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r t: HE VI ENIN A PROGRI : • 5SS. $i. tel* Arnitiiti: 44 New t© the Line, Let the Chips Fall Whef@ They May.” JOHN E, HOWELL, Editor and Proprietor, vdL Xii. Nd. id tifiNNA: GA. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1893. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. EVERLASTING NOW. Everlasting Now, How beautiful art thou! Through the ferny greenwood dells, tyhen the oaks vrerd gdlddii; Hyacinths rang their boni# belisj A tune bf music oldefi ; ' feorrow and care had swept away That melody so light and gay i V’hy did it wake once moi-e that day? I do not know: But oiiee tigairi ', Thoughts long dead aiid burled; Shook their wings; a sunny train; Alid o’er my spirit wearied 'Toured a fresh and childish song; One t had fogotton long, jay, not oiie; a flock, a ihrong; Everlasting Now, How wonderful art thou! In a dingy, noisy street, A pure white lilac growing, Showered down odors to my feet, And mingled with their flowing, Sounds and sights of long ago, Boses which have ceased to blow, Winters of forgotten snow. Stranger faces passing by Saw I them no longer, Visions of the inner eye Ever are thd stronger ■ (lame d fade quite those to me, bne i here ho longer see, Smiled.; and vanished suddenly; Everlasting Now; How terrible art thou 1 Wandering the river’s side; When the siin wad setting; Whispers eanle from far and wide; . “There is no forgetting; , Tast is present; Now is vast; What is future will be past;, Ail will be but Now at last.” Then there shot a keen regret For a harsh word spoken, Glistening still with tear-drops wet, Love’s fair flower broken, Years long past had seen that wrong, But of bitter thoughts a throng Sprang to life all fresh and strong. Everlasting Now, How bitter-sweet art thou ■ Soul! who never can forget, Thou must live forever! Eyes ! with tears of penance wet, Ye tniist wake forever 1 Canst thdU face the Eternal Now? br, ns mortal things laid low, Dost thOu crave an end? Not so i Thou ! who wakest memory’s ear; By stick subtle blending bf the present and the near; With the life unending; Tune us to that perfect key, Giving life its unity, Lite, which hides itself in thee! —Keis and Rayyet, Caloutta (India). The Sentence of Mehemed. /iHMANZADE ME-' AJ hemed, the Sirdar J of the auxiliary ^troopB of Tunisi, was known . on ac count of the rigor ous discipline that he exercised over his soldiers. “ft is not the enemy you must fear, but me,” he would of ten remark to the young soldiers, who came to increase the ranks. Thus his army was an army of heroes, who had no fear on the battle-field, hut who trembled in the presence of their leader. ij The first campaign in which ’ they fought was at Albania, in the battle against the rebel Greeks, and on that occasion Mehemed’s men proved them- Belves efficient. It happened that Mehemed one day ordered eight soldiers to remain in ambush at the “five fountains” of Arts, at which point the Greeks were likely to open their attack. They were to stop any one who should try to pass by, and they were strictly cautioned not to dismount or fall asleep. The soldiers executed with exactness all their in structions. ! A vehicle which attempted, toward midnight, to cross the line unob served, was discovered and stopped. The man who had charge of the oxen ran away, abandoning his wagon. On this wagon was a barrel. It was easy to ascertain wbat the barrel contained, even without dismounting and without falling asleep. You only had to open the bung-hole to smeli the pleasant odor of liquor escaping from it. And it must have been an excellent liquor, compounded largely of figs and dry raisins. The Giaurri (Christians) un doubtedly knew what was good. The soldiers had not been forbidden, if they seized liquor, to drink it. And really they did not drink directly from the barrel; they merely sunk bul rushes in it, through which they sipped the sweet and intoxicating liquid. Was it not harmless to sip with such thin rushes? One could scarcely call that drinking! But just ly does the Prophet remark that wine is a deceitful beverage, in which satan has had his hand, since this drink brings men to every evil. First, the soldiers asked each other why they should sit in their hard sad dles, when the grass made such a soft bed on the ground. And if they lay there for only a short while, nobody would know it: they could tie the horses to the wagon, and these certain ly could tell no tales. After they had dismounted, the infernal drink per suaded them that it was a useless task for eight men to remain on guard; four would suffice, and the rest could sleep. To the four men who were to keep awake, the waiting for their turn seemed too long, and they agreed that two might sleep, while the other two remained true to the orders. Maruf and Sefer were the two desig nated to watch for the rest. “Do you know,” said Sefer to his friend, “do you know that one man is of the same value in this case as two? It will do just as well if only one of us watches. Do you not agree ?” Maruf assented, “I propose,” continued Sefer, “that we play a game of chess: the loser will have to watch, and the winner may sleep!” Maruf accepted the conditions. The two Bedouins prepared the ground in front of where they stood, and with their spears they traced a square, dividing it into sixty-four smaller squares. Then they substitut ed for the regular pawns the fruits of the woods. The wild pears became kings, the apples queens, the castles were represented by acorns, the bish ops by rose-hips, the knights hy nuts and the pawns by berries. The men thus provided, the game began hy the light of the camp fire. At first, Sefer had the advantage, bet that inebriating drink overcame him, little by little, so that he was not in condition to distinguish his paWriei: He .idei . hid fjueeij; And trds very heat heiiig Checkmated. “Sefer;. ju are in a bad mess;’) re marked Maru- when he saw that the gante was id his hands: “You are fight. I am as sleepy as thq sea when it is calm.” “You are loosing the game.” “I can see that; too!” “Well; like down; in the . name of Allah. I will vvatcH for you. ”, Sefer, shook his friend's hand in grateful acknowledgement of the sacrifice, and he thought he spoke to him) but he .only dreamed it. for he fell asleep immediately. Maruf, on the contrary, kept his eyes open, and leaning on his gun, he looked at his sleeping companions. But that terrible drink began to mur mur softly: “Why do you not sit down? You could see just as well!” As Boon as he was seated, Satan again began to tempt him. “Why do yoii tire your eyes? If ydu Shut bne bf them, you will See with the other just as well as with both:” Marti f reflected that; if his eyes wefe closect; his ears wefe Open; and that he wotiid bfe ready td start at the small est danger that .rdight threaten his cordpanions and himself. And with the firm. purpose bf dot falling asleep, lie.slqmbefed as heavily as the rest. In the meantime; the hidden Greeks came all of a sudden upon the sleeping men; untied the hofses of the Turks and would certainly have killed them, had not Maruf’s horse, as though he foresaw the danger, begun to neigh. The first to awaken was Maruf, and in a few moments the rest were ready. They ran to get their arms and stood on the defence, now fully awake and sober. They threw themsel ves on the enemy; hut it was df no avail. The Greeks had mounted the horses and laughed at the Ttirks, Who endeavored to over come them bn foot; Mdruf’s horse alohe Would not sub mit td the Greek whd had mounted him; and began td fear arid plunge until he had succeeded in throwing the fider. He theii Kicked him and returned td his owner. Eight meri had one hofse left among them. What was Mehemed going to say? The Bedouins, yet young, were cast down at the thought of death. They knew their leader would have no pity for them; and still sadder were they at the loss of their beloved horses. Of what use is a man without a horse ? Mortally worried at the punishment they expected, they returned to head quarters, and, brought face to face with Ahmanzade, they narrated what had happened; how they had dis obeyed his orders, how they had fallen asleep after drinking the liquor, how the last two watchmen had played chess, and finally how they had lost their horses. Ahmanzade was not in the habit of making a display of passion when he had to pass sentence. In his immovable face, no one could read whether he decreed life or death. “As for eight men there remains only one horse,” he remarked, “you will agree with me, that there are seven of you too many. I have never read in the Koran nor in the Azorat that eight men should ride one horse, and as you are such good players, sit down and let skill decide which of you is to be the man who is to have the one horse. All the others are sentenced to die.” Having said this, Ahmanzade had four chess-boards brought in, for the Turks are in the habit of carrying chess-boards with them, even in war. As soon as the men were arranged, he ordered the Bedouins to begin their play. Twelve of the best marksmen were ready with their rifles to shoot the losers. Two or three gave in at once to their stronger adversaries; in others, despair battled with craftiness against the advantage of their more skillful opponents, and the former would win when the latter had victory in their hands. The losers were immediately re moved, and the noise of several shots indicated that they had ceased to ex ist. The first tilt was over. Four had lost, four were winners. These last were paired. New hopes and new fears. A danger would pass un observed, and he who had made the error would raise a cry which was his death sentence. Again two lost, and again two were shot. And now only two remained— Maruf and Sefer. They found them selves, as they had been before, in front of the camp fire. They were the best players. They began the game with a good deal of caution, resting their foreheads on the palms of their hands, thoughtfully calculating every move, without hesitating but without hurrying. For a long while neither of the two succeeded in obtaining advantage; for each gain there was an equal sacrifice. The spectators nod to each other when either one makes a brilliant move. Little by little, the number of pawns on the chess-board diminishes; the main figures lie scattered to the right and to the left; the situation becomes plainer; a few more moves, and Sefer will lose his castle! Maruf has one more castle than his adversary, and this means a good deal at the present stage of the game. The crowd believes that the game is in his hands. All cf a sudden, great drops of sweat cover the forehead of Maruf—a fear overtakes him, he trembles through all his body. He has noticed that, if his adversary sacrifices his queen in stead of the castle, he can checkmate him with the bishop. Would Sefer “An excellent wife,” awswers Mam! with a sigh. Sefer passes a hand over his face, and begins to murmur as though he were praying. Then he asks for water; he washes his eyes, his llands—first the left ha mi, theii the fight hfiiii. Urlsedfl, two guardian angels watch ever by those who pfav: “Yesterday night yon gavq me the game so that I might sleep;” he says. Mariif does hot answer; bnt bows hiq head in assent. “You have always ,beeh a good friend bf mine; Maruf:” . Maruf lets his liead drop bn his breast entirely overcome. Sefer then slowly lifts his hand to the chess board and makes a more, not with the queen, but with Ae castle. “Checkmated I” you hear murmured on ail sides. Marnf has won, and Sefer lost. Sefer rises quietly, offers his hand for the last time to his friend Maruf, who seems nailed to his place, and signals to the soldiers to be ready. Two seconds later a shot announces that the tournament is over.—From the Hungarian, in Komance. Thirty Years in a Hut. The door of what has for years been known in Ashland; Ohio, as the log hut hermitage was open the other day for the first time in thirty years. It was forced oped under the suspicion that the hermit was Sick. The her mit’s dog; by a peculiar instinctive method df communication, led a neigh bor to the hut. While no person had heed permitted td enter his hut for thirty years; if any one approached it the hefmit. would come out bf his dwelling; fasten ttte dog and talk with the visitor. On a recent morning the neighbor could not call out “Uncle Fred,” so he attempted to get in, but coaid not. He then attempted to look in through the window, which consisted of bui one pane of glass six by eight inches in size, but he could see nothing. He then called other neighbors, and aftei breaking open the door by the aid of s lantern they found the hermit dead in front of his fireplace; on the ground; for his hut had no floor and no bed. He had Blept on the ground for thirty years. His hermitage had but bne roorri, 10x12 feet, which was filled with sacks of nuts and barrels bf garden products; arid was hung frill from its low ceiling with herbs gathered from the country far and near. The floor was filled with geological specimens. The hermit, whose name was Matthews, died in the room in which he was born. He had taught school in Holmes County, studied medicine at Mansfield and had practiced as a physician among his neighbors, and was highly esteemed professionally and as a teacher. He married at about the age of forty a young pupil in his school in Holmes County, who on being taken to his home, which he had told her had four sections of land with a mill on it, was so enraged when she found that it had but four-quarters of an acre of land and a coffee mill that she left him. He then vowed to be a hermit. He would not permit anyone to enter his hut. He was a man of strong mental powers, strengthened by his hermit 6tudy and inspiration. He came out of his hut often to lecture on politics. He had evolved free trade in his study and other subjects of interest. The County Infirmary directors have made him an allowance for years. He had not had his hair cut or been shaved for years. —Cleveland Leader. GEORGIA NEWS Items of General Interest Picied Up All Oyer me Stale. Big Prehistoric Americans. The American continent seems to have been the place where big men abounded, for here are found many remains of human beings much larger than any of its present inhabitants. At Chancal, thirty miles north of Lima (Peru), very large human skulls were dug up only a few years ago by Doctor Le Plongeon. Others have been un earthed on. the Island of Puna, in the Gulf of Guayaquil, at the entrance oi the Guayaquil Kiver. A Jesuit father named Anilo Oliva wrote an ancient history of Peru, dictated by an old archive keeper, Quippu Camayoc, a Peruvian. Oliva’s work exists only in manuscript, and is in the British Mu seum, London; but the writer has a copy of it. Oliva says that Puna, as well as the opposite coast, was former ly peopled by giants who had come from Central America. In the work of Zarate we read that they were as bad as they were big, so that they be came a terror to all the other inhab itants. Those tall fellows had their strongholds particularly at the Island Puna and at Point Santa Elena, Guay aquil. Some of their works can yet be seen in those places in the shape of immense stone and adobe walls, and more especially in the great wells which they dug to supply themselves with water. The career of those bad, big people was probably brought to a close by some electrical phenomena, for tradition says that the gods de stroyed them with fire from heaven. — New York Tribune. The “Kitchen Leaven” is Working. The “People’s Kitchen” recently es tablished in Vienna is an amplification or the “kitchens” already in success ful operation in America, on the model of the famous “New England Kitchen” of Boston. The Viennese have taken so kindly to the palatable cooking and wholesome menus pro vided for them that their kitchen is providing 50,000 meals daily. The prices, of course, are scaled down to the minimum and permit a j ever, person to dine comfortably for seven ] ences amon cents. For this sum he may have soup, i they are determined to make a success meat, bread, vegetables, pudding, and ; of the association. The Cordele asso- Aiiarita’s Celebration will occur on the 20th df next December. The ex ercises will begin at i o’clock in the afterridori aiid will be held at the state capitol; That program tva§ decided at a recent ifleetirig of the pioneer's.- * * * Thri Augusta Exposition , directors ha-fe Appointed Colpriel H: I. Kimball commissioner frir the Aiigusta Exposi tion at Chicago, and will give him au thority to represent the interests of onr exposition at the World’s Fair and elsewhere. *, * * Every year the Crawford county farmers swoop down upon Macon one day in October about 500 strong, each farmer bringing a load of cotton. The procession is sometimes two miles long. The warehousemen alway give them a banquet at night, when eatin and drinking and speech-making i the order of the evening. * * * At A recent meeting df the hoard df directors of the Atigrista exposition; a resolution was tinadimottsly adopted that it is riot the intention of the company td interfere in any way with the plans of the citizens of Birming ham; Ala;, in their desire to enterfairi the Confederate veterans at their pro posed reunion. The Augusta Exposi tion Company has appointed Novem ber the 21st and 22d as Confederate vetefads’, day. All confederates, sotitji and north; are cordially incited to at tend. * * * Captain J. B. James, manager of the Albaugh-Georgia Fruit Company, has an order for 100,000 peach trees to go to Iowa. This company has one million fruit trees to sell, and Captain James says he will not be able to fill all the orders he receives. There will be fully four million fruit trees for sale by Unrsetymen around Fort Val ley this fall. The fruit business is nd doubt the Salvation of this section and gives employment to a large number Of hands who spend their earnings with the merchants of the town. * * * Editor T. It. Gibson; of the Arigris- ta Evening jVeivs, has decided to accept his appointment as consul to Beirut, Syria. He will leave in about six weeks for his nc-w post. Mr. Gibron is one of the most popular young men in the state, and liked by everybody, and is a social leader. He is a gentle man of refinement and line intellect and one of the best writers on the Georgia press. He is well equipped for his new office ami, as a diplomat, will grace his country with dignity in foreign lands and will command re spect always. Mr. Gibson has not yet decided who ho will appoint as his as sistant. ♦ * * Sewing machines are at the bottom of a very interesting piece of legisla tion that has been occupying the at tention of Judge Westmoreland’s court in Atlanta for several days. The de fendant in the suit is Mr. W. J. Me- caslin and the plaintiff is the Farmers’ Alliance exchange of Georgia. Col onel W. L. Peek appeared a6 the busi ness representative of tho exchange. Judge W. It. Hammond was attorney for the exchange. Mr. Mecaslin is charged with dereliction in that he failed to deliver at the proper time and according to the terms of the con tract, 1,000 sewing machines, which were bon ht of him by Colonel Peek, as manager of the alliance exchange. It was claimed that Mr. Mecaslin de livered only 360 machines according to contract. The others were shipped out of the appointed time. The ex change was asked to pay the freight, which should have been paid by Mr. Mecaslin, and other things. * * * Sumter’s farmers will eat home- raised hog and hominy under their own vine and fig tree next year. Never has so much attention been giv en to hog raising before, and as a re sult nearly every farmer in the county will save enough meat this winter to supply his family a portion of next year, at least,while not a few will save enough to supply the r family and la borers, too, the entire year. One far mer stated that in his immediate nigh- borhood twenty-one farmers would save enough meat to run them the en tire year. This looks like prosperity sure enough, for with their smoke houses and corn cribs in Sumter county, and homeraised horses and mules in the stable, our farmers are upon a solid basis and will soon be independent of the schemes and ma chinations of Wall streetmoney sharks, who seek to grind them beneath tho heel of oppression. * * * Turpentine Operators Aleet. The Cordele Turpentine Operators’ Operative association met the past' week in regular monthly session. The following delegates were elected to the annual meeting in Savnnnah: A. Frid- gen, E. L. Vickers, W. B. Mathews, J. A. Baldwin, W. H. Clements and C. O. Green. 'J his meeting promises to he quite interesting, as some very important measures will be discussed. The rules will doubtless be amended so as to put the association upon a more substantial and solid basis than Notwithstanding recent differ- some of the members, lafgqf than it was last session, and it was {lie lafsest ing of the ?■»•*! THE HEWS IN GENERAL. coffee, with fruit or cheese by way of an appetizing finish. A supper ol cold meat, vegetables, pudding, with tea or coffee, also costs seven cents, bnt it is possible to breakfast on coffee, soup, bread, ham and eggs for four cents. ciation is in favor of employing a man who will devote his whole time to or ganizing sub-associations and working for the welfare of the order. The “Tech” Opens. One hundred and fifty bright and active young men, glowing with health Greater, even than the low prices, is see that move? On that depends life the advantage to the ignorant classes and death! j of good food prepared in an appetiz- Sefer looks at the chess-board for a ■ ing way. It is this enlightening which and full of ambition and energy, each long while; his looks betray that he ■ it is hoped in all such enterprises will j intent upon carving out a future for has seen the move that will save him. I prove the thin edge of the wedge that j himself, entered the big stone arch- But he does not touch the men and he shall drive asunder the rock of stu-] way of the state Technological school seems to hesitate. pidity upon which more than the | at Atlanta last Wednesday morning “Marnf,” he asks all of a sudden, ignorant classes have gone to pieces in ! and became students of that institu- “how many children have you at the cooking line. Scientific cooking j tion for the fall term. It was the fall home?” is no longer a name; it is a recognized j opening of the school. One hundred “Friar,” is the answer that ponies j necessity, and its dyspeptic substitute | of the young men were old students of from trembling lijos. is not to be muoh longer put up with,: the school, having been present “You hays a good ■wife?’’ I-—New York Times. __ j throughout the last session, whil6-fifty 1 of them were new recruits. The open- opening the school has had since trio years ago. The new students came from every section of the state, and r'ebXesjented a larger constituency than ever befoie: .Tifey came from the mountains and from the io# hinds. The majority of the neWs^rideqts are farmers’s sons, young men with and ambition, who have saved up with strict economy, enough money to bear the eXperises of a course in this insti tution Numbers of them are browned by foiling in the sdn, btit their faces beiokeri the pfesenee of determined character. It was an army of yonn; Moused frcm to Most Important TelegrapMc Adro* Asd Presented in Pointed and Reada ble Paragraphs. YELLOW JACK RAMPANT. Eighteen New Cases Reported in Bruns wick in One Day. Whittentofi mills at Taunton, Maes., started all departments on full time Tuesday, giving employment to more than 1,000 persons. The large mercantile establishment men who will be heard from in the , of Wolf A Goldman, at Newport,Ark., fritrire. j was destroyed by fire Tuesday even- Dr. Hophins is ranch encouraged i ing. Lose, §50,000; insurance about over the outlook for the institution. The school has just entered the sev enth year of its existence and the re sults of training in it are beginning to show. Biblical Bail, In the early days of interior TVfigj souri the late Judge E——- Cut; Cord-' wood, cleared up his homestead farm; and was employed upon one side of nearly every ease that came up, being for some years the only lawyer in the county. He had So books except an old leather-covered Bible and an old vol ume or'twd of histoty; similarly bound, bnt had read law a short time in Ken tucky in his youth. He was Very small and irisigriifie'ant in appearance, bnt became before his death a splendid lawyer and an honored Judge. A young attorney from thp East settled in the little country town, with his library of about half a dozen new and handsomely bound law books, and on his first appearance in a ease he brought most of his library to the Jus tice’s office iri a fine; beautifully flowered carpet bag, popular in that day. E was engaged against him; and, as usual, had not a book. When his adversary carefully drew his books from his pretty carpet bag and laid them on the table, E looked astonished, but quickly recov ered his ready resources, and asked the Justice to excuse him for a few moments. He hurried to his home stead; half a mile or so away, and put his old leather-bound Bible and his tories into a grain sack and brought them to court; imitating his opponent in layirig them before him on the table. The evidence was introduced, and the Eastern man, being for the jflain- tiff, made his opening argument and read at length from his text books. E made his characteristic speech in reply, closing hy reading law from his old Bible just the reverse of that read by his opponent and took his seat, putting his Bible on the table. His adversary reached over and picked it up, and seeing what it was eagerly addressed the Justice: <r Your Honor,” said he, “this man is a humbug and a pettifogger. Why, sir, this is the Bible from which he has pretended to read law.” The old Justice looked indignant, and interrupting the young attorney, said: “Set down! What better law can we get than the Bible?” He then de cided the case in favor of the defend ant.—Green Bag. Where Pearls Are Found. Pearls are found in the shells of many kinds of mollusks. They occur in the common edible oyster, but are not of value. Very large white ones are occasionally obtained from the giant clam, which is the biggest known bivalve, but they are not worth much. They are always symmetrical and of some beauty, having a faint bnt pleas ing sheen when looked at sideways. The shells of the giant clam are occa sionally used for baptismal fonts in churches. The animal is found, buried up to the lips, hinge downward, in coral reefs. Men have lost their lives by stepping between the open valves, which closed immediately upon the foot, holding them until they drowned. It is said that pearls of a yellowish color are sometimes obtained from the pearly nautilus. But the natives of the Sooloo Archipelago throw them away, considering them unlucky. They declare that, if a man should fight while wearing a ring with such a pearl, he would certainly be killed. Pearl- bearing mussels are found in the lakes and streams of many parts of the world, including the United States. These mollusks have yielded great numbers of valuable gems in this country, so that attempts have been made to establish pearl fishing on a commercial basis in some rivers. The chief sources of supply of mother-of-pearl shells are the Torres Straits and West Australian fisheries and the trade centers of Singapore and Macassar. Innumerable islands of the Pacific contribute more or less of this valuable product — notably Tahiti. Three varieties are recognized com monly—the white, the black edged and the golden edged. This statement refers to the pearl oyster, which fur nishes the finest mother-of-pearl. The shells of a single oyster have been known to weigh as much as fourteen pounds. The utmost economy and skill are exercised in cutting up the shells, each part being made to serve some particular purpose. Thus, from a single one of good size will be ob tained a penholder, a pistol butt, two or three knife handles, a poker chip and a dozen and a half buttons of dif-- ferent sizes.—Washington Star. A Clever Irisb Gin. Miss Mary O’Brien, a clever Irish girl, has won the Scientific Research Scholar ship (£150 per aunum for two years) at the University College of Wales, Abery stwyth. Since the subject selected must bear u pon an industry, she proposes to take up the question, so important to agriculturists, of the nitrogen supply of leguminous and other plants. Only one of these scholarships has previously been awarded to a woman. Miss O’Brien was educated at the Friends Schools, Ack- worth and York, gaining an open scholarship of £25 for Natural Science at the Aberystwyth College in 1890. After passing through an advance science course, she took her B. Sc. degree last year with second class honors in botany and zoology. In the former subject she was third in order of merit and was alone in her clsss; in the latter she was placed fourth, and no candidate attained to the first class. France has the distinction of being the most carefully cultivated agririUl* tarai oountry ia Europe, <- half. A Chicago dispatch at Tuesday says: Aimed men Will in the future accom pany every iiititi hauling express or mail cars from Chicago? to any point east or south. Three millions in gold was received at the treasury in Washington Wed- h€sdaf ftotu the New York sub-treasu- iy i$ an indication of a favorable turn in the gold situation. A cable dispatch of Tuesday team London nnnounberi that Benjamin Whitworth, the great manufacturer, of Manchester, England, and 2 well known philanthropist, is dead. Three deaths from smallpox were re ported in New York Tuesday' morning from Kiverside, North Brothers’ Island, Only one new case was re ported at sanitary headquarters, A Washington dispatch of Wednes day says: Secretary Carlisle has called for the resignation of J.- It Garrison, deputy first comptroller of the treas ury. Mr. Garrison has been more than twenty years in the treasury depart ment. , The navy department has advices of the arrival of the United States cruiser Charleston at Janeiro; Brazil, Wed nesday. It is anticipated that some authentic news of the progress of of events there will now reach the United States through the navy de partment. Advices received by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company’s steamship Empress of India, which arrived at Vancouver Tuesday from Hong Kong and Yokohoma, is as follows: Reports of the damage done by the flood at Gife, Japan, state that 682 houses it ere swept away; 14,025 houses flood ed; 238 people killed and 30,205 ren dered homeless, A New York dispatch of Tuesday says: The Morgan line steamship Algiers which was loaned to Health Officer Jenkins by C. P. Huntington to carry food supplies to the yellow fever sufferers at Brunswick, Ga., now lying in Erie basin in Brooklyn, is being rapidly fitted up for her er rand of mercy. Dr. Bell, the editor of The Sanitarian and former quaran tine commissioner,' has volunteered his services to Health Officer Jen kins. He will accompany the expe dition as the medical officer in charge. The general assembly of democratic societies of Pennsylvania was called to order in the fifth annual conven tion, at Allentown, Tuesday morning. For half an hour before the time the Academy of Music rang with cheers for the democratic leaders and a tre mendous ovation greeted Vice Presi dent Stevenson when he entered the hall. Two thousand people filled the hall at the opening of the convention. President Black immediately deliv ered an admirable address, which was punctuated with thundering applause. A special of Tuesday from Guthrie, 0. T., says: The Cherokee strip has been settled a week and things are getting down to a basis. Of the 200,- 000 who entered the land on the 16th, over half have left. The population of the new town is about as follows; Pawnee, 1,000: Kirk, 3,000; Kildare 1,000; Ponca, 1,000; Enid, 1,000; Pond Creek, 1,000; Alva, 1,000; Wooward, 1,000; Perry, 12,000. Perry is destined to be the leading town of the strip, and the governor has issued his proclamation declaring it to be a city of the first-class. Surgeon General Wyman, of the marine hospital service, received a ca blegram Wednesday from Consul Rosenthal, at Leghorn, Italy, stating that cholera was increasing at an alarming rate there. During the past twenty-four hours twenty-six new cases developed, making a total of sixty-five cases now under treatment. Dr. Wyman has ordered Dr. C. Irvin Cross from Marseilles to Leghorn to 4ook after the interests of the service at that place. A cablegram was also received at the marine hospital de partment from the consul at Strettin, Germany, announcing the presence of cholera there. Governor Carr of North Carolina, on Wednesday, appointed J. S. Mann, of Newbern, chief state commissioner of shell fish for two years to succeed W. H. Lucas. Bitter attacks have been made on Lucas and the strict law of the state which has broken up oyster dredging. Last year there were sev eral canneries operated by Baltimore packers and these oysters were simply canned and then shipped to Baltimore where labels were placed on the cans and they were sold as Maryland oys ters. This year these canneries will not be in operation, the mehinery having all been removed. There is opportunity for people of the state to can and ship oysters. Will Sot Strike. Grand Master Sargent, of the Broth erhood of Locomotive Fireman, is in receipt of a telegram from the fire man’s committee at Cincinnati, stat ing that the vote of the Big Four em ployes was adverse to a strike, and that the trouble that bad been im pending is now settled, No particu lars of the settlement have been sent to him further than that no strike has been declal%d. Fearful Flood ia Japan. A San Francisco special says: The steamship Peru, Monday evening from China and Japan, brought the news to September 3d. The Japan Gazette, dated August 26, gives an account of a great flood in Fifn Ken. Three hundred and four were drowned, and 30,000 are receiving relief. It says also that 2,356 cases are reported and 447 dead. The" Oniirion of the Weather Farors the Spread of the Plagne. Advertise oovr, it will paf yeo, A Brunswick special says; From indications at the Wednesday noon meeting yellow jack is preparing to wreak its vengeance upon all the peo- people remaining in the city. Eighteen cases are reported, and it is thought that mofe eases are in the city not re ported. The weather is favorable for the spread of the disease. Twenty-five negroes were sworn in by the police department, and are pa trolling the city armed with Winches ter rifles. This was done to check any uprising of negroes. The following are the cases reported at She noon meeting: Jimmie Latham, white; Anna Bell Jones, colored; Mueray Furlow, white; Jimmie Bai ley, white; Bailey Everett, colored; J. B. Mock, white; Arthur Roberts, colored; Berry Everett, colored; Alice Keely and her two children, Willie and Harry; Alfred Reynolds, white; Victoria Mills, Alfred Mills, Oscar Lamkin, Willio Mills, two chil dren oi Mrs. Larentzon. PREVIOUS DISPATCHES. Two new cases of yellow fever de veloped at Brunswick Tuesday. Mrs. Sleeper, and Mamie Nana, colored. There was one death, that of Mrs. Stokes, Six patients were discharged Miss Theda Rhinehardt, Mrs. Sleeper, William Johnson’s wife and mother-in- law, Myfick Baily and another color ed woman, erroneously reported of ficially as sick. There are now under treatment fourteen cases, the smallest number at any one time since the epi demic was declared, The outlook is favorable for the continued decreas of malignant cases and la oW rats of mortality. The report of Treasurer Dart shows cash subscriptions received to date of $5,429.62. The report of Joseph W. Smith, manager of the commissary, shows liberal donations of provisions from Atlanta, Valdosta,- Montezuma, Quitman and Dawson, Ga. COLORED POLICEMEN. Charles Clark, a reputable colored citizen, has been appointed a special government sanitary inspector. The Downing Company, under the man agement of Alfred V. Wood, resumed the naval stores business Monday. This encouraging move will employ fifty people. Before completing arrange ments with Mr. Wood, Mr. Downing intended moving his entire business, amounting to several million dollars annually, to Savannah. Mayor Lamb and Chief Beach have appointed several reputable colored citizens on fhe police force. Captain Barney Dart and Lieutenants Lee Robinson and O. V, Barknloo arrived from St. Simon’s, and, after consulta tion with Mayor Lamb and Chief Beach, all the arms, accoutrements and ammunition of the Brunswick Rifle men were placed in the police bar racks, subject to an emergency call. Owing to the lack of a council quo rum, and Brunswick now being un der a provisional government and in great need of an active city govern ment, it was resolved, on motion of Colonel Goodyear, by a joint meeting of the boards, to authorize Mayor Lamb and the members of the council present, to appoint a full body of Al dermen, and hold regular meetings, to secure proper police protection for Brunswick and enforce the mandates of that body. The sanitary force was increased to clean the city thorougly. READY FOR A RIOT. Out of 600 white men, 500 can be relied on. In addition, several hun dred good colored men, out of the 1,700 in the city, will side with the good element of the whites. If cir cumstances should arise demanding it, 150 men can be secured in an hour’s time from St. Simon’s island. Such preparations are only made to meet any movement that may arise. At present the disturbing element is un der good control and, unless some thing unforeseen happens, can be handled. . If necessary voldnteer im- mnnes from Savannah and Jackson ville will be asked for by special trains until the militia arrives. EIGHT NEW CASES THURSDAY. The board of health of Brunswick at the Thursday noon meeting an nounced eight new cases and one dis charged. CORBETT AND MITCHELL Agree to Fight for a Purse of Forty Thousand Dollars. A New York dispatch of Sunday says: The international prize fight be tween “Jim” Corbett and “Charley” Mitchell for the heavy-weight cham pionship and a purse of $40,000 will take place before the Coney Island Athletic club, if there is no interfer ence from the authorities of Kings county. Mitchell signed articles Sat urday in the Hoffman house, bind ing himself to fight the Californian in the arena by the sea in December. The articles were sent to Corbett, who is fgaining at Lock Arbor, Asbury Park, ftnd he signed them there Monday. WORK OF WHITECAPS. They are Burning Gin Houses in Parts of Mississippi. A special of Tuesday from Brook- haven, Miss., says that Frederick Grif fith, a colored farmer living fourteen miles southwest of that town in Frank lin county, had his cotton house and contents burned by whitecaps a few nights ago. The mill and cotton gin and contents owned by Dan Sasser, in the southern portion of Lincoln coun ty, was burned te the ground. Con siderable excitement prevails and more trouble is expected. Virginia Bonds Quoted. At the stock exchange at New York Thursday, $10,000 Virginia funded debts bonds of 1891 sold at 51}. 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