The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1890-08-13

earth. The earth gives mp MI it
moisture, almost the Iars ~ b ,die,
OF water dry up, the mir is dry. anC
day by day the sun sends dow
ev IN 6ercer beans. Adelaide
which is upon the south shore o
The continent, finds 1l5o no anu
sual temperature tor Christmas
and an additional ten degree
scsreely calls for comment ia til,
Journals, Strang gers to the climate
are Frustrated, and yet retain ami
nation enough to be filled with
amazement that the natives seem
so little affected by the heat. Not
content with the appalling state OF
Thermometer in the shade, they ex.
pose it 10 the sun and fnd to their
dismay ten. '1rtt 0fanywhare
from 1902 TO 1872. The native
colonials go about their business
unaffected by the heat and look not
1T all at the thermometer, but
most religiously at the weather.
cocks. " hen the wind shows a
disposition to get into the north
they begin to tremble, aud by the
time the vanes have united in
p inting 10 the invisible pole
star Adelaide is ike a city of the
dead. Doors and windows in
every house are tightly closed to
keep out the heat bnrue by the
wind from the northern desert
woriimen leave their work aud
Idlers vanish from the streets; even
the cabs are driven home to st,>
BILE. Then The wind begins, gen
tie at first, as though trying to
mask lis real ferOcity. Little gusts
81 breez' snap d iout the corners,
htt'e throi's of neat steal upDn one
as though Innocent, yet every
pulsatlon OF heat, every whisper OF
tAe wind, brings IasSitude with il.
In about three hours the wind
comes steadily from the Eorth:
t e heat comes directly from the
FURNACE. The stranger who finds
the heat intolera1 lie Iii his closed
room thinks TO enjoy greater com.
fortby throwing open the win lows
to catch the brecZs which no can
hear, whose fi,ree he CHI measure
oy the bending Tree tops AMI the
tossing boughs. The idea is s,Luc-
tive, the execution Is destructive,
Through the open window comes
the wind, which is not breezo,
but heat In motion; with it comes
The gritty sand OF the desert, with
it come flies which bite and sting
to the flesh. So long as tie wind
blows from the moth people can
30 nothing but watch the vanes
and long for q change, their eye>
lids dry, their lips p4rc4e IN !
peeling.
HOW THE INHABIrANTs LIVE,
The difference il all IN the way
in which one takes the heat. The
English griffin makes no oonees
sions to Indian life. He eats and
drinks as he did ia his native cli-
mate. He even plays cricket,
which should seem. to any rights
minded Individual, particularly
cut of plac within the tropics.
The natural result OF this is death
in two years or the AnsIu-lnditn
in twenty. The Dntchuer re-
ROunces Holland AID all its
works fFam the Instant he steps
ashore at Batavia. H. their stead
he assumes al things Jlyanese and
thus lives in com Fort even 10 great
err heat than India can show. The
time honored diversions Of the day
are overturned to suit the new or
der OF aIjmate Broal dayli sht is
the time or sleep The twill ,bt
of morning and evening are the
time Tor work, when there Is cool
ness abroad, Business begins by
candleslight, long before sun. Al
s or even A o'clock stores and
hanks and offices OF government
are opeh. The DLtchmon rise even
alier and make a light meal OF
iruit, freshly picked, with perhaps
a sup o! cocoa. This supplies suf
ticient energy tor the conduct 0.
business until 8 o'clock, when al
establishments close; the bank
and government Off 1ea tor the day
the small traders to re>opel
tor two or three hours at SUI
set. At 10 o'clock in the mornin,
comes breakfast, Il large and sOcia
meal at when each settler strive
to gather his friends in larges
number. Ii is 81 meal of iruit AN