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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-21
HOUSES WITHOUT STAIRS AND
WITH SECRET PASSAGES CON
Meeting VARIOUS FLOORS.

SAN FRANCISCO.-Nothing in
the greasy, picturesque old China
town of former days was worse than
the conditions found in a Portola
alley slave den by the federal officers
in a recent raid.
1t was thought that the odd Chi
natown" was no more-that its Gel
lars and subceIars had fallen in and
made a foundation for New China
town. Occasionally there were sto-
ries of slave girls" and highlander
wars they caused, but generally it
was believed that the old order had
passed with the fire.
Perhaps a posse of policemen could
not have penetrated the cellars of the
Chinatown before the fire. 1t was
said that even the police who were
most familiar with the district did
not know all its depths and tunnels,
and that their secrets were obliter-
Grated by the fire of 1905. However
that may be, there has been reared
above the ground a maze of corrl-
doris. trap doors, secret passages and
! barred doors that illustrates the
workings of the Oriental mind as
faithfully as did the subterranean
network before the fire.
All Are Wen Guarded.
The Portola alley house is said to
be only one of several places SINH
arly equipped, where the laws of the
state and nation are consistently de-
fed. The difficulty experienced by
the officers in gaining entrance to
the building shows the extent of the
plans made by the Chinese to protect
their system from outside Interior
encc.
There are no stairways in the faur-
story brick building and every win
dow is covered with heavy bars, be-
sides a screen that prevents the in
mates from sending messages to the
outside world In case of fire they
would have been burned like rats in
q trap.
The rooms are elegantly furnished,
but otherwise bear all the marks of
a prisoners cage. Once inside es-
cape is impossible without an axe
and a ladder, and then it is necessary
to know the secret panels and the
covered trap doors that offer the only
opening.
When the federal officers and their
police consort broke into the den they
had to search the walls and ceilings
in each room before they could locate
the carefully concealed trap door that
gave entrance into the floor above.
Usually these doors were hidden be-
hind rich hangings and tapestries and
were in most inconvenient places.
The space under the wall beds in
each room was paneled and appar-
emily closed, but secret spring locks
could swing those panels open. dis
closing space enough for girl to
hide herself.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-21

Another buried city is becoming
prominent in the rich findings dis
covered in excavation. This is Ostla'
the abandoned port of ancient Rome.
Ostia was founded in the third
century, B. c., and was fifteen miles
from Rome, on an island, at the
mouth of the Tiber. 1t was lrom
this port that the naval expeditions
set out that made Rome the mistress
of the Mediterranean.
When wars of conquest gave way
to commerce Ostia was the seaport
of the capital of the world, and at
the hight of its prosperity had $4,000
inhabitants. Besides being bust
ness center it was a favorite summer
resort fer Romans.
But with the fall OF the empire
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-21
EASTER COMES VERY
EARLY THIS YEAR
Fourth Earliest Date Recorded in
History Time for New Hats and
Dresses Will Arrive March %.

An unusually early Easter Sunday
is the order of the season this year.
AS Easter Sunday comes on March
23rd. This is almost the earliest
date upon which Easter can fall un-
der any circumstances
Only three times before in l,9l2
years, according to recent statistics
has Easter come as soon or earlier
than March 23rd In the fourth cent
ury the date fell on March 21st, and
twice in the nineteenth century-in
1872 and again in 185S-there were
unusually early Easter seasons.
Easter is reckoned as the first
Sunday after the full moon after
March 21st. The first full moon viii
occur this year on March 22nd. East
er will therefore come this year on
March 23rd, which is Sunday and the
very next day after the moon fulls.
1t could not possibly occur earlier.
1t will be seen from tie foregoing
facts that tnr range OF Easter sea
son is pretty wide, as Easter sun
day can como rs ear a.; Mar + LIST
or as late in the season as the ,1st
day Of A-rril
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-21
TWO HEARTED FAMILY FOUND
Each Member of Family Has One
Heart ON Each Side of Chest.

ESsCn mSHlDtE VI stAAAAAy fAaS YIN
Heart on Each Side of Chest.
Easton, PA family in which
the mother and three children are
each provided with two hearts, case
said to be unequaled in medical an
nails, has been discovered here, ac-
cording to DR.. James Morgenstern.
He has called several fellow physi-
clans to examine the family and they
have verified his statements. In each
case he found both of the hearts per
forming their functions, one in each
side of the chest The mother and
children are normally healthy The
woman is Mrs. Burton Perkins and
her children are Anna, Allen and
Doris, aged 10, II and 4, respective
". 1t has been arranged that one
of the children shall appear for ex-
animation before the Northampton
County Medical Society at its next
meeting.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-21
NPW CHINATOWN Is As STRANGE ASD NOW PURE SHOE Law
PHILADELPHIA TO GIVE
HORSES \ VACATION

Philadelphia, PA two
weeks vacation for every one Of
the eight hundred horses in the
employ of the city police, fire and
and street departments are to be
granted next summer. An in
Urinary for dumb animals has
raised Sis, 100000 to meet the
cost. and a committee is at work
figuring out how the horses can
be spared from their work.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-21
OLD MAN OF 20 a CONVICT.
Goes to Penitentiary to Serve Life
Sentence for Killing His Son.

4 man bent with the weight Of
three score and ter years has just
been taken to the state farm to serve
a life sentence for the killing of his
son.
The old man, with his long white
beard, is Bob Davis, Of Whitfield
county. who shot his son to death
in a quarrel some weeks ago. He
takes his trouble without apparent
worry. and SAYS he hasn't so very
long to live anyway, so it really does
not matter very much.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-21
HAS RESIGNED.

Colonel Thomas VIM has resigned
as a trustee of the soldiers home.
The colonel was the trustee against
whom charges were preferred last
fall for affeetionate conduct toward
the head matron after he had par
taken freely Of whiskey-to cure his
asthma, he said.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-21
He is ENTITLED TO IT.

Man Nearly Hundred Years Old Is
Going to Take First Vacation.
In New Jersey lives a man who
has been working pretty steadily for
most of his hundred years. For the
last three years he has not missed
day from his job. He has started
on a vacation now and will loaf a
week. Nobody will begrude him
good time. When the week is up
he means to get back to work and
make things hum. What a fine ex-
ample this centenarian sets for the
young fellows of twenty, of forty or
sixty. 1t is not always idleness and
ease that make for long life. Hon
est work is about as good a recipe
for longevity as most men need.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-21
365 KILLED IN CANAL ZONE

Dynamite Explosions Caused Most of
Accidental Deaths at Panama.
A toll of 395 lives in four years,
almost 100 year, two a week, has
been exacted by the construction
work of the Panama canal. This
enormous loss Of life does not in
clude those who have succumbed to
disease. The 395 were all victims of
accident.
By far the greatest number of vio-
lent deaths were due to dynamite ex-
plosions; but years of handling the
explosive and much experience in the
safest way of setting it off have
taught the engineers how to reduce
the loss of life.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-21

A Philadelphia egg expert says
fresh eggs will soon sell at 2s cents
a dozen. We viii have to wait so
long for them at this price they won't
be fresh.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-30
WOULD ROB ETON BOYS
OF THEIR SILK HATS
Daring Inconicast However Rebuked BY Writer Who Says
That the Sangfrod With Which They Wear tToppers
is the Secret of Etoians' Success in Life

1 silk hats. Only few years ago 1t was
considered the only suitable headgear for
| employees in the city and one beheld
| 81 a week clerks, door-openers and even
| office boys all slk-hatter. Now how
| ever the silk hat is definitely on the
! wane. just about, according to the writer
in The "Eton College Chronicle hun
dred years after Its original Introduction
| Possibly this is because comparatively
few Britons can wear them with sang
froid," not having been broken TO them
in youth, like the fortunate graduates Oh
| Eton college.
I Its Etonian sponsor goes on 10 defend
| the top hat on the novel ground that 1t
| is the only form of hat for which We
have pet name. Topper he says,
| lis work unparalleled in the English
language; it is the only nickname which
has firmly ingrained Itself in the popular
( speech.
| THE very multitude of ways of De
| scribing 1t shows the top-hats UNDER
| lying popularity tall hat, silk nat >
| chimney-pot mo other head-covering
can boast this multitude of descriptions.
! Evidently the writer forgets the nat
which we In America call derby ana
which--though never SO called over here
| is known both as a bowler and a
''cady." 1t is rather odd. by the bye, that
| both the term derby hat and Prince
| Albert coat never should be used IN
| England, where both of these proper
! names had their origin
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-30
AIT THE MAJEsTIC

Al the week, with matinees
daily and two performances at
night" Around the Clock
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-30
LOUIS MANN WILL BE
AT THE JEFFERSON
Comedy, ''Elevating Husband" Will
Be Attraction, Matinee and Night,
Wednesday, April

The appearance of Louis Mann is al
ways an event to which local theatre
goers look forward and the announce
ment of this popular plaNer's coming ap-
pearanee at the Jefferson theatre. matt
nee and night, Wednesday, April ., is no
doubt welcome one. Mr. Mann is seen
this season in dramatic comedy by
Clara Lipman and Samuel Shipman.
"Elevating a Husband" in which he
has been appearing for six months in
New York, occupying in Manhattan four
theatres in succession, the Liberty. Cri-
terion Garrck and Grand Opera House.
Mr.. Mann has just concluded, also a
most successful engagement of two
months at the Chicago Opera House.
In this new comedy Mr.. Mann is said
TO have been fitted with a role suitns
his unquestioned talent to nicety The
new character he portrays, that Of
Charles Sample, young and ambitious
5-cent-store merchant also presents him
In an entirely new light to his admirers,
the role being far removed from the es-
centric and lovable old men he has por-
trayed here in the past in ns,snumerous
plays. Samples characteristics are
summed up in a line he uses in the play
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-30

repertoire of two tunes, the fnches
that were received in London last De-
lcember being able to render the follow :
ing Items: s"Toreador's song from Car
men, Soldiers Chorus from Faust, .
Now the Day j s. Over Ca hymn, and
the old song, "Grandfather's Clock" A
few have shown Partially for Italian
music by learning La Donna Mobile
from "Rigoletto."
His own stock of feathered choristers
being so limited, the Sloane street bird
who possesses a bullfinch which is a
real lean de Reske among feathered
warblers. This artist was piping bull
finch folk songs just to amuse himself,
but catching sight of his owner bowling
his head. rhA thmically. he Immediately
switched off into classical music. After
irving three or four bars of "Blaub-
lughtf to satisfy himself he was in good
tone he attacked much longer number
from "Tanzerkrantz" and whistled a
quite Recognizable melody. keeping, good
time and modulating his notes with all
the art of an expert whistler
Some of these gifted birds show t,
liking for heavy Teutonic melody, and
come across bursting with a patriotic
desire to unburden themselves of the
'sWacht am Rhein.' while there is a
buJlfnch in Montagu square that sings
f'Blucher.s March" with as. much zest
as he did when he first set claw on
a. perch in this country four sears ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-30

London, March 15.-tSpecial.) )-Some-
body has just been rash enough to sug-
gest doing away with the fton boys silk
hat and none too soon, either. For lit
lie boys TO sport plug hats, and al
school. too, is an obvious absurdity and
one that would have survived FOR SO long
in no country but England, where dress
is a religion and tradition ronclad
The rest Of the costume Worn by the
boys at Eton college Is ridiculous enough
in all conscience, including. as it does, a
coat that looks like mans dress one
with tails cut off, boiled" shirt, and
p white tie. but the silk hat Is literally
the .crowning absurdity. Y on would
think that nobody could possibly stick
up for It, except rs a picturesque relic
of the past, but much weightier argu-
ment than that for keeping Elton boys
silk -hatted has just been put forth by a
writer in the Elton College Chronicle
and is being quoted, with amused COM
Inents in the press here.
.sTt cannot be realized, says this
writer. how much the success of Eton-
ians in public life is due to the top-hat
which long practice enables Them to wear
with a sang-froid impossible to men not
broken to 1t in extreme youth.
Wearing silk hat with "sang-froid'
an axiom for success in life Well, per-
haps II may be in England for. ever
here topper surely does impress peo-
pie 1t is rather curious that 1t should
too, considering what humble folk sport
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-30
THURSTON WILL OFFER
SOME NEW MAGIC
Noted Magician at Bijou This Week.
Will Tell Ladies' Horoscopes
at Matinees

The Bijou will have this week, tstartii &
tomorrow night with matinees Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday Thurstcn the
magician and wonder worker, legitimate
successor to the Hermann and .Sellar.
Thlrston has amused nations and made
them pay for it. Thurston talks English.
Or at least "Americanese. He talks all
the time he works. He uses language 20
divert Ieope from what he is doing. lie
is witty, and has vocabulary like a cir
Gus ad writer And here rs the strange
part; The people who do not know a
word fof English enjoy thursday Just dis
much as those who do, which shows
what a. superfuty words really are.
Every trick of every magician who ever
lived is said TO lie known to Thurston.
Re makes no pretense of exposing any
particular faith or fad, nut all of the
so-called apparitions or spirits Thurston
duplicates. In Egypt, Japan China and
india, the very homes of illusion, Thurs
ton made his greatest successes during
his three year tour around the world. :
he We're TO wear all the decorations that
have been given him by monarchs, il
would increase his weight considerable.
i'his year Thufston brings an entire
rev programme. The first Daffling item
is The Bankok Bungalow" Lama S
dream of astral power ''The Htunted
, Window" is another new and startling
creation followed By The Chair oi
Asia" reclining Juno defylne h;-
inan endurance, The Siamese Cabinet
q production of living people: The yan-
ishing Dervishes," an Arabian rls sters
The Spirit Paintings" "The Abbott De-
ttoit Auto Mystery and many others
that are original
For an added attraction Thurston brings
Hasa Hamid Troupe of Arabs, 10 whii.l-
ing. yelling Oriental acrobats.
Mr.. Thurston will present to every lady
attending the Tueelay and Thursday
ihatinees a-complete roscope Of her
life
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-30

and which in measure forms his code:
"A warm heart, but cold cash. just
after reaching affluence in business Sam
pie falls violently in love with a refined
but poor music teacher, fellow lodger
at his humble boarding house. Loving
Sample, despite his unpublished manner
isms and lack of breeding the girl de-
termines to marry him and then ele-
vate' him to her point. 1t is in the
method she pursues that the humor and
interest of the play are found. At the
end both find happiness, but not before
they have undergone series of extremely
interesting and humorous experiences,
at times ludierous, at others almost
tragic.
emily Ann Wellman continues in the
role of the wife, in which during the
New York run she scored a personal
success. The surrounding company in
cludes such capable players as Charles
Miller. Percy Denton, Charles Halton.
Edmond Roth, Homer Hunt, G. Gatenby
Bell. Laura Walker, Elizabeth Ariaans,
Margaret Templeton and Marion Hol-
combe. The scenic equipment is a taste
full one Seat sale starts Monday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-30
ORIGINAL ANTICS IN
"AROUND THE CLOCK"
Majestic Has Novelty as This Week S
Attraction for Birmingham
PlaygOers

One of the largest southern newspapers,
in its criticism of Around the Clock,
booked at the Majestic this week, had
the following to say;
Patrons of the Lyric received double
their moneys worth last night. Around
the Clock was the attraction The play
lived up to the advance advertising ana
more. 1t Is without q doubt the best
musical comedy we iftve had in many
q day 4 laugh to eveiS tex a. the
clock was not merely press agents talk
IL was truth. Good. and tuneful music
to rest The aching sides was also true
pretty girls to make her steady Jeal
Gus was also right. II WAS all there ahu
more too, also was our fat friend there
Imagine 300 pound man with race like
Il full moon no disrespect intended.
wish ! had his health and good nature
Well he sat IN about the fifth row. per
fectly oblivious of those surrounding him
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-30
BIRDS WHO SING GRAND
OPERA MAY CUT OUT CARUSO
Tenor May Not Be Engaged for Concerts This Year BY Society
Leaders of London, Who Have Just Discovered Real
Song Birds Capable of Giving the ''Torea-
doris Song Well as He

London, March 29.-(Special. )-When Ca
russo comes over here next month he is
likely to find himself more or less out
of it. His engagement at Covent Garden
opera house, for the first time in seven
years, or since the monkey house episode
in the United States, holds good, of course,
but whether many engagements for pri-
vate concerts will come his way is ques-
ton. Human operatics song birds" as a
matter of fact. are at discount in Lon
don at present, society having recently
discovered and developed craze for real
song birds, which, in response to a nod
of the head of their proud owners, will
warble you the 'Toreadors song from
Garment; the Soldiers Chorus from
Faust or an aria from Tanhauser'
as accurately as Caluso himself could
sing it.
The songsters thus gifted are bull
finches. who receive their operate train
ing in Germany, and firm of bird dealers
in London has made specially of them
for several years, but according to the
proprietor ii is only within the past couple
of seasons that these feathered Melbas
and Scotts have been taken up by swell
dom Now however, .he demand for them
in Mayfair so far exceeds the supply that
of fairly large consignment of grand
opera artists in cages which arrived ~
December last only one remains in the
Sloane street shop, this being az fes tiierefi
performer of Fra Diavolo." When tyged
to 'oblige yesterday. it proved as {sYay-
ward as any prima donna snt finalin,gaye
a few bars from the opera In q Fshion
which showed now well it couldN NAVE
sung If only it would 1t is simply this
artists persistent 'indispostion which
had kept II from finding a purchaser the
dealer explained.
The trainers of these oPeratic warb-
llers are German cobblers, who pipe Sc
lections' to them while they tthe cob-
hlers) are making shoes. They collect
young bullfinches from their nests In
May and whistle TO them until Decen-
ber The birds hang about their in :
Istructors in cages, and 1t is only the
sharpest of them who pick up the tunes,
lin a school of birds there being usually
many ounces.
The finest artists among them sell
for from s25 to $50 Each bird has a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-30
TPLOUS 11l17n III '..ELEKA TIflG AT1U5BANDs
JEFFERSON


he laughed and he laughed again; he
shook. like mountain of human being
that he was every time Billie Ritche
made funny fall he fairly hollered.
II was fully worth the price of admis-
sion to see that man enjoy himself. This
in connection with a full measure of per-
sonal enjoyment, certainly made the even
ing worth twice its price A total alb
sence of Love in the Moonlight gem
orally speaking mush was noted by reg
ular theatregoers. The enjoyment of the
evenings entertainment was sufficient in
centive to take shy at Love in the
Moonlight on your own account if you
had the necessary accessories, or rather
accessory. One is sufficient. See Around
the Clock Don't miss it. then you will
probably be in as good spirit as the
writer of this thinks he is and you may
be able to express your pleasure bet
ter"
There Is matinee every afternoon at
23o and two performances every night,
at 7:30 and o'clock, with reserved seats
OF sale in advance for the first show at
night and for the Saturday matinee
Many are learning by experience that it
pays to secure these seats well in ad-
vance in order to get tile best
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-30

TT is announced that David Warfield
will assuredly play Shylock next
4 season in stage presentment of
"The Merchant of Venice" which
promises to be unique. Naturally,
after winning conspicuous success in
contemporary plays, Mr.. Warfield,
who is a student, aspires to try
Shakespeare. Was there ever an
actor on the boards who did not Mr.
Warfield will present his own concep-
tion Of Shylock, and while there is no
fear of its being iconoclastie, his debut
in the part will be theatrical event
of unusual interest. Reverting in
memory to the quaint and gentle types
which Mr. Warfield has already pre-
sented to us on the stage in "The
Auctioneer," "The Music Master" A
Grand Army Man" and "The Return
of Peter Grimm it seems quite prob
able that his version of THE Mer-
chant of Venice will portray the Jew
money lender in such a way as to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-30
Not His Lead

.Frcm the Chicago Reeord-fIerald
This story was told of the late Senator
Robert l.. Taylor and is one of those pub
lished by his late friend, John Trotwood
Moore.
An old time darky was closing his SER
mon one night in Paradise Alley and
tfnele Rastus who had been playing
cards the night before, was seated In the
amen corner sound asleep dreaming OF
his favorte game The old preacher
said:
I'VE will now close dis meetinN wild
prayer an we will ak Bre'rl Rastus to
Lead"
Uncle Rastus suddenly reused himself
from his slumber and shouted:
1T amt my lead. | jest dealt''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-30
How Cleveland Won

From the YOUTHS Companion.
President Cleveland. while talking 20
friend about one of his many angling
expeditions. told the following story:
'lt is remarkable" said the President
how mean some people are l had with
me on that particular trip two country
men who evidently We're familiar with
my reputation as an angler Before
starting one Of them made the follow
ing suggestion: Mr. President said
he, we VIII agree that the first one
who catches a fish must treat the
crowd.
y assented 10 this, and we started
Now, don't YOU know. those Two fellows
both had a bite and We're TOO mean to
pull them up.
the friend.
"Oh, no. replied the President. Il
didn't have any bait on my hook"
From The Washington Star.