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fl P WM. M. THOMAS.
I yerCeunty Snrrsyor.
II I hereby announce myself a candidate
■ nr County Surveyor, of Spalding county,
I subject to the democratic £ ri
f For County Commissioner.
S Editor CsjJ* : Please announce that I
1 .ma candidate for. re-election for County
I rnmmissioner, subject to the action of the
fl democratic primary, and will be glad to
I . kivp the support Ct all the voters.
I ha’ etueß j. A . j TIDWELL.
K At the solicitation of many voters I
8 hereby announce myself a candidate for
I rim nt v Commissioner, subject to the dem-
I ocratic primary. If elected, I pledge my
fl «plf to an honest, business-like administra-
S tikn of county affairs in the direction of
i lower taxes. R. F. STRICKLAND.
B 1 hereby announce myself a candidate
■ fn - county Commissioner, subject to the
S democratic primary to be held June 23,
W next. If elected, I pledge myself to eco-
S nomical and business methods in conduet-
ML fng the affairs oi the county.
fl W.J. FUTRAL.
■r I hereby announce myself a candidate
• for County Commissioner of Spalding
S county, subject to the Democratic primary
fl of June 23d. W. W. CHAMPION.
fl To the Voters of Spalding County : I
, hereby announce myself a candidate for
re-election to the office of County Commis
g sioner of Spalding county, subject to the
i democratic primary to be held on June 23,
f 1898. My record in the past is my pledge
■ for future faithfulness.
fl D. L; PATRICK.
I For Representative.
I To the Voters of Spalding County: I
I am a candidate for Representative to the
I legislature, subject to the primary ot the
■ democratic party, and will appreciate your
■ > support. J. P. HAMMOND.
I Editor Call: Please announce my
I name as a candidate for Representative
| from Spalding county, subject to the action
| ot the democratic party. I shall be pleased
I to receive the support of all the
I if elected will endeavor to represent the
I i nterests of the whole county.
I J. B. Bell.
flB For Tax Collector.
Z I respectfully announce to the citizens
I ’ of Spalding county that I am a candidate
I for re-election to the office of Tax Oollec
| tor of this eounty, subject to the choice of
the democratic primary, and shall be
grateful for all votes given me.
T. R. NUTT.
For County 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 pritnary,
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 aa faithful in the per
formance of my duties in the future as I
have been in the past.
J. C. BROOKS.
For Tax Recslver.
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.
I respectfully announce my self aS a can
didate for re-election to the office of Tax
Receiver of Spalding county .subject tothe
action of primary, if one is held. _
8. M. M’COWELL.
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Tn Sheriff.
I respectfully inform my friends—the
people of Spalding county—that I am a
candidate for the office of Sheriff, subject
to she ferdict 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 ftilfill the duties of the of
fice as faithfully as in the past.
M. F. MORRIS.
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Bh' - • "Tfi/ M
CASTLES IN SPAIN
the Don dreams of when he dreams of the
powers “sitting down? on Uncle Sam.
A-ny one ean enjoy day dreams and an
exquisite siesta when they have a place to
7. dream in. We can furnish an inspiration
so dreamers in the coolest summer bed
toom furniture, brass beds, airy bangings,
curtains, soft pillows and reed softs.
Everything to make life eisy and pleasant.
CHILDS 4 GODDARD.
FIERCE NAVAL FIGHT
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THE WYOMING’S HEROIC BATTLE
WITH THE*JAPANESE.
Against Overwhelming odds the Amerieen
Command** MeDugall Vought One of the
Moot Darias and SuooessTul Engage
ment, In the History of Marine Warfare.
Strange as it may seem, the Wyo
ming's oriental battle is an almost un
recorded chapter of our naval annul,
though it ranks even higher in point of
daring and success against overwhelm
ing odds than the defeat of the Ala
bapia by the, Wyoming's sister ship, the
Keorsarge. But the Wyoming never
was in very great luck as a naval star.
She had her part throughout the oivil
war in all the hardest of blockading and
cruising service, and fought weH when
ever she had the chance, but she did
not have the luck of getting into the
papers. She was sent off at the same
riffle as the Kearsarge to cruise for that
scourge of the seas, the Alabama, and
just missed her by the merest chance
on two occasions in the China seas.
It was in 1868, toward the end of the
dual reign of the tycoon and the mika
do, when Japan was in the throes of
civil war, and the forces of the rebel
princes were resisting to the last the
passing of the old feudal system. The
Prince of Nagato was one of these, and
from his tiny kingdom that fronted on
the straits Os Simonoseki he declared
himself lord paramount of everything in
sight, including the .neighboring seas,
from which he took generous toll as did
ever the pirate chiefs of Tarifa. He
had laid violent hands and hot shot
upon the vessels of various powers, in
cluding Great Britain, France, the
Netherlands and the United States.
Meantime Prince Nagato throve and
flourished by the strait of Simonoseki,
and failing one day to wring tribute or
blackmail by any other means he fired
on the American merchantman Pem
broke and killed a couple of her crew.
There was another diplomatic protest of
the combined foreign representatives so
the Japanese government, and Com
mander McDugall, who happened to be
in port with the Wyoming, suggested
that if the mikado could not take a fall
out of his rebellious subject the Wyo
ming cbuld and would without much
urging. This struck the government as
a good thing and an easy way out of the
international difficulty, so McDugall
was given carte blanche to settle ac
counts with the Prince of. Nagato in be
half of all the powers concerned, and
he forthwith sailed away.
It was the middle of July when the
Wyoming found herself in the strait
of Simonoseki and in sight of the shore
batteries which were a part of the
prince’s defenses to seaward. Before
she had time to open on the batteries
two Japanese gunboats loomed up, one
ahead and one astern, in the narrow
strait, and presently a third came cruis
ing out from among the neighboring is
lands. It was a nasty place for a fight,
McDugall being without charts or pi
lots, and the odds were more than
enough for Nelson himself, being 48
guns of the three Japanese vessels to the
26 of the old Wyoming, to say nothing
of the batteries on shore. There was
still a chance to run, barring some dan
ger of grounding in the narrow channels
among the islands, but the idea does not
seem to have occurred to any one aboard
the frigate.
Working to windward of the nearest
Japanese, the Wyoming opened at long
range and worked down on her till,
close aboard, there was nothing of
the enemy left standing above decks.
The other two vessels had come up in
the meantime and engaged the Ameri
can on either ride, but she lay to and
gave them shot for shot, port and star
board, till her gunners were smoke
blind and the flame of the guns no lon
ger served tp light the battleoloud that
rolled in white billows over the smooth
waters of the strait It was desperate
wofk in the shallow water, but the
Wyoming was the best vessel, and she
outmaneuvered her two opponents from
start to finish, though twice aground
and once afire, with as many men knock
ed ojt from splinters and heat as from
the enemy’s shot
Fighting themselves out of one
smoke patch into another, the three com
batant eircled around like two crows
and a kingbird till they had drifted
down in range of the shore batteries,
which gayly took a hand in the game.
But McDugall ran across the bows of
one of his enemies, raked her as he
went and left her a floating wreck, and
then turned his attention to the bat
teries. The Wyoming’s men rigged the
smith’s forge on deck and tossed hot
shot into the works ashore till they set
them afire and the soldiers fled, and the
other Japs on the remaining cruiser, de
ciding enough was as good as a feast,
followed their example.
So McDugall xnqnded his rigging and
patched his bulwarks, and meanwhile
sent word to the recalcitrant prince to
come down and settle or he would sail
inland and shell the royal palace about
its royal owner’s ears.
The prince, who was no less discreet
than Colonel Crockett’s coon, came
down promptly, and of the resulting in
demnity 1800,000 fell to the lot of the
United States. It was many years be
for© this money got into the treasury of
the United States, but meantime the
state department had charge of it and
had invested it so well that there was a
very little short of $2,000,000 finally
turned over to the government, which,
after all, was pretty good pay for one
day’s fighting, with a loss of only five
killed and six wounded. —Washington
Post. •
Doctor—l just mqt your wife. That
medicine I sent her by you seems to
have benefited her greatly.
Dumley—Sent her? Why, doctor, I
thought you said that was for me, and
I was in the hospital a week after I
took it—Richmond Dispatch.
SOME WHITE INDIANS.
Htmlxn oT Tribe* Who Were Not Prop
er Government Warda
There ore too many white Indiana, says
a writer In the St. Louis Globe-Democrat
The increasing value of the reservation*,
the distribution of great sums of money
by the government to members of tribes,
the development of splendid educational
institutions for the exclusive benefit of
Indian children, these and other advan
tages have had the effect to draw back into
tribal relationship thousands whose title
depends upon a small strain of the blood.
These changed conditions are Simulating
marriages between white men and Indian
women and between Indian men and
white women. In the Indian school nt
Lawrence, Kan., can bo seen blue eyed,
fair haired little Indians receiving living,
clothing and education at tbo cost of the
government. The same is true at Carlisle
and at Hampton and at all of the ludiau
schools. The richest people per capita in
this country are the members of some of
these tribes. The problem of tho five civ
ilized tribes is complicated by the presence
of “squaw mon,” white men
who have married Indian women, to tho
great advantage of their personal fortunes.
It is enough to bring tears to the eyes of a
graven image to hear these squaw mon
talk of the wrongs of tho poor Indian.
Governor Brockmeyer of Missouri wont
down to the Indian Territory some years
ago to transact business with one of the
tribes. When be came back, after having
driven a hard bargain for his clients, he
commented on the people he had dealt
with.
“Indians!” said he. “Theas fellows are
not Indians. They are mighty smart Yan
kees, tanned a little.”
The new superintendent of Indian
schools is impressed with the growing
numbers of white Indians, and he calls
the attention of the government to them
in a forcible manner.
“Inspecting officials,” Superintendent
Hallman says, “are frequently embar
rassed on visiting boarding schools by the
discovery that among the children there
are many who apparently have very little,
if any, Indian blood. On. inquiry these
children claim a slight degree of Indian
blood, varying from one-sixteenth to one
sixty-fourth. In a number of instances,
hewever, it is found that they are the chil
dren of white parents'who were adopted
into the tribe previous to the census for
registering its members. In most crises
the parents of these children ore sufficient
ly well to do and able to provide for their
education.
“For a number of reasons the presence
of these‘white Indians’in the schools is
liable to become a disturbing element in
its life, either through the greater natural
turbulence of white blood in their veins
or through fancied superiority of race.
Moreover, these children upon graduation
may seek employment in the Indian serv
ice and gain admission thereto without
being subjected to the civil service exam
ination which stands between other whites
and appointments.
“On technical grounds all this may be
correct, but in equity it seems to hold ele
ments of unfairness both to tho real In
dians and the white citizens of the United
States, who pay the bills for the education
and maintenance of these people. Inas
much as there seems to be no remedy for
this in existing laws it is imperative in
the interest of justice to both races that
congress should at an early date indicate
toy statute what degree of blood shall con
stitute an Indian and to what extent
adopted Indians shall be entitled to gov
ernmental support in matters* of educa
tion.”
Charlotte Bronte. v.
He must be a Pharisee indeed who can
fail to see that Charlotte was more to be
pitied than blamed fer the growth of her
strong attachment to her teacher. Owing
to’ her shyness and the isolation of her po
sition she had known no man intimately
till she went to Brussels save her father
and brother. She had met at Haworth
only a few of those curates whom she de
scribed as “highly uninteresting, narrow
and unattractive specimens of the ‘coarser
sex.’ ” Then suddenly her duty brought
her dally into close association with one
whoso personality was magnetic, whose
intellectual gifts had an irresistible attrac
tion for such a mind os hers, and whose
sympathy was during long lonely months
her only solace amid a world of strangers.
The ripening of friendship and gratitude
inhra stronger feeling would be by imper
ceptible stages. She herself would not
know when that line was crossed which
divides friendship from that stronger form
of attachment which makes separation
from its object an agony.
If we call this attachment love, it is for
want of a more discriminating word.
Whatever the feeling was, It was known
in her consciousness only as suffering and
was kept prisoner in secret in the depths
of her own heart. She was “martyr by
the pang without the palm.” Even Miss
Frederika Macdonald, who seems to hold
a brief for Mme. Heger and her daughters,
qcknbwledges that Charlotte’s feeling for
her teacher “was not tainted or disfig
ured by the shaddw of any attempt or de
sire to draw on herself affections that were
pledged elsewhere. ” Under all the circum
stances it seems to me that, like Jane Eyre
in the story, she was drawn into love of
her “master” quite innocently. If we
have nothing but pity for Jane in the ro
mance, we can have no harsher feeling for
Charlotte in real life.—“ The Brontes;
Fact and Fiction,” by A. M. Mackay.
Franklin** Grave.
The Philadelphia Inquirer utters a pro
test against the people who get up agita
tions to restore the graves of eminent peo
ple. Taking for its text a recent statement
that Benjamin Franklin’s grave is in a
state of neglect, it says: “There never was
anythingtheifiatterwith Franklin’s grave,
and there isn’t today, except perhaps in
the minds of those persons who think that
the modern cemetery is an idenl of beauty,
and who imagine that something essen
tially pretentious, huge apd modern in
marble would be a suitable thing to place
over the grave of a century ago. Frank
lin’s grave is just as U shouid be, in. keep
ing with its time and the tastes and Rim
pie personal habits of the Philadelphia
printer and statesmy.”
Ftewery.
A flowcry young preacher was sent to a
vacant city church to preach. His elo
quence dazzled the younger members of
the congregation, and the elders of the
ahurch were besieged to have him down
again. They at length consented, but they
had forgotten his name. Bo they wrote
to one of the seminary professors, ssying:
“Please send us that floweret, streamlet,
rivulat, starlight man to preaeh for ns
next Spbbath. We have forgotten his
name, out we have no doubt you will be
abio to recognize him."
lie was recognized. He was sent. He
became minister of the church.—Strand
DIED IN HIS BERTH.
A* ImprflMMtwi DMitli Scent* • PnllaMMl
Sleepinx Car.
quota of tragedy and comedy in railroad
ing, but never was a more pathetic vi
gnette of real life portrayed than was fur
nished by tho arrival at the through train
from the west the other morning.
When the trainmen entered the sleeper
from San Francisco, they found a young
man in his berth who was unable to leave
it and who was then in the last stage ot «
consumption. Although » day train, be
had been allowed jo occupy his berth all
the way from Houston, having taken the
train at San Antonie. He carried a ticket
for Jackson, Miss. That was all the
trainmen knew of tho stranger. A physi
cian hod been a passenger on the train and
had administered what comfort he could
during the Journey east of Houston. Who:
Algiers was reashed, le advised that it
would prove fatal to take the young man
from bls berth. Acttnt; upon this advice,
the sleeper was detached from tho train
and placed on the ferry, a thifig that is
not-usually done. Bringing it to this side,
the stranger, who, by the way, was about
85 years of age, was seen to be rapidly
sinking.
Dr. Formento was summoned, and ar
rived in a short-tlnie. Ho said nothing
could be done. A stimulant'was admin
istered, however, in tbo hope of reviving
life-until the patient could be got from
the car.
Harry Abbott, city passenger agent of
the Southern Pacific, was in the car long
before this. Seeing the sleeper on this side
attracted the attention of tho Rev. Mr.
Ahrens, who happened along at this time,
and he climbed on the coach. Dr. For
mento, Mr. Ahrens, the Pullman oon
ductor and the two negro porters were now
surrounding the berth of the dying man.
The doctor said he could not live many
minutes. Mr. Ahrens Mid it was too bad
to see the man die without a word offered
up in his behalf.
Kneeling at the head of the Pullman
berth, there was then enacted a scene
which wais probaply never before witnessed
in a railroad oar. Trainmen, who are not
persistent churchgoers, felt the strange,
impressive moment, and, aa though by in
stinct, they all knelt about the couch
which bore the spirit struggling between
life and death. Mr. Ahrens was at the
head, while Harry Abbott knelt at the foot
and the Pullman conductor and the por
ters bowed the knee in silence by the ride.
The pjayer offered up in behalf of the dy
ing man was one of the most beautiful
and most touching ever said in behalf of
any soul. The spirit of the supplication
was that, although this man was unknown
to those who knelt by his side, yet he was
a common brother and* bound to them by
the tie of brotherly love. For this reason
all men are interested in each other, and
for that reason the last and parting prajei
was offered up in behalf of this dying
brother. As Mr. Ahrens closed his appeal
for divine mercy all of the Watchers by the
bedside joined in repeating the Lord’s
Prayer, even to the porters.
In ten minutes after tho closing of this
pathetic service the spirit ot,the man took
its flight. He wm. afterward conveyed tc
the hospital, and it was then learned that
the stranger wasW. H. Covington of Jack
son, Miss., and that he was of a good Mis
sissippi family. He bad beeh a long time
a sufferer from consumption, and finally
determined to go to San Antonio, Tex.,
to see if he could not find some relief. This
change was successful for a time, but, as
is the case with such patients, the effect
I soon wore off, and Mr. Covington deter
mined to make his way back-to Missis
slppi.—New Orleans Tlmes-Democrat.
The Blaek Hole* of Indian Territory.
The other day a prisoner was brought tc
the bar in one of the federal courts of ths
Indian Territory*. He was told that bi
could have his choice of a jail or a pen!
tentlary sentence.
“Judge,” said be, “let me go to ths
penitentiary. For God's sake, don’t send
me back to that jail!”
At Ardmore the spate between two
brick buildings is inclosed by walls across
the front and rear of the lot. A roof par
tially covers the inclosure. The gable ends
are open, pnd a driving rain or snow storm
wets the interior. The mud of the dirt
floors is often ankle deep. Such is one ot
the United States jails of the territory.
Under this shed add in .the mud the fed
eral prisoners awaiting trial are herded
by guards Who patrol tho front and real
day and night.
At Soqth McAlester is the second ol
these national disgraces. Tt is a stone
building 50 feet wide by about 80 feet
long. The sides of the building are with
out openings of any kind. In one end is
a door. In the opposite end are two wfti
dowa. The only air that can enter is by
the door and the two windows. Men and
women prisoners are confined in this stone
building. Recently tho number thus
housed was 176. The smell that comes
from the interior is such that few persons
can approach the doer without being sick
ened.
At Muscogee is the third of the territory
jails. A fire destroyed the old building in
use, and a new structure, crude for such
purposes, but a marked improvement on
the other two jails, is now in use. These
three places, two of them without coun
terparts in the whole country, are employ
ed to hold between 700 and 800 prisoners,
either awaiting trial or under sentence.
They are the only jails for a population ot
800,000 white people. To keep the 700 or
800 prisoners within these “black holes”
the United States pay* $40,000 a year to
jailers and keepers.—Washington Cor. St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
▲ Sonth Sea Story.
An English naturalist has just explored
an island in the south Pacific only recently
discovered and named Christmas island.
It was not thought to be inhabited by man
or beast. The naturalist was, however,
astounded to run across a huge bamboo
house in the center of the island and saw
every sign of luxury through its open por
ticoes, while the surrounding country was
laid out in beautiful gardens.
As he gppearsd in the open glade an
aged white man .left a stockade close to the
house, and, followed by his native wife and
children, with 20 black servants and con
cubine* bringing up the rear, came toward
him. The modern Robinson Crusoe either
refused to speak or had forgotten his na
tive tongue, for he made himself under
stood by signs, and this dumb show was
to the effect that if the visitor did not leave
the island at once it would be worse for
him.
The white man, like the natives, wore
no clothing except a loin cloth made of
skins. The natives treated their white
master with great reverence, evidently
looking upon him as a big chief ora deity.
The man’s identity could not be learned.
—-Vancouver (B. C.) Letter in San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
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