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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-08-28
4 Private Letter Made Public.

BALTIMORE, MD, Aug. 8th, 1895.
Messrs. McLain Bros. 81 Co., Dawson,
Ga.--Dear Sirs; have finally succeed
el in getting Schloss Bros & Co. t. ac-
cept your very low offer on the five bun
bred suits to retail at SO 90 and Sl2 So.
These goods, you know, we sold at from
$40 90 TO S17O0 wholesale. You GER
tainIy ought to make big thing out of
this wonderful $1,000 suit sale. l wish
you much success, and will always be
very glad to help you get the good things
of this market Very truly,
j. F. ADAMS.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-08-28
BEATEN AND ROBBED.
AN UNKNOWN NEGRO BADLY DONE
UP.
Found Near the Railroad Track in I'm
conscious COnditiOn--He Saws That
"Mose Did It,"

Hamp Stamper, negro, came into the
city Monday and told Of a case that has
a Dad look 10 it. He reported that while
walking along the track # the Columbus
Southern railroad near the wafer tank,
TWO or three miles below Dawson, he
found negro mar lying near the track
with his head badly bruised.
County PLY stefan Kendrick went out
to see the man and found him in semi
conscious condition Besides the bruis-
Is on his head the doctor thinks bone
over one of his eyes is broken.
In response to mich questioning the
negro gave his name as John Williams,
ana said he was from Griffin. He said a
negro named Nose, living in Dawson,
knocked him in the head and robbed
him of s. and his shoes and clothes,
He was moved to farm house near
nv
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-08-28

Miss Mamie Bate, niece Of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. E. Marshall, and a student at
Cox's college, is spending portion Of
her vacation in Smithville.
Miss Lizzie, the daughter of Dr.. John
T. Lamar, is very sick with typhoid
fever.
Mr.. V. B. Wiliford, of Columbus, is
visiting friends and relatives near here.
We regret to know that Mrs. Cook,
wife OF DR.. II. A. Cook, is quite sick.
Mr.. 5. B. Pinkston is now with Mr.. c.
G. Goneke.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-08-28

Mrs. j. T. Gamble, who has been Wis
itiuL her brother in Talbot county, has
returned home.
Mr.. Allie Brown, of Cordele, has been
a guest of Mr.. Q. A. Bell.
Mr.. NJ. L. TaubIn is On business trip
to Jasper, Florida.
Mr.. E.. L. Bussey,of Enigma, is visiting
relatives in Dawson.
Mr.. S, Alesker has returned from tie
northern markets.
Miss Eva Keith returned from Amer
icus Saturday.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-08-28
NEW TELEPHONE SUBSCRIBERS.

Telephone subscribers will please add
the following names and numbers TO
their list:
25 Alliance Warehouse, Office.
2I Bishop, ". H., Residence.
IA Cheatham, nr w. B., Residence.
IS Georgia Cotton Co., Office.
McNulty, F. NJ, Store.
7 McGill, J. T., Store.
II PAGES Mil.
u Shoe Store.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-08-28

That you cannot be well unless you have
pure, rich blood? If you are weak, tired,
languid and all run down, it is because
your blood is impoverished aud JACKS
vitality. These troubles may be over
come by HOODS Sarsaparilla, because
Hoods SarsaparIila makes pure, rich
blood.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-08-28

Groves TasteIeSs Chill Tonic is per-
feet Malarial Liver Tonic and Blood Pu-
rifier. Removes biliousness without purg-
ing. AS pleasant as Lemon Syrup. 1t
is as large as any dollar bottle tonic and
retails for SOC. TO get the GENUINE ask
for Groves. Sold NO cure no pay by all
druggists.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-08-28
ATTEMPTED ROBBERY.

THE News hears that a theft entered
MI J. w. Dismuke's house, few miles
from the city, Friday night and stole his
purse Mr.. Dismuke sold lot Of
cotton that day, but fortunately for him
the banks closed before be collected the
money.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-08-28
The Public schools.

The public sch OILS will open next
Monday. The teachers are now return
ing from their summer vacation, ana VIII
enter upon their work with renewed zeal
after their rest. Parents should enter
their children on the first day.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-08-28

Hoods Pills cure liver ills, cGnstipa-
ton, billousness, jaundice, sick headache,
indi gestiOn.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-08-28

Scatter The blue devils of Indigestion
and constipation with dose of Dr..
Westmoreland's Calsaya Tonic For
sale by Farrar & Farrar,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-08-28
Professor Brittou's school Opens.

Professor BrittOn's school opened
Monday with an encouraging number of
pupilsSn attendance. He has assurances
Of enough pupils for good school.
Professor Britlon is fine teacher, and
never fails to please his patrons.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-10-17
Costly Snuff Boxes.

Snuff boxes brought hlgh prices in London recently; 5000 was given for 2 Louis XVI. gold box, with pictures of nymphs at their toilet; s4.000 for an- other, inlaid with colcrcd mothcr-of- pearl, with pictures of pleasant merry making; an octagonal Louis XVI. gold box, delieatcly chased under translu- cent enamel, inlaid with mythical sub jects in grissaille, brought S2,450; q large box of brown rock crystal, carved with eight medallion heads and a writ ing figure on the lid. 1,C50; q blood stone box, carved with scrolls and shells, s750; tortoise shell box, lined with gold, with an enamel portrait of Mile dc Fontances. S525.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-10-17
oucEa- MEXICAN MONEY.
Traveller 1zany Toars Ago Gets His E
 change Ln Goap.

 Traveller 1zany Toars Ago Gets His Ex-
 change in Soap.
 Here is an amusing account from Harper's Round Table of q traveller who went many years ago to Mexico, and found the natives using q strange kind of currency. SayG he:
 Tn one of the small towns l bought some lines, and gave the girl one dol lar in payment. By way Of change, she returned TIC forty-nire pieces of soap the size Of a smell biscuit. ] looked at her in assonishlnont, and she returned my look with equal surprise, when 2 police office, who had witnessed the in- cident, hastcncd 10 inform nc that for small suEns soap was legal tender in many portions Of tho country.
 ''I examined my change, and found that each cake waS stamped with the nalnc Of q town and of manufacture authosizod by the government. The cakes of soislo were worth three farth- i1gs each. Afterwards, in my travel, I frequently ,received similar change. Many of the cakes showed signs of hay ing been ins the wash-tab; bat that I discovered was not at all uncommon. Provided yfhc stamp was not obliter- ated, the soap cid not lose any value as crrrepcy. Occasionally man would borrow "a cake Of 8 friend, wash his hands and return 1t with thanks. I made use Of my pieces more than once in my baSh, and subsequently, spent them"
The St. Johns herald., 1895-10-17
HOW TO EooNoMlzE IN LIVING.
With One Dollar and Forty Gents Week
 & Man Nead Nevor Starye.

With One Dollar and Forty Cents a Week
 s Man Need Never Starve.
 One-half the world does not know how the other half lives, says the New York Recorder. nor do the well-fed thousands in this prosperous city, who daily consult their menus of many ex- pensive and rare courses, comprehend that many other thousands of hard working, active, healthy, energetic, bustling people live for whole day upon the price of plate Of oysters in fashionable restaurant. Let one man n letter-carricr-Speak for himself: 'tI have three meals 8 day-coffee, cakes, and either ham and beans or cCrned beef and beans at each meal at a cost of not more than twenty cents meal. They give you bread and butter with the meat, and fellow has plenty to cat in three such meals. Ii Q fellow is hard pushed, he can get along on thirty cents day with two meals, with meat, beans, bread and coffee at each. l have known chaps, who have been idle for long time, to live upon twenty cents day-corned beef, beans, bread and butter, and water for one meal, and pie and coffee at the other in tho evening. A fellow could live. all winter on those two meals if he didn't have to jugglc cases and barrels and bales Of cotton or do heavy work. Thus it may be seen that man needn't starve who las ono dol lar and forty cents q week to spend on foolj
The St. Johns herald., 1895-10-17
Cont;nuca. Ral.s ? Neeessttx.

4 serious trouble, causing many rail- road accidents, is that our rail is not continuous, being broken in number Of places by switches and frogs. Per haps only g higher wisdom than ours can tell Us how to avoid accidents caused by open switches, as long as these dangerous devices are not eliln- mated from the track. This should be done, even if the cost Of otherwise set ting off the ears De more expensive.
 Let us make our rails absolutely con tinuous, says the Engineering Maga- zine, and transfer cars bodily to adja- cent tracks by the use Of hoisting ma chinery. Such devices are used in Eng land-of course under the control of a block system-end are found very safe and satisfactory. Particularly should tracks on which very fast trains are run be made continuous, as accidents to such trains are much moro serious than those that happen to slow trains.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-10-17
OILED. DOWN.
An Operation That It Is Frequently Nec-
 essary in Case of Elephants.

An Operation That It Is Frequently Nee.
 esssry in Case of Elephants.
 To the general public the elephant house in the Central park menagcrie was a closed house. The fact was, says the New York Tribune, the elc- phants, at least two of them, were to be oiled down. This is necessary from the fact that the cagcd elephant can not from day to day throw great sprays of water over his thick hide and so keep it from cracking, as he would do if in his native forest, and SO it was determined to anoint these great pach- yderIns with neatsfoot oil.
 Small Tom was the first to be expert mented on and obeyed orders to turn to this side or the other more mceLly than a fractious babe. He was ancinted fore and aft, only trumpeting when his legs were being attended to. The reporter was in the pen and helped to hold up the legs of the animal while Billy Snyder ribbed in the oil, and it was n swondssfus iiiHstration of mans power over the lower brutcs. Tom or his bedroom partner, Jonas, could in 2 moment have killed the two men in the pen, but as each was being operated on, except for tyvining the proboscis round the nearest leg in a sort of grateful kiss, these great beasts seemed thoroughly to understand that man, who had made him captive, was trying his best to amelioratc his condi- tion. When all was over the elephants stood up glossy and black, and if ever one elephant spoke to another in scornful tones it could be gleaned from the eyes of those two elephants who looked at one another.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-10-17
A PECULIAR CAaEss.
1Saoris of Kew Zoalnnt, Embrace and Rub
 Noses.


 Noses.
 There is one habit which the Euro peans have not been able to introduce among the Maoris, that of kissing; and when one looks at the mouth Of a na- tive woman 1t Is evident, says Dem orest's Magazine, that an osculatory carcss might not be pleasant, for the lower lip i3 covered with tattooing on the inside, which must be very pain ful operation. But what will not q woman do to be in the fashion? In New Zealand native woman would as soon think of dispensing with her tattooed under lip as an American belle would think of wearing an unfashion- able bonnet.
 The natives are very affecticnate. but have not learned the habit Of kissing; instead, they throw their arms around each other, and pressing their noses together move their heads up and down, making at the same time a grooming sound which is changed to suit the occasion, being ,nournfrl if a mutual friend has died since they last met, but always somewhat sad, for it is intended to convey the idea Of the sorrow they have felt at their separa- tion. When two Maoris meet they stick their spears, or war clubs-the latter being also used as walking staffs in the ground, as 9 sign that they are st peace with each other, and then throw their arms over each others shoulders and rub noses.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-10-17
sACTERlA IN CLOTRES.
Hundreds of Thriving Colonies Found in a
 Horstesti Stocking.

Worsted Stocking.
 Carlyle gave us the philosophy of clothes; now Dr. Scitz, of Munich, gives us their bacterioloSy. On examining a worsted stocking, says the British Mcd- ical Journal, he found nine hundred and ffty-eight thriving colonies, while on and twelve. Both these articles had been worn, but no information is vouch- safed as to the personal habits Of the wearer. Thirty-three colonies were found on glove, twenty On piece of woolen stuff and nine On piece of cloth; nono Of these articles had been worn. On piece of cloth from q gar nnent which had been worn week there were twenty-thrce colonies. Of the micro-organisms found on articles of clothing relatively few were capable of causing disease. The pathogenic species were almost without exception staphylococci.
 in one case, however, Dr. Seitz found the typhoid bacillus iii articles Of cloth ing from twenty-one to twenty-seven days, and the staphylococcus pyogenes albus nineteen days after they had been worn. The anthrax bacillus found in clothes was still virulent after a year. The rnicrobe of erysipelas, on the other hand, could not be found after eighteen hours, nor the cholera vibrio after three days. Dr. Seitz studied with special care tho question whether in tuber- culous subjects who sweatcd pro&usely the bacillus was conveyed by the per spiration to piece of linen worn for some time next the skin of the chest. The inoculation Of two guinea-pigs. however, gave negative results.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-10-17
< Useless Fish.

A Maine fishing schooner had the odd and unpleasant experience recently of continually filling it's nets with kind of fish that the fishermen didn't want. they were after macllercl and ran into a school of whiting, useless fish about two feet long. The schooner had twenty.eight drag nets out, and every one was filled almost to breaking with the thousands of whiting. It was a whole nights work to clear the nets after each haul. After getting clear of the whiting the boat caught, in tho course Of Q whole days fishing, twenty five macl1ercl in it's tyenty-eight nets.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-10-17
Rancc of a sp,der,s Vision.

Experiments have recently been made to decide how far spiders can see. and as result Of these investigations it has been determined that they have q range Of vision of at least a foot. It is not always possible to tell, however, whether the lower animals perceive tr sight or hearing CT. hy the action which air in motion hasao their bodies. Ex- perimenta tend to show that mice are sensitive to motions of tho air which to human ears create no sound whatever
The St. Johns herald., 1895-10-17
Advice to a CsiDple.

The New York Press tells Of man who was in hospital in that city and while there had both legs amputatcd. Recently lady on good work intent visited the hospital and distributed tracts. By strange mixture this man received one which read: Dancing is a sim" She did not notice his unfor- tunate position and went away happy, when he soleiEinly assured her that, al- though he had been confirmed dancer in the past, he would never dance again; and she no doubt departed with
 the consciousness Of having done a
The St. Johns herald., 1895-10-17
hE WAS AFTER JOSEPH.
One of the Disadvantages Of Having Q
 Twin Brother Explained.


 was over in the Pennsylvania depot the other day when train came in bearing young man who stood over six feet high and had arms as long as the picl1ets on fence. says the Detroit Free Press. He was making inquiries about the ferry boats when he spied a loudly dressed young fellow not far away, whom anybody would have picked out as q travelling fakir The giant from the country made three long steps and picked the falzir of his feet and slammed him down and as he held him on the blanks he said;
 "Durn yer hide, but thought I'd run across ye agin some day. How's the tooth-pow(er swindlc? lows sellin' . man sunthin' that's split every drrned tooth in his head tryin' to clean 'em? I'm goin' to make cold corpse of you in jest two ninuses!"
 But the police were on hand to haul him off and insist that ho go his way. The fallir had been roughly used and couldn't get his breath for several min- utes. When the big depot had got through whirlilg around with him asked him if he had been in the tooth powder business, and he smiled in 3 sicl1ly way as he replied:
 q never was. He takes mo for my twin brother Joe, who goes about sell ing that stuff It takes tho enamel off, but Joe keeps right on selling it. Hang that hayseed-hc almost killed mel"
 "And you also have 8 line?" asked.
 ''Oh, yes, l sell assure cure for con- sumption for only twenty-five cents & bottle and throw in 8 pair of eyeglasses worth half dollar with each sale, but that fellow wasn't after me- It was the tooth powder and must speak to Joseph and warn him of the error of his ways."
The St. Johns herald., 1895-10-17
Ut,liz,nc Old nSnrarInes.

A hint of the most commendable use to be made of old magazines is con tained in the report of the librarian of the Los Angeles public library All the magazines that are not needed for binding and other uses are taken apart and the illustrations cut out and mounted on cards of gray bristol board These pictures arc classified and form sets for illustrating lessons in geogra- phy, history and literature. The pie lures of artists and their works are valuable to another class of students: the first are of great assistance to the teachers in the public schools. The funny pictures arc taken to the hospit- als to make the patients smile.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-10-17
ALL HER HuasYs.
She Had No Chiidren-vyhy the Agent Got
 His AnsTer.

His Answer.
 Such nice quiet ncighborhoodl
 They had just moved into one of the new, spotless, shining, mo children al- lowed" flats and tho agent was de- lighted with his new tenants. says the New York Recorder. Such nice pco- plc! So refined and quictl They would be sure to raise the standard of the building-not a dog Or cat in the family; no musical instruments; and the lady of the house had assured him that she had no children.
 Before he Lad eaten breakfast the following morning his joy received a setback and by noon he was in de- s?air.
 First one of tho other new people in the fats dropped in, then another and still another, until all the families but oac had been represented, and they were unanimous in their complaints of the noise made by the children in the fat of that especially nice couple.
 So the agent went and his hair stood on end when he heard the noise com ing from that fat, But when he knocked at tho door t suddenly sub sided and when the woman appeared she was so calm and quiet-looking that he hesitated and his courage would un- doubtedly have weakened if he had not seen couple of childish faces peep ing at him around the door. That settled it. He gathered his forces to- gether and began the attack without delay or quarter.
 Madam" he said, with what he be- lieved to be whitening glance: Madam, thought you told me you had no children. Whose are these see?"
 Mot mine," she answered, calmly; "I have none, but my husband has six. !"
The St. Johns herald., 1895-10-17
TO USE TIE EAarHs HEAT.
Ono of tho Schemes of the Futaro Ks
 Highly Allrr;ug.

Highly Allrr;ug.
 One of the schemes for future engi- neers to work at, says al article iii Cur rent Literature, will be the sinking of 8 shaft twelve thousand to fifteen thousand feet into the earth for the purpose of utilizing the central heat Of the globe It is said flat such depth is by no means impossible, with the in proved machinery and advanced meth eds of the coming engineer. Water at a temperature Of two hundred degrees contigradc, which can, 1t is said, be oo- tained from these deep borings, woGld not only heat houses and publio build- ings, but would furnish power that conld be utilized for many purposes. Hot water already at hand is neces- sariiy much cheaper than tha5 which must be taken when cold and brought up to the required temperature. Once the shaft i1 sunk all cost in the item of the hot water supply ceases. The pipes, if good, will last indefinitely, and, as natures stokers never allow the fire to 20 out, there would come in the train of this arrangement many ad- vantages. When, by sinking 2 shaft in the earth, we can secure a perpetual heating apparatus which we can regu- late by the turning of a keys one trial of life will fade into nothingncss.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-10-17
Steel Ropes Known ,n poS,pe,i.

While conducting q series of tests with one hundred-tontesting machine at the Yorkshire college in England, which included the testing of steel wire rope, Prof. Goodman stated that such ropes were not mcdcrn inven- ton, and that he had recently seen 8 bronze wire rope onc-half inch in diam eter and from twenty to thirty feet long, which had been found buried in the ruins of Pompcii, and which must have been at least nineteen hundred
The St. Johns herald., 1895-10-17
!Ns PopuLAR cRIMIMALs.
The Tendency of People to Protect Doers ls oz Evil.

?. oz Evil.
 [ Not long ago, in one of cur smaller American cities, bank cashier was found to be q defaulter for Q large sum nearly or quite hundred thousand dollars. Previously to his fall he is said to have been the most popular man in the place, and noted for his church work"
 There was no question about this mans guilt. Indeed he confessed at once and without reservation.
 Now comes the remarkable part of the story, says the Youths Companion, Despite his confession many people ab- solutely refused to believe him thief. The jaifor in whose charge he was put Aatly declined to lock him up. He took the defaulter to his own home and had him eat his meals there.
 The next day many of the leading professional and business men called upon him to extend their respects and their sympathy. His church associates did the same. Bonds totwenty timesth required sum were offered to secure his release. before trial,
 The tendency shown in this ease is not uncommon. So long as man has cheerful, companionable qualities, too many people are apt to pass by his se- rious defects.
 Jim Fisk was good to the poor, was the refrain of m old song by which a rnaudlin attempt used to be made to excuse the notorious railroad pirate, It is easy to be generous with what does not belong to ones self. It is equally easy to use a character once gained to trade on for disgraceful ends,
The St. Johns herald., 1895-10-17
A vnrsattle Actnr

A theatrical manager had consider able trouble with his star actor, who was constantly meeting with accidents or falling sick. One day. as the story goes, the star was hurt in boiler cx- ploSion. When the manager heard of it he remarked to his agent: T am sick of this sort of thing. Advertise him as usual and add that VIC intend bringing out new piece in which the great star Nt D. -.-il arf,sHc 2 i,l sn1-.,,..,l .,. ii. ,
The St. Johns herald., 1895-10-17
4 Temporarr Gnsh nf xoe-

It is related of a worthy Maine wom- an who had lose her husband and was indulging in very noisy kind of grief that when expostulatcd with by a friend for taking on so" she replied, "oh, do but let ne have it ont, Sally. for after I do l shan't think any more about it." Poets have said t.sc same thing in 2 different way and the world
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-14

A petition from residents OF the Free
mont, Edgewater and Green Lake district
OF the Ninth ward was sent 10 the board
OF public works yesterday asking FOR a
passasle wagcn road, At the expense q
the genarai street fund. beginning a. the
intersection CT Kifhoarae avenue and
Hanson street In the Lake Union addi-
tion. thence west about its feet TO Thir-
teeath street, at the southeast corner OF
fo-ferfela's addition: thence north along
Thirteenth street 20 Woodland avenue at
the northeast corner OF Perterfeid's aaai-
ton: sheace west about 30 feet 10 Wood
lana avenue. running NORTH The whole dis
lance. being about one rille. The petit
TONERS ask fer an inspection OF the roats
which Ia easy and feasible THE petition
has several hundred signatures and was
referred 20 the chairman Of the hoard for
a report.