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I Surveyor.
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' y tf OountyJkmmlwioMr.
1«. CM* ■• Pl** s ‘nnouoce that I
I ® for re-election for County
II ±?Xioner, subject to the action of the
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H M»eth«Buppo j j TIDWELL.
I i. the solicitation of many voters I
II announce myself a candidate for
■ VVntv Commissioner, subject to the dem-
11 ScpHmary. If elected I pledge my
-1 to an honest, business-like admmistra
-1 •n of county affairs in the direction of
1 .JJJJtexes. R- F. STRICKLAND.
SI .- f hereby announce myself a candidate
® Jnouniy Commissioner, subject to the
vLwriretic primary to be held June 23,
1 257 If elected, I pledge myself to eco
a nniical and business methods in conduct-
■ Stteaffairs oi the county.
1 W. J. FUTRAL.
HI- thereby announce myself a candidate
Up. County Commissioner of Spalding
» l&ntv. subject to the Democrat io primary
||bfM 23d. W, W. CHAMPION.
Ifi To the Voters of Spalding County: I
announce myself a candidate for
B reflection to the office of County Commis-
W’’ doner of Spalding county, subject to the
democratic primary to be held on June 23,
Ip 1898. My record in the past is my pledge
■' for future faithfulness.
I D. L. PATRICK.
■ For IBepresenUtiye.
I To the Voters ot Spalding County: I
ft »m a candidate for Representative to the
| legislature, subject to the primary oi the
I.
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Editor Call: Please announce my
mime as a candidate for Representative
9 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.
For Tax Collector.
I respectfully announcer 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 oi
the democratic primary, and shall be
grateful for all votes given me.
• T. R. NUTT,
For Omty Treasurer. ,
To the Voters of Spalding County; I
respectfully announce myself a candidate
for election for the office of County Treas
urer, subject to the democratic primary,
and if elected promise to attend faithfully
to the performance of the duties of the
office, and will appreciate the support o>
my friends. W. P. HORNE.
ik To the Voters of Bpaiding 'County: I
K Announce myself a candidate for re-elec-
■ tion for the office of County Treasurer,
J subject to democratic primary, and if elect-
I ed promise to be as faithful in the per
f formance of my duties in the future as I
have been in the past.
J. C. BROOKS.
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For Tax Receiver.
Editor Call : Please announce to the
voters of Spalding county that I am a 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,
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.
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
and duly appreciated.
M J. PATRICK.
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I am a candidate for the democratic
nomination for Sheriff, and earnestly ask
the support of all my friends and the 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.
~~ WORKSJF ART.
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Portfolios, devoted to the AMERICAN
NAVY AND CUBA. The illustrations
are reproductions of photographs, wigi
introduction and descriptive text*, shovß
the vessels of our navy, the
MAINE, as she majestically rode thia
waves before her destruction, and all of
her officers.
CUBA, THE QUEEN OF THE AN
TILLES, is illustrated in all its phases,
[rom the captain general’s palace to the
hovels of its starving wretches-shown as
a 18 not ws it will appear after
“wnpson’s fleet has bombarded it, that
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Registration Notice.
oJn u. COUnt3 L regißlr * tion books are now
2d an in Embus’ Shoe Store
Water qUa ® so should call and
wJU close twenty days before each
««mon. T. R. NUTT, T. U.
g arewAwtiir”*
The **e«ple sad the of » nunous 1
Chin«M City.
> There are Europeans at Canton, but
they live in a settlement outside the
native city. Their influence, like their
place of abode, is merely upon the out
ermost edge of the community. Oar
ideals of civilization have not touched
the people. They are today as they
have been for centuries past They
sneer at our institutions and consider
themselves in every way superior to the
white “barbarian. ” Casual visitors to
the crowded city visit the various points
of interest by means of sedan chairs.
They are accompanied by a native
guide, who conscientiously goes through
a long catalogue of things, wonderful
or horrible, in English, which is fluent
ly spoken but imperfectly understood
by those to whom it is addressed. The
guide is very attentive to those in his
care, very polite in his manners, and
often possessed of a fair amount of hu
mor.
The streets of the city are of a pattern
of immemorial antiquity. None is more
than ten feet wide. The houses lean ip
ward from the base and almost meet
overhead, shutting out all but the nar
rowest strip of daylight Signboards
are.hwug perpendicularly outside every
housa. They are elaborately carved and
gayly decorated with abundance of gold
leaf and scarlet or black lacquer. The
mystic looking symbols inform the curi
ous that one particular shop is “Prosper
ed by Heaven,” another has “Never
Ending Good Luck, ” while yet another
Market of Golden Profits”—the
said profits, be it known, goingnnto the
- pocket of the dealer.
Among the most interesting sights of
this unchangeable city are the pawn
shops. They are often great, square,
solid granite structures, which look
more like old border keeps than the'
residences of accommodating “uncles. ’*
The pawnshop fulfills a double pur
pose. It advances money at an interest
varying from 20 to 86 per cent, and it
stares in safety within its massive walls
those articles of finery and adornment
which are only required at special times
and seasons. On the flat roofs of these
citadels are piles of stones and jars of
vitriol, ready to repel any attack that
may be made by thieves, whose methods
of plunder are less refined than those of
the pawnbrokers.
In the jade stone market we meet
with the Chinese parallel to the western
diamond. The best stones are very val
uable and are brought from Turkestan,
the only place in the wprld where mines
of thia stone are worked. Every well to
do Chinaman wears a ring, brooch or
bracelet of jhde, and the poor, who are
unable to purchase the real article, wear
ornaments of glass, which are colored
in imitation of the more expensive jade.
Shaggy dogs with coal black tongues are
disposed of in another market. Fried rat
and boiled frog, not to mention fricas
seed puppy, tempt the hungry into the
native restaurant The local “medicine
man, ** adhering to the prescriptions of
his ancestors, makes pills and potions,
of which the chief ingredients are wax,
deers’ horns, petrified bones, petrified
crabs, snakes, .scales of the armadillo,
tigers’ bones and lime. When the medi
cines do not cure, they kill, and whether
the patient lives or dies he does so
knowing that at any rate no hated for
eigner has had anything to do with the
strength or quality of his medical diet
—European Magazine, London.
SHEATHING A SHIP. .
Composition Metal Now Larjely Used
Work Quickly and Handsomely Done.
Yachts built of wood are sheathed
with copper, and so are many tugboats.
Merchant ships are sometimes sheathed
with copper, but nowadays the material
most commonly used is a composition
metal which in appearance resembles
brass. It does not wear so long as cop
per, but it costs less. The composition
metal comes in sheets about 8 feet by 1
foot 4 inches. They are fastened on the
ship with nails of the same material
Sometimes the sheathing is nailed di
rectly on to the hull of the ship. Some*
times it is nailed over another sheathing
of felt, which helps to preserve the
calking in the seams.
When the ship-has beepuplaced in a
drydock or raised out of Water on a
floating dock, theold metal is stripped
off, and if shftjs to have a felt sheath
ing the bottom of the shipis first paint
ed with a qfiatof pitch, and the sheets
iff felt are laid upon that, and then the
sheets of metal are nailed on over them.
The work is done very rapidly and at
the sin— timewith great nicely. Every
pail head is sunk so that it is flush
with the plate. If the hand were passed
over the sheathing anywhere, it would
be found smooth. If ithegail heads were !
permitted to project tkey would of I
course interfere with tip speed of the !
• vessel; .E‘ 'B 1
' Seventy-five men can sheathe an 1,800
■ ton ship in two days. The cost of
sheathing such a ship with composition
. metal over felt, including material,
, dock charges, labor and everything,
| would be about |4,000, or a little less,
and such a sheathing would last about
two long voyages.—New York Sun.
Her Xteoe on the Plate*.
A new industry, first put forward un
der the patronage of Mra. John Jacob
Astor, has blossomed forth. This rich
young wmnan, cue of the most promi
nent and beautiful of New York’s fash
ionable matrons, has had her own face
j painted with most exquisite art on six
very choice Sevres plates that are only
used for her smallest and most select
i luncheon parties. The plates show Mrs.
l Astor in evening dress, tailor dress, re
i ception gown, skating furs, in a - delicate
summer muslin and in her bridal gown.
The table of measures says that three
barleycorns make one inch, and so they
' do. When the standards of measures
» were first established, three barleycorns,
I well dried, were taken and laid end to
end, three being understood to make an
1 inch in length.
MftS. THOMAS tXIftLYLE. -
O»e Occasion Whoa the Clever Woman <
Waa Snrprlaed and Confounded.
The brightest time for Mrs. Carlyle’s
talk was during after day j
she poured forth witty stories, most of ,
which I have almost forgotten, but in ,
any case it would be desecration to at
tempt to repeat almost any of them. ,
The characteristics of living men and
women were often dashed off in a few
pithy words, not without satirical ,
touches. George Henry Lewes was not
one of her favarites, but I noted with
pleasure the way in which she spoke of
the wonderful transformation effected
by the influence on him of George Eliot.
One of her experiences was when vis
iting a shoemaker’s shop to make a pur
chase, at the time when sandaled shoes
were worn, like those represented in
the original illustrations of Dickens.
The sandals were of black ribbon, uncut
until the shoes were worn by the pur
chaser at home. Mrs. Carlyle tried on
many shoes, and each time that a shoe
proved unsuitable she unconsciously
slung it on to her left arm. Being at
last suited, and having paid her bill,
she left the shop, and had walked a lit- ■
tie way when she heard a shout behind
her. Looking back she saw the shop
man running after her, much excited
and insisting on her returning the stolen
shoes. Looking down, she saw to her
surprise a number of shoes dangling
from her arm. The man indignantly
asked her name and address. Her as
tonishment was such that her name was
obliterated for a time from her memory
knd all she could recollect was her
mtdden name, “Miss Welsh.” The hu
mor in this tale was enhanced to those
who knew her from its being so much
out of keeping with her usual shrewd
ness and sell possession that no one
couldhave predicted it of her.
Her death acene, a year later, when
“Mr. Silvester,” as she named her
coachman, during a drive, turned and
looked, into the carriage—surprised at
receiving no orders as to route —and saw
her sitting, lifeless, with a pet dog on
her knee, has often risen to my
thoughts.
My strongest impression was of the
deep mutual love evidently subsisting
between Mrs. Carlyle and her husband.
Every subject we discussed seemed to
recall thoughts of him. If
were opened, his song of the“blueday”
was referred to or asked for; if any
literary man were mentioned, his opin
ion of him was given, or a story was
told showing his relation to other men
of note. I felt as if the love
talk of a youthful engaged couple, and
when, in later days, Froude opened up
a-floodgate of misunderstanding I felt
assured there was a radical misconcep
tion of the true state of affairs. —New
York Independent.
USE NO LATHER.
Chlneae Shave frequently a Wet
Towel to Soften the face.
- fkmaidwring that the inhabitants of
the middle kingdom use tho razor more
than any other nation in the world, it
is passing strange that they never dis
covered the advantage? of lathering first,
says the Windsor Magazine. Dabbing a
warm wet cloth on the chin or the scalp
is a poor substitute for soap. Hair cut
ting, as we practice it in the west, is
to them “all unknown,” except in a
few localities where foreigners are
numerous. A traveler when in the prov
ince of Kwantung sent for a man to
shear his locks, and he began nibbling
away at his scalp without troubling
about such a trifling as a comb. At the
third snip the man stopped him and
asked him if he had ever cut a foreign
er’s hair before. Oh, yes. When was
that? Oh, last year, when he cut the
hafr of a German customs officer who
had died.
But in the matter of shaving there
are few more deft—considering the
latherless way he does it and the fact
that he uses a little three cornered soft
iron knife as a razor—than the Chinese
figaro. Was not theuhief of all his
tribe ennobled by an emperor ages back
for dexterously cleaving amoaquito that
had settled on the imperial nose? One
advantage gained by patronizing tfie
Chinese barber—in the case of Euro
peans—is he doesn’t mind coming to
your room, every morning end shaving
you before you wash and dress. But the
native also generally waits to be rasee
before washing, even If he has to wffit
a week. .
Very TaH Kneeling.
One of the officers of the rebellion
had a private in his company whom the
boys jestingly named “Little Mack,”
because of his bigness. He was the tall
est man in the company—about 6 feet 8
I inches—and one of the bravest in the
| regiment.
1 On one occasion when the men were
Bordered to kneel down behind a stone
fence in preparation for an expected as
sault the officer, who was preparing a
surprise for the enemy, on inspecting
the line was astonished to see one large,
serene face above the top of the fence.
He shouted out angrily, “There, you—
you man with* the head up, kneel down,
sir!” Tho man did not move, and again
the officer thundered, “Why don’t you
kneel down, sir?”
Oblivious to any danger and blind to
the significance of his head being ex
posed, “Little Mack answered, “lam
kneeling down. ”
“Then,” shouted the officer, “put
your head down, or you will have it
shot off, confound youE’
r Thereupon “Little Mack” curled
down behind the fence, grieving because
the captain had howled at him.—Chi
cago Inter Ocean.
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Dangerou*.
Father—What are you doing, Emma?
Daughter—Oh, Arthur is coming to
night, and I’m cooking something for
him.
Father—Emma, Emma, you’d better
be careful. You’ll keep on cooking for
him till he breaks tho engagement.—
Heitere Welt. -
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lUeolUetlon* Still Uvtog Wta>
Mffit tlui VWutCHUI TTyio In
Mr*. William Armstrong Davbon, now
in her eighty fifth year, live* tn Jefferson
City. She was a conspicuous woman in
the society of Washington in the times of
Clay, Webster and other* who made his- ,
tory. . : ' .;’f
Os Webater she says: “He was the most
unusual lookiiig man I ever saw, his dark
skin and beetling brows having earned for
him the cognomen of ’Black Dan.’ In
manner and drees he wa* most scrupulous.
His coat, modeled on the Byronlo lines of
the times, was blue in color, ornamented
with brass button*. He was a noticeable
figure anywhere. I was not surprised
when afterward 1 heard his speeches in
tho senate chamber, where six years before
he had made himself famous in his oele
brated reply to Hayno of South Carolina,
With hie wonderful gift of oratory and a
voice ponderous in votar.-.e. I became per
sonally conscious of that feeling of awe
which caused his opponents to consider
him in oratorical combat one of the most
formidably of adversaries.
“DUring one of my visits to the senate
Mrs. Linn and I were being ushered to
the Whig side of the house when we saw
approaching Us Dr. Lian and a tall and
exceedingly handsome man. .
“ ‘I want to present to you a friend of'
your father,’ Dr. Linn said, turning to me
and introducing Henry Olay. Making a
ipoet elaborate bow, Mr. Olay spoke of my
home In his flowery way. ‘Oh, that little
Whig city, Wheeling, the very Eden of my
heartl’
“We next spoke to John O. Calhoun,
and I wondered why Vice President Van
Buren chose to emphasize hie insignificant
appearance by calling Senator Calhoun,
who Was dignified and the typical states
man, to oooupy the chair in his absence.
The vice president’s figure was small and
weakened. His whole appearance as well
as his character justified his sobriquet
‘Fox.’ He war a widower and touch given
to ladles’ society. ”
Asked about the dress of that tlme. Mr*.
. Davison replied: >
“Our dresses were nearly all made alike
—that was one satisfaction. For evening
wear light colored silks, out short waisted,
with sleeves of large puffs, in wbloh we
frequently wore pillows, to give them the
requisite size. Our skirts cleared the floor
about six inches, and we wore white silk
stockings and satin slippers. For day
wear our gowns were of dark silks, decol
lete, with detachable long sleeves to slip
under the puffs. Over the shoulders we
wore a cape of the silk, and we substituted
black stockings and slippers for the white
onei. One of my bonnets was a coal scut
tle shape of cream velvet, surmounted by
high standing white plumes. The men
wore colored coats with brass buttons,
fanciful waistcoats and 'soft white Byron
collars, with black silk stocks.”
Every one of Mrs. Davison’s children,
of whom shfe has eight living (her home is
with the eldest, Dr. A. O. Davison), and
nearly every one among her grandchil
dren, has some trophy of those bygone
days. Brocades, laces, berthas, old fans,
a cable chain of gold with monocle attach
ed, her wedding gown waist, in which her
granddaughter and namesake has been
photographed, a garnet and turquoise bead
reticule, which she bestowed upon me—all
are preserved with great pride and care.—
Kansas City Star.
Mme. Bonaparte'* Huge Gong.
Mme. Caroline J. Bonaparte, widow of
Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, lives in a
house on K street immediately adjoining
the residence of John Addison Porter, sec
retary to the president. Among the other
domestic paraphernalia of Mme. Bonaparte
is a certain huge gong located la tßs sta
blo at the rear of her hottie, by means of
which she summons the coaohman and
other servants wbqn. she desires their as
sistance. Mr. Porter’s wife ha* been serl
oujly ill for some time, but Mine. Bona
parte’s desire for the comfort and company
of her servants has been by no means less
ened on that account. On the contrary,
the big bell has boomed out time and
again, day and night, until Mr. Porter
had forgotten tfaaCuban sltuatloa, the an
noyance of office seekers and everything
else. He accordingly filed a complain*
with the District commissioners, alleging
that the ringing of the big gong was a
public nuisance and should be suppressed
by the police. That department accord
ingly sent out Lieutenant Boyle, who had
an interview with the relict of the diltln-
Salahed scion, of the French imperial fam
y, and as a xesult presented an official
report in which ho said that “Mme. Bona
parte says she will continue to use the
gong just as she has done for the last IS
years.”
Further investigation showed that the
pojtoe regulations could suppress bSI4 and
sinjqar nuisance* only when they were
rqpg Id public streets and alleys. Secre
tMfr'Porter thereupon took an'appeal to
UommissiODer Wight, who has charge of
the police bureau, but thus far no means
have been suggested to relieve Mr. Porter
of the nhisanee except by means of a form
al suit in ooffrt. The controversy is a fun
ny one, but up to date Mse. Bonaparte,
who has something of a reputation for
firmnen, is decidedly triumphant and cor
respondihgly exultant. With all the power
of th4 administration behind him, Mr.
Porter has been Unable to suppreCethe big
gong In the stable, and his sick wffe is
correspondingly the sufferer.—Washing
ton Letter in Chicago Tribune.
Mme. de Lome.
Although Dupuy de Lame’s trouble* do
not seem to weigh heavily on Mm, Mme.
de Lqjne is proetMted by the blow. She is
the only child of a merchant prince of
Cadiz and brought to her poor but noble
husband a dower of more than 18,000,000.
She IS an unusually ambitious womaajmd
has spent her monJy liberally to futaher
her hwtoand’B political fortune*. During
the ovA flays when Madrid was skirmish
ing for finance* with wbloh to keep dp the
1900,000 per annum which Spain boasted
was the salary of her minister, Mme. de
Lome’s private purse was at her husband'*
disposal, and it la stated that she ha* spent
*300,000 sinee they came to Washington.
—San Francisco Argonaut.
A story is told which would indicate
that swallows have considerable surgical
skill as well as intelligence.
A certain physician found in a nest a
young swallow much weaker than its
mate, which had one of it* legs bandaged
with horsehairs. Taking the hairs away,
he found that the bird’s leg was broken.
The next time be visited the nest he
found the leg again bandaged. He con
tinued to observe “the case,” and in two
weeks found that the bird was cautiously
removing the hairsp-a few each day.
The cure was entirely successful.—Per
son's Weeklv.
AN OPEN I P t 1 ER
To MOTHERS.
WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THE
EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD “ O ASTORIA,” AND
- PITCHER’S CASTOBIA,” AS OUR TRADE MARK.
7, DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, qf Hyannis, Massachusetts,
was the originator qf “PITCHER’S CASTORIA,” the same
that has borne and does now
bear the facsimile signature of wrapper.
This is the original - PITCHER’S CASTORIA,” which has been
in the homes of the Mothers qf America for ooyr thirty
years. LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it is
the kind you have always bought ° n
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
President. a
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 ia*
gradients of which even he docs not know.
‘"Die Kind You Have Always Bought”
Insist on Having
The Kind That Never Failed You.
TH* eiMTftua MMHUW. W waiMV *T««rr. M*SSSMt y *S**.,
SHOES, - SHOES I
IN MENS SHOES WE HAVE THE LATEST STYLES—COIN TOES,
GENUINE RUSSIA LEATHER CALF TANS, CHOCOLATES AND GREEN
AT $2 TO |BAO PER PAIR.
IN LADIES OXFORDS WE HAVE COMPLETE LINE IN TAN, BLACK.
AND CHOCOLATE, ALSO TAN AND BLACK SANDALS RANGING IN
PRICE'FROM 75c TO |2.
ALSO TAN, CHOCOLATE AND BLACK SANDALS AND OXFORDS IN
CHILDREN AND MISSES SIZES, AND CHILDREN AND MISSES TAN LACE
SHOES AND BLACK.
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