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6 AMERICA’S STOCK OF GOLD. SOME CORRECTIONS TO RB MADE IN THE ESTIMATE. The EHtlmafe for May 1 W More Thau i Million Dollnru. lint Mr. Mahlcmnn of the New York Snb treamry Calcnlaten That TM la Perhaps Too High. Hi* Researches Are Likely to Lead to a Blgr Correction. Washington. Aug. 3.—Mr. Roberts, the director of the mint, in speaking to-day of the probable modification of the pres ent estimate of the stock of gold in the country, said: “Some modification of the present esti mate doubtless will be made as the result of an extended inquiry that is being made by this bureau, and by Mr. Muhleman of the New York eub-treasury, but the reduction will be small as compared wHh the stock. The original basis of the treasury estimate is a computation made by Dr. Lindcrman, director of the mint in 1873. Gold was then at o premium, and not in general circulation. He took the amount in the treasury and in nation al banks, and added $20,000,000 for the cir culation on the Pacific coast, and $30,000,- 000 for the holding of other banks and hoards, in all $135,000,000. “To this has been added each year the coinage and the imports of domestic coins, and subtracted the recoinage, thg exports and an estima'ed sum for con sumption in the arte. The result is the current estimate. “The gold in the treasury end in the national banks comprises the only part of the stock that con be actually counted. At the date of the last reported state ment by the national banks, April 26. 1900, their holdings were $195,769,872. The treas ury holdings May 1. were $426,989,371, the two items aggregating $622,759,243. The eetimate for May 1 was $1,043,525,117, which left $420,000,000 to be accounted for as held by fate and private banks, trust com panies and in safes, tills, pockets and hoards. This is the sum subject to mod ification. Carried OJT by Tourists. “No account has b* en taken in the past of geld carri and out of the country on the persons of travelers, it being assumed tnat there was little of it and that all but an inappreciable amount was return ed by incoming travelers. This year the bureau has made a systematic effort to ]ern what this movement amounted to. The replies indicated that gold thus car ried out finOs its way through bankers to the principal banks of issue in the sev eral countries. About $75,000,000 per annum Is melted at Geneva and in all a net loss of $600,000 to SBOO,OOO is indicated. At the latter rate in twenty-five years the total would be $20,000,000, a sum that should be taken account of. “An effort has been made to arrive at the prfsent consumption of coin by manu facturers, jewelers, d* ntists and others in the industrial arts. Inquiries have been addressed to about 45,0 0 firms and indi viduals and renlies have been received from about 70 per cent, of them. The re turns indicate a total consumption of about $3,:00.000 in coin per year. Prior to 1893 the bureau’s est mate was never less than this amount, but frem 1893 it has been placed at $1,500,000. The reduction seems to have be n an error. An addition al allowance of $.\000,000 per year for sev en years would require a correction of $11,000,000. Mahleninn Makes Corrections. “Mr. Muhleman, of the New York sub treasury. reports that owing chiefly to errors made prior to 1885 the estimate has been too large by perhaps $100,000,000. He attacks Dr. Dinderman’s original estimate and argues that it was $29,000,000 too hight, and he has recently made an ex haustive investigation of imports and ex ports of coin and bullion since 1873. By checking from these from other sources of information he is led to believe that at time* bullion and foreign coin have been reported as domestic coin, which would carry error into the estimates of gold stock. He thinks these errors In re ported exports and imports may have in creased th*> estimates by as much as $45,- 000,000. Mr. Muhleman's tables are very elaborate and will require considerable time for review. Some of his corrections, doubtless. will be accepted, and the amount finally deducted from the previous estimates, as a result of the revision, probably will be between $50,000,000 and $300,000,000. EXOOI’S OF NEGROES. Many of Them to Leave North Geor gia for the Heat. Athens, Ga.. Aug. 3.—Responsible ne groes are authority for the statement that there Is soon to be a wholesale exodus of negroes from this section of the state to farm lauds in Arkansas. Agents have been at work for many months in organising the movement. Some of the negroes are to go by rail, but the majority of them, so the report says, will travel through the country in wagons. In Oglethorpe county the movement is said to bo especially active, and the em igration fever is raging. A large number of negroes from Clarke 1s scheduled to leave. The informants state that there will be from 1.000 to 1,500 emigrants in the party; that the negroes are selling their house hold goods, and endeavoring to buy vehi cles and mules; that at an appointed date the emigration Is to begin and that it will exceed anything of the kind ever before known in this section. Information is hard to secure, as the ne groes are extremely reticent on the ques tion and the agents here used the utmost secrecy in their movements. It is generally agreed that Arkansas is to be the objective point. Whether or not “Pegleg’’ Williams is interested cannot be ascertained. FATS LET THE LEANS WIN. An luterefttliiK Game of TlaMcbnll Played in Brunswick. Brunswick. Ga.. Aug. 3.-This afternoon, in the presence of on immense crowd, the Fats and the Leons played baseball for the benefit of the Brunswick Library. The two teams as lined up on the diamond were composed of Brunswick’s most se date professional and business men, and they kept the crowd in on uproar by their antics. Judge Symmcg for the leans caught with the aid of a hand satchel a brilliant fly. and Pap Ooldsmi-th of the Fats disabled Ed. Munday, first basement of the Leons, by falling on him In the third inning. Restor Coleman, the umpire, was mobbed in the fourth inning, and the game ended 11 to 10 in favor of the Leans. The um pire left town to-night to escape the wrangle, and the game will have to be played over to decide the winner. A keg of beer, placed on third bese, is alleged to have been drunk, and as the Fats patronized the keg more liberally than the Leans they lay their defeat to it. The teams were composed as follows; Leans: Ed. Munday, Bolling Whitfield, James Q. Bailey, H. M. Branham. C. L. Caroler, William A. Way, Horace Dart, Courtiand Bvmmes, J. T. Gibson. The Fats were; Pap Goldsmith. Harry Baker, W. R. Townsend, Jack Gardner, F. Joeger, James Tankersly, J. B. Davis, O. W. Cole, H. 8. McCrary, —The dome of the Court House in Chip pewa Falls, Wli., has been struck three times by lightning, and the people of the town are discouraged in their belief In the old assertion that lightning never even twice in the same place. PRICES ARB DECLINING. Veverthelens Encouraging Trade Symptoms Are Noted. New York. Ang. 3.—R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade will say to-mor row: It is often hard to read encouraging symptoms of general business in declin ing prices of commodities, but Just now it is reasonable to look for them. Some raw materials, and some manufactured pro ducts, one stage removed from the raw. are selling at lower prices than at any time since last year's advance set in; but there is confidence among buyers that the downward swing is nearly over, while sellers are adopting a cautious pol icy, w'hich until recently characterized the altitude of buyers. Iron and steel markets wire startled by rrports of sales of steel bars at 1*) cents per 100 pounds, but business at the same time was the largest in months at ChUag > on a basis of about $1.23. Increasing de mand for brr iron from makers of agri cul ural imphnums and car builders, was a feature, contracts pi iced te ng esdma - ed at 110.000 tons in bars and plates. The trade believes that orders will increase as the season advances and that total needs of iron consumers will compare well with last year. Heavy bids appear for foundry iron, buyers being uneasy, with output reducing and selling pr.ces of many descriptions approximating; cost. Expoi t orders increase and makers do not fitl y accept reports of purchases of foreign rails for delivery in the South. Shipments of boots and shoe* from Bos ton were 72.34S cases, against 68,308 last week, but a year ago were 108.015. The present increased movement is more in specialties and trade in staples lines re mains dull. While prices of woolens are above the 3899 opening, they are materially below figures reached later last season. Wide sheetings are reduced 15 to 20 per cent., but the decline attracts more business. Failures for the week w-ere 288 in the United S'ates, against 182 last year. BOAT FOR THE BATTALION. Klennfort Nnva! Militia Have a Fine Cutter. Beaufort, S. C., Aug. 3—A cutter for the use of the Third Division of the South Carolna Battalon has arrved here from the Boston navy yard, wher eshe was con structed. The craft is a beautiful speci men of marine architecture, and is thirty feet long with about six feet beam. The division will use this boat for practice, and to familiarize themselves with the rowing and handling of a ship’s cutter. She is moo;< 1 in front of the Sea Island Hotel, and is much admired, especially by “those who go down to the sea in ships.’’ A dance was given by the Rlbault Club io their hall here last night and. ns usual, the event proved a source of atiraction to the young society folks of the town. The club was organized in 3890. its purpose be ing, to promote social intercourse, and it was named in honor of Jean Ribault, the F'rench Huguenot navigator, who discover ed Port Royal in 1562. Race* at Brighton Beach. New York. Aug. 3.—Favorites had the reigns at Brighton Beach to-day, four out of six getting first under the wire. Fin ishes were close and the racing spirited. Summary: First Race—Five furlor#,s. Termless. 7 to 5 won, with Agnes D, 8 to 1 and 3 to 1. second, and Rochampton, 8 to 1, third. Time 1:01. Second Race—Steeplechase, about two miles. Charagrace, 11 to 10. won. with Dave S., 7 to 2 and even, second, and Gov. Budd, 20 to 1. third. Time 4:30 2-5. Third Race—Selling, one mile. Gold Fox, 8 to 5, won. with Flax Spinner. 6 to 1 and 5 io 2, second, and Sir FUzhugh, 12 to 1, third. Time 1:41 1-5. Fourth Race —One mile and one-six teenth. Kamara, 11 to 5, won, with Her bert, 4 to 1 and 6 to 5, second, and Gen. Mart Gary, 5 to 2, third. Time 1:46. Fifth Race—Selling, five furlongs. Bowen, 12 to 1, won, with Kid Cox, 9 to 2 and ti to 5. second, with Marothen, 7 to 1, third. Time 1:00 3-6. Sixth Race—Selling, six furlongs. Mid night Chimes. 8 to 1, won, with Sir Christo pher, 6 to 1 and 2 to 1, second, with Tinge, 10 to L third. Time- 104 2-5. Grand Circuit Races* Closed. Columbus, 0., Aug. 3.—The grand circuit meeting closed to-day. The Admiral, a prohibitive favorite on account of his showing in the 2:16 pace, won, the 2:19 pace to-day in straight heats. The 2:13 race was the 1 est rice of the day. It was won by Bonnie Direct. Summaries: 2:19 class, pacing purse $1,500. The Ad miral won three straights and the race, and Ibraden second, and Daisy J. third. Time 2 01V*. 2:27 class, trotting, purse $1,500. Lord Derby won first, third and fifth heats and race. Grace Onward second, Annie Burns thirl. Grace Onward won fourth heat on t Annie Burns second. Time 2:11V4. 2:12*6, 2.139>, 2:l4V*. 2:16. 2:13 class pacing, purse $1,500. Bonnie Direct won third, fourth and fifth heats and race. Johnny Agan second. Lady Pipes third. Johnny Agan won first and second heats. Time 2:06*4, 2:10*4, 2:07*4, 2:08*4, 2:06*/4. flnnelinll Games. At Kansas City—Kansas City, 14; Buf falo, 7. At Minneapolis—Minneapolis, 10; Cleve land, 7. At Milwaukee—lndianapolis, 4; Milwau kee, 2. At Rochester—Rochester, 2; Hartford, 7.‘ At Montreal—Montreal, 5; Providence,’Tl. At Toronto—Toronto. 4; Springfield, 2. At Syracuse—Syracuse, 12; Worcester, 3. To Hunt Down Anarchists. Chicago. Aug. 3—Police Captain Her man Sohuettier, who helped suppress the anarchists in this city in 1886. is traveling in Germany and word was received here to-day that he had been requested by of ficials of the foreign governments to as sist in breaking dowq the activity of Eu ropean anarchist organizations and to hunt down the conspirators against and other rulers. The Only Ones Who Know.—“How* does he happen to know so much about China? He never was there.” “Of course. no; but he’s a professional politicion."—Chicago Evening Post. HEALTHY SCHOOLMA'AM Foanil Oat llnvv to Feed Herself. Many schoou teachers, at the end of thetr year’s work, feel thoroughly ex hausted and worn out, physically and men tally. The demand upon the nerves and brain of a teacher Is unusual and unless they are well fed and fed upon properly selected food, It Is natural that they should run down. A little woman teacher at Goblevllle, Mich., who has been leaching regularly for a number of years, has always found herself thoroughly exhausted at the end of the session, until within the last year, she has made use of Grape-Nuts Food with the result that she closed the year as a robust, healthy, strong, vigorous wo man, having gained In weight from 80 pounds to 126; her nerves strong, face bright and cheery, and really a wonder to all her friends, who constantly comment on her color and strength. She knows ex actly to w hat the change Is attributed, for In the years past, living on ordinary food, she has almost broken down before "he school year closed, whereas since using Grape-Nuts, this change has been brought about; evidence prlma facie of the value of Grape-Nuts Food for rebuilding the brain and nerve centers. The name of the teacher can be given by Postiun Cereal Battle Creek, Mich. THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, AUGUST 4,1900. F|* Rheumatic lr of El or JH Neuralgic If you suffer with pain—any kind of pain—keep in mind that pain is but a symptom, not a disease; that what you must fight is not the pain hut its cause; that liniments and oik for external application are almost worse than useless. To overcome the cause of pain, internal treatment is necessary. Pains, whether in muscles, joints, head or elsewhere will disappear when you purify and enrich the blood and strengthen the nerves. There is one remedy that has been successfully em ployed in thousands of cases — Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People Rheumatism is a disease of the blood; Neuralgia is the prayer of a nerve for food; Sciatica is but rheu matism under another name. Dr. Williams' Pink Pilk for Pale People can be used with the greatest' success in any of these troubles because they attack the disease in the blood and drive it out. Proofs as to the efficacy of these pilk are found in thousands of testimonials from grateful people who have been cured. At druggists or direct from Dr. Williams Medicine Cos., Schenectady, N. Y., postpaid on receipt of price 60 cents per box ; 6 boxes, $2.60. PYTHONS’ HEARTY MEAL. Satisfies Them for Tv*o Weeks at a Stretch. From the Philadelphia Record. The big pythons at the Zoo eat once or twice a month, early In the morning, while the snake house is still empty of spectators. It is interesting to watch them. They swallow, slowly and labori ously. whole rabbits, ducks and chickens. Afterwards they swell up, and for a week lie motionless, digesting. Last Sunday their keeper saw that they were getting hungry. They were restless, quarreled with one another a little and, when he passed them, followed him with their small shoe-button eyes languidly. In their glass case these three big pythons lie usually in one inert coll; their lengths are Indlstinguishably mingled; the three flat brainless heads sleep side by side. The keeper w'ent down town to market on Monday, and on Tuesday he prepared to feed the snakes. He entered the snake house with a huge covered market basket on his left arm and a long screw-driver in his left hand. The basket jumped oddly, for there was live freight struggling inside It. From it too the solemn protest of a duck came muffled. He set down the basket in front of the pythons’ case. Close together the three small heads looked at It through the glass, and the six stupid shoe-button eyes brightened ti lit tle. The great forty-foot coll began to move. This way and that the convolu tions glided smoothly. Now there were three pythons going with beautiful, pow erful undulations up and dwon the case, protruding three or four Inches of black] thick tongue spilt at the end, and togefn.] er setting their small snouts against the glass and staring at the basket. The keeper had gone out again. He re turned with seme rabbits. He took the screw-driver, and holding a rabbit by the ears, he hit It lightly with the edge of -the blade in the back of the nock. The little an mal at or.ee stopped squawking: its eyes rolled upward; for awhile its hind legs kicked togethr swiftly a? though running and then stopped. The rabbit sti.l lived, but it could not now either move or feel. It lay on the floor and flies began to light on Its open, upturned eyes. Tidbits for the Ileal. Then the keeper stunned a pair of big white thicks some chickens and some oth er rabbits. All around the case they ley, and the three, sma l reptilian heads behind the glass regarded them fixedly. The keeper opened one of the doors of the case, and held a rabbit two or three feet al'-ove the head of the middle py thon The snake, with its neck drawn back In the graceful, spirited arch one sex.s in swans, looked at the rabbit, and, to simulate life In the animal, the keeper began to jig it up and down. For a long time (he motionless python, its tongue making lightning vibrations before it. re garded the rabbit dancing in mid air. Th>n suddenly It sprang forward with tner.d - ble speed; It seiztd in its mouth the little animal s head, threw a swift coil around it. and, settling back, lay motionless, slowly tightening the coil, smothering the rabbit to death. When the rabbit was quile dead the snake proceeded to swallow it. V.ry tmull its mouth seemed for this task. But, though small, the mouth was made of the most elastic tissues, and It unhinged fut thermorc—that phrase Is the most ex pressive one—at the junction of the jaws aril in the middle of the lower lip. The m uth. orenirg wider and wli, r as it slipped ov,r the rabbit, stretchnl enor mously, Great quantities of saliva gath ered In It. too, und hung In ropes from the lips—thick, ttansiarent ropes. The snake the rabbit with saliva, and ihis coating made the rabbit slimy and slippery, as though greased. The snake, swallowing, advanced its throat, and slowly the rabbit disappeared. The keeper climbed Imo the case and carried the smallest python in his arms to u corner by itself. "You’ll be better oIT there, old man,” he said. He gave it a chicken, and offered to the largest python a duck. Coltl Affected Her Appetite. The largest python had a cold and re fused to eat at lirst. He is n male, 17 feet long, 22 Inches around the middle ar.d 70 years old. The two other pyth ons are respectively 30 and 40 years old, and their lengths ore 12 and 10 feet. They are young, and It is thought that they are females. The old python looked at the duck, feebly Interested for the moment; then he turned away. "He has a cold,” the keeper repeated, and he slapped the pyth on In the face and banged It over the body with the duck. The snake took heart suddenly, and soon a quarter of the fowl was down Its throat. The case now presented a strange sight. Here was one snake with the yel low legs of a chicken sticking out of Its mouth; here was another about to finish the hind feet and fluffy white tall of a rabbit, and here was a third going to at tempt the seemingly Impossible task of swallowing a duck. The duck was very much bigger than the snake’s mouth, but slowly and smoothly, ns a glove slides on a hand, the snake's dilating mouth slid over and encompassed It. And, as the webbed feet disappeared, the bill of a second duck was pushed into the old python’s mouth by the keeper. The old python nte a chicken, two ducks and three rabbits Afterward he measured thirty Inches. The middle pyth on ate three rabbits. The little one ate two rabbits. When they were done pools iof viscous saliva lay everywhere, and the snakes were circling swiftly about to get the food down to their stomachs. They glided to and fro an hour. Then they drank deep—two or three quarts of water apiece. Afterward they lay in a corner in one coil, a coil three feet in diameter and two feet in thickness, and their chins rested together on a parts of their eelves, and with their small heads side by side they slept with wide open eyes, for a python’s eyes never close. Grew in Size as They Slept. As they slept they distended. In two days they were more than twice their normal girth. They slept on. deaf and blind to that and all other things, and time passed. It was Saturday when they awoke, alert and cheerful, but not hun gry. It will be a week before they want another meal, and maybe it will be over a week. There is an anaconda at the Zoo who once went for twenty-two months without eating. John F. Thompson is the keeper of the snake house, an enthusiast. When a little child this man had a collection of live snakes, and he has lived now among reptiles for twenty years. He makes and colors plaster casts of vipers and constrictors that are accurate, life like and terrifying. “A python’s teeth ere like needle points.” he said, “only they bend back ward. The old python there sprang at a rabbit one day and got the tip of my thumb. There was nothing for me to do but pull, but the harder I pulled the deep er the python’s little teeth sank in. It was like pulling against a fishhook. I got my thumb out at last—part of it. that is. Hehe is the scar.” Some of Keeper Thompson’s snakes are cannibals. The smooth rat, a little black fellow, is one of these, and on Tuesday morning a garter snake was dropped into his cage. The smooth rat chased the garter up and down, cornered it, and catching it by the throat, coiled about it and squeez ed it hard for a time. Then it began slowly to swallow the still living garter snake. One was no bigger than the other, but in five or six minutes the garter tnake hod entirely disappeared somewhere within the smooth rat. A GOLFER’S EORTITI DE. IS ml a Hole Knocked in Her Sknll With a flab. From the Philadelph a Ledger. Winsfed. Conn . July 23.—Golfers at Nor folk Downs are rejoicing with Miss Ida Clark over her marve’ous escape from death In making a cl ek shot on the links Haven, drove the iron foot of the club into the head of Miss Clark, who stood behind him. and made a hole the size of a quarter of a dollar in the young wo man’s skull. She bore her frightful injury with great bravery. Miss Clark is 26 years old, and the daughter of D. H. Clark, of Stamford. Fiaring that the shock might kill her father, Miss Clark insisted that no news of the accident should be sent. She was taken in haste to the office of Er. Irving L. Harrant, who informed hi* patient hat she had a compound fracture of the skull .and that a difficult operation would be necessary to save her life. “All right, Doctor,” said M s.* Clark, cheerfully; “I am ready when you are.” Twelve pieces of bone were removed from the center of Mi?s Clark s forehead wh re the unsightly hole was. and throughout the ordeal the pati nt was per fectly conscious, aid aoqul ted herself with great fortitude. A port! n of the brain was left exposed through an aper ture thre -quarters cf an inch in diame :cr. The physicians say that their pation; has passed a comfortable day, and that her recovery is almost certain. Mefllertiou* of a Bachelor. From the New York Press. Love gets sick as easily as babies. It’s a pity people will decorate their love with so many hideous baubles. Nature intended men and women to live together, but Fate did all it knew how to make it impossible. When a woman begins to change the color of her hair at 35 it’s time for men to begin to change the color of their opin ions about her. The average woman doesn’t know the difference—or care—between the attention of a thick-skulled idiot who makes love to her about the same way he brushes his teeth, und the devotion of a big-souied man who loves her with respect. Politic:* In Coffee. Dougins, Ga., Aug. 3.—At a meeting of the Democratic Executive Committee for Coffee county on July 27. F. Willis Dart was re-elected chairman and Melvin Tan ner secretary of the new committee. It was ordered that primaries be held on Aug. 25 at each voting precinct for five del egates from each district in the county who will assemble at the Court House on Aug. 28. and proceed to nominate a rcpie eentalive and thq county officers. Fine Crop* of Corn. Thomasville, Ga., Aug. 3.—There are good many corn crops made by the farm ers of Thomas county this year, although in come places the corn was drowned out by the frequent rains and little ©r no crops made. C. T. Gaudy, who has a form near this city, has one of the finest fields of corn in the county. Those who have seen Mr. Gaudy’s corn say he will guther sixty bushels to the acre, l SAFETY IN THE WATER. MANY VICTIMS OF THE SEA MIGHT HAVE AVOIDED THEIR FATE. The Secret of Floating—Moat of the Dangers That Threaten Swimmer* May- He Averted by the I'te of a Tittle Pretence of Mind. From the New York Sun. According to an expert swimmer, most people who are drowned while in bath ing owe their deaths primarily to fright, losing presence of mind when really they are not in danger. The thing that drowns a man, says this authority, is his inability to get his mouth or nostrils above the surface of the water long enough or often enough to breathe regularly. The two things that usually sink his mouth below the water so that he cannot get hia breath are his own stupidity In wasting his strength in the eftSrt to keep the back of his head up as if he breathed through the parting in his hair, and his getting so excited that he tries to take in air while his mouth is under water. I'nlese a man gets his lungs full of wa ter he can never drown. His stomach will hold n quart or two without troubling him very much, and as long os he can keep the air space in his lungs clear of water he can live for hours in the rough est sea that ever raged. The greatest safeguard in the water is the ability to float, not to swim. Any person can float in salt water the first time he tries it, and any one can float in fresh water after a little practice. The only reason a person cannot float in salt water is because he will not do as he is told—put the back of the head clear under water and leave nothing above the surface but the mouth and nose. All good swimmers lie on the side and stick the head well down into the tvater, and many of them bury it altogether, expell ing the breath while under water and lifting their mouth only enough to inhale again. Any person who will lie upon his back and raise his chin sufficiently to put the forehead under water almost to the eyes, will immediately float in salt water, no matter what he does with his hands and feet. The most dangerous thing that can happen to any one in the water is to faint, but the expert swimmer who feels any tendency to faintness, as he may from sudden Injury in the water, will im mediately assume this position and throw the arms straight out beyond the head, the hands slightly apart. In this position he will breathe freely until he recovers, unless the water is so rough that it washes completely over him. Cramps do not add an ounce to the weight of the body and can therefore have nothing to do with sinking it. The only cramp thar could possibly drown a good swimmer would be one in the neck, which would draw the head down on the chest. In salt water unless In a rush of foam or scum, thick enough to smother, one can float and breath indefinitely, and a per s-n of determinat on would finally die of hunger and thirst, but would never drown. Cramps are never of long duration, and can usually be kicked out in a few' min utes if in the legs. If in one leg only, a good swimmer can easily get along with the other and his arms. The great trou ble with so many alleged experts is, that they cannot float. In salt water, the spe cific gravity of the water is enough to float the human body Instantly, but in fresh water it is necessary to acquire what is called the "balance,” before one can float easily. The first time you try to float in fresh water you will And that offer you have thrown yourself on your tack ycur mouih and eyes will sink Just 'i little below the surface. Instead of waiting a second or two for them to come up again, you immediately duck your chin down on your chest, in the effort to get your head out of the water again. Instead of ducking your chin in this manner, the moment you find yourself ap parently sinking. Just hold the full breath you have taken, and In a few seconds you will fird that the mouth and nose come up again. Take another quick, full breath and you are floating. You may os cillate up and down a little, but you will not go under again, and can now float all day. After a little practice, you will find that this rising and sinking process which inconvenienced you so at the be ginning will disappear and you can get your body balanced in the water at the first attempt. There is a sort of trick about it, Just like riding a bicycle, which consists in getting th breath just right arid extending the body calmly and 'atly, so that ihere is nothing to start the up and down motion which makes you feel a if you were sinking. There are one or two bugaboos which are supposed to drown a great many peo ple every year. One of the most famous of these is the undertow. The sea pousse and the undertow are similar in many ways. The undertow is usually the re turn water from the s e urf running along a beach on which the sagd is loose or mixed with dirt, something like a quicksand. When a bather steps on this moving sand his feet sink into it and are apparently pulled from under him by what he cails the undertow. If he can swim all he nead do Is to lift his feet off the treacherous bottom, extend himself on the still wa ter at the surface and swim back to the shallows. If he cannot swim and does not know how to float he will probably throw up his hands, shriek for help and drown himself. A sea pousse Is a soft of undertow com bined with an overflow, because In the sea pousse the whole current of water, from the surface to the bottom, sets In n certain direction. When you find your self In a sea pousse. or in any current which sets strongly from the shore, re member that the water which supplied that current from the shore must go to wards the shore first. Let yourself float until you see the direction of the current, and then go out of it sideways; never at tempt to fight against It. In a minute or (wo you will find yourself In calm water, or In a current running in the opposite direction. There is only one rbal danger to the really expert swimmer and that Is some thing that Is rarely mentioned by the newspapers. The writer came across It in a rough sea at Cape May some years ago. In swimming upon the breast with the mouth open to Inhale, a single drop of water was either blown or splashed into the mouth in such a manner that it struck right Into the epiglottis. The Im mediate effect of this was a violent fit of choking and coughing, ithich so paralyzed the ordinary powers of the limbs that no attempt at swimming was possible. Even immediate turning on the back and float- lH^Sicture tells a story that f= c thousands of S I women will rc cognize a story fering just be fore and during menstruation—a story of aches, darting pains, torture in back, head, limbs and abdomen. BRAD FIELD’S FEMALE REGULATOR will cure these sufferers—regulate their menses and drive out all "fe male troubles." Druggists sell It for $1 a bottle. THX BKAbmEU) REGULATOR 00.. AtUsta. Os i There is no end of ; Old V irginia Cheroots I to waste, as there is no finished end to [ cut off and throw away. When you \ buy three Old Virginia Cheroots for J five cents, you have more to smoke, J and of better quality, than you have > when you pay fifteen cents for three ) Five Cent cigars. | Three hundred million Old Virginia Cheroots smoked this , year. Ask your own dealer. Price, 3 for 5 cents. * ing did not prevent swallowing a quan tity of water, and only the greatest pres ence of mind prevented another name be ing added to the long list of the expert swimmers who ore supposed to have been drowned with cramps. Pet* Hogs ol a Queen. From the Chicago News. Of all kinds of animals there have never been any so favored by Queen Vlotoria as the dog. Wherever she stays she Is surrounded by her pets and her favorites are always moved from place to place wdth her. She has an unconquerable aversion to cats. She does not care es pecially for horses or birds, bat devotes herself to her canine friends. At Wind sor the kennels contain upward of 100 dogs. These buildings are of brick with tiled floors and are model dog houses. Her Majesty in former years was decidedly fond of oollie dogs, but though sho has some fine specimens of this breed her taste has greatly changed. Her special favorite to-day It Ayah, a magnificent pug. More than any other of the dogs he spends his time in the Queen’s sitting room. After Ayah come Sasha and Waldman. Sasha is a white Pomeranian, with beautiful silky haiir, and was a pres ent to the Queen from Princess Aribert of Anhalt. Waldmian is a dashohund given the Queen by Princess Beatrice. He is a Very loving animal and will sit for hours, quiet and sedate, 1 watching his owner, Jock is the clown dog of the kennels and everybody’s pet. He Is a fox terrier and hls antics are so comical the Queen al ways asks for him when she comes to W’indsor. He usually trots around with one ear up, the other down. Snowball is a pure W’hite collie, who Is a great beauty. The Queen is also fond of Rona 11, a Skye so intelligent, ft is said, to understand everything staid to It. Pomeranians are great favorites of the Queen, and she sends the puppies to all her friends and relatives. She does not miss a visit each week to the ken nels and always keeps one or two or hef favorites at the castle. Pimples and Freckles on Face. Your druggist will refund your money if Pazo Ointment fails to cure you. 50 cts. —ad. —lnvalid (to sympathizing caller)—My dear, I have lost nearly all my hair. Literal Child—l know where it is, ifiam ma; I saw It In your dressing-table draw er.—Harper's Bazar. PETITION FOR INCORPORATION. NOTICE OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR RAILROAD CHARTER. After four weeks’ notice by publication, pursuant to the act of the General Assem bly of the State of Georgia, approved Dec. 20, A. D.. 1892, and the amendments there of, the undersigned will file in the office of the secretary of state, a petition tor the Incorporation of a railroad corpora tion, of which the following is a copy; State of Georgia, Chatham County. To the Honorable, the Secretary of State, for the State of Georgia: The petition of Cecil Gabbett, William W. Mackall, J Randolph Anderson, W. S. Chisholm. William L. Clay, W. B. Denham. J. Moultrie I,ee, W. V. Davis. C. L. Heller and T. S. Tutwiler, all of Savannah, Georgia, respectfully shows: 1. That they desire to form a railroad corporation pursuant to the provisions of the act of the General Assembly of Geor gia, approved Dec. 20, 1892, and the amend ments thereof. 2. That the name of the company they desire to have incorporated, Is to be "SA VANNAH UNION STATION COM PANY,” the same not being the name of any existing railway corporation in the state of Georgia. 3. That Ibe said railroad will be located entirely within the limits of Chatham county. In said state, and its length as nearly as can be estimated, will be in the aggregate, about eight (8) miles, consist ing of two branches, which will run from the Union station, to be built and operated by said company in the western portion of the city of Savannah, the one running In a general westerly direoilon for a dis tance of from three to four milea, to a connection with the crossing or present Junction point of the' Georgia and Ala bama, Florida Central and Peninsular, Central of Georgia, and Charleston and Savannah Railways; and the other run ning in a general southerly and soutneast erly direction for a distance of about four miles, to a connection with the tracks of the Savannah, Florida and 'Western Rail way, at or near Southover Junction, 4. That the amount of proposed capital stock of said company shall be three hun dred thousand dollars ($300,000). divided Into shares of one hundred dollars ($100) each, all of said stock to be common stock of equal dignity. 5. That petitioners desire to be Incor porated as aforesaid for and during the period of one hundred (100) years. 6. That the principal office of the pro posed corporation is to be located In the city of Savannah, Chatham county, Geor gia. 7. That petitioners do Intend In good faith to go forward without delay, to se cure subscriptions to the capital stock, construct, equip, maintain and operate said railroad. 8. That petitioners have given four weeks' notice of their intention to ap ply for a charter by the publication of this petition, In one of the newspapers In which the sheriff's advertisements arc published In said county, once a week for four weeks, before the filing of this peii- , tlon. 9. That your petitioners have annexed hereto an affidavit made by three of the persons forming said company, that the i names subscribed hereto, are the genuine signatures of the persons named In the petition, as required by law. Wherefore your petilloners pray that they may be incorporated under the lawt of this state, and that a certificate of In corporation be issued to them under the great seal of the state as provided by lan- July 14, 1800. CECIL GABBETT, WILLIAM W. MACKALL, J. RANDOLPR ANDERSON W. S. CHISHOLM, WILLIAM L. CLAY, W. B. DENHAM, J. MOULTRIE LEJjL W. V. DAVIS, C. L. HELLER, T. 8. TUTWILER. AUCTION SALKS FITCHE DAYS. Savannah, Florida and Western Railway Company Inclalmed Freight, Tnesday, Augnst 14, 1860, at IO a. m., City Time. * I. D. LA ROCHE, Auctioneer. I will sell tne following unclaimed freight on hand at Savannah, Florida and Western Railway Depot at the above mentioned date, day and time, at the -Down Freight Warehouse, Savannah, Ga,, If not claimed before time of sale, F. B. PAPY, Agent. H. S. & Son, 175 boxes soap; A. Cody, 1 box groceries; Eli Veruki, 2 cases liquor; Will Cary, 1 sack S. I. cotton; J, H. Allen, 1 table; J. D. Andrews, 1 sewing machine: Betsy Drayton, 2 boxes H. H, goods; R. L. Foster, 1 bundle tubs; D. Guest. 1 bundle bedding, 1 bundle pots,; E. How ard. 2 baskets and contents, 1 tub and contents. 1 bundle pictures; Willie Law ton, 1 box dry goods, 1 bed; Maj. Chas. Manigault, 1 box bottle syrup; Jas. Mc- Millans, 1 mattress, 1 box H. H. goods; order notify F. A. Bird, 1 box glass; or der notify S. Walker, 1 sewing machine; order notify J. R. Martin, 2 boxes; Peag -1 ler & Huxford, 1 box matches; Pullman , Palace Car Cos., 1 bundle prickly ash; H. I C. Spooner, 3 boxes soap; J. W. Teeple, i 1 bale moss; Mrs. H. H. Small, 1 trunk. | 1 bundle pillows; B. Weitz, 1 empty keg; I E. P. Watson. 1 sewing machine, 1 bu- I reau and attachments; Ellen Dugdell. 2 barrels paper; G. W. 8., 1 bundle bed ding; Ed Leigh, 1 barrel and 1 box; W H. Beauchamp, 1 box medicine; B. W. Wrenn, 8 boxes pictures; C. H. Williams. 14 empty barrels; Cant'et & Cos., 1 barrel syrup; Diamond TANARUS, 1 case baking powder; Diamond W., 1 bundle brass rods; J.. 1 crate table tope: J. King, 1 barrel and 1 box H. H. good*; C. S. Budurant, 1 lawn mower; W. & Cos.. 1 rim. All of above freight consigned to Sa vannah, Ga. Standard Oil Cos.. Thomasville, Ga., 1 can paint; Mrs. M. McCarthy, Thomas ; vllle, 1 box; Diamond F, Thomasville, t boxes glass; M., Thomasville, 1 box gro ceries; F. H. Munroe, Thomasville, 1 box; J. Livingston, Thomasvlle, 1 bed; Lula Truelock, Thomasville, 1 bed; Mrs. B. D. Fudge, Thomasville, 1 bundle curtains; F. H. Munroe, Thomasville, 1 bundle shovel; Lena Jones, Thoma.svllle, 1 box H. H. goods; W. Howard Tlfton, 1 bureau and 1 box glass; Diamond X, Brunswick, 1 peanut roaster; 2 packages advertising matter, 2 bundles casting, half roll bag ging; C. Hemold, Brunswick, 1 bundle canvas; ( Thomasville Ice Factory, Thom asville, Ga., i catsing, 1 bundle pipe, 1 box pipe fittings; Sallie Htfss,- Tlfton, Ga.. 2 bundles bedding and 1 trunk; G, W. Fer rell, Thomasville,Ga.,l wash stand, 1 bu reau, 2 beds; J. H. Frazier. Waynesvllle, Ga., 1 bicycle; R. Footman, Thomasville, Ga., 1 box groceries; J. W. Randall, Thomasville, Ga.. 2 kegs cider, 17 cases salads and pickles, 1 crate W. stand; D. C. Norton, Boston, Ga., 1 case mackin toshes; Lott Bros., Willacoochee, 2 boxes medicine; M., Waycross, 1 crate marble; B. B. Works, Valdosta, 1 barrel and 1 box bottles; W, H. Briggs, Valdosta, 1 box hardware; Diamond B. Valdosta, 1 case shoes; L. S. Shields, Valdosta, 2 bundles advertising matter; W. P. Donnough, Val dosta, Ga., 1 sack harness; Henry H., Valdosta, 1 sack clothing; Valdosta Gro. eery Cos., 2* bundles, 4S rocking chairs; Will Hill, BostoA, Ga., 1 bundle 2 chairs, 1 tub and contents, 1 box H. H. goods; Diamond S, Valdosta, Ga., 2 barrels lamps. No. 1787, Valdosta, 7 packages plow points; D. Weathers, McDonalds Mills, 1 bundle bedding; Corbett Bros., Pearson, Ga., 2 boxes crackers, 1 box candy, 1 box mdse; B. A. Davis, Donal sonvllle, Ga., 1 keg elder, lhalf barrel cider, 1 box glassware; R. Q. Brantley, Waresfcoro, Ga., 1 box coll wire; F. H. Munroe, Thomasville, Ga., 1 box H H. goods; Boston Boot and Shoe Cos.. Baln bridge, Ga.. 1 case boots and shoes; E. H. Caswell, Mclntosh, Ga., 5 empty barrels; A. Baldwyn, Quitman, Ga., 1 bed; J F- Linsday. Quitman, Ga., 1 package 2 chairs; Ise Y’oung, Quitman, Ga., ! box mdse; Isa Durden, Quitman, Ga., 1 box glnss; Dr. D. F. Wilson, Quitman. Ga.. 1 box mdse; S. R. Swllley, Quitman, Ga., 1 sack "C” stencils; Cain Holler, Quit man, Ga., 1 barrel bottles; S. Sampson, Thomasville, Ga., 1 sack beans; E, D. H , Thomasville, 1 bundle 2 chairs; Kate Nel son. Waycross, Go., 1 box H H. goods. 1 table, 1 ironing board; Noah Garney, Waycross, Ga., 1 box H. H. goods; Annia Green, Waycross. Ga., 1 bundle bedding. 1 bed and 1 spring; A. Wolfe. Way cross, Ga., 1 box; D. J. Nicholson, Way cross, Ga., 1 bed and 1 box H. H. goods; R. A. Smith* Waycross. Ga., 1 safe, 1 bundle two chairs; D. Welch, Waycross, Ga., 1 box H. H. goods; Walter Kendrick, Waycross, Ga., 1 box clothing; O. C. Furlong, Waycross, Go.. I box advertising matter; Mrs. F. E Dean, Waycross, Ga., 1 pot; E. F, Jef fords, Waycross, 5 barrels; Hattie Ed warda, Waycross, Go., 1 bed. 1 bundle 2 chairs; Willie Forclne, Waycross, Ga.. 1 bed and 1 mattress; Kate Wilson, W >v cross, Ga., 1 bed; S. R. Swllley, Quit man. Ga., 1 keg. Also the following dco.-rlbed freight without marks: 5 rolls bagging, 1 bundle 6 baskets, 1 caddie tobacco. 1 case oysters, 1 package II broom handles, 1 Iron knuckle, 1 axle, 1 stove. 1 cot, 2 beds, 8 empty barrels. 7 empty drums, 4 rims, 2 portable furnace-, 1 80-gnllon sugar pan. 4 barrels cement, 1 barrel chain, 5 boxes tank material, 13 bundles angle plates, 1 bar steel, 10 bun dies cotton ties, 3 trunks, 1 sack collars, 1 package 7 spiders, 1 package stove fix tures, 1 sack peanuts, 1 box roap, 1 box liver regulator, half sack corn, sack cot ton seed. 2 boxes. 1 crate table legs. 2 packages 12 wash boards, 1 truck, 2 boxes. 1 package packing, 1 bale batting, 6 rolls sea Island bagging, 1 package 2 doors. 1 package 5 frying pans, 1 package 0 plow castings, 1 box hardware. 5 sacks salt. 3 boxes fruit Jars, 1 sack meal, 2 aacks shot, 1 barrel cement. 1 bundle plw handles, 1 trunk cloihlng. 1 box, 1 rock ing chair, 2 bundles bedding. 1 bag cloth ing. 10 bales bagging, 1 roll leather, 1 box leather, 1 package 6 rims, 1 bundle bedding, 1 bundle door rails, 1 lever. 1 package 2 ax-handles, I tub and contents, 1 box, 1 table, 1 bundle slats, 1 bundle Iron, 1 chair. 1 bureau, 1 table, 1 bed spring. 1 bed and 2 chairs, 1 bundle bed ding. OLD NEWSPAPERS. 300 tor cents, a* business Office Morning Newa.