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THE MORNING CALL. Vol. X. No. 127. TROOP 3 IN GOOD HEALTH Discovery of Guns and Supplies Hid den by the Cubans. Washington, Feb. I.—There have been no deaths among the troops in Cuba in three days, counting from Sunday. This is considered are markable showing, and the war de partment officials are naturally grati fied. They express surprise that a large army composed of men not acclimat ed to the tropics, living together in large bodies and sheltered only by canvas from the unhealthful night dews, should remain comparatively free from disease. Most of the troops in Cuba have been there only a month, some less than a month, and have not bad the opportunity of becoming acclimated. Major General Brooke reported Sun day that there bad been no deaths among the hoops on the entire island on that day. A dispatch from Santiago says a number of men belonging to the quar termaster’s department yesterday dis covered a large quantity of ammuni tion and several hundred guns con cealed on an unfrequented trail about seven miles north of the city. The munitions were guarded by armed Cubans, who resisted the attempt of the Americans to take the supplies, until informed that reinforcements would be sent for, if necessary. It is believed that the munitions were stolen during the Santiago campaign, or pnrebased from the Spaniards after the surrender. The dispatch also states that over 1,000 rifles and supplies of ammuni tion are concealed in a village nearby, which is now under guard. Colonel Hood is investigating the matter. A Letter From Cuba. A Call reporter was shown a letter from a member of the Griffin company in the Third Georgia regiment now in Cuba, yesterday which was written on board the transport, Roumania, the day the troops were landed on Cuban soil. The writer stated they had been on board the vessel seven days and the surroundings were terrible, the tem perature was above 90 degrees and that the soldiers were compelled to sleep below the mules and horses. He said that sickness was sure unless a speedy change was bad, and prayed to be assisted in getting an honorable discharge. Advantages of Learning a Trade- "If some one should ask, ‘What is to be gained by learning a trade?' the answer first suggesting itself would be to show that a skilled worker-m ar tisan or mechanic- earns two, three or even four times as much wages in the same number of hours or days as an unskilled laborer-one who does work that requires no special training,” writes Barton Cheytrey in the Feb ruary Ladies Home Journal. The services of a skilled worker are also in more constant demand, and while be earns two or three times as much per hour, he has longer periods of work and less enforced idle ness than has the unskilled laborer. "The possession of a trade gives a comforting sense of security and inde pendence, for one thus skilled is al ways sure of a comfortable livelihood and, with economy, a competency for the declining years of his life, and be sides, be has various opportunities of engaging in profitable business for himself. “These advantages ate within the reach of every bright boy, and obtains able without a sacrifice. This will be understood when it is considered that the wages of an apprentice to a trade are about the same as the wages of a lai of the same age at unskilled forms of labor; consequently the apprentice is making about as much money as if employed at ordinary manual labor, besides gaining a trade.” Mr. H. A. Pass, Bowman, Ga., writes i “One of my children was very delicate and we despaired of raising it. For months my wife and I could hardly get a night’s rest until we began the use of Pitt’s Carminative. We found great re lief from the first bottle.” Pitt’s Carmin ative acts promptly and cures permanent ly. It is pleasant to the taste, and children take it without coaxing. It is free from injurious drugs and chemicals. Be»rg the sj The Kind You Have Always Bought Bie THE GEORGIA ROOM In Confederate Museum Receives Valuable Contributions Mrs. Robert Emory Park of Macon, has just received from Miss Katherine C. Stiles, vice regent of the Georgia rooms in the Confederate Memorial Museum at Richmond, Va., her report made at the recent annual meeting The report will be of much interest to all Georgians, and is as follows : “The Georgia room during the past year has had, as is - usual, generous financial aid from the ; egent and the Daughters of the Confederacy, the Atlanta, Komei Waynesboro, Colum bus, athens and Griffin chapters hav ing sent contributions through our most efficient and able vice regent, Mrs Robert Emory Park, of Macon, Ga. Also most valuable additions have been made to its already priceless contents The son of Commodore Tattnall has kindly contributed the true account of the “Pelbo incident,” in which the commodore became fa mous and beloved by the English, for they will never forget that ‘blood is thicker than water.’ “The daughter of General Gilmer, of Savannah, the chief of the engineer bureau of the Confederacy, has sent a memorial of him that consists of many Original manuscripts, letters, etc., in a bound volume and others that have been placed under glass, where they may be read by the visitors. Also many valuable maps that were used during the war. “The flag of the arsenal garrison of Augusta, Ga , has also been sent and will be a memorial not only of General Raices, who had command there, but of the great power works that he had charge of and managed so successfully. “The vice regent, while in Scotland this fall, after a diligent search, se cured a copy of a most valuable book ‘The Confederate Sscession,’ written by the Marquis of Lothian and pub lished by Blackwood in 1804. It is a history of the difficulties that led to the war between the states, and shows how the North bad always imposed upon the South, and which Mr. Lin coln confessed in a sentence of one of his earliest speeches to his cabinet: "If we let the South go what is to pay our revenues?' 4 Katharine C. Stiles, “Vice Regent Georgia Room, Memo rial Hall.” Yellow 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 a terrible sufferer from Yellow Jaundice for over six months, and was treated by some of the best physicians in our vity and all to no avail. Dr. Bell, our druggist, recommended Electric Bitters ; and after taking two bottles, I was entirely cured. I now take pleasurer in recommending them to any person suffering from this ter rible malady. I am gratefully yours, M. A Hogarty, Lexington. Ky. Sold by Carlise & Ward and J. N- Harris & Son, Druggists. For Whooping Gough use CHENEY'S EXPECTORANT. Cure For Meningitis The following is said to be almost an infallible cure for spinal meningi tis : Take a piece of red flannel five inches wide and the length of the back, dampen it well with spirits of turpentine and lay it on the back from the back of the neck down. Take another piece of flannel, fold it to three or four thicknesses, lay on top and iron with a hot iron twenty or thirty minutes and it will cure nine cases out of ten. * Gnu’s Savages Doomed. So much misery and so many deaths have been caused by the Grip, that every one should know what a won derful remedy for this malady is found in Dr. King’s New Discovery. That distressing stubborn cough, that in flames your thrort, robs you of sleep, weakens your system and paves the way for Consumption is quickly stop ped by this matcblesscure. If you have chills and fever, pain in the back of the head, soreness in bones and mus cles, sore throat and that cough that grips your throat like a vice, you need Dr. King’s New Discovery to cure your Grip, and prevent Pneumonia or Consumption Price 50c and SIOO Money back if not cured A trial bottle free at the drug store of J N Harris & Son and Carlisle & Ward. For Croup use CHENEY’S EXPECTORANT GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 2, 1899, IN PORTO RICO What it Costs to Live There by Observ ing Great Economy. At the Inglaterra Hotel in San Juan and also at the Hotel Francaie in Ponce which are the leading hoslel riee of these two cities the daily rate, including 12 o’clock breakfast, o’clock dinner and sleeping room, is $3,751 Coffee, eggs and bread in the case in the early morning i.re called an extra, which brings the daily bill up to $4 25. Spanish, or, at the pre vailing rate of exchange about $2.75 American, per diem. The service one receives in return for thia would, in the United States, be considered high priced at $1 50. It will be found diffi cult to live under SSO Spanish per month anywhere on the island, wheth er hotels or private boarding houses are patronized. General outfitting goods are some what lower than in the United States, Thin clothes are very cheap ; suits of good, serviceable linen and colored stuffs may be made up at the tailor’s at prices ranging from $2,50 to $lO Spanish money. Fine dress good# command more than American prices. Shirts, underclothes, collars a’nd cuffs are as high as in the United States, and not nearly so well madq, though fabricated from quite as good mate rials. Good shoes—Porto Rican band cobbled—may be obtained at prices ranging from $2 to $5 Spanish, and fine French goods are to be had at 50 per cent more in the same money, which gives one an advantage here over America so far as footwear is concerned Foods are both dearer and cheaper than in America, depending upon wbether - lhey are imported or home products. Butter is a luxury for which you pay 10 cents a tiny pat; cooked eggs are 5 to 10 cents a piece in the cities; milk can only be had in the morning at 10 cents a quart; ice, in the towns where are ice plants, is becoming the proper thing, but it comes higher, a few times, than an American combine can lift it; cold beer on ice is worth 30 cents a bottle— a month ago every native case proprie tor insisted that it would break the bottles to put them a-cooling, but he has been convinced of his error under our excellent tuition ; coffee is a dream at 10 cents a cup -and chocolate a nectar indeed at 20 cents; pungent clarets, good withal, are cheap at 60 cents a quart bottle ; Hennessey three- ' star brandy at $1 a bottle, and rum— the devil’s own—at two centavos a drink.—Harper’s Weekly. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve- THE BEST SALVE 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 per box. For sale by J. N. Harris & Son and Carlisle & Ward. Fish in Nantucket- The residents of Nantucket are said to be so well satisfied with their small island that they care but little for the outside world, says the Youth Com panion. Naturally many of the men are employed in fishing, and the old fishermen delight to tell of the foolish questions asked by the “rusticators” who visit Nantucket in summer One summer visitor, in turn, tells this story of the town fish market: “Have you any salmon?” I asked of the old salt, who was sharpening a knife. “No, ma’am,” he answered; and then he added, in a pleasantly conde scending way, "we don’t sell nothing but fish here.” “Well,” I responded) “salmon is fish, you know. They are caught in al!—’’but be interrupted me. “Land I I know folks cat ail sorts of things I bear about ’em eating frogs, and calling them fish. Folks are strange in their ealin’, same as they be in their clothes,” with a crit ical glance at my bicycle skirt, ‘ but all tbe fish that folks ought to eat can be caught right round these shores. Can’t I sell you a nice bluefish, that ain’t been onto the wa’er more’n an hour?' Net knowing any better way to re gain his good opinion, I purchased the bluefish and went meekly home CA-STOniZi.. Bears tu The Kind You Hare Always Baugh 4 ATLANTA GETS STATE FAIR. W ill be Held in That City October 18th to November 4th Atlanta h«s nt :nd another attrac tion lor next fall, that will insure her merchants one more prosperous season The State Fair wi l be held in that city from Outober 18 h to November 4-h. At a meeting jesicolay morning of the joint comniti.e’ from the city of Atlanta st I she s n Agricultural society, the Li.uwiug resolution was adopted : Resolved, That this meeting of joint committees pledges itself to an effort to raise SIO,OOO in Atlanta for the purpose of holding a state fair in Atlanta this fall under the auspices of the State Agricultural Society, the only condition being that all receipts and pledges for the payment of the amount so raised, and also tbe admin istration of the fair be placed in the hands of a joint committee to consist of twenty five members from tb’s com mittee and thirty-five members of the Slate Agricultural Society. Resolve further, That whatever sum may remain in the treasury af ter paying the premium lists and run ning expenses of the fair shall be held intact for the purpose of aiding in the holding of other fairs under the aus spices of the State Agricultural so cierty in Atlanta. CASTOR IA For Infante and. Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought In the Wrong Place- A characteristic story of Gen. Scott is told in connection with tbe sword pre sented to him by tbe state of Louis iana, through the legislature, at the close of the Mexican war. He was accosted by a man who said : “Gen. Scott, I had the honor of doing most of tbe work on the sword presented to you by the state of Louisiana. L should like to ask if it was just as you would have chosen.” “It’s a very fine sword, sir, a very fine sword indeed,” said the general. 'I am proud to have it. There is only one thing I should have preferred different. Tbe inscription should have been on tbe blade, sir. The scabbard may be taken from us, but tbe sword, never!” THE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF FIGS is due not 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 Syrup 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 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 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 FHANCISCO, < al. LOUISVILLE, Ky. NEW TURK. N. V. For Sale. The Hughes plica, 2 miles north of Gris fin; good (5-rootn bouse, big loam, bermuda pasture.etc 67 12 acres of land. Easy terms. A. S. Blake, For LaGrippe and Influ enza use CHENEY’S EX PECTORANT. p< ”* Dtß Makes the food more delicious and wholesome g»KH»q POwOtH co., Htw TOOK. R.F. Strickland & Go. (o' SHOES, A SPECIAL SALE FOR MONDAY 50 Pairs of small sizes Zeigler Brothers and Krippendorfs Ladies Fine Shoes, regular price $2.50, $3.00 and $3.50, your choice of any style at —51.25 See the styles in our window. Come in Monday morning and get your size at about one-third regular price. Come early as we have only fifty pairs. New Storm Rubbers for ladies, men and children, all sizes. Every tiling in Footwear. R. F. STRICKLAND 8c CO. Bargains in Groceries. WITH A VIEW TO MAKING SOME CHANGES IN OUR LINE OF BUSI NESS, WE WILL OFFER OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF FANCY G ROC BRIES AT VERY LOW PRICES FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. WILL SELL THIS WEEK STAPLE GROCERIES AT THE FOLLOWING VERY LOW PRICES: 18 pounds Standard Granulated Sugar - - - SI.OO 14 pounds best Lard - - - . - s|.qo 14 pound best Rice ..... SLOO 3 pound can Tomatoes, per case - - - $|,65 2 pound can Tomatoes, [per case - $1.50 45 bars Good Laundry Soap - - - - SI.OO Will sell„our Crockery and Tin Ware at Actual cost Mocho and Java Coffee, per pound - - - 25cts GIVE US A TRIAL. FLITKT fe PC. WE HAVE OPENED THE CYCLE STORE At the old stand, 45 Hill Street, and lor the next thirty days only we will do all classes of repair work at a discount of 25 per cent. This gives you an excellent opportunity to have your wheel put in good condition for the coming season, at a low price. Any wheel in our stock at your price so a? to make room for our new wheels that are now arriving. We are also Agents for LAMBERT BROS., FLORISTS, OF ATLANTA, and are prepared to do any kind of decorations for wed dings, churches and funerals. Bulbs, Plante and Cut Flowers a Specialty. KILLIAN & LAMBERT. PHONE 4 TWO RINGS FOR A BICYCLE MESSENGER. PARSNIP COMPLEXION. It does not require an expert to detect the sufferer from kidney trouble. The hollow cheeks, the sunken eyes, the dark, puffy circles under the eyes, the sallow, parsnip-colored complexion indicates it. A physician would ask if you had rheu matism, a dull pain or ache in the back or over the hips, stomach trouble, desire to urinate often, or a burning or scalding in passing it; if after passing there is an un satisfied feeling as if it must be at once re peated, or if the urine has a brick dust de posit or strong odor. When these symptoms are present, no time should be lost in removing the cause. Delay may lead to gravel, catarrh of the bladder, inflammation, causing stoppage, and sometimes requiring the drawing of the urine with instruments, or may run into Bright’s Disease, the most dangerous stage of kidney trouble. Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root, the great discovery of the eminent kidney and blad der specialist, is a positive remedy for such diseases. Its reputation is world wide and it is so easy to get at any drug store that no one need suffer any length of time for want of it. However, if you prefer to first test its wonderful merits, mention The Middle Georgia Farmer, and write to Dr. Kil mer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y.. f.r a sample bottle and book telling all about it, both sent absolutely free by mail. 1 1 ':•*■;»!* I-.* . •r» I V.’itb ’ •.i *aret* C.’D • • i’ ‘ ci.< tun-• 'r . »i foir.. »•? ’fCCCM.Gr— t : ( IF. ■ tT.c Ten Cents per Week Salary Ordinance For 1899. Be it Ordained by the Mayor and Coun cil of the City of Griffin, that the following salaries be paid the different officers of the city during their term of office: Mayor, S4OOOO per annum, payable monthly. Clerk and Treasurer, $300.00 per annum payable monthly and fees. Chief Police, 45.00 per month payable monthly. Po’icemen eacu, $40.00 per month pay able monthly. City Physician, 150 00 per annum pay able monthly. Janitor $20.00 per month payable monthly. Parlor Car and. Shaping Car Servlco Be tween Alanta and Albany, Ga. The Central of Georgia Railway Com pany has inaugurated parlor car and sleeping car service between Atlanta ami Albany, Ga., on train leaving Albany 4:15 a. m , arriving Macon 7:40 a. m , Atlanta 11:20 a. m., and on train leaving Atlanta 4:05 p. m., arriving Macon 7:20 p. m., Al bany 11:05 p. m. Passengers from Alba ny, Ga., holding berth tickets, can take sleeper at Bp. m., thus allowing them to remain in s'eeper over night. Passengers arriving Albany at 11:05 p. m., may re main in sleeper until 7:00 a. m. Rate for double berth in sleeper, 150 miles and un der, $1.50; over 150 miles, $2.00. Charges for seats, as follows : 50 miles and under, 25 cents; 51 miles to 125 miles, 50 cents; 120 miles to 200 miles, 75 cents; 201 miles to 300 miles, SI.OO