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THE DAWSON NEWS.
By E. L. Rainey.
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1 GREAT SEARCHLIGHT.
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718 AT SAN FRANCISCO BAY, AND
ILLUMINES THE OCEAN.
Most powerful Ever Constructed. Reveals
Moving Objects Almost as Far as
Marine Glasses Can Carry
rhe United States government has re
pently secured the most powerful elec
bic searchlight in the world, and has
placed it at the éntrance to San Frj(m~
isco bay, to be used in the pr(?tecuo.n
of our western outpost in case ot po§sx
le attack. The wisdom of thisiaction
oo the part of the gover%!nent. will b‘b
sncdiled dnyiew of the possibility of
nfinatinnal' complications resaltmgl
fr( 1 the war, .
TRedight front this great projector is
anseryatively calculated to be equal to
fhat of not less that 375,000,99(} candles.
Le distance from which it can be seen
s cousiderably over 100 miles, and mov
0g Übj(x‘gt%ag_n be detected by its light
Jmost as far'as marine glasses can
arry. .
some idea of the size of this search
ight may be gained by thee;%go‘mpatif.}f |
bhown in the illustration, It W 10
get 6 ivches high to the top of the drum,
bnd the total weight is about 6,000
yunds, but so perfectly is it mounted
bnd balanced that a child can move it in
uy direction, 1t was bailt by the Gen
,‘ Electric C»., of Schenectady, New
‘ork.
The reflecting mirror used is a concave
pherical mirror, five feet in diameter,
eflecting a parallel beam of light, It
Fas manulactured especially for this
projector, and is a specimen of perfect
pptical werk, three and ope-quarter
nches thick at the edges and one-six
eenth of an inch thick in the center. It
veighs about 800 pounds. The metal
ing in which it is mounted weighs
bout 750 pounds, and the total lense,
Jing and cover weigh about 1,600 pounds.
F'his great mir v is mounted at one end
f the big drum, the outer end of which
8 furnished with a door consisting of a
pumber of plate glass strips. Inside tbe
irum and sliding upon ways arranged on
he botiom is placed the electric arc
jrmp, the source of the light which is
flected by the mirror. It 1s entirely
tomatic in its action, is 6 feet high
1 weighs about 400 pounds. The car
bons used are also made especially for it,
he upper or positive carbon is 1} inches
b diameter and 223 inches long. The
Ower or negative carbon is 11 inches in
liameter and 15 inches long. The outer
urfaces of the carbons are heavily coat
d with copper., The positive carbon is
£t a little in front of the negative, and
us almost all the intense light of the
beandescent crater of the are is cast
pon the y¢ flector,
At the maximum current at which
is lamp operates it has a luminous in
ity of about 90,000 to 100 ,000 can
-s—tue reflected beam a total lumi-
Us intensity of about 375,000,000 can-
S a 0 intensicy whieh the eye cannot
Pledate. In looking at the side of
beam the spectator only distinguish-
Astream of light of comparatiyely low
eosity, but in looking at the beam
ecfl)‘ the effect is absolutely blinding,
Wilators at the top and sides aullow a
Stant current of aiv (o pass through
bdrum and dissipate the heat gener
i by the arc lamp, and they are so
faoged that po light can escape
lugh them to confuse the operator,
!the Connections for adjusting the po
-1008 of the carbong and the lamp are
bt s s T S
e unmheruanged in c..ose proximitv
e u;n; one side, so that all
ithoyt m()\;ipu 'ate‘(? by t.-he ope.r:'a.tor
brough o >ening .hom his position.
densely fc()lo g; in the drum covered
o bu glass the opere.xtion of
Smentg mgx’dee w’f‘tChej, ol iy
haktincs :;t & be drum 1s support
o © top of a Y-shaped
0 a base plate, running on
all Wheels fUl‘min ) g
On 3 ma’ssive S it l‘GiSt-
Whole structufeedes‘tal .
! base plate are r“t oy dr}xm,«fork
s tui:ntab] _ rotated llox'ngontally
Y e either by hand orb
hanigy, The d» t y
b o *lepressedl‘::ym?ly also be el
°T the phst two it ica 'y.
Shown gver the w ts this great light
I the t aters of the Pacific
P of Mt. Lowe ’p
of ) R L « From the
b o Jj g e iae for:h great white
drit into the ob-
LY of the night, ang ]
®Ountry gige for'mil e
® €Very object upon w::.around, Pring,
| ich it was di
rected into brilliant and distinct relief,
It Las illuminated the roofs of distant
villages and scared their inhabitants,
and lighted up sign boards miles away
so that tLey could be easily read by
means of a glass. The projector was |
frequently turned towards the sky and
ths bear, like a supernatural finger, has
written words upon the clouds.
Its use is now to be less peaceful. In
the hands of skilled men on the fortifi
cations it continually sweeps at night
the waters adjacent to San Francisco,
sure to reveal any suspected boat or yes
sel that an enemy might send to attack
us from that side.
I R O
LESS LIQUOR DRINKING.
A Large Decrease in the Consumption of
‘ Intoxicants,
#The bulletin for the federal depart
ment of lgbor for July gives figures t 9
show that there has be a large decrease
i@ the consumption of intoxicating
iguors by the people of this country.
In 1880 the consumption of distilled
spirit in the United States was 215 gal
ffis‘ s for every man, woman and child;
in 1886 it was less than one gallon.
“Such a decrease in the use of stroug
ijrink probabably never occurred before
among any people.
There has also been a decrease in the
use ot wine in this country. The per
capita conrumption of wine in 1830 was
.29 of a gallon, and in 1896 it was .26
of gallon. '
But while there has been some de
crease iln the use of wine and a very
great decrease in the use of whiskey,
brandy, gin and other spirits, the
consumption of beey has increased im
mensely.
In 1896 no !ass than 1,170,389,448 grl
lons of beer were used in this country.
The beer used for medicines, in cook
ing and for other purposes except
drinking is comparatively very small.
The great bulk of the beer consumed in
1896 was drunk. "The per capita con
sumption of beer in 1880 was only 1.36
gallons. By 1896 it had increased to
15.16 gallons.
In spite of this fact there is good
reason to believe that there has been a
great growth of temperance among our
people during the past eighteen years.
Their larger use of mild drinks is more
than compensated for by the great re
duction of the quantity of strong and
fiery liquors.
! TROUBLE IN CALLAHANS CAMP.
lConvicm Refused to Work and Coron e
l Compliments Guard’s Marksmanship.
| Messrs. Callahan and Johnson are
having a great deal of trouble with the
‘convieds in their camps near Blakely.
' Ali the convicts at one cam n.refused to
WOtk last week, and we are told that
food and water had to be denied to
' them to bring about submission to the
‘established rules of the camps. Be
fore things got %o working along
smoothly the whipping boss thought
(it proper to chastise one of the most
‘unruly negro convicts, who engaged
' the boss in a hand-to-hand fight, and
i was getting the best of It. The convict
| had in "hlis possession something of a
' sharpened character, more handy thau
! a large knife, and was making it more
!bhan entertaining for the whipping
' boss, when a guard, seeing that he was
,being swiftly knocked out, brought a
!Wincfiester into play and took off the
f top of the negro’s head at a single shot.
"The coroner of Early county went
idown and made an investigation,
found a very dead negro and compli
‘mented the guard on his splendid
i markmanship. —Blakely Observer.
Thirty Square Miles of Fish.
I “Fish?” said Captain Williams of
’bhe British steamer Knight Errant,
'which arrived in port from Ham
'burg with 11,000 tons of Welsh
coal, toa New York reporter. “You
‘ask me if we saw a shoal of fish. I
give you my word as an honest skipper
that we passed through thirty square
miles of them, and it ,took us three hours 1
todo it. Westruck the shoal ten miles
west of Sable Island and left it when
forty miles west. ,As faras we could see
there was not a 'square yard of ocean
twixt the horizon lines that was nov
covered with fish, mostly mackerel and
herring. 1 supposse they, had been
driven off the Great Banks by the fish
ing smacks.”’
Sick headache, biliousness, constipa
tion and all liver and stomach troubles
can be quickly cured by using those fa
mous litile pills known as DeWitt's Lit
tle Early Risers. Theyare pleasant to
take and pever gripe, -
R G @ (SALE-DAvis Deue Co.
Dawson, Ga., Wednesday, Auéust. 3, 1898,
PRISONER ON NARROW LEDGE
.
PUPE’S BOAT CAPSIZED IN AN
ALASKAN RIVER.
Granite Walls 4,500 Feet High on. Either
Side, Raging Waters Below, Star
vation Sure.
With granite walls 1,500 feet high
above him, raging waters at his feet, and
only a narrow ledge to stand on, A, F.
Pope, of McLean, 111.,, was imprisoned
three days. This is the story of his
wonderful escape:
Pope went to Valedes, Alaska, last
March and lost his outfit by the upset
ting of a boat in the Tazalena river. On
returning to Valedes he hired out to
United States Army officers. With a
party of soldiers who were trying to find
a summer route to the interior he struck
east until he reached Lou river, a swift
stream not on the map.
On a log raft the party started down
stream and finally came to a canyon s'x
miles long and walled up bigh.
At 2 p. m. on May 27 the exciting ride
down the unknown canyon commenced,
For two miles theyshot along at a terrific
speed, passing hair-raising curves and
having narrow vscapes from death on
sharp rocks. Suddenly they saw rock
;studded rapids ahead. They could not
Btop their raft, and banging up against
‘the rocks it was swept over.,
} At the foot of the rapids was a 16-foot
jump. The raft plunged into the pool
and was dashed upon a big rock., It
turned over completely and broke., The
men were thrown into the water. All
' save Pope succeeded in catching pieces
i of the broken raft,
An undertow kept Pope under longer
thaa the rest, and the raft, with the sol
diers clinging to it, was far down the
stream when he came to the surface all
but drowned.
Pope succeeded in reaching a ledge of
rock that was a few feet long and just
wide enough to give a foothold. The
day was dismal, and Pope was drenched
with icy water, Granite walls towered
above him 1, 500 feet, with hardly a foot
bold in the rock for theZßfirst 100 feet
above his head.
To plunge into the stream was mad
ness. Pope paced his narr)w prison.
Night brought no relief. He was afraid
to lie down for fear of falling into the
stream, All night he tramped up and
down the five feet of rock.
Day found Pope in a worse plight than
before. Hunger was added to his other
troubles. Night br ught a c¢ 1d rain.
| He waved bhis arms and stamped
his wet feet to keep up circulation,
; At noon on the third day in the can
yon a ray ot sunlight gave him hope.
He determired to try once more to climb
the wall. He had attempted it time and
l again, only to fall back bruised and
| bleeding. He began hacking at the
| bushes which nature had left on the
I rocky ledge. He tore off ten bushes,
and with his suspenders lashen them to
gether, He was weak from loss of sleep
and lack of food.
For seventy feet the rock went up al
most perpeandicularly., Pope himself
cannot explain how he bung his ladder
on the jurtting points of rock and clam
bered up. A single slip of the ladder or
a misstep, no matter how slight, meant
death.
At times he was forced to make fright
ful swings, but the ladder, made with
nervous. haste, never failed. It took him
more than an hour to reach the top.
When he finally got out he was so weak
that it was hours before he was able to
commence the thirty-mile walk to Vale
des. ;
Great was his surprise when, a week
after the accident, he finally reached the
soldier camp to find all the bluecoats
there uninjured, They had been thrown
(up on the opposite bank, about 200 - feet
' below the rapids. Hard climbing brought
‘them to the tup of the canyon in safety, |
and ealy pext morning they reached
Valedes. They thought Pope was
‘drowned.—New York World.
Beggs’ German Salve
is used in every house, writes one man
from a country town, Eatire neigbbor
hood uses it fer piles, cuts, burns,
bruises and all skin diseases. The fame
of its cures necessarily spreads from town
to town; frieuds tell friends what Beggs’
German Salve has done, and the while
people acknowledge its merit, its healing
qualities and its power of allaying pain,
i SALE-DAvis DRuG Co. l
MWKINLEY’S GRAND UNCLE HANGED
The Irish Home of President McKinley’s
Forefathers.
Life is full of little ironies. Thus
the year 1898 sees England solicitous
to see Mr. McKinley, as president of
the United States, friendly to an al
liance of the two great counptries. In
the year 1798 the president’s grand
uncle was executed at Coleraine as an
enemy of England. Today the power
that executed the grand-uncle seeks
the good-will of the grand-nephew.
The McKinley family flourished on a
farm at Conagher, in County Antrim,
Ireland. . They had retained enough of
their Scottish origin to remain Presby
terians. One of them, Francis, was ev=
idently filled with the American idea,
for he was so sufliciently convinced
Ireland was being oppressed by Eng
land that he took an active part in the
great uprising of 1798.
Like many other men, he had the
misfortune to be hanged for his
trouble, and was buried at Derrykeig
han, where one may still read his life
story on a grave-stone.
The veteran bad two sons and five
daughters. One of the former came to
America to join his uncle, William,
who was the grandfather of President
McKinley. His brother sold the pa
ternal farm in 1838, and also came to
the land of the free.
CARED FOR AN OLD CONFEDERATE
Generous Action of W, A, Pledger, the Ne=
gro Lawyer of Atlanta.
W. A. Pledger, the well-known color
ed lawyer of Atlanta, gave an illustra
tion during the confederate reunion in
that city of the affection of former
slaves for the men who once owned
them,
Pledger belonged to a Clayton county
family whose name he bears. Joseph
Pledger, oue of the sons of that family,
was a confederate soldier, and was so
' badly wounded that he has been able to
do very little since the war. Fearing
that he might n)t be able to come to the
reunion W. A, Pledger sent him the
| money to come on, purchased for him a
confederate uniform, obtained a nice
boarding place and paid for his enter
tainmoant throughout the reunion,
Pledger met him at the train and saw
him safely on board when he was ready
to return. His kindness made one of
the many pretty incidents of the reunion.
A FUSILADE OF PROFANITY.
Cursed and Fought With Fists Under
Shower of Ball.
Taeutenant Alvord Anderson of the
Sixth United States Cavalry, now act
ing captain of Troop D. of that regi
ment, says the New York Press, has
sent a letter to his father, John R.
Anderson, at Upper Montclair, in
which he relates his experience in the
skirmishes prior to the surrender of
Santiago. The lieutenant says in
part: :
‘I don’t believe I ever heard so'much
profanity in a single day as when we
were moving on that second ridge
}Every one was cursing the Spaniards
or the barbed wire fences at every
step. Two of the men stopped under
‘that hail of bullets to settle a personal
‘quarrel with their fists, and after a
pass or two went on up.”
~Wouldn’t Accept His Pay.
One of the most remarkabkle incidents
of volunteer army life was experienced
by one of the paymasters at Miami last
week . A member of the Second Alaba
ma Regiment absolutely refused to accept
his pay, amounting to $35. He said that
he entered the service purely through
patriotism, and dia not want any com
pensation., This being the first case of
the kind the paymaster had no precedent
to guide him, After some thought he
drew a red line through the name, indi
cating that the sum had not been paid,
Shounld the soldier ever need his pay the
government stands ready to settle the
account, 4
Rev. Golden Resigns,
A Cuthbert special to the Atlanta
Coustitution says: Rev. E, Z. F'. Golden,
postor of the Baptist churcn, tende:ed
his resigpation to his congregation at the
morning service yesterday. The resig
nation is to take effect November Ist,
Mr. Golden has beeu with the church
for several years, and during that time it
uas grown and prospered.
~ E. U, Blanks, of Lewisville, Texas,
writes that one hox of DeWitt’s Witeh
Hazel Salve was wortu $56 to him. Ii
cured his piles of ten years standing.
He advises others to try it, It also cures
eczemu, skin diseases and obstinate
sores.,. foSaLe-DAvis Drug Ce. -
Vol. 14.—N0. 49,
1
J UDGES’ ELECTION BY PEOPLE.
GOVERNOR ISSUES PROCLAMA«
TION SUBMITTING AMENDMENYT.
On October sththe People Will Decide If
They Want to Eleet Judges and
. Solicitors Gemeral,
Governor Atkinson has issued a
proclamation submitting to the people
of the state the constitutional amend.
ment providing for the election of judg
and solicitors-general by the electors
of the whole state.
The proclamation recites the para
graphs and articles of the constitution
which it is proposed to amend by vote
of the people, and gives in full the law
adopted by the general assembly au
thorizing the submission of the ques
tion the voters of tbe state.
It is proposed to amend paragraph 2
of section 3 of article 6 of the constitu
tion of this state, so that the same shall
read as follows: /
‘“T'he successors of the present and sub
sequent incumbents shall be clected by
electors entitled to vote for members
the general assembly of the whole state
at the general election held for such
members preceding the expiration of
their respective terms; provided that
the successors for all incuribents
whose terms expire on or before the
first day of January, 1809, snall be
elected by the general assembly at its
session of 1898 for the fuil term of four
years.”
It is also provided the terms of
judges to be elected under the consti
tution, except to fill vacancies, shall
begin on the first day of January after
their election. Every vacancy occa
sioned by death, resignation or other
causes shall be filled by appointment
of the governor until he first day of
January after the general election held
next after %he expiration of thirty
days from the time such vacancy oc
curred, at which election a successor
; for the unexpired term shall be elected.
f The law also provides how solicitors
‘general shall be elected and how vae
cancies shall be filled.
Governor Atkinson submits the pro
posed amendments of the constitution
for the ratification or rejection by the
legal voters of the state at the general
election to be held Wednesday, October
b, 1898,
YELLOW JACK OFF MULLET KEY.
Transport Aransas Arrives With Several
Cases on Board.
A Tampa, Fla.,, dispatch says: The
transport Aransas arrived a% quaran
tine today and will be held.
The Aransas has. on board sixty-four
people, and on the trip over from San
tiago several cases of yellow fever de
veloped.
She was held at the quarantine sta
tion at Mullet key, and Dr. Gleunan of
the marine hospital service, who isin
charge here, went down at once ard or
dered that the boat be held indefinitely.
Colone! Astor is one of the parties on
board the Aransas, and he has important
dispatches for the secretary of war,
which he has orders to deliver in per
son, but he will be held until all danger
is over,
Judge Whipped Lawyer,
Lawyer Bohanon was pleading a
case before Justice Sampson’s court at
Abingdon, 111.,, the other day. The
justice interpolated a remark. ‘“‘That’s
’a falsehood,”” said Bohanon, “The
| court will stand adjourned for a short
!recess,” said Justice Sampson, who
added, “Come outsiae, Bohanon, I'm
| going to whip you.” Bobanon went,
and the justice was as good as his word.
When the lawyer had washed the blood
from his nose the court was reconven
ed, and the justice directed Bohanon to
go on with his argument, He did so,
and maae such an eloquent plea that
the justice who had just whipped him_
decided the case in his favor,
; 3,770 Cases of Fever.
~ The war -department at Washingtors
‘has pested the following report from-
General Shafter of the fever cases at
Sauntiago: ‘“Reports of yesterday show"
toial sick, 3,770; total fever cases, 2,924 ;.
new cases of fever, 639; cases of fever re
turned to duty, 538, ’
Begs’ German N alye
is an invaluable remedy for cuts, burns,
bruises, scalds, chapped hands, sore
nipples, sore lips, eczema, ulcers, chron-
Je sores, skin eruptions, fever sores, and
‘01: skin diseases. SALk-Davis Drue
