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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1896-01-13

Accordiucly they gave him name,
Iuhligin Nyana. by which he was known
among them thereafter, bat MADDEN was
not hest pleased when he found that the
meaning Of these soft sounding syllables
WINS "Elack Heart" That was how the
iryan=a had addressed him, only she used
different words.
An hour later and they were in the
swanpv bush country that lay behind the
cncarnptnent searching for their game
Within a very little while Nahoon held up
his hand then pointed to the ground.
MADDEN looked there. pressed deep in the
marshy soil and 90 all appearance not ten
minutes cid. wss the spoor of n small herd
OF buffalo
II knew that We should find zane today"
whispered Nahoon. because the Bee said
so"
curse the Bee" answered MADDEN below
his breath. Come ON"
For quarter OF an hour or more they
followed the spoor through thick reeds.
i'm suddenly Eahoon whisded very softly
and touched fiadden's ann. TIE looked up,
@u1 there. about three hundred yards away,
feeding on some higher ground Among
patch 81 mimosa trees. were THE huffaioes.
Sis 81 them, an old bun wita splendid
about four months old. Neither the wind
nor che nature Of tho vclct were favorable
for them TO stalk the game from their
present posluCn So they made a detour
OF half % mile and very carefully crept
toward them mn the wind, slipping from
sruul. 90 trunk Of the miwosas, and when
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1896-01-13

certain. however, that some of them would
fight their way past and steam on up the
lower bay; it is Impossible that rtron-,
naval attack by an English fleet could be
held in check by the Sandy Hook dcfcnses
which, in addition to the two big guns
with their admirable slIn-lift include only
battery Of mortars. valuable ads when
it comes to firing upon ships at anchor.
but otherwise little 20 he trus ed.
once past Sandy Hook, the British war
ships would steam on cautiously towards
the Narrows. keeping a keen lookout for
torpedocs and at night sweeping the waters
with their search lights. Much confidence
has been placed in The torpedoes or sub
marine mines which would be laid thickly.
no doubt, through the NarroVs and in the
waters leading to them. Very admirable.
is tine system that has been devised by the
American engineer corps for distributing
these torpedoes and for exploding them
with such precision that the shock VIII
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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1896-01-13
PRICE FIVE CENTS

gone mad over the navy. or rather has
peen spending money freely for warships
Wtile ncgiecting its coast defeascs. IL
Sandy Hook ana the Narrows were proper
~ fortified with batteries OF .0-iuch. Finch
or lt-iuch guns on DISAPPEARING carriages
y would De practically impossible for at
taChlnS WarshIps TO get near enough 20
ne" YORK 20 90 serious damage. III would
not he absolutely impossible for them 10
90 So for Of course. il England chose 70
,o"c' 'iaIe nor whole naval strength be-
fore New York she could mass ans f.ttl.,.-
les. but that is something England would
not md II eXpedient 10 10. At present.
however, sne could get past with only
les" ships and by putting forth only
slight effort.
ME many millions have been appropri-
ated IN the past SIX years for tho extern
sion and streugthenIra OF tH. navy c,,-
EfeSs mas voted IN that same period less
than N,op.0o0 for coast defenses. The in.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1896-01-13

as il may seem. David ISLAND holds the
only pretense at coast defense that has
teen established along the approach TO
New York city through tho sound.
And the English warshlps would have
aIyrcst as easy a task in coming mp to
the very wharfs of the city If thev chose
10 steam past Sandy Hook brave with It's
two big gums in time Of peace. bat pnnN
I'm wartime 20 stop the enemy's advance.
True the channel passing rs IT does very
close TO the Hook, would compel the
ircnclads 90 steam almost under the lntz-
PIES If these two guns, each ready 10
hurl forth l.0O0-p1und shot a. fast as the
gunners could reload them, ana It IS pos
sible that some of the British ships would
suffer; some Of them might be sunk 1t Is
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1896-01-13

tAl ~ last they lost the spoor on patch
of stony ground tulclIly covered with BUSH
ard exhausted by the heat. sat down TO
rest and 20 eat some Billions. or sun-dred
G,sh, which they had with them. They
finished their meal and were preparing
{, return 90 the camp. when one of the
four ZElus who were with them went to
drlrl, az a little stream that ran at a dis
ttHce OF not more than ten PAGES away.
Han minute later they heard a hideous
sruuting noise ard q sulashirg of water,
and saw che Zulu ay into the air. All the
while that they were eating the wounded
buffalo had been lying in wait for them
under a thick bush on the banks of tho
stramlct, knowing. cunnirg brute that
re was, that sooner or later his turn would
come. With shout OF CONSERVATION they
rushed forward 70 see tho bun vanish
over tie ris. before tfadden could rct n
chance or firing ~ b.n and to iind tnc'r
compassion cy ~. for tte llyat horn had
pierce. his lung.
'lt is not "A buffalo. il S devil" the poor
fellow gaspcJ and expired.
Devil or not. / mean TO KIN iti' eX-
claimed Hadden. So, leaving Che others to
carry the body OF their comrade to camp.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1896-01-13
OUR COAST DEFENSES
Astonishing Statements by Colonel Rob-
eTt, Chief Of Engineers.
NO GUNS Or FORTS TO TALK OF
Says New Yorlx's Defenses Could Be
Taken in Twenty -Four Hours Of
Real Naval Warfare.

New York. January 5--No one in the
United States is better qualified 70 speak
with authority regarding our coast de
fenscs as they really are than Colonel
Henry NJ. Robert, dent of the board
of engineers. and head of the corps caars-
cd with carrying out the plans for d.
Tense Of Now York harbor. Ills state
mcnts in response 70 inquiries as 70 the
lcngth OF time New Nor-, thu chief p1't
Of the Atlantic coast and the ono sure
to be most in danger in ease of war with
England, could withstand lombard
mcnt, are less satisfactory than those
OF any others who have been interviewed.
in effect De says;
1T would not tal1e a fleet OF modern
warships more than twenty minutes to
reduce the outer defeuses II NV York
harbOr in their present conG- ton. Ia
Iweuty-fcur hours after this rejucton 1T
would bo possible 10 clear the harhor of
every sort of submarine defense between
the Narrows and the Battery
For 4 number OF years there has been
general impression that active steps were
being taken by tho government 10 fortfy
the approaches 60 EASTERN seaports, ,spc-
cially New York, so as 10 render them s,-
cure against the agEress ons Of hostile
iieCt From time 70 time reports have been
published and articles printed describing
the trials OF biz guns at Sandy Hcoh
which have been counted upon 60 do
wonderful things tor the national security
should The time 81 need ever come. And
So they w7tld " teIe We're only enough
OF them, uut tasrc IS uot
IL the present circumstances il is well
90 look facts plainly I'm tho face and SEQ
whether or NOS Il is true that New York
and Boston ana Philadelphia ana q dozen
other important elites between Ma ue and
Florida would he safe from Itnei sh mem
of-war Should they DE- sent ssatlst these
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1896-01-13


DO You know where we are?' asked Ma
hocn. pointing to a belt of forest opraSitc.
THAT is Emaguau, the home Of the dead,
and look. the bun heads f-r it
iladden glanced around him. 1t was true.
yonder to the left were the Fan. the Pool
OF Doom, and the hut of the Bee.
Very we'll" he answered. then we
must head for it. too"
Nahoon halted Surely you would not
enter there" he exclaimed.
surely | WILL" replied Hadden, "but
there is no need for you to do so if you
are afraid"
81 am afraid-of ghosts" said the Zulu.
"but / viii come"
So they crossed the strip Of turf and en-
tered the haunted wood. It was a gloomy
place indeed. great widc-toppeG trees grew
thick there, shutting out the sight of the
sky moreover. the air in it, which no
breeze stirred, was heavy s. ith the cxhnla-
tons Of rotting foliage. There seemed 10
De no INT here and 40 sound. only now and
again a ioathsome spotted snake would
uncoil itself ana glide away. and now and
again heavy Dough would fall with a
crash
MADDEN was too intent upon the buffalo.
however. TO bc much impressed 10y his
SURROUNDINGS. lie only remarked that the
night would be bad for shooting and went
on.
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M mo ti'c Forest "Aeh the sudden in
''o. 'i "Uou upon the poor told them
."", '"e Qua" "oGha was proving fatal
20 I'm
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mamma Eacalc-Go softly an
S"'''u Nd"ooh. Inc deNd IS dying, bat
t' wiz Try 10 play US another tricl, before
Hc uI's' anu ne went on, peering ahead
2. "4m cautiously
AZ = aH flshl mere any way said Had
Gen. '".hli'E 70 the sFoor that ran
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carefully az q point Just D. - the buis
spine lac hr-d. There was lawful bol-
low ana me most inst u. g brute was
Hp and ~ roem. Nahc ! III G bis broad
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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-09-23
p80BAsLy ANOTHER CAMPAIGN casARD.

Some time ago the statement was
widely published th2C Mr.. Bryan was a
railroad lawyer, and had received reg
ular salary from the Missouri Pacific.
There was no truth in the statement.
Then it was charged by a Chicago
paper, and repeated on the stump by
Senator Thurston, that Mr.. Bryan was
paid by silver mine owners to advocate
free silver coinage. Mr.. Bryan denied
that so emphatically that the charge
was withdrawn. Now another charge
has been sprung, this time by the
Louisville COurier-J Journal. 1t is that
Mr.. Bryan stated in speech delivered
in Mount Vernon, H., on March 18th
last, that he voted for General Weaver,
the p0pulist candidate for president in
1892. The charge is in the shape Of an
affidavit. 1t is pretty safe to say that
this is another campaign falsehOOd that
will be.quickly nailed,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-09-23

THE republican spelIbinders that
have been at work in Maine are to be
sent to the southern states, according
to the New York press. Already a
number of them have left the east for
Maryland, Virginia and West Virgin
ia, and more are to follow. 1t is said
that the republican managers have
hopes of largely increasing the repub-
liCan vote in several of the southern
states, and possibly carrying those
mentioned above. The democrats GER
tainIy have no objections to the enemy
hugging such decisions, as it will draw
republican fighters from the really de-
batable grounds.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-09-23
" "

Nerves are weak, many people say,
and yet they do not seem to know
that they are literally starving their
nerves. Weak, pale. thin blood can
not give proper sustenance - that is
why you are nervous, tired, exhausted.
The cure for this condition is to
purify, vitalize and enrich your blood.
Take Hoods Sarsaparilla fairly and
faithfully and the rich, red blood,
which it makes will soon feed the
nerves the elements of true strength
they require; they Will cease their agi-
tation and will resume their proper
place - being under the control in
stead of controlling the brain and
body. Read Miss Bartley's letter:
81 want to express my gratitude for
what Hoods Sarsaparilla has done for
me. My health has been very poor for
three years, due to trouble with my
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-09-23

ORATOR CocHRAN's speech is well
calculated to make votes for Mr.. Bry-
an in every southern state, for south
erners will delight to resent this para
graph:
''Win you submit to this con-
spiracy between the professional farm
ers, the farmers who cultivate the
q2arrels of their neighbors, farmers
who labor with their jaws, popullst ag-
itators of the west and the unreconcil-
ed shareholders of the south? This is
conspiracy between professional
farmers who want to pay low wages
and the unreconciled slave-hOlders
who would like to pay no wages at
ALL"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-09-23

A LOUISIANA man and his two sons
have been successfully prosecuting
what might be called skin game dur
ing the summer. They have been
catching alligators for their hides, and
are said to have averaged 5000 per
month from their sales during the sea-
son. Their success illustrates two
things first, that alligator skins are
not SO scarce as people who sell alliga-
tor skin bags would have buyers be-
lieve, and the second is that the bayous
of Louisiana will probably not become
favorite bathing resorts for many sea.
sons.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-09-23

IBmay be of interest to some of the
young members of Dawson society who
are contemplating matrimOny this fall
to know that the up-to-date wedding
invitations have discarded the use of
the word "to" between the names of
the bride and groom, and that the
word "with" has been substituted
therefor, so that now the guests are
invited to the marriage of Jemima
Smith with" Mr.. James Appleton
Jones.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-09-23
SAM JONES PUTS IN AN OAR.
Writes Chairman Clay a Lengthy Commu
nication.

Writes Chairman Clay a Lengthy Comm
nication.
Sam Jones, the evangelist, has writer
lengthy communication to Chairman
Clay in support of the request of Chair
man Cunningham of the populist cam.
paign committee. The letter fills about
three columns of newspaper space and
ends with the following:
"pOn't get mad Steve, but let's have
fair election one time and when it's
over let's know it is fair | know YOU
will feel good then. We don't have to
have any other snrt of elections in Geor.
gia. IT the party you have the honor 10
be the head of in this state keeps broad
ening its platform it will! soon take in all
the other parties, and really we will on
ly then have one party in Georgia and
there will be no necessity for anything
going wrong.
"But will you, or will you not, join
the chairman of the pOpulist and repub-
IlCan executive committees in a supreme
effort to have the managers in each coun-
~ pledge themselves over their own sig
natures to give each party representa-
ZION as manager and clerk at every vot-
ing precinct in Georgia? Not whether
you can get them t do it, but will you
honestly endeavor, counsel and advise
them to do such thing?
"4Cu know all want is fair cleo
ton. You say you want it. Now pitch
in and let's have it. Yours truly,
"SAM p. JONES'"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-09-23

IT seems that L Hung Chang does
not pay as he goes, but after he goes
The paymasters follow the ambassador
at an interval of about week, and
square up ali of the debts he has con-
tracted. The other day the paymas-
ters arrived in New York, and the
custom officials were about to shut
them out of the country under the ex-
clusion act, when they learned what
their business was and quickly opened
the doors.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-09-23

IT is the Darien Gazette's opinion
that General Clement A. Evans will be
elected governor of Georgia in 1898
without opposition. He is still one of
the grandeset men in the south, truth
fully remarks the Gazette.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-09-23

The Perry Home Journal tells us
that the speeches of Mr.. Seaborn
Wright "proye that he is exceedingly
anxious to become governor of Geor-
gia." If Mr.. William Atkinson is not
also exceedingly anxious to become
governor of Georgia we will be obliged
to the Perry Home Journal to tell us
what his speeches mean.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-09-23

Mr., BRYAN and Mr.. Watson have
been notified by letter of their nomi-
nation for president and vice-presi-
dent by the late pOpulist convention.
This is the third notification Mr.. Bry-
an has received, each from a different
party.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-09-23

WE desire to say that we propose to
run some conscience business ourselves
this summer. We do not propose
that other gentlemen shall have mo-
nopoly of goodness and holiness this
summer. If goodness, holiness and
sweetness are on tap anywhere we
propose to be in the neighborhood and
affiliate with the atmosphere there
about.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-09-23

The funeral of a working man in ia
pan costs from SO cents to $1.25. The
coffin is supplied for 20 cents; for Gre
nation Is cents is paid, and the mour-
ers cheer themselves with refreshments
which cost about II cents and some
times go as high as 25 cents.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-09-23

Mr.. ARTHUR SEwALL's family is
strangely divided politically. He is a
free silver democrat, his wife is a gold
bug democrat and his son is a goldbug
republican. Mrs. Sewall is said to be
domestic in her tastes and very much
averse to public life.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-09-23

MIR. Reuben Martin has been in the
general merchadise business at Barnitz,
Pa, for almost fourteen years. He says:
i have meyer sold any medicine that
gave. such universal satisfaction as Cham
berlaiE's. | sell every bottle on a guar
antee, but know l take no risk, for my
customers come back and praise it. |
am often troubled with bowel complaint
and would not think of leaving home
without bottle Of Chamberlain's Collie.
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy For
sale by Farrar & Farrar, druggists.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-09-23

Don't trifie away time when you have
cholera morbus or diarrhoea. Fight
them in the beginning with DeWitt's
Collie and Cholera Cure. You don't
have to wait for results they are instan-
taneous, and it leaves the bowels in
healthy condition.
SALE-DAvIs DRUG Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-09-23

CoRBETT and Fitzsimmons have again
signed articles to fight. 1t is fair to
presume that they have both found
that they needed little more adver-
Using and have taken the same old
means to secure it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-09-23

I was nervous, had pains in my back. l
cannot tell what suffered. My eyesight
became affected and was so respondent
I did not have any interest in life. I had
two physicians, but my complaints be-
came worse. Twas told that was affected
with Bright's disease. A relative urged
me to try Hoods sarsaparilla. did so
and in short time l began to notice a
change in my condition. Things began
to appear brighter, my eyes improved and
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-09-23

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND and Secreta-
ry Carlisle have each written letter
endorsing the action of the goldbugs
at indianapolis.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-09-23

In six weeks Dawson will have one
of the finest electric light systems in
the state.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-09-23

Tom WATSON beats the rainmakers-
the drought in Texas was broken soon
after his arrival.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-09-23

TERRELL will go democratic by sew
eral majority.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-09-23
GRIGGs' APPOINTMENTS.

Wednesday, Sept. 28rd, Fort Gaines,
noon recess of court.
Friday, Sept. 25th, Ty Ty, 10 O'Clock
a. IN.
Friday, Sept. 25th, Sumner, 2
O'Clock p. m.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-09-23

On one historical occasion Maine
is said to have event h-ll-bent for
Governor Kent, and Tippecanoe and
Tyler too" 1t seems to have gone the
same way again.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-09-23

Mr.. SEwArL, in his last bulletin,
declares that he is on the democratic
ticket to stay, and stay he will, What
i Mr.. Watson going to do about it?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-09-23

The farmers can get a good meal a
Hickey S restaurant at any hour.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-09-23

The whole system is drained and IN
dermined by indolent ulcers and open
sores. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
speedily heals them. 1t is the best pile
cure ever known.
SALE-DAVIs DRUG Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-09-23

JUDGE GRIGGs is preaching democra-
cy all over the district, and is doing
much to help the district roll upa big
majority in the coming election.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-09-23

COME to Dawson to do business.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-02
Pardons to Be Granted.

Columbus, o. April Warden James
of the state prison here, where G. B.
Howard, the notorious preacher-swin-
dler, and his associates are confined, re-
ceived a telegram from the department
of justice at Washington today announc-
ing that pardon papers for William G.
Gleeson, George H. Heatley and E.. H.
Brockway, the associates of Howard.
have been mailed to him. The pardons
are granted upon the condition that these
persons shall represent their place of
residence to the United States district
attorney for the Western district of Ten
nessee and to keep him informed of any
change of residence. They are to hold
themselves In readiness to appear at any
time as witnesses against Howard, who
is trying to get his liberty, and whom
the government is anxious to convict on
other charges.