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6 GAYNOR HEARING HAS BEGUN. DEFENSE HOLDS THE INDICTMENT IS DEFECTIVE. BUlit Legal Fight Mill Dr Made \galn*t the Removal of Hie De- ItniUnli ,to Snvnannh for Trial. Gaynor'* Former n ifr In the Court Room-Six' Slay Be I ril n n Wltnenn for the Government —t ime Continued i ntll W cdneftilny. Netv York Deo. JO B:njumin D. Gie n-, Cos). Jfcshn F. Gaynor. Edward il. Qayn r and''W!Ham T. Gaynfr. melfcbers of t' o Atlnlic Contracting Company. Jointly Ip dieted witlf Michael A Cornol y and fo - tner Cafft. Oherlin M. Carter, Unttel Stax. Engineer Corps, for conspiracy ie •uitlng in a los* to the government of tTT." 749.90 in connectlcn with the Savan t nah river and Cumberland foji and con tracts, appeared for examination to-day before United States Commissioner Shields. . v . The fndiciment on which the Gaynors and Greene we;e arrea.ej by Unite! Slate Marshal Henkel, was found in the early part of December itv the Savannah district. The contract rs ate repretn n el by the firm of Kellogg. Rose A Smith, whi are prepared to make a bitter legal fight against the removal of the men to Savan nah for trial. Since his arrest oil these charges, Col. John F. Gaynor has secured a divorce and remarried. Hi* former Wife, who claims that she has been “greatly wronged." will, It ia expected, figure as an important witness for the prosecution. She was pres ent during the examination in the federal building to-day. Contention of the Defense. Counsel for the defendants contended lhat the indictment was defective, instanc ing that count which alleges lhat the contracts in furtherance of their scheme , arranged for material "at the least coat lo themselves and the greatest cost to the United States.” He maintained that this allegation was too general and that it did not specify a single act which the accused would lie required to answer In any court In the United States. District Attorney Burnett offered a copy of the Savannah indictment in evidence, but counsel for the defense took Ihe posi tion that a copy would not suffice, when the original was within the Jurisdiction! of the court. The commissioner overruled the defense in both instances. Capt. Cassius FI. Gillette, United Slates Engineers, of Savannah was the first wit ness put on the stand by the government. The witness identified the four contractors in court, and said that Michael A. Con nolly and Capt. Oberlin M. Cartdg ware not present. Capt. Gillette said that he had appeared as a witness before ~s§e grand Jury In Savannah which had fOund the iodiciments against the contractors. Lntfyer Rose said he was not prepared to go on with the cross-examination to day, which, he said, would confflms at least two hours. U was then agreed that the examination should be continued on Wednesday. OHIO'S LEGISLATURE TO MEET. llolh Its Houses Are Controlled <y the nepnhllrnns. Columbus, 0., Dec. 30.—The Ohio lature will convene Monday and organize The kepubllcans have a majority in both branches. In the Senate their are nine teen Republicans, eleven Democrats und one Independent Republican. In the House there are sixty-two Republicans, fortysflvg Democrats and three independ ent Republican*. The Republican and Democratic iaucuse* were held this af ternoon and evening. Those of the Demo crat* are a mere formality. The Republican* of the Senate refused to permit Gen. Charles F. Brown, Fu iionint senator from Hamilton county, to participate In their caucus. He retired amid an ominous Rilence. The Republicans of the Senate named Oacar Sheppard of Prvble county for pres ident pto tem. and the House Republicans, A. C. Reynolds of Lake county, for Speaker, and Chatles Merlon, Jr., of Franklin for Speaker pro tem. The Senate Democrats named Gen. W. R. Brorein of Auglnlse, for president pro tem. and the House Democrat*. Charles Swain of Hamilton, Speaker and Cii 2. Coard, Ashland, Speaker pro tem. HBALER DRIVEN FROM A TOWN. Charged With Disrespect to Gen. Lawton nml Amerlcnns. West Plains, Mo., Dec. 30—Wade C. Mack, a "healer,” has been driven out of town for alleged disrespect to Gen. Law ton and the American soldiers it) the Phil ippine. Mack arrived here atid distributed circu lars announcing himself a* a "healer." He addressed crowds on the street corner and during the course of his remarks he declared he was glad to hear of Lawton's death and that l>e hoped the other Ameri cans in the Islands would meet the same fale. He repeated his statements. The crowd finally became threatening and State Representative Jonew of Howell county, known as "Cyclone" Jones, ad dressed the people, branding Mack a* u traitor and saying he was unworthy the name of an American citizen. To save further trouble Mack was ar rcsted On a trivial charge. Mack tremb ed and the judge accepted his proposition to leave town if he were released. In P n minutes the "healer” was "going west” amid the hoots of citizens. KNOX GIVEN FOUR YEARS. Member of Prominent Family Sen tenced for Forgery. Pittsburg. Dec. 30.—Robert J. Knox, alias J. B. Bennett, who was arrested in New York recently as a member of a gang of swindlers operating in various parla of the country, was sentenced to four years and a half In the Riverside penitentiary to-day for forgery. He is a brother of a prominent Preaby terlun minister and a nephew of J. J. Knox, ex-controller of the treasury. Another uncle Is president of the Gor man Theological Seminary at Bloomfield, .V. J.. and n third Is a leading business man in St. Paul. AGENTS OF THE It AILftOAR.k. What Court Held With Hcgard to Sleeping far Companies. Chicago, Dec. 30.—1n tefualng to enj |. v the merging of the Pu Iman-Wagner compsnlea the (tup ten* Court to-day hell that sleeping car companies are bat agents of lh< ralltoad* acting und. r contracts us other employe* of the rod. New Urk Haa a "Dewey Street.** Xev Yolk, Deo. gt.-Ths Motiblpil < oonoil to-day < Lunged tlto item.' of E|n, -it*., t to Dew.) avenue lb honot of the Admiral. MAN IIAD ON STOLEN SHOES. finspicioiin Character* Are Being f Held In Aiignata. Augusta. Dev'. 30.—The chief of police here received o let lev yesterday from W. ! H. Suber pf Peaks, 8. C., saying that his | store had been robbed the night of Dec. i 32. of about ll.OCn. and among other things. ; two pairs of shoes, giving a deseripilon ! ef the shoes with the lot number stamped j on the inside. Among the money stolen, j was a let of pennies and gOM. On receipt of the letter, the chief of po i lice brought up one of the tiwee men ac ; re*ted TTiurtd.iy afternoon, on suspicion I of being the gang that has been robbing ; po.-'oflice# and mercantile fstabliahmemj ill over the country, and had the new shoes be wns wearing taken off. On ex amination they answered exactly to the description furnished by tlie letter, and bore the'Avlernioa! nueAßefs on the inside. This he wired to Mr. .SCbeb, and in reply, was wired (o hold the gang until to-mor row. when Suber will come to Augusta to identify them. Three tramps were seen around Peaks at the/1 igie of the robbery, and it ir thought they will be recognized. As devel opments go circumstances point even more strongly to these as the men whp have committed all the rohbqrig* reported, in cluding those of,the postoffices uear At lanta, q . ' •* (OLLIER Ik IMPLICATED. It Wan at Hi* House That Ahiritl Simpkins Has Jvilled. Quitman. Ga.. Dec. 3ft.—lsaac Collier, the negro at wjjose iiouse Sheriff Simpkins was kl led In Jefferson coun'y. Florida, is behind the bars here. Sheriff Conely learned Uiat he had pass ed through on his way io Taiiokas, a saw trdil town In the northern part of this county and telephoned Brice, a convict lessee there to lo.'k out for him. In ten minutes he received a reply saying that the negro wns in custody. He was brought lo Quitman to-night. He walked into Brice's oofirnissary this morning Just af ter ftnoly's message wns received and surrendered. For sometime he denied any knowledge of Jeffries, but finally admitted that he had beei\ harboriiyr him since last May. that he knew about the killing and ran away to escape consequences. He bears an unsavory repute ion. NEW TRIAL WAS REFUSED. So It Is Reporter! in tlie Cine of Penrl KiiotCs Slayer. Atlanta, Dec. 30.—A report reached the city this afternoon, that Judge Reagan of the Third Circuit, who presided for Judge Candler al the last term of Fayette Court, had refused new trial in the Kerling case, thru!- the attorneys! had decided not to tgke the rc up, and the Kerlings was to serve bijt hrs life rentence for the murder of Pearl Knott, whose body was found general months ago In theF.lnt liver. Fay ette county Is in Judge Candler's circuit, and he said to-night that he bad heard nothing of such a decision, but thought it more than probable. A bill of exceptions wiil be filed by the defendant's attorneys before the twenty days allowed under the law, expire. MANY TREES CONDEMNED. Thirty Thousand of Them Most He Cat Down nad Burned. Allan:;*, Dec. 30.—Thirly thousand fruit trees, comprising the entire orchards of D. C. and G. M. Bacon In Mitchell coun ty, will be burned Monday by order of State Entomologist Scott, owing to the ravages of the San Jose scale. In the immediate neighborhood of De- Witt, Ga., in the counties of Irwin, Berien, Worth and Mitchell, are more than 300,000 fruit-bearing peach trees, and In Justice to the owners of neighboring orchards as well as to perform a service to the state, the trees will be destroyed. The work of destroying the orchards will require several weeks time. ROME TEACHER GOES TO CUBA. Scaffold He lup Built for the llanixlng of Bail Harris. Rome, Ga.. Dec. 30.—Miss Nannie Har grove, one of Rome's best-known ladies, who has been librarian of the Young JMen's Library Association, haa accepted a position with a prominent; English school 1n Cuba. She was formerly a teacher In the Brunswick public school'. Miss HargroVe will leave Tuesday, going via New York to Cuba. The scHffoid Is being built on which Bud Harris will be hanged for murder next Thursday. It will I* a pr.vate hanging. NEGRO CRIMINAL CAUGHT. Took Refuge In tlie Woods Bnt W'nw Driven In by the Clil. Columbia. S. C., Dec. 30.—John Quincy Corbett, a white man 8) years old. nh> last June brutally ravished a 9-year-o and r.egro child In Sumter county, and haa since defied arrest, was captured in Sum ter to-day. Corbett has been in the woods of Sumier and Kershaw, but was driven in by the fold. He was staying with friends in Sumter when surprised an t secured by the sheriff before he could shoot. COMPANY MOVES TO TAMPA. West Coast Naval Store* People Have Made a Change. Tampa. Fla., Dee. 30.—The West Coast Naval Stores Company, with a paid-up capital of $l5O,<WO, will liegln business here with the new year. The company has lieen doing business at Pensacola, bui has concluded that Tampa Is the best base for tlielr operations. The concern is operated and backed by some of the besi known business men of Florida and Lower Georgia. NEW MILL FOR J ICKNONVILLB. Chlragn I.umber nnd Coal Company Will Build One There. Jacksonville, Fla.. Dec. 30.—The Chicago Lumber and Coal Company of St. Louis, Mo., will open a branch bouse in Ihl* city and erect anew sawmill In the taie capable of turning out *8,000,000 feet of lumber per year. The capital Mock of the company will be increased from 1750,000 to $1,000,000 and a mill will, be erected In South Georgia also. Toccuh* Bond Issue. Atlanta. Dec. *O. -The city of Ttmeoa registered $9,000 worth of U* bond* io-lny in the secretory of wtate’* office. The> are eighteen In number of Ihc denotnlua t on of $3OO, and are to he sold for ihe i purpose of btflkUcg n n-w school house lII* Plre ul Fusil*, Flu. Fusils. Ilk, I). 3u.—The building own. and and Occupied by th* Hitt Printing c m. ! p->y, | uWtobeis of the Kdaria Luke lie- | gon. mat • d*!l a- rovol by Utu fit* * O'lljbg. Lo** $lO,M* i THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. DECEMBER 31. 1893. WAR ABSORBS THE GERMANS. SOMF. THINK THAT ENGLAND WILL LOSE ( IPE COLONY. liberal Leader Barth Believe* De feat Would Bea Wholesome Lea son for the llrltl.li—Germany’s New Naval Programme Doe la Great Measure to South African War—Germany's V lew * a* to Dela tion Hay Situation. (Copyright. ISS9. by the Associated Pres-.) Berlin. Dec. 30.—The South African war overshadows everything else here.' The correspondent of the Associated Press has just had an Interesting Interview with the Liberal leader, Dr. Barth, who is one of the most steadfjst friends of Great Brit ain ;ra Anvrtca. but who also condemns , this war. Dr. Barth saia. "At present it looks as if England might lose the whole of South Africa. I have private Information from Africa, via Hoi- | land, according to which the rebellious movement among the Cape Boers has as sumed much more serious proportions than the English newspapers admit. There never was a greater piece of political slu- 1 pldity than that shown by Mr. Chamber- 1 lain in provoking war without having made the necessary military preparations. If England had only waited a few years she could have had everything without war. "If England 1* totally defeated this war ; will be the best thing for Ihe world, even ; for England. It will be a lesson she will > not soon forget. It will have a wholesome influence upon the jingoes of all countries, j including Germany. * "The navy scheme, which is almost sure of adoption, must be understood to be in connection with the war in South Af- j rica. all fine phrases offered in explanation notwithstanding. The increase was de cided upon because Germany has lost con fidence In the men who are shaping Eng land's policy. The brutality of the present Englsh policies renders Germany's posi tion too insecure. Whot happens in the Transvaal to-day on land may happen to Germany upon the sea to-morrow. Dis trust of England makes it necessary for Germany to be strong at sea. so that the English jingoes will think twice before at- ; tatk Germany. If the English statesmen of to-dey were of the type of Gladstone and Morlay. we should have no concern; but with such political jack-o'-lanterns as Mr. Chamberlain at the helm, we do not know what to expect, and must arm for any eventuality.” May Lose Cape Colony. The German press), generally, during the ' Inst few days, has expressed ihe opinion that Great Britain will loss not only the war but also South Africa. A military writer in the Deutsche Mages Zeitung says: "It Is no longer a question of whether England will not subjugate Ihe Boer re publics, but of whether she will also lose Care Colony. It Is true England will re tain the harbors for they lie under the guns of Engl sh ships, but ihe interior she will lose, and instead of tire dreamed-of enormous British South African empire, England will only keep a number of ports. This will probably be the Issue of the war If England dees not hurry up and con clude peace.” From an excellent authority the corre spondent of the Associated Press hears that Great Britain has instructed her minister at The Hague, Sir Henry How ard. to sign the peace convention with the reservation of article 10, ail the conference Powers having consented to such reser vation. The new German civil code goes Into effect Jan. 1. The German papers are publishing the annual ami century reviews, the genera! tone being satisfactory with the turn Ger man affair* have taken. One of the reforms to be carried out in 1900 will be in connection with the Berlin criminal police, which Is grossly ineffi cient. The reform will be thorough, com prising the training, promotion and dis tribution of the force. Hereafter the Criminal policemen will be chosen from civil life and their number will be In creased: Fold Weather In Germany. While the weather here has moderate!, Ihe reports from elsewhere in Germany tell of severe cold. A letter carrier roamed Luedtke was frozen to death while on duty at Damnatz and another Anton Baumann was killed by the cold at Frank fort-oro-the-Maln. The snow lies phenom enally high In the mountains. At the Royal Opera to-morrow n ght will take place the first performance of th? fairy opera, "King Drossrlbart," the text by Delmer and the musi? by Kulen kampff. A perfect epidemic of weddings broke out here, the number of persons married being six times the ordinary number. The correspondent of the Associated Pres-s learns In government circles that Germany does not believe the report that Great Britain intends to take decisive steps soon at Delagoa bay. It is admitted that Germany would be Informed Nrofore hand if any serious step was Intended, and the reports circulated are considered to be ballons d'essai issued by the coun tries interested in preventing Great Brit ain from getting Delagoa bay. Mrs. • Beebler, wife of Lieut. Command er W. H. Beehier, the United States naval attache, will be presented at court at the next general reception. The launching of the Hamburg-Ameri can Line steamer Deutscheland, which was to have occurred Jan. 3 at Stettin, has been postponed because of the heavy lee in the river Oder. Race* at New Orleans. New Orleans, Dec. SO.—The weather was cloudy and cool and Hie track fast on the outside. The favorites were In better form and three finished first. First Race—Sel.ing, one and one-*ix teenth miles. Schoolgirl, 6 lo 1 and 2to 1, won, wlih Nailer, 12 to 1 and 5 to 1, second, and Musket, 7 to 1, third. Time 1 :511k Second Race—Handicap, five and a half furlongs. Triadltza, 7 to 5 end 7 to 10, won. with Tom Gilmore, 25 to 1 and 8 lo 1. stcond, aud Gold Or. 3to 1. third. Time l:o*i*. Third Race—Selling, six furlongs. J. E. Cline. 3 to 2 and 3 to 5. won, with Brown Vail. 10 to 1 and 4 lo 1, second, and Tobe Paine. 13 to 5. third. Time 1:14%. Fourth Race—New Orleans handicap, seven furlongs. Imp. Mlntsauce, 7 to 2 and 3 to 2. won, Andre, U to 1 and 5 to 1. second, and Mohr, 30 to 1 and 12 to 1, third T’roe 1:0% Fifth Have—Belling, one and on#-!x teenlh miles. Yubadam, 5 to 1 and 2tol. I won. with K onrtlke Queen, 8 to 1 and * to 1, necor.d. and Joe Doughty. Iff) to 1,1 third. Time 1:50 Fifth Dtalrtrt Hepnhlirnn*. Atlanta. Dei-. .—The Fifth Dlelrict Re- j Itubllcan Executive Committee met to-day. and by * vote of ihlrtieti to ten, selected Jonesbcvo over Atlanta for the holding of the*ne' District <*onveitpi, nnd K*b Is, a* tho date, where two and legatee and two alternate* will be Heeled lo the .Na i tonal convent on In Flu a ielphia. The i pteeenl asUniniatMtion ww* itidoiw*l i Am Adiance Im Wage* Meridian, Mlw , Dec $0 —The slock liold.ie of the MoridDn 'Orion Mill* have •4mmneed tie* wage* of all *mpi<).* $ per cert. 1 ALL THE NEWS AT WAYCHOSS. Ttaiu 7S Struck n Freight—Sodden Death of an Old Citizen. NY ay cross. Ga., Dec. 30.—J. R Thigpen of this county, killed a pig yesterday that ! tipped the scales at 475 pounds. Train 7S. on the West Coast Line, from Port T.impa and Wary cross, ran into a freight last night at Argyle, twenty miles west of here. The cabocse was smashed up, and the passengers Jarred up slightly. No one was injured. Joseph Jordan, one of Ware's oldest cit izens, died yesterday at his home near here. HD death was very sudden. He was in town the day before in apparent good health. Charlie Dunbar, who lost a leg yester day by the Plant System pusher passing over it, died thi* morning from the effects of the shock. Prof. W. T 1 Asbttry will open the public school at Nieholls Jan 15. The public school will reopen here Tuesday morning next. Settle's Polytechnic School will open Monday. Rev. Edward Thompson. I-L. D.. of Atlanta, will be In Waycross Sunday. Feb. 4, wlien he expects to hold two or three meetings in the different churches here in the interest of the Sunday League of America, of which he is the general man ager. Mrs. C. L. Thigpen and her daughter. Miss Lily, will move cn Wednesday :o Coffee county, where Mr. Thigpen Is en gaged In the lumber business. A pleasant entertainment was given Thursday night at the home of Hon. L m Johnson. His son. Clifford. en:e tainel h!A diaSsrodfes of the High School class of IS9S. The Upstart Social Club will secu-e rooms in the McLendon block. They will establish a free reading room. The Sunnyside Social Club was organ ized last night In the Clough neighbor hood. north of town. They will meet again next Thursday. CLAIMS HE IS CALL'S PARTNER. Cliarle* IV. Slater Held for Cashing Two Worthies* Draft*. New York. pec. 30.—Charles W. Slater, aged 23, of Sratersvlile, Va., who claims to be associated with ex-United States Senator Call of Florida In railroad build ing in Florida, and similar enterprises In Ctiina, was to-day arraigned in Police Court on the complaint of William H. U. Yoting. cashier of the Murray Hill Ho tel, who alleges that Slater in March and April. 1898, through the Introduction of the cashier of the Grand Union Hotel, got him to cash two sight drafts amounting to $l,lOO. These drafts were drawn upon Robert Y. Slater of Washington. D. C„ whom the defendant claimed to be his brother. The drafts were not honored. The defendant alleges that he deposited with Mr. Y’oung $2,000 .worth of bonds as security, but these, Yo.ung say*, have no value.. Slater was held for examination. INCREASED GOLD PRODUCTION. ' I f> United Ntnte* Mnke* n Better Show ing in llotli Metal*. Washington, Dec. 30.—The preliminary estimate Of the production of gold and sli ver in the United States during th cal t c.-jar year 1399,'made by Mr. Roberts, the director of the mli\t, shows a total gold production of $70,691,170, an increase over ihe production of last year $5 2J6.C70. The production of silver during the year is estimated at $74,421,698. an increase during the year $1.040.211. Colorado heads the list in both god and silver production. The-British Klondike go and production Is estimated at $l6 114.150. For the Appalachian states the gold production of 1899 is estimated at $337..'44. against $327.7CU, and s.lver $1,05?, atalust $2,063 for 1898. COAL MINERS W ILL STHIKE. ______ May Ultimately Lead to the Calling Oui of AO.OOO Men. Altoona. Pa . Dec. 30.—Bituminous coal miners in this section met In convention at Portage last night and ordered a strtkF San! 1. About 1,000 men at the | Portage, Puritan and nearby collieries are [ involved. , r i Sessions were also held at Barnesboro i and Patton, at wiiich points the miners | also Voted a strike for the increase de manded at the recent Clearfield conVen- I tion. At these places, however, the men will await the action of United Mine i Workers now in session at Indianapolis. The action of the miners Is regarded 'n I th's section as the entering wedge which will result ill the calling out of nearly 50,- 000 miners. COLLISION ON THE SOUTHERN. Matcliett W’n* Killed anil Foster Fatally Injured. Spartanburg, 9. C., Dec. 30.—A freight train ran into t* construction train near Duncan station;-Mn m l:s from here, this afternoon. ’ ' Philip Matchevt of the Phoenix Bridge Company was Instantly killed. Matchett was from Pennsylvania. Henry Foster, colored, of C.ifton, S. C.. was fatally in jured. The freight train was badly wrecked, and several cars were thrown down an embankment. The engineer and fireman escaped with slight bruises. NOTED NEWSPAPER MEN. Five Hast* in llronse Will Be Sent to Paris Exposition. Chicago, Dec. 30.—Five busts in bronze of noted newspaper men of America will le placed In the publishers building of the United States at tlie Paris Exposition next year. R. H. Park, the sculptor, has just completed (he l ust of Joseph Medill, late editor of the Chicago Tribune, which will be among the number on exhibition. Mr. I erk, who has charge of the American In teiests at ihe expoeltion, has arranged for the busts of Benjamin Franklin, Horace Greely, George W. Childs, Charles A. Dana and Mr. Medill. Tallatiaxsee New* Nate*. Tallahassee, Fla . Dec. 30.—The weather i* decidedly cold here, the mercury regis tering 28 early this morning. A meeting of he Lon County Demo cratic Committee wa* called for yesterday, to recommend someone for county com missioner, vie* F. T. Christie, resigned. Falling to secure a quorum, action was postponed until Jan. 12 W H. Lawrence, editor of the Middle Florida Republican, formerly published si Carr*belle, has moved to Tallahassee, and th* first laaua of hi* paper at tlie capital wi,i appear Jan. 1, Memorial service* to ihe memory of Evangelist Dwight L Moody, recent ly d • ased. all be held at lit* Methodic! Church Wtinday night. Large heed Hawes named. little Rixk Alb, Dc. Ib.—Three large seed bouaaa and >fi* of th* meal wi •* of (h* I'sssass * Oil t'esgsur s mil, i own>d by Chi' < apiiadsi*. see*• bu n ed <-4ay The toe* Is ftt.'M. Viift MMMMMfc ANIMALS ARE HARD TO LOSE. W (WnBHKIL DIRECTION SENSE OF SOME DOGS AXD CATS. A Sea fa rl hr Tutu Which Tnrned Ip Mot I nocconntably—Sailor's Do* Follow* Hla Maatcr Around the World—Kitty Trail* Ita Mistress Over Five Hundred Mllea. From the Chicago Chronicle. Two of them, were retired sea captains and they had been talking about the story, recently printed in the Chronicle, of a Newfoundland dog which traveled fifty miles, crossed the Mississippi, and walked over two tiers of ships lying in the river in order to find the particular one from which he had accidentally fallen over board nearly a week before. One or two members of the company had expressed a measure of incredulity in regard to the truth of this story. The two old sailors smiled. The bringing forth of a flood of reminiscences was an easy matter after that. "A big gray tom cat, who was positively unlosabie, sailed with me in the Pamlico for many years,” said one. ‘‘He had been traveling with the ship for several years before I took charge of her. and the man who commanded her during that time told me that no matter where he left him, the world around, he was sure to rejoin the ship sooner or later. He had tried in vain to lose him several limes, and had finally given up the attempt in despair. At the time he tried to dispose of it first the Pamlico was making the round from Liverpool, England, to St. John’s. New foundland, and thence to Pernambuco, Brazil, ur.d so home. The Cat Came Dark. When the ship sailed from Liverpool on this particular voyage Tom was left be hind on the docks. Six months fetter he was observed peacefully washing his face in the rigging of the Pamlico again, hav ing come aboard, somehow or other, at St. John’s. How did he get there? We i. nobody knows exactly, but he must have made the trip to Newfoundland in tomt other vessel, stopped oil there—perhaps reasoning in some dumb animal manrer that it was the first stop made by hit own vessel—and came off to the ship in s m’ of the rowboats. Nobody nolle and h m until he was comfortably making hit toilet In the rigging. He provided against all possible attempts to leave him bhinl again by keeping out of reach of the sail ors until the vessel was wed under way. During hts period of absence the Pam 100 had made an entire round trp from Liv erpool to Brazil and back again. Tom ev idently hadn't enjoyed rhe five months' wait in St. John's sufficiently to with 'O undergo it again. He wasn’t a popular cat far many reasons, but none of the sail ors cared to do away with him summarily, somehow or other. And as he resolutely refused to be lost or. stay given away he sailed with the Pamlico for more years than a cat is popularly supposed lo have lives to his credit. When I left iff fo low ing the sea steadi'y he was stil with the old vessel; if he hasn't pa and the and bt o! nature long ago he’s pretty sure to be with her still. Couldn't Lose Him. “I tried to lose Tom myself more than once, but I never succeeded. The first time I left him. safely bestowed, as I sup posed, in the custom house at St. Johns. On I went to Pernambuco, back to Liver pool and so on around to Newfoundland again. Considerably more than stx months were consumed in this manner, and when 1 entered the custom bouse at St. Johns they told me old Tom had been missing something over half a year. The officials who had taken charge of him did not doubt that he had been drowned or killed in a fight. I wasn't very sorry because none of the men cared for him very much, and I don't take to cats myself. But wtien we got out to Brazil again I was treated to a genuine surprise. “I had sent the icaptain's gig ashore with some of the men aboard, and when it came hack to the Pamlico, lo and be hold! ihere wos old Tom in the bow calm ly stroking his face with his paw. Nona of the men had seen him come aboard, nobody at the custom house knew any thing about him. But there he was, and if his conduct doesn’t argue In favor of a cat’s reasoning I don't know what does. That he should be able to pick out the ! vessel of his choice from among a river ' full of them was remarkable enough. But how, if he couldn’t reason and didn't un derstand Just where we were going, and and he know enough to take a vessel headed for i the same port? That’s what I’d like to know. Always Caught the Bout. ' After that we tried him at half a dozen different times and alwoys he found us. Several times he traveled around the en tire ‘beat’ before he did so, but he Invari ably managed to catch us, somewhere. When he got tired of chasing the Pamlico from port to port he simply went ashore at the nearest place of entry and stayed there until the ship came around. After he'd make the experiment a few t'mes he : did this anyway; never bothered to chase us at ali. He merely went to the port he fancied or back to Liverpool and awaited us there. I don’t believe we’d have been able to lose that cat If we’d Journeyed to the North pole, instead of Pernambuco. Somehow or other he learned all about the trip to be mode beforehand and then he made use of this knowledge Just os a man would have done. And he seemed to know by instinct whenever a port was to be missed for any reason, and skipped it, too. Yes, sir; that cat could cer ta'nly reason or something very like it. The cat which some of our boys brought home from Cuba as a mascot, and which being set free in New York harbor, promptly mode Us way to its own ship and Its own company*, furnished a later illustration of this curious power which seafaring cats possess.” Dog; h Hood Follower. I "Most old sailors couid tell true stories —and belter stories than the one we’ve been arguing about, too-of eats and dogs ; who had followed vessels if they felt so I inclined.” spoke up the other captain. “I had e dog I ihought a heap of myself onbe and it followed me all around the world in very truth and found me in all sorts of queer manners. One time I lert him in China. I didn’t mean to, but some of the men Ilad had Gyp ashore and left him there and we sailed without him uncon sciously and he came back to me in the West Indies. Just swam off to one of the boats as it lay on its oars In the river. Insisted on clambering aboard in spite of the way In which several of the men who didn’t know him tried to knock him back into the water, Jumped ail over the men he did know and nearly went wild with Joy ai seeing me when the boat came alongside. lie was thin and looked as though ha might have had a hard time finding us and t wonder. My route of voyage had been changed In the mean time, end I hadn t gone back to llung. Kong at all. If I had dona so his finding tns wouldn't have been so Wonderful. Hut how on earth did he know what I didn’t know myself when we left him behind us? And whet Instinct or intuition told Mm where 1 was going when I didn't ivmie back? lent ask me? | don't know llut I do know that he did find me and I verily believe that he'll find hla way to me in the nesl if it s anyway pus eibia, I hope ll will be. It isn't ovary day that even • dog loves „n* well enough la irgvel the world around Just to be with owe, is ill" GEN. JOE WHEELER PRAISES PERUNA, The Great Catarrh Cure. JOE W-EI-t*. CtUISE IT SJO JUM lOLL^ Major General Joseph Wheeler, com manding the cavalry forces in front of Santiago and the author of “The San tiago Campaign,” in speaking of the great catarrh remedy’, Pe-ru-na, says: "I join wish Senators Sullivan, Roach and McEnery in their good opinion of Pe-ru na. It is recommended to me by those who have used It as an excellent tonic and particularly effective as a cure for ca tarrh." Tutted State* Senator McEnery. Hon. S. D. McEnery, Unifed Slates Senator from Louisiana, says the follow ing in regard to Pe-ru-no: "Pe-ru-na is an excellent tonic. I have used it sufficiently to say that I believe it to be all that you claim for It.—S. D. McEnery, New Orleans, La.” NEGRO EXHIBIT AT PARIS. Calloway Give* Henson* Why It Should lie W orked I p. Chicago, Dee. 30.—Thomas J. Calloway, special agent, who has charg? of (he ne gro exhibit, at the Paris Exposition, ar rived in Chicago to-day to seeu r e material representing the progress of his race. "There are three strong reasons for a negro exhibit at the Paris Exposition nxt year,” he said. "The first is found in the peculiar attitude In which Europe is now situated. The ‘Fashoda incident’ and the present Boer war are only the ou.cro - pings of a tremendous Korop an invasion of Africa. This dark continent is no long er dark, as the most gigantic ellcris of capital are being directed tonard opening up the continent for the overpus popula tion of Europe. "A second reason for the exhibit lies in the fact thnt mui'.i criticism of the United States is indulged Ur abroad on tne ground that ihls country has assumed to annex new territory largely populated with dark races, when it is cncirged this nation pro scribes in every way possible the 10,000,1C0 of such people in its own borders. This exhibit can show other nations the other side to the story and can furnish evi dence of marvelous progress of the ne groes as an offset to the charges of pro scription. "Tne right of the negroes to have oc casional opportunities to show in a dis tinctive way the evidences of their prog ress furnishes the thiid reason for such an exhibit. Those expositions have opened up several factories for negro la bor and have crystaiized a strong senti ment in many parts favoring him as an operative.” Cripple Creek’* Gold Output. Colorado Springs, Cos!.. Dec. 30.—The Ga zette gives the product on of gold from the Cripple Creek district for the present year as A5,850 tons of ore, with a bullion value of 519.743.100. OSTRICHES MIX THE SEASONS. They Think It 1* Spring anil I.ny Eggs. From the Jacksonville Times-Union and Citizen. There is a curious complication at the Ostrich Farm in the shape of eleven emu eggs and two very much excited birds from Australia. Australia being south of the equator, is Just entering upon her summer season, and the Antipodean birds have failed to realize that they are no longer in the Antipodes, or that winter is nigh; and accordingly they have gone to work and ore foolishly trying to raise a family, much to the discomfiture of the owners of the Ostrich Form, whose first exper ment this is to ralke the Australian bird. Another problem has also set the management thinking vel-y hard, and that is, when is the hen bird going to stop laying? In a talk with Mr. Taylor, one of the owners of the farm, he stated that after searching the encyclopedia for Informa tion, he finds that the emu lays from six to seven eggs, nnd then the' male bird performs the process of Incubation and cares for the young when hatched. "Now " said Mr. Taylor, "what has got into these birds? The male walks like a sentry ba-lt and forth, trying to ge-t into the var'd with the golden pheasants, and has rubbed every feather from a square foot to his neck against the wire; and her ladyship takes life easy, and instead of laying six or seven eggs, has already laid eleven” The reporter hunted up the rncyclope d'a. nnd found as follows: Chambers spells the name of the bird “emu,” nnd after a very good description of the bird says that it lays from six lo seven eggs of a dark-green color. Appleton agrees with Chambers, as does the American Ency clopaedia. The Brltanniea. however does not agree wlih either of the above' and from appearances and the indications at !hL^i rl r F T m> nu,,t b " Presumed i that the Encyclopaedia Brltanniea is cor rect. thlM work the specie* is spelled emu.” and lay* f rom nlne to thirtepn | ihf n.T <i '‘*' ri P ,lon ’"'l”* with that of the other encyclopaedias In every other respect, stating additionally that the ccl-s " r ; from hlutst, greet, to dark bot- ' tie green. It also states that the eggs are hatched by the male bird, the incu- ! button bistlng from seventy to eighty i •lay*. The young at birth are stt In, il tudinafiy with dark markings on a | light ground lalJ *' Ihe game tlm., 1 of the year they wool I have done 'TI i hey no: been Imported, it will he dimTui.Tin*: T r,VMI ,h -" ">'*V ><- I ...oM w£dd u t v „ *•*■ ' I hy I > u *• 44 '* A* the male >trd is an Locally good i ** ******* *r 4m tg/. su i I nited States Senator Sullivan. “I desire to say that I have been taking IV-ru-na lor some time for catarrh, and have found it an excellent medicine, giv ing me more relief than anything I have ever laken.—W. V. Sullivan, Oxford, Mies.” lulled States Senator Roach. "Persuaded by a friend I have used Pe ru-na as a tonic, nnd am glad to testify Hat it has greatiy helped me in strengih. vigor and appetite. I hhve been advised by friends that it is remarkably effica cious in a cute for the almost universal complaint of catarrh.—W. N Roach, Lari more, North Dakota.” A free book on catarrh sent to any ad dress by The Pe-ru-na Drug Mfg. Cos., Columbus, O. Ask your druggist for a free Pe-ru-na Almanac for the year 1!W0. be an experiment. Messrs Pearson and Taylor are not quite sure what they w 11 do about It. Were It not for the p ssi bility of a very cold snap of two or thre days duration, there is no doubt that they would let the birds take care of the eg-* The matter is still unsettled, but as Mrs. Ifmu is stil! adding to her collect on. there Is no hurry about deciding. The young birds will be watehe! with n good deal of attention and curiosity by ornithologists all over the world, and i problem will be solved that has not yet. been placed on record in the encyclopedias and that is. will the young birds hatched north of the Equator beomec unlike an tipodean birds, ami lay in March insteal of December? Ail Northern wild birds com mence to lay in spring, and so do tha birds south of the Equator. But sprii g south of the Equator is late fall, or may lie winter, here. Whether or not the Northern hemisphere young will revolu tionize the laying season is an Interesting subject, and one of much importance to the Florida ostrich farm. Two new incubators have been added, of American manufacture this time, and there are now about seventy ostrich eggs undergoing artificial Incubation. All the eggs but four in the South African incu bator have proved fertile, and the st-ck of the farm will be augmented shortly with numerous young birds. EVERYONE SHOt LD EAT SAND. Philosophy Recognizes Seven Condi tions ns Essential to Life. Dr. O. E. Mil'er in St. Louis Post-Di-patch. The newspapers have been devoting much space to what they have been p eas ed to call the ’ sand cure,” basing their re marks upon some statements made by my self in an address before the Nat onal So ciety for the Promotion of Hea th. What I had lo say was a simple ex pit ra tion of some of the principles of genetlo philosophy as given by Samuel T. Fow ler of Philadelphia, amplied and made practical by Prof. William Windsor. LL D. Genetic philosophy, as explained by Prof. Windsor, recognizes seven conditions as absolutely essential to life in any form, namely, earth, water, food, companion ship. magnetism, air and liberty. We will confine ourselves in this article to the first two conditions of life, viz: earth and wa fer. Every other animal on the face of tbg earth except man has sufficient knowledge of the conditions of life to bring the bars foot In contact with the ground at such intervals as is necessary to pass off the accumulated magnetism. Savage tribes of men follow the same custom, and are free from the disease incident to civilization. Birds bring their feel in contact with tho ground during the day time, while they are exercising and generating magnetism, but during the night they rooHt upon tome mn-conducting material. Animals that sleep upon the ground insulate themselvev by lying upon the hatry portion of th ir bodies in dry places, but during the <l*y they Invariably establish connection with the ground through the bare soles of tho feet. . The reader will doubtless remember tho account of Nebuchadnezzar’s insanity and how, after being turned loose In the field for a period, his reason returns 1, an 1 ha acaln resumed the reins of government. Bear in mind that the contact of tha bare feet with the earth is only requir'd during the active hours, when magnet am is being generated in large quantities by the continued vibration of the body. Dur ing sleep or at time when the body is rel atively Inactive the connection shou'd o broken by insulation as indicated ab ve. Some good Bible students will tell you that sin Is the cause of disease, but I d.n’t so read my Bible. The first effect of sin, o>r disobedience, was clolhing. and dis a a in the majority of caeca is the result of improper clothing. Barefooted inhabitants of colder el ms [ S than ours are totally unacquainted w th our pulmonary diseases and have to e taught how (o cough after we Initiate them into the mysteries of civilised (?) clothing and colds. And now for the Fand! The earth nm-t be taken internally an well as external y. Every tinlmal, from a canary bird to a l * elephant, except man, lakes into his lo.lv every day a certain quantity o' san h Birds swallow quantities of gravel of tha coarsest description, beoau c e they ar-' us ually grumnivorous or carnivorous, whi * those animals that are largely herbivorous consume a finer quality of sand or sandy soli. In either case the purpose Is tho same, simply to assist nature In the I'f cess of digestion by furnishing a rtt '<J grind up the food. Thla grit al-o prav n ? the food from forming a pasie in the bow els and producing constipation. Every man wlu owns a canary bird knows ih'J she must keep sand In Us cage of 11 , 1 soon iliu. Every man accus.nmed jo 1 ” cars of horse* knows that the anbrni. when confined in the stable for a few day*, will, when allowed the freedom of b’ immure Ilium Stately aat dirt. And If kJP in the elsbiv long enough will 1 “ l 1 woodwork of lias Mali, grinding it “P grip