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THE MORNING CALL. Vol. X. No. 150. COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. A Lengthy Session of the City Father* Held Yesterday Afternoon. • The city council held their regular meeting yesterday afternoon which was’presided over by Hie Honor, May or Davis. The following aldermen were present: Patrick, H id, Davis, Oxford, Smith, Bailey and Blakely. The minutes of last meeting were read and approved. A petition was read from several citizens of north Griffin protesting against council granting Osboru & Wolcott permission to run side tracks from Central railroad out Hi I street to their foundry. The petition was ordered to go ou record. Aiderman Patrick, chairman of the street committee, reported the streets as being in a very bad condition and staled that some arrangements must be made at once whereby they might be worked, as the committee was un able to make satisfactory terms with county commitsioneis for use of chain gang. Alderman B akely moved that the council advertise for bids and have the streets worked by contract for the next ten months. He was of the opinion they could make very satisfactory ar rangements and have the work done at less cost than if the city hired free labor and paid for the services of an overseer. The. motion was unani mously carried The council corrfirmed the election of H. B. Futral as fireman of No. 1 Fire Company. The council engaged in quite a dis cussion over the best manner in which bids should be audited before payment but took no action. A motion was introduced that in future no bills coming from the board of health be paid until they were read before and acted upon by the council. Motion was carried. Aiderman Blakely gave notice that he would offer an amendment to the ordinance regulating the board of health by making the mayor and city physician ex-cfficio members of the board. Alderman Patrick moved that in future the street committee should order the payment of hands working the streets. The council authorized the treaurer to pay Col. 0. 11. P. Slaton $25 and ex penses for services rendered in the mandamus case, after which council adjourned The Naval Repair Ship. Every officer in the American fleet at Santiago, from the admiral down, has praised the usefulness of the Vul can. Her equipment was equal to that of any but large repair plants on shore, and the work actually done by her covered almost every conceivable part of the machinery of a war vessel, including repairs to hulls, gun mounts, dynamos, main steam pipes, main piston rods (for small ships), brass eastings without number, and a con siderable quantity of iron castings. This last is an especially interesting feature, as it is believed that the Vul can is the first vessel ever fitted with a cupola for making iron castings. The object of such a ship is readily seen ; it enables the vessels to have every repair, short of a breakdown of some of the larger parts, made on the station, when otherwise they would have been compelled to go at least several hundred miles, and in some cases more than a thousand, to reach a repair yard —The Engineering Mag azine Application for Bankruptcy. J. R Shedd has filed a petition for voluntary bankruptcy, and Judge Newman has appointed Col. W. E. H. Searcy, Jr, as temporary receiver. The case will be tried before Referee Wm. H. Beck within the next few days. 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. t Hall’s Family Pills are the best. IS IT ONLY A RUMOR, Or Did Dewey Really Fire on a Ger man Vessel I Washington, Feb. 28 —lt is said at the war and navy departments that there is no truth in a rumor set afloat that Dewey had fired on a German vessel. The war department says the Phil* ippine affairs are reassuring and the navy department says there is no probability that additional ships will be ordered to reinforce Dewey. This story gained currency today and was rapidly flashed over the Unit ed States. The rumor was felt on the stock markets despite all denials. How it originated no one seems to know, as there is no excuse, it is said, for such a rumor. At the war department today it was said the latest reports from Manila show that there hrs been the usual desultory firing along the various parts of the line, but the only casual ties today are Captain David 8. Elliott, of company G, Twentieth Kansas vol unteers, and a private of the same regiment. They are both seriously’ wounded. They were shot by the en emy’s sharpshooters near Caloocan, according to official reports A battaiion of th’e Twenty-third in fantry relieved the battalion of the California volunteers at San Pedro Macati today, The latter will ba or dered to embark on the transport St. Paul tomorrow. Taken as a whole the situation at 1 Manila is much improved and “all quiet along the line”is the report. The latest advices from Hong Kong state that the battleship Oregon, ac companied by the sailed from that port for Manila Feb. 20:h. 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. Mathematics and Matrimony. “It may not be complimentary to the men, but there seems at least a semblance of truth in the statement that the greater the quantity and the better the quality of education among women the less the chance of mar riage,” writes Prof D. R McAnally in the March Ladies’ Home Journal.” It has been shown conclusively that college women marry less than others. The ixplanation of this apparently anomalous condition may’ perhaps be found in the fact that a large per centage of college bred women educate themselves for the purpose of becom ing teachers. Teachers have not so good an opportunity of marriage as other women—in fact, teachers in female seminaries have hardly more prospect than nuns, their limited as sociation with the opposite sex and the restraints under which they are visited by gentlemen fully explaining the situation. It is clear, however, from the figures furnished, that the rate of marriage among ‘coeducated’ women is higher than among women who attended female seminaries. It is singular to notice that in the case of educated women the same geo ographic differences between the east and the west may be observed as in the case of the others. In the north Atlantic division—that is, in New England—the marriage rate is lowest. It gradually rises toward the west, at taining its highest figure in the moun tain slates, a fact which indicates that the educated eastern woman who goes west to teach has an excellent pros pect of finding a husband there.” 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, CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH I, 1898. LONDON'S COSTLY GUESTS. Great Sums Are Expended in Enter taining' Dignitaries. \\ hen the city entertains distin guished guests it lavishes its money with a profusion more befitting an Eastern potentate than a body of thrifty city meu. It is, indeed, no uncommon thing for the city fathers to spend ou the entertainment o' * guest much more than his own weight in gold, a compliment surely of which even Emperors may be proud. The city was never moved to more prodigal hospitality than in 1876, when it entertained the Prince of Wales on his return from India. In honor of the “return of the wanderer,” the Lord Mayor and corporation spent no less than $137,895, or sufficient sovereigns to outweigh two princes, even of his present ample proportions. Nine years earlier the city was equally lavish when it entertained the Sultan at » cost of $123,069 In 1893 it cost the corporation $52,035 to welcome the Bhab of Persia, although in the follow ing year the Czar was brilliantly en tertained at a cost of nearly $15,000 less. Thanksgiving day cost the city $65,995, or almost as much as the Czar’s reception ; and the jubilee re joicings of 1887 left the city pooler by $58,000. ThaPriaceof Wales’ wedding, thirty five years ago, was the signal for a great display of city hospitality. The amoun't epentjn entertainments alone was sb.q*2OO 4 and, in addition to this, the corporation spent $50,000 on the diamond necklace and earrings pre sented to the Princess. ‘When the Queen attended the Lord Mayor’s banquet in 1837, the corpora tion spent $40,860 in entertaining her, and the outlay, when she again honor ed the city fourteen years later, was $28,770 Thus, on nine entertainments alone, the city has lavished no less than $669,055, or an average of $74 340 for each guest In contrast to this regal entertain ment, it is interesting to state that in 1727 George II was entertained at a cost of SIBB ; King VictTlt Emanuel, in 1855, for $6 690, and Mr. Sianley, eight years ago, for $7,755 The marriage of the Duke and Duchess of York cost the city $19,- 240; in 1891, the German Emperor was entertained for $18,920; the Shah, in 1889, for $10,240, anil the King of Danmark, in 1893, for the very mod erate sum of $8,825. It marks the unstable character of city hospitality that it cost to enter tain an Emperor, a Shah and a King less than one third the sum lavished on the Sultan in 1867 —Tit Bits. A Narrow Escape. Thankful words written by Mrs Ada E Hart, of Groton, 8. I) “Was taken with a bad cold which settled on my lungs; cough set in and finally terminated in Consumption Four Doctors gave me up, saying I could live but a short time. 1 gave myself up to my Savior, determined if I could not stay with my friends on earth, I would meet my absent ones above. My hueband was advised to get Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds. 1 gave it a trial, took in all eight bot tles. It has cured me, and thank God I am saved and now a well and heal thy woman.” Trial bottles free at J N. Harris & Son, and Carlisle & Ward J)rug Store. Regular size 50 cents and SIOO. Guaranteed or price refunded. —* —«. - Laziness and Success. “Laziness,” said Mr. Chipperly, “is one of our besetting sins, and it is quite possible that we may ba very lazy even when we are fully occupied. How many of us pitch in for all w« know bow, when We work, and how many of us putter around the edges and [>ick out the easy things and Use up the time of the lough proposition that everybody’s got to tackle? That’s the question. There are more forms of laziness than one.” “Not only is procrastination the thief of time,” said Mr. Greylop, “it is the underminer of resolution. By putting off we not only lose lime, but we get into a spongy, no-account, irresolute state, which may become a part of our habit in life. With this way of doing things we may scrape along from day to day, but that’s ail. To succeed we must get at it; and as getting at it is the opening wedge to success in life, so keeping at it is the beetle that drives the wedge home.” For Whooping Cough use CHENEY'S EXPECTORANT. Ml 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. BOY Al BAKING POWDER CO,, WW YORK. A Diamond Road. Strange as it may appear, there is a roadway near Kimberley, io South Africa, which is literally a bed of dia monds The debris from 'he mines has been thrown outside of the city walls in enormous quantities, and for the last eight years has been utilized for macadamiz ng the roads from Kimberley to the diamond fields. Dur ing a late strike, which threw many of the miners out of work, it occurred to the City Council to assign a small section of this diamond road to each one, for him to wash it over and see if he could find any diamonds of value. The only condition imposed was that he was to put stone macadam wherever he removed the other. Owing to the .industry of the miners and the intro duction of the new processes, each ya,d of the road yielded from three to five thousand dollars worth of dia monds. There were found, and are Util I finding, diamond bearing debris us a market value of one hundred, two hundred, and even three hundred thousand dollars to its workers. It is no exaggeration, then, to speak of this as the only road of diamonds iu the world, a more royal roadway than ever king or queen rode upon. THE EXCELLENCE OF STRIP 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 aiftt 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. RAN FRANCISCO. Cal. LOUISVILLE. Ky. NEW YORK. N. Y. THE PRETTIEST LINE .OF WALL PAPER SAMPLES Ever shown in Griffin has just been re ceived at the NEW BOOK AND MUSIC STORE. You are invited to call and see then at J. H. HUFF, 24 HILL STREET. R. K. TAYLOR, M. D. J, F. STEWART. M. U. DRS. TAYLOR AND STEWART, Physicians and Surgeons. Office hours from Ba.m.toß p. m. A physician will always be in our office during that time. No iw-iia. I Gua >ui.cci.i tobacco Lu. vuiu n.uh:* feu strong, pure, sue, a . R.F. Stricklands Go. (O>_ Everything New inFancy and Staple Dry Goods and Notions. Special Bargains for Monday’s Selling: 10 YARDS GARNER’S DRESS CALICOES FOR 25c. NO ONE WILL BE DISAPPOINTED -PLENTY FOR EVERY ONE 10 YARDS TO A CUSTOMER BERKELEY S 1000 FINE LONG CLOTH WORTH $1 85, MONDAY AT |I.OO PER BOLT. BEST 4-4 BARKERS BLEACHINGS 5 3 4c YARD, NO LIMIT. M-i ENI’.LEACHED SHEETING-WORTH 15 , MONDAY AT IT GILT EDGE YARD WIDE BLEACHINGS MONDAY AT 43 4c. 5 4 PILLOW CASING MONDAY !»c YARD. NEW PIQUES 10c, 124 c, 15c, 20c, 25c. LINEN PILLOW < ASING 6 4 WIDE, WORTH 75c, AT 50c. NEW LINEN LAWNS 50c, 75c, Xsc. SHIRTING PERCALB, YARD WIDE, AT 7c, AND 10c, CORSETS. rkoTilkK.^6^ 8 D E ’i»K 8 Y “ CAn,<IED IN OUK SHOE 25 PAIRS LADIES KID SHOES ON CENTER COUNTER, SIZES 3, 31 AND 4, WORTH $1 25, TO CLOSE MONDAY AT 50c. GREAT SALE OF LADIES WINTER SHOES- - AI.L $8.50 SHOES TO CLOSE AT 12 75. “ 3.00 “ “ “ •» 245 “ 2.-50 “ “ “ “ ft)2* ° F LAI ’ IE3 50 $3 00 POIN I~ED SHOES TO CLOSE MUpilJAi A I $1 (X). THESE PRICES ARE FOR CASH ONLY. R. F. STRICKLAND & CO. ' '■ - - ■ --- - - 1 . 1 SLLJLJ! 1 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 rm lar price. Take advantage of this opportunity and have your wheel made to LOOK LIKE NEW. for the o«<boon. WE ARE REPRESENTATIVES OF John A. Lambert, Florist, are Prepared to furnish CUT FLOWERS and DECORA 1 Iv E I LAN IS, for entertainments, weddings, funerals, etc. Call ’Phone 4 Two Calls Messenger AT n ONCF nii 1 parc j^ r message anywhere. We will send a Bicycle KILLIAN & LAMBERT. in STREET. CEPHALOTUS The Infallible Headache 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 tor package of 3 powders or 3 pkgs of 9 pow ders for 25c. Don't tail to try it. MARSH M’F’G. CO. 53s W. Lake St. Chicago. 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 CHEAPEST. N. B. DREWRY & SON. «>on'tr. L r . ;i:,C '•i >. p Your LiTc Am sty. I '' '■ ■ ’ f ' ■’ ' '-r be tic. f; ;of . . !.' IVOan i.. ipor, Uke To B to. t ‘ >r ...’ icr, toa»,s vculc rnvn strong. ,\i* t 7; -•?•£’. ( ireg iaran teed. Booklet and Mann : • free Arfdre«« Stirling Keniedv Co - ChLn-o C" New Tor* Furniture RepairSliop 0 o 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 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 lie at once re peated, or if the urine has a brick dust de posit or atroqjr rotor. W ii.m tn. ■ »yuipiu;us are present, no time should be tost 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 rus into Bright’s Disease, the most dangerous stage o! kidney trouble. Dr. Kilmer’s Bwamp-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 brittle and book telling all about it, both sent absolutely free by mail. 1 Inorder to advertise our pa *^r></ pe r Me .., subscribers may clip mil send, if soon, this coupon • .i , | 60C. (stamps taken)to the < illustrhed ™ TH m tBE ■ *<•<* * r. :ikt ~ TBHH., it will be sent one year as ‘trial subscription;’* or will send it the first 6 mo*. ‘*>r 30c, Regular price $i per year. It is an 11- ustratfl, s«-mi-monthly journal,of 16 to £3 pages, Fictio Poetry, A nvt ntvr es bySea andUxd, ,'lpavbl*, Science, General J\7ohmatiok, Woman's Dt ’artment, and Gov. Taylor's Department. Taylor’s Love Letters to the Public are of spe nd interest. Sample copy free. Agents Wanted FRF*F I EDUCATION, etc. 7 o any subscriber I lALaL. • who will secure enough new subscribe ■rs at our regular rates to eoual the regular price >f the article selected, we will give free: bicycle, '(.ld watch, diamond ring, or a scholarship in either if Draughon’- Business Colleges, Nashville, Tenn., iab. eston, < r Texarkana, 'I ex., or one in almost aay business College or Literary School. Write us. „ .Mention Griffin (Ga ) Morsis® Call Chaap Batea to Atlanta. On February 27th the Southern Rail way will sell (rom Griffin to At lanta and return at f 1.72 cents for the round trip. Good returning February 28th. Account Madam Duffs Concert. R. J. WILLIAMS, Agt. H. I. Cary, T. P. A., Macon, Ga, Cheap Bates to Atlanta. On Monday, Feb. 27th, the Central of Ga. Railway Co., will sell round trip tickets from Griffin to Atlanta and return for J 1.72 cents. Tickets good returning Feb. 28th. Account Madam Duffs Con cert. R. J. Williams, Agt. J. C. Hails, G. P. A., Savannah, Ga.