davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-03-10
JRSSES ELOQUENCE A JONAH.
HOW EX-SENATOR MERCER KILL
ED HIS PET BILL.
Saws He "Felt Called On'' to Make
Some ''RemarkS" and the Meas
ure Was Forthwith Put
to Sleep.
to Sleep.

The passage of an anti-scalping bill by
congress brings letter to the Atlanta
Constitution from Hon. j. E. Mercer,
who Is now holding government posi-
ton in the west, telling how similar
bill introduced by him when a member
of the Georgia legislature was killed.
Senator MERGERS letter is interesting,
and is as follows:
editor COnstitution-The editorial
in the Constitution of the 23rd instant on
the 'anti-scalpers' bill, which passed the
house of congress today, calls to mind
the experience of the writer with bill
of the same motive introduced in the
Georgia senate November, 1895.
''FeW people in Georgia ever knew
that such a bill was introduced, nor
do they know the influence that defeated
it.
1.-THE bill was up for consideration by
the rallr1ad committee of the senate.
The ScalperS, who were reaping a great
harvest in Atlanta on account of the ex-
position travel, employed some of the
best legal talent in Georgia to oppose the
BILL and right we'll were they represent
ed; but | had done some quick work for
my bill and felt confident. I believe
new the bill would have been favorably
reported by the committee had [ not
felt called on to offer some remarks
in support of my measure. This l did
with all the eloquence, alias vehemence,
at my command. told the committee,
every member of which was my person
al friend, and know they believed me,
that l had not been inspired by any rail-
road president or other person, but that
sense of simple justice to tie railroads
and the travelling public only had actual
ed me. I showed Tor thought showed)
how the whole business was founded on
fraud; pointed out that the success of
the traffic depended on forgeries by the
dealers, perjury by the purchaser and
the practice of deceit and fraud by every
0ther person connected with the trade,
now the travelling public must pay, in
the long run, for the expense of conduct
ing the business and the profits of the
seal pers, for the railroads must consider
Vhelr losses from this source in making
up rates, particularly when a special
rate was considered, etc. Then with
Peroration and period I sat down mot
AMID applause). The committee voted
and my bill was lost.
AS l quilted the committee room
win sad cCuntenance and the other
members of the committee, the able SEN
alor from the thirty-second Judge Nor
t w ol Athens) said to me in confden-
1'al way and semi sympathetic tone of
Eolce mat my eloquent effort had at
least lost the bill his vote AS the vote
w "S a p pe realized hoR golden silence
bv conG Uperauon of the law just passed
traffic 6,, v9s s. VIII probably destroy the
businos SuU as II can only affect interstate
to com Ho state law may be necessary
ipleCely wipe out ticket scalping.
"Hbavoru NJ JESSE E. MERCER.
'nne' Wyoming, Feb. q, 1897"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-03-10
Philadelphia Chickens.

"The idea that Philadelphia chickens
are the best is not mere fancy" said
a poultry man. "They are really the
best. There is something in the soil of
the country around Philadelphia that is
favorable to the best growth and devel-
opment of the chicken, just as there is
something in other parts of the counry
that promotes the highest development
of the horse. New York Sun.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-03-10
Bilious Collie.

Persons who are subject to attacks of
bilious collie will be pleased to know that
prompt relief may be had by taking
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoe Remedy, and if taken as soon as
the first indication of the disease ap-
pears it will prevent the attack. For
sale by Farrar & Harris, druggists.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-03-10
Quick Communication.

Mr.. W. T. Everett, manager of the
Western Union Telegraph Office at Daw-
son, sent telegram to New York
and received a reply in four minutes and
ffty-eight seconds. This is the fastest
time on record.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-03-10

Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the most won
derful medical discovery of the age7 pleas
ant and refreshing to the taste, act gently
and positively on Kidneys, liver and bowels,
cure headache, fever, habitual constipation
and biliousness. Please buy and try a box
of G. G. G. to-day; 10, 25, so cents. Sold and
guaranteed to cure by all druggists.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-03-10
EnMorth League Notice.

1t is desired that every member of the
E pworth League be present at short
business meeting after prayer meeting
Thursday night. W. 2. HoRNADY,
President
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-03-10

The introduction Of the potato into
Ireland three centuries ago by Sir Wal
ter Raleigh was celebrated by confer
enoe and show in the Rotunda, Dublin
recently under the auspices of the Irish
Gardeners association. A larger and
more meritorious collection of the diff.
ferent varieties of the succulent tuber,
''Ireland's staple food" from almost
every part Of the kingdom was never be-
fore witnessed either in Dublin or out
Of ik-London Field.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-03-10
TEACHERS ASSOCIATION,
An Interesting Programme for the Meet.
ing on the 23rd. Inst.

An interesting Programme for the Meet
ing on the a3rd. Inst
The Terrell County Teachers Associa-
ton will hold it's next regular meeting in
the chapel of the public school building
on Saturday, March 23rd. The follow
ing programme has been arranged by
Commissioner Whitchard:
LIST. flow to develop clear moral
ideas"-F. N. Grimes and Miss Eldora
Howell. Discussion by G. G. Patterson
and Mrs. Katie Cobb.
End. chow to secure regular attend
ance''-J. A Duncan and Miss
Theresa Shackleford. Discussion by w.
q. Mauk and Miss Annes Pilsbury.
3rd. chow to awaken interest in cur
rent events"-W, D. Harris and Miss
Mamie Deubler. Discussion by N. L.
Stapleton and Miss Paula Willlford
Professors Homer Wright and N. l..
Stapleton, the committee appointed to
arrange programme fer the April meet.
ing, will report at this meeting.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-03-10
No Strings to IL.

The latest Vanderbilt betrothal brings
a foreign name into that distinguished
family, but to the credit of Miss Emily
Shepard be it said, no title is attached
to it.-Boston Herald.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-03-10

Soothing for burns, scalds, chapped
hands and lips Healing for cuts and
sores. Instant reliet for piles; stops
pain at once. These are the virtues of
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve.
SALE-DAvIs DRUG Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-03-10
'lkE COMPANY REORGANIzEs.
w. Elected q Foreman and
Other o Ulcers,

GAoCted foreman and
other o Ulcers.
No ! ne i members of Protection Fire Co.
Gers nave nav reorganized and elected OH
Are. ne new officers of the company
Collins - a. "A. Horsley, foreman; G. w.
enoino1,ne. engineer; S. R. Potts, assistant
treasnrnn " D. Whitehead, secretary and
rno Mefohanics' fire Company. composed
mostly of employees OF the n.Soon Pc Wo
s stvry Manufacturing Co.. reorSanized
S Sor ee weeks ago, and is in good condition
ynoa tese companies will hold a Joint
na I9rung and elect a chief of the fire de-
next r, and report their action to the
IT, le e meeting of the council.
ba+,o IRE department of Dawson is now
eTsi ie no organized than it has been for sew
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-03-10

Look at G. G. Lewls's stock of tobac-
co before you buy. He undersells
everybody
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-03-10

If the system is fortified by Hoods's
Sarsaparilla, which makessrioh, red blood,
til ere is little danger of sickness.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-03-10

Cascarets stimulate liver, kidneys and
bowels. Never Sicken, weaken or grippe.
10c.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-03-10

Hatcher's. w. can al Roberts q
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-17
Cures
"Cures talk in favor n
Of Hoods Sarsaparilla, 9H
as for no other medi- - -

cine. Its great cures recorded in truthful,
convincing language of grateful men and
women, constitute its most effective ad-
vertising. Many of these cures are mar
velous. They have won the confidence of
the people; have given Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla the largest sales in the world, and
have made necessary for its manufacture
the greatest laboratory on earth. Hoods
Sarsaparilla is known by the cures it has
made-cures of scrofula, salt rheum and
eczema, cures OF rheumatism, neuralgia
and weak nerves, cures of dyspepsia, liver
and kidney troubles, catarrh and malaria.
Such Cures as This Prove Merit.
"My little nephew was a plump and
healthy baby until year and half old,
then sores broke out behind his ears and
spread rapidly over his head, hands and
body. A physician said the trouble was
scrofula humor in the blood. The child
became one complete sore. We had to
restrain his hands to keep him from
scratching the sores. We were induced
to try Hoods Sarsaparilla, and in a short
time he had more life. He improved rap
idly, his skin became entirely clear of
sores and he is now healthy child. MRS.
FLORENCE ANDREWS, Clearfield, Iowa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-17
Chtvalrous Mr.. Fields.

ChtvolfOuD Mr. Fields
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. in her book,
"Chapters From Life, I" pays the fol-
lowing tribute to James T. Fields:
'.Mr. Fields was a man of marked
chivalry of nature, and, at time when
it was not fashionable to help the move
ments for the elevation of women, his
sympathy was distinct, fearless and
faithful. In few instances, we knew,
and he knew. that this fact deprived
him of the possession Of certain public
honors which would otherwise have
been offered to him.
HE advocated the political advance
ment of our sex, coeducation and kim
dred movements without any of that
apologize murmur so common among
the half hearted or the timid. His fas-
tidious and cultivated literary taste was
sensitive to the position of women in
letters. He was incapable of that liter
airy snobbishness which undertakes q
woman's work because it is a woman's
A certain publishing enterprise which
threatened to treat of eminent men
came to his notice. He quickly said
The time has gone By for that! Men
and women! Men and women!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-17

THE island of Crete, out OF which
1t is feared . European war may
arise; 10 next to Cyprus, the largest
island OF the Mediterranean, inhab.
tied by the Greeks. Geographically
and naturally it belongs to Greece.
and justly. too. TIE Christian or
Greek population numbers about
500. goo. while there are less than
SO, 900 Musselmans in the land. The
great mountainous body OF the isl
and, fully four.iifths OF it's area. i,
Inhabited by the Greeks, while the
Mohammedan settlements are on the
northern shores aud the eastern and
western ends. Christians of Crete.
Who have always desired the leland
to be annexed to Greece. we're COM
PEELED to pay taxes to maintain Turk
ish soldiers. Turkish governors, and
TEN ples to Allah, and have been sys.
tsmatically robbed by the sultan g
minions. OF late years the pressure
has been so strong from within that
the Turk modified the government.
but the Cretans do not want Turkish
government OF any kind. Crete
teens with NEUROLOGICAL associa-
tions. From the midst OF its noun.
famous heart arises Mount Ida.
where Jupiter Was educated by the
Cory bantes and where his tomb was
shown.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-17
UnIaundried White Dress Shirts

Our leader, Gents White Unlaun-
dried Shirts. full length, reinforced
back and front. double yoke, patent
extension facing. guaranteed all
linen bosom, always SOC, sale -.
price. :. ...... SEC
Our hummer. custom made White
Unlaundried Shirts, very best mater
ial. both in long and short bosom,
reinforced front and back, double
yoke. patent extension facing and
gussets. double secured and. felled,
guaranteed to equal any 81 shirt
on the market
sale price. 49C
Our No. P. G., fine White Body
Laundried Shirt, with beautiful col
ored percale bosom, making guaran-
teed, others would try and get
75c for. sale price. 49C
Our No. 40, a high grade, late
style of Dress Shirts. white BODY,
with fancy French percale bosom,
detached cuffs to match bosom, the
latest fancy combinations and
styles. always 81, sale price. 75c
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-17
Marvellous Results.

From . letter written by Rev. J.
Gunderman, OF Dimondale, Mich, we
arc permitted to make this extract:
II have no hesitation in recommend
ing DR.. Kings New Discovery, as the
results are almost marvellous in the
case Of my wife. While l was pastor
Of the Baptist church at Rives juno
ton she was brought down with
pneumonia succeeding Ia grippe.
Terrible paroxysms of coughing
would last hours with little Interrupt
ton, and it seemed as il she could
not survive them. A friend recon-
mended DR.. Kings New Discovery;
it was quick in its work and highly
satisfactory in results" Trial bot
ties free at Hartz & Ullemeyer's drug
store. Regular size Soc and 81.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-17
THE CHECK SYSTEM.
An English Visitor Tells the People Aboat
the American Way.

An English Visitor Tells the People Aboat
the American Way.
The American constitution has been
called system Of checks. So in Ameri-
can life. When you want to travel. you
give your baggage to the porter Of your
hotel, and he gives you q check in re-
turn. At the station you reclaim it
with the check and pass it in at coun-
ter and receive another check. As you
approach your destination another func-
tionary comes along the train. takes
your check and gives you another check
in its place. He fishes out your baggage
and conveys it to your hotel-for con-
sideration. You have left your third
and last check at the Office Of the hotel
when you enter it. and thence it is de-
livered up Oh receipt Of the baggage.
At first you bless this arrangement as
the salvation of the traveller. After a
few weeks of it the tyranny Of the check
becomes so CALLING that you begin to
long for the fine old English method of
dumping down your goods in front of a
porter and leaving them to find the way
themselves. You would even hail it as
personal triumph if some of your bag
gage would get lost. But it never does.
Sometimes it arrives late, but it always
arrives.
Yet it seldom arrives in the shape in
which it started, if that is any consola-
ton. They who have to do with bag
gage see to that. You very soon discover
why Americans carry their goods in
1o6 - g,
for anybody to do anything else. /
started out, like an idiot, with a new
leather portmanteau. They ripped the
stout brass lock off the first week
not for plumber, apparently, but simply
because it is the tradition of the service
They punched it and kicked and danced
OH it. In softer hours. when literary
inspiration came, they wrote on it. My
portmanteau today is an epitOme Of the
political sentiment of the United States
from New York to San Francisco As
o historical document it is beyond
price, and am contemplating the gift
of it to the library of congress at Wash
ington. As portmanteau it has both
feet in the grave.
The system of checks is not confined
to travellers luggage. The conductor of
the train passes carelessly to and fro
asking for your ticket and giving you a
| check in return, or asking for your
| check and returning your ticket. If you
hand your stick to a boy in a hotel
while you write your name in the reg.
lister, he dashes off to stow it away in
some secret place and returns triumphant
with a check. In the very hotel bar,
when you buy sevenpence ha'porth OF
whisky You get check and walk two
yards across the bar to pay at desk.
But the apotheosis of the check is al
Niagara. When you 60 down to the
Cave of the Winds. you strip off all
your clothes and leave them, as well as
your valuables, in tin box with the
attendant. Then you go down to battle
with the cataract attired only in a suit
Of pyjamas, a suit of oilskins and a
check dashed around your neck and ris.
ing and falling with the beating OF
your heart. No wonder the American
| speaks Of death as ''handing in his
checks" 1t is only by death that he car
rid himself of them. Mail.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-17
House Furnishing Department


This week we make special cut
prices in this department. Now is
your time to replenish at a very
small cost. All goods first class and
will be SO guaranteed.
Wash boiler, I. c., 49c, copper bot
tom.
Iron wash wringer, $1.25, pure
white rubber rollers.
Mrs. Potts nickle plated irons,
CSC per set. worth $l.25.
Large size retinned wash basin,
worth 15c, for SC.
Coffee mills. worth Csc, sale price
15c.
Tin tea pots. regular Csc kind,
highly polished. sale price 15c.
Wash boards, worth zoe, sale price
&c, and many other articles at cor
respondingly low prices.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-17

QUITE stir 10 on in several stat, %
over the removal Of state capitols.
1t Is proposed to change the seat Of
government in Pennsylvania from
Harrisburg to Philadelphia, in Mich
igsn from Lansing to Detroit. 10
Wisconsin from Madi.on to Milwau-
kee. Probably NO changes will be
made for . long number Of years.
Missouri has just gone through a
similar fight between Jefferson City
aud Sedalia.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-17
Pacific Co~ss Exeursaoas,

The Rock Island route offers ex-
csptional advantages to travellers 10
oil points west, northwest and
southwest. Very low rates. Solid
vestibuled trains daily to Denver.
Fort Worth and st. Paul. Through
tourist sleepers Tuesdays and Thurs-
days to California Inquire at c..
b. /. & p. ticket Office for full par.
tlcuiars Of famous "Phillips.R Rock
leland" excursions to the Pacific
Coast, or address John Sebastian, G.
r. A.. Chicago, or L. n. Allen, gen.
eral sgent. Davenport
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-17
If Y.u WIN Us. . Little Re.son,pr

you can easily prove that catarrh is
climatic and not blood disease.
Have you not the severest catarrha
attacks during winter and spring.
aud but little evidence of catarrh
during the summer? Yes. Well,
this proves it is climatic, infiaming
the nasal passages. 1t is waste Of
money to invest in blood remedies.
The proper treatment is a local appli-
cation. and the most prompt to cure
is that popular remedy. Ely's Crea m
Balm.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-17

Gov. TANNER Is now asking the
general assembly to authorize o loan
to the state OF money which has al
ready been borrowed. His request
may make good political capital, but
1t represents pretty small statesman
ship.-Peoria journal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-17

. THEllte Joseph B. Mccullough. ed
itor OF the st. Louis Glote-De mocras,
left an estate which Inventories over
$1,000. 900. The figures are a sur
prise even to his most Intimate
friends. His investments were of a
particularly fortunate character and
proved exceediaRiy profitable.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-17

The Galesburg Mail publishes a
table showing the rate Of taxation in
several cities Of the state. It shows
the total levy In Rock Island to be
1910 on the 800 valuation; Peoria,
1886; Moline 1886; Canton. S741;
Joliet. 1888; Decatur, 1925; Free
port. 81 80; Galesburg, IS 81; Quincy.
1888; Monmouth. $6.S2; Elgin, IS so;
Rockford, q So.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-17

Should know that Foley's Honey and
Tar 10 absolutely the best remedy for
Ill diseases Of the throat. chest OF
lupgs. Dealers are authorised to
sarsntes IL TO give satisfsction In
~ sesss. Sold b y. =. Dshassn.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-17

EVEN local republicans are frank to
admit that the power of injunction is
very apt to prove of miscbievious
conseq to work q great
and protracted injustice.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-17

A CORRESPONDENT thinks he has
discovered a deeply.lying purpose 10
Weyler's course. He suggests that
the captsin-general is looking for q
good Job In the lower world.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-17

ONE may we'll imagine how fond
ly the Rock Island and Whiteside
politicians will affiliate in political
matters hencsforth-be they of q
congressional or judicial nature.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-17

The Ramsay congressional loom
has been given the impetus to q
great boom down this way-apropos
Of Tuesdays incident.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-17

VICE PRESIDENT HOBART must
have been buried under that ava
lanche of votes last fall. His name
has scarcely been mentioned by the
press since the campaign.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-17

AND now they say that Knox and
Kennedy We'd with each other as to
who could make the most Of the stu
alton politically during that Fulton
trip.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-17

Away.
II you want 20 quit tobasco using
easily and forever. be made we'll,
strong. magnetic. full of new life and
vigor. take No-To. BAG. the wonder
worker that makes weak men strong.
Many gain ten pounds in ten days.
Over 100000 cured. Buy No-To- BAG
from your own druggist. who will
guarantee . cure. Booklets and SAM
pies mailed free. Addres Sterling
Remedy company. Chicago or New
York.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-17

ENOR RENT-THE SALOON PROPERTY
corner OF Fifteenth street and Second
avenue aver Two floors, all re1tted and furnished
" new nxtoreS One of the oldest and best
SHOWN LOCATIONS, on reasonable terms Apply
20 lineage Brewing company or Beardsley &
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-17

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for children teething. II
soothes the child. softens the gums,
allays al pain. cures wind collie, and
is the best remedy for diarrhose.
Twenty-Five Henta hottla
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-17

k'oR RENT-TWO NICELY FURNISHED
rooms centrally located, hot water heat
gas, access to bath, suitable for two persons
VINO couiu come as room mates: with or with
out oosrd Address "A c. care ARGUS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-17

nor SALE-DRIVING MARE SI-ITARTr
= for family or delivery: also new deIiyerv
shafts; show counter refrigerator. ana orr.
nxtures FOR store Charles Hayes. Sears IN.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-17

nor SALE-GROCERY AND cENro.r
business fine location and GOOD bushes.
lease OF building NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. s,n;,,c =
INTO other business. Enquire Of swan rs
pie, Rock Island, or Charles Hayes, Sears. III
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-17
Young &
MCConnbs
1725 SECOND AVE.
SPECIAL SALE
COMMENCING
Monday, Feb. -

And Continuing Until Saturday
Evening, Feb. 20, 9 p. m.
Having just received our new line
Of LaGies' Muslin Underwear
direct from one of the largest fac
tories in this country-we are now
10 position to down all COMPETE
tion. To introduce this mag
nificent line it must be seen
to be appreciated. Also, to
make this an interesting week,
we have placed on sale a
full line of Gents Dress Shirts,
which is explained more fully
below. Do not fail to visit our
House Furnishing Department.