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THE MORNING CALL.
VoL X. No. 91.
A TROPICAL MARRIAGE.
Mr- Samuel Arthur Redding Marries
in Brazil Last Month.
On the 18th instant Col. R. J. Red
ding received a latter from bit ton,
Samuel Arthur Redding, conveying
the newt of the marriage of the latter
to Mita Mario Prates, in the city of
Manaos, Amazonas, Brazil, South
America, on November 22. The let*
ter was written Nov. 26 and was just
22 days on the way.
Manaos is a city of 40,000 inhabi
tants, the capital of the state of Ama*
zones, in the great republic of Bra
zil, and is located on the left bank of
the Amazon river, about 1,000 miles
from its mouth, and about 200 miles
south of the equator.
Our young friend Arthur has been
a resident of Manaos about seven
months, and is connected with the
management of Manaos Electric
Light Co. In that short" time be has
been led captive by one of the dark
eyed beauties for which that country
is noted. \
We congratulate him in bis happy
servitude and wish him and his bon
nia bride a long and happy united
life.
By the way, it was Arthur's purpose
to marry in the southern hemisphere
on the same day and hour which wit
nessed the recent marriage of his sis
ter, in Griffin, Ge., but by an unfortu
nate misreading of the figure "3” for
“2," he married 24 hours earlier, thus
depriving his father of the unique dis
tinction of having a son and daughter
to marry on the same day and hour—-
the one in the Northern and the olber
in the southern hemisphere.
It requires not less than three weeks
for a latter to go from Griffin to Ma
naos, the same for a reply to reach
Griffin, and the cable rate is $l9O per
word, via London.
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Some McKinleyisms-
Ths following are extracts from
President McKinley's recant speeches
in the south:
Fraternity is the national anthem,
sung by a chorus of forty-five states,
and our territories at home and be
yond the seas. .
The union is once more the com
mon alias of our love and loyalty, cur
devotion and sacrifice.
The memory of the dead will be a
precious legacy and the disabled will
be the nation’s care
A nation which cares for its dies
abled soldiers, as we have always done,
will never lack defenders.
What an army of silent-sentinels
we have and with what loving care
their graves are kept I
Every soldier's grave made during
our unfortunate civil was is a tribute
to American valor.
At Bunker Hill, liberty was at
stake; at Gettysburg, the Union was
the issue; before Manila and Santiago
our armies fought not for gain or re
venge, but for human rights.
But American capacity has tri
umphed over all in the past.
The glories of the war cannot be
dimmed, but the result will be incom
plete and unworthy of us unless sup
plemented by civic victories, harder
possibly to win, in their way no less
indispensible.
Forever in the right, following the
best impulses and clinging-to high pur
poses, using properly and within right
limits our power and opportunities,
honorable reward must inevitably fol
low. The outcome cannot be io doubt.
Reunited! Our country again and
our country forever! Proclaim it from
the housetop and the pulpit; teach it
io the schools; write across the skiesl
The world sees and feels it; it cheers
every heart, nonb and south, and
brightaaa the life of evety American
home. Let nothing ever it
again! At peace with all the world and
with each other, what can stand in the
pathway of our progress and prosper!
ty! i
Patience, moderation, self control,
knowledge, character, will surely win
you victories and realize 'he best aspi
rations of your people.
'-•? The Molera Mother
Has found that her little ones are improv
ed more by the pleasant Syrup of Figs
when in need of the laxative effect of a
gentle remedy than by any other, and that
it is more acceptable to them. Children
enjoy it and*it benefits them. The true
remedy, Syrup of Kgs, is manufactured by
the California Fig Syrup Company only.
Bwnth CM Ifw IwMib BWM
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OFFICES FOR RECRUITS
Will Soon bo Opined all Over the
Country.
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Washington, Deo 20—The passage
by congress of a bill inoreasing the
regular army to 100,000 will be the
signal for the opening of a large num
ber of recruiting stations throughout
the country. Recruiting officers will
be assigned by the war department
with offices in all the large cities, and
calls will be made for men of sound
body and good physical development.
Volunteers who went through the Cu
ban and Porto Rican campaigns and
are restored (p good health will have
preference in enlistment. The army
surgeons who will be detailed to make
tbe examinations will be instructed to
abide strictly by the requirements Os
tbe regulations. Tbe war department
is desirous of avoiding the enlistment
of very young men or of men with
families. It has been discovered that
there were too many young men in
tbe volunteer army, and, being un
seasoned, their health broke down
sooner than was the case of tbe regu
lars.
At present there are obly thirty re
cruiting offices in operation in the
United States, that being sufficient for
tbe present needs of tbe army, but
within a week after the bill to increase
tbe army becomes a law this will be
more than doubled. The list of of
ficers to be assigned to this work is
now being prepared, and an order ,to
govern them has been promulgated
by Gen. Miles, It says:
"Upon the arrival of a recruiting of
ficer at a city or town where be is to
establish a recruiting station, he will
at once make inquiries at the avail
able places in the neighborhood of the
station as to the prices at which meals
for his party can be obtained, and
will procure them, of proper quality,
by open purchase at the most reason
able rales, until he can advertise for
proposals by means of form No. 28,
subsistence department. Payment for
meals will be made in the manner in
dicated in the notes on that form.”
The order also provides for subsist
ence of the recruits en route to their
posts or regiments, and says that subs
sistence funds, in small amounts can
be retained inAhe personal possession
of officers intrusted with the disburse
ment of tbe same, whenever such of
ficers are stationed in places where
there is no treasurer or assistant treas
urer of tbe United States.
Telicw Jaundice Cured.
Suffering humanity should be sup
plied with every means possible for its
relief. It is with pleasure we publish
the following “This is to certify -that
I was » terrible sufferer from Yellow
Jaundice for over six months, and was
treated by some of tbe best physicians
in our city and all to no avail. Dr.
Bell, our druggist, recommended Elec
tric Bitters; and after taking two bot
tles, I was entirely cured. I now take
great pleasure in recommending them
to any person suffering from this ter
rible malady. lam gratefully yours,
M. A. Hogarty, Lexington, Ky.” Bold
by J. N. Harris & Son and Carlisle &
Ward, druggists.
Installation of Officers.
American Guild will meet tonight
in hall of Griffin Lodge F. & A. M., at
7 o’clock jharp. Installation of officers.
All members sre requested to be pres«
ent. R. J, Williams, Gov.
E. L Hanes, Sec.
Pitts’ 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 com
plaints it is a specific. Perfectly harmless
and free from injurious drugs and chemi
cal _
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind Yob Have Always Bought
Signature of
Buoklen’z Arnica Balve-
THE BEST BALVE in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum
Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions,
and positively cures Piles, or no pay re
quired. It is guaranteed to give perfect
satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25
cents pm box. For sale by J. N.
Harris & Son and Carlisle A Ward.
yyTM Kind Yw Hzw Always Bought
Blgaatare
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9RIFFIN, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 21. 1888.
TUB avail BODY
Many Odd Facts Which Are Mot Gen
erally Known.
Human beings are of all sizes, but
tbe tall man is less common than tbe
short; only one man in every 208 ex
ceeds tbe height of six feet. Foe every
fool of stature a man should weigh
from twenty six lo twenty eight
pounds, a proportion that is not the
lotcf all in these hurrying, scurrying
days.
An average size man weighs 140
pounds; a woman 125 pounds Cu
riously enough, the mean weight and
height of lunatics are below those of
sane people. Another unexpected
thing in this respect is that a negro’s
skeleton weighs more than that of an
Eulishman.
The vitalizing power is tbe blood, a
drop of which takes twenty two sec
onds to go the rounds of the body.
There passes through the heart once
every three minutes an amount of
this precious fluid equal to all that is
contained in the body.
The mileage of tbe blood circulation
reveals some astonishing and un
dreamed of truths. It is estimated
that, assuming tbe average speed of
tbe heart to be sixty-nine beats a min
ute, the blood travels 207 yards in 60
seconds; in othsr words, seven miles
an hour, 168 a day or 6,320 per year.
If a man of 84 could have one single
blood corpuscle floating in bis blood
all his life, it would have traversed in
chat period no less than 5,150,808
miles.
The average weight of the brain of
an adult male is three pounds eight
ounces ; of a female, two pounds four
ounces. Tbe woman’s brain begins to
decline io weight after the age of 30,
the man’s not till ten years later. Ac
cording to high authorities, tbe nerves
with their branches and minute rami
fications connecting with the brain,
exceed 10,000,000 in number.
The palms of tbe bands and soles
of the feet are composed of cushions
of fat, in order that sodden jolts and
violent blows may be successfully re
sisted, and no injury dohe to tbe mus
cles and bones urderneatb.
Tbe muscles—of which the tongue
monopolizes eleven—and bones of the
human structure in combination are
capable of more than 1,200 different
motions.
Tbe teaching of experience indicates
that accidents are far more likely to
occur to tbe right leg and arm than to
the left. Further evidence of this fact
is supplied by the makers of artificial
limbs; they dispose of many more
appendages to the right side of tbe
body than to tbe other. Statistics show
that in fifty-four cases out of a hun
dred the left leg is stronger than the
right.—London Mail.
Discovered by a Woman.
Another great discovery has been
made, and that too, by a lady in this
country. "Disease fastened its clutches
upon her and for seven years she with
stood its severest tests, but her vital
organs were undermined and death
seemed imminent. For three months
she coughed incessantly, and could
not sleep. She finally discovered a
way to recovery, by purchasing of us a
bottle of Dr. King’s New Discovery for
Consumption, and was so much reliev
ed on taking first dose, that she slept
all night; and with two bottle has been
absolutely cured. Her name is Mrs.
Luther Lutz.’ Thus writes W. C.
Hamnick <fc Co, of Bbelby.N. C. Trial
bottles free al J. N. Harris Son’s and
Carlisle & Ward’s drug store. Regu
lar size 50c and SIOO. Every bottle
guaranteed.
1,000 Kansas Kisses-
The defeat of Jerry Simpson for re
election to congress had tbe result of
winning for a young Kansas stockman
a whole year’s supply of kisses, says
the Savannah News. Incidentally, the
cash value of a Kansas kiss from the
woman’s point of view, was indicated.
The parties to the odd wager were
Miss Lucy Wilbers, a 20-year old
school teacher of the village of Golden
which is situated in the fork of Cim
maron riyer and Prairie Dog creek,
and Harold Owens, a young ranch
man Miss Withers was a faithful and
enthusiastic champion of Jerry Simp-,
son ; Mr. political beliefs led
him to support the cause of Jerry’s op
ponent Tbe two met at an entertain
ment shortly before tbe election. Miss
Withers was singing Jerry’s praises.
Owens took the other side.
"Since yon are so sure tbat Mr. Long
will be elected in tbe place of Mr.
Simpson, what have you in the way of
property, Mr. Owens, that you will wa-
RoVal
Baking Powder
Made from pure
CrcHin O1 tartar*
Safeguards the food
against alum
Alum fafcifig powders are the greatest
me&acers to health of ffcp present day*
I
ger in support of tbe correctness of
your judgment?” asked tbe young
lady. “I have a bunch of thirty as fine
steers as ever grazed on a Kansas
ranch, worth $1,000; I will wager tbe
steers. And now, Miss Withers, what
will you place against them?” said
Owens. Miss Withers bad no bunch
of steers and no SI,OOO io cash, but she
was true grit. “I will wager you 1,000
kisses, at $1 each, tbat Mr. Simpson
will be elected,” waa her reply. "If I
may collect on tbe installment plan,
in case I win, I will take tbe bet,"said
Owens. "As you please,” assented
Mies Withers.
The world knows bow poorly Jerry
ran. He failed to take off his socks,
and being hampered by them, be was
hardly in sight at the finish. Thus it
was that Miss Withers lost and Owens
won 1,000 fine, fresh, Kansas kieses, to
bo collected as he pleased. He says be
will take them at the rate of twenty a
week, and has begun collecting. For
fifty weeks, therefore, his supply of
kisses is secure. Paying and collect-1
iag the bet, however, may be attended
with some interesting developments.
It is understood that Mr. Owens has
another girl as a sweetheart; will she
permit her beau to collect bis 1,000
kisses and take a year at it? Will
Owens be able to kiss tbe scboolma’am
twenty times a week a for year and re
main true to the other girl? Will tbe
young woman be able to deliver tbe
goods and remain beartwhole at tbe
end of tbe payment? Really, it would
not be much surprising if by the time
tbe debt was paid Miss Withers bad
wottOwens’ bunch of cattle, and him
self in tbe bargain. ®
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THE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF FIGS
is due not only to the originality and
simplicity of tbe combination, but also
to the care and skill with which it is
manufactured by scientific processes
known to the California. Fig Syrup
Co. only, and we wish to impress upon
all the importance of purchasing the
true and original remedy. As the
i 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 par
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 acta 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 SYRU? CO.
SAN FRANCISCO, CaL
LOUISVILLK. Kr. NKW YORK, X. Y.
Christmas Holiday Sates-
The Central of Georgia Railway will
sell excursion tickets at rate of one and
one-third fares, to all points east of the
Mississippi river, and south of the Ohio
and Potomac rivers, December 22nd, 23rd,
24th and 25th, also December 80th ana
81st, 1898, and January Ist, 1899. Ex
tremelimit of all tickets January 4th,
1899. For rates, schedules, reservations
and other information, apply to any ticket
agent of the Central of Georgia Railway,
or communicate with J. C. Haile, General
Passenger Agent, Savannah, Ga.
For Sale. .
The Hughes place, 2 miles' north of Gris
fin; good 5-room house, big barn, bermuda
pasture, etc. 67 1-2 acres of land. Easy
terms. A. 8. Blakb,
R.F. StricklandX Co. 1
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Christmas Preparations. I
THIS YEAR, OF ALL YEARS, YOU WILL NEED TO GIVE USEFUL
RATHER THAN PURELY ORNAMENTAL XMAS PRESENTS. IN OUR
DRY GOODS Department
ARE MANY THINGS THAT WILL MAKE GLAD HEARTS FOR MOTHER
OR ; I3TER AMD GLAD POCKETS FOR YOU;
Beautiful Drees Patterns $1.50 to $6 00.
Black Dress Goods 20c to 75c.
72-inch Batin Damask worth 75c, reduced to flfc
70-inch Satin Damask worth 69c, reduced to 4%.
72-inch Unbleached Damask worth 65c, to 50c.
75 paragon frame steel rod Umbrellas at 98c, Worth $125.
White Silk Handkerchiefs 25c to 50c-
Japanese Enitial Handkerchiefs 8 for 90c.
Ladies Bernsdorf black Hose 10c to 85c.
Men and Boys Tles/snd Scarfb 25c and COc.
R and G Cerseis shapes 50c to sl.
A large variety oi Cuff Buttons, Hat Pins and Beauty Pins.
White Counterpanes 11-4 75c to $2.
A pair of our Warm Shoues would make Glad Feet and Glad Hearts for any one
What more do you want for'Christmaß?
R. F. STRICKLAND & CO.
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Looking Backward!
The memory of Christmas shoppers usually
turns to bargains, and to
L. W. Goddard & Son
'
oc^ers ? 11l
l ining Room Chairs, J
Onyx Tables,
Lounges,
Couches,
jC. © q Brass and White '
Enameled Beds
BEFORE BUYING YOUR
IEOm Christmas Finiiin) 1
’ASPECT THE STOCK OF '
L. W. GODDARD SON.
GRIFFIN 5 and
10 CENT STORE.
ODD FELLOW’S BUILDING..
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We have the Largest and Beet Selected Stock of CHRISTMAS
Goode in Griffin. Oar stock is comprised of Dolls, China Nov
elties, Tin and Iron Toys, Silver Novelties, Bisque Figures,
Wagons and articles too numerous to mention 'in the way of
Holiday wants. All at prices to suit the times. Every
child must be remembered. A lew cents will make the little
ones happy here. So be sure to give us a look.
EDWARDS BROS.
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Ten Cento per Week