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ALBANY, GA., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2 1, 1891.
Price $1.00 Per Year
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ACriT.HI IN THE HATT.
HURRYING THE PREPARATION5
OF OUR WAR SHIPS.
*nday Witnesses IInr<l Work at an
Imnortant Naval Station—marines
rom the Charleston Yard—The
Baltimore All Bight.
New York, November 9.—Very un
usual for a Sunday were the sounds
I that were beard in the Brooklynnavy-
*yard yesterday. Ordinarily the Sab
bath Is rigidly observed here, Quiet
rules. The doors of the big shops are
tightly closed. Marines on guard
duty pace slowly up and down with
expressionless faces. No visitors are
nd“ittsd. The officers remain with
the&Tamilies in their quarters. On
the ships which lie at the docks the of
ficers and sailors take things easy. But
Ft. Wadsworth, he said that was noth
ng significant, as the supply there
was constantly being reduced and re
plenished as ships went out from and
returned to the Brooklyn yard.
SBLEGRAM FROM CAPTAIN SCHLEY.
Washing ton, November 9.—A cable-
at Brooklyn. Concerning the reports
gram received by Secretary Tracy
from Captain Schley, dated Valparai
so, Chill, yesterday, states that then
are no indications of ’any feelings- qf
hostility toward the Baltimore’s com
pany at Valparaiso.
The Navy Department announocil
this morning, in issuing the cablegram ;
for publication, that it was not sent tef
Captain Schley in response to any ii> •
quiry from here. It was probably isa -
spired by the receipt at Valparaiso q f
cablegrams from friends of tbe offic er a
ot the ship asking about tbe truth <cf
tbe rumor that was abroad here two--or
three days ago tbat the Baltimore ' Ha d
been blown up by the Chilians. Clap-
tain Schley undoubtedly thought that
if such a rumor was circulating; at
home he had better deny it ofllcl illy.
His remark about the lack of host flity
toward his men is taken to mean ithat
der to be on the eafe aide, and As an
act of prudence, bad stopped night
leave until to-day.
CAPTAIN SCHLEY AND THE BALTIMORE.
In reply to a letter sent Captain
Schley, asking him to allow the victims
of tbe recent riot to appear before the
court of inquiry and tell Judge Foster
what they knew of the outrageous as
sault upon thsm, Captain Schley sent
word tbat he was willing to grant them
permission to testify on certain con
ditions. Tbe injured men would first
have to be entirely recovered in health
and the officers of the Baltimore must
be permitted to be present at the in
quiry while their men are giving evi
dence. Capt. Schley also agreed to
give the court a copy of the information
about the assault sent to the United
States Government.
yesterdky there was the noise of ham- I there are no °P en 8igns of sntagr easm
mering. Men in working clothes were Just no ' v ’ whatever may have bee ni the
busy in some of the shops, and on five 1 8tate of f ce Dng nearly a month iago,
of the sbips orders were being shouted
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by tbe foremen. It was like a week
day. Clearly something was up;
clearly tbe powers had Issued orders.
BUMOBS ABOUT THE BALTIMORE.
It was a continuation of tbe bustle
and activity which sprang np sudden
ly Saturday afternoon, and lasted into
the night. In the absence of any ex
planation for it by those who could
explain, if they wanted to, tbat was
accounted for by the startling rumor
that the cruiser Baltimore had gone to
the bottom of the sea off Valparaiso,
being sunk by a Chilian torpedo. If
that were true, any amount of hurry
and rush and excitement wouldhave
been warranted, but that had been em
phatically and authoritatively denied.
Why, then, was the activity kept up?
Working on Sunday in the navy-yard
since tbe war is almost unprecedented.
Only when the steamers Bear, Thetis
and Alert were being fitted to go to
the rescue of the Greely Arctic expe
dition has it been recorded to any ex
tent.
SECRECY AND GREAT ACTIVITY.
Above all, why were men at work
on Sunday on the monitor Mianton-
mah ? Eyer since 1SS3 she has been at
the dock in the basin, and ttie labor of
fitting her out has been of a desultory
sort, conducted as if there was no par
ticular hurry about it. But yesterday
the mechanics and the ships fitter on
her acted as if their time was limited.
The orders shouted to them by the J
man in charge was sharp and decisive.
month
when the attack was made on the -crew
in the city.
Regarding tbe report of unusu Al ac
tivity and Sunday work in the nravy-
yards, it Is said at the Navy I )ej iart-
ment that it has no warlike sign jflt -an-
ce. No order has been sent from the
department for Sunday work, and
not known officially that there
been any. It has been & com
practice to work a force of men i
time at the navy-yards when then
a particular need for haste, and if
it is
has
mon
•ver-
i was
work
mitor
puts
e ex-
is in
had been pushed on Sunday, i) , has
been in pursuance of the general order
to hasten the work of repair oi 1 the
ships in order to have them in t readi
ness for their winter cruises* The
order in the case of the Miants amah
was issued meeks ago. The tt»
has gone into commission whini
the Government to conslderald
pease to maintain her, so that i It
the interest of economy to has' ce n her
completion aud put her in ser viceable
condition.
In the case of the Atlant a .orders
were sent to complete her rey adrsfn all
haste when disquieting news; was re
ceived from Brazil last week with ihe
intention of sending her t a Rio fie
Janeiro. The orders have mot been
countermanded, notwitbsta ciiiag .the
disappearance of the urgent iGestures ot
the situation in Brazil, s > >that any
work done on the vessel ye timrfoy was
in pursuance of the ori; pmfi order.
The construction bureau of the navy
reports that while tbe vorfe«f repair
It
t Moreover, there was an extraordinary of the ships has been pro; ‘rowing rap-
1 Idly as a matter of fact, the bureau
itself has less work unde r way - at pres
ent than for many moot’as pat t.
The United States steamer Pbiadel-
phia arrived at St. Thome as, West
todies, today.
to-day’b bubtl®.
Commandant Erban this
was the busiest of the men of
yard; He reached bis office a)
and immediately sent a burr)
summoning Capt. Kain,f the •
gineer, and several other offic
an hour and a half they were
sultation then tbe officers bar
different departments and beg
ing orderlies on tbe rush in »
tions. A telegraphic order w.
ed at tbe ordnance departs
morning to hurry up certa
Have tbe guns ready by
said Commandant Erban, “ei
have to work over-time.” A n
patch stated that the Newark,
the navy-yard at Charlestown
had been ordered to the BrooM
yard. The ^dispatch state*
must be ready for sea in ten .fit
THE BALTIMORE IS ALL 31
New York, November 9&
paraiso dispatch to the Here
that Captain Schley and theei
fleers of the United States ww
timore are indignant at the ja
its sinking, which was sen tail
terday. There is not tbe II
blance of truth in the rum
know that it will have caress
deal of unnecessary atazirt
amount of secrecy observed about the
commandant’s quarters. Command
ant Erben was inaccessible. Early in
the morning he issued an order to the
effect that hereafter he would see no
reporters after office hoars. Of course
he has no office hours on Sunday, and
*an attempt to see him failed. There
'were other evidences that something
-out of the usual run was occurring. A
•lot of marinrs and sailors arrived at
$he York-street gate about 9 o’clock
yesterday morning, entered the yard
and went aboard the receiving ship.
It was said that they had come from
the Charlestown (Mass.) navy-yard by
train. It could not be learned why
they came, bat that their advent was
in some way connected with the prep
arations for active service was at once
assnmed.
SIGNS OF INDUSTRY.
Signs of industry wore apparent in
the boiler and steam-engineering de
partments, and in all, it was said, two
hundred of the two thousand workmen
regularly employed in the yard were
on duty. At Ft. Wadsworth there are
forty men at work loading cartridges.
A. week ago Saturday thirty-five of
them arrived at the fort from the
Brooklyn yard. They were divided
Into two squads of twenty each, and
have been working night and day
since Saturday in a small frame en
closure in the fort- Colonel Lodor,
the commandant, said the ammunition
was being prepared for the Philadel
phia. The soldiers at the fort are
I the people generally *6t
States- The utmost q*r«t*=i
this marning in this -citynsa}
bor, where the Baltimore* is*,
peacefully as if she werse
very much interested in the prepara-1 their relatives, families audJE
tions.
According to a Washington special
last night, Secretary Tracy said that
ha was not aware that workmen were
engaged at nights and on Sundays in
pitting out war vessels. The repairing I waters, and nothing hadUM*
of the vessels, he said, is in charge of disturb life aboard ship,. Heir
Secretary Soley, who might have given for several days past,, Haye-gs
such orders as would involve extra to do necessary marketing s
working hou^-s, but Mr. Tracy had no protection of a poll ce guard' i
positive knowledge to that effect, by Intendente Ariegni.-. T8«
When the news came of the Brazilian
troubles, as few days ago, he said, he
directed Mr. Soley to liurry up work
on the Atlanta, for service at Rio. No
special orders, he said, had been issued
. recently in regard to the other vessels
ot large deliveries of ammunition at
will he granted le are by vtbeSr
tp land to-night. Although-, a
ter of fact, no tfc read* have-hut
nor any signs b *ea given; tints’
would be attempted ^should' tiw.
can officers aj /pear- again- on
ra si’s street*,. Captain Schley,
morning
the navy
9 o’clock
ed order
chief en-
ers. For
in con-
ried offto
an send-
ill direc
ts receiv-
tent this
in gnns.
Friday,”
en if yon
other dis
now at
, Mass.,
yn navv-
tbat she
ays.
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id states
other of-
ship Bsl-
im about
road yes.
ast seni-
t. They
1 a great
y among
ends, and
ie United
i prevails
in the har-
lying as
in home
pened to
stewards
ne ashore
Oder the
i unished
officers
repeal a
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Carrier Pigeons After a Journey.
From the London Tit Bits.
The carrier pigeon when traveling
never feeds. If the distance be long
it flies on without stopping to take nu
triment, and at last arrives then, ex
hausted and almost dying. If corn be
presented to it, it refuses to eat, con
tenting itself with drinking a little
water and then sleeping. Two or
three hours later it begins eating with
great moderation and sleeps again im
mediately afterward. If its flight has
been very prolonged the pigeon will
proceed in this manner for forty-eight
boors before recovering its normal
mode of feeding.
Weighing Mosquito.
It is told to a great auchor tbat he
was wont to amnse himself by jumping
over a chair. But I have a corresspon-
dent who, as the following shows,
amiises himself by weighing mosqui
toes:
“I have recently weighed some mos
quitoes of this locality on a sensitive
balance. The average weight of one
mosquito was 1.27 milligrams—that is,
it (would take 360,000 to weigh a
pound.
‘‘Mosquitoes which had filled them
selves with human blood were found to
weigh about three times aB much as
others, showing that they had swal
lowed twice their weight in blood.”—
Boston Globe.
$1,400,000 1 HAND
Tie Central's Creditors fill
fie Happy low.
TWO LARGE LOANS ARE MADE,
Highest' of all in Leavening Power.—Latest TJ. S. Gov’t Food Report
All tbe Flratisg Indebtedness Can
Be Paid anl There Will Be
Quarter of a million Left.
Told By a Georgia Editor.
Bainbridge Globe.
He walked in and put down a dollar,
a silver dollar, thatclanked like a car-'
rlage wheel in the stillness of the sanc
tum. Said he:.
“There, take it and credit my sub
scription, quick.”
“What’s the matter?” we said.
“Well,” said he, “last week I was
fishing out on Spring creek; a thun
der storm came up, and it rained and-
thundered, and lightning flashed all
around me. I crawled into a hollow
log to escape it. Tbe nun made the
log swell up until I was lastened in
and nearly squeezed to death. I began
to think of all my sins and to repent.
Suddenly I remembered that my sub
scription was not settled up, and I felt
so small abont it that I was able to
back right out of the log at once!”
Diipcpala.
Nothing is of more importance in
the treatment of persons inclined to
dyspepsia, or actually suffering from
that disease, than the question of the
keeping up of a healthy action of the
digestive organs without recourse to
artificial methodscathartics or laxa
tives. Humphreys’ Specific No. 10,
guickens and corrects the digestive
powers with the aid of such means,
and prominent physicians deem it a
necessary adjunct ot the siek room.
The Mind Like Electricity.
In electricity we have a:i all pervad
ing force ot which we are ordinal ily
unconscious, violent and startling as
are its occasional effects. So in the
region of mind we may have effects
rare and strange as are the slow moving
fireball, or the lightning flash from an
uneluded sky. Under peculiar and
rarely occurring conditiohs, as yet
bnt imperfetly known, certain mental
influences predominate, and mind per
ceptibly acts on mind.—Blackwood’s
Magazenc..
De Witt’s Sarsaparilla cleanses the
blood, increases the appetite and tones
up the system. It has benefited many
people who have suffered from blood
disorders. It will help yon.
On Short Notice.
Brooklyn E«gle.
A painter in this city, who used to
devote himself largely to moonlights,
received an order for one from a firm
of local dealers. They said, “You can
Jet us have It in the morning, can’t
yon?”
“In the morning!” gasped the
painter, “why It’s afternoon alrea'- ”
“True, but you can paint it to-night,
you know.”
“I can’t paint by by gaslight.”
“Well, excuse me, but I thought
thought yon had got those moonlights
by this time so you could do them
with your eyes shut.”—Brookly
Eagle.
The National Barber is the name of
a new paper just started in the inter
est of the art tonsorial.
Atlanta Constitution.
New York, November 11.—The
Richmond Terminal is out of the
woods at last. A loan of $4,400,000, or
rather two loans aggregating that
amount, have been arranged for, and
to-morrow when the banks open, Mr.
John H. Inman can check that large
sum out, or any part of it he sees fit to,
and pay off the Central of Georgia’s
debt.
Mr. Juhn C. Calhoun negotiated tbe
loans. Skeyer & Co., bankers, took
$3,700,000 at 6 per cent, for one year
(rom November 1,1861, to November
1S92. A commission of per
cent, or $92,500, is allowed the heuse
for the accommodation. To secure
the payment of the loan, tbe Central
pledges $7,400,000 of 5 per cent, con
solidated bonds. The protection is
ample.
The Mutual Life advances $700,000
at 6 per cent, interest, without com
mission, and takes Savannah and Wes
tern bonds as collateral.
These figures aro furnished by Mr.
John Inman, who says that the Cen
tral’s obligations are fully provided
for now, and there will be a surplus oi
a quarter of a million, which may be
applied later to maturing contracts.
It is suggested that a part ot this
may be put in the Central’s bank ar
Savannah to replace amounts loaned to
the railroad betore the lease} but there
is nothing certain on this point.
Mr. Inman says that he and others
are carrying the Richmond and. Dan
ville’s three-million-six-hundred-and-
fifty-thousand-doilar debt, and they
expect to discharge it without any
trouble. Had it not been for the fin
ancial stringency of the past twelve
months, tbe Central would have been
in easy circumstances, but money has
been so tight that, although the com
pany had a safe full of bonds, no money
could be raised on them.
“We have been opened and bitt o rly
fought at every step by uncompromis
ing enemies who sought to swamp us
but we have come through all right
Mr. John C. Calhoun deserves tbe
credit for making the loans. Mr.
Smitbers, the London banker who was
reported to have come to the Central’s
assistance, is not interested in there ar
rangements.
“To-day week the East Tennessee’s
stockholders will hold their annual
meeting at Knoxville. I will vote a
majority of the stock as I hold tbe
proxies of the Richmond Terminal and
of some large blocks outside. There is
no friction at all between the majority
interests of the East Tennessee and tbe
Terminal. The gentlemen in the lat
ter control the East Tennessee. Gener
al Thomas is easily taking care -of the
East Tennessee’s $1,000,000 indebted
ness. We hold the Terminal’s annual
meeting December 8th. The books
have closed. Our fiscal year ends Nov
ember 30th, and the annual statement
will make a good showing.”
A Bead Shot
right at the seat of difficulty, Is accom
plished by the sure and steady aim of
Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy. Don’t
fool around with a pop-gnn, nor a
“Flint-lock,” when this reliable “Win
chester” is within reach! Dr. Sage’s
treatment of Catarrh is lar superior to
the ordinary, and when directions are
reasonably well followed, results in a
permanent cure. Don’t ionger be in
different to the verified claims of thn
unfailing remedy. $500 Is offered, is
good, faith, for an incurable case o
Catarrq in the Head, by its proprietors
the World’s Dispensary Medical Asso
ciation, Buffalo, N. Y. At all drug
gists.
Papa’s Daughter-
Daughter.—Oh, papa, I’ve just got
the most lovely yachting costume yon
ever saw.
Papa (busily)—I’m glad yon like.it.
Daughter—It’s jnst too sweet for
anything. Now all we need is a yacht.
—New York Weekly.
ABSOLUTELY PURE
NO TROUBLE.
In North Georgia From Tennessee
Miners.
Atlanta Journal.
There were sensational] headlines
this morning and yesterday afternoon
to the effect that the miuers in Tennes
see were going to ponnee Jupon the
convict camp3 in North Georgia and
liberate tbe prisoners.
The Journal, always prepared to fur
nish the latest and.anthentic news, in
vestigated the story, and finds it was
absolutely without any foundation
whatever. .
There has been no attempt to liberate
tbe convicts, nor is there the least bit
of anxiety on the part of Colonel
Jones, principal keeper of the peniten
tiary, that there will be.
Colonel Jones said this morning
“Will you please say for me that the
story about the miners of Tennessee
coming into Georgia to liberate th'e
Georgia convicts near the border is ab
solutely untrue. I have never given
any such information to any one, nor
do I feel the slightest uneasiness on the
subject. It is true 1 have provided
against any such emergency, and have
rusted men there to report if there
^should be even any indication of any
thing of the kind.”
“Is there anything in the publication
tbat the citizens about the camps are
in a state of terror and going about
armed?”
“I do not believe that any such feel
ing exists. 1 have not beard ot it and
I have men to notify me of the first ap
prehension of alarm. There i3 absolu
tely nothing in the sensational story
published. ■
Tlu Horseshoe Superstition.
The custom of hailing a horseshoe
over the door of a house or other build
ing aB a protection against evil spirits
and as an assurance of good lack is
widely spread over the United States
and England. It also flourishes among
the Teutonic and Scandinavian, races,
and has been recognized as far east as
Hindoostan. The horseshoe unites
within itself three lncky elements—it
is crescent shaped, it has been, or U to
be, in contact with a horse, and is made
of iron.
Popular superstition has for ages en
dowed iron with protecting powers.
The Romans are known to have driven
nfiils into tbe doors and the wails of
their houses as an antidote or as a pre
ventive of the plague. The Arab who
is overtaken by a simoon in the desert
seeks to propitate the Jinns by shriek
ing, “Iron! Iron!” ;
Since time out of memory the Scan
dinavians have sought to exercise the
river spirit, Neckaw, by sticking an
open knife in the bottom of of the boat,
or driving a nail in the mast or oar. In
the mythology of England the horse
shoe has always been considered a
“luck bringer.”—St Loui3 Repnblic.
A Realism.
From the Detroit Free Frets.
“At last we are alone!”
It was the man whi spoke.
Tbe woman trembled and lifted her
eyes to his face.
They were beautiful eyes, but they
were tremulous eyes—eyes which look
out from a heart which is irresolute
and fearful.
The echoes brought back in their in
visible arms the-sound, and let it rip
ple out again until it struck the walls
once more, and fell into the vast void
of silence.
A bat, disturbed by the unusual ac
tivity, darted from a corner and blind
ly dashed in eccentric convulsions
about the dusky building.
Great ropes of cobwebs hung down
from the ceiling, and across the corner
of the room dead flies swung lightly in
the hammocks the spiders had fastened
there.
The dnst rose in listless clouds from
tbe shock of the heavy footfall, aud
sank again, overcome by its own iner-.
tia.
Even the air was resting.
The spirit of the desolation of desola
tion seemed to pervade the place.
The woman looked furtively around
upon her dim surroundings and shiv
ered.
The man laughed harshly.
“Alone, I said,” he growled.
“Yes,” she murmured.
A faint light struggled in through
the great windows in front, chick with
dust.
“Whereare.we?” she whispered,aLd
shivered as the bat dashed into her hair.
“Listen,” he replied hoarsely,;“we
are in a store which does not advertise.”
Jackets are as universal a [fashion as
plain skirts, and are on the whole
easier to wear.
Civilian Morse, an eighty-six-year-
old resident of Bangor, Mich., cut and
put up 155 shocks of com In three days
recently. •
A fawn colored India antelope was
recently born in the Philadelpba Zoo,
the first of its species ever horn in cap
tivity.
There is a farmer in Venturacounty,
California, whose name is Stubblefield
and another named Haymaker.
Kitty Winslow—Why don’t you let
your mustache grow, Mr. Boysen ? Mr.
Boysen—Let is grow! Why my dear
Miss Winslow, I am offering in every
inducement.—Life.
Moosq are very plentiful in northern
MaineAs a sportsman can legally kill
but ore in a season.
Caban women dreis their hair with-
fire bugs and emerald-eyed crawling in
sects.
There was a wonderful amount of
consumption in Texas last year. We
mean consumption of Cheatham’s
Tasteless Chill Tonic. The consumers
waxed fat but didn’t kick a single time.
It cured chills and fever in eyery in
stance. Better consume some when
you have the chills. Price 75 cents
per bottle, and guaranteed.
The ladies of the Vanderbilt family
own lace valued at $500,000.
FOKSSLE and bent.
Fob Sale—One 20-hGrse-power steam En
gine, Saw and Grist Mill, one cotton artn, con
denser feeder and press—all in Rood running
order. Within two mil?6 of Walker’s Station,
Ga. Terms easy with goodpaper.
Fob Sale ob Best—One plantation known
as tbe Clayton Place, with'n two miles of
Docker’s station, containing 750 acres, in
biah stale of caltition. Terms easv. Ap
ply to w. V a v Tickle,
W-2m-10m-10d. On Place,
Physicians use Shriner’s Indian Ver
mifuge in their practice and pronounce
it a first-class article. A trial will con
vince the most skeptical of its intrinsic
meric. For sale by H. J. Lamar &
dons.
The.elongated basque bodice or coat
is now modified to meet the require
ments of short women.
we Can ana Do
Guarantee Dr. Acker’s Blood Elixir,
for it has beeD fully demonstrated to
the people of this country that it is su
perior to all other preparations for
blood diseases. It is a positive cure
for syphilitic poisoning, Ulcers, Erup
tions and Pimples. It purifies the
whole system and thoroughly builds up
the constitution For sale by HUsman
& Agar Co
The University of Michigan has de
termined to add women professors and.
lecturers to its faculty.
Ask your druggist for Cheatham’s
Tasteless Chill Tonic. Distinguished
from the old original by the word
“tasteless” printed in red on all car
toons and labels. A new. departure,
but the result of years of careful study
and experimenting. “Nq cure no
pay.” Take it and be happy.
Swedish ladies have earped for them
selves the reputation of being excellent
swimmers.
A Spring medicine.
Nothing so efficacious as p. p. p. lor a
spring medicine at this season, and
for toning up, invigorating, and as a
strengthener and appetizer take P. p.
p. It will throw off the Malaria, and
put you in good condition, p. p. p.
is the best spring medicine in the
world for the different ailments the
system is liable to in the spring.
Tiny little bonnets made of tulle
may be constructed in five minutes to
match any gown.
Many old soldier;, who contracted
chronic diarrhoea while in tbe service,
have since been permanently cured of
it by Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoce Remedy.
Dcahcu Can’t be Cared
by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deaf
ness, and that is by constitutional rem
edies. Deafness Is caused by an In
flamed condition of the mucous lining
of the Eustachian Tube. When this
tube gets inflamed you have a rum
bling sound or imperfect bearing, and
when it is entirely closed, Deafness is
the result, and unless tbe inflammation
can be taken out and this tube restored
to its normal condition, hearing will
be destroyed forever; nine cases out of
ten are caused by catarrh, which is
nothing but an inflamed condition of
the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness (caused by
catarrh) that we cannot cure by taking
Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Send ior circu
lars free.
F. J. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists 75 cents.