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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-11-23
WORK OF THE LEGISLATORS.
Some of the More Important Bills That
Bave Been Introduced.


Mr.. Bell of Forsyth has injected
some politics by offering resolutions
recommending the election of United
States senators by the people, advo>
eating the coinage of silver at the
ratio of l6 to l, the repeal of the 10 per
cent tax on state banks, and express
ing the belief that the Spanish war
sax should be repealed and that the
Nicaragua canal be constructed and
owned by the United States.
By Mr.. johnson of Bartow-A bill
to make the revision of the jury lists
triennially instead of biennially as at
present. A bill to prescribe three
grades of complete commercial ferti>
lizers, for branding of same upon each
package OF fertilizer and for other
purposes, so as to make it unlawful to
sell any commercial fertilizer unless
the grade of same is branded upon each
sack or package thereof in letters not
less than one inch in size.
By Mr.. Hall of Bibb-A bill providiM ,
for the appointment of a commission
of three eminent citizens to assess all
the railroSd property of the state for
taxation. These commissioners to
serve for three years, and to get 81 900
each tor their three years work.
The Ellis bill providing for consti.
tutiOnal convention has been favora-
bly, reported by the general judiciary
committee, and its author is now SAN
guine that it will pass.
By Senator Nesbitt-A bill to make
city and county court judges and solic~
itors elective by the people.
By Mr.. Swift of Elbert-A bill to
repeal the act giving the state unlvers.
ity permanent income.
By Mr.. Calvin of Richmond-A bill
to make women eligible to serve as
school officers in this state.
When you ask for DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve don't accept counterfeit or
imitation. There are more cases OF
piles being cured by this than all others
combined.
SALE.DAvIs DRUG Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-11-23

Scalds, bu. rs, old sores,i tumors and
piles ere all relieved at once, and in
time effectually cured, by the use of this
perfect ointment, Beggs' German Salye.
Ask your druggist for sample and take
no other. For sale by Sale-Davis Drug
Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-11-23
Crusade Against Painted School Marms

A New York woman has started a
crusade against school teachers who
daily with the makeup box. She ar
CUES thac the marms who paint, pencil
and powder might just a. well teach
their pnpils that cosmetics are
necr sary to the complexion as to
stand before them every school day
with their own compleXious touched
up with gaudy colors.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-11-23
Philadelphia Joke.

Passenger-Let me off at Minute
street.
Conductor-There amt no such stress
so my knowledge.
Passenger - oh. we'll, Sixty SECOND
street will do Philadelphia Record
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-11-23
Great Sacrifice Cost Mark Sale

rs STILL CONTINUE DAYS LONGER. ep
D, K
elsewhere will
the other purchase The
Can justice yourself and family by paying out what might
"A ragged tails mighty good hide ugly patch What's the hang
prices of the suits ofer in stock.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-11-23

She -Give you a latch key? Neveri
He-but, wiley, just think how the
fellows Will make fun Of me and abuse
you.
She (reGeoting)-Yes, that's so.
Well, You can have this room key. and
then you can tell them you took it by
mistake for the house key.-tIiegende
BlaUUer.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-11-23
Shoes, Shoes.

lot of ladies shoes in dongoIa and
glove grains, broken sizes, to close
at so cents.
Ladies' dongola shoes in button or
lace, the 81 Is seller, now 95c only.
The best ladies shoe in the house at
81. so, former price 1915.
Mems calf shoes at S1.50.
Mems brogans in broken sizes soc only.
Children's shoes from 20 cents up.
DOmestics.
Checks at % cents per yard.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-11-23

By Mr.. Calvin of Richmond-A bill
to make women eligible to serve a
school officers in this state.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-11-23

By Mr.. Swift of Elbert-A bill
repeal the act giving the state unlver
ity a permanent income.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-11-23

Yard WIDE sheeting at 33C per yard.
Good ticking at &c per yard.
Calico cents per yard.
Good satteen, worth 10c, only &c yard
Bleaching 81 cents per yard.
Cotton flannel cents per yard,
3 spools Coats cotton 10 cents only.
Ball thread, 10 for cents,
cards hooks and eyes cents.
Spool silk cents.
Dress lining 81 cents per yard.
Crenoline cents per yard.
Elder down only 10 cents per yard.
All wool flannel only 10c per yard.
All wool worsted only sc per yard.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-06

you would have a number OF Nfe times
embodied I'm that one iitem II takes
forty-three clerks 10 handle this mail.
There Is one corps OF men who DO nothing
but open letters. Another stamps the
date of receipt upon them. and a third
reads the letters and sends them to the
proper divisions for answer. From for
20 eight thousand letters are answered
every day. and the correspondence IN
creases from year to year.
Every one OF these letters has n money
end IL IL. The pension Office Is the kion-
dixie % the old soldier and not a few men
and women who are not old soldiers seek
10 pan gold out Of the sands OF its rivers.
Last year the amount Of money distrib-
uted was more than $50 go 900 This was
an Increase Of more than 81 5No GO over
the sum paid out IN 1896. and the commits
sioner tells me that there VIII b. more
paid out this year than last The gold
mines OF the world are now producing
more shan ever before, and still tire total
output Of them all II only about S29ee-',-
co. "a year II the gold mines Of all the
world we're run to their fun extent for the
next ten years they could not get out as
much gold as this office has paid ont for
pensions on account Of the war Of the re-
tellion Up 70 last June the amount was
more than s. %, nta go showing q steady
lss9 and an enormous increase since then.
This sum is beyond. conception. and, as |
have stated Il Is on the increase. 1t
amounts 10 So much now each year that
II every man. woman and child in the
United States contributed - the aggregate
SUN would 51st aboui pay the pension
b3is Thl5 - eqgal 20 about So for every
family IN our country of THIS. over $50
80 goes abroad Between &esi and sko
pensioners i've ia foreign countries and
draw their money from lis. The remain
der are scattered over the tnitef States
from Florida 70 Maine and from Massa-
chuSstts 20 California. ard the streams of
money which flow here and ar" damned
40 in the treasury are turned into the
Great pension srrigating bitches every year
and carry this golden food % all parts Of
The country.
The Wor5. of fae Pension Of.ier.
During our walk through the pension
cffice Comm lssi0usr Evans ard myself
spent some Fine in each g tie divisions
watching the hundreds q CLERKS at woEA
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-06
lN UNCLE SAWS PENSION 0FFI6E.
Tour Of tbe Biz Building With He1ry Clay Evaps
tbe Pension ConnissioDer.

Copyright. 1866. by frank G.. CARPENTER.
"ASHlNGTON, Feb. 81 spent TWO
hours recently travelling through the pen
sion onice with the Hon. Henry Clay Ev-
ans, the United States commissioner of
pensions. / had asked Mr. Evans TO give
me some idea of Uncle Sans pension bust
hess, and together We walked from bureau
10 bureau and office TO office. asking ones
tons OF the officials in charge and gath
er1ng the material which | give vcu IN
this letter. The commissioner has the Of
nee in better business condition than IL
has been for years. He not only ordered
that everything be furnished me- but he
personally aided ME in my investigations.
The journey was no small one The pen
sion office at Washington fills the biggest
brick building OF the world. l doubt that
there mas ever been a building made of
brick which surpassed It in size although
the baths OF Diocletian. the ruins OF which
stand by the Via Nazionale in Rome
were mile in circumference. This build
ing covers only TWO acres but il IS three
stories high ana there is a big attic up
under its glass roof. IL has a court in It's
center bigger than any barn yard you
have ever seen. and the huge brick pillars
which rise from floor 10 ..oor each contain
enough brick to build three houses.
The Pension FEES and Nails
papers. There are hundreds of millions
OF pages OF writing packed away here
There are enough files in the cases of the
pension bureau court TO carpet a COUNTY
and the old documents among Its records.
If they could be pasted together in a sin
gle strip. would be long enough to cover
wagon road reaching clear around the
world. The pension Office deals in dig
figures Take the mail, for instance. 1t
was to this division the commissioner and
l first went The commissioner receives
10000 pieces of mail day, or more than
100000 pieces every year. He gets more
that 100000 letters in year. II you could
paste the answers to his mail together in
one single strip IL would make a ribbon
of white letter paper covered with type
writing, reaching from New York to Chi
cage. If he had 10 pay his postage CT
the rate of cents per letter his stamp
bill would be over S1e0 eco year. and
when you figure up the labor and brains
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-06

get some idea Of the enormous work Of the
office The claims are separated into differ
ent divisions, according 10 the part OF the
country In which the claimant lives. Each
claim has "A nunGcr. and the papers con-
corning 1t are 80 arranged that any one of
them can be found In a moment. Each
claim contains "a biography OF the man
who asks for the pension. and there is no
biographical dictionary 30 fun OF inte rest
ing things as that comprised ia the flies Of
the pension office If a man has ever done
a mean thing in his life he had better not
apply for a pension. for many u crime ~
on record here
Dc,fmrc of the widows.
II Uncle Sam could speak 20 the young
republics % South America who are now
and then or the verge OF war | am sure
he would advise them Just : sam NeIisrs
father advised him when he sald Beware
OF the widows. The widows or our old
soldiers multiply like the sands Of the sea
shore Nearly one-fourth Of the nine hum
drsd odd thousand names or the pension
rolls are those OF widows. There are al
most q quarter Of million widows re-
ce.yng pensions and the windows are In
Creasing IN number every year. l spent
some time ia The division whieh has 70 DO
with soldiers Of the war OF 1872 There
are only seven survivors II that war on
the pension roll! but there are ESQ Wild
they married old soldiers Who fought dur
ing thar war. There are today almost as
n any Mexican war widows there are
Mexican var veterans receiving pensions.
The Mexican var was over fifty years
ago. and today there are j. 80 men ana
sw8 widows receiving pensions for the
service which themselves or their &C.
ceased husbands gave Uncie Sam st that
time You would think that the reyolu~
tlanary widows would have long since
passed away The last pension soldier az
tn. revolution died April ;. Is63. His name
was Darier Frederick Bakeman. and ne
was To- years % aye before he asked for
= penggon He then resided a. Freedom.
y V Congress took up his case and gave
rim a rsenslon 81 500 per amman Had this
man beer or the ordinary pension list and
married n wear before his death Il girl Of
u and shs iu tuTn, had lived 81 iong a. ner
aged husband. w, 70 the eye % -. Tn
~. sam would a. paying that woman a
J p. f1ssoss up 10 tbe year Of is1. There are
now ssveu w.s0gs Of revolutionary SOL
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-06

There were old and Young men among
them and there were plenty OF old and
young women. ! asked Il number of ques-
tons as 20 the efficiency az the employees,
ana was told thai while the most OF them
were very efficient clerks seine were lit
tie coed except 10 tie up papers. One man
told ine the poorest clerks he had were the
DAD schou.nasters. and another said the
girls In his bureau Were Of less value than
the men. One chief Of division said
some OF his best employees were colored
and he pointed out young man with a
lace as black as a piece OF camel coal
who. he said. could take the heart out OF
a pension case quicker than any man he
had. There are examiners and clerks scat
tered over the country. SO that. all told
commissioner Evans has abou, 1890 men
under him-an army more than half as
large as that which Nenophen led on his IA
nous march To the sea. In one division
found about IS doctors. These men pass
upon the medical testimony, and they can
see a misstatement in the evidence If IL
Is not very carefully covered. All of them
nave studied medicine and not A few of
them have been active practitioners. An
other division is largely made up az law
yers, who pass on the legal aspect OF GER
tam cases. and another might be said to lie
made up OF detectives. for It Is their bust
ness TO ferret out frauds
gressmen consists in pushing along pension
cases. There are now an average OF about
90 congressional calls every day. ani dur
ing the last four days more than 100 CEN
gressionai applications for information
have been received. Each Of these neces-
states the looking up of the papers In GER
tain cases.
What One Pension Case Means
Since the close OF the war more than two
milllon claims for pensions have been filed
and OF these more than million and n half
nave oeen allowed There are hundreds of
thousands of additional claims filed for in
crease OF pensions. After the pensioner
dies his widow and children are kept on
the rolls and a single pension case means
an enormous amount Of work and morey
Every one of the claims. both those grant
ed and those pending. has to be kept by
Itself. And when 1t is remembered that a
single claim comprises in some cases
enough papers 10 MI a peck measure, you
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-12-15
SERIOUSLY INJURED.
Fearful Accident Befas Pioneer Farme-Thown from Load
Best Medical Aid Possible Used aIi IN His Behalf '"'
From the Tribune, Charlotte, Mich.

lessened the pains in my body aud arms and
cured a scrofulous condition that had inheri-
ted from my father.
81 now consider myself as good for work
as almost any man of my years. and / feel
that | owe all enjoy of life and health to
DR.. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People.
have no trouble with my arms whatever, and
have not had for a number of years.
am Of the opinion that with pure blood
one will have but little, if any sickness, and
this medicine will secure that condition.
keep these pills ON hand for my family medi-
cine and have not had doctor since began
their use.
az am in excellent physical condition and
do my farm work without other help than an
occasional day work, and this result has been
secured in spite of the fact that was q conf
plete physical wreck. / cannot speak in high
enough praise of this remedy. / have often
recommended it to my friends with utmost con-
9uiries from those who are afflicted, if stamp
for the reply is enclosed. My postoffce is
Potterville, Mich.
"ELNATHAN MUNGER"
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 21st
day of April, AID, 1898.
GEO. A. PERRY, Notary Public.
q" fully concur in the statement above made
by Mr.. Elnathan Munger, who is one of our
excellent citizens and who would be the very
last man to make an overdrawn statement.
The cure in his case was marvellous and re-
suited in great many sales of DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People.
IN. ]. PALMER, Druggist, Potterville."
ALI the elements necessary to give new life
and richness to the blood and restore shat.
tered nerves are contained in DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People. They are sold
in boxes (never in loose form by the dozen
or hundred) at so cents box, or six boxes fol
$3.50, and may be had of all druggists OF
directly by mail from DR.. Williamss Medi.
cine Co., Schenectady, NY.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-12-15

One of the pioneer farmers of Benton
township, Mich, is Elnathan Munger. De.
spite the many privations and difficulties
which pioneer contends with, Mr.. Munger
has succeeded. He has also served as clerk
of his township, and is known as a careful,
conscientious and honorable citizen.
His busy life has not been all sunshine,
however, and in speaking to our reporter OF
his struggles in earlier days, he said:
"One Monday in March, 1890, was draw.
from my wagon with great force to the
ground, striking front wheel In my descent.
struck on both hands with such force US to
almost paralyze my whole body. The in
Jury was most severe to my chest shoulders,
back and arms, although my face was badly
cut. It seemed as though the great weight
of my fall drove my arms back and injured
both them and my backbone.
"A prominent Potterville physician was
called and on the Friday night following
was able to be taken home. The next day
| sent for Grand Ledge physician who
blistered me for weeks. l became some
better, but the main trouble with nv body
and arms remained as bad as ever. During
the year following this treatment was not
benefited and began to think life to me was
not worth living. / feared that my nervous
system was completely shattered and that
paralysis would follow.
In reading an article in the Montreal
Family Herald and Star concerning Dr.
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, about
year or year and a half after was in
jured, noticed that people similarly affiict-
ed we're claiming to be cured. | at once
ordered that remedy through my Potterville
druggist, Mr.. NJ. J. Palmer. think this
was the first sold in these parts.
Inside of ten days after taking the first
dose | became satisfied that had found the
remedy to fit my case. l kept gaining; the
pills acted as tonic, regulated my bowels
liver and stomach, gave me good appetite,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-12-15
CHRISTIAN F. KNAPP,
FIRE INSURANCE,
OOMcRITPc pA

Home, of N. Y; Merchants of Newark.
N. j.; Clinton, N. Y.;Peoples', N. "; Read.
ing, Pa German American Ins. Co., Nea
York; Greenwich Insurance Co., New Yoxk,
Jersey City Fire Ins. Co., Jersey City, n, I,
These old corporations are well seasoned
by age and fire tested, and have never yss
had a loss settled by any court of law. Thels
assets are all invested in solid securities, and
liable to the hazard of fire only.
Losses promptly and honestly adjusted and
paid as soon as determined, by Christian r.
Knapp, Special Agent and Adjuster, Bloons.
burg, Pa.
The people of Columbia county shouIS
patronize the agency where losses, if any,
are settled and paid by one of their own
citizens.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-12-15
EXECUTORS SALE
OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE

The undersigned, executors Of the estate Of
John Zaner, late of Fishingcreek township, de-
ceased, will expose to sale, on the premises, on
TUESDAY, DEC. Fl, 1898,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-12-15
Herb Faiths for Gnrdening the Muscles

Herb Esths for Gnrdening the Muscles.
For the hardening and strengthening
OF the muscles of the neck, shoulders,
arms and limbs, nothing Is more effica-
cious phan bath of flowers or herbs.
Any woman aspiring to resemble the
heroine in Daniel Deronda," who al
ways eInerged from her bath looking
like a freshly dipped swan" is be-
coming initiated ID the mysteries of
these refreshing and fragrant d:rs.
Rose leaves. cfusbea violets, hay fiow-
ers, oat straw, snaYe grass and pine
sprig-thsse forGs ;d.s foundations of
the flower or hero bSth, and conse-
queDtly excursions to the garden, the
field or The hay rack will be in order
IN summer. The flower bath is taken
warm, followed By cold shower and
vigorous rubbing until arms and
neck shine like g!!srening marble, are
firm Of texture and smooth as satin.
All these baths are prepared in the
same manner. Boiling water should
ne poured NpGn bags of the different
blossoms or herbs, each bag containing
one-half to one pound of material, and
the whole allowed 10 boil for ten min.
utes; the vessel Is then taken from the
fire ard allowed 10 partly cool, when
1t is added to the prepared BATH
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-12-15
When you want to look on the
bright side of things, use
SAP POL 10

place OF beginning containing
IS ACRES
and twenty perches, altogether containing It's
ACRES and 81 PERCHES, upon which are
erected
TWO SETS FRAME BUILDINGS.
The same will also be offered in two tracts, II
mostly level. in high state OF cultivation, and
lies along the bank OF Fishingcreek.
ALSO,
The following tract OF land, bounded and de.
scribed as follows, to wit: Beginning at stone,
formerly black oak, corner OF land OF Jacob
Karns; thence by land OF said Jacob Karns north
seventeen and one-half degrees east one hun
dred and sixty three and five-tenths perches to
a stone; thence by land of William Ikeler south
seventy-six and one-half degrees east seventy
four and five-tenths perches to post; thence
by land OF Ellis s. Stoker south eighty degrees
west one hundred and thirty-eight perches to a
post; thence by land OF John and Sylvester
Pealer south eighty-three and quarter de-
grees west one hundred and seven perches to
the place OF beginning, containing
79 ACRES
and one hundred and six perches, strict meas
ure, and also adjoining thereto and part there
OF, q tract OF land, bounded and described as
follows, to witt On the north and east by land
OF John Zaner, south and southwest by lands OF
Geo. Pealer, and public road. leading IRON
Fishingcreek to Rohrsburg, containing
40 PERCHES,
more or less. Altogether containing 70 ACRES
and 146 perches, the same being vacant.
TERMS OF SALE:-Twenty per cent OF the
purchase money to oe paid at the striking
down Of the property; twenty per cent. April /,
1899, at which time possession will be given,
and the balance January 1st following, with in
terest from April /, 1892
WIN. CHRISMAN,
LLOYD ZANER,
12-l-3t EXECUTORS.
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The same will also be offered in two tracts II
purchasers desire. The land is well watered,
mostly level. in high state OF cultivation, and
lies along the bank OF Flshingcreek.