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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-03-20
Queer Tastes.

Girls in Be Ideford and Sac0,
Me-, seem to have some queer
tastes. One lady makes an excursicaf
to the backyard each summer and
lays in a supply of nice blue clay
to eat through the winter, Anoth-
er favorite dainty is scft brick,
and long experiences has
Taught her how to- select
the choicest specimens at a glance.
Each of these ladies has lived to a
goAi old age to enjoy her favorite
dish. One youg lady may often
be seen picking from the sidewalk
soft, shelly rocks, and, after nib>
bic 10 see if they are just right,
transfers The rock TO her pock<
cts for future consumption. Soft,
clay pipes which one girl buys by
the dozen, ground-up slate pencils,
chalk, sea sand, white rags, brown
wrapping paper and starch are
among the favorite luxuries of 9th
cr. Perhaps the queerest taste of all
is that for ashes. One young lady
is said to delight in coal ashes and
to be often seen raking over old
coal ashes for a lump only partial
ly burned, upon which there Is a
Diee white ash. Another has but
recently broken a habit which she
has followed since childhood of eat,
ing bread sprinkled with wood ashes
instead Of butter.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-03-20
Family Prayers at tic White House.

There is one custom which will
probably be observed at the white
house tor perhaps The first mud
only tins, and that i family Pray
ers in the morDi4t. MIR. Harrison
ever since his marriage, hls never
failed, except when confined t. his
bed, to hold family worship Just
before breakfast, The hour for
the matutinal meal has usually
been 3 O'Clock, and at 7:30 the
family has always collected in the
library, where the General read
aloul chapter in tho Bible, after
few words ID comment or expla.
nation he and the whole family
have kneit AMI Joined in saving
the Lords prayer, after which he
made ID special petition, either i'm :
promptwor from book of prayers.
And it is said that neither the
President nor his wife has any in.
tention of omlting this o5sery
ance il the executive marion. -
New York Sun,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-03-20
when the bird flew off, and ex,

'" tAS" VIZ uliu INe
claimed;
Oar now, see wat you doner'
Shortly afterward rabbit
Jumped up close to Lewis and ran
toward me.
Look dat rabbit! look a dat
rabbit" he cried, but then he stop-
ped as he saw me taking aim,
and as | fired the rabbit tumbled
head over heels, and Lewis yelled
at the top o. his voice: "Den YOU
did git meat"
Candy was the name of a little
Niger boy I gave five cents to
for going out with Inc one morn
ing.
Candy, | may as we'll state in
the beginning, didn't come honest,
~ by his sweet name, but | found
in a very short while that he
would go to the jumping of place
for Il nickel.
l wanted to kill a diadaper that
morning, and after spotting two in
a small pond l began crawling
through the broom sedge toward
them, instructing Candy to go down
ppth on the other side so as to run
the birds toward me.
After [ had crawled and wormed
myself along the ground until my
breath was about gone l looked for
Candy, but he was nowhere to be
seen. The next minute [ saw him
down on his all tours crawling
through the grass initiating my
movements.
When these birds see any one
passing they will swim to the other
side of the pond unless the passer
tries to get too near. If Candy had
showed himself they would not
have noticed me, but as it was they
saw both of us and disappeared from
the surface.
GLOW would you like to live in
town." l asked one of the men on
the place.
81 wouldn't lax it sab, COZ I'd
halter buy my wood and pay
house rent"
"Do you get enough to eat in the
country ?"
"WelI, sur, dat penis pun de
wedder. Long in de tall wen de
craps in an We gifts watts comm to
us we gets plenty, but hit doan las
long. Den We gifts our TO pounds
er meat an de peck err meal, but
dat doan las, long nuIder. You
know how dat is, boss. Wen you
got it in de house hits powful hans
dy to eat extry hoecake an a ex-
try slice err meat, an fore we knows
it ives drawed too far ahead, and
den de cap'n he tightens de lines
on us, an boss, long after Krismus
hits hard times, hit sholy is"
GLOW long does it last 2"
"Well, | reckon bout six weeks
or sech a matter. Den de spring
time comes long an we gifts little
garden truck, an onst in a while
we goes strikin' fer fish an gifts nufE
ter eat a day,r two. Den comes
de watermillun, and fun dat on
till nigh bout krismas we's on dc
top shelf, we sholy IS"
The southwest Georgia darkey
knows his place, and is made to
keep it, as the only means Of get
ting along with the man for whom
he works.-Alex w. Bealer, in
Atlanta Journal.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-03-20

Ben Butler is about tc bob up
again. 1t is said that the Presi-
cent will appoint him as one of the
Commissioners to the Samoan Cons
ference, which meets at Berlin in
the summer.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-03-20

Complaints are made that in
some of the counties of the State
the juries are ''cheek by jowr"
with the blind tigers. That they
don't pay any attention to the law
and the evidence, and though the
1acts of guilt stare them in tn
face, and the charge of the Judge
is dead against them, yet the ver-
dict every time is not guilty.
Judge Boynton insists that the
Jury must do their duty in carry,
ing out the mandates of the law,
but the verdict all the same is not
guilty
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-03-20

Preparations for the changing
OF the gauge of the Savannah,
Americus and Mont. .omery rails
road ale going forward rapidly
ard work on the same will begin
In d few days. The work will be-
gin at Abbeville.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-03-20

Vote as you think" is the ad-
vice the New York Herald gives
TO Southern men. That is exact
ly what we have been doing all
the time. We think Of what is
the best for the South, and then
We vote that way.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-03-20

Nick johnson, farmer of Sum-
ter county, says that he picked up
curious shaped rock a few days
ago and struck it against some
thing and large piece dropped
out of the centre, leaving a cup
SHAPED rock. He gave it to his
children to play with. One OF
them filled 1t with water, and as
soon as the rock was empti9d it
went to ringing like bell. 1t
kept it up for some five or ten
minutes, and viii do so whenever
filled with anything and it Is taken
Or poured out.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-03-20
EDITORIAL SoUisS.

Mr.. j. NJ. Jardine, near Bruins,
WICK has received five hundred
young raisin grape vines, and is 20.
ing to attempt raisin culture.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-03-20

Mr.. ingalls, has been elected
President pro TEN, Of the Senate.
In the absence ofthe Vice President
John j. will WELD the gavel.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-03-20

Sam Small, the famous Atllnta
preacher-politciaG, is back from
an extensive lecturing tour in the
West. He will rest up for few
weeks and then 20 tor the devil in
the North. He declares that in
his case the scriptural declaration,
"a prophet is not without honor
save III his own country" is true,
fer in the South folks won't pay
him like the west. He will there
fore seek more favorable localities,
but will return in time for the next
prohibition campaign,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-03-20

Business in our mercantile world
is unusually dull. The continued
rains and bad weather generally
have caused farm work to get bad.
ly in arrears, and our farmers feel
that they have no time for coming
to town. Our merchants are not
keen to run up time sales, and
they are therefore not disposed to
drum up customers, and prefer to
watch and wait on the seasons.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-03-20
4 Terrible Fate,

We Fcafn that Laura Mitchell i.
az Old colorc woman living on the
Patterson place, met with terri
bic "eath yesterday morning. She
was subject to epilepsy, AMI was
Crst do'Ts washing. She had
large wash pot full of boiling Wa
ter, with a roaring fire under ii.
aul was seiz.s't with a fit. She
fell backward, sitting down in the
@eelhing cauliron.. and while she
@os bcing boiied to. death her feet
and skirt were in the fire. The
latter soon caught in Il flame, which.
s-'pu ran up and caught her dras,
body an burnt her t. an unr cor.
niz.lAe mass. Oar informant saws
that when found one portion Of her
boGy was boiles to pieces and the
other burnt tVa crisp. -Americus
Republican.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-03-20
Our Boodtcss.

Our boollers sgjourning in Can~
ads are III a state Of mental per-
turbation, at the introdacticn in
the Kanuck Parliament of bill
providing for the deliverance of all
criminals to the United States
whose extradition is not provided
for dnder existing treaties the bill
also proposes to amend the present
Law 50 that the list of extraditable
oifenses is made much longer, and
to include larceny and kidnapping.
The boollers have set to work in u
characteristic way to cope with the
trying situation. They have raised
slreAdy among themselves the sum
1T $4,000, AMI have secuFe ! th,
services Of famous tactical lawyer
a member o the Dominion Parlia-
merit, t. lRw ri it not to kill tie
meassss p'itk all sopts Of amen&-
ments. Ehey expect to Essc ut
least three times the am6ms nU~
in hand, and they che.rish the hop,
that the jutiicious Plac,ago4 the
amount will nos Be withot4 effect
u influencing parliamentary votes,
Knowing bpSlieSsl
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-03-20

Sufferers from Iaoal poison scrof-
dl' syphiliac symptoms iiplsrite |
or resulting from cnrtaginl, run.
ming ulcqrs, l3apies, bemished
skim aching POINTS. dyspepsia, kid,
ney diseases, rheumatism etc will
find sure relief il they will only
give Botanic Blood BAlp 4 tri.j.
Ash druggists for It,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-03-20

AlIlA w no are Weak Nervous
WAsand Debilitated and suffer
IHH ing from Nervous Debili-
Mini, ,t;y, Seminal Weakness,
feet. "t W Emissions, and all the eff
lead 70 VI ga early Evil Habit, which
ton w =" r. remature Decay ,Consump-
Trc.o,;trl insanity, send for PEARS
partiomf G On Diseases of Man, with
I S'eulars for Home Cure.
oy YVES guaranteed. No cure no
40 j.. 5. PEARS,
0lz and 6l4, Church St.
Nashville, / cum.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-03-20

a larger area OF sugar cane than
usual ls being planted this season.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-03-20

It stands at the head of all good
organs, Those who desire to have
tne0est organ should acquaint them
selves with the merits of our instru-
ments. Don't take our word for
what we say, but see and test our
Instruments. 1t no dealer sells our
organs In your locality, write to the
factory.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-03-20

1t must be cpuceded by political
friend and foes that President
Cleveland aud his accomplished
wife have executed their retrca
from public position with signal
success. The courteous consider
alton they have sho"n for thoir
successors will be rejected back
upon them in the personal COED
will of men and women of all par,
ties, races and conditions. PLila,
aelphia Rscorl
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-05-30

amusing mistakes in the cablegrams that
appeared IN the Associated Press dis
patches. Referring to the reception OF
glorious news of the fall of Sedan by the
people of Berlin. the cable had something
to say about ''wrangle-headed soldiers bear.
ing eagles" The average American reade,
was very much puzzled to know what kind
of son of Mars a wrangled-headed soldier
was, but we have never read any descrip-
ton of this unique style of warrior. What
the cable should have stated was that
Wrangel-old General Wrangel, one OF
Blucher's surviving veterans-headed the
soldiers bearing the captured French
eagles.
Several equally peculiar translations OF
German words have already appeared in
the New York papers. Not long since In
an interview between a Herald reporter
and a celebrated German professor, the lat
ter was made to say that the Somoan Isl,
ands were not worth quarreling about, as
they We're inhabited by a lot of miserable
cockroaches. Now it is true that in Ger,
man the word kaefer means cockroach,
but what the professor really did say was
that the island was inhabited by a lot OF
Kadfr, the English equivalent of which is
''niggers.'' The latest mistake of this char
acter is to be found in one of the New York
Sunday papers on the same subject. 1t
says:
On February the steamer Lebeck left
this port for Sydney, carrying with her
brandies, upon whom much of the respon.
sibility rests in precipitating the present
crisis"
Now, brandies and other alcoholic bever-
ages may have done much to intensity the
excitement. Very likely Captain Brands.
the ex-German artillery officer and premier
OF Tamasese, is meant, although no doubt
the steamer had also brandies and other iQ.
uors on board.-Texas Siftings.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-05-30

good to see YOU as it did when we run up
the old flag at Vicksburg. Thirty-eight, come
here and shake hands With your Colonel
He knows you, sir, and all about
you, except some things you used to say
when the fight was hot; and when see
you coming, l says: Thirty eight get into
line. mind your drill and salute your
Colonel like a man and soldier And
didn't he just do it, eh?'
1 took the hand of the great-eyed brave
boy in my own and watched him while he
inteptly studied my face.
Now, Thirty eight, run on ahead and
tell them I'm coming back with our
Colonel You got to ration with me this
one time, sir, ii l carry you to my quarters
I've wanted long to see you and l can't and
won't let you go"
1t was on the evening of Memorial Day
that this meeting occurred. l had visited
the town by invitation of the G. A. R., and
certain matter had written for the occa-
sion read during the ceremonies. After
dinner l had again stolled toward the
church-yard and it was just outside the
gate that l encountered Sergeant Sam and
the boy.
Sam Single was about the bravest most
reckless man in the old Thirty eighth reg
iment - volunteers, which for three
years of the late war l had the honor to
command
Brave they all were, but Sam was the
leader, and color-sergeant also, but he was
likewise the most troublesome man; in the
discharge of his duty none excelled him,
but his profanity was fearful, he would
drink to excess, and when drunk was a
demon.
During one of our assaults upon Vicks-
burg, Lieutenant Sidney Foster, a slight,
delicate young officer, was left in front of
the enemy's works when we were driven
back, and the gigantic color-sergeant had.
resigning his flag for time, rushed be-
tween cross fires, picked Foster up and car
ried him, as mother would child back
into safety. The act was so noble, SO dar-
ing, that even the gallant foe, those who
could see it, cheered for the brave fellow
and exulted in seeing him succeed
But he was terribly wounded before
he did reach our lines, and shortly after re-
ceived his discharge for disability resulting
from wounds received in action. Together
with Foster, mustered out for the same rea-
son, he had gone to the Western home of
the Lieutenant, and here it was l met him
on the occasion mentioned for the first
time since.
The boy had started ahead, as ordered,
though it was evident he would have glad
~ remained
He's thoroughbred COlonel-true blood
through and through, that boy is-and I'm
training him for soldier, I am. See how
he obeys orders? l tell you when Uncle
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-05-30

there, and the women smiled, 8nu
the girls sniggered, and that kind Of
told me that had to keep away from
there er get into fight, and SO, when
little Sid goes there, just sit out by the
graves yonder, by his grave and hrs, and
hear enough to do me all the good that can
be done me here on earth
''Younever expected to hear this talk from
old Sam, did you, Colonel? Well, wouldn't
say the same to any other man on earth,
but have Just been aching for years to ask
some one that could trust if am right or
not, and you re the man most wanted to
see. want to know If am wrong in doing
as try to do. What do you think.
''She left me her boy, he left the boy In
my care. 1 know 1 try to do the best
for him, and believe she sees how honest
~ work to do it
81 could no more do what would shame
me before her than l could have deserted
my colors. am not crazy one of your
Spiritualists, but do seem to hear her, do
feel that she is always near me and salts
fed with what door try to do. Do you
think am right, or do you think am
fool?"
This is Memorial Day for all, and all
hearts are tender-but it is Memorial Day
me for every day of my life Memory of
my duty to her boy, of my gone Leftenant
and of her who saved me, whose words
made real man of me and who went
home to God and left me something to live
and hope for-am I fool for all this.
Colonel?"
l answered him ''No'-and In my soul
believe that the sweet spirit of the gentle
wife and mother must hover over, control
and guide the glorious efforts of the old
soldier, SO strangely changed in nature,
who continually strives to do as she would
have him do, to bring her boy into all the
paths of manly truth and nobility of life,
who has SO far subdued his own nature as
to kill all the savage within him, and who,
from loving, beautiful reverence keeps
and will keep while he lives one unend-
ing. sacred and aforementioned Me
mortal Day. ALEX. DUKE BAILIE.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-05-30
PlTH AND POINT.

"A fool must now and then be right
by chance.
Not every one who has the gift OF
speech understands the value OF al
lence. Texas Siftings.
Why not reverse the ancient orr
der of things? Let trouble 90 to pro-
test and borrow happiness once in 4
way.
1t takes genius to tell good lie
that will stand the test of investiga-
ton. Any simpleton can tell the truth
If one would be pungent he must
be brief; for it is with words as with
sunbeams. the more they are con-
densed the deeper they burn.-South-
ern.
-Gayety is to good humor as per-
fumes to vegetable fragrance; the one
overpowers weak spirits, the other rec
reates and revives them.-Dr. S. john
son.
Some men are smart because OF
what they say. Others are a great deal
smarter because of what they don't
say.-Merchant Traveller.
The power to hate truly what is
evil must be involved in the power to
love truly what is good, and must, in
deed. usually precede the growth OF
the highest kind of love.-Newman.
There is sweet pleasure in con-
temptation, and when man hath run
through a set of vanities on the declen-
sion of his age, he knows not what to do
with himself if he can not think
Blount
Duty ought never to wait on feel
ing; but feeling ought always to wait
on duty. A man ought never to pivot
his duty on his feelings but every
man ought to conform his feelings to
the demands of drrty.-S. S. Times.
Many confess that they are proud;
some will even confess that they are
vain; some will sigh frankly over their
passionate tempers; and others will
admit that they are of careless dis
positions. But who tells, who con-
fesses how mean she is, or how sly, or
how envious?-Jean Ingelow.
What maintains one vice would
bring up two children. You may
think that a little tea or little punch
now and then, diet little more cost
fy, clothes perhaps little finer and a
little entertainment now and then, can
be no matter, but remember many
mickle makes a muckle; and further,
beware of little expenses; a small leak
will sink a large ship.-Franklin.
Any body can soil the reputation
of an individual. however pure and
chaste, by uttering a suspicion that his
enemies will believe, and his friends
never hear of; puff of the idle wind
can shake million seeds from the
thistle and do a world OF mischief
which the husban dsman must labor
long to undo. Such are the seeds of
the slanderer, so easily sown, so diff
cult to gather up. and so pernicious in
their fruits
No man can maintain himself in a
position of great prominence suddenly
thrust upon him unless by instinct and
education he has been prepared for the
responsibilities of the place. Nor can
a man bear the strain of temptation in
such circumstances, and in a position
of trust and confidence, unless his con-
science has been educated aud his
sense OF responsibility to others has
become a rule of action in his daily
life.-Once a Week.
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don't; he never picks fight. but he fights
any thing, and there ainS no squea1ing
when he gets licked I'm first sergeant over
that boy, ! am, and I known him all
through"
had promised to go to supper with Sam,
and as he approached his home, which he
pointed out in advance, noticed tavern
near by; this gave me the chance to ask a
question::
II suppose over there is your headquar-
tiers most of the time, Sams''
No, sir! There's just where you don't
hit it. There has not been drop of that go
into my mouth since the day l promised
her."
1t was neat house. with good, old col
ored servant, was taken to and 1 enjoyed
my supper with the old sergeant and the
boy, and then, in the moonlight, on that
Memorial Day, he and I sitting alone,
enjoying our pipes, old Color Sergeant Sam
told me his story:
when we left the service, Colonel, I
having neither kth nor kin, came out here
with Leftenant Foster, he needed me to
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-05-30

Sam gets Thirty-eight Foster for soldier,
old glory won't wave over a better OF
drawer one"
Then that is the son of your great friend,
Lieutenant Foster, is it,"
That's his son, sir and hers"
1 looked more closely than ever at Sam
how his voice trembled as he spoke the last
word How changed he was. There was
no trace of the old riotous living, no touch
or hint of profanity in his language; not a
faint of the beast about him.
/ waited patiently for developments.
why do you call that fine little fellow
sThirty-eight?' asked
Sam laughed well, you see, Colonel,
right after he came here took the old fig
ures off my old cap and polishes 'em up and
put 'em onto little blue cap that the
mother made for HIM You never see any
thing or anybody SO tickled in your life as
he was, ana he ulster cry for that cap, and
then put hi, hand up to make folks seq them
fgures-and so we got 10 calling him
Thirty eight and he know. that name
best and is bast known by that name, and,
don't you fear, Colonel, he don't nowis<.
noway disgrace the old TLirtJ-e'ght. ne
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Colonel, who is big of heart as well as OF
stature, asked the cause of her trouble, and
after bit she explained:
CT have presentiment of trouble. A
man who has vowed to make me trouble
comes to Decatur very often, and feel that
shall meet him here.''
but he WON'T dare speak to your
ooh, yes, he will He dares do any
thing''
"Well, I'll see you over to the other train,
and if he's around he'd better look out for
himself"
'sThank you ever so much. I'm really
afraid of my life.''
The other train was waiting for us, and
the Colonel took the lady and started across
the platform. They were suddenly con.
fronted by man who made grab at her,
and as she screamed the Colonel shot out
with his right and knocked him clean over
baggage-truck. He put the woman into
car, dropped off as the bell rang, and got
back to the truck just as his victim was get
ting up.
"Who struck met" asked the man as he
looked around him.
II did," replied the Colonel. mo man
can INSULT a lady under my protection"
"Do you know her!'
"Never spoke to her until quarter Of an
hour ago."
"Read this
And he handed out a telegram sent to him
at Huntsville from Nashville. 1t read:
George Blank-Your wife is running
away with John Doe. They will change for
Memphis at Decatur"
He had come down to intercept them,
been knocked out by the Colonel, and the
train was ten miles away before he opened
his eyes. We had not noticed John Doe,
but he was probably in one of the other
cars.-Detrolt Free Press.