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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-02-13

Last on the list was the fruit tree man.
tie vas here in the early summer when
anote payable in December seemed
long ways off-and those pictures OF
luscious looking fruits and strawberries
IN bottle, as big as your fist, looked so
tempting and the agent was such talk
eE December came, likewise the fruit
Tree man and his switches. Too late TO
Kick then; he had us signed up and wien
he left there was $4,000 or S3,000'less in
the county.
*
And the pillow man-we came near for
getting hjm-but his memory is DEAR TO
mary, and they haven't forgotten him
ana won't for some time.
~
Then there's the sewing machine agent
'ue lightning rod agent, the book agent.
NE insurance agent, the patent smooth
'Hs IRON agent, the agent for this, that
and the other, 70" everything under the
Gun we either don't need, or, if we do
'eea. can buy at home for one-half or
One-third the money.
~
We nave paid So for stove, when we
s'"lu nave bought better one at home
~ SzV; $40 for a clock, when we ought
~ nave Id the time of day by the sun:
Wv lot lightning rod, when the Lord
a aaa no idea of hitting us with lightning;
~, Vt a 500 on hedge fence, when we
1snC to have been splitting rails-and
II mas gone. Thousands and thous-
'' yes tens of thousands, of dollars
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-02-13

Then the $4,000 clock man came along
and convinced hundreds that the one
thing lacking was a clock that
would not only tell the time of day, but
also record the phases of The moon and
not let him forget the day of the month,
And he didn't forget-especially the lay
when that $4,000 fell due.
~
Then came the hedge fence man, and
many a farmer was 5amboozled into
wondering how he had ever managed to
raise corn and cotton without TIE aid OF
a hedge fence. And he never came back,
that hedge fence mao, He planted out
his switches, was to be back the second
and third years and make that hedge a
beagJy-and he never came back; neither
did the thousands of dollars he carried
Off with him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-05

"Pe1lets" are superior in a great many
ways to all mineral waters, sedlitz powders,
salts, castor oil, fruit syrups laxative teas,
and other purgative compounds. Made of
concentrated vegetable ingredients they
act in a mild, natural way. Their second.
airy effect is to keep the liver active and the
bowels regular, not to further constipate,
as is the case with other pills. They don't
interfere in the least with the diet, habits
or occupation, and produce no pain, grip.
ing or shock to the system.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure bill.
iousness, sick and bilious headache, dir
illness, costiveness, or constipation, sour
stomach, loss of appetite, coated tongue.
indigestion, or dyspepsia, windy belch.
ings, heartburn, pain and distress after
eating, and kindred arrangements of the
lets" are easily dissolved in the stomach
and absorbed into the blood, stimulating q
flow of bile from the liver, and arousing to
activity all the glandular secretions. Thus
they act in NATURES ofcH Way. In proof
of their superior excellence, it can be truth
fully said, that they are always adopted
as a household remedy after the first trial.
Put up in glass walls, therefore always fresh
and reliable.
One little "Pellet" is a laxative, two arc
mildly cathartic. As dinner pill" to
promote digestion, take one each day after
dinner. TO relieve distress from over
eating, they are unequaled.
They are tiny, sugar coated granules
any child will readily take them. Once
Msed, Arrays in favor.
Accept no substitute that may be recon-.
mended to be "just as good" It may be
better ./o, the dealer, because of paying
him better profit, but he is not the one
who needs help.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-05
Don't Break Down.
30 Many Men and Women Do When 1t
In Entirely Needless.

Strong often die early. not because their
vital forces exhausted, but because they abuse
their powers, waste their energies and break down
their constitutions Hence, careful people often
live long, while people who robust but rash
go down to early graves. But strange 1t may
seem, many men and women by adopting the right
means have been able to overcome dangerous all
ments that would have killed the strongest man.
With care. they have eventually gained remark
able degree of health and vigor. Some interesting
examples Of this fact have recently come to light,
among which are the following:
Miss Anna Maxey of South Scion. Ohio recently
said: Il suffered from nervous prostrati0u. indi-
gestion and sieeplessnass following spell of sick
ness until my life despaired Of. 1 took the
best tonics my physician could prescribe without
receiving the least benefit Finally, he advised me
to take course Of Dufy's Pure Malt Whiskey.
did 50, and am now able to eat well, sleep well
and am rapidly gaining strength
Mr.. j. NJ Gaverick OF Harrisburg. Pa, says:
For several years l was in very bad health, as
my work Is very combining and do not get enough
exercise to digest my food by taking Duffy
Pure Malt Whisky, however experienced a re-
marknble change. I feel better than eveI
felt before. honestly believe there Is nothing Let
ter for appetizer and strengthened"
People in sound health and people who do not
feel as well as they ought to feel can prnfitably
heed these words They sufficient to prove
that both as prevention and q cure this remark
able whiskey IL absolutely uneIualed. On this ac
count. 1t Is important to that no inferior imta
tion Is substituted when ordering from your drug
gfst grocer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-05
ELECTRICITY THEIR WEAPONS.

The Means Of Defense Provided by
Nature for Some Species of Fish.
From the New York Post
Perhaps one of the most interesting as
well as the most inexplicable means of
protection with which nature has provided
any animal is that of electricity. My at
tentfon was called to this some few years
ago in England on the occasion of a visit
to the aquarium at Brighton. An electric
fish was on exhibition; in the same room
was a family of young alliSators. The
tanks were side by side. and some mis-
creant. unobserved. managed to urop an
alligator into the tank of the fish. The con-
sequence was the utter prostration of the
reptile.
There are three genera of fishes which
possess the power of delivering an electric
shock-the torpedo. the electric cat fish or
electric sheath fish, and the electric eel. The
torpedoes are rays and are distributed over
the Atlantic and Indian oceans. 1t is said
and even a hundred pounds. The electric
cat fish or sheath fish belongs to the Silu-
ridae. as also does the cat fish of Amerf-
can streams, is native of tropical Africa,
and attains a length of four feet.
The electric eel. or. to call it by less
misleading name. the gymnotus. is a native
of the marshes of Brazil and Guiana. The
electric apparatus extends down each side
of the lower part Of the tail. and the shock
delivered by one of the largest fish, five or
six feet in length. is capable of killing the
most powerful animal. Humboldt has
graphically described his experience with
these strange creatures. and reports that
certain roads were abandoned because of
the number of horses destroyed by the fish
in the pools on the route.
Tho Indians secure them for food by
driving horses into the water. and on these
the fish exhaust their power. often killing
the horses by their shocks When the
faculty Of delivering an electric discharge Is
exhausted, the gymnotus draws near to the
bank to avoid the plunging Quadrupeds,
and falls an easy victim to the Indians
harpoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-05

arrested by colored policeman named
Qualls fer standing on the sidewalk.
There had been a band of music on the
street." said the polio eman, land fully two
thousand people had followed 1t. When
the band went in a hall on 18th street the
crowd stopped on the street and sidewalk.
and when I ordered them to move Luke
was the only one who refused to CO..
Luke admitted that he had followed the
band and had stopped on the sidewalk. but
had not been told by the officer to move
before he was arrested.
stopped to listen to the music"
That may be true" said the court; but
when you stop hereafter you must not OBJ
struct the sidewalk"
Luke's personal bonds were taken.
Too Full to Hear Himself.
Charles Carroll a little colored man.
dressed in Grand Army uniform. was in
the tolls because of the fact that last even
ing when under the influence of liquor he
called on friends in 9th street alley and got
into fight.
II don't remember nothin, bout it," was
his plea.
II heard 1t ALL" said the policeman.
Complaint was made that there was a
fight in the alley, and when I went over
there Carroll was using the most obscene
language"
"And you say you don't remember what
happened?" the court asked.
mo, sir, judge" he answered. Il was
full"
The Usual fine was imposed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-05
FOR FIVE HUNDRED YEARS

And over the whole world has been
coming to Carlsbad to be cured.
Disorders of the stomach, of the
liver, of the bowels, of the kidneys
and bladder, govt, rheumatism, dia-
belts, obesity-all have been sent to
Carlsbad.
Here is the very same remedy now,
right at your own door; the Sprudel
Salt Qhe water evaporated at the
spring.. For sale at all druggists.
But see that you get only the genu-
inc imported, with the signature OF
"EISNER & MENDELSON co,
Sole Agents, New York" on every
bottle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-05
THRIFT IN GERMANY.
An English Writer Makes an Inter
esting Comparison of Prices.

An ENGLISH Writer Makes an Inter-
esting Comparison of Prices.
From the London Queen.
The enormous strides which Germany has
made during the last quarter Of a century
that is, since its unifcation-are nowhere
more apparent than at Hamburg, now the
first commercial port and center Of the en-
pire. In its old days, hardly dozen years
ago. when, retaining its ancient Hans
eatic privileges as a free port, 1t admitted
all goods from other countries without toll.
1t was looked upon with considerable envy
by other cities of the confederation
By far the richest community then in pro-
portion to it's size, it had is own local ad-
ministration so powerful that it could die
tate terms even to the central government.
Yet it gave way at last and was enrolled
in the great German Zollverein, taxing
foreign goods at the normal rates OF impo-
sition, just as in all the rest OF the en-
pire, but reserving to itself certain privi-
leges of making its own laws and preserv-
ing sort of autonomy.
1 knew Hamburg as free port and
made careful notes of the prices of COM
modities. This last week I have again
noted carefully the prices as marked in the
shop windows, made close inquiries be-
and French And 1t appears to me that the
cost of living under the newer regime is
very little. If any. more than previously,
which. compared with English cities of
equal size, is little enough. Provisions of
all kinds are no dearer and generally both
cheaper and better than in England;
household furniture and the entire mena sc
for an apartment is far prettier, better
made, more commodious and complete
than anything of the kind in England and
France; is less costly than in both, and
compared with France, say without hest
| tatior, Is 80 per cent less.
Rent is exceedingly moderate; quite hall
| that of Paris. If not of London.
| Only short time ago in speaking to q
| city of London merchant I remarked: III
| only you would but learn something OF
| continental thrift you never need com
| plain of bad trade" He looked at me fol
| a moment and then emphatically said
1--WE are not going to economic, and we
| do not need to learn from other nations
| But we are going to have good trade
| again, and that in our own way" This
represents the sentiments of English peo
pie far too frequently. And it is because
the thriftless character is so universe
among all classes Of English people tina
we have-what apparently does not exis
in France, Germany, Holland, Belgium
Switzerland. Norway. Sweden or Denmark
"a submerged TENTH" and a very large
tenth 1t Is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-05
Married in Spite of His Children

From the Mount Vernon (Ga) Monitor.
Mr.. James l. Fountain, the eighty-odd-
year-old gentleman who attempted TO
marry Mrs. Mary F. Brown a couple OF
weeks or so ago. has again distinguished
himself in a unique fashion. Alter MS
children succeeded in getting his license
away from him, as related at the time, he
seemed for a while to be at the end OF MS
line But where there is will there Is a
way" and after rejecting upon the matter
ard taking advice of counsel, he took the
candidate for his brideship and left town,
having unsuccessfuily tried every one In
the place who was authorized to perform
the ma rriage service. Crossing the river In
the direction of Glenwood, they called at
the house of Mr.. COME and took dinner.
After dinner, there being number OF wit
nesses present, the old gentleman proceeded
very formally, to perform the marriage cere'
mony for himself, after which the happy
couple returned to town and announced 70
their astonished children and friends that
they were man and wife.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-05
G E T T iii | N!
DIR. Edison's Obesity Pills,
Salt and Bands Take
Off Fat.

From her residence on street. Mrs. Jane Hur-
sons Obesity Pills and Fruit Salt I'VE weeka.
They have reduced me % pounds and greatly i'm
proved my too fat hips and abdomen"
Writing from the State Department, Julia Lloyd
Dana says: DIR. Edison's Obesity Pills and Salt
have. In seven weeks. reduced my weight 81 pounds
and rendered me much more graceful. well
healthy. am recommending them to fat lady
Trends"
Writing from the Washington woman's Club.
Mrs. Kate Richards Reynolds says: DIR. Edson's
Pills and Salt have reduced about 30 pounds
in 80 days. cured me of indigestion and completely
banished unsightly liver spots which had long
marred my complexion.
Col. Thomas West, Treasury Department, saysi
Il have. in four weeks. reduced my abdominal
Band"
Obesity Pills, 150 a hottie. or three bottles fA
81, enough for treatment.
Obesity Fruit Salt Is 81 bottle
Obe.ity Band any size up to 80 inches, is s.. 500
10 extra for each additional inch In length.
Send all mail, express or G. Q. D. orders to ua.
18th and sts, every day hereafter to explain The
methods Of reducing flesh BY our obesity treatment.
A FULL ASSORTMENT OF DIR. EDISON'S
GOODS ARE KEPT IN STOCK AT
d. p. MEETZS PHARMACY.
18th and NV.
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Mention address exactly given below:
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-05
The Doctors Column.

@. NJ. Brooklyn.-My voice is losing strength from
hoarse colds. What can take7
Take Pulmoline. according to directions.
b. H., New Orleans Have recovered from a
painful surgical operation, but nerves have re-
ceived n severe shock. What can 1 take for
strength?
Cercbrine extract of the brain, In fve-drop doses
ON the tongue. three times daily. Regulate the
bowels with NatrOlithic Salts.
8. r., Louisville-My work IL making me very
nervous. and l suffer greatly with headache.
Take Cerebrine, extract of the BRAIN in five drop
doses. on the tongue. three times daily. A Ftbri-
eide Pill when head aches. Keep the bowels re:u-
Lar with Natrolithic Salts.
Mrs. II. A. NJ. chieago.-Alternate Cerebrine. ex.
trlct Of the brain, with Ovarine in fivedrOp doses
On the tongue three times daily. Regulate the
bowels with Natrolithic Salts.
C. FAILING BROWN, AN, Md,
Med. Dept. Col. Chem. Co., Washington, DC.
AL letters Of inquiry answered free.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-05
Murdered Thirty-Five Women.

From the London Daily News.
In the Sunday Companion this week the
Rev. G. p. Merrick, chaplain Of Holloway
jail, tells story of the murderer Neil
Cream, who. 1t will be remembered, was
executed for the murder Of several women
in London by the administration of strych-
nine concealed in capsules According to
the chaplain of Holloway jail, it is proved
beyond a doubt that he had murdered In
cold blood no fewer than thirty-five wo-
men. 1t appears that while in America nj
suffered Imprisonment for crime which
had been traced to him by woman. This
woman detective had beguiled him until his
guilt was brought to light When he came
to England he believed, or said he believed
that every woman who spoke 20 him was
police decoy, and he sacrificed -hem
Strangely enough he was one of the hios'
inefficient Bible students ever admitted te
Holloway Jail. He could recite from mem
ory almost half the Bible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-05
Union of Sixty Churches.


A kind Of church unity which is entirely
practicable has been adopted by sixty
churches of New York. They have united
for charitable and philanthropic work In the
tenement house district, and their plan Is to
divide the territory and, out Of common
fund.- provide for the people who live In It.
The decision to work in this way was reach
ed because it was found that under the old
Independent method there was great
waste of money and energy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-05
NO CONSUMPTIVB WILL DIE
So Long as He Can Digest and As
simulate Food.

All physicians admit this. Yet here the difficulty
body as fast as the disease tears it DOWN. Let US
consider.
Cough mixtures must be avoided. because THEY
FREQUENTLY CONTAIN OPIATES which arrest
the digestion. Their only effect the cough is by
Supplying the nerves. Let them alone.
All foods that are hard to digest must be avoided
especially fats and oils. Only those foods that ore
easily digested and assimilated should be eaten
Foods NOT THUS ACCEPTED BY NATURE do no
good; they do harm. Not what is merely EATEN,
but what is DIGEsTED AND ASSIMII.ATED gives
flesh and strength
Consumption is starvation, slow or rapid, may
be- The first symptom is not necessarily q cough,
lut a tendency to lose flesh, to grow thin. Stop
this tendency NOW. Don't wait for obvious lung
trouble That's only a later developlncnt-only a
minor point.
| Stop the wasting and you master the disease
even though it may have made some slight inroads
already Increase the flesh and the danger is past.
What is needed is an especially prepared food q
nutriuent in itself and digester Of other foeds.
Such an article is the Shaker Digestive Cordial,
| made by the Shaker Community Of Mt. Lebanon,
N Y 1t creates q natural appetite and insu-es the
| digestion of what Is eaten with 1t. 1t overcones
! tn. wasting WHICH IS FATAL IN THE CON
| St!MPTIVE PROCESS.
| A man may lose money and not die q bankrupt.
| One may have consumption and not die Of It, This
IL science and sense. The success Of this new rem
| edy proves it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-05
She Remembered.
From the Philadelphia Time,


Little Bette was at her first evening en-
tertainment, where everybody was strange
to her. She grew homesick, and with tears
in her eyes begged her hostess to send her
home.
AS she was starting smile shone through
her tears, and she said:
Goodbye. Mrs Sniff, mamma told me to
be sure and tell you had a nice time"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-05

The mystery story now running in The
Star having proved SO popular, arrange
ments have been made to follow 1T with an
other The new one Is Before They Were
Married. by Henry c. Parker. 1t is Of COM
handing interest, and those who read the
first chapters will follow it eagerly to the
end of the absorbing mystery. The first in
stallment will be published on Saturday. No
vember o. Two hundred and fifty dollars in
gold will be given for a correct solution of
the mystery by a woman reader, according
to the conditions printed elsewhere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-05
The Animal Extracts.

CREBRINE, FROM THE BRAIN. MEDULLNE.
FROM THE SPINAL CORD. Caroline, FROM
THE HEART. TESTINE, OvARINE, THYROI-
DINE NATROIITHIC SALTS. for Constipation.
GASTRINE, for Dyspepsia. CATARRHINE, EZF'N-
ICuRE, and other specialtes of the
COLUMBIA CHEMICAL co.
Now at all druggists. Send for literature.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-05
Limiting sky-scrnpers.

No more sky-scrapers can be erected In
San Francisco. The supervisors have de-
cided to limit the height of all new buildings
to 100 feet where the street is 100 or more
feet wide, and to 100 feet in height on streets
that are narrower,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-05
Under Cover.
From Puck.

Dealer Ito party who Is purchasing some
letter paper and envelopes)-"Do you wish
your address stamped on it?''
Purchaser-"Oh, no, no, mol Just plain"
Dealer (affably)-"How are things In
Brooklyn, nowadays?'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-05
Sr1ALLER THAN USUAL

-lilliputian, in fact,
are Doctor Pierce'1
Pleasant Pellets.
DR.. r. v. Pierce,
Chief Consulting
Physician to the In.
valids' Hotel and
Surgical Institute,
of Buffalo, N. Y,
was the first to in.
troduce a Little Pill
to the American
people. For all
laxative and ca
thartic purposes
fhRGa RffOor.CnQtAA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-05
Where Was HeS

"hefe WuB ne
From the Louisville Truth.
IT have friend that suffers terribly with
the heat"
where Is he living?'
HE isn't living"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-05

From the Waterbury.
Nephew-"What are you going to DO with
your money when you die?"
Undertake 1t with me-
Nephew-"I always thought you had mon
ey to burn"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-05

Every one wanta the best. When ordering Coco
or Chocolates be S1ra and ask for Huyler's.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-05
The Dangers
OF Catarrh.

Common. every day conditions lose their terror,
however bad they really are.
This law explains the indifference to q common
cold, which often Is the con mencement Of O grave
fatal malady.
Catarrh $50 celledD is a chronic Inflammation of
the lining of the Nose, Throat, Lungs and Ear,
and is only waiting for slight exposure to produce
q more serious condition.
II you afflicted you should be cured at once.
treat 1t, probably. more thoroughly than any
physician in this city. 1 remove the cs.se, not
simply abate the symptoms. It will cost you but
little. Come.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-05
Will Never BE Erected.

DR.. Winters declared that the garbage
plant will never be erected at the foot Of
South Capitol street. He spoke Of the pro-
posed sewer from I'd and c streets north
west to empty in the branch southeast.
Referring to the proposed sewer and the
canal, he said it was the worst piece Of en-
gineerlng he had ever seen.
There was more discussion concerning the
canal and garbage plant, and without TAX
ing further action the associat ton adjourned.