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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-12-09
NEW IDEA FOR JEWESSEs,
The First National Convention Of Jewish
Women.


Women.
The most interesting convention in
the modern history of Judaism will be
opened in New York very shortly and
will remain in session week. II has
been called by the national council of
Jewish women, body of recent organ
ization, the president of which is Han
nah g. Solomon of Chicago It will be
the first convention of the kind ever
held, and will be attended by delegates
chosen by the local sections which have
been formed in many parts of the
United States. It is sure TO create q
widespread interest, not only In the
ranks of Judaism, but also in the COM
munity at large. Both the national ex-
ecutive board and the New York COM
mittee Of arrangements have stEiven,
and will continue to strive, to make the
meeting as great success as they OK.
pect it will be. Many accomplished
Jewesses will participate in the speech
making.
The purposes of the national council
are ''to bring about closer relations
among Jewish women, to furnish by an
organic union a medium of communion
tion and the means Of prosecuting work
Of common interest, to promote united
efforts in behalf Of Judaism and to fos-
ter the work Of social reform by the APP
plication Of the best philanthropio
thought " 1t encourages in It's members
a deeper study Of thefBible, the history
and literature of the Jews and the
agencies of personal service. It provides
for the interchange Of ideas, for discus
sion upon matters of mutual interest
and for helpful sympathy in work and
aspiration
The programme is broad and compre-
hensive, and the details of it have been
wrought out in a manner at once prao-
teal and pleasing. In speaking of it the
secretary of the council, Mrs. Sadie
American, says, ''Old people and young,
rich and poor, busy and leisurely, are
asked to join this body, which, while it
does not pretend to do any one thing
never before attempted, seeks to use the
power and pleasure of union among
Jewish women in way they have never
before been used. Z" The annual due is
fixed at 81, SO that the poorest woman
may join the council and enjoy its bene-
fits. New York Sun.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-12-09
THREATENS The TOWN.
THE CHIPPEWA RIVER CHOKED
BY AN ICE BERG,
Panic Among the People. The Stream
Sweeping Through City of
Chippewa Falls.

A press dispatch from Chippewa Falls,
Wis, says: The ice gorge is unbroken
and the water is now running over the
lower section of the city and steadily
rising. All hope of breaking the gorge
is abandoned and all attention is given
now to saving household goods and mer-
chandise. Every team in the city is
kept busy moving people and effects to
places of safety.
AT 9 O'Clock this morning the water
had crept up to the bridge and to the
postoffice, two blocks from the river
The river is now twenty-five feet above
low water mark.
The Wisconsin Central tracks are Gov
cred with water two feet.
Duncan creek, tributary to the
Chippewa river here, is also doing much
damage, as the water is backing up in it
from the river. The Chippewa Lumber
and Broom COmpany'S mill and lumber
yards are all under water. Every resi-
dent and business man on River street
has moved out. 1t is thought by many
that this is only the beginning, as there
is 20 possible hope of getting channel
cut through the jam of logs and ice.
The river gorge is now twenty-three
feet high and four and a half miles
long.
All the farming country five miles
south of the town of Wheaton is under
water and the loss to farmers is enor-
nous. Many farmers barely escaped
with their lives, and in some places
houses and barn are carried away. Live
stock has been lost by every farmer.
The suffering by those obliged to
move is terrible, as the thermometer
shows from one to five degrees below
zero.
At 10 a. m. all hope was given up of
saving the business portion Of the city
from being submerged. The ice is rap
idly forming four miles below and the
water is rising in the city at the rate of
a foot an hour.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-12-09
Catarrh Can't BE lCured

with LOCAL APPLICATION, as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease. Ca
tarrh is blood disease, and in order
to cure it you must take internal rene
dies. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, and acts directly on the blood
and mucuous surfaces. Halls Catarrh
Cure is not quack medicine. 1t was
prescribed by one of the best physicians
in this country for years, and is a regu-
lar prescription. 1t is composed of the
best toncs known, combined with the
best blood purifiers acting directly on
the mucuoussurfaces. The perfect COM
bination of the two ingredients is what
produces such wonderful results in cur
ing catarrh Send for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Props,
Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, price 75c.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-12-09
BLUNDERs OF SPEAKERS.
A Wen Known Orator Points Out Some
Humorous Instances

instances.
Mr.. Joseph Mains, himself a we'll
known public speaker, gives The Wom-
ans Signal some amusing instances of
the humOrs Of public speaking. 1t is,
he thinks, lack of fiuency that causes
the speaker so often to blunder. Mr..
Mains has listend to a temperance ora
tor deploring the fact that friend re-
sorts to 1.-THE frequent use of the daily
glass. - he heard notable lady speaker
speak of slum children drought into
the world with no more idea of home
comfort than the children of negroes in
Africa. -
One speaker said, 81 rise emphatic.
ally, " and another said, 81 stand pros
trate with astonishment. Yet another
feelingly told his audience that it was
mot the platform speaker, but the
house to house visitation and the utter
ance of the silent word by the caller
which did the most good " The state
ments that "the previous speakers sug.
gestions were very suggestive" and that
another speakers remarks were "mis.
calculated to mislead'' Mr.. Malins also
mentions.
Then there is the speaker who always
misplaces his chs" and who prays "that
we might be brought to the halter. "
There was a flight of fancy when the
speaker asked, Suppose if a modern
balloon dropped upon an uninhabited
island, what would the natives say9"
The scientific lecturer said of his com
ing experiment that "all depends upon
the present condition Of the body about
to be created. " A town councillor spoke
of the rivers and streams that ahut
on the borough boundaries. " Among
Mr.. Mains other examples is the speak
er who began with saying, The proper
study of mankind in general is the-the
study of mankind in general, " where
upon an urchin in the audience cried
out, You're a-goin in at the same hole
you came out at. -
No less embarrassed was the old gen.
tleman, who, stumbling through an
after dinner speech, said, II have
no more to say, and so-and so-I1l
make few more remarks. The build
er frankly declared he was more fitted
for the scaffold than the platform.
Sometimes the chairman errs in well
coming the speaker. A chairman was
heard to welcome speaker as one who
is always with us, and we wish he
would come oftener. Kind was the an
nouncement that "there will be two
more opportunities to hear the lecturer
once more. 1t was when the meeting
ended that the chairman asked the au-
dience to ''close by singing just one
verse of the doxology. -
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-12-09
TESTIMONIALS.
From Citizens of Pennsylvania Who Haye
Been Cured by Chamberlain's Cough

AVSA NuEou Nv CuduIDSAAdAh NOu&n
Remedy.
Mr.. w. w. Spillen, drug clerk, with
j. w. Mcdonnell, Parnassus, Pa, says:
II was out all one night last winter and
contracted a severe cold. I was so
hoarse for a week | could hardly speak.
Knowing bow well customers of our store
spoke of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy,
1 concluded to try it, One-half of a bot
tie cured me entirely"
S. d. Newhart, Saylorsburg, Pa says:
"Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is an
excellent medicine. | have used it for
coughs and colds with fine effect. I
have sold it at my store for over two
years, and my customers have all been
pleased with it."
j. A. Van Valzah, Hughesville, Pa,
says: ''Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
has proven so valuable that / do not
hesitate to recommend it to any one"
DR.. F. Winger, Ephrata, Pa, says;
"Mr. j. D. Kline, cigar maker of this,
place, reports a complete cure of his
cough with so cent bottle OF Chamber
lain7s Cough Remedy after he had tried
others which had failed" For sale at
Is aud so cents per bottle by FsTrar &
Farrar, druggists.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-12-09
GONE TO HIS REST.
HON, R. U. HARDEMAN DIES AT
HIS HOME NEAR OXFORD.
Conscious Almost to the End. Express
ed a Wish for Death and Faced
1t FearlesslY.

CovISGToN, GA, December 2.-Sur
rounded by the members of his family
and his old family servants, Hon. Robert
Ulla Hardeman passed peacefully away
at $50 O'clock this afternoon. He was
conscious to the very last, and he met
bis death with perfect composure.
His last words were, cat rest, utter
ing which he closed his eyes and the
soul passed from the brave, beloved
Georgian to the great beyond.
Colonel Hardeman had been i'll for two
weeks, and all that time was conscious,
except when under the influence of OPT
at9s administered to relieve suffering.
Today he realized that his hold on life
was steadily being loosed. Early in the
morning he asked one of his attending
physicians about his pulse ard respira-
ton. The reply was full of meaning to
the invalid.
"CaD pull through?' he asked of his
doctor.
lie was informed that there was no
hope
ITS all right" he answered, with full
resignation.
Tuning to DIR. Evans, Colonel Harde-
man asked: "How long will it be be-
lore l can let loose this mortal body?'
ut will not be long" the physician
responded.
20, blessed Master, come, and come
quickly. He knows best. commit it
all to Him. Thy ways are so much
above nay ways"
Ulla, his son, asked him if he wanted
anything.
Rest in body, rest in mind, rest in
Jpail' rest IN the love of my blessed Re-
S sGlI' the dying man replied.
~ %GQ I.o Hardeman was classm ate
s %nu lifelong friend of the late Bishop At
b hUqS q HaygC OIL. This afternoon the
tbot son, one of the physicians, said
r Ou"' us father would be glad to see him,
meaning after death.
- les, Colonel Hardeman, said, "Old
e AL %iH'oe there, and we shall laugh
~" ~ snout on the other side.'
B,s ~ was n this spirit that he passed his
sc S, hours. The family servants and
h tV tbS OF coIored men and women were
'Ng u mouse, for the race loved him dear
md ne ne had been good friend to them,
m n~ .ney sent him many an appreciative
IN o sag during the day. He recognized
badoo u ~ We're around his bedside, aud
~, T,,o mem all an affectionate farewell.
Ii I5,i he did he wrap the draperies
MIS- couch around him and lie down
kas t t6o dreams, Bright's disease
A. 'ue cause of dis death.
sor noa treasurer of the state of Georgia
loyed ~ years Colonel Hardeman en-
u 2 II tb throughout his entire Connection
H. o stat Office the unbroken Confidence
6deeeS5' esteem of his fellow citizens. such
ID aco o2 was the sturdy reputation which
b1s lure" leai by reason of his conspicu-
Sppo Hsai !, and fidelity that no one dared
BIZ 'I o2L MN in a contest for that Office
Eli he Uon ns! i've, saga ,ious counsels
~ Ul'SSed In Georgia.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-12-09
Brain Work.

The Washington Star surprised two
high school girls talking about their
graduation essays.
'Have you written yours YETI" asked
Maud.
eyes, " answered Ethel.
Wasn't it lot of work?'
''Just dreadful First, had to hunt
up words that were big enough, and
then l had to keep looking in the die
tionary to see what they meant, and
honestly began to think I never should
get it finished. "
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-12-09
IRON BAR 1000 YEARS OLD.
Portion of 1t Is Owned by the Iron
Chancellor.


Chancellor.
S. T. Wellman, the metallurgist of
Cleveland, has portion of a round bar
of iron-and few like pieces are held
in the United States-that antedates
the Christian era by two or three CEN
turtles. The ircn, which had been orig
inally hammered into plates and was
deeply rusted from age, was found few
years ago by DR.. Karl Human in the
ruins of the temple of Artemis Leuco-
phryne, at Magnesia, Asia Minor DIR.
Human sent it to Hallbauer, in Ger
many, and the latter made from por-
ton of it memorial tablet This was
presented to Bismarck in April, 1894.
1t bore this inscription in German:
For you, Prince Bismarck, the Iron
Chancellor, Hermogenes forged this iron
at Magnesia 200 B. G. Human found
it in the temple of Artemis after 2, 900
years and sent it to Hallbauer, who gave
it the form in which it shall bear wit
ness that your deeds shall outlive mil
lenia.
AT the time of the presentation to
Bismarck Stahl und Eisen gave a photo
graphic reproduction of the plate and
an account of the discovery of the iron.
The temple of Artemis, one of the most
magnificent of ancient monuments, was
rebuilt about 800 B, c., though by some
the date is put at 900 B. G.
The metal is described as approximate
ing steel in it's composition, though
closely akin to malleable iron. 1t was
made at low temperature, and great
care was necessary in the forging. 1t
was found rather difficult to roll the
pieces that were preserved as relics,
these having diameter of about one
half inch. Iron Trade Review.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-12-09
The Chinese Are Self Helpful.

The percentage of foreigners in our
hospitals, asylums and penal institu-
tons is overwhelming. But the Chinese
make little call upon us for philanthro-
py and that only for medical help. Lit
tie by little these people are coming to
see the superiority Of our medical treat
ment, and in cases of severe sickness
they will sometimes turn to our hospi-
tails for help. But they ask no other aid
from us. If a Chinaman needs any mon
etary assistance, his countrymen help
him without burdening our public phi
lanthropies. 1t is not uncommon for the
men of one clan or friends from different
clans to band together to establish a
loan fund, every man giving so much
toward it week by week. This is loaned
to needy men without security or inter
est, and when repaid it is loaned again,
and thus many a man is carried through
a sickness or set up in business, and
outsiders are none the wiser. 1.-THE
Chinese of New York" by Helen f.
CLARK, in Century.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-12-09

duced to $3.50.
90 mems and youths odd coats at
$3.50, good value at $500.
Our line of clay worsted suits at
S st5 can't be compared for less than
1876 pair good jeans pants at 40 cents
well worth Is cents.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-12-09
Needless Anxiety.

After WeyIer gets through with Gu
ba it is limited he may decide to take a
fall out of the United States. But don t
let that keep you from getting your
winter supply Of coal housed before the
cold weather sets in. Cleveland Leader.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-12-09
For fancy candy can at Daniels.

To cure all old sores, to heal an in
dolent ulcer, or to speedily cure piles,
you need simply apply DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve according to directions. Its
magic-like action will surprise you.
SALE-DAVIs True Co
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-12-09
Mexican Police.

The Mexican police attend closely to
their duties and are very polite. At
night each policeman carries lantern,
and this lantern is set out on the side
walk opposite wherever he may be; so
it is possible to look down a street and
see a whole row of these twinkilng lam
terms.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-12-09

Soothing and not Irritating, strength
ening and not weakening, small but eff
feotive-such are the qualities Of De-
Wits Little Early Risers, the famous
title pAAs. SALE DAVIS DRUa 60.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-12-09
what Did He Meane

$40 you think that beautiful women
are apt to be spoiled9" she murmured.
with upturned eyes.
''Your beauty will never spoil you,
darling, " was his equivocaI answer. -
Detroit Fvee Press.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-12-09

MiIlinerv n Us we have the prettiest line
hte 1iItins-. =" town. When in need of up-to.
'y give us cali. hrs. c. /. Mize
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-09-22
Uouble Standard Maple Sugar,

The Mohawk valley was settled by
the Dutch, as your readers know. When
the country was new Yankee pedders
came through the settlements and pur-
chased the crop of maple sugar. On
one occasion green Dutchman sold a
Yankee his maple sugar far below the
market price and his neighbor leased
him for being deceived. He said in re-
ply: you wait and l will vix him
next year" The next spring he sold
his crop Of sugar to the same Yankee
at the same price. When his neigh
bors rallied him he said: II am no fool
l made the sap that sugar was made
from Of half spring water" The green
Dutch farmer had just as much COM
mon sense as those cranks who assert
that 50 cents worth of silver and an
equal amount Of water will make dol
lar worth 100 cents in gold at the pres
ent standard.-F. G.. in New York Sun.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-09-22
FREE SILVER AND PRICE OF
COTTON.
Populist Statistics Which Prove Sound
Money Statements.

Popuiist Statistics Which Prove Sound
Money Statements.
The Arena, a popuiist magazine, pub
fishes a series of pictures intended to
show the great decrease in the purchas-
ing power of bale of cotton, owing to
the alleged decentralization" of silver.
The money value Of the first bale is
given as $4,000 in 1865. The next in
the sahe series is for 1870, when the
money value had shrunk to $1,000.
Other pictures give the varying values
down to 1894, the conclusion from the
whole being that the lack of free sill
yer has caused the fall in the price of
cotton.
How false this argument is can be
seen by looking at the figures quoted.
Between 1865 and 1870 the price of cot
ton fell from 1888 cents per pound to
23.9S cents. BY 1878, the year of the
crime" the price had gone down to
1880 cents. In other words. the money
value of bale of cotton shrank from
$4,000 in 1865 to 1914, difference
OF S322.90, while the country had free
coinage of silver at 16 to /. Since that
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-09-22
WOULD HURT INSTEAD HELP
How Free Coinage Would In;ure the
Farmers.


The chief strength Of the 16 to ash
tation lies in the belief that it would
benefit the agricultural classes. This
is a serious error. The facts of all
human experience show conclusively
that free silver would cause Widespread
and prolonged injury to the falmers OF
this country.
The mere threat Of free coinage would
greatly injure the farmers by causing
an immediate calling in of all loans
through the natural desire of lenders to
get back money worth as much as they
lent. Hundreds of thousands of farmers
would be unable to pay their mort
cages, and their farms would be sold at
o sacrifice. No new loans would be
forthcoming, as the owners Of capital
would not invest so long as there was
any danger that by a change in the
money standard the value of loans
would be cut in two. AS the chief COM
plant of the farmers now is that inter-
est is too high and capital is too scarce,
the effect of policy which would make
capital scarcer and dearer can be fig
ured out by each farmer for himself.
A second way in which free coinage
would hurt agriculture would be by the
financial panic which would inevitably
follow the overthrow of our present
sound financial system and the adop-
tion OF the unstable cheap silver stand
ard. With the millions of bank de-
nnSitnrc don, nd I'm vi n
machinery of credits, by which so large
part OF the country's business is done,
would be suddenly stopped. Merchants
would be unable to buy goods for lack
OF credit: manufacturing industries
would be closed down, as in 1898, and
millions of workers would be idle.
Men out of employment do not buy as
much farm products as when they are
at work, and the farmers who now
complain of the lack of markets for
their produce would find themselves
with a large part Of their crops UNI
sold. Would not this be serious In
jury to agriculture?
Another evil which free coinage
would bring to American farmers
would be the unsettlement of their
trade relation with the great gold
standard commercial nations, which
purchase each year $500, 900 900 worth
OF our surplus farm products. The
adoption Of the silver standard, with
its constantly fiuctuating scale Of
prices, would prove the same barrier
to commerce between this and other
countries that it has to trade between
gold standard Europe and India, China,
and Japan. Do the farmers want to
curtail and unsettle our foreign trade?
These are some Of the ways in which
free coinage at 16 to 1 would hurt the
farmers. No advocate of 53-cent dol
lars has ever been able to show single
way in which it would help them.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-09-22
Money value of 500 pounds in 1873 at
S0.1S.S0 per pound, S94)
Rk;iEzzszYgA

(Aioney value OF 500 pounds in 1896 at
S0.07.S0 per pound, $500
time the fall in price has been much
less, having been only from S94 in
1873 to $50 in 1896 at the present quota
tons of 780 cents per pound.
The history Of cotton prices shows,
therefore, that under free silver The
price of a bale of cotton declined
s32290, or G4.5S cents per pound, in
eight years. Under the present fran
cial system the price has only fallen
$50 per bale, of IL cents per pound in
% years. In face of these official
figures how can any intelligent man
pretend that it was the change in ,nur
currency laws in 1873 which has re-
duced the money value of cotton?
The advocates of free silver may at
tempt to answer this exposure of their
low price for cotton argument by show
ing that there was great increase in
the cotton crop between 1865 and 1878.
This is true, but there has also been a
far greater quantity Of cotton produced
eYery year since 1879 than over before.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-09-22
One Neglected Detail.

mo, SIR" said the man who was
chewing long straw. II amt satisfied
yet. l don't think airy one O. them con-
ventions went fur enough"
Il thought you regarded the future
very hopefully"
Il did fur time. But in the excite
ment we overlooked things tibet orter
a been done. 1t never occurred ter
me at the time, but we made big mis-
take by not havin' a plank put inter
the platform maxim it ag'in' the law
fur it ter rain on mans hay when
he's gone ter town ter tend a p'litical
n'."-Washington Star.