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All letters should be addressed to MORNING NEWS, Savannah, Ga. Registered at the Postoffice in Savannah as second-class mall matter. THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1807. A Kansas Convert. Among the Interesting documents that the new governor of Kansas has received Is one which may be called the story of the conversion and confession of faith of John Kenrick of Waubaunsee. During the recent campaign Kenrick was a gold bug; a pertinacious gold bug, who could bring lots of arguments to bear to uphold the gold bug side of a money argument. There was some prospect at that time that the republicans would carry Kansas, and Kenrick was right In line for promo tion to an office in the event of republi can success. It Is alleged that he had picked out his office, and was only wait ing for the republicans to go in, when he expected to get his commission, right off. When the ballots had been counted and Kenrick knew for a certainty that gold bugs would have poor feeding in Kansas offices for at least two years, he became thoughtful and studious. He took to read ing the Bible for consolation. Regularly at 9 p. m. he would He down upon his bed and read the Bible for an hour. He confi dently expected to see a light. He was not disappointed. One night his wife handed him the book, and he opened it at random. He was in an inspired frame o( mind that night, but did not know It until afterwards. Opening the book at random, and. feeling sure that something was about his eye fell upon the third o4 v-" 1 l which reads as follows: "We have mort gaged our lands, vineyards and bouses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.'• The passage was a revelation to Ken rick; it was convincing. Here was a di rect reference to the condition of affairs in Kansas, and also an Incontrovertible statement of the cause of the condition. The mortgages were given because of the dearth. The dearth, of ceurse, meant the gold standard; that was as clear as mud to Kenrick, who Is possessed of a thought machine of the Kansas brand. Having once reached that conclusion, Ke<nrlck’s mind was made up, and his duty was plain. He would renounce the monstrous gold standard dearth, forthwith. And he did so. Ho wrote to Gov. Leedy, all about it; how he had "rastled" with the prob lem; how he had been converted, by the Scriptures themselves, and how he hoped Gov. Leedy would give him an opportu nity to show how honest and true his con viction and conversion were by appointing him to some good office. All he needed was an office, and he would give the gold bugs hail Columbia, and make them wish they had never been created. There Is no moral to the story, except that Kenrick Is one of a type which is not confined to Kansas. The Condition of Business. There are ample reasons for thinking that business conditions are not as bad as they are generally said to be. The impression has become so firmly fixed on the public mind that times arc hard that it will be a long time, even with steadily increasing prosperity, to get rid of it. A few days ago one of the New York newspapers interviewed the managers of the principal retail stores in that and other cities, and learned that business is much better than it was a few weeks ago, and that the improvement promises to be very great within the next, two months. The manager of the largest retail store in Philadelphia stated that last year’s business was the greateat in the store’s history. The New York merchants said that the people appear to be well sup plied with money, and that the daily re ceipts of gold over the counter are sur prisingly large. From the fact that gold is making its appearance in daily financial transac tions is pretty good evidence that confi dence is returning rapidly. When confi dence Is firmly established it is reasonable to expect that the movement in the di rection of new enterprises will become quite general. It will be a long time, probably, before there is the degree of prosperity which existed eight or ten years ago, but there is no good reason' why business conditions should not steadily grow better. Here In the south the people have not much to complain of, and, as far as we are in formed. they are not complaining. The farmers, especially, appear to be content ed. The report is that they have paid their debts promptly and have money with which to supply all their reasonable want*. As a matter of fact, they have not felt the hard time* severely, and are not likely ever to feel hard times unless their crops fail, because they are now, as a general thing, producing their own sup and their cotton nearly always com axauJa a good price. Your Vitality? The essence of life is force. Every breathyou breathe»every heart beat, every motion of your hand, takes force. The measure of force we call vital ity. If this is lacking, there is loss of flesh, lack of resistive power, a tendency to catch di sease easily, especially a tend ency to Consumption. For low vitality nothing is better than Scott’s Emulsion. It supplies force by furnishing’ the nourish ing, strengthening elements of food in an easily digested form; enriches the blood, and builds up the system. When ordinary food is of no avail, Scott’s Emulsion will supply the body with all the vital elementsof life. Two sizes, 50 cts. and SI.OO. AH druggists. If you will ask for it we will send you a book telling you all about Scott's Emulsion. Free. SCOTT & BOWNE, New York. Sherman'i Ineondsteiicy. When Senator Sherman’s name was first mentioned for Secretary of State it was said by those thoroughly acquainted with him that, although a man of very great ability, he was not qualified for the posi tion. He has never made a study of ques tions affecting our relations with foreign governments, and he lacks the tact and patience required In diplomatic matters. It has only been announced that he will be in the cabinet, and yet he has got him self into trouble about the Cuban war. It is stated that at Pittsburg last Fri day he declared in an interview that the policy of the McKinley administration in respect to Cuba would be the same as that of the Cleveland administration, ex cept that the negotiations for a settlement of the trouble which Secretary Olney has been conducting with the Spanish minis ter, De Lome, would be discontinued. When Mr. Sherman arrived In Washing ton he declared he had not been Inter viewed at Pittsburg. He said he had not discussed the Cuban situation for publi cation, and did not Intend to do so outside of the Senate. There does not seem to be any doubt, however, that what he is repotted as hav ing said at Pittsburg expresses the views of Mr. McKinley in respect to the Cuban trouble. It is known that Mr. McKinley does not want to involve the country in a war at the very beginning of his admin at all. His purpose is to keep the country at peace wit., all the world and give every possible encouragement to business. The fact that Senator Sherman began talking about the Cuban policy of the next administration within twenty-four hours after he had decided to accept the offer of Secretary of State leads some of his friends to doubt whether he will be as great a success as a diplomatist as they hope he will. If he finds it necessary to deny his utterances before taking office, what will he do when he Is actually at the head of the state department? It appears from a dispatch in the Chi cago Tribune that the person who lost money by that now famous mortgage on Mrs. Lease's home was not Mrs. Lease herself, but the person who loaned the money. And it appears further that the lender was hot one of the hated money sharks of the east, but a resident of Kan sas City. The amount advanced to the female apostle of populism was >1,400. When the debt became due, she made no movement to pay it, or to hay the inter est, or to secure an extensiort. "She had no desire to pay >1,400 * * on property worth only >soo,’’ says the dispatch. That apparently accounts for the foreclosure of the mortgage. The woman had secured the lender’s money, and had made use of it; the security she had given was not worth the sum borrowed, so she let him take the property, and pocket his loss. That is how the "money power” throt tled Mrs. Lease. It is reported in Washington that cer tain friends of Consul General Fitzhugh Lee are moving to induce Maj. McKinley upon his accession to the presidency, to keep him in Havana as the American representative, upon the ground that Gen. Lee is a poor man with a large family, and needs the salary. It may be doubted that Gen. Lee knows anything of such a movement, or that he would sanction it. He is a poor man, but he is a mfrtn of spirit and Independence. He would not accept the office as a charity. He has a small farm in Virginia, and he would re turn to it and go to plowing If it were not perfectly clear to him that he held the office upon his merits. ■ A Mississippi congressman wishes to have this country purchase Cuba for >300,000,000. He runs the risk of being warmly received by his constituents upon his return home, for he is against the issuing of bonds in times of peace, yet wants the United States to issue bonds to pay for the un happy island's release fronwSpanish bond age. However, the Mississippi congress man may be able to show his constituents that it is his purpose to make the bonds payable in silver at 1$ to 1. Anything with "16 to 1” stamped on it "goes” in Mississippi. If President-elect McKinley had only the politicians to dodge, he would probably find life much easier. Being a politician himself, he knows how to deal with poli ticians. But there are lots of other peo ple after him. Half a dozen or so preach ers of Washington are after him to ac cept pews in their churches, and as many artists and sculptors are trying to get sit tings from him for portraits, busts and the like. Mr. Bryan probably reads the dispatches about the hunters and the hunted, and congratulates himself upon having escaped many trials. THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWO-TIMES-A-WEEK) THURSDAY, JANUARY 21,15!< His Irreparable Loss. He entered the cable car and slowly counted out, one by one, five pennies and handed them to the conductor with such a deep, heartrending sigh that we all knew he must be a very rich man, says a writer in Judge. While carefully putting his purse in his pocket another penny rolled down to the floor and disappeared from view. The wretched man groaned at this as if the basis of his soul had been rent in twain, and we all knew that the poor man must be a millionaire. The car was crowded, but the millionaire asked us if we wouldn’t squeeze up fur ther toward the front and permit him to hunt for his cent. We all did as he requested, for we pitied the poor man, and knew that his soul was passing through an hour of deep agony. “Will you please shake your overcoat?” he said to me. I took off my coat and shook is vigor ously, for it it not In my heart to witness human torture without making an at tempt to alleviate It. “Pardon me, ladies,” he said, as tear after tear coursed down his cheeks, "but will you all carefully shake your skirts, and perhaps my cent will drop out.” A sob choked his utterance as he spoke, and we all knew that he was worth >2,000,- 000. The ladies all arose and shook their skirts, for all their hearts were touched by the abject misery of the man. “Conductor,” he said at length, and a shadow of almost hopeless agony over spread his face, “will you permit me to ride to the stable and carefully examine the floor of this car when we get to the end of the route?” "Most certainly, sir,” replied the conduc tor, for he was a very tender-hearted man, and he now felt certain that the passenger must be worth at least >10,000,000, and that his sufferings were consequently beyond human comprehension. The multi-millionaire rode to the stable and very carefully pried into every crack in the floor, and his burning tears oozed down through each crack as he searched. At length every crack and cranny was examined, and—l shudder to relate the tragic sequel—the cent was not found! The man’s head fell upon his breast and he groaned aloud. “I shall never smile again,” he said. "Let me go home and die.” And he reeled out of our sight into the darkness. “That man.” said the conductor, "must be worth at least->100,000,000.” Book Agent Left Beaten. A Woburn book agent had an experience the other day with a Winchester farmer, says the Boston Herald. This agent dis tribues a high price volume concerning a defunct statesman. His scale of prices is away up, and none but the better fixed people of the community can afford to own the book. In other words, the me moirs do not circulate when money is tight. The agent went to wealthy Win chester, and after some futile soliciting he espied one of the bowback farmers who have become rich by cultivating a life time’s acquaintance with bits of the face of the earth. He at once removed the green felt cover from the memoirs and went at the granger with all the energy of a hot air blower. The farmer said he had no money, and therefore could not contract for so nice a work. The agent asked him if he had any squashes and cabbages in his cellar. The reply was affirmative, and the farmer be came Interested at this question. He saw an opportunity to drive a good bargain. “What are the squashes worth?” asked the agent. “Three dollars a barrel,” was the reply. “And cabbages?” “You can have the best at >3.50.” The agent Is not a married man, and has ohud'iErerJ at the monthly influx of his bills frorti'tne butcher baker, candla stlck maker and others. "Well,** continued the agent, “I'll let you have this fine >5.50 morocco binding, large type, fine paper and perfect cuts for a bar rel of squashes and a barrel of cabbages, you to deliver them at my home in Wo burn.” * “All right,” said the farmer, as he did up the beautiful book In a horse blanket and chirruped to his mare. When the agent got among his personal friends he thought the joke on the farmer was too good to preserve, so he told how he had swapped the book for the boiled dinner necessities. Somebody snickered when the agent mentioned the very low price of the vegetables. "Why,” said the fellow who works in a provision store, “we can sell you the best squashes for >l, and cabbages for 60 cents a barrel.” The person who makes mention of Win chester farmers to this book agent had better prepare for h’s finish before he be gins to broach the subject. CURRENT COMMENT. It Cannot Work Both Way*. From Louisville Courier-Journal (Dem.). The party that claims to be able to ben efit the farmers by protective tariffs is simply trying “to get some of the farmers' votes” through deception. The very party that tells the farmers that protection will put up prices tells the people who buy the farmers’ products that protection will put down prices. Mr. Carnegie'! Compliment!. From the New Orleans States (Dem.). Mr. Andrew Carnegie has ordered a fine oil painting of Maj. McKinley, which, as a matter of course, will be presented to the original. This will be the first slap on the back, and the chances are the usual barrel of old Scotch whisky will follow. This is the tribute Carnegie always pays to a new republican president, and which was made notorious shortly after the in auguration of Benjamin Harrison in 1888. The Sooth's Exports. From the Birmingham News (Dem.). The total value of breadstuff exports for the year was >176,037,595, as compared to >121.571,552 for 1895. The gain from the en tire country was >54.500,000. the south hav.“ ing a little more than one-half of the total increase from the United States. The south made a great leap forward in its ex port business last year. These figures only include food articles. If iron, coal, cot ton and other products and manufactur ed articles were included the showing would be much more striking. The growth of the south’s foreign trade is a matter for gratification. The Key to Success. From the Galveston News (Dem.). The key to success lies in the hand of the planter. He must diversify his crops. He must double his chances by doubling his means of independence and success. He should not depend wholly on any one thing. He should not give ail his land to cotton. He should not give it all to corn, or to oats, wheat, potatoes, pea nuts. Let him try crops of different kinds and thus provide for his home and for the rfatural demand of the market for agricul tural products. To do this is especially necessary this year because of the mislead ing estimates regarding the cotton crop of 1896, which the sure to be used against the man with cotton to sell next fall and win ter, and by which the prices are liable to be materially affected. —St. Peter Claver, the Spanish Jesuit missionary, who died in 1654. has been de clared by Pope XIII to be the special pa tron of all missions to the negroes in both bvtnuphere&i ITEMS OF INTEREST. —Mrs. Arthur Sewall, wife of the late democratic candidate for Vice President of the United States, is an expert amateur photographer, and has received diplomas for her work, not only in New York and Boston, but also in Paris. Mrs. Sewall, who has traveled extensively both in America and Europe, has made a charm' ing collection of landscape photographs. —Lorin Farr, the man who has helped to build six Mormon temples—those at Kirtland, O.; Nauvoo, Ill.; St. George, Utah; Logan and Manti, and the magnifi cent Salt Lake temple, which cost mil lions of dollars—is 77 years old, a native of Vermont, and a devout Mormon. In 1868 and 1869 he built 200 miles of the Central Pacific road, on the stretch between Ogden and a point near Humboldt Wells. —The power of man over the lower ani mals is sometimes exceedingly marked and hard to account for, says the Lowell Star. There is in Lowell a boy, differing in no respect from his companions, who has this power in a marked degree. Every stray dog or cat in the neighborhood knows him and loves to be in his com pany. A vicious horse, which the stable men can handle with difficulty, will stand like a lamb while he harnesses and un harnesses him; and in the woods the wild birds apparently regard him as a friend and ally. The most remarkable exhibi tion of his power, which has long been known and commented on by his friends, was given the other day. A large and vicious rat was captured in the stable in one of those traps which permit of easy ingress and no egress. The men who were looking at“'th(b animal were afraid to go near the trap, the animal showed such terror, but the boy, when he beheld the imprisoned creature, fearlessly put out his finger and stroked its head, the rat manifesting as much pleasure as would a cat or dog. Several days have passed since then, and thte stablemen are still afraid of their capture, but he has grown so tame and familiar with the boy as to allow him to take him out and put him in the trap, will come at his whistle, and manifests every appearance of joy at his presence. There seems to be no ques tion that the boy could train that rat to perform almost any feat within the power of such an animal. —According to Prof. Allen, says the Med ical Times, we should drink from one third to two-fifths as many ounces of water as we weigh in pounds. Therefore for a man weighing 168 pounds; there would be required from 56 to 64 ounces daily, or from one and one-half to four pints. This the Journal of Hygiene regards as a very indefinite answer. The amount of water required depends on the season of the year, the amount of work done and the kind of food eaten. In hot weather we, require more than in cold, because of the greater loss through the skin, though this is »n part made up by the lesser amount passed away through the kidneys. If a man labors very hard he requires more than if 'abor is light. A man work ing in a idery, where the temperature is high a ~i the perspiration profuse, not infrequently drinks three of four gallons daily. If the food is stimulating and salty, more water is required than if it is bland. Vegetarians and those who use much fruit require less water than those who eat salt fish and pork, and often get along on none except what is in their food. In most cases our instincts tell us how much water to drink far better than any hard or fixed rule. For ages they have been acquiring a knowledge Os how much to drink, and transmitting that knowledge to descend ants, and if we follow them we shall not go far out of the way. It is of more use to us to know that pure water is essential, and that water is one of the most oxSrHiap; Than-we ijnow how, much of it is required daily. If one lives in a region where the water is bad, it should be boiled and put away In bottles well corked in an ice chest, and In addi tion, one should eat all the fruit one can, if fruit agrees; Fruits contain not only pure water, but salts which are needed to carry on healthflly the functions of life. —Quite a cry of alarm is being raised; says a Paris letter. Paris and the Paris ians are menaced with destruction by rats, which are honey-combing the city, and will soon start on an organized raid, with a view to devouring its inhabitants. The municipal council is invoked to avert the impending catastrophe, and it is suggest ed that a substantial reward might be of fered to anyone who could invent some practical process whereby these horrid creatures might be Improved off the face or, rather, the depths of the earth ere worse befall. Setting manifest exaggera tion aside, it must be admitted that never has this nuisance assumed more formida ble proportions than at the present date. Never before have the rats, within the bounds of the fortifications, increased and multiplied to such a disagreeable extent. They teem everywhere, and the recent floods and rains have rendered them par ticularly active. They emerge in their thousands from the drains, and in out-of the-way districts scour the streets in gangs, affording fine sport to the police men on duty there at night, who pursue them with their Sword bayonets, commit ting veritable massacres. It Is, however, in the neighborhood of the central mar kets and the Palias Royal that they most do congregate, as well as in the slaughter houses. Vendors at the Halles do not know where to stow their goods for greater security, and at the abattoirs havoc is played by the rats with the car casses which come ready to their teeth. The demolition of old houses, large sta bles and the like, for building purposes, has deprived myriads of their former means of subsistence and has turned them loose on society. That something must be done to keep this nuisance within certain limits at least is a necessity which seems to be generally recognized, but nobody ap pears to be. as yet, ready with a plan of campaign. —The Smithsonian Institution during the past week has mounted the rarest bird specimen in this country. The new acqui sition is an extinct parrot from Philip Isl and, a little spot of land between Austra lia and New Zealand, says the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Nestor, as he is called from his gray head, has been extinct for fully half a century. The Smithsonian specimen, which is the only one known in this country, was buried for many years in a garret down in Southern New Mex ico. During the worst of the hard times, when there seemed a possibility of Bryan's election, Nestor's owner, a Mr. Hoopes, of Organ City, bethought him to realize on his worldly possessions while he could still sell them for gold and know what he was getting. He sent his rare parrot, which then looked a little the worse for wear and tear, to the Smithsonian, but, disheveled as the bird was, the Institution could not raise the price. The deal might have fallen through, but just before the election Dr. W. L. Ralph of Utica, N. Y.. a wealthy private collector, and a very good friend of the institution, came through Washington, and, hearing of the Smithsonian's desire, bought the speci men and presented it to the institution. Just what he paid for it does not matter. It was a bargain. Great auks sell as high as $1,500. Suffice it to say that McKinley was elected, and now Mr. Hoopes of Ore gon City is kicking himself for his lack of political faith and wishing he had held on to hia curiosity until the restoration of good, times. Nestor productus, which is the rare parrot’s proper name, is an inoffensive-looking bird, olive gray as to back and wings, with a pale vermilion necktie and a red and yellow waistcoat. The most remarkable thing about him is a long cruel-looking beak, which is one sign of his close relationship to the fam ous sheep-killing parrot of the Alps. Like the great auk, this unfortunate fowl owes its extinction to the sailors, who hunted • its whole family to death. Fir ■ i LOriDA GEORGIA. A committee of McKinley clubs will be held at Atlanta to-morrow to form a state organization. Rev. F. M. Haygood, one of the oldest and best known divines in Georgia, is quite ill at the residence of his son at Kirkwood. Charles Calhoun brained Alex Morris with a hand spike near Vidalia Saturday. Both are negroes. The murderer made his escape. Eagle and Phenix mill No. 2 will etart up at Columbus to-morrow. The mill will give work to over 600 people. Another lot of new looms will be received next week. The Eagle, the organ of the A. P. A. of Augusta, has suspended publication with its last week’s issue, and the entire plant has been bought by the Tribune Publish ing. Company of that city. Decatur was laid out as a town in 1821. The first session of the supreme court of Georgia was held there, and the first great meeting of railroad magnates to arrange rates was convened at that place. A. D. Mathews, one of Oglethorpe coun ty’s best citizens, was instantly killed Fri day afternoon'by a tree falling upon him while clearing up new land. Though Mr. Mathews had no education whatever he had accutnulated an estate of about $40,000 by hard work and economy since the war. W. J. Bishop, a contractor, who lives at the corner of Jackson and Chamberlain streets at Atlanta, -was held up and rob bed within thirty feet of his front gate Saturday night by an unknown man, who escaped with Mr. Bishop’s gold watch and about $2 in money. Hon. James Banks Nevin closed a deal Saturday morning which makes him the exclusive owner of the Rome Daily Com mercial. He has secured the interests for merly held by Alfred S. Harper and Thom as Turner, and will have entire control of the business and editorial policy of the paper. As a Georgia and Alabama passenger train was approaching Americus Satur day a gang of white tramps boarded it at station by swinging on rods un derthe coaches. After being put off a second time, the tramps retired to the woods and opened fire on the train w'ith revolvers. Several bullets struck the cars and two windows were smashed. None of the passengers or crew were hurt. Floyd superior court convenes at Rome to-day, and a number of interesting cases will come up for trial. The case of em bezzlement against W. M. Bridges, which is still being heard before Special Auditor Max Meyerhardt, will be tried, and as a large number of witnesses have been subpoenaed, both ladies and gentlemen, the case will be lengthy as well as in teresting. A trousers factory, a knitting mill, two bobbin mills and a sash and cord factory, established in Clarke county in 1895, have done good work and have met with suc cess. In those four industries scores of people have been employed, have been paid their.wages, have spent their money in Athens and Clarke county, and the in crease of trade and better times has been made apparent. John Rogers, a negro boy about 15 years old, assaulted a 5-year-old daughter of Pink Crow, a white man living above Lawrenceville Friday. He decoyed her from her home by promising her a harp. The screaming of the child brought her father, who chanced to be near by, to the rescue. At the appearance of the father the negro made his escape, but w-as cap tured later in the day. J. H. McCormick, a mechanic, attempted suicide at his home at Fort Valley Friday afternoon. A few days ago a warrant was served on him for a grave offense, but he readily gave bond. Friday his bondsmen withdrew and when the bailiffs went to arrest him and take him to jail he said to them: “Let me tell my wife good bye,” and turning from the officers, drew* a razor across his throat, cutting an ugly gash. This is McCormick’s third at tempt to kill himself. The barn and stables of Thomas F. Da vis, who lives near Fort Valley, were burn ed Thursday night about 10 o’clock. Noth ing was saved. The fire was the work of an incendiary, as before he set fire to the building he let out all of the stock, which consisted of seven horses and mules, that were tied in the stables. Mr. Davis lost about 200 bushels of corn and a consider able amount of forage, several wagons, one buggy harness and all his farming im plements. The building belonged to F. C, Houser, and was not insured. Laurens superior court convened yester day and the case against J. S. Brady, charged with burning his residence, and the negro, Plummer Smith, charged with burning the new academy of Prof. J. T. Smith, will be called. Three murder cases will consume the greater portion of the court s time. A. R. Stuckey, who killed a negro boy; Thomas Wilson, the young white man who killed Ben Smith, an old negro, two weetar ago. and Joe Battle, a negro who stabbed to death his father-in law, will be arraigned for murder. Forsyth county has completed an iron bridge across the Chattahoochee river near Buford, and it is now open to the public. The cost of the structure was something over $7,000, and suit will be in stituted against Gwinnett county at the March term of Gwinnett’s superior court for its pro rata share of the expense, as Gwinnett’s board of county commission ers has refused to pay any portion of it. If the county is liable under the law it will have to pay about $5,000 of the $7,000, as, under the statute, payment must be made by the two counties in proportion to their respective taxable values. Dr. John Hardy, living in O’Neal’s dis trict, in Troup county, shot and killed a negro Saturday night about 9 o’clock. Dr. Hardy gave himself up to the sheriff. The doctor had been away and returned home about 9 o’clock. As he reached home his wife called to him that some one was Ing to break in at a window and handed him his pistol. The doctor saw it was a negro and spoke to him. but the negro ran. The doctor raised his pistol and shot, the bullet entering the negro’s shoulder, passing through his heart. "The negro was recognized as John Sledge. Dr. Hardy was allowed to go on his own recogniz ance. B. W. Hunt, cashier of the Middle Geor gia Bank at Eatonton, was bitten by a cat, supposed to be mad, on last Monday. The cat had been sick for a few days, and on picking it up to examine it Mr. Hunt was bitten on the right hand, the cat clinging to his hand until choked off. Mr. Hunt applied his lips to the wound, think ing to extract the venom if any should be present, and hastened to Dr. R. B. Nis bet’s, who incised the wound and cauter ized it. The cat died two days afterwards, showing but few symptoms of hydropho bia. Mr. Hunt left for New York Satur day morning, carrying the dead cat with him, to be placed undei’ a close microscop ic examination by his relative, Dr. Mitch ell Prudden. Mr. and Mrs. Hunt will go to Paris, where he will take the Pasteur treatment. Fifteen thousand dollars in damage suits against the Macon Sash, Door and Lum ber Company were filed in the city court at Macon Saturday by Attorney Marion Harris. One of the suits is for SIO,OOO in behalf of the three minor children of James Price, who was killed by the falling wall at the Wolff building on Cotton avenue some time ago and the other is for $5,000 in behalf of Charles Marshall, who claims to have been permanently injured by the falling wall. The grounds on which the petitions are based are carelessness on the part of the Macon Sash, Door and Lumber Company, the contractor in charge of tear ing down the building. They also allege that notwithstanding the wall was in a dangerous condition, that Mr. T. C. Hen drix, who was in charge of the work com manded the men to proceed with it. The government dredge boat Satilla is now en route to Macon for the purpose of commencing the work of clearing the Ocmulgee river of obstructions between Macon and Bullards, so as to make the river navigable from Macon to Hawkins ville. Navigation is easy from Hawkins ville to Darien and other points below. When the river is cleared of obstructions trunyMacon to Hawkinsville, the Ocmul gee will be navigable from Macon to the sea. The Satilla has already passed Hawkinsville, and is expected at Macon at any hour. The 'first work to be done by the Satilla, is the cleaning out of the bar below Central City park. After this is done she will work her way down, deepening the channel and removing all obstructions until she gets back to where the river is easily navigable. This is the work undertaken by the government sev eral years ago, but owing to the lack of sufficient appropriation was never com pleted. It is now the intention of the government at the earnest solicitation of the navigation committee of the chamber of commerce of Macon to complete the work so that a full line of boats can be put on between Macon and the sea. This will be of great benefit to the commerce and trade of Macon, and will be the means of giving Macon reduced railroad rates. Blackshear correspondence Morning News: News was received here Saturday of the marriage of Moultrie J. Smith of this and a student at the North Geor gia Agricultural College at Dahlonega, to Miss McKay of the latter place. The in formation, which was received through a letter addressed to Judge Allen N. Smith, father of the groom, by the bride’s father, created something like a ripple of sur prise all round. Nothing was’ known of the matter prior to the announcement of the marriage.—Considerable interest is felt in the approaching trial of S. W. Williford for the murder of young Stewart during Christmas week, because of the array of legal talent engaged.A brother of the mur dered man has been here looking into the matter, and announces that the solicitor general will be assisted in the prosecution by the Hon. Thomas E. Watson and Hon. A. E. Cochrane, late of California. The defendant has engaged the law firm of Estes & Walker to represent his interests. It is also reijorted that Hon. W. G. Brant ley, congressman-elect, will appear for the defendant. This latter report, how ever, lacks confirmation. An earnest ef fort is being made from this end to induce Chairman Dingley to consent to a tariff to be laid on the importation of Egyptian cotton in the interest of the planters of sea island cotton. FLORIDA. The National Farmers, Vegetable and Fruit Growers will hold a convention at Sanford on March 16 and 17. George Prune, in the employ of the Plant system at Romeo, was caught plac ing obstructions on the track, taken to Ocala and is held in jail awaiting the ac tion of the grand jury. • The almond tree in front of the Palm Beach postoffice js bearing this season. The tree is about thirty-five feet high, eight inches in diameter at the ground, and is about eight years old. It has borne a few nuts before the present season. Cam phor trees have been planted on some of the streets of West Palm Beach and give evidence of vigorous growth. Nothing of importance has yet trans pired in, the affairs of the Brooksville State Bank. The stockholders have been notified that a meeting of the directors will be held as soon as possible. State’s Attorney Carter will make application for the appointment of a receiver, he to act under the instructions of Controller Reyn olds. The probability is that W. A. Jones will be appointed receiver. A very clever swindler has been taking in the country from Newnansville to Paradise. He has been representing him self as J. C. Nlckler, a detective for the Manhattan Life Insurance Company of New York, and while pretending to be looking up testimony In cases of import ance he has incidentally been writing a policy now and then. It is not known how many victims he has caught, but there are several who took advantage of the liberal offer—s2,ooo life insurance and a S2O weekly sick benefit, all for sls per year. Colyer Hall, an aged and highly re spected citizen of Mobile, Ala., who was arrested last summer for a murder com muted in Escambia county twenty-five years ago, and released on a bond of $15,000, was in court at Pensacola Satur day to answer to the charge. His casa was set for trial on Feb. 8, and he left the court room for the outgoing train for had come into court and filed a new in dictment against him: for murder. The state attorney held that the old indict ment was defective, and Hall was imme diately taken into custody by the sheriff and committed to jail. The strangest part of the case is that nearly every witness to the crime of a quarter of a century ago is alive and appeared before the grand jury. Arcadia correspondence Jacksonville Times-Union: Attorney E. B. Carlton of Wachula was arrested under warrant sworn out by Poss and Charles Mercer for forgery, Saturday, and brought here for trial. The facts leading to his arrest are that Mrs. Sarah A. Mercer, mother of Poss and Charles, without their knowl edge, about two years ago, engaged Carl ton to secure a pension for her from the United States government for some claim that was made during the late war, agree ing to give him' as compensation one-half the amount secured. Carlton received the pension a few days ago, which amounted to more than S4OO. The Mercer boya, find ing that Carlton had the money, assaulted him Saturday, demanding the money. He, according to agreement, paid over to them their mother’s share—some S2(XX-taking receipt for same. were in the barn, and he lost all.—On ac count of the water being so low in the lakes which form the head of the Ocklawa ha river, the river is now very low, and has been for several years, and in con sequence thousands of acres of rich muck lands along this river are now three feet above water, and the people are clearing up and plowing these lands to grow corn this season. The lands are the richest in the state and will raise seventy-five bush els of corn to the acre.—The all-prevailing tobacco fever is among our people, also and a good many will try growing the weed. SOUTH CAROLINA. On one day and one tide last week over four and a half million feet of lumber left Charleston for various coastwise ports. The election in Woodberry township on the 12th on the question of the transfer of that township to liorry county result ed in the defeat of the measure. The daughter of Henry Scarborough, 8 years old, living near Smoak, died the other day of burns. She stood too near a blazing fire, her dress caught and she was fatally burked. Ira B. Scott of Peay’s Ferry, Kershaw county, ehot and killed a young white man who was afterwards identified as Charles Gregory. Gregory had a stolen horse in his possession and, thinking Mr. Scott was about to arrest him, he fired at him with a pistol. The ball struck Mr. Scott’s gun and Mr. Scott returned the fire, wounding Gregory so that he, died in a short time after. The jury in the ver dict exonerated Mr. Scott of all blame in the matter. A few days ago it was reported that bonds to the amount of $13,300 had been stolen from the residence of Mrs. A. R. Rose of Charleston. It is learned that at the same time, notes and jewelry were taken, making the value of the stolen property $30,000. The only clue to the identity of the thief was a small piece of calico, torn from a dress which had caught in the front gate. The detect! vea • found that the cloth was similar to that in a dress worn by Rebecca Barnet, a colored servant who had been discharged by Mrs. Rose the day before the theft. Rebecca was arrested Friday in a house on Lucas street. At first she protested that she was innocent, but finally con fessed to the theft and restored the stolen property, which she had hidden away below the floor of an outhouse in a neighboring yard. In a message to the legislature sub mitting the annual report of the state phosphate inspector, Gov. Evans says he regrets that the state’s pledge to apply $75,000 annually to a sinking fund for the payment at maturity of the state bonds cannot be carried out this year, because the income from phosphate royalties, which were to be used, amounts to but $60,000, and he intimates belief that the industry will so shrink as to be of no profit to the state. The report of the inspector shows that from a royalty of, in round numbers, $*250,000 in 1890, the state’s income from that source has shrunk to $60,000. Formerly the royalty was $1 per ton for rock mined in state waters. Last year it was reduced to 50 cents and a further reduction to 25 cents is recommended to save tne companies from going out of business. Detective McMahon, who has kept an eye out for crooks at the Ponce de Leon during the past three years, will not bo down this season. Pinkerton detectives have been, employed by the Florida foast Coast hotel system, and will be stationed at each resort along the coast. The hard rock industry, which at one time flourished in Alachua county under the management of Col. J. B. Brown, la again being revived. Many cars are be ing shipped from High Springs every day, and recently a gentleman has commenced operations in Levy county, near Ellzey. Twenty carloads will be shipped to the seaboard daily from that place. After a few weeks’ operation at Ellzey, the gen tleman will operate near Kanapaha. Arcadia Arcadian: To date 3,635 boxes of oranges and grape fruit have been ship-' ped from the Arcadia depot by freight, and 3,653 by express, making a tot* l of 7,288 boxes from Arcadia alone. The crop is not all gathered yet. It is safe to say that De Soto county’s crop this season is close to 50,000 boxes. More fertilizer is be ing applied to the groves now than was ever before used in this vicinity, and the result for the next crop will be four-fold. Fernandina Mirror: J. H. P. Merrow, while driving on the beach last Sunday, noticed a bird floating on the water near where he was, and on approaching, gave no signs of departure, and he was able to capture him. It is difficult to say of what species the bird belongs, but would sug gest the wild goose variety. It has tre mendous web feet, and must at some time or other been wounded, as he walks with difficulty and has the cry of a human voice. Orange growers who have tried it are convinced that they have solved the prob lem of cheap fertilization of groves, in the culture of the velvet bean. It is a rank and rapid grower, completely chokes out all grass and weeds, leaving nothing for the grove owner to do but occasionally turn the ends of the vines from the trees. The vines form a dense shade over the ground, and in the winter form a coat of rotting vegetation several inches thick, which sufficiently fertilizes the grove for a year, and after gathering the beans enough are overlooked to produce the next crop. Candler correspondence Morning News: The severe cold snap of last week did no material damage here. Cabbage and let tuce were nipped slightly, but not dam aged to any extent. Orange trees were not hurt at all.—Warren Gaskill lost his barn by fire Thursday night, and his fine horse perished in the flames. A new buggy, wa gon. plows and all his farming tmnlftmant#
