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WILLI DISPATCH (H 11-LA, GEORGIA. HENDERSON & HANLON, Publisher*. ■■wwiBMgi-mjiiiL ' JB’J ---------- In the last three years the United States have sold abroad $1,300,000,000 more thau they have bought. Medical men now regard typhoid fever as a disease so preventable that, as one of them declares, “for every case of typhoid fever somebody ought to be hung.” A writer in the Lancet says that '‘there is undoubtedly a good deal in the open-air treatment of consump¬ tion, but the way it is being at pres¬ ent ‘boomed’ by people with ready pens, but with no medical training, is calculated to make men who are ac¬ customed to look at things from a sci¬ entific standpoiutrather than critical. ” A writer in the Medical News de¬ clares that America is falling behind in the matter of professors’ salaries. The class of teachers who here get $2500 to $4000 receive in England $4000 to $(>000. Scotch universities have chairs worth from $7000 to $20,- 000 per annum, and even in Berlin there are professors who earn from $10,000 tp $15,000 a year. Perhaps the best indication of the trend of prices is Sauerbeeks’s index figures, based on the prices of 45 leadiug commodities. In that scale the average from 1867 to 1877 is taken as 100. For a long time the average or index figure has been iu the sixties. Now it is crawling back towards sev¬ enty At last accounts it was 66, which is the highest average since 1893, the year of the great panic. From a recent table of statistics, published in the foreign journals and taken from official sources, it appears that there were at the end of 1898 2,029,893 miles of telegraph and tele¬ phone lines in use in the world, of which 167,800 miles were submarine cables and 382,417 were for the tele- : phones. The corresponding figures for the mileage of the wires as distin¬ guished from the lines are as follows: 8,285,400, 169,600 and 3,202,950. We are fnr from believing that be¬ cause certain conditions always have been they necessarily always will be, says the Independent. Universal peace and a reduction of armies and navies to a mere police footing may be possible as a result of patient effort and rational processes of world-educa¬ tion throughout a long period; but no sudden lift of enthusiasm can do the work of centuries, sacrifices, compar¬ isons of experience and the slow un- j derswell of increasing human self-un- j derstaudiug and universal sympathy and charity. In not expecting too much we shall avoid despair, and so feel able to continue patiently work¬ ing for the right. The three chief facts about Prefes- eor Hadley, the new president of Yale university J are: That he is only thirty- three years old; that he is . not , a cler- . gymau—the first exception to the sup- posedly ironclad rule as to the qualifi- catious of a presideut of Yale; that he is not a professor of Greek or Latin pihilosophy or any of the so-cal ,, e , or “culture” branches of education, but of political science, the science of gov- eminent in its broad sense, which in- eludes all kinds of public 1 action. Thus one of tha greatest and , most conservative of America’s old univer- sities has at one stroke broke from those time honored traditions. President W. C. A. Hammel, of tht Audubou society of Baltimore has compiled some statistics upon the loss of bird life in this country that are really startling. In the last fifteen years the percentage of decrease in Maiue has been 52; in New Hamp¬ shire,32; Massachusetts, 27; Vermont, 30; Rhode Island, 60; Connecticut, 75; New York, 48; New Jersey, 37; Pennsylvania, 57; Ohio, 38; Indiana, 60; Illinois, 38, Michigan, 28; Wis¬ consin, 40; Iowa, 32; Missouri, 36; Nebraska, 10; North Dakota, 68; Dis¬ trict of Columbia, 33; South Carolina, 32; Georgia, 65; Florida, 77; Missis¬ sippi, 37; Louisiana, 55; Texas, 67; Arkansas, 50; Montana,75; Idaho,40; Colorado, 28, and Indian Territory, 75, making a general average of 46 per cent. The figures were obtained from government reports and the rec¬ ords of Audubon societies, and, while a bird census is impossible trained ob¬ servers can at least compare present with former conditions and work out fairly reliable percentages. w x auk ready to enter your name on our subscription ROOKS. YOU WILL N04T MISS THE SMALL BUMNECE8SAR1 TO BECOME CUE QUSTOMXR. AT THE STILE. They might have been brother and sister or cousins accustomed to each other’s society every day in the year. Certainly they did not act like lovers. They walked carefully, the man minc- lngly, on either side of the dusty lane, each keeping close to the border of the grass. “I think,” said the woman, that it is the very wisest thing we can do.” The man started—-he glanced covert¬ ly at her, then turned his face very de¬ liberately to her as he replied: “I will not say you are wrong. But have you reached this conclusion suddenly— within the past hour, or did you arrive at It last night?" "Last night.” “Then you doubtless thought of everything in connection with— with-” “Our quarrel?” She looked straight at him. Her face was not disturbed in the least that he could see; she seemed, Indeed to be unusually self- possessed. "Yes.” “I apprehended as much.” The man braced himself with an effort; It re¬ quired an effort. “I made due provis¬ ions for this interview.” "A case of telepathy.” She laughed. Her laugh was the same—there was not a false note In it. The man could not have laughed naturally if his life had been at stake. “You mean you have brought my letters.” “Yes.” “I brought yours with ms, Carroll.” She uttered his name just as she al¬ ways uttered it. At that moment he could not trust himself to utter her name—he would exhibit feeling, he knew it. And to think—this was the woman he could have sworn sympa¬ thized with him as no other person in the wide world sympathized with him in his work'and alms. Yes, it was well that they bad made the discovery in time. She handed him a small, dainty-look¬ ing packet—he reached her a larger and by no means as neat a package— he observed the difference himself. Then he inferred that his feelings were much the deepest; she had been at pains to make hers attractive—he had no thought of mere appearances when he tied his. He felt as if his heart was bound up— going from him in that lit¬ tle package. "Now that It is all over—Clara”—It required an effort to call her by that name—"will you tell me my chief of¬ fense? I am not indifferent—I like the good opinion of nay fellows. That is, while I preserve my self-respect al¬ ways; of course, I do not fancy the idea iA SJz Wit o r A .-a mm > b m I r rirPy m .4. 5k n M. f HE HANDED IT TO HER. of going through the world in a way that would subject me to the criticism of any sensible man or woman." “Well. I am rather glad you ask «*>*■ £ disabuses me of one lmpres- sion. Now that everything is over be- tween Us j wj]1 ^ entlrely frank w)th you. Indeed, It is due to you to say that I do not—no, I am quite sure I Dave never met a man whose manners, whose estimate of himself (judging from his manners and general bearing) are more perfect or commendable than yours.” “You have taken a load from my shoulders positively you have “How about my nswiners?” She held her head a trifle hfeher . ber paragol ^ that moment was deflected; he could Just see the lower part of her face; her chin seemed a little redder or was it Imagination? “Why, what on earth do you mean?” "I asked you a very simple question. But It does not make any difference.” “Your manners-” "Did you not say last night that I was too demonstrative—when Miss Cballoner fainted and her do* was tramped by Mr. Trescott" "You must have wholly misunder¬ stood-” “Well, perhaps I was mistaken there. But do you recall your words—your ex¬ act words when I was introduced to your friend, Mr. Grinnell?” “I do not. Now I do recall it; I may have said—I thought you unlike your¬ self. Something you seemed—for the first time—precise. But-" "Then you persisted in going away and leaving me with him.” “Miss Maehmont beckoned to me— you saw her with her mother.” "That did not occur to me. Of course you could not have walked across the room with me and left me with them,?” "It was doubtless stupid of me. but- “Let us say no more. It is all so un¬ like us to part like children.” “But about Grinnell. I did not know he was ah—disagreeable to you. If I had dreamed-” “Do you tell me that you did not know he pursued me two years ago— the very first year I was out? I have been annoyed by him more than by any other man. I never liked him— and never wUi>” "Am I to understand that Mr. Grin- nell was the gentleman that your mother referred to last fall when- »» “Please let us not speak of Mr. Grln- nell any more.” "But I want to say I only became acquainted with him a week ago, and-” "I am glad no one observed us. I dislike that Miss Dreggltt. She Is a confirmed gossip—and busybody.” “Yet you took her arm last night and walked away with her." “The wisest thing I could do—how else do you think I could have diverted her attention? She has eyes like a hawk’s.” “You mean-” “I mean that if I had not walked away at that precise moment with,her all the world would know we were at odds. Is that plain enough?” "But you—you walked away with Mr. Grinnell.” "For the same reason you walked away with Miss Dreggltt." “I hope ypu will remember me among your truest friends, Clara.” “You have no better friend than I am.” “If anybody had told me yesterday we would be walking here this way to¬ day-” “I might say the same. Do you mean to convey the impression I am any way at fault?” “You are faultless—have I not al¬ ways told you so? I never realized your good sense, your justice, your beauty as I do this moment.” “You compel me to say In reply that I never had less reason to note any¬ thing approaching a fault in you. I can say that now that everything is over.” “Is it all over? Listen, Clara. There is some inconceivable misunderstand¬ ing. You are perfection in my eyes— you must permit me to finish. I was chilled by a single glance last night— now you tell me you were annoyed about Grinnell. What has Grinnell to do with me or mine? I was grieved to the soul when you avoided me. And yet we two—of all the other people in the world. I did not close my eyes last night.” They were now at the stile. She grew pale and red by turns. “Let us sit down here a few minutes. There is no one near.” “Why do you confess in one breath that you have no fault to find with my appearance or manners—and give me back my letters?” "Why did you give me mine?” "God knows—I do not. I thought you had suddenly discovered some¬ thing that you did not liki “You did me the injustice to think I am changeable.” “I deserve the rebuke.” “And yet you could say with as much reason that I assumed you were changeable.” “It would never occur to me.” “How delicious and cool it is here.” “I never beheld a lovetier morning." "Nor I.” He drew a package from his pocket. After looking at it sadly he handed it to her. “Give me yours.” Without a word she gave him back the package he had given her near the bottom of the lane. “We have acted like silly children,” she said, shyly. “No, Clara; we have acted like sensi¬ ble man and woman. And now we are not to be alone; I see Miss Dreggitt’s hat and parasol. I could tell her among a million.” “Let her come. I do not care if all the workl sees us now.” Tlie Trekking Wagon. The South African wagon is a long, heavy cart mounted on four wheels, as a rule, with a sort of canvas tent over the back half, leaving the front clear to carry the miscellaneous furniture of its owner, drawn by sixteen, eighteen or twenty oxen, curiously fierce-look- ing with their immense spread of horn, sometimes as much as eight feet from tip to tip and rarely less than six, but In reality as patient and hard-working beasts as one could wish to find. Their mode of progression Is certainly slow, but there Is a strangeness and a fas¬ cination about it which may draw men to it almost as the Alps draw their devotees. In front there marches the “voorlooper,” generally a small boy leading the two foremost oxen by a rein or rope passed through their nos¬ trils. The driver walks alongside with the long and terrible whip he uses so unsparingly, or else sits on the front of the wagon and gets off occasionally to lash up the whole team with unfail¬ ing impartiality. The traveling is all done at night, starting a little before sunset and marching until perhaps 11 or 12 o’clock; then there is a halt till a little before the first signs of dawn, when they go on again till the sun be¬ gins to get hot overhead, and then they lie for the day.—Gentleman’s Maga¬ zine. Bank Notes of Ancient Times. Among the products of civilization which were familiar to the Chinese many centuries before they came Into use in Europe may be reckoned bank notes. There is at this moment In the possession of the Bank of England a specimen supposed to be one of the oldest extant, dating from the four¬ teenth century of our era. It is now proved, however, that paper money was issued in China as early as 807 A. D. These securities closely resem¬ bled the famous French assignats In being based upon the estates of the kingdom. The Bank of Stockholm claims to have been the first western institution to adopt a paper currency, but the Bank of England must have followed very close with Its £20 notes, which were issued in 1696. Good luck has helped many a man to be honest. VARIOUS TOPICS. An Irish paper prints this protest from “A Cyclist”: While cycling on the road near Healy’s bridge a toxey terrier dog stole on me unperceived and bit me on the calf of the leg, from which I am now suffering. The dog, I understand, belongs to a magistrate who resides in the neighborhood, and is allowed to wander on tne road un¬ muzzled, and yet site on the bench iu Judgment on others.” A law class of forty-eight women has just been graduated from New York University. It is now nine years since this course was introduced, yet the public is Just beginning to under¬ stand and appreciate its purpose. Its aim is not to make lawyers out of women, but to give them a practical knowledge of the laws which concern them, especially in the direction of the management of property. Here is a new style of wedding no¬ tice from Windsor, Mo.: "His name Is Ortts P. Edds and he Is sixteen years old. Her name was Peart Ramp and she Is fifteen years old. Sunday they were married In Warrensburg, and then moved to a farm near Lamonte, where they will go to housekeeping and take up the struggle against the great imaginary wolt that keeps men hustling and women scheming from dawn until the crack of doom.” Down here they saw the horns off the “wild” or Texas cattle before they ship them east. The animals pack better, take up less roofh In the cars, are not so likely to injure one an¬ other and look better to the buyer. A Texas steer may carry just as much beef and tallow as a muley cow, but his long horns make him look leaner. Texas cattle have a bad reputation, too, and when their horns are sawed off they look as innocent and harmless as a barnyard heifer.—Iola (Has.) Let¬ ter Chicago Record. The names of some of the Oklahoma newspapers show a high range of origi¬ nality. In the published list is the Shawnee Daily Dinner Bell., The Rus¬ tler is a favorite name, and there are several papers so called in different parts- of the territory, although in the cattle trade u has a dreadful signifi¬ cance. The Sunbeam is also popular as a name for newspapers, and there are several down here. The Kingfisher Kicker is an influential Populist organ, and its rival is the Pottawatomie County Plain People.—Correspondence Chicago Record/ Apropos of the question as to wheth¬ er or not women should remove their bats in church a Lexington (Mo.) man suggests a return to the good old cus¬ tom under which the men sat on one side of the church and the women on the other. “In that way,” he says, "the women could get the full benefit of their big hats. Women who remove their hats out of courtesy to those who sit behind them could, of course, sit where they chose. The others could have the full benefit of attempting to see the preacher through a jungle of feathers and gee-gaws.” A generation ago there were only two colleges in the United &tatee draw¬ ing interest on funds reaching $1,0C0,- 000 . Now a Chicago college asks an addition to Its endowment of $9,000,000 in a single year, although it already has- productive funds amounting to $5,800,000. A single Individual with¬ in a comparatively few years has be¬ stowed upon It $7,426,000. Harvard’s interest bearing funds last year were $8,963,053; Yale’s, $4,500,000; Colum- bia’s, $9,500,000; Cornell's, $6,446,818; Girard’s, $15,048,146, and Leland Stan¬ ford, Jr.’s, $3,500,000. In a letter to an Ottawa county (Kan¬ sas) paper one of the members of Gen. MacArthur’s brigade writes irom Ma¬ nila: “Night before last I was on pick¬ et duty all night, and yesterday morn¬ ing I found that the nigger picket was within a hundred yards of me. After a little talk we both laid down our guns and met between the lines and had a little visit. He said the people In their army did not want to fight us, but they had to or their officers would kill them. He also said that he had not had a bite to eat for three days. I gave him what hardtack I had with me, and it did me more good to see him eat it than if I had eaten it my- self. When we parted we shook bands, and he cried like a baby.” Onoe Was Enough. This is one of Gen. Miles’ stories: In the Confederate army Longstreet’s corps was making a night march. About 4 o’clock In the morning, when every one was worn out,a Georgia regi¬ ment stopped. A Georgia soldier put his rifle up against the tents on the other side of where Longstreet was. “Well,” he said, “this is pretty hard —to fight all day and march all night. But I suppose I can do it for love of my country.” He continued: “I can go hungry, I oan fight, if neeid be I can die for my country. But when this war is over I’ll be blowed if I’ll ever love another country.”—Woman’s Journal. He’s Guessing: Yet. Ye Poet—“Would that my muse might soar aloft, and, cleaving the em¬ pyrean blue, find words to sing the glorious glory of your hair of burnish¬ ed gold.” Ye Maiden (Titian haired, hut prosaic)—“That sounds very pret¬ ty, Mr. Scribbler, but do you know the difference between your poems ahd my hair?” Ye Poet—“Ah, a conun¬ drum. I give it up. What is the dif¬ ference, oh, fairest of your sex?” Ye Maiden—“Well, my hair’s read.”— Kansas City Journal. MORMON ELDERS MOBBED BIG eHOWD OF MASKED ME/N MAL¬ TREAT THREE “MISSIONARIES.” •Hosts Who Harbored the “Saints” Tried To Pro¬ tect Them With "Disastrous "Result. Three Morman elders, who have been preaching their peculiar doctrines in the vicinity of Covington, Ga., for the past few weeks, were mobbed Thursday night by thirty masked men near Newton factory. The Mormons had met with little success in their effort at proselyting, but following their custom, had beg¬ ged food and lodging, which the coun¬ try people, in the kindness of their hearts, willingly extended. The missionaries, together with Mr. and Mrs. William Cunnard, were seat¬ ed on the front porch of the latter’s residence Thursday evening enjoying a quiet after supper chat. There l#d been no warning of an outbreak, and the Mormons fancied themselves in security. Suddenly the tramp of ap¬ proaching horses was beard, and in a few moments thirty well mounted and armed men drew up before the door of the Cunnard residence, and dismount¬ ing, filed into the yard. All the men wore black masks, and there was little confusion, the mob pushing forward one of their number as spokesman. This party brusquely addressed the elders, commanding that they accom¬ pany the men who stood waiting to receive them. At this an altercation arose between the members of the mob and the Cunnards, who declared that they would not violate the rules of hospitality by allowing their guests to be taken away in this cavalier fashion. Mrs. Cunnard, in a moment of an¬ ger, grasped the chair on which she INGERSOLL IN ASHES. Body of the Noted Agnostic Cre¬ mated According To His Expressed Wish. Walston, the home at Dobbs Ferry, where Robert G. Ingersoll died, was a quiet place Wednesday. The body of the dead agnostic lay on his flower- covered bier. Only the widow and daughters sat near, all the others kept away. These hundred letters were received during the day from all over the country, most of them from inti¬ mate friends. Colonel Ingersoll’s body was cre¬ mated Thursday. The coffin was a plain black cloth covered affair with¬ out ornament or handles of any kind, and without even a name plate. It was simply a box in which the dead might lie at rest during the journey to the crematory at Fresh Pond, L. I. The body was placed in the retort at 11:50 and at 2 o’clock all that re¬ mained was ashes. There were no services at the crem¬ atory. Even the organ, which is usually played while a cremation is going on, was silent. This -was at the request of the family. The incineration was strictly pri¬ vate. The time was not even set, in order that the public might not know. The funeral party waited during the hours while the body was being con¬ sumed, to take the ashes back with them. THEATRICAL PRODUCTION Decided Upon To Raise Funds For Dewey Reception. The executive committee of the Dewey testimonial fund met at the Astor house, New York, Thursday. The plan of the committee which was formed to raise money to purchase a home for Admiral Dewey has narrow¬ ed down to the proposed production of the play “The White Squadron. It has been decided to give the perform¬ ance at the Metropolitan opera house. President McKinley, the cabinet and Governor Roosevelt have indorsed the plan. The performance itself promises to be one of the greatest theatrical pro¬ ductions ever undertaken in that city. TAX COLLECTOR SKIPS. Official of Walker County, Alabama, Short In His Accounts. A Montgomery, Ala., dispatch says: State Examiner Perry has filed with Governor Johnston the result of his examination of the office of (Tax Col¬ lector Davis, of Walker county. He reports that the collector owes the state and county $14,765, and has only $1,000 to his credit in the bank. Some two weeks ago Tax Collector Davis went to Birmingham and got on a spree, and Governor Johnston sent the examiner to Jasper to check over his accounts. Since that time Davis haB kept out of the way of the authori¬ ties. QOING TO HIS DEATH. Deserter Givens Is Sent Back To Ha- nila To Be Courtmartlaled. On board the transport Ohio, which, with the Newport, sailed from San Francisco Wednesday night for tko Philippines, was Benjamin Givens, private of company H, Fourth United States,infantry, manacled and guarded, to be returned to Manila for trial upon the charge of “desertion in the face of the enemy,” the peunlty for which is dea'h. was sitting and attacked the mob in¬ discriminately. Pistols were drawn, and Mr. Mr.Cuuuard, rushing into the house, secured his shotgun. Iu the confusion the light in the sitting room was extinguished, and then ensued A rapid volley of shots from the mob, broken by ty the deafening report of the shotgun. For several minutes there was much scuffling and bad language, and when a light was finally procured the mob had retreated, taking the missionaries with them, and lying in one corner of the porch was Mrs. Cunnard, the half of whose face had been shot off. It is supposed that iu the uncertain light Mr. Cunnard discharged his weapon directly into the face of his wife. Just what had become of the Mor¬ mons was a mystery for the time be¬ ing. They have been very persistent in their efforts to spread their faith, and the doctrines which they proposed are exceedingly obnoxious to the mass of the country people. Only a short time ago they were rotten-egged out of Winder and Monticello, and other Georgia towns have accorded them similar treatment. They do not provide themselves with scrip or with clothing, declaring that they will subsist as did the apostles of old. They make a slight impression on the more credulous, but the substantial country people are bit¬ terly opposed to their presence in any community which they may invade, and if they have escaped thus far it is only because their mission has been a peaceful one. LUETGERT DEAD. Notorious and Wealthy Sausage- maker Expires In His Prison Cell. Adolph L. Luetgert, the wealthy . Chicago sausage maker who was serv¬ ing a life sentence in the penitentiary at Joliet, Ill., for the murder of his wife, was found dead in his cell Thurs¬ day. held Drs. Warner and O’Malley a post mortem examination, disclosing the fact that Luetgert died from fatty degeneration of the heart. Frank Fay Fratt, a member of the Chicago bar, made a statement Thursday night that Luetgert con¬ fessed in February, 1898, that he had killed his wife. i “In February, 1898, said fir. Pratt, “in my visits to a client at the jail, I became acquainted with the sausage maker. He was told by one of the jailers that I was a palm reader, and one day as I was passing his cell he asked me to read his hand. I found the lines of fatality or predestination very strong, and I told him that from his hand I could readily see. that he was not responsible for his actions in the sense of self-restraint. He then said: “Yes, that is so; I did kill my wife. I was possessed of the devil and kill¬ ed her because I was in love with an¬ other woman. “He then started to tell me about the vat and said his wife attempted to make a dying statement to him when the dogs began to growl and he put an end to ber. He then began curs- ing. As I considered the confession a professional one, I respected it until death has now placed him beyond fur¬ ther human pursuit.” Luetgert in Chicago at¬ The trial of tracted widespread attention and was one of the most sensational in the his¬ tory of the state. Luetgert was charged with having murdered his wife in the basement of his factory and cooked the body to pieces in a vat. The prosecution had but a few small bones and two rings as evidence that their story was correct, but secured conviction and a life sentence. FILIPINO TOWN CAPTURED. General Hall’s Troops Have Brisk En* gagement With Insurgents. A special from Manila under date of July 27, says: Brigadier General R. H. Hall, with 1,000 men, has cap¬ tured Calamba, on Laguna de Bay. The loss to the United States forces was four killed and twelve wounded. With the large armies engaged the fighting was terrific and great num¬ bers of the insurgents were killed. Calamba is a city on La Guna do Bay, about 30 miles southeast of Ma¬ nila. It is much further south than the United States troops have yet pen¬ etrated on land. RIVER STEAHERS COLLIDE. One Sinks and 155 People Are Drown¬ ed In Volga. A dispatch received at Berlin, Ger¬ many, Thursday, from Nijni-Novgorod reports that a cargo and passenger steamer collided on the river Volga, and that the latter sank, drowning 155 persons. states that the captain of The report the cargo ship has been arrested for disregarding .signals,