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The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-04-13
FAST DAY.

The Rev. Dr. Smyth of Center church chose rather bold and unusual way of calling attention to the fact that Fast Day in Connecticut Is not day prayer and that having ceased to be what it ought to be there isn't much sense in continuing to pretend that it is what it ought to be. Of course Dr. Smyth did not intend any disrespect to the governor by emitting to read his proclamation, but he did intend to make people open their eyes to the annual Fast Day farce. He has suc- ceeded, and we should not be surprised If his action should prove to be the be- ginning of the end of official and imag- mary Fast Days in Connecticut. In Massachusetts they have already been abolished and sign of the times has appeared in New Hampshire. The Fast Day proclamation of Governor Rams dell of New Hampshire, which was
 
 issued yesterday, says: For many years the annual fast has been made a day of sporting events and pleasure, yet, by the advice of my council, I do this year appoint Thursday, April g, as a day of fasting and prayer"
 There is still need enough of fasting, humiliation and prayer in the old Col onial States, as there Is in all the other States. But form is not substance, and it is time to call things by their right names in this matter. A Fast Day that has been turned into a farce day and worse should not continue to have it's good and significant name taken in vain.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-04-13
iNSANI TY.

It is figured out that insanity Is on
 the increase in this country, although perhaps the apparent increase is due to an increase in facilities for discovering and counting the insane. It is interest ing to notice that there is a similar ap- parent increase in insanity in England
 and Wales. The figures given by the Commissioners in Lunacy show that the number of reported lunatics in Eng land and Wales increased from 36, 762 in 1859 to 96,446 in 1896, and the ratio from 1867 to 91.3S per 10000. But it is a
 noticeable fact that while the increase in the number of pauper patients was from 31, ,401 to 87,417, that in the private class was only from 4,679 to S,265. The increase in the number and ratio of all paupers is, the commissioners state, out of all proportion to that of the population, while the class upon whom some of the insanity-producing causes would be most likely to operate severely have suffered in no appreciable degree. Indeed, the ratio of private patients is actually lower than in 1879, and is still undergoing an annual diminution. On
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-04-13
An, this was It. Mir. Penstock's book ain't wuth readin ."-Household Words

An, this was 1t: Mir. Penstock's book ain't wuth readin'. ."-Household Words.
 After the Amateur Drama -'I know we ought to have had a dress rehear- sal" Whats the trouble?" 'Why, when I said to Tom Skinner, 'Kneel, sirrah, and on pended knee pay hom- age to your lady queen.' he spoke right out and said: Not on your life-in these tights '"-Cleveland Plain Dealer
 Out of Order.--"Do you mean to say, asked the visitor, in horror, that the gentleman was shot for simply rising and making motion during 8 meet ing at our debating society,"" "Sut'ln- ly,'' said the colonel, ''but you must re- membah, sah, that the motion he was called down on was made in the direc- ton of his hlp-pocket, sah. "-Detroit Free Press.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-04-13
BETTER THAN LEAYENWORTH.

Goodness knows that there is enough bad and wicked whist-playing in New Haven. But, as in other matters, so in the matter of Fashionable gambling" New Haven can stand up, stick out her breast, thump 1t and thank God that she is not as other places are. For in- stance, Leavenworth, Kansas. Some of the good people of Leavenworth have found that they cannot get enough ex citement out of whist and have turned to poker. If they can't get enough ex- citement out of poker there is no know ing what they will turn to, but at last accounts poker was making it very in- teresting for some of them. The Rev Dr. Thomas of the Episcopal church of Leavenworth has given his testimony concerning the prevalence and the quail ity of poker-playing among 'the best people, of the place. In one case a young woman visiting in town was roped into game at the house of "a prominent lady, and being a novice, was practically robbed of $500 which her father had given her to make her visit with. In another case boy won $25 from his mother, and he not yet twenty-one years old. The minister charged the women with going into the game like fiends, and the Rev. Dr.. Bright, preaching on the same subject, charged that stacking cards was com mon in good social circles.
 We congratulate New Haven on the fact that she is better than Leaven- worth Prominent ladies" in New Haven do not rope in and fleece visit ors, and New Haven young men do not gamble with their mothers. Nor is stacking cards common in our good so- cial circles. And when there Is less and better whist-playing here, which we l hope will be soon, New Haven scan strike her protuberant and pious breast with even more fervor than she is en- titled to now.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-04-13
THREE CURIOUS PLANTS.


 Three of the most dangerous of vege- l tative plants in the world are the "cannibal tree" of Australia, the death" or ''grapple plant" of South Africa, and the vegetable python" of | New Zealand.
 The "cannibal tree'' grows up in the shape of huge pineapple, and attains | a height of eleven feet. It has series of broad, boardlke leaves growing in a fringe at the apex, which forcibly brings to mind gigantic Central American agave; and these boardlike | leaves, from ten to twelve feet in the smaller specimens, and from fifteen to | twenty feet in the larger, hang to the ground and are easily strong enough to | bear the weight of a man of one hun | dred and forty pounds or more. In the ancient times this tree was worshipped | by the native savages under the name | of the "devil tree,'' a part of the inter esting ceremony being the sacrifice of one of their number to its all too ready embrace. The victim to be sacrificed was driven up the leaves of the tree to 
 pistils of the monster were touched the | leaves would fly together like trap, crushing the life out of the intruder. In this way the tree would hold its vic- tim, sapping his vitality and life, until every particle of flesh would disappear l from his bones.
 The "grapple plant" is prostrate !, 1,lN ..,x flowers are purple and shaped like the l English foXglove. It's fruit has for midable hooks, and by clinging to any passer-by is conveyed to situations where it's seed may find suitable condi- tions for growth. Sir John Lubbock 1 says it has been known to kill lions.
 The vegetable python" which is known to the naturalist as the clusla or fig, is the strangler of trees. The seeds of the clusa, being provided with a pulp and very pleasant to the tropical birds which feed thereon, are carried from tree to tree and deposited on the branches. Here. germination begins The leafy stem slowly rises upward while the roots flow, as it were, dowr the trunk until the soil is reached Here and there they branch, changing their course according to the direction of any Instructions met with. Mean. while from these rootlets leafy branch. es have been developed, which, pushing themselves through the canopy above get into the light, and enormously ac- celerate their growth. Now a meta morphosis takes place! For the hther to soft aerial roots begin to harden ant spread wider and wider, throwing ou side branches which flow into ant amalgamate with each other, until tho whole tree trunk is bound in a series O irregular living hoops From this timt on it is a struggle of life and death be tween the forest giant and the entwin ing clusia. Like an athlete the tret tries to expand and burst it's letters causing the bark to bulge between eve " interlacing; but success and freedom are not for the captive tree, for tn, monster clusia has made it's bands yer. numerous and wide. Not allowed ex pansion the tree soon withers and dies and the strangler is soon expanded int a great bush, almost as large as thu !. mass of branches and foliage it has eff faced. It is a tragedy in the world o
 vegetation,-Los Angeles Herald.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-04-13

or's heart. Her blow struck something hard and the stiletto was broken off short She said In her sentimental fash ion that it was the tenor's hard heart. But 1t wasn't, it was the guardian cigarette case.-From the United States Tobacco Journal.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-04-13

It is pointed out that the use of alum hum in the arts does not grow in pro- portion to the reduction in the cost of the material. A few years ago the price of the metal was from s1O to s15 a pound. It Is now sold at from S1 to 32 cents a pound. At that price it is now cheaper than copper or brass for the same purpose, because for a given strength the weight is much less. The consumption of these metals in 1896 was: Copper, 156OOO tons; brass, 6O,OOO tons; aluminium, $50 tons. The produc- CTS of aluminium in order to make a
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-04-13
FASHION NOTES.
Skirts That Hang from Yokes.


 Skirts on yokes seem likely to find great favor. The yoke is usually made pointed in front and rounded and short CT in the back. It fits stiffly and close, sheath-llke in it's exactness of surface. The skirt that flows from under this sheathyoke is attached to an under yoke, for 1t would never do to risk pull ing the outer yoke out of line by fasten- ing the rest of the skirt to it. A skirt thus planned can be worn by a really stout person and allow them the full and sweeping lines of wide skirt at the hem, while their hips are not in the least widened. To such women this sort of a skirt offers a rare advantage, while to a slender woman the style is all the more becoming.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-04-13
ADVERTISING RATES.

adyertisements. One Cent a Word each In sertion. Five Gents Word for full week (soven times)
 Display Advertisements, per Inch, one m, Tc seiti0n, $1.20; each subsequent insertion, 4O cents; me week, $S.20; one month, Slo; one year, $40 .-
 Obituary Notices, tn prose or verse, 10 cents per line Notices of Births Marriages, Deaths and Funerals, 50 cents each. Locai notices 15 cents per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to thelr own Immediate business lall matter to pc . un. objectionable), and theif contracts do nor include Wants. To Let, For Sale. etc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-04-13

The Ameer of Afghanistan has be- come a victim to the cycling craze, but, as he Is averse to using the energy necessary to propel a bicycle, London firm has built him a machine on which he can ride in comfort while two at- tendants work the pedals.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-04-13

The English Anti-Tobacco League, after an existence of twenty-six years, during which period 323,S44 books and pamphlets and a million leaflets, all setting forth the evils of tobacco, have been distributed, is forced to admit that the use of tobacco is increasing, and the vice-president of the league concludes that 1t is impossible to cure an adult smoker.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-04-13

This years yield of Vermont maple suger is estimated at 5,00o,000 pounds. With 5.0OOO0O pounds of the real stuff much can be done.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-04-13

The editor of the Baltimore Methodist makes the following reasonable re- quest: twill the brother who inadver- tently acquired an umbrella during the recent session of the Baltimore Confer ence return it to this officer" "Inad vertently acquired" is good.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-04-13

A hundred leading German professors give the Revue des Deux Mondes their views on the admission of women to university education. They mostly are adverse. History professors are the least willing, believing with the Kiel professors that the study of history in wolves qualities which no woman can possess. Professor Weyer quotes twen- ty-one women who have attained emil hence in mathematics, from Hypatia to Sophie Kovalevsky. But Professor Wustenfeld appeals to his eighty-eight years of experience in support of "ab- solute opposition to the admission of women to academic studies or any learned profession"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-04-13

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CfTY. 10 CENTS A WEEK, baCENTs A MONTH, g FOR sIx xMoNEHs, $6 A YEAR. THE SAME TERMs BYMAsL.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-04-13

Italy enjoys the distinction of being the only civilized country in Europe where it is possible to commit bigamy without exposing ones self to any dan ger of punishment. Since the constitu- tion of the kingdom in 1870 the authori- ties have insisted that only civil mar riage is legally binding. On the other hand, the Church refuses to recognize this form of matrimonial union as val Id, and requires the faithful to go through the religious service, venting Its displeasure on those who seek any civil sanction to their alliance. The government has repeatedly tried to se- cure the enactment of law providing flor the punishment of any priest who should have performed the religious marriage service without the latter having been preceded by g. civil cere- mony. But the vast body of the people in Italy are Catholic to the core, and would not tolerate any measure which had the appearance of encroaching on the rights of the Church. The result is that to-day large numbers of unscrup- ulous people take advantage of this condition Of affairs to have two wives, one in the eyes of the Church and the other in the eyes of the civil authori- ties. And they can do this without the slightest danger of being called to ac- count or of being punished.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-04-13

There was a written examination on the Book of the Acts the other day in a London Sunday school and one scholar turned in the following: When they saw Stephen they were in such g temper that they knashed him with their teeth, and charged him to be taken out of the city and stoned
 Stephen said: 'Ye stiff-necked things, why speak ye SOP The second super natural event was the striking down dead of Ananias and sapphira his wife for telling lies to Peter. This was supernatural, because it is not natural to have persons struck down dead for telling lies! Ananias and Sapphira were two great prophets. Ananias prayed to God to take him to Heaven, and it came to pass that as he was on his horse he was carried up to Heaven"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-04-13
DON'T CHEAT YOURSELF.

It pays to secure the best. Why not use the genuine Carlsbad Sprudel Salt which is imported from Carlsbad and can be obtained of any reliable drug gist? For all diseases of the stomach liver and kidneys the genuine Carlsbad Sprudel Salt is without equal. It is es- pecially beneficial for chronic constipa- tion, gouty and rheumatic affections Be sure to obtain the genuine article which has the signature of "Eisner Mendelson Co, New York" on every bottle.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-04-13

THECARRlNGToN PUBLISHING co.
 OFFICE 400 STATE STREET.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-05-12
SheriR's Sale

Will be sold before the court house
door in Dawson, Terrell county, Ga, on
the first Tuesday in June next, within
the legal hours of public sale, to the
highest bidder for cash, the following de-
scribed property towit: One t'wn lot
in the city of Dawson, Terrell county
Ga, being city lot number So and con-
tanning three 81 acres, more or less;
known as the >. K. Weston property
and bounded on the north by Orange
street, on the east by Main street, % the
west by Vine street and on the south by
Cuthbert road running east and west
Levied upon as the properly OF L. =,
Peoples to satisfy mortgage fila Iss3eG
from Terrell superior court IN favor u
Sinclair Minis aud S. J, FindIey against
the said l.. c. Peoples. Tenants IA pos
session notified. This May ;, 1871
D. Z. CHRISTIE, Sheriff
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-05-12
Sheriff Sale.

viii be sold before the court lon'
door in Dawson, Terrell county, Ue .I2 -.S
OF the first Tuesday in June next WV" t.lt
in the legal hours of sale, to the nlsD -'.@
bidder for cash, the following d9SGF0J ~
property towit: One house ana Nv y,
the Sixth district of Terrell county 1"n
and located near BrOnwood. LeVl0 ..s ug'a =
as the property of j. D. Ray 70 Sa nso!or
fl ia issued by d. j. Laing, tax cgl'' 'n,n.
against the SAID Ray for state anu g s,,ls
ty taxes cor the year 1896. Levy , ,1"ej
by S. w. Kennedy. L. c., and TS'''-'
to me. This May Attn, 1897. ,,ori4
D. K. CHRIS TIE, She"H'
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-05-12
STATE SPECIALS.

Two men are sentenced to be hanged
in Georgia On May 21-Perry in DeKalb
and Finney, cOlored, in Oglethorpe coun-
ty. From present indications both will
have to be respited, pending motions for
new trials, new evidence and divers legal
'echnicalities introduced to defer the
just punishment of criminals.
The governor has seized the North
eastern railroad. Z. A. Richards & Co.,
the lessees, have failed to pay rent, and
B. K. Reeves has been appointed state
agent to take charge of the property.
-COrdele is having a chautauqua this
week. Hon. Tom Watson is said to be
on the programme for a speech
The police commission OF Savannah
have decided to mount three policemen
on bicycles,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-05-12

three (3) wagons, one (D seed hopsa and
scales at Parrott ana Bronwood, one
seed house at EGraves Station, Ga. One
IL wagon scale a. SasSerB Also ONE
third q interest IN real estate and ner-
sonal pro ,erty Of A. J, Baldwin d On
towit: Zone Il three.story building
and lot occupied by A. J. Bald,
win d Co. and B. 5. Mathews
one ~ two story building aud Ior
occupied by w. E. Hickey, one u
dwelling house and lot occupied W. r.
Hickey, south of J. w. WooteD, one N
dwelling house and lot on Coliege ave-
nue. east of w. II. Bishop, one house
and lot occupied by q. B. Andrews GU
north end of Church street. one (N hoase
and lot known as the Harris place north
of Central railroad, three (3) city lots in
Brownville, suburb of Dawson, contain.
ing two and one half ~ acres more Or
less, one l house ana lot now occupied
by Wash Pitts, one l house and lot row
occupied by Joe Burch, one st elk Of
goods, notes and accounts, ten l0
shares of Interstate Building and Loau
Association stock, fifty 1851 shares Of
National Z Htiu0 Building AMI Loan As,
ISOLATION stock, forty [40l shares OF At
lanta National Building and Loan AsSO-
citation stock, said property in Dawson,
Terrell county, Ga. Said ab I'VE deS9rib-
ed property sold as the property of J. ".
Baldwin, decease. Terms cash. This
May 4th, 1897.
a. J. BALDWIN. Admr
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-05-12
For DismissiOn

Georgia, Terrell County. OFuD@e;s
Office, March 9th, 1897.-Wherea' f.
Dozier, administrators on the eSS ~jiiv
G. Powell, represents that he h@ mi
discharged the duties of his salu rm
and prays for letters Of dism'Ss'oD, ,}n
is, therefore, to notify all per922nS GAO
cerned to show cause, if any VHe' Iap
on or before the first Monday IL ia nj
next, why said administrators Snou''
be discharged from said trust, ,;aorg
J. w. ROBERTS OrdlnaL
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-05-12

In Paris, France, Tuesday afternoon,
the Grand Bazaar de Charlie, in which
the annual charity fair was in progress,
caught fire and burned to the ground
in twelve minutes. Some 1000 people
were in attendance and over 143 of
them were burned to death, many of
whom were of the highest titled nobll-
lty. The details of the holocaust are
too horrible to print. 1t was the most
heartrending, sickening affair of its
KIND Of the century. Death came with
out one word of warning, and in less
than half an hour what had been JOY and
gladness was turned into a fiery fur
mace, the flames being fed by the bodies
OF those who bore names as illuetrious
as any in the history of the civilized
world.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-05-12
RAID ON TIE GOLD RESERVE.

The press dispatches announce that
the Mckinley administration finds it.
self in the midst of a genuine bond
scare. Friday the assistant treasurer
was summoned from New York to
Washington to join President McKin-
ley and Secretary Gage in a consulta-
ton relative to the slow but steady
growth Of the gold shipments abroad
The participants in the conference
were extremely reticent when inter
viewed on the subject, but enough is
known to Justify the statement that
the president is seriously disturbed by
what he fears is systematic assault
upon the gold reserve similar to that
which so harrassed his predecessor, Mr..
Cleveland, and called into use that ex-
pressiye term, 1.-THE endless chain" in
connection with the flow of gold from
the sub treasury to the banks.
1t is believed that the financial cour-
age and ability of the present admins
tratiOn will be sOrely taxed in its eff
forts to combat the bankers and bro
kers who are about to repeat the tactics
they so successfully and profitably
employed during the last administra-
ton.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-05-12
HOW TO FIND OUT.

Fill a bottle or COnmon water glass
with urine and let it stand twentV-four
hours; sediment or settling indicates a
diseased condition of the kidneys. When
urine stains linen it is positive evidence
of kidney trouble. Too frequent desire
TO urinate or pain in the back is also
convincing proof that the kidneys and
bladder are out of order.
WHATTO Do.
There is comfort in the knowledge so
often expressed that DR.. Giimer's Swami
Root, the great liver remedy fulflls ev-
cry wish in relieving pain in the back,
kidneys, liver, bladder anu every part of
the urinary passages. 1t CorreCts inabil-
ity 10 hold urine and scalding pain in
passing it, or bad effects following the
use of liquor, wine or beer, and over
comes that unpleasant necessity of being
compelled To- get up many times during
The night TO urinale The mild and the
extraordinary effect Of swamp Root is
soon realized. H. stands the highest for
is wonderful, cures # the most distress
ing cases If you ced medicine you
should have the best. sold b. drug
gists; prC fifty cents and one dollar per
bottle. For sample bottle and pam
phlet, both sent tree by mail, tention
THE DAWSON News and send your post
flee address to Dr. Kilmer d Co., Bling
canton, n. Y. The pr0pret0rs of this
paper guarantee the genuineness of this
offer.
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cor DismissiOn'

Georgia, Terrell County, o Dr. Ig%IL
Office May 3rd, 1871. 9, n a J.
Jr., administrators of the eS'a,o 'ooassd
A. Heirs, late Of said county, aSsGGarsst
represents that he has fully usV far let
the duties of said trust and pray ,t,rs. TO
tiers Of dismission. lhisiS, t1eio, .bJg
notify all persons concerned IL the
cause, if any they can, on OF o INV said
first Monday in August next ,i%sco55arged
administrator should not De , ul0J
from Sald trust D. " ~ Ordinary
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-05-12
NOTES ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORs.

Decoration day at Andersonville this
year promises to be a more important
event than any previous year. The &.
A. r. posts at Atlanta and at other lead
ing center are arranging to be there, and
all the roads of interest are preparing to
handle immense crowds. The Georgia
and Alabama will run specials over that
system, using schedules that will enable
their patrons to arrive at a desirable
hour. The return trip will also be ar
ranged to suit the convenience of the ma
JOrity. 1t is estimated that there will
be over twenty thousand persons in az
tendance.