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0CILLA DISPATCH. OClLLA. GEORGIA. HEN PERSON & HAN LON, Publishers. s It is estimated that there are 30,000 pupils in the agricultural schools of the United States. The “Yankee drummers" are cap¬ turing large slices of the iron and shoe trade in England, France, Ger¬ many and Russia. This is a sort of reciprocity that Europe does not like. The California state board of prison directors has adopted a rule that here¬ after, when a convict is found with a deadly weapon in his possession lie shall b.e kept in solitary confinement for the rest of the term, even if it be for his natural life. A little Swiss canton with socialis¬ tic tendencies has lately adopted a law of free burial, by which the state is the chief patron and employer of the undertakers. Two purveyors of cof¬ fins are elected in each district; all orders are sent to one during the first six months of the year, and to the other during the remaining six months. The coffins are delivered gratuitously. Notwithstanding the efforts of the go’-ernment to be fair, the greatest couijilaint and dissatisfaction have arisen. _ It would be sad beyond measure if the graduates of each June were with¬ out a buoyant spirit of hopeful optim¬ ism. Not for many years would the colleagues last in sucb an atmosphere. Tbe fact that the colleges aud schools are steadily growing in numbers, in influence and in power demonstrates, if it demonstrates anything, that the fathers and mothers are convinced of the benefits to be derived from the dis¬ cipline aud the associations of college life. Because the world has many successful men who have never been to colfege is no reason why the col¬ leges should fail also to make suc¬ cessful man. The fact is the college is a helper, not an originator. It does not create material, but it helps to fashion it into effective forms. It does not make figs of thistles, but it may help to cultivate the one aud check the development of the other. Electricity has been the promotor of many new words aud phrases. An electrical dictionary of the humblest proportions must contain thousands, and the number grows yearly. Some of these words grow, others are se¬ lected arbitrarily, but one can never tell which the public will seal with its approval. Marconi and other workers in telegraphy without wires are trying for the adoption of “etheric teleg¬ raphy,” because the impulses are conveyed by the ether, but the preva¬ lent expression in conversation and the newspapers is “wireless telegra¬ phy,” and it is ready to stick, An dleotrieal journal opened its columns lately to a competition for a good word " to describe electric carriages, and “electvomobile” hae been selected, but i *t . (loubtful , , ,. , lf .. 14 ., wl11 ,, 8tlck An . i I » ’ - other suggestions electrical for journal electrical contains units, some of j new ; which “septerg” and “decifiu” may be quoted as graceful examples. The public, which has not yet mastered its volts, amperes, watts, and heurys, may be excused if it looks askance at these latest efforts of the word-maker. The effects of civilization among the Pottawattomie Indians appeared at a recent council meeting of representa¬ tives of the tribe in Michigan and In¬ diana, held to choose a successor to Chief Simon Pokagou. The meeting was held under the couDcil-tree near Hartford, Mich., and the young men present proposed an innovation in imitation of the white man, that the chief be chosen by ballot, But the old men objected to this, and argued so stoutly for the maintenance of the ancient traditions of the people that the young men gave way. Two veter- ans were selected to be candidates for chief, and the chairman of the council conducted one to the oastern side of the tree aud the other to the western. Then he directed the members of the council to form a line around the man they wished to elect with the result that one John Mix, a man seventy-five years old. aud a brother-in-law of 8imon Pokagon, was chosen chief. All the speeches delivered during the council, which lasted for two days, were given in both English and Indian, as many of the young men could not understand the latter tongue, and inauy of tho old men could not under¬ stand the former. Keep abreast of these stirring times by subscribing for yourhome paper. The price is Utile., and you cannot afford to be without U. HAZABP OF THE COIN. To Walker It was a rather amusing morning. But then Walker was a dis¬ creet fellow and showed only the most solemn of faces. To Val Old Mischief appeared to be in everything. In shav¬ ing him Walker had drawn blood twice. Val knew this was not Walk¬ er’s fault, but his own fidgetiness, and of course he was In the greater rage with him for that reason. He dropped things, such as a sleeve-link or a stud, and the confounded articles flew under the dressing table, among his boots or somewhere the other side of the room, and refused to be found until he had well begun to swear. He dismissed Walker in a rage, and then he could not put his hand on anything until the swear words revealed their where¬ abouts. In fact, it seemed that noth¬ ing could be done this morning with¬ out assistance of this sort. Val was at last ready to put on his vest and coat. By that time he had calmed down considerably, but not quite. He shoved his hands into his trousers pockets and went wandering aimlessly about his room, kicking odd articles, such as a boot, out of his way. Presently he brought up before the looking glass and surveyed himself fiercely. He was not at all a bad-look- ing fellow, but at this moment there was certainly a most ngly expression on his face. He noticed the pretty floral design that ran up his artistic braces, but he was thinking of other things. ‘‘Coward, Val Kingsley,” he said to the Image In the glass. “Coward! Do you hear? Why don’t you speak? »vhy don’t you do as others do, speak out and chance your luck? Because you fear a rebuff! Millionaire girls have cared for penniless soldiers before now. And Malsie—you have fluttered about her like a moth for two years and now have burned yourself, just as a moth will that flutters about a flame. But a moth may be credited with some ex¬ cuse; it probably does not know what a flame is. But you—after all there might be some chance—more than once—bah, coward!” A somewhat incoherent speech, cer¬ tainly. But Val’s mind was in an in¬ coherent state just now. It would scarcely have been judi¬ cious for any other man to talk to Val Kingsley like this, particularly at the present moment. However, a man may talk to himself as he pleases and no harm done, unless he turns to and punches his own head, which is exaci- ly what Val felt tempted to do. The self-accusation made him wince, because it was so true. That is, it was true so far as Malsie was concern^ w//. V 1 7 I*vs & 1 111 'A 'A mm f w 1=1 $,'r A Y Sf; u A) fUt 7 m m 1 i SPUN A COIN SAVAGELY IN 'Ijtj.il AIR. ^al Kingsley, the soldier, was not Val Kingsley, the lover. His comrades would tell you that no man was more ukaly to illustrate the legend that a British officer and cowardice cannot mix. But where a thousand blood¬ thirsty foes, circling about him in bat¬ tle, had not changed the color of his cheeks by a shade, the mere thought of Malsie, just now turned them blood¬ less. Val suddenly took his hand from pocket and spun a coin savagely In the air. The coin struck the celling and then fell, where he did not trouble to notice It for the moment. He let It go whither it listed, while he started off again on a walk around the room. "It Is one thing or the other,” he muttered through his set teeth. "It Is life—happiness—everything — or the other way about. Anyhow, here goes. Heads I speak; tails—well, we’ll see about that.” Then he started to And the coin. For a long time he hunted for It in vain; you might guess that There is always a diablerie .about dropped coins, even on the most trivial occa¬ sions, which Is enough m exasperate the coolest saint. At a time like this, when a person’s happiness, and per¬ haps more than his happiness, depends upon its being found, the fiendish thing hides itself away as if it pos¬ sessed the cunning of a fox. It was only when Val was beginning to fear that his great resource would probably fall him this time that he came across It It was edge up against the wainscoting, in the last place he ex¬ pected to find It, and seemed to jeer at him as he snatched It. Val was a little superstitious. “As I might have expected,” he mut¬ tered, “my fate hangs In the balance and a feather will turn it.” But he seized on the fact that the “tail" of the coin was inside and the "head” toward him and this he took as his "tip." In a few minutes he was inside a hansom oU his way to know his fate. When the eab drove up to the great millionaire's mansion a fearful qualm came up in his mroat. But he did not mean to turn b ick now. Malsie was at home. She was very pleased to see Lieut. Kingsley. She came forward with her ring hand extended. She was only a little creature, but she had the knack of being very dignified when it pleased her to be so. This always sent Val Into a fright and now he wished he had gone and drowned himself rather than have come. He sat on the edge of the chair to which Malsie politely pointed, oppo¬ site her, and she thought, whimsical¬ ly, of Oliver Twjst. Mamma was out shopping. She her¬ self had a headache and thought she would remain at home and rest. Was it true that he was ordered abroad at once? It must be so inconvenient to go so suddenly. Val broke out, Just as he might have been expected to do. ’’Malsie,” he said, leaning forward, and half looking as if he intended to hypnotize her. Malsie gazed at him quietly, with a quick change to haughtiness in her face. Val’s heart sank. He knew lit¬ tle of women's nature, least of all, very likely, of Malsie’s. He guessed nothing of what had been passing in her soul these two years, nor why nor how it is that a woman resents not being taken by storm when she Is willing, money or no money. He did not know that that quick look of pride was just poor little Malsie’s revenge for his past cowardice. But he went on with his task. And a nice mess he had made out of it by the time he had done. When he went away he remembered hardly anything of what he had said, beyond dwelling at some length on his own position and her money. But tbe strange way she looked at him when they wished good-by, and how she gave him the tips of her fingers, was burnt Into his soul. He was as pale as death when he got home. He took his coat and vest off and then went to a drawer. It was a beautiful little thing, he thought, as he examined It carefully, and capable of doing Its work surely and swiftly. He placed the weapon on the table, handy. Then he scratched away at letter after letter for about an hour. When he had done he rose, took up the revolver and toyed with it. Then there came a sharp rap at the door. It was Walker, with a note for him. A glance at the superscription sent his white cheeks red as flame. The note inside the envelope ran: “Dearest Val: Are we not quite misunderstanding each other? Come and see me at once. Forgive me. I did not mean to treat you so. (Your own if you will) MAISIE.” The dainty missive dropped from Val’s fingers, his hands went Into his pockets once more, and he found him¬ j self looking at his image tn the glass, Perhaps he meant to call himself more | names. Perhaps he was trying to think of something new in swear words. If so It was a failure. He could only mutter, after a long si- leace: ( "Heavens! That was a near thing.” DUNKHORST A MAMMOTH. ) Record of the Boxer Who Will Fight at Athens. Since the days wfien Joe cAuliffe came out of the west to win fame in the prize ring there never was a boxer of note who possessed the same gen¬ erous proportions claimed by Ed Dunkhorst, who meets Joe Butler at Athens tomorrow evening. Dunk¬ horst is six feet high, and weighs, in condition, 225 pounds. He has been nicknamed the “Mastodon,” and it Is well earned. But Dunkhorst Is differ¬ ent from most of the big fellows in that he ts fast as a feather-weight. Those who witnessed his terrific fight with Peter Maher at the Arena need no further verification of that state- ment. Fast as Maher was, Dunkhorst was equally so, and, although Maher I won, he did not get off scot free by any means. While a comparatively newcomer in the ring, Dunkhorst’s dozen battles have already demon¬ strated the possibilities of his huge frame, when thoroughly seasoned. One peculiarity of Dunkhorst’s is that he seems to be immune from the blows soporific, which so many boxers suc¬ cumb to. Up to the present time he has never been knocked out, and it looks as though he never will be. Al¬ though he was in no condition for a contest when he met Maher at the Arena, and the Irish champion landed again and again on his jaw the pum- meling he received did not seem to af¬ fect "Dunk.” He took it all good na- turedly, and Maher, who always be¬ lieved his good right hand was invin¬ cible, was dumfounded. Dunkhorst has declared that had he been In shape he would have beaten Maher that night, and many good judges agree with him. When Gus Ruhlln was at his beet and Dunkhorst only a novice it took the former twenty-two rounds to win from the Syracuse man at the Greater New York Athletic club. The experience he gained there did Dunkhorst good, for he went right up to Toronto and beat Charley Strong so badly that the referee stopped the bout tn the fourth round. Frank Childs, the colored giant, met “Dunk” at Detroit for eight rounds, and the Cadillac Athletic chrb witnessed the fastest fighting ever seen in that sec¬ tion. Bears in Death Gulch. In the Yellowstone National park li a ravine called Death Gulch, becauss it is evident that animals occasionally perish in it on account of the exces¬ sive quantity of carbonic acid in the air. In this respect it resembles me celebrated Dog Grotto near Naples. Both are in a volcanic region where active eruptions do not now occur, but where mephitic ga^s issue from the rocks and settle in low places. A re¬ cent visitor to the Yellowstone park reports having seen the carcasses o) eight bears in Death Gulch. FIGHT ON MAYOR. Atlanta Council Committee Will Again Investigate Conduct of James G. Woodward. A dispatch from Atlanta says: In the midst of a highly excited and sen¬ sational session of the city council Thursday afternoon the original reso¬ lution offered by Councilman Thomp¬ son calling for a committee of five to investigate the charges against Mayor James G. Woodward was taken from the table and adopted with practical unanimity. of council The sudden action came in the nature of a blow to the friends of tbe mayor, many of whom expressed the opinion that a conditional resigna¬ tion, which they believed could be ex¬ acted from him and to take effect when¬ ever Mayor Woodward should again take a drink, would prove agreeable to a majority of the members of couu- oil. In an uproar Councilman Burns de¬ clared that while a committee was in¬ vestigating the grave charges against the mayor of Atlanta they should be instructed also to take cognizance of the serious accusation made against of¬ ficials of the city by Colonel W. T. Moyers, c .unsel for Mayor Woodward. He asserted that the charge made by Colonel Moyers that “the mayor, if he went down, would have eminently re¬ spectable official company,” was not a charge to be tolerated by council. The following supplementary amend¬ ment* to the main resolution was promptly written and offered by Coun¬ cilman Burns: “And that this committee, under this resolution appointed, be empow¬ ered and authorized to investigate the charges in the public press to the ef¬ fect that ‘the mayor if he went would have eminently respectable of¬ ficial company.’ ” The amendment of Councilman Burns passed the council chamber unanimously, thus imposing the duty of investigating the indefinite charges of Colonel W. T. Moyers upon the committee. FIGHTING CAR COMPANY. Locked-Out rten at Chattanooga Make Things Warm For Corporation. The labor unionists of Chattanooga, Tenn., and suburbs have gone into the fight with the electric Rtreet railway company on account of its lockout of the union motormen and are making it warm for that corporation. Four additional motormen left the company Thursday and joined the union, making, according to the union leaders, thirty-two men who are locked out. The trades unionists have employed large transfer wagons and are dipatch- jng them to such of the suburbs as a re not reached by a rival railroad to convey people to and from the city. This method of transportation will be kept up until the trouble is ended. Petitions were presented to the rap¬ id transit company Thursdny for the extension of its lines to St. Elmo and such other points as are not now reach¬ ed by that company, and it is claimed that the petitions were signed by over six-hundred people, who agreed to patronize the line when built in pref¬ erence to the electric railroad. There seems to be no kind of doubt that the boycott is affecting the daily receipts of the electric company rather more seriously than the company ex¬ pected. NEW QUARTERS LEASED. Firm of Fielder & Mower Will Qo Into a Larger Building. The firm of Fielder & Mower,which has conducted a general typewriter and supply business in Atlanta, Ga., for a number of years, has leased for a term of years the handsome three- story brick building at 61 Peachtree street, occupied by the Estey Organ company. They will take possession the first of next month and the entire building will be occupied for their business. The building is an excel¬ lent one and well adapted to the needs of the business of the firm. It is lo¬ cated in one of the most desirable por¬ tions of tho city and possesses pecu¬ liar advantages for just such an enter¬ prise as that of Messrs. Fielder & Mower. It is understood that the firm will extend their lines of business in office supplies and with the large floor space will be in position to fit up an office with everything from a pin to the handsomest office furniture on the market. OTIS’ PROSPECTIVE ART 1 Y. Arrangements Are Made For Sending 46,000 Soldiers to Philippines. A statement prepared at the war de¬ partment shows that by October 22d there will be at Manila or on the way to the Philippines 46,000 men. They will all reach the island before the beginning of the dry season. The troops to be sent from this country are ten regiments of volun¬ teers, amounting to 13,090 men; re¬ cruits for skeleton regiments organized in the Philippines, 1,900; recruits for regulars, 3,500; eight troops cavalry, 695; marines, 400. FILIPINO FORCE DEFEATED. Americans Encounter With Rebels Near San Fernando. A Manila special says: General Mac- Arthur’s, force, consisting of 4,000 men, advanced five miles beyond San Fernando Tuesday and encountered and defeated a Filipino force of six thousand men. The enemy retreated, leaving many dead and wounded. The American loss in killed and wounded was twenty. RACE QUESTION IS BROUGHT CP At Annual Meeting of the Georgia Horticulturists. PRESIDENT BROWN TALKS “Time Has Arrived When the Negro Should Be Dispensed With”*==Im- portant Subjects Discussed. The Georgia State Agricultural So¬ ciety convened at Qjuitman last Wed¬ nesday at 9 o’clock and it never had a warmer welcome. The cordiality of the reception and the interost of the proceedings left nothing to be desired. It was really a great convention of the stalwart and brainy men of the state gathered to discuss big questions worthy of the best thought of states¬ men. The race question came to the front at opce, and President Brown made an utterance which will wake up the country. His assertion that the white man and the negro are at the parting of the ways and we should aid the ne¬ gro in Ais efforts to leave us, were loudly applauded. “Practical education” was discussed by Mr. Hoke Smith; “Marketing of Cotton,” by Major Hanson, by letter; and the “Relation of Agriculture to Manufactures,” by Mr. T. IT. Martin. Mr. Smith’s address received mark¬ ed attention. It is on a line which the state university is about to put in practice upon suggestions made by him. The annual address of President Pope Brown of the Georgia Agricult¬ ural Society was an introduction to the program and referred in turn to the different topics of discussion, call- ing attention to the eminence of the speakers aud their fitness to handle the subjects assigned proceedings to them. He said the Society’s had ceased to become a dumping ground for worthless junk. He spoke particularly of the sub- jects to be discussed by Major J. F. Hanson, Mr. Hoke Smith, Mr. D. A. Tompkins aud John Temple Graves, alluding also to the discussion of the round cotton bale. In speaking of the race question Mr. Brown was bold aud unequivocal in declaring that the time had come for the parting of the ways between races and declared that the south should stop toadying to the north. On this subject Mr. Brown said; The Negro Problem, “The question of labor is one of particular interest to the farmer. In some sections of our state the hired help is almost exclusively the negro. The negro problem therefore is one in which the farmer is more directly in¬ terested than any other class of our citizens. The relations between the farmer and the negro, as a rule, are friendly. The terrible crimes which force us to a consideration of this problem, whether we would or not, do not indicate the disposition of the ne¬ gro as a race. As a rule, they are the most patient, best natured race of peo¬ ple on earth. No man has more right to feel kindly toward the negro than I, and I can say in truth that no man enjoys their freedom to a greater ex¬ tent than myself and my section, but the question is *ot between me and the negro. “It is between the white people of the south and the negroes of the south. Let alone there would be no trouble. The south haters of the north are at the bottom of all the trouble. “The leaders of the negro race say, ‘Let’s go home, this is not our home.’ They are preaching discontent, and whether the scheme of colonization is practical or not I am not prepared to say, but.I do believe that it is to the interest of the people of the south to aid and abet the negro in his efforts to leave. A few days ago when cer¬ tain prominent citizens were called on by the press to say how we should protect our families against certain crimes there was a response that seem¬ ed to meet the approval of the press. It was this: ‘Make a miniature arsenal of every southern home, teach wife and daughter how to shoot, allow wo¬ men to carry concealed weapons,’ etc. “I say if it has come to that it is time for the parting of the ways. Shall we part in peace or strife? I would say peace, and let us stand not upon the cost. The idea is hooted at by some, but advocated by some of t’he best thinkers of both races.” Mr. Brown then referred to the fact that the race problem would be dis¬ cussed by alluded John Temple Graves, to whom he as a gentleman of eloquence and one unmoved by politi¬ cal considerations and noted for the purity and sincerity of his motives. COTTON JVHLL COMES SOUTH. Big Biddeford, Maine, Factory Will Move To Valdosta, Oa. A dispatch from Biddeford, Me., says: Arrangements are being made for the removal of the Springvale cot¬ ton mills, of Springvale, to the south. The plant is to be located at Fort Val¬ ley, Ga., and will be operated under a capital of $100,000. The removal will be the second of the kind that has taken place in York county. AN INSURGENT APPEAL Aguinaldo Asks the Powers To Recognize “Independence” of His Government. Advices from Manila under date of August 8th state that Aguiualdo has appealed to the powers for recogni¬ tion of “Filipino independence,” in a document dated from Tarlac, July 27, and signed by Buencamino. It has been received by all the foreign con- suls in Manila with the request that they forward it to their respective governments. The Filipinos declare that they had conquered ihe sovereignty of these islands from Spain before the signing of the treaty of Paris, and therefore Spain was in no position to cede them to tho United States. They argue that the possession of 7,000 Spanish prisoners captured with their arms, fighting aguinst the Filipinos, “is eloquent proof of the nullity of the Spanish sovereignty, as when they surrendered Spain’s hold was then irrevocably lost.” The document says: “Replying to the Spanish commis¬ sioners’ request to release tho prison- beeanse Spain no longer has polit¬ ical interests in the island, we asked for a treaty of peace and friendship between Spain and the Filipino^ whereby the prisoners would be re¬ leased. But the commissioners re¬ fused, because it would mean recogni¬ tion of our independence. This is equivalent to saying that the prison¬ ers must stay in our hands indefinitely, because their possession is our most efficacious method to adjust our ae- count with Spain and obtain from her recognition of our independence.” The Filipinos claim that they con¬ quered all the country except Manila, and that they co-operated in securing the latter’s capitulation by surround¬ ing it at the cost of thousands of lives. They also claimed they conquered the country unassisted except for sixty guns Admiral Dewey gave Aguinaldo, and that Admiral Dewey and the British and Belgian consuls recognized the Filipinos’ sovereignty by asking for passes to visit the country. They repeat the claim that they have letters from American consuls and S ei ' erals , recognizing ..... their sovereignty and promising that the Americans ™uld recognize, their independence, which was at the disposition of the Powers. ’ The Filipinos attempt to mak ® aa P ltal ° f tbe statement that Ad- “ lral 1( ;' ye y had s,,ch c °nfidence that Aguinaldo would , serve and fulfil the r ule s « tbat he g aye h \ m f b " n ' dred , 1 Spanish , prisoners winch the American navy had captured, Fmall J th e Filipinos appeal to the P° wers to influence . Washington to bl ' ,u « to a termination the unjust war whlcb 18 devasting the country, No Apprehension Felt. A Washington dispatch says: The state department is entirely without information as to any address by Ag- uninaldo to foreign powers for the recognition of tbe Filipinos, either as beligerents or as constituting an inde- pendent government. The appeal is looked upon,however, as creating no particular change, as it has been the desire of Aguinaldo and his associates from the first to secure such recognition. The appeal puts this desire into rather formal shape, and it may bring to an issue the atti¬ tude of outside governments. There is no apprehension, however, that any foreign government will heed the ad¬ dress. FRENCH VESSEL FIRED UPON While Encroaching In English Waters. Helmsman Killed. A London speoial says: The British torpedo gunboat Leda found a French boat fishing within the three mile limit Wednesday morning. The fisher¬ man attempted to escape and did not stop when a blank shot was fired. The Leda then fired a shot, disabling the fishing boat, the Etoile de Mor, and killing the helmsman. afterwards The fishing boat was towed to London with the body of the helmsman on board her. The incident caused the greatest excitement. The admiralty express supreme sur¬ prise at the fact that the fishing boat disregarded the Leda’s signal to heave to, and in the absence of the official report, they assume that the command¬ er of the Leda only resorted to drastic measures when other means were inef¬ fectual. nORHON EXPLAINS. Elder Rich Calls Upon Georgia’s Gov¬ ernor and Talks of Recent Mobbing Ben E. Rich, president of the south- era states mission of the Mormon church, with headquarters in Chatta¬ nooga, called on Governor Candler at Atlanta, Ga., Monday in regard to the mobbing of elders in Jasper county. The visit of President Rich to the executive office was upon official busi¬ ness. He was closeted with the gov- ernor for some time, but did not ask for protection or for an official investi¬ gation on the part of the state, con¬ tenting himself with explaining the mission of the Mormons in Georgia and giving the doctrine of the church. M’LEAN SECURES DELEGATION. Result of Ohio Democratic Primaries Favorable to Cincinnati Editor. A special from Toledo, O., says: Tbe result of Monday’s democratic primaries indicate that John R. Mc¬ Lean has secured th« Lucas county delegation to the state convention. In contested precincts McLean secured all delegates.