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There is evidently no #ay open now to avert a conflict. Epworth League Reception- All members of the First Methodist church and congregation are cordially invited to attend the reception at the church tonight from 8 to 10:30 The League have spared no pains in providing for the pleasure of thdse who may be present and regardless of the weather will expect a good attendance. Among other good things the pro* gram calls for: . Address—Social Life of the Church, Rev. H B. Maye. Address—Work of the Stewards, W. R. Hanleiter. Address—What the Church Needs Most, J. M. Kimbrough. Instrumental Quartette, Messrs. Drukenmiller and Sons. Address—On Methodist History, Rev. T. J. Christian. Address—History of the Epworth League, W. J. Harris. Recitation—Miss Willie Hasselkus. The speakers will be limited to five minutes each and music both vocal and instrumental will be interspersed between the different features. After the completion of the program which will require 60 minutes, refreshments will be served. The decorations consisting of bunt* ing, flowers, etc., will be tastefully ar* ranged and every, effort will be put faith to make the occasion one of pleasure and profit All members of the league are re quested to be present at 7:45 with badges on and to occupy the seats re* . served for them. Eugene Ragland, President. Not Their Exact Words. The general tendency to look at the actions of others through one’s own particular spectacles is frequently’ ob* served, says the Youth’s Companion. Perhaps not so often noticed, however, is the habit of unconsciously’ rendering another’s speech into one’s own lan* guage. A Boston girl who had been faking her first lesson in bicycle riding ex pressed her satisfaction at home at the result of the experiment. “The man said,” she repeated, “that I bad made most satisfactory progress for a novice.” “Well, did be really say that?” was the surprised query. “Well, no,” answered the Boston young woman, after a moment’s reflec tion, “wbat he did say was, ‘You’ll do fust .ate for a new biginner!” A friend of the poet Bryant chanced to be alone in his study when a cabi* net-maker brought home a chair that bad been altered. When Mr. Bryant returned, he asked : “Miss Robins, what did the man say about my chair?” “He said,” answered the visitor, “that the equilibrium is now admirably ' adjusted.” “What a fine fellow!” said Mr. Bryant, laughing. “I never heard him talk like that. Were those his exact words?” “Well, he said,‘lt joggles just right 1” repeated Miss Robbins ftefse- /) . , aimiie 15 85 AgutnreZ s' j S.'', -S—yy- WHJ a s .. i Lake Mont in Switzerland has a queer habit of turning red about two or three times every ten years. The coloring Is due to the presence in large quantities of little j. aquatic plants called by naturalists Osoil latrola rubescens. To Cure Constipation Forever. Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or 25c. Jf C. C. C. fall to rare, druggists refund money. RHODES MERRYMAKERS. At The Olympic Leet Night in ‘‘The Greet Diamond Mystery.’’ Owing Io the inclement weather, a fair sized audience greeted the Frank B. Rhode’s Merrymakers Company last night at the Olympic. “The Great Diamond Mystery” was presented io a masterly manner and this company is one of the few that comes up to the advance notices. Mr. Rhodes has gathered aronnd him a company of first class actors and actresses who possess rare talent and it was indeed a very rich treat to see ths grace and ease with which the various difficult roles were handled by the reejteclive members ot the coonpa* uy. “The Great Diamond Mystery 'is a comedy dfama filled with just enough good, pure, clean humor to make it a pronounced success, and with such a competent company as the Merry* makers to produce it, it can not fail to be a winnfli. During the evening quite a’lot gs up-to-date and refined specialties were introduced by the Alabama trio, Byers, Childress and Robish; Mayne Chil dress, the Kentucky singing and danc* ing sunbeam; John C. Robiscb, the new old hose, and Mardello, the world's peerless contortionist. The specialties were of the most chaste and highest order and made decided bits with the audience; in fact, the entire performance was first class in every particular, and with favorable weather the engagement of the Mer rymakers will be a financial success. ' Tonight the patriotic comedy drama “The Heart of Cuba,” will be present ed and an olio of refined specialties, in which the company’s beautiful $5,000 transformation scene will, be intro duced with calcium effect, will close the performance. Tber prices of admission will remain as advertised, 25, 35 and 50 cts. Hoodooed by a Black Hen. “There goes my Aon ah,” said Capt. Cardwell, the Louisville and Nashville conductor, one day as the O. and N. passenger train was entering the yards at Central City, says the Louisville Post. When asked what he referred to, the popular old railroader said : “I mean that old black ben you saw fly across the track in front of the engine back in the edge of town. She is a bird of ill omen if ever there was one, and every lime she flies across this track in front of my train I have bad luck before I finish the trip. “I first noticed the ben about three years ago on the trip over from Rus sellville to Owensboro, and we stuck in a snowdrift before we got back, and were held out nearly all night. The next time the evil portent worked its bad effect on me was when the large tunnel at Twin Tunnels caved in, com polling us to transfer passengers and baggage, and stay out all night. Again she appeared, and I fell from the train later on, spraining my ankle. So it was on every occasion when‘old black ey,’ as I used to call her, appeared up* on the scene She belongs tn an old negro woman, and after trying in vain to kill her I tried to buy her, but the hen’s owner said, ‘Naw, suh ; dut’s a pet jin’ she wuldn’t babm nobuddy.* But I always felt strange fear seize me when my train approached Central, after I found wbat a bad luck bringer ‘old blackey’ was.” Best of AU To cleanse the system in a gentle and truly beneficial manner, when the springtime comes, use the true and perfect remedy, Syrup of Figs. One bottle will answer for all the family and costs only 50 cents; the large size fl. Buy the genuine. Manu factured by the California Fig Syrup Com •pany only, and for sale by all druggists. C? A PIT'OTI T A ■ ska fae- . alaile ZV //U/i n f* * sigaatueZ s X -6*- wwy <d vr*W« Seed Corn. Genuine Tennessee Heed Corn for sale. Apply to C. A. Jones, at R. F. Strickland & Co.’s. Milch Cow Wanted. Will pay a liberal monthly rent for a good Milch Cow. Apply at Call office. o- a. sn'ortLi., fhs fee- z? . •isilt s'Tjf //fH 1 _ ft 1 rizaatan f y vupyw Relocate Tour BoweU With Caaeareta. Caqdy Cathartic, cure constipation forever. Me. 25c. ircac. fall, drratfnta refund money. — —— —— MUFFIN, OKOBtUA, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 4, 1888. No Excuse- The President has no excuse for ap pointing black officials in the South, except the purpose of rewarding them for helping him to get Im nomination for Piesident, and of securing their help in getting a re-nomiuatkn in 1900. There are thousands of negro republicans in Ohio and Pennsylvania. In neither of the foregoing states nor aqy other Northern state are negroes appointed postmasters, nr to any other official position. And, why? Because the people of the Northern states would not submit to having negro officials at the bead of prominent federal offices. Why then should the President expect the white people in the South to tame** !y acquiesce in the appointment of negroes to federal offices? He does not expect it. He knows what the feelings of the Southern people are in regard to this matter, but he prefers to pay bis political debts rather than respect their wishes and And be cause he takes that position bo is partly responsible for such crimes as that at Lake City. For weeks the people at Hogansville, in this state, have been without a postmaster, prac tically, because they refusp to patron ize their postoffice as loog as a negro is postmaster. Does the President pay any regard to their wishes in the mat ter? Not at all He virtually says that the Hogansville people must accept a negro postmaster or go without poat« office facilities For the wishes of the people he has no consideration what ever. There is a prejudice against the Chinese and Congress shut them out of the country. Thers is a preju dice against negro office holders; why not keep them out of office? Why let prejudice control in one case and not in the other? is the way the Savannah Hews puls it. McKinley is practically responsible for the crimes that grow out of such appointments. To Search for Andree- An expedition is now being organ ized to start at the beginning of the coming summer in* search of Andree, the balloonist, who on July last set out on an aerial voyage to the North pole. Dr. Nansen believes that Andree is safe, although there are few persons who agree with him. He said recently that it is not reasonable to expect any news of the balloon expedition before August, because the daring balloonist may be in Franz Josef Land, in North or East Greenland, in Siberia or even in the Spitzberzen. Dr. Nansen says: “It must be remembered that Andree has plenty of*guns and ammunition) so that his prospects of the winter as good as ours were. If he is in Franz Josef Land be will be all right, and will be able to come home next summer by one of the whalers.” The Bright Side of Life in Siberia- Thomas G. Allen, Jr., who traveled across Asia on a bicycle, shows, la the March Ladies’ Home Journal, that we hold many erroneous ideas regarding Siberia and her people. There are fash* ions and fashionable people even in Siberia, and according to Mr. Allen one meets as well dressed women in Siberia as are to be found in any Eu ropean city. The social forms that ex ist in the large cities of Russia are ob served in Siberia, and the fashionable people of that vast province enjoy life to the full. Mr > lien’s pictorial arti cle on “In Fashionable Siberia” will present a really attractive picture of a land which the public mind has al ways associated with sterility, perpet ual cold and unrelieved human suh feting. 1100 Beward, SIOO. • The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dread disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages and that is C taj-rh. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is the only positiare cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous snrfaces of the system, thereby destroying the founda tion of the disease, and giving. the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers, that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. F. J. CHENEY A CO., Toledo, O. Sold by druggists, 75c. Hall’s Family Pills are the best. Don’t Tobacco Spit »4 Smoke Twnr Life Awey. To quit tobacco easily and forever, be ma< netic. full of life, nerve and vigor, take No-TO’ .Bac, the wonder-woikcr, that makes weak men strong. All druggists, Wo or 11. Cure guaran teed. Booklet and sample free. Address Sterling Remedy Ca. Chicago or New York. So-To-ftw for Fifty Cents.. Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak men strong, Mood pure. SQc,H. All druggists. I Reynl snakes the feed pete, POWDER AbMolvteiy Puro SOYAt BAKINS NOWMS CO., NSW YORK. Easter Hats Are Rich To describe the coming Easter bate and bonnets must sorely try the pen of so capable a writer as Isabel A. Mallon. In the March Ladies* Home Journal she pictures the feminine headdress that will have its first airing on fashion’s great show day—Easter. The united effort of pen and pencil bring the conviction that the vogue gives the widest range an to shape of headdress, and that the plumage of al most every known bird will be brought into requisition, beside artistic dapli cates of every flower of. the hothouse, garden and field will be called upon to ■apply the ornamentation* The vel vets and ribbons may be as rich as the purse can buy, and the woman cause» lect almost anything in the way of col ors or combinations and yet be entire ly within the bounds of vogue. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. n«fu- Where Are the Privates? Several patriotic persons have pub- U<dy offered their sqfvices as captains, colonels and general in case of war with Spain, or without regard to whether there will be any war, but if any man has offered his services to the country, through any Governor or the President, as a private, his name has not been made public. All these vol unteers want to be officers. .If we fight Spain it’will be with an army of offi cers.—Knoxville Tribune. OITO BKJOYS Both the method ana results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys tem effectually, dispels colds, head aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro duced, pleasing to the taste and ac ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup ot Figs is for sale in 50 cent bottles by all leading drug gists. • Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it Do not acceptany substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG STROP CO, «ur AMMnaco, cal uomau. a. k* tom. Still. Leading. A. K. Hawkes received the gold medal highest award from the great Exposition, superior lens-grinding and excellency .n the manufacture of spectacles and eye glasses. This award was justly earned by Mr. Hawkes as the superiority of his glasses over all others has made them amousall over the country. They are now being sold in over eight thousand cities and towns in the U. 8. Prices are never reduced, same to all. J. & Son have a still assort ment of all the latest styles IT IS TRUE, IF YOU SEE IT I IN MY ADVERTISEMENT! i Every article of Winter Wear at absolute cost for the next two weeks. I WILL BE ABSENT, VIBITING THE WHOLESALE MARKETS AND PURCHASING THE NOBBIEST LINE OF CIXXTHING EVER SHOWN TN GRIFFIN. In the Mean Time f IT WILL PAY YOU TO BUY ANY THING YOU MAY NEED j IN WINTER GOODS, AS YOU WILL GET IT AT ABSOLUTE NEW YORK COST, FOR THE CASH. * . '; *'■ < -’f .. • .X 1 ;..- ‘ ■■v.£.wgß ' • - ’ •». ' 4 '.ST;''' , r. '■ THOS.J.WHITE Clothier, Furnisher and Hatter. R-F. Strickland & Co. w New Spring Goods. VISIT OUR STORE THIS WEEK AND WE WILL SHOW YOU MANY NEW AND ATTRACTIVE THINGS THAT WE CAN NOT TELL YOU ABOUT HlfißK, BLACK DRESS GOODS. u>. « 7 ‘ ““ 7 pi ~“ JMt r ' oeiv " l ,Bd pricM •“ NOVELTY DRESS GOODS. 40-inch Novelty Suiting only 25c., worth 40c. f oaiting ß in broken plaids, very new, 50c. 40-inch all wool Suiting in braid effects, 50c. Printed Duck Suitings, 10c. and 12ic. SILKS, RIBBONS AND CHIFFONS. New Taffeta Bilka, guaranteed not to split, 75c. Plaid and striped Silks for shirt waists. All popular shades of Satin only 50c. Black Batin, 27-inch wide, 75c. to $1.50. 44-inch Mousehn, all ahadra, 75c. New stock of Satin Bibbons. New stock of Sachs Ribbons. NOTIONS AND WHITE GOODS. It is impossible to enumerate the many things in this line, but our reputation for correct styles, good qualities and low prices makes this the best shopping place in Griffin. B. F. STRICKLAND & Cft BANKHUPT SALE OF HARDWARE I Having bought at Sheriff’s sale the entire stock Hardware, Stoves, Tinware, Farming Implements, etc., of C. H. JOHNSON & SONS, we are determined to close it out with in 60 daysr— Such bargains in Hardware as you will find in dur store have never before been offered in Griffin. W. D. Davis $ Bro. 59 Ten Cento per Week