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SEPTEMBER 8, 1899.
ON 808 EVANS' SHIP.
SHE IOWA GUARDED THE NECK OF
CERVERA'S TRAP.
• FlKhHnB Hob" nod lb. Merrlmm-'s
AB.lt HI. Signal. "Enemy'. Ship.
Con!n« Ont,” the Flr.t m.plnjed.
Rot Oreetlntt. to Fleeln* Spnnl.h.
[Copyright. ISM. by O. U. Kilmer.]
IGHTINO 808
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. qißHp'HißjjH’i* record of 1.173
rsunds in a run
ning fight of a
' few hours meana
■ hot work, espe
cially when half a dozen ahipaare play
ing on the same target at the name
time.
The exciting times on the lowa be
gan long More Cervera thought of
dashing out of the trap. Sampson or
dered the lowa on picket duty, watch
ing Cervera to see that he didn't take it
into hia head to escape. "How far up
mnst I got" Evans signaled to Samp
son. “Go until you can distinguish the
movements of a small rowing boat in
the harbor,” was the answer. “How
long mnst I stay?" was the next ques
tion. “All night,” came the answer,
Evans says he went up until he conld
detect the blinking eyes of Spanish
■entries uDder the searchlight, and for
86 nights he kept that kind of a watch
on Cervera.
Evans' tars saw nothing in their
close vigil to scare them off from further
acquaintance. When the signal came
from the commander to muster volun
teers for the Merrimac exploit, the en
tire complement of 19 officers and 600
men on board the lowa wanted to go.
After taking down the names of 160
seamen Evans signaled the admiral to
know bow many he conld take from
the lowa. “One seaman,” was the re
sponse to the qnery. In time the choice
lay between two —Murphy, who finally
want, and Paine, who thinks he missed
the chance of his lifetime by an un
lucky draw. Captain Evane called up
the aspirants and said: “Now, lads,
whoever goes in the Merrimac goes to
almost certain death. There is not one
chance in a million that a man of the
expedition will escape death.”
When it came to the toss of the coin,
Paine said to Murphy, "I'll give yon
S6O for your chancel" Murphy said no,
flipped the coin and won. Then Paine
said, "I’ll give you $l6O to let me take
your place. ” But Murphy was as ear
neat as Paine and quickly declined the
offer. Paine's shipmates said that he
actually abed tears over his disappoint
ment. Murphy proved to be one of the
beat of Hobson’s gallant crew. What
else the lowa bad to do with the Merri
mac has been graphically told by her
brave commander.
“Tbe entrance of the Merrimac into
that harbor,” said Captain Evans, “un
der fire from every gun, it seemed, of the
Spanish fleet and fortress was the most
terrible sight I ever saw. Itcan best be
described as hell with tbe lid off. The
next morning all we conld see with our
glasses were the tops of tbe Merrimac's
masts, to which was fastened something
resembling a raft. There was no sign
of life, and, of course, we thought it
was all up with our comrades. I had
received orders from Sampson to allow
no boat to approach the wreck, and soon
my executive officer reported to me that
a steam yacht was drawing near to it
and asked if he should open fire.
“For some reason or other I cannot
explain I decided for tbe time being to
disobey orders and told my officer to
wait a bit. Then we saw the yacht
take on board from the raft our com
rades under Hobson. Had I fired of
course they would have perished, as
would have Admiral Cervera, who was
on the barge. Hobson and hia fallows
bad been clinging for hours with their
hands to that raft, with bodies totally
submerged, when tbe barge rescued
them. I have thanked God many times
since that I refrained from firing on
that barge.”
There was unusual commotion on the
deck of the lowa the night before the
battle with Cerrera. Captain Evans'
executive officer'called attention to the
activity aronnd the Spanish ships. Tall
columns of smoke could be seen stand
ing straight np from the stacks of Cer
vera's ships. Captain Evans did not
take the matter seriously and gave no
orders abont it, but his subordinates
made ready for instant nee the signal,
“Enemy’s ships coming ontl” That
was the reason the signal was hoisted
so promptly when the ships did come
ont the morning of July 8. “A line
sight they made, too," said Captain
Evans, "as they came, like a lot of
angry bulla, ready to go at anything.
They were all neat and clean and pret
tily painted—it seemed a pity to spoil
their beauty. ”
When the Spaniards were sighted at
9:81 a. in., Captain Evans wus in his
cabin with his son. a cadet on the
Massachusetts. The alarm for action
rang on board ship, and Cadet Evans
cried out joyfully, "Papa, the enemy's
ships are coming out!" Before the
commander of the lowa reached the
apar deck a gun boomed and the ship
was making full speed ahead The posi
tion of the lowa was such that her out
look saw directly into the harbor, while
Morro and other elevations shut ont the
view of tba other ships until the Span
ish were well ont from Morro point.
Cervera’s flagship had the head of
column and was steered straight with
the current under the admiral’s personal
direction, he standing by tbe pilot and
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giving sailing orders while his ship re
ceived the fire of three Americans, in
cluding the lowa. The latter was head
ed straight for Morro. The starboard
tiattery of the low i opened at 5,000
yards. As she swung clear of the shoals
at the entrance the flagship Teresa
opened and fired with spiteful rapidity
full broadsides, taking a westward
course. The Spanish shots showered the
Yankee ships, but none struck the
lowa at that time.
For some time Captain Evans ma
neuvered with the intention of ramming
or torpedoing the enemy, bnt be found
hia apeed too slow. The Teresa had
passed the lowa, and the Vizcaya and
Oquendo were abreast of the active
Yankee. Captain Evans swung his ship
ao as to give the Teresa his full port
broadside, then us quickly swnDg
around to bring the Vizcaya under the
stai board guns. The Vizcaya got the
full force of a broadside, the forward
guns meanwhile firing at the Teresa.
After deluging the decks of the Vizcaya
with iron hail the lowa swung again,
and her course lay acroaa the path of
the Oqnendo.
Finding that he could not keep speed
with the Oqnendo, Captain Evans shift
ed the helm and lay his ship’s course
parallel to that of the Oquendo. The
vessels were abeam and about 1,600
yards apart. The lowa's rapid Are bat
teries were manned, and the full force
of the starboard battery was given to
the Spaniard. At the same time the
gnns of the Indiana, from a position off
the quarter of the Oquendo, wbb firing
at her, and the Oregon also.
Tha Colon, being the fastest erniser,
was the last in the line, and. keeping
inside the other ships, at first passed
ahead, getting in shotß whenever her
consorts uncovered the range. Two of her
shells struck the lowa, one at and one
above the water line. Seeing the Ore
gon dash for the Colon, Captain Clark
turned his attention to the torpedo
bouts, which came out of the harbor
just as the lowa settled down to a
fighting chase westward after the flee
ing Spaniards. The lowa, Indiana and
Oregon sighted the torpedo boats at the
same time, and all opened fire, which
the plucky Spaniards returned, while
the American shots churned the water
into foam all about them. The little
Gloucester dashed in, also, and was
nearly struck by the lowa’s fire, being
enveloped in the smoke of her own guna
and that of the battleships. A large
projectile, from the lowa probably, cut
one of the torpedo lioats in two just ns
her boilera exploded. But in all this
CAPTAIN It. D. KVANS.
[“Fighting Bob.’’}
distrees she fired a parting shell at the
lowa, which passed within six feet of
the head of Captain Evans as he paced
the bridge.
In eight minutes from the time the
torpedo lioats emerged from tlia harbor
they were destroyed, and the lowa’s
course was set for the chase of the
cruisers. The Teresa and Oqnendo were
already on the beach or heading for it.
and Captain Evans gave his attention
to tbe Vizcaya, which seemed bent on
putting about to re enter the harbor.
The lowa, imitated by the Indiana,
headed inshore to cut off the retreat of
the Vizcaya, but tbe alarm was ground
less the Spaniard was making for the
beach and the reason was apparent
when she burst into flames aft. Her flag
was still flying, and Captain Evans
stood fer her, giving her the full benefit
of his 12 inch gnns. A few minutes later
the Vizcaya was all aflame and going
straight on the beach. The lowa ran
np as near to the wreck as the water
would permit, and "Fighting Bob,"
with a fighting crew, which liad been
shouting “Give ’em for the
Maine!" all the morning, set to work
to rescue the unfortunate crew of the
doomed Vizcaya.
Captain Evans knew that tbe lowa
would be of no advantage in tbe chase
after tbe swift Colon and turned his
attention to tbe suffering Spaniards on
the beach. Nnmbera of them were
struggling in the water, having jumped
overboard in fear of an explosion. The
Vizcaya hud stranded about 400 varda
from shore, and Cuban insurgents
opened fire upon the unfortunates
The wounded on the decks of the ship
were in danger of burning to death,
and were removed as soon as possible
by Captain Evans' willing and active
crew When the wounded Captain
Eulate of the Vizcaya was brought on
board, the doughty fighting sailor of
the lowa displayed the noble side of his
nature. He declined the sword pre
sented to him with much ceremony as
his rightful trophy of war by the Span
ish captive. This deed of chivalry Was
cheered to the echo by tbe aeminaked,
powder blackened crew lined np cn tbe
turrets, along the rail and upper works
of the lowa.
Just as the boats were being lowered
from the lowa to pick up the Spaniards
the flagship New York, with Sampson
on board, passed in chase of tbe swift
Colon. The commander in chief shouted
to Evans, “How many have you lost?"
The cheers of the lowa’s crew at the
sight of Sampson were drowned by tbe
bnrrabsfrom tbe flagship when Captain
Evans answered the bail w h, “Not a
man hnrt on tbe lowa I”
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LED OFF AT SAN JUAN
COLONEL HARftY EGBLRT, PHILIPPINE
HERO, AT SANTIAGO.
Headed the Final ittacU on Fort >hi.
.luhii—Shot Ilovwi OlicfiiiK Orders.
Ill* Own Morj of It—llcusle Kghert
TVIIn lion llt*r Father tiled.
[Copyright, 1899, by Cl. L. Kilmer.]
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WC been of the army.
— J Colonel Egbert
was the one commander who was
wounded while heroically accomplish
ing something on the slope of San Jnan
hill in front of the blockhouse. Other
officers fell that day and were heroic,
but it was not their fortune to get much
ip return for their blood. Egbert led
his regiment, the Sixth United States
infantry, against the blockhouse alone.
At the end of a couple of hours he was
wounded and carried from the field, but
meanwhile he had occupied the atten
tion of the Spaniards in Fort San Juan,
drawn their fire and enabled his men
and his'superiors also to study the weak
points in the stronghold, if weak points
there were, and to reconnoiter the
ground leading up to it.
Now that the colonel has become im
mortalized because bis fate at Manila
has been more Moody than at San Juan,
it is interesting to recall bis report of
that battle, the last story of battle from
his lips or pen. Egbert commanded the
Sixth infantry at San Juan hill in the
brigade with the Sixteenth and the
Seventy-first New York. The public
knows too well how things were not
done tbut day, bnt there is no need of
excuse or apology over Colonel Egbert
and the Sixth. Colonel Egbert tells
naturally how his regiment had the
lead on the march to the San Juan
ford; that Spanish shells passed harm
lessly overhead. After awhile he caused
the men to remove their packs and lay
them.beside the creek. Then said he,
“They stood ready for action with only
canteen, haversack, campaign bat, bine
shirt, canvas leggings, canvas trou
sers and 200 rounds of ammunition per
man.” Before reaching San Juan river
the infantry halted to give the cavalry
the right of the road. It was late in the
morning, the valley was shut in, and
it was very hot. An aid came back
from the front and brought word that
Colonel Hawkins, the brigade com
mander, wished the Bixth moved for
ward at once.
Pushing everything out of the way,
Colonel Egbert says, he led forward to
the ford of the Aguadorres creek. From
that point the commanders could get a
partiul view of San Juan hill. Haw
kins said to Egbert, “Somewhat be
yond here you can get an enfilade fire
on those works, and Lieutenant Ord
will show you where to go in.” Ord
belonged to the Sixth and was on the
brigade staff that day. Thia order Colo
nel Egbert calls the “keynote of the
desperate fight waged by the Sixth in
fantry against the San Juan intrench
ments. ” The stream in front was knee
deep, and Colonel Egbert dismounted
and walked through, followed by two
battalions of his troops. He walked
through because he thought some of the
men might pick dry fording places and
impede the column.
Across the stream the colonel soon
found the cavalry front and re-enforced
its outposts. Spanish fire was then be
ing directed upon the outposts from
buildings on the hills. The field in
front of the Sixth Colonel Egbert found
to be 800 yards across, covered with
tall grain and swept by Spanish fire on
its exposed elevations. The regiment
was led across the field to a heavy belt
of trees, and there was found the San
Juan river flowing waist deep in a rapid
current. Colonel Egbert again took the
initiative with one company and recon
noitered the ground beyond. He saw a
road at the base of San Juan hill and
the wire fence inclosurea between the
road and the hill trench. At a signal
from the colonel the rest of the regi
ment leaped down the bank into the
river and soon lined np along the barbed
wire fence. A hot fire was opened on
the Spanish works, and this was far
ahead of the cavalry attack on the first
hill, so often called the first attack on
the Spanish at San Juati.
“Here the Sixth, ” says Colonel Eg
bert, “remained contending with the
hill for about an hour, but, as we were
partially hidden by the hedge and pro
tected by the road trench, our casual
ties were not heavy; at the same time
I was not satisfied with our position on
the road, which, being oblique to the
hill, gave only an oblique and compara
tively not an effective fire. I therefore
concluded to advance the regiment into
the field of high grass and weeds lying
between our position and the San Juan
blockhouse. As we bad no material for
cutting the stiff wire fence I availed
myself of the service of a Cuban negro
soldier who had found his way alone
into thie place and who. with his ma
chete. cut quite a number of openings.
| I now advanced my regiment through
j these openings some 50 paces aqd
I formed the line directly facing the hill
! at about 350 yarde distance, where we
; opened a steady and concentrated fire
i upon the fortifications.”
I Surely to the Spanish this was the
! first American attack of the day. Op
to that hour they "had simply fired from
| long range at the Americans seen ad
i vancing down the road and trail to
wjird the fords. When Egbert crossed,
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Colonel Egbert tells how tlie Spaniards
received this first attnidt. Says the re
port: “This sustained fire from a force
partially hidden by the grass seemed
at first to stun the enpiuy. Their fire
slackened, and I began to entertain
high hopes. But the Spaniard is a foe
to be respected behind breastworks.
Suddenly the blockhouse and trenches'
burst out with cannon and musketry,
and the whole fire of the hill was de
veloped on my regiment at short range.
Here was to be seen tbe value of dis
cipline. Our line was torn with shot
and shell. Men were falling every
where. Captain Walker, commanding
the right center company, and his lieu
tenant, Gross; Captain Torrey, com
manding the left center company, and
his lientenant, Purdy ; Lieutenant Tur
man of Company F and one qnarter of
my men were down in ten minutes
from the time the heavy Spanish fire
commenced. Yet no one blanched, and
all kept steadily firing without any
thought of stopping until tbe order
should come. This it now became my
reluctant dnty to give. I saw that the
force on the hill, in its intrenched posi
tion, was entirely too strong for mine,
and, if we remained another ten
minntes, the regiment would be de
stroyed. I therefore, with my adjutant.
Lieutenant Bennet, walked along the
line and cautioned the company com
manders to move by tbe flank quietly,
but rapidly, to the road again, which
was done in excellent order, carrying
our dead and wounded along with ns.
As soon as we had bestowed these in
safety under the overhanging bank of
the river we resumed the fire from the
road. ’ ’
The position of the Sixth on the road
was maintained until the reserves came
up on the grund charge.
Colonel Egbert’s distinctive work was
ended, bnt not the career on San Jnan
hill of the Sixth infantry and its com
mander. Soon after the returii to the
road Parker’s Gatling battery opened
on Fort Jnan, and a great cheering back
along San Juan river drew the atten
tion of those in front. Then came a
cloud of skirmishers and the tail form
of Hawkins was seen, with the impetu
ous Ord by bis side, leading a charge
to support the gallant line in the road
on the slope of the hill. When the
charging line got abreast of the Sixth,
Colonel Egbert ordered his companies
tc file through the openings in the fence
and join it. This new movement, like
Colonel Egbert’s first advance drew a
savage fire from the blockhouse and
from tbe trenches on the hill. Egbert
was shot through the lungs", but as he
dropped behind he saw that the charge
had gained an impetus not to be stop
ped by all the Mausers on San Jnan
hill. His regiment had led off and
placed its name at the head of the roll
of honor in losses as well as in gallantry.
Colonel Egbert's last fight has for its
historian bis daughter Bessie, who was
near the field. In a letter to friends in
America she described the Philippines
affair as a second San Juan hill. Colo
nel Egbert led his new •ommand, the
Twenty-second infantry, on a charge
against the town of Malinta. The town
is surrounded by a wall and is on an
eminence. Colonel Egbert led his men
against the church, which, as his
daughter says, “was crowded with the
enemy so thick on the wall that they
overlapped. They were sending a gall
ing fire at our men* as soon as they
came in range. Before our men got in
range they had to cross the river (again
like San Juan) and tbe surgeon, who
was acting as papa’s adjutant, says
that there were plenty of rafts for t;he
officers, but that papa pluDged in with
his men and the water was up to his
breast.
“When they got over, the general
sent papa an order to take the trenches
In front of the town and then to charge
COLONEL HAIiliY 0. EGBERT, C. S. A.
the wall and storm tbe place. The ma
sonry was too stout for artillery and
the only way to take the place was by
storm. It was a great deal to ask of
new troops, and they were so new too.
At first it was hard to start them, the
fire was so bitter and those open fields
seemed so far across. Papa went up and
down tbe line, calling to them to cheer
(those Filipinos are terribly afraid of
American cheers) and finally he got
them started through the bushes and
just then he was hit."
“The regiment stopped a second, and
the word ran down the line that the
colonel was shot, and then they started
forward like demons, never stopping
for commands or orders, and they got
to the wall and swarmed over it and
; took tlie town before they stopped.
“Papa lived an hour after he was
»hot, and knew before he died that the
town was taken. General Wheaton
came up to him and said, ‘Egbert, yon
made a gallant fight.’ And papa, lying
on the litter, smiled and said, ‘We took
the town anyway, general.’ ”
Colonel Egbert’s comrades in Cuba
believed that his San Jnan wound had
not completely healed, and that the
: effects of it caused him to succumb so
| (uickly at Malinta.
George L. Kilmer.
Thomas Rhoads, Centerfield, 0„
; writes: “I suffered from piles seven
or eight years. No remedy gave me
j relief until DeWitt’s Witch Hazel
j Salve, less than a box of which perma
nently cured me." Soothing, healing,
perfectly harmless. Beware of coun
terfeits. K.. 1. Bagwell, Law renoeville,
: and Dr. Hinton, Dacula,
CHINE.
Ihe business world recognises
that no man who drinks is as good
as he would be if he never drank.
Time was when in certain lines of
business it was considered necessa
ry to drink. Quito the contrary is
the case now. Even saloon men
prefer barkeepers who do not drink
the liquids they sell. All the fairy
tales about the great things people
do when under the influence of li
quor have been exploded. The or
ator who must be intoxicated in
order to make a speech is no long
er here and he has never been here.
The lawyer who cannot plead a
case or cite an authority without
spending the night before m a bar
room has gone to visit the pale
glimpses of the moon, and he has
always been gone. The writer who
produces a great poem or a great
essay while maudlin removed from
this planet before the command
“Let there be light’’ was given.
The bookkeeper, clerk, mechanic,
salesman, artisan, young or old,
is not at his best while he is under
the influence of liquor, and he is
not as valuable to himself, his em
ployer or society. In the race of
life the temperate man has the
best of it; the drinking man is
handicapped. Great things have
been done while the brain was ex
cited by stimulants, but greater
things would have been done bad
there been no artificial stimula
tion. The sober man is always an
improvement on thedrunkan man.
There is more Catarrh in this section
of the country than all other diseases
put together, and until the last tew
years was supposed to be incurable.
For a great many years doctors pro
nounced it a local disease, and pre
scribed local remedies,and by constant
ly failing to cure with local treatment
pronouneed it incurable. Science has
proven catarrh to be a constitutional
disease, and, therefore, requires consti
tutional treatment Hall’s Catarrh
Cure, Manufactured by F. J. Cheney
and Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only con
stitutional cure on the market. It is
taken internally in doses from 10 drops
to a teaspoonful. It acts directly on
the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. They offer one hundred dollars
for any case it fails to cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials. Address,
F. J. CHENEY & CO , Toledo, O,
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Hall’s Family Pills are the best.
• The Great South.
A North Dakotian who receutly
made a trip through the South
over the Southern railway writes
as follows:
“I was much pleased with iny
trip and shall sell everything at
as early a date as possible and re
move south. I think there will
be others with me, as I am speak
ing very highly of that country to
my friends, and those who call
upon me for information about
the south.
“I saw the tinest grain, clover,
tobacco, corn and fruits of all
kinds. Lands should be seen in
the summer time.
“The finest crops I ever saw' w ere
growing on land,for which,if I had
seen without a crop, I would not
care to give $1 an acre, accustomed
as I am to this Jeep, black prairie
soil.
“The heat in the south need not
be feared. I am feeling it much
more here than I did in all my
travel in the south in all the three
weeks I was there.
"I am delighted with the coun
try and the people whom I met,
and'ghall reside there as soon as
possible.
DeWitt’siLittle Early Risers expel
from the system all poisonous accumu
lations, regulates the stomach, bowels
ami liver, ami purify the blood. They
drive away disease, dissipate melan
choly, and give health and vigor for
the daily routine. Do note gripe or
sicken. R. J. Bagwell, Lawrenceville,
and Dr. Hinton, Daeula.
Mrs. J. S. Ponder, wife of oue of
Forsyth’s most prominent citizens
died at the Calumut Hotel, Indian
Springs, Monday afternoon, after
only two days' illness, of nervous
prostration. Her husband and
two children, who survive her, were
with her. The remains were car
ried to Forsyth for burial.
CA.STORIA.
Bears the .7 Tltc Kind You Have Always Bought
Lightning struck an oak tree in
front of the store of Mr. R. T. At
kinson, near Blythe. Mr. Atkin
son, who was sitting on a roll of
bagging, was knocked insensible,
and is now in a critical condition.
Recovery is doubtful. The store
was set ( n fire in several places,
but was extinguished before much
damage was done.
OALSTOXIX^..
Bean the ThO *“"1 VOU Have W**g
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DOORS--INSIDE AND OUTSIDE,
SASH,
SIDE LIGHTS.
BLINDS,
MANTLES,
FLOORING,
CEILING,
BASE BOARDS.
CORNER BOARDS,
DOOR AND WINDOW FRAMING,
MOULDINGS,
LATHS,
SHINGLES,
LOCKS,HINGES, WINDOW WEIGHTS, ETC.
All material complete for building a
house. Atlanta prices duplicated and
freight saved.
J. A. AMBROSE & CO.
Lawrenceville, Ga.
FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER,
A full line us Collins. Castels. Cases. Suit,
" ffi|lS* Wrapper., Shoes, Gh.v. always mi band.
No Extra Charge for Hearse and Services.
YOUTHS' DEPARTMENT.
Making and Baking Bread on Camels.
How Chinamen Work—The Wis
dom of a Horse.
There are very few American families
that do not stay at home long enough
to eat and also to prepare their meals.
Bat then American customs differ in
every way from those of the Bedouins,
as some of the wandering tribes of
Arabs are called. The religion of a Bed
ouin tribe seems to be to “move on
ward.” Having once began the nomadic
life, it becomes almost necessary for
them to keep it up. In the first place,
they don’t want to settle down, and
they wouldn’t have any place to stop if
they wanted to. Sometimes it becomes
expedient that they make haste
in those long journeys. Wandering
around over the plains are other tribes
whose only occupation is “moving on.”
There is frequently enmity between two
of these Arabian families, and should
one pursue the other it behooves the
pursued to hasten onward with all the
speed their animals are capable of, or
it may be that the springs of water are
bo widely separated that hard travel is
necessary to make the distance from
one to the other in a day. When either
of these contingencies arises, they cook
and eat while on the march. They don’t
eat much. Two or three dinners snch
as American boys and girls are nsed to
every day, with something extra for
Sundays and company, are supposed
not to agree with Bedouin children’B
stomachs. When on the road, bread is
their chief food. This is baked while
riding. One woman will mix the coarse
flour, which is carried in a sack on the
back of her camel; another will roll and
shape the dough, which is brought to her
in small quantities, and a third will
make a fire in an earthen vessel and at
tend to the baking. Women or boys on
foot run along from one cook to the
other and carry the material, and when
the feast is ready they distribute it
among tile various members of the
tribe.—Chicago Record.
Chinamen Work Like Machines.
A recent traveler in China has some
thing to say of John Chinaman that
may well fill the hearts of all Ameri
cans with envy He remarks that John
never seems to get tired or nervous. He
can write all day. work all day. stand
in one position all day, weave, beat
gold, carve ivory, do infinitely tedious
jobs for ever and ever and experience
no more weariness and irritation than
if he were a machine. This qnality ap
pears in early life. There are no rest
less, nanghty boys in China. They are
all appallingly good and will plod away
in school without recess or play of any
kind. Sport or play seems to them so
much waste of labor. They can sleep
anywhere—amid deafening uproar, on
the ground or in any position.
Some Queer Definitions.
Having read to her pupils a descrip
tion of the sinking of the Merrimac,
the teacher some days later asked her
pupils what the word “catamaran,”
then used, meant. These are some of th«
answers: “A catamaran is a mounting
lion. ’' *‘The catamaran is a savage offi
cer in the Fillipose islands. ” “A cata
maran carries clubs in a golf game.'
“The catamaran is the place in Chicago
where the cat show was held.” “Tho
catamaran was a convention hall prize.
“The catamaran is the proper name for
a catboat and war ram together like
the Catadin. ’' “Hobson obtained a cata
maran from the Spanish officers, which
was all he had to eat.
▲ Wise Horse.
The reasoning capacity displayed at
times by some of our domestic animals
is as amusing as it is remarkable.
Experiments made recently with a
horse, that animal to whom so much
intelligence is attributed, showed that
he was able to count up to 25. His
master had been accustomed to stop
ping him for feed on a journey when
ever 25 milestones had been passed.
Left to himself the horse stopped at the
end of 25 miles for food.
To prove that it was the milestones
that guided the animal three extra
ones were pnt among the others. The
horse was fooled by this and stopped at
the end of 22 miles.
The Baby at the Phone.
Telephones are so common in Cleve
land that even the babes are becoming
familiar with the “hello" mysteries,
says The Plain Dealer.
A prominent professional man was as
tonished the other day by a call from
bis 4-ytar-old daughter.
“Hello, papal”
“Why, hello, hello I Is that you,
baby ?"
"Es. Is oo tummin home to lunch?’
“Yes. ”
“Well, bring me home some dum an
some taffy."
“Is that all?”
“Es. ’Opt I love 00. Doodby. ”
“Goodbv. ”
O. A. NIX,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Offioe-Cropan at. Next door to News-Herald
Lawrenceville, Ga.
Will practice in all the courts, Careful at
teotion ta all legal business. Sep 98 1 v
T. M. PEEPLES,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Lawrenceville, - - Ga.
Practices in the State courts. Special atten
tion given to the winding up of estates.
JOHN M. JACOBS,
DENTIST,
Lawrenceville, - - Ga.
Office over G. W. A A. P. Cain’s store.
V. G. HOPKINS,
DENTAT, SURGEON,
Office in the old Winn drug store building,
LAWRENCEVILLE, GA.
~ J. A. PERRYr
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Lawrenceville, : : Ga.
Office over G. W. & A. P. Cain’s Stor •.
All business entrusted to my care will re*
ceive prompt attention.
F. F. .TUHAN L. F McIiONALI).
juhan & McDonald,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Lawrenceville, - - - Ga.
Will practice in all the courts. State and Fed
eral. Long and successful experience in every
department of the law.
Bankrupt Practice a Specialty.
If you can’t pay what you owe come and let us
give that relief the law provides for you, and
begin life anew.
Age and long experience, youth, proficiency
and energy combined. Try us,and you will not
regret it.
N. L. HUTCIIINS, JR.,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Office in postoffice building. Prompt atten
tion given to collections and practice in State
and Federal courts.
OSCAR BROWN, JNO. R. COOPER.
Lawrenceville, Ga. Macon. Ga.
BROWN & COOPER,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
Criminal Law A Specialty.
~R. W. PEEPLES,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Lawrenceville, - - - Ga.
Close attention given all bnginess placed in
my hands.
J. T. WAGES,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Prompt; attention to all calls, day! or night
AUBURN, GA.
W. T. HINTON,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Daeula, - - - Ga.
Located at the late I>r. S. H. Freeman old
stand, and any of his former customers will
find me ready to serve them.
Chronic Diaeases a Specialty.
All calls promptly attended to. day or night
S. L. HINTON,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Daeula, - - - - Ga.
Office near the depot. Chronic diseases a spe
cialty; 20 years experience. The patronage of
the public solicited.
~ P. E. BELL
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
TRIP. GA.
Resilience at W. J. Tribble’s. Office opposite
store of Jacobs A Williams, Calls answered
promptly, day gr night. June9-ly
SUMMER
RESORTS.
Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Railway.
Go to the cool moun
tain resorts of North Geor
gia and East Tennessee to
spend your summers.
Canton, White Path, Blue Ridge, Murphy.
Through tickets and close
connections. Direct line to Tate
and Oliver Springs, Alleghany and
White Cliff Springs in Tennessee.
Ask your nearest rail
road agent for information,
or write to
J. H. McWilliams, G. P, A.,'
Knoxville, Tenn