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The Dawson journal., 1886-04-29
A Baby that Smokes a Pine

A little red-cheeked, bright
eyed French Canadian baby, two
and half years old, attracted
much attention at the passenger
station this morning by putting
away for nearly three-quarters of
an hour at a strong black briar
pipe filled with nigger-head to-
bacoo.
The little fellow was with his
parents, who were on their way
from Canada to Lawrence, Mass.
He handled the pipe with all the
grace of an old smoker, and SEEM
ed to enjoy the weed as thorough
ly 1ns though it was his natural
sustenance. The parents say that
the boy had been addicted to the
habit for six months past.-Man.
chester, n. Fl. Mirror.
The Dawson journal., 1886-04-29
Cure for Piles.

Piles are frequently preceded
by a sense of weight in the back,
loins and lower part of the abdo-
men, causing the patieut to sup
pose he has some affection of the
kidneys or neighboring organs.
At times, symptoms of indiges-
ton are present, fatulency, unea-
siness of the stomach, etc. A
moisture-like perspiration, pro-
ducing a very disagreeable itch
ing, after getting warm, is a COM
mon attendant. Blind, Bleeding
and Itching Piles yield at once to
to the application of DR.. .Bosan-
kos Pile Remedy, which acts Ill
rectly upon the parts affected, alb
sorbing the Pumors, allaying the
intense itching, and effecting q
permanent cure. Price so cents.
Address the DIR. Bosanko Medi-
cine Co., Piqua, o. Sold by w.
G. Ksndrick, Dawson, Ga.
The Dawson journal., 1886-04-29
HOw's This for Sam 2

Griffin News.
Col. Sam Leak, the rising young
lawyer, few nights ago called on
his best girl, and was 80 CON-
pletely overwhelmed by the great
love bestowed upon him by her,
next morning early penned the
following lines and had them de-
livered by Charley Gilsey, the
tinted dude who occupies the
prominent and responsible posi-
ton of "maid of all work" on law
yers' row. We beg leave to state
that it is through the kindness of
the Colonel that we are able to
give the public the benefit of this
poetical effusion:
''Last night l left my heart with you,
A captive to your winning grace;
AS you now have one that's kind and true,
Pray send me yours to take its place"
Not to be outdone by the poeti-
cal Colonel, she procured a sheet
of waste tinted paper, and replied
in the following language:
'lf you have left your heart with me,
cannot say regret it;
And as for mine-well, let me sec
Call round yourself tonight and get it. y
The Dawson journal., 1886-04-29
A COWBOYS Queer COurtship.

A queer wedding is reported
from Jacksonville to-day. where
Walter d. Knox, a wealthy young
cattle trader from Colorado, was
united in marriage yesterday to
Lizzie ID. Miller. The ceremony
was performed in the county
clerks Office by Esquire Stlobel,
and the courtship was peculiar.
The story is that Knox came here
a day or two ago, and yesterday
morning got into a carriage on
Jefferson street and told the hack
man to drive him where he could
see a pretty girl. The hackman
started up town, and on turning
the corner of Jackson and Jeffer-
son streets spied Lizzie Miller.
The hackman hailed her and in
troduced her to Knox, who was
greatly pleased with her good
looks, and invited her into the
carriage, after which he instruct
ed the hackman to drive over to
Jeffersonville. There q license
was obtained, and the wedding
solemnized. Knox pulled cut an
immense roll of bills when he
paid the justice. The new-made
wife asked him where he was 60
ing, and he said back to Colorado.
cam I going with you?" she ask
ed. "No," he said, 81 have no
further use for you. Knox is still
in town, and is having a raging
time of it in his honeymoon.-Cin-
cinnati Enquirer.
The Dawson journal., 1886-04-29
Why a Drunken Man Escapes.

One sometimes sees a drunken
man pitched violently from a
horse and when the bystanders
rush to see him dead, they are u.s.
tonished to discover that he has
been little injured. In his"Scram-
bles among the High Alps" Les
lie Stephens tells the story OF a
guide who, while drunk, fell over
a precipice SO deep that a fall
over it seemed almost instant
death, and yet who sustained lit
tie injury. Stephens accordingly
gives his readers the advice not to
fall over o precipice or to get
thoroughly drunk before doing so.
The reason of this immunity IS
that the nerve centers are SO
much paralyzed in the drunken
man as not to be affected by the
shock of the fall, which in sober
man, would have acted upon them
SO violently as to stop the heart
arrest the circulation, and cause
instant death.
The Dawson journal., 1886-04-29
Excitement In Texas.

Great excitement has been caus.
ed in the vicinity of Paris, Texas,
by the remarkable recovery o9Mr.
j. E. Corley, who was 30 helpless
he could not turn in bed, or raise
his head; everybody said he was
dying of consumption. A trial
bottle Dr. Kings New Discovery
was sent him. Finding relief, no
bought a large bottle and boz of
DIR. Kings New Life Pills; by the
time he had taken two boxes OF
Pills and two bottles Of the Dis
covery, he.was we'll and had gain
ed in flesh thirty-six pounds. Tri-
al bottles of this Great Discovery
for Consumption at Crouch Bros.
The Dawson journal., 1886-04-29
The Girl We All Like.
Eli Perkins.

Eli Perkins. i
'"The plainest girl / ever saw
was the favorite in my native
town. Everybody liked her.
Beautiful? O no, she is not beau
tifal that ia, outside, but inside
she is an angel. Nobody thinks
of calling her beautiful. Not one
of a dozen can tell whether her
eyes are black or blue. lie you
should ask them to describe her
they would only say: She's just
right and there it would end.
She is a merry-hearted, fun-lov-
ing, bewitching maiden, without a
spark OF envy or malice In her
whole composition. She enjoys
hArself, and wants everybody else
10 do the same. She has always
q kind word and q pleasant smile
for the oldest man OF woman: in
fact, l can think Of nothing she
resembles more than a sunbeam,
which brightens everything it
comes in contact with. All pay
her marked attention, from rich
Mr.. Watts, who lives in mansion
on the hill, to negro Sam, the
sweep. All look after her with
an admiring eye and say to them
selves: She is just the right sort
Of girl!' The young men OF the
town vie with one another as to
who shall show her the most at
tention; but she never encourages
them beyond being simply kind
and jolly; so no one can call her 4
dirt; no, indeed, the young men
deny such an assertion as quickly
as She"
''Do girls love her, too?" I ask
ell.
eyes, wonderful to relate, girls
like her too; for she never delights
in hurting their feelings and say
ing spiteful things behind their
backs. She is always willing to
join in their little plans and to as
sist them in any way. They go
to her with their love affairs, and
she manages adroitly to see Will
lie or Peter and drop q good word
for Ida or Jennie until their little
difficulties are all patched up aud
everything goes on smoothly
again, thanks to her. Old ladies'
say she is delightful The sly
witch, she knows how to manage
them. She listens patiently to
complaints of rheumatism or neu-
ralgia, and then sympathizes with
them SO heartily that they ae
more than half cured" q.
The Dawson journal., 1886-04-29
Unhappy Man.

Why persist in running your di-
gestion by eating unwholesome
food; and keeping it ruined by
doing nothing to restore it to USE
fulness and right action? Some
think dyspepsia is incurable.
They are the ones who have never
taken Browns Iron Bitters. This
valuable family medicine makes
short work of the tormentor and
soon enables tho digestive appa-
ratus to do it's work. Mr.. II. E.
Collins, of Keokuk, Iowa, says,
81 used Browns Iron Bitters for
dyspepsia, and am greatly bene-
fitted.
The Dawson journal., 1886-04-29
What Can be Done.

By trying again and keeping up
courage many things seemingly
impossible may be attained. Hun
dreds of hopeless cases Of Kidney
and Liver Complaint have been
cured by Electric Bitters, after
everything else had been tried In
vain. So, don't think there is no
cure for you, but try Electric Bit
ters. There is no medicine so
safe, 80 pure, and so perfect a
Blood Purifier. Electric Bitters
will cure Dyspepsia, Diabetes, and
all Diseases OF the Kidneys. In
valuable in affections OF Stomach
and Liver, and overcome all Uri-
nary difficulties.
The Dawson journal., 1886-04-29
Startling, But True.

Wills POINT, Texas, Dec. /, '9j.
After suffering for more than
three years with disease OF the
throat and lungs, got SO low last
spring that L was entirely unable
to do anything, and my cough was
50 bad | scarcely slept any at
night. My druggist, Mr.. H. f.
Goodnight, sent me trial bottle
of DIR. Bosanko's Cough and Lung
Syrup. | found relief, and after
using six Sl.00 bottles, | was on
tirely curel. j. NJ. WELDEN.
Sold by w. G. Kendrick.
The Dawson journal., 1886-04-29
Tlrals OF Newsnal.es Men

AAsassDA NOsNottstbSt NADA1
Rev. DIR. Talmaee preached =
sermon last Sunday on newspapex
men and their trials and semptn-
tions. We give some spacs 70 i
short extract.
seOne Of the~great trials az the
newspaper profession is the faet
that they are, compelled to SEA
more of the shams of the world
than any other profession
Through every newspaper 0fIieas
dsy by day, go the weaknesses of
the world, the vsnities that want
to be puffed, the reyengas that
want to be wreaked, all the mis-
takes that want to he corrected.
all the dull speakers who want to
be thought eloquent,a all the mean
ness that wants to get its wares
noticed gratis in the editorial col
umns in order to save tex of the
advertising columns, all the men
who want to be set right who
never were right, all the crack
Drained, with story as long as their
hair, and as gloomy as their fin-
ger nails, in mourning because
bereft of soap; all the itinerant
bores who come to stay tive min
utes and stay an hour. From lie
editoriel and arepoft0fiaR rooms.
oil the follies and shams OF the
world are seen day by day, and
the temptation ia to believe nsi-
ther God, man, nor woman. It ia
no surprise to me that in your
profession there are some skepti-
cal men. 1 only wonder that You
believe anything. Unless an edi-
tor or reporter has in his pres-
ent or his early home, o model OF
earnest character, or he throw
himself upon the upholding grace
of God, he must make temporal
anu eternal shipwreck."
The Dawson journal., 1886-04-29

A rather cynical lady, some
what of firt, says most men,
like colds, are very easily caught,
but difficult to get rid Of. Her
mistake is apparent. DR.. Bulls
Cough Syrup will cure any cold
however stubborn it may be.
Price 25 3elts.
The Dawson journal., 1886-04-29

Dark rings around the eyes in
dicate !the existence of worms.
Hasten to use Shriner's Indian
Vermifuge to expel these misera-
BILE pests. 1t is safe and relia-
BILE agent. Always use it accord
ing to the directions, and it wi II
do its work we'll.
The Dawson journal., 1886-04-29
Dr.. Gums Liver Pills

Remove constipati ion, prevent
malaria, cure dyspepsia, and give
new life to the system. Only one
for dose. Free samples at w.
G. Hendricks.
The Dawson journal., 1886-04-29

Bodily pains are instantly re-
lieved by the use of St. Jacobs
Oil. DR.. r. Butler, Master OF
Arts, Cambridge University, Engp
says, "It acts like magic
The Dawson journal., 1886-04-29

"This will last out night in
Russia when nights are longest
there" he said, cla7ping his hand
over the aching tooth. But a
friend suggested Salvation Oil,
and he was fast asleep in twenty
seconds. Price twenty-five cents
q bottle.
The Dawson journal., 1886-04-29

THE attempt by one or two pa
pers in the State to make it ap-
pear that Hon. A. o. Bacon is op-
posed to the railroad commission
is 100 feeble to command any re-
spect.-Albany News.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-12-23

poor. HIS " lie had been educated in
to meekness, and thought that she
should and her greatest pleasure in how
ering over the Sizing bacon and watch
ing the hoe-cake. Nan, the girl, was
beautiful blonde, full of life. but
afraid of her father. Sim Buck, to
whom Nan was secretly engaged to be
married, was, the neighbors said, "a rip
snorten' sort NV er feller that mout er
mount ter suthun ef he would try, but
the chances wuz ergin him.
Mrs. Horner took up the supper, and,
signing wearily, said
Come, pap, an eat er snack
The old man drew up his chair, wait
ed with an air of imDatience, until the
other members of the family were seat
ed and then asked blessing, begin-
ming with an elongated gracious Lord
and ending with an unintelligible sigh.
Amt yer goin' ter eat nothin',
Nan p
Amt er hungry
Bucks tuck yer appertite, | reckon.
Sir y
Heard whut I said. Wall, never
min, I'll take his appsrtite the next
time he comes on the place.
Pap said Mrs. Horner, don't tor
ment the child
The old man took swallow or but
tel milk, looked at his wife and replied:
Let US don't have no advice, Martha.
Keep in the straight an narrar path
an don't fret
About one month later, on the day
before Christmas, old Horner. while
splitting a 'rail-cut,' some distance
from home, accidentally stepped in the
opening of the log just as one of th'
sgluts, flew out The two sections o
the log closed on the old mans foo
and ankle, and but for the thick
sole of his boot, would have crushed
his foot. He uttered an exclamation
of thankfulness, mutterd few words
in praise of old Riggsby, the shoemak'
er. and then attempted to liberate him.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-12-23

fire, vlyid and glorious as that which
dazzled the Emperor Constantine, and
glows forever in the page of history.
AS she gazed at this vision, super
naturally impressed, the frenzy which
had goaded her to destruction was dis
pelled-the intense selflshness OF her
intention clearly revealed. Her life,
instead of being recklessly flung away,
must be devoted to her husbands re-
demption. what nobler work. she
asked, than that could be given to any
woman = as the natural human love
assel ted ITSELF.
Upborne by this inspiration, she has
tened toward home, now and again
catching a glimpse of the wonderful
cross, still glowing against the dark
background Of the sky, and she won-
dered il the vision had been vouchsaf-
ed to Others on this Christmas Eve to
save them from despair and death.
A larger outlook OF lie had suddenly
dawned. For a night she had been
homeless and frieudless. Could she
eyer forget those who are always SO
desolate
Alice approached her home with
mingled emotions OF comfort and ter
ror, to encounter her husband rushing
frantieally out to seek her.
% my darling, my darling, l thought
had lost you y
She only answers with the sentence
that the mocking voices had kept ring
ing in her ear.
a gamblers wife, a gamblers
wife =
! And the STORY was told. There was
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-12-23

gulf fixed between the rich and poor.
Night was falling. The time was
coming to make her way to the dark
river.
The journey took her through unfa-
millar streets-a revelation to her
guarded and innocent life. Revolving
sights, exponents of crime and destitu-
tion were plainly revealed even in the
dim light. On either hand we're the
homes of drunkards, thieves and MUIR
derers. Homes
Whose Christmas guests are only want
and care.
The wretched denizsns resented the
sight of respectability, and greeted
Alice with insulting epithets she
went on, untouched by fear or indigna
ton. What was this to one who had
already passed the bitterness of death 7
This path through puIgutory was only
a part of the horror that had suddenly
surrounded her. Gamblers were ply
ing their vocation in the low saloons,
some of their victims lured TO the play
by women vile as themselves. If she
lived she might sink lower and lower
till she came to such degradation. This
prospect only urged her to the river,
where crime and misery find oblivion.
The water dashing against the dark
pier ! A horrible refuge from the ter
rors and darkness of night, and of a
desolated life !!
Alice paused to gain courage, recall.
ing French proverb when one
dies it is for long time But she
could not live. In few hours she had
measured her own capacity for suffer.
ing as effectually as by years of agony
Gazing at the pitiless stars, she mur.
INJURED
You will still be shining when
have been dead thousand years.
She paused, but without faltering in
her deadly purpose, and gazed at the
sky. Far above the horizon cleaned
a luminous point, larger than any star
which instantly flashed out-a cross oil
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-12-23

had always had her suspicious. was the
deus er machina OF the betrayal. Soms.
how Alice endured the drive home, pie
sided at luncheon ,and then excused her
self to her guest.
Alone at last, face to face with the
horror which had suddenly darkened
her life, she regarded with bitterest
loathing her luxurious surroundings.
They were the wages of sin ! The per-
fume Of rare flowers hoated around
her the December sunshine flooded
the room the birds sang bhthely care
less that their mistress's heart was
breaking.
AT this time the criminal in his cell
Alice no longer identified with her
husband, tue one who had made year
of life so bright that she often wonder
ed if heaven could be better. He was
suddenly lost, and With him all faith.
She felt as those must who have for
years anchored their hopes on the Old
fashioned religion and then had it sud
denly swept away by some apostle of
the new light, who has nothing to offer
for the old firm foundation,
"A gamblers wife y She slowly re-
liberated the phrase, till hundred
moeking voices echoed (: "A gamblers
wife = How low she had fallen
There was afcriminal in his prison cell
who might escape and come home to
claim her. He would be at liberty to
take her hand, to kiss her, to force up
on her the communicating influence of
his presence. The only refuge lay in
flight. Then the question arose :
where will I go p There is one refuge
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-12-23

no denial, no IetutatlOou. The GRIM
inal had faced the terrors of the law
and all consequence of his calling with
reckless bravery, be completely broken
down by this despairing acclamation.
This was Ietribution At the SUI
preme crisis of life words are few, the
most intense emotion is silent.
Some hours passed before that
nights history was told, and Arthur
Randolph knew how near he had been
to losing the great treasure of his life.
Only the sight of st Augustiue's illu-
minated cross had saved her. He was
not likely to incur like peril again. A
solemn VOW was registered of the kind
that is kept.
The hour of midnight struck. To-
gether, hand in hand they stood listen
to the faint sound of Trinlty's charm
ing bells /:
Hark the Herald Angels sing !
The sound foated oyer the two grea
cities, but there was no pause in the
midnight reyel. Day and night the
tide of life sweep on. There is human
love and noble aspiration forever wag-
ing war against suffering and evil.
The victory is sure, only it is long in
coming unless in His sight with whom
a thousand years are but as yesterday.
The Christmas chimes meant hope
and salvation to the two whose lives
were redeemed from sin and one
from sel6shress. Over all the Christ
mas peace rested in benediction, while
the bells chimed 4:
Joy to the world
The cross still cleaned with dazzling
rays of hope amid the darkness of the
night. Those who sat Ill darkness saw
great light.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-12-23
NAN AND SIM.
Story Of an Enforced O hrist,
mas Present.

Nan come here er minit,' said old
Bob Horner, addressing his daughter
The girl, who stood spreading the COW
er on an old fashioned bed, pretended
not to hear her fathers demand. Nan,
eff come alter yer, III bet yer'll wish
yer had come. Oh, yer neenter aounce
around thater waJ.'
Pap said Mrs. Rorner, looking up
from her work OF baking corn bread on
the hearth, don't nag at the child
Martha ever when l want yer ad-
vice III ak fur hit. Nan. air yer COM
en- p
Vas, I'm er comm. KANT yer gin
er body time p
oh, yas. ken gin er body time. but
don't feel like given er body eternity
The girl slowly approached him, and
he continued When | wuz out ter
! the sto' the yuther day l hearn that
you wuz goin' ter marry Sim Buck
next Chrismus.' The girls eyelids
dropped. The fellers out ther that
peered to know all erbout it said yer
love one nuther flt ter kill. WhuG yer
got ter say erbout it =
'Nuthin'.'
wall, then, I'll say suthin. Ef l
kitch Buck round here III hurt him,
an MORN that eft yer run off an marry
him III foller yer up. Wall, never
mine, yer shaint marry him, that's all.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-12-23
S.WOODS CALDWELL
PROPRIETOR.

Good sameple rooms for commercaliTravel-
ers on drSt floor.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-12-23
Joy to the world !

The cross still cleaned with dazzling
rays of hope amid the darkness of the
night. Those who sat Ill darkness saw
great light.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-12-23

that / want yer to
marry er preachur.
Thar never wuZ er
preachur in aur
family, an it's now
time thar wus one.
I've sot my min
on this, an yer
meenter think I
amt goin' ter have
it tbater way. WY
jis look at Preach.
ur Martins wife.
She gifts er new cal
iker coat ever when
she wants it. Er
new one, min yer.
Er new caliker coat
all spotted eZ putty
ez yer please. I've
dun said ernuf.
Ef Buck comes on
this here place er.
gin it won't be good
fur him.
Old Horner was
a hillside farmer
IN the northern part
OF Arkansas. He
lived in the conven-
tional double = log
house on whose
stack chimney the
whipporwills sang
their melancholy
songs when the
summers twilight
settled down. The
old man was set in
his ways-had be-
C o m q convinced
that he was right
anu InaC every one
else was wrong.
He was tall and
guant, with long,
yellowish hair and
a sickly sprinkling
of beard, like a thin
growth Of w ire
grass. gro W i n 9
where the land is
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-12-23

Mr.. Murphy, the temperance lectur-
er, quieted noisy baby In the audience
by sending out and buying some candy
for it. Mr.. Murphy is not the only lee.
turer who gives his audience 'taffy.'
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-12-23
PENNSYLVANIA
STATE COLLEGE.
Next Tenn begins September 8. 1886.

/ Next Tenn begins september 3. 1886.
This institution is located in one of the most
beautiful and healthful spots of the entire Allie
gheny region. 1t is open to students OF both
sexes, and offers the following Course OF study:
l, A Full Scientific Course of Four Years.
e. A Latin Scientific Course. !.
8. The following ADVANCED COURSES, OF
two years each, following the first two years OF
the Scientific Course: (a) )AGRICULTURE; (bl
NATURAL. HISTORY; lc) CHEMISTRY AND
PHYSICS: (d) CIVIL ENGINEERING.
A. A shortSPECIAL COURSE in Agriculture.
5, A short SPECIAL COURSE in Chemistry:
6 A reorganized Course IN MECHANIC
ARTS, combining shop-work with study. New
building and Machinery .
7. A new SPECIAL COURSE 1.-TWO years. in
Literature and Science, for Young Ladies'
g. A Carefully graded Preparatory Course.
g. SPECIAL COURSES are arranged to meet
the wants of individual students.
Military drill is required Expenses for board
and incidentals very low. Tuition free. Young
ladies under charge OF competent lady Prin-
cipal.
GEORGE w. ATHERTON, Ii. D.,
President,
27-29 State College, Centre Co., Pa.