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OCILLA DISPATCH. B=r OCILLA, GEORGIA. HENIGVRNON & HANLON, Publishers. nmi MM The “voice of the people" oe- ensionally goes wrong when it speaks in French. The Spanish are among the moet charitable people on earth. Without a poor lax, Spanish communities of 50,000 self-supporters feed a pauper population of 6000 or more. Six thousand acres of laud opposite St. Louis, Mo., that only a few years ago was a marshy body of water called liig Lake was drained and reclaimed, and is now according to the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, the banner cornfield of America, with a productivity of oue hundred bushels to the acre. The automobile will certainly bring about great changes ainoug all sorts and conditions of men. The machine is but in its infancy now, it may be called a mere baby in comparison with what invention and progress will make it. In our rural districts it is a groat curiosity novr, but before mauy years have passed away a horse in these same districts will he a far greater curiosity than an automobile. Another great year for American wheat is in prospect, a concomitant shortage in other sources of European supply helping matters along for our farmers. Nothing could be more welcome. We are carrying an unusual load of taxation. Im¬ mense aud far-reaching constructive projects are in the full flush of opera¬ tion, and another year of agricultural prosperity is absolutely necessary lor their substantial completion. | Massachusetts keeps at the head of j the states ot the country in the pre- cision, celerity and with ; accuracy which its election returns a. e can¬ vassed aud the results made known. There are 970 polling places iu the state, of which 191 ar *. ia Boston and 877 in the 31 other cities. In New York state the use of the voting ; ' machines is aid to quick and ; an ac¬ curate counting. Iu the elections of 1899 Rochester was the first city from which returns were obtained. Voting machines were used in Rochester. Croquet “as moderuly played,” to use the picturesque words of one of ; its most emiuant praotitioners, is un¬ doubtedly a game of many and high merits, and just why the very mention of it is sufficient to make the average worldling smile with a oontempt not j the more kind because it tries to be tolerant is a question uot easy to answer. As between golf and croquet, any disinterested observer—that is any observer who, without the help j of experience in either, should try to : compare them—would almost inavita- bly declare that croquet “hail more to it” than golf, gave more opportunity ! for the display of intelligence and j skill, developed more directly the joys I if battle, and in a dozen other ways was the better game. A remarkable work is beiugdone by a young colored man in Chicago, and | the recital of it may be an inspiration | to others. Monroe F. Clark is his name, and he is a full-blooded negro, 23 years old. He went to Chicago from Kentucky in the world’s fair year, with no money, but with affably good education for one of his meagre opportunities, and with good morals and ambition. He became a newsboy, aud his attention to business aud his thrift soon enabled him to buy a horse and wagon to use ia his growing j news business. Now he owns and 1 ■ uses eight carts and horses, and has a smart trap in which to drive around. He owns real estate in the city worth some thousands of dollars, and also 160 acres of land in Kentucky. Clark is also a philanthropist iu a small way. Three years ago he established ahome for his newsboys, novr numbering 50, the great majority of them negroes. He couldn’t bear, he says, to see the little fellows “going straight to the reformatory and to the penitentiary,” so he renovated a.' entel barn, and provides their board, lodging, and recreation. He is ambitious now to build a good house for his boys. He has the money, and is only waiting to secure the right piece of ground. “It eats up a good deal of my profits,” he says. “It costs me more to feed and clothe these boys and send them to school in winter than it would to hire them and let them shift for them¬ selves. Bat I’m not very hungry fa* money— never was," _ cm ADYinrianre sates a he MXTSEMELT LOW, AND ASM A (fitEAT INI)UCEMENT FOR BUSI¬ NESS MEN TO PA TBONIER OUR COL¬ UMNS. TUT US. THE JAILER’S BABY. It was ail the fault of the baby. Go the jailer said, and so everybody be¬ lieved. At tho same time it was de¬ clared absurd that a baby should be allowed companionship with a mur¬ derer, and beyond all decency that ‘bottles of laudanum should be left within its reach. Indeed, there was a great deal of tail;, and much disap¬ pointment over the affair. Not since the lynching of the negro Tilly, two yeai’3 before, had there been a hang¬ ing in tho jail. And this time it was to have been conducted on the strict¬ est principles of the hangman’s code. So very proper were all the arrange¬ ments that the citizens spoke of tho coming “execution” with quite the de¬ corum which an eastern town would use to discuss a pink tea. Small won¬ der then ■ that everybody—especially those holding tickets of admission— was outraged. In fact, so much was said that the jailer resigned and he and his wife—with the baby, who had clone all the mischief—moved to an¬ other town. The jailer’s wife declar¬ ed that his nerves seemed dreadfully upset about the whole thing and she was glad he had given up the "jail business.” Farming was nicer work anyhow, she allowed, and the baby seemed to thrive better. As for the baby himself, he told me in strict con¬ fidence just how it happened. The prisoner had never made the slightest effort to escape. From the time sentence was pronounced he sc-emed to begin to die. He would sit for hours without moving a muscle— would neither eat nor drink. A horrid sort of stupor possessed him, from which the kind-hearted jailer was pow¬ erless to rouse him, until one day he thought of his baby, Ted, the only bit of sunlight in the gloomy house of bondage. The lovely child blossomed like a Sharon rose in this desert of sin and death, and the very sight of him might, so the jailer thought, bring peace and healing. So one day the baby was brought to the death-watched cell. His tousled, yellow head peered cu¬ riously in, and his small voice had a ring of pity in it as he said: “Dark, poor man.” And the prisoner came to the grating and stretched out eager hands, clasping the tiny fingers rested trustfully in his. And nobody dis- turbed them, for the “poor man” was crying, and so they were not afraid. The baby came again, and often, and they noticed that the prisoner would always eat what he brought; a bit of candy or a dirty lump of sugar was his daily offering, and it was never re- jeeted. One day the jailer came, too, and tbey bo ‘ h watcb ® d tbe boy ; He was playing horse with a piece of pine Ill iflHS il w LI V ilit ■W - 4 # % S m g s l w 4 m U §r JL — THE MAN SEIZED IT. board. The prisoner glanced at it and ® aid ’ grimly:, “Won’t they need that could not answeri but jr e pt j^is gaze on the baby, who had distracted the attention of the guard in the corridor. The prisoner grasped tbe door witb both S aunt hands, and, putting his ashen lips as near the ja.il- er ’ 8 ears as th e bars would allow, said, sullenly: “Have you any idea of how you are going to die?” The jailer was alarmed and dis¬ tressed. He had hoped to lead the pris¬ oner to forget his impending doom, if only for a respite of an hour, but this question showed him how poorly he was succeeding. He pretended not to hear, and made a move as if to go, but the child ran to him and, putting the .stick through the bars, lisped: “See, horsy?” A smile distorted his face as the man took the piece of wood, then let it drop with a shudder, speaking rapid¬ ly and low: “Dying is bad enough, I suppose, under any circumstances, but none of us is heroic when forced to sit, day by day, for a certain hour, when we are to begin the process of •rotting in cold obstruction.’ God! can you think, man, how it feels? What devilish irony in the fate that I, who have always hated any public display” —he choked and the baby laughed— "should die In this way—should per¬ form the tragedy of my life before a gaping crowd. I tell you, man, It must not—shall not—be!” His voice sank to a whisper, but his face was so livid with fear and threat that the jailer grasped his baby and moved away from the cell door. The man behind It laughed a dry, high- pitched laugh. “I beg that you won’t be frightened. I am not going to do anything violent, except to myself, If possible. Do you hour, man? Except to myself. Listen to me. Every night you pray that baby may never be in such a devil-ridden hole as this cell. By those prayers, and as you hope for mercy for him, I charge you have pity and listen to me. I have thought of escape, I do not fear death. What would life be to me now? I killed him for her, and now— now I must die for him. Be It so, but not that way”—and he pointed to the bit of wood the child had dropped— God! not that way!” Then as the jail¬ er moved a little nearer, the man stag¬ gered to his feet and whispered hoarse¬ ly: ‘‘An old bottle, I could break it In pieces; or a rope—but no, the guard would see me. Some drug—anything. so it be strong enough, but bring It— oh, let me have it before—before they come to me!” Not a word had the jailer spoken during this plea of agony. Then the guard came up with the little one. "The kid wants to kiss ‘man,’ ” and the prisoner stretched his arms through the grating and stroked the curly head. The beautiful baby face lit up with an angel’s smile. “By-by, man,” he said, and his father carried him away, with no sign of response to the wild look of entreaty In the eyes of the doomed man. Next day the baby came again. This time he passed the guard, returning his challenge, "Huilo, two-year-old!” by only a dignified stare. He toddled up to the prisoner’s cell, and the first glimpse of the yellow head brought the wretched occupant forward. Hie at¬ tention was attracted to the small tin can the child carried. “See there!” And the little one proudly tapped It against the iron grating. With fever¬ ish haste the man seized it, and with an effort wrenched off the cover. In¬ side was a small bottle containing a brown liquid, which he smelled, then sighed as with infinite relief. A sec¬ ond’s hesitation, a glance upward, which was more a despairing Inquiry than a prayer, and he raised the phial to his lips. Then he crawled to the cot and crouched upon it, while the baby tip-toed to see. Only the baby! No pitiless crowd of ghouls; no vul¬ tures watching the dying struggles of their prey; only the baby! And to the dying man’s vision the aureole of hair and beckoning hands were those of a heavenly spirit. The phial dropped to the floor, the shaven head sank back, and the pris¬ oner wa3 free.—Gertrude Gunning. VOTING BY MACHINERY. Nebraska to Try Automatic System of Selecting; Candidates. The state of Nebraska has ordered 3,200 voting machines at $500 each, a total of $1,600,000, says the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. This machine is pure¬ ly mechanical in construction. The regulations are complete in every de¬ tail. Split tickets can be voted as readily as straight tickets. The booth stands six and one-half feet in height and is about four feet square, giving ample room for voting. Though made of steel, it can be carried about with¬ out difficulty, although rather heavy. The voter, upon entering the booth, faces a square steel box about three feet in dimensions and three inches thick. On the face of this square is a long, narrow row of glazed open¬ ings,. in which appear the different tickets to be voted. Each party ticket is printed on a slip of its own. The candidates for each office are in align¬ ment and the whole arrangement is similar to the regular Australian bal¬ lot. But at the point where the voter usually puts a cross is a nickel-plated button and at the top of each party ticket is a lever. As the first vote is cast a bell rings. This informs the judges that a voter has started to cast his ballot. A straight party man has only to pull the lever and his vote is cast. A man who wants to scratch registers his vote by the buttons. When the straight ticket is voted, by pulling the lever down, the mechanical counters all down the line register one vote for each candidate. On the out¬ side of the booth the voting register is locked by three different locks, one of which is given to each of the judges. Royal Lady Colonels. Queen Victoria is colonel of a regi¬ ment of Prussian dragoons, but Her Majesty has never donned the short blue tunic and other obligatory uni¬ form of this body and ridden at its head. Her daughter, the Empress Frederick, is a colonel of hussars, and has often appeared at reviews in the loose-braided jacket, fur cap, scarlet tights, and gold-embroidered top boots of her regiment, a dash of femininity being added in a blue skirt not belong¬ ing to the regimental uniform. The present German empress is a colonel of cuirassiers, and at reviews rides at her husband’s side in a white riding skirt, white military jacket, and plumed, three-cornered cap. The Queen of Greece, a Russian princess, is admiral in the Russian navy. Most of the princesses of the Russian royal house are army officers of high rank, but they content themselves on military occasions with wearing the colors of their commands, instead of riding at their head in full uniform. Surface Observation. The remarks made toy a countryman when he gets his first view of the ocean are not always remarkable for depth and appropriateness. A stroller on the beach of a Massachusetts sea¬ port overheard the opening remarks of a farmer and his wife who had come from northern New Hampshire, as he subsequently learned from their con¬ versation. ‘“Well, 1 feel to be glad we’ve come, William,” said the woman, with a sigh of pleasure, turning from the sea io face her spouse. “Would you ever have believed there was such a sight of water in one place in this world?” “No, I wouldn’t,” returned William. “And when you consider that we can’t see any but just what’s on top, it’s all the more aston- ishin', Sarah, now ain’t it?” Regret. Boston Traveler: Young Wife—The new servant girl is a treasure! She is a good cook, is so economical, never goes out and never answers bark. Husband—Why didn’t I meet her be¬ fore we were married? SOMETHINQ NEW. A Dlwowipy That In Expected to Itoro- lullonize a Great Imituitry. Just as Americans begin to feel that they are upon the verge of developing superiority to Great Britain not only in shipbuilding, but in the steel trade, in which such a number of valuable for¬ eign contracts have lately been taken by our manufacturers in the face of British competition; and just as na¬ ture seems to encourage the American aspiration by showing that the English coal mines will be exhausted within another fifty years, science seems to be coming to the, aid of the Britisher and may be about to open new fields of competition in steel in which Amer¬ ica must take part If she is to main¬ tain her hard-earned prestige. The discovery has been demonstrated in London, and is being made much of by the British press, that the ability to produce perfect; steel by casting it in a vacuum made by liquid hydrogen with a process that is not proposed to make public, has at last attained prac¬ ticability. A company has been formed with a capital of £30,000 to experi¬ mentally develop the process, and if the plan is as successful as Prof. De- war, the discoverer, presumes it will be, the air bubbles that now cause flaws and weakness in steel will be done away with, and a metal will re- suit such as the world has never seen, To say that this means a possible revo- lution in the steel trade is to put it mildly, and if the English government can control the process, as it is now in- timated may be the case, then Arnerl- can scientists and those of other coun- tries will be put upon their metttlo to get eevn with the Britishers. Liquid hydrogen, which is the great agent now discovered, is described as a clear, ; colorless, transparent and very volatile fluid, no clearer than pure water, but only one-fourteenth the density of water. In its lightness it is out of all proportion to any known liquid. A piece of paper when placed in it sinks, The difference between liquid hydro- gen and liquid air is as great if not greater than the difference between the ordinary temperature and liquid air. Liquid hydrogen places temperature at within twenty degrees of absolute zero, which is represented by 494 degrees Fehrenheit and 273 degrees Centigrade below zero. The boiling point of liquid hydrogen is 252 degrees below zero, at which it is capable of enormous pres¬ sure. The discovery must affect every problem of physics and chemistry. Its possibilities are illimitable. It may revolutionize the methods that have beeen laboriously built up during the last three hundred years,—Marine Journal. EXPOSITIONS AT PARIS. In view of the approaching French exposition, it is interesting to note the enormous increase in the extent and success of the various expositions held at Paris, says the Scientific American. The first occurred in the year 1798. It brought together the modest num¬ ber of 110 exhibitors and cost only $12,000. The buildings, of wood em- belished, were erected on the Champs de Mars, Twenty-five medals were distributed. The second took place three years later (1801) in the court of the Loqvre. It represented 220 exhibitors and quite eclipsed the first. A third exposition, opened the fol¬ lowing year at the same place, collect¬ ed 550 exhibitors. This was a verita¬ ble triumph. Napoleon I. inaugurated the fourth exposition, which was held on the Es¬ planade of the Invalides in 1806; there were 1,422 exhibitors. This figure was carried to 1,622 at the fifth expo¬ sition in 1819, in the palace of the Louvre. The sixth (1823) met with little success, as also the seventh in 1827 in the reign of Charles X., in the palace of the Louvre. As an offset, the eighth, opened on the Palace du Car¬ rousel in the reign of Louis Philippe, gathered no less than 2,487 exhibitors. This success was accentuated in the ex¬ position of 1839, held on the Champs- Elysees (3,381 exhibitors), and in that of 1844, also on the Champs-Elysees (3,960 exhibitors). The exposition of 1849, again on the Champs-Elysees. cost $300,000. The first universal exposition was that of 18*5, which caused the construc¬ tion of the Palace of Industry. The expense rose to $2,300,000. There were 23,954 exhibitors and more than 5,000,- 000 visitors. Then came the well- known expositions of 1867 (52,000 ex¬ hibitors), of 1878 (52,835 exhibitors, and 16,000,000 visitors), and 1889 (55,486 ex¬ hibitors and 32,500,000 visitors). To Teach tbe Turk. Ames (Iowa) Special to Chicago Tribune: Prof. D. A. Kent, once con¬ nected with the Iowa Agricultural Col¬ lege, has been offered an appointmnet by James Wilson, secretary of agricul¬ ture, to go to Turkey and introduce the American system of agriculture and educate the people in modern methods. Constantinople is to be Pr.of. Kent’s home. His work will con¬ sist mainly in establishing schools and colleges, and introducing the various seeds used in the United States. This commission will last for five years. Compressed Flour. An English process for compressing flour into blocks in molds, is said to render it less liable to atmospheric and insect damages, without impairing its bread-making qualities, and it requires less space. Dried Fly Statin tic*. Among the exports of Mexico last year are to be noted two tons of dried flies. THE DAYIS MEMORIAL TABLE an VEILED AT ‘RICHMOND By DAUGH¬ TERS OF eO/NFEDERAey. K Dll ID (I1D Bill! Prominent Men Took Part in the Exer¬ cises Which Were Very Imprcsshe. Thursday was another great Confed¬ erate day in Richmond, Va., the oc¬ casion being tbe unveiling in Holly¬ wood cemetery, under tho auspices of the United Daughters of the Confed¬ eracy of the memorials in Hollywood to President Jefferson Davis and Miss Winnie Davis. The Daughters held a brief business session of their convention Thursdey morning, during which various re¬ ports were read and Mrs. Davis was made honorary president of the state chapters of the Daughters. In the af- ternoon the Daughters, in carriages, wore escorted to Hollywood by an im- posing procession, consisting of Con- federate camps aud military. General Fitzhugh Lee riding at the head of the line. A vast crowd had assembled on the bill overlooking the Davis plat in the cemetery and immediately on the arri- val of the parade the ceremonies wero opened with prayer by the Rev. James Smith, D.D., who was on Stonewall Jackson’s staff and who threw himself between his general and the line of fire while Jackson was being borne from the field wounded, In the Davis plat an easy chair had been provided for Mrs. Davis, so that a3 the drapery fell she would face the statue over her daughter’s tomb, Floral Confederate Flay. Over the grave of President Davis was a beautiful floral confederate flag, the blue and red being worked in im¬ mortelles and the white in chrysanthe¬ mums. The staff rested on a base around which smilax wound. After the prayer, the governor, Hon. J. Hoge Tyler, gracefully introduced Hon. B. B. Munford, the principal orator of the occasion, who paid a beautiful tribute to Miss Winnie Da¬ vis, Mrs. Davis, President Davis and the “lost cause.” On the conclusion Mr. Munford said: “Nor can I forbear illusion to the grateful faot that something in the character of Winnie Davis, in the untimely ending of her gen¬ tle life, has served to hush the note of sectional discord and strengthen influences that make for peace. Old-time hatred* were forgotten in the sorrow which made us all akin. Union veterans stood as a guard of boner around her bier, and generous contribu¬ tions of sympathy and help came from both sides of the Potomac to erect this monument.” The next speaker was Hon John H. Reagau, postmaster general of the Confederate states, and tho only sur- viving member of Mr. Davis’ cabinet. He was introduced by Hon. J. Taylor Ellyson. Judge Reagan spoke very briefly, his remarks being confined to an eulogy of his chief. He said in part: “Mr. Davis posses»ed a com¬ bination of great qualities, rarely equaled and nevor surpassed. And in addition to these great quali¬ ties he possessed the most unsel¬ fish character I have ever known and tbe most human and merciful disposition, with a gentleness in domestic and social life which commanded the admiration aud respect of all who knew him. And to all these he added the charac¬ ter of a devout Christian. “While the cause of which he was the highest and truest repre¬ sentative failed of success, he car¬ ried to his grave a sincerity of respect, an enthusiastic devotion of the people he served and rep- resented, unsurpassed by any ever shown to any successful hero or oonqueror.” General Fitzhugh Lee was then in- troduoed and delivered an eloquant address in which he made beautiful allusions to Mr. and Mrs. Davis and Miss Winnie. FRAUD IS CHARGED. Lively Time* Expected In Kentucky Ovor Election Returns. A Louiiviil* dispatch says: A con¬ fusion of eiaima and counter claims, to quiet whioh the offioial count, or perhaps a contest before the legisla¬ ture, will be necessary, is all that is left of Tuesday’s election. Above it all vehement cries of fraud, eommit- ted or contemplated, are heard. Each side claims tbe election of tho ticket by a plurality of about 4,000. and presents figures to back up the claim. These figures in some ties vary widely, and it is impossible to tell which side, if either, has accu¬ rate figures. WRECKERS DITCH TRAIN. A* Resu’-t of Dastardly Work Three Persons Were Fatally Hurt. The Michigan Central train No.810, from Toledo to Detroit, was ditched between Alexis and Vienna, Mich., about 8 o’clock Thursday night. Three persons aocident were fatally injured. The was the result of a de¬ liberate piece of work by unknown train wreckers and happened at a point just beyond a short trestle. Following General Lee’s speech, Dr. H. M. Clarkson recited an ode, ‘‘The Daughter of tho Confederacy,” and Jefferson Davis Hayos then dra« the veil from the monuments to MW Davis and Mies Winnie. The form® is a bronze statue of the ConfedardH president. The latter is a marl* figure of the angel of grief, the aboutfl ha^* extending a wreath she is place on the grave. After these ceremonies, a monument to Jefferson Davis, Jr., was unveiled. SCANT WAR NEWS DEPRESSES ENGLISH Duller’* Arrival at Durban Is Anx¬ iously Awaited. CHANGE WILL THEN COME. It la Confidently Believed That General White Is Safe. Advices of Thursday from London were to the effect that scanty and conflicting news from the seat of war and the fact that General White has not yet said a word about the alleged fighting around Ladysmith, are again producing a feeling of gloom. It may be that General White has sent news and that General Buller has thought best to keep it to himself. Indeed, this is the version that is beginning to be believed, as it is held to be impossible that the news of heavy fighting brought by Kaffirs in such circumstantial detail can be wholly groundless. If this be so, is ominous, for there could be ground for concealing favorable neJH It cannot be long, however, Bull^M a change occurs. General forces will soon arrive at Durban, xvill probably begin the advance the relief of Ladysmith about Novem¬ ber 15th. The Boers, if they ever entertained the idea of a real invasion of Cape Colony, have probably now abandoned it and will devote their whole to reducing Ladysmith. They only a few days in which to do this. The fact that they are rather inactive indicates that they are waiting for something which they feel sure will justify their delay. The latest dis- patches seem to hint that the garrison is about to retire further southward. To Shell Pretoria. Orders have been received at Wool¬ wich and Davenport.for the mobi¬ lization of a siege train, which, it is supposed, is intended for the purpose of shelliug Pretoria. The force man¬ ning it will approximate to the strength of eight batteries and will consist of thirty-two officers and 1,104 non-commissioned officers and men. Its armament will be thirty howitzers, fourteen 6-inch guns, eight 5-inch and eight 4-inch guns, tbe whole weighing more than 3,000 tons. will be the first employment of a mod- ernized siege train by any European army, and the progress of the iion of the forts by Lyddite shell a preliminary to storming by infantry, will be watched with interest and n- riosity by all professional soldiers. Three Large Steamer* Chartered. Three large steamers have just be^ chartered at Liverpool to convoy ft 10,000 troops of the division wflB Lord Wolseley announced Wednesd* would be mobilized. The trauspj Arawa has been further delayed by disarrangement of her electrical plan The disabled Persian will transfer hj troops to the Goth, which will leal Southampton next Tuesday. SCHLEY GETS ORDERS. , Adm!r . . , »‘ . Wi " Soon Ho,st u H,S FU j . t * le c * ,ic *K°- I A Washington special says: AdrJ Schley received his final orders Th ; day from the navy Chicago department New to l|fl Yj his flag on the at on the 17th instant, assuming coi mand of the south Atlantio station. JEFFRIES WELL PAID. * Slugger Receives $33.43* For H,s Victory Over Sharkey. A Now York dispatch says: James J. Jeffries and Thomas Sharkey were were rewarded Thursday for pounding each other in the recent bout. They reoeived their share of the gate re- eelpts- of It i fi said that the total receipts ^ be fight were $66,848. According to ,liR articles the fighters reoeived two- ! birds of the amount, or $44,564. As the winner, Jeffries received 75 per cent, amounting to $33,432. Sharkeys share was 811,141 Jeffries’ share of the receipts is the largest ever received by a prize fighter AGED BANK WRECKER Convicted and Sent Up For Term of Twelve Years. In the superior court at Northamp¬ ton, Mass., Thursday, Lewis Warner, aged sixty, who wrecked the Hamp¬ shire County National bank and the Hampshire Savings bank by embez¬ zling $500,000, was sentenced to a term in the state prison of not more than twelve years nor lesR than nine years, the first day to be in solitary confinement.