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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-04-20

and crash skirts from soc. up.
80 bed spreads, the 81 25 kind, at 75c
so spreads extra long, we'll worth
81 80, our leader only........... AL 90
CreDOine good quality, per yard &C.
Good quality of cambria all shades &c
Black satteen, good quality, only 7@c
Ladies' and misses sailors bought at
auction sales. They are worth from So
to 75c. but will go at % cents only.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-04-20
Dress Goods.

In tins department we are neadquar-
tiers. Our shelving is brim full Of
matchless values. Our line of summer
cashmerps, mohairs, brilliantines and
suitings cannot be surpassed in style,
quality and price.
10 pieces 80 inches all wool cash
meres, serges and fancy brOcad-
ed mohairs, the 40c quality 221ac
pieces 40 inch all wool sultings
in grays and tans, make hand
some suit, The Bee Hives price 22Ic
20 pieces summer suitings, 36 inch
mixed goods in all shades, not a
Liece worth less than 25C peryd,
our price until closed. .....,.... 15c
is pieces AthenIan novelties,
and Scotch plaids, something
very stylish for skirts; a true
value at Bile, we own them cheap
and they are yours at.......... 171c
30 pieces beautiful quality French
organizes, dimities in solid col
Ors, with an endless variety of
figures and plaids, special bar
gain at Observation-Disclosures. 73c
20 pieces of gauze chambry, the
latest novelty in summer dress
goods, each pattern a gem. 9th
ers ask 25cts, our leading price 15c
so pieces of figured and lace lawns
and GazOuette de Broiderie,
very artistic pattern, makes a
handsome dress. They must Ego
per yard at....,.......... 49,. lOc
40 pieces 32inch India linen and
sheer white Victoria lawns, the
zoe. quality; we have them at
y, 1Gand 121 cents per yard.
A fine assortment of white organ
dies, French batiste and mulls
at 121 to 80 cents per yard.
5000 yards nice quality. white
lawn, sacrifice at only....... sc
Duck.
20 pieces best quality linen duck,
plain and fancy striped especial
ly good for skirts; also in solid
colors, tan, blue and green. 3
pieces of figured pebbled duck.
pieces of linen crash, fancy
and plain, you know the value
when Won see them, We offer
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-04-20

Special attention paid to Ia
dies and children at Farrar &
Harris soda water counter,
the place where you can al
ways get what you want. All
the latest drinks served,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-04-20

WANTED-Everybo BODY and his wife 70
90 to Farrar & Harris and get bottle OF
Or. Ticheuors Antseptic, the most won
derful healing compound of the nine
teenth century. 1t preserves the flesh,
prevents inflammation or suppura:ion ana
heals like magic. Pleasant as perfume
and stainless as rose water.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-04-20
COrsets

A new lot of 25c corsets, regular 400
seller.
r & th$1.25 corsets, our price 75c. r
& G summer corset in long and short
waist, the $3.50 kind, at $l.)00uly.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-04-20
Cuffs and Collars.

4 full line of cuffs and collars in all
the latest styles and shapes. Prices
lower down than ever.
SHOES AND SLIPPERS.
Our line of Shoes and Slippers is SUI
perb, and we are now better prepared
than ever to serve you with low prices
and honest goods in this line.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-04-20
them at 10 and 1910.
PiQues.

pieces heavy corded pique, fig
ured and plain just the thing
for ladies' skirts. These goods
sold everywhere at % cents; we
are going TO sell them at l2t and
174 cents.
1000 yards 36-inch percaies (nO
remnants) per yard ............. 73c
500 yards 36-inch, the very best
quality, per yard ..... ...... lOc
20 pieces checked nainsook, the y
cent quality, our price only.... &c
accents buys the lOcent grade.
81 cents buys the l23 cent grade.
10 cents buys the l5-cent grade.
60 inch German all linen in white
and Turkey red, the 10 cent per
yard kind to go at. ............... 23c
70 cents quality go inch Ger
man all linen table damask... 4Oc
A full line Of napkins to match,
prices in proportion,
% doz. Huck and Turkish towels, good
size, l5c pair.
20 doz. better grade, all linen, good
size, at % and IS cents pair, the SOC.
kind.
25 pairs yard Nottingham Lace cur
tains worth $1,00, our underselling
price only SOC
315 yards nottingham lace curtains
worth S1.25.. .................. 75c
Better grade, a very handsome
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. vi 90
5000 yards embroideries in SWisses
and cambrics bought at auction sale,
well worth from 10 to Is cents, your
choice in this house at and 10 cents.
A full line of narrow valensenne
laces from to cents, cream, white
and black,
Finishing braid in all colors cents
Dpr hUnCh
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-04-20

all in
n
Furnishing Goods
lever and find
Glow I'VE namea few prices or
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-04-20
Silks.

Don't buy your silks until you see our
line. We have the latest designs in
plaids and Roman stripes, ranging
in price from 25c to 81. 50 per ward.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-04-20
ParaSOlss

One lot of parasols, IA, 26 and % inches
former price from soc to 75c, to close
out 25c only.
We have just received a fine shipment
of the celebrated Hirsch Bros fine
parasols and umbrellas in all shades
of TafetaIsiIk, every one guaranteed;
if not satisfactory we replace them
free. Prices from $100 to So 90,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-04-20
ChiIdren's Suits.

We are making a speciality of children's
suits and knee pants. Have them in
full sizes from to Is years.
so crash and duck suits made i'm REFERS
and blouse styles. We secured them
at a sacrifice. You can own them at
from SOC up.
Is doz, boys knee pants, spring and
summer weights, in all sizes, from
25C up.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-04-20
HOS7ILI1IEl;S
GIN!
YYYYYYYYYYYYvYvYYYYYYYYY

gun High Prices shells being thrown
woods until profits reduced to viii
battleshp Maine will down in history The Bee Hives Of
will
bic bargain store Our stock in its brilliant
dantiest Goods
Of Trimmings Enbroderies Edgngs nsertngs
dress numerous to mention.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-04-20
Shirts.

We have just received large lot Of
spring and summer styles of the we'll
known brand Joseph B. Fowler'S
shirts. The line is immense. We
have the exclusive agency. Call and
examine them. We can please you
We also handle the we'll known United
Shirt
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-04-20
Ladies' Wrappers.

A full line of ladies' wrappers, uade
of fine percales, latest patterns, from
soc to $3.50. Cheaper to buy them
already made than to make them
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-13
Peculiar Villages.

Scattered throughout the area OF
Great Britain are numerous towns
and villages of curious character.
One large village actually consists Of
old railway carriages, even the little
mission chapel being built out of four
large horse trucks. Another village,
with q population of 100 aud a ratable
value of $4,000, has neither church,
chapel nor school, the only public
edifce being pillar letter box.
Villages with single inhabitant
are not unknown. At Skiddaw, in
Cumberland, there is a solitary house.
holder, who cannot vote because there
is no overseer to prepare a voters
list, and no church or other public
building on which to publish one;
while the only ratepayer in a certain
rural Northumberland parish has re-
Gently declined to bear the expense of
repairing road because he considered
it quite good enough for himself.
In the Isle Of Ely is little parish
which has been somewhat contemptu-
ously described as "a portion of land
with three or four houses, and per-
haps twelve inhabitants. This place
has no roads at all and is consequently
put to no expense for keeping them
in repair. As q matter of fact there
are no expenses of any kind and no
rates.
One of the most remarkable villages
in this country is Kempton, near Bed
ford, which is seven miles long and
extremely struggling. To walk from
one end Of the village to the other
occupies two hours.
Sometimes whole villages will prac-
tically disappear. A little Shropshire
village has gradually sunk, and now
1t is almost out Of sight. 1t is built
on disused coal pit, and the sinking
goes on steadily every year. Now and
then tottering house is propped up
to keep it standing, but in spite of all
precautions buildings are constantly
falling to the ground, and in course
of time doubtless nothing will be left
but few bricks to mark the spot
where village once stood. Tit Bits.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-13
In the Bull Creek Hills,

There is boy in fancy county, &C.
cording to story which is making
the rounds, who has a record which
perhaps few, if any, old hunters can
match. He killed deer with q mar.
bic. True, the marble was shot from
a gun, but still the occurrence may be
ranked among the most unusual Of
hunting events. The lad was out in
the woods shooting, and he had ex-
hausted his supply of shot. He had
put into his muzzle-loader, a single
barrel gun of the old pattern, charge
Of powder, when he discovered that
his shot pouch was empty. The boy
had in his pocket marble which he
used as ''taw" in playing the COM
mon game. The marble exactly fitted
the muzzle of the gun, and hardly
thinking what might result from ex-
pertinent, the young hunter dropped
the 'taw" down on the wadding cover
ing the powder. Strange things hap
pened down in the Bull Creek hills,
and on his way home the boy came
upon a deer, which, at close range.
stood and challenged his aim. The
adventurous scion Of good hunting
stock leveled his gun, pulled the trig-
ger and brought down the game, the
marble boring hole in the vitals Of
the deer.-Kansas CITY Journal.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-13

For several years growing interest
has been manifested in the value of
the study of animals and plants by
the young, and in the Improvement of
the instruction in these subjects in
the high schools. Instead of the
time-worn method of the analysis of
plants attention is being turned to
life processes Of plants, the function
of plant parts and the Interpretation
Of obscure processes through some Of
the microscopic plants. In the sum-
mer school at Cornell University dur
ing 1898 special courses are offered
for the purpose Of training teachers
for presenting this new method in the
high schools. In view also of the
growing popular interest in nature
study, and in the study Of mush-
rooms, courses are offered in these
subjects.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-13

Every month there is q statement
of the number of business failures;
but we look in vain for o statement of
the causes Of failure, remarks the
Youths Companion. 1t might not be
pleasant reading, but it would GER
tainly be instructive. We are told
that some men fail because they are
too honest to practice the tricks OF
trade aud others because they are too
mean to gain and keep confidence;
some because they do not give full at
tention to their business, and others
because they drive business reckless
ly. Some lines of trade are over
crowded. In others the strong and
shrewd push the weak to the wall,
and small operators are "frozen out"
by large ones. Competition, which
is said to be "the life of trade" is
often its death.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-13
WEALTH OF the pm ,p,,.s
Extensive Gold Deposits ~.
the Sea Assl

Extensive Gold Deposits ro,,, /
the Sea. ' saI
Ambassador Hay atLondon h, |
pared a report on the ph lss ps |
Islands, from which it anna a.'lppla,l
the islands possess a vast r wais tAtI
minerals awaiting the hand Of fam - u
veloper. = we ds|
An expert acknowledgements ;.
Karuth, says that extensive aa, sfa \
posts have been opened up oo oS,a
the sea, assuring large o at@ n,a|
many years to come. 1t has has !. n
been proven that they extend do ~ " !
wide district. He knows Of NJ IVA y
part of the world, the Alasb, 0, Y
Treadwell mines excepted. ~
pay ore is found within a few ' IT,
dred yards Of the anchorage Of y y
going vessels. So far the fringe - "
Of the auriferous formation has % y "
touched. There is no stream ny ~
finds its way into the Pacific rla' y
sand does not at least pan the co l.s J
gold, while heavy nuggets are ssas
times brought down from the ss, as
which are promising fields for /.
draulic mining. Alluvial gold is toa "
in the Island of Mindano, and Il,
are extensive copper deposits in Lnna s
While no true coal has been iopss
there is Ignite of very good qua,il,
quite useful for steam vessels, N;
is in great quantity. Roughly wash.
alluvial gold has been found to i,
tain rubies and hyacinths. Thep;
no want of labor at cheap rates, q
on the whole the general conditjas
for mining are exceptionally favoraU,
Some facts of interest aside M
mining are noted. For instance. i
Philippine archipelago contains neal
1000 islands. Two of them are Ia,s
than Ireland-Luzon with 42,OOOsp
Lindano with $4,000 square rnile
The geological formation indicatesib
the Philippines are peaks and tab
lands of a submerged continent viii
in an early period extended to Aust,
liza. Earthquakes are not infreauea
The highest mountain is Apo in Mi
dano, over 5000 feet in height. n
rainfall is not excessive, nor is it Co
tinuous. The climate is very healf
full for a tropical region, and diseas
such as yellow fever are unknou
The natives are mostly Malays, but
the interior are remnants of a RAGS
Papuan origin. The author Of 4
pamphlet speaks in the highest ten
of the character Of the natives, WI
he says, in physical and mental CHI
acterlstics may fairly claim a pll
among the higher names inscribed
the worlds national scale. The IA
lily tie is very strong, children /
orderly, parents respected and !
race has an inbred courtesy and pl
dence and ready hospitality is ne,
missing. Eight million natives
habit the Philippines, food resour'
are ample and famine is unknown.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-13
Sensation of Hanging.

A captain who was rescued from
the gibbet at the intercession of Wis
count Turenne, after being partially
hanged, related that, having lost all
pain in an instant, by being rescued
he had been snatched from a glorious
light, the charms of which defed all
description. All victims of partial
hanging agree that the uneasiness is
quite momentary; that a pleasant
feeling succeeds, and that various
colors start before the sight. The
mind, averted from reality, is engaged
IN scenes most remote from that which
fills the eye of the spectator the
hideous gallows and the struggling
form.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-13
Executions Were Costly.

Edam, in Holland, where the DubA
cheese comes from, has just openedl|
museum of local antiquities. and among
the not least interesting of the et
hibits are the accounts of the mum.
cipal executioners during the eigh.
teenth century. One of these fuleI
tionaries, by name Vogel, presents 3
detailed bill, dated December 10, l7ls
in which he sets forth a claim for SIX
forms for one decapitation and three
forms each for o sword and winding
sheet, with three florins fourteen cents
for a coffin for the decapitated one
His charge for hanging q criminal was
also six forms, with the further I'D.
dition of three forms for "cuthns
down and impaling ditto" "Break.
ing q man on a Wheel was costliet
luxury and ran to nine forms, while
for supplying nine new lashes fol
scourge the charge was twenty-seVen
forms.
On the whole, however, Mr. Yosel
was a moderate man in his charges or
the value of human life went up 0
good deal in the next fifty years, fof
in the no less circumstantial accounts
of Johannes Ka. presented August l.
1764, We have o charge Of twelve H0E,
ms for "going on board the Hans ana .,
preparing instruments of torture
with like charge for "torturing one
person." But this must have been
for the lesser torture only, as on Aa y
gust 3Oth the same johannes, SENDS y
a bill for "torturing three persons "a !,
seventy-five forms head"-tOtal, ~ y.
forms, while few days later no lev
than 600 forms is charged for ''hang
ing four persons at $50 forms eacn,
and for "hogging two persons on
burning a third" he exacts loO HORNE
Clearly considerations Of economy,
not Of humanity, must have tends
toward the reform of the criminal cou
in Holland. -London Chronicle.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-13
TOLD BY THE OLD CIRCUS MAN.
A Little Trick of the Clowns That Used
to Please the People Nightly.

to Please the People M1gnt1ly.
"Some of the feats and tricks of one
sort and another performed in shows
that look so wonderful" said the old
circus man, care really as simple as
rolling off log, if you only know how
they are done. We used to have a
clown at one time who was very
good acrobat, and he was humorous in
his antics as well as in his speech, and
everybody liked him. He always
wore black mustache, with the ends
neatly waxed and corkscrewed, and
one of the funniest things he did de-
pended for it's success on these waxed
ends of his mustache.
CATER an unusually intricate piece
of foolery that called for a good deal
of exertion, he would pause, painting,
in the ring, and turn to the ringmas-
ter
"'well, I'd give a dollar and q
quarter, he would say to the ring
master, for q bottle of soda water.
Why, yon shall have bottle for
nothing the ringmaster says, and he
sends groom for a bottle Of soda
water, who comes back in minute
with bottle and glass on tray.
"'But where's the corkscrew?' the
clown asks, picking up the bottle and
holding it up clear of the tray and
looking all around on it. There's no
corkscrew.
What's the matter with your
mustache for a corkscrew?' says the
ringmaster, the audience looking on
perfectly still. And before you could
think, the clown would swing the bot
tie up with the cork against the point
of one end of his mustache--he'd
practised that so that he never missed
it-and drive it on to the point, and
then in almost the same motion
there was never any halt in the action
from the beginning to the end of the
whole thing-he'd begin. turning the
bottle on 10 his mustache until the
point was buried in the cork, and then
he'd give the bottle yank and pull
it free and carry it to his lips and
drink, leaving the cork impaled on
the end Of his mustache. He'd drink
half the soda water, toss the bottle at
the ringmaster, have the cork off his
mustache in iiffy, and toss that at
the groom standing there waiting with
the tray, and then turn cartwheel
while the whole audience doubled up
with laughter. Why, it used to tickle
'em half to death.
"And it was all done in the simplest,
easiest way in the world. The two
waxed ends we're really two corkscrew
tips projecting out beyond his mus
tache and ioing under it in a good
stout holder firmly held between the
teeth"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-13

Boston's latest is a fine innovation,
It is nothing less than putting swim
ming in the public school curriculum
All the public school pupils are to be
taught to swim without charge, the
city furnishing bathing suits. Twenty
six expert swimmers have been en-
gagged as instructors, headed by thu
champion swimmer of the country
This is piece Of practical education
that every city might we'll hasten t.
adopt. 1t would cost no more thar
some of the Woodworking and paper
cutting courses that now take up tn
time Of the pupils.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-13

Not satisfied with palming off corn
starch on innocent purchasers for
wheat flour, thus lowering the price
of wheat to the farmer and Gripping
the legitimate milling industry, the
-four adulterators are said to be using
O substance known as ''mineraline,
announces the Louisville Courier.J Jour
nal. This is o kind of clay, dried and
powdered, and shipped from Greens
boro, N. G. The miller who sells
corn starch in his -four because it is
cheaper is likely to use clay because
it is cheaper. Any suspicious -four
ought to be sharply watched. Corn
meal is cheap and good, but the man
who wants corn bread does not care to
pay -four prices for it.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-13
Peculiarities of the Eiffei Tower.

sA@S -~--~ ..t
The daily movement Of the Eina
Tower, due to expansion and conilas
ton, has been studied by Colonel bas
sot, who recently explained to Wv
Academy of Sciences that the exps y,
sion of the metallic components OF wv
structure produces torsion nov ~
ment from sunrise to sunset Wnsi
traverses a curve of ten centimetetia
This movement is repeated in On y
verse direction during The nigh. !,
the column becomes cooled, so .uI /,
the Lightning rod on the SUNNY =. !
the tower is in constant motion. wv
onel Laussedat, director of the oo y,
servatoire des Arts ct Meters, Deps
appealed to for confirmation OF w !,
onel Bassot's statement, stated w.
he had carefully followed Colonel l Da1
sot's Investigations, which eztenuv Y.
over ten years, and that the resu y,
given were perfectly exact. the Nv I
of the expansion and contraction y
iron by heat and cold are well know W.
and the tower simply obeys the Pr Y.
steal law of temperature influence = =
summer the expansion is superior J. :
that in winter, and the movement y. y,
verses at night, owing to contracas'
due to the cooling down of the IlS !.
But this twisting, this torsion, IN 4. I.
case compromises the solidity OF y, y
structure, which is absolute. -lnuS'
tries and Iron. 10
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-13

The Minister CT Finance of the Re
public Of Hawaii has submitted his re-
port for 1897, showing the extraordin-
airy increase which has taken place
within the period covered in the Pacific
achipelago's volume Of imports. In
the aggregate, Hawaii purchased goods
in foreign markets last year amounting
to So, 1888, $50, or 81, 618, 975 in excess
of the sum for the preceding year.
Most of the trade thus represented
was carried on with the United States,
the exact figures covering 'Hawaii's
purchases in this market for the past
year amounting to Sc, SCOOPS. Some
idea of the rapid rate which has marked
the growth of Hawaii's import trade
may be gathered from the fact that in
1913 she purchased in foreign markets
only 1928, 1888, while up to 1894 she
purchased only 50, 1928. With re.
spect to Hawaii's exports for the past
year, they aggregated the enormous
sum of $16,O21,7 IT'S. These figures
serve to emphasize the republics mar
Velous resources,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-13
HYMN BEFORE ACTION.

The earth Is full OF anger,
The seas are dark with wrath;
The nations In their harness
Go up against our path!
Ere yet we loose the legions--
Ere yet we draw the blade,
Jehovah OF the Thunders,
Lord God OF Battles aid!
From panic, pride and terror,
Revenge that knows no rein
Light haste and lawless error,
Protect US yet again,
Cloak thou our undeserving,
Make firm the shuddering breath,
In silence and deserving
To taste thy lesser death!
Fen now their vanguard gathers,
Fen now we face the fray.
As thou didst help our fathers,
Help thou our host today!
Fulfilled OF signs and wonders,
In life, in death made clear
Jehovah OF the Thunders.
Lord God Of Battles hear!
-Rudyard Kipling.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-13
Widows in India,

There are in India alone three mil
lion high caste widows under fifteen
years old. In that country if girl is
not married at ten or twelve years OF
age her parents are looked down up.
on. They are, consequently, given
away in marriage as early as possible
to men of any age. On the death OF
the husband the widow cannot marry
again and she gets little support from
her own relatives. Her future life is
one of misery and restitution.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-13

Since April / not less than 172 loco,
motives have been ordered in this
sountry by foreign customers. Even
Spain is down for six, contracted for
before hostilities began. Other coun
tries represented are China, Australia,
Argentina, Mexico, Japan, Egypt
Russia and Brazil.