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rpT TT7 H TfATI w ttik A T X X XXL Vol IX No. 207. I WILL ARRlVE tomorrow. rAMP NORTHEN PUT IN A FINN | CONDITION. '<• Everythin* Will be Beady For the Volunteera When They Beach Camp Tomorrow The work of putting Camp Nor then in good condition lor th* volunteer .oldiera i« progreeeing rapidly and by night will be ready for occupancy. Capt. Lewie H. Kenan came down from Atlanta yesterday to superintend the unloading of equipments and the erection of tente. Before night every-, thing bad been carefully stored in the F comtniwary apartments and today a large force oi hands will put up the •even hundred tents, which are all that can be secured for the present. Tomorrow the troops will begin to arrive, and train after train will pour its living freight Into tbs beautiful groves al Camp Northen, and by Sun day night its tented bills will contain nearly 2,500 volunteer soldiers from « all over Georgia. The companies composing ths two regiments of infantry are about all recruited above the minimum, and the First snd Second batteries of artillery have enough men, so that mobilisa tion could be started today, but as the physical examination always results in the rejection of a considerable per centage of the recruits, and it is use less to pay mileage on men who can’t serve, the mobilisation will not take place until there has been a prelimi nary examination in every town and city where troops are being recruited. For this reason two days were al- Rowed for the doctors to get through Hbw work before tbs railroads will be tgin theirs. Every Georgia volunteer will be nnustered into the United State* eer -vice at the camp at Griffin. ■ Captain •S C- Mills, who was detailed to Atlao* ■la to sot »» muster officer, telegraphed to Wasbiugton immediately upon learning of the change in the location of the volunteer camp, and was in formed that he could go to Griffin to muster the ttoops. He will reach here to night and open his muster -office at the camp. Lieutenant Kirkman, who will be -the United States commissary agent and quartermaster at the volunteer -camp, was also authorised to proceed tto Griffin and take charge of the ■equipment and supplies as seon as they are sent there by the government* lhe volunteers will use the old gnus which belong to the state until the new Krag-Jorgeneeu rides arrive from Washington. The commanders deci ded that it would be best not to wait for the new guns, as the troops should be instr noted at once in the use of arms. Over 500 of the old-fashioned 45 caliber Springfield rifles have been eeul down from Atlanta and the sol diers from other portionspf the state -will bring their guns with them. As soon as the guns and equipment ■to be sent here by the government ar rives the state’s property will be ship ped back to Atlanta, including tents and everything sent yesterday. The soldiers will then have to put up the new tents and don the uniforms sent here by the government. It may be two or three days before the equip ment is here. The men who are sent to the camp will not go in their company uniforms, as the militia uniforms in nearly every case belong to the state companies. The volunteers will go to camp in tbeir citizen's clothes and until tbjp regulation uniforms arrive will drilled without uniforms After the regulation suits come the men will take off tbeir citizens’clothes and send them back to their homes. In camp the volunteers will be forced t« wear the regulation attire. The boys will be kept under strict camp rules The change of the camp location 'has entailed two days’ delay in getting this troops massed If the government had permitted the use of Fort McPher son some of the men would already have been mustered io but now that a change has been ordered it will lake -more time for the mobilization. The commanders were unanimously of the opinion that it would be better to get the aamp io ship shape before sending down the troops, as there will be enough work for the volunteers aside from the work of erecting lente And cleaning up the eamp grounds. # a FLOATING IN CUBA. STABS AND STRIFES PLANTED ON THS ISLAND Samnson’s Fleet and the Flying Squad ron to Meet the Spanish Warships —Siersbee Again on Deck- Washington, May 5.—A diapmcb from Key West says the tug Leyden has returned there after having lauded two parties on Cuban soil, one of them having had subsequently a sharp en gagement with Spanish force**. One of the parties consisted, accord ing to reports, of a commission from Washington to General Gomes, which was debarked on the north shore of Banta Clara province, from whence an immediate start for the interior was made. The other party, which landed near Martel, north of Havana, waa under, command of the Cuban leader. General Baldomero Acosta Before thia company went ashore the cruiser Wilmington shelled some Spanish cavalry assembled in the vi clbity, and when the landing was ef fected « Acosta’s attachment charged awd routed the Spaniards, who, in their retreat, took with them about 60 wounded comrades, but left 16 dead on the field. The American and Cuban colors were hoisted side by side on Guben soil. The parly that landed on the Santa Clara province was fired upon by Spanish cavalry in ambush, and a Cuban land force under General Dias attacked the Spanish, who were 200 strong. The landing party, it is stated, com prised a score or more of agents of the Cuban junta, a United States commis sioner and General Acosta, together with cavalry horses, arms and ammu nition destined for General Acosta, former commander in cavalry* troops io the western part of Havana prov ince. The Leyden was twice fifed upon. She boars bullet marks on her smoke stack. The Spaniards who opened the fire on the dispatch boat were driven back by the insurgents. It is officially reported that none of the Americans or Cubans of the expe dition were killed or wounded. It is said that each party did not consist of over a dozen men. Facto all point to tbe theory that there is to be a union of warships un der Rear Admiral Sampson with those under Commodore Schley at a point io tbe ocean previously agreed upon and that tie scouta are to report to them tbe location and direction of the Spanish ships. It is not believed to be possible that tbe Spanish ‘ships will be able to avoid all of tbe scout ing vessels. As soon as Rear Admiral Sampson learns the whereabouts of the Spanish fleet and tbe direction in which it is sailing be can*get under way to inter* cept it, throwing bis scouts out in front so ss to cover a wide expanse of sea and following with bis armor ves sels in tbe line of battle ready to give fight as soon as they come in contaot with the enemy. Four Spanish warships are reported to be off Barbadoes prepared to inter cept tbe Battleship Oregon, when a navel battle is expected. Nothing has been beaid from Com modore Dewey yet, but tbe officials are expscting news from him today. The big auxiliary cruiser St. Paul, with Captain Sigsbee on tbe bridge, left Cramp’s shipyard at 8:30 o’clock ■ Ahis morning and steamed down the ▼Delaware river to Deep Water Point, wbrre abe dropped anchor. Tbe St. Paul's stay at Deep Water Point will be only long enough to allow her to take aboard ammunition. Her deatinatioif is not known but it is believed that she is to do scout duty along ths middle Atlantic. When Nature Needs assistance it may be best to render in promptly, but one should remember to use even the most perfect remedies only when needed. The beet and most simple and gentle remedy is the Syrup of Figs, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Company. General X. E. Church, South, Conference Baltimore, Kay 4 28, ’» On account of the. above occasion the Seaboard Air Line will sell round trip tickets from Griffin to Baltimore for > $17.50. Tickets on sale May 2d, 3d, 4fli, i Oth, 10th, 11th, good for rettum passage until June 15th, 1898, inclusive. GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 6, 1898. UNLOADING COAL. | Two W«yi of Dlacharzlnc Coal Xrom Ca- I I nalboat* Into Carta. Scoops like those that are used in 11 taking np mud from under water, in 11 deepening slips, that shut together in 1 1 * the mud, biting out a great mouthful of 11 it to be lifted up and dropped into a I scow, are also used in unloading coal —II in taking coal out of boats. The ordinary II way of unloading coal from boats into 11 carts on the wharf alongside is with 11 big scoops holding a quarter of a ton H 1 each, which are hung on pivots so that 11 I when they are cast loose they can easily I ! be upset and emptied. These scoops are filled in the boat by men who tip the scoop on its side toward tbe coal and scrape the coal down into it until it is ■ almost full and then right it up and finish filling it with shovels. The scoop J is hooked on to a rope and hoisted up by home or steam power to the driver | waiting with his cart on the wharf, who empties the scoop into his cart. i Meanwhile the men below are filling another scoop. The shovelarawho do this work earn good wages, but they , must be men of strength and * and they may have to work long hours. 1 I The steam scoop is used in only the 1 smaller sizes of coal, but tbe work that < it does is done much cheaper than it' ( ’ could be done by hand shoveling. Tbe ■ * scoop is dropped open upon the coal in * the hold of a canalbeat and then dosed 4 , by power operated by the engineer who ’ runs it. The separated? lower-edges of | the two parts of the scoop are drawn to- f gether down through tbe coal until they * meet, thus holding tbe coal inclosed. 1 The scoop is then hoisted up and < swung in by power, not over the cart, i but over an elevated pocket or bln . 1 which has a spout on each side so that two carts can load at once. When it ‘ has been swung in, the scoop is opened, < to discharge its contents into the pocket, i and then it is swung out again and once more dropped open upon the coal iu the ■ boat below.—New York Sun. , —r—. < Electric Lighting In Tunnel*. | America is leading the way in the | matter of illuminating railway tunnels by means of electricity. The Baltimore ’ , tunnel is thus lighted, and arrange- < meats are being made to light the Hoo- i sac tunnel ip the same way. Similarly, ( on the continent the great St. Gothard , tunnel will shortly be illuminated by , means at arc lamps. The advantages • | claimed for an electrically illuminated i railway tunnel are many. Among other j things, it will presumably greatly re- ( dace the chances of an accident happen- , ing either from collision or -through » r , broken rail or an obstruction, as the . enigneer will be enabled to see clearly a long way ahead—far enough at least, if the lights are properly distributed, to stop his train in time.—lndustries and Iron. Variation* on an Ancient Theme. i “My wife,” said the tall, lantern jawed man, “is as womanly a woman as you could find, but she can hammer nails like lightning. ” “Wonderful,** sang the chorus. “Lightning, 1 * the tall, lantern jawed , man continued, “seldom strikes twice in the same place. ’’—Cincinnati Ed- ’ tuirer, ' In a Nutshell- I An army, three corps. I A corps, three divisions. 1 A division, three brigades. A brigade, three regiments. A regiment, three battalions. A battalion, three companies. A company, one hundred men. 1 Now you’ve got it. The above fig- 1 urea represent averages and are subject i to change. ' Major generals will command corps * and divisions. » Brigadier generals, brigades. > Colonels, regiments. Majors, battalions. I Captains, companies. * A lieutenant colonel is a vice colonel, i that is, takes place of his superior when absent. Tbe adjutant and quar- * termaster rank as lieutenants and are » appointed by Uie colonel. The sur geon ranks as major, assistant surw > geon as captain. Chaplain ranks as > captain. e » DsgfneM 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 r by constitutional remedies. Deafness is ) caused by an inflamed condition of the muoous lining ot the Eustachian Tube. * When this tube is inflamed you have a i rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and , when it la entirely closed, Deafness is the ' result, and unless the inflamation can be taken out and thia tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be de stroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh, which is nothing but r an inflamed condition of the mucous sur- > faces. ' T We will give One Hundred Dollars for s any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall’s Catarrh ’ Cure. Send for circulars; free. > F. J. Chbnet & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall’s Family Pills are the best. »j * . ’ ' ) flmtonz y ■*< z y /z * —tFtry ’ Educate Tour Howel* With Caaearet*. Canfly Cathartic, cure constipation torever. toe,oe. If C.C.C. fall, drujjrtsts refund money. I Royal make* the toad pare, I I POWDER Absolutely Pure I MOYAU BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK. What the South May Gain Beyond question the southern states will find in the preparations for war 'great opportunities, not only for mar tial distinction, but for development of business enterprises. Like its capi tal city of Washington, this country is distinguished for its ‘ msgnificent tiietancM.” In tha military mansu vers thousands of men will be trans ported' through tbe fertile states of the south at a most delightful season of the year. With the practical nature of our people, to see an opportunity is to improvs it. Tbe Tegiments will prose only the vanguard of an army of peaceful invasion to tbe sugar and cotton states, with tbeir mild climate and partially developed resources. In tbs field of active hostilities the southerners are already in especial re quisition, as being partly immune from the most dreaded enemy, yellow fever. No section of this courtly has ever been more noted for the personal courage and splendid daring of its cit izens than the southern states. As the first naval gun was fired by an officer who was a native of Tennessee, it is easy to foretell that a large abare of the honors of war will fall to our brothers on tbe other side ot Mason and Dixon’s line—Chicago Times .Hotald. OETB SNIOYS Both the' method ana results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to tho 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 of Figs is for sale in 50 cent bottles by all leading drug gists. 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