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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-12-15
A PARADISE FOR TAX DODGERS.
A Good Place for Rich Men Who Are OPP.
posed to Paying Taxes.

A Good Place for Rich Men Who Are OPP
posed to Paying Taxes.
Hallet Kilbourn, we'll known citizen
of Washington, d. c., has just published
a pamphlet ia which he takes the ground
that the citizens of the District of Colum-
bia are not constitutionally liable for any
tax for the support of the district. The
argument is an able one and will. un-
doubtedly attract some attention in con-
gress.
The tax which the citizens of the dis
trict now pay is small. The tax levy is
only So on each thousand, and congress
pays half of that. The citizens, there
f,re, pay only $3.50 per thousand for
the support of the district. Mr. Kill
bourn contends, however, that there is
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-12-15
| DEAD RED MAN ROBBED.
NEW LIGHT ON THE MATTER OF
INDIAN OUTRAGES.
a Pale Face Stole the Burial Outfit of a
Brave and Then Failed to Use 1t.
The Story of Scout Allison.

Brave and Then Failed to Use 1t.
The Story of Scout Allison,
OtticlaFre are apt to be dry and
suninterestlng, but the extract given
Below from the Forthcoming report of
Sthe bureau of ethnology is of universal
Interest, and throws a new light on the
matter Of Indian outrages. The story
is thus told in the words of Scout Ali
0son, and its publication is allowed by
Major Powell;
"Thirty five miles above Fort Pierre,
South Dakota, was situated the Chey-
senne River Indian Agency, on the
Test bank of the Missouri river,
around which were clustered about
SOOO friendly Indians. Sixty two
! miles below Fort Pierre tho Lower
sBrule Agency was located also on the
west bank of the Missouri, where about
800 friendly Sioux received their
cations. Indians passing from one
agency to the other frequently came
Rn contact with miners and wagon
brains on the Red river trail, but the
Indians, beng inclined to peaceful
methods, and hoping that the govern
ment would eventually protect them
Pm their rights, avoided contact as
much as possible, waiting their oppor-
Itunjty and crossing the trail where no
white man was visible.
About the middle of April, 1876, sew
era lodges of Minnikanyetu Sioux,
|gho had been visiting at the Lower
.Brule Agency were on their way hon e
70 the GheyenneE River reservation,
Nhen one of their number, a young
warrior, was taken violently i'll and
Med while they were encamped on the
Rank of the Bed river.
Following the usual Indian custom
~ such cases, the body of the dead
Harrlor was washed and painted, as if
n festival, dressed in his finest saw
Be attire and then wrapped IN a new
pollen 5llnket, his old mother having
#gst brought his bow and arrows and
aced them tenderly by his side.
len the blanket and dressed deer
ms were carefully wrapped around
III body and fastened with leather
pngs, Lastly, the finest and
ggeNt buffalo robe in camp was
tapped, with fur inside, around the
lSad warrior, and securely fastened
I'D long, stout lariat. Four fOrked
Is were then set upright in the
pGnd on 8 little mound a few rods
2#VA of the Black Hills trail, on
4lch a scaffold was erected about
teet FROM the ground. On this
llolc tfre body was placed, secure
~ ourrowing animals, and after the
ai luneiral rites the grief-stricken
EhdS Went sorrowing to their homes
y Cheyenne river agency.
Mourning red men had been
perhaps not more than six hours
a party of gold hunters, fourteen
amber, with span of mules and a
"a to haul their supplies, came to
ace where the dead warrior had
aid to rest.
whites saw the Indian grave,
st one they had ever seen, and
20 and only one they ever saw.
Curned the mules out Of the beat
ack and drove to the little mound
aalted by the side of the scatfold.
walked round and round the
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-12-15

An investigation in Indianapolis has
shown that the prev ailing epidemic of
diphtheria among school children has
been spread through the distribution of
pencils and penholders in the schools.
Under the system in vogue each child is
required to take its pencils and pens TO
the teachers desk in the afternoon. They
are placed in box together, and the
next morning are redistributed. Each
child may thus have different peneir
and penholder every day, and as children
often hold them in their mouths the
doctors say the disease is thus often COM
manlcated. Hereafter all pencils aud PEN
holders will be disinfected each after.
noon.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-12-15

Whatever your pursuit in life may be
practical business education is what
you need. American Business College,,
omaha, Neb., now offers a thorough
course of instruction in Bookkeeping bv
mail to limited number of persons tre,.
OF tnition. This suggests to You ths
wisdom to avail yourself of this opportu-
NIFTY at once. Remember the offer will
De open for limited time only for ada
vertising purposes.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-12-15
AN ACCEPTABT =FPRFSFNT
= What to give IS not always an easy question

friendship
W ~ STORE We "'''"' 8'VeS
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-02-16

Is mark OF self-conrrol and proof OF
self-suficiency for any occasion; but
from it is quite absent any anxiety about
ones self OF the impression one is max
ing upon others
If were compelled TO express with
single word what it is that the char
acter must have in order to perfect
rendition of politeness. should say ad
Instability. A rigid habit, no matter
how morally correct in outline, is death
to that which gives to man or woman
the presence of welcome and the express
sion of being at home with company.
Politeness SO Eliminates convention
ality that we see only the radiance and
forget the machinery.
Every close observer has been able TO
detect the difference between manners
assumed for an occasion or exigency
and the perfectly natural acts ofsa we'll
bred person. A man may lift his hat
with movement indicative of genera
tions whose culture and grace form the
innermost essence of his character:
smother may attempt the same and show
by it that only yesterday he took his
first crude lesson in conventional polite
ness. It is the same with women. Good
manners come of refined home life: they
must be worn every day or they viii not
beworn with ease and unconscious grace.
And this unconscious grace is not mere
gracefulness; it lies deeper. A gra-
cious soul must shine out.-Mary Hard
inc Ingram. in Chautaunuan
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-02-16
TAUGHT HER A LESSON.
She Probably Found New Place TO
Hiding tho Key.

She Probably Found New Place for
Hiding tho Key.
The other day very estimable lady
came to town to do q little shopping,
says the Atlanta Constitution. OF
course the key was put under the door
mat so that her son, whom she expected
to return before her, could get in In
her absence a tramp, who had been
hanging around the place a number oi
days and had caught on, boldly went
into the house, got some Of the choicest
viands out of the pantry, put them on
the table and pitched in. He also found
a bottle of wine that revived his spirits.
He did not expect anyone there for
number of hours and so he took it easy.
In the meantime the lady of the house
having finished her shopping returned
home and, seeing the front door un-
locked, expected to find her son inside.
Imagine her horror when she opened
the dining-room door and saw sitting
at her table the rustiest-looking tramp
that ever We'd with his companions in
accumulating dirt on his epidermis.
The lady was dumfounded. In the 81
lenee that followed the tramp coolly re-
marked: Madam, I shall become
scarce, now, ez I've eaten enuff. All
kin give yer back fer this good meal
and wat want ter say ter yer is that
yer ought to find new hidin' place fer
yer key. Iwon't charge yer nothin' for
this advice" With that the tramp de-
parted.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-02-16
American and French Candy.

I'm the manufacture of candy" said
diplomatic officer of experience,
there is 10 doubt but that America
row leads the world American cam
dies are about the only ones made OF
sugar that can be bought in Paris.
Though the French have long fed the
world in this line, they have gradually
but surely managed TO do away with
the use of sugar in their candies. except
where they make them for consump-
ton in other countries, and in America
in particular. The French people will
not buy a confection which is made Of
sugar alone. They want combinations
and depend more upon starches than
sugar. l think l am safe in saying that
sugar-made candy is rarely. if ever,
sold il Paris. OF course, il would be
made If It was desired, but the people
OF Paris prefer something else. Two
weeks before Christmas l was in Paris
ard L had to send TO at least a half
dozen famous candy manufacturers be-
fore 1 could buy any sugar-made can
dies. could get hundreds of combina-
tions, maTsh-mallows, chocolates and
things in that line. n Germany it is
much the same way."-WashingtoD
S.c-
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-02-16
RACE PROBLEMS IN CALIFORNIA.
Foreigners Have Come Into Competition
with American Workmen.

Foreigners Have Come Into Competition
with American Workmen.
California has been called the Italy
Of America, and the term is not an exag-
geration, for the state produces the
orange, lemon, vine, fig, olive, pome-
granate, citron, and all the other fruits
that are native to the shores of the Med
iterranean. The climate also bears
striking resemblance to that of Italy
and southern France. Here for eight
months ofthe year are thesame cloudless
the Riviera; and here also is the diff.
ference of summer and winter between
sunlight and shade.
Is it any wonder, therefore, that of the
100000 foreigners estimated in Califor-
MIA to-day one-half belong to the Latin
race and come from southern Europe,
the land of the vine and the olive? It
is these Latin people who have trans
formed California and given its country
life and its products the semblance of
Italy, while the Germans and the Irish,
who equal them in numbers, have had
small appreciable influence on the life
of the state. Perhaps the main reason
of this lack of influence of the Celt and
the Teuton is that these two races
crowd into the cities, while the Italians,
the French. the Portuguese and the
Spanish are found mainly in the coun-
try. pursuing the occupations to which
they were trained in Europe. The
French are the wine-mal1ers of Califor-
MIA. the Italians the dairymen, the
Portuguese the small farmers and fruit
growers. and the Spaniards the sheep
raisers and herders. The Germans are
largely devoted TO the skilled trades,
while the Irish furnish the laborerSand
the politicians who have emancipated
themselves from labor.
The foreigners in California have
come into active competition with ma
tive Americans in nearly every industry
and often this rivalry has been attended
with disastrous results. Yet a study of
the various nationalities reveals some
curious facts. as certain races have made
a practical monopoly of several pur-
suits, shutting out other aliens as we'll
rs natives. To make confusion worse
confounded and to complicate the labor
problem so that solution seems al
most impossible the two oriental races,
the Chinese and the japanese. play an
Important part in the industrial econo-
my Of the state.-George Hamlin Fitch,
ii Cbautauouar
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-02-16
Defenses of Gibraltar.

Since the invention of long-rap5e rife
guns the fortress of Gibraltar, in every
sense of the word, controls the entrance
to the Mediterranean, for at the mar
rowest part Of the strait there are on =
1S miles between Europe and Africa,
and the guns of the fortress can deliver
shots and sells if necessary on the
African shore. The military euthori-
ties Of Gibraltar, however, do not de-
pend upon the guns of the foTtifica-
tions for blocking the Mediterranean.
for at Gibraltar there is always sta
toned feet of powerful ships which
can be called into service to assist in
defending the strait against the naval
forces of foreign power.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-02-16
BLIND, BUT roo GAY
Unfortunate Who Eloped with Anothe
Sightless Mans Wife.


Sightless Mans Wife.
The outdoor poor department gives
annually a small sum of money to those
afflicted with blindness, says the New
York World.
"I've come for my pension, sir" said
an applicant recently to one of Superin-
tendent B]ake's assistants.
There's no money here for you." re
piled the assistant. "And let me give
you tip, you won't get another dollar
from this department"
"Oh, my; oh, my; do not say that"
pleaded the blind man. "1'm poor;
you'll admit that, won't you?" va.
''Yes; think you are"
Sand blind, too; isn't that SOP"
eyes, you are both poor and blind"
''Then hand over the money, please"
demanded the man. because under the
law come under both conditions"
But the clerk shook his head in the
negative.
"You know well enough why you
can't get the money" he said, 'the re-
port against you reads that you are not
respectable"
Now know what you are driving
at" sighed the blind man, "but what
has that to do with it?''
Everything" was the reply. "a man
who elopes with another blind mans
wife is not fit to have pension"
And that settled il.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-02-16
He Cut Her In Two

She was nervous and scared as she
penetrated the city's purlieus. A
freight train was being switched down
there, and loud-voiced switchman was
giving instructions TO another OF his
craft. Switchmen have language ell
their own, which is incomprehensible TO
the plain, everyday. non-railroading
citizen. Among other things they call
a train her" and "she" just as sailor
refers TO a ship. and just as she neared
tie switchman, this IS what be yelled:
Head her of. Jim; cut her IN two and
send the head end up here" She fed
from the murderous villain, and post
poned her voyage across the raging
Mississippi. Meanwhile tae other
switchman obeyed orders. He cut the
train in two and sent the head end
back.-St. Louis Post-Dis patch
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-02-16

have to compete with men. None the
less, the figures are q striking proof
of woman's progress in the path OF
Independence.
With women doctors so long an es.
tablished institution in our own coun-
try, and all Of our cities providing large
practice for a number Of them, it is
surprising to learn that there Is but
one woman physician in Leipzig, DR..
Anna Kuhnow. She has, however,
large practice, patients coming to her
from all parts of southern Germany.
Munich, too, has only one woman ply
hicien, but Berlin boasts of four.
Gen. Felix Angus, the proprietor OF
the Baltimore American, has been
obliged again to deny the story that
when he came to this country he bs-
gan his career as a barber in this city.
II came to this country" he says,
under engagement as a chaser and
sculptor to the great firm Of Tiffany
d Co., of New York, from which estab-
lishment I went direct to the ranks
as a private soldier, though not speak
ing a wcrd of the English language"
I'm some respects the most interest
ing contractor in the world is Lorin
Farr, the man who has helped to build
six Mormon temples-those at Kirkland,
O.; Nauvoo, H.; st. George. Utah; Lo-
gan and Manti, and, greatest of all,
the magnificent Salt Lake temple, which
cost millions of dollars. Mr.. Farr Is
II years old, a native of Vermont, and
a devout Mormon. He has strong,
rugged face, with a fine Galway
fringe" of whiskers. In 1868 and 1859
he built 200 miles Of the Central Pa
cific road on the stretch between Og.
den and a point near Humboldt Wells.
-Penhurst Place, said to be one OF
the most wonderful houses in southern
England, is for sale. 1t is especially
interesting to Americans as the ancient
home of Sir Philip Sidney. and it was
here that the ancient poet Waller court
ed Lady Dorothea Sidney, reputed to
have been the most beautiful Eng
lishwoman of her time. Waller i'm
mortalized her as the "Sacharissa" Of
his verses, but she married another, the
Earl of Sunderland. The story is that
in later life the countess, meeting the
poet, reminded him of his early attach
ment for her and asked him when he
would again write verses about her.
when you are as young and handsome
as you were," said the poet, rudely.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-02-16
GREAslNc THE ELEPHANTS
The Park Rhinoceros, Too, Coated TwIc
Year with Neatsfoot OH.

The Park Rhinoceros, Too, Coated Twice
Year with Neatsfoot OIL
Twice year the elephants and the
rhinoceros in the Central park menag-
erie get a coating of neatsfoot oil, which
is thoroughly rubbed in with the palm
of the hand. The oiling and the manip-
ulation cleanse the skin, remove the
dead skin, and open the pores. freshen
the animals up, and improve their
health, and they seem to like the proc
ess. The oiling is done only in the
spring and summer; if done in the win
ter the animals would be likely to take
cold frc-n it.
The rhinoceros at the park is in good
condition and lively, and rather frisky
for so big brute. Sometimes 1T steps
about with step that is very much like
dancing step. and likely to surprise
one who sees it for the first time and has
been accustomed to regard the rhinoc-
eros as am animal always slow and lun-
bering in its movements. When the
rhinoceros' cage is cleaned out, which
is done daily, the keeper first attracts
the great creature to one side with q
tempting mess Of food. Then he slips
a moose Of rope over the animals horn
and settles it down around the neck
and makes the other end fast around
a bar or two of the elephants cage ad-
joining. This is done to keep the rhi-
noceros from pitching into the keeper
IL it should cake a notice.
The same precaution is taken when
the rhinoceros is oiled. The elephants,
however, kneel at the word of COM
mand. It IS not necessary to plant
ladder against them in order to reach
the upper part Of their sides in rubbing
IN the oil
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-02-16
GIGANTIC REVOLVING TOWER.
Efench lnganuity 10 Aeaia - the

EFench Ingenuity IL Agnia - the
Fore
France started the ball with the
Eiffel tower, says London Invention.
England endeavored to go one better
with the Wembley, which i still in an
embryo stage and appears likely to re-
main so, while our American cousins
struck a bright and novel idea in the
Ferris revolving wheel, which was aft
erward introduced into England. and
last season went merrily round, except
when it occasionally stopped and re-
quired more or less coaxing ere it re-
sumed its daily round" As fact.
our readers will remember il once had
"a night out" on its own account Now
French ingenuity is once again to the
fore, and this time the idea is TO con-
struct a lofty building that viii spin
slowly, Ike majestic top. The festive
Parisians are, it is stated. to have this
novelty IN their midst. the site chosen
being near the summit of Montmartre,
the highest point within the fortifica-
Gous of the gay city. The conception
Of this big revolving tower (about half
the height Of the EiffeD is credited 10
N. Devic. The motive power for turn
ing the structure. a complete revolution
of which would occupy about two min
utes, would be hydraulic force. The
upper part of the building would be oc-
aupied By public ballroom. in which
dancing would take place from eleven
p. m. TO two a. M. while below this it
is intended 20 construct an artificial ice
skating rink.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-02-16
Zana,s sister.

The Proverbial uazttractiVencss Of
new infants was illustrated sfresh N
house. Za1a liked and admired the
you1gster. But ZaGa IS clergyman 3
daughter, and is being reared TO speak
the truth under all circumstances. Her
mother overheard her coufding to the
neighbor's little girl the news about
her very small sister. Zana. By the
way, is six years old ~Oh, you ought
TO see ny teenty-weerty siste-.' SEE
said "She is perickly beaufitul-sE-
alI-but her face."-S. Y. Press.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-02-16
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The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-02-16
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

&C. P. villiers, Father OF the House
OF Commons" who has just celebrated
his niRety-hfth birthday, has repre-
serted Wolverhampton uninterrupted
Iy for GO years. -.
Henry James. president of the Cit
liens national bank OF Baltimore, has
been chosen president of the Baltimore
Clearing-Ho1se association to I'll the
vacancy caused By the death Of Enoch
Pratt. g
The continued discussion of Mr.
Gladstone's views cr booh-collecting
SIS an intellectual pursuit recalls the
fact that at sslenot long ago in New
York book sold for $e.25. and another
copy of exactly the same edition. in
equally good presentation, for over 500.
The only difference was in the binding.
"A lady especially interested in the
question has discovered that there are
now no less than. 354 distinct vocations
in which women engage. The one
drlw hack In that in the maioritx tkeY
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-02-16

When cleaning firearms, too much
:are cannot be taken to put them prop
erly together. so the sportsman does
not become a victim, instead OF his in
tended game. Do not take the weapons
spart unless you have the patience and
mechanical skill to put them back the
way they were; your life may be the
penalty else. A farmer in Alabama re-
Gently fell dead after firing his gun;
the charge came from the breech In
stead of the muzzle. and entered his
brain. He had made the mistake above
eferred to-Evervwhere
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-02-16
His Wish.

MY poor friend, you have but a few
hours longer to live" said the kind old
doctor at the bedside of the editor of the
Ruralville Bazoo. us there any last re-
quest you wish to maie-any direction
you desire to have carried out after you
are gomez"
Tell the foreman" said the dying
scribe. feebly, "to do by us as we have
always done by others, aud give US as
fiattering an obituary notice as his con-
science will permit him to. Request
him, too. TO run it at the top of the edi-
torial column, next to pure reading mat
ter, and also to call attention to it in
local paragraph This is luxury
which we have never felt able to afford
for ourself till now, but we feel that
under the circumstances it is a pardon
sble exhibition of vanity on our part
a man never dies but once, you know
And, by the way, kindly request the
marble cutter to carve on our tomb
stone, beneath the customary state-
ment Of the facts in the case, the legend:
We Are Here to Stay Y, Jour
nal
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-02-16
THE TEST OF MANNERS.
True Poltteness Lends . Grace to Con
yeatioaaliey.


Il would seem that the surest road &c
excellent manners is by way OF gener-
Gus enlightenment which softens char
acter and uplifts the point Of view from
which we regard our fellow-citizens
OF the world. Politeness is regard for
the other fellows feelings. II you are
solicitous about giving pleasure 10 those
you meet there is little danger OF any
giaring breach of manners, albeit some
Conventional rule r,ay be infringsd- An
unselfish purpose rarely ofeuds- A.
most always the truly vulgar person is
extensively selfish he wants his own
way; she demands notice; The obvious
thing IN this persons conduct IS as
sumption OF personal importance, as Il
expecting admiration and exceptional
treatment f-cz every BODY Pci;teRezs