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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-07-03
why General Butler Was Relieved.

Colonel Woodworth told some good
stories about General Butler. He said
that Butler himself told him as late as
1884 that he never knew the real reason
why he was deprived Of his military
command by General Grant. 1t was
only a few years ago that Woodworth
got the facts from Grants brotherin'
law. Major Dent, who was the stat
officer sent with the order for Butler S
relief. He said that while no reason
was openly given at the time, Butler
was actually displaced because he was
not graduate Of West Point. This
would not appear on the face Of it to be
a sufficient cause but Grant explained
it to Dent one day in the course OF g
confidential interview.
eff, - said he, II were to send But
s.bsr specific order to do something with
his army, he might obey and ne might
not. He was too able and original not
to reason himself into the belief that !
might have given different instructions
if knew all that he knew of the local
situation. He therefore almost always
n3d a plan Oh utSa OWH IIdS Ao UhOoGH'
WAS better than mine or anybody else's,
so~tlaat could never tell just what lie
wo1ld do or where he would be at &
given time. OF course that was fatal ta
any systematic campaign, and had Il
replace him with a West Pointer, whose
first lesson in war lis the necessity o.
prompt obedience to the commanding
general. Butler was too brilliant to be
reliahIe. "-Boston Advertiser.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-07-03


Judge Burke had some difficulty with
the material that was called for jury
service i'll his court this morning.
The men did not grade high, and
some Of them returned strange answers
to common questions, as, for example,
one man WHO was asked what the term
defendant meant said it meant mind
-FOUR own business Another candidate
for jury service declared that defend
ant" referred to the lawyer.
eff You were taken as juror, . asked
the court, addressing third man,
"what would you expect to do?'
"Thy, find the man guilty OF course, "
was the ready answer. All three men
were excused. Chicago News.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-07-03
EXPECTED TWINS.
So He Wrote the President For Money to
Start Housekeeping,

So He Wrote the President For Money to
Start housekeeping.
Ever since some wag put afioat the
story that the president had given pres
ent Of money to the parents Of twins or
triplets the White House mail has been
filed with letters of application on that
score, and it is estimated that at least
$40, 600 a day might be disbursed there
at the rate of $500 to each applicant. A
sample of the kind of letter that comes
in the mall to the president is the fol-
lowing, which was sent by a man in
| Texas:
DIR. President Cleveland:
| DEAR SRI see you are giving $500 FOR twins
| Please send me 500 right away for am going
| to get married this week to a g1rl that is a
| twin. Ia come from twin getting stock, SO you
| will see that there is no risk to be run, and
| when my wife has twins I will draw on you
| for the balance. / need the money to start
| housekeeping with. am in good health and so
| is the girl l am going to marry. have always
| been a Democrat. l voted fer you the first
timesand will vote for you again and name the
twins after you. Don't disappoint me, for
may have to get married sooner
In another case % woman writes that
she has failed, after waiting year, to
get that $500 that the president is said
to give to the parents of triplets, and
no7v she is willing to compromise on the
basis of the money for the first pair of
pants fer her little Cleveland. The
clerks at the White House do not permit
any of these effusions to reach the presi-
dent, and they are not even dignified
L. Il h
Ivcome So numerous and annoying, for OF
Eeourse there is not word of truth IN
1.-THE story that the president has ever be
/ slowed such bountjas. Cincinnati En-
{4quirer.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-07-03

epotS aC Columbus and Albany.
II. c. HILL. Superintendent.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-07-03
Bucklen's Arnica saIve.

The Best Salve in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, letter, Chapped
Hands, Chillblain's, Corns and all
Skin Eurptions, and positively cures
Piles or no pay required. 1t is guar
lnteed to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Pllce 25 cents per
box. For sale by Sa'e.Dlvis Drug Go
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-07-03
AHieh, Compliment.

BoETor. CONN., am very much
pleased with the effect of your Simmons
ff liver Reoulator. and have recommended
- to a GOOD many friends. "--E. A. Rose.
Yonr druggist sells it in powder or
LIQUID; the powder to be taken Dry OF
made into tea.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-07-03

Ran1on's Liver Pills & Tonic Pellets
are a Perfect Treatment for Constipation
and BiIiousness. BsS3@ One pill dose.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-25
NUMBER Is.
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

The first of the canals of Mars"
was discovered in 1877 by Prof.
Schiaparelli, astronomer of the Royal
observatory at Milan.
M. Charles Margot, of the physical
laboratory of the University of Geneva,
has found that by rubbing on glass
with an aluminium point clear metallic
lines are obtained which cannot be re-
moved by washing, no matter how
often repeated.
During the most peaceful years
the world has 100000 soldiers, who
are withdrawn from productive occu-
pations to pose as soldiers. The pay,
equipments, food and clothing of these
men cost the worlds taxpayers nearly
$S,000,000 day.
Among the remains found at Hsica
or Great Chester, on the Roman wall,
are some ibulB or clasps unlike any
that have yet been found iA England.
They are of extraordinary size and
of Celtic design, probably representing
Caledonian art under Severus. One,
which had been gilt, is covered with an
exquisite famboyant relief of Celtic
design.
The camel is generally cited as be-
ing the one animal best fitted to un-
dergo thirst Mr.. S. Earman, however,
writes to Nature that the common
mouse endures thirst quite as well as
the camel. He has kept several COM
mon mice three months without wa
tering them. On the first of last Oc-
tober several were put aside to have
no water, and up to January II they
were eating heartily of dry corn and,
grass seed, without having had any
water.
On the island of Pantellaria, mid
way between Sicily and the African
coast, DR.. Orsi has discovered a pre-
historic village of the stone age, sur
rounded by a colossal wall made of
stones heaped together. He has also
found out that the strange buildings
called Sesi are dome-shaped prehistor-
ic tombs, and has identified the re-
mains of a small Greek temple. The
island lies completely out of the way
of travel, and is used by the govern
ment as a convict settlement.
The mountain ash is a species of
Sorbus, and the berries are found to
contain a saccharine substance wholly
peculiar to this fruit, and which has
therefore been named sorbitol. The
chemical world, according to the
Complies Rendus, has been astonished
to find precisely the same substance in
a species of cherry-Cerasus-
cerasus. The same chemists, Vincent
and Delachanal, have found in the
fruit of this species of cherry, mannitol,
a substance hitherto found among
trees, chiefly in the mamma ash (Frax-
mus Ornus). A remarkable circum-
stance about the latter is that it is
found to some extent in some sea-
weeds and in mushrooms-plants so
widely separated genetically from the
mamma ash from which the substance
originally derived it's name.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-25
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.


-"Tm pleased to see you are better,
dear. What was it, infuenza?" ''Infiu-
enza! Why, no, dear. I had influenza
when it first came out, when Lady
Blakeborough and that set had it,
Tit-Bits.
doctor, what is the meaning of
the peculiar formation just back of
baby's ear?" ''Combativeness, per-
haps." why, some one said it was
love of domestic life" ''Oh, we'll, it's
all one and the same thing Harlem
Life.
Mr.. Mainland so you have been
esta ablished in this town for several
years? Have you had many cures?"
DR.. Jalap-''No; but you see, I've not
got along so far as that yet I'm only
practising just at present. Boston
Transcript.
-Travers-"Did you go down to my
tailor's and tell him l would settle
that little matter?" Office Boy-''Yes,
sir" Travers-s'And did he seem con-
vinced?" Office Boy - HE did. He
said he was convinced that you would
MT" IN. Y. Herald.
-''Uncle, how do you stand on the
enforcement of the Monroe doctrine?"
''Ain't got no time to fool wild sich,"
answered the old man. ''De good ole
straight Baptis' doctrine am good
enough for me, an is been for nigh
more'n thutty yeahs." - Cincinnati
Tribune
-Maude-''Do you know, Mr.. Jinks
tainted last night at the dance, and
would have fallen if I hadn't caught
him in my arms" Ethel Slightly
jealous) )-''Yes; he told me he'd been
suffering from the effects of the grip"
-Scribner's.
Among the questions sent out by a
school commissioner was the following
example ir a:1l,',~+i": eff one horse
can run MI. 49, d fifty
seconds, and another a. mile in two
minutes, how far would the 4rst horse
be ahead in a match race of two miles?"
A teacher returned the question with
this attached: Il will have nothing to
do with the horse-racing problem. =
Atlanta Journal.
Grant Allen relates that he was sit
ting one day under the shade of the
Sphinx, turning for some petty point
of detail to his Baedeker's guide-book.
A sheik looked at him sadly and shook
his head. Murray good,'' he said, in a
solemn voice Of warning; ''Baedeker
no good. What for you use Baederker?"
''No, no; Baedelzer is best" answered
Mr.. Allen. ''Why do you object to
Baedeker?" The sheik crossed his
hands and looked down on him with
the pitying eyes of Islam. "Baedeker
bad book" he repeated; Murray very
good! Murray say: Give the sheik half
a CROWN Baedeker say: Give the sheik
a shilling. '"-Harrisons Family Maga-
zine
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-25
Polite Lies.

Soon after Rowland Hill became sec
retary of the British post office he
summoned together some of his sub
ordinates-the surveyors, as they are
officially called-to consider a paper of
instructions on some important mat
ter. which he was about sending out.
He read it to them to make sure that
it covered the ground. One of them
was Anthony Trol1ope, afterward IA
nous as novelist. When the reading
was finished, Trollope. naturally de-
sirous, as young man, to show that
he had a head upon his shoulders, chaI-
lenged not the scope and tenor of the
instructions, but the literary compost
ton. That, however, was not what the
secretary desired to hear. Il think
Mr.. HILL" Trollope is reported to have
said, that the language of paragraph
so-and-so, literally construed, may be
held to mean what you do not intend"
Rowland Hill was not man who loved
correction of that sort, and he an
swered with great slowness and delib-
Grafton: ''You must be aware, Mr..
Trollope. that phrase is not always
intended to bear literal construction.
For instance, when I write to one of
you gentlemen, ] end my letter with
the words: I am. sir, your obedient
servant whereas you know / am moth
ing of the sort Youths Companion.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-25
SHE APPRECIATED A POET.
This May Not BE True But 1t Serves to
Point Moral.

This May Not BE True But 1t Serves to
Point Moral.
She had quiet, sweet and winsome
smile, but there seemed to be some
thing wicked in it. He was poor but
poet. That is, he wrote verses to her.
They were engaged. Her papa and
mamma and friends denounced the
match and said that poets We're poor,
worthless. despised things.
''Oh, but, papa, you're thinking of an
old time" she would say, with her
quiet, sweet and winsome smile. ''To
be sure, as you say, even Milton sold
the Ms. of Paradise Lost for paltry
fifty dollars or the like, but this is
quite a different age. you know, and
this world now appreciates poetry. At
least, I'm sure that I know how to set
a true value upon dear Algernon's
genius.
"Genius!" said papa, IF you marry
that jibbering idiot I'll" But she
only smiled her sweet, quiet, winsome
smile that seemed to have a meaning
in it.
They were married.
''Now, Algernon, dear, you must take
some of those beautiful poems of yours
down to the editor of -. He will
recognize the real greatness of your
poetry and then we will have lots of
money to go to housekeeping. Her
quiet, sweet and winsome smile reas-
sured Algernon, and he took his verses
to the editor of -. The editor read
two lines and threw Algernon out of
the eleventh-story window across a
trolley wire, from which he fell into
the street and broke his neck.
She sued the editor and recovered
fifty thousand dollars damages. She
has quiet. sweet and winsome smile,
but there seems to be something wick
ed in it.-Chicago News.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-25
A JAPANESE ROMANCE.
An Interesting Story of Count Ito, Told
by Sir Edwin Arnold.

An Interesting Story of Count Ito, Told
by Sir Edwin Arnold.
OF Count Ito. the distinguished Jap
anese statesman. Sir Edwin Arnold
gives us this interesting incident: 81
sat at a table with the ex-premier and
his wife and children. The countess,
quiet, gentle, motherly, and wearing
spectacles, carving the tai and the
kamo with such matronly serenity
had yet history of romance and de-
votion which could make the widest
fictionist's fortune. Long ago, in those
dark and bloody days, when the minis
ter was her lover and a fugitive from
his enemies, there came time when
they had tracked him to her house,
and had chosen band of Soshis to as
SasSinate him. The noise of their clogs
and the rafting of their ScabbardS
were heard, and the count, trapped
like a stag in his mountain pleasance,
drew his Bizen blade and prepared to
die, as Japanese lord should, amid
circle of dead foes. But while he MUIR
INJURED 'Sagonarer and KNITTED his
fingers around the sharkskin hilt of his
sword, that brave lady, whose guest
was, whispered: DO not die; there is
hope STILL upon which she removed the
hibachi, or fire box, over which they
were sitting, and, lifting up the mat
ting and planks beneath, induced her
lover to conceal himself in the hollow
space which exists under the floor of
all Japanese homes. The murderers
broke into the room, ferocious band,
just as the fire box had been replaced
and the countess had assumed posi-
ton of nonchalance. They demanded
their victim, and when she protested
against their intrusion and bade them
search if they wanted Ito, the wretches
dragged her around the apartment by
her long, beautiful bl ack hair-now
touched with silver-and grievously
maltreated her, but could not shake
her resolute fidelity. Thanks to this,
Count Ito, the hero of many another
strange adventure, escaped from the
chief peril of his career, and has lived
to give his country new constitution
and to be one of the foremost and best
respected statesmen of modern Japan. F"
IN. Y Advertiser.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-25
The Differences in Davs.

A ''solar day. is measured by the ro-
station of the earth upon its axis, and
is of different lengths, owing to the
eellipticity of the earth's orbit and 9th.
er causes. An astronomical day.
commences at noon and is counted
from the first to the twenty-four hours.
A civil day" commences at midnight
.and is counted from the first to the
twelfth hour, and then again from the
first hour of the day till the twelfth at
night. The nautical day. used by
ship captains, explorers, and some few
Others, is counted as a civil day. only
that the reckoning is begun at noon,
as with the astronomical day" "~-St
Louis Republic.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-25
WHAT THEY WANTED.
Some Travellers Abroad Who Were Not
Linguists.

Some Travellers Abroad Who Were Not
Linguists.
A good story is told of two young
Americans travelling in Europe. They
had never thoroughly mastered any of
the languages commonly spoken on the
continent, and were particularly weak
in their French, knowing that Ian
guage well enough by sight, but not
having a speaking acquaintance
with it.
Finding themselves in a small French
town one evening they were desirous
of obtaining a good cup of coffee.
Knowing that cafe was coffee, and that
lait was milk, they endeavored to call
for a iudicious mixture of the two, but
their articulation was of so remarka-
able an order that they succeeded only
in getting the coffee Cafe au late
they tried without success. Then du
lay-it was attempted uEavailingly.
The suggestion that lait might be pro-
nounced eight" was adopted equally
in vain.
Finally, in despair, one of the strug-
Cling youths exclaimed:
well, it's mighty queer we don't
know enough to get little drop of
milk!'
do you want milk?" asked the wait
ress, opening her mouth for the first
time
''Y-yesr' stammered the travellers,
overwhelmed with surprise.
''Tben why didn't you say so at
irst?" queried the girl as she founced
off.
And again the young men didn't
KNOWN. Y. Advertiser.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-25
A WORD I'M SEASON.
Pat and Pertinent Remarks of Two Old
Dominies.

Pat and Pertinent Remarks of Two Old
Dominies.
Many stories are told of the happy
faculty of saying a word in season,
possessed by DIR. Hall, an old clergy
man of Princeton, n. j., years ago.
At one time difficulty had arisen in
the Presbyterian church at Cranberry.
The presbyt terry was convened to hear
and adjust the matter. They met at
Cranberry, and the discussion became
SO very hot that good deal of un-
pleasant feeling was discernible in the
tones and faces of those who were car
rying on the arguments. Just at the
most critical point old DIR. Hill rose to
pour oil upon the troubled waters, as
was his invariable custom.
''Mr. Moderator" said he, in his gen
tie voice, and with no suspicion of a
smile on his fine face, Mr. Moderator,
/ rise to offer resolution, which is
that little sugar be put into this cram
berry tart"
The effect was instantaneous; the
laugh came at just the right moment,
and the bitterness that had begun
to gain ground was checked then and
there.
Another old New Jersey clergyman
of the Presby byterian denomination was
Dominic Comfort, who was known as
man of great drollery out of the pulpit,
as well as a most excellent preacher
and much loved pastor.
On one occasion the welI-known DIR.
Cannon. professor of theology and
church history in the theological SEM
inarv of the Reformed DUtch church
heard Dominic Comfort preach at
Kingston.
Brother Comfort" J" he remarked at
dinner, Il heard an old lady say this
morning that the dominies sermon was
very comforting"
''Only a natural consequence, my
good brother" replied the dominic.
modestly. But how remarkable wheE
we hear of comfort coming from cam
mons mouth!"-Youth's Companion.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-25
GERMAN FoNDNEss FOR CAKE.
Vast Quantities Eaten at Luncheon With
out Apparent Evil Results.

Vast Quantities Eaten at Luncheon With
out Apparent Evil Results.
There is vast consumption of cof-
fee and cakes at the luncheon hour
over in the German quarter. 1t is, in
deed, the land O. cakes, though not of
the Scotch kind. Vienna is a famous
town for cakes and pastry, and many
of the residents of the German quarter
the rage for cakes. This rage is con-
fined to no one age, sex, or occupation.
It seems to be general; the quarter is
Of one mind on this subject. You see
the gravest spectacle. Germans of
gray boards and vast bulk munching
cakes at insignificant little cafes, along
with shop boys, rough young fellows,
and pretty girls. There is somewhere
a theory touching the co-rela-
tion of tastes, that teaches
that when once man has set
tied down to a genuine adult fond
ness for beer, wine and tobacco he
loses his JOY in sweetmeats; but the
German quarter is a standing disproof
of the theory, for the cake eaters
smoke pipes and drink both beer and
wine.
The number and variety of cakes dis
played in bakeries and cafes is appal-
ling to one imbued with the modern
belief as to the EMBELLISHMENTS of
sweets. You may easily count in such
places thirty or forty different kinds
of cakes, besides zweibacl, plain
bread, crescent rolls, rye bread, and
several kinds Of pie, though pie is not
a speciality, is consumed in moderate
quantities, and is always eaten with a
knife only.
The chief thing that saves the whole
German quarter from dyspepsia in it's
reckless consumption of sweets is the
fact that there is no such thing as a
quick lunch over there. If man eats
only half dozen slices of cake or as
many crescent rolls with his MONDAY
coffee, he fingers over it a proper time
reading the paper or a volume Of
Goethe, or perhaps playing cards or
dominoes with his table mate.
The pale down towner, who bolts
the sweets of a quick lunch in four
minutes and hastens back to work,
deservedly pays for his sins with a dis
turbed liver and a damaged digestion.
The German, who fingers thirty or
forty minutes over his light and seem
ingly unwholesome luncheon, is fat,
rosy and of good conscience.
1t must be said for the cakes of the
German quarter that they are as harm
less as good cakes can be made. They
are light to dizziness, not over sweet,
and cooked through and through.
There is one other thing that helps to
render the German immune from his
terrible luncheon, and that is that he
seldom drinks with it anything cold.
The quick-luncher down town takes
cold milk with his luncheon, doubtless
because it can be gulped without de-
lay. The German has hot coffee, tea
or chocolate or hot milk, always with
two or three Jumps Of sugar. Hot milk
is a cure for almost any disorder of the
stomach, SO that the Germans luncheon
contains both bane and antidote. OF
course the German never insults his
inner man with ice water, and it is
seldom served save by request or un.
taught strangers. Y. Sun.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-25
LETTERING ON BANkNOTES
Great Care Is Taken to Have 1t Done Per.
fectly.

Great Care Is Taken to Have 1t Done Per.
fectly.
Lettering may be described under
three heads-large lettering, such as
bond titles; small lettering, like that
done on coupons, cards and tickets;
and script or writing. Some engravers
can do good work in all of these
branches of lettering. but in large es-
ployed at that style in which he ex-
GELS.
In bonds and stock certificates the
titles and script are usually done on
the plate from which they are to be
printed, but there is a lot of small
work, common to jobs of that kind,
which is done on what are called
''dies'' or ''bedpieces, and transferred
from the rolls to the plates. This will
be more fully described later.
In large lettering drawing of the
outline of the letters is made ON paper
to get the shapes, curves and spacing
correct. A tracing of this outline is
then made on gelatin, and, after fill
ing this with vermilion, thin coat
ing of wax is laid on the plate and a
tIdAS1CT O1 the S61db4A IEdC1IIS put Oh
the wax. Next the outline is careful
ly marked through the wax on to the
plate; the wax is taken off and the
artist is ready to begin his cutting.
Lettering on bank notes, if there is
to be more than one note on plate, is
engraved on ''dies" or ''bedpieces' and
transferred to the plate. This insures
the exact duplication of the material
of each of the notes, and also makes it
possible to reproduce and retouch the
work at any time.-C. w. Dicl1ins on,
Jr.. in Popular S cience Monthly.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-25

Senator Sorghum boasts that he
began at the bottom of the ladder" re-
marked one citizen. $50 he did, re-
piled the other, land worked his way
down. Washington Star.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-25

Some women are SO ill-mannered
as to go right into store and try to
interrupt conversation between the
clerks.-C Cleveland Plain Dealer
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-25

South Africa producede6, 900, LA OF
gold last year, an increase of nearly
two millions over 1883, and of two and
q half millions over 1892