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- 11 ■' '=—7 «iiiirlcW unUr lunnlr vttU“"ALL Int Utul i AHIt I !£«••••• BAH ROAP WORTH 10c FOR 0c A BAK ..SOME EXTRA FINE TEA.. AI-iL KINTIS HPICK3 FOR PIOKIjICJNG. r LAV* I’ENH INK PAPER ENVELOPES .....All Medicine* and Dniflarf All Sort* PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY COMPOUND ED. FINE CIGARS AND TOBACCO. HYPODERM IC SYRINGES, KEEDLEB, ETC. FOUR YEAR OLD APPLE VINEGAR-SOMETHING THAT WILL SAVE YOUR PICKLES. CALL AND SEE U 8 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. g^.-. . -1... 1.11 ,1 - - 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 ttgaatv 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- ' ___ 'A CASTORZA. Bsan the Th* Kind You Haw Always Bought ————————MM—————— 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... | 1- I 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. * Remnant Counter.... I Piled with desirable Short Lengths of everything in j stock at 50c on the dollar. , • '■ -.'x 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 ~v ( v to Rent. KL/ /gfaga* w 1 MrTWfcfr'rJS / ■ AH' -iSSL— 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.