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OCILLA DISPATCH. OriliLA, GEORGIA. HENDKBSON & HANLOX, Publishers. The B.slou Transcript wants to have rea ling cars substituted for jniokers on the railroads as being more civilized. If the increasing fondness for the automobile continues we shall find the horse show with a dangerous rival the first thing wo kuow, and it will he “beauty and the machine,” instead of “beauty and the beast.” Fmgland's queen has given another illustration of her good heart and common sense. A few weeks ago she set a practical example to the lauded proprietors of the United Kingdom by having her herds tested for tuberculo¬ sis ami ordering all infected animals to be slaughtered. According to Sir Dyoe Duckworth, the treasurer of the Royal College of Physicians of London, public opinion in England has of late much veered round towards the simplification of funerals. There is a Burial, Funeral, and Mourning Reform association, one of whose principal objects into abolish the old-fashioned and barbarous lead coflin and advocate the earth-to-earth system of burial. Bicycle riding in some portions of the world is considered incomplete in joys until a patented tow rope has been added to the rider’s outfit by means of which the woman rider may make a sure and tireless journey up hillsides at the expense of the man of the party. That dropping out of a line for her to cliug to is an old idea but the line is perfect now with springs and coils and all that sort of thing. No wonder that bicycle riding is losing its popularity, it is getting to be a rather onesided sort of proposition. Massaekusetis now has two associa- tiousfor providing annuities for retired public school teachers—oae for Bos¬ ton teachers only, the other and the youngest for the teachers ia the cities and towns. The last is believed to be tlie only guild organized by the union of small cities and towns. Though scarcely six years old, the resellers’ Annuity guild has a permanent fund of over $51,000 and an annuity fu id exceeding •■$10,000. It is provided that annuities shall be 80 per cent, of the annual salary at the time of re¬ tirement, with a limit of $000. Tlio present assessment is one per cent, of annual salary, with a limit of $20 per annum, which it is proposed to reduce to $10. A similar plan has been adopted in a number of large cities in the country. By careful computation the Finan¬ cial Chronicle finds that the cotton crop for the year ending Sept. 1, 1899, amounted to no less than 11,235,383 bales. At average present prices tki3 means a wealth of $3 >7,061,490 taken from the soil in the form of a single crop which is grown only in a part of the country. Wo are becoming a great manufacturing nation. We are espe¬ cially multiplying and extending our cotton mills. Yet of our 11,235,- 383 bales of cotton we have manu¬ factured only 3,647,118 bales, while we have sent abroad 7,3(32,788 bales for the workmen of other countries to convert into cloths. Obviously our cotton-spinning and cotton-weaving industries are still in their infancy. Think of the millions in wages that will be paid to American workmen wheu we come to manufacture all our cotton I__ Careful estimates made during the year 1896 indicated that no less than 120,000 horses were required for the propulsion of the street cars in actual use in the various cities in the United States. Recent estimates indicate that about 15,000 horses are all that are requisite today for the horse-car service throughout the eutire United States. This surely is a remarkable evidence of the emancipation of the- street oar horse. Thirteen years ago it was estimated that over 20,000 of these patient and noble servants of man were rendered useless from the excessive strain and overwork to which they were subjected. So soon does the public mind adapt itself to changed conditions that comparatively few peo¬ ple appreciate fully the beneficial effects which the elimination of the street car horse from our public .thoroughfares and the adoption of the cable and electric systems has se¬ cured. orrn ajdti snrmire ratks Aits MX TRE MEL 7 LOW, AMD ASM A OSMAT INDUCEMENT FOR BUSI¬ NESS MEN TO PATRONIZE OUR COL¬ UMNS. TRY US. J. SMITH, BULLION AIRE It was a typical autumn I.ondon night, the streets flowing with greasy mud, the air yellow with smoky fog, and a cold, sleety drizzle falling, as Hilda Smith arrived at Paddington sta¬ tion. It was her first experience of the great metropolis, but she had received her instructions,and selecting her port¬ manteau she had it removed to a cab, and, jumping in, ordered the man to drive to the Ballarat mansions in Vic¬ toria street, Westminster. Hilda was not a little anxious be¬ cause she had arrived in town a day ahead of her invitation, and she was not certain whether her bachelor brother, with whom she was going to stay for a month or six weeks, would be ready to receive her. The door was opened by a hard-faced looking woman of the charwoman type, w.ho stood gazing at her without mov¬ ing away from the entrance. “Is this Mr. Smith's?” asked Hilda. “Yes, miss,” replied the woman,with¬ out offering to let her in, however. “Is he at home?” “No, he ain't, and I don’t know when he will be.” “But did he not expect me? He is my brother, and I have come to stay with him.” “Oh, indeed, miss. Well, he didn’t say nothing to me about it,” answered the woman. “But I suppose you’d bet¬ ter have the spare room,” and she step¬ ped aside with a grudging air as she al¬ lowed the fair girl to enter. Turning on the electric light, she showed Hilda into a handsomely fur¬ nished bedroom, whose white and gold paint and blue satin furniture caused her to open her eyes in wonder, for her brother was not supposed at home to be in luxurious circumstances, and by the time she had washed her face and hands the housekeeper brought her a cup of tea and some bread and butter, after which she retired to rest, and did not wake until late the following morn¬ ing. “Mr. Smith came home late last night, miss,” said the housekeeper, when she aroused her with the hot water, “and told me to say that he would join you at breakfast.” The breakfast table was a picture to the eyes of the frugally brought up country girl, for it Was covered with every delicacy in or out of season, and & a ,j®t i#i isaiw lip WA £ 1 m 1 : P [ = i-iij % A A II v A m I 5 f/I m >• V m i lilll U J ! W II mu 1 1 HILDA HURRIED AWAY TO PUT HER HAT ON. W AAAAA^ iVVNAiVVVVVVVAIWVVVi/NAA/VVWV^A/W Hilda was admiring the priceless china when she heard footsteps approaching, and turned around to welcome her brother. “Oh, Jack!” she exclaimed, dancing toward the door with her arms out¬ stretched, “I’m so glad-” Then she stopped suddenly as though, she had been shot, for a tall, dark, handsome man, quite the opposite of her brother in appearance, entered the room. “I am afraid that somebody has made a mistake," he said, in a soft, kind, re¬ assuring voice. “But I can not be suf¬ ficiently grateful to whoever is to blame for sending me such a charming guest to breakfast." “I expected to meet my brother—Mr. Smith,” observed Hilda, nearly chok¬ ing with confusion. “John Smith.” “My name is John Smith,” said the Btranger, with an amused smile. “Of No.- 8 Ballarat mansions,” con- tinued Hilda. "Ah! Now I see how the mistake oc- curred,” exclaimed Mr. Smith, “Thi3 is No. 6, but there is another John Smith at No. 8, and our letters fre- quently get mixed up. 1 can only say that I am sorry it is the other John Smith who is the lucky man on this occasion, And now, my dear young lady, let us go to breakfast.” At first Hilda could neither eat nor speak, but. her host in a short time had succeeded in putting her so much at her ease that she was chattering away to him about her family, her homq, and all her little domestic affairs. That breakfast must have lasted an unconscionably long period, but Mr, Smith did not appear to be desirous of hurrying it, and everything was so de- lightfully strange and novel to Hilda that she did not notice the lapse of time until her companion suggested that if they went around now -hey would most probably find “the other Mr. Smith” at home to lunch. Hilda hurried away to put her hat on, and the more she looked at the ex¬ quisitely furnished room, with Its cut- glass perfume bottles, chased silver powder boxes, and all the hundred and one little additions that go toward making a woman happy, the more she wondered who It had been prepared for. Fortunately, when they arrived at 8 Ballarat mansions, they found “the other Mr. Smith at home on the top floor, and Hilda could hot help noticing how wonderfully civil he was to her host, and how eagerly he accepted his offer to dine on the following evening for himself and sister. After he had gone, however, the mat¬ ter was explained. “That is John Smith, the millionaire, said her brother, impressively, “and he is the managing director of the com¬ pany I work for.” The dinner was followed by a thea¬ ter and a supper, and so it went on, until the night before she should have gone home Mr. Smith asked her if she would change her appellation from Miss to Mrs. Smith. Hilda has always had an overwhelm¬ ing desire to penetrate the mystery of the spare room, hut all the information she could obtain from her husband was, that he kept it fitted up in that man¬ ner in order that he might be able to entertain an angel if one called upon him unawares, and he always added: “And if it had not been for that pre¬ caution, my dear, I should not have had the dearest and sweetest little wife in the world.”—Ally Sloper. BANK CLERKS. Are Specialists in Handwriting, but Are Not Experts. New Orleans Times Democrat: “I am free to say I don’t repose much confidence in bank clerks as experts in handwriting,” said an experienced pay¬ ing teller of this city. “I mean, of course, experts in the broad acceptance of the term. The average teller be¬ comes familiar with the signatures of the customers of his bank and in time he acquires a remarkable facility for memorizing the characteristics of any autograph on sight, that doesn’t make him a scientific expert in chirograpliy. In nine cases out of ten his opinion as to whether two documents,for instance, were written by the same man, would have no special value, and for that rea¬ son a great deal of the so-called expert evidence received in court is really worthless, A bank teller or cashier is a specialist in signatures, but ex¬ actly how he identifies them and de- tects forgeries with almost unfailing accuracy is something that very few of them are able to explain. It is very difficult, in fact, to put it into words. As nearly as I can express it, a teller rec¬ ognizes a signature in much , the same way that he recognizes a friend on the street—not by any single feature, but by the ensemble, by a general summing up of all his characteristics. He would know him in spite of changes in attire and even changes in the manner of wearing hts hair or beard, and by a similar process he recognizes signa¬ tures written under varying conditions —they are dissimilar, but they have the old familiar look. A forgery on the other hand is almost certain to impress him as strange. He can’t tell'exactly why, perhaps, but he knows it ‘doesn’t look right.’ A modern expert in hand¬ writing basis his opinion on certain exact rules and close, detailed analysis, but with a banking man the thing is half instinctive.' ■ He has to decide on the spur of the moment and has no time for measurements and micro¬ scopes. Most tellers know nothing whatever about the science of chirog- rap-hy.” Mrs. Gladstone. Mrs. Gladstone, widow'of the grand old man, is a woman of wonderful strength and endurance. Not long ago she was driving in a pony carriage, when the animal started to run and overturned the vehicle. Though much shaken up and shocked,at the time, the venerable lady, soon recovered and showed no 111 effects of her accident SENSES OF THE BLIND. German Iconoclast Demollnhes a Long Efltablliiltcd llellef. The Lancet: A long series of experi¬ ments has recently been made by Prof. H. Griesbach, of Basle, upon the rela¬ tive acuteness of the senses of hear¬ ing, touch, taste and smell in the case of the blind and those who possesf normal vision. The results are con¬ tained in Pfluger’s Archiv. The obser¬ vations were made on those who were otherwise healthy. In the differentia¬ tion of tactile impressions no remark¬ able differences were observed between the seeing and the blind, or If small differences did exist they were in favor of the seeing. In those born blind the tactile sharpness was somewhat less than in the seeing, and in some cases the sensorium generally was equally defective. The blind in particular feel less acutely with the tip of the index finger than do those who see, and in many cases the tactile acuteness of the two index finger tips differs. In the blind, especially in the region of the hand, a stronger impression is re¬ quired to produce a tactile impression than in those possessed of sight. In the capability of localizing impressions of sound no difference exists between the blind and the seeing, In both great individual variations occur. As a rule, both in the seeing and the blind the use of the organ of both sides gives better results than the use of one alone. No difference in the acuteness of hearing exists between the blind and those who see. No relation was observed between the acuteness of hearing and the power of localizing sounds in either the seeing or the blind. No difference was observed in the two classes in regard to the acute¬ ness of smell. In the execution of manual labor the blind become fa¬ tigued sooner than do those of equal age who see. The blind are more fa¬ tigued with manual than with mental work, which is not the case with the seeing of the came age. If any differ¬ ence exists in regard to exhaustion af¬ ter mental labor it is in favor of those of the same age who see. Both among the blind and the seeing there are persons who have many, others who have only a few, and others again who have no illusory or erroneous impres¬ sions of touch. These results are in many respects opposed to generally re¬ ceived opinions, for it is usually sup¬ posed that deprivation of sight leads to exaltation of the acuteness of the other senses, especially of the touch and hearing. A MAN BARGAIN-HUNTER. Not Agreeable as the Provider for a Household. When the man becomes a bargain- hunter he goes about it with masculine seriousness, hunts bargains by level and rule, and there Is nothing femi¬ nine that can equal him, says the New York Times. There is one man in New York who never buys anything at the regular market price. Just now he is wearing a straw hat that cost 35 cents. That really is a bargain in bar¬ gains, though he has limited himself to 50 cents for a straw hat and $1 for the soft felt hats he wears In winter, also rejoices in a suit that cost $7.50, cn and the man who orders his clothes at the shop where there is only “one price” says he cannot see much differ¬ ence between the bargain suit and his own, where there are two figures in the dollar mark. But then a bargain always looks better on the other man. The woman who knows says that a bargain-hunting man is never a bar¬ gain as a husband. The bargain habit in the woman is only a bit of feminin¬ ity emphasized, but the bargain spirit in the man means a strong character¬ istic which is not agreeable in any one who is the provider for a household. There is a P. S. to this story, which has come in at the eleventh hour, and which goes to show that man as a class is a recognized bargain hunter. These latest advices show that at the time the man—supposed to be a rara avis— when he purchased his 35-cent hat, also purchased a number of other small things, his entire bill amounting to 75 cents. Thereupon the clerk in the shop, which undoubtedly caters to the man bargain hunter, presented him, in consideration of his extensive purchases, with a card numbered around the side for punches, entitling him to have his shoes blacked fifty times in that establishment, without charge. Did ever a tea store offer a woman so large a premium as this? A Kruger Story. President Kruger recently refused an interview to a celebrated Englishman, who thereupon sent back word that he must see him; that he was no ordi¬ nary person; that, in fact, he was a member of the house of lords. The servant went away and returned with the message: “The president says he cannot see you, and adds that he is a cattle herder.” Nine Policleg. Chicago News: Insurance Clerk— “Here is a woman that wishes her pet cat insured.” Manager—“All right, but tell her she’ll have to take out a policy on each one of the cat’s lives.” Quite Attached to It. Philadelphia Record: Dedbroke—“1 hear you called on the lady’s father last night. How did he like your suit?’ Harduppe—“Very much, I think. H;> kept half the coat'collar when I left.” Cook in Earthenware Vessels, Cook nothing in iron vessels that you can cook in earthenware. The heat in the latter is more uniform, thi flavor better preserved and there is leas liability to burn. OUR AGREEMENT WITH THE SULDS President Schurmnn Throws Light On the Subject. SATISFIES ALL CONCERNED Interference With Present Cus¬ toms Is Unnecessary, A Washington dispatch says: In view of the current discussiou of the military agreement between General Bates and the sultan of Sulu the views of President Seburman, of the Philip¬ pine commission, on the subject are interesting. Mr. Seburman was one of the first Americans to visit Jolo, the seat of j Spanish pelago, and government had extended in the Sulu interview nrehi- j j an with the sultan before the arrival of General tered Bates. between The General arrangements en- j into Bates and ; the sultan was considerably influenced by this meeting. Although the full agreement with the Sultan has not been made public by the Washington authorities, it can be stated that it practically conforms to the previous convention existing between the Sultan and the Spanish government. In this agreement Spain never claimed anything more than an external protectorate over the Sula group, the right to suppress piracy in its waters and to prevent the periodic migrations of the oathbound Moham¬ medans who went to the northern islands under a vow to kill Christians and thus secure au entrance into Par¬ adise. Professor Sehurman said when ques¬ tioned about the probable continuance of polygamy and slavery in the islands after they came under the American dominion that this was a subject whick would have to be dealt with in the most careful fashion to bring an ultimately satisfactory solution. He laid: “It seems to me that were it not for the ignorance displayed, the pres¬ ent hue and cry about polygamy and slavery solutely in these islands would be ab¬ criminal. In taking over the Sulu group we have acquired no rights of any sort there except those be¬ queathed us by Spain. She was bound by her agreement with the sultan not to interfere with the religion or cus¬ toms of the islands and it would be i most unwise for us to attempt this by force when it- can bo ultimately ac¬ complished by the slower method of civilization and education. “The Sulu group proper contains about 100,000 inhabitants. They are all Mohammedans, as are about. 150,- 000 of the residents of Mindanoa, directly east. To attempt to interfere with the religion of these people would precipitate one of the bloodiest wars in which this country has ever been engaged. They area different race physically and mentally from the resi¬ dents of the Viscayan isles—powerful men and religious fatiatics of the most pronounced type, who care nothing for death and believe the road to heaven can be attained by killing Christians. Polygamy is a part of their religion, and slavery, about which so much is being said just now, is a mild type of feudal bondage. “The sultan believes from what lie has seen of Americans that they are ready to be friendly and deal honestly by him. Our soldiers and officers al¬ ready travel into the interior of Jolo with perfect impunity, where Span¬ iards never dared to set. foot. It has 1 been suggested indirectly to the sul¬ tan thuthe should maintain ari Ameri¬ can of good standing as a confidential adviser at his court to aid him in the work of material development for which the beautiful group of islands is ready, and which is bound to come when they are thrown in touch with the civilized. I believe that he will take kindly to this suggestion.” RETURNING STRAGGLERS. Members of Stampeded Regiments Showing Upat Ladysmith. A special dispatch recieved in Lon¬ don from Pietermaritzburg, Natal, dated Tuesday morning says: “Stragglers from the Gloucestershire regiment are arriving at Ladysmith. A number of mules with a portion of the mountain battery are also coming in.” TEXAS SAYS NAY. She Refuses to Lift Quarantine Until Colder Weather Comes. The Louisiana state board of health is making an earnest effort to have Alabama and Texas raise their quar¬ antines against New Orleans now that Mississippi has done so, and earnest telegrams have been sent to the offi¬ cials of both states. Dr. Blunt, of Texas, however, wired the Louisiana state board that he could not consent to the raising of the quarantine until the weather condi¬ tions justified it. Several towns in Louisiana have also refused to lift the embargo. BIG BUILDING COLLAPSES. Three Men Killed and Others May Be Under Debris. Three men are known to have per¬ ished and three others are reported missing as the result of the collapse of a six-Btory building in Chicago Wednesday. Considerable damage was done to adjoining property and during the ex- citoment it was reported that as maif as forty lives had been lost. About $200,000 damage was done. WA5 A SACRIFICE. The English Newspapers Criticise Blunder Hade By Army In South Africa. The London Morning Post com¬ ments sevtrely upon the British con¬ tempt for the enemy, as shown by the behlief that the large Boers forces at Acton Homes could be held back by Carleton’s small column. It points out that even if the British there had been supplied with ammunition they could have held out only a few hours longer, inasmuch as they were in the most complete sense detached, and because nobody apparently at Lady¬ smith had anj idea of their distress or took any measures to rescue them. “The column was sacrificed,” says the Morning Post, “because it was sent into action gagged and blind¬ folded, It had neither scout nor pat¬ rol. Twelve hundred men were thrown away for lack of cavalry, which would not, have been missed from another part of the field.” The Standard, which comments in similar terms upon “the fact that Gen- eral White made an effort to extricate the column from the impossible situa- tion into which he had thrust it,” draws a sad picture of men, “hoping for relief and then realizing with bit- terness of heart that some one had blundered; thai^thev had been forgot- ten by their general and his staff, and that nothing was left but surrender and imprisonment at Pretoria Hill un- til the end of the war.” The Daily Chronicle says: “It is evident that somebody blundered, but more details are required before the blame can be apportioned.” The Times says: “The dangers of Sir George White’s plans are patent even to civilians, but it is not impos¬ sible that the Cape boys in charge of the mountain battery, who quite re¬ cently were suspected of disaffection, may have been tampered with by the Boers. Otherwise such a large and comprehensive stampede is a very ex- traordinary occurrence from such a slight cause. “General White’s whole movement so far as it can be understood, from preseut information, is open to criti¬ cism, especially in the complete ab¬ sence of communication with the main body.” GEORGIA nA 50NS Re-Elect Old Officers At Their Con¬ vention In nacoij. A At the final meeting of the gra lori 8 e of Masons of Georgia at Maori Wednesday, all the old officers wq re-elected. The election of office was the most important proceedings of the day. The officers who were elected are: W. A. Davis, grand master. Max Mayerliart, deputy grand mas- ter. J. D. Harrell, senior grand warden. Thomas A. Jeffries, junior grand warden. James W. Raskin, grand treasurer! W. A. Wolihin, grand secretary. I R. W. Hubert, grand chaplain. 1 Henry Banks, senior grand deacon! B. F. Tkurmon, junior grand deal con. George M. Napier, grand marshal. W. B. Haygocd, first grand steward. James B. Clements, second grand steward. A. H. Woodruff, third grand stew¬ ard. The grand tyler is always appointed . by the grand master, but no name has yet been announced. PROHIBITION IS IS MEET. Georgia flembers Assemble In Atlanta and Discuss Situation. The prohibitionist of the state of Georgia met in Atlanta Wednesday morning with many delegates present. The convention was presided over by the president, Colonel C. R. Pringle. The body was organized after which the meeting resolved itself into an ex¬ perience meeting, the different dele¬ gates relating their idea and experi¬ ences in reference to the whisky traf- fie and the best manner in which to stamp it out of the state. Among the resolutions unanimously adopted by the convention was tks following: heartily favor "Resolved, That we the enactment of such a law as will eliminate the ignorant and purchasa¬ ble element of our voters in Georgia. And that wo urge the legislature now i'n session to take steps looking to the accomplishment of this resolution.” LOCATION OF WARSHIPS. Nashville Reaches Gibraltar and Mari¬ etta at Ponta del Gada. According to dispatches received at Washington the Nashville arrived at Gibraltar Monday enroute to Manila. The Marietta also bound for Manila arrived at Pouta del Gada last Satur¬ day. Commander E. H. C. Leutze has been detached from the command of the Monterey at Manila and ordered home on waiting orders. His place as commander of the Monterey will be taken by Commander 0. C. Cornwell, now in command of the Petrel, at Manila. PRESIDENT INVITED To Nashville To Welcome Returning Troops From Manila. A Washing dispatch says:^ A dele- gation of citizens from Nashville, Tenn., visited the president and the heads of tlie various executive depart¬ ments Monday and invited them to isit Nashville on the occasion of the reception to be given the .First Ten- riessee volunteer regiment, which is now on its way home from the Philip- pines.