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or County oi K of June
subject lo the A? B KELL.
For county Commissioner.
sges®«»
At the solicitation of many voters I
announce myself a candidate for
commissioner. suMert to We dem
otic primary. If elected, I pledge my
®Sfu> an honest, business-like administra
• 1 county affairs m the direction of
R- ?. btrickland.
i hereby announce myself a candidate
Commissioner, subject to the
KSSStoPriW*?** heK * , J , une 2S
ST If elected, I pledge myself to eco
n®„Ip*l and business methods in conduct-
I hereby announce myself a candidate
I tor County Commissioner of Spalding
s ««intv subject to the Democratic primary
I Jjune 23d. W. W. CHAM PION.
To the Voters of Spalding County: I
hereby announce myself a candidate for
| to the offleeof County Comtnis
sioner of Spalding county, subject to the
democratic primary to be held on Jnne 28,
1898. My record in the past is my pledge
L future faithfulness.
“ D. L. PATRICK.
Tor [Bepmentetiye-
To the Voters of Spalding County : I
a m a candidate for Representative to the
subject to the primary of the
democratic party, and will appreciate your
npport. J. P. HAMMOND.
Editor Call: Please announce my
numc as a candidate for Representative
from Spalding county, subject to the action
ot 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. B®ll.~
Tor Tax Oollsotor.
; 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 ot
the democratic primary, and shall be
grateful for all votes given me.
T. R. NUTT,
Tor County Treasurer.
To the Voters of Spalding Countv: 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.
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 foithfal in the per
formance of my duties in the future as I
have been in the past
J. C. BROOKS.
a
For Tax Eecsiver.
Editob 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
23rJ, 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, irone is held.
M. M’COWELL"
Tor 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.
MJ. 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 in the past
M. F. MORRIS.
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SPRING REMEDIES
For “that tired feeliag,*’ spring fever and
toe general lassitude that Mtaes with
warm days, when the system haanl been
cleansed from the imparities that winter
“M harvested in the blood, you win find
in cur Spring Tonic and Stomach Bitters.,
fror purifying the blood and giving tone
to the body they are unexcelled I
N. B. DREWRY* SON,
28 Hill Street.
Notice.
Or Jhe county registration books are now
ana n .u my °® oe ln Haeselkus? Shoe Store
»il qualified to do so should call and
ter -
eIJ»s ey 1,111 close twenty days before each
T.kinJTT.T.U.
L THE LIFE OF A MANDARIN.
It Is Rather Slow aad Monotonow to
Wet Urn Notion*.
I Most mandarins, says a writer in The
Ummhill Magazine, pass the whole of
their lives without taking a single yard of
exercise. The late Nankin viceroy, fa
ther of the Marquis Tseng, was considered
a remarkable character because he always
walked “a thousand steps a day’’ in his
private garden. Under no circumstances
whatever is a mandarin ever seen on foot
in his own jurisdiction. Occasionally a
popular judge will try to earn a reputa
tion by going out incognito at night, but
even then he takes a strong guard with
him and, as happened when I was at Can
ton, gets his head broken if he attempts to
pry too closely into abuses. As the police
and the thieves are usually copartners in
one concern, it naturally follows that cau
tion must bo used in attacking gaming
houses which have bribed themselves into
quasi legality.
A mandarin’s leisure, which may be
said to begin at 5 p. m. and continue un
til 9, is spent in one or other of the follow
ing ways: Either ho reads poetry by him
self or he sends for his secretaries to drink,
wine/ crack melon seeds and compose
poetry with him, or he may shoot off a
few arrows at a target in his garden, Gr
and this is commonest—he may invite the
rich merchants to a “feed” in his yamens
or accept invitations from them. But this
is rather dangerous work, for there is a
sort of unwritten law against mandarins
leaving their oirfag yamens except on offi
cial business bent. On the other hand,
merchants of high standing steer clear of
the local mandarin unless, as happened
when I was at Kewkiang, he happens to
be a compatriot of theirs. ' » • j ,"A
On hie grandmother's, mother’s and
wife 's birthdays the mandarin receives con
gratulations and presents—of course on his
own too. On these festive occasions he
may give a play. In China theatrical en
tertainments are commonly hired private
ly, though as often as not the “man in
the street” is admitted gratis. Biiteten
here caution is required, for many days in
the year are nafastf, on account of emper
ors having died on those anniversaries,
and it goes very hard with a mandarin if
he is caught “having music” on a dies
non. .'/I " 1
Chinese always supposing they are not
opium smokers, invalids or debauchees—
retire to rest as early as they rise. In most
Chinese towns everything is quiet after
sunset, and by 7 or 8 o’clock every one is
either in bed or is simply crooning away
the time ufitil sleep comes on. Notwith
standing the recent introduction of kero
sene lamps (forbidden in many large
towns), the usual light is the common dip
or the rush.
Dinners and feasts cannot take place ev
ery day, so what happens on nine evenings
out of ten is this: When the correspond
ence of- the day has been read, drafted,
achieved, sealed or dispatched, when the
secretaries have struck their balances and
exhibited the profits of the day, when the
business of the judgment seat is at an end,
the mandarin gets out of his robes, hat,
collar, boots, chaplet and feathers into an
easy costume in which he looks just like
the ordinary frouzy, greasy tradesman,
lights his pipe and retires to the harem.
After performing the proper obeisances to
his grandmother or mother, he may take a
platonic cup of tea or gruel with his wife,
after which he selects the apartment of
one of his concubines. He will even take
his evening meal in her room, smoke a
few pipes with her—for all women smoke
in China—and perhaps play a game or two
at cards.
The Literature of Japan.
There seem to be three ideas which per
vade all general works on Japan—apology
for the past, wonder at the present and a
glorious prediction for the future. To the
western world Japan’s post is but little
known, her present is reflected in the
newspapers and periodicals of the day, her
future may in part be read between the
lines of the present.
Volumes have been written about Japan,
yet so far no comprehensive history of the
people, their literature and arts, has ap
peared in the English language. Japan is
a most interesting and valuable field for
some Grote or Motley of the day.
The difficulty of translation from Japa
nese is great. In the first place, the lan
guage is an agglutinative one and conse
quently hard for a westerner to acquire.
The poetry is one of form and does not
possess, except in the drama; remarkably
deep thought or feeling. There are besides
many plays upon words which cannot be
transferred into a foreign tongue. The
best prose tales and chronicles, which be
long to the oldest or classical literature,
are written in a dialect differing as widely
from the Japanese now spoken as the lan
guage of Homer differs from the Romaic
of today.
It is not making too bold an assertion,
therefore, to say that the available trans
lations fall far short of the merits of the
originals, so much so that the western
reader is apt to underestimate the true
value of this literature.—Lippincott’s.
Naval Code Signate.
“Some newspapers, ” says a naval officer
quoted by the Philadelphia Record, “have
published pictures of a string of flags pur
porting to signify in the international sig
nal code ‘Remember the Maine I* This is
not right, as it is impossible to secure the
official signal letters of the lost warship
Maine or any other war vessel of the Unit
ed States navy because the government
refuses to divulge such information. The
Maritime Exchange telegraphed to Wash
ington for the Maine’s letters last week
for use in a flag display and received a
very prompt refusal. All code books car
ried on warships have leaden backs to
make them sink if lost overboard. The
letters in the book, moreover, are printed
with a peculiar ink, which fades away
when it comes in contact with the water.
To make things still more safe the letters
are changed every few months by the navy
department. Even on the warships few
officers know their vessel’s official signal
code.”
Colors Didn’t Match.
A woman told a story the other day of
those bygone times when everything in a
woman’a costume must match, “especially
in children's clothes,” said the woman.
“Sash, sto»ktngs, neck ribbon, hair ribbon
—all were required to be of not only the
same color, but the same shade. I was
very particular in this respect, and my lit
tle daughter was naturally imbued with
the same faith. One day when we were
visiting in the country a shower came up
which, clearing away as suddenly as it
had come, left a beautiful rainbow behind
it. ‘Come quick,’ I cried to my little
daughter, ‘and see the rainbow f Now,
it happened that the child had never seen
a rainbow before. ‘Dear me!’ she cried at
the first glance.
green, yellow, orange and rod.
taste! Why, nothing matches!
Philadelphia Press.
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NAMES.
An Authority Kxplniu* Their Prop., Pre-
pie find difficulty In pronouncing a new
word when it first meets their eye. This
was illustrated many times in thia city
while the Spanish man-of-war was in New
York harbor. Some said Vlz-ky-ya, others
Vla-kee-ya and still others Viz-ka-ya. Ac
cording to Udo Reger, a professor of lan
guages in Rochester, the correct pronunci
ation is Witb-kl a, and the accent is on
the second syllable. The 1 is long, and the
th has a sharp hissing sound. The profess
or is authority for the assertion that all
the z’z that occur In the Spanish language
have the sound ot w and b fused, with the
preponderance of sound in favor of the w.
B has the same affliction as the v. C, se
the professor says, sometimes has the
sound of th, and then, again, it is ta, but
for a change it is sometimes given its own
hard sound, k. ®
Professor Reger gives the correct pro
nunciation of a number of the names
which hare appeared in connection with
Cuban affairs and the disaster in which
the Maine was lost In the following list
the word is spelled as it is written In the
first column and as it should be pro
nounced in the second:
Havana—Hah-wah-nab, accent on sec
ond syllable.
Madrid—Mahdree, accent on second syl
lable.
Blanco—Blahng-ko, accent on first syl
lable.
Cabanaa—Cah-wah-nas, accent on sec
ond syllable.
Sagaste—Sa-gas-ta, as spelled, the a’s
sounded as in cat. *
Gomez—Go-meth, accent on first sylla
ble; o long.
Canovas—Car-no-was, accent on second
Syllable; o long.
Ruiz—Roo-eeth, equal accents.
Mtoffo—Mah-the-o, accent first syllable.
Maria Rodriguez—Mah-reo-a Ro-dree
getb, accent second syllable both words; o
In Ro is long. -
Perioo Diaz—Per-ee-ko Dee-ath, accent
on second syllable in Perioo; accents equal
in second word.
Reina Mercedes—Rayee-nah Mer-tbe
dez, accent first syllable in Rftina, second
In Mercedes.
Gallcla-Gal-eeth-ce-ab, accent on sec
ond syllable.
Jorge Juan—Whorg Whahn; In these
words the J has the German sound of ch,
but it can best be represented in English
by wh.
Bernabe—Bear-nah-eo, accent on first
syllable.
Cadiz—Kah-deetb, accent on first sylla
ble.
Eujatb— Abo-lah-te, accent on second
■ylMtble. /
Santa CruzV-Sahn-tah Krooth.
Puerto del \Padro—Poo-er-to del Pah
dro, accent second syllable of Puerto, first
syllable of Padropq’s long.
Castillo del Principe—Kah-steel -yo del
Pring-see-pay, accent second syllable of
Castillo, first syllable of Principe.
Dry Tortugas—Dree Tor-too-gas, accent
second syllable.
Luperoio Martinez—Loo-per-cee-oh Mar
tee-netb, accent second syllable of Luper
oio, second syllable of Martinez.
Dupuy de Lome—Doo-pwee duh Lohm.
This is a French name, somewhat modified
in change from that tongue into Spanish.
Weyler—Wl-ler, accent first syllable; 1
long. This name comes from the German
and retains the Gerinan pronunciation.
Cristobal Colon—Kris-toh-ahl Koh-lon,
accent on first syllable in Cristobal, second
In Colon.
Du Bose—Doo Bosk.
Matanzas—Mab-taha-thas, accent on
second syllable.
Azore—Ab-tboh-ray, accent second syl
lable.
Rayo—Rah-yob, accent first syllable.
Arieto—Ah-reeay-tay, accent second syl
lable.
Almlrante Oquendo—Al-meer-ahn-tay
Oh-kwen-do, accent third syllable In Al
mlrante, second syllable In Oquendo.
Pedro Rivas—Pay-droh Ree-wahs, ac
cent first syllable in both.
Pando—Pahn-doh, accent first syllable.
—Rochester Post-Express.
Railroad Woos In China.
A missionary writing from China to a
friend in this city recently described the
difficulties under which the newly com
pleted railroads are conducted in that
country.
Passengers in the first class coaches, he
said, exhibited so strong a desire to carry
off various articles from the cars as souve
nirs of their trip that the coaches were
speedily stripped of those things that con
tribute to the comfort of the passenger.
They took away with them hat and bun
dle racks, mirrors, lamp brackets, hooks,
small tables and even doors. They were
considerate enough to leave the car frame
and wheels. And the purloiners were gov
ernment officials and people belonging to
the wealthy classes.
The stations along the railroad over
which the writer traveled were rude sheds,
very unclean and without a chair or bench.
The cars, too, were very dirty. While this
was especially true of the second class
coaches, which were oftentimes crowded
with half naked, unwashed people, the
first class coaches also became very unclean
In a short time. It soon became necessary
to take out all the upholstery and replace
It by plain seats.
When the railroads were being built, re
ports were spread that the foreign con
tractors were stealing Chinese children
and burying them In the readbed so as to
propitiate the god who rples over rail
roads. These reports greatly excited the
people, and in one instance a mob attacked
two missionaries near Peking and would
have killed them bad not a detachment of
soldiers rescued them. Under guise of
these reportp children were really kid
naped and taken Into'the cities for Im
moral purposes.—New York Sun.
Salmon For London.
In the list of big salmon contributed an
nually to The Times one sees a record of
numbers of fish running from X) pounds
to over 60 pounds. These big flsu are usu
ally bought by the most fashionable fish
mongers, for they are rather difficult to
sell to ordinary customers. Even at the
best shops one wonders how three magnif
icent salmon, weighing from 40 pounds
to 46 pounds sack, will be disposed of in
the course of 84 hours. Now that every
course at dinner Is served out of sight of
the table there is no particular credit in
having a very magnificent fish, even at a
city banquet That, however, is the desti
nation of most of the monster fish.
Some of the best hotels, too, always have
salmon one day in the week at the table
d’hote, and there a 86 pound fish may of
ten be seen lying ready for subdivision
among the guests. Smoked salmon, main
ly cured in Norway, b ridiculously
dear. No reason can be giveh for thia, Jar
the fish costs little to cure, and there is no
risk of its turning bad, as in the case of tbs
fresh fish.—Cornhill Magazine.
roman - —MMnNMg
I SWORD 2,000 YEARS OLD.
——
Presetted by th* Csar of Bomia to Prea
lalp nt Toll
T. P, Farmer, the county surveyor of
Columbiana county, 0., who resides at
Lisbon, has in his ixisseMion one of the
rarest historical specimens in existence.
It i< an old Damascus blade which, it ta
claimed, is over 8,000 years old. It is of
erode design and. workmanship and was
made entirely by hand, the Irregularity of
its lines proving more conclusively than
anything else its antiquity.
Shortly after the assassination of Presi
dent Lincoln an unsuccessful attempt was
made upon the life of the czar of Russia.
A fleet of American warships was sent on
a cruise across the ocean and incidentally
carried a message of congratulation to
Russia’s ruler from President* Johnson.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Fox ac
companied the squadron on board the
Miantonomoh, commanded by John J.
Cornwell of Lisbon, O. Secretary Fox was
presented with the swerd by the czar in
person, as a token of bls high esteem, ac
companied by the following speech:
“I present to you, sir, as the represent
ative of one of the foremost and mightiest
of modern nations, this saber, as a ma
terial appreciation of your nation’s high
regard formy welfare and safety. Through
ages it has been treasured in the archives
of my fathers as a semblance of the mighty
races that swayed the destinies of future
generations on the shores of the Mediter
ranean; it was through scenes of
carnage which marked the upbuilding of
tbe-powerful sovereignty of western Asia
and has outlived the kingdoms it helped
build.”
The ancient treasure was accepted by
the secretary, with an appropriate re
sponse, and as the fleet steamed out of the
Russian port he presented the sword to
Commander Cornwell.
While the fleet was off Toulon, France,
Commander Cornwall died suddenly of
heart failure. The vessels pulled In at the
port and a telegram was sent to Paris for
a burial casket. A squad of marines under
command of a lieutenant was sent on
shore to receive the casket from the train
and convey it aboard the dead command
er’s vessel. The casket missed connections,
but the sailors, who were unaware of the
fact, hustled a casket which arrived on
the train off to the Ironclad. The fact that
the box whs quite heavy did not excite the
suspicion of the sailors and after it bad
been taken to the cabin the mate opened
the cover. Consternation reigned on board
when there was disclosed the body of a
beautiful young lady, buried in a wealth
of flowers.
The lid of the casket was hurriedly re
stored to its place, and preparations were
promptly made to return the body to the
depot in Toulon. But the story of the al
leged seizure had spread, creating intense
excitement in the French port, and a city
official was preparing to board the Ameri
can warship with a search warrant. Ex
planations were made, but the mistake
came near causing an international dis
ruption.
The French newspapers characterized
the actions of the American sailors in the
most scathing terms, assuming that the
taking of the body of the young lady was
■ prearranged plan.
Commander Cornwell was burled at
Toulon, and the old sword was given into
his widow’s keeping, and she In turn pre
sented it to her brother-in-law, Mr. Farm
er.
The bjade is inches long and 1 inch
wide, tapering to a point. The hilt is made
of horn, ornamented with twisted brass
Wire, and is as hard as adamant The
crosspieces are of leather, tipped with sheet
brass. The scabbard is as Interesting as
the blade, being fashioned from wood,
with a sheet brass covering. It was orna
mented in crude style by Indents of •
pointed tool. Near the hilt, on the blade,
are a number of odd characters resembling
ancient Hebrew inscriptions.—Philadel
phia Times.
Zola at Home.
Zola’s great source of material enjoy
ment is sumptuous furniture. His taste
in this respect is Italian. French country
houses arc very simply furnished. The
curtains, when there are curtains, are gen
erally chintz. Zola’s place near Trlel is
an exception. The study, salon and din
ing room there reminded me, so far as
furniture went, of the staterooms at Isola
Bella. The bedrock of Zola’s sensorium is
Venetian. Ha has the instincts of the
magnifioo. This may seem discrepant with
what I said about his presence being like
St. Paul’s. But his mother was a French
peasant. She redeemed him from Italian
trickiness and gave him his toughness and
love of hard work. He has, in spite of his
nervousness,ltalian suavity. The agitation
is only surface; down deep be is pococu
rante. No task daunts him. He is as
methodic as Anthony Trollope and writes
whether tn town or country so many pages
and no more a day and then cycles, boats,
gardens or chats with friends who come
down to Trlel to pass the afternoon. The
house there waa at first a one story road
side cottage, with a room to right and left
of the little hall Addition after addition
have made it quite a big place. The gar
den has been widened and lengthened
down to the river, where there is a boat
house. Zola is owner of an island facing
his garden. The fine furniture greatly ties
him down. It represents, with the villa,
the interest of so much money that he
thinks he cannot afford to summer unless
atTrieL
The simplicity of La Salle de la Gomme
at Ste. Pelagic will be a great change after
Zola’s domestic sumptuoelties. Fortunate
ly that prison la on a hill and the air and
view extensive. “La Salle de la Gomme”
means “the swell’s room.” Rochefort
made there last week a charming halt In
his feverishly busy life, and he wrote a
preface—an exquisite gem of French liter
ature—for the Caran d’Ache edition of
Lafontalne’s “Fables.”—Paris Cor. Lon
don Truth.
A Story of CapoaL
Alas, poof Paul Capouli His once over
whelming popularity availed him little
when he arrived in Paris to oomppte for
the directorship of the Opera Comique,
and he has been obliged to return again to
his admirers in America. Talking of
Capoul, I heard a rather funny tale about
him the other day. It waa when be was
at the height of his popularity, when ooate
and hate, shoes and socks were being
named after him and half the men in
Parle wore their hair a la Capoul. The
celebrated tenor was traveling In the prov
inces and went into a hairdresser’s shop in
a country town to have his hair cut.
“What style would you like, slrf” said the
man as Capoul sat down. “Can’t you
see how I like it cut?” said the singer,
puffing with self importance. “A la Ca
poul, my good man—a la Capoul, of
course.” “Oh, Indeed, sir!” returned the
man; “but, If I might make so bold aa to
give you a word of advice, I should say,
change it, sir. It may suit some people's
face, but it really isn’t at all beooDjipf Jp
you. Sketch. _ j
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AN OPEN LETTER
To MOTHERS.
WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THE
EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD “C ASTORIA,” AND
“PITCHER’S CAHTORTA,” AS OUR TRADE MARK.
L DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, of Hyannis, Massachusetts,
908 the originator “PITCHERS CASTORIA,” the same
that has borne and does now on
hear the facsimile signature qf wrapper.
This is the original “ PITCHER’S CASTORIA,’’ which has been
used in the homes of the Mothers qf America for over thirty
years. LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it is
the hind you have always bought on
and has the signature of ,
per. No one has authority from me to use my name ex'
cept The Centaur Company of which Chas. H. Fletcher is
President. . < a 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 evea he docs not know.
“The Kind You Have Always Bought”
. - ' Insist on Having
The Kind That Never Failed You.
tmc etwvavn rr atiaiuv *t«««t. hcw v««x m*v.
SHOES, - SHOES I
IN MENS SHOES WE HAVE THE LATEST STYLES-COIN TOES,
GENUINE RUSSIA LEATHER CALF TANS, CHOCOLATES AND GREEN
AT |S TO 13.50 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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