The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-18

Each young man was given two minutes
TO talk love to each young lady present,
after which the Young ladies' met and de-
cided who should have the prize for being
the best loVe-maker They decided unanl-
mously on O. b. Staten as the best, and
John Luther as the poorest. The other
boys had TO acquiesce, though it didn't
seem hardly fair that they should be
brought into competition with Mr.. staten
who has had so much more experience
than they,
That a dog may best an alligator ap,
pears by the experience Of the Hon. d.
y. stuart of Victoria. His dog was swim
ming in a lake there, when Mr.. Stuart
seeing an alligator coming, called to the
dog to come ashore. The dog started, but
the alligator was gaining when the dog
turned and seized it, Both went down,
but the dog came up unframed and the
alligator with a lacerated lower jaw.
A writer in the Georgia Eclectic Jour
nal describes case of diptherla in which
a ripe pineapple was procured and the
juice expressed and given in teaspoonful
doses slowly. 1t seemed to clear the
throat, swallowing was easier, and in a
few hours the child was sleeping. RecOv-
cry followed The pineapple was used IN
a number of cases subsequently with sue
cess, In the same neighborhoed and the
fNDl'AN tiAiiAA IL bthANA Lildll iAthAtAit.
The Bronson Times-D Democrat of a re-
cent date gives the following expert
ence of some alligator hunters: They kill
ed and caught fifty that measured from
eleven feet down to a few inches in length
They also killed forty-five casins. one
of which measured six feet I'm length and
Twelve inches around the body The mon
ster weighed between forty and fifty
pounds, and measured two inches between
the eyes. They also found family of 600
frogs in one pond, the largest of which
would have weighed ten pounds.
An accident that might have had a most
serious ending occurred at the Office of
the Daytonia Daytonian Thursday night A
lamp that had been filled with gasoline,
by mistake, took fire. Mr. Chapman seiz
edit and started to carry it out into the
street, but il exploded In his hands and
the burning contents were scattered over
the hoor, where lay a pie of loose ex-
changes Fortunately the lodge was I'm
session, and the cry of fire" brought
the members down stairs on the run, and
the flames were soon tramped out. Mr.
Chapman was somewhat burned. not so
badly however. as 20 prevent him from
beng at his place the next morning.
Gainesville sun: c. V. Mcqueen of Lex
ington lost a fine hound a few weeks ago
and supposed he had been bitten by a
snake. Just twenty-four days after he
missed the dog a colored man informed
him that he heard a dog barking i'm a
natural well a few miles from his place.
Mr.. Mcqueen Immediately went to the
natural well, and found his hound at the
bottom thereof, depth of forty feet. 1t
Is supposed that the dog chased a fox
into the wen and could not get out He
had been confined in the we'll for twenty
4 IL Ia
was able to follow his master home. dis
lance of a mile and a half. There was
plenty of water in the we'll which the
dog had free access to, and this, no doubt
accounts for the animal living so long
G.. c. Stapylton, receiver OF the Mer-
chants National Bank OF Ocala, announ-
ces that dividend of 12Is per cent. would
be declared as soon as the checks which
are already drawn can be sent on to
Washington, signed by the controller. and
returned TO him. The dividend will distrl-
butte about $1,000 among the creditors.
Many of the claims, among them that OF
the state, have not yet been proven. The
deposits were about $4,000, and the LA
bilities twice that amount. Within ten
days after the failure Mr.. Stapylton, as
sisted by G. u. Massey, had a complete re-
port ready for the controller, who imme-
diately made an assessment of 100 per cent
on the capital stock. r. b. Mcconnell, the
deceased president of the bank, owned half
of this stock, and the balance was scat
tered over several states.
The Perry Herald relates romantic
story about Mr.. ana Mrs. Thomas Den
mark, who were recently remarked az
ter a judicial separation. About two
years ago, says the Herald the young
couple took the marriage vows-Nlrs. Den
mark then being Miss Parker-and a year
glided happily by. Differences then arose
and a separation followed. About a year
ago divorce proceedings were begun, and
subsequently the marriage ties We're dis
solved, the records having been completed
a few weeks ago. But the smouldering en-
bcrs OF love so rudely neglected came
forth with les lucid awalSenngs, and the
languid forbearanoe Of the once happy
couple succumbed TO the inevitable Jus
tice kimbrew performed the last cere-
mony and with a daughter about ten
months old 20 harmohize all differences,
the young couple have begun life anew.
An eyewitness thus describes In the
Orlando Star the recent phenomenon that
appeared during a storm on Apopka lake:
Up In the arch Of the cloud there formed
a long white finger pointing dagonauy
oarthwar1 and merging above into large
funuel-shapcd. dOve-colored cloud: the
whole gyrating slowly from right TO left.
and spiraly upward. Suddenly the long
niger enlarged to double It's size, darted
down Go the ground and at once recog-
nized the dreaded "twlster." But as quick
~ as ~ came down, Il lifted itself up
again, and hung slowly, twisting, long
tall-like whip lash formed at the end,
and waved back and forth. Then II lift
ed higher. An az once Il divided into
three parts, equi-distant from each other:
split from top TO bottom. and each part
gyrated TO itself; then again the three
united, ana remained Tor a long time.
While this was taking place. Off little
south two other tunnels formed ana
whirled. the second was very small; but
the third quickly grew downward. while
away below that long finger formed,
and grew rapidly upward, going up with
leaps ana bounds, as man up an inyisl-
hle rope, hand over hand, until the TWO
ends united, when they hung a GOOD
while, waving and twisting, while around
the lower part of the finger a darker cloud
formed q cun within which the white.
wraith-hke vapor spirally twisted upward.
After "a time, AN three OF the funuels
merged again in the Clouds