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THE MORNING CALL.
Vol. X. No. 139.
A LETTER FROM CUBA
Mr- G N Porter Writes Interesting
ly from Havana,
Mr. George N. Porter, of this city, who
is making a trip through Cuba in the in
terest of the National Biscuit Company,
wrote a very interesting letter to a Griffin
friend from Havana on the 10th inst., in
which he said:
“Yesterday was quite a historic day
here. The body of Gen. Garcia arrived
on the battleship Nashville and the whole
city was in mourning and flags at half
mast in his honor. His body is being
held in state at the Governor General’s
mansion. I had the honor of viewing
his face.
“General Gomez is expected here next
week, and I intend to make it a point to
see him. I visited Morro Castle and
Cubanas yesterday. I can now readily
see why the Americans acted wise in not
attempting to enter Havana with their
ships. It certainly is a death trap. No
ship on earth could ever pass those two
powerful fortifications.
“This is a beautiful city, and everything
is kept wonderfully clean. The Ameri
can soldiers are camped in front of this
(Grand Hotel Pasaje) hotel in the parks,
which run down the centre of the street
for miles. They are all in fine health
and report having good times.
“Five dollars in our money is worth
16.60 in Spanish money. The Spanish
language is spoken altogether, You are
compelled to learn it if you wish to get
along. It won’t be so bad a little later
on, as everybody here is learning the
English language. lam told that it is a
great deal harder for them to learn our
language than it is for us to master the
Spanish, and I believe it.
“The weather here is fine, being just
cool enough to make you feel good with a
summer suit on.”
The Modern Way
Commends itself to the well-informed, to
do pleasantly and effectually what was
formerly done in the crudest manner and
disagreeably as well. To cleanse the sys
tem and break up colds, headaches, and
fevers without unpleasant after effects, use
the delightful liquid laxative remedy,
Syrup of Figs. Made by California Fig
Syrup Co.
For Whooping Cough use
CHENEY’S EXPECTORANT.
New Records Made-
New records were made by the mer
cury at many Georgia town? during
the cold snap. The list below shows
bow cold tt was at the points indica*
ted :
Pelham —3 degrees below.
Leesburg—2 degrees below.
Fort Gaines —5 degrees below.
Albany—2 degrees below.
Home—7 degrees below
Gainesville —7 degrees below.
Cartersville—lo degrees below.
Griffin—lo degrees below.
Eatonton —5 degrees below
Carrollton —15 degrees below.
Marietta—B degrees below.
Macon —7 degrees below.
Atlanta —S 1 2 degreis below.
Perry—3 degrees below.
Lexington—< degrees below.
Savannah —8 degrees below.
The following record w>s mado at
other points in the south.
Birmingham, Ala —10 degrees be
low.
Gadsden, 4 1a.—12 degrees below.
Mobile, A! . —1 degree below
Decatur, Ala—ll degrees below.
Opelika, Ala—7 degrees below
Evergreen, Ala—s degrees below.
Tuscaloosa, Ala. —7 degrees below
Danville, Va—4 degrees below,
Waco, Texes—3 degrees below.
New Orleans, Li—7 degrees above.
Charleston, S. C. —9 degrees above
The coldest temperature in South
Florida ranged from 10 to 12 degrees
above zero.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
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Signature of
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Mr. H. A. Pass, Bowmau, Ga., writes :
“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 cf
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.
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ABUSE FLAG OF TRUCE
Filipinos Fly White Flag and Then
Fire Upon American Troops-
Manila F> b 15—The insurgent at
Patroe, leu miles muthweet of Manila,
surrendered Wednesday, but the place
wasn’t occupied by our troops Since
the surrender the Filipinos have flown
flags of truce, indicating their submis
sion, but this afternoon they fired
upon a detachment of the California
troops The Californians leplied with
a hot fire, driving the relels out of the
town.
The rebda moved to the south,
where they made a stand and an en
gagement followed, continuing until
dark The Californians were reinforc
ed by a part of the First Washington,
the First Idaho, and the Utaji battery.
The former Spanish gunboat, Laguna,
started this afternoon to shell the ene
my’s rear
It is supposed that the insurgents,
who evacuated the town upon its sur
render, have been secretly gathering
at Patron under the cover of flags of
truce with tbe object of making an
attack
The steamer Butnan brought news
today of the capture of Jaro, an insur
gent sttonghold, by a battalion of the
Eighteenth infantry, under Major
Keller, and a detachment of the Sixth
artillery with two Hotchkiss guns and
a Gattling gun under Lieutenant
Ostsim,
The battalion left Iloilo to m-ake a
reconnaissance, but was attacked by
the enemy and so proceeded to take
the town. The enemy on retiring
took their dead and wounded with
them. Their force numbered about
1,000.
The ncounaissance developed the
fact that the town of Molo has been
deserted by the enemy, who are going
into the hills by three roads Business
has been returned at Iloilo, and the
port has bien opened A desultory
firing on the California regiment near
Caloocan continued last night. Four
Americans were wounded.
There is more Catarrh in this section of
the country than all other diseases put to
gether, and until the last few years was
supposed to be incurable. For a great
many years doctors pronounced it a local
disease, and prescribed local remedies, and
by constantly failing to cure with local
treatment, pronounced it incurable.
Science has proven catarrh to be a consti
tutional disease, and therefore requires
constitutional treatment Hall’s Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney &
Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitu
tional cure on the market. It is taken in
ternally in doses from 10 drops to a tea
spoonful. It acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. They
offer one hundred dollars for any case it
fails to cure, end for circulars and tes
timonials. Address,
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Hall’s Family Pills are the best.
For Croupuse CHENEYS
EXPECTORANT
Peculiarities of the Filipinos-
The Filipino is artistic and bis
clothing is clean—two tremendous
strides toward civilization. The men
do clever work in wood, silver, and
braes Their old war-knives are high
ly embellished. Their pottery is often
picturesque, and the clothing of the
women, made of the indigenous fiber
that abounds tbroghout the islands, is
ptetureeque, and has a jaunty, attrac
tive style, which their straight forms
and exposed shoulders carry off well.
The fiber is often woven as finely as
silk, and some of the drawn work of
the Filipino lace-makers is most ex
qusite and expensive. I have seen
single bankerchiefs which could not
be purchased under S3OO, The Filipi
nos love jewelry, and some of the
crude settings contain magnificent
pearls, found along the shores of the
islands. The women, as a c’ass, are
attractive —many are really- pretty.
While eschewing shoes, gloves and
bats, they often wear dresses of the
finest texture, beautifully embroider
ed, and made -with a fl iwing train
Both sexes love music, at.d the Filipi
no music is not the will banging of
tom-toms and the beating of cymbals
and drums ; nor is it the squeak of the
two stringed violeu and the pounding
of sticks attune, as with the Cbinrse
and Japan*ee; bur it ba- m-lody and
air, f> r the Tagal plays all the instru
ments of the Eurt'pt-ati, amt i-utplavs
I ini on many, Aguinaldo’s band of
sixty pie -es is one of the finest in the
island
CA-STOrtTA..
Bears tho ,4 K |n d You Have Always Bought
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GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 16, 1899.
CLEANING SAN JUAN CITY.
Rifftd Sanitary Regulations Are Now
Being Enforced
Washington, Feb 15—The steps
taken for the rapid and thorough
cleaning of the city of San Juan, Porto
Rico, where a large United S'ates gar
rison is stationed, have been reported
to the surgeon general of the marine
hospital service by Surgeon A H.
Giennan As a result of the rigid san
itary regulations prescribed by the
hospitul.service and the army medical
authorities, the death rate in the city
and neighborhood is decreasing. A
house to house inspection has been
recently completed, and householders
are now required to keep all wells,
cesspools and cisterns free from filth,
and the other parts of their premises
in a thoroughly sanitary condition,
The streets are being cleaned and the
barracks formerly occupied by Spanish
troops are being disinfected
The greatest number of cages of yel
low fever are said to have come from
the San Francisco barracks in the
heart of the city of San Juan. While
these barracks remain closed a proper
drainage system will be installed and
the confined-air spaces will be de
stroyed The convent buildings have
been inspected under special arrange
ment with Archbishop Cbapelle, and
are found to be in a fairly sanitary
state.
Surgeon Giennan has recommend
ed that the marine hospital service in
Porto Rico, which includes the quar
antine aervice.be equipped with steam
launches and a distinctive quarantine
flag, in order that the authority of the
government officers may be conspicu
ous and unquestioned.
Surepeon General Wyman has receiv
ed recent report from Santiago de
Cuba. These show that the sanitary
condition of the city is undergoing
still further improvement On more
than one day within the last two
weeks not a single death from any
cause has occurred among the troops
or the other population. Yellow fever
has entirely disappeared, although
some doctors who have never seen a
case of the disease confound it with
other bad types of bilious, n mittent
and malarial fevers.
Robbed the Grave.
A startling incident, of which Mr.
John G iver of Pniladelphia, was the
subject, is narrated by him as follows;
"I was in a most dreadful condition.
My skin was almost yellow, eyes sunk
en, tongue coated, pain continually in
back and sides, no appetite—gradual
ly growing weaker day by day. Three
physicans had given me up. Fortu
nately, a friend advised trying ‘Elec
tric Bitters and to my great joy and
surprise, the first bottle made a decid
ed improvement, 1 continued their
use for three weeks, and am now a
well man. I know they saved my life,
and robbed the grave of another vic
tim,” No one should fail to try them.
Only 50 eta per bottle at J N. Harris
& Son and Carlisle & Ward’s Drug
Store.
LETTER LIST.
List of letters remaining in the Griffin,
Ga., postoffice, week ending Feb. 13, 1899.
Persons calling will pleae say “advertised”
and give date. One cent must be paid on
each advertised letter.
MALE LIST.
J. H. Harver, John Sinor, Jim Smith.
FEMALE LIST.
Linnie Alexander, Effie Banks, Mrs. 11.
S. Lamb, Mrs. Mary Seighed.
11. L. Williams, P, M.
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 barlisle & Ward.
Furniture RejiairSW
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John T. Boyden has opened an
Upholster Shop, and will do all
other General Furniture Repair
ing, and Guarantees Sitisfaction
on work and prices. Please call
and see me.
JOHN T. BOYDEN,
19 1-2 Hill St.
RoYal
Baking Powder
Made from pure
cream of tartar.
Safeguards the food
against alum
Alum baking powders are the greatest
menacers to health of the present day.
BOVAL BAKINO POWt>tft CO., MW VOHK. _
A New Fish From Trout I'um.
At the fish hatchery at Ukiah, Cal., an
odd thing camo out this summer in the
trout hatching, which has puzzled some
of the experts. A lot of trout eggs camo
in from Lako Tahoe, and in tho course of
hatching out there appeared among tho
products of these eggs some eighty odd
strange fish, a pale lemon colored fish
fringed with black, with a pink lino
alongside, and a bright mctallio luster in
general coloration. The authorities wore
unable to name those fish and are hold
ing thorn in a separate apartment, hoping
that they will either turn into regulation
trout or get themselves classified as they
belong.
It would appear that nature has got
in another of her mystifying ways and
has not consulted tho authorities about it
at all. Is it possible that w-o aro to have a
few specialties to add to the fantail doer
and tho horn snake? Tho fantail deer I
tako to be now scientifically admitted, not
only as a possibility, but as a fact, and I
lay much unction to my own soul that I
was ahead of the scientist on that and
guessed correctly that tho old hunters were
correct in claiming that there was such
an animal. As to these trout, it is as well
to be moek, for not oven an old hunter has
as yet appeared who ever saw anything
like them.—Ed Hough in Forest and
Stream.
I’ilgrlms <o Blaine's Grave.
The superintendent of Otlk Hill ceme
tery in this city says that an average of 30
persons visit that place every day to see
tho grave of Mr. Blaine, and four out of
every five come to his office to inquire why
it is unmarked. Mr. Blaine lies upon the
eastern slope of a beautiful hill by tho side
of his son Walker and daughter Alice,
who was the wife of General Coppingor.
There is a small headstono marking
Walker’s grave, inscribed simply with his
name and the dates of his birth and death.
Tho daughter’s grave is marked by an
elaborate Celtic cross, which, the inscrip
tion says, “Was erected by her sorrowing
husband,” but the grave of Secretary
Blaine is marked uulj by a small foot
stone, a few inches square, bearing the
letters “J. G. B.”
It has been understood among tho
friends of tho Blaine family that the
burial at Oak Hill is only temporary; that
Mrs. Blaino intends to remove tho bodies
of her husband and children to Augusta
as soon as she can mako satisfactory ar
rangements for their interment there, and
that is probably tho reason why no perma
nent monument has been erected. —Wash-
ington Letter in Chicago Record.
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THE EXCELLENCE CF 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 Califohnia Fin Syrup
Co. only, and we wish to impress upen
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.plea.se remember the name oi
the Company
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
BAN I SIANCISCO. <•!.
LOUISVILLE. Ky. NEW TORE. N. Y.
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anything you invent or improve; also get
CAVEAT TRAOE-MARK, COPYRIGHT or DESIGN
PROTECTION. Send model, sketch, or photo,
for free examination and advice.
BOOK ON PATENTS
M te C.A.SNOW&CO,
Patent Lawyers. WASHINGTON, D.C.
R. F. Strickland X Go.
OVER SHOES FOR MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN,
ALL SIZES AND STYLES.
BOYS AND GIRLS SCHOOL SHOES. THE KIND
THAT WEAR.
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Bargains in Groceries.
WITH A VIEW TO MAKING SOME CHANGES IN OUR LINE OF BUSI
NESS, WE WILL OFFER OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF FANCY GROCERIES 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 ... S|.OQ
14 pounds best Lard SI.OO
14 pound best Rice SIOO
3 pound can Tomatoes, per case - - - $1.65
2 pound can Tomatoes, per case s - - $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.
Fl_. YISTT & CO.
BARGAINS IN BICYCLES.
Now is the time to get a wheel at your own price, either new or second hand.
We are doing all repair work on BICYCLES AT ONE-FOURTH OFF the regu
lar price. Take advantage of this opportunity and have your wheel made to LOOK
LIKE NEW, for the coming season.
WE ARE REPRESENTATIVES OF
John A. Lambert, Floiibi,
OF ATLANTA, and are prepared to furnish CUT FLOWERS and DECORA
11VE PLANTS, for entertainments, weddings, funerals, etc.
Call ’Phone 4 Two Calls
When you want to send a parcel or message anywhere. We will send a Bicycle
Messenger AT ONCE.
KILLIAN & LAMBERT.
445 IIILIL HTREET.
RICHES
COME BY SMALL SAVINGS.
One Penny Saved is equal to Two
Made
For Spot Cash
We will sell
David Landreth & Son,
Robt. Buist, Jr. A Co.,
L L. May & Co.'s
Garden Seed at
2icts. per paper.
Peas and Onion Sets
Correspondingly Low.
THE BEST IS ALWAYS THE
< HE A PEST.
N. B. DREWRY & SON.
Parlor Car and. Sleeping Car Service Be
tween Alanta and. Albany, Ga,
The Central of Georgia Railway Com-
I pany has inaugurated parlor car and
1 sleeping car service between Atlanta and
I Albany, Ga , on train leaving Albany 4:15
a. m , arriving Macon 7:40 a. m , Atlanta
11:20 am., 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 8 p. m., thus allowing them to
remain in sleeper over night. Passengers
i 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 t
and under, 25 cents; 51 miles to 125 miles, '
50 cent?; 126 miles to 200 miles, 75 cents;
| 201 miles to 300 miles, f 1.00.
Ten Gents per Week
Salary Ordinance For 1899.
Be it Ordained by the Mayor and Coan
cil of the City of Griffin, that the following
salaries be paid the different officers of the
city during their term of office:
Mayor, <4OO 00 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 each, $40.00 per month pay
able monthly.
City Physician, 150.00 per annum pay
able monthly.
Janitor $20.00 per month payable
monthly.
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 eye*, 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 ms,y lead to gravel, catarrh of the
bladder, inflammation, causing stoppage,
and sometimes requiring the drawing of
the urine with instruments, or may rus
into Bright's Disease, th* 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.. for
, sample bottle and book telling all about it,
( both sent absolutely free by mail. 1