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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-04-24
RIINCOED THE OFFICERS.
st1rK NEGRO ARRESTED BY
CHIEF SAVAGE.

~, worked His Game the Length of
the Columbus Southern Railroad.
how He Did 1t.
dnsky Ethiopian who has been work
h;s "6nnco'' game ON sheriffs and po-
, ,ns by promising to tell the wherea-
,S.ts Of an escaped convict for small
w. w., If money, came to grief in Dawson
the other day.
w mho nnoro's name is John Hanes, and
= for weeks he had played his scheme
'I,rorIv the length of the Columbus
ca,tbarn road. the officers here even fall
ing into his trap
gapes, who is himself an escaped con-
rict knows a great many negroes who
carved time with him, and can give
..markably accurate descriptions of
Them, some of whom have served their
.ontonces while few have escaped. 1t
ros for information locating supposed
oscapes that Hanes would receive money
from officers and suddenly disappear, Or
oIse fail to find the mythical. convict
when the officers went to capture him.
Hanes was accompanied by second
NEGRO who, it seems, was used as a
tool-the mythical convict of the story
By combination of circumstances
unexpected by Hanes the supposed es-
caped convict was captured by Mr..
Mr., Jones of Parrott, whom Hanes had
utouched.' The negro arrested was
named Williams, and it was thought
that he really was an escaped
convict. CAPTAIN English, of the Chat
boochee Brick Co., was wired to and he
repled that Williams had served his
sentence and been regularly discharged.
Mr.. Jones then had warrant issued
for Hanes, and he was arrested the same
day by Chief Savage and placed in Jail
He will answer to the charge of Oh
tanning money under faiseipretenses.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-04-24
A MONsTRosITY, OR WHAT
The Missing Link May BE Over in Doueb-
ertJ County.

'J county,
From the Alb my Herald.
There was born. about two weeks aco.
on the plantation of Mr.. H. A. Ramsey
In east Dougherty, negro baby bow
whose facial deformities NAV character.
lze 1t as most remarkable monstl osity.
The mother of the schild is only about
10 years old, and she and her relatives
have, since the child's birth, kept it Sc
creted In the house, allowing only a few
confidential friends to see it. This. of
course, led to talk among the other ne
groes on the place, which, few days
ago, attracted Mr.. Ralnsey's attention
and he determined to see what the baby
looked like.
Mr.. Ramsy accOsted the mother of the
child and was lmost emphatically denied
the privilege of seeing it. Finally, how
ever, Mr.. Ramsey gained admission, and
witnessed one of the most remarkable
human freaks that he had eyer heard of.
There lay before him tiny piccaninny
that resembled almost anything. 1t had
protruding builfrog eyes, receding fore
head, pig-like nose with only one nostril,
two mouths and cheek bones that look
ed like butt-head cow
Other than the above deformities the
child is natural and we'll developed. 1t
has quit nursing and is being nurtured
on a bottle of milk and sugar teat.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-04-24
LINES TO A SKELETON.

Behold this ruin! Twas a skull
Once of h ,real spirit full.
This narrow cell was life's retreat,
This space was thoughts mysterious seat,
What beauteous visions filled this spot;
What dreams of pleasure long forgot!
Nor Hope, nor Love, nor Joy, nor Fear,
Have left one trace of record here.
Beneath this mouldering canopy
Once shown the bright and busy eye;
But start not at the dismal void
If social love that eye employed,
If with no lawless fire it cleaned,
But thro' the dews of kindness beamed,
That eye shall be forever bright,
When stars and sun are sunk in night.
Within this hollow cavern hung
The ready, swift and tuneful tongue;
If falsehood's honey it disdained,
And when it could not praise was chained
If bold in virtues cause it spoke,
Yet gentle concords never broke,
This silent tongue shall plead for thee
When Time unveils Eternity
Say, did those fingers delve the mine?
Or " it'll its envied rubies shine?
To hew the rock or wear the gem
Can little now avail to them.
But if the page of truth they sought,
Or comfort to the mourner brought,
These hands richer need shall claim
Than all that wait on Wealth or Fame.
Avails l.. whether bare or shod,
These feet the path of duty trod?
IF from the bows of ease they fed
To seek Affections humble shed;
If grandeur's guilty bride they spurned,
And home to virtues cot returned,
These feet with angels wings shall vie
And tread the palace of the sky.
Anonymous.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-04-24
AHousehold Treasure.

D. w. Fuller, lof Canajohane, N. Y.
says that he always keeps DR.. Kings
New Discovery in the.houseland his fam
lily has always found the very best results
follow it's use; that he would not be
without it, if procurable. G. A. Dyke
man, Druggists, Catskill, n. Y, says that
DR.. Kings New Discovery is undoubted-
ly the best Cough remedy; that he has
used 1t in his family for eight years, and
it has never failed to do all that is claim
ed for it. Why not try a remedy so long
tried and tested. Trial bottle freeat Sale
Davis Drug Co.'S. Regular size soc. and
$1.O0.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-04-24

mad Worked His Game the Length of
the Columbus Southern Railroad
how He Did 1t,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-04-24
BOUGHT LANDS IN GEORGIA.

And WIN Settle Jan Indiana Colony Here
shortly.
One of the largest land deals ever made
in this part of Georgia was comsumat-
ed day or two since, and involves the
purchase of large bodies of timbered
and farming lands IN Wilcox and Mont
gomery counties along the line of the S.
A. & NJ. railroad.
TheSpurchasers are Indianians, and it
is proposed to settle large colony from
that state there at any early date. The
purchase includes several thousand acres
in the aggregate.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-04-24
The Doctor Will Stay.

dentist who has a very lucrative
p'acuce in large city desires to locate
III lawson, and has offered to exchange
businesses with DR.. T. Fl. Thurmond.
d. Ihurmond is we'll satisfied with
b p""Son and his fiourishing business
pete' and his friends will be glad to
t Huo" That he has no idea of accepting
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-04-24
Ehe Value of a Package.

r. Inc contents of 25-cent package of
'nnons Liver Regulator will cure many
. DICK Headache It's the woman's
9. "It cured me permanently of
M sUA headache."-C. ,. Morris, Brown
nc W. Va Take it dry on the tongue,
OF make tea.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-04-24
EATEN BY AN ALLIGATOR.
Fate of Negro Baby Down IN Baker
County.

A report comes from 'Hoggard's Mill,
in Baker county, that the r, mains of a
new born negro child were taken from
an alligator captured in Notchaway
creek few days ago.
The supposition is that the mother
threw the baby in the creek to conceal
it's identity and it was afterwards found
by zone of the huge suarians which are
SO numerous in that section.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-04-24
A DEBATING SOCIETY.
Oratory and Debate Hold Hign Sway Near
the City.

'UTatOTY anu DtDaT6 HUH LIE q SWdy N5dI
the City.
A number of young men living in the
vicinity of Planters Academy, just be-
yond the corporate limits of the city,
has organized a debating society, which
meets every Tuesday night.
These debates are very interesting
and instructive, and the public has an
earnest invitation to attend the meet
ings.
Every Sunday afternoon a union Sun
day school meeting is held at the same
place, and there is large attendance of
young people.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-04-24
Waiting for Divine Revelation.

For matter of some forty years there
have been vacancies in the governing
board of tie Mormon church. These va
cancies cannot be filled except by direc-
ton from the other world through divine
revelation. A revelation that would set
things strai ght has been expected by the
masses of the church at each succeeding
annual conference during all those years.
A conference is now going on, and day
after day goes by without revelation
or anything suggesting one. The saints
are at last getting little weary and
suspicious.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-04-24

Our better halves say they could not
keep house without Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. 1t is used in more than
kalf the homes in Leeds. SIMS Bros,
Leeds, Iowa. This shows the esteem in
which that remedy is held where it has
been sold for years and is we'll known.
Mothers have learned that there is moth
ing so good for colds, Group and whoop
ing cough, that it cures these ailments
quickly and permanently, and that it is
pleasant and safe for children to take.
25 and SO cent bottles for sale by Farrar
& Farrar
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-04-24

Ranoa's Keller cures sick Headache.
Neuralgia, Cramps. Cholera MOrbus,
piarrhoea, sc. 2sc for large bottle.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-10-18
Bachelor Man Whitcher.

In the earlier days Of the fame of the
poet Whittier, when already his name was
widely known and honored, but did not
yet command the almost universal recog-
milton it had won in his old age, a visitor
to Amesbury occasionally had difficulty in
finding where he lived. His house was in
an out of the way part of the town, and
his name-pronounced by the country folk
In two syllables instead Of three-was not
uncommon In the neighborhood.
1t Is related that one admirer after
much search and many failures, made in
9uiries Of a rural gentleman Of venerable
appearance, who seemed to take a kindly
interest in satisfying the querist, but sug-
gested successfully the dwellings of several
Whittiers, who proved on further descrip-
ton not to be- the one.
At length the old fellow remembered
with sudden enlightenment that there was
one Whittier more, and slapping his thigh
he drawled with deliberate triumph:
CHOW I've got him, sure. You mean
that old bachelor man that lives with an
old maid sister daown by the mills-he's a
Whitcher too"
And this "Whitcher, " a dospised bach
elor and an afterthought, was indeed the
right one.-Youth's Companion.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-10-18
The Gull and the Eel.

We had a gull, d tame gull, with clipped
wings, who would feed on fish if we would
give him any; failing fish, on raw meat;
failing raw meat, on worms and insects,
and failing these, on anything, including
sparrows. It was the most fascinating en-
tertainment to give him an eel, for he
would toss the eel about several ways un
til it came to the position most suitable
for swallowing, when he would swallow
1t. But the eel, not yet defeated, would
often wriggle up in his gullet again, and
this process would be repeated many a
time. So if swallowing be a delight the
pleasure which our gull derived from the
process must nave been manifold. Even
tually the eel would weary Of the vain
ascent of the gull's gullet and consent to
remain in contact with the juices Of diges-
ton. Nature is a queer mother to her
children.
One never knows how much the state of
domesticity affects creatures that ought to
be wild. In the natural state perhaps one
swallowing would have been enough for
the gull and for the eel. He was a her
ring gull, and it was not until his fifth
year that he arrived at the full dignity Of
his white and pearly plumage. Before
that he was always dressed in some of the
dingy, dusky feathers of infancy. Yet in
their wild state these gulls are said to ar
rive at the adult plunlage before the fifth
Observation-Disclosures Magazine.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-10-18
A HORRIBLE BURIAL CUSTOM.
The Most Renulsive Method Known oi
DispOsing of the Dead.

III C~hing-che-Li, one of the most north.
ern districts of Tibet. a burial custom ex-
lists which writers on such subjects say is
the most repulsive mannc of disposing of
the dead that is known to be practiced by
any civilized or savage tribe in existence.
The dying person is never permitted to
pass away naturally, but is dispatched
with sacred club kept for that purpose
as soon as he OF she is announced as being
beyond all hope of recovery. The corpse
Is Immediately stripped and painted-red
in the case Of males, yellow if a female
and the head drawn down between the
knees and firmly bound in that position.
Next the corpse is carried to a corner OF
the room, where it is allowed to remain
until the first night of the new moon, no
odds if that date should be a full four
weeks from the day of death. AS soon as
the new moon is seen in the west the
corpse is removed from the corner with
much ceremony and suspended in a raw
hide bag from one Of the r~afters, or from
a "corpse hook" in the ceiling. After
hanging thus suspended for seven days
and nights the remains are taken down
and sent to the "corpse CUTTER" a sort of
governmental undertaken" This impor-
tant individual ties the body to a post and
removes the decaying flesh, which is fed to
the countless swarms Of wolves and wild
dogs which infest that portion Of the
orient.
After the flesh has all been carefully re-
moved the bones are macerated in lime
water and then pounded into a jelly in a
mortar specially kept for that purpose.
This horrid mass is then mixed with bits
Of refuse meat, grain, flour and vegetables
and fed to the dogs, hogs and vultures. In
case the subject has lived past a certain
lilnit-this standard varies among differ
ent tribes-the skull is not consigned to
the bone mortar, but is carefully dried
and worked up into sacred buttons and
"charm disks. Finger and wrist bones,
as well as teeth and nails, may also be re-
served in special cases, in which event
they are invariably made into necklaces,
armlets and anklets and worn by sorrow
ing friends or relatives.-St. Louis Repub-
To ..
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-10-18
Historical Anecdotes.

"Would to God that night or Butcher
would come!' exclaimed the Duke Of We'll
lington as his anxious eye surveyed the
dark masses of Napoleon's forces.
"Night will be here in 8 hours and II
minutes, your grace" said his chief of
staff, consulting his watch.
"Oh, I amt so particular about night
responded the iron duke.
Cali is lost save honor" exclaimed
Francis I as he looked upon his defeated
army.
"How about honor?" asked a sorrowing
oourtier.
ooh, we didn't have any of that"
"Soldiers," exclaimed Napoleon, 40
centuries look down on you from the pyrs-
mids!"
sob, they look down on us, do thcys''
asked Murat. "Well, I should think 40
centuries on top of the pyramids would
feel stuck up"
"Stuck up!' said the little Corsican.
"They are out Of s.ght!'
"Gentlemen of the English guards, fire
first" shouted the French guards at Fon-
tenoy as they ensconccd themselves behind
a brick wall.-Boston Transcript.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-10-18
Father BonOmi's imprisonment,

Father Bononi relates the following
about his Imprisonment together with Fa-
Their R~ossignoli: "When we were taken
prisoners and conveyed to El-Obeid, our
clothes were torn from lis, leaving us only
a few rags. Our crucifixes and crosses
were also taken, as they seemed to be of
some material value. When we appeared
before the mahdi, he exhorted us to en-
brace Mohalnmedanism, and when we re-
fused he exclaimed, We'll, then, tomorrow
we will behead you The next day we
were surrounded by an army of soldiers,
perhaps 40, 600. We expected to be execut-
ed Immediately, but the mahdi ordered the
execution to be put off indefinitely. After
this we were no more molested, not even
put in irons, but we had hardly any means
Of living. Sometimes we dined al the
mahdi S table, which was very scanty. A
dish contained q curious mixture from
which each took with his fingers the por-
ton he liked. London News.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-10-18
ABOUT EDITOR STOREY.

How His Raids on the Newspaper Work
ers Were Checked.
Wilbur Storey, though a great editor,
never had fame for good hulnor,. and as he
grew old he grew irritable. Little things
worried him; small matters made him
furious. If some mistakes shone forth in
any fashion of bad, ragged work in the
Chicago Times Storey was liable to in.
quire the criminal out and deal with him.
There cam a time in his life when his
dismissal from the service of his paper
averaged four a week, good men too.
James B.. Runnion, now editor in chief of
the Kansas City Star, was then managing
editor of Wilbur Storey's Times. To pre-
serve his force from the devastating swoops
of Storey's irritability something had to
be done.
Runnion studied the situation long and
hard. He noticed that after Storey had
discharged q man he appeared to expert
enc great relief and would get along in
peace and comparative quietude for a
time. The record showed that Storey never
fred more than one man d day.
If Runnion could only provide the right
sort Of a victim every day, all would be
we'll. A bright idea struck Runnion. He
had a splendid, competent boy in the elo-
vator. He removed that competent youth
10 another field and hired another boy, the
worst that he could find.
The boy knew nothing of an elevator
and did everything wrong. The first time
Storey got into the elevator with the
worthless boy he started the machine too
soon and almost caught the great editor in
the door frame. Had he succeeded it would
have ended Storey's career. Upon arrival
ut the top floor Storey ordered the danger
Gus youth discharged. 1t was done, and
the old elevator boy was sent back until a
fresh victim could be brought in.
The next morning a new and clumsy
elevator boy was discovered by Storey and
promptly told to go. The morning fol-
lowing Runnion fed the great editor an
other. Now and then a boy would last
two days, but the rule was five a week.
Storey would immediate a quintet of ele-
vator boys each week, and with that he
would rest content. 1t was a good thing
and kept him off the regular force and re-
stored tranquility among the hired men.
But it was a bit rough on the boys
Washington Star.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-10-18
WILD FLOWERS OF THE MOUNTAINS.
Their Mysterious Growth In Scant Earth
Among the Cliffs.

Their Mysterious Growth In Scant Earth
Among the Cliffs.
Those who toll up the slopes of the Blue
Ridge are often surprised at the wealth of
floral luxuriance to be found in bare and
desolate places. The upland pastures and
high cliff sides are starred with golden
elecampane and wild rhododendrons, with
great, snowy blossoms of violet purple,
making gorgeous patches among the gray
rocks. Red and white asters crowd In
narrow creviccs and border broad bands of
gay ribbons close upon the snow line.
Everywhere arc brilliancy IL beauty.
In these lonely haunts nature paints her
richest colors, II the only things needful
to give a touch of life and movement are
the mountain butterflies. Limitless in
hue and species, the gaudy foragers sip
their dainty meals from u hundred up
turned cups The blossoms feed the but
terflies and give honey to the frugal wild
bee, blu what feeds the flowers is n mys-
terry, or would be if We did not know that
there is sustenance in the rarefied air as
we'll as in the earth. The tiniest fissure in
the craggy rocks will hold II seed vessel
n hide tho flower root while the sun
and rain Il air mature the plant to full
perfection. Nor arc the children of Flora
freshened by the dew, for in our high al
titude, owing to continuous night winds
and peculiar climatic influences, dew never
falls-if indeed it "falls" anywhere.
There is another mystery of flowers. No
n has yet been able to analyzc or DEM
0nstrate tho essential action of perfume.
Gas can be weighed, but not scent. The
smallest known insect that lives in the
heart of a rose can be caught by a micro
scope lens and made to give up the secret
of it's organization, but what it is that the
warm summer brings us from the wild
flowers of the hillside or watts to us from
the choice exotics of the dollhouse no man
has been able to determine. So fine, so
subtle, so imponderable, it eludes weights
and measures.
Are flowers sensitive, and does it chill
them to lie near unto the heart that has
no love for them? 1t is q peculiar fact
that some wome kill flowers within 20
minutes after they are pinned to the cor
sage. Others will wear them for hours,
and they will look as fresh as when first
STANDARDIZATION (Va.) Letter to Rich.
mond Dispatch.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-10-18
OLD FASHIONED "FREIGHT."
A Human Being Shipped and Billed as So
Much Merchandise.

A Human Being Shipped and Billed as So
Much Merchandise.
The ocean III of the old days was
. formal and solemn thing, accompanied
by many documents and much red tape
and carried on with constant pious refer
ence to the power which rules the winds
n waves. Sometimes the old bills of
lading have a queer look, when the char
acter of the merchandise itself is taken
into consideration, for the vessels which
carried rum to Africa and brought back
slaves were not less punctilious in all these
formal regards thar others. The United
States consul at Funchal, Madeira, has
lately been looking over some old bills of
lading, issued in Madeira in the last CEN
fury, and in a report to the state depart
ment at Washington gives a facsimile of
one of them. He also gives a copy of an
other, which is dated in Madeira, Sept.
II, 1861, and which is significant of old
time customs. 1t is as follows:
"SHIPPED, by the Grace of God, in
good order II well-condition'd by New
ton g. Gordon in II upon the ship called
the Fame, whereof is master, under God,
for this present Voyage, Viner Leaycraft,
AND now riding at Anchor in the road of
Funchal and by Gods grace bound for
New York-to say:
Zone negro named York, consigned to
VIM Thos Newton, Merchant in New York,
being mark'd and Numbered as in the
Margin Ga negro Man named York; and to
be delivered in tho like good Order and
we'll Conditional, at the aforesaid Port of
New York (the Danger Of the Seas only
excepted) unto the said Wm. Thomas New
ton or to his Assigns, he or they paying
Freight for the said goods with Primage
and Average ACCUSTOMED.
sin witness whereof the Master or Purs-
or of the said Ship hath affirmed to three
Bills Of Lading, all of this Tenor and
Date; the one of which three Bills being
accomplished, the other two to stand void.
"And SO God send the good Ship to her
desir'd Port in Safety. Amen.
"Dated in Madeira II September 1861.
"VINER LEAYCRAFT."
In transmitting this copy the consul at
F%unchal, Mr.. Healy, says, "The people of
the United States and Madeira alike are
more than pleased that we no longer i'm
port such goods from this i~sland."-
Youths Companion.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-10-18
TO THE BLUE GENTlAN.

Unfold, o faircst flower, and share
The benediction of this air
That softly tlowcth everywhere,
And blesseth most the things most fair!
Twice welcome flowers When flowers grow
few;
Thrice welcome, thou, of heavenly hue
The rarest, tenderest shade of blue
That earth's dear bosom ever knew!
The goldenrod resigns his plume,
And all frail beauty seeks a tomb,
Bequeathing thee more ample room
Wherein to set thy fairer bloom.
Unfold, thy gentle right to claim,
o flower of softest tint and name!
Thy bashfulness delays like shame,
Yet lovelier makes thy lovely fame.
To exile only half resigned,
Her locks with violet memories twined,
Departing summer turns to find
How fair a thing she leaves behind.
And since the summer henceward flies,
Thou, darling of these lonely skies,
The dearcr art to human eyes,
Unfolding as a sweet surprised
New York Ledger.