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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-11-02

often from re shells ana give the bore
grinding and cutting process, produo-
tive of great damage.
Enlargement of the muzzle is another
serious injury produced by the projec-
tile. This is caused by a process which
seems unavoidable. AS the she'll leaves
the piece it strikes against one portion
of the bore. The resistance at the mouth
being less than at any other point, the
metal naturally yields, and the muzzle
of the cannon is elongated in vertical
direction.
Some men who ought to know say
that 100 shots is the life of a very big
gun-a - or 10 inch weapon. Others
place the number of shots at 400 or 800.
AS matter of fact, it is all guesswork.
The great Krupp gun shown at the
World S fair and conceded TO be perfect
OR supposed to be so-has been dis
charged less than ten times, and it is
now believed to have reached its limit.
On the other hand, the big guns of the
American battleships have passed the
time allotted them by wise men who
know guns and apparently are as good
as when tested. How soon they may
yield, however, is not in the books.
Lieutenant Farrow says that very
large gun should not be expected to
stand more than 100 or 800 shots before
it will be necessary to open new vent,
closing the old one at its interior orifice.
When the gun dies-bursts-the lines
Of fracture are photographed Speci-
mems of the metal are saved Tests are
made and conclusions drawn. And I'm
Gle Sam has figured out so many things
in this same connection that his guns
nowadays are conceded to be better than
those of any other maker. They live
longer than the wise ones say they
should .-Chicago Times Herald
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-11-02
STRANGE PEOPLE ARE THESE.
Queer COurtships, BetrothaIs and Burials.
Some CuriOus Customs


There is a wonderfully peopled stretch
of country lying between Canton and
Mandalay. The tribes are little known
and have curious customs. Among them
are the Bhamos, and the women are said
70 be pleasant and to make happy wives.
Some of the tribes have moonlight
dances in the spring around tree they
call the devil stick There betroth ais
are made. If girl wishes to break an
engagement she must give her lover a
horse ana IN OK. Some WOO by music,
On the first day Of winter they have a
great feast (,heit greaeest) and at it all
the manageable girls THAT is, those
who are between Is and 16) gather to-
gether and listen to the music of the
bachelors. Every eligible man who
wishes bride sits near the tree and
plays his favorite instrument. The
maidens, one by one, select bride
groom. The girl steps up to the mu-
sicians and lays a flower upon some
ones instrument. He jumps up, til rows
q 1wn his instrument and takes his bride
! by the hand. AS often as not "a girls
choice is prearranged. The Taxa Ked-
Ioa bride and groom must be of equal
ages. The bride breaks or knocks out
her two center-upper teeth, that she
\ may be harmless in her husbands
home" If Ts-kang Mao husband dies
he is not buried until his widow remar-
ries, His interment is the browning fes-
tivity of her second marriage feast. II
\ she remains always a widow he remains
! alwas unburied. a Tonk-kia Miac
must capture or win his bride at tho
early winter FEAST" and must, lifting
her on his back, so carry her home with
I out rest, no matter what the distance
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-11-02
LARGEST BUILDING IN THE WORLD
1t Took Twenty Years to Constru It 1t. and
Cost S12, 100000.


Spain possesses one of the largest
buildings IN the world 1t is at once,
says The New York World a palace, a
museum, a library, a picture gallery a
monastery, church and burial place
This wo2delful edifice is called the Es-
corial, although the name is very gem
orally corrupted both in England and
America into "Escurial." The Bscorial
was commenced in 1868 by order of
Philip Ii of Spain and was intended
partly as royal burying place for the
kings of spain and partly as a commem-
Grafton OF Philips victory over the
French at St. Quentin in 1857. 1t is
bulk entirely OF granite, and measures
744 feet 10 length by $50 feet in breadth
At each rner is tower 200 feet high
The building is supposed to represent
an enormous grdiron lying upside down
and this shape is believed to have refer
ence to st. Lawrence, who was martyred
on gridiron. Twenty-one years were
spent in building it, and it cost Sl2, 000,-
000 1t has been twice partly destroyed
by lightning and was sacked by the
French soldiers in 1908. There are
$4,000 doors and II, 900 windows.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-11-02
A MONEY-MAKING MACHINE.
The Itenerant Medicine Man, who Finda
Plenty of Dupes in This Section


One of the money-ma kin est machines
that eyer went through this country is
the itenerant medicine man. You see
he comes around in the spring when th G
flowers are acknowledgement cuff
fees little domicile and then and there
tells of the wonderful supernatural Ell
icacy of his nostrums. 1t isn't long be-
fore the darby is ''happy on the way
that he will never again have to pay
any more doctor bills. Next comes the
bill-of-sale to all the household furni.
ture, pigs, chickens, ETC., which is
turned over TO the medicine man by the
negro. This looks all right to the ne
gro, for the reason that payday is IN the
dim distance. Time, which doesn't wait
for anybody. rolls along and rolls the
medicine man back in the fall on a col
Letting tour. The medicine man, having
the negro where the wool is short, never
fails to collect every cent. AS an illus
tration, over at Jernigan, where the
merchants and doctors couldn't collect a
cent, the medicine man went off with
over three hundred dollars in his pocket.
The same condition existed at Omaha,
and here he pocketed between two and
three hundred dollars. The same old
thing at Union. For some reason, per-
haps afraid of his brains, the white man
is never interfered with. 1t is said that
this is free country and everybody is
allowed to do as he pleases, but it seems
to us that limit should be placed on
one dong as he pleas 1t is also said
that one of the benefits of law is that it
protects the weak against the strong. If
| this be the case the strong arm of tho
law should come In between this ignor-
ant class of our population and the item
Grant doctors by imposing such tax on
the latter as will keep them out of our
county.-Stewart County Hopper.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-11-02
BRIDGE FELL In.
"a Lee County Team Has an Accident With
Serious Results

"a Lee County Team Has an Accident With
Serious Results
Late Saturday afternoon the bridge
which spans Fowlton creek in Lee coun
ty, five miles north of Albany, gave way
beneath the weight of a sIx-mule team
with serious results. The mules we're
drawing a wagon loaded with ten bales
of cotton belonging to Mr.. Il. r. Ste wart
of Lee county. The mules and the
loaded wagon were precipitated through
the broken rimbers into the water be-
meath. All the mules were injured.
three of them very seriously, and one
fatally The bridge was badly torn up
and presented a scene of wreck and ruin
that was not surprising when it is con
sideJed that load nf IL, 900 pounds had
gone through it, The negro driver was
only slightly injured
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-11-02

Every day strengthens tile belief Of emf
nsnt physicians that impure blood is the
cause of the majority Of our diseases.
Twenty-Five years ago this theory was used
as a basis for the formula Of Browns Iron
Bitters. The many remarkable cures effected
by this famous old household remedy are
sufficient to prove that the theory is correct
Browns Iron Bitters is sold by all dealers.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-11-02

A cough is not like a fever. 1t does
not have to run certain course. Cure
it quickly and effectually with One
Minute Cough Cure, the best NEEDY for
all ages and for the most severe cases
We recommend it because it's god
SALE-DAvIs DRUG Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-11-02

For external piles, cuts, burns ano
bruises, old sores, eczema and all skin
diseases, Beggs' German Salve stands To-
day without peer 1t in an cid reliable
remedy and if used freely wounds will
heal without a scar Be careful 10 get
Beggs' and qe sure of speedy cure,
For sale by Sale-Davis Drug Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-11-02

The sooner a cough or cold is cured
without harm to the sufferer the better.
Lingering colds are dangerous. Hack
ing cough is distressing. One Minute
Cough Cure quickly cures it, Why suf-
fer when such cough cure is in reach?
It's pleasant to the taste.
lSz4s5 s.4s SALE-DAvIs DRUG CO,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-07
rt,tsburw ana Gulf Agents.

In announcing that they have assumed
control OF the Omaha, Kansas City and
Eastern, the Kansas City, Pittshurg and
Gulf published the following list OF asents:
T.. E. Smythe, assistant general frsight
agent, Kansas City, Mo-. M. l.. Soovell RS
sistant general freight agent, Shreveport,
La; r. w. Blakeslee, assistant general
freight agent, Quincy, Ill. q. NJ. Enterkih,
freight agent, Omaha. Ncb q. r. Serviss,
commercial agent. Kansas city. Mo. c. j.
Sneak, commercial agent, TeNarkana, Ark,
o. H. Poehler, commercial agent Shreve-
port, La. All W. Chcesman, commercial
agent, Shreveport, La; H. Randall. com
merciai agent, Lake Charles, La. d. i.
Shontze, commercial agent. Quincy III;
G. H. Beaumont, commercial agent. Conn
eli Bluffs, Iowa; C. 3. Holcombe, general
travelling freight agent. Kansas CITY, Mo-;
f. II. Shaufler. travelling freight agent,
Omaha, Neb.; ID. X. Torrey. travelling
freight agent, Maryville. MO; II. w. Light
burn. Jr, general agent, New Orleans, La;
L. II. Crumbaugh, live stock agent, Neosho
Mo; F. NJ. Fisher live stock agent, Dun
lap, Mo,
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investigation Is threatened.

Milwaukee,. Wis. January Owing to
the failure OF the interstate commerce
commission to hand down its decision in
the hearing of the Milwaukee chamber of
commerce against several railroads. in
which alleged determinations were
charged. the chamber of commerce threat
ems 10 appeal TO congress and have an in
yestigation OF the interstate commerce
commission. The trouble arose some four
years ago.
and were presented to the interstate COM
merce commission in detail. The railways
denied any discrimination. But II was
shown TO the satisfaction Of many that
the Milwaukee grain dealers had not been
treated equitably by the roads.
The Chicago. Milwaukee and ST. Paul,
the Chicago and Northwestern. the Illinois
Central and other railroads figured in the
ta
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the senate passed the bill providing for the
ssAIpluasJIds1 oql 10 ss5LSuoo ~ Sulplo4
of different Indian tribes of the United
States AT Omaha In 1898 and appropriat-
Ing $45, 900 therefor. Some minor amend
mnnts To the bill were made.
A bill appropriating $4,000 for . public
building at Fergus Falls Mimi. WAS
passed.
The bill to protect the name and insignia
OF tho Red Cross WAS passed. Mr.. Gray
n)el) explained that Miss Clara Barton.
several years al.o. asked The insignia Of
the Red Cross eoclaty u 10 protected from
those who would Usc IL for commercial
on porhaps fraudulent purpohcs. Under mo
treaty entered into by majority OF me
civilized nations OF the world the sign OF
the Red Cross Is known as an insignia OF
hospital corps Of charity organizations.
other nations had protected the insignia
of the society and the United States ought
alto to protect ".
After some routine business the senate,
on motion OF Mr. Quay. went into executive
session. Il,
Al 2 o'clock the senate adjourned until
tomorrow,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-07
CENTRAL PACIFIC.
No steps So Far Taken by the Gov
crument for Foreclosures.

No Steps So Fur Taken by the Gov
crUment for FOrcclosure.
Washington, January Cit is stated on
good authority that up to this time the
government has taken no steps looking to
the initiation of proceedings in foreclcslng
against the Central Pacific railroad, watch
is said to have defaulted in its payments TO
the government on January /. II is said.
however, that representative of the corr
Dany recently had . conference with the
president, Secretary Gage ard Attorney
General McKenna with view to a final
settlement of the compauys obligations
without placing the road in the hands oil o
receiver
No definite plan, 1t is understood, was
made either by the coinpany's representa-
tive or the government and no hing has
occurred beyond the recent informal con-
ference, which would indicate that te-
lious effort was being made to avoid u
foreclosure suit What the government
will do ultimately in the matter can not ba
authoritatively stated but there are good
reasons for tho belief that 1t has oeen the
intention for some time To take some def
mite steps In the absence OF satisfactory
movements for a settlement. Owing 10 the
many claims and counter claims involved
ii is not possible at this time 10 state the
exact amount in which the company de-
faulted on January l. hut the amount due
and rot paid and interest amounts 10 $1o.-
614,120. The other items in the account
are Balance of interest due TO the United
States, $35.S52.7 19; bonds redeemed by tho
government prior 10 January |, $6,074 900;
accrued interest. 1904 1886. Against this to-
tai of s53.045.172 the company hes s7.5lS.-
$50 in cash and bonds in its sinking fund
There are also judgments and claims
against tho government amounting TO
$2,473, 1866, which leaves "a net balance on
January / OF s3.05s1 56. On January I,
1899 bonds will mature to the amount of
S9197 900, exclusive of accrued interest.
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HIS LINE Nor DISTURBED.
Waco ana Northwcstcrn Pursuing
the Even Tenor OF u. WnN.

WacO ana N0rthNcstcrn Pursuing
the Even Tenor OF Its Way.
IT. 0leubush, general freight and pas.
senger agent OF the Waco and Northwest
enn was in Houston yesterday talking
with the railroad officials His visit was
purely of social nature, but while here
he took occasion to say that the North
western branch was in the pink OF condi-
tion and that they We're not disturbed by
the unsettled condition OF rates. Mr., olen-
bush was very emphatic IN saying that
the Waco and Northwestern was with the
trunk lines in the Liverpool cotton rate
and not aligned with the Sunset Central
lines in the matter The crop for lSgT-aS
in that section was short of last year and
nov there is little of the staple moving.
which is due to the markets condition
The Sl.06 per hundred remains In effect
Tor today as on yesterday. The ship brok
ers still refusing TO quote to the bureau
their rate. Some of those Interested yes
terdny refused to discuss the statement
thar other lines were making tho rate
offered by the Central from competitive
points. II is evident that such is the case,
although no official information can be
CLEANED In Houston.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-07
ANTI-sCALPING BILL.
Arguments for and Against II
Passage Arc Made.

Arguments for and Against It's
Passage Are Made.
Washington, January 6.--The interstate
commerce commission today resumed its
hearing on the anti-scalping bill. Mr.
JAMES Mckenzie, the president OF the
American Ticket Brokers' association said
number OF ticket brokers confirming his
statement that the brokers' secured % rer
cent of the tickets sold by them from the
railroad companies. When Senator Cullen
asked for names Mr.. Mckenzie replied
that TO answer would be breach of con-
fdence. While be considered the question
proper he should decline to name the COM
panies except under summons In that
case he would respond, but he did not
want TO break faith
E. J. Theis OF the Illinois Commercial
Mems association said the bill was Just
claiming that the owner OF ticket should
be allowed to dispose .of II as he might see
fit as would the owner OF any other COM
modify.
Senator Wolcott made the point that
mo honest, honorable man would be
caught travelling on another mans name
on a non-transferable ticket"
Mr.. Thiels said he had known men whom
he believed to be honest doing that thing
He said that what the travelling men
wanted was uniform fat 10000 mile rate
p. Z. Dow OF New York. president OF
the Commercial Travellers National league
also appeared in antagouism to the bill
William r. King. president OF the Mer-
chants association Of New York, spoke fer
the bill. He said the railroads had for
years Tough. the sealpng business He
was opposed to discrimination and he
favored the pending bill. He characterized
as forgery the dealing in railroad tickets,
which was. he said, opposed TO the con-
stitution OF the United States. He said
there We're very, few firms that would en-
ploy man as a traveller who would deal
with ticket brokers'
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-07
RATES INTO SHREVEPORT.
Railroads. Catering There Held q
Meeting Yesterday.
THEY AGREED UPON A REDUCTION
Freight from the Atlantic scaboard
Territory VIII Take the Conn
bination win Gulf Ports.

meeting Of the lines entering Shreve-
port was held at that place yesterday aud
1T was agreed that the rates from the At
lantic seaboard territory TO Shreveport
would hereafter be made on the combina.
tion of locals through Galveston or New
Orleans. The lines represented were the
Missouri Pacific, vioksburg, Shreveport
and Pacific, Houston East and West Texas.
Cotton Belt and Texas and Pacific M
BY yesterdays action the first-clas rate
from New York for instance, either Via
Galveston or New Orleans, will be G. cents
per hundred pounds, the Mallory or the
Morgan steamship lines to the gulf ports
and rail to Shreveport.
Such combination was made possible
when the International and Great Northern
with other lines announced that they would
make applicable between Houston and,
Galveston and Shreveport the same rates
IN force between New Orleans and Shreve-
port. II Is easily seen how low rates
are possible since the Mallory and Morgan
steamship lines are making a rate Of 2
cents per hundred pounds on all classes
from New York TO the gulf ports. The Lone
otarNlihe can not be figured In at the 3D.
cent rate. Their tariff has not reached TIE
2-cent plano yet Yesterday Commercial
Asen. Hohelthal issued the following is
his lines rates: Classes /, . aud 10 cents
per hundred pounds; class 4. cents:
classes 5, A, B. G, ID and f, 6 cents, In
making the rate from other seaboard
points the same combination will prevail.
The action OF the Shreveport lines is
calculated to arouse additional complaint
from the st. Louis traffic bureau and IL
is expected that It will make another APP
peal to the st. Louis Texas lines TO ic-
duce the rates to Texas common points al
we'll as to Shreveport Territory AT pres
ent the Shreveport rate. first class from
81. Louis. is $1.10 per hundred pounds
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-07
HOUSTON DAILY Posn FRIDAY MoRN1No JANUARY 1898 &

On most OF the roads in the East and South
the clergy have TO pay full fare. and in
Canada the same rule prevails.
Although opposed to the idea on princi-
pie, the Western passenger men hardly
like 10 take away the concession altogcth-
er. and the adoption OF the Sebastian in
terchangeable ticket seems TO offer good
way out OF the difficulty. There wac. how
ever. so much delay in getting the ticket
placed on the market that II Vas found inn
possible TO make any change IN the opera
tion OF the bureau this year. The practice
oil the bureau Is to issue to ministers a
form OF certificate emitting them to pnr-
chase tickets at special reduced rates from
any line In the association. This rate mast
not exceed cents mile nor be less than
half the usual rate. A few roads charge
the 2-cent rate. but In most cases the nalf
fare is charged. A charge az 80 cents is
n ade for the certificate
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-07

Austin, Texas. January 6.-Traffic Man.
-ager Bein of the Southern Pacific made
application to the railroad commission to-
day for authority TO put in a rate of %
cents on sawed cross ties from Texas and
New Orleans and Sabine and East Teyes
points to I'll Paso, which was granted. to
take effect at once.
He also made application for authority
to concentrate at the Mexican border lum-
application was taken under adyisement
The request Is made to enable the South
ern Pacific to meet schooner competition
from Texas gulf points 10 Tampiao.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-07
Note. ana PersonnI.,

S. l.. Werden. travelling freight agent OF
the Bay Shore line. was here from waco
yesterday.
Colonel sIedge. promoter Of the Calves
ton. Brazos aud Southwestern. was in the
city yesterday.
s. X. Bullard. SUPERINTENDENT OF teie-
graph OF the Missouri. Kansas and Texas.
is in the city for few DAYS.
w. II Able. Southwestern passenger
agent nf the Chicago and Alton. was In
the city yesterday distributing calendars
for 1895
j. u. MrDayitt. late NJ the Santa re
at ALVIN. was YESTERDAY appoinien clerk In
the city passepger aii5 freight Office Of the
International aud Great Northern
e. A. Mills. city passenger agent Of the
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-07
Rates $3.50 and $500 per day.
JAS. LAWLOR. Prop.

! H. Breeding, San Antonio; Charles
&ke. Galveston; G. NJ. Rice, Sour Lak,A
Meyer and wife, st. Louis: +. NJ LeaSe.
$zatir, New Orleans; Mrs. j. N. Hehey.
= Bessie Heflcy, Cameron; II. Wild, Ter
fCity; W A. Fletcher, Beaumont; Marx
|ss, beaumont; william Conway, Lake
hles; j l.. Bates, Angleton; II. olenbusn,
10 s. T. McEdrcn Bay Shore line; +. q.
(ght. w. T. Humble, Fort Worth. +. ".
H., Jr,, and wife, Kansas City: Il. W.
fe and wife, Adrian, Mo-. W. II. John
New Orleans: T.. B. Catlsins and WIG.
Edo R. A. Rich and wife, Wharton a
kPierce, Allen G. Butler. Pierce: John n
fhey, St. Louis G. s. L. Holland. Hous
Pest; G. l.. lansing, New York; Bishop
II Kinsolving, Austin: j. j. Lamar, Dali
| III, A. Wilson. Fort Worth; A, Faulkner,
~. Rushmore. Mrs. Paul Flato. Miss
10, Miss Straw. city, G. d. Wells. ]. a.
Rklin, Dallas; II. j. Monroe, NJ d, Rur
n, c. a. Doremus St Louis; IL. q
aefer, Grand Rapids; &. w. Skinner.
thville; S. b. Strong, city.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-07
PASS Agreemenf Mccting.

The majority Of Texas railroads Will be
represented al the annual meeting of the
pass agreement at Dallas today. II was
said in Houston circles yesterday that
there was little probability of a change
from the rules prescribed for 1897 Ths
agreement Is for the purpose OF curtliling
The number OF passes and to keep theta
from being given to influence business
This kind OF an understanding Is had an
nually by the larger lines Of the country.
and, as a rule. is well lived up to. There
is no complaint against any OF the Texas
lines for violations OF the agrecmen, dur
Ing the past year.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-07

!. Eutsin. Burlington, Texas; s. S. Je-
J. A. Hawkinson. Kansas City; A. S.
st. Louis; Robert Arthur, New York;
Alexander and wife. Coleman; ii. A.
per. b. =. Boswell. Baltimore; l.. Bron-
u. Seiman, J. Ferst, j. NJ. Adams, New
Neal Bassett, Waco: c. Il. Solomon.
[slon; Wadsworth Harris. John Malone.
York. Miss Annie Proctor, Boston, Mrs.
Sargent. New York: Miss Grace Fisher.
Francisco: Mrs. Lee c. Hardy. New
j. b. Fequet, Texas; ID. r. Pearson.
bond. Texas; D. X. Yewsum, Beaumont.
| Farrell, Joseph Howvat, w. W. Wilson,
5n W. Il. Jones and wife and sister,
be: Joe ii. Eagle, w. S. Hunt. Mrs.
BY. Texas; Charles Lowenstein, Calves
4 wv. J. Grove and wife and son. Yoa-
w. II. Bcttes, Dallas; James +. Beattie,
fston, r. A. Valley, San Antonio, II. j..
Baltimore; s. Tuttle, San Antonio; H..
sraber. Dallas; L.. II. Kellogg. Chicago;
lime Gair, New York.