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A RICHLY CARVED
BUFFET
in antique oak does more towards making
an attractive dining room than anything
you could furnish it with. We have
handsome buffets, hand carved, with fan
cy French plate mirrors. We have also
extension tables to match, and rich dining
room chain at low prices. We have also
an extensive stock of fine dining room
sets at exceptional bargaing.
L. W. GODDARD & SOU,
TAX COLLECTOR’S NOTICE.
I will be at the different places on the
days mentioned below for the purpose of
collecting state and county taxes for 1898.
Africa, October 17-31, November 14.
Union, " 18, “ 1-15.
Line Creek," 19, “ 2-16.
Mt. Zion, “ 20, “ >l7.
Om, " 21, " 4-18.
Akin, "24, “ . 7-2 L
Cabbins, '< 25, “ 8-22.
I will be at my office at H, W. Hassel
kus’ shoe store at all dates until December
20, when my books will close.
T. R. NUTT, T. C.
TUX 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 within 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 dvery 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
ihaintainance of a system of public schools
The foods 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 lol
owing rates will be charged for the use
water per year:
1. Dwellings:
One f-inch opening for subscribers’
use only $ 9.00
Each additional spigot, sprinkler,
bowl, closet 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 of 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.. 15<j 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 nos be turned on to any
premises unless provided with an approved
stop and waste cock properly located in
an accessible position.
’. ®- 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
P’P® B Bidew| tik for $2 50 ; the rest
of the piping must be done by a plumber
at the consumers’ expense.
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To Cure Constipation For.nr
VULTURES OF INDIA.
GIANT BIRDS WHICH ARE NUMEROUS
AND USEFUL
W*«n the Kins Vulture Cornea to *
Cnrensa. the Other Varieties H*v*
to Stand OE Until Hie Majesty Ila*
Gorsed lUtuself.
If the olty of Bombay had a tutelary
bird, there is no manner of doubt what
bird that should ba Ido not know,
says a writer in The Times of India,
why the ancient Egyptian defied the
Ibis, but if Bombay bore the proud fig
ure of a vulture rampant on her shield
everybody would know why. Os all the
unsalaried public servants who have
identified themselves with this city and
devoted their energies to its welfare no
other can take a place beside the vul
ture. Unfortunately the vulture haa
never lent itself to tlje spirit of her
aldry. The eagle baa, strangely enough,
though the difference between the two
has never been very well marked in the
popular mind. The translators of our
Bible had no notion of it
Modern natural history has disen
tangled the two names and assigned
them to two very different families of
birds, the distinction between which in
its essence is just this—that while the
eagle kills its prey the less impatient
vulture waits decently till its time
comes to die. Popular sentiment persists
in regarding the former as the more
noble, but there no question
which is the r&ore useful.
It in not easy indeed to realize to one
self the extent and beneficence of the
work carried on throughout the length
and breadth of India from year’s end to
year’s end by the mighty race of vul
tures. The writer continues: The vul
tures that one sees in such numbers on
Malabar hill belong to two species,
which are easy enough to distinguish
when once one’s attention has been
turned to the difference between them.
The commoner of the two, the white
backed or Bengal vulture (Gyps benga
lensis) is a smoky black bird, with a
band of white extending the whole
length of the wings on the underside.
This band is broken by the dark body,
and that serves to distinguish the bird
at a glance.
The other species is the long billed
vulture (Gyps pallescens) of Barnes.
Jerdon confounded it with another spe
cies. Its general color is brown, darker
or lighter according to age, sometimes,
almost whity brown; but, however
white the underparts may be, body and
wings are alike. The two species are
about the same size and larger than one
would suspect who has only seen them
at a distance. A good specimen will
measure over seven feet from tip to tip
of the wings. z 3f f |
There is one curious difference in
their habits. The long billed vulture
breeds always on high cliffs, while its
Bengal brother is content to build its
nest on any tree big enough to bear the
weight of such a ponderous edifice. I
have seen a single mango tree groaning
under the weight of two or three nests
on the other side of the harbor. Each
nest contains one egg, generally white,
but sometimes blotched with brown.
Once fairly in the air, no bird surpasses
the majesty of its flight The question
has often been hotly discussed whether
birds can sail without flapping their
wings.
The difficulty originated, of course,
with somebody of that unfortunate class
who must reason about a question of
fact instead of looking. He demonstrat
ed that such a feat was impossible. The
vultures kept on doing it all the same,
and any ono may wateh them. For
hours together they will sail in circles,
or rather in spirals, without the slight
est motion of their wings beyond trim
ming them to the wind like the sails of
a boat Os course there must be a wind.
There are two other kinds of vultures
which may occasionally be seen in Bom
bay. One is the king vulture (Otogyps
calvus), a royal bird, not indeed larger
than the others, but of nobler aspect and
prouder character. It appears singly or
with its mate and will not consort with
the herd. When it comes to a carcass,
the others have to stand by until it has
dined. There is no difficulty in recog
nizing this ipecies by its deep black dol
or, relieved only by two pure white
patches on its thighs and by the blood
red tint of its bare head and neck. Our
fourth vulture is the foul bird known as
Pharaoh’s chicken, as well as by other
less reputable names. Its'title in sconce
is Neophron ginginianus.
It is one of the commonest birds
about PoonalvaDd everywhere on the
plains of the Deccan, but seldom visits
the coast. I have, however, seen a pair
on more than one occasion about the
flats. It is a white bird, not much big
ger than a kite, 1 with only the quill
feathers of thawing black. Its bill is
long and thin, its naked face yellow and
its tail wedge shaped. Its neck is not
bare, but clothed With long, rusty white
feathers, pointing backward. It does
not Stand upright, like the true vultures,
but carries its body like a duck and
walks like a recruit. By these signs
you may know Pharaoh’s chicken. It
makes its shabby nest of sticks, rags and
rubbish on trees, ledges of public build
ings or anywhere about March and lays
two white eggs, more or less blotched
with brown.
The and Sleep.
“ A physician quoted by the Boston
Transcript says that acute insomnia
may be promptly cured by the practice
of deep breathing. Draw into the lungs
as much aims possible and do not ex
hale it until obliged to, and then as
slowly as possible. It is somewhat of a
task when the night is oppressively
warm, but if persisted in is fairly sure
to relieve that hyperemia of the brain
which everyday folk call wakefulness.
The tricks of the sleepless to induce
sleep are many, but none is found to be
more immediately efficacious than this
plan of forcing the lungs to take the
burden off the brain ami nerves.
GOLDENROD.
1 know a laid, •«>«•••,» field.
But not la aunny I -
And there fa neither : of shield
Nor gleam of penn< r.>u lance,
Nor does the wind t.kuiyfetly ptaflMS
Nor silken tent* untold.
And yet tn autumn it bemmaa
The field of the eloth cf gold.
Tor when th. haae of autuiner daya
- Bas melted from the skies
And we, without reproof, may gas.
Up into henven’a eyes,
A host their plumes and Jmnnars shah.
In joust with breezes bold.
The butterflies with blazoned wing.
Are heralds for the fight.
And many a lovely indy flings
Her token to her knight.
And so amid their gorgeoue suite,
With pomp and wealth untold.
Bummer and autumn royally meat
On the fluid of the cloth of gold.
-Martha Hartford in St. Nicholas
FEAR OF RAIN IN CUBA.
The XVil Kflteet of Water la Not a Mere
Suparatitlon There.
The average Cuban is dreadfully
afraid of rainwater. He believes that
drenching in a rainstorm, followed by
exposure to the rays of the sun, pro
duces fever—not necessarily yellow fe
ver, but an attack something similar to
whht is known aa swamp fever in Mis
sissippi or chagres in the isthmus of
Panama.
The same belief prevails in Central
and South America, but in a greater
degree. On both coast lines of Nicaragua
a light shower tv the signal for a gen
eral scampering indoors and a disin
clination to come out again until the
sky is perfectly dear. Up on the high
plateau on which the dty of Caracas in
Venezuela is situated and where there
should be little or no fear of fever the
natives are afraid id get even their
faces Wet At the first appearance of a
rainstorm the. cab drivers, of whom
there are more than 400,. put up oilcloth
screens in : front of them and direct the
course of the honJeHtbrough a couple of
peepholes, avoiding even a slight splash
in the face.
AU strangers from northern latitudes
visiting Caracas are advised that not
only is rain dangerous, but that it is
not safe to take a bath within ten
days after their arrival. Men accustom
ed to a daily plunge find this advice
difficult to follow, especially in such a
warm climate. Most of them disregard
it and find that it does them no harm,
and that it is a superstition based upon
the laziness that follows a residence in
an atmosphere so enervating that the
dogs are too tired to got out of the Way
of the horse if the horse wasn’t too
tired to step on them.
The Cuban fear of rain, however, is
based upon experience and is not a mere
superstition.—New York Press.
Swapping Telephone*
The following story ■ comes from the
Grand Rapids Press arid had to do with
a man and a woman who are employed
in different offices in one of the large
buildings of that city. Each office has a
telephone, but as it happens one is an
instrument belonging to the Citizens*
company, the other a Bell instrument
One day the man had occasion to use
the Citizens’ line and stepped across the
hall to the lady’s office.■,
“Have you »• bitizeniP phone?” be
asked, and she replied in the affirmative.
“Well,” he ventured: “I’m a citizen.
Miy luseit?” r
Why, of course he might use it, but
inwardly she was inclined to envy his
ability to stand np rifid assert hMciti
zenship in this Way, for some of her
womanly propensities were of the “ new
ish” sort- An hour later she balanced
accounts with him.
“Have you a Bell telephone?” she
asked on stepping into his office He did
not try to deny it.
“ Well, I’m a belle May I use it?*
The Howell Torpedo.
Commodore John A Howell, who
has just been promoted to the rank of
rear admiral, is the inventor of a self
propelling torpedS that differs in sev
eral respects from the Whitehead: The
chief novelty of the American system
retates to the modo of driving the Screw.
Whitehead stored compressed air in
a chamber in hl»torpedo and plaeed in
an adjoining compartment a small en
gine which should be operated thereby
at the right juncture. Howell employs
a heavy flywheel, which is put In rapid
revolution, just before the torpedo is
launched, by connecting it* projecting
axle with * steam engine that is entire
ly independent of the-torpedo. The
Howell system, has been improved since
it was first p*tetited<hi 11171, and it has
been extensively used in the United
States navy.
The Raroat Bird. :
The rarest bird in existence is a cer
tain kind of pheasant in Annam. For
many-years its existence was known
only by*the fact that its longest and
most splendid plume was i inf much re
quest by mandarins for their headgear.
A single skin is> worth S4OO, and the
living bird would be priceless, but it
soon dies In captivity.
Um* of th* r*. I, Japan.
The uses of the fan are many and
various in Japan, where it is carried
by men, women and children. Abut
terfly shaped fan in’ the ’hands of the
umpire at wrestling arid fencing matches
is made tocxpreM a number of messages
perfectly understood and promptly at
tended to by the combatant*
Ocean waves have on a number ot
occasions dashed over the tops of light
houses which are 150 feet high. As a
wave in the open ocean is accompanied
by a depression as deep as the wave is
high. a ship in the trough of the sea
encountering such waves would be
banked by hills of water, if the term
may be used, 300 feet high.
Economy is half the battle of life. It
is not so hard to earn money as to spend
f*: well.—Spurgeon
MUSK FROM TIBET.
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Mach Bkatato Alee Comae to Thia Cow.
trp From There.
In return tar the tea and other articles
sent Into Tibet through the Mohammedan
representative of the Tibetan trade guilds,
the natives send back a long list of arti
cles, including musk, rhubarb, wool, skins I
of various kinds, proclous stones, medi
cines and a coarse grade ot unbleached
silken fabric, says The Manufacturer.
Musk, which forms an Important part
Os Tibetan outward trade, is a secretion of
A small deer (Cervus moschua). This ani
nial occurs throughout eastern Tibet, but
the largest herds are said to roam over the
plains near the Koko Nor. A great deal
of musk passes out to north China. The
consumption in SzuChuan is consider
able, and there 1s no article more easily
smuggled. A single "pod** rarely eon
tains more than one-third of an ounce ct
musk. The supply Is less than It might
be if the Tibetans bad sporting rifles or If
the dangers and difficulties ot the chase
were not such aa to prevent Chinese mer
chants from hunting the doer.
Good musk, which is recognised by Its
rich brown color and intensely pungent
odor, is bought for 10 or IS times its
weight In silver on the frontier. In
Chung-King It sells for as much as 18
times its weight In silver. The musk th nt
goes to Shanghai is adulterod with grains
of dyed sand and other extraneous matter,
to the extent, it is said, of 60 per eent. A
few grains of good musk will perfume a
whole room. Musk, however, is used not
only as a perfume, bat also as a medicine,
and it 1s placed among the clothing and
furs as a preventive against moth*
It is said that practically all the muak
which passes through Ta-Ohlen-Lu is
adulterated by the Tibetans before it
reaches that market by means of blood and
liver. The usual test for ascertaining the
purity of musk is running a thread rubbed
with garllo through the pod. If no odor
of garllo 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-Chlen-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 9,000 feet* and the
roots are brought down in the rough state
by the tribes or by the Chinese traders in
Tibet. The large roots agp trimmed or
chopped into rough square lumps. In the
Ta-Ohien-Lu 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 aa 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 had heard 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, #ho was just in the midst
of his denunciation, and whose views were
being 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
peranoe had been made the subject of a
joke.—Philadelphia Record.
The Wreck of the Dann.
Preparations are being made at Trieste
to raise the wreck of the French frigate
Dane, sunk in 1812. The Danae had 850
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 leak 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 aa well as the
cause remained a secret. It is believed
thet 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
SSSSXi
The btojsto ’fe gatting to common, you
know, I And it necessary pow to advise my
fashtoriabte patients to give up the bicycle
mtdwvoM ttomselves to golf. ■Chicago
«a Oto 'euMtasa.
In order to keep up the population of
Madagascar vtgoronAriieaflurea are to come
into force with the beginning at next
year. After that date every man et 85
years who is not a father of a child, wheth
er legitimate or illegitimate, wilt have to
pay an annual tax of 15 francs, while sin
gle or childless young women over 25
years will have to pay half that amount.
—London News.
SUtemen Ad UMtum.
Mrs. Gager—They say our 'government
is at a terrible loss wtot to do with the
Philippines.
Mrs. Teller—l know it, and they haven't
one of them asked my husband what to
do with them. He could solve the difficulty
in a minute, far I’ve heard him say aa.—
Boston Transcript
ICASTORIAI
The Kind Yen Have Alway. Bou»ht, and which has been
In use for over 30 years, ha* borne the signature of
and has been made under My yer
AU Oumterfelto, Imitations and Subetttutee nre but Ex
periments that trifle with and endanger the health of
Infonts and Children—Experience against Experiment.
What is CASTORIA
■ ■ Is
Castoria Is a substitute for Castor OH, Paregoric, Drops
and Soothing Syrups. It Is Harm la— and Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic
substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea 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 Friend.
OKNUINS CASTORIA ALWAYS
the Signature of
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The Kind You We Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
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