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'- - \ TDHE MORNING G?XT —— 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 AOlwsr Trick, It certainly looks like it, but there is really no trick about it. Anybody can try it who has a Lame Back and Weak Kidneys, Malaria or nervous troubles. We mean he can euro himself right away by taking Electric Bitters This medicine tones up the whole system, acts as a stimu lant to Liver and Kidneys, is a blood | purifier and narve tonic. It cures Constipation, Headache, Fainting Spells, Sleeplessness and Melancholy It is purely vegetable, a mild laxative, , and restores the system to its natural v >gor Try Electric Bitters and be convinced that they are a miracle worker Every bottle guaranteed. Only 50c a bottle at J. N. • Harris Son's or Carlisle <fc Ward’s drug store '-ii.c.f- \nui- Krtrelz -S® SMKKSSfiS; 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 - . - . 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. — - R©F©l MdilM tlte f<MMI pfilYffip o. M 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. — —. —■ .A. .'1 22 91 MM BHBB I I—W—4 ? O > m— 3g* g _ 3 io<=> 3N O s 3 I i?’ r s §| g & r 01 fi© H - r..ii juuwmM I p S B 3 Ito gds 3 • g £ - » a. 7 S' W I £ jz} * © J 5 <* 3 --2. <*< I 00 33 > _ • o • ° z 5 ’ —sf > S r o> < o» 3 3 ° < x I FT-, O : 11 b ? •5 ?? I ~ ! i • H f»? * 3 s 3 ' 2•* S. to S 53. i w ’?» - * mk I 8 5H ! i Is, It F. STRICKLAND & CO. 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 ' ■ V . -- r . .... . . HC? Tzzr* "xz? “tti 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..... — —(O) 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. . I fn n a. aba w