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S *** -- ■' ~ r ——— I Surveyor. I I ,t ' ! “'’“‘ , "»"2’ e ' y tf OountyJkmmlwioMr. 1«. CM* ■• Pl** s ‘nnouoce that I I ® for re-election for County II ±?Xioner, subject to the action of the I g “ to 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. ■ K —— 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. * 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. ——« 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. Belford, Middlebrook & Co., of Chicago, arepublishing weekly a series of beautiful 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 1 wifteome later. have mado-exclusive arrangements portfolios, containing 16 reproductions in I “omber, ar 10 cents for each seri®. , r s gusar Subscription price la 50 cents, ni hoa ® W * fl bing them, who are not sub -1 scnben to our paper, can secure them at “at price. And they are well worth 50 vents. - ... hjve samples of these beautiful ° lrt and history in our office meh we would be glad to show you and subscription for the entire series °r as many parts as you wish. 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. -W, n-f-,,- - -r 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. - ’ *7* £ i 4 ixv iLi ’ A 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. 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