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About The Advocate-Democrat. (Crawfordville, Ga.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (July 16, 1897)
The Wwciti-Dimtwl munn *tsrt zriday mohsixs *t CLEM G MOORE. Official Organ Taliaferro County » The longest commercial distance at which the Song distance telephone i* now operated is from Boston to St. bonis, a distance of 1,400 mile*. The line is almost twice as long a* any European telephone line. There is a #p«i«* of pine tree, which grows in California ami la known as the giant pine, or sugar i pine. which is the largest of the pine j genus, often rising to a height of 20b j feet, with a trunk twenty to thirty feet In girth. V thought weighing machine ha* b«H*« invented by Professor Mosso, the Italian phyniolojfiit, the ru»h of blood to the head turning the seale. The machine is said to he so delicate that it eau measuri- the difference In the exertion needed to read Greek from that required by Latin. One hundred million tons of water ,H.ur over Niagara Fulls every hour. This is said to represent sixteen mill ion horse power. Some idea of this gnormouM amount of water may >*• i -i i 'in,;; that Jf ■>r iluied in the world wont* . ..... strenm of equal size. A wave motor has been invented in San Francisco which, it is claimed, will really wave, A bony is anchored out from shore at the proper .Its tance and securely fastened. it bobs up and down and around with wave, tide and wind. To the top of it is fixed a wire rope which conduct* the wave motion to a motor on shore. It is proimscd to run forty trains au hour on the new underground railroad being constructed in lam dou. Passengers will be carried to the track level in elevators with a ca¬ pacity of 2M persons. To prevent any possibility of accident, there will !«• two distinct tuniieis, one for the up mid the other for the down traffic. A Boston titan has invented an electric bell buoy, which autoiuatl onlly strikes it* own number at Ire quent intervals, thus enabling the captain of any vessel within hearing distance to know his position on the darkest night or foggiest day. Three of these bouys have been placed Iu the harbor of Hostou, and will be tested by government official*. Murlt comment lias recently arisen filming fashionable people regarding tlie unusual and phenomenal size of tliis new generation of women. In eight out of ten cases these young girls are a full head and shoulders toller than their mammas. Five feet eight or nine Incite* is ud I on*"**' *•** gnnlmt as an unusual height for a debutante, and this .lunoesque stat¬ ure in supplemented, as u rule, by broad, shapely shoulder*, a Arm, round waist, with harmonious pro porliona of arms, hips and bunt* The new wotnau from a merely phyiktil Ktartd{K>itii ia not only fair Ui look up, but promftoo* w«ll, with her oloar eyea, ro»y akin and tit®id,V uervea aa a wtiolooolo mother of the coming ra**e. "It is said,’’ remarks the Medic*I Times, “that ninety-five l>er cent of visual hallucinations In delirium tre mens oiusist* of aiutkes or worms, in one form or another, Dr. Davis lias beeti investigating tlie aiilijeet In the aleoliolie waids of Bellevue Hospital. New York llty, with the opthalmve iwopc, uud lias brought out «>me lu¬ tc real ing lu every one of the Hivlrfii ciirt cxamin^l Hit* blood vch set* of the vet inn w ere found to lie abnormal Instead of being pale and almost invisible, as in their ordiuaiy condition, they won* dark, almost black, with congested blood. The blood vessels of the retina, which are so small and seml-truuspareut iu health that they are not projected Into the field of vision, assume such a prominence that they are projected into the field of vision, and tlieii movement* seem like the twisting of snake*." The dingo is the wild dog of ku» tralis It is a strong, fierce, ugly, clumsy looking creature, which can run very quickly and which can hard¬ ly be tamed. The dingoes often com¬ bine into packs, for the purpose of hunting, ami by helping each other this way they often seize ami kill even such very swift runners a* the emu The emu is a curious bird that ojtti outstrip the quickest gttv bound, but by dividing them*eIves into group* the dingws oan tire it out, and then they- all feast on It* big body. The chase often lasts a whole day, and both hunter* and bunted ma.v travel thirty or forty mile*. Some years ago the dingoes used to do great damage to sheep and other live stock belonging to the setlier*. but tliev are now reduced iu numbers and do not *(•)>.-.->r to be so fierce aud wild as shev ouce were But they nearly hi.vted the poor emu out of existence. The clam’s body is completely en¬ shrouded in the matt tic* cvccut for the two ojvening*. through one which the foot can tie pushed out. The other is for the siph on, or what commonly known thf '*n«'k M is as of the clam In some respect* the clam may be better off than we sre. tor he has a little brain in his foot and also a gland for soereting atroag fibres. With this he spins a byssiis have to search for his food, but waits for it to eotne to him. He makes a burrow in the mud or sand, attaching uiuiseit to tbs bottom of the by anus Then he thrusts his siphon up i through the mud and water until it reaches the surface. The siphon is made up of two tubes, the water i flowing fn through one and out j through the other. VVhen the inflow ing current, laden with minute plants! j and animals, reaches the gill chain Per, some of these are sifted out and i reiained for food, while the water and waste matter flow out through the other tube. To Cure Tobacco. | ho Tampa Time* aaya; “M. A. Monte jo, the Cuban leaf to banco deal er and importer, tiaa opened a tobacco curing and (Kicking warehouse ia his building corner Ninth avenue ami Seventeenth street, where he 1* mwly doing an extensive bustoeas. He is handling imported Cuban Wbac «* an<J Florida ts-e-l leaf a* well. He has bought the crops of several of the sun.il fannens in this section, grown from thesessi fumiahed by the Times ^ w j Itteri taking it from the far men| and trying H U(rol((fU U .« various swrttUng pro !, , u ^ wn ^USKF * jnWJrv 1 iaiori * / Mr Monlep, i« delighted with hie experience with the Florida product. He ha* wsreml - bale* in hia ware house which tue very tine and which compare most favorably with the ixwt product of Cuba. In fact, he says that he will defy any of the ex¬ |M-riM to distinguish the Florida from the Cuban tobacco in hi* warehouse, “This gen tinman ha* had an ex ten *jve experience a* » dealer In the best grades of Cuban tobacco*, having ixmdnoted an immense business in i || aV iuia for many year* mid hj.v-ing, by the way, been the buyer for sever- ( al of the largest clear Havana facto ric* of Mii* city- prior to the going into effect of Captain-General Wey | ler’a infamous etliot prohibiting the | ex|KiriaJion land. Be ha* of ample tolmeoo capital from and title 1* the he j | owner of much valuable property • heiv, most of which i« located in Vbor City. “Mr. Monte jo propwei to enlarge his busineas m the demwnd warrants and thus create a risuly market for all of the tobacco of good grade which may be grown iu thii* section. Hi# determinatJon wili la) hailed with delight ami satisfaction by tlbsse who pro|Hme engaging or have engaged in tobacco culture, but who do not un derstund the art of curing the leaf nd i«re]mring it for sale to the man i a ttteuturer*. With a dealer near at | hand to take Uielr crop* iu the pole I'Unxi Mint*-, there will Ik* no kmgei any hesitation on the part of the peo¬ ple to engage In tlb businesH, which promises larger amt more owttln re¬ turn* than any other das* of farming iu any country, "It l« confidently prerllotcd that the packing amt curing of fine cigar to Inmxio will veil lie one of this city’s most bn(Mrtant and profitable Iwter csts amt fill is i* as It should be. Tam |si ahouM lie the center of this bu*i uess, the market and distributing poilvt. G»-ographi«>ally we are to the renter of the territory best t dap ted to the culture of fine cignr tobacco, our factories will use a large portimi of the finest of the tolwwxxi which may Is- grown, our transportation fo¬ ri lit ir*s are all than, eould be dtwired— there are iomimerable reasons why Hie city should is-, fn«n the finst and always, the center of this bu*l ness. The pre para Mon* now being made should have that end In view." Climbing Asparagus. The fine, misty foliage of the eom moil vegetable Asparagus bas doubt¬ less been admired by everyone fa miliar with it. Imagine that plant changed into a delicate climber, with much finer and more filmy foli¬ age. transforming everything it touches with the most airy and del¬ icate greenery imaginable, ami yon may have a faint conception of the appearance of the Climbing Aspara¬ gus (A. tenuissimna). It may be trained In a of like Smiiax on strings or on trel¬ lises, of which there is a great varie¬ ty of shapes to choose from. Train¬ ed over windows or white curtains, the effect Is bewitching in the ex¬ treme. For bouquets and ent flow er decorations generally the foli¬ age is particularly suitable, and will keep for several days after being cut, without witting or changing color. It ia easy to grow and tuau age. Ex. Tropical Taw-Paw The Bartow Courier-Informant in speaking of oue cf the rare and ten dor fruits occasionally seen in South Florida, say*: morning Mr. J. W. and Canon brought was a in large yestervlav trop-j j teal (vaw-paw than words which that prove* the froato mure of j | the last week did not reach this sec- f turn. The |«« jvaw is more easily killed than the cassava and the bloom aud fruit Ivoth show that thing* eseapevl unhamsed In this fa tnous locality. This x»tnp1** (Niw jwn\ nit‘»Mir> , s I k\^ itu'hes an a t^n iya! [iiukk-melon in summer time and those who have tried them sa\ it is quite a* good to eat. STATE OF GEORGIA. News Notes From The Empire State of the South. -r improvement, Development and Pro gre»A—Items About Things Trans spiring In our own Oreat State. from Exchangaa and Other Sources. Mar.-on has two colored men on her police force, George Pryor, colored, who kilted Frank Treadavvav. also colored, a Rome, two years ago. surrendered to the Rome |iolice Saturday, The first barroom in Colquitt eoun ty was opened Tuesday in Iron City. A movement is now on foot to build a co-operative cotton mill In Rome. The post-office at Heard will here¬ after Ire served from Byron Instead of front Dennard. the route from Heard to Dennard having been dis continued on Feb. 1. The residence of Barn Itiimsey, at Atlanta, was entered bv unknown K(rt ,^ „ horflv ilf ,er IKMn Saturday. worth of jewelry and hmlw . ho ,,, urlMnt Hlolen. ' Tbp sl() „. nf ifl invention Sunday seh.srl annllll l will |(( . hpM .„ N>WIimtl j,, v ., ri l, iwgin ni „„ ev .^ nin(f „ f the i:;th and ,.h, M i„g on the night of the ISth j|„. \V. C. Iwwis of KrK-helle. toft , ,, "! \ ... , " L. , , » ' “ " , ' M *‘ ' ln( | ■ . .. . 1 row m <r»e 1 h " l ’""‘ " " * m l>" r 1 *”“”*• * , wine • at "J l ie •<»< o 1 ^ ,. * Gordon Saturday. He was complain¬ ing of ljeing sick at o’eloek and at 1:30 was a raving maniac, it took four strong men tv* hold him on the lied. The oat crop in Houston has Is-cn seriously injured by the cold. The (Hits planted since Christinas, that find come up or were sprouting, were killed. Those planted last fall may not !><• seriously injured. u uhm1 „ Wednesday K. K. .lames s| „, t hi „ brother-in-bm. J. B. S. Coop three times, inflicting two painful and one serious wound. The shoot , x ,„t the Gate City Cigar f,„-tory. No. 42 South I’r.vor street, svnd was the result of a trivial dis p„| P . The city council of Macon revoked the ordinance imposing *1 license tax on bicycles and will furnish number¬ ed tags free. This will stop the in¬ junction proceedings brought by tlx* la-ague of American Wheelmen, which was to come up in the superior court. .lomithnn Walker, who lives three miles iiortheiwrt of Tifton, sold last year, from (ess than five acres of land, $.'121 worth of syrup and has three barrels, valued at $30. left. Al so f is ’in Gii* same patch, he sold $150 worth of seed earn* , ami lot* $inq worth still Oil hand. The evangelical s>ii>lstfi$ of Allan Ta are atfout to take up arm* against two of the “devil's agencies." as they lire lermed punch-drinking and cnrd-pluy ing church members ami lisfse divorce Urns. Sermons on these «*• vilx will be |>r«*iu‘h#Ml on t»b* third Sunday iu February. Col. K. J. Youutf. a Hrooks county farmer, hanlc'd to Quitman Wednes¬ day ami Hold for earth 14/124 |xmuds of bacon, a jmrl of thin year’* crop. He had previously sold four carloads of hojar* to Macon and ,Jacksonville pjw*kei*K. ami has besides this plenty of bacon to run his farm another v< *“ r Tim CISC .M Mrs. N.m. Mktos against the Ulai.to and West Point Railroad Company for damage*. <■*»« ed bv the death of her hiinband, Al exander Atkina, ... an cngim*er, was finished at Fairbtirn 8aturdav, the wry rendering a verdict in favor of plaintiff for Atkina was killed near Red Oak, Oct. 5, 1895, m a colHaiou. Martha O'Keefe, the 18-year-odd | daughter of Ik.- O'Keefe, the a colored j tenant of I'. Vincent, on Storey river plantation, near Greensboro, was burned to death Saturday night. She was quilting, sitting with her hack to tlie tire, uud her dress had caught and burned tip to her head Is-fore she discovered her danger. Vt Rome Saturday Sheriff McCon¬ nell levies! on the baggage of the "Two Johns" (HMU|>aii,v which has I seen there sittce Friday. The papers were taken out Kir a hotel in Annis¬ ton, the Hotel Dalton and N. M. Go me*, or Rome. Mr. Gome? advanced tiheir agent a sum of money. They have played to very poor business. Gov. Atkinson ha* cited W. L, Gib¬ son, whipping Ihkhs at Qlfeomorrt branch of the Georgia penitentiary, to ap|iear before him on Feb. 16 to show cause why he should not lie re¬ moved from his positiou. The charge against Gibson is drunkenness, and it uk reported to the executive depart ment by the principal keeper of the penitentiary. Papers in a unique law suit will j powfiMy Vve filexi in Wigusta at an early date, and one which will upset j considerably the pawnbroking tvusi in fhis if lh** cause is sue cessful. French Flood formerly lived i in this city, and was the owner of a number of very fine diamond*, j, ^ a tong time French lived 011 the fat of the land, and never knew a sorry day Finally, however. Iin-k forsook him, and when the erstwhile sport wantetl to shake the dust of Augusta from hi* feet it Iveeame necessary to jvawn the hand*ome diamonds that Ins) Iveeu vxvnspievHHt* in his broad white shirt front ami ornamented his tmjfris, Soiih* y^nrs have elapsed miky KUamI's H^|mHU)y, and of fours**. Iiiv |k»\% n tiehet* lapsed by non-payment of interest, and the gv ,h|. were sold out by the man to whom again they smiled were orj pawned. Flood. It Fortune-. i* »*W ha* that it. Liverpool. fcngland, he opffn ed a well afjpoin' ej] elurii house and taught the Bi-itb-te&p "dracopolo the and little game re of American er as a suit has wqpumtSatM a big roll of the long green. He m... wants to redeem his diamonds, which it is I aimed, were pawned for very much less than their value,, and the broker has dis poseilgpf ttyMBkATlie »uh will be bas¬ ed on an old law which has never been repealed, that sav-> all pawned articles mtlst hu advertised before being sold.' For years tin- pawn Pro keni of etiorgia iit-.e neglected to ful fill this provi shaft of the law and its . It i ii WilinUkBI busJn**. rj i tlf !■ fatly change! methods of - Augusta Morn ! ing Vfwis. I A ChefS yarn-. Paint. Home of flanges have resur reefed an oidfre-Alpt for a cheap farm paint familiar,? vriA -. Inch we had long been but which does not to be as widely known as the inerith of ’he until t deserve, says the Southern l arger it consists of but ,wo neither of which is *‘ v l»-»slve, th|-one being skim-milk a,,d ’'raulie the »**&* Mf The *°°* cement article ot ^ cern is i ‘ -l1 in 11 bueMI and sweet skim-milk iB &! •Iffded. stirring constant ! *>'• ""‘j 1 rt 'mature U about the i eoiuristenc^Bbrijod cream. The stir ring thoroughly in order tha'» tin- mixture may flow readily f rtmi f the brush, but If too th j' n will ru! j when applied to pro-! the building ahoiild and Hook streaked. The ptrtions iie based upon about ; « gallon of nillk. as this will make a ! convenient qujantity to mix when one ; person \a to apply it. If too much is j prepared, the cement will set and > harden before the cement is used. To ; this quantity’ Yemeni. of milk add about a quart of the Probably a lit Me more Mail this will be required, i Mie operator using judgment to have . it thin enough to flow from the brush and yet not thin enough to run after it has been applied. A is flat | brush abont four inches wide a good implement with which to lay ! the (mint on. it is to be used just as ! oil paintis used and can be applied to woodwork, old or new, and to ! brick When dry the. color is 1 or Stone. a light creamy brown, or might be called a yellowish stone color. This paint has a good body, smooth finish and works well. The operator can try it first upon an outhouse or a fence to see bow- it pleases him to learn in an experimental way to pre¬ pare and apply it. Eggs for Hatching. To have good eggs for hatching. either in au incubator or under a hen, we must first of all have good, healthy, vigorous stock to produce the eggs, and to all who contemplate buying eggs s fa r hatching, I will soy, Iw fowls M1 "e are au8 kiNa ^ ud t thut out lay just the how eggs, the anti what condition they are in. One very vital point is to see that too many cocks are not kept; espec¬ ially is tills the case where all the fowls run together, if each has his own yard and liens it is not so im¬ portant. Where too many cocks run with the same flock of hens the eggs are never good for hatching, for more deformed chicks will be hatched from such eggs than uny other kind. Kxuet rules can not t>e given, of course, but approximately, the fol lowing may be considered about the mtttiug: Leghorn*, Spanish, , iaiubu uud 0anie> eighteen to twent hel „ w|tU one good cock, not less , than fifteen months , old .* for - . best . results. Plymouth Rocks, ten hens with one cock. AU the large, heavy, breeds, including Brahmas and all the Cochin family, five to eight hens with one cock. . To get a first-class hatch eggs must ; he allowed to get dirty; there is but tittle choice between a wash- j ed egg and a dirty one, and you are not sure kind, of a first-class although the hatch washed with j either ones, if the washing Is done with clear water, stand the best chance. Some claim th|>r* is nothing as good for a nest clean sharp sand, for two reasons: it soon cleans lice off of hens, ami eggs can never get dirty on clean sand, nothing can; come off the samf. that will stop the pores of tne shell.! Eggs for hatching should always be carefully gathered twice a day, and as fast as laid In cold weather; should be kept in a cool place where it is neither dry nor damp—that Is, damp enough to mildew or mold anything. Orchid* for Amateur*. The growers are busily trying, now- to reverse our long held opin ion8 as the difficu i t i*s of window ou j ture for orchids. They name a score of species that any one may 1 grow . Among them all, says u con - tributor to American Gardening, * perhaps none is safer for an initial attempt with the showy sorts thnu Coelogyae crista. It is said to be of very easy growth and is called real¬ ly one of the best winter flowering orchids, even without reference to ’be amateur. It 1* eery beautiful, with its white flowers, large, yellow blotched and created, The clusters are many flowered, and if the plant has age the racemes will be very nu- j nitrous, A pan of tv«o feet in diam eter and hidden in bloom, such as some growers show, is a sight for exclamations. Ex. AtiOuAU THh il . I , ; J important Happenings in A. . a, of the World. ----- Short Stories Told by the Telegraph About Everything from Every : where-Storms, Train Robberies, Etc., Etc., Etc. AN EDITOR'S FORTUNE. Public administrator HiehardsoU has bad filed with him during the past week claims, which go to show i that the late editor. Johepb n. >•< Cnllagh was one of the twenty i-tilt dreri, nine sisters and eleven brotli era. These claims come from alleged or rea J heirs in Ireland, various sec tlons of the United States and ( an ada, an( t number over half u hundred, The letters are from nieces and nephews, all showing an intimate ae qnalntanee with the birth and career 0 f the dead editor, and demand their pro rata of his fortune. The estate waa in the act of being wound up and divided between the s j s ter living in Brooklyn, X. Y„and a s^itior brother in Ireland. The del ugc of claimants stops matters, and j|,e claims have been ordered investi «*«**■ The administrator expects a contest, and a number of the claim antB have retained lawyers to look i ;ifter their interests. CORBETT-FIT7,SIMMONS FIGHT. Dan Stuart, the promoter of the Corbette-Fitzsimmons fight, says: The battle will either take place at R eno or Carson City. There.will be „o hitch in the program. There are „o technicalities; no legal interfer «nee, nor anything to look for in that direction. I shall erect an amphithe .,te r to seat £'.,000 people, and expect it to be full. I shall arrange all the details soon after reaching 1 Xavada. and will then arrange the plaee where the contest will take place. COTTON GROWERS’ ORGANIZING. Vice-President Hector D. Lane of the National Cotton Growers’ associa tion, has been in Atlanta in confer¬ ence with President Broughton of the Georgia association. They were planning for a more thorough organ izatiori. Colonel Lane states that **re* conventions of cotton growers wil1 b <’ held - in U ac0 ’ Tex “ the second at Memphis, and the third in 'tlanta. The purpose of the conven «ons will be to reduce cotton acreage and perfect a system of correspond¬ ence which will keep up with the acreage, and condition of the crop throughout the season. SWINDLER KNEEDS Robert Kneebs, the horseman charged with entering the trotting mare Bethel in races in the German tracks under the name of “Nellie Kneebs,” has been sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment, and ordered to pay a fine of 1,000 mark*. He will also be deprived of all rights for two years. Seven months allowance for the time that he has already served in prison will be de ducted from the sentence, so that in reality Kneebs has only two months yet to serve. ~*t (f . I mm jgt; •v* k w. i \ r v> Sr- X 4 •v m m m J V fji rj| Superior To All Sarsaparillas. * Down In Georgia, over fifty years ago, a marvelous medicine was discovered. It was what is now known as P. P. P., (Ltppman's Great Remedy), and its fame and reputation has beea growing For with Rheumatism, the years. Dyspepsia, Blood Poisoning, Pain in the side, wrists, shoulders, back and joiuta, ft I 1 Malaria, Scrofula, and all Blood and Skin Diseases, it lia* never been equalled. Pain is subjugated, Health Renewed, Appetite restored and sleepless nights banished by k ) its wonderful influence. P. P. P. is s wonderful tonic and etrengthener. Weak women should alwaye take * P. P. P. It builds them up. It has the universal commendation of medical men throughout VYr" the country, because we publish the formula on every bottle, aud one trial will convince the •ia^> most skeptical that it is a genuine health restorer, Read The Truth And Be Convinced. ,» A Wonderful Cura. cettest thing. Y. T e handle about one doees bottle* * Iw«#n»*rtvr to mueculer rheumatism for thirty week. ycors: tried alt medicines and doctors with Vn, J. M. & M. T. RICHARDSON. Piedmont. A C ttsneat relief. I advised take J*. V. bo per- end was to I*., ** betore I had finished two bottles my pain subsided Hot Springs Surpassed* M I was able to work. 1 feel better'than I fceve for and aa confident of a complete recovery. A bottle of P. P. P., has dene me more good Uutt J. S. DUPR1SS, Newnanville, Fla. three JAMKS mouths’ M. treatment at Aberdeen, the Hot Springs, Brown Ark. O. NEWTON, Co., £ 'Testimony from the Mayor. f lawflered with Rheumatism for fifteen years, tded Pimples. Seres and Eruptions Cured. all tAe so-eailed tDecifcs, but to no purpose. My I take great pleasure ia testifying to the efficient grandson got me a bottle a! P. P. P., and 1 feel like a qualities cf the popular medicine tor skin disease* I new man koo.vn P. !\ I suffered far several wiU» W. H. WILDER, Major of A.baay. as P.« years :l( aa After v > taking - irly a,j:d disagreeable bottles ia accordance eruption on with my duco> face. Two three From Well-known Phy.iclans. tious, I osu entirely cured. i Wc hsvisg big »Ie for r P. P-, sad CapL J. D. JOHNSTON, sre * your w* Gnat prescribe The Remedy,) above it iu a greatmsoy is letters a medicine are caw*, takes aad whose find from it virtues aa ex- many Sava received kB.--.vn a nab. from G*. by ns. the Atlantic P. P. P. of ( Johnston (Lippman's the Pacific. . Oh V b are to - P. P. P. begins its work by purifying the btooi, which is the source of all iif*. \ ud does not cease until a perfect and entire cure is effected. /J The mortifying eruptions that disfigure the complexion, the tired feeling that pre¬ *5i vents thorough accomplishments of the daily tasks, sleepless nights, loss of appetite, irritability of disposition, all mean a derangement cf the system consequent from A\ impure blood, which can and will be cured by p. p. P. y/.\\ to cans. be P. the P. For Greatest P. sale ( Lippman's by all Blood druggists Great Purifier or Remedy), direct of the from is Age. conceded us; price It positively by fi physicians * bottle, and six and permanently bottles the people for $f. i UPPMM BIOS., fttttirou sen Li'ppman Block, SAVANNAH. 6A. 1 : « TT 1 -4 CaV V I DP, HATHAWAY A CO. 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What may be represented to for eign governments as the ignonuni ous failur e of one of the crack ve» sels of the new navy, receives an ex planation which navy officers of ex¬ perience regard as satisfactory.. battleship 'Indi The return of the ana to Hampton Roads today, after having been at sea with Admiral Dunce’s squadron scarcely twenty four hours, was due to the same tur rets which got loose in a storm last fall, when Captain Evans commanded the ship in evolutions off Long Is ] ;in d. On that occasion the big guns. projecting from the turrets, swung hack and forth across the decks and heeled the ship over on her beam ends in the sea, and the gravest fears were felt that the magnificent vessel would “turn turtle,” as the sailors express it, and go down with all hands. Captain Evans hove her to, ,. n d lashed the guns temporarily, which enabled him to reach port, and rheti several months were spent at the navy yard in trying to remedy the defect. Captain Evans was succeeded in command by Captain Taylor, former ly of the War college, and yesterday was Captain Taylor’s first experience for some time in an armored ship that has earned a reputation for wal¬ lowing, and it is understood that the long- rollers following the recent heavy gale made themselves felt on ti e ship when the fleet got off Hat teras. if she had not been restricted to squadron formation, Captain Pay lor might have headed his course into the seas, but as the New York, with her higli freeboard and notable sta bility, was setting the course, and as the Indiana could not safely stay with the fleet, she was permitted to return. If her turrets had broken loose off Hatteras the ship might have been lost. THE POPE ILL. The Daily News has received the following from its correspondent at Rome: “Despite the statement of Dr. Laponnis to the contrary, I am informed that the Pope was found ly ing on the back of a chair. He was unconscious when discovered, and was restored to consciousness onlv by inhaling ether . The attack is the gravest that he has suffered during he past two years, and it is attribut¬ 'd to increasing cerebral anaemia.” A FAST BOAT. Torpedo boat No. 6, as a prelimi nary to her official trial, was speeded ,„ e day last week for upwards of au hour and a quarter, during which she made eight runs over the government measured line, and developed a mean s.i-eed of 2S.T6 knots. Her best speed over the course for two runs, once against and once with the tide, gave the remarkable mean of just 29 knots. During these runs there wa® tarried a steam pressure of from 205 to 2:;o pounds, but the most of the time it was about 210 at the engines. All on board were convinced that the boat can make even better speed when the crew are broken in thor ottghiy. The boat had all her arma¬ ment and fittings on board, with the proper supply of water and coal, but carried more persons, aside from her crew, than she will be expected to on her official trial. For the unnautical mind it might be added that this re markable boat was making just short of thirty-three statute miles an hour, and at a gait of a mile in one minute and fifty-nine and ore-half seconds for her best speed. The official trial may take place next week, _ MRS. BEECHER DYING. The life of Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher is rapidly drawing to a close, jj r Samuel Pierson, the attenil jn „. physician, states that she can not jj yp more than a few days longer, Messages were sent to summon rela¬ tives. Airs. Beecher has been confined t() j ler ,. oom since December 20, when she received a bad fall and broke one of her hips. Owing to her advanced years and weakness from a previous fall, during the Thanksgiving season, «she was unable to rally. The city council has decided to make again an effort to prevent the running of cattle at large on the streets of Gainesville. l i,e total valuation of real and per sonal property in New York city, ao cording to the assessment rolls just completed by the Tax Department, ** approximated at $2,166,485,000.
