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THE MORNING CALL.
Vol. X. No. 140.
TROOPS IN THE TROPICS.
Li»t» of Articles of Clothinc Authoriz
ed by War Department-
Washington, Feb. 16—In a geners
al order issued today by the secretary
of war the announcement ie made of
the clothing authorized for nee by the
troops serving in Cuba and other trop
ical countries, The list was as follows :
Cork helmets or campaign hats, straw
hats, khakie uniforms, white b'eached
cotton duck suits, uniined blouses,
gingham or chambray overshirts,
lightweight flannel shirts (dark blue
wool) lightweight undershirts (cotton
and wool) jean drawers, lightweight
cotton stockings, abdominal bandages,
russet shoes and leggings, rubber pon
chos, trousers of 16-ounce kersey.
The quartermaster’s department has
been busy for some time arranging a
list of suitable clothing and several
combinations are recommended It
has been suggested by the quarter
master-general that the men should
wear lightweight woolen undershirts
with a gingham or chambry overshirt
and either the khakie or white duck
suit. If this is not agreeable, a regi
mental commander may clothe his
men with cotton undershirts, a light
weight dark blue woolen overshirt and
the same uniform For use at night,
when the weather is cool, the men can
use the unlined blouses. The russet
shoes furnished by the department are
of exceptionally good quality and t’ue
wear ing of abdominal bandages is to
be ma le compulsory.
Distance Traveled by a Waltzer
A dancing master at Gardiner, Me ,
has calculated tire distance a waltz-r
t n;vels during the course of one even
ing at seven miles He says that a',
lowing six feet for one waltz step, and
the waltz tempo sixty measures a
minute and taking three steps to the
measure gives 180 steps in a minute.
Giving ten minutes for each waltz and
ten waltz in an evening, the waltzer
has covered a distance of seven miles
in waltzes alone during the evening.
A Frenchman, with an impossible
name and a predilection for figures,
has estimated the average length of a
man’s stride at 31| inches, and the
distance an average traveler can cover
at this rate, at 7,159 yards an hour, or
119 yards a minute. The number of
strides would be 7,500 an hour, or 125
a minute. The length of the stride
in the various European armies is as
follows : In the German army it is
inches with a cadence of 112 steps per
minute; in the Austrian army, 29A
inches, with a cadence of 120 per
minute; in the French army 29| in
ches, with a cadence of 115 per min
ute ; in the British army 30 inches’
with a cadence of 116 per minute.
For LaGrippe and Influ
enza use CHENEY’S EX
PECTORANT.
Fire in Navy Yard-
The building known as No. 29, at
the Brookly navy yard, occupied by
the steam engineering department,
was totally destroyed by fire Wednes
day evening, together with its con
tents, which included much valuable
machinery. The loss is estimated at.
one million, five hundred thousand
dollars. The cause of the fire is un
known. Many valuable models and
patents of warships were destroyed,
including those of the Newark, Ral
eigh, New Orleans and Atlanta. The
coincidence of the fire was that the
model of the battleship Maine which
went down in Havana harbor a year
ago that day, were also destroyed. It
was especially valued at this time, as
it was to be used in the construction
of the new Maine The battleship
Massachusetts was in a dry dock five
hundred yards away from the fire, but
was not injured
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.
THEIR HOME-COMING DELAYED
Volunteers at Manila Were Preparing
to Come Home.
But for the recent affair around
Manila the vounteers under Gen.
Otis would have been preparing to
start homeward. The movement of
7,000 regulars to the Philippines was
planned and inaugurated with & view
to the return of 13,000 volunteers now
on service in the archipelago. The
transports enroute to Manila w< re ex
pected to load with voluntrers and
start for San Francisco soon after they
reached the former port. Had there
been no outbreak by the Filipinos,
and had Aguinaldo shown the dispo
sition to acknowledge Amriieun au
thority that was expected to follow
ratification of the treaty, the first of
the returning volunteers would have
been on the way home before the tnd
of March, probably. But the recent
events have caused a modification of
plans The 7,000 regulars will be re
inforcements. The volunteers will
remain longer, until it shall appear
certain that the Filipinos do not
mean to continue fighting Gen
Miles thinks, since the battle o' last
Sunday, that it will be necessary to
keep 35,000 soldiers in the Philippines
for some time. Ihe plans of the
president have not comtemplated so
large an army there by one half
Nothing can be determined no-v. The
only thing to do is to wait and see
the effects of the lesson taughr
In a general way the President, be
fore the battle at Manila, had directed
the war department to make prepara
tions for '.he musteiout of all volun
teers. The work was to begin with
those in camps in this country. Each
of these regiments ie costing about
$2,000 a day for pay and support The
President said he wanted to lessen the
drain of war expenses on the treasury,
and he felt that the volunteers could
now be spared Fifteen regiments
were to be disbanded just as fast as
the mustering out routine could be
performed. There has been no change
in the orders since the Manila affair.
It ie understood that the disbandment
of the regiments still in the Southern
camps will proceed rapidly. After
that will come the return of volunteers
from Cuba. Inquiries have already
been sent to commanders in Cuba to
obtain opinions as to the numbers that
can be spared It is the intention,
unless the situation should seem to
demand the continuance there of all
the troops to bring to this country a
division of the Seventh Corps in March
Two of the immune regiments in San
tiago province will be brought back in
a few weeks. By the Ist of Mav the
garrison force ie to be reduced to a
minimum The appearance of yellow
fever in a New York regiment in the
interior of the island is having the
effect to strengthen the purpose to
reduce the garrisoning army as rapidly
as it can be done safely.—Washington
letter in St Louis Globe-Democrat.
CAISTOrtIjA.
Bears the st Kind You Hare Always Bought
Signature , ■//s.# /--7Z 7
of
Severe Punishment in Old Times-
There ie on record in Northumber
land county a remarkable instance,
one of many others found there, which
reads as follows: “Northumberland,
August Sessions, 1784 At a court of
General Sessions of the peace held at
Sunbury for the county of Northum
berland, the fourth Tuesday of August
1784, before Judge Guyers, Esq , Re
publican vs. Joseph Gusbery. Indict
ed felony,the defendant pleads not
guilty, and jury drawn and beiog
sworn upon their oath, respectfully do
say that Gusberry is guilty of the fel
ony wheteof he stands indicted. Judg
ment, that, the said Joseph Gusberry
receive thirty-nine lashes between the
hours of 8 and 9 o’clock tomorrow,
to stand in the pillows one hour, to
have his ears cut off and nailed to
the post, to return the property stolen
or the value thereof, remain in prison
three months, pay a fine of £3O to the
Honorable the President of the S'ate
for the support of the Government,
and stand committed until fine, fee
and cost are paid ” —Milford Dispatch
CASTOR IA
. For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature of
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 17, 1899.
More Friction in Cuba.
File (act ilia' tlier.- i« a -up-'-
abundance <>i rn - ape nd rh u <!■ .
str..ps ii Cuba i- c -niinualii cr.-ppil'g
out in conflicts of authority, not only
between the American and the natives,
but between American officers Our
dispatches have mentioned several in
stances in point. The latest of them,
having to do with the decoration of
the graves of the victims of the Maine
disaster, discloses the fact that the
disagreement and discontent rx'end to
both the army and navy,
Commodore Cromwell is the com
mandant of the Cuban naval station
with headquarters at Havana Capt.
Sigebee, formerly of the Maine but
now in command of the Texas, is un
der him. There is such a degree of
friction between Commodore Cromwell
and Capt. Sigsbee that the latter will
not appear in any function not strict
ly military and in the line of duty, in
company with the former. Capt. Sigs
bee the other day gave it to be under
stood that he would not take part in
the ceremony of decorating the graves
of the Maine victims, since Commo
dore Cornwell, as senior naval officer,
would be present ; and this in the face
of the fact that the Mtine victims
were Sigrbee’s men, and that lie enter
tained a high regard for them. Father
more, Gen. Fitzhugh Lee announced
that he and bis soldiers would not
take part in the exercises alone with
Cromwell and bis sailors, but would
visit the cemetery andjpay their trib
ute of respect after they had left As
to the friction in the army, it ie necee
-ary oily to revert to Gen. Lee’s slate
merit n week or two ago, to the effect
that in order to make places for others,
he had been side—tracked “with an
unemployed army of 10,000 men,’’ to
the affair between Gen. Wood at San
tiago and Gen Brooke at Havana re
specting the customs receipts, and to
the intimation by M»j Hatrison that
he was hampered in discharging bis
duties as provost marshal at Havana.
And these aie far from being the only
instances.
Each officer, of course, is try ing to
get all of the glory that he can out of
hie military service. Each, therefore
is jealous of his power and preroga
tives, and possibly asserts himself to
the limit, and sometimes a little be
yond. There are too many division o'
authority. As we have said before, if
Fitzhugh Lee bad been made military
governor of the island and permitted
to select his own assistants, the prob
abilities are. that there would be a
minimum of fiction, and the recon
struction of the island would have
been much more rapidly advanced
Savannah News.
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.
Vaaderbilt's $6,000,000 Check.
In the sale of the West Shore prop
erty to the New York Centra’, Wilt
liam H. Vanderbilt gave the now hit
toiic check of $6000,000, then the
largest personal check that had ever
passed through the New York clear
ing house.
When Mr. Vanderbilt drew the
check there was some apprehension
on the part of his friends that it pos
sibly might embarrass him, and when
they went to him saying that, if be
needed it, they were able to lend him
securities enough to carry the check
awhile, Mr Vanderbilt replied : |, Why,
I could draw my check (or a dupli
cate sum, and have it cashed with
money that I have on deposit.’
The absorption of the West Shors
by the Central is in line with a new
policy of scientific economies which
the New York Central is only just
beginning to establish, a nolicy which
those who are informed say will, when
completely carried out, result in vastly
increasing the income of that corpora
tion It may be this knowledge in
part which has inspired so many per
sons to buy the securities of the Cen*
tral and pay (or them a price which
does not represent as much as 3 per
cent O.i ihe investment on the pres
eni dividend rale. —New York Spe
cial Philadelphia Press.
C ASTOTLIA.
! Bears the Thu Kind You Hare Always BrajM
Signature /fl*
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.
wov»e BAKi-a eowßts ca, new vomt.
A Lesson in Usury.
Peter Cooper, the great philnnthrop
ist of New York, was one of the most
successful, careful and prudent busi
ness men of his lime He was strong
ly opposed to the methods of many
merchants who launched out into ex
travagant enterprises on borrowed
money, for which they paid exorbitant
rates of interest. The following nnec
dote illustrates ibe point very forcibly :
Once, while talking about a project
with an acquaintance, the latter said
he would have to borrow the money
for six months, paying interest at the
rate of 3 per cent, per month.
“Why do you borrow for so abort a
time?’’ Mr. C< oper asked.
“Because the brokers will not ne
gotiate biila fur longer,”
“Well, if you wish,” said Mr. Coop
er, “I will discount your note at that
rate for three years.”
“Are you in earnest?” ask the would
be borrower
“Certainly I am I will discount
your note for SIO,OOO for three years
at that rale. *Wi!l you do it?”
“O. course, I will,” said the mer
chant.
“Very well," said Mr. Cooper. “Just
sign -this note for SIO,OOO payable in
three years, and give your check for
SBOO, and the transaction will be com
plete.”
“But where is the money for me?”
asked the astonished merchant.
“You don’t get any money,” was
the reply. “Your interest for thirty
six months at 3 per cent per month
amounts to 108 per cent., or SIO,OOO.
Therefore, your check for SBOO just
makes us even.”
The force of this practical illustra
tion of the folly of paying such an
exorbitant price for the use of money
was such that the merchant deter
mined never to borrow at such ruin
ous rates, and he frequently used to
say that nothing could have so fully
convinced him as this rather humor
ous proposal by Mr. Cooper
iky **3k
WA
THE EXCELLENCE OF SYRL'P 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 up< n
all the importance of purchasing the
true and original remedy. As the
genuine Syrup of Figs is man -.-.fat'. tired
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 nnd
bowels without irritating or weaken
ing them, and it docs not gripe nor
nauseate. In order to get its beneficial
effects, please remember the name of
the Company
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
HAN FU AN CISCO. < al.
LOUISVILLE. Ky. NEW YORK. N. Y.
For Whooping Cough use
CHENEY’S EXPECTORANT.
7 « < «ir-t <<>»;•»« i iJition lurunr.
; <•-. t .ii. .. c.itn irtic. 10c or2sc.
f <' • «»xj f jg -.is r- fund meet*
R.F. Strickland & Go.
OVER SHOES FOR MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN,
ALL SIZES AND STYLES.
BOYS AND GIRLS SCHOOL SHOES. THE KIND
THAT WEAR.
R. F. STRICKLAND * CO.
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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 AKE REPRESENTATIVES OF
John A. Lambert, Florist,
OF ATLANTA, and are prepared to furnish CUT FLOWERS and DECORA
TIVE 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 Bicvcle
Messenger AT ONCE.
KILLIAN & LAMBERT.
4£5 1111.1. STIIICET.
CEPHALOTUS
The Infallible Heaiache Cure.
It is unniversally conceded its equal
does not exist. It is an absolute sure cure
for the most obstinate case of nervous and
sick headache, and will in any case give
relief in fifteen minutes,, Once tried you
will never be without it. Price, 10c for
package of 3 powders or 3 pkgs of 9 pow
ders for 25c. Don’t tail to try it.
MARSH M’F’G. CO.
538 W. Lake St, Chicago.
RICHES
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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
CHEAPEST.
N. B, DREWRY & SON.
> • .» lour l ife
'1 *:■ t t- o easfly r.ntf fort ’ er, I c nag
fiuitc jG»luf :I , nerve Vljpr. lake No To
Bac. the icr-wo* ner. that Kakrt ak w r r.
strong. Ai, drug,';sts, 60c or Si, Cureguaran
teed I’ kkt and gar.: pie 4? co. Addrcw
Sterling Ueinclv Co • Chicago o-r New Yor>
Fmilm Repair Shop
O 0
John T. Boyden has opened an
Upholster Shop, and will do all
other General Furniture Repairs
ing, and Guarantees Satisfaction
on work and prices. Please call
and see me.
JOHN T. BOYDEN.
19 1-2 Hill St,
Ten Cents per Week
PARSNIP COMPLEXION.
It docs not require an expert to detect
the sufferer from kidney trouble. The
hoilow 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 l>e at once re
peated, or if the nrine has a brick dust de
positor string <al r.
When tbeau 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 ru»
, 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.. for
sample bottle and book telling all about it,
both sent absolutely free by mail. 1
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