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The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-02-04
sAcREp FISH.
a Strange Superstition OF the Moslems of
TrlpoIi.


A Strange Superstition OF the Moslems OF
TripoIi.
Near Tripoli the Moslems have erect
ed large, high building. with snow
white dome, near the pond and tree
known in occult literature as the Pond
and Tree CT the Sacred Fish, The
building itself has title equally as
high-souneing as the pond and the tree,
being known throughout northern
Africa as 'Ibe Palace of the Sacred
Fish" The fish, which are kept in a
clear pool in the rear of the building,
much resemble common dace or club,
but the old sheik who has charge of
them says that they are really the re-
animated souls of departed Moslems of
high renown. One, a large black fish,
the king of these piscatorial oddities, is
said TO seldom show himself, but the
othess may be seen in thousands. The
IL siieiiz, who must be of theosoph-
zeal turn OF mind. says that during the
criInean war many of the older fishes
Vent OF under the sea to Sebastopol to
light the l,ussians, and that hundreds of
rhe.n came back badly wounded The
people OF Tripoi believe that anyone
50 llGiscreet as to eat one of these fish
wonld Instantly die horrible death.
This superstition has beenIife for years.
As long ago as 1856 DR. Jessup, the
american consul at Tripoli, caught
'oRe OF them and cooked and ate them.
Ae pronounced them as coarse and I'M
'alatable food; otherwise nnharmful
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-02-04
Lie In the saI,arn

Exploration, is improving the popu-
Lar knowledge of the Sahara Instead
OF being largely below the sea, the
greater part Of it is from six thousand
70 eight thousand feet above that level:
instead OF being rainless, showers make
u bloom and cover it with green grass
Tor few weeks every year; large fiocks
ana nerds are maintained upon its Dor
uers; INC GASES are depressions where
water can be collected and stored, and
are ylllainously unhealthy in hot
weather because of this stagnant water
ana the filthy habits of the inhabitants;
iiles, scorpions and frightfully high tenn
perature are the principal drawbacks to
'Hayei or life in the great desert.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-02-04
THE MARRIED FLlRT.
Society Has the Power to Check Her
Dangerous Social Success.

soclety Has the Power to Check Her
Dangerous Social Success.
The RELOCATION of the married iirt to
her proper sphere and duties is beyond
the power of any single individual.
Society could make the necessary pro-
test, but it does not, for, ACCORDING 70
the North American Review. if society
is anything, it is mountaineering. 1t
looks well to it, that the outside. the
general public appearance of its mem
bers, is respectable; with faults not
found out it does not trouble itself A.
charge must be definitely made before
1t feels any necessity to take eognizance
of it; and society knows well that these
married sirens draw like magnets. Be
sides, each entertainer declares: Il am
not my sisters keeper, nor am l her in
qulsltor or confessor. If her husband
tolerates the pretty woman's vagaries
what right have ], what right has any
one, 10 say q word about her?n But Il |
is fact, that if society frowned on
wives who arrogate to themselves the
privilege both of young girls and wives. I
the custom would become stale and Of /
fensive. II it would cease to recognizo
young married women who are on the
terms with their husbands described bv
Millament in THE Way Of the World,
- as strange as il they had been mar
ried long time. and as well bred as If 7
they had never been married at all.v
young married women would behave
themselves better. 1t is generall0
thought that Mr.. Congreve wrote his
a ffrs<r trear- III Too H.. ]
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-02-04
EVERYDAY TRAGEDIES.
Quiet, Ordinary Life Furnishes More Trag-
edies Than War or Pestnenoe.

Quiet, Ordinary Life Furnishes More Trag-
edies Than War or Pestilenoe.
eThe tragic and the metaphysical are
in reality inseparable. Let us take a
familiar Illustration writes Walter
! Blackburn Harte in the New England
/ Magazine. The tragedy Of Baia-
clava charge is not in the roar of artil-
lery, the confused mass of wildly gal
Looping horses, laundering madly along,
Eunbridled or riderless, the cries and
clash of arms, the forms upright or
swaying in the saddle, the blare and
| din, sooty clouds and the fire and smell
of gunpowder. All this makes a fine
picture; but the tragedy lies in the mind
of each individual rider, who has rislzed
his divinity in this hideous insanity OF
war
TOO many writers seem to think that
tragedy consists solely of murders, acct
dents, suicide, flood, fire, slaughter, and
the rattle of musketry, These things
may be either the accomplishments, or
the causes of tragedy, it is true, but the
tragedy itself is Invariably in the minds
of the actors or onlookers. And there
are the tragedies Of quiet, ordinary life.
There is the tragedy of noble purposes
defeated. Tragedies are taking place
every day between actors who do not
move ont of their chairs. Every doctors
office, every lawyers sanctum, every
court of law-every house in large
city has been at some time the scene of
a tragedy. All houses wherein men
have lived and died are haunted houses.
"a man may live Q life filed with
tragedy and never go to the wars or get
shipwreeked; indeed, he may never
leave his study, his house, or his garden.
All this is, of course, obvious; but one
would not imagine it to be SO from
constant reading Of the criticisms on
the fiction which goes behind actions
and discovers souls"
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-02-04
A VVonderfuI Coincidonoe,

n remarkable story, if true, is told in
the jewelers. Weekly. a servant boy
was sent to town with a valuable ring.
He took it from les box to admire it, and
passing over bridge let it fall on q
muddy banll. Unable TO find it he ran
away went to sea, finally settled in q
colony, made a large fortune, came
back after many years and bought the
estate on which he had been a servant.
One day, while walking over his land
with a friend, he came 10 the bridge
and there told his story. 81 could
swear, ]" said he pushing his stick into
the mud, TO the very spot on which
the ring dropped" When he withdrew
his stick the ring was on the end of it.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-02-04
{ MOTIONS ABOUT KISSING.


81 Inc FAr y Ortn ana south,
The word sskiss' is Anglo-Saxon and
may, indeed, be taken as an instance of
how pleasant An lo-Saxon can be. The
philologist assures us that it is allied to
the Gothic 'kustus, proof, or test,
and to the Latin ssgustus,' taste,
which suggests the old saying that 'sthe
proof of the pudding is in the preein'
OF" That same Gothic kustus comes
from the verb kiusan, to choose, from
which the Boston Globe would imagine
that among the Gcths kissing went by
favor According to Prot. Skeat, writ
ing with all the austerity and scholar
ship of an expert, kiss is "a gust, a
taste, something choice" Rowena,
the beautiful daughter of Saxon Hen
gist, is credited with having intro
duced kissing into England, but it
seems as if that, had the natives been
SO utterly unenlightened, the Romans
could scarcely have failed to anticipate
her. The Romans had really delight
full word for a kiss -osculum, which
came from os, the mouth, and meant
little mouth, a sweet mouth. Give
me sweet little mouth would be the
phrase used when good little Roman
boy asked his mother for a kiss. Our
English word occurs pretty nearly in
its present form in Anglo-Saxon, Dutch,
Icelandic, Danish. Swedish and Ger
man. And this is worthy OF note, be-
cause, natural as kissing may seem to
be, it is practice unknown to the
Australians, to the Maoris of New
4 H. ~ r. ~ -.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-02-04
saved by Their cood Grin.

A thrilling incident occurred near st.
Clair, Pa, the other morning involving
the lives of two men, When the morn-
ing train from Shenandoah was APP
preaching the ninety-feet high trestle
Of the Pennsylvania railroad, q mile
above that place, alta high rate of speed
the engineer was Mortified at discover
ing two men ahead in the center Of the
structure. 1t was too late to stop the
train, and as there is but single track
and no sidewalk the engineer, after re-
versing his engine, closed his eyes to
shut out the sight Of two human beings
hurled into space. The train reached
the west side Of the trestle before it
stopped, when the two men, supposed
to have been thrown into the rayine be-
low, were seen walking alonsthe trest-
ling They escaped death by hanging
from the spans which the trains passed
1vpt-
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-02-04
Afraid Of . Big nIagnet.

We have heard of a bold and costly
undertaking which an eminent person
age, still living, projected in his youth,
says the Saturday Review. He caused
magnet to be built of such size and
power as had not yet been imagined. 1t
wag his intention to charge this gigan-
tic object without witnesses, so as to
enjoy the unparalleled result in selfish
solitude. Happily, great authority
called at the moment and received an
invitation to assist. When he saw the
preparations his face paled. Neither
he nor anyone else could foreten what
would happen if that twenty-foot mag
net were set to work; but it was prob
able, at least that the house would fall.
The thing still remains unchanged, or
did few years ago.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-02-04
COLOR BLINDNESS IN ENGLAND.
Criminal Negligence in the Examination
of Railroad Employees.

Vi 4.AiArodu 1sinployes.
The number of persons employed in
working the railways of the United
Kingdom is about four hundred thou
sand. Railway employees generally be-
long to class with a very high per-
eentage of color blind, and it NAV.
therefore, be assumed that some sixteen
thousand of that number would have q
detective color vision. If properly ex-
amined, says London Truth, they would
be excluded from positions in which
color blindness is a source of great dan
ger to life and property. AS it is, a con
siderable portion of them remain in
active service. Putting it at a very low
estimate, there must be at least four
thousand men employed on railways
who cannot distinguish between red
and green signals. In other words, at
least one out Of every hundred engine
drivers, fremen, pointsmen, shutters
and Others directly connected with the
passenger service is unfit for the work
ne has to perform. 1t is earnestly to be
hoped that uniform, reliable test will
soon be introduced.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-09-13

Georgia Terrell, County.
The undersigned, as Guardian for
her tour minor childrea to. wit:
Cooper, Corley, Lucretia aud Mary
L. Cults, hereby gives notice that
she will, on Saturday, the 9TH day
of October next, apply to the Judge
OF the Superior court of the Pataula
circuit, at his office in Dawson, Ga,
for an order to allow AID authorize
her as such Guardian tn sell and re>
invest the undivided interest Of said
minors, in As acres OF land, more or
less, the same being the west OF
lot of land No. 249 in the 18th dis
trict of said county OF Terrell, except
ten acres heretofore sold off Of the
west part OF said west 18Th. Said sale
to be made for the purpose OF REM
vesting in otEer real estate.
Mrs. NANCY A. CUTTs, Guardian.
Sept. 4. 1898.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-09-13
a TRIBUTE TO JUDGE cRrGGs.

The Bar and Citizens of Forsyth Pass Res
olutisns Appreciative of Ills Services.
At meeting of the bar held at Cum
ming Friday Colonel G. D. Phillips was
elected to the presidency AID w. L. Bell
was elected secretary. The following
resolutions were adopted, in which citi-
zens were requested to participates:
Whereas, The Hon. James NJ. Griggs,
judge of the Pataula circuit. having pre-
sided at the present term of Forsyth SUI
perior court, and we, the members of the
bar of the Blue Ridge circuit, practicing
in said court, and the citizens of Forsyth
county, desiring to give some expression
to our sentiments of esteem for and high
appreciation of him as judge, therefore
unanimously
Resolved 1. That we congratulate his
excellency, Governor w. j. Northern,
upon the wisdom of his selection in APP
pointing Judge Griggs member of
Georgia's judiciary and heartily endorse
the appointment.
Resolved 2. That by his dignified
bearing, urbane manners and the
p romptness and correctness of his rul-
ings Judge Griggs has Demonstrated his
entire fitness for the high position he
holds.
''Resolved 3. That our intercours g
with him during the present term OF the
count has been of the most pleasant
character and that he has an exalted
place in our esteem and confidence.
Resolved 4. That his election by the
present Legislature to the position to
which he was recently appointed would
guarantee to the public service an ficer
who would reflect credit upon himself
and shed lustre upon the judicial er-
mine.
''Rosolved 5. That copy of these res
olutions be furnished Judge Griggs with
our best wishes for his prosperity and
happiness"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-09-13
A NARROW ESCAPE!
How it HAPPENED.

The following remarkable event in q lady's
life will interestthe reader: For long time 1
had a terrible pain at my heart. which fiut-
tered almost necessarily. | had no appetite
and could not sleep. / would be compelled
to sit up in bed and belch gas from my stOm-
ach until thought every minute would be
my last There was q feeling of oppression
about my heart, and was afraid to draw a
full breath. I couldn't sweep room with
out sitting down and resting; but, thank
sod by the help of New Heart Cure all that
s past and / feel like another woman. Be-
t0Ie using the New Heart Cure l had taken
ti6erent so-called remedies and been treated
~ doctors without any benefit until | was
Goth discouraged and disgusted. My husband
fought me a bottle of DIR. Miles New Heart
Cure, and am happy to say never regretted
it, as l now have splendid appetite and
sleep we'll. weighed 125 pounds when ] be-
gan taking the remedy, and now weigh 1902
Its effect in my case has been truly marvel
GUS. 1t far slrpasses any other medicine L
have ever taken or any benefit | ever re-
ceived from physicians. Mrs. Harry Starr,
Pottsville, Pa, October IL, 1892.
DR., Miles New Heart Cure is sold on a posi-
tive guarantee By al druggists, or by the DIR:
Miles MediCa Co. EIkhart Ind, on receipt OF
price, 81 per bottle, six bottles S., expre1 pre-
paid; This great discovery by an eminent
o opfiStsiiG nos u.s4e.a GA Ills H04'4'''
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-09-13
A Million Friends.

A friend in need is friend indeed, and
not less than one million people have
found just such frie@d in DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs,
and Colds.-If you have never used this
Great Cough Medicine, one trial will
convince you that 1t has wonderful cura-
tive powers in all diseases of Throat,
Chest and Lungs. Each bottle is guar
anteed to do all that is claimed or money
will be refunded. Trial bottles free a.
Sale-Davis Drug store. Large bottles SOC
and $1.00.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-09-13
For Leave to Sell.

GEORGIA. Terrell county.
Ordinary's Office, Sept. 4Lh, 1893,
j. M. McLeAdon, administrator OF
the estate of Mrs. N. Dennard. has
applied tor leave to sell the land Of said
deceased. rhis is, therefore, to notify
all concerned to file their objections.
if any they have, on or before the first
Monday in October next, else leave
will then be granted said applicant
]. ". ROBERTS. Ordinary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-09-13
Good Shoes.

-, UOOu ShOess
w. Whitchard & Co. are sole agents
VI The celebrated Harper Black Shoes.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-09-13
GOSSIP FROM BRoNwooD
AN interesting account of the Festival.
sOther Matters.

Au interesting account of the Festival.
sOther Matters.
The festival in behalf of the band was
a financial success. About 500 were re-
allied. The weather was inclement. but
the attendance was larger than on any
tolm er occasion. Had such crowd been
anticipated more eatables would baye
been prepared and the funds realized lar
er. The feature of the occasion was the
voting of handsome cake to the sweet
est and most winning girl of Brentwood.
several charming girls were selected.
bus The contest was between Misses Ma
ME Derrick and LucileChappell. The
former received one hundred and thirty
six votes and the latter three hundred
and five. Right prettlly does the winner
wear her hHnors. The cake brought $40.
Both the warehouses here are doing
good business, and the gins in and about
BronwoOd are steadily employed.
The new postofice building is nearly
completed. When finished it will be a
real nice building.
Miss Mollie Gardner has gone to Cuth-
bert as assistant matron in Andrew Col
lege.
Professor j. H. Griffin has returned
and began school.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-09-13
Current Items. 4

The cry of the anarchists is dread,
blood or beer,' especially beeT.j
Democratic postmasters for Georgia
will come with the millennium, no doubt.
1t is said that three-fourths of the
worlds fair patronage is coming from
the south. Twas ever thus.
And now Ohio claims the proud dis
tinction of sending man to the pen ten
diary for life for stealing three chickens.
Ii t1ey were frying size and fat we don't
blame Ohio.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-09-13
soyDlBY-
Citation.

Farrar ~ FarraE
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-09-13
A Woman,s PRAYER

Excise Commissioner Wells, of Cum
berland county, New Jersey, died the
the other day Immediately after stroke
of paralysis.
Back of this lies singular story. at
seems that the members of the Women 5
Christian Temperance Union had been
praying that the commissioners would
not issue any more liquor license. One
woman prayed that God would:paralyze
and remove them before they granted
another licens,s. The next day at re-
yival the woman repeated the prayer.
Last Saturday Mr.. Wells was found in
his Office paralyzed. He died few
hours later.
The woman whose prayer was appar-
emily answered in this startling way is
said to be Mortified and full of regrets.
The pc pie ale said to be greatly excit-
ed and the commissioners are undecided
about granting licenses.
The affair will doubtless 8be nine
days wonder, bat the people of Cumber-
land county, New Jersey, must be be-
nighted set if they believe shat the AL
mighty paralyz5d and killed Commits
sioner Wells in answer to wicked wo-
mans prayer.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-09-13
A Good Thing to Keep at Hand.

From the Troy (Kansas) Chief.
Some years ago we were very much
subject to severe spes of cholera NOR
bus; and now when we feel any Of the
symptoms that usuay precede that all
ment, such as sickness at the stomach,
dialrhoa, etc.. we become scary. We
have found Chamberlain Collie, Chol-
era, Diarrh0a Remedy the very thing to
straighten one OUT in such cases, and al
ways keep it about. We are not writing
this for pay testimonial, but to let our
readers know what is a good thing to
keep handy in the house. For sale by
Farrar & Farrrr.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-09-13

Ripans Tab lies cure biliousness.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-09-13
Deafness CANNOT Be Cured

oy local applications as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
Ihere.is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an infamed condl'
ton of the mucous lining OF the Eus-
Iachian Tube. When this tube is in
named you have a rumbling sound OF
imperfect hearing, and when it is entire
" closed, Deafness is the result, and I'M
less the inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing win be destroyed
forever; niue cases out of ten are caused
w catarrh, which is nothing but an in
named condition of the mucous sur
faces
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case Of Deafness (caused by catarrh)
tlat cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
cure Send for circulars; fee.
F. J. CHENEY & co, Toledo, O.
. Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-09-13
Shoe shop.

Having employed first-class work.
man am prepared to make all kinds OF
fine shoes on short notice in the neatest
styIe. Repairing neatly and promptly
done, All work guaranteed. Shop over
sale. Davis Drug Company's store on
Lee street. e. Il. OiAO 00'
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-09-13
YANKEES COMING.
nvrTyE EXCURSIONS TO BE RUN TO
DAWSON,

40 First to Come in November--The Re-
.,,lt of a Meeting Held Wednesday AT.
ternoon to Discuss immigration.
once a month for the next twelve
months northern and western excursion
;s,s will visit Dawson.
In response to a call made by Mayor
]. Baldwin and President of the
BOARD of Trade j. W. F. Lowrey, a good
number of the business men of Dawson
met in the superior court room Wednes-
day afternoon to hear Mr.. c. R. Camp,
who is connected with the immigration
department of the Central railroad,
discuss that very important subject.
Uupon motion of Judge Griggs, Hon.
6 K. Christie vas elected chairman of
the meeting, and E. L. Rainey was chos-
en- secretary.
The object of the meeting was stated
TO be the consideration of the best means
to be employed to induce immigrants
the small and thrifty farmers of moderate
means-to come here from the north and
buy homes and hetp develop our section.
Mr.. Camp, who has been organizing
excursions of this character for the past
seventeen years, made some very inter
esting remark upon the subject. He
was connected with The immigration de-
partment of a Kansas road for nine
years, and organized frequent excursions,
numbering from 81 to 800 people each, to
that state. During that time the popu,
lation of the five Kansas counties through
which the ad ran Increased So, 900 and
54S.G91 acres Of idle land were put in
cultivation. The value of the taxable
property of these counties increased in
that time s., 432,298.
Mr.. Camp spoke enthusiastically of the
advantages OF this section Of Georgia
its soil, climate, etc.-dnd said that
thew only had to be made known to in
duce many thrifty settlers here He is
under. contract with the Central road to
bring twelve excursions parties into the
state, one each month for the next year.
The first of these excursions viii leave
the state of New York on the first Mon
day in November, and will be composed
Of representative people who are seeking
cheap lands and mild cllmate. @
They will reach Dawson about the
middle of the month, and will remain
here two days seeing what we have to
offer them. The other towns that they
will visit in southwest Georgia are Ma
con Americus, Albany and Cuthbert.
The agreement between Mr.. Camp and
the railroad is that two days SHALL be
spent by the excursionlsts in all OF these
town on each of the twelve trips south.
A number OF subscribers were secured
to Mi Camps paper, the Emigrants'
Guide, each issue of which will contain
an article about Dawson ami the sur
rounding country for the next twelve
months. Nj. Camp remained here and
in the country until Saturday gathering
facts for these articles. The paper cir
culates BY the thousands among the PEG
pie who campose these excursions.
The 4xcursionists will find here sec
ton of country that can hardly be
eqaalled, never surpassed, by any on the
face Of the globe.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-09-13
Erosh Groceries.

I have a nice line of fresh groceries
which I will sell cheap for the cash.
can afford to Sc cheaper than anybody,
as have no rent to pay, no clerk to pay,
no license to pay. My store is just cut
side of corporate limits and beyond the
Central depot. j. III. dofL'
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-09-13

J. II. Davis is selling goods in keep
inc with the low prices OF cotton.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-09-13
Both Ways.

From the Philadelphia Press.
All the worlds stage and the num-
erons doctors merely ushers-b both ways