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flCILLi DISPATCH cr.r..~ • Orm.A. GEORGIA. HKHIKHSON & H AX LON, Publishers. It is stated that the English lab- gtiago is growing faster than any other past or present, This is because those who use it have a great deal to say in this world. Thirty or forty inmates of the Ohio state prisou recently struck for short¬ er hours. Their demands were not complied with, neither were they in¬ formed that their services were no longer needed. Lord Kitchener recently arrived at Berber, after a camel ride of eight hundred miles through the eastern Soudan. He reports that everywhere he fouud the natives exceedingly thankful for their release from the terrible sufterings to which they have been subjected for many years by the tyrannical and blood-thirsty rule of the Dervishes, of which he fouud abundant evidences in all directions. The French scientists, always eager for new liues of research, have lately been investigating the case of the “scorcher,” the man who is abnor¬ mally iu u hurry, with the purpose of determining whether this testimony is not a manifestation of a pathologi¬ cal condition. The opinion is now advanced by some of them that a new disease must be added to the list of the human ailments, to be known as “locomotor hysteria.” This is, in brief, the case of the scorcher. It s asserted that a condition of the mind arises after a series of experiences with rapid motion as a result of which the individual afflicted cannot endure slow progress. In defense of dangerous sj>o; ts it is alleged that they make men and wom¬ en courageous, give them strong nerves and cure that tendency to think first of one's own comfort aud safety, which, is a cardinal evil of luxurious modes of living. But in the last analysis does not the courage that comes from essaying feats of foolhardiness— jumping hurdles aud fences at the risk of neck and back.sailiug catboats in ocean gales, risking the means of subsistence for one’s self and one’s dependeut family upon the turn of a card—does not this courage rest upon mere vainglory? Does it tend to pro¬ mote that other kind of courage, which, while shrinking from any un¬ necessary exposure of life, will die or suffer cheerfully for right and justice? asks the New York World. A soundless electric gnu is said to have been bought by the British gov- •eru'iueut. If true, this is mainly in¬ teresting as being an effective applica¬ tion of electricity to ordnance. This tremendous new force has been used chiefly in useful pursuits, and what death-dealing powers it has hitherto developed have been expended almost exclusively on its users. The sound- 1 ess ness of the gun adds one more terror to war and removes it one step farther irom personal contest. The smokeless gun was bad euougk; one could hear its discharge and one knew only in a geutu al way whence the bul¬ let came aud whither to run; bnt it was better than this last invention, which will strike a man before he knows he is being shot at. Perhaps, though, that is the most merciless way, after all; for it almost takes the gum out £he list of violent weapons and puts it in that of merciful anesthetics The sooner parents learn that the skipping-rope is a dangerous play¬ thing for girls the better it will be for the rising generation of women, thinks the Washington Stur. Physicians have long been advising against tbe use of this means of juvenile exercise. They have pointed out its dele erious ©fleet upon several of the organs of the body, particularly the heart, and have iu some cases traced diseases to ita influence, Now deaths come to give point to the physicians’ counsel. Several fatal cases have already oc¬ curred this season. The other day in Trenton, N, J., a six-year-ohl girl •died after convulsions following the use of a rope, She had strained her heart beyond its point of endurance. In gymnasiums careful athletic in¬ structors occasionally prescribe tbe •kippiug-rope as an aid to the p 'oeess of muscle-building and lung develop¬ ment. But they watch its use close¬ ly and prevent oVer-exercise of the heart, which is culled upon for the most active exertions when the body io put through such violent paces ■*» Success comes always to those who believe in printer’s ink judiciously OSOel. Set us have your advertise merit. A BOY OF RHOPSSIA. BY FRANK LILLIE POLLACK. ALE’S annals state that it was on the 23d of March, 1896, fi that the insur¬ £ w rection Matabele of the C native tribes of Rho¬ desia broke out in the murder < ) of all the scat¬ M tered white set¬ tlers in the dis¬ trict. One of the first blows struck was at ___ the Red Bird ____ __ Reef, mine, at Brinton’s about eighty miles east of Buluwayo. The mine was operated by Mr. W. F. Brinton and two Boers named Potgieter and Gierstaat, respectively, with about twenty Kaffir “boys” iu their service, With Mr. Brinton was also his sou Otto, a boy of fourteen. There had been so little anticipation of trouble with the natives that early on the morning of the 23d Mr. Brinton had ridden over to Graham’s store, about twenty miles to the north. Gierstaat had gone to inspect work on another “reef” to the west, and Otto and Rotgieter were left alone at their little hut. Otto was within, when he heard a sudden dull crashing noiso at the door. Looking quickly, he saw to his horror that the Boer, who had been smoking his pipe on a bench just out¬ side, had fallen on his face to the ground, and that blood was pouring from his head. A Kaffir knob-kerrie, or throwing-olub, lay beside him. As the boy rushed to bis com¬ panion’s assistance he was suddenly confronted by a swarm of armed na¬ tives, who had stolen around the cor¬ ner of the hut. Among these were their own miners, armed with drills and hammers, aud the rest were Matabele irom a neighboring kraal. These last were in full war-gear, some with rifles, others with shields and assagais, and all wore white ox-tails twisted around neck and wrist. Otto was only a boy, but iu coun¬ tries like Rhodesia boys rapidly ac¬ quire decision and pluck beyond their years. He saw at a glance that noth¬ ing could be done for Potgieter, and the yelling natives were surging for¬ ward to cut off his retreat. Half a dozen rifles were leveled at him, when he drew his revolver, which he carried in his belt, fired three shots straight into the mob, and under cover of this turned and Van for his life toward the mine. 1 The nearest shaft was some hundred yards away, and Otto hoped to hide himself by retreating into the tunnels. It was what is called an “incline shaft,”running down at an angle of forty-Sve degrees for about a hundred feet, with horizontal tunnels at the bottom. The whole swarm of natives pursued him, firing their rifles and throwing spears and clubs, all of whioh weapons missed their aim—for the Kaffirs are notoriously bad marks¬ men, though brave enough at close fighting. Otto bad just reached the mouth of the shaft, and waspreparing to descend, when a straggling volley was fired. He felt a stunning blow on the top of the head, became un¬ conscious at once, and, dropping his revolver, rolled headlong d'own the shaft like a shot rabbit. 'The Matabele uttered a wild chorus of delighted yells at his fall, and, taking it for granted that he was dead, did not take the trouble to go after him, bnt proceeded to burn the hut, mutilate Potgieter’s corpse, and do what other damage suggested itself. Meanwhile -Otto lay doubled up among a heap of boulders at the bot¬ tom of the shaft, insensible and sorely bruised. The slope of the shaft was strewn with broken quartz, which in his reckless tumble had supplemented the effect of the heavy musket ball which had grazed his skull, cutting the scalp, but inflicting no serious in¬ jury. It was quite six hours, as he afterward calculated, before he slowly and painfully struggled back to con¬ sciousness, with a parching thirst and a head that was a mass of bruises and caked blood. For some minutes he was unable to realize his situation; and theu his first thought was that his father might have returned and been murdered by the savages. He listened, but could hear no sound, and finally crept up to the mouth of the shaft and peered over. Not a native was iu sight, but where tbe mining hut had stood was only a heap of ashes, sending up a pillar of smoke into the sky. The sun was shining brightly, aud it seemed about two o’clock in the afternoon. With infinite precautions Otto emerged from the shaft, and after satisfying him¬ self that the Matabele were really gone he went painfully down to tbe little creek that flowed near, and drank till his feverish thirst was appeased. He washed the blood from his wounds, tied a wet handkerchief around his head, and went to look at the ruins, Potgieter’s body was lying stripped and horribly mutilated near where he bad fallen. The other Boer lay not far distant, also stripped and pierced with many assagai wounds; but to his infinite relief Otto coaid find no trace of his father’s having returned. He filled a flask with water, wrote on a stray board with charooai, “Gone to Cunningham's.—O. B.;” and set aut, wounded as he was, to walk five miles across the veldt to his nearest neigh¬ bors. The Cunningham family lived on a farmstead to the oast, and consisted of seven persons—the father, the mother, two grown sons, and three daughters aged respectively seven¬ teen, fourteen aud ten. Besides these there were several Kaffir servants. The boy was still so faint and giddy that be walked like a drunken man, and several times fell over some trivial obstruction by the wayside. It took him quite four hours to cover the distance, and the snu was setting when the farm buildings of bis destin¬ ation appeared at last within reach. As yet be did not dream of a whole¬ sale rising of the natives; but, fancy¬ ing that the same marauding party might be prowling around the Cun¬ ningham plaoe, he wisely reconnoit- ered before approaching too closely. He could plainly see the front of the house, and as he advanced he saw what sent the blood to his heart in an instant—the huge form of a Matabele warrior with shield and assagai stand¬ ing in the doorway. He now made sure that the Cun- ninghams had all been murdered, and he lay still behind a bush, debating on his own best course. Presently the warrior disappeared within, and one of the girls came out bearing a pail of water, which she emptied, and then quietly returned to the house, seemingly in no fear for her life, t This aroused Otto’s astonishment. It was not long before he saw Lotta, the eldest girl, coming down toward the stable, and he hastened to inter¬ cept her. She uttered a scream at bis ghastly and blood-stained appearance before she recognized him. “Why, Otto, what has happened?” she exclaimed. “Where are the men? What are those Kaffirs doing at your house?” queried Otto breathlessly. “Some Kaffir boys came this morn¬ ing to get father and the boys to go and look at some cattle, and they all went away. There are five Kaffir at the house now, with guns and spears. Mother and the children were fright¬ ened; but I don’t think that they would dare to do any harm to us, do you? They say that they have been hunting, and that they want to see father,” Otto felt sure that the father and brothers had been decoyed away to be slaughtered, but he did not hint this belief to the girl. He pressed his reeling head between his hands, and tried to think. “Did the men take their rifles?” he asked. “No, they left .them at the house.” “Well, don’t 7 be frightened, but I’m afraid the Kaffirs mean trouble. If the men went away, of course they are safe enough; but we had better keep on the watch. Can you let me into the house without those rascals seeing me?” “There is a window at the back,” began the girl. “All right! And get all the rifles and cartridges you can find, and bring them quietly into that back room. Hurry up and let me in. ” The girl ran back to the house, very pale, but showing the nerve of a fron¬ tier training. Otto crept around to the rear of the house, and in less than a minute the window was raised, and he clambered in as quietly as possible. In tbe room where he found himself were Mrs. Cunningham, Lotta and one of the other girls, all consider¬ ably frightened, but cool. There were three Winchesters and two belts of cartridges lying on a table. The Kaffirs were in thejnext peeped room, and Otto stole to the door and through a crack. There were five of them, as Lotta had said—big, brawny fighting men, all with assagais and twtf with rifles, while all five wore the same decoration of white ox-tails that Otto had before observed. The boy had already formulated bis plan. He bad no doubt that these savages were only waiting some ap¬ pointed time to fall upon the white women and massacre them, and it was his design to anticipate them in action. South African women are usually trained to handle a rifle as skil¬ fully as their husbands and brothers, and these were no excep¬ tion to the rule. Otto explained his scheme, and as much of his suspicions as he thought proper; and the wom¬ en, who instinctively looked to him, boy as be was, for leadership, pre¬ pared to assist him. The Matabele were sitting quietly ou the floor, their weapons across their knees, when the closed door on the other side of the room was sud¬ denly thrown open, and they were confronted with the threatening muz¬ zles of three Winchesters. They had been quite unaware of Otto’s presence in the house, and this made the sur¬ prise the more complete. They sprang to their feet in a flurry of as¬ tonishment, just as Otto shouted over tbe rifle-barrel: “Drop those weapons!” Spears and rifles clattered upon the floor, and the Kaffirs plainly expected instant death. But Otto could not bring himself to fire upon them in cold blood, though be had no doubt of their moral guilt. So he contin¬ ued, in the native tongue: “Go! Get out! Don’t come back, on, you will be shot!” The natives filed from the door and started out aoross the veldt without looking back till they were some fifty yards from the house; then they broke into a trot and disappeared over a bill to the eastward. Otto and his friends were victori¬ ous; but it was certain that the na¬ tives would sooner or later return in force to finish tbe work, which had probably been begun by the murder of the three male members of the family. The house was ill adapted for de¬ fense, besides being built of wood and therefore highly inflammable; but the stable was a solidly built stone struc¬ ture with small windows, designed to serve as a fortification in case of need. Hither the three women and the boy busied themselves in carry¬ ing all the bread and cooked meats in the house, water, rifles, ammunition and blankets, anxiously watching the ■while for their returning relatives or for a fringe of Matabele spears. But there was no sign of any approaching life; and 1 when it became dark the party shut themselves up in the stable and strongly barricaded the door. None of them, wished to sleep at first;.but as the hours quietly wore away the two younger girls finally dozed off, leaving the remaining three on guard. It was almost the pound¬ when Otto heard distinctly ing of the hoofs of many horses. His heart jumped, for he believed it to be the rebels. The watchers did not awaken the children, but all three peered' eagerly into the dark¬ ness, with liftes cocked. The horses stopped near the dwelling, and voices were heard, but it was impossible to distinguish whether they were native or European. At last Otto heard his name called softly in his father’s voioe. Joyfully he replied, and the little party hastily unbarred the door and came out of their fortress. Mr. Brin- ton had heard- of the rising in other parts late that afternoon, and collect¬ ing half a dozen horsemen, had gal¬ loped at speed to the Red Bird mine. It had then grown dark, and it was only after several hours of searching for his son’s body that he stumbled upon the message written on the board. No Matabele appeared that night, and with the first dawn the whole party set out for Buluwayo, for the Cuuniughams had several horses about the place. They arrived* there late that same day without having en¬ countered any hostiles, and found the town in a state of the wildest excite¬ ment. Volunteer companies were be¬ ing rapidly organized, and both Otto and his father enlisted in that which afterward became famous under the name of “Grey’s Scouts” throughout the disastrous war that raged for the next six months. It was several weeks before the fate of the men of the Cunningham family, came to light. Their bodies were found by a scouting party about a mile from the house, and they had all, apparently been speared or clubbed from behind. The Kaffirs at the farmhouse were undoubtedly waiting for the return of this murdering party to assassinate the women, who would certainly have fallen victims had it not been for Otto’s resolution and pres¬ ence of mind.—The New Voice. HOW THA SPEL IN CHIKACO. And Tha Want Everybody Everywhar tc Spel the Wa Tha X)o. A dispatch from Chikago sez that the bizniz. men thar ar in favor of fonetik speling. Dr. E. Benjamin An- druz, the Superintendent of the Pub- lik Skools thar, iz in favor ov it to. Wun bizniz man, it iz sed, wants the word which most pepl spel “through” to be spelt “tru,” but Dr. Andruz iz not in favor of this bekoz he sez that it iz not pronounsi tha wa. But the bizniz man sez it iz pronounst just that wa. This queschun of fonetik speling iz an old wun, and this iz just wun of the objeeshuns to tbe plan, that every- body wood spel wordz the wa he him self pronunst them, even when he pronounst them rong,.aud so a good many pepl cood not 'reed what other pepl rot. Thar iz another objeeshun to it. If it skud ever be uzed alto- gether, if books shud be printed this wa and if pepl shud levn to reed this sort of stuf, tha would not no how to reed the books that ar printed in the present wa, and sool the books and ol the iibrariz that thar ar iu the world to-da wood be simply wast paper, for nobody cood reed them exept skolarz wbo bad learnd the old wa of speling. In Chikago tha propoz to chang the speling of ten words, as an entering wej. But why stop at ten? Why not chang them ol at wuns and rit lik this?—New' York Tribune. The Value of Rice Lands. The rice industry has in the last fifteen years developed a section of Louisiana which up to that time was considered worthless. Its population has quadrupled; its wealth increased twenty fold. Rice lands once worth ten to fifty cents an acre will now average $bi>. A number of towns, fiayne, Crowley, Mementau, Jen- mugs anil otuers have sprung up where a decade ago there « a wild factories'erecTed 8 It is estimated that two-thirds of the gross receipts from a rice farm are profit; that is, the cost of raising the riee is only one-third of what it will bring. It is doubtful it any other crop is so profitable. The Ab¬ bott brothers at Crowley received $77,000 last year from 1000 acres planted in riee, and Green & Shoe¬ maker, at the same place, got $75,000 from 1000 acres. A. D. McFarland, at Jennings, made $10,500 on 300 acres, and A. M. Garrison $8682 on 220 acres. The one possible drawback to the industry is the probability that at tbe present rate at which the rice crop is increasing there will very soon be an overproduction of the cereal and a consequent fall in price.—New York Sun. Barbarous Filipino Practices. A private letter received from on* of tbe officers who went to Manila on the Solace tells of the atrocities com¬ mitted on American killed and wound¬ ed soldiers by Aguinaldo’s army, which are as horrible as those prac¬ ticed at Samoa. Said this officer: “I went ashore at Manila and went out to the army’s firing line. We were close enough to see one skir¬ mish. The bodies of fhree soldiers were brought to the rear while we were there, and they were a ghastly sight. The ears aud noses had been cut off' and the heart cat out of each one.”—Chicago Record. | MORE COMMISSIONS ISSUED TO GEORGIANS And They Will Be Given a Chance To Distinguish Themselves In the Philippines. THE STATE’S ALLOTMENT LIST HAS ABOUT BEEN COMPLETED Lucky Ones Come From Disbanded Regiments Which Were Formed During the War With Spain. A Washington special says: Geor¬ gia had its innings at the white house Tuesday and during the president’s working hours his pen traced the names of a number of Georgians who may soon have an opportunity to dis¬ tinguish themselves. In the batch of appointments to the army that came from the white house during the day were Cleveland Wil- coxon, of Atlanta; Owen T. Kenan, of Macon; W. K. Wheatley, of Americus; Blanton Winship, of Macon and Ed H. Almand, of Conyers, Wilcoxou aud Kenan being given captains’ commis¬ sions, while the others were awarded a lieutenant’s shoulder straps. Wilcoxou and Windship were offi¬ cers in the Second Georgia, Kenan was in the First Georgia and Wheatly was in Ray’s immunes. These five, with Major Spence, of the regular army; Captain Walter Corbett, of Ma¬ con; Captain Frank Crenshaw, of Barnesville, and Lieutenant Long- street, of Gainesville, comprise the Georgia list es it has been completed to date. These men have been com¬ missioned and their commissions have been duly signed by the president. Georgia is to have several other ap¬ pointments, two others, and perhaps more, but the authorities have not yet determined, apparently, which they shall be of those indorsed. • It is almost certain, however, that the lucky ones will be selected from Captain Clarke, of Elberton, who has been strongly indorsed for the cap¬ taincy; Captain Miller, of Augusta, who is being urged by Colonel Dyer and the republicans; Captain Kim¬ brough, of Griffin, and Captain Davis, of Perry. Strong efforts are being made to laud all these, but it is said at tbe war department that only eleven places are to be given Georgia in all. Of course there are a number of other applica¬ tions and all are strongly indorsed. The Georgia contingent has not been able to get as much as was hoped, but in this respect other southern delegations are in the same boat. The fact is that the southern senators and congressmen were given to understand there would be no appointments at this time, or for some time yet, and while this understanding was on, a list of the specially J approved was made out. The senators and congressmen had to contend against this list in finding places for their southern con- stituents. While this special list was based on merit, it is perhaps natural tfiat the administration senators and congress¬ men fouud their constituents cared for first. The Georgia senators indorsed a mim ber of applicants, indeed all of those who had a good record, and the final selection was made by the war department presumably on merit, However, when there are so many ap- pHcants it is no reflection on those wbo fai] that otherB were ^osen. An effort has been made to distri- buto tlj£i appo iutments geographically, bnt in all ( , aHes the re ,. ordg made by t be men bave been considered and os- tensibly at least their appointment has been based on that. Senator Bacon and Congressmen Lewis, Livingston and Bartlett are in Washington mak¬ ing strong efforts to land other appli¬ cants. Their chances for success are very problematical. Judge Bartlett has recommended besides Kenan, Win- ship and Kimbrough, Lieutenant New- el]> o[ the regu!al . army> f or sta ff pos i- tion Captain Wylie, Captain Wall and Captain Frank Curry, The Twen ty-mnth is the regiment that wiu be raised in Georgla an j 8Urroun ding states, and will be mus- tered in at Fort McPherson, Atlanta. Congressman Livingston has made formal application to the secretary of war for the stands of regimental colors used by the First, Second and Third Georgia regiments, his desire being to have these put in the statehouse. A DOUBTFUL LAW. Florida’s Anti-Scalper Measure May Be Unconstitutional. A Tallahassee special says: It has just been discovered that the famous “anti-scalpers’ ” law enacted at the recent session of the Florida legisla¬ ture for the avowed purpose of driving railroad ticket brokers out of business in this state, is probably unconstitu¬ tional. This statute has hitherto been regarded as ironclad and perfectly free from constitutional objections, but an investigation now being made is prac¬ tically certain to precipitate a lively battle in the Florida courts over the validity of the law. GOOD OIL IN MACON. Inspector Says None But the Best Is Sent To Central City. Mr. Tom W. Loyless, oil inspector at Macon, Ga., says the oil in that city is all right, aud in every test it ban registered 138 degrees? It is claimed that only the best quality oil is sent to Macon, and consumers need have no fear. The Macon oil is said to register 18 degrees above the test required by the laws of Georgia, MUCH COTTON LOST. The Heavy Texas Floods Cause Damage of $ 5 , 000,000 To the Crop. The cotton exchange in Austin,Tex., has just completed the work of care¬ fully tabulating the losses on the cot¬ ton crop attendant upon the Brazos river flood. They have secured data from all the counties affected by the flood and have compiled a'.I returns. The result is that they find that the loss in the Brazos bottom will repre¬ sent 200,000 bales of cotton, which they figure out to represent $5,000,- 000 loss. They have also figured out from their reports from all over the cotton- growing area of the state that the floods in the bottom will not have nearly the effect on the crop that was at first expected. They now find from their reports that the heavy rains which produced the flood and ruined the crops in the bottom have benefited cotton growing on the upper lands proportionately, so that by far the best crop harvested in years will be pro¬ duced from the uplands this season. NO WAR DAflAGES ALLOWED. Important Decision Rendered In the Case of Miss Favre. A Washington dispatch says: The secretary of state has sent Ambassador Cambon, of France, an answer to the latter’s recent letter submitting the claim of Miss Ivan Favre for $10,000 damages attending the capture of the French steamer Olinde Rodriguez, on whioh she was a passenger, by the cruiser New Orleans during the block¬ ade of San Juan. Miss Favre’s claim recited that she had suffered from an attack of fever while at Charleston aud the damages were for this and the indignities of the detention. From the facts cited the secretaiy states that the United States naval authorities could not be charged with any negligence in the circum¬ stance attending the capture. The secretary reviews the facts in much detail and states in the conclu¬ sion that the government is not liable on this claim. The answer is likely to ^tablish , , , precedent , . large I | number of similar a claims. on The a secre¬ : tary says the French steamer was first observed by the cruiser Yosemite on July 5th, and that an officer of tbe Yosemite went on board and noted in the log of the Rodriguez that a block¬ ade of San Juan was in progress. Miss Favre subsequently took pas¬ sage at Port Au Prince on July 13th. On July 17th the Rodriguez was again sighted off San Juan, whereupon she was captured by tbe New Orleans. The prize was taken to Charleston on July 22d and on August 5th all tbe passen¬ gers were released by court order and turned over to the Freneb company. Secretary Hay’s letter is accompa¬ nied by one from Attorney General Griggs, giving facts submitted by the United States district attorney at Charleston bearing out in detail the points made in tbe secretary’s letter. He says the Ridriguez was anchored off tbe battery in Charleston harbor, in one of the most healthful spots along tbe Atlantic coast. The health officer’s letter is to the same effect. Aside from the bearing of his decision on the individual case; it may have a bearing also on the claims which may be brought forward by the owners of the steamer Rodriguez and of the La Fayette, which was -stopped off Ha¬ vana. Deadly Fire In New York. Fire in a crowded tenement in Mon¬ street early Tuesday resulted in fatal injuries to five persons and tbe overcoming by smoke of eight others. There were sixteen families in the house. It could not be determined just bow the fire started. JOE LEAVES WASHINGTON. LittleGensra! Bids Goodby To Friends , and Is Off For Manila. General Joseph E. Wheeler left Washington Tuesday afternoon en- route to the Philippine islands. He goes via Chicago, Omaha, Denver and Salt Lake, and is scheduled to reach San Francisco on Saturday. He will sail for Manila on the 20th. “I have no plans of campaign,” he. said to an Associated Press represent- ■ ativc, “and shall not know what I am to do until I receive my instructions from General Otis. I should like to have it understood,” he continued, “that I go to the Philippines in an en- tirely subordinate capacity.” MANY WERE RESCUED. Government Life Savers Do Good Work In T xas. The life-saving bureau at Washing- j ing has received the follo wing telegram from Superintendent Hutchins, at Gal- j vestou, Tex., who, with operating a force in of life- the savers, has been : flooded districts: “Have rescued 542 [.people. Seven to fifteen feet, of water , i over Some the drowned; cotton aud cane narrow plantations^ escapes.” mauy .