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V - ...... TI i ’ W 1%. T■TK T jS ri' VII Ji \ \ I \ I T V j -1 j ■ --vs ■'■•- ■ ■ y, • VoL IX. No. 105. SIX ECLIPSES. The First One Occurred Yesterday and Was Visible Here. In this year there will be six eclipses, three of the sun and three of the moon. The first was a partial eclipse of the moon on January 7, which was yesterday. It was visible more or less to North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and the Atlantic ocean. In eclipse/began about 6:30 p. m., and ended about 8 o’clock, and ik was seen by many in Griffin The second will be a total eclipse of the sun on January 22. It will be in visible in North America, but visible to Central and Eastern Africa, Eastern Europe and Asia. Tbe path of totality will run through Central Africa, India and the Chinese Empire. The third will be a partial eclipse of the moon on July 3d. It will be in visible to North America, but visible more or less to Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia, and to the eastern por tion of South America. An annual eclipse of the sun, which will be the fourth, will occur on July IBtb. It will also be invisible to North America It will ooly be seen in tbe South Pacific ocean and the southern extremity of South America. ' Tbe fifth eclipse will be a partial one of tbe sun, on December 13th. It will be a small and unimportant occurrence, only visible in the Southern ocean. The sixth and last of tbe year will be a total eclipse of the moon, on De-, cember 27th. It will be visible more or less to all the continents of tbe worM, except Australia and to the Atlantic ocean. The Sinful Oyster- It has always been known that there is something wicked in the apple. That discovery was made in the far away time “when Adam was a baby.” But it was reserved for a Chicago evangelist, Rev. Mr. Lindfield, to dis cover the sinfulness of the oyster, and even he had to go away from home to make the discovery, says the Chicago Inter-dcean. Upon a critical examination of the indictment drawn against the oyster, it appears that circumstances alter character, as well as cases. It is only when the oyster forms the chief factor in a 25-ceut church supper that the sin comes in. Such a meal is classed by this evangelistic gentleman with the saloon and the gambling den, “It is,” he says, “a form of -robbery, and the church which accepts money from such a source is full of tbe works of the devil.” No Boom, Just Better Times- There is every indication, as convey ed in the signs of the past six months and the auspicious opening of the new year, that 1898 will be a period of sub stantial commercial and industrial revival. There will scarcely be a boom in any line. A boom is not wanted, bicause the after effects are generally disastrous. But conditions have work ed around to the point where it would seem almost impossible to prevent a continuation on a constantly enlarging scale of the solid growth of business which set io last summer after cor gress ceased to tinker with the tariff. —Birmingham News. Secretary Hunter Resigns. Yesterday J. Scott Hunter, for some time Secretary of tbe Y. M. C. A., at this place, tendered his resignation, to take effect March Ist. This announcement will be read with sincere regrets by many of our citizens, who have labored with Mr. Hunter and watched him in his labors in the interest of the young’ men of Griffin. The association- has done remarka bly well under bis guidance, and he has labored incessantly for its advance ment, and will leave this field with re grets. By his general deportment and con secrated Christian life while among us Mr, Hunter has won many warm, true friends. Pointer Dog Lost. A libsral reward will be paid for the finding of my pointer bitch, or any infor mation that will lead to her recovery. She answers to the name of “Belle,” is small, white, with liver colored ears. H. W. Nbal, at Garland & Neals. House For Rent Cheap. Close to busibess and schools. Best water in Griffin. Apply to Mrs. L. R. West, Milledgeville, Ga, or W. M. Thomas at court bouse. THE TEXTILE SCHOOL First Trade School in the South to Be Established - A textile school for Atlanta is an as sured fact It will be the first trade school established in the south, says tbe Atlanta Commercial. The establishment of this school is on tbe line of tbe advanced age, and in keeping with tbe higher training that is now in vogue. It is gratifying to note that the south intends to keep step with tbe progress of the times, and tbe Atlanta textile school marks a bright begin ning The school is a certainty, being in the hands of live men, and will open at an early date. Georgia gives $lO,- 000, the city SIO,OOO, and tbe cotton manufacturers of tbe south will equip the plant, which will cost another $lO,- The great,*)rota and coal trades draw their practical scientific men from the north and east. If a southern boy de sires to learn mining, engineering, the technology and practice of iron and steel manufacture, scientifically, he goes to the Sheffield school, at Yale; the Carlisle school, an appendage of Pennsylvania University, or to some other of the northern special colleges, or he goes to Europe ; he cannot get tbe facilities of such an education in the south. Many bright young fellows have gone to those schools and to eastern textile schools, and mostly they have been kept in the north or east, by al luring offers of employment, made by manufacturers in these sections. Tbe needs of the south demand tbe education of her own practical scien tists so that success in the higher walks as manufacturers of steel mate rials, textiles of the finer and more profitable grades; and in other lines where there is great need of tecbically trained managers and foremen may be assured. Tbe cotton and woolen goods trades need several of these schools, not to speak of the needs of means for train ing young men for the handling of our vast and growing business and devel oping them into higher lines. A Mascot- 4 The many friends of Pete Stewart here in Griffin will be delighted to learn of bis good fortune in being thor oughly armed and equipped for the ah fairs of life, whether of love or busi ness. The Monroe Advertiser thus speaks of Pete's mascot: “You can’t touch our genial fellow townsman Pete Stewart. He possesses the latest fad in tbe shape of a mascot. It consi sos the left hind foot of a graveyard rabbit, around which is tied a dainty blue ribbon, all of which, to possess any merit, must be tbe gift of some fair friend. This rabbit foot with its dainty ribbon is kept con stantly attached to the silk covered elastic’tbat keeps Pete’s hose from falling over his shoes. Tbh combina tion of rabbit foot and blue ribbon, properly adjusted, is said to possess a charm of the powers of which even tbe magicians of the east are ignorant. You can’t down Pete, he’s got his rab bit foot with him.” Za Olden Times People overlooked the importance of per manently beneficial effects and were satis fied with transient action; but now that it is generally known that Syrup of Figs will permanently overcome habitual constipa tion, well-informed people will not buy’ other laxatives, which act for_a time, but finally injure the system. A Black Hen’s Eggs- Pearson's Weekly says: They ate telling a good story ol a certain grocer, The other day a woman came in and said : “I want two dozen hen’s eggs. They must all be laid by black The grocer said: “Madam, I am willing to accommodate you, but you have got the best of me this time. I don’t know bow to tell the eggs of a black hen from those of a speckled or white one.” Said she : “I can tell the difference very easily.” “If that is so, madam, will you kind ly pick out tbe eggs for yourself?” She did so, and when the two dozen were counted into her basket, the gro cer looked at them, and said suggest ively : “Well, madam, it seems as though the black bene laid tbe big eggs." : “Yes,” said she. “That’s tbe way you tell them.” GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 8,1888. Borne curious figures have lately been made public by a celebrated Ber lin physician, which seems to point to the fact that if a man wants to live long and preserve bis health and strength he ought to marry. These figures may, perhaps, serve to make up tbe undecided minds of young men who are hesitating about taking the plunge into matrimony. Among unmarried men between the ages of thirty and forty-five the death rate is 27 per cent. Among married men between tbe same ages it is only 18 yer cent. For forty-one bachelors who live to be forty years of age, sev enty-eight married men triumphantly arrive at the same period. The differ ence gets all the more marked as time goes on. At sixty years of age there are only twenty-two bachelors to forty-eight married men; at seventy there are eleven bachelors to twenty-seven who are married, and by the time they reach ninety, tbe married men are three to one, for there are nine of them to every three bachelors. And yet, in the face ot facts like these, we still find men daring to remain single. It really is as much as their lives are worth, if they only came to think of it. Men may talk of their lives being shortened by domestic worries and anxieties and cares. That is all rub bish. Statistics must tell tbe truth, and these statistics of the Berlin doc tor say that tbe man who is a bachelor stands in far greater risk of a shorten ed span. Men who have-somebody to look after them, to feed them propeily, and see that they change their wet boots, and come home at night at reasonable hours—these are the men who keep easily well and live long. The miserable bachelor who has no one to care whether he liv’es on burn ed mutton chops and sleeps in damp sheets, whether he leaves bis top coat at home when he has had influenza, or gets overheated at cricket and then lies full length on the wet grass—thia is the man the insurance offices and gees down to an untimely grave.—Ex. Where the Negro’s Friends Are- The negro has no real friends in tbe north. We are willing to believe, for we see something of it here, that the negro does not show to advantage after crossing tbe Potomac and the Ohio. It seems to us that the further he wanders from the south the more bumptious and offensive be becomes. But this is largely due to the fact that ho realizes tbe hostile environments in which be is placed, and in bis foolish way resents it. The fact remains, however. The negro’s best and most genuine friends are at the south, and it is among the former slave-holding classes that he finds the truest esteem and the most helpful friendship. Southerners know how to handle their colored nuisances without including tbe whole race in their scheme of re pression and rebuke.—Washington Post. Reflections of a Bachelor. At 30 marriage is the wine of life; at 40 it’s the morning after. A man is quiet when he is dead ; a woman is dead when she’s quiet. Every woman is a mirror of her bos om friend to her husband and a mirror of-her husband to het bosom friend. The first sign that a woman is be ginning to feel her age is when she hunts up all the baby pictures of her children. Half a woman’s pleasure in buying a pretty pair of stockings cheap is spoiled because she can never be per fectly sure they won’t crock. When you see a girl’s eyes look as if she bad been crying she has generally mot with some great grief, or else she has just had her bath and couldn’t find starching bag.—New York Press/’ Deafness Cannot be Cured. , by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When, this tube gets inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation mn, be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroy ed forever; nine cases out of ten- are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an in flamed condition of the mucous surfaces We will rive One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars,'free, F. J-Chenky & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall’s FamilyPllls are the best. Facts for Bachelors. Royal makes the toed pare, wholesome and delicious. x ■ ROYAL RAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK. Pointed Paragraphs- There is nothing so uncertain as a sure thing. Tbe man who invests in watered stock is apt to get soaked. The voice of the average man spoils what little music he bae iq his soul. Love draws more plans for air-cas tles than all the other, architects com bined. The woman who runs after a hus band until she gets one never brags of her catch. It is useless for a self-made man to waste money in taking out a patent on his creation. A decided is a fair haired woman who always insist?, upon hav ing her own way. A mother who will deliberately ad. mit that some other baby is as smart as hers is not to be trusted. A woman usually goes to her grave remembering what girl gave her that cheapest wedding present she received. Church fairs, amateur theatricals, home talent concerts and similar af fairs are called entertainments, but nobody knows why. . People Sometimes weep witnessing a death scene upon the stage, but it is usually because they realize that it is only a ebam and that the actors still live.—Chicago News. Practical Points- Boys, don’t join a club. Remember it was a club that killed poor AbeL Whatever mystery there may be about gas, it is sure to come to light. A bad bookkeeper: The one who borrows books and never returns them. So far as ease and comfort of mind are concerned, it is better to run from than for office. To make time pass quickly give sixty day note, with uncertain provis ion for meeting it. Young man, when the girls flatter you just remember that it is natural for 'lasses to make taffy. Tbe greatest real estate encumbrance is the tower of pisa. It has a perpetual lean on the earth. The shirker should bear in mind that it is just as bad in a moral sense to pass counterfeit labor as counterfeit money, “Praise God from whom all blessings flow,” after you have demonstrated your sincerity by distributing some blessings among His needy creatures. Some genius has invented a kind ol paper that cannot be destroyed by fire. Think of the terrible consequences in after years of writing a love letter on that kind of paper. Some gallant person suggests that postage stamps should be adorned with ladies’heads. Artistically this" might be a success, but practically it would never.do, for what man worthy the name would be guilty of licking a lady? Young man, perhaps you “cap drink or let it alone,” but perhaps some per son over whom you have a strong in fluence cannot do thia Whether you intend to be or not, you are to a cer tain extent, your brother’s keeper. Educate Vour Bowel. With CascareU. Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever. 10c. 4ac. If C. C. C. fad, druggists refund money. H.P.EADY&CO. IN HILL BUILDING, Buggies, Wagons and Hamess. We give good prices for your old Buggy and Harness in exchange for new ones. All kind of repair work promptly done. H. P. EADY & CO. ONE FOURTH OFF | FOR SPOT CASH. You can buj any OVERCOAT, SUIT or WOOLEN UNDERWEAR in OW store for TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT off of market prices. Hard times make it difficult tor people who actually need a suit or overcoat to buy. But at these prices, ONE FOURTH OFF, any body can buy: - $ 4.00 SUITS OR OVERCOATB. JOR $ 3.00. . 5.00 “ u “ 3.75. 3 6.50 fc “ “ “ * 4.88. 7.50 “ “ “ “ 5.63. ’ W 8.50 “ “ “ « 6:37. 10.00 “ “ “ “ 7.50. 12.50 • “ “ - M 8 ' 15.60 “ “ " “ 11.25. . 18-00 “ “ * “ 13.50. THESE PRICES ARE ABSOLUTELY FOR THE CASH. ANY ONE HAVING AN ACCOUNT WITH U 8 CAN’HAVE THESE GOODS CHARGED AT REGULAR MARKET PRICES. - v " Ms f K Jr M f Jr ■■ // 4 V Z / JjJ A* Ks gr / J a Ur U U U /9 r Ur U j w w v U Us s ~ U ,Ll' ST R. F. Strickland&Co. —— (°) Useful and Ornamental Christinas Presents. I GENTLEMENS TAN AND RUSSIA HOUSE SLIPPERS. BLACK AND TAN ROMEO ELASTIC SIDES. | GENTLEMENS FINE PATENT LEATHER SHOES. “ BROWN WILLOW CALF SHOES. LADIES FELT LINED HOUSE SLIPPERS. “ FUR TOP ROMEO. “ FINE SHOES AND OXFORDS. f ‘ EMBROIDERED AND HEMSTITCHED HANDKERCHIEFS “ FINE HOSIERY AND GLOVES.’ INFANTS SOFT SOLE SHOES IN COLORS. , Low Prices to Everybody. ■ B. F. STBICKLAND & CO. | Edwards & Power’s RACKET STORE V™ INVITE THE PUBLIC TO CALL J i F-% and see our-mneiof DaHs & HoWWs. WE HAVE A VARIED LINE AT - . Zz// // II PRICES TO bus’ THE TIMES. ONLY. wPivW A FEW CENTS -WILL MAKE THE --./--1.-//. ■.LITTLE ONES HAPPY AND NO I FT- CHILD SHOULD BE NEGLECTED. | ~IL 1i! WILL TAKE PLE ASURB 'IN I SHOWING YOU WHAT WE HAVE. ® EDWARDS & POWER. UOTICEI WTZCEI • ■ OWING TO THE LOW PRICE OF r OUR CUSTOMERS’ PRODUCT COTTON—WE HAVE DETERMINED TO LOWER THE PRICE OF GOODS, WHICH MEANS LESS PROFIT. NOW WE WILL BELL CHEAPER THAN EVER, FOR CASH ONLY. WE URGE OUR FRIENDS WHO OWE PAST DUE BILLS TO COME AT ONCE AND SETTLE. I N. B. DREWRT fc SON. Ten Cent, per Week