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® j*or County Surveyor,
W or Coil Qty S a 2lmnnr*tir nrimarv of June
B .nhiect to the uemocrfwc F r, “l“ T Li?Vr
I ft A. B. KELL.
S nftmmiitrianar
for County Commissioner.
I editor Call : Please announce that I
1 . randidate for re-election for County
I JtomiXsioner, subject to the action of the
i Erratic primary, and will be glad to
*Tthe support ot all the voters.
1 have the sup p j A> j. TIDWELL
I At the solicitation of many voters I
i «J*bv announce myself a candidate for
I ZXnntv Commissioner, subject to the dem
-1 Static primary. If elected, I pledge my-
■ if to an honest, business-like administra
| of county affairs in the direction of
K f“ e r taxes. R. R STRICKLAND.
i I hereby announce myself a candidate
I for County Commissioner, subject to the
» timocratic primary to be held June 23,
It next If elected, I pledge myself to eco-
K nomical and business methods in conduct-
■ Jwrthe affiirs oi the county.
| F ** W.J. FUTRAL.
R / I hereby announce myself a candidate
|g|; for County Commissioner of Spalding
Or -nnntv. subject to the Democratic primary
SF J June 23d. W. W. CHAMPION.
i To the Voters of Spalding County: I
hereby announce myself a candidate for
| reflection to the offleeof County Commis
t > ifoner of Spalding county, suhjecMo the
< democratic primary to be held on June 23,
| 1898. My record in the past is my pledge
for future faithfulness.
I D. L. PATRICK.
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I For Bepresentatiys.
I To the Voters ot Spalding County: I
am a candidate for Representative to the
legislature, subject to the primary oi the
democratic party, and will appreciate your
support. J. P. HAMMOND.
Editor Call: Please announce my
name as a candidate for Representative
from Spalding county, subject to the action
oi the democratic party. I shall be pleased
to receive the support of all the voters,and
if elected will endeavor to represent the
interests of the whole county.
J. B. Bell"
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For-Tax Collector.
I respectfully announce to the citizens
of Spalding county that I am a candidate
for re-election to the office of Tax Collec
tor of this county, subject to the choice of
the democratic primary, and shall be
grateful for all votes given me.
T. R. NUTT.
For County Treasurer, i
To the Voters of Spalding County: I
announce myself a candidate for re-elec
tion for the office of County Treasurer,
subject to democratic primary, and if elect
ed promise to be as faithful in the per
formance of my duties in the future as I
have been in the past.
I J. C. BROOKS.
j For Tax Eeosiver.
| Editor Call : Please announce to the
voters of Spalding county that lama can
didate for the office of Tax Receiver, sub
ject to the Democratic primary of June
! 23rd, and respectfully ask the support of
all voters of this county.
Respectfully,
H R. H. YARBROUGH.
I respectfully announce myself as a can
didate for re-election to the office of Tax
Receiver of Spalding county subject to the
action of primary, if one is held.
8. M. M’COWELL.
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For Sheriff.
| I respectfully inform my friends—the
people of Spalding county—that I am a
candidate for the office of Sheriff, subject
to the verdict of a primary, if one is held
Your support will be thankfully received
E and duly appreciated.
M J. PATRICK.
I am a candidate for the democratic
nomination for Sheriff, and earnestly ask
the support of all my friends and tbe pub
lic. If nominated and elected, it shall be
my endeavor to fulfill the duties of the of
fice as faithfully as m the past.
M. F. MORRIS.
WORKS_OF ART.
Belford, Middlebrook & Co., of Chicago,
are publishing weekly a series of beautiful
portfolios, devoted to the AMERICAN
NAVY AND CUBA The illustrations
are reproductions of photographs, with
introduction and descriptive texts, show
ing all the vessels of our navy, the
MAINE, as she majestically rode the
waves before her destruction, and all of
her officers.
CUBA, THE QUEEN OF THE AN
TILLES, is illustrated in all its phases,
from tbe captain general’s palace to the
hovels of its starving wretches—shown as
it is today, not as it will appear after
Sampson's fleet has bombarded it, that
will come later.
We have made exclusive arrangements
with the publishers whereby we will fur
nish our subscribers with these beautiful
portfolios, containing 16 reproductions in
each number, at 10 cents for each series.
The regular subscription price is 50 cents,
and those wishing them, who are not sub
scribers to our paper, can secure them at
that price. And they are well worth 50
cents.
We have samples of these beautifhl
works of art and history in our office
which we would be glad to show you and
tnke your subscription for the entire series
of as many parts as you wish.
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I 1 A BESSEMER FAILURE. ~
Str Henry** Ship Which W M to Oo Away <
j With SeaaiokiMMC.
, A quarter of a century ago the late Sir
j Henry Bessemer tackled the problem 1
which thousands of bis fellow countrymen <
tackle every year in vain—the problem of !
finding a remedy for seasickness. Mr. i
Bessemer’s idea was to secure a quiet
[ haven of rest in the midst of the vessel at •
r pea where tbe voyager might remain and i
> defy seasickness with ease and dignity.
> His plans first began to take shape in
1869, though they did not arrive at the
point of practical experiment until five :
years later. He perceived early that tbe .
r notion of gaining steadiness by suspension '
* on axes, as in the ship’s lamp or compass, i
would not suffice, for, though the compass
' is by means of its suspension on a double
■ axis retained in a horizontal plane, it nev-
■ ertbeless rlshs and falls with the pitching
1 of the vessel. Hence, in applying the prin
ciple to a saloon, it was necessary to go to
tbe middle of tbe ship’s length, where the
. pitching is practically nothing, and to the
. middle point of her breadth also, where
there is litflo or no motion.
' But there were other difficulties to bo
. overcome. Freely suspended objects, such
as pendulums, begin to oscillate whenever
their point of suspension is moved. Tbe
transit of tbe passengers to and fro would
produce motion, and the action «f tbe
• wind on the sides of the vessel woulircauso
’ the same effect Mr. Bessemer believed
that he had overcome these difficulties by
tbe application of hydraulic power.
The hydraulic power was certainly ar
ranged with extreme Ingenuity, and the
large saloon, weighing 140 tons and sus
pended in the midst of tbe vessel, oould be
moved with a touch. Ini order to make
’ room for the saloon the engines and boilers
J were moved from the usual place which
they occupied in' tbe old paddle steamers
to points on either side fore and aft of the
saloon, and duplicate sets of boilers and
engines were provided—“in order to short
en” the dreaded channel voyage.
The hydraulic suspension woe not the
, only ingenious device which was depend
ed upon to keep the saloon steady. The
great speed of the ship—she was expected
to attain very high speed, although in
practice the speed never exceeded 13M
knots—was trusted to diminish the pitch
ing, and she was given a low freeboard,
40 feet long at each end. Tbe effect of this
freeboard, so it was believed, would be to
cut into the waves, ship part of them on
the low deck, and so balance the vessel.
The Bessemer inaugurated her first trip
to Calais by smashing old Calais pier, tbe
1 hydraulic steering gear failing to act at a
critical moment, and, as a matter of fact,
tbe hydraulic appliances for steadying her
saloon were not tried, the real reason be
ing that they were not finished. Subse
-1 quent experiments were equally unsatis
, factory. Tbe swinging saloon did not be
have at sea in tbe same way as tbe steam
rooked model which Bessemer bad studied
on land. In comparatively calm water,
which still might have enough swell to be
unpleasant, it would not act at all.
Moreover, tbe boat was really too large
for Calais harbor. Her fate was sealed by
the bankruptcy of the company that
owned her, and in 1876 she was sold by
' order of the liquidators. The buyer re
moved tbe saloon and its machinery, dis
carded the hydraulic steering gear and
built up the low freeboard to the level of
the rest of the deck. In this commonplace
guise the old Bessemer had a career and
only differed from the less stuffy channel
boats in having four paddle wheels in
stead of two.—Philadelphia Record.
Sabbath Breakers.
At a meeting of the local Womenls Tem
perance union at Ottawa the other day a
lady gave a shocking example of the in
difference to Sabbath observance which is
creeping over the modern world. She stat
ed that she Bad, to her shame and sorrow,
seen two men looking in at the window of
a well known tailor’s shop on the Sabbath
day, evidently engaged in selecting the
materials for their new spring suits. She
added that she had consulted a solicitor
as to whether there is no law which oould
be invoked for the purpose of putting a
stop to such profane conduct and that she
had been Informed in reply that, though
there is at present no law under which
tradesmen can be compelled to pull their
blinds down on Sundays, It was quite
within the power of the legislature to pass
such a law. She asked the meeting to
join In a petition to the legislature tn fa
vor of such an enactment, and the matter
was referred to tbeLord's day committee.
I believe that I can cap the shocking ex
perience of this Canadian lady. I have
seen ladles in church on Sunday taking.
' stock of the bonnets of their lady neigb
- bore, obviously with the view of deciding
on tbe purchases that they contemplated
making during the week. Such conduct
: occurs in all countries. It seems highly
Improbable that there 1s any law in Canada
for the purpose of stopping this desecra
tion not only of tbe Sabbath, but of the
bouse of prayer, and the Canadian legis-
* lature would do well to take this evil into
consideration at the same time as the oth
er.—London Truth.
The Oklahoma Craze.
i The mania for land was curiously illus
, trafed by the rush of settlers and specula
[ tors upon tbe opening of new lands in
Oklahoma, says Henry J. Fletcher in The
. Atlantic. An immense multitude left
, homes in a dozen states and flocked thlth
t er by rail, in wagons, on horseback and
i on foot, camped outtor weeks and months
■ along the borders of the promised land,
suffered all kinds of privations and rdeed
madly across the line when the gun was
l fired, only to find that there were ten com
petitors for every quarter section, and the
land, when they got it, far inferior to that
l which they left behind. Tbe unsuccessful
ones eked out a miserable existence as
long as they oould in the mushroom towns
' and finally drifted forlornly back to the
; surrounding states. '
I Many western towns deliberately intox
icated themselves in imitation of their
. neighbors. Prices were forced up by
j means of brass band auctions and artificial*
[ excitement. Raw villages on the prairies
I indulged in rosy dreams of greatness, and
gaslights twinkled where the coyotes
should have been left undisturbed. Every
city and town in the regions chiefly af
[ fected by tbe great “boom" contained
• families impoverished by the collapse. It
’■ had its root in the true spirit of gambling
J and has borne Its legitimate fruit
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A Matter of Race Pride.
’ Scientific Parent (on a stroll)—-You see
out there in tbe street, my son, a simple
! illustration of a principle to mechanics.
» Tbe man with the cart pushes it in front
1 of him. Can you guess why? Probably
J not. I will ask him. Note his answer, my
i son. (To banana peddler.) My good man,
1 why do you push that cart instead of pull
i ing R? ..... •
u Banana Peddler—’Cause I ain't a hose.
| —Now York World.
t OLD JIM.
Amusing Karie, To;d About • XtanMß I
Fire Herse *of Boats*.
Stories of the intelligence displayed by
horses in fire departments have been told .
over end ovpT a,;aln, but there is a horse '
in the Boston fire, department that setons
to bo worthy ofdi little attention at this
time, as be has about completed the days 1
When he can be used with safety and prob- ’
ably will soon go where he will have noth- I
Ing to do bnt kick up his heels and enjoy i
himself. This horse is known to the mom- <
bers of tho department and, indeed, to 1
many of tbe citizens of Boston as Old
Jim, and is now at tho Dartmouth street
engine house, where he is an “emer
gency” horse. This means that be is used 1
when one of tbe regular animals is sick or 1
away being shod or when the condition of :
tbe streets demands an extra horeo. i
Tho men tell several amusing stories <
about him and the way be acts when an '
alarm is sounded in tbe engine house. As :
soon as the “tapper” sounds and the stall
doors fly open Old Jim makes a rush for
the floor. As soon as he leaves bis stall
and gets out on tbe main floor be hesitates <
a moment and then rushes to tbe vacant
place as though he undWrtood that he was
as likely to have to fill one. position as an
other. Another little trick he has is that
of helping himself at the grain chest when
ho thinks no one is around to see him. He
will turn nearly around Jn bls stall and
with bis lips will shake the hook of the
rope back of him from thej ring in which
it is fastened. Then he will back out of
tbe stall and, going over to the grain
closet, will push back tbe wooden button
with his lips, pull tho door open and then,
raising tbe lid of tbe grain chest, will help
himself. If he bears tbe step of one of the
men, ho will rush book to his stall and
crouch up in one corner as if he knew
well enough he had been doing something
wrong. ' -
One of the most surprising stories told
about him to bis actions ata fire in
the leather district several years ago. The
story is vouched for by Captain Mulligan
of engine No. 22 and several of his men,
and, while it may seem hard to believe,
those who know the horse say that it is
thoroughly characteristic of him. Previous
to this fire Old Jim bad been quartered at
the Fort Hill square engine house, but had
been transferred to the Dartmouth street
house to take the place of another horse.
The fire was one that required the services
of the Dartmouth street company, and Old
Jim went to it as leader on the three horse
team of the engine. When the scene ot
the fire was' reached and the men settled
to work, tbe horses were detached from
tbe engine, and Old Jim was tied to a
lamppost, his two mates being connected
with him by the harness. When tho fire
had been subdued and the men were ready
to go back to their house, the driver went
over to get his horses, but no horses were
visible. No one had seen them go, and
immediately everybody began a search for
the missing team. And where does tbe
reader suppose those horses were found?
Old Jim, remembering his former home in
Fort Hill square and perhaps wishing to
introduce his companions to bis old mates,
had in some way unfastened his tie rein
and had towed his two mates to tbe htrtise
in Fort Hill square, where he was found
looking round contentedly and apparently
enjoying himself immensely.
One of his former drivers said recently
that when Old Jim was at Fort Hill »quare
he had many a time gone to a fire with tbe
bits hanging from his mouth, but he seem
ed to know just where he was going and
only needed the slightest pressure to make
him turn in any direction required. So
well did he seem to know just where he
was wanted to go that tbe men almost be
lieved be could count the alarms. In fact,
a boy did call at the Fort Hill square
house one day and asked to see the horse
that oould count the box when an .alarm
was sounded.—Boston Transcript.
The “Arbiter of Europe’s Destiny.”
The German emperor wishes to pose as
the arbiter of Europe’s destiny. He thinks
he can array Europe against England more
effectually than Napoleon ever did. With
a man holding such views, illumined by
the wisdom of God’s anointed, as he con
ceives, there oould be no durable under
standing—to think of a Hohenzollern with
a royal pedigree of less than two centuries
advancing such pretensions would have
shocked the least modest of the present
emberor’s ancestors—and, such being the
case, it is safer to base all our calculations
on his hostility. In this matter the Pripoe
of Wales has faithfully reflected English
sentiment. Ho is entitled to the credit of
having seen through tbe German ruler’s
sentiments from a very early period of his
reign and to have firmly refused to be any
party to tbe condonation of tho Emperor
William's offenses not merely against
good breeding, but against tbe dignity
and majesty of bis own country.
When the Prince of Wales is pursued
even to his private box in a theater so
that he may have to listen to the Imperial
explanation that braggadocio at Kiel does
not signify a Belshazzar’s warning for
England, it is high time for the German
ruler to take a lesson in manners as well
as in tbe arcana of far eastern politics.—
Contemporary Review.
The Stage and Society.
In view of the fact that Dr. Watson not
only sanctioned a dramatization of bls
stories, but has written approving of the
play, which he has read and oommends to
his friends in America, “whom I hold in
grateful remembrance,” it is Interesting
to quote from a dialogue which three per
sons have over bis name on “Amuse
ments” In The Woman at Home. Tbe
rector is easily identified with Dr. Watson,
and in summing np the case for the thea
ter he thus concludes:
“Don’t you think that, as there will be
a theater as long as children act by an in
stinct and the grown ups love to see good
acting, what good people ought to do is
not to ostracize tbe theater, but to purify
it?
"How can they do that? Why, by en
couraging managers to produce pure and
noble plays and supporting well living
actors till the higher drama be profitable
and tbe lower be left, to vicious .people,
where it will die through destitution. You
can never reform by repressing. The
Puritans tried that method, and the result
was the grossness of the restoration. You
can only reform by replacing. I wish well
to every mon and woman who helps to
make the stage a blessing and not a curse
to society. ’ ’—Bookman.
Mark Twain** “Jolly."
Tbe servants at the Players’ club, New
York, are looking for Mark Twain's ar
rival and anew “jolly.” At bls last visit
there —fallowing a year’s absence—he said
to the servant who admitted him, “See if
my overshoes are in the library. ” The
man reported they were not. “ Why, I left
them there the last time I went out! Who
could have been in tbe library since?”—
Boston Globe.
A VIRTUE OF OLIVE OIL.
....
Mhn-ot-war** Men Say That tt Will Fre-
Tho glasses were going round when
the man who had been in the navy
spoke: “Wait a minute, boys. We’ve
had several. Let me give you a tip that
I learned when X was on the China sta
tion. You are pretty good drinkers, you
Kentucky boys, and you can Bold your
own with anybody, east, west or north,
who tries to put you under the table.
But unless you carry out my plan don’t
you ever stack yourself up against an
Englishman, and especially ap army or
a naval officer. You could knock him
out on whisky, but he doesn’t drink
it, except in the shape of smoky Scotch
and Irish abominations. But cham
pagne, burgundy, claret, ale, sherry,
madeira, port, pulque in Mexico, saki
in China, palm liquor in Africa, bam
boos and shandygaff in India, steer clear
of them—that is, unless you have the
good luck to meet a certain little, yel
low faced, wizened creole from Louisi
ana whose recipe is passed around the
mess table of United States man-of-war
to this day.
“It started in the old days when the
British officers always had the pleasure
of outstaying their American guests or
hosts whenever two ships met on for
eign stations. Then that little yellow
devil came along with his trick, and
the Englishman has never since come
out better than second in any drinking
bout. The secret? Olive oil. One wine
glassful before the fun begins, and, if
possible, another later on, and you can
keep your wit and legs throughout the «
dampest evening, t suppose one of two
things happens. Eithey the oil coats the
Stomach and keeps the alcohol from be
ing absorbed by the system, or else it
floats on top and keeps the fumes from
rising to the brain. But you’ll have to
the medicine men about that. All I
know is its practical result, and that
has enabled us Yankee Doodles to go
homo cheerful and clear headed many
an evening when our foreign cousins
were speechless.”—Louisville Courier-
Journal. ‘
AMERICAN TOOLS ABROAD.
Parchaaer* Found For Them Nowaday*
Throughout the World.
‘ American tools are sold all over the
world. The New York representative of
an American tool manufacturing estab
lishment when asked where American
tools were sent ran over the export or
ders received that day. They included
orders from Hungary, Austria, Ger
many, France, England, South Africa
and South America. There were alto
gether about 20 orders, and from some
of the countries named there were two
or three orders. The export orders of
the previous day included orders from
Russia, Australia and New Zealand,
and these were not unusual orders, but
such as are constantly received. In the
shipping room at that moment stood
cases marked for Java, for Ecuador and
for Australia.
Many of these orders are small. In
some cases there were orders fora single
tool, or for two or three; for some orders
of half a dozen or two or three dozen to
supply orders or to keep lines filled.
These small orders are mostly from Eu
ropean countries, with which commu- j
nication is nowadays quick and conven
ient. European merchants order these
things just about as merchants in other
cities in this country would. It costs no
more to send to London than it does to
Chicagp, and it is as easy to send to
Berlin as it is to Paterson.
The characteristics that commend
these American tools to their foreign
purchasers are the same that mark
American machines and implements
generally—lightness, fine finish and
perfect adaptability to their several
uses. The exports of American tools to
all parts of the world are steadily in
creasing.—New York Sun.
Bad Story Talllna.
If Oscar Wilde’s assumption were to
be taken seriously, that all fiction is ly
ing, it might account for much that
afflicts readers, since the lack of morale
affects the intellect, and what is done
without conscience is apt to be done
badly. Os course all fiction is not lying,
as all killing is not murder, but it is a
sad fact that many writers of novels
and short stories seem to have left their
consciences and much of. their brains
behind when they go forth to work—as
if these belongings might safely remain
in seclusion, with the dress coat and
the white tie, to be brought out only
for especial occasions. Artemus Ward
onoe remarked that he had a giant mind,
but did hot have it with him, and that
(or the latter half of it) is apt to be the
case with any of us when we are care
less. True, even good Homer sometimes
nodded, bnt this affords no example for
us who are not Homers. Tooome to our
tasks otherwise than with all our wits
about us and invite public attention to
the chance “oozings of our brains” is
as if one should issue from his apart
ments unshorn and half clad or enter
upon the busy haunts of men without
money in his pocket.—Frederic M. Bird
in Lippincott's.
IsMither wnd
There is one use of kerosene which U
seldom mentioned. It often happens
that when a heavy shoe or boot ha* been
wet it hardens and draws so that it
hurt* the foot. If the shoe is.put on
and the leather thoroughly wet with
kerosene, the stiffness will disappear
and the leather become pliable, adapt
ing itself to the foot If oiled while
wet the leather retains its softness a
longer time. The kerosene does not in
jure the leather at all
Attire beginning of this century a
most peculiar cholera remedy was in
use in Persia. It consisted in wadding
up a leaf from the Koran and forcing it
down the patient's throat
The medical department of the queers’
household costs £2,700 yearly and com
prises 24 persona
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AN OPEN LETTER
To MOTHERS.
WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THB
EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD “ CABTOBIA,” AND W
“ PITCHER’S CASTORIA,” AS OUR TRADE MARK.
I t DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, qf Hyannis, Massachusetts,
was the originator qf “PITCHER’S CASTORIA,” the same
that has borne and does now on
bear the facsimile signature es wrapper.
This is the original “ PITCHER’S CASTORIA,” which has been
used in the homes of the Mothers of America for over thirty
years. LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it is
the kind you have always bought 7/^9 —37* 0,1
and has the signature of wrap-
per. No one has authority from me to use my name ex
cept The Centaur Company of which Chas. H. Fletcher is
?i, j
March 8,1897. . •
Do Not Be Deceived.
Do not endanger the life of your child by accepting
a cheap substitute which some druggist may offer yo”
(because he makes a few more pennies on it), the in
gredients of which even he does not know.
“The Kind You Have Always Bought”
BEARS THE FAC-SIMILE SIGNATURE Cr
. Insist on Having
The Kind That Never Failed You.
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