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0CILL4 DISPATCH.
OCILLA, GEORGIA.
HENDERSON & HANLON, Publishers.
The Philadelphia Medical Journal
estimates that typhoid fever costs that
city $1,500,000 a year, reckoning a
death at only $2000 and the loss of
time at $1 a day.
The eclipse which has come ove r
Byron’s fame is strikingly illustrated
by the report that of the $20,000 needed
for the proposed monument at Aber¬
deen only $2000 has been subscribed,
and that it is probable that the project
will be abandoned. In all Great Brit¬
ain there is no adequate monument to
the poet, who in the opinion of his
contemporaries was the greatest Eng¬
lish bard since Shakespeare.
The gradual decline in the building
of sailing vessels is being severely
felt in the once flourishing cotton
duck industry of New England, ob¬
serves The Manufacturer. Some years
ago there was a large demand for this
material in the manufacture of sail
cloth, but the consumption in this direc-
tion has fallen off so materially of late
rears that some of the largest manu-
s “ ,J Ml °
German anxiety about trade rela-
tions with this country tiuds small
cause of alarm in the latest returns,
which show that Germany has the
trade balance in ber favor. Our im-
ports from that country during the
last ^ix months have increased 125
percent, over those of the correspond¬
ing six months of the previous year,
while our exports to Germany during
the same time have only increased 10
per cent. Probably it is the German
look ahead that causes apprehension.
It is feared, and with good reason,
that onr imports of German sugar will
be displaced by the product of Cuba
and Porto Rico. That is the Amen-
can opinion, too.
America has now so developed her
iron and , steel , industries . , , . that ,, , she ,
must find fresh outlets for her prod- i
ucts. Such outlets she is finding, as
we believe with profit, in foreign mar- j
kets for certain products. For other
products, however, she will need -I,. to
create a new shipbuilding industry of
ber own; and what lias been done or
is being done in that connection we
must reserve for future examination,
No thoughtful , acquainted - j. i with -4.1
man,
the American character,who considers
the situation, can fail'to perceive that
the greatest competition to be faced
b, British Must,, »nd .ntopriso i»
the future .. tint o. American .h.p-
building. It may be deferred a lew
years, but it is bound to come.
There is one thing that will pre-
vent Great Britain from going . back-
ward, , even though , , her 4, foreign - trade . -,
may decline, fehe is increasing rap-
idly in wealth and population, and thus
home demand for British products is
expanding. This is a fact often over-
looked in discussing the need of Great
Britain for new markets. She is able
to lose foreign trade without impair-
meat of national prosperity. This is
the case with every growing and pro-
gressive nation. There are markets
to be cultivated at home as well as
abroad. New wants are constantly
arising demanding to be gratified.
This is as true of the United States as
of the United Kingdom. There is
little danger, however,that home mar-
kets in either case will be neglected,
and as long as this is so conquest of
markets will -only add to national
■wealth and strength.
Another step towards the abolition
of liquor in the military and naval
service of the nation ‘lias just been
taken by the navy department. The
canteen system that has existed in the
army, by which beer was sold under
the oversight of the military anthori-
ties, has never obtained a strong foot-
hold in the navv; but there have been
several vessels aboard which such
sale was permitted, and there are now
two such. An order has been issued
by Secretary Long announcing that,
after mature deliberation, the depart¬
ment has decided that it is for the
best interest of the service that the
sale or issue to enlisted men of malt
or other alcoholic liquors on board
ships of the navy,or within the limits
of naval stations be prohibited; and
forbidding commanding officers and
commandants from hereafter allowing
any such liquor to he sold to or issued
to eulisted men, either on board ship
or within the limits of navy-yards, na¬
val stations or marine barracks, ex¬
cept in the medical department.
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VIEW OF PART OF THE CAVITE NAVAL STATION.
In acquiring the Philippines, Uncle
gam has secured a naval station at
Cavite, in Manila bay. This is well
sn szz s
bring it up to date and make it thor-
oughly serviceable. There is not even
BUYING ANNUITIES.
CUSTOM WHICH IS POPULAR IN
SOME PARTS OFJSUROPE.
Aro Getting: More Selfish—Number
of Bachelors and People Who Bo Not
.
Wish to Bo Bothered with Matters ot
; V
Business Increasing.
There has been much inquiry of late
on the subject of annuities and it m
believed by tte
^ buyi;lg the m, which is popular in
parts of Europe, is growing in
some the New
favor in this country, says who
York Tribune To some people
have given the matter attention urt
^ ^ ammities are g ain ing in pop-
ularlty is a demonstration of the fact
t > iat Americans are growing more sel-
fish, that the number of bachelors is
increasing and that the class of pe°-
nle who do not wish to be Dotnertu
matterg of busines s is gaining in
numbers. “The business e£ annui-
ties," said William D. Whitney,
“which is widely known in Europe, is
of recent growth here. The inquiry
rm “ thp the^ subiect ^ is extending more and
^ ^ &llg>
„ fuI -ther drop in interest, -which
[g proba l5ie in the near future, the in-
quiry will he more extended, especial-
h, desirous of se-
^ M , lrom „„ attending
interegtb expense and worry
bus i n ess operations. Heretofore the
rates of interest offered in business
enterprises were too great to permit
the establishment of companies that
J^to^ had to take all the risk of a probable
^ Qf profit and interest
wag bard enough to convince the
public 0 f this. A large company, by
;t s ability to average out the risk of
individual investment by reason of the
yarioua investments into which it en¬
ters and its greater facility and econo-
^ dQing a wholesale investment
bus jness, makes the annuity policies
attractive for persons who desire a
fixed income and no bother. Another
poi nt in connection with annuities is
that the annuitant converts his chance
of dying into interest, because in case
of death the principal sum paid for
the annuity remains with the com-
pany. For instance, if the rate of in-
terest free from losses and expenses
of investment is estimated at 3 per
cent, and the man’s chance of dying
is estimated at 2 per cent, then he
may obtain in the form of annuity an
investment which will yield him 5
per cent per annum as long as he may
live, -which he could not obtain in any
other way. On the other hand, it must
be quite apparent that annuities are
not desired by persons who wish to
leave an estate to others.” The an¬
nuitant looks out for himself only,
while the man whose life is insured
provides for those who survive him.
The annuitant is selfish, the insured
man is frequently self-sacrificing,
denying himself luxuries and some-
: times necessaries in order to pay pre¬
miums for the benefit of wife and chil¬
dren. The bachelor, the man without
& family, the man who has become
estranged from his kinfolk and wants
to make sure that they shall have
none of his money when he passes
away, and men past middle age, who
fear that stocks and cards may make
deep holes in their capital, have been
among the first to become interested
in the annuity business. Some years
hgo Lester Wallack and a number of
actors made up a purse with which
they bought an annuity for a fellow-
actor who had become incapacitated.
The man received only one annual in¬
stallment before he died, and the
money which the old actor feared to
handle reverted to the annuity com¬
pany. This is not an infrequent oc¬
currence, because the annuity com¬
panies require no medical exsmina-
a dry dock, and on this account the
Spaniards were accustomed to send
their ships to Hong Kong to be re-
houses, machinery, etc., and a report
from him on the subject is expected
tions and do not hesitate to say that
it is immaterial to them how soon the
annuitant passes away. In Europe an¬
nuities are provided for younger sons,
incompetents and marriage portions,
but little has been done in that di¬
rection. in this country, “As to the
revenue derived from money placed
with annuity concerns,” said an ac¬
tuary, “that depends on the age of the
annuitant. There are certain estab¬
lished rates based on oVa per cent in¬
terest. They differ as to age, sex and
the frequency of payments. Thus
those who receive their proceeds an¬
nually receive more than the annui¬
tants who draw their interest quarter¬
ly or half-yearly. Money deposited for
an annuitant 45 yehrs old will yield
6 per cent; the rate increases to 8 per
cent when the beneficiary buys at 55
years. At 65 the rate is equal to 12
per cent; at 75 years, 17 per cent, and
at So years, 22 per cent.”
CAN THIS BE TRUE?
Every Living Being; Said to 15o Partially
Blind.
It will probably be a shock to many
to learn that, without any exception,
they are all partially blind and insen¬
sible to pain. It has been clearly dem¬
onstrated by exhaustive experiments
that every human eye is blind in one
particular part, varying in locality and
size with the individual. This can be
easily proved by tracing 100 curved
and parallel lines on a large sheet of
paper, and passing up and down each
meridian in turn a disc of black paper
one inch in diameter, until the whole
area of the sheet of paper has been
covered. In following the movements
of the disc it will be found that at cer¬
tain parts of its progress it cannot be
seen at all, and this is when the “blind
spot” in the eye is focused on it. This
blind spot, which is irregular in shape,
is caused by the optic nerve, which
enters the retina, and thus obscures
part of the picture photographed (as
it were) on it. The entire scene looked
upon is clearly depicted with the ex¬
ception of the part which should ap¬
pear on the point of the retina covered
by the optic nerve at its point of entry.
Similarly, scientific experiment proves
that there are thousands of minute
parts of the body which are incapable
of feeling. You may touch them with
a hot needle, or even, to push the ex¬
periment furtner, you may thrust the
needle deeply into the part without
any pain being felt. All parts of the
body share this peculiar insensibility
to pain, but the unfortunate thing is
that these “dead points” are so mixed
up with parts that are keenly alive
that, unless the point of contact is
confined to the dead point, the path is
all too manifest.
lloyal Road Rear.
The coronet of a duke consists of
alternate crosses and leaves, the leaves
being a representation of the leaves of
the parsley plant. The princes of the
blood royal also wear a similar crown.
The state headgear of a marquis con¬
sists of a diadem surrounded by flow¬
ers and pearls placed alternately. An
earl, however, has neither flowers nor
leaves surmounting his circlet, but
only points rising each with a pearl on
the top. A viscount has neither flow¬
ers nor points, but only the plain cir¬
clet adorned with pearls, which, re¬
gardless of number, are placed on the
crown itself. A baron has only six
pearls on the golden border, not raised,
to distinguish him from an earl, and
the number of pearls render his dia¬
dem distinct from that of a viscount.
Bread of CtieatnntR.
In France and Italy chestnuts aro
made into bread by the mountain
peasantry. After the nuts have been
blanched they are dried and ground.
From this flour a sweet, heavy flat
cake is made. It resembles the oaten
cakes so popular among Scotch peas¬
ants.
shortly by the navy department. There
apparatus the . , b>
is an on premises,
means of which small vessels may be
ss?r^
dry dock. Manila Letter to Chica D o
Inter Ocean.
NEW ARTIFICIAL SILK.
r.ate improvements in the Methods of
Manufacturing; tlie Article.
The United States Consul of Bremen
reports (advance sheet of Consular re-
ports No. 304) the following improve-
ment in the methods of producing im-
itation silk: Artificial silk consists of
prepared cotton and wood fiber, and
has been known to the trade under this
denomination for the last nine years.
It possesses an extremely silky luster,
and can therefore be employed as an
imitation of silk. Count Chardonnet,
a Frenchman, the inventor of this ma-
terial, converted the cellulose (cotton
or purified wood fiber) by a process
described in German letters patent of
the year 1884, through nitrosulphuric
acid, into nitrocellulose. He then freed
the same from the acid and dissolved
it in a mixture of alcohol and ether,
The solution thus obtained—collodium
—is pumped through glass pipes which
are provided with extremely fine holes,
and these collodium threads are passed
through warm water (acidulated)which
causes the alcohol and ether to evap-
orate, and only the fine nitrocellulose
threads remain. A number of these
fine threads are brought together,
slightly twisted, and spooled. This
extremely lustrous, but also easily in-
fiammatory — even explosive — tissue
was put on the market at‘the time of
the Paris exhibition in 1889. Owing to
its liability to catch fire it did not come
into parctical use, hut after this diffi-
culty was overcome by removing the
nitro groups (a process called deni-
trating) the harmless fibre was em¬
ployed in the textile industry, R
similar method artificial silk was pro¬
duced by a certain chemist of Augs-
burg, Germany—Dr. Lehner—who is
at present residing in Switzerland.
Lastly, however, a method has been
invented by Dr. Fremery and Civil
Engineer Urban, in which the use of
the injurious nitro-cellulose is omit¬
ted. These two inventors dissolve cot¬
ton waste in copper oxide of ammonia,
and pump this solution through fine
tubes. The delicate threads are passed
through diluted acid, which separates
the copper and ammonia, the result be-
ing an extremely fine, lustrous fibre,
which is employed as an imitation
silk. This process, patented in Ger-
many (D. R. P, 98,642) and in all other
civilized states, is said to have the foi-
lowing great advantages over those of
Chardonnet and Lehmer: That the
manufacture as well y > the product is
in no way dangerous. That the pro-
duction is much simpler. As a con-
seauence, that imitation silk can be
manufactured by this process at con-
siderably less cost.
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Hindu Widow’s Lot.
Action is being taken by certain
enlightened natives to ameliorate the
shocking condition of the average Hin¬
du widow, says the Bombay Advocate
of India. To begin with, the Indian
widow is shaved bald, and can only
hide her baldness with her cloth. She
is deprived of all jewelry, wears coars-
er clothes than the rest of women-
kind, must fast on certain days and
every day has fewer meals than ate
taken as a rule by the rest of the fam-
ily. The scheme of relief afoot is
that no widow shall be shaved until
she is 21, the age at which it may be
supposed that she will be able to show
a will of her ow, in case she objects.
An Kffoctlye Alarm.
“What kind of an alarm clock have
you?” was asked of a Third avenue
baker whose work demands his pres¬
ence in the wee hours. “Two years old,
fat, chubby, full of ginger and with
lungs like a fire gong.”
Making: Out a Case.
Lawyer—“Upon what grounds do you
wish to sue for divorce?”
Client—“Incompatibility of tempera¬
ment! He writes poetry, and I like to
eat occasionally.”
EXTRA SESSION OF
ALABAMA ASSEMBLY
Will Be Held May 2d, Pursuant
to Governor’s Call.
THREE PURPOSES NAMED.
Governor Johnston Issues Call
And Makes Statement.
Governor Johnston, of Alnbnma,
has issued a call for an extra session
of-the state legislature to assemble in
Montgomery May 2. The proclama¬
tion is as follows :
A Proclamation.
The general assembly of Alabama is
hereby called to meet in extra session
at the capitol on Tuesday, May 2,
1899, at noon, for the following pur¬
poses, only: question of
1. To consider the re¬
pealing an act entitled, “An act to
provide for holding a convention to
revise and amend the constitution of
this state, and for the submission of
the question—convention electors or no conven¬ of the
tion—to a vote of the
state,” approved December 16, 1898.
2. To consider and submit amend¬
ments to the constitution of the state.
3. To consider a primary election
law.
i n witness whereof, I have hereunto
aet my j, and ant l caused the great seal
•-
£ y i]ie governor,
£ p. M’David, Sec. of State.
In connection with his proclamation
calling the general assembly in extra
session the governor gave to the press
a statement to the people, which in
part sayB:
“To the People op Alabama:
“I have determined that it is my
duty to convene the general assembly
in extra session to repeal the con vention
act, submit amendment to the present
constitution, and adopt a primary elec-
tion law.
“I am satisfied that if the aet be not
repealed a bitter campaign will ensue,
the convention be overwhelmed by a
vote of the people and desirable amend-
ments postponed for years to come, cost
“An extra session should not
over $10,000; the election alone under
the act, even if fruitless, would cost
over $30,000. The money will come in
any event out of the pockets of the
people. to the
“I n my last biennial message
general assembly, whilst conceding
that the constitution needed some re-
vision, I said : Our state is non en-
joying a political repose most grateful
after years of bitter dissension and
strife, and if possible we should wisely
avoid any issue that would destroy
this condition. I submitted to t. e
general assembly ‘whether such re-
vision as may be necessary con d not
be had with more certain yarn ess
expense, apprehension and discord by
amendment than a general election.
“The general assembly by narrow
majorities—five in the senate and ten
in the house—decided to submit to
i the electors the question as to whether
or not they desired a constitutional
convention. Whilst this was not in
accord with my views I did not feel at
liberty to withhold my assent from a
j measure that decide permitted for himself every whether voter in
the state to
he desired a convention to be held or
I not. Since then a democratic state
convention has been held and without
| the question ever having been submit¬
ted to the democratic voters, or having
j been considered by them, an attempt
wag made to take away from them the
iyen b the legislature to de¬
c jd e f or themselves whether they de-
sired a conve ntion or not, and to bind
^ benl to vote for a convention whether
approved by their judgment and con-
science or not< This has been fol-
j i OW ed up by the threat that nominees
0 £ county conventions shall disobey
^. be -wjgijeg 0 f the conventions which
nom i na ted them and declare for the
constitutional convention or be driven
to resign.
“Instead of the non-partisan con¬
: yention designed by the general assena-
b iy the plan now seems to be to give
: us a constitution framed by partisans
j seeking only political advantages for
those engineering and directing the
cguse. ”
j WAR VESSEL AT GREY TOWN.
j The Detroit Will Aid In Settling Blue-
fields Trouble.
A Washington dispatch states that
tbe Detroit arrived at Grey town Th in-s¬
[lfly {ol . an j uqtt i r y into the state of
| a ff a j r8 there before proceeding to
B] ue fields.
United States Minister Merry has
a ] rea dy started for the latter place
f rom Managua and it is believed here
that he will soon ajust satisfactorily in
the presence of the Detroit the issue
between the authorities under Gen-
e ral Tdrres and the American inerch-
ants growing out of the collection of
the double taxation.
QUAY CASE ENDED.
Trial Closed Suddenly And Jury Will
Decide the Matter.
A Philadelphia special says: Coun¬
sel for Senator Quay announced Thurs¬
day that they would not offer testimony
but would rest its case on the evidenco
offered by the commonwealth.
Judge Biddle said he was not in a
position to discredit the testimony of¬
fered by the commonwealth and would
therefore allow the case to go to the
jury for them to decide. .
LINES WILL BE DEPLETED
When Otis’ Troops Are Detached Por
Garrison Duty.
A Manila special says: Spain’s
evacuation of the Philippine islands
will be practically completed by the
withdrawal of the Spanish garrison
from Zamboanga, island of Mindanao,
and from the Suln islands.
As the United States assumes con¬
trol of Mindanao and the Suln islands
on the Spaniards withdrawing, the
military authorities at Manila must,
in order to garrison those islands, di¬
minish the forces of American troops,
which are already too small.
There was almost mutiny among the
Spanish troops in the islands because
they were ordered to proceed to the
Ladrotie islands and the Caroline
islands, some of them refusing to do
go, claiming that their enlistment had
expired. The latter were exempted
and were allowed to return to Spain
on hoard the transport Alva.
The native troops in the Spauish
garrisons are in a sad plight. They
must accompany the Spaniards or risk
the vengeance of their compatriots.
The Spaniards propose to disband
them, but they refuse to give up their
arms.
The natives of Zamboanga, embold¬
ened by the successful capture of the
armament on board the Spanish gun¬
boats which were purchased there by
Roycs, of this place, as cabled to the
Associated Press of April 13th, are
likely to prove troublesome when the-
Spauish garrisons are withdrawn from
the coast towns of the islands of Min-
dano. It is believed that the smol¬
dering tribal wars will then be re¬
sumed.
Anarchy will prevail and the inhabi¬
tants of nearly every villago will tight
with their neighbors.
A tri-partite exchange of prisoners
will be arranged if it is possible to ne¬
gotiate with the Filipinos. If they
consent to release the Spanish prison¬
ers the Americans might release the
Tagalos they hold prisoners, in return
for which Spain would free her politi¬
cal prisoners. The provisions of the
Paris treaty would thus be carried out.
The Spanish commission, however, lines,
hesitates to enter the Filipino
fearing treachery, although Aguiualdo
has guaranteed the safety of the com-
mission.
ARRESTED GERMAN OFFICER.
Report That Commander of the Falke
Is a Prisoner,
A Seattle, 'Washington, Times spe¬
cial from Victoria says that the steam¬
er Aorangi, from Australia, brings ad¬
vices that the commander of the Ger¬
man man-of-war Falke, at Samoa, bad
been arrested by the British and is
now held a prisoner on the British
vessel Porpoise. squad of
He was surprised by a and
British sailors handing arms am¬
munition to Matnafa’s men. The re¬
port was brought to Australia by the
passengers of the steamer Uploa.
After the arrest of the Falke’s com¬
mander a conference was held between
Captain Sturdee and Admiral Kautz,
and the Porpoise and Philadelphia
steamed in a position on either side of
the Falke. Orders were then sept
aboard that if she made a move of any
kind she would be blown out of the ■
water.
No one was allowed to go aboard or
leave the German ship of war without
permission, written and signed either
by Captain Sturdee, of the Porpoise,
or Admiral Kautz.
Fighting continues between the
forces of Mataafa and Malietoa Tanus.
Push fighting, with slight loss, is a
daily occurrence, and business is prac¬
tically at a standstill. There is con¬
siderable sickness among the seamen
of the Porpoise and Philadelphia.
Three of the Porpoise’s crew died from
fever.
Matnafa’s cause is -waning. April
4th is the date on which the reported
arrest was made.
A Washington special says: The
statement that the commander of the
German cruiser Falke had been ar¬
rested at Apia by the British naval
commander was at once scouted by
the administration officials to whom it
was referred. Both Secretary Hay and
Secretary Long expressed their disbe¬
lief in the accuracy of the report.
Attention was directed to the fact
that the navy department had heard
from Admiral Ivautz by cable from
Aukland at a later date than that upon
which the steamer just arrived at Vic¬
toria must have sailed from. Apia on
her long eastward voyage.
YELLOW JACK IN HAVANA.
Three Cases Develop For a Start In
Cuban Capital.
Three cases of yellow fever devel¬
oped in Havana Thursday. Colonel
Davis isolated the houses and de¬
clined to allow any ingress or egress
except in the case of the physician and
the necessary assistants, who were not
allowed to come in contact with the
public until their clothing had been
changed and fumigated. No Ameri¬
cans are among the sick.
There has been at all times during
the last four or five months some yel¬
low fever—a case or two—and the ex¬
pectation was, of course, that there
would be an outbreak this season.
MOB LAW EXPENSIVE
So Declare the Supreme Court Judges
of South Carolina.
The South Carolina supreme court
has filed a decision which means that
the law against lynching will be strict¬
ly carried out, especially that clause
which provides that the estate of the
party lynched shall get $2,000 from
the county in which he resided.
The decision was filed by Justice
Eugene B. Gary,, the other three mem¬
bers of the supreme bench concnrijing.