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The Morgan Monitor. VOL. II. NO. 35 SI PER YEAR. KLONDIKE. Over the mountains and far away, In the regions of ice and snow, Many a pilgrim is trudging to-day With a heart lull of hope and shouting “Yo-ho For Klondike!” Over the mountains, beyond the plains, Where the great river winds to the sea, Many a pioneer jingles his gains, And sings iu ft frenzied ecstasy— In Klondike’, Thousands and’thousands of miles away, In the land of the polar bear, Many a man is digging to-day, Only to find that there’s nothing there¬ in Klondike! At Seafoam Lodge. 33y HELEN FORREST GRAVES, HERE must be no other boarders taken,” said Mr. McCorkindale. ‘ ‘I stipulate for that. ” “Oh, there will , be none!” said Mr. ing ___________ Dewey, the hoard¬ and real estate agent, nibbling the end of iiis pen. “I know Mrs. Sweet- clover very well—-a most respectable widow, in reduced circumstances—and 1 know all about Seafoam Lodge, a de¬ lightful place, on the edge of the ocean, where a man can’t help being healthy.” “Very well,” said Mr. McCorkin¬ dale. “Lot her know that I consider the thing a bargain. I will send my trunks ou Monday of next week.” Mr. McCorkindale had been aum- mering nt the Adirondacks, and had found that mountain breezes, blade flies and dried pine-needles didn’t agree with him. He was now resolved to try the seaside. And he went home, well pleased with the bargain he had made. Now, Mr. Dewey was in a partner¬ ship—Dewey dovetailed & Salter—and so neatly together were the arrange¬ ments of the firm, that Mr. Salter, who dined at half-past twelve o’clock, came to “keep office” exactly at the hour in which Mr. Dewey, who dined at half¬ past one, took up his hat and cane to depart. And scarcely had Mr. Salter lighted his cigar, and settled his chair back at exactly the right angle of the wall, than in came Miss Mattie Mil¬ foil, a blooming young old-maid, who gave lessons in swimming at the Aqua Pura Academy. “1 want board at the seaside for a month,” said she. “At a place, please, where there are no other boarders. Prices must be moderate, and surf¬ bathing is a necessity.” “All,” said Mr. Salter, bringing his chair down on its four legs at once, < i the very place! Mrs. Sweetclover, a client of ours, has taken Seafoam Lodge, cn the New Jersey coast, and has a clean, light-, airy room to let, with good board, no mosquitoes—” “Yes, I know,” said Miss Milfoil. “Just let me look at her references.” The references proved satisfactory. Miss Milfoil struck a bargain at once. “Let Mrs. Sweetclover expect me on Monday,” his she said; and Mr. Salter pocketed commission with inward glee. “Anything doing?” Mr. Dewey asked, when he came back from din¬ ner, with a pleasant oleaginous flavor of roast pork and applesauce about him. “I've let Mrs. Sweetclover’s room for her,” said Salter. “Hello!” cried Dewey; “I let it, this morning, to old McCorkindale!” “And I’ve just disposed of it to Miss Milfoil,” sputtered Salter. “Why the deuce didn’t you enter it on the books?” “A man can’t think of everything,” said Mr. Dewey; “and I was going to enter it when I came back. ” “But what are we to do now?” said Salter. “Nothing,” said Dewey. “Ten to .one, one of the parties won’t keep the contract. We’re not t-o blame, that I can see.” And Mr. Dewey, a philosopher after his way, arranged his bulletin-board anew, and sat down, a human spider, to await the coming of any flies who might be disposed for business. Mrs. Sweetclover, in the meantime, had swept and garnished Seafoam Lodge, until it was fresher than a cow¬ slip and sweeter than roses. She had decorated her up-stairs room with China matting, fresh 111US- lin curtains, and dimity covers to the bureau and dressing-table. “I do hope I shall be able to let it!” said Mrs. Sweetclover, with a sigh. “But there are so many seaside lodg¬ ings this year that—Dear me! here comes a gentleman and a valise up the beaeh-road, aud as true as I live, he’s making straight for my house!” “Have my trunks arrived?” said the gentleman—“name of McCorkin¬ dale.” “Sir!” said Mrs. Sweetclover. “I engaged the room through Dewey & Salter,” said Mr. McCork¬ indale, “last week.” “It’s the first I’ve heard of it,” said Mrs. Sweetclover, all in a flurry. But you’re kindly welcome, sir, and the room is quite ready, if you’ll be so good as to step up stairs.” “Humph! humph! said Mr. Mc¬ Corkindale, gazing around him with the eye of an elderly eagle. “Very clean — tolerably airy—superb view from the windows. Upon my word I like the look of things.” ‘•‘Do you think the apartment will suit?” said the widow, timidly. “Of course it will suit!” said Mr. McCorkindale. “Here is a month’s board in advance—ten dollars a week, the agent said. Y 7 ou may serve din- ner at one o’clock. Blue-fish, roast Many a husband, many a son, And many a father, too; Many a man who is dear to some one Is climbing the glaciers, leading through To Klondike! < Many a mother and many a wifo And many a one that is dear, I s dreaming to-day of a happier life And hopefully waiting to hear Frym Klondikel And thousands and thousands of golden And hopes, many a dream that is fair Are destined to die on the frozen slopes And find their graves out there In Klondike! —Cleveland Leader, clams, lobster-salad—any of p sort sea¬ food you may happen to have. I don’t eat desserts. And now I’m going out to walk on the seashore.” Mrs. Sweetclover looked after him with eyes of rapture. “The boarder of all others that I would have preferred,” said she. “I am in luck! I thought yesterday, when I saw the new moon over riiy right shoulder, that something fortu¬ nate was going to happen.” But Mrs. Sweetclover had not stuffed the blue-fish for baking, when a light, firm foot-step crossed the threshold, and Miss Milfoil stood be¬ fore her, in a dark-blue serge dress, and a sailor hat of black straw, while across her shapely shoulders was slung a flat black satchel, traveler- wise. “Mrs. Sweetclover, I suppose?” said she. The widow courtesied an affirmative. “I am Mattie Milfoil,” said the lady. “I rented your room, last week, of Dewey & Salter.” “Dear me!” thought the widow. “Ain I dreaming?” “I like the situation very much,” continued Miss Milfoil, looking at the curling edges of foam that crept up the beach at the left-, and then at a lnur- muring grove of maple trees at the north. “I shall probably remain here until Christmas, if I am "suited!" “But the room is let already!” fal¬ tered Mrs. Sweetclover, at last recover¬ ing her voice. “Taken already!” repeated Miss Mil¬ foil. “But that is impossible. I have taken it. ” “There’s some mistake at theBoard- ing Agency,” said Mrs. Sweetclover, almost ready to cry. “It's been let twice; aud I never knew of it until this moment. Oh, dear! oh, dear! It never rains but it pours!” “But what am I to do?” said Miss Milfoil. Mrs. Sweetclover’s faded eyes light¬ ed up with a faint gleam of hope. “I’ve only the eligible apartment Oil the second floor,” said she; “but it you don’t mind tlio garret, there’s a nice, airy room finished oft’ there, with two dormer windows overlooking the ocean-” “I’ll look at it,” said Miss Milfoil. Sho looked at it, and she liked it, and she straightway sent to the village for her trunks, unpacked her books, her work-basket, her writing-desk and her portable easel, arranged some sea¬ weed over the mantle and made her¬ self at home. Mr. McCorkindale, going upstairs from the dinner table that very day, heard a sweet, clear voice, singing the refrain of some popular ballad, from the upper story. “Eli!” said Mr. McCorkindale. “Is that your daughter?” “It’s my lady boarder, sir,” said Mrs. .Sweetclover. “Look here,” said Mr. McCorkin¬ dale, stopping short—“this won’t go down!” “What won’t go down, sir?” said the bewildered landlady. “No other boarders taken, you know,” said Mr, CorkindaJe. “That was “I’m my express stipulation.” Sweetclover, very sorry, sir,” said Mrs. “but—” “And I’m not going to be trifled with!” said Mr. Corkindale. “Either she or I must go!” “Couldn’t it be managed, sir?” said the landlady, half terrified out of her senses. “No, it couldn’t” said Mr. McCork¬ indale. At this moment, however, Miss Mil¬ foil herself made her appearance on the scene, tripping down the stairs in a quiet, determined sort of way, and facing the indignant elderly gentleman as he stood there. “What’s the matter?” said Miss Mil- foil. “The matter,” said Mr. McCorkin¬ dale, “is simply this. I have engaged my board here, on the express under¬ standing that I am to be the only boarder.” “I see,” said Miss Milfoil. “And I am in the way. ” Mr. McCorkindale was ominously silent. * “But,” said Mattie, with an engag¬ ing smile, “if I promise to be very quiet, and to refrain from annoying you in any manner whatsoever—” “It would make no difference,” said Hr. McCorkindale. “I object young women.” “But,” cried indignant Mattie, “suppose I were to object to middle- aged gentlemen on no better pretext?” “You are perfectly welcome to do so,” said Mr. Corkindale, stiffly. “You see, I am an old bachelor.” “And I am an old maid!” pleaded Mattie. “It makes no difference—no differ¬ ence at all!” said Mr. McCorkindale. “I am sorry to disappoint you, Mrs. Sweetclover, but-” “Stop!” said Mattie, resolutely. POPULATION AKTD BRAmAaE, MORGAN, GA., FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 10 1897. “Mrs* Sweetclover, if either of you! boarders leaves you ; it is I* I came last, and I occupy tlia least remunera¬ tive room. I will take my departure on the noon-train to-morrow.” And Mattie went back to her room and cried a little; for she had become very fond of her pretty little room already. “At all events,” said Mattie to her¬ self, “I will get up before daylight to¬ morrow morning, and have one good swim in the surf. ” She supposed, when she came out the next day, in her dark-blue bathing- suit and the coarse straw hat tied down over her eyes, that she would have the coast clear, But she was mistaken. Mr. McCorkindale was paddling, like a giant purpoiso, in a suit of scarlet and gray, among the waves. He had always wanted to learn to swim, and here was a most eligible o pport i imty. i Pie don t see me,” said Mattie, to 1 lierself, the shade as sh crept of the cautiously rocks. down If lie j in AV did, I suppose he would issue a pro- clamation that the Whole seashore longed to him. But I hope there is room enough ,y for us both in the Atlan- 1 | .. And Miss Milfoil struck out scien- iflcally, gliding through the waves hl e a new variety of fish with dark- , blue scales and straightway forgot al^ C about the troublesome old bach- It s very strange, . „ said i, Mr, Me- Hi’ reW Vmg TlT 1 * 1 d ™ I nt“ steam paddle-wheel, l , I j A AW log floats but I can seem to manage it without the help of my arms and legs. I always under- _ ve , stood that swimming was a very easy business, but-Pouf-ah-h-whust-1 ! sh-sh! Help! help! Pouf-f-fl Pm | drowning! The undertow is carrying j , me out, and I can’t help myself! Whush-sli! Oh! ah! help! he-e-e-elp!” itself And Mr. MoCorldndale’s voice lost | in a bubbling cry, ’ while the deaf 1 old fishermnu ” | upon the shore went on whistling and mending his net, aud the solitary individual, who was pick¬ ing up shells with his back toward the surf, never dreamed but that the stout gentleman was diving for his own amusement. But Mattie Milfoil, cleaving her way steadily through the waves, per¬ ceived in a moment that something was wrong. Mrs. Sweetclover fainted away when they laid the boarder on a pile of blankets on her kitchen floor. She was one of those nervous ladies who always faiut away at the least provocation. Bst Mattie had all her senses about her; aud, thanks to her courage aud presence of mind, Mr. MeCorkindale’s life was saved. “What is that, rattling on the stairs?” he feebly inquired, as lie sat up, the next day, in an easy-chair, with a cur¬ ious sensation, as if a gigantic bumble¬ bee were buzzing in his head, and cataracts pouring through his ears. “It’s Miss Milfoil’s trunk going away,” said Mrs. SweetclovUr, with a sniff of regret. “Tell her not to go,” said Mr. Mc¬ Corkindale. “Sir!” said Mrs. Sweotclover. “Ho you think I’m going to turn the woman who saved my life out of doors?” puffed Mr. McCorkindale. “But I thought you objected to wo¬ men.” said Mattie’s cheerful voice out¬ side the door. “I’ve changed my mind,” said Mr. McCorkindale, with a fluttering sem¬ blance of a smile. “A man is never too old to learn. And I mean to learn to swim next week, if you will teach me.” He did learn. Miss Milfoil taught him. And the old bachelor and the old maid spent their month at the sea- side, to use Mrs. Sweetclover’s expres¬ sion, “as quiet as two lambs.” “I declare,” Mr. McCorkindale pen¬ sively observed, on the afternoon be¬ fore his term was up, “I shall be very lonely after I leave here!” '‘You’ll be going hack to the city, you know,” cheerfully observed Miss Milfoil. “But I shall miss you!” said the bachelor. “Nonsense!” said Mattie. “I wonder if you will miss me?” said Mr. McCorkindale. “Well—a little,” owned Miss Mil- foil. “Did you never think of marrying, Mattie?” abruptly demanded Mr. Mc¬ Corkindale. “Very often,” she answered, calmly. “And how is it that you never have married?” Mattie laughed. “Because I never found the right one,” she said. “Just my reason, exactly!” said Mr. McCorkindale. “But I think I have found her nt lust—and it’s you, Mattie!” “Is it?” said Miss Milfoil, coloring and smiling. “Don’t you think, if you were to try mo, I might suit you—as a hus¬ band?” ho asked, persuasively. “I don’t know,” whispered Mattie. “Try me!” said Mr. McCorkindale, taking her hand in his; and sho did not draw it away. How brief a time will sometimes suffice to turn the current of a life¬ time! That month at Seafoam Lodge made all the difference in the world to Mr. and Mrs. McCorkindale.—Satur¬ day Night. Ancient Ornament* Found. Many gold ornaments have been found in a tomb in the Etruscan Cem¬ etery at Votulonia, making the dis¬ covery one of the most notable of re¬ cent years. A necklace, eight large clasps, two largo earrings, some hair¬ pins and other articles of jewely, to¬ gether with a sword, are among the objects. The treasure will go to the Florence Museum. The original manuscript of Sir Wal¬ ter Scott’s “Lady of the Lake” was sold recently in London for *5400. 1 ETHNOLOGICAL FACTS REGARDING INDIANS AND WHITES. ZZ3 1 pa pa m . . m The Red Man, Though Doing: Rapidly Decimated, J* Well Fixed and Happy Withal. Not. long ago some Writer from the wost told us that white people wore marrying Indian girls more frequently tllftH ovel . be f 0 re. • ‘Indeed, ” lie said, « tho dusky mft idens seem to prefer the pale faces to their own race and co j 1 or »» This provokes me to write a letter about Indians fot* the speehtl pleasure aud i, ene flt of our yoiing people. Boys and girls like to read about them, I know but most 0 f the Stories that np- pear avo more romantic than true. Jie nilhfon'the Ohiekahonlmy'“river) nbout thirty miles below Richmond and we we were wore sh sliowrkthe owfi JoA v tl,e very very stone stone on whioh Captain Smith laid Ids ]lead fol . rovlmttau’s club when ibe beautiful Pocahontas rushed wiIdIy in fl,e circle and threw her- “If upon his bosom and saved his life. About the stone I have my doubts, hut it ia historieaIly A h . ue that Powhattan Hved the n tUat bia da llter 1 a i , *-,r i, T i ! nclct t 1 ' '' sale John -r ^ > “ 7-, ’ e fts , l le 111 h letter to the ’ >* 0 10 J ^K'and , says, “at the minute 1011 R 10 hazarded the °" k of bel 0 ' v " bnUn f afterwards married John ^ ith V r fatherR consent, and V’J!. union camethe Randolphs < f Virginia, . and a little strain of that same Pocahontas blood flow's in my wife’s veins, and she is proud of it, and loves to tell the story to her nu¬ merous and lovely offspring. That little strain isn’t bigger than a cam- brio needle, but it lias never lost its strength. She would make a right good Pocahontas now if anybody in that she loved was in danger, fact, she has some Indian traits still lingering iu her bosom, and should have been named Indiana when she was chris¬ tened. But it seems that ever since Poca¬ hontas married a white man the In¬ dian maidens of all the civilized tribes have been willing to do the f nmo thing. It is well known that the daughters.of the Creeks and Cliero- kces in Georgia always said yes when a good-looking white man proposed marriage; but such unions were not hasty nor deceitful; they had to bo in earnest and from honorable motives. If an Indian maid was betrayed by a designing white man, he could hardly escape for the whole tribe became avengers of blood. Her virtue was her dearest ornament, and if she lost if- the third finger of her left hand was dismembered at, the second joint, and that left her shame always visible. Now it seems to be settled by the men of science that the Indian belongs to the Caucnssian or white race, or else he is aboriginal and is a race of his own. He is neither Mongolian, Malay nor negro. He was first found hero on this continent, just as the negro was first found in Africa. As the elephant was found in Asia, the kangaroo in Australia and the llama in Peru, so the Indian maybe a native of the manor born, for geologists say that this continent is the oldest by several thousand years. But where he came from or how he got here is a question too deep for me. The exist¬ ence of Aztecs in Mexico is still an un- solved problem, and who were the mound builders is a matter of doubt and speculation. One thing, however, seems certain, that the race is doomed to extinction, The command “be fruitful and multiply” does not belong to them. According to the United States census reports, in 1853 there were in the United States and territories 400,- 764; in 1800, 339,421; iu 1870, 313,712; in 1880, 306,543; in 1890, 248,253. Of these 58,806 are classed as civil¬ ized. The Chorokees and Creeks were sent from Georgia to the Indian Ter¬ ritory about sixty years ago. The former then numbered near 15,000; they number less than that now. What is the matter with them? They have fine lands, both for pasturage and cul¬ tivation, and the bounty of the gov¬ ernment would nearly support, them. They have good framed houses to live in an d have as good school houses and churches as our country people have in Georgia. They are classed as civil¬ ized, aud dress just like white folks, and cook and eat as nourishing food as we do. What is tiie matter? J asked one of their educated ministers. “God knows,” said lie. I mingled with their people and talked with them. They did not seem to be sad or dis¬ tressed about anything. It was not that the children died before maturity, but that the mature died faster than children were born to take their places. The exception to this decline of the race seemed to be in the families where white men had intermarried with Indian maidens. These unions were prolific of children who were healthy and handsome, and always bred after the mother, having her cinnamon color, her straight black hair and high cheek bones. There is no apparent mixture of blood as that which appears in the mulatto who is the half breed of whites and blacks. But these Indian types weaken in succeeding genera¬ tions of quadroons and octoroons, and if ever the tribes are saved from ex¬ tinction, it will be by this increasing amalgamation with the white race. These unions do not sqoui to shock the sentiment of mankind as do tin. 1 unions of whites with negroes. Even Vaslav college wotilcl not be horror stricken at llio discovery of an octo¬ roon among her pupils, Indian *tfi* defit-S may bo fotind in many of otif effilleges and arfe not rejected at hotels or boarding lioiiSfes or theaters iri or churches or on railroads, Stiiuti of the tribes, as in the Creeks and Cher- okees, their features, their beauty and their traits of character approximate the Anglo-Saxon. Schoolcraft, who is the highest authority, says their feat¬ ures ble; are regular, their expression no¬ the last they dogree, are taciturn and stoical to cunning and watchful, persevering in the pursuit aud re¬ vengeful iu the destruction of their enemies, favors, hospitable and grateful for a close observer of natural phe¬ nomena; his temperament poetic and imagination; and his simple eloquence of great dignity and beauty of expres¬ sion. Many of the women avo really, handsome, and their skiu is thinner, softer and smoother than is the white race’s. Boudinot was a very handsome, im¬ pressive him Wan even in liis old age. I met at Fort Smith some years ago, He was educated at Princeton. He was a Cherokee and itas both in Vann’s Valley, near Rome. His mother was buried Oil a hill that overlooks Cave Spring. When but a lad he was taken west with the tribe in 1837. Not long after that he was sent to Phila¬ delphia to school and was adopted by Elias Boudinot, a wealthy philanthro¬ pist, and took his name. AVhila he lived ho stood high as a learned and eloquent advocate, and was the agent and ambassador of the tribe in all matters connected with the United States government, lint now those tribes do not have to send their chil¬ dren so far away to get an education. What our government does is always well done, and handsome school houses are found all over the territories. In 1877 the policy of educating them was organized and $20,000 appro¬ priated. In 1880 it was increas¬ ed to $75,000; in 1885 to $992,000, and in 1890 to $1,864,568. I reckon it is two or three millions by this time. And besides this large amount, the different, religious societies of the United States giv.e largely to the cause, the Roman Catholic church giving having near half a million annually and charge of more schools than ill the other denominations put together. Then, again, just think of the land they have got—160 acres to each head of n family, 80 acres to each child 18 years old and 40 to those younger. Just think of all the old and decrepit ones being supported by the government and all the young ones ed¬ ucated free. Why, it would seem that with all this fraternalism and private benefactions a child is fortunate to be bom an Indian. The wards of the na¬ tion, whether rod or black, are having a good time. There was an old song that was sung by a lazy vagabond, and it said: Oli, r wish I was a goose All forlorn, all forlorn; Oil, I wish I was a goose, Eating corn! Rut now the song for our thousands of tramps to sing is: “Oli, 1 wish I was an Indian.” It used to he that in our college text-books that population increased in proportion to the comforts of life that the common people enjoyed. Tliif theory fits the southern negro multiply pretty well, for they continue to like rabbits, iu spite of all the barbari¬ ty that the Boston Transcript accuses us of, hut it does not fit the Indian, nor does it fit the average Boston fami¬ ly, that never has more than two child¬ ren and wouldn’t have any, hut for somebody to inherit the estate. Rut the Hartford, Conn., Times knocks tbo blackout, and goes further in defense of the south than our own papers ami and preachers. Verily there are many men of many minds.—Biu, Anr in Atlanta Constitution. NOTED CRIMINAL CAUDIT. O'Hara Enjoyed Six Yenr* of Freedom After Rrenking Jail. Eugene O’Hara, alias Joe Bates, alias James Brown, forty-two years old, burglar, highwayman and des- porado and probably murderer, who cut, his way out of Jefferson Market prison at New York six years ago, and who has been hunted ever since, was recaptured Sunday by detectives. After Ills escape O’Hara, with an- other fugitive from justice, Joe Btrau- nhan, made his xvay to Colon, from which place they Inter proceeded to Europe, where they committed a series of liousebreaks and other serious crimes. SULTAN AND CZAR CONFER. Report Tlial; a Mutual Arrangements lias llcen Agreed Upon. The Constantinople correspondent of 'The London Standard says he is cred¬ ibly informed that the sultan has been in direct communication \vR -zar and the making the correspondence! of mutual .-' >unodin by in. -...gcmentu which the sultan agrees never to use his influence against Russia in Central Asia and the czar pledges himself to uphold Turkish rights in Eurojie. CONSUL LEE COMES HOME. Ifo liifs Leave of AUkchch From Statu Ifcpj.rt nil'll!. General Fitzhugh Lee, tho United States consul general at Havana, ac¬ companied by his son and private see-' rotary, embarked Saturday afternoon on hoard the Ward line steamer Segu- ranca bound for New York. When questioned as to his apparently ,, sudden departure from Cuba. Gener- a! Lee raid his leaving Havana hod no significance. He was simply availing hiftiftelf oi a leave oi absence granted kirn by the state department. T. P. GREEN: MAN AGER. mm mm n i ii. BODIES RECOVERED IN A TERRI¬ BLY MUTILATED CONDITION. CAUSED BY COAL BUST EXPLOSION Tlio Dcnth List, May R*?a<*l» a Score—Res¬ cuing Parties Organized to Search the Wreckage. At 6 o’clock Friday evening a terri¬ ble explosion of coal dust occurred in the old Sunshine mine, owned by the Colorado Fuel and Iron company, twelve, miles from GlenWood, Col. Latest advices state that twelve bod¬ ies have been recovered, and so great is the excitement that it cannot be learned whether there are any more in the mine or not. Rescuing partios were organized at once aud began an exploration of the mine, while great crowds surround¬ ed the entrance. The bodies taken out, were in a 1 iot> Hbly mutilated condition. Following is a knowns list of names of those killed, so far as Antoine Mar- taltono, George Dannon, Lunin Raki, Joe Martini, Joe Casa Grandi, John Jenneni, Potosi, Antoine Eppice, Theodore John Andriani, Emil Andriani, Francis McCloud. FLORIDANS PROPOSED CANAL. Artldoii of Incorporation Have Detfft Pllod In New York City. A Now York dispatch states that nr- tides have been filed with County Clerk Ptlrroy for the incorporation of the Florida Trans-Fenlnsnlar Ship Ca¬ nal Company. The M. chief incorpora¬ Freeman tors are Robert Caffal, IL Baldwin, II. Bolet Peraza, consul general for the Greater Republic of Central America in this country; T'hos. F. Cromwell and Francis P. Fleming. The capital is $75,000,000. The projectors have in mind the building of a ship canal and railway to connect the Atlantic with the gulf. The new canal will bo of sufficient capacity for the passage of ocean go¬ ing vessels. Consul General Peraza, in speaking of the project, said: “The new canal will he of great ad¬ vantage In defense of country in ease of an international war, as well as be¬ ing a great commercial benefit in case of peaeo. It. will shorten the time for vessels going to Texas or Mexico by three days. The waters around the southern coast of Florida are very treacherous, owing to the numerous currents. All this danger will be done away with. “Wo expect that 15,000,000 tons of freight will pass through the canal each year, and even light tolls on lliis will make the enterprise pay. We have applied for the charter, and will probably get it next month. As soon us it, is issued wo will begin work. “Mr. Caffal, our civil engineer, has already surveyed the ground, and all arrangements have been made to push the work.” The consul general further said that the harbor of St. Augustine would bo the eastern entrnneo to the new canal. The width of the waterway will lie 200 feet through its entire length, and it, will be deep enough to allow the largest ship to jiasH through. It will proba¬ bly he about five years before the canal is finished. PEARLS IN ARKANSAS. River* Lined AVlth People In Hunting the Little Trenail re*. A special from Helena states that the pearl hunting industry, which has been exciting tho whole country, is spreading all over that end of the state. The St. Francis river, from the mouth of the river to Jeffersonville, is lined with white people anil negroes, all engaged in unearthing and prying open the richly laden mussel shells. One man exhibited a small bottle of them taken from Phillips bayou, a tributary of the St. Francis. They arc darker than the ordinary pearls of commerce, lmt are handsomer shaped j and of good size, All the chain of lakes in the hitherto impenetrable St. Francis river bottoms are full of these pearl-hearing mussels, and should they prove to he valuable the whole country will presently he engaged in tlio business to tho detriment of crop gathering. STEAMER RUN INTO. Tli« City” Htruck by Unknown V«>h- hH and Her StiArliourd Ktove In. A Now York dispatch says: The Ocean Steamship Company's steamer Gate City was run into at 2 o’clock Friday morning off 1 Egg Harbor light by a large vessel, the identity of which is not known. 'J’he (late City’s starboard side was stove in just above the waterline and abaft the engine, a large seetion of the deckhouse also being broken. The steamer loft Savannah for Now York on August 31st with twenty-one pas¬ sengers. In the confusion following tho col¬ lision the othor craft drew off without having been made out distinctly. VEST MAKERS STRIKE. Five ThoiiHAfiil of Them Demioiil An In- Creaue of WiiRe*. At New York, Friday, vestmakers to the number of 5,000 went on strike for ; higher wages. The strikers are affili¬ ated with the Hobrew Trades and So- cialistic Labor Alliance of the city and vicinitv /' Ha o{ the strikers are women, TUe demand ] H for an advance of tweu . t to twentydive per cent iu , THROUGH GEORGIA. Hereafter Columhs people will get their Montgomery and Birmingham mail regularly. An order from Super¬ it intendent Terrell requires that being be thoroughly fumigated before sent out. The mail has been largely withheld on account of the smallpox scare. m * * Georgia is to have a fish hatchery. At Washington during the last session of emigrefm Senator Bacon started a movement 1 which is going to result in the establishment of one of these val¬ uable institutions In Georgia. A rep¬ resentative of the ils'.h commission is now on his way to Georgia to select a site, and in this fact many peCwlo ought to ho interested. » * * The official report of Mr. Phil G. Byrd, special inspector of convict camps, lias been attacked by Mr. H. B, Moore, superintendent of J. It. Allison A Co.’s Pulaski county camp, at. which, according to Mr. Byrd’s re¬ port, a convict was beaten to death, dragged feet forward through the woods, and buried in stripes and shackles. Mr. Moore denies that state¬ ment in toto and declares Mr. Byrd’s report on that camp to bo false. The ranch talked of Horse-Swappers’ State Convention will meet, in Coving¬ ton, on the 21 st, day of September and remain in session three days. Tlio object of the convention is to elect a president, vice president aud other officers. Every horse-swapper in Georgia has a special invitation to at¬ tend and those in attendance will be entitled to a vote at the convention in any and all matters brought before the union. Judge Littlejohn has rendered a de¬ cision in the petition for an injunction brought, by the citizens of Americus to restrain the Georgia and Alabama railroad from removing the general offices to Savannah, refusing to grant the injunction, and the railroad com¬ pany is thereby victorious so far. A mandamus was granted and the case will lie appealed to the supreme court, pending which the general offices will remain in Americus. Tlio split in the ranks of the state republican party is becoming more se- rioiis as tlio moment for the final crisis approaches. The contesting factions are now far apart on the question of party organization and tho indications all point to a call for an early conven¬ tion for Hie purpose of electing a new chairman. Mr. Walter Johnson, the present chairman, remains obstinate and refuses emphatically to issue the call of the men who are fighting for a new organization. Tho decision in the Flanagan ease lias been indefinitely delayed and the lime when it will bo decided is a mat¬ ter of conjecture. The attorneys have placed the papers in the hands of Judge Gaudier aud he will take ample time to come to a conclusion. The pa¬ pers are so numerous and Jong that it will take much time for their perusal. Flanagan was condemned to hang on I ho 25th of August, hut the motion for the now trial was filed and has aotod as a supersedeas and stayed the execu¬ tion. The first prohibition election in the history of Muscogee county occurred last, Saturday and passed oft' quietly. While the day was not altogether de¬ void of unpleasant features, yet, con¬ sidering the issue at stake, the election was a remarkably quiet one. Tho election resulted as follows: Against prohibition, 1,724; for prohibition, 942; anti majority 782. The county precincts gave a slight majority to the antis. The votes of about 400 negroes were challenged by the prohibitionists. If all are thrown out tho result of the election would not bo changed. Hon. Hewlitt Hall, chairman of the penitentiary committee of the house of representatives, has called n meeting of that body for the 21st of September for the purpose of considering the problem which confronts the legisla¬ ture in the dispositi m of the convicts at the end of He present lease, which will expire April 1, 1899. The com¬ mittee will also consider the question of placing tlio misdemeanor convicts under tho inspection spstem of the penitentiary department ns recom¬ mended by Governor Atkinson and Governor Northern. The county commissioners of Geor¬ gia are already responding to the call sent out for a state convention by the Fulton commissioners. Many com¬ missioners have already replied to the invitation to meet iu Atlanta ou Bep- tember 10th and the commissioners are enthusiastic about the proposed gathering. The business of tho meet¬ ing will ho to discuss the convict question, the question of improving the roads of the several counties in the state, tlio question of providing police protection in rural districts, sanitary questions and others of interest and importance to every county in the state. Solicitor C. D. llill at Atlanta issued a with warrant a few' days ago for assault intent to murder against Bud Fuller, the man who is charged with leaving his helpless child in the woods to die. Sheriff Nelms has been re¬ quested to hold Bud Fuller pending mi investigation liy the grand jury. Solicitor iliil will go before this body at their next session and have Fuller indicted for assault with intent to murder. The solicitor is very posi¬ tive that he can indict the man on this charge. He has made an investiga¬ tion of the charge. He has made an investigation of tlio ease, and says that a felony of the deepest type has been committed.