The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-12-09
LIFE In THE TROPICS.
No. 1-INrRoDUCroRY.

- through all the peTlS of babyhoOC
u thrush, cutting teeth, collie, etc, unit
they grew fat and sleek and became tn
e pride and joy of their parents heal is
One day, Whiskers, the most promisin
member of the family, climbed up to tn
d edge of the box, and looking around tn
4 workshop, exclaimed: 'Well, | declare
Q | had no idea that the world was such
large place"
Men, as well as mice, who by trave
or reading, get an idea of the greatness
of the world that lies beyond the littl,
e narrow limits in which they live ane
$ move, have been known to utter much
the same sentiments as that of young
Whiskers, referred to above.
The world is indeed a tolcrable big
place, but not half so big as it is beauti
} full. Days of trouble and adness do in
deed enter into all lives, but most OF our
troubles are of our own manufacture,
and we often strike the minor keys of
sadness when we ought to strike the
higher notes that prelude the anthem OF
thankfulness and joy. DR.. Talmage says
"the iiuest of all the arts is the art OF
looking at the bright side of things. IS
and those who are proficient IN this art
hear voices that come from insect and
flower, stones and trees, wind and cloud.
from merry stream and solemn ocean.
voices in the starry night and busy noon
day, voices amid the dim and hustle of
the city and in the calm seelusion of
rural scenes, all telling that Good is
good and that a Fathers hand Of love
controls the tide of human affairs. To
such people, the more they see and know
of the world the more they realize that
it is grand palace of light filled with
shining forms of those beings who are
sent to minister to them .swho shall be
heirs of salvation"
Globe trotters" in these days are
almost as common as ''pigs trottors.
" hat, with fast steamships and lightning
express trains, man with time and cash
to spare may skip from continent to con
tinent and from, country to country, AND
be back again almost before his friends
have missed him, Regent street. Lon
don, is becoming about as familiar to
many Americans as Broadway, New
York; and many Of "Uncle Sans" ia
vored sons are about as well acquainted
with the smoking crater of Mt. Vesuvius
as they are with the smoking chimnevs
Of their own dwellings. Speaking of Mt.
Vesuvius reminds me OF the old riddle
| once heard: ''Why is an Irishman try
ing to kiss his sweetheart like man
climbing up the sides of a volcano? Give
it up. Well, because hes trying to get
at the erater's mouth, "
4 native Italian was once conversing
with an American tourist in sight of Mt.
Vesuvius. There, said the Italian, point
ing with pride to the burning mountain.
''Hou have nothing like that in your
country" With characteristic readi-
ness the American replied, NO, but we
have waterfall Niagara that would
put out that little fire sooner than YOU
could grind tune out of a barrel organ
But to return to the subject. Travel
ing is good and does good, it expands
man's ideas, brings him into touch with
other people and other things, rubs down
and polishes over the rough places in his
disposition, warns his sympathies, makes
him free, frank, cosmopolitan, teaches
him that human heads the world over are
much the same, responsive TO kindness,
hurt 10y unHndnoss, and it encourages
him to believe that the time is slowly.
though surely, coming when
each man shall find his own in all mems
good"
'And all men live in noble brotherhood"
There is a charm in the busy life Of
strange lands that is peculiar to itself,
and the man whose privilege it is to visit
distant lands and distant scenes receives
thereby an education he could obtain
by no other means, as the poet, Cowper,
puts it.
Glow much a fool that has been sent to
roam, -
Excels fool that has been kept at
home"
Now, while the above are some of the
advantages to be gained by travel ii
does not follow that every man who has
paid flying visit to foreign country is
qualified to give excathedra opinions Or
to write for the edifcation of Others
about chat country Many wrong i'm
pressions have been given and many mis-
representations made through this hay-
ing been done. In order to know a
country thoroughly man must live in
it, and live in it long enough to become
: to all intents and purposes one of its
people. Accounts of countries written
up on strength OF stories told by sea
captains, sailors or even fellow pas.
seugers on board ship are often, to say
i the least, misleading. When | was on
G my way from West Virginia to Bron,
n wood (my present home) | met a
}. man who had visited but never lived
s in South West Georgia. asked
IS him if he knew anything about Ter.
e relI county. lie said yes, but woult
e live there tor $4,000 a year. 1bt
= place is tull of niggers and malaria.
This is sample Of the way place.
are misrepresented by people who ex
e press opinions. ] ielt discourage,
n by what the man said, but hav
g siuce found that Terrell county is a
ID pretty aud healthy section Of coun
'. try as can be found anywber
n between Georgia ard Massachusetts.
\. and that there are crowds OF good
warmhearted people in Terrell who's
kindness makes one FORGET that he
ut a stranger ia a strange land,
IL,