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PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY COMPOUND
ED. FINE CIGARS AND TOBACCO. HYPODERM
IC SYRINGES, KEEDLEB, ETC. FOUR YEAR OLD
APPLE VINEGAR-SOMETHING THAT WILL
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J. KT. HARRIS & SOKT-
WILL MOVE- <
On the let of September we will move
into the store noW occupied by B. R.
BLAKELY; have oought his stock.
WE WILL KEEP
the finest and most complete stock of
Fancy and Staple Groceries ever kept
in Griffin.
G. W CLARK & SON.
Wholesale and Retail Grocers.
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Morning Call.
GRIFFIN, GA., SEPT. 8, 1898.
iMHeeover Davis* Hardware Store
telephone no. «.
E. W. Hale, of Jolly, spent yester
day io this city.
Col Thoi. E. Patterson spent yes*
lerday Id Atlanta on legal business
Mrs Florets C. While, of Newnan,
Is spending mtsis! days with relatives
la ibis city.
Ospt. W. H. Hartnett, of Flat
K;' Shoals, spent yesterday with friends
to ibis city.
Sam Webb, traveling passenger
agent of the Central railroad, was in
tbe city yesterday.
Col. Jodson Strickland, of Concord,
spent yesterday mingling with his
many Griffiu friends.
Mrs. J. G. Smith, of Barnesville,
returned boms yesterday after spend
ing a few days in this city with her
daughter, Mre. J W. Gresham.
Mrs. Frank P. Harroll, of Americus
returned home yesterday after epend
log a lew days in this city aa the guest
of Prof and Mre. J. Henry Walker.
Mrs. 8. M. Sims and daughter, Miss
Bessie Sima, of Washington, I). C , ar
rived in the city yesterday and for
several days will be the guts's of Mrs.
Walter Ellis.
W. B. Harris, o’ Bessemer, Ala , ar
rived In the city yesterday and will
take charge of the undei taking depart
ment of L. W. Goddard’s furniture
establishment.
Yeateiday was a very disagreeable
day, as it rained steadily a'l day and
al times tbe rain came down in tor
rents. Unless we have warm and dry
weather soon the cotton will be se
riously damaged.
Edwards Bros, were busy yesterday
moving their large stock of goods into
tbe old City National bank building,
which has recently been remodeled
and la now one of tbe prettiest store
’ rooms in the city.
The public schools and the Chas.
M. Neel Institute open next Monday
and tbe prospects are that they will
have a most prosperous year. Parents
should see that their children enter
promptly the flrat day.
The firm of McDonald A Hanes,
dentists, was dissolved yesterday by
the retiring of Dr. Hanes, who will
open up an office over Flemiater A
Bridges* store within the next few
days. Di. McDonald will continue
the practice of dentistry at the old
stand.
Mr. T. A. C. Smith and son, L. E.
Smith, went down to Griffin last Fri
day after Tom, Mr. Smith’s son, a
member of tbe Third Georgia regi
moot, who was in tbe hospital very
sick. They returned with him Friday
night. He is sick with malaria) fever.
—Carroll County Times
Col. J. D. Boyd, who for several
months past been connected with the
News and Sun in tbe capacity of city
editor, severed hie connection with
that paper yesterday and will devote
bis entire time to tbe practice of law.
He io succeeded by Col. O. H. P. Sla
ton, who has had some experience in
tbe business and will keep hie depart
ment of tbe paper up to its present
standard.
Pitt's Carminative aids digestion, regu
lates the bowels, cures Cholera Infantum,
Cholera Morbus, Dysentery, Pains, Grip
ing, Flatulent Colic, Unnatural Drains
from the Bowels, and all diseases incident
to teething children. For all summer
complaints It is a specific. Perfectly
■ harmless aad free from Injurious drugs
and chemicals.
Working the Big Guns-
, In manning the batteries on » ves
sel of war twelve men are allotted to
every gun with tbe exception of the
ten twelve and thirteen inch, mounted
lb turrets In tbe latter •case, the
guns being mounted io pairs, twelve
men are divided between them Each
man has a certain duty to perform,
and, under the thorough system of
d-Ulihg in the United S’ales navy, be
is generally letter perfect iu his woik.
Tbe six men of the thirteen-inch crew
are designated as follows: Captain,
first pingman and sponger, liftman,
return lever ffisn, trainer.
Tbe duty of the captain is to exer
cise a general eupei vision over tbe
crew and to handle the hydraulic
rammer. The first plug man and spong
er has hie station at the rear end of
tbe plug platform, and the second
plugmao and sponger at the front end
of the plug platform, By the plug is
meant the piece of steel used to close
the breech Tbe liftmen attends to
the lift-lever, the return»lever man to
the return-lever, and the trainer turns
bis attention to the lever controlling
the hydraulic training gear. In drill
and in action everything runs like
clockwork, each man seeming a com
ponent part of Jan intricate piece of
mechanism
The great guna are aimed by means
of “range finder#"—instruments
invented by naval officers
for the puipoae of divining th® range
of an enemy. One used to n consider
able extent in the service consists of
two telescopes, p aced one tit each end
of a base line (some measured length
of the vessel). Tbeso tele»copes, are
di.'ec*ed upon the target, the distance
of which determines tbe angle bet seen
conducting bodies, and causing tbe
deflection of a galvanometer, which is
graduated in yards, so that the dis
tance may be read eff directly. The
working of this finder ia so simple that
enlisted members of tbe crew are
sometimes stationed at it.
From the bregoing the reader can
easily understand that placing and
fighting the battery of a modern man
of-war ie a science io itself It is a
mistake to imagine that all is smooth
sailing and perpetual holidays in Un
cle Sam's navy. In fuel, the naval
officers o< the present day most em
body in himself the learning of a
co’lege piofeseor, the scientific skill of
an expert, the courtesy of a Brummel,
and the dash and bravery of D’Ar tig
nan—Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly.
To Clsuss Ths System
Effectually yet gently, when costive or
bilious, or when the blood is Impure or
sluggish, to permanently overcome habi
tual constipation, to awaken the kidneys
and liver to a healthy activity, without
irritating or weakning them, to dispel
headaches, colds, or fevers, use Syrup o
Figs.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
Tbs KM Yn Haw Alwap BnfM
Bears the /'"bC -//ty
Six Negroes Arrested-
Six negroes were arrested at Camp
Norton yesterday for rocking the
sentinels on different poets. A strong
guard was placed over them and they
were brought to the city and deliv
ered to tbe civil authorities, who will
see that they are sufficiently punished.
The negroes were Will Bime, John
Sims, Josh Geter, Alex Perkins, John
Phillips and Howard Coppedge.
CASTOXXA.
B#*™ th. B Th* Kind YtsHawAlwajs Bought t
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MUSK FROM TIBET.
try rrom Thera.
In return for tbe tea and other article*
amt into Tibet through the Mohammedan (
representative of the Tibetan trad* guild*, ,
the native* tend back a long list of artl- ;
cine, including muek, rhubarb, wool, sktoe j
of various kinds, precious stones, nwdL
cine and a coarse grade of unbleached
silken fabric, says The Manufacturer.
Musk, which forma nn important part
es Tibetan outward trade, ia a secretion of
a small doer (Orvua moechna). This ani
mal occurs throughout eastern Tibet, but
the largest herds are said to roam over the
plains near the Koko Nor. A great deal
of musk paaeM out to north China. The
consumption in Sau-Chuan ia consider
able, and there 1s no article more easily
smuggled. A single •'pod” rarely con
tains more than one-third of an ounce of
musk. The supply is less than it might
be it the Tibetans had sporttag rifles or if
the dangers and difficulties of the chase
were not such as to prevent Chinese mer
chants from hunting the deer.
Good musk, which ia recognized by its
rich brown color and intensely pungent
odor, is bought tor 10 or 18 times its
weight in silver on the frontier. In
Chung King it sells for as much as 18
times its weight in silver. Tbe musk that
goes to Shanghai is adultored with grains
of dyed sand and other extraneous matter,
to the extent, it is said, of 60 per cent. A >
few grains of good musk will perfume a
whole room. Musk, however, is used not
only aS a perfume, but also as a medicine,
and it is placed among the clothing and
furs as a preventive against moths.
It is said that practically all the musk
which passes through Ta-Chien-Lu is
adulterated by the Tibetans before it
reaches that market by means of blood and
liver. Ths usual test tor ascertaining tbe
purity of musk is running a thread rubbed
with garlic through the pod. If no odor
of garlic remains, the perfume is held to
be sufficiently pure.
An Important article of export from
Tibet is rhubarb. This plant grows abun -
dantly in many parts of the country, and
the supply is said to be in excess of the de
mand. Great quantities are grown on the
hills about Ta-Chien-Lu, but the natives,
in order to dispose of it rapidly, dry it by
artificial heat and thus injure its quality.
This drug is, from the point of view of the
civilized natives, the most useful of the
Tibetan medicines. The best quality grows
at an altitude of above 0,000 feet, and the
roots are brought down in the rough state
by the tribes or by the Chinese traders in
Tibet. The large roots are trimmed or
chopped into rough square lumps. In the
Ta-Chien-Im district, owing to the damp
ness of the climate, the roots have'to be
carefully dried and are perforated to pre
vent mildew, which is the great enemy of
the Chinese drug merchant. On arrival at
Chung-King, the lumps of rhubarb are
again trimmed into small, square pieces,
and after being dried are packed for
Shanghai, where an equal weight is worth
five times its value on the frontier.
She Meant Well.
The wife of a prominent lawyer living
in Germantown recently engaged a new
servant from Virginia, who, although
black as coal, was endowed with the fair
name of Lillie, and whose desire to please
her mistress has already occasioned more
than one embarrassing situation. The
other day an eminent minister and tem
perance reformer called at the house, and
in a short time he launched off upon a vio
lent denunciation of intemperance in the
family circle and drinking in general.
Lillie bad hoard that the visitor was a
man of prominence and standing, and she
acted accordingly. Going to the medicine
case, she brought out a flask of old whisky
kept for sickness and poured a generous
quantity over the cracked ice in a bowl.
Taking the scissors, she went to the yard
fence and looked over, and,-seeing the
coast was clear, appropriated a large bunch
of mint from the neighbor’s garden.
Putting a clean handkerchief on her
head, she sallied in to honor the “quality”
in the parlor, who was just in the midst
of his denunciation, and whose views were
l>elng heartily concurred in by his hostess.
Just then Lillie came sweeping in and pre
sented the astonished divine with a mint
julep. He gave one withering glance at
his hostess, and, taking his hat, left the
house, evidently believing that the lady
was a hypocrite or that his zeal for tem
perance had been made the subject of a
joke.—Philadelphia Record.
The Wreck of the Man®.
Preparations are being made at Trieste
to raise the wreck of the French frigate
Danas, sunk in 1818. The Dante had 860
men and 44 guns on board and was blown
up through an explosion on board, the
cause of which has remained unknown, on
Sept. 6in that year. All Triest suffered.
Chimneys fell and doors sprang off their
hinges. Not a window pane remained in
tact, and the houses on the quay were all
more or lest damaged. Besides all the men
on board many persons walking on the
quay were killed. Ships caught fire and
were destroyed. The French governor
gave orders that the catastrophe should be
hushed up, and the details as well as the
cause remained a secret It is believed
that the wreck contains a large sum of
money In gold and valuable trinkets in
tended for a famous beauty of the period.
The Progressive Physician.
The fashionable physician was going
away for a week or so, and his less fash
ionable professional brother had agreed to
look after his practice during that time.
"I suppose,” said the one whose prac
tice had been among the more lowly,
“that where there is really nothing wrong
and there are indications that something
is expected of me I will be perfectly safe
in prescribing a little bicycle exercise.”
“Ob, dear, no,” replied the other.
“That’s not at all the correct thing now.
The bicycle is getting so common, you
know, I find it necessary now to advise my
fashionable patients to give up the bicycle
and devote themselves to golf.’’—Chicago
Post.
A Tax on the Childless.
In order to keep up the population of
Madagascar vigorous measures arc to come
into force with .the beginning of next
year. After that date every man of 86
yean who is not a father of a child, wheth
er legitimate or Illegitimate, will have to |
pay an annual tax of 16 francs, while sin
gle or childless young women over 9* (
years will hare to pay half that amount.
—London Nows. 1
Statesmen Ad libitum. I
Mrs. Gager— They say our government 1
ia nt a terrible k® what to do with the <
Philippines.
Mrs, Teller—l know it, and they haven’t 1
one of them asked my husband what to 1
do with them. He could solve the difficulty
in a minute, for I’ve h*ard him say so.—
Boston Transcript. .
"BURNING STICKS.”
Columbu’ Impreseioes Hl * Tlrrt
trod notion to SmoUing Tobacco.
It wan on the island of Cuba, in the
autumn of 1493, that the 086 of tobacco
was learned by Europeans. tv Col “ b ’“
makes the first mention of the weed in
his diary under date of Oct. 15. When
be and his men landed on Cuban shores, ,
the kindly natives, who mistook them
for messengers from heaven, brought
them numerous oL’erings. Among these,
as stated by the admiral in his diary,
were some “dry leaves, which must bo
something much prized by them (the
natives), for they had already brought
me some in San Salvador as a present.
Little heed was paid to these leaves
in the beginning by the Spaniards. They
were in search of gold and saw no pos
sibility of converting miserable weeds
into that precious commodity. In the
course of time they began to notice that
as the natives went to and from their
villages and the shore smoke escaped
from their mouths, “in a truly diabol
ical manner." Soon they discovered
that these unclad children of the wilds
carried in their hands a “burning
stick," which every now and then they
would put into their mouths and blow
, out a cloud of smoke. This had a most
heathenish look, as it is recorded, to the
Spaniards, and they inquired, as well as
they could by signs, into the custom.
They learned that the burning sticks
were composed of the dried leaves so
treasured by the natives, and that the
custom of smoking the fragrant weed
was supposed to lessen fatigue on long
journeys. They tried it for themselves
and found -this actually to be the case.
On many a troublesome jaunt thereafter
they .were refreshed as the pleasant per
fume curled upward from their own
“burning sticka "—Detroit Journal.
•SPECULATING ON SHIPS.
How Underwriters Gamble on Overdue
Veuele Posted at Lloyds.
When a ship is overdue, an opportu
nity is sometimes afforded for a gamble
at Lloyds. It can be readily understood
that underwriters who are interested in
the “overdues” are ‘Shly too willing to
get rid of the risk by paying a premium
on the insured rate to those who are
willing, on their terms to relieve them
of their responsibilities. The premium
varies with the chances of the vessel
turning up; the smaller the chances the
higher the premium and vice versa.
The rites paying on ‘ ‘ overdues’ ’ serve
as accurate barometers of the probabili
ties or otherwise of the ship ever being
heard of again. These underwriters who
speculate on “overdues” are generally
known by the significant name of “doc
tors." The insurance on an “overdue”
may pass through many channels before
the ship is, on the one hand, “posted"
at Lloyds as “missing," or, on the
other hand, she arrives in safety.
A ship is never “posted" until the
committee is thoroughly satisfied that
her case is hopeless, and until the own
er is of the same opinion. Before “post
ing" a notice is put up for a week In
viting any information concerning the
vessel. If this elicits no news, the com
mittee at its next meeting votes the ship
as “missing," and a notice is posted ac
cordingly. The loss is then settled and
paid for. It may be incidentally re
marked that “posting" at Lloyds con
stitutes a legal death certificate for any
one on board the missing ships.—Good
Words.
Smallest and Oddest Republics.
Goust Is the smallest republic as to
area, but Tavolara is the smallest re
public as to population. Goust is only
one mile in area. It is located on the
flat top of a mountain in the Pyrenees,
between France and Spain, and is recog
nized by both of those countries. It is
governed by a president and a council bl
12. It was established in 1648 and has
180 inhabitants. The president is tax
collector, assessor and judge. Goust has
no church, clergyman or cemetery. The
people worship in a church outside of
their own territory, and the dead bodies
are slid down to a cemetery in the val
ley below. In that valley all the bap
tisms and marriages are performed.
Tavolara is 12 miles northeast of Sar
dinia. It is an island five miles long by
a half mile wide. Its total population
consists of 55 men, women and chil
dren. The women go to the polls with
the men and elect every year a presi
dent and council of six, all serving
without pay. The inhabitants support
themselves by fishing and raising fruit
.and vegetables. The republic has n<3
army and no navy.—Cincinnati En-
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CASTORZA.
Bsan the Th* Kind You Haw Always Bought
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THINGS COME HIS
WAY AGAIN,
and the farmer is happy. When the far
mer is happy {Bosperity is with us. You '
will think so when you see the superior
quality of flour that we are selling. Our
flour can’t te equaled for bread, pastry or
cake. All of our cereals and farinaceous
foods are high grade goods at low grade ‘
prices. 1
I
J. R. SHEDD.
FLEffISKLUIiGES.
IN ORDER... |
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To secure more commodious quar- I
ters, we will move into the New I
York Store on Sept Ist We are I
determined to reduce our stock to I
save expense of removal, and will 1
cut prices so as to make quick sales. I
-IFor Monday Mornings I
—79 c White Bed Spreads worth $1.25.
5c Yard 4-4 Bleached Sheeting .
6 c Yard 4-4 Bleached Sheeting, free of dressing. ,
4ic Yc.d good Sea Isknd Sheeting. ; I
15c Ya -d for Orrandies and SUc. |
All Ladies’Shirt Waists at first coei , ‘ |
9c for Ladies’ Bleached Tape-Necked Vests. |
Big cut on all Wool Dress Goods and Silks. I
__ 5c Yard for Ginghams worth 7ic. | I
85c for Scrivens’ Drawers.
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Remnant Counter.... I
Piled with desirable Short
Lengths of everything in j
stock at 50c on the dollar.
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Haven't space to mention all our Bargains;
come and see for yourselves.
Fleimster & Bridges
*► GRIFFIN
..CYCLE..
} ...co’Y.,
Kincaidißlock.
the sterling.
(Built like a watch.) This Bicycle ia the best high grade Bike on the, |
market. .
Our $35 CRAWFORD will compaie w ith any SSO wheel.
BICYCLE SUNDRIES
Os every description—Lanterns, Bells, Saddles, Pedals,
Sp.ockels, Gr?ps, Tires and Others too Numerous to Mention.
Bicycles
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to Rent. KL/
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OUR PRESCRIPTION FILES
show the esteem in which weareheMby
physicians and the public in general Our
prescription department is conducted on
the most careful plan, and prescriptions
are compounded from only the purest and
freshest drugs, and no mistakes are possi
ble here. i i
N. B. DREWRY *SON,
28 Hill Street.
FOR RENT.
The store room in Odd Fellows
building now occupied by G. W. Clark
& Son. Possession given Sept. Ist
next. Apply to either of the under- ,
signed. Jno. L. Recd, - i
J. C. Brooks, 1
W. M. Thomas,
OPEN AIR LIVING
IN SUMMER
is both healthful and enjoyable witaryour
piazza and lawn is fitted up with ham
mocks, easy rockers, settees, lawn tables
and lawn chairs. We have a fine stock of
hammocks, piazza rockers and piazza and
lawn furniture of all kinds that is hand
some and low priced. |
CHILDS & GODDARD.
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
eled. f 1.50, express paid.
* w. H. Morgan,
Peabody, Kansas.