The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-09-05
|eIFe HIS CHILDREN ALIVE
- ACCOUNT OF sITUA-
'',oN IN STARVING INDIA
Half Million Employ
# Three Cents a Day. Six
.,,;or Hungry Orphans.

Million ruhs''
,..aotob says rains are now fall'
'i Iadia, and now the famine as
II heretofore inatI the aOomination o Of des-
n', vii again bloom like a garden
on w." and a half millions remain at
h ~, ,.rnment relief works earning
go ..nr. a day for nine hours hard
saeaking stone, building tanks
' OiS roads. When at last relief
"A, land these poor beggars are
/ ,:,ta6 to return home many a va
l sloce in the family circle Will
Fitness to the terrible ravages OF
ion cholera, and smallpox.
@' am + still two months otf-and
/ It Slv will prove totally inadequate is
conclusion
-t,' nor cent. of the farming cat
HAVING perished, many OF the farms
nor been plowed at all and only
| h oortions of the most ofthe others;
Fo+ can the Indian farmer do
|l WIZ bis cattle Were he in per-
lo Soa lr robust and strong, he
n ro"s.ibly. with the aid of lighter
l' p pr as a substitute, but unfortu-
w. y, ~ IN ii, enfeeble condition he can
|5!yt - iittIe work at best, and hence
Wv rotfons await him for at least an
| sr year to come. ,,eo
bnt even with short ratlons, lie can
y. .rstained provided he can get
|6 ' to carry him through until
e. .S'f famine's dep,orable work still
E,inn l~ Only last month a man at
|"na relief station twenty-five
1 :. from Bombay, was arrested for
Ering bnried alive his two children.
!t0ry was pitfully sad. He and his
4 and two children went to the re-
h works. There his wife died, lie
i .eIf caught the fever. He could
Shake it off, At last, driven to de-
H. he took his children one night
i left the station. His sutferings
T.. faarfully intensified by those OF
little ones. They finally reached
Ent where they could no longer
III Death was staring him in the
l. If he did not get where help
Ed be found they must all perish.
Il children were helpless, unable to
6tinue the Journey, and blocked his
'Dgess. He dug a grave, threw
I'm in and filled it up. The fever had
La him irresponsible and the gov
|hment will probably act leniently
his case, but the incident demon
Bates the fearful depths which the
klplesS famine victims have reached
kring this terrible dispensation OF
&OYidenCe,
zTle great problem-indeed the
&eatest-that now conffontj christen-
B m in connection with this most APP
ling tragedy of this century Is
Y al Ct the orphans, VINO must ellnef
81 promptly cared TOR or perish. sta
ties carefully gathered by mission
les fix the number now hOpelessly
sti.ue at 100000. What to do with
ese boys and girls is the paramount
eeStiOn OF the day in India. Through
n the famine-stricken area little
Iildren are wandering about asking
|any who will listen to their small
slntiv3 voices MA TAB rhumone
aavanue Kahan mulse, which trans
ed means, where can we get
Rething to eat" The traveller in
/ ia sees this spectacle daily-little
|idren eluced to skeletons by star
gion asking their way to the nearest
pr house. Orphan asylums are al
Fl unknown among the Hindus. a
nave been organized this year,
their facilities are so limited that
half of one per cent can be accom-
dated