid «.t:nu melt wKo ought .vl’taitdy
■o )>: th. next president are
‘Ytopl--Ifltod; wiHl" 3 * i; me'wiio"tais day are
f orc and poverty stricken will ride urf
on the shouldeis qf the people a’.ai taki;
.'.--■r turi; m .idmiv-gion anq the spoils of
v'Sfico. Oh, how quickly the wheel turns!
Ballot boxes are the steps on which men
come down as often tvs they go up. Os
those who were long age successful in the
iuvnmulation of property how few have
not met vvith reverses! While many of
those who then were straitened in circum
i *>tai)cvs now hold the bands and the bunk
i s Via-t.ativm. Os all fiekle things in
th'- w< rid fortune is the most fickle. Ev
cry day she changes her mind, and woe to
the man who. puts any confidence in what
she promises or proposes! She cheers when
you go up, and she laughs when you come
fluwn. Oh, trust not u moment your
heart’s affections to this changeful world 1
Anchor your soul in God. From Christ’s
Oonijtanionship gather your satisfaction.
Then, come sorrow or gladness, success or
defeat, riches or poverty, honor or dis-
grace. hemu or saikneis. Fife or de;.th,
time er eternity, ail is years, and yc are
Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.
Wraith aud IlappineM.
Aguim this Haman's history shows us
that outward po.-sessions and circum
stances cannot make a man happy. While
yet fully _y.-si.cd in authority and the chief
adviser of the 1 \isian monarch and every
thing that equipage and pomp and splen
dor of residence could do was his he is an
object 1.-.-s ui of wretchedness There are
today mor.- aching sorrows under crowns
of royalty than under the ragged ea[>B of
the housek-ns Much -if the world's afflu
ence and gayety is only misery in colors
Many a woman seated in the street at her
apple stand is happier than the great
bankers. The mountains of worldly honor
are covered with perpetual snow. Tamer
lane conquered half the world, but could
not subdue his own fears. Ahab goes to
bed sick because Naboth will not sell him
his vineyard. Herod is in agony because a
little child is born down in Bethlehem.
Great l elix trembles because a poor min
isterwill preach righteousness, temperance
and judgment to come. From the time of
Louis XII to Louis XVIII wjus there a
straw bottomed cliair in France that did
not sit more solidly than the great throne
on which the French kings reigned?
Were I called to sketch misery in its
worst form 1 would not go up to the dark
alley of the poor, but up the highway over
which prancing Bucephali strike the
sparks with their hoofs and between stat
uary and parks of stalking deer. Wretch
edness is more bitter when swallowed from
gemmed goblets than from earthen pitcher
or pewter mug. Il there arc young people
here who arc looking for this position and
that circumstance, thinking that worldly
success will bring peace of the soul, let
them shatter the delusion. It is not what
we get; it te what we are. Daniel among
the lions is happier than King Darius on
his throne, and when life is closing bril
liancy of worldly surroundings will be no
solace. Death is blind and secs no differ
ence between a king and his clown, be
tween the Nazarene and the Athenian, be
tween a bookless hut uml a national li
brary. The frivolities of life cannot, with
their giddy laugh, echoing from heart to
heart, entirely drown the voice of a tre
mendous conscience which says: "I am
immortal. The stars shall die, but lam
immortal. One wave -of eternity shall
drown time in its depths, but I am im
mortal. The earth shall have a shroud of
flame, and the lu-avons fioe at the glance
of the Lord, but I am immortal. From
all the heights and depths of my nature
rings down ami rings up and rings out
tho word immortal.’ ” A good conscience
and assurance of life eternal through the
Lord Jesus Christ are the only securities.
The Day of Triumph.
The soul’s happiness is too large a craft
to sail up the stream of. worldly pleasure.
As ship cm-j.-enters say, ir draws too much
water. This earth is a bubble, and it will
burst. This life is a vision, ami it will
soon pass away. Time! It is only a rip
ple, and it breakoth against rhe throne‘of
judgment. Our days! They lly -swifter
than a shuttle, weaving lor us a rolte of
triumph or a garment, of shame. Begin
your life with religion, and for its great
est trial you will be ready. Every day
will be a triumph, and death will be only
a king’s servant calling you to a royal
banquet.
In olden time the man who was to re
ceive the honors of knighthood was requir
ed to spend the previous niglit fully armed
and, with shield and lance, to walk up
and down among the tombs of the dead.
Through all the hours of that night his
steady step was heard, and when morning
dawned amid grand parade and the sound
of cornets the honors of knighthood were
bestowed. Thus it shall be with the good
man’s soul in the night before heaven.
Fully armed with shield and sword and
helmet, he shall watch and wait until the
darkness fly and the morning break, and
amid the sound of celestial harpings the
soul shall take the honors of heaven amid
the innumerable throng with robes snowy
white streaming over seas of sapphire.
Mordecai will only have to wait for hie
day of triumph. It took all the preceding
trials to make a proper background for
his aftfer successes. The scaffold built for
him makes all the more imposing and
picturesque the horse into whose long
white mane ho twisted his fingers at the
mounting. You want at least two mis
fortunes, hard as flint., to strike fire.
Heavy and long continued snows in the
winter are signs of good, crops next sum
mer. So many have yielded wonderful
harvests of benevolence and energy be
cause they were for a long while snowed
under. We must have a good many hard
falls before we learn to walk straight. It is
on the black anx il of trouble that men ham
mer out their fortunes. Sorrows take up
men on their shoulder* and enthrone
them. Tonies are pearly always bitter.
Men, like fruit trc-es, are barren unless
trimmed with sharp knives. They are
like wheat—all the better for tne flailing.
It required the prison flayk-ness and chill
to make John Btitiyan dream. It took
Delaware ic<- and cold feet at Valley Forge
and the whiz of bullets to make a Wash
ington. Paul, when he climbed up on
the beach at Melita, shivering in his wet
clothes, was more of a Christ An than
when the ship struck the breakers. Pres
cott, the historian, saw better without his
eyes than he could ever have seen with
them. Mordecai despi.-ed at. the gate is
only predecessor of Mordecai grandly
mounted.
LACRET’S REVENGE
traced the Spy Who Had Be
trayed His Father in
Havana.
Tampa. June 2.—Jose Castellanos, a
Spanish spy. was ari-.-stc.l this afternoon
in his room at the Palmetto hotel. He
.a -knovvlefli-:. >1 t-hat he is the son of a
Spanish offlk-tr in the Spanish army. Pa
pers sufficient to convict him were found
in his room..—Extract from a news dis
patch.
Here is part of a plot for a war romance
tak. n from re al life. The war itself will
develop the sequel.
In the spring of 1597 Amalio Lqcret,
who bad been living ip H t y..m 4 as the
secret agent of the Cubans, was 'arrested
sentenced and shot. His betrayer was un
it now n.
The last trip of the Olivette front Ha
vana in April brought to the American
shqre umr? that. <'u>b n refugees,
among t’item were Enrique Laic-ret. son of
the Cuban. Am.T-lio; Seuorita Fanique. of
the family of Feria. and one Jose t’a.-tel
lanos. a son of a pro-Spanialt family, who
himself prpfegsej a barred for the Spanish
and a love for Cinbre litre,
The Cuba ns in question, wjth many
Others, stopped at the Palmetto hotel in
T.xnrpat Love is hidden and I will not at
tempt to tell the love story the Pal
metto hotel. Fan-ique's love tor Castella
nos may have grown. At any rate En
rique’s love for Fanique had grown, as wa.
shown by future devolopmerits,
At noon on a certain day in May a
transport left Port Tampa bearing the
Cuban volunteers of the United States to
Cuba to fight the last bitter fight for the
liberation of their native land. On that
same morning Enrique Laeret was hoi
seen at the Palmetto hqtol rr,. ;he after
noon secry*. -» . .xce :t~rt-ste-i
i.isv Gas.eilanos \>u rhe . h uge or serving
Apaffi as a apy.
The followjn? morning Fanique Feria
ieceived t'ne following letter by mail j
givcit as translate.l
‘'My Dear Fanny—This will be tdie last
let., vou will have from me before Cu -a
is free. You will ue surprised at the arrest
eq Hmm-*. He Is a Spanish spy.
Pap. rs wht h I took from him and which
I gave to the United States authorities
will prove his guilt. He was the man who
be trayed my father in Tuba. What I did
1 did >n veng. ance and love for that conn
try wht h is giving ns succor. -I leave on
the transport for Cuba to help share in
the war which will win us liberty.
Good-bye.” ENRIQUE.
CASTORiA
For Infants and Children
■tit fa Lz?’ ' u n
MACON NEWa MONDAY|EVENING.*JUNE 6 1898.
IMMUNES TO .
GMO NOW
Col. Rav Has Come at Last,
and Work of Assembling
Commences.
IS WELL SATISFIED.
He Says That the Park Will Make
an Ideal Camping Ground
for the Troops.
Colonel P. H. Ray, in command of the
Third regiment of immunes, of the United
States army, arrived in the city last night
and is quartered for the present at the Ho
tel Lanier He is accompanied by Mrs.
Ray.
Colonel Ray was accompanied to Macon
by the adjutant of his regiment, Mr. John
‘Condon, who has been appointed adjutant
of the regiment.
The work of gathering the regiment
will now commence at once, as there is
still a great deal to be done in the matter
of securing the enlisted men.
Colonel Ray paid a visit to the park this
morning and found that everything was to
his perfect saticfaction.
The buildings have been put in good
condition and the grounds are looking their
.best. He says that it can be made an
ideal place, and that the buildings are just
the thing for quartering the men.
It is good news for his friends in Ma
con that Mr. Sidney Wiley has been ap
pointed a lieutenant in the regiment of
immunes.
‘He arrived from Camp Northen yester
day, and this morning is at work as a re
cruiting officer in the Floyd Rifles’ armory.
In this work he is assisted by Mr. Marion
Harris and Mr. F. F. Crenshaw, who has
been appointed with the authority to raise
a company.
A number of gentlemen all over the state
have been authorized by Colonel Ray to
raise companiese and are at work. This
does not mean that they are all made
captains, but if they succeed in raising the
company to its full strength they will, if
qualified, be receommended for a commis
sion as captain.
It is more than probable that Lieutenant
Wiley will be made a captain of one of the
companies under Colonel Ray. He is one
of the 'best qualified milit-.rv men, and it
was for this reason, that he was selected
from the forces at Camp Northen for the
position.
Os course the fact that he had resigned a
lieutenancy to be a private in th? Macon
Volunteers was taken into consideration.
Colonel (Ray will eon'er with his offi
cers today, and will make arrangements
for receiving the men as they come 'ti.
It will probably be some time, however,
before the full regiment 's made up but
some of the men will begin to arrive today,
and this week theby will be coming in
from all over the state.
The gentlemen who have been appointel
with the authority to enlist men for the
regiment have gone oat this morning to
different parts of the state.
Among these are Messrs. Taylor. Jelks
and Rooney, all of Hawkinsville, who will
be out all this week tiirougn the lo\wr part
of the state and the third congressional
district for the purpose of securing the
criuts.
A great deal of interest surrounds the
organization of this regiment of immunes
which, by the way, will not be made up of
those necesajrily who have had the yellow
-fever. Tn fact, the regiment will be im
mune in name only.
An article written :n The Nsws thr
Other day in a palpably jotular vein seems
to have given offense to some of the offi
cers or would-be officers of the regimen*.
The News did not say that the men of the
regiment were liars. But it did‘say that
the better lair a man was the more accep
table he would be as a recruit. For if a
man will go any one "f the captains or
recruiting officers and state that one o'
his principal qualifications is that he has
had yellow fever twice, and all the other
infectious diseases two or- three times, he
will be snapped up so quickly that his
head will swim for thirty days afterward.
But a man may be thoroughly truthful
and say that he has never had even the
mumps and yet be accepted as an immure.
One thing is very ceitain, the regiment
will be made up of as fine men physically
as can be found in inv regiment in the
United States.
Colonel Ray himsflf : s an officer of ex
perience and is destined to make himieif
very popular among the people of Macon
and the men of the regiment.
iHe has no idea when and where nis reg
iment will be first sent, but he hopes that
it will be to Cuba, where tberer is some
fighting to be done. Os course it will take
sme time to get the men into drill shape
anff to get them int the proper condition
to go to the front, ‘but as preference w : ll
be given to. men who have had some mili
tary experience, the chances are that they
will be ready quicker than most neonle
think.
It is not likely, however, that the men
■will be mustered in for some time, pio >a
blj not far the next three weeks.
Speaking of his work Col. Ray said: “It
is my instruction from the war depart
ment to raise my entire regnneiit iff this
state, if possible and I ynflerstand that
more than enough . ompaies are already
■forming jy the principal cities of the
slate for iny regiment.
"The Third volunteers will cp.nsist of
twelxe companies of eighty-three men
each, and the headqqarters of the regi
ment will ,be in Macon for the present and
until we gr ordered ip the frpnt.
"it has been reported that the resiwenu
will consist entirely of immunes, but syeh
is not the egae, unly the surgeons and
they- assistants will be immunes, and the
question will ngt fie put any wha desire
to enlist in the ranks. Os course the more
immunes » hare ip the regiment the bet
ter fitted we wjll he for active service in
"It is my understanding that the Third
United States volunteers will be m the
vanguard of the invading army. I saw Sec
retary Alger only a few hours before leav
ing Washington, and received assprances
from him that my regiment would be
among the first to step on Cuban soil, that
D. :f the first invasion F* to be made ig
f uoa - I h aye no idea wherp wy wfll fie
ordered to first after the regiment t= fornt
ed, but I »t will be either Tampa
or Mcbif°.
"I wjH Teturn to Atlanta tomorrow or
4»ixt yay with a regiment surgeon to begin
t-ht- examination of the men who have en
listed here, and to muster them m as
quickly as possible Fourieea inen are at
work , u the state raising companies for
tor the regiment and only twelve of them
will be needed but T will try to consoli
date some of the smaller companies and in
that way may be able to tffke .hem all.
After the companies are eaffsted the whole
regiment w;ll tyke up quarters at Ma.-on
and there await the order from the war
department to go to the front. That order
will not come for at least two weeks yet.
"The companies forming in the stale
are principally in Brunswick. Ravaunah
Macon and Columbus."
Col. Raj )ouk«<i around with interest at
splendid proportions of Atlanta and
"The last time I was here with the fed
eral army, way back in the sixties. I never
thought that I would come ba. k in after
years to form a regiment of Georgia sol
diers. but here I am and I will say now
that the Third regiment will be among teh
bravest men in the entire armv."
C-A-S'l'-OIRX
Yhs fie-
flails z . 1 '“ H a
CHAFING UNDER
LONG DELAY.
Say That the Movement of
Troops is Entirely Too
Slow.
Washington, June s—Yesterday was the
greatest Sunday in the navy department
since the outbreak of the war.
No dispatches came over night.
The situation at Santiago is such in the
opinion of the officials that no startling
developments are to be expected immedi
ately and the next news to be looked for
from that quarter is the arrival of troops.
As far as can be gathered, in spite of all
reports to the contrary, these troops have
not yet started and naval officials are im
patiently awaiting the movement.
It is possible that a small advance de
tachment has gone forward, but it is felt
here even that is composed of an engineer
battalion with a siege train lying off Key
West.
There is much dissatisfaction expressed
at the slowness of the movements in the
South owing in a large part to slender
means of transportation and the chronic
difficulty encountered of getting anything
dene down there in a hurry.
In army circles it seems to be expected
that Sampson is to furnish sufficient force
to convey troops and transports but it is
not known whether he is to supply this
force from his own squadron now off San
tiago or whether he will call upon Com
modore Watson off Havana to perform this
work.
In the first case there will be consider
able delay owing to the length of time re
quired for. warships to make passage
around from Santiago to Key West.
The officials do not credit the cable re
ports that troops have been landed at
Point Cabrera half dozen miles west of
Santiago Bay and they are inclined to the
opinion that if there has been any landing
in that vicinity it is confined to the sup
ply of arfns and food to the insurgents
abounding in Santiago province.
The navigation bureau and the navy de
partment were closed up for the day be
fore noon because there was nothing to
be done. %
The war department was open for busi
ness in a limited way for half the day and
Adjutant General Corbin was hard at work
at his desk in telegraphic correspondence
with army officers in all ports of the coun
try and '“particularly regarding Spanish
military prisoners from whom selections
will be made for the change of the gallant
little band that sunk the Merrimac.
The commanding officer at Fort Mc-
Pherson. Ga., has furnished the depart
ment a full list of captives to facilitate the
work of exchange. This is likely to occupy
more time than was originally expected
because of the difficulty of communicating
with the Spanish admiral at Santiago.
The war. department officials themselves
are surprised at the number of Spanish
offeers held captive at Fort 'McPherson
and it will Ibe seen that there is hq lack
of material for an equal exchange as 'there,
are sixteen men now there.
A Texas Wonder.
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One small bottle of Jiall’s Great Dis
covery cures all kidney and bladder trou
bles, removes gravel,’cures diabetis, semi
nal emisisons, weak and lame backs, rheu
matism and all irregularities of the kid
neys and bladder in both men and women.
Regulates bladder troubles in children. If
not sold by your druggist will be sent by
mail on receipt of sl.-Ope small bottle is
two months’ treatment and will cure any
case above mentioned.
E. W. HALL,
T , „ w Sole Manufacturer.
P. O. Box 218, Waco, Texas.
Sold by H. J. Lamar & Son, Macon Ga
READ THIS.
Cuthbert-; Ga. March 22, 1898.—This is
to certify that I have been a sufferer from
a kidney trouble for ten years and that I
have taken less thp.n one bottle of Hall’s
Great Discovery and I think that I am
cured.
I cheerfully recommend it to any one
suffering from any kidney trouble, as I
know of nothing that I consider its equal.
R. M. JONES.
DENTISTS MEET
AT LYTHIA SPRINGS
Full Program for the Meeting
of Tooth Pullers of
the State,
The thirtieth ann«al meeting of the
Georgia State Dental Society will'occur at
the Sweetwater Park hotel, Lithia Springs.
Ga., June 7, and remain in sesion until
June 1.
A program containing a number of pa
pers ny prominent dentists throughout the
state has been prepared and will be closely
followed. One of the features of the meet
ing will be these papers and their dis
cussion by the 'society.
The officers of the association are as
follows: Dr. H. D. Wilson, president,Bain
bridge; Dr. H. IM. Mixon, first vice presi
dent, 'Rome; Dr. B. H. Wiliams, second
vice president. Waycross; Dr H. A. Low
rance, treasurer, Athens; Dr. S. McKee,
recording secretary, 'Americus; Dr. O. H.
McDonald, corresponding secretary, Atlan
ta; Dr. H. H. John son, editor, 'Macon.
The following is the executive commit
tee: Dr. W. W. Hill, chairman, Washing
ton; Dr. E. A. Tigner, Atlanta; Dr. C. P.
Davis, Americus; Dr. E. L. Haines, Grif
fffi: Dr. W. A. Summerlin. Dublin.
The state 'board of examiners, which is
'composed of the following dentists, wiill
meet Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock for
the purpose of examipg applicants for li
cense: Dr. H. dqyle, chairman, Thom
asville; Dr_ ID. D, a tkinson, secretary,
Brunswick, pr. A. G. Bouton. Savannah;
Dr. It. Hf. Pat things, Atlanta: Dr. H. H.
Johnson
Following is the program of the thir
tieth anual meeting of the Georgia State
Dental Society:
TUESDAY, JUNE r 10:30 A. M.
Calling meeting to order by president.
Prayer.
Roll call.
Pavmeyi of dues.
Reading president's address.
■Adjoin nment. «
AFTERNOON SESSION AT 3 O’CLOCK.
Reading papers and discussion.
Dr. H. .B. Adair, “Amalgram.”
Dr,. M. N- Mixon, subject to be an
nounced.
Dr. C. V. Rosser, subject to be an
nounced.
Dr. T. P. Hinman, “Practical Points in
Operative Dentistry.’’
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8. 9 A. M
Report of committee on president's ad
dress.
Papers as follows.
Dr. C. Buottug -e&lson, “The Lips; Their
Cary and Treatment. '*
Dr. D. St. Arnold. “Diseases of the An
trum and their Treatment.”
Dr. B. H. Williams, “Antral Abcesses
and their Treatment.”
Dr. C. P. Davis. af Case of
Transplantation."
AFTERNOON SESSION. 3 O’CLOCK,
jsapers as follows:
Dr. A. K. Fort. “Comparative Value of
Antiseptics.”
Dr. J. W. Manning, “Deutai Education.”
Dr. E. L. Haiftes. ‘Dental Education.”
WEDN^-ADAY EVENING, 8 O’CLOCK
Demonstrations of X-ray and high, f>-e
--quent electric current.
THURSDAY. & O’CLOCK.
The entire morning will be devoted to
clinics and other interesting demonstra
tions.
AFTERNOON SESSION. 3 O’CLOCK.
Report of committee on clinics, nvidents
in office practice and discussion of sub
jects sugested by the national association.
FRIDAY, 9 A. M.
Papers as follows.
Dr W. A. Summerlin. “Practice versus
Credit.”
Dr. W: H. Johnson: “Practical Ideas on
Bridge Work.”
Dr. E. A. Tigner, “The Object of Our
Society.”
AFTERNOON SESSION. 3 O’CLOCK.
Report of executive committee.
Report of examining board.
Election and installation of officers..
Adjournment.
The first day of the meeting will prob
ably be devoted to preliminary work. The
meeting promises to be harmonious.
MH BULLETINS;
FOIL JETURNS
Will be Displayed by The
News bv Stereopticon
Tonight.
CANDLER'S BIG VICTORY
Will be Told By Flashlight —Re-
turns From the Local Elec
tion—Ladies Invited.
The News has made arrangements to
give the people of Macon the full election
returns tonight from a'll over the State.
These returns will be displayed by
stereopticon from the News office, and
will make one of the best returns ever
seen in this. city.
The local returns will be given in full
and the returns from all over the state
showing the result of the gubernatorial
ra'ce and t'he complete victory of Allen D.
Candler.
For this purpose one of the best stere
opticon lanterns in the state has been se
cured and the crowd 'Wi'H be kept enter
tained as a sufficient force of men will be
on the spot to keep the screen full of good
th i nigs.
The returns frpm the election will be in
terspersed with war bulletins, arrange
ments having been made to receive the
bulletins from the front as soon as they
come in.
iAs it is expected that something of in
terest will transpire at the front today
the war bulletins will be.displayed rapidly.
The ladies wil'l'be entertained and ample
accommodation will be provided for them.
The N< a- has made arrangements for
the securing of the returns from the dif
ferent counties in the state as soon as
they are ’made up and the service will be
given to the News patrons tonight and to
the public generally free of charge which
will be complete, accurate and interesting.
Remarkable Kes.me,
Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plainfield, 111.,
makes the statement that she caught cold
which settled on her lungs; she was treat
ed for a month by her family physician
but grew worse. He told her she was a
hopeless victim of consumption and that
no medicine eould cure her. ■ Her drug
gist suggested Dr. King’s New Discovery
for consumption; she bought a bottle and
to her delight found herself benefitted
from the first dose. She continued its use
and aljter taking six bottles, found herself
sound and well; now does her own house
work and is as well as sjie ever was.
Free trial bottles of this great Discovery
at H. J. Lamar & isons’ drug store. Large
bottles 50c and sl.
I was seriously afflicted with a cough for
several years and last fall had a more
severe cough than ever before. I have
used many remedies without receiving
much relief, and being recommended to
try a bottle of Cahmberlain’s Cough Rem
edy by a friend, who, knowing me to be a
poor widow, gave it to me. I tried it with
the most gratifying results. The first bot
tle relieved me very much and the second
bottle has absolutely cured me. I have not
had as good health for twenty years. Re
spectfully, (Mrs. Mary A. Beard, Claremore,
Ark. Sold by H. J. Lamar & Sons, drug-'
gists.
I have found Cheney’s Expectorant su
perior to anything I have ever tried for
colds and bronchial trouble. Send me by
first mail six bottles of your mod. excellent
medicine.
PROF. J. H. RICHARDSON.
Tettß.
Summer Resorts.
THE ELKTON,
ELKTON, VA.
Open June Ist. On N. W. and C. W.
R. R. 'Modern in all its appointments. Hot
and cold Lithia water on every floor. Bath, -
toilet and gas. Write for rates. ’
J. H. BROWN & CO.
Proprietors.
Beautifully situated, fine shade trees,
lawn of blue grass, cold, well and city
water. Open al the year.
The Arlington House.
No. 53 South Main Street, Hendersonville,
N. C.
Bath rooms and water closers in the
house. Large rooms, well furnished, good
fare, attentive servants, charges reasona
ble, carriage to all trains.
T. A. ALLEN, Prop.
Find Relief in the heat of Summer at
Sparkling
Catawba
Spring.
Splendid hotel, health giving water,
Catawba county, N. C.
DR. E. O. ELLIOTT & SON.
Proprii. tors.
When you hear of War
Rumors of war, the pestilence that stalk
eth by day or the mosquito that flittetb
by night,
Flee to the Mountains.
Leesburg, Va., is the place. Only 36
miles from Washington. Write for illus
trated booklet to Leesburg Inn, Leesburg
Va.
THE SKYUKA,
SKYUKA, N. C.
Elevation 3,200 feet. AR modern im
provement—electric lights, baths with hot
and cold water cut every fluor. An ideal
summer resort- For terms ajxpjy to D. E.
SteaYps Son.
Roanoke Red Sulphur Springs.
ROANOKE RED SULPHUR SPRINGS,
Via Salem, V:;v. opens first of June. Ele
vation 3,200 feet. Sulphur, chalybeate,
freestone and limestone water; fine sum
mer climate; wffters relieve dyspepsia,
hay fever, asthma, lung, throat and kidney
and female troubles. Terms reasonable.
V> rite for descriptive pamphlet, references,
etc- J- H chapman, Manager.
Long distance* telephone connection.
Ocean View House.
9t. Simon’s Island Beach, Ga
Fine surf bathing, good tattle, artesian
water - A. T. ARNOLD,
Proprietor.
The Atlantic Hotel
MOOREHEAD CITY, N. C.
The finest resort on the Atlantic coast.
Banhing, sailing, fishing, billiards, tenpins,
dancing and other amusements.
The best and largest ballroom >n the
south. The celebrated Old Colony orches
tra of Erie, Pa., eight pieces, brass and
string.
For pamphlet aply to Pettyjohn Bros.,
managgrs.
wo I
Preparation for As - w
slmilating thcToodiflulßcguia- £
ting the 5 toaachs andlWls of
Promotes Digestion/Checrful
ness andßest.Contaips neither 1 1
Opium.Morphinc nor Mineral.
Not Narcotic.
Hecg» aroun-s.V'fmpnxjiEH
Punt/Jan Str<l-
Alx.Senna * I
SJh - I
yfruse Setd •
JVppf mant - >
iti Cu.iMtabSti&t I
ff irni Seed - I
ftimfied Jkirw .
lUitjyevse’fiuriv: j
Aperfecl Remedy forConslipa- 1
tion. Sour Stomach,Diarrhoea, »
Worms,Convulsions,Feverish K
ness and Loss OF SLEEP.
FacSniate Signature of
_N.KW_YO«K. s
; EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER.
Law- , , ■ y
J. S. BUDD CO.
320 SECOND STREET.
421 Walnut St. Flnnf 1016 Oglethorpe St.
460 Oak St. bnr HDT|T 1171 Oglethorpe St.
288 Orange St. * 11U11 I < )()4 Secoild St
a^oun kt- 386 Clinton St.
2ao Bond St. Opposite 386 Clin-
Dwellmg with large lot, head of ton St., in Hast
Oglethorpe street. . Macon'.
Store and offices in good locations.
Fire and Accident Insurance.
~~ A. B. HTN KLE,
Physician aud Surgeon. Office 370 Second Street. Office phone 917, two calls; resi
dence phone 917 four calls.
Does general practice. I tender my services to the people of Macon and vicinity.
Diseases of the eye, ear, nose, throat and lungs a specialty. Office consultation and
treatment for the poor free from 8 to 9 a. ni. Visits in city for cash —day sl, night
$2. Medical services free to families of all who are in the army from Maicon. Eye
glasses and spectacles fitted accurately and furnished. Prices very reasonable. Office
hours 8 to 10 a. m.; 12 to 1 p. m., and 6 to 6. p. m. Monday, Friday and Saturday
nights 8 to 9:30.
Exquisite are the BELTS we are now
manufacturing for Ladies
and Gentlemen.
Pure white and colored leather. . See our handsome line of
Buckles.
Trunks repaired. No drayage charged.
G. BERND <Sc C 0.,
450 Cherry Street .... Macon, Ga.
Don’t Lay It to the Water.
Pure water is necessary to health, but clean premises is equally im
portant. DISINFECTANT LIME is the only thing that guarantees a per- J
feet sanitary condition. Keep the yards well sprinkled. It wMI neutral
ize the poisonous gases and prevent sickness —will save you many a dol
lar in doctor’s bills. Be advised In time. We have reduced the price •
to 50 cents per barrel delivered.. One barrel may prove the salvation of
of your family. Use it now. Don’t wait.
T C. BURKE, MACON, GEORGIA
For Sale.
Dmlili M
Ml.
The Johnson & Harris store building,
corner Fourth and Cherry streets, now
Occupied by A. & N. M. Block.
6 room house, 10 Franklin street, known
as the “Dickey” property.
3 room dwelling, 314 Jackson street.
The . Glover ' residence on Huguenin
Heights,
The Chapman property on Ocmulgee
street, in front of M. & I. street railway
shops, with two 4-room houses.
Two 4-room, dwellings on the Tindall
property.
5 acres on Vineville car line adjoining
Crump’s park.
Vacant lots on Gray property in rear
of Mercer University.
Vavant lots on Tindall property and on
Hugucntii Heights.
For <iny information apply to
M. P. CALLAWAY,
Receiver,
Progress Loan Improvement and
Manufacturing Company.
CITY TAX NOTICE.
The second installment of the city tax
is now due. I am compelled to issue ex
ecutions against those an default. Pay and
save costs. A. R. TINSLEY,
Treasurer.
May 16th, 1898.
Idle Hour Slock Faun,
Macon, Ga.
Stallions at Farm
CLEBURNE.
Trial 2:1144, 'by Brown Hal, dam by Pat
Malone. Cleburne is a half brother to
Star Pointer, 1:59’4-
baron stamboul
Trial 2:27’£, by Stamboul, dam Bon Bon
by Baron Wilkes.
Address —
J. F. GODARD, Manager.
; 1J U. j 0f 11
CASTORIA
The Kind You Have
Always Bought,
Bears the Fan-simile
Signature
ON THE
WRAPPER
OF EVERY
BOTTLE.
THE KIND !
YOU HAVE
ALWAYS BOUGHT.
TMK CENTAUR COMPANY. NLVJ YORK CITY
GEORGIA, Bibb Count. To the Superior
Court of Said County:
The'petition of the Jonoe Furniture
Company respectfully shows: That on the
11th day of November, 1897, it was duly
incorporated by an order of the Superior
Court of said county, a body corporate and
politic under the corporate name of the
Jones Furniture Company, for the purpose
of carrying on a general wholesale and re
tail furniture and house-furnishing busi
ness; and that it has been duly organized
under said charter, and la carrying on the
business authorized by said charter.
Your petitioner desires to amend its
aforesaid charter by changing the corpo
rate name from the Jones Furniture Com
pany to that of the Georgia Furniture
Company; and that said corporation shall
have all the rights and privileges under
the new’ name of the Georgia Furniture
Company, that it had under its original
name of the Jones Furniture Company,
and that said charter as amended, with all
powers, privileges, rights and immunities
by Its said charter conf<-red, be continued
under its aforesaid charter as amended, for
a term of twenty years, with the right of
renewel at the end of that time.
Wherefore your petitioner prays the
granting of an order amending its said
charter by changing its name to that of
the Georgia Furniture Company, with all
the rights and privileges under its new
name that it held under its original name.
And your petitioner will forever pray.
R. K. HINES, Petitioners' At
R. K. HIJs'ES, Petitioner’s Attorney.
I, Robert A. Nisbet, clerk of Bibb Supe
rior Court, do certify that the above la a
true copy of the original petition as the
same appears on file in said clerk’s office.
This April 16th, 1898.
ROBERT A. NISBET, Clerk.
If in Need of a Safe,
Buu a Good One.
Below is a list of merchants who know
a good thing when they see It. List of
sales since March 22, 1898:
Georgia Quincy Granite Company.
Jones Grocery Company.
Rogers & Joiner Commission Company.
L. C. Crawford.
J. S. Frink.
A. E. Harris.
Jake Ginsburg, Cordele. Ga.
J. B. Rau.
M. S. Rogers. ’
J. B. Frink. . .. ; I.»«
Ed Devlin.
H. Kessler. . ,
N. I. Parr.
E. Friedman. - • ■
W. J. Wyche.
Hardeman Grocery Company. > « *
A. Delkin, Atlanta, Ga. «,?
Davidson Jewelry Company. 1
H. D. Adams.
J. T. Callaway, Jr
412 Second St. Phone 334.
Subscribers must pay up and not allow
small balances to run over from week to
week. The carriers have been in etructed
to accept no part payment from anyoua
aftorAjurH ._ . , „
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