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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-04-10
Bet Worth tie SacT6ca.

The whole civilized world is
talking about the terrible disaster
reported from Apia, which was sne
ot the mos: sesational, the most
comPIateau' the most deplorable in
maritime annals. Six war ships
5e,oa-iHg to two nations occupying
toward each other aposifion OF SEMI
hostility were gathered in the har-
Dor Of q small aud remote island
fr tic purpose Of asserting--with
the caanoo's in5nth, il necessary
the conflicting pretensions Of
either nation aud OF maintaining
their supposed riets aud privileges
+ in that little corner Of the globe.
( There thu vessels lay for awhile,
silent huttlreaieniny. till suddenly
/ the sea and the wind seized the
ships in their ompipotent grasp,
and flung them shaft red hulks
upon the reels. utterly destroying
/ .our, while leaving the Others in
almost helpless plight, and avail
F. lowing in the depth q create num-
! her Of officers aTd men than would
! have leeu at ali likely to f4ll in a
! general engagement between the
two sq1adrons.
| This tragic event has carried
| grief. not unmixed with awe, to
/ the heart Of two great nations,
I which may vsiI forget, III the tace
/ 0t tie cannon diaaster, the comps
rativolg petty differences that led
TO it Nar cen either Germans or
AmericanshcIp astionirCwhether
: ali tie interests centered in the
Samoan cronp were worth the un>
timely sacrifice Of so many vaiuble
! ll7es aud so many stout ships.
II thousand who having tried in
vain to lind remedy that will
-, truly cure blood diseases. think
their cases iacura5Ie, bat such ia
d not the fact. Botanic Blood Balm,
: made in Atlanta, Ga, will cure
n blood poison when all other treat,
g moat including Hot Springs, hql
failed. Givei. a trial and be con
yiuced.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-04-10
Dawson, Georgia.

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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-04-10

Some unknown scouAdrel APP
piled the torch 10 j, II. Mauiy's
min and gin, nc T Cutibcrt, Sat-
urday night. and it vas totally &C.
stroyed by the flames. Tho loss
ISL. 900.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-04-10
Mrs. ". j. Bost.
statcsyille, n. c.. Nov. %, 1888.
CURED ms BOY.

My little boy was cured Of
scro!ula by Swift's Speciio,after he
had taken a quantity Of other med
icines withou. the lea7t improve
ment.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-04-10
PLAN Us
and Organs for
Sale.
Tuning and Repairing 0ono in First Class
SVi5.

Remember that l will keep your
Pianos in perfect order for ten dol
lars a year. That means tuning,
replacing broken strings, new I'M
dercloths, ftlting chacS pads, key
litter pads, facing regulating pods,
wedging ont key mortises, refining
damper sockets, rebuilding damp
ers, felting buff stops and recover
ing hammers. Al work guaran-
teed | am prepared to do all kind
of Piano repairing.
Respectfully,
l.. ID. LocKH4Rr, jr.
Dawson, Ga.
with Jas. Fricker & Bro, Ameri-
Gus, Ga
Connecticut western news., 1889-07-31
The Curious Bibles.

The curious Bibles is a general name given certain editions of the Bible which are prized by bibliomaniacs, not for any intrinsic value, but because they contain certain odd misprints or mistranslations. Foremost among them is the Brooches B ble, so called because in the third chapter of Genesis it speaks of Adam and Eve as having ''made themselves breeches' of fig leaves. This edition first appeared in 1860, in quarto form, and we owe it to the English reformers exiled at Geneva. During the rain of Queen Elizabeth it served as the reg gular family Bible, its popularity being large ly due to the Calvinistic comments that liberally besprinkled the margin. The Bug Bible, which appeared in London in 1851, and was originally known as Matthews Bible, is indebted for its curious sobriquet to the fact that the fifth verse of the ninety first Psalm is translated, "So thou shalt not need to be afraid for any bugges by night" The original idea of the word "a goblin or spook-is still to be
Connecticut western news., 1889-07-31
The Atlanta Constitution

The Atlanta Constitution says: 'sPretty Mrs May brick, the charming southerner, who Is to be tried at Liver pool for pois oning her husband, has captured the hearts of the cold blooded Britons. The stat tement is made in the New York Star that Mrs. Maybrick's s lawyers have received seven letters from men who are willing to marry the lady in the event of her acquitt al. One is from minister in Scotland, man of high family. The Star says that this instance recalls the case of Madeline Smith, the heroine of the famous Scotch poi, oning case thirty years ago. She was asked by twenty-seven men to marry them if she was acquitted. She was found not guilty and married a clergyman, and has been happy woman ever since. Just why perfect strangers should fall in love with these alleged Borgias IS a mystery. So far as Mrs. May brick is concerned, it is only just to say that the evidence against her is by no means conclusive. Still, her sudden popularity is rather surprising"
Connecticut western news., 1889-07-31
An Artist on the Battlefield.

There was an incident in the battle of Raymond which was as amusing as it was characteristic of the chief actor, Captain Tresalian, an Irish officer on the staff of'General Logan.
 He was seated astride of the topmost rail of the fence, across which in some places, the fight was going on with clubbed musk cts; which side the cap tain was most interested in was doubt full, for with cap in one hand and sword in the other, he was encouraging both parties to go in and do their best, while he occupied reserved seat most interested spectator.
 This man was type of the soldier who loves fight, and true stories of some of his doings seem almost too i'm probable to believe. Ithink he was un- conscious of danger, and know that I was not, for in some of my sketch books there are mem orandum sketches of some battlefield occurrences which show plainly that tho hand holding the pen cil was unsteady; and jerky marks here and there make it pretty plain that the locality was an unsafe one. The sur roundings, as we'll as the danger had some influence at the moment when such sketches were made; for most of these "Get-out- of that sketches, as my army friends called them, show simply the To- cality of some exciting incident and not general view.-lSt. Nicholas.
Connecticut western news., 1889-07-31

The great Bear River canal in Utah is to be'one of the grandest irrigation projects in America. Two million dol lars have been provided for it's construc- ton. To get the river along the side hill along Bear River canon and out on the plain near Plymouth will necessitate moving 220, 900 cubic yards of solid rock. 19. 0o0 cubic yards of loose rock, l, 52S, 900 cubic yards of earth, and dig ging, 1900 feet of tunnel. This canal will irrigate 200, 900 acres in Salt Lake valley, 5000, 900 on Bear River, in- creasing the value of the land to $50 per acre, while fencing, building, and tillage with double this valuation in a few years Bear Lake is in south eastern Idaho. The reservoir for this canal covers 150 square miles, and the canal will secure the irrigation of a ter ritory extending to Ogden.
Connecticut western news., 1889-07-31
HUMOROUS.

The worst thing person can take for a cold is advice.
 Every man is sometimes bait on some other mans hook.
 When man contracts bad habits his income needs expanding.
 A horse may pull with all his might, but never with his main.
 The grocer ought to be fine newspa- per man. He has good many scoops.
 The Goddess of Liberty is not q broker, but she is frequently seen Ion change"
 When you feel like calling big man 2 liar. be sure you're right, then use the telephone.
 It is one of the distressing anomalies of modern life that the man who can't sing does sing. Everything has beginning. Even the burglar must be broken in before he begins to break in.
 It is industry more than birth that lifts boy up in the world. A boot black may shine in society if he will stoop to conquer.
 Tell a woman that she looks fresh and she will smile all over. Tell man the same thing and if he doesn't kick you it. is either because he has corns or daresn't.
 Cabby (who has received his correct fare)-Call yourself a gentlemenf Why, keeps better gentleman than you to black my bootsl Fare-Pity you don't keep another to wash your facel "John, this is very bad report you bring me from school" 'I know, father, but you know you said if I should bring you a first class report you would give mo a dollar, and l wanted to save you that expense"
 This is an Italian bon mot: At cafe Q group of gentlemen discussing poli- tics; young student entered and joined in the convers ation; his arguments did not please the others, and one of thcm said to him, "Be quietl At your ago was an ass myselfl" s'You are wonder fully we'll preserved, sir," was the TO-
Connecticut western news., 1889-07-31

The Rev. E. K. Donehoo, of Pitts burg, who has been investigating the condition of the blind in Europs, says that Saxony is doing more for this class of unfortunates than any other country in Europe. They do not stop with having taught the blind to read and write, and work at some industry, but follow them up after leaving school, give them something In the way of capital to aid them to start up in trade and desig- nate some one to continue an oversight over them so that they can dispose of what they manufacture at a profit, and prevent them from being cheated and abused. Every blind man, woman and child is looked after and helped so that they are not obliged to resort to beg gary or any vicious crime which would corrupt and degrade them.
Connecticut western news., 1889-07-31
Eiffel Tower for Sightseers.

Professor Kimball of the Johns Hop- kins University, in an interview with Baltimore Sun reporter, expressed the opinion that the Eiffel tower of Paris would never prove of any service to science. The professor destroys at one blow the claim of the tower to special advantage on the score of height by pointing out that there are numerous hills and mountains of greater altitude in France which could be made use of. The chief drawback of the tower, from a scientific andpoint, is that it stands in the midst of an atmosphere necessa- rily impure, and that it is subject to such jars and other disturbances as would render observations with delicate instru- ments impossible If these criticisms are just, then all that can be said fol the great tower is that it is not re. markedly prepossessing piece of iror architecture, from which good view o1 Paris and its environs may be obtained. Son Francisco Chronicle.
Connecticut western news., 1889-07-31
SCALPED.


'1 read in 8 New York paper the other day old Indian fighter Carroll Bronson's story of how he was once scalped by Indians," said former resi- dent of Laramie, ''and it reminded me that have met two men in my time, both at Fort Laramie, who were scalped and got we'll. The story of one of these, soldier named Delos G. San- bertson of Monroe County, Mich., was the first actual description, believe, that any one has ever heard of how it feels to be scalped. While he was in the hospital at Laramie I heard him tell the story many times, and every time it made mo shudder, as it does still when ever think of it.
 ''Sanbertson belonged to the United States Infantry, which was part of Gen. Custer's command in his campaign against the Indians, in 1869. He par tlcipated in many of the engagements of that campa,gn, the most important of which was the fight with the celebrated Black Kettles band on the Ouachita It was in this fight that Sanbertson was wounded and scalped by the Indians, and I remember that nearly all of the old frontiersmen said that he was the only person they ever knew up to that time who had been thoroughly and un- mistakably scalped and lived to tell it.
 ''For some days before the meeting with Black Kettle, Custer's scouts had been bringing in reports that the willy chief was camped with a large following somewhere on the Ouachita, and there he was sending out predatory bands oi his warriors to plunder settlers and i'm migrant trains. Custer decided to hunt him up and punish him. The infantry was two miles in rdvance of the cavalry, when one day, just at daylight, it came in sight of the enemy's camp.
 "'We were on 8 high hill overlook. ing the valley Sambertson said, il giving the account of the affair, 'ant | the Indians were below. It was in thu middle of winter and the snow was very deep. The Indian camp was in rocky spot, and as the women and childrer were there, it was evidently the head | quarters of the band. It was de termined to surprise the village, and | portion of our command was sen through the woods to the right to ge in the rear of the camp, while the re mainder advanced quietly down tn
Connecticut western news., 1889-07-31
The Sea Tramp.

'.Have you ever seen sea trampa" Every one don't know what it is, so I will explain by stating that sea tramp means vessel that is not connected with any regular line and is usually steamer. The other day went down to the Atlantic docks to see a friend embark on board the British steamer Aguam, bound for Greytown, Nicarau- qua, where a number of American boys were going for an enterprising American mining company, who are de- veloping that splendid country of min- erals. While waiting for my friend to arrive, so that I might say goodby, I happended to meet the second officer, a good natured man, and entered into conversation.
 Knowing that I was aboard of a tramp remarked to him, "Where do you expect to go after leaving Grey town2"
 "That can't tell," responded he. 'It will depend upon the freight. We may get a load for England; there we may load up for Africa or India or Japan; and from there we may catch a load for Australia. From there it would be hard to say where our points would be, mayhap South America, maybe somewhere on the Pacific Coast. There is never any certainty about us. We visit every sea, look into every port, carry loads from anywhere to anywhere, providing it pays, and it may be years before we reach here again; and we may be here on our next trip"
 That schedule gives fair idea of the mission of the "sea tramp"
Connecticut western news., 1889-07-31
The Most Ancient of Cities.

Damascus IS pernaps lhe most an- cient city on the earth. Nineveh and the other cities mentioned before it in Genesis are destroyed. Abraham whose steward was ''Elizar of Damascus" may have stopped there on his way to Canaan, though the Bible is silent about it. The Koran speaks of such visit. The population of 150, 900 makes it still the uhead of Syria" as it was in Isaiah's time.s It is one of the predestinated capitals, as Lamartine says, and has sur- yyived as many conquests and pillages as Apy other city of history. The present level of the streets is in some places sixty feet above the original soil, one city having been built upon the ruins and debris of it's predecess ors. This can be easily understood by one who has visited the East and seen how all the dirt and rubbish are thrown into the streets and left tl.ere, and buildings when they are burned or fall down arc left and become the foundation for new structures.
 An acquaintance with the interior of Damascus is greatly disenchanting. We are accustomed to associate splendor with its palaces and costumes, to think of Arabian Nights Entertainment of silks and gold and gems, when we think of it. But it's glory is in the de- scriptions, and fades away with the view from the hills. saw no buildings that looked like palaces. Tall and ugly walls of large blocks of dried mud con- fine the gardens and buildings, which, at best, have the appearance of faded elegance. The woodwork is unpainted and the plastering is falling off. The people look poor and none too careful of cleanliness. There is no system of sewerage, and the dogs, as in Con- stantinople, are the only scavengers, and mako the night sleepless by their wild orchestration.- The streets, which, with one exception, are narrow and crooked, are the receptacles for all the refuse and garbage. The Mohamme- dans are noted for letting everything go to decay and never making repairs. Modern civilization has had little infu- ence except in the introduction of a few woebegone hacks which look as if they had been battered about in every city of Europe before finding their way to Damascus, and two respectable hotels. There are about forty European resi- dents, engaged in missionary or mer- camille enterprises. If Damascus be Oriental splendor, what must Bagdad be, and Mecca, where Mohammedanism has full sway without the few rays of light that come from the Western world to the Syrian metropolis.
Connecticut western news., 1889-07-31
GarrOting a Cuban.

Juan Victoriano Machin, a white native of Cuba, thirty-four years old, famous bandit, was publicly garroted, Havana correspondent writes, in front of the city prison. He was married the previous night in the condemned cell. On the way to the scafold the criminal alternately faltered and struggled des- perately, shrieking for mercy for the sake of his three infant children. The soldiery attempted to drown the frantic appeals by constant bugle- blowing. The condemned man was superhumanly violent though heavily manacled. Forced at last into banquillo by dozen soldiers, he was, when fixed, easily de- spatched, but his limbs were contorted frightfully. The executioner was herculean colored man. The priest on the scaffold was hurt in the scuff1e, and the military were unable to restrain their tears. The mounted po- lice subsequently charged the mob; ! many persons were hurt in the crush. Machin's body was, after several hours exposure, removed by the fraternity of ''Paz y Caridad," according to the an- cient Spanish custom. The case of Ma chin is specially remarkable, the culprit having escaped several months back with his brother Luis, also under sentence of death, from the condemned cell in the Castillo del Principe, strong fortress outside the city. He promptly reorgan- ized new gang and resumed maraud- ing, frequently encountering the Civil Guard. The dead man is said to have been innocent of human blood, but was executed under the kidnapping law, as a participant.
Connecticut western news., 1889-07-31
avs Frank Leslie's Illustrated: "Tt

Says FrunE Leslie's Wustrated: "The printers repres ented at the International Typographical convention, which re- gently met at Denver, decided to use the Childs- Drexel fund and other &C., cumulations In the treasury for the establishment of home for invalid and indigent printers, to be erected at Col orado Springs, one of the most delight full and healthiest spots in the United States. Eighty acres of land near the city have been offered to the printers as gift, on condition that the home be erected within three years, work upon it to begin within two years. Of course more funds will be required for this building than are now at hand. Every printer will have an interest in it's com pletion and it's management, and every one who reads books or newspapers and who does not2-should be the printers friend and lend helping hand to the new institution. Nothing com mends itself moro strongly to the sym pathies of the people than the suggss- ton for tho erection of homes for the aged and infirm- Let the home for sged printsn go up.
Connecticut western news., 1889-07-31
Casteg of India.

Caste prejudice enters into everything in India, writes Frank G. Carpenter. It forces the foreigners to keep dozen servants to do the work of the. house. hold, and am told that it is almost inn possible for family to get along with less than 13 servants. l met last week an English preacher, who had an in- come of $500 year, and he told me that it was absolutely impossible fo1 him to live in India without 13 ser wants. Said he: "They are paid but
 ow wages, but there are SO many of them that the sum total is large. You have to have m n for everything you want done, and he will do nothing else th,n that one thing. The man who washes dishes will not make up the beds, and the cook will not attend to the washing of the dishes. If you keep horses you must have groom for every horse, and for every two horses you AdFo tO hCCp d ndu lo Cuo s A"oo AoA them. The woman servant who waits upon your wife does not consider it her business to wait upon you, and the ser wants who do the other work about the house expect you to have body servant to run your own errands. If you ask g man to do anything out of his regular business, he says it is contrary to his caste, and you then know that you have to submit. There are hundreds of castes in India. They are based on religious differences, on trade arrangements, and on social distinctions. There are a caste of barbers, of beggars, of thieves and of water carriers. There are the Brahmins, the Sudras, the cow-skinners, the corpse bearers and dozens of others, di- vided and sub-divided until only the Hindo can tell you their number and differences.
Connecticut western news., 1889-07-31
Viewing Columbus Bones.

My first stopping place of any impor- tance was Santo Domingo city, the pop ulation of which is variously estimated at from IT, 900 to 10000 inhabitants. It is the seat of government, having a palace, beautiful cathedral and large barracks capable of containing 30,0o0 men, but now in very delapidated condition. There are ruins of very great historical interest, particularly the unfinished palace of Columbus. In some places the walls are two feet six inches thick, and as good today as when built 300 years ago. Through the courtesy of the Bishop we were treated to view of Columbus bones. A great deal of ceremony attends the display of these relics. Before they can be taken from an inner vault three off, cials with separate keys have to be brought into acquisition; that is to say, the casket cannot be reached unless three locks are undone. This took some little time, as one of the gentle men was not on hand at the appointed hour. This delay over, the remains, carried by four attendants, were placed upon table in one of the side aisles for our inspection. The outer casket was of lightly framed glass, with variety of official wax seals attached. A record denotes when the casket was last brought out for inspection, about three years ago. Inside of all is small leaden box or coffin, containing what little now remains of the great discov- erer's bones. The attendant priest, a good natured and humored man, told us the history of their vicissitudes. At all events the Dominicans believe implicitly in the genuineness of the bones, in the absence of anything to refute their story. In the cathedral itself are some very good paintings by old masters. The structure, which, circums tances and place considered, is very fine one, took about sixty years to complete.