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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1892-08-10

THE Columbus Enquirer-Sun gets down
to the very marrow of things, and de-
clares: If few extra offices had been
created in Georgia during the last year
or two for the benefit of the Third party
leaders, who are now on the rampage
over the State, the Peoples party move
ment wouldn't be strong enough to stand
up.-Augusta Chronicle.
Mr.. K. j. HAWKINS, of The Gibson
Record, who recently denounced the
third party and returned to the demo-
cratic ranks, says:
"Some of those who denounced us for
leaving the third party have returned and
given us their hands in friendship. The
day will come when all will concede that
we were right"
NEW YORK has woman blacksmith;
Chicago has woman embalmer; New
Orleans has woman dray driver; ST.
Louis has woman brewer, and Boston
has woman who stays at home and
rocks the baby to sleep. And Dawson
has scores and scores of handsome, no.
BILE women who are making happy homes
for devoted husbands and loving chill
dren.
ACCORDING to reports, life has been no
idle dream in the northern and New
England cities recently. Ninety and one
hundred in he shade is very significant
in Chicago or New York. 1t is SO hot in
Saint Louis that the heat is generating
gas in the sewers, blowing them up and
destroying both life and property.
Col. LARRY CAN'T has abandoned
South Carolina journalism, which was
tritle red hot, and has rsturned to Geor-
gia. 1t is rumOred that Larry will settle
down on farm near Athens, but it is
more probable that he will settle down
on few type and keg of ink some
where.
THE Democratic National Campaign
Committee is now on the war path, and
Chairman Harrity says he receives much
encouragement by the way in which the
loyal Democrats all over the country are
coming to his support,
WHEN the Georgia legislature con-
venes it may possibly occur to the Low
er House to select for Its speaker mem
Der who has not tried to homestead on
that high and responsible office year
before his election to that body.
GOVERNOR BUCHANAN, of Tennessee
has been a candidate for denomination at
the hands of the democr ats, but finding
he couldn't get it, he has drawn out and
will be the third party candidate. Good
bye, Buck.
The testimony before the special COM
mittee investigating Tom Watson's
charge of drunkenness against congress
seems to overwhelmingly disprove the
statements made by the Georgia men,
Der.
The congressional Candidates in the
Fifth district are tough lot. Schemer
Livingston leads the democrats, Parson
Small the prohibitionlsts, and Farmer
Taliferro the third partyites.
The Augusta Herald remarks: 'tWe
| shall see what we shall see" We trust
that editor Randall will adjust his specs
and not forget to let us know the result.
KoLB will have company in October.
Georgia will send him one Peek, who is
Isust now engaged in drumming up a fol
lowing to fight the Democratic party.
GEORGE HILLYER, who thought he
might slip by Lon Livingston into Con
sress from the Fifth, seems to have lost
his bearing lately
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-14
BALTIC AMBER MINES.
Dixziog For the Fosssi Gum That MAKES
Mouthp ieres-

This EXQUISITE am Der mou.hpiece 81
mt pipe is con- posed Of a substance
which was long regarded % mysterious
origin IL Is now known 70 he fossil
gum Of an extinct kind Of pine tree.
I ncse pines formed forests thousa ncs
Of years ago in the neighboThood of the
Baltic sea, where the gum which sIuded
from their bark accumulated IN snch
quaint titles that Il has supplied The ms--
ksts Of III. world with amber since rs
most ancient times
The ancient Greeks got ihelr supply
from their. and the merchants % Venice
during me middle ages MADE regular
annual trips % the Baltic tor cargoes Of
amber
Until recently no other way Of obtain
ing amber vas known tlaaa - gather
such pieces OF il as were thrown up On
the shore 70 stormy weather or 20 Gsve
sor j. B4- today there are greas am
be- mines n the region D. ;he Baltic.
which ara worked "a snd Night az Il.
year around. The deposits u 10 FOSSIL
-ssa extend from the verv .hsre % the
s-a =, atsoss quarter Il : n.ie inland
To keep ths water on. % tase anin-4,
hlch arss below tise "a Is-ye}. pszsplax
has 20 ~ KEEP; 40 a.! the t3se-
re strstaza In sTaica the amer Is
foard n o. blzs ea-:h, whses : ssoreied
ia.o CAx1 80 GxAHS - 20 tie srosiE Of
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s3oo, 900 In general local securities Of
the best sort and 100000 in, say, New
York Central"
THAT explains what you would do
with the money" l said: "but what
would You do with yourself?"
"Ahl that is very simple" he replied;
81 would take care of the money"
Professional men are more likely to
exhibit personal hankerings independ-
ent Of money for its own sake. A law
yer whose name is well known through
out the country, and who if he did not
spend so much and give away so much
might have been worth a million some
time ago, wants n ranch. Not
small fry affair, understand me-" he
said, but great ranch that would
dazzle the whole west. think could
enjoy it But it would be tremendously
expensive. 1t would knock the filing
out of per cent on million"
asked three clergymen. One wants
to own a slice of the Adirondacks. An
other wants to complete an engine he
has invented in his back study-an air
engine with marvellous balance wheel.
The third has historical work on hand
that would require eight or ten years
OF travel and investigation. If he had
million he would go at this It was
little woman, who sews for rich bar
gain bazaar, who would like TO establish
q great free theological school.
doctor whose niclzel-plated sign
shines on fashionable avenue said he
wanted a yacht he is not sure whether
the income from a single million would
do it. but if it were possible he would
have modest yacht, with good wine
closet. an irreproachable cook, land
there would be no night bell there. my
friend" added the doctor, with twin
kle
A modest little lawyer. who does
steady. plodding business in q small
city. declared after q moments refec-
ton. yet as if the idea were not new 10
hum: Il would get a nice snug country
place, where my children could have
elbow room. build up a good law il
brary, get out of ali Irrigated work. but
keep my place as an active member of
the bar" Another lawyer had very
different views. Il like the law as a
trade" he said. but | would get clean
out Of it Il could have the money to
travel It seems 10 me that & would
take me all the time ! am likely 10 live
to see as much of the world as | want
to see"
4 school-:eacher, q truckman. a Jew
eler and a saloonLeeper each wanted To
travel. Indeed, travel seems to exceed
in attractiveneSs al other forms of in
diligence suggested by the possible pos
session of riches.
Two politicians of the active type
"a u,a int, n.,A un~d.lai nv aAA,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-14

The Atlantic Transport Company's
steamer Montana, while crossing the
Atlantic from Swansea 20 Philadelphia
recently. was saved from shipwreck By
an echo. In a dense fog the usual sig
nals were being blown TO warn ap-
preaching vessels, when the captain
distinctly heard an echo in the distance
This could rise from but two sources
cli1 or An iceberg-and he knew there
were no cliffs within q hundred miles
Therefore it must DO an iceberg, and
the helm IVES put down 20 clear this
great danger. In few minutes The
ship SKINNED the edge Of grea. Hoat
ing island Of ice. and the captain m
wardly blessed the echo.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-14
dry and hard. Hallucinations fit


through the brain until the weak
ness becomes so great that unconscious
ness follows and death soon ensues,
as the unwatered blood thickens
and interferes with the functions Of
the heart. Men have been known to
60 without water for forty-eight
hours. but the conditions were different
from those Of the desert. A San Fran
cisco sailor. who was taken from
waterlcyged ship. had been without
water for fourteen days, save such
scantv supply as he could lick from the
spars in the form OF accumulated dew.
When found this man S throat was actu-
ally closed up and before an entrance
to his stomach was obtained By proper
medical means the poor castawav died.
When 1t comes to question between
the dangers Of desert or sea the natives
in these parts much prefer the sea as
being safer than the desert. Winds on
the desert can be as fatal in effect as
the veriest hurricane on record. 4 long
continued sandstorm deals death all
along it's route. This sand is 50 oppres-
sive to section hands OF transcontinent-
al railroads that they wear goggles for
the protection Of their eyes The
sides OF telegraph poles exposed to the
prevailing desert winds are literally
eaten out by the constant friction, and
the station windows on the windy side
are quickly turned into ground glass by
these sand blasts In crossing the des-
ert a freight car containing supple
mentarv water tanks is attached 70 the
locomotive. Stationary water tanks
are an unknown quantity on the des-
erts. exccnt in rare instances
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The mine. where The EARN r. driven
down a sluice by force Of water that
dissolves and >~ps rates il from the am
Der. Nets with meshss or different
sizes catch the amber. which is found
ia pieces from the size 81 a pea - the
bi2ncss Of ones hand. and sometimes
larger
Thirty dredging ships WORK during
eight months Of the year ~ fishing the
amber OF: OF the aea w!th winding
chains Of buckets which drag along the
bottom and bring up sand. stones. and
amber, the last being sftsrward washed
cut in nearly the same manner a. on
iana. Many divers also labor in the
gathering OF amber. de.sce ndisz u tie
bottom from rosv boats IN divers srrnor,
with shovel and bag
Sometimes they stay under the water
for hve or SIX hours a. . tizn-. n: com
ing up until their bags are filed Ia
addition 70 their regular pzy they re-
ceive = prize for ever piece that reaches
. certain weight
Amber has q wonderful va~f~,Y -
colors Some Of :; IA as elear - cf5 "a.
some as yellow "a honey. some igh.
blue, and again transparent g-~~fs.
Then II IL found as ~ n.te as snoz. th,
color Of cream and often many ~ the>s
tiuts are blended 10 oae p4ecs T7aeTs
Is . popular notion 20 ths ,itset thas
amber has curative qualities far sscn
ailments a. Group and sore throat. Ant
many thoasan3 necklaces q i. are 80. Il
Annually ~ that pBrpoas-
Bsszg~e have - BE- ~ careful IN "a
smoking % ny rueeTsehsunl, contess
nyse,f for common and eo;nfor1abis
use with this Cd brisrreot pif- IL y
made from fhe root e kiad n 3 ahry1s
that was fgr-seriy dag "a great qusu-
si.ies IL tl4e seuth - Brs nee. iut uoz>
!, con~s mostly FROM spaln. I'aY znsi
AiYisrS- T. tise fr.0antzla forests -
roots are sornstirar foasd bigger .Azn =
mans BODY. Insiea1 81 digging thezn
Ca: after ihs OF tzshios tSley s7s t,-a
up noxadzy-- With sxg.C@sYos ~ asa.
iagtoa Star.
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DEATH FROM THIRST.
Terrible Experiences in the Colo
RADIO Desert.
An Arid Region Where Life In Any Form
IL Hard to Sustain-Sand Storms
Which Cut Down Teie-
graph Poles.

The great Colorado desert, which
forms part of San Diego county, al
lured three prospectors to their death.
as was recently reported. These men,
who were seeking gold. died within a
few thousand yards of an abundant
water supply. simply because they made
slight characterization as to what was
needed to carry them safely over the
hot, dry, treacherous desert plains, say.
Sar Diego correspondent OF the New
York Tribune. One of their stampeded
mules died at the edge of the water
pool. The other mules were found
alive. The bodies Of the men were
found not far apart. as they had fallen
when overcome by the death weakness.
This is only one OF thousands of in
stances of the terrible possibilities Of a
death from thirst in the western dss-
erts. During the summer their average
daily temperature IS over one hundred
and ten degrees The air is absolutely
dry. and strong man cannot count on
living unless he gets water at least
every six hours Cloth-covered can
teens containing several gallons OF
water are usual receptacles used in des-
ert marching, and Ave quarts day viii
keep man feeling pretty comfortable
4 great danger IN desert marching IS
the liability Of finding water holes,
where the nights encsmpment is to be
made, dried up. Years ago Gen. Candy
marched q brigade or so across forty
five-mile stretch OF desert IL Colorado
The water holes along the route were
dry, and for many hours the troops were
without water. 4 number OF the men
died en- route, and many others were
carried along in army wagons at
deaths door, physically. The utmost
exertions of the officers were needed 10
keep the men from lying down and
dying AL the dogs of the command
died on this awful trip. their bodies
swelling 20 twice the natural size be
fore death eusued- Upon reaching the
Grand river. after IN all-day march. the
tairst-strickep troops were allowed 10
drink al the water they desired
The symptoms OK approaching death
from thirst are an overs heluing lassi-
taGe which rapidly increases A kind
Of film forms over the eve and partially
obscures the vision The mouth, tongue
and throat become parched. the tongue
1seHnS Ike y corncob. - i; grows
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-14
THE CENTENARY OF GAS.
Win Another Hundred Years Superseds II
as an Illumipant?

Win Another Hundred Years Superseds I.
An Illuminant?
Among the many anniversaries which
are being celebrated this year is the
centenary of the invention of gas
as an illuminant, says the New
York Tribune, IL was in 1892
that William Murdoch first lighted up
his humble home at Redruth, in duchy
of Cornwall, by means of coal gas made
in an iron kettle, into which he inserted
a rough iron tube II was not until
Six years later that tho invention was
developed on a large scale, when Muir
dock was employed to establish a gas
lighting apparatus at the great Soho
foundry at birmingham. In 1903 the
Lvceum theater in London was first
lighted by gas, and in 1916 the gas
lamps which had been used 20 illurni-
nate Piccadilly since 1907 became COM
mon throughout London. 1t was at
this time, too, that David Melville, of
Newport, L. l., first adapted gas, for
the manufacture of which he had Sc
cured patent in 1896, to the Beaver
Tail lighthouse, and it has since be-
CuLle clc pt Inc pIluCipdi lliUWludnIS
used in those watch towers which, in
imitation of the ancient pharos, arc
scattered all over the globe for tho
guidance and protection of ships and
mariners
Ii is doubtful whethar a hundred
years hence, on the occasion of the BIZ
centenary of the invention of gas, the
latter will still retain the commanding
position which il now occupies as an
illuminant On every side signs in
crease which presage that the age of
electricity is at hand-that age which
is far more likely to revolutionize the
civilization of the world than any of it's
predecessors Gas will probably be
gradually forced into a back seat and
its use confined to stoves and fire.
places, which find such favor among
the small households of crowded cities.
1t viii be entitled, however. TO the
grateful remembrance of man rs
powerful factor in the development Of
his civilization and progress during tho
last one hundred years. 1t has contrib
uted, moreover, to his enlightenment as
well as to his comfort. and has done
much TO increase the broad and deep
gulf which separates humanity Of the
nineteenth century from mankind of
the dark ages
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-14

What Would You Do With Your
Heap OF Wealth.
Various Answers to an Interesting In
quiry-The Pretty Typewriter Would
Marry-The Car Driver Would Hire
Lawyers to Fight Capitalists.
rCoPYRIGHr. 1927

tCoPYRIGHT, 1927
/ looked over at the prettiest type
writer. in Wall street and wondered
what she would do with million. Act
ing upon the wish l went over and
asked her.
"What would I do?" she asked. look
ing up with fling Of her head and an
expression Of sudden interest that it
was worth $3.50 to simply see for those
three seconds; ''why, would marry"
indicated my perplexity. "What do
you mean?" / asked. "You don't pre-
tend that you haven't"
81 simply mean that can't afford to
marry now. OF course, have plenty
OF chances. Who hasn't? Have you
seen the census reports? There are
1000, 0oc more men than women in the
United States. / could marry man
with barrel of money within twenty
four hours. But / want my independ-
ence, and / would be fool to swap the
independence 1 have for the gilt-edged
slavery 1 would have to endure if l,
with no money, married even a man
with plenty Of 1t. II I had a million in
glad I was living. That's what 1
mean," and she went on click-clicking.
All this was apropos of my undertake
ing to discover by personal interview
what each of one hundred different
people would do with a million. To
give representative character to the
group determined to ask many classes
%
those appealed to were for a moment
perplexed how to answer, but the vast
majority answered with an alacrity
sufficient to justify the suspicion that
they have debated within their own
minds very often and very deeply what
they would do with big heap OF
wealth.
One of the curious results Of the in
quiry was the discovery that people
who are well on their way to a million
often seem to talk of the possibility Of
getting there as if it were quite re-
mote. Many business man sets him
self a limit when he will retire, and
retire" is likely to be the general
answer of many such when Intercepted
on their plans for million. But it is
easier to make the second million than
the first, and it always seems pity not
to go on with the second million after
the struggles of the first, and so the
grinding for millions goes ahead. The
means becomes the end of life, and
What would you do with a million?"
is likely to be responded to by Invest
it, my boy. invest itl''
| asked one typical capitalist who is
worth at least 100000. WELL" he
said, eff you mean million besides
the few pennies have saved, should
say, $500, 900 ID good electric light stock,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-14

ONLY A FEW OF THEM LEFT,
The semfnoles Of Florida and the Curious
Customs Obtaining Among Them.


Customs Obtaining Among Them.
A queer condition of affairs exists
among the Seminole Indians in Florida
or what there is left of them. DR.. s.
i. Chaplin, who recently returned, says
q special to the Philadelphia Times,
from the ''Allen place." forty miles east
OF Fort Meyers, relates some highly
interesting facts bearing on the ques-
ton Of Indian education and develop
ment. About six months ago the United
States government sent him here to
superintend the erection of a saw and
planning mill, a single factory and
schoolhouse and cottage for the teach
ers, also to lay the foundation for an
industrial school for the benefit of the
Indians still inhabiting the high lands
on the northern boundary Of the Ever
glades. This scheme was put on foot
by the Women's National Indian asso-
citation of Philadelphia, Of which Mrs
Quentin is president Prior to DR..
Chapin's coming this association sent
DIR. j. E. Brecht to open a school here,
and he did so, and white children were
allowed to attend it with the hope that
the Indians would follow their example.
But SO far they Rave evinced no inter
est whatever in the matter, and Dr..
Brecht hopes that by good treatment of
them and by perseverance he may in
duce the Indians to take advantage Of
the opportunity thus offered.
The Seminoles, Dr. Chaplin says, now
number about five hundred, with per-
haps two hundred, in cracker vernac-
ular, bucks" for they are warriors no
longer When Chief Osceola, or the
''Rising Sum-" went down the warlike
spirit Of the Seminole tribe was broken
forever Three conditions limit the In
crease of the race-their restricted
hunting ground, its malarial condition
and the law Of the tribe as
to marriage. This law for
bids the marriage of any two of the
tribe where there is the least known
blood relation, and it is as unalterable
as those Of the Modes and the Persians
In consec uence of this tribal ukase
boy Of eighteen years marry women Of
eighty or more. 1t often happens that
to marry at all they have no other
choice.
The dress Of the bucks Is buckskin
trousers and a turban made of as many
yards of red or yellow calico as they
can conveniently coil around their
bronze brows. The women confine
their dress almost exclusively to beads.
They all have an utter repugnance for
photographers, and their features can
be had on paper only by the use of a
kodak concealed from their sight.
They live in three-sided palmetto
''shacks," and they care neither to i'm
prove their minds nor to accumulate
worldly goods. Around the ALLEN
place" the guava and many other semi
tropical fruits grow wild in the woods,
and the very finest farming lands can
be bought for two dollars and fifty
cents per acre. Frost fell in this sec
ton last winter for the first time in
eyer thirty years, and the spring
drought exhausted the usually ample
supply of good water to such an extent
that DR.. Chaplin had to sink wells for |
the stock with water while |
en- route from here to the schoolhoxse |
site with lumber and machinery.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-14
STAINED sY llkcoLws BLOOD.
Valuable Piece OF silk IN = San Francisco
Won1za's PosseesioE.

Mrs Joseph W De Lano. Of this city.
Is the poSsessor OF a valuable piece n:
MORE silk, says the San Francisco
Chronicle lis value does not depend
upon It's size or the fact that il * ;iox-
cred white MORE, bat upon three or
four dark stains which II bears.
Miss Laura keeue once wore dress
oct Of which this piece q silk was cat
She was playing .. Forc's theater the
part Of florence Treucbard IN Oar
American Cousin on the night o. 4 pr:l
IA 1855. The great scene between Asa
Trenchard, played b. Harry Hawke,
and Florence was JUS. ove-, when shot
rang through the house. and almost izgl-
ssaeliiateiy 4tteTvard q man vas seen -
leap from the box occupied t5v 4 IRA fszEaa
Lincoln. Mrs Lincoln Fad trvo f-iersss
In the confusion sehsch iuuea a;e.
followed the assassination Mss keeue
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ran round the stage and up TO the box.
wearing the dress she had on as Flor
ence. just prior TO the removal of
President Lincoln his head rested a mo-
ment on Miss Keene's lap. and it was
then that the blood fell on the dress.
Miss Keene cut the stained portions
out of the dress, and on April II, three
days after the shooting and two days
after Lincoln died, gave Mrs De Lano
the piece she now has
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-14
Malicious.

An author reads his latest farce 20
the manager Of theater, who listens
author says: II wish to call your at
tertion to the fact that at this joke l
have written: Here the duke laughs
Manageable does, Ell? Lucky dukei
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-14
Rom California

The California capitol will be repre-
scented in miniature at the worlds fair
by an exhibition of pickles. The
twenty-five hundred pounds of raisins
in souvenir boxes. y playing fountain
of wine Will form feature Of the viii
cultural display. A rose tree twenty
four inches in circumference viii be one
of California's exhibits The woman
having the wild-hower display in charge
viii have as many as possible growing
and blooming around the California
building, and school children through
out the state have been enlisted in max
ing collections of native fora
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-14
rriurnpEa Of Invention.

MY wife isn't half Is cowardly as
she used to be-
she doesn't look under the bed,
then, az night?"
''Oh, no: we use . tolding-bed- -
Chicago News.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-14
MATT LAMAR


Several observant ladies have dis
covered that vegetarians have clear
compilations. and nave either re-
nounoed the use of meat entirely or
partake of it sparingly. Lady .Page.,
wife of the British ambassador TO the
Austrian court, is one of the recent con-
verts to vegetarianism.