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OCILU DISPATCH. err: OUlI.r.4, GEORGIA. HFXDERSOX & HANLON, Publishers. The late Colonel Waring’s report on Havana declared that unless the most thorough sanitary reforms were im¬ mediately instituted in the Cuban capital there would be an epidemic of yellow fever in this country. The model town of Pullman has ended its career as a community fenced in by the rules of its late pro¬ prietor. The idea was anomalous and contrary to the municipal life of the country. That Mr. Pullman should work out a plan for a town as if the latter were apart of his estate was not inconsistent with the ambition of a great capitalist and manufacturer; but he forgot what municipal initiative and responsibility mean, and how Ameri¬ can. national life had its start iu mu¬ nicipal beginnings. A decision of the Illinois Supreme Court now makes Pullman a part of Chicago, where it can learn to think and act for itself. The decision is also a reminder to cor¬ porations that village or town life should not be treated as an investment schemo appended to a manufacturing concern. The Government of Sweden, through its statistical department, has compiled a tabulated statement of the number and distribution of telephone? in use throughout the world—the compilation including 1895, 1896, 1897 and 1898 records. The growth of telephonic communication is well illustrated iu this. The number of instruments in use in all countries is given as 1,288,163—or, approximately, one for every 1000 inhabitants of the earth. The United States naturally leads, with nearly 773,000 (the 1896 record), with Germany in the second place, recording 151,000. The total distance eovered by the wires is 1,509,500 miles. Of course, when the inhabitants of barbaric countries, like a large part of Africa and of Asia, are eliminated from the calculation, it is likely that we have at least one in¬ strument for every 800 inhabitants of those parts of the earth where the telephone system is known and used. Compressed air has been developed as a great power, and is soon to be put into practical operation on cer¬ tain railroads. Think of ail the dirt and dust that would be 'saved the summer traveler were cars to be oper¬ ated altogether by this force! Private street carriages may also ultimately be run by it. The co3t is said to be Blight, and the power enormous. Na¬ ture is nothing if not prodigal with her favors, and her secrets are never intended for the special few, phil¬ osophizes Harper’s Bazar. So soon as the majority can understand the latest of them she yields it over, and she is not half as reluctant about re¬ vealing herself as we are slow in per¬ ceiving what she extends to us. It is interesting to remember that the hith¬ erto invisible and immaterial forces are those which within the century have been put to the highest use, and that while men have been mourning the decadence of those crafts which made the glory of other times, they have been steadily progressing into the realm of higher revelations and to excellence ou a different plane. Massachusetts has been the first to establish a State sanitarium for con¬ sumptives, founded upon the princi. pies of the great sanitaria in Europe, and a special interest attaches to the first report of the institution, particu¬ larly as the Legislatures of some other States are to be asked to create like institutions. The visiting physicians of the hospital say that it has been a source of gratification and surprise to see how quickly and contentedly the patients have adopted the speoial hy¬ gienic methods used for treatment, viz., almost constant life in the open air, whether by walking or reclining on the piazzas^ and the ingestion of nourishing food, The remarkable change in the aspect of these patients after even a short stay at the hospital at Rutland would convince the most casual observer of the efficacy of the treatment upon the general condition of the patient. They say the moral effect of this somewhat military disci¬ pline is an important factor in ac¬ complishing at the hospital what would be almost impossible at home They believe it will ba not only a ben¬ efit to individuals, but an object les¬ son to the whole community, to prove the value of fresh air and good food for not only the cure, but the preven¬ tion of disease. SACKED MONKEYS. INDIA’S PECULIAR CHURCH OF JOCKOS. Screeching of the Izittle Q-jadrupeds Mingle With the Chanting of the Kichly Robed Priests of Hinduism— Queer Ceremonies, The sacred city of East India is Be¬ nares and the tourist who visits this mecca of the Hindus will carry away with him memories of as unique a place as it is the lot of either American or European to visit, says the Philadel¬ phia Record. As the first streak of dawn breaks in the east the sojourner at Benares is awakened by the beating of gongs and the yelling by the Hindu populace of “Sati Ram.” Opening his bedroom window, the visitor sees be¬ low him hundreds of Hindu men and women dressed in the peculiar Indian fashion. Some are going to the great holy dam to perform their morning ablutions; others who have complet¬ ed this duty are on their way to the various Hindu temples, crying out the name of their favorite god and beating brass gongs. The sight witnessed on the streets of this city at sunrise is a never-to-De-forgotten one. Human be¬ ings, monkeys and tame sacred bulls make it next to an impossibility for the stranger to pass along. At first one imagines that a great circus has arrived in the city. The monkeys, sac¬ red to some god or other and of every size and description, thrust their hairy hands into the baskets of the passers by and into the windows of the con¬ fectioner, taking whatever they can. Not a murmur is raised, not a protest is offered; in fact, the Hindu believes it to be a piece of rare good fortune for him during that day if one of the monkeys or bulls will only appropriate some of the contents of his basket or store. The bulls roam at will iu the market places, trampling vegetables under their feet and eating the choicest that the market can afford. Instead of beating the bulls off his products, the Hindu all the time sits as an Egyptian mummy, with never a sign of disap¬ proval. To object would mean the breaking of his caste, and caste to the Hindu is dearer than all else on earth. After the visitor has gone a short dis¬ tance from his hotel he comes to one of the great Hindu temples, with gro¬ tesque carvings of hideous-looking gods and animals adorning the exterior, while on the inside a perfect bedlam is going on. At the temple, as on the streets, are hundreds of sacred mon keys, who rush pell-mell over the vast edifice, stealing whatever they can lay tbeir hands on, and emitting ear-split ting screeches at intervals. Gongs are beaten, Hindu priests come out and go through clownish performances, and the worshipers make the atmosphere stifling with the burning of sacred wood. For hours each day this mode of worshiping is carried on. Woe to the Hindu who raises his hand against either bull or monkey, for, though these animals viciously attack him, he would be ostracized from his race for ever. The tourist leaves the great holy city of Benares with the feeling that it is far better to be a bull or a monkey there than a human being. IN AND ON THE WAY TO THE KLONDIKE, \ - 7 * r g % ? : ■' ' . r ^> This view is taken from near the mouth of the famous Eldorado—the creek which, up to the present, has yielded more gold than any other creek in the Klondike. Almost every foot of the ground shown in this pic ture contains good “pay”—even the SURE BOND IN CONVERSATION Two Wearers of Eyeglasses Need Never Be Uncongenial. He is one of those enthusiastic men whose hobby is his friends. His chief aim in life seems to be getting those he most admires together in his home or at the club, and then leaving tnem to get acquainted while he writes a letter or attends to some equally un¬ important piece of business. Not long ago he caused to become acquainted a man whose one desire is to thoroughly understand agriculture and a broad¬ minded, free-thinking lawyer, who cares no more about why things grow than a goldfish does for a mouse. They are both intelligent, hut the only thing similar about them is that they both wear glasses. “Mr. Jones, this is Mr. Brown. Now, if you will excuse me, I’ll write a letter,” said mine host in his usual way, as he withdrew. They jioth lighted cigars, and the lawyer be gan a story of the day, but it fell flat. Then he told a better one, but the agriculturist merely smiled a faint, far away smile, The lawyer talked of a difficult case he had just won and of numerous well known cases over the country, but called forth no answering remarks from his companion. He discoursed at length upon the theaters and all the latest music hall gossip, but to no avail. He narrated of the virtues and failings of past and modern liter- ature, religion, art, science, the Aus¬ tralian ballot system and national politics. His companion listened, but said nothing, showing he was not interested, In despair, the lawyer commenced a discourse on the mete¬ oric showers, when he noticed the ag¬ riculturist removed his spectacles and wipe them on the corner of his hand¬ kerchief. A bright idea came to him. “I see you wear spectacles,” he said. “It is said there is a vast difference in results of wearing nose glasses and spectacles. I suppose you have worn both? Can you tell me what it is?” The agriculturist had, could and did. He talked on what was the mat¬ ter with his eyes, what he did for them, how certain lights and things affected them, what sort of prisms to wear, who is the best occulist, and listened attentively and eagerly to like remarks from the lawyer, When mine host returned, they were still discussing the subject, and were ap¬ parently the best of friends. Which goes to prove that, no matter how far apart your everyday lives may be, whether you are a man or a woman, if you wear glasses there is always a bond of fellowship and interest be¬ tween you, and an open sesame to conversation. Try it some day and see. What One Woman’s Vanity Cost Her. A curious story comes from Monte Carlo, the heroine of which has, says the Paris correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, lost a large sum through excusable feminine vanity, She en tered the Salle while a former friend and protector of hers was winning in a sweeping style that seemed destin ed to break the bank. “I am so glad to see you here, Prince, and in such luck, too,” she exclaimed. “Do tell me a lucky number; it is sure to win, for you are now in the vein.” The Prince generously placed a pile of gold louis before the vivacious lady, whose beauty had successfully defied the ef¬ fects of thirty-six winters, and said: “Put it all on the number of your years and reap a golden harvest.” The lady reflected, hesitated, and then plac¬ ed the pile on twenty-seven. An in¬ stant later the croupier sang out, “Thirty-six red wins.” The lady mut¬ tered, “Ah! mon Dieu; thirty-six is exactly my age,” and fainted on the spot. Why He Limped. Calmly to put away glory thrust up¬ on him by fair women is a pitch of honest self-abnegation possible only to I a genuine hero, of the type described ; by the Buffalo Express. A soldier boy ! of the Fighting Thirteenth, on his le j turn to Buffalo, walked with an engag ing limp, which excited the curiosity and sympathy of the patriotic women who surrounded him at the railway sta¬ tion. “Was it done by a dreadful Mau ser bullet?” asked one. “Will you be crippled for life?” queried another, “I : am sure he was shot while carrying a ! wounded comrade off the field! gushed a third. The crippled veteran, as mod J j est barrassed as he was by these brave, tributes, was visibly and em- as j soon as he could quite simply: master his “Ah, emotion wan! he remarked g j ’Taint nawthtn but a boil on me | knee!” hillsides, in many places, having prov ed as rich as the valley. There is no known spot in the whole world that contains so much gold in a correspond ing area as that shown in the above view. Like most of the good pay spots, it stands in British territory. Woman to Woman. From the Detroit Free Press: She was a pleasant-faced woman, middle aged, and with an air of good will to everybody, even those of her own sex. When she got on the street car there was just one seat left, and she walked toward it. But another woman had boarded the car right behind her. She, too, was middle-aged, and, though still plump, her hair had wider gray streaks in it than the coiffure of the first lady. The latter, seeing a woman apparently older than herself, stepped back from the seat she was about to take, and said: “Won’t you take this seat, ma¬ dam? You probably need It more than I.” If it had been a man that offered the courtesy, of course, that slightly elderly lady would have accepted it with a smile, and, perhaps, with a “thank you.” But this was a woman, and it was another story. She sniffed the air disdainfully, and said: “The idea! I’m no older than you. Take the seat yourself.” And the other passen¬ gers all found something outside the car to attract their attention. A Very Costly ripe Four hundred thousand dollars is the estimated value of the pipe which the Shah of Persia smokes in public on state occasions. It is called “II Ka.lidin,” and is entirely encrusted with diamonds, rubies, pearls and emeralds. WHERE SNAKES ABOU A Curious Spot Where Thousands of Snakes Congregate* Save In the imagination of some unfortunate victim of delirium, there are few men who ever saw more than three or four snakes together in any place on the earth’s surface. Were you to ask naturalists they would tell you that the tendency of snakes is not to congregate in any one place. Yet contrary to seeming laws of na ture there Is a place which is infested by them in astounding numbers, so vast that it is the wonder of all those who have looked upon it. This land of snakes is known by either of the two unsuggestive names of “Linkville” or ‘‘Klamath Falls.” and Is situated in an obscure corner over the California border line in Oregon. It may be reached in twenty-four hours’ travel from San Francisco. You have only to take the northern-bound train for Ager, thence a stage line of about twenty miles conducts you to your destination. It is impossible to asso elate “snakes” with the beautiful and varying scenery through which you pass as far as Klamath Hot Springs. Trees and streams and all the glories of mountain scenery greet you on every hand. You drive through a lux¬ urious growth of evergreens and shrubbery; you cross and recross nu¬ merous streams; you breathe the soft air of Shasta and Siskiyou. But when you have left Klamath Hot Springs a few miles behind there is an appre ciable difference in the landscape. Sparsity of vegetation is the first ob servable change. At every turn of the road the aspect becomes more bar ren. more forlorn and more desolate. Finally, you seek in vain for a tree or a shrub, and at last, dust-covered and weary, you pull up at a dry, withered village, that produces noth ing on its hard, rocky soil but revolt ing snakes. You have reached Link ville, the haunting retreat of serpents! There is a bridge in Linkville that spans Klamath river. From this bridge, which is a vantage point as far as view is concerned, a most ex traordinary sight meets the eyes. Along the river banks, at irregular intervals of a few yards, are seen dark balls ranging from a foot to three feet in diameter. They are stationary and as passive as a boulder, which they resemble in color. But if a stone is hurled at any of these strange spheres, to your horror snakes will craw] off in every direction and the ball will melt away as lard melts in a frying pan. The repulsive creatures that have thus been coiled up in a perfect sphere glide away under rocks, and one minute later not a snake is to be seen in that particular spot. But the other balls of snakes in the vicin¬ ity are little disturbed by the stone. A close inspection will reveal only a moving head or twitching tail in the mass that before looked like an im movable boulder. Those that were scattered, however, may later seek the neighboring spheres or in a few mtn utes slink out of their hiding places and reassemble themselves in balls. They’re Only Artesians. During the recent strike of ladies’ tailors the proprietor of a well-known uptown establishment was endeavor ing to explain to an interested cus tomer the difference between the kind of work which is done in an establish ment like his and that done by the shambling wretches who were fighting for “recognition” and their right to better pay. “You see,” he explained, “men who never see a fine garment on a lady and who have no opportunity to observe and learn what good style is cannot he expected to turn out ar tistic work. They can never hope to become artists; they are simply ar¬ tesians.” Something 1 Similar. “The expression O. K. is an Amer icanism, I am told,” said the English man. “True,” replied the American, “and yet that is but little different from a term much used in despotic countries.” “Indeed?” “Yes; in Rus sia, for instance, there is the ukase.” —Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. I RECENT INVENTIONS. . An improved crutch has a rubber tip at the bottom for use in ordinary weather, with a steel point placed in side the rubber and attached to a knob on the side of the shank by which it can be pushed when the pavements are slippery. To prevent check reins from slip¬ ping of their hooks an Iowa man has designed a holder formed of a leather disk from the center of which a sec¬ ond disk is almost cut, leaving a por¬ tion unsevered at the rear, with a slit in the inner disk, which fits tightly over the hook. I Ropes of all sizes can be automatip ally measured by a new machine. which has a roller journaled in a casing around which the ropes are passed and then extended through openings of different size to spond with the diameter of the rope, the roller turning pointers on a dial as it revolves. A Minnesota woman has designed a buttonhole opened for use with but tonholing machines, consisting of a central handle with one end formed with a tapered point to cut the hole open, when the tool is reversed and a flat, double-edged blade is used to make the hole of the proper length, A handy clothesrack for use outside of windows is formed of a number of bars hinged together to unfold on either side of the window, with rods running across the window from one set of bars to the otber, to be brought within easy reach for hanging the clothes and extended for drying them, WHEELER DPHELf) BY COLLEAGDES. —-- Doughty Little General Will Keep it His Seat In Congress, THE RESOLUTION FAILS. Vote Was a Decisive One—Scram¬ ble For Consent Bills. A Washington special says: At Thursday’s session the house refused, by a large majority, to consider the report of the judiciary committee, un seating General Wheeler and his three colleagues. It was a striking tribute the great little general, for it was his popularii y that caused his associ¬ ates in the house to refuse to take up the case. Of course they had the best kind of excuse for declining, because of the shortness of time remaining; but in reality the reason they did it was be¬ cause of their friendly feeling for Wheeler. The report of the commit tee, however, established as well as a report could the law in the case and it will be a precedent for the future. The political division upon the vO*te wag significant. The vote stood 77 a y es oas t by 21 republicans, 43 demo CJ a t s an( j 13 populists and 146 nays, cast by 101 republicans, 44 aU( j j populist, A half a million dollars each was appropriated under suspension of the rules for the pan-American exposition a t Buffalo aud Ohio Centennial at Toledo. The senate bill carrying §1,000,000 for a uew building for the department of justice was passed, A number of conference reports on minor bills were adopted, There was a great scramble for un animous consent legislation when the house met at 11 o’clock. With the end of the congress only forty-eight hours off almost every member had some lo cal measure he was trying to sescure from death on the calendar and they stood in the area in front of the upeak er’s rostrum ten deep clamorii g for recognition. A number of bills were pissed th ...... authorizing van » m a series ous officers of the government to ac eept decorations from foreign govern MUST STAY ON BOARD. Officers’ Wives Not Allowed to Land From Transport at Manila. US organ . The wives of the officers and other women passengers were not allowed to land, the authorities considering the condi tion ashore to be too unsettled, Thursday was the. hottest day jo f the season, but fortunately all Was Tjiii^i inside and outside our lines investing : the city, and the majority of tht men were kept in the shade, Th 0 011 P 0sds beyond feajn Pedro Macnti . were hied u P°h ^y the .-ebels from the walls of the Guadeloupe cHnrcH. A gunboat advanlcec 300 y al ' ds beyond the lines and Cleared awa T be enemy with gatlmgs. No casualties are reported. Go “ er f! \ Illler hflS J? e ® n ,°J d f ed to garter bis troops in Iloilo in the cus ton ? h °T e or ° ther P ubbc om ‘ dm S s a “ d authorized , to make the necessary Ranges at a cost not to exceed §40,000, tlle 8ame tc J be P ) f STAMP PEOPLE SKIP. A New Tennessee Law Had Prompt Effect In Chattanooga. The two Cl®! stamp companies enn., folded their tents and silently stole away Thursday, going nobody ^n^wa where, and about §1,000 worth of their stamps now in the hands of the people and as many more in the hands of merchants are unre deemed. This action of the companies grows t °f the * „ few days ou aw passed a ago by the state legislature in which these companies are heavily taxed for doing business in this state. It is stated that their books now out will not be redeemed and there seems to be no way to force their redemption. PRIZE MONEY DISTRIBUTED. Checks Are Sent to Men Who Cap¬ tured the Spanish Steamer Rita. In th i United States district court ftt charleaton Thursday Clerk C. J. O. Hutson made out. and Judge Brawley signed 295 cheeks to the officers and men 0 f cru i ser Y a !e for their share 0 j, mone y accruing from the sale 0 j Spanish prize Rita, After the Rita had been captured by the Yule and had been sent to Charles ton y, e government bought her for $125,000. The prize money to be di vided amounted to $59,000. Captain Wise, of the Yale, was sent a check for $8,991, and the smallest amount received by a seaman was $76. TEXAS CONGRESSHAN DIES. : j Representative Crawford a Victim of j Heart Trouble In Washington. Representative John W. Cranford, of the fourth congressional district of Texas, died at the Providence hospital , Washington Thursday night of ! in Heart disease and other complications, Representative Cranford was about thirty-six years of age, and was serv- 1 ing his first term in congress. HKlVAThS GIVE TESTlMl Regarding Canned Beef, Wh tains Miles’ Statement There were several interest velopmonts in the beef court («■■ at Washington Thursday. ojfWB field day for the volunteer men fiJH service, the waiting room being all day with regiments members which of the sert^H vajj^J volunteer Cuba and first Porto of these—Clarence Rico. ^^^9 The of sensational the First volunteer eugineers-4[|^^H hardship a story of inhumanity suffered during his scrvflH describing the than canned has roast l>cef^^| be^^J harsher terms ever been article. applied Later to in that the much day Lieute^^H discu^^H Sewell, of United the volunteer States army, battalioi^M who^^^H major contradicteiM which Walters served, story Walters, comp.etely. in his testimony, said^B 9^9 the the first transport can of going beef to he Porto saw opene^H ilicoM^H worms in it and a few minutes being opened developed such a |<® odor that it was impossible to about. He ate some of it and made been violently trips sick. before He and said was^^HH ke^^J on sea seasick. The men of his complained of of the his meat battalion aud nen^| we^H of the men throughout most of the voyage as < 3B suit of eating this meat. wa9 After reaching Porto Rico he sick for a week as a result of the cohW voy® age. At least two-thirds of his pany wgre fully as sick as he and froj® the same cause. Herbert Hicks, of ^9 Captain M, Second Massachusetts, with an account command of the in canuel^^H Cuba. 9 used by His description of the meat did not it quite so repulsive Rico, as but that he servet^H Walters in Porto way ing to “a the slimy, taste, stringy without mass, nnIBB ij9 aud nized without hs form except that could by the be^^H meat' fat with which it was soaked. ness was shown several of the hand with the commission, tun^^ that they were not the same had seen in service. Walters shofl m|9 the same statement on being jfl the same cans. denial A important by James development Farnan an®|H wa^^^H one Christine|^B attributed to Dr. Maxwell Philadelphia, with chemicals that they had in seen Om^H b^| injected an packing house. what he Dr. Christine explain that had seen was the pickling of corn meats, the brine being injected into the in the meat pickling to save vats. several weeksjg®! Lieutenant George Taylor, late^H the Sixth Massachusetts, who said hel was a groceryman before entering the J service, said his regiment served ini " Porto Rico. They had very little tliat they could, eat on the trip down. They sometimes had bacon, but no chance to cook it, and had to throw it overboard. They had canned roast beef, which they could not eat, and had frequently only canned tomatoes, .a * hardtack and coffee. Asked if he thought any sickness in his command bad* was caused by the food the men to eat, he repled: wh&B “I think it was more due to we did not have to eat. When we to Porto Rico there were thirty of ot9 men so sick that they were nevw 9 landed.” an® He had been a grocer ten years had seen canned article roast beef than before, ha^H b^H it was a better seen beef, in however, the army. His trade.iflj wiiia’.IJH was very L egislators.r ECESST^W Tennessee Assemfbiy Gives CojjimiJ j teemen More(Time to Work, In compliance: with a resolutid adopted body by took the another Tennessee legi.slatuj FridJ that recess repr$senl until the 14th inst. It was ed that there could he no judicial rt form unless draft the the bill. committee was ghj ® time to Senate bill amendments agreed to to and the tk^H tra^f struip were a<m® goes to the governor. It taxes §501) and merchants using stanif® GEN. I OR AL ARRESTES! Will Be Court rnartialed FoiBi dering Santiago to ShanH A special dispatch from Mad® General Toral, who command" Spanish troops at Santiago de CuL been arrested and imprisoned, to being tried by eourtmarfcia® charge of capitulating to GeneflB ter at that place on July 14, lafl flARTlN MAHON MISSli Fayne Strahan Moore May Be fo, ' ed as a Consequence. Strahi^^B The jury in the Pet was completed at New York but the court was compelled toadfl the case because of the abseBH Martin Mahon, the principal wiM have for the been prosecution. trying to Subpoena find Mahon® se^H week, but up to date they have® been able to put their hands on iM and the judge declared that he in contempt of court. There is now no doubt that Mahc has skipped New York to avoid a; pearing as Pet Strahan’s prosecutor. . FORFEITED LEASE. Southern Takes Charge of Rapid TrflH sit Line In Chattanooga. 9 The Chattanooga Rapid Transfl company has been transferred to' the. Southern railroad, including-the, belt line from which it was originally leased. It is understood that the Rapid Transit failed to fulfill some parts of the lease. The Southern took posses¬ sion Wednesday. It is said that it will be used as a great switching yard.