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ftp Ey Wxk s£s;slwg A RICHLY CARVED buffet la antique oak does more towards making an attractive dining room than anything you could famish it with. We have handsome buffets, hand carved, with fan cy French plate mirrors. We have also extension tables to match, pad rich dining room chairs at low prices. We have also an extensive stock of fine dining room seta st exceptional bargaing. L. W. GODDARD & SON. 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 JA Union, “18, * “ 1-15. Line Creek, “ 19, “ 2-16. . Mt Zion, “ 20, “ >l7. Orrs, “ 21, “ 4-18. Akin, “ 24, “ 'W. Cabbins, »• j 25, “ 8-22. . I will be at my office at H. W. Hassel kus’ shoe store at all dates until December 20, when will close. T.R.NUTT, T, C. TAX ORDINANCE FOR 1898. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Coun cil of the city ofGriffin and it is hereby ordained by authority oi the same, that the sum of 25 cents be and the same is hereby imposed on each and every one hundred dollars ot 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 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 lightsand waterworks. Section B.—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 Kinds 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 (id* Ari Ordinance. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Coun cil of the City of Griffin, That from and after the passage ot this ordipance, the iol 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 proorofuseof water, but should meter fail to register, the bill will be averaged from twelve preceding months. 3. Meter rates will be as follows r 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- otherwise water will be charged forYuh time. 1 , 1 * v-. 5. Water will not be turned on to any premises unless provided withan 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 hy 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. ——^—lMW— to t ure Coastipation Forever. Tu kc Cajsuarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or 25c. h C. C. C. fan to cure, druzglsts refund monei- CORYDON’B COMPL/MNKXt __ < The garlanda on my crook are , p T“ a !/ ,Ttr \f B D r . n 1 oncc ' ♦Q jatnGjrwWMik tn vt-r baths 1 wb4MK Whom bloorna ill dewy wreatlu I GOM. vatetat. white and rosy knag, ” Now fle on love and all hia folly I My toodly mien i* quite foregone; My look*, tnat were 10 plump and jolly. Are changed to meager, lean and wan; In mournful slough of melancholy Bight bogged and mired is Corydon. Bwegt. dainty maid, for whose diadaining I di> in acatti and sorrow tare, , Beauty onaa lost nor skill nor feigning Ita lovely aspect may repair. Behold these wretched blossoms waningl , As you are now, so once they were. EXPERT TOBACCO TESTING. Caban Bayer* and Their Hichly De veloped Sense of Smell. ~ The greater part—ii> fact, nearly all —of the tobacco raised in Cuba and not used by the Cuban cigar makers is shipped to the United States. At certain seasons of the year the Havana hotels Are filled with tobacco buyers from the United States. Some of them deal through the brokers in Havana, but some who know the country and the language go out into the tobacco dfo tribt and deal directly with the plant*) era, often buying a promising crop be fore it is picked. The tobacco buyer has necessarily to be a good judge bftobac oo. He goes down into the very center of the bale of tobacco he is examining, extracts some samples and tests them in different ways. The first test Is that of smell. - The Cuban tobacco has a strong and pecul iar odor. A little variation one way or the other makes the tobacco good or bad. After smelling it the buyer is like ly to roll a rudely constructed oigar out of the leaf and smoke it He will inhale the smoke and endeavor to determine exactly the flavor. He will alto examine the ash carefully and test also the oom bustion of the tobacco—that is, try to find out how long it will hold fire. It is a great annoyance to a smoker who is talking or writing or otherwise engaged to put his cigar into his mouth and find that it has gone out No oigar ever tastes so good after it has once gone out, and a flue Havana cigar is positively rank when it has met such a catas trophe. So one quality sought for iif that of holding fire. If a sample smoked by the buyer will keep lighted four minutes, it is considered very good. Some will bum for five minutes ahd even longer without being puffed.— Ohio State Journal. Schley'* Look Le<*. A Kansas City man who was a class mate of Schley’s at Annapolis says that the admiral was looked upon as the best Spanish and French scholar in the navy. His department at the academy was modern languages. “I remember one thing in particular about him, and that is his long legs. He is not notice ably tall, but his legs are of wondrous length and he can run like a deer. In the navy they never tire of telling about Schley in Korea. During the trouble there we sent a landing party ashore in charge of Schley. The boat had not more than reached the shore when out jumped the marines to make a dash for the parapets, possibly half a mile away. In the lead was Schley. In a jiffy he was far ahead of everybody, his legs working vigorously, and when the em bankments were reached he had prac tically distanced all the others.” Teo Coatjy. The San Francisco Argonaut tells a new story about Stephen Massett, so well known years ago as “Jeems Pipes.” When he was the editor of the Marys ville (Cal.) Herald, Mr. Hittell, the well known California pioneer and author, engaged him in argument on re ligion, which Mr. Hittell attacked, finally winding up by saying, “See here, Massett, you ought to get my book on ‘Evidences Against Christianity that will convince you.” “Very well,” said Masset, “I will” So the next time he entered a bookstore he asked for it. The clerk showed him the work in two volumes. “How much is it?” said Massett ~ i .’t “Three dollars,” replied the clerk. “What!” exclaimed Massett. “Three dollars! Take it back, sir, take it back; I prefer to remain a Christian. ” ---■!■ , , _■ ' r -- - ' < i Cmltn’t Fool Her. “Nobody ban learn all there is worth knowing in this lifetime,” said Mr. Meekton wisely. . '‘Arid a man ought never to assume that his education is finished. I’m going to keep right ahead with mine. I’m going to study astrono my. ” His wife looked at him Sharply and then in a cold, hard tone exclaimed: “Leonidas, you’ll have to think up some better excuse than that for stay ing out all night"—Washington Star. Head Wheel* and Tailrace. An answer recently filed by the learned “council” for the defendant in a New York court contains the follow ing: “The defendant denyes that the description of a contemplated tailrace of about one rod and four inches across defendant’s land is contained in aney water right to run or flow water, but is put in plaintiff’s complaint from wheels in plaintiff’s head.’’—Case and Com ment I»<eaton*. ■ Servant (to artist returning from a holiday)—There have been so many callers since you left that I have been obliged to wash the name from the slate twice to make room for others.—Fear son’s Weekly. The British museum contains a very full collection of clay pipes, dating back as far as the sixteenth century. The custom of waxing the pipe end, to pre vent it sticking to the lips, was intro duced by the Dutch about the year 1700. £ I ■- London has 18,564 policemen, or 19 to every one of its 688 square miles. Sixty per cent of them fro night duty. ratart*lata< sue tema It was a bitfrr cold night, and a going to the door, rapped. “Is that you. policeman?” asked a voice from within. . “ Yes, ” was the reply. "Come in and have a drink,” said tbevoice. The policeman stepped inside and on* countered a dapper little fellow sitting at a desk. * "I’ve been detained tonight straight ening up apepunta. • • j «OwTl . The policeman warmed himself at the rousing fire that blazed on the hearth and went out again on hia beat. An hour after the policeman came that way and, still seeing the light through the window, Fapped again. “Is that you, policeman?” “Yea” . "Come in and warm yourself.” The pclibejpan accepted the invita tion. "It’s a howling cold night,” said the olerk. v “You're right, air,** said the police man. , flo he got another drink and returned to Ms heat He was rather surprised next day to find rijaf his friend of the ouo or the bank s funda— London- Duc otes, ■ A " 1 Aa Attaek on Sevastopol. From where I was stationed I could see the dense masses of. the attacking columns advance up the slope. Then the torrents of grape which met them would obscure their ranks for a mo ment and hardly a man would be seen to remain. lat one time saw a body of men many hundreds strong ao complete ly swept away by one discharge that only a few of the rear rank remained Wheh the iron Storm went past! The dead and dying could be cflrerly distin guished lying in piles bn the hillside, and over their prostrate bodies fresh troops crowded on to meet the same fate. Many a manly heart and nervous arm, went down in the deadly struggle on that green hillside. No valor avail ed. The oanhOn's force was greater than the strength of man. How many ardenf’ hopes were extin guished! HoW many home circles de stroyed and lives rendered miserable by the havoc of that hour none can tell, no more than they can imagine the bodily agony or the grief for home and friends which was there endured! What would be the value of what is called “glory” if weighed on the field of bat tle among the dead?—Good Words A Item* or Altamahaf There can, I suppose, be no doubt that in the lines in “The Deserted Vil lage”— To distant climes, a dreary scene, Where half the convex wogd Intrudes between, Through torrid tract* with fainting tap* they Where wild Altam* murmttr* to theirwoa— Goldsmith is alluding to the River Al tamaha in Georgia, the colonization of which had taken place not long before. But his expressions are nofrvery apeu rate. Bo for from being torrid in the strict sense of the word, the latitude of ? the mouth of the Altamaha is more than &1 degrees. No part indeed of the present United States is located within the tropics. Bat, besides this, although there are Certainly rattUetoakes and, I believe, scorpions of a ptertain species in Georgia, there are tigers there to “wait their hapless prey, ” which the poet reckons among the nortors of the region where some of the inhabitants of Auburn have goneu <—Notes and Queries. TT"?*? lut * S"» '’t.iSM' .tr ; Snow Tfant 1* AUve. A most curious phenomenon in the northwest of Canada is the appearance of millions of minute black insects Whenever a thaw occurs. During the winter the mow is dry and crisp like sand, and nothing what ever can be discovered of these insects, betas Boonasa thaw comes they are found everywhere in large patched looking like a dusting of soot They are generally known as mow fleas or snow lice and have slight hop ping powers, being able to leap some three or four inches. They entirely dis appear when it freezes again, and not a trace of them cab be found. They do not fall with the show as there may have been no snow for a month or more before their arrival and are probably analogous to the “red mow’’ of arctic regions. -ji* .-i —... i* Stoond Time Is Out. The hotel stood on a corner of a main street arid a oomparattvely Unfrequent ed sidb* Street. One evening I overheard the little old black man talking very savagely with aiidther around the cor ner on the side street, and among other things he eMd: “Yes, suh, an es I hits yon dey woan’ be but two licks struck. I’ll hit; you an yori’ll hit de groun*. , { “Von done heah whut l say.Den-' ver'Bost.-' • „ ■ i ■ ‘ Her X4«eld Vviee. s tour wife has such a liquid voice, ’’ I said Mr. F. admiringly to Mr. T. “Yesj that’s a pretty good name for it," replied Mr. T. Mr. F. looked up Inquiringly, and. Mr. T. added immediately: “Don’t you understand?. Why, it never dries upt you Mbdw. ” —London Fun. Mot DteyoMd to Delay Him. “I would go to the end of the world for you,” he exclaimed passionately. i “I’m sure I. wish you would,” she answered ooldly, “and—then jump off. ” —Somerville Journal During the siege of Paris’no fewer than 22,000,000 letters sailed out of the 1 oity in the 54 balloons dispatched be tween the 19th of September, 1870, and the 28th of January, 1871. a riff i St Louis has one church to 2,800 of population, New York one to 2,468, Chicago one* to 2,081, Boston one to l,€oo and Minneapolis one to 1,054. ALIVE IN THE GRAVE. THE CHANCES FOR BUCH A FATE ARE EXTREMELY REMOTE. la *rtm*« Ptacn* sad PtottfmMs «h« .Great*.. Dererer te FrereaSsre IBartol txtata-Th« DmUk Twt That Sa Applited la Vteaaa. Most of us have a lingering love of life, and the thought that there is just the barest possibility of being buried alive sends a shudder through ua £dical men know that the human in time of illness and at other , too, is liable to assume all the outward appearances of death without the final separation having actually taken place. There are the coma, cata leptic and other forms of the uncon scious state, each one bringing in ita trend the very simulation of death itself. "Happily, a medical mari nowadays, ” said a physician to a reporter, “expe riences no difficulty in dedaring Ms pa tient to be dead, as a general rule, but it may perhaps happen once in hia life time that he may have a doubt, in which case conviction either way fol lows upon his findings, which are sim ple and conclusive, and in which he cannot be mistaken. “It is unfortunately true that there are thousands of nervous people now walking about in fear of being buried alive, this morbid conviction coming about through reading of an isolated case happening here and there, where perhaps some one has had a narfow es cape of being subjected to a living burial “These ’escapes’ greatly outnumber those of the actual occurrence itself. The cataleptic usually show signs of life just in the nick of time to disap point the undertakers and to relieve sor rowing frienda “Os course, much of the evidence on which the allegation of premature burial is on the tact that bodies on exhumation have been occa sionally found distorted, thereby foster ing the notion that this or that occu pant of theooffin has died from suffo cation, a theory which is supported by the favorable condition of other ex humed bodies. “But the idea is altogether wrong, in fact and in principle. It is well known among those who have made it a study that the apparent distortions, instead of demonstrating a living burial, pure : ly depend upon natural causes brought . about by decomposition, the influence of which is sufficiently strong enough to bulge out, and even burst, leaden coffins. This phenomenon does not hap pen in every case, but it does in a great many. “No, no! I shall not go so for as to say that a premature burial has never taken place, but it has not occurred so often as is thought. I dare say it may occur- in times of plagues and pesti lences, where the presumed dead are buried within a few hours of death. That is where much mischief lies. But when panic prevails where does thought oomein? “In plagues, such as cholera, the state of collapse is so profound that it ! may perfectly simulate death itself, but , the custom of burying the dead on the day of death is fortunately on the wane, even during advanced epidemics. It is • probable that in the absence of medical aid in panic times in country places , abroad it has led to living burial—in , deed it must have done. But the last , end of all under such conditions is mer ' ciful, for it must not be forgotten that if you are ‘unconscious’ only while be ing hermetically sealed in your coffin you will never again experience volun , tary motion or sensation. “However, where the doctor can be ! consulted, living burial is impossible even in v - cholera panic, for there are certain bodily movements which gener ally occur after death from cholera, in the absence ot Which a medical man , yrauld hesitate to certify for burial. “In ages gone by and in uncivilized countries still it is possible that uncon scious os tai ep tics, or persons drugged to appa, *nt death”, may hare been and perha,« still are occasionally buried alive, but I do not believe that in our . own country or in any civilized land such events are possible, “In Vienna the custom prevails of taking a body to the mortuary on the eve of burial, where it is ’tested.’ Thimbles are placed on the fingers of 'Mfodtad, to which are attached wires connected with the mortuary belli “Have the bells ev« rung? Yes, onoe. “It is impossible for a doctor to mis take unconsciousness in its varied forms for death. • “Some time ago it was suggested that a law should be irnwed making itoom pnlsory for a medtaal man to test bodies before giving a certificate of death. Ttattagbyeltotricity was thought of, but it to an open question yet whether ielectridtykills or only stuns. Atal! ; events, we in this country are notoon , tvfcoed that such a test would bo satis , 4Mtcryer afford sufikrient evidence of duakh, although it has ita value. On the other hand, I don’t think legislation of this kind is necessary. It would cer • tainly reflect upon the medical profes * Viennese custom to a wise one, and X should like to see it more gener ally adopted. ’’—Pearson’s Weekly. *k. Mwr MMter. Bill—Did you read about that fellow writtag a &m on a SSO bUD t; ; Jill—No. The editor kept it, of . No. Ho returned it. ” “ What, an editor return a SSO bill?” “Yea Ho didn’t know what it was” —■Yonkers Statesman. . One of the tallest stacks in Great Britain is situated at Llanelly. From the bare of the foundation to the ex treme summit is 400 feet high. The cap of the top wbighs 27 tons, and 720,- 000 bricks were used in its construc tion. it is circular tomtom, and in a gale bends extremely. * ICASTORIAI The Kind You Have Alwaya Bought, and which kM been in use for over 30 years, hha borne the signature of and. has been made under hie per* » suidfi ttoliwi since'taifetafhney. Al tow n O tn deceive yew fhfa. All Counterfeits, Imitations and Subetitutea are but Ex periments that trifle with and endsuuger the health off Infimts and Children—Experlenee against Experiment. What is CASTORIA >7 . o ■ix. Castoria is a substitute for Castor 00, Paregorle, Drop* and Soothing Syrups. It to Harmleaa and Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is Its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It enree XMarriuna and Wind Colie. It relieves Teething Troubles* cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulate* the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Punncea The Mother's Friend. CXNIHNX CASTORIA AKWAYS yZ? Bears the Signature of / // V// * /7 The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. «' '*'""" '"* gi ~" **' ' T ' ) —GET YOVH — i JOB PRINTING DONE A.T ’ | The Morning Call Office. We hsve Just supplied our Job Office with s complete line oi Btatioacn| * kinds and can get up, on short notice, anything wanted in the way oi. [ LETTER HEADS, BILL HEADS y- ; IRCULARB, ENVELOPES, NOTEB2' MORTGAGES, PROGRAMS T JARDS, POBTERB|. DODGERS, \ NIV t We carry tee best Ine of ENVEIXYFES rei jffvred : this trad*. : Aa attractive. POSTER of any sire can be issued on short notice Our prices for work of all kinds will compare hvorabl? with those obtained ton any office in the state. 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