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The Dawson journal., 1883-07-12
Dining With the Txv0-Headed
Gzri.
New York Star.

New York Star
In response to an invitation from Mr.. J.
r. Smith, a Star reporter took breakfast
with Mile Christine, the double-headed
girl. This interesting young lady possesses
two heads, four arms, four feet, sings duets,
waltzes. polkas, and boasts Of several other
accomplishments. When the reporter ar
rived all was in readiness for the morning
meal. Five persons comprised the party
''The weather is exceeding oppressive"
was the greeting Of the double. headed girl,
as she shook the right hand Of the scribe
with two of her four hands The left side
smiled 'screnely and famed itself vigorous
~ with disengaged hand. There was
great deal said at the table but the guest
was there for the purpose of taking break
fast with Mile Christine and omitted to
make note Of the conversation. The
nightingale occupied one entire side of the
table, and while one OF her pair Of eyes
was intent upon gazing on the well spread
table. the other was looking out of the win
dow with dreamy expression. Two
plates were well filed with edibles and the
work Of destruction was begun. One-half
Of the lady had an especial fondness for
fried chicken and toast, while the other
would partake Of nothing but porterhouse
steak and fried potatoes. In the line Of
liquids one-half drank milk to the others
coffee, and two napkins were demanded
and freely used. Somehow or other there
was time for talking toward the close of the
meal, and the Nightingale spoke freely and
iutelligently upon a number of interesting
topics At times one head would make an
assertion which its companion could not
entertain, and then an interesting and
animated discussion would follow. Happily
these arguments were amicably adjusted,
and breakfast was finished in time for the
doubleheaded lady to goto Bunnelps Muse
um for the midday exhibition.
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Macon telegraph 18Th.

Macon Telegraph 18th.
The following story was told to us YES
terday by gentleman of Macon. l.
sounds strange, but it is vouohed for bv
two well known ladies whose veracity is
unquestioned. Several months ago the
wife Of one Of our citizens died, leaving
three Or four little childrcn. After the
death Of the mother the children were
taken care Of by their grandmother who
lives IN the upper part Of the city. The
other Cay, Mrs. S., the grandmother, lock-
eel up the house and went over to spend
the afternoon with noighbor, Mrs. II.
While sitting at the window, Mrs. S. saw
lady open the gate and 60 into her yard.
The figure and general appearance Of this
lady were 50 much like that Of her dead
daughter-in-law, that both Mrs. S. and
Mrs. II, remarked it, and watched her as
she walked up the stairs, and went in the
house. Mrs. s. went out Immediately, as
she thought the lady was one who .gprolnls.,
ed to call and have dress fitted. As she
neared her house her thoughts were busy
over the striking resemblance borne by
the lady visitor to the mother of the child
ren. When she reached the front door
she found it locked as she had left, and re-
Numbering that she did not have the key,
started around the house by the back way,
wondering how the lady could g It into the
house. Mrs. S, entered the house by the
back way but the lady had vanished Not
sign Of her could be found, yet, she was
seen to go into the house by Mrs. S. and
Mrs. II. How the lady got out without
beng seen is a puzzle. 1t was rather
strange occurrence, but there'sno use deny
ing the truth Of it SO far as the lady being
seen to go into the yard and house and to
vanish at once. Here is something for our
learned men to fight over.
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a Strange Story.

A little negro boy, about ten years old
and giving his name as Jimmie Calhoun,
tells a strange saory Of the actions Of his
mother lie says his mother and family
live in The country, but he does not know
where. On Saturday morning she took
Jimmie, a brother older than himself and
a baby out into the woods. The baby she
threw in ditch and then left the two boys
in theswoods. Jimmie separated from his
brother and wandered about, lie finally
found a road and following it up came into
Macon, where he was picked up by wo-
man and given q place to stay at her house
in Cyclone alley, between Fourth and
Fifth streets, where he is now. No other
in 'ormation can be obtained from him, ex-
cept that he has an uncle named Wash
Calhoun. Macon Telegraph
The Dawson journal., 1883-07-12
Some Chunks OF Wisdom.

What the editor Of the Free Press
has 10 say Of Brooks county in the fol
lowing sensible talk applies with
equal emphasis to Terrell. Hear
him
Talk about your gold mine, If
some enterprising'Yankee, or gentle
man, would put up a canning, pick
ling and drying establishment in
QuitInan, he would soon find that he
had big bonanza, bigger than
well, bigger than all outdoors. For
instance, the season for shipping
vegetables is nearly over with us and
we think we tell the truth when we
say that there are ten thousand
bushels, more or less fit for picking
in four miles Of Quitman, and there
won't be two quarts Of them picked.
Nevertheless, before ten DAYS YOU
will so to McINTos'u or SPAnK's and
buy a jar Of cucumber pickles, for
which ynn viii pay fifty or seventy
five cents. These pickles ara put up
by the Yanks, when they can't raise
one-tenth as many cukes to the acre
as we can, and sent to us over Il
thousand miles. The canned corn
YOU buy was put mp way down
East, in Maine, where they live six
months in the year and have 10 pry
the sun mp with u crow-bar at last,
and you are throwing your surplus
roasting ears to the hogs. The pea
ches, tomatoes, okra. beans-much Of
it-are first shipped from the South
to the Eastern cities, sold for low
prices, put up in cans, sent back to
US and sold for big prices. We ven
ture the assertion that fruit and veg
etables sufficient to feed five thou
sand people six months, if properly
canned viii be thrown away IN
Brooks county this season. We
onght to send quantities Of canned
goods to the North instead of buy
ing from them We Southern peo-
pie are mighty good people--clever,
high toned and honorable, and
nobody shall "sass" at the South
with IMMUNITY in our presence but
the truth is, we are lazy, ignorant
and improydent. Wealth lies seat.
tered around us, and we refuse TO
stretch out our indolent hands and
seize it. We had rather go fishing
and leave Cuff to pal up the chunks.
In less than three years Qai5man
will have canning establishment,
but in that time some poor editor
might die for want Of can of beans.
Let us have a canning house nj
once; it is better than q gold mine"
The Dawson journal., 1883-07-12

lew minutes before it had been in such a
rough state. ''Now am ready for plant
ing he said, and putting his horses to his
cuitivator which had the corn planter
attached, he took his seat ready to start
u am now going to show YOU how I can
lay off a row, drop the corn, cover It. and
bed on it w.tlf)ur furrowsat one triD across
the field"
He put the horses in motion and the
machine worked like charm. The corn
fell regularly in the opend furrow, while
the four plows, covered it and threw IN a
bed Of four burrows, leaving but small
space in the middle.
''Do you use this machine for cultivat-
ing your crop?"
Certainly. One man and two horses
and the man can ride besides"
rs it not hard to guide %
"3y no means All you have to do is
to keep the wheel in the last furrow and It
will do the balance. 1t is simply ques-
ton of driving, and with a steady team
this is very easily done"
How much can be cultivated by use Of
thij machinery which We have seen and
the reaper of which you spoken
"Two men, with two good horses, can
cultivate two hundred acres of smooth
land in cotton, corn, wheat and oats-I
mean they can do all the blowing, harrow
ing and reaping."
l suppose it is impossible to use this cul-
tivator on rough land.
COZ course it is. 1t can never be used
on very broken farms, but there are thou
sands or acres of land in this country where
the only obstacle is stumps. Tho first
thing, therefore, to be done, is to urge a
WAR on THE STUNTS.
They can be blown out very easily and I
am determined that next spring shall not
find one stump on my place in such ground
as can use machinery on. They will paw
for expense in firewood."
Glow did you happen to get on this
line Of farming?"
Il was forced on to it. found 7 could
not make expenses on the old plan and
hire labor. 1 brought the Jersey heifers
into Coweta county, and for some time
gave special attention to them. I cot be-
hind and had to sell my Jerseys to paw up.
had about made up my mind to quit
farming and go to something else more
profitable. Then the idea of using
machinery occurred to me, and deter
mined to try it and found it perfect sue
cess. l have no hired man on my place.
end | viii make more working hardly half
my time than made before by employ
ing several hands. [ shall have at least 500
bushels Of corn to sell on last years crop
this year. think I viii make thousand
bushels Of small grain. In fact am i'm
proving my farm and making money en- it,
besides giving more than half my time to
the Introduction Of this machinery among
our farmers. Frman and Hunucutt are
right-the intensive system Of farming is The
only true one. If to this be added labor
saving machines, doing the same amount
Of work and doing it easier and yet dis
pensing with three men and two horses for
each machine then fortunes will be made
out Of the soilaad that, toe, in very few
years"
The Dawson journal., 1883-07-12
A CARD.

MY SERVICES l AGAIN TENDER
to the goodpeople of Dawson and vicinity.
Nv Office in the day is at the Drug Store Of
D, W. B. Cheatham; at night at my res
ence on Orange Street.
Thankful for past liberal patronage, I
hone to merit continuance Of the same.
Parties owing me for services rendered be
fore the 1st of January, 1888, viii please
sonle the same soon. Remember my mot
TO: oMoney makes the Doctor go.S
w. g. KENDRlCK, M. u.
Dawson, Ga, May Is, 1883-tf.
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Advertising.

It IS sometimes questioned by
merchants whether advertising pays.
The question will hardly bear dis
cussion in the following facts, rates
OF transient advertising being
inquired; The Chicago Tribune, it
IS said for colamn year, receives
$4,000. The New York Herald
receives raa for It's lowest price coldun
$%35,IZ3, and for its highest S348,-
O0O. The New York Tribune, for
the lowest, $2G,774, aud for its
highest, S85,648, and these papers
are az! never at loss for advertising to
Ill their columns. Their patronage
c"lne'not from any desire to assist
me respective papers, but from bust
ness men who find it profitable to
advertise. The sensible business
man does not take long to fnd out
ny experience where it pays him
pest to advertise. That it does pay
ne has no doubt, and raises no cues
non Long experience with almost
every business man who has sue
eeeded has proved that beyond cues
The Dawson journal., 1883-07-12
4 Hundred Years Hence.

Some people.wis that they were
dead. and if this involved their liy-
inc. by and by, instead of now, how
many will wish from reading the
prophecy Of the Rev. Mr.. Fincks, an
American clergyman who travelled
much in America ten years ago. He
now tells what he thinks is the future
of "Englishry," by which he means
the EngIish-speaking people on the
globe, a century hence. He calcu.
iates that by that time there will be
one thousand millions of them living
under the same institutions and
cherishing the same IDEAS, social and
political, in the United States, Cana
da. Australia, South Africa and
Great Britain. The United States
will overflow into Canada, into Mex
co, Guatemala, Columbia, Bolivia and
Peru, afterwards into the valley of
the Amazon, and the whole range
of the Andes, into the islands OF the
Pacific, across which they will join
hands with their kindred in New
Zealand and Australia. The Eng
lish settlements in South Africa, now
essentially American, will spread
over Southern Africa, pushing the
natives to the equator. The Amer
lean farmer is to furnish The type OF
this new society. There will be no
savages or serfs, few drones or men
OF luxury; all will be able to read
and to write and to use their acquire
ments. They will have homes OF
their own, and property enough of
the very best and most educative
kind-that is, in land to Weld to
their intelligent industry sufficient
means Of support. They viii have
no social or political saperiors Will
manage their own affairs. There
will be few or none looking forward
to pauper's fate. The lives Of the
majority will be spent in
the cultivation of their own land on
the same terms which the American
tUmer now cultivates his. Morality
will This society have a tramen-
doas torce, because as there will be
only one morality for all, ana not, as
nov, a separate morality for each
class, it will be supported by the
opinion Of all Women will play
larger partin the work Of society
than they have ever done. No pur
suits will be favored by endownpnts
or bounties. The competition be-
tween nations Will be intellectual,
not military competitor. Oratory.
painting, sculpture and architecture
VIII grow under it as never before
Money will be in greater use and the
precious medals have a higher value
than ever. Religion will have as
strong a hold as ever on the human
heart. At the head of this mighty
communicable United States will
sand morally, though not politically.
Ibe President Of the United States
VIII be It's foremost man, and che
predominant power will be the
press.
The Dawson journal., 1883-07-12
A Relic of The War.

DR.. E. Warren, the eminent ply
sician, late Purveyor General, G S
A.. now practitioner in Paris and
widely-knowu throughout the Soath,
wrote officially DIR Worthmgton's
Cholera and Diarhoea Medicine has
long ago enjoyed a high reputation
both in and out Of the Army" 9th
er physicians Of high standing re-
commend it, aud with such endorse
ment it is recognized as a sovereign
cnIA
The Dawson journal., 1883-07-12

The Savannah News SAYS 'fhere is
grave near Crawford, Georgia, in
winch hes q miser who died not long
ago. lie made his will, giving his
property to friends and relatives,
leaving the amount of $500 in
oa'1' which he requested to be put
under his head and buried with his
po5y, 1t was served as requested,
ana the grave lies uninterrupted.
containing the specie, not ten miles
from Crawford"
We give this news item in order
'naC the circumstance may be made
as pubic as possible, and in the hope
lna1 some enterpiising grave robber
may soon be enjoying it. No man
mas right to die aud Jake his money
|'tn him and if that grave is rob
pea, we shall not raise a howl I'm
we Arst place we do not believe the
money was ever buried If it has
,"een, IN good faith, nothing would
nave been sal j about it. The heirs
Only desire to get the impression
ont SO that some fellow will die il
Np-dislorb the grave-and then
Soey will come forth and offer sic
iie%ard' and g. ahead and spend tht
balance OF the money. That tale vii
I r wash. 1t is thin all around
4AInany News and Advertiser.
Faded hair RECEIVERS its youthful
e . and a, soft silky texture by tn,
use OF takers Hair Balsam.
The Dawson journal., 1883-07-12

A little girl held mirror up be-
lore her mothers face and asked:
MAMA, do YOU see yourself in it?'
Eyes, my darling"
"No. you don't either" returns
the little one.
why not r. queries the mother.
because l heard Mrs. Biggs say
you wore so ngly that if you ever look
ed into q glass you'd break it.
Mrs Bigss ada the cfild's mother
are neighbors and members OF the
same sewing circle.
The Dawson journal., 1883-07-12

Sweetly sings a poet "What
will heal my bleeding heart ?" Lint,
man, lint, lint; put on plenty Of
lint. Or hold cold door-key to
the back Of your neck, press a small
roll Of paper under your upper lip
and hold@np your left arm. This
last remedy is to be used only in case
your heart bleeds at the nose.
The Dawson journal., 1883-07-12

A genius advertised-'A sewing
machine for twenty-five cents in
stamps, and his dupes did not see
the point until they received cam
brio needle.
The Dawson journal., 1883-07-12
InYimorating Food

For the brain and nerve is what
we need ia these days of rush and
worry Parker's Ginger Tonic re-
stores the vital energies and brings
good health and joyous spirits quicka
er than anything you can use-Irib-
uue.
The Dawson journal., 1883-07-12

When an elephant has a cold they
give it FIVE gallons OF whislyey, and
the Philadelphia News thinks this is
the re&n..why some men who have
been to see the elephant carry such
a peculiar odor about them.
The Dawson journal., 1883-07-12

A woman of Fostoria, Ohio. got
to laughing on seeing her husband
fall down, and she kept up for sew
eral days and died. And now falling
down by husbands has become cpl
demic in that section.
The Dawson journal., 1883-07-12

Let us accept different forms Of re
ligion among men, as we accept diff
ferent languages wherein there is
still one human nature still express
ed. Every genius has most power
In his own language, aad every
heart in It's Own -liglon.
The Dawson journal., 1883-07-12

An Irishman described savings
bank rs place where you can put
your money in to-day, and get it
out tomorrow by giving thirty days
notice.
The Dawson journal., 1883-07-12

TYeLIsH FEMALE BITTERs is an iron
and vegetable tonic, prepared specially
for the cure Of ills that afhict female sex.
1t builds up and strengthens feeble, bro
ken down and worn out constitutions, re-
pairs damages inflicted by years Of suffer-
ing, regulates the system, adds iron to
impoverished blood and makes perma-
nent cures. 1t tones the stomach, in
parts keen appetite, aids digestion, re-
leyes sick headache, acts gently upon
the liver, cures swimming Of the head,
and palpitation Of the heart
For headache, constipation and bill.
iousness, use BaiJeg's Saline Aperieat.
Tough on Chllls,"
Cures 3 cases for IS cts. in cashier stamps.
Mailed by John Parham, Atlanta, Ga.
The Dawson journal., 1883-07-12

A correspondent wants to know
If flea bites a dog, and 50 enrages
the animal that the dog bites man can
the flea be indicted as an accessory
before the fact ? See the Penal
Code.
The Dawson journal., 1883-07-12

i guess there is no need of my
naming this parcel said sharp
couuuyman to the clerk Of the ex-
press Office if it's lest you have
enough provision on the back of
tins receipt to hinder dozen law
yers from recovering anything.
The Dawson journal., 1883-07-12

A lady in Rhode Island put a
quart Of dried apples to soak, with
out thinking of their swelling quail
ties, and for an hour it was thought
that the whole State would be sab
merged.
The Dawson journal., 1883-07-12

"What is the annual corn crop OF
Kentucky ~ asked a foreign tourist
Of Kenruckian. Il can't exactly
say" replied the Kentuckian "bat
| know it's enough to make all The
whiakey we want, besides what is
wasted for bread
The Dawson journal., 1883-07-12

"Capital and labor could get on
well enough together if there were
not 50 many men trying TO get CAPT
tai without labor"
The Dawson journal., 1883-07-12
a Chicago chants Expe-
TICHcG,

After [ had become almost skin
and bone, with neither strength nor
ambition left, and the doctors
couldn't help me, two bottles Par
ker's Ginger Tonic cured me com
pletely. NJ. b. Westeott, Lamp
M'fr. Chieago.
The Dawson journal., 1883-07-12
TIE USE OF MACHINERY,
eWhat reaner do YOU use 2"


"The Standard. 1t is by far the best Of
them all, and is the only reaper that can be
successfully used on rough land. l have
sold large numbers of them and they have
never failed to give satisfaction. We then
retraced our steps and came back to the
buggy. Mr. Parks took the horse we had
driven and another that was ready-a
beautiful pair Of blacks, fat and full of
spirit-and drove them across the bridge
and out into arIovely tract Of bottom land,
which was as level as q floor, and entirely
free from stumps. Now, said he, 81
want to show you how to make money by
farming Here is an unfinished land and
the stubble You see is thick. will hitch
my horses to this sullsy turning-plow and
show how nicely I can fix this SOIL
He then mounted his scat, and in little
while, without more labor than riding in
buggy, he had the land thoroughly broken
mn. Mt least ten inches if desired. The
plowed soil was of course full Of large
cloas and when we called his attention to
it he laughed and said it was to them he
was going to pay his respects at once Tax
ing his horses from the plow' be miched
them to the Acme harrow, which has TWO
rows Of steel blades-one behind the other
and one row covering ono way and one
the 3thef-and all Of them slanting back
wards. In front of the first beam is
heavy board put on at an angel OF about
forty-fve degrees, and under this all INC
clods must pass--As they pass under ln'
board they are crushed, while the sharI
blades completely pulyerizes the soil Mr
Parks drove rapidly over the ground. JUS
plowed and soon it was as smooth as
| garden. 1t was hard to realize thai Only
The Dawson journal., 1883-07-12

A man is in no danger so long as he
talks love, but when he writes he is
i'npaling himself on his own pot
hooks most effectually.
The Dawson journal., 1883-07-12

Some one recommended the eating
Of radishes for the cure Of heartburn.
The best remedy for such a com
plant is to stop locking at the girls.
The Dawson journal., 1883-07-12

The lah-dedah cigarette smoking
young man is aifeciionately referred
to by the Cleveland Ledger as third
class male matter"
The Dawson journal., 1883-07-12

The Connecticut new law requires
that the doors Of saloons be sealed
by officials, every Sunday.
The Dawson journal., 1883-07-12

BIingham Young'5 grave is utter
ly neglected, aud his widows never
visit it, They went there once to
cry over his remains; but it made the
ground SO sloppy that they all
caught cold.
The Dawson journal., 1883-07-12

When you suffer from dyspepsia,
heartburn, malarial affections, kin
ney disease, liver complaint and 9TH
er wasting diseases. When you
wish to enrich the blood and purify
the system generally. When you
wish TO remove all feeling of weak
ness, WEAKNESS, lack Of energy, try a
bottle of Browns Iron Bitters and
see how greatly it VIII benefit you.
It sarpasses all known remedies as
an en=icher of the blood and per-
feet regulator of the varions bodily
functions. Ask your druggist.
The Dawson journal., 1883-07-12

cd Lady 30 druggist-"I want
box Of canine pills" druggist
"Nhat's the matter with the dog?'
Old lady Indignantly 'Iwant You
to know, sir, that my husband is
gentlemanp' Druggist puts up some
quiAlne pills In profound silence.
The Dawson journal., 1883-07-12

Mr. Thos Allen, SAvANNAu, Ga,
says: Il was cured Of dyspepsia Of
many years standing by using
Browns Iron Bitters. .
The Dawson journal., 1883-07-12

Mr.. A. H. Mooe; Mug Ray, GA,
sasgasiskA lsavsA at1sed Brew1fAs IRON
Bittcrs for dyspepsia and am happy
to say with best results"
The Dawson journal., 1883-07-12

A printing Office towel fell out
Of third story window in a New
Jersy town the other day, aud crack
ed a paving stone The crash was
heard two blocks away, and little
boy ran home with white lips and
trembling limbs to tell his mother
that he saw "a negro man tumble
OH the roof and explode bis head.
The Dawson journal., 1883-07-12

Strange, remarked Mrs. Brown:
I have rung at Mrs. Smiths door
three times this week and | didn't
succeed in raising any one: I guess
the family is out of town. Posi-
bly, replied Mrs. Jones 'but Mrs.
Smith was telling me just now that
she could tell your ring among o
thousand.'
The Dawson journal., 1883-07-12
DOM stana back 81 90 mnch e.

Don't stand back on too much GER
emory. Several years ago a young
lady kissed an old uncle on a wager,
who was us ugly as nome uada sin.
i5ulhae to say thathe never forgot
it, andin his viii left her tile other
day 100000. That girl caa now
a~old to kiss whom sh3 plcas35.
The Dawson journal., 1883-07-12

The man who commands himself,
IS greater far than lie who commands
the world.