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OGILLA DISPATCH. OClIiliA, GEORGIA. HENDERSON * HANLON, Publishers. The cost of the world’s wars sinve the Crimean campaign has been $12,- 2r.f*.000,000. That amount judicious ly invested in arbitration would prob ably have given the world universal peace.__ in one respect, says Mature, tne Madras university is ahead of English universities, since it requires students of history to possess some knowledge of ethnology and comparative philo logy, which is not the case in the British institutions. Fifty years ago the railroad freight car cost $700 to build aud had a car rying capacity of eight tons. Today the latest improved fi eight car costs $1000 and carries fifty-five tons, In this differeuce the story of the devel opment of our railroads is told. Why throw rice at bridal couples, anyhow? Why not split peas, navy beans, dried corn hickory nuts, apples or potatoes? Any of these would be just as good as rice,and some of them even better for young persons about to begin housekeeping. If the cus tom were broadened somewhat a young couple whose friends and relatives were sufficiently enthusiastic could in this way gather in an assorted supply of provisions that would be exceed ingly handy to have in the house. The burglars who robbed a New York city dressmaker a few clays ago of goods valued at a thousand dollars had some feeling. The newspaper ac counts of the burglary noted tha it was the ninth time the place had been visited by thieves, aud that each time the dressmaker’s loss had been heavy, and the statement produc.d a rein rk able and unlooked for result. A few hours iater two bundles were received by her, brought by the cit ; express, ami on opening them she found the missing goods aud an anonymous let ter expressing sympathy for her in her previous losses. Russia has recently ordered $20,- j 000,000 worth of American ordnance, $7,000,000 worth of American steel rails, and many million dollars more in American products of various kinds. As a consequence, our man ufacturers are looking to Russia as a great opportunity. A nation of 130, 000,000 people, with vast enterprises on hand, needs a great many things which the Americans can supply, and gs the friendship between the two governments has always been strong, and was never closer than it is today, it is quite probable that our relations with that couutrv will contiuue to be pleasanter than ever. A suggestive feature of the remark able development of American manu facturing in the first half of 1899 is found in the cotton-mill movemeit in tbe southern states, At the end ol the last fiscal year there were 425 mills in operation in the section, which, with more than four million spindles, had used more than a million and a quarter bales. So far this year fifty uew mills have been built, or pro jected iu the South, representing a capital investment of $ll,500,000,and thirty-nine old mills have been im proved at a cost of $5,600,000. The new and improved mills will require an aggregate of 1,100,000 additional spindles, nearly as many as the entire south had nine years ago. The exact proportion of youthful criminals who are moved to a change of life by experiences in a reforma tory is, of course, uncertain, It is known, however, that the effort to re form is in many eases unsuccessful. Sometime ago a deputy at the Deer Island prison in Boston harbor who previously had been au officer at the Massachusetts reformatory, was im pressed by his recognition of many of the prisoners as previous inmates of the reformatory. An in juicy showed 250 of that, class of prisoners or about twenty-five per cent, of the prison population. That is regarded by the officials as a continuing ratio. The fa ts are not presented by way of crit icism on the Massachusetts reforma tory, or on reformatories in general. As the officers say, a reformatory is doing excellent work if it succeeds in diverting from a criminal career one fourtli of the young persons commit t (1 to its care, aud itsexistenoe would be justified and its work regarded *s necessary, even if tho ratio of refor mation was not higher than one in t n "i—— If yon desire to keep abreast e' tho times, tab« yonr home paper The subscription price Is low and y© eannot afford to do without it, COMBUSTION. Some ten years since I occupied a house that had a small garden entirely surrounding it. The architect who planned it evidently believed in high rooms as necessary for our climate, as each story was fully twenty feet from floor to ceiling; consequently I could look down from the second story of my house into the yards and rooms of my neighbors on either side without any difficulty, and, in fact, could not well avoid it. The house oil the right hand, a queer, old-fashioned affair, after standing vacant a long time, was at length taken by an odd-looking old man, whom I saw going over it one day, and the next day it was occupied. Not being of a Paul Pry disposition, I paid little attention to my new neigh bors; only found them quiet. The old house had scarce more noise about it than when vacant, and I congratulated myself that some man with half a dozen boisterous children had not taken it. But one day an old family servant remarked: “Miss Jeannette, dare’s somethin' odd ’bout dem folks what’s done moved next door, shore, dere is, honey; dey’s on’y got a scrumpled up ole nigger for a servant, and she’s all a hump behind, and looks like ole Sa tan fer shore; you never see de ole man and de ole woman at de same time; de day you see de ole man you don’t see de ole woman, and de day you see de ole woman de ole man ain’t round, and dey don’t go out no whar, only dat ole scarecrow goes de errents.” “Now, mammy,” said I to her, "you just let our neighbors alone; they are decent enough people, no doubt, and you need not spend your time looking after their oddities; you have enough to do to look after your own.” Old mammy shook her head, and, mumbling her words after a petted and spoiled servant fashion, went on with her dusting, and I let the subject rest. My attention being thus drawn to them, I found myself looking out oc casionally from the windows on that side, noticing the house and its in mates, and sure enough I never did see the two old people at the same time. Regularly as clockwork, every alternate day I would see the old man; then the next day the old woman; but never the two together, just as if they took turns in keeping guard over everything. They were an odd-looking couple—shaky, pale, and yet puffy an bloated; and as for the old negress, she was truly a daughter of Eblis, if looks count for anything In reading character. One night, just about 11, the old ne grees came rapping at the back gate Hj i m mm 1 .. t y, 1 % y ■ IM Jpt Wm A PALE FLAME CAME CREEPING, and asked for me. Old mammy, who had often said: “Dat old nigger next door Is hoodoo, sartin," was really afraid of her, and said; "My mistress is jus’ ’bout gwine to bed; you can’t see her, nohow, tonight,” but the old negress told her to come and ask me “if I wouldn’t please come in for a few minutes; that master was on his day and mistress was took mity bad.” As she wouldn’t take no, mammy, much against her will, did come and deliver the message, and, bidding the old woman to go home and have the gate open for me to get in, I hastened to change my dress for a loose wrappei and followed her as quickly as possi ble. I found the old lady lying on a low, narrow lounge in one of the lower rooms. Her husband was not present Bhe did not seem to notice my en trance, but, lying back with eyes wide open, staring straight before her into open space, a look of unutterable hor ror stamped upon her face. Approach ing her side, I laid my hand upon her forehead. It was clammy and had a sticky, cold feeling that was unpleas ant. She did not answer when I asked her where she suffered pain, but moaned in a pitiful manner that made my heart ache to hear. “Where is your master?” I asked the old negress. “In his room, mistiss; dis is his day, and mistiss’ day to watch him.” “What on earth do you mean, auntie?” “Dis is his day to get drunk and mlsties’ day to keep sober, but her last two days she’s been takin' brandy and all at once she laid down thar and don’ just like you see her, till I got scared and went for you, mam.” “Do you mean to say that your mas ter and mistress take turus in getting drunk?” “Yes, mam, I duz. He gets drunk one day and she gets drunk the nex’ day, but her last two days to keep sober she’s bin gitting drunk, too, so she’s had a whole week. She’s bin drunk and it’s made her 'pek, I reckon.” Though thoroughly disgusted and shocked at such a tale of horror, I still strove to help the hapless woman. “Get some warm water for a foot bath and we will undress her and get her into bed, and then you will go into my house and tell mammy to send one of the servants for Dr. Arnault to come at once.” With the old negress’ help I gave her a bath, undressed her, and laid her upon the lounge; we could not get her up stairs to her bedroom; the low, pitiful moan being all the sound that came from her lips, and on her face seemed Indelibly fixed a look of horror that fascinated me. I could not keep my eyes off of her her as I sat there alone with her. While gazing on her face I fancied I saw a faint smoke issuing from her mouth and nostrils, and, as I leaned forward, thinking fancy was playing me false, a pale, blue, lambent flame came creeping from the mouth and played over her face, and In a moment it seemed to gather over her whole body; the ears, the eyes, the hands, from the tips of her fingers shot little flames. The whole body was covered with the fiendish thing; the poor wom an writhed in torture that was inde scribable, and an odor that was filthy in taste and smell filled the room, 1 could not move. I was utterly paral yzed with terror, and when the doctor and the old negress entered the room I was in a dead faint. They told me afterward that she never spoke; the doctor could not re lieve her, nor arrest the flame; water poured upon it Increased it, and when the flame died away there was nothing left but the burnt and charred body that crumbled beneath the touch like so much cinder; and yet, strange to say, the bed in which she lay was not injured by fire, but covered with a greasy soot that you could scarce wash off.—New York News. WHEN COMPANY COMES. How the Country Hostess May Entertain Most Agreeably. “Begin to enjoy yourself when your guests arrive—in fact, before they ar rive,” is Mrs. John B. Sims' advice in the Ladies’ Home Journal. “Do not try to serve such an elaborate dinner that the work of getting it ready will draw so upon your physi cal powers that they will be strained to their utmost endurance, When your visitors arrive greet them with a hearty handshake; make them feel that you are ready for their coming; speak of the pleasure that you hope the day may bring; compliment them on their good appearance; notice the neckwear, the dainty handkerchief; be thoroughly interested in ’each and every one.- When the time comes for you to prepare the dinner and place it upon the table leave your guests as gracefully as possible. If the dinner be not too elaborate and the mental atmosphere be clear and bright your friends will come again. ‘Eat to live’ and not ‘Live to eat’ should be the motto of every household.” HYDROPHOBIA. It has been asserted by many friends of animals, who rightly object to the annual torture and slaughter of dogs, and even by some physicians, that there is no such disease as hydro phobia, or rabies, as it is more cor rectly called. > Those who have studied the subject carefully, however, are certain that there is a disease of dogs, which is communicable by one suffering from it. to other animals and to man. But this disease is very rare, and probably not one person in a thousand bitten by dogs is in any danger of it, and not one dog killed among five hundred sup posed mad dogs is really mad. The word hydrophobia is a misnom er, for a mad dog has no fear of water, and will run through a shallow pool without the slightest hesitation; the fear is that of drinking water or of swallowing- anything, either fluid or solid, as the attempt is almost, certain to throw the sufferer, man or beast, into spasms. Another popular error concerning rabies is that it is a disease peculiar to “dog-days.” Vital statistics almost everywhere show that as many cases of the disease in the human being occur during the winter and spring as in summer and autumn. The only way of transmitting hydro phobia is by inoculation; that is, by the introduction of the virus into the body through a wound of’the skin or the mucous membrane. The most usual way for this rare event to occur is, of course, through the bite of a rabid dog, cat or other animal. In Russia and some parts of Europe peas ants sometimes contract rabies from bites of mad wolves, and this is said to be the most rapidly fatal form of the disease. But not every bite, even of a gen uinely mad dog, is followed by hydro phobia. If the animal’s teeth, for in stance, have passed through a man's trouser leg or boot, the saliva, which contains the virus, may be wiped from the teeth. In the same way a mad dog that bites a flock of sheep usually in fects but «ne or two, the wool for the most part removing the poisonous saliva before the jaws close on the flesh. Rabies was formerly always fatal, but thanks to the discoveries of Pas teur, this result may now be prevent ed through a course of “anti-rabic” inoculations, provided this is begun within a few days after the bite is re ceived. Paris has nineteen theaters and four circus buildings. BREAD 1,800 YEARS STALE. It Wm naked lu rumpell Before the Eruptions. Sufferers from indigestion are ad vised to eat stale bread; the staler the better, they are told. There is in the museum at Naples some bread which ought to be stale enough for any body. It was baked one day In Au gust, 79 A. D„ in one of the curious ovens still to be seen at Pompeii, says the London Mail. More than eighteen centuries, there fore, have elapsed since it was drawn “all hot” and Indigestible from the oven. So It may claim to be the olfieet bread in the world. You may see it in a glass case on the upper floor of the museum. There are several loaves of it, one still bearing the impress of the baker’s name. In shape and size they resemble the small cottage loaves of England, but not in appearance, for they are as black as charcoal, which, in. fact, they closely resemble. This wa* not their original color, but they have become carbonized, and If eaten would prob ably remind one of charcoal biscuits. When new they may have weighed about a couple of pounds each, and were most likely raised with leaven, as is most of the bread in oriental coun tries at the present time. The popular idea that Pompeii was destroyed by lava is a fallacious one. If a lava stream had descended upon the city the bread and* everything else in the place would have been utterly destroyed. Pompeii was really buried under ashes and fine cinders called by the Italians lapilli. On that dreadful day in August, when the great eruption of Vesusvius took place, showers of fine ashes fell first upon the doomed city, then show ers of lapilli, then more ashes, and more lapilli, until Pompeii was covered over to a depth in places of fifteen an-d even twenty feet. Other comestibles besides the broad were preserved, and may now be seen in the same room in the museum. There are various kinds of grain, fruit, vegetables and even pieces of meat. Most interesting is a dish of walnuts, some cracked ready for eating, others whole. Though carbonized, like all the other eatables, they have preserved their characteristic wrinkles and lines. There are figs, too, and pears, the •former rather shriveled, as one would expect after all these years, the latter certainly no longer “juicy.” But per haps the most interesting relic in the room is a honeycomb, every cell of which can be distinctly made out. It is so well preserved that it Is hard to realize that the comb is no longer wax nor the honey honey. A piece of the comb seems to have been cut out, and one can imagine some young Pompeiian having helped himself to it and sitting down to eat, when he had to jump up and fly for his life. One cannot help wondering what became of the piece—whether the, young fellow took it with him and ate it as he ran, or whether he left it on his plate, intending to return for it when the eruption was over. AN AUTHOR Who Wrote Books of Travel, Yet Had Never Traveled. New Orleans Times-Democrat: “I used to know a man,” said a New Or leans bohemian, “who made a living writing stories of travel for boys. He had never been out of Missouri in his life, but he was famous for the graphic fidelity of his description of foreign lands. His reference library consisted of exactly three works: An encyclope dia, a set of United States consular re ports, covering four or five years, and a- copy of “Wood’s Natural History.” If the scene of the story was to be laid, for instance, in Borneo, he would be-, gin by reading the Borneo article in the encyclopedia; then he would turn to the consular reports and look up all the odd and interesting matter he could find touching that particular island, and finally he would get a description of its animals from Wood’s. He wrote at an old table on which was glued a map of the world, covered with a sheec of glass. This was constantly before his eyes, so he couldn’t go astray on geography, and, as I said before, his descriptions were marvels of accuracy. He could draw a better and more re alistic pen picture of foreign countries than travelers’ themselves. People thought that he had been a great globe trotter, and, crazy as it sounds, I be lieve he actually got to thinking so himself. The last time I saw him he talked about Afghanistan in the easy off-hand vein of a personal observer If I hadn’t happened to know that he had been living in St. Louis all his life I would have sworn he had been there.” Broke Up the Show. An actor tells of a tragic experience he had recently while playing to an audience in a little town in southern Texas. In one of the scenes of the play, in which he acts the villain, he hides himself in a barrel, that he may listen to a conversation between the hero and heroine, whose future well being he is trying to destroy. In the town hall there was little if any “property” material. A barrel would do to conceal himself in, so a “hired hand” was sent out to find one. He succeeded. He slipped in the barrel with ease. The man and the woman appeared, and While they were in the midst of an animated conversation there came a howl from the barrel that fairly shook the rafters. This was fol lowed by the eavesdropper crawling out with his hands to his face, and he in turn was followed by a swarm' of wasps. The wasps got among the stage people and those in the audience, which created so much confusion that vne show was broken up. A FORECAST OF ANSWER To Be Made By Kruger Causes Great Stir. COUNCIL OF WAR IS HELD Between British ComniandeHn-Chief Wolseley and Prospective Commander of English Forces In Natal. A London special says; A forecast of the first draft of the Tfansvaal’s re ply to the last note of the British sec retary of state for the colonies, Mr. Chamberlain, now under discussion by the volksraad, has been received by Mr. Chamberlain, but its nature is not yet known. At the colonial office a reporter of the Associated Press was informed that nothing will be given out for the present. regarded significant, how It was as ever, that the nature of the Boer reply was communicated to the commander in-chief, Field Marshal Lord Wolsely, who immediately summoned General Sir George Stewart White, Y. C., former quartermaster general, the prospective commander of the British forces in Natal. The tension now existing here and at tho Cape may be temporarily settled at any moment by the publication of President Kruger’s reply. On the other hand, it may be several days be for the general public learns what an sever the Transvaal has made. If Pres ident Kruger has answered defiantly it does not necessarily mean the break ing off of negotiations. The British would probably reply with an unmis takable ultimatum. It is scarcely to England’s advan tage to bring about hostilities until the reinforcements are nearer the scene of action than they are at pres ent. Whatever the nature of President Kruger’s reply, it is probable that sev eral more stages of diplomatic pro cesses will be gone through with be fore there is definite war or peace, un less, of course, President Kruger should take the initiative and raid Natal. It is the possibility of this move that makes definite news of the reply so eager and anxiously awaited. The consul general of the South African republic, Mr. Montague White, said to a reporter of the Associated Press Thursday: believing “I have good authority for that the Transvaal reply will be un satisfactory to the British govern ment.” The Morning Post, in the second edition prints a special dispatch from Pietermaritzburg, capital of Natal, s ayiug the reply is “truculent, loqua cious and blasphemous.” Guardian’s The Manchester corres pondent at Cape Town, telegraphs that the outlook is of the gloomiest, char aster. » The Cape Town papers themselves take a more hopeful view of the situa tion, basing their belief on the prob able acceptance by President Kruger of the franchise measures suggested in Mr. Chamberlain’s latest dispatch. But even they admit it is impossible to learn or foreahndow President Kru ger’s attitude toward suzerainty of Great Britain, which, after all, is still the main issue. COMHISSION ORDERED HOT1E. Our Representatives At Manila Re ceive Instructions From /IcKinley. A Manila special says: Col. Charles Denby and Prof. Dean Worcester, members of the Philippine commis :■ ion, have received instructions from President McKinley asking them to return as soon as possible. They will embark on the steamer Empress of India, which sails from Hong Kong September 26th. It is not known whether the clerical force will return with them or remain at Manila. The commissioners have just moved into new offices and had ex pected to spend some months working on the establishment of municipal gov ernment. NEQRO REQIMENTS ORDERED. Will Be Designated the Forty-Eighth and Forty-Ninth Infantry. An order for the organization of two colored regiments has just been issued from the war department. All of the field officers of these two regiments are white men now in the regular army. All of the company officers are colored men who served in the war with Spain in either the regular or the volunteers. The regiments will be designated the Forty-eighth and For ty-ninth infantry. The Forty-eighth will be organized at Fort Thomas,Ky., and the Forty-ninth at Jeffeison Bar rasiks, Mo. ALL patients succuhb. Bubonic Plague Fearfully Fatal At flagudo, Delagoa Bay. Advices from Cape Town state that in the Cape house assembly Thursday the premier, Hon. W. P. Schreiner, admitted that there had been forty two deaths from the bubonic plague at Magudo, near Lourenzo Marquis, Del agoa bay. He said that every person attacked had succumbed to the dis ease. ASK CLEMENCY FOR DREYFDS The Oourtmartial Judges at Rennes Sign an Appeal. DIRECTED TO M. LODBET. Parisians Have No Fault to Find With the Verdict. A Paris special says; The court martial, Monday afternoon, signed a formal recommendation for mercy in the case of Captain Dreyfus. Its ob ject is to eliminate the degradation feature of the punishment, Tho rec ommendation was sent to President Loubet. Except for slight street disturbances Monday night Paris has remained un expectedly quiet, but this condition of nffa rs is not likely to continue. The long, heavy rain of Sunday, combined with the fact that the leaders of the opposing pasties were all at Rennes prevented any organized demonstra tion. Then, too, the general public was delighted with the verdict as con firming the prevailing opinion. Now, however, they are beginning to see the want of logio in conceding “extenuating ciroumstances” to a con victed traitor, a concession which ex ercises doubt as to the strength of the case against Dreyfus. Moreover, pub lic opinion is being sobered by read ing the comments of the world at large and by the prospeot, however remote, that the exhibition will be boycotted, which would mean a loss of millions to the country. It is estimated that the last year’s proceedings have cost the Dreyfus party at least 1,500,000 franos. They do not intend to let matters rest and rumors are revived of the impending arrest of General Meroier. He de clares that he does not care what hap pens, being quite sure that he has done his duty. It is understood that President Loubet opposes such an extreme course as prosecuting Meroier or the other generals. He is rather inclined to a conciliatory polioy, extending even to a pardon for Dreyfus. Tlio Dossier In Paris. The dossier of the Rennes courtmar rial proceedings was received in Paris Monday night for submission to the military court of revision, consisting of General Marcillo, Colonel Courbo housse, Lieutenant Colonel Lagrene, Major Copp and Major Allard. It is said that Mathieu Dreyfus in tends to supplicate Emperor William to order the publication of the docu ments enumerated in the bordereau. M. Demange has been blamed for conceding so many points in his speech, but it appears that he did so in the hope of winning another waverer among the judges, who, however, finally joined the mnjority on condi tion that the verdict would be accom panied with the proviso as to extenu ating circumstances. Quiet at llenneA. A state of calm prevails at Rennes. All the troops and gendarmes quarter ed in the town and its environs have left and the jouralists and others in terested in the trinl have departed since Saturday. The cafes which for the last few weeks have been thronged by excited crowds are deserted. Monday a solitary gendarme paced up and down before the military prison, and there was not a policeman or soldier near the Lycee, which last week resembled a barracks. Work men were busily dismantling the courtroom and packing chairs, tables and benches on trolley cars outside. Madame Dreyfus visited her hus band in prison Monday afternoon, but not the slightest interest was shown in their meeting by the population. She found him calm and in better spirits than could be expected. TEN THOUSAND TROOPS To Be Sent at Once to South Africa By English Government. The London Cabinet has decided to send 10,000 troops to South Africa in addition to the Natal force already there of 5,000 men, of which reinforce ments 5,000 men will bo sent from In dia, 900 from Eugiand, a battalion of the Northumberland regiment, aud the remainder from the Mediterranean station. All go at once. AGREE ON PARDON. Paris Newspapers Publish News That Dreyfus Will Soon Be Liberated. A Paris special says; The Matin (newspaper) in its issue of Thursday morning asserted that the cabinet has agreed to pardon Dreyfus, and that the decree would be signed onJSeptem ber 19th. Many of the provincial pa pers also published articles insisting on the granting of a pardon. The Figaro says that maDy officers of the army are asking that Dreyfus be pardoned. JUDGESHIP FOR CHAHBERS? Plans On Foot To Reward Former Chief Justice of Samoa. A private letter received iu Mont gomery, Ala., from Washington con tained the news that, a plan is on foot at the national capital which looks to the appointment of the former chief justice of Samoa, Hon. W. L. Cham bers, of Alabama, to the judgeship of the middle Alabama federal district.