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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-25
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, Jan. %.
SENATE,


The Senate went into executive ses.
sion to day as soon ss it convened.
Mr.. Hoar announced that the execu-
tive session would take only few
minutes"
At 1915 p. m. the doors were opened
and the Senate proceeded to general
business.
MIR. Quay secured the passage of q
bill to idemnify The State of Pennsy l.
vania for money expended in 1864 for
militia called into military service by
the government. The amount involved
is $4,000.
Mr.. Butler offered an amendment TO
the postofiice appropriation bill provid-
ing for an extension of the experiment
of rural free delivery to every State
and territory of the union and to as
many sections of those States and ter
ritories as possible.
The pension appropriation bill WI $
then taken up, providing that the low
est pension paid by the government be
IS a month, but was ruled out OF
order by the vice president.
Mr.. Allen offered an amendment to the
bill increasing he amount appropriate
eli from Sal 900, 900 to $14S, 0OO,0 900, in
accordance with the estimates made by
the commissioner of pensions.
Mr.. Allen said that he did not care to
Re embroiled in controversy with the
commissioner Of pensioners whom he
scarcely knew, but he desired to insist
that the republican party's friendship
for the old soldier was sham and a pre-
tense.
The amendment was lost without di.
vision.
The Teller resolution was again laid
before the Senate and Mr.. Vest said he
could not ask for vote because of the
agreement not to vote until Thursday.
He therefore hoped they would pre-
sent their views.
HOUSE.
The House went into committee of
the whole and resumed consideration
of the Indian appropriation bill.
The discussion of the industrial con-
ditops in the country which occupied
the attention of the House for time
yesterday broke outafresh to day when
Mr.. Richardson, speaking to pro for
ma amendment, adduced some figures
and financial authorities to prove that
prosperity had not yet appeared. He
said that in New Ecgland $4,000
workers are now out on strike. Pre-
ceedipg, Mr. Richardson said ne was
reminded of collcquy between mir-
strel and an interlocutor, in which The
former, in reply to the latter, said there
were only two things exactly alike
the Cleveland panic and the Mckinley
prosperity.
MIR. Grosvenor raised a laugh by
saying it was very poor case which
had to be bolstered up with the argu
ments of Wharton Barker and illustra-
tons from minstrely. He concluded
by sending to the clerks desk a bulle.
Tin announcing the election of McComas
to the Senate in Maryland. The re
pubicans applauded the announcement
enthusiastically.
Mr.. Dockery in discussing the cotton
mill strike contended that the strike
had bean urged by the operators in
order that they might dispose of their
surplus stock.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-25

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

been done, remember what has been
done by such man as Lii Hung Chang;
that we deal with the glacier rather
than the avalanche; that there are prob
LENS of overpopulation, for instance,
that may we'll give pause to the wisest
craftsmanship.
1t may be the end Perhaps it is tbs
end. am loath to think So recall the
idea of Sir Harry Parkes There is that
in the Chinese problem which even half
century of farseeing craftsmanship
could neither comprehend nor solve.
Take the resources Of such an empire as
China, the resources in men alone, the
Temperance, the frugality, the fatalism
which may be trained into the courage
of desperation and fanaticism. See what
Japan has done in a generation. Remem-
Der, then, what Japan achieved is posi-
BILE to China. Reflect upon the possibil-
tiles of such a genius as from time to
time has arrested the destinies of peo-
pie, dealing with China as a military
and mathematical problem. Compel
these people to abandon the faith which
has made them, to their sorrow, dis
horment and shame, lovers of peace,
Give them the supreme alternative, and
there is that in Asiatic conditions which
may make strange dream come true.
Therefore it is wise to look beyond
the pomp and glamour of the German
war lord as he bIesses his crusade to the
wise, pathetic statesman who ru.es
China And, finally it is not alone wise
but what is due to our prestige and in
terests in the east, and especially our
Pacific commonwealths, to maintain a
neutrality Of vigilance and : solution
resolute in mindiug our ONE affairs, but
no less so i'll safeguarding them from
the contingencies Of wars Of adventure
or the consequences of t." soIAshness or
indifference Of those Y 10 propose the
elimination Ct China ,-om her place
among the nation john Russell
Young in Chico IS He~NJd.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-02-02
Bottled DBL.

Whether in the form of pill powder
or liquid, the DOCTORS prescription for
blood diseases is always the same
mercury or potash. These drugs bottle
up and poison and dry it up in the
system, but they also dry up the marrow
in the bones at the same time.
The suppleness and elasticity of the
Joints give way to a stiffness, the rack
ing pains of rheumatism. The form
gradually bends, the bones ache, while
decrepitude and he1plessness prema.
turely take possession of the body, and
it is but short step to a pair OF
crutches. Then comes falling OF
the hair and decay of the bones,-a con,
dition truly horrible.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-02-02
BEFORE fHE RAILROADS.
When Philadelphia Was the Greatest City
In the American Colonies.


In 1774 Philadelphia was the largest
town in the American colonies. Esti-
mates of the population, which are all
we have, differ widely, but it was prob
ably not far from 30, 600 A single city
now has a larger population than all
the colonies possessed in 1774, and there
are in the United States today I04 cities
and towns Of over 30, 600 inhabitants
Figures alone, however, cannot express
the difference between those days and
our own. Now town of 30, 600 people
is reached by railroads and telegraphs.
1t is in close touch with all the rest of
the world. Business brings strangers to
it constantly, who come like shadows
and so depart unnoticed, except by
those with whom they are Immediately
concerned. 1t was not SO in l774, not
even in Philadelphia, which was as
nearly as possible the central point of
the colonies as we'll as the most popu-
lous city.
Thanks to the energy and genius Of
Franklin, Philadelphia was paved. light
ed and ordered in way almost unknown
in any other town of that period 1t
was well built and thriving. Business
was active, and the people were thrifty
and prosperous and lived we'll Yet, de-
spite all these good qualities, we must
make an effort of the imagination to re-
alize how quietly and slowly life moved
then in comparison to the pace of today,
There in Philadelphia was the center
Of the postal system of the continent,
and the recently established mail coach
called the "Flying Machine, not i'll
jest but in praise, performed the jour
ney to New York in the hitherto I'M
equaled time of two days. Another
mail at longer intervals crept more
slowly to the south. Vessels of the coast
wise traffic or from beyond seas came
into port at uncertain times and after
long and still more uncertain voyages.
The daily round of life was so regular
and so quiet that any incident or any
novelty drew interest and attention in a
way which would now be impossible
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge in Serb
ner's.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-02-02

We heartily recommend DR.. Hatha-
way & Co., of 223 So. ~ DAD St., Allan
ia, Ca, as being perfectly reliable and
remarkably successful in the treatment
of chronic diseases of men and women.
They cure where others fail. Our read
ers, if in need of medical help, should
certainly write these eminent doctors
and they will receive a free and expert
opinion Of your case by return mail with.
out cost; this certainly is the right way
to do business. They guarantee their
cures. Write hem today.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-02-02
$3.50 REWARD.
The HaggaTd Specific Comply

Will give three boxes of their Specific
Tablets, worth $3.50, to anyone who may
have used as much as one box of their
tablets without decided benefit. We
have never heard of single case where
the tablets have failed to give satisfactory
results. and if there is person to be
found who has used them without bene-
fit we want to know who he is and where
to find him They never fail to cure
kidney and bladder troubles and affec-
tons of the genital organs and overcome
all debility and weakness in both men
and women. They improve the appetite,
aid digestion and assimilation and over
come constipation. They have vital eff
feet on all of the secretory organs and es-
tabish a healthy condition of the mu-
cOus and gland secretions in every part
of the body; overcome all torpid condi-
tions of the Capillaries and secure per-
feet circulation of the blood, so that ev-
cry organ is supplied and every function
isSnormal and healthy. Being the only
remedy ever compounded that fully
meets the logical physiological conditions
of the human system, it is no wonder
that they give results unknown to medi-
cal science. No matter if the doctors
and all remedies have failed, try the
Tablets and be convinced that they are
superior to all known remedies. Their
effect on the nerve centers is complete
surprise to physicians who have used
them. Cases that have baffled the skill
of best physicians and no remedies seem
ed to benefit have been promptly con-
trolled and permanently cured by the
Tablets. Cases where injections OF
morphine have been resorted to as the
only means Of even temporary relief have
been promptly controlled by the Tablets
and the trouble completely overcome by
their use. Price: one box 81 90, three
boxes $3.50. This wonderful remedy is
on sale by Sale Davis Drng Co., Dawson,
Ga. or may be by order direct fr M Hag-
gard Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-02-02
AND THEN SHE PAINTED.
Girl Advertised for "a Husband aud a Negro
Answered Her,

Answered Her,
A special from Pensacola, Fla, saws:
A sensational story has just been receiv-
ed from River Junction. the eastern ter
minus of the Louisville and Nashville
railroad in this state.
Some time since very pretty and styl-
ish young woman in New York advert1s
ed for husband. The advertisement
was answered by man in Calhoun coun-
ty, this state, who has negro blood In his
veins, but is nearly white. Photographs
and letters were exchanged, and it was
finally agreed that the young lady should
come TO River Junction, where the man
would meet her, and after marriage take
her to his home.
Early this week the man went to River
Junction to meet the train from New
York, upon which the young lady was
coming. Before leaving homo he was so
overjOyed that he told his nilsson.
When he reached River Junction he
found committee of citizens awaiting
him. They informed him that Re must
tell the young woman Immediately upon
her arrival that he HAD negro bloOd in his
Viens. AT first he refused, but several
drawn reviewers soon brought him to
terms.
An hour afterward the New York train
arrived, and very stylish young woman
alighted. The man knew her at once,
and with great hesitation informed her
that he was partly negro. She tainted
on hearing the news, and later repulsed
him, although he earnestly pleaded with
her. The Young woman seemed to be
greatly overcome, but she had money
and at once purchased a return ticket to
| New York.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-02-02
Quinine anI other fever
medicines take from 5 to
10 days to cure fever
JOhnson's Chill and Fever
Tonic cures in ONE DAY.
COTTON OF VARIOUS COLORS>
samples of Peru's Remarkable Staple Re-
ceiyed at Washington.

samples OF G0ru'b SJdpIo No~
ceiyed at Washington.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-Reciprocity
negotiations continue to proceed in a
manner satisfactory to the officials, but
there is no prospect at present that the
negotous will be concluded in the near
future.
The negotiations with Peru are far
t. crest along, and these have reached a
point where draft or treaty has been
made. There are a number of points
open, however, and Mr.. Eguiguren is
now in communication with his govern
ment with view to closing the matter.
In connection with the negotiations the
government has received from Peru sam
Piles of the remarkable cotton grown in
that country. Unlike the cotton of The
southern states and other cotton sections
that of Peru has many colors other than
white,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-02-02
500 Reward 500.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn there is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been
BILE to cure in all its stages, and that is
Catarrh. HalIs Catarrh Cure is the
only positive cure known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being constitution
al disease, requires constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken
Internally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surface of the system,
thereb by destroying the foundation of
the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its work.
The proprietors have so much faith in
its curative powers, that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that it
fails to cure. Send for list of testlmo
malls. Address,
F. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, 0.
11-Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-02-02

Contagious Blood
Poison-the curse
of mankind-is the
most horrible of all
diseases, and has al.
ways bamed the
doctors. Their pot
a S h a nd mercury
bottle up the poison,
but it always breaks
forth again attack
ing some delicate
organ, frequently
the mouth and
throat, filling them
with eating sores.
S.S.S., is the only
known cure for this
disease. 1t is guar
anteed purely vege-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-02-02

do you remember that girl who
came here and said that what she most
desired was good homer asked the
housewife
what is the matter now?" respond
ed her husband. "Have you missed
something eIse?''
Yes. l guess she has good home
pretty nearly paid for by this time. -
Washington Star.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-02-02

Who ping cough is the most distress
ing mala1y; but its duration can be cut
short by the use of One Minute Cough
Cure, which is also the best known rem
edy for Group and all lung and bronchial
troubles. SALE-DAVIS DRUG Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-02-02

A thrill of terror is experienced when
a brassy cough of Group sounds through
the house at night. But the terror soon
changes to relief after One Minute Cough
Cure has been administered. Safe and
harmless for children.
SALE-DAVIs DRUG Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-02-02

table, and one thousand dollars reward is
offered for proof to the contrary. 1t
never fails to cure Contagious Blood
Poison, Scrofula, Eczema, Rheumatism,
Cancer, or any other disease of the
blood. If you have a blood disease,
take a remedy which will not injure you.
Beware of mercury; don't do violence
to your system. Don't get bottled up!
Our books sent free to any address.
Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-02-02
Completely Frustrated
Rheumatism, ScrofuIa and Ma.
laria Combined
Hoods SarsaparIIla Cured Them -
Now Perfectly Well.

"My trouble began with pain in my
left thigh. I labored on for several
months when l had to give up. In short
time 1 was completely Frustrated. I was
told that my disease was rheumatism,
scrofula and malaria, but the prescrip-
tions tried did not benefit me. I re-
membered having once used Hoods Sar-
saparilla for blood poisoning with good
results and determined to resort to it vt
this time. bought six bottles of Hood y
Sarsaparilla and four boxes of Hoods Pills
and followed the directions. lam thank
full to state that I am entirely cured and
am today as well as l eyer was in my life"
JAMES NJ. SUTHERLAND, S. W. Cor. Whit
taker and Jones SITS, Savannah, Georgia.
I o0d's G pa2;1ia
Is the One True Blood Purifier All druggists. 81
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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-06-08

One scribbler for paper that boasts I
suppose because no news from Mars
and the distant stars can be gained to
disprove the assertion) a circulation 1.-THE
greatest in the universe, called the
Manila exploit 1.-The greatest naval en-
gagement in the history of the world".
Such writer is in the condition of an
illiterate man who knows nothing except
what has happened during his own life
time. From Semiramis to the time of our
own late war, there have been a dozen
naval engagements that have affected the
map of the world more than this one will .
Allowing that it is the first decided battle
between modern warships-though Chilli,
Peru, Brazil, Japan and China have given
us much knowledge in that direction-yet
the Spaniards were at our mercy from the
outset. They were caught mapping to
begin with, unequal to us in number of
guns and weight of metal, though out
numbering us in ships, and unprepared
with trained gunners.
The last man to over-estimate it as a
conclusive test of modern warfare would
be brave Admiral Dewey himself Boast
ing is excluded, but the thing to be
thankful for is that his courageous entry
of the harbor was made justitia BILE, be-
cause the Spaniards were not even able to
explode their submarine mines at the
proper moment of effectiveness. Had
they succeeded in damaging him, these
very same journals of ill balanced, ill
bred, brainless boymen would have held
ghost dances over the grave of his repu-
tation.
Before we accept the Boosting standard
as one to rally around, let US bear in mind
that we are in combat with seventh -ra e
power, whose finances are in terrible con-
dition, and whose unreadiness is extraor-
binary. If our gage of battle had been
thrown down in February of this year to
some other European power, whose ships
and men We're absolutely ready for fight,
we should undoubtedly have had to
mourn many terrible disasters before we
We're able to rally for effective defence and
ultimate triumph.
say ultimate triumph in no boasting
manner, but only because our resources
are so vast that with war dragged out to
any length, we should undoubtedly win
at this end of the conflict at the last We
have done wonders in mastering and
equipping 100000 men and in insttutng
effective coast projections in about a
month, but it is well that they were not
needed within week after the war began.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-06-08
Cleaning and Dyeing Feathers.

To dye feathers black, first wash them
in pint of boiling water in which half a
teaspoonful of soda has been dissolved;
then rinse and put in the dissolved dye as
prepared for silk, holding by the tips of
the stems and moving in the boiling
water. Rinse in cold water, dry between
soft cloths and over a stove where they
may be waved in the warm air. II the
feathers come out too light black add
more dye. Curl with the back of knife
drawn under two or three fues of feather
at time after heating the knife slightly
over warm iron, which makes it curl
quicker. White feathers may be gently
soused in warm soapsuds until clean,
rinsed in clear water, and dried and
curled according to the plan given for
dyed feat hers.-Lddies' Home Journal.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-06-08
Fruits to Eat and Those to Avoid.

Fruits to Eat and Those to Avoid.
Fruits as foods, are, then, peaches, april
cots, nectarines; ripe, mellow apples !;
dates, figs, fresh and dried; prunes
without skins; persimmons, papaws;
very ripe or cooked bananas; guavas
without seeds-fresh or canned without
sugar; pineapples, grated or finely picked,
never cut; mangoes, grapes, sweet plums
without skins, sugar cherries, and an oc-
casional cooked pear. Bartletts are excel
lent when canned without sugar.
The fruits which must be used most
sparingiy are lemons, oranges, shaddocks,
currants, barberries, crsnberries and
Strawberries. This applies most emphat-
ically to those persons who are inclined
to uric acid conditions. The rheumatic
and equity should also most rigidly abb
stain. The tender lining OF the child's
stomach cannot, certainly, lear such
fruits any length Of time; serious results
must follow. The ripe, mellow peach is
really the child's fruit.-Mrs. S. +. Rorer
in Ladies' Home Journal.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-06-08
COUNTY NEWS.
for additional County Ne,cs see other pages.
Frank lin.

Franklin.
Joseph II. West left last Tuesday on
business trip to Monson, Mass.
Mrs. Martha Havey, hostess Of the
Relay house, is yet quite ill. Hosts Of
friends hope for her speedy recovery.
The rain of Friday interfered very
much with the attendance at the local
Christian Endeavor, which convened at
the West Franklin church.
The pleasant home of Walter Fernald
has been invaded by death, the life OF the
young wife and mother passing out from
the home Of her parents, Mr.. and
and Mrs. l. P. Gray, Thursday, whittier
she had been taken a few days before.
Mrs. Fernald will be sadly missed from
the home which she has frightened with
her loving presence and from the church
where she was valued member. The
last sad rites took place Saturday after
noon at the Methodist church, amid a
large assemblage Of Borrowing friends
whose sympathy for the bereaved hus-
band and infant daughter was tearfully
expressed. Rev. J. E. Lombard spoke
words of consolation to the afflicted fam
lilies. May the peace which passeth
understanding be theirs.
Nav T. r.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-06-08
HIS NORTHERN BROTHER.

HIS NORTHERN BROTHER.
Just make it two, old fellow,
want to stand once more
Beneath the old flag with you
As in the days of yore.
Our fathers stood together
And fought on land and sea
The battles fierce that made US
a nation of the free.
Whipped you down at Nicksburg,
You licked me at Bull Run;
On many field we strugg led,
When neither victory won.
You wore the gray of Southland,
| wore the northern blue;
Like men we did our duty
When screaming bullets flew.
Four years we fought like devils,
But when the war was done
Your hand met mine in friendly clasp,
our two hearts beat as one.
And now when danger threatens,
No North, no South, we know.
Once more we stand together
To fight the common foe.
My head, like yours, is frosty
Old age is creeping on;
Lies sun is lower sinking,
My day will soon be gone.
But if our country's honor
Needs once again her son,
Pm ready, too, old fellow
So get another gun.
minneapolis Journal.