The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-11-11
WHAT FOLKS TALK ABOUT,

Isn't it singular that most peonle
are so terribly afraid of death, and
the higher the culture and ciyiIizs.
ton the greater the fear. This exists
with animals also, the higher the or
der the more do they shrink from the
shadow that awaits all Sleep is said
to be the twin brother OF death and
1t may be its uncle and its sister and
its aunt for that matter.
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And yet people have no fear of
sleep; in fact, they rather have for If
a most intense affection, ana MANY of
them fee to it at every possible OPP
slightest possible tremor of coyardice,
and yet they cannot have the slight
est possible knowledge as to whether
they will ever wake up again or not.
They don't give that grave conun-
drum any consideration whatever,
and yet they are liable to go to sleep
in Jacksonville and wake up in -
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In far off countries where the
heather in his blindness, and clad in
very little else, bows down to wooden
stone, which, by the way, is very
curious kind of stone, the inhabitants
don't dread death any more than
they do a glass OF missionary whisky.
They rather seek it, as their religion
gives them heaven something like
cross between 9 free lunch table and
masquerade ball, and they rather en-
joy the idea OF getting there.
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Take the Zulu, for instance, why,
be don't know what fear is. Just
give him chance and he will spit on
his hands. rub them one in the other,
and tackle death for a wrestle, collar
and elbow, best two cut of three, any
day in the week. He hardly cares
whether he wins or loses. 1t he
loses he goes where he don't have to
do any working or fighting,
and If he wins he has to nurse his
wopnds, and buy two more wives to
plant corn for him.
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The Arab will fius his naked
breast on a sheat of bayonets, so great
is his contempt for death. He knows
il is the gateway 70 a beautiful oasis,
where he wentihavc to do single
thing but eat pineapple ice cream and
chew Spaidings preferred hash, while
dozen or so of beautiful and rather
thinly clad hours fan him with patent
leather tans.and see that his soup is
kept hot.
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Take the Indian, whose untutored
mind sees free nations here and scents
whisky in the wind, and he considers
death great blessing il he can only
take his scalp lock with him. Death
takes him to the happy hunting
grounds, where there are no white
men to take his iurs and give him in
exchange guns that shoot at both ends
He will have plenty If stewed dog and
unlimited whisky and tobacco, aud
what more can the savage heart long
fort
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There is the Chinaman, who would
almost as soon die as eat. Why, he is
so fearless Of death that he will some
times kill himself just to spite his
mothersin-law. Here he has to wash
ee washee of,cook heefstesk for for
eign devils, while on the other side of
the river he won't have anything to
do but to bit the pipe and play fan
TAM His queue will be care ,uully
combed and tied up by little fat an
gels whoae feet look like bumps on a
log, and be will have real good all.
round time generally,
Dfh 3ls ~
What does the follower of Mahom.
ct care, sbopt, death Just give him
a pipe with long stem and a plug o.!
fine.cut tobacco and he won't ask tor
oysters on the halt shell or anything
else. He will march into battle with
most admirable stolidily, and ii a
ricOcheting shell hits him be simply
say "Oh, my r and, with a grin On 4
bis yellow face, take up his march
to that bourne from whence, etc.
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Now, let's go into the animal king,