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OCILLA DISPATCH. OCILLA, GEORGIA. HENDERSON & HANLON, Publishers. The regularity with which the Kite Mr. Keely kept hi* victims signing checks was perhaps the nearest ap¬ proach to perpetual motion on rec¬ ord. American exports of every kind are increasing steadily, agricultural ns well as manufactured. And there is no immediate likelihood of radical change in this respect American natural resources are so vast and var¬ ied and American industry now is so efficient and well organized that Amer¬ ican producers are prepared to adjust themselves to any change that may oc¬ cur in economic conditions. It has long been remarked .by cer¬ tain physicians that the origiu of can¬ cer should be sought for in some widely spread condition effecting various an¬ imal and vegetable organisms. This idea is based upon tha seeming fre¬ quency, in especial, of the disease in isolated houses on the banks of rivers, particularly if close to woods, it hav¬ ing been observed, too, that trees un¬ der these same conditions are affected with veritable tumors which bear a striking resemblance to cancer. Late investigations by M. Noel, of Paris, are said to show a certain relation be¬ tween arboreal “cancer” and that of man; that is, not only the frequency of malignant tumors in habitations surrounded by or near woods, but also a considerable mortality from cancer among certain persons whose occupa¬ tion obliges them to live in these con¬ ditions, as, for example, excise offi¬ cers, who in certain sections pass through long distances in isolated woods. ___________ Women show genius of a high ordei whenever they attempt to explain the causes of the ills which afflict most of mankind. A woman, one of those in¬ tellectual, up-to-date women, who would rather discuss the nebularhy- potbesis and account for psychological phenomena than'cook or attend to wifely duties, has stated that the colors of the dresses which women wear are responsible for their nervous complaints. Green, for instance, pro¬ duces indigestion, while ball gowns of the same color cause headaches; a royal purple dress is a sovereign rem¬ edy for a sore threat; black, that dig¬ nified color which adorns most women so gracefully and beivitchiugly, is re¬ sponsible for the over-excited person; certain other colors close to the throat, she avers, produce blindness, deafness and other horrible afflictions. Tbe benefactors of humanity are those who reduce any philosophy to a practical science, and this woman- heaven bless her!—is entitled to a niche in the world’s pantheon for supersed¬ ing the science of medicine by point¬ ing out the relation of colors to health. All of us may rest assured that food has nothing to do with indigestion; it is the color^green. And whenever we are physically, mentally and morally suffering the colors we wear are not in the proper juxtaposition to the human frame. The evidence presented may not be. indisputable, but with this feminine logic has no concern. The oyster has just been the sub- jeot of an elaborate communication tc the British Boyal Society by Profes- sor Hardman and Mr. R. Boyce. They say that they did not find the typhoid bacillus in any oysters obtained from the sea or market—that would only have happened if they had got them (which was not their purpose) from a taiutedspot. But for experiment they infected clean oysters with germs, and the two principal results were emin¬ ently satisfactory. One was that, while the typhoid bacilli could be de¬ tected in the body of the infected oys¬ ter for ten days, or even more, after introduction, they showed no signs of increase, and in the intestine actually perished. The other showed that by washing infeoted oysters in a stream oi clean sea water the typhoid bacilli, in from one to seven days, uniformly J and invariably either , greatly dimm- ishod or totally disappeared. It is clear, therefore, that sea water is bos- tile to the development of these nox¬ ious germs. Of the green’oysters, the investigators say that some are per¬ 1 fectly wholesome, while others are not. The reason is a simple one. The greenness in the former case is due to the presence of a harmless vegetable pigment. There may be also a small quantity of an iron salt associated with it; but this has no connection with the coloring matter. In the other kinds of green oysters the color is due to a deleterious salt of copper. The epi¬ cure, therefore, will do well not to eat green oysters unless he knows where they come from. NEW HIDE-AND-SEEK. WE8TERN GAME FOR BOYS AND PONIES. tfnrd Runti and High Jumps—The I»- £«*r«*8t That HorttoH Took In the Sport —UiderN Often Left in Creeks or Hanging from lloughg. V * 0 One of the games boys played on horse-back in California in my day was hide-and-seek. It was exciting sport, says the New York Commercial Advertiser. As I recall incidents of the game they seem to me now to have been dangerous, but that is a mature view, which never occurred to us then. Our favorite place for the fun was on the edge of a neglected park, with a creek running through it, and another crossed a field nearby. Both of these were hard jumps, especially for some of the ponies. But there were several good jumps, five or six over three or four board fences, two over hedges, and fallen trees were innumerable. The great advantage of this place, however, was a perfectly straight road along the side of the park. We meas¬ ured off a distance of about 300 yards down the road from the nearest bunch of woods. For this distance there was no obstacle except on one side, a fence too huge to take. It was the home¬ stretch to the line we drew with ouf spurs across the road, and many were the hot races down it. For the game was to pick a boy to be "it.” Usually the fastest horse de¬ cided that point. The boy who rode him had to count 100 or 200 to give the others time to scatter off into the woods, across the creeks and down any of the many side roads, paths, trails out of sight. Since everything was clear off east of the home mark, all the riders went off to the west before they left the main, straight road. After that they could ride any distance in any direction. But they did not go far, for the pur¬ pose of each boy was to get back either undetected to the home mark, or STRANGEST BRIDGE IN THE WORLD. Many and strange were the things seen by the French expedition of Bon¬ valot de Bonchamps in Africa, but nothing stranger than the bridge of vines over the Omo river in Abyssinia, which, is pictured in L’lllustration, from a photograph taken by a member of the party. In most parts of Africa bridges are undreamed of; big rivers are crossed by rafts and little ones % nif® T * m $ sm £ mmmm ii m M m ^2 7=3 m*. 111 m m i i i! isv Hr 1 1 n V 4 r ■an IS !i! 4 0 it IS! I forded. But in the mountains of Abys¬ sinia the torrents that pour down to jb in the Nile are not so lightly stemmed. Over one of these the Abys- sinians, who have something like a settled country and stable government have thrown the bridge. Unlike the Brooklyn . bri dge or the suspension bridge at Niagara, these Abyssinian engineers had no cables, no scientific bands of steel. Instead they had only nature’s growth with which to with¬ stand nature’s force. But ingenuity succeeded in the absence of other re- source. It is built upon the suspen- Statistics on Children. As the result of a careful investiga¬ tion of 24,000 cases, Dr. Jarosie pre¬ sented to the director of the Hunga¬ rian bureau of statistics the following conclusions: The offspring of parents between the ages of 20 and 25 are like¬ ly to be weak and delicate,but between 25 and 45 will probably be strong and thrive. The mother bears most ro¬ bust children between her twenty-fifth and thirty-fifth year. When the mother If seen, to rfde across this line before "It” did, and he tried to ride cautiously after us, slipping along on his horse at a walk, while ho peered Into the Woods and high brush to catch a glimpse of hoy or horse. When he saw one he called the rider’s name and rode for home, unless the fellow caught gave In to save the horse’s wind. And if "it” called a boy from a position between home and the hiding place, this usually happened. This wasn’t easy to do, however, for the lay of the land was such that the outs could work around, moving north or south from the main road and then eastward, while "it” had to hunt sometimes half a mile from home and far off on one side or the other. Then when he was off the road beat¬ ing up after the sound of horses one way he would catch the rattle of hoofs from the other way or see a flying pony and would have to put hack for a race to home base. It was a disgrace to let more than one or two riders in without a contest. Well-mounted men liked to he "it” so as to make high records, and of course the variety erf animals was very great. learned the All the horses, however, game and enjoyed it. Indeed, it was their interest in the sport that made it dangerous, for often when a rider would not see "it” coming, the horse would, and at the familiar call would dash for home regardless of l° w houghs and trees close together. It was a common occurrence for a pony to get home safe, but without his mount, so common that it was a point long unsettled whether this should count safe or not. Sometimes we would agree before a game that it should, sometimes that it should not. "It” had to be a good horseman, for his horse, put on the alert by his cautious movements, would listen and watch. and at the slightest sound of running hoofs would whirl and dart off at full speed. Fences were taken by horses with unready riders, creeks re¬ ceived boys who could not keep up with their horses, and brush and the limbs of trees often kept them back, suspended till help came. sion plan, hung from big cables made of twister creepers; from these de¬ pend the uprights bearing the floor supports. The roadway is very nar¬ row, for no one ever travels across the hills except with caravans of porters bearing trade goods. The skill with which the bridge is built is something marvelous. The Bonvalot de Bon- champs party set out from Djibouti, on the Red sea, and traveled across the Somali desert and the Abyssinian hills to join Marchand at Fashoda, which he reached from the west coast. Thus they planned to throw a strip of French soil right across the dark con- tinent. It reached the head waters of the Sobat and went boating merrily down the river; but meanwhile the British gunboats reached the junction of the Sobat with the White Nile, and the expedition is now toiling back to Djibouti. The road going out is a good deal longer than it was going in. is ten -years younger than the father the proportion of healthy children is greatest, the chances being 10 per cent more favorable than when the parents are of about the same age. Something; Wrong. “This orchard picture is a peach,” exclaimed the enthusiastic studio vis¬ itor. “But I intended it for an apple orchard,” said the artist, plaintively.— Detroit Free Press. MEN AN D WCMtN OF SALOICA Uttn Dwptlt of Coixp.ti.ix with the Gordon* c«v» B8 . As for the male population.it con- sists mainly of some 50,000 replicas of Sir Henry Irving as Shylock, says the London Chronicle. They have all bor- rowed his sash, his furred gaberdine and his complete "make-up.” These are the descendants of Jews who tied from the Spanish lmiulsltlon, and whether it be the result of in-breeding or of some other cause, they are all alike. No doubt they know one an- other, and perhaps a practiced real- dent can tell them—just as a shepherd can tell his flock—apart. Their worn- enkind wear a remarkable uniform, which might have a certain charm if worn by people of a different shape. It may be said to consist chiefly of decolletage—no corset—and a green satin door-knocker at the back of the head. Feminine vanity takes the form of competition in the size of the door¬ knocker. It is not a vision of perfect beauty, but at any rate it is better than a yashmak. The truth is that key have given up trying to wear at- tractive clothes out of sheer despair at the unapproachable gorgeousness of preeent tie other de, u'cSn.tnnO- nople at the semi-offlcial farewell of M. Cambon. the departing French am- bassador. The central figure on the railway platform, towering above am- ST..“LKT™ the first cavass of the British embas- AUvyniT «„rvoiimoa cnctnmJlJ n,n -ffoe-fo ff hr!-ieri (So trkef^ jacket, jaunty iauntv ™ cap Xd and stiff stiff, t white white haf bal- looked nlhed tn to ipp see /hpR" these gentlemen gentlemen pirou n rmf ette on^their toes^ 1 he cavass is noto- nous y an< pari.ona j vain. is not only that he is conscious of a cos- tume, he remembers that he was once , a janissary. Hence he goes armed to the teeth, even though it is only to carry his mistress lap dog. If we ever introduce the cavass into London—| and why not?-in the affections of the j nursemaids he will prove a formidable rival to Policeman X. and Dandy Dan, the life guardsman. And he is as use- ful as he is ornamental. The protec- j tion of a cavass gets you through the customs with hardly the opening of a hat box, knocks 25 per cent off the sum by which you are cheated in the bazaars, and even keeps the irrepressi¬ ble little Jewish shoeblacks from run- ning at your heels. His dignified port, though it at first abashes, at last stimulates and fortifies you. You ! feel that you are taking part in the procession, and that now or never is | the time for your demeanor to be not- ed by the reporters as "affable.” This is the cavass frame of mind. And to think that you can enjoy the harmless exaltation for “the ridiculous sum” of a few piasters! LETTERS SENT TO NOTED MEN Those curious personages who de¬ light in prying Into unexpected sub- jects and classifying the results in learned form have been very busy re- cently with the letters received by prominent people. The president . of the French republic, for instance, is said to receive daily 700 letters, and these are made up as follows: Beg- ging letters, 250; petitions on political affairs, 150; petitions from criminals, 100; complaints against various func¬ tionaries, also 100; anonympus letters containing insults, 80, and threats of assassination, 20. The daily post bag at Marlborough house, London, too, contains some ex- traordinary letters. By one post there arrived the following: A request f° r - loan of ?5,000 to enable, student of entomology to start for Africa; a peti- tion from a poor old lady to provide a 0„w,. ? her laughter Who ahoa. to be married; a pressing letter from „ French toveMor o, a new dirt.g „r„a. begging the Pri.e, o, W,„. .0 don it and dive into the Seine when he next visited Paris, and a calm request for money to redeem a workman's tools. Of course few of these curious mis- gives ever reach the Prince of Wales, for his experienced secretaries sift the correspondence with care and knowl- edge. Every day theie aie scores of letters connected with the public cere- monies in which the prince takes a part, for every item is submitted for approval. Then there are the thou- sand and one social invitations re¬ quiring a reply, and unnumbered ap¬ peals for money In aid of charities. The private letters for the prince are very numerous, for his relatives keep him ih touch with all interesting them. His sister, the Empress Frederick, is a charming letter writer, and corre¬ sponds with the prince regularly. I Ah She Expressed It. “Yes,” said the lady from Boston, speaking of her favorite lecturer, “he is one whom the lady would designate as a biscuit john.” “Beg pardon?” said the member of the laity. “Oh, to be exnlicit a crackerjack.’’—Indianap- olls Journal. Must Explain. A man must not only have a fractur¬ ed skull, but a clear and coherent ex¬ planation as to how he came to get it, before he is admitted to a New York hospital.—Puck. There is one portion of the human body which continues to increase in size throughout life, and does not cease with the attainment of maturi¬ ty. This is the crystalline lens of the eve. hiJLilJh DDDUI (]AP[TAf \Jn.l 11 flii 11 |j Au i q DljJjlN Tjijrvr *TX lAIVlJrl V”UKf ' • General n i MacArtllUI ,*1, 3 Men M^r, OsnlnM Capture tho Cittr of Malolos “ i a. DESPERATE ONSLAUGHT ____________ Americans . T Lost , Twenty Men. Tvr^r, Rebels Were Slaughtered. __ 1 1:30 o’clock I The wav denavtment at i Friday „ .. morning gave out , the loiiow- j ! ing dispatch from Gen. Otis: “Manila, March 31.—Adjt. Gen. , Washington: TT , . Mac Arthur . .. oaptnked . i Malolos at 10:15 this morning. Enemy i retire<1 after Bli B bt reslstance and fll " l ing the city. Particulars later. Hall ! had several engagements beyond Mari- ; i , being . driven. ,. Oris. _ . strl>nc opposition Encounter.-,,. MmtArthnr ..lv.need to.ttnok Malolos, the seat of the insurgent gov- j “Kj. at 7 o’clock Thursday morn- ! j Uo met with strong resistance, . , was _ the ,*4, north, r where f ■.r Agumaldo and ‘7* the r > cabinet have been for two days. The Americans finally drove the j Filipinos ^ back. Although r there were ! ^ of str(mg ntren chments aIoll « the railroa d track, the enemy made Hcar( , ely nc defense there. General MacArthur and his stall' w ere walking along the track abreast of tbe ]ine with everything quiet, when 8ud( j enly they received a shower of bulletg f rom sharpshooters in trees an(J Qn house tops, but these were ! g g( jily dislodged. The enemy’s / loss was heavy,although ^ ^ ju lu fforded them s ch proteo . tion tbat the Americans were unable to Bee tbenl and in the flring were gn j ded by the sound of the Filipino s ^ 0 ^ s _ Tbe American artillery was handi- ea pp ed f or the same reason. Thursday night’s long line of camp ! tires made a beautiful sight, with the Twentieth Kansas regiment on the ! left, of Guiguinto station and the Penu- „yi V ania regiment on the right, beyond tbe ,.j ye) . The provision train was delayed by broken bridges, but the stores of grain aud fl oc ij a 0 f du cks in tbe locality fur- nisbed ample food and forage. , The hospital work is remarkably efficient, as it lias been throughout tbe whole campaign. The telegraphers keep abreast of tbe ji ne and maintain a constant connec- tion with the city. DEMOCRATS BANQUET. Colone! Bryan Was a Guest and Dis¬ cussed “Democracy.” I A democratic conference and ban- quet under the auspices of the demo- cralic state central committee of Kan- saR was held in Topeka Thursday eveniftg. Prominent speakers, including Col. M 7 . J. Bryan, of Nebraska; Champ Clark, of Missouri, and Allen O. Myers, of Ohio, were present. Covers were laid for more than a thousand guests. The meeting was in The nature of a conference of the democratic leaders. politcy of the party in the cam- P a ^K u being touched upon, Mr. Bryan himself was given the most P rominen t' Pj ace i his subject being “Democracy. M r - Bryan stood ont squarely for ^ the Chicago platform and said that there »« *,., ,ro„ ,h. ^^0^*.IT.'.SS ZlS"” „ I fully understanding the nature of the struggle.” GENERAL FLAGLER’S REMAINS Are Sent From Old Point Comfort, Va., To Washington. A dispatch from Newport News,Va., gays; The remains of General Daniel E. Flagler, chief of ordnance. United States army, who (lied at Old Point Comfort Wednesday, were taken aboard the steamer for Washington Thursday, ICE PLANT FOR MANILA. Government Will Erect One For Ben¬ efit of Otis’ Troops. Bids were opened at Chicago Thurs¬ day at the division army headquarters for the construction of a large combi- nation refrigerating aud iee manufac- tilling plant for the government at Manila, The bid of $193,152 by the DeLa- vergne Refrigerating Machine Compa- nv of New York was the lowest, There were several other bids, includ- ing $205,820 by Theo Vitter, Mihvau- kee, and $215,613 by the Frick Com¬ pany.of Waynesboro, Pa. GERMANS ARE SKEPTICAL. The Kaiser’s Government Discredits the Reports From Samoa. A Berlin special says: The German government was taken wholly by sur- prise with the news from Samoa. A well-informed individual states that the government is skeptical as to Ad¬ miral Kautz’s instructions. He adds that Herr Bose, the German consul, would have protested, as his govern¬ ment had instructed him to strictly conform to the Samoan act. MAY Au.NI> riONfciY «AUn. Representatives of Cuban Assembly W()n ’ tQive u p Arm y R* A dispatch from Havana says: Gov- ernorGeneral Brooke has almost, made U P h* 8 m ' n <l Hel *d the $8,000,000 § military back to the assembly United States does not if the give Cuban j the rolls. up army “You may as well do J 80 1111,1 IIO * i * r ' de any longer, said Secretary Alger, da when discussing the j ln a * ter f ,ew 7 s a K°» * n conference | IV* . ** ^ * and General 1 el !,V a roo <e Domez. 1110 , bitter said . that such a course would serve the assembly right, Anyway, the impression is spread- ’ nR * V* tlle g0vern l r general ma J r «' tur,1 ; t ie m °ney to Washington, and it is stirring up fresh feeling against the assembly. General Ernst called upon the Cuban general, Rafael Portuondo, chairman of the executive committee °t the assembly, J three days /y ago. f and sked fo) . the 0 , u . “ D( 0l come from General Brooke?’* asked Portu- ™ d °' “ Yea >” re P]* ed ,^ e “f ral Ernst - . ]? Ulu,fficl ll * r u 5.° lUa °,? allH ere( ^ l tiie y - American c ? me w ’ reM>r ' ea TO'tnomio. 1 can only do i so on oftmal . recognition. ” OT obSv°be IKS «b«a they were, but the,, te e t.ehng tba ‘ a ‘“ l " t “ ke might be m “ fle ? n, f th ® dmini hation placed , m the light of " "" d “' !>os ' 1 ’ ” laughed ■ g at • «-,»«■-* I “ " a » , r . « tired of this jangle with the assembly. I have learned something about this people which I did not know before, They are an ungrateful people. They <lo not appreciate what the United Htates government is doing for them— a service in which I am assisting, “These assembly commissioners have run off again to the United States to beg for money, while I, who have a wife in San Domingo, have not mon- <*y enough to bring her here. But there I do have a house and might be sure of enough to live on. I am old and tired and I feel like going back.” The organization of the so-called Cuban national party is proceeding, Meetings are held nightly, and Thurs- day the promoters issued a manifesto to the people of Havana, calling upon them to unite their efforts and to or- ganize ward committees, with au idea of disseminating information prepara- tory to a national convention, RIVER STEAMER SINKS. The Rowena Lee Goes Down and Two Women Are Drowned. .Definite information was received at the general office of tbe Lee line at Memphis, Tenn., Thursday, regarding tbe nature of tbe steamboat disaster at Tyler, Mo., Wednesday afternoon, Two lives are known to be lost and one man is missing. The dead are: Mrs. Chambers, of Caruthersville, Mo.,and a negro woman. The missing man is George Keuch- ler, the mail clerk. General Manager Robert E. Lee of the Lee line, furnished the informa- Gon regarding the casualties as soon ag j(, reached his office, The message said that the boat left Tyler at 4 o’clock, and in backing out from the landing to reach the middle 0 f channel struck some hidden ob- struction, the nature of which was not known, and she began to sink rapidly. As soon as this fact became known tbe pilot changed the course of the boat and started back to the landing, but before it was re „ched she had set- tied down in thirty-five feef of water. ^ be p asa engers and crew were saved, excepting those whose names bave been given. She The Iiowena Lee is a total loss. cost $40,000 in 1893, and was insured j cr $15^00 with the Louisville under- writers. BR , T , S „ eMBaSSy" NOTIFIED. __ At Sam,,. C.alirma S.or, o. Bombardment. The British embassy in Washington has received advices from Samoa in the shape of a dispatch to the British foreign office from its representative Imder date of March 20th and is a brief repovt 0 f the collision be- tweeu two native factions there and the bombardment by the British and American vessels. The dispatch does not go into details, but is confirmatory of the advices al- re-uly • J received by J the Associated Press, THE SAMOAN AFFAIR Occupies the Attention of Officials In Washington. The serious condition of affairs in Samoa engaged the attention of Wash¬ ington officials throughout the day Thursday and there were conferences at the white house between the pres¬ ident and Secretary Hay and at the state department between the secretary and tlio British ambassador aud Baron Sternberg of the German embassy. Out of it all not a word of additional information was contributed from auy official source. The only authoritative statement came from the navy depart¬ ment, giving' a brief dispatch from Admiral Kautz. CLEVELAND LEFT OUT. The Ex-President Not Invited To Bel¬ mont’s $io Banquet. A Princeton, N. J., dispatch says: Ex-President Grover Cleveland was asked Thursday whether he expected to attend the Belmont $10 Jefferson dinner to be given in New York oily on April 13th. had received invi¬ He said he not an tation. AU he knew about the dinner was what h% had seen in the papers.