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ALL VOLUNTEERS TO REMAIN-
War Department Will Allow Ne Mor®
to Leave the Berviee.
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Washxxgtom, Sept- 14.—Tremen
done pressure ts etill being brought to
bear on th® war department to hare
more troops mustered out of th® eer
eice. Efforts in this direction, how
ever, are of no avail. It is announced
with increased emphasis, that there
will be no more troops mustered out.
Tbe situation does not admit of any
inrtber reduction in the army, and
efforts are being made to put those
volunteers who are retained in the
service a* near as possible to a footing
with the regulars kt tbe matter of drill
and discipline. An effort is being
made to eradiate the atratuerisb idea
of independence among the tinops,
and to bring them down to the strict
est discipline. The purpose at the
outset when tbe ynustef out began was
to muster out 100,000 volunteers. A
little over 96,000 have already been
mustered out, and it is announced pos
itively that there will be no more
mustered out, no matter what influ*
nee is brought to bear.
The president, alter receiving a let
ter from General John B. Gordon
declining the tender of a place on tbe
commi«siou appointed to investigate
th? conduct of the war board, has ap
pointed Captain Evan P. Howell to
that position. Captain Howell has
not signified his acceptance, and it is
not known whether be will do so or
not.
Accidents on Railroads.
Last year on American railways one
passenger was killed in accidents out
of every 2,827,474 passengers carried.
That is to say that you can take a
train 2,827,474 times before, on tbe
law of averages, your turn comes to be
killed. You will have to travel 72,-
093,963 miles on the cars before that
turn comes, and 4,541,945 miles before
you are injured. If. you travel 20
miles every day for 300 days To the
year, you can keep on for 768 yean
before your turn comes to ba hurt. If
there bad been railways when our
Savior was born, and you bad begun
to travel on the first day of the year
A. D. 1, and had traveled 100 miles
in every day of every month of every
year since then, you would still have
(in this year 1898) nearly three million
* miles yet to travel before your turn
came to be killed.
How much longer than that would
you want to live?—Dalton Argus.
A Toast to Our Flag-
At a champagne supper to some
captains of the navies of England,
Russia, Turkey, France and America,
a toast by each one in honor of the
flag be defended was called for and the
fallowing are the toasts given:
Tbe Russian said: “Here is to the
bars and stars that have never been
torn down.”
The Turk said: “Here is to the
moon of Turkey, whose wings have
never been clipped.”
Tbe Frenchman said : "Here is to
tbe cock of France, whose feathers
were never pulled.”
The American said : “Here is to
the stare and stripes of America,
which have never known defeat.”
Tbe Englishman concluded as fol
lows: “Here is to the rampant, roar
ing lion of Great Britain, that has
torn down the stars and bars of Russ
via; who clipped tbe wings of tbe
•noons of Turkey; who pulled tbe
feathers from tbe cock of France, and
ran like h—l from the stars and stripes
of tbe United States of America.”
Bow to Look Good.
Good looks are really more than
skin deep, depending entirely on a
healthy condition of all the vital or
gans. If the liver is inactive, you
have a bilious look ;if your stomach
is disordered, you have a dyspeptic
look; if yoor kidneys are effected, you
a pwffned look. Secure good
health, and you will surely have good
looks. “Electric Bitters" is a good
Alterative and Tonic. Acfs directly
on the stomach, liver and kidneys,
purifies the blood, cures pimples,
blotches and boils, and gives a good
complexion. Every bottle guaranteed.
Bold at Carlisle & Ward’s and J. N.
Harris A Son’s drug stores. 50 cents
per bottle,
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boim: inUof tile, nerve and vigor, take No-To
Bae, the wonder-vro: kcr, that makes weak
£tro . ug - Me or Si. Cure raaraa-
teed. Booklet and uample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co. Chicago M* New York.
-To Core Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarete Cand v Cathartic We or We
* G C. a tall to cure, druggists refund -t-sst
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GAMS DT CUBA.
Deer, Wild Bear and Other Animals
Abound-Great Variety of Birds.
While Cuba offers such a haven to
tbe invalid, it is a paradise for the
sportsman, wild game and fish of all
kinds being abundant.
Parties of gentlemen on horseback
with their packs of hounds, hunt the
fleet-Loted deer. It Is a common thing
for a small party to kill eight or ten
deer in a cfay. 2-r •!
Tbe wild boar is plentiful, and some
times, if cornered, dangerous, especial
ly tbe old master of the herd, called
“on solitario,” which will tear a dog
to pieces or make a green hunter climb
a tree, bat a Cuban easily kills him
with a machete. The island boar
sometimes weighs 200 or 300 pounds,
and has huge tusks, often five cr six
ruches in length The meat of tbe
female is much relished by the nativeta
Wild dogs and-oats, wild cattle, horses
apd jackasses abound. But the jutia,
peculiar only to Cuba, Which looks like
a cross between a squirrel, with a rat’s
tail, snd a rabbit, and which lives io
tbe trees and feeds on nuts and leaves,
is tbe great delight of tbe Coban.
Fowls are in great numbers. Wild
guinea bens and turkeys are found in
flocks from 25 to 100. Tbe whistle of
tbe quail and the flutter of the pheas
ant and perdix are beard on all sides
in the rural and mountain regions.
Ducks in abundance come over from
Florida in tbe winter and return with
the spring. Wild pigeons, with their
white tops and bodies of blue, larger
somewhat than tbe domestic bird,
offer, in hunting, tbe greatest sport to
gentlemen who will be restrained
within reason. In tbe early mornings
the pigeons generally go to feed on
tbe mangle berries when ripe, and
which grow by the sea or near some
swampy place. I have known a party
of three persons to kill 1,500 of the
pigeons witbin a few hours. Kebi
ches, tojosas and guaoaros are found
in tbe thick woods.
Mocking and blqe birds, orioles,tur
pials, negritos, parrots and a thous
and kinds of songsters and birds of
brilliant plumage flit from tree to tree.
Tbe naturalist Poey says there are
641 distinct species of fish in tbe Cu
ban waters. Among those that de
ight the sportsmen are the red snap
per, lists, manta, gallegu,cubera,sure
a and garfish. Tbe sierra, which
weighs from forty to sixty pounds, is
extremely game, as is tbe ronco, so
called because it snores when brought
out of the water. For heavy sport,
fishing for sharks, which are good for
nothing, or tbe gusa, which weighs
from 400 to 600 pounds, and is excel
ent ea'ing, offers abundant rxeroire.
It is a daily occurance to see schools
of fish, numbering from hundreds to
many thousands, each fish weighing
rom one to four pounds, swimming
around the bays and harbors waiting
dr bait. Any American who enjoys
good fishing can find bis fondest
dreams more than satisfied in Cuba.
Delicious shrimp, crabs and. lob
sters, oysters and clams abotfnd. The
lobsters have no claws and weigh from
two to eight pounds. They are caught
at night in shallow places along tbe
sandy beach, a torch, harpoon and net
being tbe necessary outfit. Some of
the rivers abound in alligators, but
few bunt them.—Forest and Stream.
Enterprising Druggists,
There are few men more enterpris
ing and wide awake than J. N. Harris
& Son and Carlisle & Ward who spare
no pains to secure tbe best of every
thing in their line for their many
customers. They now have the
valuable agency for Dr. King’s New
Discovery for Consumption, Coughs
and Colds. This is tbe wonderful
remedy that is producing such a furor
all over tbe country by its many
startling cures. It—absolutely cures
Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarseness and
ail affections of the Throat, Chest and
Lungs. Call at above drug stores and
got <. trial bottle free a regular size
for 50 cents and 11.00. Guaranteed
to cure or price refunded
CA.NTORIA..
Bwsthe ll* IM Yw Haw Always Bought
Ngwatar*
FOR RENT.
The store rooin in Odd Fellow®
building now occupied by G. W. Clark
A Son. Possession given Sept. Ist
next. Apply to either of tbe under
signed. -■ JNO L. Reid,
J. C. Brooks,
W. M. Thomas.
Ito Caro Constipatloa Forever.
Take Cascarete Candy Cathartic. Kte or 25p.
jr CL C. C. tail to cure, drvzgista refund mone«.
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER IS. 1898.
AIIAUTIFUL HOU
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One That is Being Given 41 the
Service of a City.
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One of the prettiest homes near this
city is that of Col. B. N. Barrow, a few
miles on the eastern suburbs, .''and
every day it is being given an artistic
touch that will at no distant day
make it an ideal spot.
Situated, as it is, in one of the pret
tiest valleys thatis over lapped by two
commanding bills and is confronted
by one of lesser magnitude, it seems
that nature gave it all that it had in
store. Tbe streams water it, fruit
grows on it and everything thrives
Col. Barrow baa recently added
water works of the purest variety from
Liddell & Johnson, of AHanla, and
with a small expense he has given
himself a perfect eyew-m that only
requires air pressure and a few mo
ments each day of attention. From
all over the grounds surrounding his
home water lor irrigation, purposes
can be used and through the house
both hot and cold water is at command
at all hours in the day or night.
Aside from every other considers*
tion that comfort can suggest, Col.
Barrow is making a grassy lawn of bis
front, and while tbe shrubbery is being
trimmed up not a tree is disturbed and
the place is one of quiet and beauty.
There is no boose in any city, or
even premises, that is better supplied
than this home with water and Col.
Barrow has reason to feel happy sura
rounded as he is by every comfort
that man or art can devise.
Il is not strange that politics can
have no attraction for such a man and
though he has been frequently enticed
to tbe edge of the arena that has been
fatal to happiness, with bis cool
headedness he has avoided the issue
and refrained from sacrificing himself.
Thus it is we find him enjoying peace
and comfort on one of the prettiest
homes of tbe section, and better than
all, perfectly content, with a good
word fur all, especially those who have
just placed his water works.
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TOM KEENE.
An Old Friend’s Feelinc Tribute SO a
Thoroughly Good Man.
“Did I know Keene?” repeated Edward
kfackay in response to a question put to
lira by a Washington Times man. “Well,
what was almost my first experience was
got under him. For two seasons I
played in his company, and my vary de
pendence brought me into his presence as
much as any other member of the organi
sation. There are few men like him. When
X picked up my paper a short time ago and
read of his death, I felt as much sorrow as
though he had been near and dear to me.
His was a remarkably kind heart, and it
showed through in every way. Sarah
Baker, the oldest actress on the stage, was
among his people, and the care he took of
her was an indication of what material be
was made. Thera was always a carriage
at her disposal, and if she wanted any
thing she had but to speak of it to him.
She was one of the mourners at his fu
neral, and I know that bls death must
have come near breaking the old lady’s
heart.
“There was never any arrogance or
pomposity about Tom Keene. At stations
where we have had to wait for trains he
was Invariably the first to propose a game
of baseball or something of the sort. And
yet he was in every sense of the word a
student. No one can tell the days and
nights he spent in poring over his beloved
volumes. Shakespeare was to him veri
tably a king, and the lack of respect ac
corded the bard caused him considerable
sorrow. *1 shall play Shakespeare if I
starve at it,* he said to me once. *1 will
play Shakespeare next season and every
other season, if I have to do so in a bam.*
Keene used io wear a number of medallions
in the different roles he assumed, and he
knew the meaning of every crook in them.
Criticism cut him to the quick, but he
tried to profit by It. Indeed in every re
spect he was an actor of the old school.
You could have told his profession from
across tbe street. There was no mistaking
his curly hair, his aquiline nose, his
square jaw or his posen-all were charac
teristic.
“Few stars oould take the interest in
their companions that he did. Not a man
escaped his attention, and he would en
deavor to help each of ue along at frequent
intervals with kindly advice and sugg 6B *
tions. Whether or not you ar I agree with
his style of acting we must admit that his
srnreme IntelVqenM gs»e pvaAM-.
vantage. Much of what X know ne taught
me. I remember, for example, his calling
to me one night after a performance of
‘Macbeth.’ ‘You overact,’ he said, ‘but
I’d rather have you do that than to go to
,|he other extreme. I can tone down what
you have done, but I can’t make you what
you haven’t, you redheaded, Bay Ridge
clameaterl* Which was the dignified and
poetio title he gave ma
“Did I know Keene? Yes, and I knew
him to be as honest a gentleman, as de
voted an artist and as kindly • nan as
God ever made X shall probably never go
back to his style of labor, but neither
shall I forget his influence over me or my
association with him.’’—Detroit Frse
flignatsn
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* ROVAI BAKUM FOVfMK 00.. MW YONK.
‘ Teacher. ''‘Xi-
One cause of the low standing of the
teacher’s calling is lack of extended
professional training. Professions easily
entered are not usually highly respect
ed. The medical profession has been
cited as an illustration. Not long ago,
when one could be a physician without
special training, the profession was not
very highly esteemed? N«w, when ex
tended training is demanded both by
public opinion and by lew, the profes
sion is respected as one of the highest
In like manner tha teaching profession
would undoubtedly increase in saves
were training of a high order demand
ed. In fact, we find the respect for ths
profession varying in different countries
and in different grades of the school
system almost in direct ratio to ths
education and professional training re
quired of candidate®.—Feu.--
TEE EXCEUESCE OF SW OF FMB
is doe nc£ 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 Fig 8 ybup
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 pour
ties. The high standing of the Cali
fornia 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 FRANCISCO, CaL
LOUISVILLX, Rr. NKW YORK. N. Y.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
For Mayor,
At the solicitation of many citizens I
hereby respectfully announce myself a
candidate for mayor, subject to the prim
mary of October 11th, promising if elected
( to faithfully perform the duties of the of
fice in the interest of all concerned.
JNO. L. MOORE.
Having faithfully served the City of
Griffin as Mayor for one term, I announce
as a candidate for re-election and respect-,
folly solicit the votes of the citizens.
W. D, DAVIS.
For Aiderman.
I hereby announce myself a candidate
for Aiderman from the First Ward, and if
elected I promise to do what in my honest
judgment is to the good of the greatest
number of tax payers, regardless of friend
or foe. Yours, etc.,
0. HOMER WOLCOTT.
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I respectfully announce myself as a can
didate for Alderman from the first ward
and solicit the support of my friends.
J, H. SMITH.,
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At the solicitation of friends I respect*
folly announce myself a candidate for Al
derman from the Fourth Ward, and so
licit the support of the citizens.
Having a pride in the welfare of our
city and her institutions I promise, if
elected, to act for the best interest of the
city and citizens and perform conscien-
Having served the city as Aiderman
from the 4th ward for the past two yean,
and conscientiously discharged my duty,
I announce myself as a candidate for re
election and respectfully solicit the votes
and support of the citizens.
Itd7MITCHELL.
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New Goods Have Arrived.
We are ready to show you the best stock of Staple aid Faicy
Dry Goods, Notions, Etc., we have ever brought to Griffin.
Monday w® will sell ladies and gentlemens Umbrellas, 26 and 28 inch,
worth |1.50, at |l. . 7 . ' ’ ' 1
Childrens school Umbrellas at 48c.
10-4 Bleached Sheeting at 15c.
We sell Nasereth Waists for children, all sixes 2 to 12 years, winter
weights, at only 25c. '
MS CALL/fo
finwistgF
NEW SHOES »re coating in every day. When you get them from as
you know they are correct in style and price.
BARGAINS ON CENTER COUNTER.
October Fashion Sheets now ready.
B. F. STMCKLASD & <<>.
H)olllT[|fi
School Books, Boot Aooortment of School Bago,
and Straps, Ink and Pencil Tablets, Pencils, Pen
Holders, Pencil Boxes, at Sets. each. Prompt Ab
tention Given to All Mail Orders.
J. H. HUFF, - 24 Hill Street.
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Columbia Bicycles
Lead All Others.
$35.00 ffiinc nn $50.00
84000 “ lIZO.uU “ 87500
Hartford bicycles!
cash: or::credit.
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GRIFFIN. GA.
EDWARDS BROS.’
RACKET STORE.
We will, on and after Sept. Ist,
be found at the store formerly occn- H
pied by Mangham Bros., which is be
ing handsomely repaired.....
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WE WILL SHOW.
Many * new attraction! in the way of desirable good®
and LOW PBICES. „
It has been just two years sine® we cast our lot
with the people of Gnffin, and to say that
We Are Pleased With Our New Friends
and Acquaintances ; O
doe® not express our appreciation of the liberal pat- «
ronage they have given us, and we will spare no
pains to please them in the future.
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EDWARDS BROS. 1
tn Cento per Week