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The times., 1898-10-05

taking the fort there, Gen. Wheeler said
they could have taken this by attack at
sea. MORO Castle was not in a condt-
tfon for defense. the guns not even being
mounted. He wrote a letter to Gen
Shafter protesting against capturing the
forts with the army. The shore campaign
would have BEEN in the estimation of the
witness, longer than the one followed,
and there would have been lack OF wa
ter, too.
Gov Beaver asked il the conduct OF the
military division had been satisfactory. II
there had been a sufficient number OF
surgeons, etc.
'I think So" the general replied
There were occasional complaints of
scarcity of surgeons, but this was due TO
some OF them getting sick. and some were
killed or injured. / lost several surgeons
in my own command"
Looking backward.
Asked as TO the aid furnished by the
Red Cross. or other societies or indi-
viduaIs. Gen. Wheeler said that shortly
after the army landed at Santiago deli
cacies began TO arrive in great quantity.
and that the army was supplied with
luxuries all that 1t could ask for, and
more. and better than any other army
ever had.
Governor Woodbury. here said:
Gen. Wheeler, this Commission Is here
to learn the truth in accordance with
the request of the President. as stated TO
you by Gen. Dodge. Now. if you have
anything to say in commendation or con-
demnation of any department OF the
army, or any staff organization, aside
from what you have already stated, for
one shall be glad to hear 1t"
Gen Wheeler hesitated at this and IN
a half-embarrassed manner. responded:
Looking back upon the events and
conditions. and criticising from that
standpoint, it is easy to see where things
could have been better done. In the light
of developments and as guide for fu-
ture movements in that country. / would
say that the army should be provided
with excellent tentage. the men kept OF
the ground, an abundance of medical sup
plies which are antidotes for climatic
conditions, shelter and transpOrtations-
matters, as l look back now, difficult 10
supply
Gov. Beaver thereUpon asked:
speaking from foresight, was anything
omitted that prudent commander or an
| intelligent. competent head OF stat would
| have provided?'
Gen. Wheeler replied to this:
II know that my observations did not
| impress me that there had been any
omission that ordinary prudence could
| have Obviated
DR., Connor asked: Gould all the medi-
| cal men and all the medicines in the
world. in your opinion, have prevented
| the outbreak Of sickness among the so4-
| diers at SantiagO?'
Gen Wheeler replied:
| s'They could not"
The times., 1898-10-05
PRETTY GIRLS SUICIDE.
Takes CarboIic Acid When She Could
Nnf Go to the Thcater.

New York. Oct i.-Anne Fryer, pretty
girl of sixteen. who took quantity or
carbolic acid this morning, is dead at the
Seney Hospital, Brooklyn
She quarreled with her mother, who re-
fused to allow her to go to the theater
last night. a
The times., 1898-10-05

The souvenir is work of art, every de-
tail of the ship being worked out to
nicely The costume Miss Letter wore
on today's occasion was of pearl silk with
trimmings of the same color. II was
made especially for the occasion. She
wore no jewelry whatever.
The times., 1898-10-05
FELL THROUGH AN OPEN HATCH
Chief Engineer RoOk. of the Mo-
hawk. Killed Monday Night.

Bath, Me, Oct. 4,-Chief Engineer
George Rook, of the United States trans
port Mohawk. fell into the hold of the
vessel through an open hatch last night
and was killed. His home was in North
Bath.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-07-20
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an infamed con-
ditiOn of the mucous lining of the Eus-
tachian Tube. When this tube gets in.
famed you have a rumbling sound OF
imperfect hearing, and when il is entire
ly closed deafness is the. results and un-
less the inflammation can be taken out
aud this tube restored to it's normal con-
dition hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by ca
tarrh, which is nothing but an infiamed
condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh.
Cure. Send for circulars free.
f. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0.
Il Sold by druggists, Is cents,
n Halls Family Fills are the best.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-07-20
Robbed the Grave /.

A startling incident, of Which Mr..
John Oliver, OF Philadelphia, was the
subject, is narrated by him as follows:
81 was in most dreadful condition.
My skin was almost yellow, eyes sunken,
tongue coated, pain continually in back
and sides, no appetite-gradually grow
ing weaker day by day. Three physi-
clans had given me up. Fortunately,
friend advised trying "Electric BiIters,"
and to my great joy and surprise the
first bottle made decided Improvement.
continued their use for three weeks,
ar am now we'll man. knoW they
saved my life, and robbed the grave of
another victim" No one should fail to,
try them. Only so cents per bottle at
Sale-naVis Drug Co.'S.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-07-20

gresham in his senses can resist their
pursuasions. These adopt familiar
tore after one unwillingly granted inter-
view that is simply maddening and
drives the congressman to buttermilk
drinking IN the cafe. These are like the
poor, always with him, anu he gets to be
an expert dodger of shirt waists and
summer hats. The divinity of woman is
seldom granted by congressman, and the
house of representatives is the safest
place on earth in which a ieal lus wife
can put her husband. w Washington let
ter in New York Sun.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-07-20
Scientifically Complete Tax List in
Congo.

A report on the Congo Independent
state which has just been issued by the
foreign Office gives somewhat caustic
description of the states administrative
activity. II points out that a new set
tier in the country, having travelled by
rail as faE as the railway line is open. re.
quires porters, but before he can en-
gage any he must pay for a license.
When provided with that he forms a
caravan load in it costs him a
further tax. For the navigation of the
upper river beyond Stanley pool he needs
steamer. on which another innost is
levied. The vessel cannot go more than
day without renewing it's fuel. There
is abundance in the forests, and it bene-
fits timber to remove the dead wood. A
license to take it, however, has to be
paid for. Not being able always to land
directly from the steamer, he needs a
rowing boat, and is taxed for that as
well. Ashore again he finds himself
wanting a house, He must build, but
he has to lease his plot from the state,
aud pay according to measurement. For
building, timber is required. He has to
cut it himself, but is taxed all the same
at so much log. Aware of there beirg
no skilled workmen in the place, he has
taken a few up with him from the coast.
For leave to make use of them in state
territory he is taxed according to their
number, and if he employ any of the alb
Origines to assist IN the work there is a
payment due on them also. In respect
to the finished house, tax is levied pro-
portiOnate to the surface it covers, al
though he had paid already for the en-
tire plot. A necessary adjunct to a trop-
ical house is a detaced kitchen. That
carries another tax. The settler must
pay again on hut for his domestic
servants. Being of a humane DISPOSE
ton, the settler considers his laborers,
aud makes another sheter-a low roof
on bare pOles-tOr them and the crews
of passing steamers, who alwas sleep
ashore. This is caring for the states
own people There is a tax to pay,
nevertheless. Another is due on house
for his feathered live stock. 1t is no ex-
aIgeraiion to speak of the hencoop being
registered. Yet another is leviable on a
house for the goats and sheep. II may
sum up this portion of my remarks" OBJ
served Mr.. Consul P tckersgill, in conclu.
sion, "by quoting the jocose observation
of the English and American mission
aries, who declared to me that there il
nothing free in the Independent State
except fevers; while Belgian father
with whom had some conversation on
the subject, remarked; "The govern.
ment taxes even the civilization we
bring. London Telegraph.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-07-20
FRUSTRATED IN THE PULPIT.

Rev. PourneIle Has Hemrrhage While
Preaching.
The SIlverton correspondent of the
Cuthbert Leader says: Brother
Pournelle, who is in.very feeble health,
after preaching very able sermon at
New Prospect church last Saturday,
was taken with hemorrhage of the
lungs during the afternoon, which
Frustrated this faithful servant of the
Lord. He was compelled to return to
his home in Dover without filing his
appointment Sunday morning at III
O'clock" qa3A~
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-07-20
Strikes Boston AS NoreI.

The soldiers in Cuba will wear trous-
ers made of Georgia jeans, manufact-
ured from Georgia cotton, and one
southern manufactures has received
a contract for the manufacture of
100000 yards of jeans suitable for
trouserings. The idea of going to
Georgia for trousers seems novel IN
deed. Boston Globe.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-07-20
SHIPS A SAD SIGHT.
DESOLATION. RUIN, HORROR AND
DEATH ON EVERY HAND.

""" :" steer Oomns' Mangied Corpses q
Grewsome Feast for Buzzards. Rude
wooden Cross Mark the Pit Where
Lie the Spanish Dead.
All Associated Press dispatch says
the vessels which composed Admiral
Cervera's squadron, converted into
wrecked Bcharnal houses, are litter
ing the Cuban coast, and the scenes of
desolation, ruin, horror and death BAT.
file description.
At the entrance to the harbor lies
the Reina Mercedes, sunk at midnight
on july 3.
Westward, five miles from the har-
Dor, is torpedo boat destroyer, stuck
fast in the rocks, close in shore, and
battered by the surf. Rocks jutting
out of the water, just IN front of where
she lies, hide her hull from view.
Visible from the sea a few miles fur
ther, in an inlet, embraced by two
mighty arms of black rocks that ex-
tend half mile into the sea, are the
remains of the twin cruisers Infanta
Maria Teresa and Almirante Oquendo.
formerly the pride of the Spanish
navy
On beyondhes the Viscaya, mass
OF ruins, and ~ miles away from SAN
tiago the Cristobal Colon lies helpless
on her sides.
The Infanta Maria Teresa and the
Almirante Oquendo stand upright,
stuck fast on the rocky shoals.
All that is left of them is their outer
bulls, the heavy armor defying total
humiliation. Inside of them the
work of destruction is complete.
Exploded shells, burned rifles and
revolvers, pieces of yellow brass work
and gold and silver coin melted by the
intense heat are strewn all over the
remains of the once proud armored
cruisers whose protected decks only
stand in places.
But the most CHASTITY, horrible sight
IN those silent steel collins are the
mangled, SCARED and charred bodies
of hundreds of brave sailors sacrificed
for their country.
Buzzards are feeding off the dead
and others are lowering oyer the
wrecks.
On the beach other fiocks of vultures
sit in silence, waiting for the sea to
give up its dead.
Every tide adds to the tala oil hor-
ror, washing up such objects as, for
instance, sleeve enclosing a wasted
arm or other portions of human bod
les gn'wed by sharks and countless
relics of the battle.
Attention has been given to the bur-
ial of the dead of the enemy, and over
one hundred bodies taken from the
ships or washed ashore have been in
TERED upon the beach by Rear. Admi-
raj SIMPSONS orders. Those which
row remain are either almost totally
destroyed by fire, charred beyond rec
ognition or lie in the depth of the sea.
THESE 10TH Uue IOOu Vi Uue DuLAdFuSg
who keep IconstanJ vigil about the
wrecks
The buried remains lie in a confused
mass, unnumbered and unnamed, in a
huge pit dug in the sandy beach, where
the vessels went ashore.
A rude woodenl cross from the
wreckage alone marks the grave,
grave over which Spain well may
mourn.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-07-20
Changed the Subject.

Fred-"How are you getting on with
Miss Angel? Did you speak to her IA
tier, as you determined"
Frank-tYes.'
Fred-.'H How did it come out?''
Frank-"So, so. l said to him, Mr.
Angel, love your daughter. 80 do | /,
now let's talk of something else. ~
Fred-.tAnd then?"
Frank-"We talked about 81 mething
else.'
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-07-20
EVERYTHING TAXED BUT FEVER

SALE-DAvIs Drug Co,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-07-20

Chief Burgess of Milesburg, Pa,
says DeWitt's Little Early Risers are the
best he has ever used in his family dur
in forty years of housekeeping. They
cure constipation, sick headache and
stoms oh and liver troubles. Small ia
size but great in results.
SALE-DAvIs DRUG Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-07-20

The editor of the Evans City, Pa,
Globe writes: Zone Minute Cough Cure
is rightly named. 1t cured my children
after all other remedies failed" 1t cures
coughs, colds and all throat and lung
troubles.
SALE-DAVIs Drug Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-07-20

Sick headache, biliousness, constipa-
ton and all liver and stomach troubles
can be quickly cured by using those fa-
nous little pills known az DeWitt's Lit
tie Earlv Risers. They are. pleasant to
take nd never grippe.
SALE-DAvIs DRUG Co.
The Van Buren press., 1898-09-03
UeNNlIderInE Humnn Nntnre.

Firmne,s in man is what men call
obstinacy in a woman.
The indulgence in some less harmful
vice is the easiest way 10 resis, ones
besetting sin.
The best time ever had" dwindles
in joyful remembrance when one re-
calls what lot of money it cost.
\ girls first love is the prettiest
boy in the school. A boys early af-
fection goes out 10 some mongrel
dog that is nuisance around the
house.
Foolishuess is about equally di-
vided between the sexes. Women, how
ever. for generations have studied it
and have succeeded in making the trait
attractive.
Fun is merely temporary escape
from environment. Notice the thou
sands who huddle for hours on over
crowded trolleys and swelter during
the best part OF the day on the scorch-
ing sands of any nearby seaside re-
sort.-N. \. Press.
The Van Buren press., 1898-09-03

The company at Locust Hill, the hos
pitable old country seat just outside
Of strasburg, had all gone TO the re-
union that day, except Lucy Beacham.
Lucy also intended 10 90; but, delicate
and somewhat timid as she was. she
had waited TO drive out with her IA
ther, Senator Rchcham, when he came
up from Washington that afternoon.
Much TO her disappointment he did
not come. and at sunset Lucy went out
10 the brow Of the hill on which the
house stood to watch the people com
ing home.
By and by she grew tired Of that and
let her eyes rest on the noble land
fcape before her. The river, In loop.
swept outward from Massanuttcn al
most TO her feet. and then went cury-
ing down a shining path between two
rows Of willows 10 round the mountain
which lowered against the eastern
sky Ike a great green wall. The rat
tie Of wheels lcssened and finally grew
still. The shadows deepencd along the
river bottoms, aud soon behind the end
OF Massanutten rising glow foretold
the moon. 1t grew and frightened un-
iii the rim Of the golden disk, that
night al the full, had just come into
view. Then. with a sudden thought.
Lucy got up and went into the hall
There hung the battered but powerful
spy-glass that had seen service on this
-. -. . - Il
stonewall jackson and Fremont and
Banks and Shields were at their grim
debate. The glass was too heavy to
manage without a support. Lucy
rested IL across the front gate, ad-
justed it, and put her eye to the eye
piece.
The moon was coming up behind
spot on the end Of the mountain which
seemed TO be bare Of trees, and every
rock, every irregularity OF the surface
stood out in sharpest outline against
the mellow background OF the light.
The tea bell rang; but the young as
tronomer was conscious Of nothing
but the glorious spectacle before her.
All too soon for her unsatisfied sight,
the disk began to draw away and show
a lesscning arc ot shadow. But now a
thing happened AT sight OF which She
caught her breath in a shock Of sur
prise. There was some change among
the stones so sharply drawn against
the face Of the moon. Something there
had moved; and now the half OF a hui
man figure uprose, with barred head
and long hair falling about the neck,
stood some moments, thus distinct and
unmistakable, and then sank slowly
down again.
The moon was almost clear of the
mountain. Eagerly, almost breath
lessly, Lucy was watching now. She
saw II again. not so distinctly as be-
fore, but certainly she saw something
move among the shadows. In an in
stant the great golden ball had swung
clear and begun once more its nightly
journey through the skies.
In the meantime something else had
happened, something Of which Lucy
had taken no heed. A belated train
had rumbled into toya. ard soon after
The Van Buren press., 1898-09-03
HERE AND THERE.

In growing celery, remember that
a light frost will not hurt it. but a
heavy frost Injuries its keeping quali-
ties.
The average farmer should sell his
hogs before they cost too much, and
not try to get them TO an extreme
weight.
If poultry raisers and farmers
would endeavor to retail their poultry
and eggs near home they might add
quite a little to their profit. Fresh
eggs are always in demand
Don't cut too many limbs out of
the top of tree when grating it. 1t
is better to graft part of the limbs
one spring, and the balance of the
tree which you wish to graft the next
spring.
If we try to winter sheep on just
enough food to support life, we shall
not have much beyond collection Of
very poor pelts when spring comes,
and it does not pay to keep sheep for
that end.
If the farmer will learn TO make
and use more clover hay, and feed it
in connection with fodder aud a little
grain, he will winter his growing
stock III better condition and have a
more substantial growth.
One OF the reasons why butter
making on the farm is rapidly giving
way to the creamery system is because
it is almost impossible to secure as
good a price for farm butter as for
creamery butter unless the farmer has
special customers.
Reports are current that the San
Jose scale IS gettilg a very firm foot.
hold in the peach orchards Of middle
Georgia, and doubtless the same is
true Of other localities. Exceeding
watchfulness should be exercised. and
the insect stamped out on first appear.
ance.
-Stock-raisiug is a positively neces-
sary adjunct TO general agriculture
and farmers are coming to their senses
in regard TO the fact There is no
doubt about 1t, that man who attempts
to carry on a general grain farm. or
one devoted 10 cotton will. fnd himself
running behind from year to year if Ia
does not also keep stock.
The Van Buren press., 1898-09-03
Charles Dickens

Sir Arthur Sullivan is quoted as say
ing Of Charles Dickens that he was a
most delightful companion. apart
from his high spirits and engaging
manner" the musician adds. zone
might give two special reasons for
this On the one hand. ne was so un-
assuming he never obtruded his own
work upon you. / have never yield
ed to anyone in my admiration Of
Dickens work; but speaking of him
as a companion, can safely say that
one would never have known that
Dickens was an author from his con-
versation. / mean that he never dis
oussed himself with you; while, on the
other hand. / have often since won
dered at the wonderful interest he
would apparently take in the CONVEX
sation of us younger men. He would
treat our feeblest banalities as il they
were the choicest witticisms OF the
ripe meditations OF a matured judg-
ment."-Youth's Companion
The Van Buren press., 1898-09-03
TILTING THE GUNS.
How the Big Destroyers Were
Trained to Fire Over the
Hills at Santiago.

Memory is sometimes treaeheroH
informant. We're il not for reeollee
tions of old sea stories read in boy
hood several OF the pondentsin in
Cuba would not have reported thai,
when engaged in long-distanee can.
nonading OF Santiago. the American
commanders listed their ships and 50
secured a greater elevation for the
guns in use by running out the guns
on the side away from land. Similar.
ly, if the artists on the papers that es-
TEEN enterprise above accuracy had
not recalled the pictures in those old
books they would not have made dras.
ings of war vessels tipped half over BY
guns projecting ludicrously far out
over the water. Asa matter OF fact, Of
course, il has been many and many
year since il was possible to run out
a cannon even so much as an eighth
of an incn. Breeehloaders are not
built that way. They swing from side
10 side on a fixed pivot, and can b
raised or depressed within certain mar
row limits but there has been no run
ping in or out since men discovered
that a gun has two ends-a discovery
which ii took them several centuries
TO make. 1t is true, however. that the
ships were listed, but the extent to
which this was done had 10 be wildly
exaggerated to render a portrayalof
the operation at all sensational. Its
also true that manipulation of turrei
may have mad some sight part in pro
ducing the list, but they were swung
around, not run out" and unless the
firing was straight over bow or stern
this would not balance the weight OF
the other guns swung around the oth'
cr way. Chief reliance for inclining
the vessels was doubtless placed IA
the shifting of coal and ammunition
The emptying of the tanks and boilers
on one side and the suspension Of boats
and launches from cranes and davis
on the opposite side. BY these eSpe'
dents the few degrees of extra ele'
yatiou that were needed could be Sc
cured, and by the combination Oh
some or all of them doubtless our iroi
arguments were brought to the span
Ssh generals deeply interested atten'
tion. But no vessels were put on thelf
beam ends, and no guns were run
out" That's sure.-N. Y. Times.
The Van Buren press., 1898-09-03
Petroleum Briauettes,

A German inventor has devised a
process for making petroleum DIT
auettes, by which petroleum refuse j.
worked up in such a manner as 10 az
sumo the form of a solid substance
easily handled and constituting o
cheap and convenient fuel. About zen
per cent. of soda lye, with ten PEI
cent. of any other kind of fatty NAV
ter-tallow. for instances heated IL
troleum refuse is added TO the hea'eu
mass to make up 100 parts. The hiiN
ture is then heated, under cons'an'
stirring, for about an hour, ana az.
quires the property of taking up lais'
quantities of fluid rock oil. The nlA
ture is run into molds and alioWeu "
cool, when it may be cut into pieces =,
any desired form. Coal dust. sa"uu'.
or other refuse may be added duflus
the process, il needed.-St. Lou''
be-Democrat.