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TDHE MORNING G?XT
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Uni 1Y Nn 306.
9,000 MUSTERED OUT.
ADMIRAL SCHLEY DETACHED
from HIS FLEET.
Spain WiH Hame Peace Commisaion-
Freparine for Reception of Repa
triated Soldiers-
Washington, Aug. 29—Tbe fob
lowing troops have been ordered mus
tered out: y
Ninth Massachusetts, from Middle*
town, Pa., to Sooth Framington, Mass.,
where they will be muttered out; Ser*
enth Illinois, from Middletown to
Springfield ; First Illfn«»«, L»xingtou,
Ky, to Spriogfiold, Fifth Illinois,
Lexington to Springfiield; Sixty-fifth
New York from Camp Alger to Buffa
lo ; Fifth Ohio infantry from Fernan
dina, Fla, to Columbus, Ohio; First
Wisconsin, from Jacksonville to Camp
Douglas, Wia.; Third United States
volunteer cavalry (Grigsby’s) at Chic
amauga; Fourth Texas, at Austin,
Texas.
An order was issued at the navy
department today detaching Rear
Admiral W. 8. Schley from command
of the second squadron of the North
Atlantic fleet, and ordering him to
Porto Rico as a member of the evac
uating commission, during which time
he is authorized to fly bis flag on the
cruiser New Orleans, which will re*
main in those waters nnlil the com*
mission is ready to return to the
United States.
The order lor Admiral Schley to fly
bls flag on the New Orleans is made
in order to keep him constructively on
sea duty while serving on the evacua
tion committee, thus entitling him to
the highest pay of his rank, viz ;
$6,000 per annum.
It was for the same reason than the
navy department decided to keep Ad
miral W. 8. Sampson in nominal com
mand of the North Atlantic fleet,
while be is io Havana as a member of
the Cuban evacuation committee. His
flag will be displayed on the auxiliary
cruiser Resolute, which -will take the
members of the commission to Hava
na.
A dispatch from Madi id says: "Duke
Almodovar de Rio, minister for foreign
w affairs, expected an official notification
Saturday of tbs names of the -Ameri
can peace commissioners. Should this
be received the Spanish commissioners
will be named at tpnigbt's cabinet
meeting.
"Negotiations opened
with Washington to obtain permission
for the Spaniards in the Ladrone
islands to go to Manila, as the situa
tion in the Ladrones is extremely crit
ical.
"Great preparations are being made
at Vigo and Pontevadra for the repa
triated soldiers who are expected to
arrive there shortly. All possible san
itary precautions are being taken.”
Mary Stuart's Curious Watches.
Among the watches owned by Mary
Stuart was a coffin-shaped watch in a
?aee of crystal. . Probably the most
remarkable one in her collection was
the one which was bequeathed to Mary
Seaton, her maid of honor. It Was in
the form of a skull. On the forehead
of the skull was the symbol of death,
the scythe and the hour-glass. At the
back of the skull was Time, and at the
top of the bead was the Garden of
Eden and the Crucifixion. The watch
was opened by reversing the skull.
Inside was a representation of the
Holy Family surrounded by angels,
while the shepherds and their flocks
were worshiping the new-born Christ.
The works formed the brains, while
the dial, plate was the palate. ' She
also possessed another skull-shaped
watch, but it is not known what be
.came of it.—August Ladies’ Home
Journal
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FURLOUGH THE ARMY.
A Good Suggestion Made by an
Esteemed Contemporary.
A great many of the volunteers want
to get out of the army. They are tired
of camp life and desire to go home to
attend to the civil duties which they
abandoned when the country was io
need of tbeir services. They enlisted
to fight, not to spend a couple of years
in camp, and it t»as been pretty con
clusively demonstrated that if they
remain in camp a large percentage of
them will die of fevers of one kind and
another or other diseases.
All of them cannot be mustered out
A great many of them will be needed
for duty in Cuba, Porto Rico and the,
Philippines. Hundreds of them are
being given furloughs for thirty days.
Instead of giving them furloughs for
that length of lime, why wbuid it not
be advisable to adopts plan something
ike this-: ‘ Find out from the men
who of them are willing to remain io
the army for duty wherever the gov
ernmeot has need for their service,
and furlough the rest of them indefi
nitely, with the understanding that if
the government should have need of
them before the expiration of their
terms of enlistment it will call for
them, allowing them in the meantime
half pay.
It looks, of course as if tbe
war was over, but who can aay that
we shall have no more trouble before
tbe status of Cuba, Porto Rico and the
Philippines is finally aettledT The
occaaion might arise suddenly for as
many troops as we now have in tbe
field. In that case we should have as
much trouble to get ao army together
as we bad at the beginning of tbe w*r
with Spain, if we ahould muster out
tbe greater part of tbe volunteers, as
it is now proposed to do.
The Governor of thia atate baa pro
posed to make one regiment of tbe
three now in the service from Georgia,
and to assume all the responsibility for
selecting the officers for tbe regiment.
Why could not the same plan be
adopted in tbe other atateaf By means
of it we could have all the mon needed
for garrison duty, and at tbe same time
have an army in reserve upon which
we could call il an emergency should
arise requiring additional troops.
It might be asked, what should be
done with tbe officers of the furloughed
troops? Let those of them who did not
wa'nt to continue in the service resign,
and put tbe others on half pay. Those
remaining ahould not, however, be
permitted to return to civil life. They
should be sent to schools of- military
instruction, presided over by tegular
army officers, there to be taught tbe
duties of military officers. If they
showed an aptness fors ’eb duties they
should be kept at these schools for as
long a time as the government thought
advisable. But those of them who
gave no promise of becoming good
soldiers should be permitted to resign
and drop back into civil life. It would
soon be discovered who of them pos
sessed soldierly qualities.
Tbe great drawback of the volunteer
army, as now constituted, is the in
competency of the officers. The ma
jority of them, it is safe to say, are
wholly unfitted for tbe positions they
occupy, and many of them will never
be any better soldier* than they are
now. There ought to be some way to
get rid at once of the incompetent
officers connected with regiments to
be retained in the service —Savanr.ah
News.
Xlllioni Given Away.’
It is certainly gratifying to the pub
lic to know of one concern il tbe land
who are not afraid to be generous to
the needy and Buffering. The propri
etors of Dr King's New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds, have
given away over ten million trial bot
tles of thia great medicine; and have
the satisfaction of knowing it has ab
solutely cured thousands of hopeless
cases Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarse
nesa all diseases of the Throat,
Cheat and Lungs are surely cured by
it. Call on J N. Harris & Son or
Carlisle & Ward druggists, and get a
trial bottle free. Regular size 50c and
sl. Every bottle guaranteed, or price
refunded.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
He KM Ym Han Alwap Haught
Bears the
Signature of
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BBIFETN, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 80, 1898.
All About Porto Rico
Few birds.
No snakes.
No monkeys.
Length, 90 miles.
Area, 3,670 square mites.
No birds of prey.
Population, 820,000.
Houses have flat roofs.
It contains 300,000 negroes.
One-fourth as large as Cuba.
In 1855 cholera killed 30,000.
It has 470 miles of telegraph.
Cock-fighting is the chief sport.
Discovered by Columbus in 1493.
Exports $15,000,000 worth a year.
Produces the finest coffee in the
world.
More densely populated (ban is
Connecticut.
Annual tobacco output, 7,000,000
pound*.
One hundred and thirty-seven miles
of railway.
Finest Havana cigars are made of
its tobacco.
lu 1897 it bnight $2,000,000 of our
commodities.
Three times it has repelled the at
tacks of the British.
Among the whites the number of
males exceeds that of female*.
The annual product of banana* is
give- as 200,000,000 and of cocoanuta
3,000,000.
A cotton, remarkable for its length
of fibre, tenacity and whiteness, is
produced, and its culture might with
advantage be largely extended.—Phil
adelphia Record.
American Flag the Oldest-
It is not generally known that the
Star Spangled Banner of the United
States is older than any one of the
present flags of the great European
powers. It was adopted in 1777 by
the Congress of the thirteen colonies
of North America, when at war with
the mother country The yellow and
red Spanish flag came out io 1785;
the French tricolor was adppted in
1794; the red English emblem, with
the Union Jack in the upper corner,
dated from 1801; the Sardinan (now
the Italian) flag first fluttered in 1848;
the Austro-Hungarian flag was one of
the consequences of the compromise
of 1867; the present German flag ap
peared in 1871, and the Russian tri
color is quite a recent affair.
The only modificati&n that the
American flag has undergone since its
origin consists in the addition of a new
star every time a new state is taken
into the Union. The stars now num
ber forty five, and, unfortunately for
Spain, it is more than likely that they
Jiave not yet come to the end of tbeir
multiplication.—Paris Figaro.
LETTER LIST.
List of letters remaining in the Griffin,
Ga., postoffice, week ending Aug. 29, 1898.
Persons calling will pleae say "advertised”
and give date. One cent must be paid on
each advertised letter.
MALB LIST.
Oliver Amis, Lieut J E Boating, Clark
Brown, D R Cook Clayton, James Cow
art, Lewis Cooper, R W Cradock, W R
Cunningham, Claud Dunlap, W W Grif
fin, OB Hood, GR Jarrell,! H Kintell,
Pat Kelly, Henry W Klecker, Charley
Washington, Loyd Freeman, C O Lyle,
A J McCord, Burton Morris, W B Payne,
Harvey Plankett, Jim Strigier, (R C
Blandly 2L), HA Simpson, Y7B Steel, V
Skfeff, (Mr W W Flem Letter), Will White,
XKMALK LIST.
Mrs D L Adue, Mrs Scott Baker, Mrs
Bettie Cox, Mrs Ida Male Griffin, Miss
Mevua Hollingsworth, Dora Jones, Leia
Person, Mrs Maggie Pitts, Ida Washing
ton.
R. L. Williams, P. M.
_ How’s This?
We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that can not be
cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
F. J. Chbnby <fc Co., Props., Toledo, O.
We the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney for the last 16 years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
Wmt & Tbuax, Wholesale Druggist,
Toledo. O.
Walding, Kinxan <fc Mabjin, Whole
sale Druggist. Toledo, Ohio.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mu
cous surfaces of the system. Price 76c.
per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Testi
monials free.
Hall’s Family Pills are the best.
Daa't T-Uarra Spii mh! bmoke Toar Use Ans J.
To.quit tobacco easily and forever, be niag
netle. lull of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To-
Bae, the wonder-worker, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, SOc or It. Cure guaran
teed. Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co- Chicago or New York
For Rent.
Two Stores, No. 20 and 22 HUI street
Centrally located. Apply to
H. W. Hassblkub.
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ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK.
A Punch Bowl Souvenir.
- Capt. H. 0. Taylor of the Indiana
sent an account of the part taken by
his battleship in tbs * destruction if
Cervera’s fleet to Gov. Mount of ll
dians, says the New York Sun Io it
Capt Taylor mentioned one wound
which none of the visitor* to bis sbip
ba* yet seen. It was an injury to tbs
punch bowl. Capt Taylor says:
"Your excellency may be interested
to know that in a skirmish with the
batteries on the day following the ac
tion with Cervera’s fleet—that is, on
the July 4—a fragment of a
shell, which exploded after penetrat
ing the ship, struck one of the chests
containing the silver and bent in the
punch bowl, the fragment remaining
in the indentation made ”
Most of the warships placed tbeir
silver on shore for safekeeping when
the war began. Capt. Taylor did not
do likewise, because he thought that
it would be more pleasing to tbe peo
ple of Indiana who gave the silver
service that it should share all the
hazards which the sbip.might under
go. That is now it happens that tbe
Indiana now has io Ils punch bowl a
unique souvenir of the w*r.
TIE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF FIGS
is due not only to the originality and
simplicity of the combination, but also
to the care and skill with which it is
manufactured by scientific processes
known to the California Fio Bybup
Co. only, and we wish to impress upon
all the Importance of purchasing the
true and original remedy. As the
genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured
by the California Fig Syrup Co.
only, a knowledge of that fact will
assist one in avoiding the worthless
imitations manufactured by other par
ties. The high standing of the Cali
fobnia Fig Syrup Co. with the medi
cal profession, and the satisfaction
which the genuine Syrup of Figs has
given to millions of families, makes
the name of the Company a guaranty
of the excellence of its remedy. It is
far in advance of all other laxatives,
as it acts on the kidneys, liver and
bowels without irritating or weaken
ing them, and it does not gripe nor
nauseate. In order to get its beneficial
effects, please remember the name of
the Company—
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FBANCISCe, C.L
Louisville. k>. newtokk. m. v.
L Will Be Sold
To the highest bidder for cash, before the
court house door, September 6th, the hand,
some twelve room residence, in West
Griffin, known as the J. D. Boyd place.
This place is lighted by electricity, has
electric bells, speaking tubes, water works
and every modern convenience, and is
located in a handsome grove of natural
forest. The place contains four acres of
land. Perfect titles can be given. Sold
for the purpose of diviaion among the heirs
of the late Hon. J. D. Boyd. House open
for inspection on Monday and Thursday
mornings. Sate will be positive. A great
chance to buy a beautiful home.
Bicycle Support.
Best attachment ever put on a wheel
Light, strong, sure, always goes with
wheel, stand it anywhere, in the house or
out doors, on the road,at the races, ball
game, etc. Sit on if desired. All nick
”led - moma|i
Peabody, Kansas.
FOR RENT.
Six-room dwelling on Poplar street
Apply to • Wilson Mathews.
H. F. Strickland & Cn.
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TAKE NOTICE!
Remember that the New Book
Store can tarnish you with all
School supplies—With every
cash purchase of 50 cents a
25 cents stove lifter will be
given to every one.- - - -
J. H. HUFF, - 24E811 Street.
Columbia Bicycles
Lead AU Others.
$35.00 fitinr nn 050.00
84000 " illlZu.llu “ ® 7s °o
HARTFORD BICYCLES!
CASH! OR • CREDIT. I
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CRIFFIN, GA,
EDWARDS BROS.’
RACKET STORE.
We will, on and after Sept. Ist,
be found at the store formerly occu
pied by Mangham Bros., which is be
ing handsomely repaired.....
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WE WILL SHOW.
Many new attractions in the way of desirable gooda
and LOW PRICES.
It has been jast two years since we cast our lot
with the people of Gnffin, and to any that
We Are Pleased With Our New Friends
and Acquaintances
does not express our appreciation of the liberal pat
ronage they have given ue, and we will spare no
pains to please them in the future.
EDWARDS BROS.
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