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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-04-03

The Birmingham News says the
convict question ought to be solved
in Alabama. We would remark:
Likewise in Georgia.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-04-03

The Dawson Variety Mfg, Co.
is a standby for the poor. wornout
news gatherer, Every week we
could tell our readers something
new and interesting about this
growing enterprise. Nearly every
day new machinery is added and
some interesting and skillfnl piece
of wood work is turned out. This
is one OF the greatest industries in
Southwest Georgia.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-04-03

AMONG the curiosities advertised
in Boston is man who eats uine-
ty.six eggs a day.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-04-03
Application for Years Support.

Ordinary,s Office, March 23d, 80.
Notice is hereby given that Sarah
4. Bullard, widow Of Moses ID.
Billiard deceased, has applied for a
years support tor herselt and 90
seven minor children. The Com
missioners have assessed as said
support the sum of three hundred
and seventy-three dollars and all
the household and kitchen furni~
ture, and | will pass on her appli>
cstion on the first Monday in Nay
next at 10 o'clock, Il. m.
j. w, Roberts,
At. Ordinary,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-04-03
Death.

The News regrets to chronicle
the death OF the fourteen year-old
daughter Of Mr. John Henry.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-04-03
A SGD Misfortune.

Mr.. G. ". Rhodes who came to
our town from Dawson, Ga, a few
months ago, and has been engaged
in the mercantile business since
his arrival here, suddenly became
tot lily blind this week. His eyes
sight has been failing gradually for
several months, though he has not
experienced any great inconven-
ience from it until within the last
week or ten days, Last Friday he
realized for the first time that he
would soon he in total darkness,
and, ere another week had dawn5d
upon him, his worst fears were real.
izt d. He let last Wednesday fer
Atlanta to place himself under the
treatment of DR.. Calhoun. II is
to be hoped that he will be res
stored. Mr.. Rhodes is deserving
man, and by fair dealings and gen>
tlemanly demeannr has won the
confidence and esteem of all who
know him. He has u wife and
several small children. who are lett
without visible means OF support.
They will so to relatives in Dawr
son. - TT. Gaines Tribune.
Chamberlain's Cole Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy is the most suc>
cessful preparation ever produced
for Summer Complaint, Cholera
Morbus, Dysentery, Diarrhoea,
Bloody Flux and Chrome Diarrh-
oea and thousands Of persons certi-
fly that they believe their lives have
been saved by this great remedy.
1t is the one preparation that every
family and every travelilg man
should be provided with, especially
during the summer months. Many
cases Of Chronic Diarrhoea that
had resisted all other treatment and
bafied the skill of good physicians
have been permanently cured by it.
Sold by Druggists.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-04-03

IN the eastern part of Bald WINS
field, near the residence of Mr. L.
A. Lowrey, is a low, marshy, wet
spot that should receive the immc-
diate attention OF the board of
health. It has, for years, made
that locality mere or less unhealtl Y,
and now that the trees have been
cut away it promises to be worse
this summer tlan ever. Some
steps should be taken to drain tor
1t will prove to be a regular bed OF
malaria.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-04-03


The lumber industry Of Terrell
county is big thing, and a large
portion OF it is used right here in
Dawson. 1t would surprise our
readers to know exactly how much
lumber it requirs to keep the man
ufactories and carpenters OF Daw-
son at work. An old lumber deal
err tells us that over 10000 feet
per week, Isl, 900 feet per month
or nearly 5000, 900 feet per an
mum, representing cash value OF
over $4,000, is used up here in
Dawson If this is not business,
what is X?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-04-03
THE REfoRT03iAL RAMBLER.
He finds Little News ard Makes Seyer-
81 Tmely Sgo0estio7s.

q! Timely Suggestions.
1t has been suggest that orr
court house square be planted in
grass and nice hences be placed UNI
der the large o5ks, thereby giving
US lovely park. This is a splcn-
did suggestion, but 1t would be in~
practicable Just now. In hauling
material for our new court housG'in
July the grass would necessari-
Iy be ruined, so it would be better to
wait and plant it after our new
court house is erected 1t would
then have to lie done after getting
the permission Of our county COM
nissioncrs.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-04-03

0NH9, IIaIIIHCTs, IIaICNeJS,
Drawing knives, Locks, Butts,
Hinges, Table and Pocket Cutlery,
&c, &c AT COST.
All other Goods at TEN
per cent. above cost,
Furniture and Stove, Shoes,
Hats, Crockery, Tin End Glass
ware CHEAPER THAN EVER
JOHN A. Tuition,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-04-03

A new Masonic Hall is one OF
the growing needs Of our city. Tie
old one is a perfect hull and an
eye sore. Are not our Masonic
friends enterprising enough to
erect handsome brick temple? 1t
could be erected on NJ street
with several neat stores underneath.
With three new churches, new
city hall, new court house and new
Masonic temple, our city would not
he excelIed in handsome public
buildings by any town in Georgia.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-04-03

Cannot the young men Of Daw.
son or-anizo a Young Mems Chris,
tian Association Our town is of
sufficient size to warrant mem
bership Of about seyenty-fve
persons. Such an organic ton
would be great promoter of nor
al, intellectual and physical endnw
ments in our town. Who will take
the initiative step ard give Dyw>
sou a fourishing Y. N. G. A?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-04-03

List of advertised letters which
will De sent to the Desl Letter
Office if not called tor before April
18th 1889. w. Il. BALDWIN.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-02-08
Rnssia,s Great Novelist

Count TClstoi is q man of 60 with iron
gray hair, suuburned countenance, plenti
fully furnished with grey beard and mus-
tache. His hair is parted down The mid
die and is thick and full. His brow, fur
rowed with the plowshare of thought, is
broad ard massive; hts eyes, small and
piercing, CLEAN out from beneath bushy
bIows, his nose large and prominent, has
full expressive nostriIs. The features
ara so strongly marked that once seen
cannot soon be forgotten. He is rather
above the average height, and his three
score years have not bowed his stature
But he is no longer as robust as he was.
He looks somewhat shruL ken and worn rs
if time and the ever burning fire within
were making inroads upon what was once
s'out and stalwurJ form.
Count Tolstoi dresses not a la moujik,
hut not a court. He wears COARSE, dark
blouse, buttontd up the breast and fas-
tened round the waist with ieathern
girdle. Collars, cuffs and such fiippery
ne eschews. His trousers are those OF
other men. Ga his head he wears a soft
weather beaten, brim!ess hat, and when
ever he walks abroad he carries a stout
staff. The costume OF the discip pie is like
unto that of his master. Simplicity IN
dress is a distinctive note of the Toletoi-
an gos pel-one of the many points in
which it resembles the Quakers.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-02-08

Of the hair varies considerably, according
to the climate OF The country and the
breed of the animal. and ranges from q
dark brown TO pure white, the latter,
h oweVer, being very scarce and fetching
com parstively high pricss- The hair Is
no' ob: aimed oy clipping, bat Is combec of
the camel when II Is changing its coat,
and presents anything but an attractive
appearance in its natural state. 1t is
brought from the interior On the backs
OF cameis in small bales to the Arabian
and Syrian ports and 10 Egyp', whence 1t
Is mostly forwarded TO Bradford, which is
the most important market IN Europe
for this article. Camefs hair affords
two kinds of material-namely, the hair
properly so called, which Is often used In
Its natural state IL the list of cloth, and
the short down or noils en- ployed IN the
north Of e. gland, Frsnce,.and other coun
tries for m4nGfdc airing nu1Veautes and
fancy materials for lad es' dresses. Great
difficulty was experienced in utilizing
c6mel's hair as long as the fas klODs
favored felted and fine materials, bat
since cheviot goods have become the
vogue it has been employed successfully
IN several countries.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-02-08
There Are no Impossi bilitIes.

It is nothing remarkable, perha ps--in
these days of advanced science we get
accustomed 10 miricies-but after all the
triun obs of electricity are worth pass
ing notice.
Ii you could dig up one of our great
teat-grandfathers, who thought he was
lucky to get a letter from Boston in a
week by stage coach express, ak miles
al hour-ahd seat him III long distance
telephone IN the Herald Office, he would
probably go into commissions. Even
Aladdin would sell his famous lamp as a
piece of antique but no longer useful
bric-a-brac ana admit that the applied
science of our day could knock ali the
fables of the past over the ropes IN one
round
s reporter, for Instance, sits in front
of a mouth piece-the eerpiecs liked IN
place oy steel spring-spd converses
With our CORE pondeut IN Albany. He
takes down III snort hand deScr ption of
~ days dOinEs IN the legislature as
easily as he woulj tue cCnve:satIoD of q
gentleman at his side. The slightest
whisper runs through the NJ arly $50
miles of wire, aud you can hear the louder
tones several feet away. The snnihiIa
tion of space Is complete and time ceases
10 prove an obstacle to communication.
Albznyis therefore nearer New YORK than
Harlem YES fifty years ago.
o. course long distar c. telephones OF
crate over & much larger space than this,
but the illustration is sufficient.
Think of the time-if you dare to
when you will be atle 20 speak to your
friends in London, Paris or ST. Peters
burg, and recognize the familiar voice
which comes through three thousand
miles 70 ga, All is well" or "the carriage
IL at the door and We start for ChariEg
Cross and the continent"
The man who talks about i'm possibili-
ties has a pe.rifcarion in his craniun
instead of a brain.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-02-08
AN AFRICAN ANT.
He krects Pyramids 1 coo Times Higher Than
Himself.

He krects Pyramids coo Times Higher Than
Himself.
It seems queer, does 1t not, TO apply
such a word as dreaded" to a little thing
like an ant, but the most wonderful
stories are toi3 OF the destruction It some
times causes. According 10 Mr.. Holder,
the houses of the white ants il Africa
are dome shaped mounds, often eighteen
feet high. They erect pyramids 1000
times higher than themselves. Oa their
travels-tor they are Invaders-they SO
conceal their approach that thelr pres
ence is not suspected until the damage
is done. They usually tunnel into any
OBJ lect which they attack often reducing
it TO mere shell. Ia this way they have
been known TO ascend within the leg of 4
table, devour the COB tents of a box up
ON II, aud desctn a tunnel bored in an
other leg, ali in one nht.
An office OF the English Army, while
calling on some ladies in Ceylon, wss
startled by H rumbling sound. The ladies
started with alright, and the next in
slant they stood With only the sky above
hem, the roof paving fallen in, ard
laid all about, leaving them mirac1lously
unframed. The crush of the fall was
DISTINCTLY heard all over the city. The
ants had made their way up through the
beams, following them cut until P great
part of the framework of the house VIE
ready to fail at The slightest touch.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-02-08

ways thought as if some gentleman would
give me a helpin' hand-somebody with
more 'ead and education than l have my
selt-we should be sure to succeed In the
end: nav. am sure we should feel il:
know it. Will you help me, Mr.. Erle'
cannot tell you howl am only common
seafaring man; but you are scholar, with
q head like book They say as you knows
'Lloyd's Register by heart, and man as
can learn 'Lloyd's Register by heart can
do anything"
"You are very complimentary, Bolsover,
and am extremely obliged for your good
opinion. But you give me credit for good
deal more cleverness than I possess: for.
tempting as is an offer of half shipload
of gold and silver, really don't see what
! can do. If were skipper and had
ship, or rich man and owned yacht, l
might possibly help you; but you must see
Yourself that | cannot go about exploring
every island and inlet and cove in the
world, or keep sailing round it until spot
the derelict Santa Anna particularly as
YOU don't seem to have the least idea where
she was when last heard Of"
There you are mistaken, Mr.. Erie.
could almost put my finger on the very
spot But will you read the dokyments
Then you will know all about it-more
than know myself, for man as can learn
T1oyd's Register"
1.-The document! The paper your father
found, You surely don't mean to say you
have it?" | exclaimed, in surprise; for up
to that moment had thought the boat
swain's story pure illusion, and himself as
crazy on the point as Peyton said he was.
Yes, | have it. My father, he gave 1t
me- inst afore he died. Tom he says, L
cannot leave you no money, but l gives
you this dokyment. Take care Of it, and
look out for the Santa Anna and you'll
die a rich man. VIII you read it, Mr..
Erle'"
Certainly I'll read it with pleasure"
BOlsover rose from the coil of ropes, slip
ped into the forecastle, and in a few min
utes came back, with smile of satisfac-
ton on his face and highly polished tin
case in his hand.
Here it is" he said; you'll find 1t In
side"
But this is surely not the case your
! father found at the Azoress"
mo. That was all rusty and much bat
| tered. He had hard work to get the doky-
| ment out without spelling it. He got this
| case made a-purpOse. Nobody has evef
read it but him and me. Everybody as /
| mentioned it to always laughed, and that
made me not like showing it. When you
have read it, Mr.. Erie, you'll tell me what
you think. But keep the dokyment to
! Yourself. What's least said is soonest
mended, you know; and if you was to men
ton it to the others they'd only laugh.
And now''-looking at his watch-"I must
pipe up the second dog-watch."
| Promising to observe the utmost discre-
ton. | put the tin case in my pocket, went
to the after part of the ship, lighted a
cigar, sat me down on a Southampton
chair, and proceeded to carry out Toms
wish by reading the paper which had SC
! much excited his imagination, and was
now, in spite of myself, beginning to ex'
cite mine.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-02-08
WONDERS OI THEDEAD SEA.
A Desolate SPOT Is the God Smittrn Valley of
the East.


One of the most interesting lakes or
inland seas in the world says the Mission
Herald, Is the Dead Sea, which has no
visible outlet. 1t is not mere fancy that
has clothed the Dead Sea in gloom The
desolate shore with scarcely green thiGg
in Bight, and scattered over with black
stones and ragged drift wood, forms a
Il ting frame for the dark sluggish water,
covered with perpetual must ana break
ing In slow, heavy, sepuichural toned
waves upon the beach. II seems inst the
smoke OF the wicked cities was yet as
ceDdiug up to heav Ell, and as if the moan
of their fearful sorrow would never leave
that God-smilten valley.
1t is strange thing TO see those waves,
not dancing along ard sparkling IN the
sunshine, as other waves Go, but moving
with measured melancholy and sending
to the ear as they break languidiy upon
the rock, only dole III sounds. This Is,
no doubt, owing to the great heavines6
of the water, a tact we'll known and am
ply verified IN the usual way, for atten Dt-
ing to swim we went floating about like
empty casks. This experiment was more
satisfactory in its progress than In its
results, which were q very unctlOus skin
ana most peStlfefouS s1nglng or every
nerve, as if we had been beaten with
nettles. For was the water We took into
our mouth whit less vile than the most
nause0us drugs of apothecary.
That fish cannot live IN this strong
solution of biJGmen and salt is too Oh
vious to need proof, but TO say that the
birds cannot fl J over it and live is one OF
the exaggerations Of travellers, who per
haps, were not like ourselves so fortunate
as to see flock of ducks reposing on the
water in apparently good health. And
yet this was all the life We did see.
The whole valley was one seething cal
dron, under more than tropical sun
God forsaken AZ 4 man forsaken, no
green thing grows within 1t, and it re-
mains To this day as striking mona
rneDt of Gods fearful judgments as when
| the fire from heaven devOGred the ones
/ mighty cities of the plain.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-02-08
CnicaEn tIarhtt-

CHICAGO. Feb. 4-Flour-Unehaneed. Wheat
Strong and higher: 96I2 for seller cash; 90 for
seller May Corn Steady; 351s for seller
cash: 353s for seller March; 36 Ills for
seller MAY. Oats-steaIy; 2514 for seller cash;
25 for seller Marca; p 7-16 for seller MAY
Rye-47 Barley-Notnjng doing Prime
timothy-15l whisky-103, Pork-Firmer:
80 for seller cash; IL50 for seller March;
no for seller May. Lard Firm; 40
for seller cash: % for seller March;
e.721z for seller May Shoulders ami short
clear, unchanged; short ribs, 605G
60. BuJter-Ste3dy; creamery 1sa2713;
dairy, I5aza Cheese-Quiet; full cream ched-
ders, l01zal074: fats. 1914 Oil: young Americas.
lIaIl4. Eggs-Easy; fresh, 134l4 Hides
and tallow unchanged.
Flour-ReceIpts, 6 90; shipments eooo.
wneat-Receipts 900; shipm -nts. 7.osa
Coru-Receip4s. 144OO0 shipments 10000
Oars-I.ecsiprS I23 oo1: shipments. sl,eJJ.
CHICAGO. Feb. 4.-The Drovers' Journal re-
ports: CattIs-Receipts. 1900: Weak; from
ten to fifteen cents lower; choice beeves, 4-oo
a4sO; steers 3G9a3e1; stockers and feeders,
220a3 20: COWS. bulls and mixed, 10000;
Texas steers s51a250- HGgs-Receipts, - go,
opened weak. closed strong; mixed, z55 4 $;
heavy. 4eoE4 IS; light 70@t 20; ships, 5oa5eo1
Sheep-Receipts, 65oo; steady; natives asia
500: western. corn fed. 443a4So; Texans, 3-aoa
4 80: lambs, SOFAS p
The D-overs' Journals special cablegrau from
London quotes best American steers 1916 Per
pound estimat ed dead weight
large decrease of Chinese iumjgra-
D-.x,-H n a IL reY0rted
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-02-08
Farm and Home.

Oh, what do the hungry people think
As they walk in the ST eets OF the town ar night
When the hearth fires gimmer aud CLEAN n blink,
Through many window. warm and brlgntf
For they drift in he dusk like the fecks of fcarl
On the tossing waves Of the turbulent sea,
With never heaven and never & home;
These luckless waits of humanity.
and many mansion tall and fair,
l. lifting it, head TO the win,Ty skies.
A blossom with all that Ticn and rare
That wealth can purchase or art devise:
And out through the portals come bursts of
light,
And muruus of music and laughter sweet:
All. what do they say to the homeless wight
VINO Is wandering past with his weary feet:
Does he ever think when the winds are GELD,
And the hunger causes ceaSelesS pain
And the storm is beating his garments old
And chilli z his heart with its dull refrain
Does he ask how it is that in many life
The roses are always in sweetest bloom.
" While his the lon4iugs, the endless strife,
The days of sorrow, the nights of glooml
You say they are idle and weak and bad;
That pity is wa>teI on such as they!
All, what a vagrant. worn and sad.
Could tell you tale, if he would, to-day;
A story OF failure, Of hopes that fled,
OF toll and hardShipS and DO ,ndle>s woe;
OF wrongs that em5ittered, of wounds that bed,
And dreams that We're lost in the long ago.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-02-08
A New Source of Power

AT Point Lsbos, near San Francisco
there is suspended ont in the waters of
the Pacific ocean a Zig WOOL n pendulum
so arranged that surface six feet 10y
twelve is exposed to the wavas. The
action of the waves causes the pend :lum
to swing, and the swinging of it works Il
huge pump, which raises the sea water to
a height of $50 feet. 1t is proposed TO
conduct this water 80 San Francisco and
use it for running turbine wheels and
other motors, driving cable cars, supply
ing salt water baths, spfinkIiug the
streets and flushing the sewers.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-02-08
SHOT FOR 4 WITCH.
Singular Instance of Superstition Among
~, ,. IL

Singular Instance of Superstition Among
Negroes Near Baltimore
De ectiNe Droste was down on the
eastern shore on Sunday, and that night
helped unearth a queer story, says tbs
Raltlmore Sun. A farmer named Bed
denfeld Spencer and his WIFI, living near
C-ntervile, started out Sunday nigh to
secure hands for the next days work
They drove TO Brownsville, a settlement
of colored people in the midst OF large
forest. aud as the road was rough Mr..
Spencer got out of the carriage to walk.
Approaching the house of negro named
John Bryan, the later came ont and shot
Mr.. Spencer, infiotiug painful but not
dangerous wounds in the face. Mr..
Spencer called the negro. who came TO
the fence and said: Deed Mr.. Spencer,
l didn't know 1t was you; but I have
been bedevIled o death for the past three
months, and somebody has conf ured my
wife" Mr.. Spencer did not regard this
ss sufficient excuse, however, and had
B yam arrested.
Detective Dr0ste, who WAS in Center
willie, went with the fficer, and to him the
old negro and fis wife relate d their
troubles. Their lives had been made
miserable since April, they said, by
strange and mysterious persons and
things. Ga one occasion when the dogs
oarked great deal, Bryan went ont into
| the darkaess al upon accos5ing tis IN
known visitor, was fred upon. Strange
0tprints were often seen around the
! house OF q man wearing one rubber
| boot.
please Gcd, sir" said the old man,
my life is 'tarnally worrieL out by these
blasted things. l saw something biacl
a moviu' and bIazed away"
The wife states that the whole place
was haunted and injured. Il am shub
up in bed, somebody picks at my face
| and rolls me out OF bed; some kind of {
| thing is Uarnally after me. Three mig
! gers has haunted this place. | knog
witches is always around botherirg me-
Both the negroes believed the place be
Witched, and half the population o
Brownsville regard it with superstition
fear. Bryan sometimes weat out aut
shot ct trees under the i'm preston tina
witches we're behind them. He is not re
| garded as craZv