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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-08-23
ASH BARREL PHILOSOPHY.


The Comedy and Tragedy of Household
Recalled by It's Receptacle for Debris.
An ash barrel OVERLOOKING with house
hold refuse!
Not very tempting object, but vol
ume of philosophy is slowed away among
the curious debris of this fat receptacle
on the curbstone. Near the top is bit
of dainty fabric-a mere fragment Of
woman's handkerchief. 1t has fiuttered
in the brisk sea breeze of Newport or
Long Branch, a pretty vehicle of gay
firtations. A sad spectacle it is now
with its torn and soiled lace edging. Be-
meath this relic of the flown summer lies
the ferruled end of heavy walking
stick-the gift of fond mamma to her
fair haired boy, who is considered
great swell among his fellow chappies.
The cane was bit out of fashion when
the youngsters mother presented it, and
''the fellows of the club you know,
guyed him about the stick. In fit of
anger he broke the thing over his knee
"a wondrous feat of strength, and it
found its way next morning to the ash
barrel
Peeping from beneath broken fruit
dish is the tiny toe Of dilapldated
patent leather boot. The graceful lines
of feminine foot are still there, despite
the shabbiness. Do you think this san
dial of modern Venus still remembers
the night that Harry Highfier begged
to drink in champagne the health of his
adored one from this same castnf piece
of footgear?
A battered, torn and glossless silk hat
of date long past next comes to light.
Through what vicissitudes has this dis
carded tile accompanied paterfamil
las! It would still be reposing in cor
ner of an attic closet had not the wife
of the wearer's bosom thrown it in the
rubbish pile
What u tumble of broken objects ar
overturned by the prodding hook
young girls glove; a bunch ct wilted
roses, with card attached (compli-
ments of Dick Dovely); fragment of
mirror, with the end Of spray of forget
menots painted on its silver surface;
shred Of materfamilias' wedding dress;
q shattered Nankeen vase; badly
cracked billiard ball and the remnants
of a schoolboy's slate!
All, but here is a symbol of gayety-
the green nose of pot bellied demijohp
--rotund and robust and not mite dis,
concerted by its present unfortunate pc.
sition. It's fiery contents, long since dis
appeared down the threats of men, has
helped to cheer as we'll as make foolish
the drinkers at it's font. The scrap of
rug, which stands like soft wall be-
tween sharp edged brick and the will
low clad sides of the demijohn had saved
the latter from destruction. Good luck
usually attends the wicked and unthink-
ing.
Some scraps Of paper are blown up
ward by the strong autumn breeze. They
are fragments of letter. Must have
money immediately-been foolish
lost mbling-mean to reform
your refusal-will be ruined"
Here is another scrap of paper, with a
girlish scrawl on its much soiled surface;
dearest Harry-never thought-cared
for me-very happy-call soon-your
own."-New York Recorder.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-08-23
How,s This,

We offer One hundred Dollars reward
cured by Halls Catart Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F.
J. Cheney for the last Is years, and be-
lieye him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially able
to TRY out any obligations made by
their firm.
WEST & TRUAX, Wholesale Druggist ,
TOLEDO, O.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, o,
Halls Catarrh Cureis taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood and u
cous surfaces of the system. TESTING
malls sent free. Price 75c. per bottls.
Sold by all druggists.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-08-23
liberator!
The CninAnan's yellow Oath"


One of the strangest judicial proceed
Ings perhaps ever witnessed is that o.
the Chinaman taking what he is pleased
to call the yellow oath" The "oath"
or declaration is always written on g
piece of sacred" paper, and is as fol-
lows:
"This is to call the spirits, both good
and evil, to descend and watch over the
trial of --, who is charged with
numbering ---. If Iswear falsely
aud tell one untruth, or do not make
statements according to the facts in the
case, humbly beg the celestial terres
:rial spirits to redress the wrong done to
and to punish me Immediately
for having been false witness; to ar
rest my soul in its fight; to make ne
perish by the sword, or to cause me to
die while on the sea far from home.
This is my true and solemn oath, uttered
by my own lips, and signed by me this,
the - day of the - month in the
- year of the reign of the Emperor
-. -; and in proof of the earnestness
of my declarations, may Iny soul be de-
stroyed as 1 now destroy this paper-by
hre." Immediately after the witness
finishes reading his yellow oath" a
lighted candle is handed to him, and the
paper is given as food for the flames.
To the writer's certain knowledge this
form of oath has been administered but
once in an American court Of Justice
during the trial of Wong All Foo, who
was accused of numbering Loi All Gou
at San Francisco in 1885. In China the
candle used in this extraordinary cere-
monial is made from the fat of criminals
who have undergone the death penalty.
st. Louis Republic.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-08-23
s25, 900 in p rem1ums.

offered by Liggett & Ayers Tobacco
no., of st. Louis. Mo. The one g Messing
aearest the number of people who will
sttend the Worlds Fair gets $1,000, the
tecond 81, 900, etc. Ten Star tobacco
tags entitle you to guess. Ask your
dealer for particulars or send for circu-
lar
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-08-23

do not weep for me nor waste your
time in fruitless prayers for my recov-
cry. but pray rather for the salvation OF
my soul" were the last words OF Isabella
Of Aragon.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-08-23

Illusion is bad for man or a people; 1t
puts an end to effort, it blinds, it is the
vanity of the weak. To remain among
legends, to contemn realities, to believe
that dreaming of strength gives force
we have all seen to what disasters these
things lead.
The only strong men are the men who
work. Work alone gives courage and
faith; it alone is the pacifcator and the
liberator?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-08-23

Fever Thermometers for sac at Ken
bricks Drug Store.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-08-23

All varieties of turnip seeds, fresh, at
SalU-Davis Drug Co.'s.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-07-27
STRUGGLE FOR LIFE.

Mate Leroy, in especial cores
pondence" to the Topeka Capital,
advises farmers daughters to remain
upon the farm, and, to make the ad-
vice impressive, presents a darker
picture of the struggle for existence
of working women in New York
city then any yet given by labor
commissioners, and is confirmatory
of all that has been claimed by labor
agitators.
Mate Leroy, as a writer, is not
considered labor agitator, and
surely the Capital is not labor pa
per, and, therefore, the testimony
thus given the public ought to have
all the more weight.
AS an atheist observed who had
Joined with the church people in a
fight against the saloons in a certain
city: "The saloons are bound to go,
for God and the Devil are both
against them"
So, if Plutocratic papers join
hands with the labor papers in
showing up the terrible conditions
that surround labor, the statements
must be believed, and society must
be moved.
Mate Leroy, drawing upon mag
ination, pictures the farm as field
of pure delight, and, in contrast,
pictures the city life of working
woman as one round of terrible
strain, upon starvation wages-a
veritable hell on earth.
The number of working women,
employed and seeking employment,
is placed at two hundred thousand
vast army of beauty and helpless
ness, living but not alive. Some
employments yield only so cents
per week for food, after rent is paid.
In one establishment, young wo-
men have been seen to go to the
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-07-27

Now THAT the public have been
relieved of the nauseous praise Of
the Duke of Veragua and Princess
Eulalie, it is sincerely to be hoped
that no more foreigners above the
rank of common citizens will visit
the worlds fair. We have had
humiliation enough for one dose.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-07-27

heard the cry hundreds of times i
the last few years and, so, farm
ing is on a par with mining ore
operating manufactures, filling tn
places OF clerks, statesmen or sales
women, etc., etc. Labor no longe
pays the laborer. Labor all,
the laborer are eaten up by tina
great deviI-fish known as Capital.
! Conceived in hell, brought forth il
Wall street, christened in Washing
ton, with presidents for sponsors
and congress bestowing baptisma
rites, Capital hesitates not to grasp
with far-reaching tentacles in tn
grip Of death, the beauty, the refine
ment, the purity and innocence o
American womanhood.
We quote from Mate Leroy:
1.-THE majority Of working womel
in the big city have homes of sor
that you, dear little country-bre(
girl, would hardly put an ANNA
in-so sitting, so little and 81
lacking in everything that goes t.
make home HOME. x X Who'll
families sleep in one room, white
and summer"
But this is not all, nor is it thu
worst, for future generations are in
volved Again we quote:
These girls, somehow, seem tx
drift into other tenements, later, al
wives and mothers, but they canno
raise healthy, happy children"
"These girls" now, are the cream
of American womanhood. To-mor
row, they are the occupants of ten
ement houses unfit for farm animals
the mothers of unhealthy, unhappy
children. Their life has been, al
best, only an existence, and the
lives of their children must be
worse.
Place the best-bred farm animals
under similar conditions, and they
would deteriorate to the point Of
extinction in a dozen generations
And we pirate about higher civil
ization. No higher civilization can
arise under the present industrial
conditions, but the reverse must
ensue, and gloomy is the outlook
tor better; so that, for him who has
been truly touched with compassion
for the toiling millions, the heart il
heavy and the spirit burdened will
sorrow, and they cry in anguish
Is there no home for the home
builder? and no happiness-only
hell !?
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-07-27

JUDGING by the amount of abuse
heaped upon Gov. Altgeld by Pluto
cratic papers, we reach the conclu-
sion that Altgeld is pretty fair
man and governor.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-07-27
REPUBLICAN TACTICS.

REPUBLICAN TACTICS.
If Lincoln had lived until now ,,
and differed from Republican lead
ers, he would have been as roundly
abused as Benedict Arnold. 1t is
high crime to not belong to the Re-
publican party, from the politicians
standpoint, but it is doubledamned
helishness to belong to the party
and not fall in with the ring, or to
leave the party. Bill Higgins is
not good man, and not to be COM
pared with some men who belong to
the Republican party, but certainly
he has not merited the abuse given
him by Republican papers, and
Higgins is only one of many. Re-
publican intolerance and misgovern-
ment lost that party forty thousand
votes in one batch, in 1890, and if
the leaders and newspapers keep up
that sort of standing up" it will
not be great while till all that is
left of the Republican party will be
the "rag-tag and bob-tail." The
attitude of Republican leaders in
Kansas, and of Republican papers,
with few exceptions, is the most
remarkable and striking instance Of
mental decay or absolute "cussed-
ness" in the annals of history. The
strike of forty thousand voters at
one election was a revolution. 'and
yet the strike has been met, so far,
with only bare.faced lies and vii
LITIGATION.
Republican administration is al
ways right, even though it is dam
nably wrong, if the rings are to be
believed and, let any Republican
point out Republican mistakes, or
Republican corruption, and, even
though he were an abscure voter, he
is set upon by some poor lickspittle
tool of the rings, and either villified
into silence, or driven out OF the
party.
Should kicker happen to be a
man of note, then all the papers, big
and little, form the editor of city
paper down to the one-horse vii
lage paper, whose editor comes no
nearer to original ideas than an Afri-
can baboon, join in an unceasing,
contemplate campaign of lies and
abuse.
THR balance of trade is against
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-07-27

highest price paid for any kind OF
service, such, even, as type-writing,
stenography, etc., barely yields a
competence, and the temptations OF
the surroundings are unusual. I"
Wages are not always paid, for
there are "docks" and "fines," so
the amount promised is partly with
held.
No wonder there are suicides, or,
what is worse, an army of fallen
women.
Now, we turn to the farm and
farm life, and here we are at home.
We speak from knowledge when we
say that farms are not the Garden of
Eden, nor farm life one round of
bliss but it is not as Mate Leroy
supposes-the "drudgery" of farm
life, that is driving farmers daugh-
tiers to cities, but the poor compen-
sation for service. 1t is the natural
and laudable desire of country girls
to have something more than mere
bread and clothing that has led to
flight to our cities.
We turn to an item in the Ottawa
journal, and quote as follows: "Ac-
cording to Porter's census statistics
the Kansas farmers average net
income of SO cents per day" yet,
Kansas farmers are as well Oft as
farmers in other states, or even bet
ter. But who receives the average
net income of SO cents per day ?
Not the tenant. The tenant is
lucky if he comes out even and
there are lots of tenant farmers, and
the number is growing.
! But, we need not dwell The net
income of Sc cents has all dropped
into the Golfers of very few farm
ers. The farmer that had little
money and bought his neighbors'
cattle below cost OF production, and
his neighbors' corn to feed the cat
tie, has the SO cents. The neigh
Dor had mortgage, or was in debt
to his grocer or physician. There
was forced sale. The daughter,
or daughters, had MIXED and churn-
ed, looked after the poultry, hoed
the garden, gone into the fields in
harvest, loaded grain, or raked hay,
and their reward is only the scanti-
est of clothing. No lectures, no
concerts; only few, or often no
books, papers or magazines. The
years earnings have all gone for in
terest, taxes and the barest necessa-
ries.
The farm is an. endless.chain tread
mill, and in this day of steam and
electricity, is it any wonder that the
farmers daughter longs for a change
for the better-longs to satisfy the
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-07-27

TIE balance of trade is against
us because, principally, what is sold
abroad is produced on the farm, and
it is low prices, and not the quan-
THY, that makes the difference (; or,
if manufactures were as low in pro-
portion as farm produce, the balance
of trade would still be in our favor
If the Republican registers OF
deeds want the truth, why do they
refuse to furnish Labor Commission
err Todd the information requested!
1t is an easy matter to settle the dis
pute as to the number of mortgages
that are being released by paying
off the mortgage.
The state herald., 1893-12-22

Thousands Of people have gone 10 ihelt
deaths With Brights Disease OF the kidney,
and Diabetes without suspccting the nature Of
their trouble until within month or two Of
the grave. IL is now declared by one Of the
most reputable Drug Associations IN the
country that these kidney troubles are the
the result OF traemio poisoning. and that q
certain cure has been discovered The ma.
jority OF people who Ind health and strength
gradually falling either have no suspicion Of
the nature Of tho trouble, or, having al.
ways been told that Brlghrs disease could
never be cured, have shrunk from the kuovi.
edge that they were victims OF IT, Now tina,
cure has been discovered, however, there
need be no hesitation IN learning what ipdI.
Gates tho disease, and each case can be tested
nj home by the ono Interested without even
expense or Inconvenience. Progressive phy.
.ielhns arc nov agreed that for the several
months before childbirth all women arc -.
peciaily subject To kidney troubles, nnd thu,
tests should DO made during this time 10 DO.
tcrnlhs whether sugar or hinuinrn indicate
kidney disease. Thc many cases Of urarn,ie
eonyuisions, occasioning death at or proceed.
Ing child birth. are due TO this cause. which l.
too often overlooked or unsupported. From
all this II would seem plHln duty 10 take al.
vantage OF tho offer Of tho American Drug
Association, Shosc address Ia Coehnowcr
building. Cincinnati, Ohio The ofYrr Il ths,
10 each person sending their addrcsA q trst
OUTFIT Including full directions and npparstu.
for the most accurate test for Drighrs Disease
and Diabetes will be srnt securely packed Ia
wood case free of cost Tho Association i.
well known Ia Tia aud can 10 depended upon
TO do Just what they say.
The state herald., 1893-12-22
AN IMPORTANT DECISION.
The Court OF Private Land Ciaims De-
cidea tho Nogalcs Void.

The Court of Private Land Claim, De-
cides tho Nogsics Void.
The court Of private land claims In session
at Tucson for the past week has handed down
decision OF momentous Importance 10
Southern Arizona. II comedies the title Of a
grant Of land embracing the town OF Nogalcs.
Tho grant, according to the claimants,
reached far up from Mexico Into Arizona II
VIA made In 1913. II started from the Casita
ranch, twelve miles south OF the border. The
court decided the grant one Of quantity and
not OF boundaries. The quantity Of land was
seven and onch half sltios and two scant cabal.
ler!as, or about $1,000 acres. This quantity
Of land, as shown by several surveys made,
would not reach to Arizona. This mean.
that the land In Arizona claimed by the grant
people, is government land. Tho town Of
Nogales has been retarded by the grant
hanging over 1t, and improvements have been
withheld In the fear that they would be for
others. Now the town government will get
title from the government, paying ti.a5, and
each OF the settlers or squatters will pay hi,
pro rata for the amount he has held. The
Asse.scd real estate value Of Nogales Il $500.
900. Great iubilation IL going on In Nogale,
over the decision. Court has adjourned IN
March, when equally Important cases come
up.
The state herald., 1893-12-22
AN INTERNATIONAL WEDDING
Marriage Of Miss Grant and the Earl

Marriage OF Miss Grant and the Earl :
Essex.
The marriage OF Miss Adolo Grant OF New
York to George Dcvercux Dcyerc Capell,
Earl Of Essex, took place on the lith ut St
Margarcts Church, Westminster, London
The archdeacon of Westminster, Frederick
W. Farrar, assisted by the private chaplain OF
the Earl Of Essex, OBLIGATED. The church
was crowded, and included among the con-
gregaiion were nearly all tho best known
Americans In London, as well as representa-
tives OF the aristocracy of tho United King
dom.
Among those present were United States
Ambassador Bayari and all tho members Of
the United States embassy. The marriage
was followed by n reception nj Mrs. Grants
house on Cumberland Place.
Tho best man was Baron Detuyce. Tho
bridesmaids were Miss Edith Grant, Miss Al
bcrta Psget, daughter Of Lady Alfred Paget;
Miss Diana Stuart, daughter Of Lady Florence
Stuart; Misc Mary Colbrook, daughter q
Lady Colbrook; Miss Gwencfa Williams,
daughter Of Mrs. p. ". Williams, and Miss
II. Dorothy and Miss sslia Downay, daugh.
tiers OF the Hon. Justice Downay. The brides
maids wore white Norman satin dresses Dor.
dered with miak and blue velvet, with Charlie.
]. capcs and velvet ioquos, ornamented with
fur. They carried Louis XIV. sticks, sur.
mounted BY tiny gold coronets, the gift o.
tho bridegroom.
The bride. who was given away by her IN.
Gle, Mr.. 8. Grant, wore cream satin drcss,
embroidered with siiye- and trimmel vwith
point d'Alepcon lace, and ,ell Of the same
lace. Upon her head was diamond tiara,
the gift OF the brideg room. The service wa
fully ehorai, and Sir Arthur Sullivan oficistei
at tho organ.
The state herald., 1893-12-22
v.raic, Azn,n,t tn. ito.a.

Tho Jury In the Texas fever cattle onso..
being tried ut Enporia, Kansas, has returned
u verdict Of $4,000 against the Missouri,
Kansas Il Texas road for having, inst Mar,
carried for lIosiur Bros. 400 head II cattle
from Midland, Texas, 10 Hartford, Khnsa..
from tho importation Of which Texas feyri
wns communicated.
10 tho ono suit there were 100 farmers ,csh
Ing damages, and II took tho Jury over three
hours to make out all tho yrrdlets after thry
had arrived nj u decision,
Tho Iio.icr Bros, ~ Kansas City, owners Of
the Texas cattle which took the fever there,
have compromised with the ioa-r-, they pay.
lng thcm 10 por cent Of the iossos sustained
by them,
The question ~ law At Issue In this case 4,
q Vital one To tho transportation line, aud
si0ckmrb. and II IA ohr which In. never beer
decided Ivy the Supreme Court of the tinted
States. Tho supreme Court hn. held that ths
Missouri law prohibiting transportation line,
from carrying Texas cattle Ia void, and thai
the Iowa Law. making the owners Of rhitl,
communicating the disease fosponiiiis, Il
valid. In this ease, however. tho Kanssi
Llt. stock Sanitary Commission had Issued .
permit for the cattle, and tho road had com
Piled with all the STATE aud national quatan.
tine laws, 10 that making the road liable IN
der tho circumstances IL new departure IL
Kansas.
The state herald., 1893-12-22

Assistant Secretary Of the i,erlor Isry.
nolds has made four Important psnsion rnl.
lnss. lie decided tho act Of Congress pro.
hlblting the payment Of pensions after July,
1891, To q nonresident Of tho Uni ID States.
except for actual service disabilities, applies
70 ~'dovs who are nop.trsident aiirns, fhit
where soldier dies leaving legally divorced
wife and minor children over 10 year. old,
his mother occupied u pensionablr status and
can apply for and receive y pension rs de-
pendent mother Of such soldier upon making
necessary proof. and that whrrc an invalid
pcnsioncr dies leaving no Increase or rcra,ing
clalm pending al tho bureau. but h.. Ascopt.
ed the rate ~ pension then received without
demnrrlng, tho widow eonnot nic an original
claim for rcfaiing Of her dead husband's
pension.
II Is also decided tina, thu commissioner oi
pensions hns no authority 70 change TIM
terms 81 contract for pension hitofhey's fees
where tho contracts with claimant arc In ne.
col dance with tho Law, nor can be- rufus. 10
lss y pension TO \ claimant because nilpwanc CO
j. insufiluirnt To pay tho fec contracted for.
Certificate should lssuc irrespective Of he
amount due.
The state herald., 1893-12-22

special to the Omaha lee from Rushviiie,
Nebraska, says;
Nothing definite Ia known yet Of the affair,
OF the Bank Of Nashville, closed Tuesday
night, than was given out ut that time. Il 4
stated. however, on good authority, that ID,
bank owes depositors, mostly farmers, Ia tbs
nelghborhood Of $4,000. There IA much Bit.
ter feeling among these men, and all dny
Wednesday there were angry mu,icrinys and
talk Of what might happen. THURSDAY he
crowd gathered around the closed door Il
the bank and threatened U force an e..
trance
Nothing happened, but later Nessrs. Ma
and Williams, chief owners Of the bank, yer,
assaulted by amob OF angry creditors. Friend,
came 10 the rescue, aud for time very SER.
Gus trouble seemed impending. Revolver,
wsre drawn aud everything looked favorable
for general melee, when buggy drove up
May and Williams jumped IN and drove
away across the praidc. Where they went 4.
not known. II IL known that May has been
trying for some months to get HE money out
OF the bank and sever lila connection With Il,
Afiairs.
Many Of the dcpositors say he has uscd un.
falr mean. In securing this result A. ali
events there Il a strong feeling OF rcscnimrn.
against him, and his return may cause srriou.
trouble. May has numerous friends here who
will stand by him,