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ANNOUNCENENTS. For Mayor. Al the aolldtaUon 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 perforin the duties of the of. flee in the interest of all concerned. JNO. L. MOORE. Having faithfully served the City of Griflm as Mayor for one term, I announce as a candidate for reflection and respect, folly solicit the votes of the citizens. W. D. DAVIS. For Aiderman. I hereby announce • < '? nd ‘ d ?*£ for Alderman 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 C. HOMER WOLCOTT. I respectfully announce myself as a can didate for Aiderman from the first ward and solicit the support of my friends. J. H. SMITH. At the solicitation of friends I respect folly announce myself a candidate for Ai 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 tiously eyery duty assigned me. DAVID J. BAILEY. Having served the city as Aiderman from the 4th ward for the past two years, and conscientiously discharged my duty, I announce myself as a candidate for re election and respectfully solicit the votes and support of the citizens, M. D. MITCHELL. To the Voters of Griffin; lama can didate lor Aiderman from Second Ward, and respectfolly ask your support. M. J. PATRICK. TAX ORDINANCE FOR 1898. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Coun cil of the city of Griffin and it is hereby ordained by authority of the same, that the sum of 25 cents be and the same is hereby imposed on each and every one hundred dollars of real estate withm the corporate limits of the city of Griffin and on each and every one hundred dollars valuation of all stocks in trade, horses, mules, and other animals, musical instru ments, furniture, watches, jewelry, wag ons, drays and all pleasure vehicles of every description, money and solvent debts, (except bonds of the city of Griffin) and upon all classes of personal property, including bank stock and capital used for banking purposes, in the city of Griffin on April Ist, 1898, and a like tax upon all species of property of every description held by any one as guardian, agent, ex ecutor or administrator or in any other fiduciary relation including that held by non-residents, to defray the current ex penses of the city government. Section 2nd.—That the sum of 65 cents be and the same is hereby imposed upon each and every one hundred dollars valu ation of real estate and personal property of every description as stated in section First of this ordinance, within the corpo rate limits of the city of Griffin for the payment of the public debt of the city and for the maintainance of a system of electric lights and water works. Section 3.—That the sum of 20 cents be and the same is hereby imposed upon each and every one hundred dollars valu ation of real estate and personal property of all descriptions, as stated in section First of this ordinance, within the corpo rate limits of the city of Griffin, for the maintainance of a system of public schools The funds raised under this section not to be appropriated for any other purpose whatever. Section 4-—That persons failing to make returns of taxable property as herein pro vided in section First, Second and Third of this ordinance shall be double taxed as provided by the laws ot the state and the clerk and treasurer shall issue executions accordingly. Section s.—That all ordinances or parts of ordinances militating against this ordi nance be and the same are hereby repeal ed. An Ordinance. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Coun cil of the City of Griffin, That from and after the passage ot this ordinance, the iol owing rates wjll be charged for the use water per year: 1. Dwellings: One £-inch opening for subscribers’ use only $ 9.00 Each additional spigot, sprinkler, bowl, eloset or bath 3.00 Livery stables, bars, soda founts and photograph galleries 24.00 Each additional opening 6.00 2. Meters will be furnished at the city’s expense, at the rate of SI.OO per year rental of same, paid in advance. A mini mum of SI.OO per month will be charged for water while the meter is on the service. The reading of the meters will be held proof Qf use of water, but should meter fail to register, the bill will be averaged from twelve preceding months. 3. Meter rates will be as follows: 7,000 to 25,000 gals, month.. 15c 1,000 25,000 " 50,000 “ " 14c “ 50,000 “ 100,000 “ “ 12c “ 100,000 “ 500,000 “ “ 10c “ 500,000 “ 1,000,000 “ “ 9c “ The minimum rate shall be SI.OO per month, whether that amount of water has been used or not 4. Notice to cut off water must be given to the Superintendent of the Water De partment, otherwise water will be charged for foil time. 5. Water will not be turned on to any premises unless provided with an approved stop and waste cock properly located in an accessible position. 6. The Water Department shall have the right to shut off water for necessary repairs and work upon the system, and they are not liable for any damages or re bate by reason of the same. 7. Upon application to the Water De partment, the city will tap mains and lay pipes to the sidewalk for $2 50; the rest of the piping must be done by a plumber at the consumers’ expense. Tn Cure Constipation Forever. Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or 25c. k C. C. C. fail co cure. dnißKists refund mono K.locate Your Bowels With Vareareto. Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever. iOc.ZSc. If C. C. C tall, druggists refund monev TREE Jf TIBET. Fafealaaa Prloew Paid For the Leaves at the Sacred Growth. Few persons probably have heard ot the marvelous tree of Tibet. Neverthe less for a long time it has enjoyed a great reputation in the east. It is a sa cred tree, and fabulous prices were paid for a few of its leaves. In bis “Souvenirs de Voyage an Tibet’’ Pere Hue speaks of this won derful tree. It is essentially of a literary and artistic turn of mind and has the strange habit of producing images and hieroglyphics upon its leaves. Some times religious figures take the place of the letters. Pere Hue called the myste rious thing “the tree of a thousand images.” These images are found on the leaves, on the stems and on the trunk. Near the temple of Buddha, in the village of Tibet, this great tree has stood the plague and the puzzle of all the botanists who have ever received the gift of faith. A great antiquity was given to the tree; indeed it was claimed that it had existed from time immemorial. But an investigation not many years ago proved the images on the tree to be fakes. The trick was simple enough, like every oth er trick when it is found out. In the spring and in the summer on dark nights a lama, endowed with acrobatic power, with his pockets full of hand stamps, climbed all through the tree and stamped the leaves with all sorts of holy images and characters, the moat numerous being the following formula: “Om mane padone om” (Glory to Buddha in the lotus). This is also stamped upon the bark, and the leaves and portions of the bark are sold to vis itors. GENUINELY HARD UP. Out ot Three Hundred Accepting Free Beds Only Five Had “the Price.” A short time ago a curious test was applied at the London Congregational Union’s Free Shelter For Homeless Men at Medland hall, in the east of London. The object of the test was to ascertain if the men were really as penniless as they represented themselves to be. The free shelter is intended for men who have not the fourpenoe necessary to pay for a night’s lodging elsewhere, and one night Edward Wilson Gates, the shrewd superintendent of the philanthropic work of the union, announced that he would give sixpence to each man present who could prove that he had some money, but less than fourpence. A chuc kling laugh passed over the 800, that being the maximum allowed in the hall. “But how shall I know that you have less than fourpenoe?” asked Mr. Gates. “Search us!” cried the men. “You really mean it?” “Yes.” “Very well, but if any one objects let him go to the gallery, and I guarantee that he shall not be turned away.” Only five of the 800 went up stairs, and the others were thoroughly search ed by experienced men. Two hundred and forty-nine had nothing, one had a farthing, 11 had a halfpenny, one had three farthings, 13 had a penny, two had a penny farthing, four had three halfpence, nine twopence, three two pence halfpenny and two had threepence halfpenny. Thus out of the 800 men 295 had not the fourpence necessary for a “fo’penny doss” at a lodging house. It seems pretty clear, therefore, that the men were genuinely “hard up.”—Lon don Quiver. Goldsmith’* Generoalty. A beggar once asked alms of Oliver Goldsmith as he walked with a friend up Fleet street, and he gave her a shil ling. His companion, knowing some thing of the woman, censured the writer for his excess of humanity, saying that the si: i Hing was misapplied, as she would spend it for liquor. “If it makes her happy in any way, my end is an swered, ” replied Goldsmith. Another proof that the doctor’s gen erosity was not always regulated by dis cretion was at a time when, after much delay, a day was fixed to pay the £4O due his tailor. Goldsmith procured the money, but a friend calling upon him and relating a piteous tale of his goods being seized for rent, the thoughtless but bepevolent author gave him all the money. The tailor called and was told that if he had come a little sooner he could have had the money, but that he had just parted with every shilling of it to a friend in distress, adding, “I would have been an unfeeling monster not to have relieved trouble when in my pow er. ” 8wli» Funeral Customs. Swiss funeral customs are most pecul iar. At the death of a person the fam ily inserts a formal black edged an nouncement in the papers asking for sympathy and stating that “the mourn ing urn” will be exhibited during cer tain hours on a special day. In front of the house where the person died there is placed a little black table, covered with a black cloth, on which stands a black jar. Into this the friends and ac quaintances of the family drop little black margined visiting cards, some times with a few words of sympathy on them. The urn is put on the table on the day of the funeral. Only men ever go to the churchyard, and they generally follow the hearse on foot. Tuuark Fare. In a New Zealand town one of the municipal candidates, a pronounced. Scotsman, had received a present of a huge Scotch thistle, which at the mo ment happened to be lying on the table of his committee room. A friend, enter ing, withdrew suddenly with the re mark, “I beg your pardon; I didn’t know you were at luncheon.”—San Francisco Wave. Two Ways of Futtia* It. “I notice, Miranda,” remarked Mr. Neggschoioe, “that your first husband’s clothes do not fit me.” “No, Cyrus,” coincided Mrs. Neggs choice, with a little sigh. “You don’t fit them. ” —Chicago Tribune. DYNAMITE guns. IlftMa Maa la Balay* An Sto«atMg«S Work lh«m. Dynamite gun*, such as are used upon the Vesuvius, are operated upon an en tirely different principle from the ordi nary powder guns They have engines and boilers and air compressors and coolers and all sorts of intricate ma chinery in a bouse not far away, by which the projectiles are fired. The dynamite or gun cotton or explosive gelatin or whatever the explosive ma terial may be is contained tn the pro jectile only. This projectile is called an “aerial torpedo’’ by the manufacturers and is exploded by means of a fun similar to any powder gun’a Dynamite or any other high explosive cannot be used in an ordinary cannon, because the powder would explode the dynamite before it left the gun, there fore the system of using compressed air camo into vogue as the only method of throwing dynamite to any distance. Ths air is compressed and passed along through various tubes before reaching the gun and is used at about 1,000 pounds pressure to the square inch, which is much less than the power of powder. Dynamite will be exploded at about 5,000 pounds pressure to the square inch. There guns are enormout affairs, smoothbore, 50 feet in length, made of the best iron, in three sections, flanged and bolted together and support ed on a steel carriage. The carriage it mounted upon a steel racing ring, so called, and the system of handling is by means of an electric motor. As there guns are covered by a large number of patents they are very expensive, costing the government many thousands of dol lars each. Fifteen men in relays are required to work them. The gunner stands upon a platform on the left side of the carriage, uses a fine telescopic sight, and when all is ready he pulls a lever which allows the compressed air to enter the gun, and the discharge takes place. There guns are all loaded at the breech, and the projectile is handled by a separate car riage. The projectile is about 10 feet in length for the 15 inch gun, and when charged with 500 pounds of dynamite or gun cotton weighs fully 1,000 pounds It is a steel tube composed of walls three-sixteenths of an inch thick and has a spiral vane at the rear. The fuse is a foot in length and weighs 20 pounds. This fuse contains two pounds and a half of dry gun cotton and a few grains of fulminate of mercury as a de* tonator. It is set to explode at impact or as the gunner may desire as to time. —Leslie’s Weekly. A TRANSPOSITION. It Mangled the Salutation, but the King Controlled Hi* Face. An American who years ago served as our minister to Spain was fond of telling the following joke upon himself: Shortly after he had become settled in his new home he was bidden to a state ceremonial, where he was to be presented to the king. His knowledge of languages was limited to English and French, and being desirous of ad dressing the sovereign in his own tongue he took pains to “coach” for the occa sion. Several phrases were rehearsed until he felt that he had mastered them. When the critical moment arrived, he saluted the king with great dignity, spoke a few words in Spanish and pass ed on. “What did you say?” asked an Eng lish gentleman. “I spoke in Spanish, ” was the rejoin der. “I said, ‘I cast myself at your feet, * which I am told is the most re spectful form of salutation.” “Ah, no,” corrected a Spaniard, who had been observed to smile at the em bassador’s greeting. “You are mistak en. You transposed your words, and quite altered the meaning. ” “What did I say?” asked toe diplo mat With a twinkle in his eye the Span iard made answer, ‘What you really said was, ‘I throw my heels at yopr head.”’ But toe king had not betrayed by 90 much as the fluttering of an eyelid that anything unusual had ocou/’ed. —Har- per’s Magazine. No Fixation In Space, The common idea as to the path oi the earth being “fixed in space” is tak en exception to by astronomers on tha ground that there are few if any things in the domain of astronomy that can really be called fixed space, that fact being that unceasing changes are going on, though these changes are generally so slow as to escape the notice of a su perficial observer, but are fortunately periodic, so that they fall within the possibility of computation. Thus the earth’s path is not fixed, since toe ecliptic undergoes a very slow change, so that, while at present it is a few sec onds more than 28 degrees 27 minutes, in about 15,000 years, astronomers cal culate, it will be reduced to 22 degrees 15 minutes, after which it will begin to increase again, a change so slow and within such narrow limits that it can produce no sensible alteration in the, seasons.—Kansas City Journal Bvew Up. While some Swiss militiamen were resting from their drill one of the men stepped from the ranks to light his -cigar from that of the officer. The lat ter took this evidence of the “spirit of freedom” in good part, but said, “In the Prussian army you could not have done this, John. ” “Right you are, ” was the prompt re ply, “but in the Prussian army you could not be an officer. ” Bed Pipestone Quarry. Every one familiar with Longfel low’s “Hiawatha” remembers the refer ences to the famous red pipestone quar ry, which is situated at the extreme eastern boundary of South Dakota. This is the only quarry of toe kind known to exist on the American conti nent THEY MET IN AFRICA. * t wwrgT»-tt *nrVn— m. Wk. Omm Bmß. Hero is a mod Missouri etorv. which POMMSM not only the nwrit ot botag ab solutely true, but the additional one ot never haring appeared tn print. Its au thenticity 1. vouched foe by one of the mote accurately Informed and widely known public men tn the state. An elder brother of Frank P. Sebree ot Kansu City 1* Captain Uriel Sebree, a dtetisguiahed officer of tire United States navy. ThoSeteea beys are the sons of the late Judge John Stores, who In his day wb* one of the prominent oitteensof old Howard county—“the mother ot Missouri Statesmen.” Back In the early ■svantiM Oaptaln Sebree, then a lieutenant, was coasting with hi* vessel along western Africa and oast anchor one day at a small village for the nnrpoao of taking on a sup ply of fresh waSr and vegetable*. He soon observed among the natives who were en gaged in bringing the supplies on board a negro who spoke ths English language very plainly, although he wore the garb and had the appearance of a native. Lieu tenant Sebree walked np to him on the deck and *ald: “I notice you speak the English language. Where did you learn it?” • “In the United States, sir. I was boro in that country.” the United States—what state?” V\ “MiasouiKlr.’’ Sebree bad become thoroughly inter ested. “What county in Missouri did you come from?” he asked. “From Howard county, air. I was born there, near a town called Fayette,” was the reply. “When did you leave there?” “In 1880, sir.” Light began to dawn upon the lieuten ant. He looked at the negro closely, and, although many years had passed, he recog nised in the apparently wild barbarian all Africa, the breechclouted savage, a boy he had known in his childhood. In 1860 an atrocious murder had bean perpetrated in Howard county, a murder such as was sometimes, though not often, committed in the south before the war—a negro killed his master In cold blood. Search was at once begun for the r— —in and every ef fort made to apprehend him, but be escaped to Canada, and, the war beginning short ly thereafter, all trace of him became lost. It all came back to Sebree like a revela tion. Here, then, was the murderer after all the long years. He was fully recog nized by the lieutenant, who decided, how ever, not to allude to the crime, but again began hia questions. “So you lived, near Fayette. Did you know Judge Sebree, who lived there?” It was now the negro’s turn to be sur prised. “Fo’ God, man, who is you, any- “I am the little boy that you used to play with, Uriel Sebree. Don’t you re member me, Sam?” They sat down on the deck of the ship, the polished and gentlemanly officer of the United States navy and the wild and al most naked savage, and talked over the days of their boyhood in faraway Mis souri. No allusion was made by either to the tragedy that had caused one to leave his native land and become a barbarian. Old friend* were spoken of, and the negro made many Inquiries about those he had known in hi* young days. At last as the sun went down they parted, the negro go ing ashore to his hut. He told Lieutenant Sebree that he would return the next day and bring with him some present* that he would like to have taken to some of hie old friends in Howard county, but he didn’t come back, and that was the last seen of him. He evidently had become suspicious and feared befog kidnaped and carried back to America to be tried for his crime.—Jefferson Tribune. Man With Variegated Sight. Eugene Saußey, chairman of the Indiana Republican central committee, is strange ly afflicted. Some time ago he became en tirely blind, and it was feared that he was hopelessly robbed of his sight Gradually his sight returned, so that he could see indistinctly aa he was led or driven about the city, and he Improved until something like his old time vigor was restored. One day while stopping at a florist’s viewing a handsome wreath of vines his sight changed, and for three weeks every thing upon which he looked, whether man or beast, fowl or plant, showed a bright color of green. In time thia disappeared. Again his sight has undergone a strange transforma tion. Now, if he looks at his watch the whole face is a gleaming sheet of brass, but where the figures stand there is a wreath of blue. Everything at which he looks now appears the came. Speaking of his peculiar affliction, Mr. SauUey says: “It is not pleasant when talking to a friend to see instead of a genial face a hid eous, bright yellow countenance embroid ered with a wreath of blue.” Physicians are at a loss to account for the strange peculiarity.—Cincinnati En quirer. Secretary of State Day. Secretary Day is a delicate looking man, with quiet and uDcfotrusive manners. Ths other day a policeman who has been on duty at the White House for the last tores month* called a newspaper correspondent aside and inquired: “What is the name of that man you talked to oolong this morning? I’ve aeen him around here quite often.” “That,” answered the correspondent, “was Judge Day, the secretary of state.” “What I” exclaimed tbs poUocsnan. “That was Secretary-Day? X knew he was one of the war board, but I had no idea it was Day. Why, good Lord, he looks as if a puff of wind would blow him away.”— Excbftngß. Ob Itos for Ylftjr Yean. A coat mine in Scotland which caught fire over 50 years ago and has been burn ing over since has at last burned itsslf out. The mine is on the Dalquhanau estate, Dailly. It was set on fire by the engine working the fans, and, although many costly attempts have been made to extin guish it, they have been unsuccessful The fiamw hare from time- to Mats burnt forth te the ground in volcano fashion. The Ire was prevented from spreading beyond the one area by reason of the “dikes” of rock which Intersected it, and 00 saved ad jacent mines.—Newcastle Chronicle. Wo* a Very Good Boy. Sanunie had just returned from Sunday school, and his mother asked Mm if he had been a good baj- “No; not very,” was the truthful reply. “Then you didn't get a good behavior card?” queried his mother. “Oh, yes, I did,” replied the pre cocious youngster. “I uvod the money you gave me for the heathen and bought two from the other boy*.”—Troy Times. 1 . _ . .... CIAT/AHI M I AX II I 1 : : nxJ I vii t The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of -J bas been made under bls per- f , sonal supervision since its infancy. Allow no one to deeetve yen to thto All Counterfeits, Imitations and Bnbetitntes are bat Ex- Dcrimeatn that trifle with and endaMw iho hm l ** 1 Infants and Children—Experience against Experiment. What is CASTORIA Caatoria is a substitute for Castor (MU Fhreforla, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Harmless and Ptosssnt It mntains neither Opium» Morphine nor other Narcotic Rubatanco. Its age Is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It cures Dtantona and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children’s Panacea—The Mother’s Prieto QSNUINX CASTORIA AI-WAY. The Kind You ta Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. • ■ J —GET YOUH — JOB PRINTING ■ ,e . ; i DONE JLT The Morning Call Office. - . . ■: , ... . ■ , - We have Just supplied our Job Office with a complete line of Stationery kinds and can get up, on short notice, anything wanted in the way or J ' ; •« to ■ A.;■ LITTER HEADS, BILL HEADS . ■ ■' •'■■■■ /•? STATEMENTS, - J IRCULARB, ENVELOPES, NOTES; * MORTGAGES, PROGRAMS T 3 JARDB, O ' 7i ' 1 * - DODGERS, r.u m We c*rry ue beet ine of ENVELOPES vm iTwd : thia trade. I- ' *■£,: ’ -'xV• - An attractive. 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