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FLORIDA'S SAD TRAiJEDY
NO DOUBT THAT BhOW NELL FIXED
U-sDiIR A MISAPPREHENSION.
He Thought a Mob Bent on Murdering
Him Was Around His House—The
Law Officers Blamed for Their Fail
ure to Make 1 heir Mission Known at
First.
Tallahassee, Fla., Aug. 16.—Gov.
Fleming offered a reward of $250 for the
arrest of Joh i Brownlee, w o murdered In
ternal Revenue Collector Weller in Wes:
Florida Wednesday night, but Brownlee
surrendered himself yes erdav. An inves i
gaiion was held at Westville to-day, but
nothing has been learned of the result. Col
lector Weller was buried here to-day.
ACTION BY THE FEDERAL AUTHORITIES.
Jacksonville, Fla., Aue. 16. —United
States Marshal Mizell recoiv and a dispatch
to-dav from the Acting Attorney Goner i
at Wa hington, stating ihat the department
of justice would use every eff >rt to captuiv
and punish Browi.e'l, the murderer of Dp - -
utv Collector Weller, and auth rizing the
offering of a reward f >r the appro ensio
of the fugitive This was unuecessary
however, tor Brownell surre adored last
night to Sheriff Brown of Holmes count/.
THE CONFLICTING STORIES.
The accounts of the affair as told by the
officers who were pres mt are very conflict
iug. One says: "We aroused liro • nell an
told him he was wanted outside. Brownell
arose and walked out on ;he gallery, w hen
he observed tue presence of the other men.
He dashed back i it< the hous , and mad ) a
break out of another door. Tnere he w -
confronted by De uty Weller, wh > 3red
bis pistol, woun .ing Brownell in th<
shoulder. The latter then returned tho fire
his bullet taking effect in Weller’s head.
BROWNELL’S STATEMENT.
Upon surrendering himself to the sherif!
last night Br >wi,ell said teat be did not
know what he was doing wheD h
fired the fatal shot. He said h
had been suddenly roused from his slum
hers at night by a mob of men, who did noi
explain t ,eir busi ess with hnn. He
thought they inte ded to murder him, and
he ran to save his life. Then he was shot
and so badly scare 1 that he did nut gras
the situation, so he fired in return. If he
had known they were officers he w .uld no.
have resisted.
HIS STORY BELIEVED.
Officers McLeod and Turner say they are
confident tlia Brownell re-isteii under a
misapprehension as to the real condition cf
affairs. He was not told Ihe nature of their
mission to iiis house. Brownell is lodke i
upon at his home as a peaceable and law
abidi geitzen. Public sentiment is against
the officers f r their bungling, which re
sulted in i he death of a good man and proba
bly the ruin of two happy families. The
treasury department has ordered Special
Agent Chipmau from Atlanta to make a
full investigation of the case. He left here
for Westville t -night.
CANDLER CHIPS.
High Water in the Lake a—The Bishops
Building a Now House.
Candler, Fla., Aug. 16. Heavy rainr
fall aim st daily, an i in consequence the
lakes are up nearly to the high water mark
of 1886. The Messrs. Bishop are erecting a
neat residence on their beautiful property
west of own. The handsome residence ot
A. D. Moore is rapidiy assuming shape, and
towers grandly ah wo toe and irk green foliage
of li.g 1 vely orange grove. Rev. VV. VV.
Jodos, pastor of the Methodist church hero,
is off for a month’s visit a nong friends a.
his old home, Lafayette, Ind.
B. M. Rice, an o iuent citizen of North
Lake Weir, died at his borne there vestor
day morning of congestion of the bowels
He was tiie party who shot J. M. Roac •
last winter at Lake Weir. He was out on
bond.
Arrival of the Oasipee.
Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 16.—A special
from Key West says the U ited State, man
of-war Ossr ee arrived there yesterday a id
sailed for Hampton ‘roads early this morn
ing. She was rigidly quarantined wmie in
port, and no one was allowed to land or to
goon board. All communication with the
offleem and men wa str.c ly prohibited,
A bailor’s Fatal Fall.
Pensacola, Fla., Aug. 16.—This morn
ing at 7 o’clock O. G. Petersen,
a native of Norway, and a sailoi
on board the Norwegian bark Sylva,
fell from the maiuyard of tnat vessel,
striking the deck and sust umng injurie
from which he died this evening.
Cotton Begging Ruled Out.
Colvmbus, Ga., Aug. 16.—Hon. T. H.
Kimbrough has been in corresprndence
■with John Roxburg, president f the Liver
pool Cotton Exchange, endeavoring for
twelve mo ths past to obtain n readjust
ment of the tare on juto bagging. Mr.
Kimbrough received an answer .his aftei
iioon as follows: “The Liverpool exchange
entirely condemns cotton bagging. \V,
cannot see our wav to legislate on the sub
ject.”
ON TH 5 DIAMOND.
Results of tin iJidh Bstwasa the
Country's Lsallaf Team.
Washington. Au,;. 16.—Base ball games
were played to-day with tbo following re
sults:
At Pittsburg—
Pittsburg 0 1 010200 3—7
New York 1 1 0 1 0 1 00 0— 4
Base hits: Pittsburg 9, New York 12. Errors:
Pittsburg 2, Ne t York 5. Batteries: Staley
and Miller, Crane and Ewing.
At Clevela .and
Cleveland 0 0000000 o—o
Boston 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 6 x—l3
Base hits: Cleveland 3, B ton 11. Errors:
Cleveland 3, Boston 1. Batteries: Boutin
and Sutcliffe, Clarkson and Bennett.
At lidiauapoli —The Indianapolis and
Philadelphia games were postponed on ae
oouut ol rain.
At Chicago—
Chicago 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 5 x—lo
Washington ...3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 o—6
Base hits: Chicago 7, Washington 11. Errors:
Chicago 3. Mas .ingto-i 7. Batteries: Dwyer
and Farrell, Haddock a id Mae
HORSES THAT ARE BPESDY.
The Places They \V on In the Scram
bles of Yesterday.
Saratoga, N. Y., Au 4. 16.—T0-day’s
events on the u f " ere as follows;
First Race— Five furlongs. Nana, fillv. won,
■with Ga oga second and Fellowship' third
Time 1:04U.
Second Race—One mile Estelle won. with
St. I.uke second and May laps third. Time
Third Race—Five and a-half furlongs. Sun
shine won, with Rebecca second and Ladv
Reoi third. Time 1: i 1 1 4.
Forsja Race —One mils and a sixteenth.
Crown Princess won. with Laura Davidson
second and Satisfaction third. Time 1:5314,
Fifth Race— One mile aud seventy yards.
Shamrock won. with Boccaccio second and
Ofellus third. Time 1:51.
A Fly Causes the Death of Sian and
Horse.
Punxsctawney, Pa., Aug. 11.—Mc*is
Elvich, a ju k dealer, had a team of hordes,
aud ho thought a great deal of them. he
hail been engaged to haul a load of furni
ture for a man who was moving from
BrookviUe to this pi ce. It is a hilly read
and the horses needed careful watching.
Widle goi g down a steep hill, Motes saw a
large fly on the neck of one of the horeoa.
It annoyed the man a much as it did the
horse, and the little nsect caused the death
of the animal and also of MoSdS. Elvieb,
in leani g forward to brusn awav the fly,
fell to the ground and broke his neck. The
horses took fright, and, running into tne
fence, the one on which the 11 v was si ting
brok is leg aud had to be killed. Ei. icu
was picked up bv his father-in-law, who
was following with another load of houte-
I bold goods.;
DETECTED 3Y DP.EaMS;
Remarkable Instances of the Locating
of Guilt.
From the Globe-Democrat.
Law r-ports of tue sixteoatu an l seven
teenth centuries contain numerous refer
o ices to sup-Tna’urul occureuces in cour:
and on the scaff Id. One of t.e most re
markable records of this ki.id i connected
with a mur ter trial which took p ace iu
E igland early in tne reig i < f the firs
t’hailes. Sir John Maynard, o e of the
first lawyers of the eentu y, i- the authority
for the supernatural events f the tr.al, ai 1
in his quai t pre'aee to his notes he says
he “thought good to report the evtde cs
which was given, wkic i many did he ir
that the memory thereof might not t>|
lost 1 y misca-riage of paptrs or otherwise.” :
fine Johan Norket , a farmer’s wife, had \
died, and at the co-oner’s ’quest evidence
was given proving that the w man's 'nr at
h.d been cut from tar to ear. At first the
jury favored a verdict of felo de sc, and the
bxlywas interred. But r imors L’came
genera! pointing o foul play, aud the body
was exhumed.
Thirty days after the death the jury as
sembled Itefore the body, and four sus
p"cted oersotis were brought iu. The only
evidence against tue prisoners was tha
they had sept in a 1 adjoining room and
that no ope had pas.-d tnrough tha' rot;
“therefo e, if she did ti- t urder herself,
they must bo the mur ierers.’’ What to k
place at the roma kable post-mortem in
quiry may best be described in the w irds
of a wit ies at tie subsequent trial, who
was describ and as “an ancient a :dg ave
person mini ter to tle parish where this
murder was -om nitted.” This estimable
gentleman said: “They (the prisoners) did
touch the dead body, w ereupon the br iw
of the deal, w d< b was before a livid co or,
began to haven dew or ge itie sw-at ariio
upon it which l creasei by degrees till the
sweat rati down in dro is upon the face, the
brow turned and changed to a lively color,
and the dead o; one l and shut one of her
eyes and shut it again, which she did three
several times. She likewise thrust oit he
ring or marriage finger t iree times a id
u.ied it ii again, and the fiug r dropped
bl od on the grou a.”
ISatur By e ough such remarkable evi
lonce ns this wa) reieiveiwitusoinesus
licion bv t >e court, athiugh the witness,
o again quite Sir John Maynard, “w is a
•evere and person, about 70 years of age, as
could be guessed. His test ini' ny wis de
ivered gravely ami tempera elv, but to the
Treat admiration of the nulitory.” Ample
confirmation of au obvi >usly impartial
character was, however, forthc miuig, and
the “admiration” changed to horror, so
nuch so that the prisoners were convicted
and two of them suffered death at the hand
of the common hangman. Neither of the
victims, o ie of whom was an aged woman,
o uld ever be provaile 1 upon to confess any
com i licity in the crime.
Of much more recent date was tha record
of the “Rad Barn Murder.” remarkable for
the fact that tho murdor wa . discovered
. hrough the means of mfor nation imparted
n a drea n. The victi nof the murder was
a rustic beauty named Maria Marten, who
was a source of perpetual jealousy among
the young men iu a village near the En
glish east coast. Maria’s father was a mole
atelier, but the girl was educated beyond
ho average of village maidens. Her first
accepted lover was a rich young tna i
anied John Cordon, who led t e girl from
the paths of vi tun and then abandoned he .
A still more wealthy suitor appeared, who,
in turn wns and splaced b,- Willia a Corde i, a
l'other of John. Under promise of mar
riage Miss Marte i was again led astray,
and, when she found herself soon 1 1 become
a m ith r, she i nportuned her betrayer to
fulfill liis promise. Corden tired of this,
and, going to tho house one evening, ar
ranged witu great detail to run off wita th •
girl to a neighboring city, where they were
to be secretly married. The girl gladly
c m ented, and agreed to meet her lover ~t
a red barn on his mother’s farm. Corde i
met her there, ad, in compliance with a
prearranged scheme, shot and b trie 1 Iu r.
He then disappear il, rotund ig after a
few days ad explain! ig o tne mole catcher
that the marriage h .a taken placi and that
his bride was in lodgings at Ipswich,
'tooths passed away, the barn under which
the body lay was filled with gr.ai t, and yet
no tidmgs came from Ma ia. Young Cor
den, however, explained that she had hurt
her right hand, and c >uld not write. He
subsequently left the neighborhood. oie
ight Mrs. Marten drea no l that her daugh
ter bad been murd red by Corden, ad that
the body was interred u idor the barm
Tiiedream was repeated so frequ uitly that
she repeated it to the mole catcher. who,
after many . refus is aid much ri iicule’,
finally went to tue barn, got the grain ro
ni ved, and commenced to dig at the spot
indicated in the dream. The boly was im
mediately discovered and identifi *d. Sus
pieio , of course, p iutod to Corden, wh i
was traced to London, where he hid m ir
r ed a schoolmistress, and was living o i her
earnings. He wasamsted, convicted, aid
executed. It is remarkable p oof of the truth
if this storv that Mrs. Marten applied to a
J isticeof the peace for a warrtut agm ist
Corden three m mths before she co vert’i
her skeptical husband to a belief iu he
drea n.
In 1751 an Irish murd'-rer was convicted
largely upon dream evidence. A Waterfor i
publican named Rogers dreamed one night
that he saw a m m murder another man on
a green spot on tlio sum nit of an adjoining
mountain. He v as abl) next day to de
scr.be both men with pm feet accuracy, a id
did so to many of his friend i. O.ieofthe
men was exceptionally strong, the o ner
weak an I puny, but it was the latter who,
ii tue vision, committed the mu der'
Rog rs pet s aded the parish priest to a"
company him to the s .ot, which lie found
witliout difficulty, but w ere tne e seeine 1
to be no traces of murder or struggle
Henro Rogers got rather laughed at. Next
day, however, t vo men entered the sale m,
and Mrs. Rogers a once recognized them
from her husband’s description as the heroes
in the vision. Much alarmed, she fetched
her husband, who was also certain they
were the two man. Wnen they r ise to
leave Rogers begged the one he expected t >
bo murdered to remain, but without avail
He nearly fainted with fright after the men
hod i -Ii , a vi fi iallv pers ,adod a ueighb r
to accompany him to the green spot on the
hill, where, sure enough, tue tragedy of the
dream had taken olace in real ty. The
murderer was tracked an I caught and
Rogers was the p i icipal witness. His re
cital of his dream was so vivid tin the
prisoner at o ce eoufe .-ed, ad ling that he
killed his companion exactly as foretold i ]
the dream. The weapon used as a knife,
and as eight stabs were see 1 bv Rogers i '
his vision, so the murderer a imitted that
he drove ids knife up to the handle in his
companion's body exactly that number of
times.
A remarkable interposition of p’ ovidence
is on rec rd in Fans. In 1766 a young
peasant girl went Lo Paris and as hired ai
adomesti servant by a tna i whose reputa
tion was exco.leut, but vvho \v ,sa hypocrite
a.id a libertine. He made improper po
posals to the young giri, who refused to
understand his meaning or give him any
encouragement. This finally so enraged
him t-ai ne nal her arresied for theft, an i
secured her conviction bv bidi g s nue
jewelry iu her trunk. The prisoner h dno
trie ds to intercede for her and was hanged.
Tne executioner was a novice, bungled over
the work, and after repeated a. tempts to
kill the girl, imagined he had succeeded,
a.d handed the body over to a dissecting
surgeon. The first cut with a knife sho e I
that the giri liv and, and she was quick y
restored. When she < penal her eyes s e
imag ned herself ia another world," ad it
was ome time before she could be convinced
of ber escape. Her description of what she
saw during her apparent death was listened
to with wonder and amazement by her new
found friends. She told of lovely part rres
with beautiful streams flowing through and
aro it and toem, of flora and fauna of dazzling
gorgeousness, of perpetual sunshine and im
measurable liappi ers. The young girl ha t
lived a prosaic life, was poorly iducated,
and had no imagination at all, if he
cLiromeier is to bo credited, and her revela
tions are the more remarkable iu conse
THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY. AUGUST 17, 1889.
quence The s rerunJrvl woo compassxl her
i uin was arre-t -a. Put acquitted on techni
cal gr >u - is, bit the p-sopie ‘ 1 jaded him
with Wfil-merited reproaches "
Ii 1770 o man vi< .-rested at B rdeaux,
Franre, for highway robbery. A coac.i
was dragging it- e*r- wav al mg the u -or
roa i of the neighborhood, when suddenly
a man spra g oat tr a . —-tii id a ire *. and
before t ed.ive >• u and rec ver hisself-pos
seasiiin tb- h i -■>* :..yb ail been hamstrung.
I was the work of a moment to hurl the
driver from hi* *->*: and to terr.fy the pas
sengers, three women ard a boy, into sub
mission. Every article of vaiu* in the
vehicle was stolen, and the thief then
disapi are! An alarm le n; given, a ttiai
namel He: ri Pouckari was arresed on
suspicion. He was p isstively ide atified by
the c achman and the passe tgers. and vvas
speelily onviclsl He begged to be al
lowed to call witnesses to prove an alibi,
an 1 averred that ha was fifty mTes off when
the r lobery was c minuted. Bat no ad
journme it of any kind was g-sot-si. mil
death on the wheel was the horrid sentence
pron uneei. Bouchard was tiiei to the
wneel. which was set m motion, and one
after aa ither his limbs were broke i. There
war • many others to be tortured to death,
aid tho • x -cutioner was in a hurry. So as
soon as he thought tne man to ba deal, he
loosed him and so It him t> a surgeon of
anatomy. The surgeon found tnat tho
bruised anl broken mass before him still
lived. Ho exer e 1 all his skill, and re
storel Bouchard ti comparative h-alth,
though an arm and leg ha i t > be amputa
ted. Bouchard at once set übout to prove
his inno e ica, which he di l to t os satisfac
tion of the court, which rather stultified
itself by g nnti g iiitn a pardon.
A 6TRAN(;E OSaZB.
A Youth Who Wii.ita co be a Woman
and Dresses in i-emala Attire.
From the Atlanta (Ga.) Journal.
There are n any strange crazes, but the
strangest that has turned up in Atlanta for
sometime now occupios the attention of
the police.
Wednesday night Charlie Witt was ar
rested iu his room on Broad s reet, and
locked up in a cell at the police station. Ho
was clad in female attire. For several
weeks past the p ilice .have been notified of
the aim st daily appearance on the streets
of a youth dress 1 in woman's garb. As
tha young man had every appearance of a
woman, it was difficult to spot him. List
night Capt. Couch learned of his where
abouts, and young Witt was soon occupying
a cell at police neadquartors. He declined
to take off bis female attire before leaving
his room.
MAKES A GOOD-LOOKING IVOMAN.
When the reporter stood opp isite Witt’s
cell, Tbuta lay morning, he -aw yvhat
appeared t > be a remarkably good-looking
woman. The youth was rigged out ad out
in the togs usually donned by the fair sex,
and his face was fair and smooth, with not
even the suspicion of beard. His hair was
not very long, and straight, aud bangs foil
upon his forehead.
His voice was effeminate, but not as soft
and sweet as would be expected ftotn a
young lady whose part the youth otherwise
s admirably played.
He spoke rapidly and the intonations of
his voice an i his gestures were those of a
woman. There wa. a strange light in liis
eyes, which was indicativoof auu ibalanced
mind.
“o, yvHY yv.AS i made a man?”
The youth, who is 18 years of age, is un
doubtedly craze 1.
His mania is to be a woman.
“VV iy do you and ess in female attire?” he
yvns asked by a reporter, aud liis reply was;
“Because L dou’t want to be a man. O,
why did God make ine a man, anyway?
When 1 was a little biv I us ad to ste and my
sister’s clothes and put them >n, and I used
to wish and wish God would turn me into a
gh'L. The boys at scuool called me ‘sissy’
f r a lo ig time, and nothing pleasol me
better."
“What in the world do you want to be a
woman for?” was asked.
“O, I don’t know, I just hate the idea of
being a man."
WHO THE STRANGE YOUTH IS.
Charles Witt is the son of H. H. Witt, a
railr ad engineer, who is now liv.ng at
Oxford, Ala. He came to Atlanta a year
ago clad iu female attire, and called himself
Miss Minnie Witt. For awhile he tried to
tn ko a living by coloring photographs. He
soon learned th it a man Had m ire showing
to make money in the world than
a woman, and with soma regret he
cast aside liis dresses aid put
hi nself into trousers, coat and waist
coat. He secured a pi isition in the dry
g iods house of I). H. Dougherty & Cos. and
clerked there several m mths. Even then
h > would put on woman’s clothes in the
afternoon whe i not at w irk. His repug
nance to the garments of a an final v
compelled him t > give up bispositi m in the
dry goc ls store, and he wont back to his
dresses and phot grapn painting.
WHAT WILL THEY DO WITH HIM?
The charge against young Witt is “im
moral conduct,” but such a charge will
douotless not be sustained. There is an
ordinance agai ist people putting on the
a tire of the opposite sex when oii he street
but Witt was in his room at the time of his
arms .
A negro boy was arrested with Witt, and
he st ites that the young man employed him
as a servant. The lieg o called his em
ployer “Miss Witt” by the young man's o ivn
request.
Witt is simply a lunatic, and his mania
to be a woman is something unusual. He
will doubtless be se.it to his parents in Ox
ford.
Hednesnot appear to be humiliated at his
arms aud was pe fectly willing to have his
story published in the papier.
“1 am glad,” he said, “to let the world
know that I hate b ing a man.”
Later in tne da. Wit: employe 1 Mr. Rob
ert L. Libloy as his at.orney. Ho says h
int -uds to sue s.-veral persons for slander,
nd will institute against the city for false
imprison cent and cruel treat neat.
HE TALKS OF HIS ARREST.
“What was th disorderly conduct for
which you were arresied?” Witt was asked
by i he rep rter.
“Well, I’ll tell you,” he said, in a quick
petulant manner. “They rented the room
uext to me to an oil salvation army mo
ma i aud her daughter; and do you nelieve
it, they got up at 5 o’clock in the morning
and sang till dinner time.”
“L ist night,” he continued in a rattling
way, “they bega t yelling “Pa’ms of victo
ry. crowns of glory,’ and I just like to
died. I bate to near a lybody say pa’ms.
It grates on my nerves, and makes my flas:i
craw l, so I just climbei up on a chair.au’
piked my head through the transom an’
yelled just as loud a- I could.”
Pa- s of biscuits,
Bawls of gravy,’
and you can just bat they shut up, but they
had ma arrested for it.
"Tie-eoll poll emm would climb up six
flights of stairs any day to see a boy iu girl’s
clothes, and they like the arresting part all
right.” '
Sang in nis sleep.
The people who walk in their sleep are numer
ous, the p -ople who talk in tlieir s.eep are prob
ably more S I, but tho p- iple who sin; iu ih->:r
sleep are few and far between, or if they are
not. t .ev are very s -Id mi heard of. There lues
no in Harlem, not far from West One Hundred
and Twenty fifth street, however, a voun? nun
who nas accomplished this feat very recently
His business requires his saving up until an
earl,- hour in t ie morning, and in conseque ce
he sleeps well ou to 10 or 11 o'clock in the fnre
neon. His sister, an accomplished pianist was
playing on the piano in the parior, near bis
bedroo u, tho other morning. Sue n.are 1 a
uu nber of pieces that did not in the least dis
turb the see per. Finally she picked up the
music of a hymn which she and her brother
were very fond of singing together a few years
before- che played the introtuctory bars and
just as she reached the beginning ot the hymn
sue beard her brother’s voice chiming in from
the next room. She played along and her
brother sang every note and everv word cor
rectly in a iair baritone voice. After tle son--
was done tne sister called out to ber b-otber to
ass if her playing had awakened him There
was uo answer aud n ) sou id ex -opt the regul ir
breathing of nan in a doe ■ sle m. W ien he
wascalDdl o uo protested that he ha 1 heard
no playing anu was not conscious that ho hai
been singing.
3A31-S, QUEER OR REMARKABLE.
To Start With, Here's a Double-Bodied
Female Prodigy.
From the Tipton Advocate.
On Monday night, June .’4. birth was
given these twins. Dr. Coer of Groom -
ville, Ind., being the atte nling physician,
and thr ugh his skill their lives were saved,
and there i3 n i r *ao i o.i earth why they
s iculd not live to maturity, as there is no
deformity that conflicts with the natural
organs or to interrupt the natural growth
of the babies. They are female babies, and
there is but one boiy, conuolete from the
armpit of one I aby to the
arm it of the other. The union of the two
bodies is formed m the center. Ti e lower
limbs (legs) are located on the sids of the
tiody and are opposite to each other. The
legs of each child are on opposite sides, an 1
not on the same side, as declared by some
Kokomo doctors.
Each child is supplied with a heart, a
pair of lungs, abdonuial organs—in fact,
the iiaLues aie perfect to where the union is
mad*. It is not yet certain whether the
blood assimilat 's from one child to the
other or not. At its birth there was but
oie umbilicus, and tue natural presump
tion is that life was sustained to both babies
by one cord, but it is possible there
were two nourishing veins in
the one cord. It ice tain that tho blood
does not circulate in unison, and it does not
seem reasonable that the heart could
perform the double function of disebargi ,g
and receivi g bloo lat the sane instant.
The latest coiclti-i >a is that t .if hearts’
actions are independent of each other. Uu
fo tuna oly the placenta was not preserved,
or this problem could have bee i solved.
At birth their weight 'sas twelve and a half
p muds a id measure 22} J inches long. They
are u usually bright and see n to notice ob
jects around them. Oueappears to be a lit
tle healt ier than the other,though both are
as lively as crickets. T e complexi >t of
o ie is rather ligut while the other is dark.
Both have a luxurious growth of uair and
have handsome features. Tneir respiratory
organs act independently, and the bowels
and kidneys perform their respective func
tions. Oie is a.-deep while the other is wide
awake. Tuey nurse at the breast and take
to the bottle like trailed Children, They
aro of different dispositions, for while one
is inclined to laugh tne other will cry.
A NEW YORK PRODIGY.
In the Ninth ward, or Green vich village,
as it was called many years ago, is a re
markable little bub He is 9 mouths old,
and yet uo is big enough aud knows enough
to be twice hi> age. Tne name of the little
fellow is Charles N. Waterman, and he first
opened bis big gray eyes to the light of day
at 2o Carmine sireot. Charles’father is "a
newsdealer about 60 years old aad has been
a resident of the ward for a number of
years.
When Charley was born he weighed 12%
pounds, discounting tiie average baby bv
100 per cent. Charlie is about 30 inches
long and at the present time weighs 32%
pounds. He has large gray eyes, pink cheeks
and sandy hair and eyebrows, lie is a great
at racti ii and has drawn many customers
to his father’s store. His power of percep
tion is something remarkable.
On Sunday morning C at ho is uri bright
and ear!and is seated in liis high chair
behind bis father’, news stand. Charley
can pick out a Press from t eutv different
papers wjtnout any hesitation. Ho is brig ,t
in everything else. He uever cries or gives
his parents u iy trouble.
Although only 9 months old Charley can
dance an Irish jig to perfection while his
father whittles an accompaniment.
One of the most remarkable babies that
over gazed on the blue sky of heaven is the
14-months-old daugnter of Mrs. Anna Fet
tilan, wno arrived in this cit>- about three
weeks ago ou the steamship Sorvia. The
baby is tne offspring of Finnish parents,
and weighs 68 p>unds. To carry it the
mother tia i a basket made 3 feet lo g, 2
feet wile and 18 ioh -s deep. The head of
the baby is 15 inches in diameter,
aud hasa bust 34 inches in
circumference. The baby en
joys the best of health, and never cries.
The many medical me i who have been con
sulted are unable to explai i why the child
is fat. The other me uners of the Fettilau
family are average beings, and possess no
physical peculiaritie%
A SMOKING BABY.
From the Rochester Herald.
A report/! - a few days ago heard of an in
fant prodigy such as most families woald
not care to posses-, however muc.i they ay
think of pnenomenallv-deve oned children
as a rule. The precocious infant in this case
is a little girl aged 17 mouths. She dors
not play the piano like Ru lenstein, or sing
like P.itti. or talk like a Boston schoolma’am
or read Chaucer and Browniug; her ac
complishment consists solely in smoking a
pipe aad exhaling the smoke through her
nostrils.
She dot-i not swear yet, because the onlv
word s ie can speak is “Moke,” and sue has
not learned to chew or drink verm uth and
absinthe; but those who mignt be inclined
to chide ner for lack of knowledge in these
directions should remember her tender
years. This is not a fairy story, but a plain
statement of fuels. Tue litttle giri is tne
dauniiter of a woman who sang at the
Ca inn summer girdei last week. The
mother ami child boarded at the Atlantic
hotel, ou North S . Paul street, and the
statements in t iis article are given upon the
auth rity of reliable persons who saw them
at that (dace and at the theater. The
mother makes the following statement in
regard to the depraved taste of the child:
AN INHERITED CRAVING.
“My little girl inherits 1 her abnormal
appetite for tobacco from her father, who
died on act- unt.- f his excessive use of the
weed shortly after the child was born.
Nearly a year ago tne child’s tendency iti
this direction was first brought to my no
tic/ I hid her with me on the street and
c iunc -d to stop near a man who was sm ok
iug a pipe. Tne baby, as so >n as she per
ceived the odor, readied lout her little ha ids
toward tne stranger aud so; i egan to crv.
All my efforts to calm her were useless, and
she s ion went into convulsions. I took her
to a doctor and toM him t e circumstances.
After i quii ing iuto the habits af the child’s
father he told me that tho taste for tobacc i
hail been inherited and must ba gra ified
unless 1 desire! to lose the ehi.d at once. I
wish I had let the baby die. Since I took
the doctor’s advice the child has never been
a day wit iout pipe and tobacc >, ami she hai
tiec me a i expert smoker. She cries for
her pipe as a other baby would cry for its
nursing b ttle, and I haven’t the hear; to
rfu ,e he '. She s nokes awhile package
of tobacco a day. I don’t suppose she cat!
endure it lo ig, but what can I do?
The child has learned to wait, but
her senses appear to be deadeae 1.
I don’t suppose she can ever be
bright even if she should live. The little
hing would be hotter oif if she were
dead.”
CAN YOU BEAT THIS?
From the Buffalo Express.
Undoubtedly one of the largest babies
that Lai visit and Buffal o iu many years came
ver the Erie yesterday noon from Ne v
York. The little one is a girl 5 mouths old
a .and tips the scale at the remarkable point
of 85 pounds. This was hard to believe at
first, out the scales were handy, and it was
proved satis.actoniy to tho incredulous ones
about.
The child lay in a large market basket,
crowing contentedly. Its little but fat legs
and arms seemed a* broad as thev were
long. The inoche of this remarkable child
is an immigrant from Finland. She is u
little woman who does not appear to weigh
more tha i her offspring. Sue cannot speak
a won of English. It is said that wnen in
New York several managers of dime
museums offered he large sums if she would
remain there, but she was determined to
proceed on her journey, which ends at
Duluth. She, with asm ill pany of immi
grants, was stopping over the day at
McCabe’s hotel m Excianga street, oppo
site tue Central dapo , and it was said that
since her arrival over 590 people had called
to see the remarkable baby.
A MARVELOUs LACE-WORKER.
A Study of the Spider as It Spins Its
Web—The Legend of Arachne.
From Public Opinion.
Everyone has noticed the cobwebs which
hang upo i each shrub aid bush, and ere
strewn in profusion over every plat of g ass
on a fine morning in autu un; and, seeing,
who can have failed to admire? The webs,
circular in form, and then strung thick
with tiny pearls of daw that glitter in the
sun. No lace is so fine. Could any be
wrought that could equal them i.i their
filmy delicacy and lightness, it would be
worth a prince’s ra com. But for such
work man’s touch is all too c-oarse It is
possible only to cur humble garden spider,
known to scientific people bv the core im
posing na ne Epcira diadema. These
spiders belong to tue family of Arachnid or;
aud the ancients, who were great lovers
of beauty, observing th -ir webs, invented
the pretty fable of Arach ie. Arachne was
a maiden wffio had attained to su -ii export
ness in weaving and embroidering that
even tho nymphs, leaving their groves an 1
fou itains would g .taer to admire her work.
Tuey whispered to each other ti.at Minerva
her>eif must have taught her; but Arachne
had grown vaia as she grew dexterous, auff
overhearing them, denied the implication
with high disdain. She would not acknowl
edge herself inferior even to a goddess, a id
finally challe iged Minerva to a trial of
skill, saying: “If beaten, I will bear the
penalty.” Minerva accepted the challenge
aid the webs sere woven. Arach ie’s was
of wondrous beauty, but when she saw that,
of Minerva she knew that she was defeated;
and in her despair, went and hanged herself.
Minerva, moved by pity for her vain but
s iiliful optionenr, trail-for ned her into a
spider; ands e and her descendants siill
retain a portion of her marvelous gitts of
spinning a id weaving.
Now let us see how the garden spider
uses us inherited talent. Eacu iudivual is
endowed with a spinneret, or natural spin
ning machine, through which can be drawn
innumerable strands, so fine that they
can be see i only under powerful microscope
(Leeuweahoeck claims tnat it takes 4,000,-
000 of the*e s rands to make a thread os
thick as a hair from a man's head). First,
our spider begins to draw from out he
spinneret a cord of as many of these strands
a-see ins to her good, and fastens it to some
leaf or twig, then runs on a mther leaf,
pinning ali tne while; fastens again otha ;
ad to an ither and another; continuing
until a circle is formed inclosing as large a
space as she designs for the outer boundary
of her web! Tneu she passes back and
forth over her work, adding fres l threads,
and strengthening this outer line, which
she secures to every possible object.
Finally sne stops, fastens her thread witn
special care, and begins to run round the
circle, spinning as site goes; but now car
ry* g Iter fresh thread carefully raised
upon one hi and foot, thus keeping it from
touching the older strands and becoming
glued to the n, When h ilf-way round she
stops, pulls her thread, tight, fastens it very
stro igiy.and a firm line is drawn stra ght
across the center of the circle. She runs
down this center line t > the middle, fastens
anothe thread to it there, carries it to a
new point upon the outer edge, faste is it,
ad we kno w see that sho is engaged in
caking thoso linos in tho wen that look so
'like the spokes of a wheel. She repeats this
operation ugaiu and again u .til all the radii
or spokes are formed. When the y are done she
carefully tests each thread by pulling, to
make sure that it is fi in and strong; and if
one proves unsitisfact ry she either
strengthens or re uakes it altogether.
Now that the main lines are built, oar
spider goes once mo e to the center point
and begins to spin again—this time in cir
cles—fastening to each radius as she
passes. At first these circles, or more
correctly spirals, are placed quite close to
g t or, but sho leaves ever a wider and
wider -pace between as she approaches the
outer edge. The outer circle a,d tae radii
were spun of a silk which becomes dry di
rectly after leaving the spider’s body, anil
is of great strength and very firm; but those
spirals are formed of a substance wnica dif
fers essen ially. When first drawn from the
spinneret it is oxtreiuely glutinous—a m ist
important property, as by this it is e ablel
to adhere tenaciously to the radii—aud it is,
besides, so highly elastic as to be capable of
being pulled iar out of place without break
ing. When the spirals are finished, tue
solder returns again to the center, and
proceeds to bite off the points of all the
radii close to the first encircling line, bv
which she much increases the elastic ty of
her web. It is in or beneath this cent, al
ope i g that tiie spidar usually sits and
watches for the c uning of her proj-.
But while these circular creations are
perhaps the most beautiful, thev are by
no means the only cobwebs. You have
Drobabiy seen, or rather felt the long gos
samer threads that so netimes draw
the face as one walks beneath the trees ou
a summer evening. At certain seasons they
are very numerous. They float in the air,
they fall upon the grass, thev gather on the
trees. These are all cobwebs.
Tuey are made by spiders, and
in a manner so marvelous as to be al
ao-t incredible. The spider spins the sil,;
from its -piuu.eret, pushing it off iuto the
air. It is so light that it does not fall. It
l'fither rises in the air. It grows . longer
and longer tlire id until it is carried by somo
current against an object, often at a sur
prising distance, to wuich it attaches itself,
ibis spider’s slack rope is quite str ng
enough to serve the little spinner as a
bridge over which it can pass at its pleas
ure. Indeed, in tue tropics spi ler.’ web
are found of giga ltic size, some itnes even
spanning streams, and of a strength so
great that uu u ning birds are caught aid
Held by th ni, as flies aro by the cobwebs of
our own land.
A Peeress Singing ;in ths Streets.
From the London Star.
Now that the aristocracy are taking to
trade they seem de;er tf-d to let no in
dustry escape. Even t,.e street-singer has
titled rivals, for the other night the Mar
chioness of Bristol, the ladiesjriervev, and
a few of tneir friends went th-ough tho
streets and squares of Belgravia, singing
aud playing on guitars and inando.ius?
They tried to suit all tastes, aad sang
“O bulla Italia” and “On dem gold m slip
pers!” wich equal vigor. The proceeds of
the night’s work are to be given to the
Hospital Sunday fund.
MKDICAx.,
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cess of Hood's Sarsaparilla is found in the fact
that this medicine actually accomplishes all
that is claimed for It. Its real merit has won
Merit WinsKE?iSS
greater than that of any oteer blood ..Lriflcr.
It cures Scrofula, all Humors, Dyspepsia, etc.
PreiiXou only by C. I. Hood & Cos.. Lowe.b jlaaa.
FUNERAL INVITATIONS.
FOLLIARf).—The friends and relatives of
Mr. and Mrs. T. a. Fohiurd are invited to attend
the funeral of their infant son, Frzdehkk,
from their residence. Montgomery and New
Houston streets. THIS MORN ING at 9 o'clock.
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l o t~s r Tots?
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This is the LAST DAY for the sale of lot* at
above price. After to-day, if any remain on
hand, the price will be S3O.
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IIS Bryan Street.
L D. LiROCHE & SON,
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bark SCHILLER will be responsible for any
debts contracted by the crew.
ALB. ZEPLEIN,
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From reliable growers at Low Prices.
THE a. M. HEIDT COMPANY,
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HOST TLH.MP SEED.
Just received, a Full and Fresh Stock of
BUIST RUT A BAG A. FLAT DUTCH, and all
other varieties of seasonable Seeds, and for
sale at lowest prices. E. J. KIEFFER,
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Corner West Broad and Stewart Sts.
THE ART OF MA.MCI'RE.
We have, direct from Dr. J. Parker Prayl,
manicure specialist:
ROSALINE, a cosmetic for tinting the nails.
DI vMOND NAIL ENAMEL, for polishing.
ONGALINE. for removing superfluous flesh.
EMERY BO ARD, for rounding the edges.
CUTICLE AND NAIL SCISSORS.
FILE, in steel and ivory.
BUFFERS or POLISHERS.
In fact every requisite for beautifying the nails.
Something new in Manicure Sets, complete,
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Corner Bull and Congress Streets.
GIVE IT A TRIAL. ”
I have suffered a great deal from derange
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CORRECTOR and derived great beueflt.
Mrs. ELIZABETH S. JORD ' N,
Greene County, Georgia.
Recommended by prominent physicians and
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B. F. ULMER M. D.,
Pharmacist, Savannah, Ga.
Price $1 per bottle. If you cannot obtain the
“Corrector" from your druggist, send your
order direc', and it will be forwarded by ex
press, freight paid.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
In compliance with the requests of many
small investors, the Savannan Cotton Mills
Company have decided to offer the stock of the
company to the public on the installment plan.
The sba"es will be SIOO each, payable in ten
(10) monthly payments.
More than one-half the stock has been already
subscribed and the company will organize and
begin work a- th balance is taken.
The subscription books can be found at the
office of L. M. Warfi -id, corner Bryan and Dray
ton streets (over r- -: 7 iis’Bank), between the
hours of 10 a. M. and 2 p. m.
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N. B.—Our bottling department will be in
operation in a few days, when we shall be able
to fill the demand for family consumption.
EXCURSIONS.
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SUMMER EXCURSIONS.
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UNIVERSITY*
Annual Session of This School for '„ v Th : • 1
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ST. JOHN’S COLLEGE. VSPp I
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LUCY COBB INSTITUTE,
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XX teachers. All denominations represented
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The 23d Session will open September 15th,
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