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Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-08-31

Notifications and making possible the
first invasion of the island. The work
of the young marines has so favorably
impressed Admiral Sampson that he
dispatched the Yankee to combine with
the Oregon and Marblehead to take the
most important positions in covering
the landing of the first troops in Cuba
| The landing was effected on the after
noon of June II. The shallow waters
of the bay would not permit of the
heavy warships approaching near
enough to the land to cover the land
ing of troops from the Spanish SOL
brush, SO that the smaller vessels
were Obliged to do practically all the
work. After Filencing the batteries
the YaaiSes edst Marblehead moved to
within a hundred yards of the shore,
followed by the troopship Panther, car
rying the landing party.
The position of the cruisers Yankee
and Marblehead was a particularly
dangerous one, owing to the peculiar
formation of the shore
The work of landing the marines re-
QulTeu several hours. Alter several
broadsides had been fired into the thick
underbrush to sweep out, as it were,
any stray Spaniards who might be
ambushed there, the Yankee and Mar
blehead lowered all their boats, and,
manning them with their best crews,
started for the troopship Panther.
The naval reserves have shown them
selves quite as skillful with their oars
rs with their guns, and on this oc-
casion their service with the small
boats ELECTED very favorable comment
from the flagship.
The landing party consisted of some
six hundred marines from the First
battalion of Brooklyn, under the COM
mand of Colonel Collier. The boats
manned by the reserves carried from
twelve to fifteen of these marines and
their guns on each trip ashore. The
brave fellows, who had been cooped
up in the ships cabins for several
weeks were delighted to get ashore.
Had it not been for the warike ap-
pearance which the guns and uniforms
lent to the men it might have been
supposed that they were starting on
summer camping expedition, and
everyone was in the best of humor.
The Yankee sent six boats to assist
in the landing, and the work was push
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-08-31
VALUE OF OUR NAVAL MILITIA
They Have Won a Record for Their Goodness
and Bravery. Gallant Lads Who Have
Acted Like Veteran Seamcn in the
War with Spain.

The gallant boys OF the naval mill
tia who are manning the auxiliary
cruisers Yankee, Yosemite AID Prairie,
particularly the former have already
won for themselves a record for brav-
cry and GOODNESS in action which the
regular marines may well envy. The
naval militia is composed of young
men, many OF whom have been accus-
toned to lives of luxury, while few
of them are used to hard work or
rough, out-of-door life. Many naval
experts have been slieptical OF the eff
ficiency of such troops in actual SER
vice. In the recent fighting off San
tiago these recruits have covered them
selves with glory while occupying
very dangerous and important position,
and have won warm praise from Adj
miral Sampson.
The Yankee, with it's crew of naval
reserves, did not come into action I'M
til the bombardment of the fortifica-
lions guarding the harbor of Santiago.
Her crew had been waiting for weeks
for an opportunity to attack the Span
iards, and had grown impatient at
the delay. The first chance came I'M
expectedly on the morning of June G,
when the second attack was made on
the forts at the entrance to Santiago
harbor. The signal was given for the
ships to form in an immense crescent
surrounding the mouth of the harbor,
the Yankee taking up an exposed posi-
ton near the shore batteries. Through
out the engagement she kept close in
shore, fighting the batteries near the
beach. The Yankee throughout made
fine showing, the young tars fighting
like old bluejackets, and pouring in a
savage fire without interruption. Their
Workmanship was besides excellent.
large percentage of their shots taking
effect.
Throughout this very spirited fight
the Yankee was within range of scores
of guns, most of which were in con-
slant action. The vessel was mean
while kept moving at a slow speed
thus enabling her to dodge the shower
of solid shot rained upon her. The
battle continued for more than an hour,
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-08-31
OUR sToRED-UP POWER.



Compartment Plan.
Man is, as one might say" said Mr.
Staybolt, built IN series of compart-
ments, though he may not know this
fact at the outset and he may, indeed
go through life and die without know
ing it, taking with him unused stocks
Of ability and strength that he had
never known he possessed, simply be-
cause they were never brought into
play. AS to what will bring their quail
tiles into play men differ. There are
some few men who command them
selves, and some who open at a touch;
and then there are many who respond
only to the most urgent call But
there are few men who cannot in some
way be moved into action. This brings
me- for illustration, to a brief consid-
Grafton Of the personal quality COM
monty denominated as sand, of which,
| imagine, most of us possess far more
than we suspect. For there are few
men who finally run away; mighty few
who will not stand up and fight when
they feel that they are really called
upon. But our sand is in compart-
ments, and most of us, fancy, open
only one and make that last through
life, and we die without knowing how
brave we are, unless some great occa-
sion, independent OF ourselves, opens
another compartment and shows us
what we really have in reserve.
might add that there are few, If any,
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-08-31

The bill which became law in the
closing hours of Congress was COM
promise on the Nelson bill in the Sen
ate, and the Torrey bill in the House.
1t is the result of an agitation among
business men of more than fifteen
years duration. The bill is quite lib
eral in it's provisions, especially ON the
terms of discharge. 1t is confidently
believed that this legislation will en-
able from 100000 to 100000 bankrupts
to fully re-establish themselves.
Furthermore, it will enable manufac-
turers and merchants to secure fair
division of their debtors property, and
go long way toward preventing en-
bezzlement, fraud, and useless waste
of valuable property. 1t will be Of
great assistance to the bankrupt who,
though honest, has been forced to the
wall.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-08-31
VALUE OF THE EVENING PAPER


News Comes When business Men Have
Time to Enjoy 1t.
The value of the evening newspaper
is not exhausted when it has given the
news of the hour, or has helped the
business man over the tedium of travel
from his Office to his home, says the
Boston Transcript. Copies are seldom
found littering the seats of steam or
electric cars, as 1t is taken to the
household for perusal by the whole
family. Of course the evening Is the
time when it can be most thoroughly
read and discussed. Moreover so rapid
has become every medium of intelli-
gence from worlds end to worlds end
that the evening paper is more favor
ably circumstanced than its morning
contemporaries for keeping pace with
the genuine news of each day. The
facilities for extracting the best es-
sence of the worlds history for the
day and the worlds thought upon pass
ing events have been brought to such
high state of development that it is
enabled to keep even pace with daily
events, furnishing a brief resume of
sucH AlolHIlg NEWS US may nave DeeH
expanded by other sheets beyond real
value and keeping the record clear and
unbroken. When 1t takes its readers
into its confidence it is at a time when
the cares and worries of business
have been put aside for the day, or If
not it helps to put them aside and
enables the reader to keep in leisurely
touch, not only with the current News,
but with art and literature and those
other larger and deeper interests OF
life for which most busy people have
small inclination as they are about tic
plunge into the work of the day.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-08-31

silenced 1t was comparatively easy
matter to fish up the cable and cut it,
In the afternoon the Yankee returned
and entering the outer harbor took
up position near the forts and chan
mel of the inner harbor. The audacity
of the little boat in thus challenging
the enemy's fire won for the reserves
the respect of the entire fleet.
The most effective work the Yankee
has performed so far was in assisting
in the landing of marines and estab-
fishing a landing station near Guam
tanamo. The spirited firing of the
Yankee proved to be of great assist
ance to the troops. The naval re-
serves have, therefore, the honor of
striking a decisive blow at the Cuban
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-08-31
eLvc Lnch an oRLLL

ed rapidly. IS each boat left the
Panther the marines were cheered
heartily. The boats were rowed to the
shore and beached, the marines jump
ing into the water and dragging them
high and dry up on the sand. The
men eagerly jumped ashore, unloaded
their outfits, and the boats without
losing minute put off again for the
troopship.
The party was under fire during the
Landing, but the Workmanship OF the
spaniards was, as usual, exceedingly
bad, and no one was hit. AS the boats
rowed by the reserves piled merrily
along an occasional bullet would
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-08-31
Good Advice.

You must have a heap of embers to
make a glowing fire. Scatter them
apart, and they become dim and cold.
So, to have brisk, vigorous life, you
must have a group of lives, TO keep
each other warm as it were, to afford to
each other mutual encouragement and
confidence and support. If you wish to
live the life of man, and not that of
a fungus, be social, be brotherly,- be
charitable, by sympathetic, anG labor
earnestly for the good of your kind.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-08-31

Stealing red-hot stove has hereto
fore been supposed to be a feat i'm
possible to the boldest burglar. 1t
would probably, however, present but
small difficulty to the Pennsylvania
Yankee. as he has taken to hauling
melted iron around the country to save
the expense of melting it twice for his
purpose. "A mechanical and econom-
ical triumph reported from Pennsyl-
vania," 1t is noted, lis the daily ship
ment of tons Of molten iron by railway
from the blast furnaces at Duquesne to
the Homestead steel works. This re-
markable service was instituted on
June l, and is now an ordinary daily
routine. The molten iron, as it is
tapped from the furnace, runs into an
immense mixing ladle, having a capa-
city of $50 tons, and from this it is
poured into the potion ladle cars, the
ladies being made of sheet steel or
iron, with lining of refractory mate
rial. The cars are then hauled by a
Locomotive to the steel works, where
the direct conversion of the molten
iron into open hearth steel is made,
avoiding all the expense of casting the
metal into pigs and cooling, handling,
reloading, relocating and remelting the
pig metal. 1t is stated in the Iron Age
that between 700 and 500 tons of iron
are transported daily from the Du-
quesne furnaces in this manner.-Char-
lesion News and Courier.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-08-31
THE SoUAW MAN.


Information Cleaned by Lady AT n
Reception.
At recent reception at which the
fashion and beauty of Denver were as
sembled one Of the ladies found her
self next to General Sumner, says the
Denver Times. He had been presented
to her earlier in the evening, but
she had not quite caught his name
certainly not his title. Beamingly,
she asked: MAY l ask what is your
occupation? Don't think me rude, for
l have ma6,o study Of determining
such matters without asking questions,
hut l must confess that you puzzle me.
l am at a complete loss to place you"
Madam" replied the commander of
the department of the Colorado, with
his most serious countenance, 81 am
squaw man" GA what?" she man
aged to gasp. "A squaw man, ma
dam" 81 am afraid l don't quite I'M
derstand yet" said the fair interlocutor
after few minutes cogitation, in
which she took in the generals whole
tout ensemble and decided that there
must be another meaning to the term
besides that to which she had been ac-
customed. why, that is easy enough
to explain. In army parlance q squaw
man is an officer who, when the rest
of the officers are at the front fighting
and winning glory, is left at home to
guard the women. Madam, 1 am such
an officer" "oh, that's different" she
calculated. And then the whirl of the
thropo orriad +bav,, orork
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-08-31

Hardluk-"My life reminds me of the
career of golf ball" Teltz-"Why?"
Hardluk-"Because am helped out Of
one hole only to get into another
Harper's Bazaar.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-08-31

A bath with COSMO BUTTERMILK
SOAP, exquistely scented is soothing and
beneficial Sold everywhere.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-08-31
Becoming Converted.

He-Do you believe there is anything
tn the theory that one becomes what
one eats? She-Well, yes. I'm begin
ming to believe that there is. l have
noticed that you seem to be partlcu-
larly fond of squash Cleveland
Leader.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-08-31

1t will require no naval board of in
curry to determine that the Hobson
kiss is an'explosion from the outside
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-08-31

The average woman spends half hss
time worrying about the church; tie
other half about the men.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-08-31

Bob-"saw Tom and his wife out
wheeling yesterday" Will-"Tan-
dem?" Rob-"No; perambulator."-
'rit-Bita.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-08-31

There are times when the brave de.
serve immunity from the fair.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-08-31

Vhen Answering Advertisements Kindly
Nention Tais fa5er
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-08-31
AUpURoN SUGAR scHooL
PhOtOgrap1y Taught by Mail

or at College and money enlnedw while learn
ing. Address COLLhGE OF PHtbIOGiRA-
PLY, H@0 IL. houston ST.. san Antonio, Tex.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-05-18

1t certainly looks like it, but there is
really no trick about it. Anybody n
try it who has Lame Back and Weak
Kidneys, Malaria or nervous troubles.
We mean he can cure himself right way
by taking Electric Bitters. This medi-
cine tones up the whole system, sets as
a sti nulant to Liver and Kidneys, is a
blood purifier and nerve tonic. 1t cures
Constipation, Headache Painting Spells,
sleeplessness and Melancholy. 1t is
purely vegetable, mild laxative, and
restores the system to its natural vigor.
Try Electric Bitters and be convinced
it is miracle worker. Every bot
tie guaranteed. Only so cents a bottle
at Sale Davis Drug Co.'S drug store.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-05-18

This story is told in Boston of Colonel
I. w. HigginsOn. He was travelling in
the south few years after the war and
CHANGED to fall into talk with an old farm
er who had engaged number of old sol
diers to help in che haying. "You see
over there where those four men are
working?" asked the farmer. "'Wen,
all of am fought in the war. One of 'em
was private, one was a corporal, on e
was major, and that man way over
there in the corner was colonel" Are
they good men?'c asked Higginson.
"Well," said the farmer, "that private's
frst-claSS man, aud the corporal's
pretty good, too." "But how about the
major and the colnnel?" "The MAJORS
$3.50" said the farmer. but the colo
nel?' Well, don't want to say moth
in against any man who was a colonel
in the war" said the farmer, "but I've
made up my mind 1 won't hire no briga-
dier-generals."
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-05-18
SOLICITING WEDDING PRESENTS
Peculiar Welsh Custom That Has Almos
EaIIen ImLo Disnse.


Throughout the ueIghborhood Of
Carmarthcn and other parts of South
Wales the custom Of wedding IBID
dings" prevails. a bidding is an
Invitation sent out by a couple about
10 be married to their friends and
heighbors to solicit their attendance
and their contributions towards the
purchase of articles required by the
young housekeepers on entering the
matrimonial state. Needless to say,
on some occasions the gifts brought
forth at bidding represent very
fair amount OF property, and certainly
afford most valuable assistance to the
young people in furnishing their cot
tage. A person called bidder" is
appointed to visit the homes of
friends. In the event, however, of this
functionary declining the task, notices
are sent out, such as the one reproduce
ed below. Like many other interest
ing old customs, this, too, is falling
into desuetude. The notice Is as fol-
lows:
Gas we intend to enter into the mat
rimonIal state, on Tuesday, the sew
eLth day of December next. we are en-
cOuraged by our friend to make a bid
ding for the occasion the same day, at
the sign Of the three salm0us, Water
street: when and where the favor of
your good good company is humbly o.
Iicited, and whatever donation you
may be pleased to bestoW on us then
will be received with gratitude, and
repaid with punctuaIlty whenever call
ed for on a simila: occasion BY your
humble servants, ROGER HANCOCK.
JANE DAVIES.
1.-The young mans father and mother
Edward and Jane HanCock,) brother
and sister (Joseph and Charlotte Ham
cock,) desire that all gifts of the above
nature due them, be returned to the
young man on the said day, and will be
thankful together with his uncle and
aunt Thomas and Mary Hancock,
three salmons,l for al the favors
granted.
"Also the young woman's father and
mother, Daniel and Mary Davies,) and
brothers (ThOmas, David and John,)
d esire that all gifts OF the above ma
ture due to them be returned to the
young woman on the above day, and
will be thankful for all the fayors re-
Ceiyed."
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-05-18
COMMODORE DEwEY's COOKS.
-. MIA, os gag Shot and Shell
-. ~.,acon and whipped OmeIet, /


In the Midst Of y Tag sho' an" Snei'
~.sacon and Whipped OmeIet,
, KS cooks should not be forgotten
ale the country is bestowing a need Of
praise upon The gallant victors of Manila
bay. Al half past S, according to the re-
port, the American fleet retired from the
( fight cor Te3kfast. The men needed
breakfast They had been al general
quarters sine" 10 o'clock the night be-
| fore, and had been lighting hard since
! daylight. Naturally, therefore, they
were tired and hungry, and were proba-
| bly, growing weak. 70 retire for break
fast was one of the very best orders the
commander could have given. Within a
brief space OF time, when the men had
eaten and caught their second wind, :"
Commodore Dewey had fresh, eager
and inviDcible crew; and they went in
ard la basted tie life out of the enc
my.
But about the cooks their labOrs in
preparing the breakfast for the men IN
der the existing circumstances illustrated
pure heroism. The man behind the guns
ses the sense of fear when he has got
warmed up to has work and the smell of
burning powder is strong iu his nostrils,
but there is nothing about the smel Of
the cOok-rOom that is heroic. Imagine
if it is possible, what it must be to per-
form the essentially peaceful duties of a
cook in the midst of roaring hell of
shot and shell; to slice and fry bacon, to
whip omelettes, to knead biscuit, to
draw coffee, and to butter the toast for
the officers mess, while the suns on
snip and shore were laundering and the
air was full of missiles, some OF which
might at any moment invade the galley
and cook the goose of the cook. All
honor to Dewey's cooks. They stood by
their bread pans and ovens like the
gallant Americans that they are, and fur
nished the necessary fuel to keep the hui
man fighting machines with plenty of
steam Savannah News.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-05-18

A hobby line of ladies' large
and small pearl shirt waist
sets at Farrar & Harris drug
store. All packages delivered
to any part of the city prompt
Iy by our bicycle boy, Phone
27.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-05-18

S. G. p. Jones, Milesburg, Pa, writes
81 have used DeNitt's Little Early Ris-
ers ever since they were introduced here,
and must say have never used any pills
in my family duriag forty years of house
keeping that gave such satisfactory re-
suits as a laxative or cathartic."
SALE-DAVIs DRUG Go.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-05-18
FIENDISH CRUELTIES

Being Practiced in MantlIa. Insurgents
Kin Women and Children.
A special from Shanghai says it is
reported that Admiral M0ntejo, cum
mander of the Spanish fleet, who es-
capped from Cavite by running along
the shore to Manila with his two sons.
was killed by the populace of the latter
place. The hospital of San Rogue,
filled with spanish soldiers, was set on
fire by shells from the Boston, and Sis
ters of Charity were killed while re-
moving the wounded.
MasSacres are reported to have oc-
CURED outside the walls of Manila,
the insurgents butcheriug the Spanish
women and children.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-05-18

In UkIahOma there Is a reductiOng Of
per cent, and in the Indian Territory
a reduction of Y per cent from the acre
age of last year, the figures for these
territories being % and SO respectively.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-05-18
DR.. KAIGLER DEAD.
Representative of Ouitman County Dies at
His Hmme Near Genrcetnun

His Home Near Georgetown.
Dr. II. M. Kaigler, prominent citizen
and member Of The legislature from
Quitman county, died at his home near
Georgetown last Wednesday after long
illness. His wife died some weeks ago,
and since her death seemed not to
desire to live. He was 90 d, amiable
man, and his death is deeply deplored.
hr. Kaigler was brother of Captain
VIM. Kaigler, Judge George K,igler, Mr..
E. f. Kaigl9r and Mrs. A. E. Christie of
Dawson and Terrell county.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-05-18

DR.. Tichencr's AntSeptic smells like
Peppermint Candy and is lust as good, >"
but for different purpose. Try it next
time you get hurt or. have Collie. Only
so cOnts bottle at Farrar Il Harris.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-05-18

The supposed grave Of Eve is visited by
over $4,000 pilgrims in each year. 1t is to
be en- at .iiudah, in a cemetery outside
the city walls The tomb is 80 cubits long
and - wide. The Arabs entertain belief
that Eve was the taIlest woman that ever
livAH
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-05-18
To Perps.uate tn. Indian religion.

A. J. Blackwell, a rich and erratio
indian, who OWLS the cities of Black.
well and David City, in the Indian Ter,
ritory, has decided to build temple in
David City TO cost $500, 900. He wishes
IN this way to perpetuate the Indian re-.
ligion- New York Tribune
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-05-18
THE ACREAGE Is REDUCED.
Less Cotton Has Been Planted in Every
State

State.
The cotton report for the month Of
May has reference to the proposed acre
age as compared with that planted in
1897. A reduced acreage is reported
from every cotton growing state, the
general result indicating a breadth of
93,4 as compared with the acreage of
last year, or a reduction of GO per cent.
The percentages in the principal cotton
growing states are as follows:
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-05-18

Late to bed and early to rise prepares
a man for his home in The skies. Early
t. bed and Little Early Riser, the pill
that makes life longer, better and wiser.
ISALE-DAVIs DRUG Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-05-18

The Cuban question and political is
sues sink into insgnifcance with the
man who suffers from piles. What he
most de7irus is relief DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salves cures piles.
SALE-DAvIS DRUG Co.