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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-01-05
METHODIST MEETs IN DAWSON.
The District Stewards We're in Session Here
Yesterday

Stewards representing all of the
Methodist churches of the Americas dis.
trlct were in session In Dawson Monday.
and were presided over by DR.. j. B. Nc,
Gehee, presiding elder Of the district.
mere were about dozen delegates pres
ent, and these were extended the hospi-
tality OF the city and entertained at the
homes of our citizens.
The object Of the meeting was to fix
the salary of the presiding elder and the
amount to be raised by each church for
the conferencd elections. DR.. M'GeAee 5
SALARY was fixed at $500 for the year. of
which amount the Dawson church will
pay S17O. The church here was also
assessed 500 for church extentions, re-
lred preachers, educational purposes
and the other conference collections.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-01-05
County Board of Education Meets.

The county board of education was
IN session Friday, Besides the regular
routine the only business transacted
was the appointment of Commissioner
Whltchard and Mr. B. l.. Hill a con-
mlttee to investigate and ascertain if
an Improvement can be made upon the
text books now in use in the schools
of the county. Messrs. Whitchard
and Hill will request two or three
OF the most prominent teachers Of the
county to meet with them and discuss
che matter
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-01-05
REAL ES rArE AGENT.
STEVENS & YEOMANS
Real Estate Agents.
ZOE . ALE

dwelling house, store, 8 acres land.
One mile fro m court house.
2.-The finest farm in Terrell county,
900 acres, growing crops, mules, plan
tation tools, and everything.
81 200 acres near Dover. 600 under
plow well improved. A fine farm
cheap.
400 acres 3 miles north of Sasser.
Magnificent improvement
$40 acres-6 mule farm miles rom
Sasser. Excellent improvements.
GA desirable home in Dawson. 9 room
house, 2 acres ofland,
TAO acres miles north of Dawson,
3-horse farm. Well improved,
8.-One brick store for rent
9.-Wans residence to rent to a good
tenant.
1O.-Want three $50 acre farms.
STEVENS & YEOMANS.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-01-05
I'm Olden Times

people overlooked the Importance of per-
manently beneficial effects and were sat
lstied with transient action; but now that
1t is generally known that Syrup of Figs
Will permanently overcome habitual con
supation well-intormed people will not
buy other laxatives, which ACT for time
but finally injure the system. Buy the
genuine. Manufactured by the Califor-
MIA Fig Syrup Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-01-05
City PnhIic SchnnlS

The public schools of the city opened
Monday morning with an attendance of
about 155 pupils in the white schools and
in the negro school, This unusually
small number of AUTHORIZATIONS was due
to the severe cold weather.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-01-05

j. A. Perkins, of Antiquity, o., was
for thirty years needlessly tortured by
physicians for the cure of eczema. He
was quickly cured by taking DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve, the famous healing
salve for piles and skin diseases.
SALE-DAVIs DRUG Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-01-05

Diseases often Turk in The blood before
the? openly manifest themselves. There
fore keep the blood pure with Hoods
Sarsaparilla.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-01-05
CARRIED TO THE CAMPS.
Giles Kimbrough Goes to serve Sentence
of Twenty Years

of Twenty Years.
Giles kimbrough, who was oonyictt d
at the recent term of the superior
court of outraging his step-daughter
ana sentenced to a term of twenty
years IN the penitentiary, was deliver
ed by Sheriff Christie to Mr.. Lotion.
penitentiary transfer guard, Satur-
DAY morning. Mr.. Lotion left with
hlmbrough by private conveyance for
Morgan, where he received two other
conyIcts, and proceeded from there with
the trio to camp at DonaIdsonville in
Decatur county. Kimbrough was a
troublesome prisoner, having twice
made plans to kill Jailer Slade. and
MS departure caused no regrets.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-01-05

silver half dollar will pay for bot
of DR.. Tichenor's Antiseptic. If,
fair trial,y are not satisfied with
T Investment, the proprieCors will
nd your half dollar. A clean liquid,
SAINT odor, and as a dressing for
Snds, Burns, Nail Punctures, Barbed
z Cuts, ETC., it simply has no equal.
ale by Farrar & Harris.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-01-05

A very enjoyable occasion was the
Progressive Game'Iparty rendered by
lr. and Mrs. f. j.. Parks TO the visiting
Jung ladies in the city last saturday
venlng, Miss Foy was the fortunate
inner Of the first prize, handsome
BOX of poems, while Mr., Young won
Q boOby. Both prizes were presented by
T. Lee G. Hoyl in his own peculiar
gle. After the delivery OF the prizes
i coffee was served. Eacn one PIES
delivered toast to the new year and
Gas ended the most pleasant soc al event
7, ne season.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-01-05

The reception given by Mrs. Jas. G.
Parks On Friday evening OF last week
was one OF the most brilliant and enioy-
able social events Of the holidays, and
will be most pleasantly remembered by
the large company Of young people who
were privileged 70 be present. Many
new games and features of amusement
were introduced for the merriment OF
the guests. The handsome prizes Offered
t. the successful parties ,eIe won by
Misses Kate Logan and Fannie Pierce
and Mr.. Il. E Bell, and were most elo
quently delivered by Col. NJ. c. Edwards.
Delightful refreshments were served
and every feature of the evening was
splendidly arranged for the guests pleas
ure.
This occasion was complimentary to
Mrs. Parks Sunday school class of young
mon, and well do they appreciate both
the efforts put forth by their teacher tor
their pleasure and tue success If the
evening" t3rtainment
AS The first hour OF the new year came
ringing II and wishing all many happy
returns the guest took their departure,
bearing souvenirs of the occasion,
"i1ICL WI iOl4S w 1Su16llbClGu pJ ali
present.
IhoseIn attendance were: Miss Luck
ey of Macon with r l. oayille; MISS Peay
of Eufaula with j l. James; Miss Foy of
Eufaula with NJ NJ bradley; Miss Query
Of Georgetown with B Ciatk; Miss
Balkcom of Georgetown wi G A Wall;
Miss DeShea OF Macon with G Parks;
Miss McRea Of Eufaula with y II Query,
Jr; Miss Baldwin with E b Young of
Eutaula; Miss Perry with R A Timer;
Miss HOyi with w A EuUanKe; Miss
Mize with L q Hoyl, Jr; Miss Brad ey
wiob q Thornton; Miss Gelse with R
} Sale; Miss Stevens with j b Kendrick;
MISS Pierce with r & Bell; Miss Logan
with a q Craven, MISS Wal with Warren
Pierce; Miss Wooten with K 5 Worthy.
Stays, D Pickett, w A Baldwin and
81 Nj Sell. Chaperones, Colonel and
Mrs. NJ. G. Edwards.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-01-05

:, Shoes for all Rnkind, la
''' Our cash syste is the best
advertisement Wa have, be-
cause people XIV we sell
them the best 8o'S we can
Inv for the mon. A trial
: al we ask and e will do
be rest. Evenhen we'll
have no arduor task. for
6ev have stoodthe test.
Yours for a prosFous New
Year,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-06-25
In a Colony of Ex-s,ayes.

"There Is a colony OF African negroes
In Texas" remarked Professor Gustav
Bender to a Washington Star reporter,
" of which but little has ever appeared
In the newspapers. though the colony Is
"A large one, or at least was at one time
large. They were imported originally
direct from Africa by n fund raised for
the purpose. They were slaves, but
just about the time they arrived in this
country the war of the rebellion broke
out, and. of course. the slaves were
free to do as they desired. A few of
them may have returned, but very few.
They seemed contented to remain, and
organized themselves into a kind of CO.
operative colony In a rude way. They
minded their own business very wen,
considered everything and the cireum-
stances Of their coming. and have man
aged very well since. The most of the
original members Of the colony have
died out. but their children and grand
children have run things since. They.
until late years, kept apart remarkably
from the native negroes, though they
are not so separated now. They are
located ON what are known as the low
lands of the BraZos River, lands that,
until they came, were not worth own
Ing or paying taxes for. They preserved
all of the customs of their tribe. and
always have held at stated times their
wild orgies and feasts, which generally
wind up with a dance lasting about
twenty-four hours"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-06-25
Illusions OF

All animals appear at times to suffer
from illusions, birds and horses notably
so. A swan on the Thames was recent.
ly observed fighting his own reflection
as seen by him In the window OF a part
ly sunken house-boat, which acted as a
looklng-glass. He had been waging
battle some time when he began to
have some misglyings as to whether the
enemy were real or not, for at intervals
he desisted from the attack. and tapped
the frame of the window all round with
his bin. A bird has been known to
made Il nest round a golf-ball, under
the Illusion that 1t was one of It's eggs.
Many q~uadrupeds, such as the horse,
brave 10 face dangers which they can
understand, become a prey to a hun
dred terrors of m agination due to illu-
sions or mistakes as to what they fancy
they see. Animals are frequently mis-
taken In sounds, and are occasionally
taken In by the mlmicry Of a parrot;
and a nervous dog. which had a special
dread OF thunder, has been known to go
into a fit when 1t heard a sack of Goals
being emptied into the cellar, under the
Illusion that 1t vas the dreaded thun.
der.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-06-25
A GREAT HUNTING cHETAH.
Animal Is the Property of Rajah Bonn
madevarn of India.

in India the wild beasts of the jungle
are trained-a strangely lncongruous
clrcumstance-to hunt in behalf of
ran the tanner game of the forest.
The chetah Is the animal used for this
purpose. He is a strange beast, a
1.-THE, graceful, leopard-like creature be-
longing 10 the cat family, but having
when tanned all the characteristics of a
dog. He hunts with the precision of
the best of deer hounds. principally
tracking the deer, though he is as able
In running down other animals.
He Is a%ffectionate and obedient as n
dog. following his master about with
great fidelity. and obeying his slightest
command. When taken out for n hunt
he Is usually blindfolded by a hood un-
I'll the quarry is sighted. when the hood
Is removed and he starts on his mercl-
less errand. He never relents, often
trailing a deer for miles before finally
securing him. Usually, however, he
approaches so noiselessly that he
pounces upon his prey without the
slightest warning and brings him to
the earth In short order.
The chetah of Rajah Bommadeyara.
Venkata Narasuntra Naidu Bahadur. is
the most renowned hunter in India,
and is so highly priced by his master
that 1t is said he could not be bought
for half such a princlpallty as that over
which his master rules.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-06-25
CHESS PREoepRp cAsps.
Something About the Origin OF "the
Children of Evi1.0

The cards with which we play whist
and other games originated, like many
other good things, in the far East. The
Hlndoos possessed the first cards,
though authentic Chinese documents
state that the dotted cards of China
were Invented in 1920 to entertain the
wives of the King of that date. Chess
was probably the %forerunner of cards.
Chess originally had four kings and
four sets of players and cards have
four suits.
The ancient playing cards of Hindus-
tan e round, while those of China
were long and narrow. They were
sometimes beautiful specimens of art,
being made of stiffened canvas or
ivory. 1t was not until the close of the
fourteenth century that the crusaders
are supposed TO have introduced them
into Europe. The first packs used had
seventy-eight cards, the suits being
marked by swords, cups, batons and
money, while twenty-five pictured
cards represented an emperor, n cupid,
a fool, a chariot, a hermit, a gallows,
death, the day of judgment, sun, moon
and other wonders.
The French arranged the pack as 1t
Is known to-day, substituting hearts.
diamonds, spades and clubs for the Orl-
entail symbols. There was a system
about the arrangement. The fifty-two
cards stand for the weeks in a year;
the @ spots for the days; the plque,
or spade, stands for the pikemen or
soldiers; the trefe, or club, for the
clover, as an emblem of agriculture;
the d~arreaux. or diamonds, for build
ing stones of the artisans. and the last
suit, choeur. meaning cholrmen. was
corrupted Into occur. or hearts.
England was very fond of cards In
the fifteenth century, and laws were
passed forbidding the use of children
of evil"-as cards were termed by those
who did not approve of them-except
at holiday seasons. The earliest use of
wood engra wing was to print cards.
Italy and Sicily exchanged fruits and
mercha ndise for these cards, and In
Spain they soon replaced the leather
ones with which ii Is said Columbus
and his followers used TO amuse them
selves on their way to find America.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-06-25
AsUVu , ! AAAo with Hoods 5arsaparilla
Lowering of the Great Lakes.

W. 5. HARDWOOD writes of 1.-THE Great
Lakes in st. Nicholas. Mr.. Harwood
says:
Biologists point out the fact that this
chain OF lakes has not always been as
1t now Is; that there was O time when
all the lakes were blended into NJ
having probably the Mississippi river
for its outlet to the gulf on the south.
One geologist says:
Every day sees something taken from
the rocky barrier of Niagara, and geo.
logically speaking at nc very remote
time cur great lakes will have shared
the fate of those which once existed In
the great far west. Already they have
been reduced to less than ne-half their
former area, and the water level has
been depressed 300 feet or more. The
process is pretty sure to go on until they
Ire completely emptied. The cities that
Ltand upon their banks will ere that
time have grown colossal in size. then
gray with age, then fall into deca-
dence and their sites be long forgot.
ten, but in the sediments that are now
accommodating in these lake basins will
lie many d wreck and skeleton. tree
trunk and floated leaf. Near the city
sites and old river mouths these sedi-
inents will be full of relics hat will H.
lnstrate and explain the mingled come.
dy aud tragedy of life.
In a certain sense these lakes form
one mighty river, draining a region of
over $40, 900 square miles and finding
an outlet for their OVERLOOKING water
through the swift st. Mary's river at
the east end of Superior; through HUI
ron and tho st. Clair river and Lake
st. Clair and the Detroit river through
Erie and Niagara and Ontario and the
ST. Lawrence. on to the vast ocean be-
yond.
IL Is interesting to note that the bot.
tom of Lake Superior. the highest OF
the lakes. is about 400 feet below the
surface of the sea at New York harbor.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-06-25
The Chain Cans.

"Those gentlemen who are attIred Ia
the peculiar uniform that fancy ascribes
10 the pirate and freebooter, y says an old
time Washingtonian, ''now known as
the chain gang, do not belong to a
modern institution, as it is generally
supposed. While it may be a new Gus
tom in some parts of the country to
work the offenders of municipal law ON
the streets the custom has prevailed in
this city for about three-fourths of n
century. The corporation of Washing.
ton established the asylum in 1891, and
the male inmates Of the penitentiary
department were ordered to report for
work on the streets Nov. 81, 1928. The
asylum, or poor and work honse, was
located then ON the square bounded by
M, N, Sixth and Seventh streets north
west, and In the early days those placed
In the gang were SO small in number as
to attract no attention. l do ne. think
that any attempt to place the offenders
in the black and white stripes was made
till long after the asylum was moved
to the banks Of the Anacostia, about
1846. washington Star.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-06-25
COAL cHALcEpoNV,
Desntifui Fossils Found on the Flor.
ida Beach.


There are many things of interest al
and around Tampa. but II the majority
Of tourists who visit the place only
knew IL the most wonderful aud most
fruitful in returns is al Ballast Point.
a small pleasure resort about six miles
from the city and on Tampa Bay. On
the shores of this point are found In
vast numbers a curious and valuable
form of fossils known as coral chalce-
donies, the like of which are only
found, II is said, on Desoiatlon Island,
In the far North Pacific Ocean.
These coral chalcedonies we're first
discovered by a Philadelphia scientist.
named Z. A. Conrad, about fifty years
ago, and were first described by anoth-
err Philadelphlan, Prof. Angelo He'll
prin, a few years later. The fossils are
of both shells and corals. although II is
only the latter that possess a marked
beauty of coloring. The corals have be-
come changed from their original com
position Into ~ehalcedony, through, as
Prof. Heilprln believes, IAN infiltration
of silica in a heated condition" The
fossils nearly all take the form of hOl-
low goodies or hollow pipe stems, as the
term Is, and In the former 1t Is on the
inside that the chaldecony Is found.
and 1t occurs In brilliant. translucent
times there are successive layers of
different colors, which give the whole
an appearance of being agate. The
most beautiful. however, are those
which are brilliant red and covered
with a peachy bloom.
The pipe stem forms are usually
translucent throughout. In some cases
the goodies, although Theoretically seal
ed by nature, contain wafer, and from
this circumstance are known by the
people of Tampa as water stones"
These forms containing water. which
may be seen through the translucent
chalcedony, are somewhat rare, and
the curio dealers In the South ask extor.
Tomato prices for good specimens.
Many efforts have been made by sci
entlfc men to determine the precise
method by which the following of
these fossil eorals was brought about,
but none of them have thus far been
willing eve TO hazard a guess which
they would nike 10 see In cold print.
Sometimes the goodies contain wet
sand. and this IS nearly as curious as
the water. only in the case Of the sand
1t cannot be see through the chalce-
dony.
These curious and exceedingly beau
tiful gem-like chalcedony corals belong
to the geological period known as the
Lower Miocene system. 1t Is moi a re-
mote period. when the vast age of the
earth Is considered. but long enough
to make ones head ache in trying TO
figure out the years.-Florida letter In
PHILADELPHIA Ledger.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-06-25
All Have
Disappeared
And a California Man Was Glad to
See Them Go.
Father and Son May Be congratu-
lated on the Outcome.

Ny blood was impure, and | was bothered
for five Years with pimples on my face and
body. | had tried many different remedies
in the effort to get rid of them, but none OF
the medicines | took did me any good. 1
noticed an advertisement of Hoods Sarsa-
parailla and decided 10 buy a bottle aud be-
gin taking this medicine. Ii did me so
much good | kept on until | had taken
seven bottles, when the eruptions were all
gone and | was permanently cured. | owe
my good health to Hoods S~arsaparilla. |
gladly recommend the medicine to Others
and am thankful for the benefit | have de
rived from it. My father had a bad carbdn-
Gle. He took three bottles OF Hoods Sarsa-
parilia and was cured and be has had no
more trouble of that kind since.
ALBERT Z. CHASE, Tustin City, California.
Hoods Sarsaparina
Is Americas Greatest Medicine. Sold by
all druggists. 81; six for s.. Get only Hood's.
UAAA,o pslIo are the only pills TO take
Asevo , : aAAs with Hoods 5arsaparilla
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-06-25
Unruly SledRe Dogs.

Carlo, Il big retriever. opened the ball
by killing one of the 0stiak dogs. He
staggered about among the pack. and
exhibited all the supposed characters.
ties of the Britlsher abroad. To check
his homlcldal, or rather canicidal. pro.
cliylties, | tied the dead dog round his
neck. This. however, he evidently
viewed Is an excellent arrangement,
especially devised for the arctic. where
the food supply is defective, and at
once proceeded to make a cold lunch
of his late adversary, looking up at
me with grateful eyes, evidently think
Ing that 1t was very c~onsiderate of
Jackson thus to provide him with a
larder right at hand. After this the
dead dog was removed, and Carlo was
always decorated with a muzzle.
afterward made a good sledge dog of
him, but he could not stand the severe
climate, and although the doctor made
a blanket coat for him. the poor old
chap died sledglng during the first Tort
night In spite of 1t.
The rest OF the pack We're hardly less
bellicose, but conducted their battles or
lines hardly In accordance with civil
lied warfare. With the exception of
two or three dogs. | always had the en-
tire pack chained up. having taken out
a large supply of English chains: but
found these quite inadequate to re-
strain these comparatively small dogs.
One dog would break loose. and then
commence a fight with another. The
whole pack would become wildly ex-
cited, and all would then fall upon the
losing combatant. The result would be
another dead dog.-F. G. Jackson, In
the Geographical Journal.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-06-25

Beware of "cheap" bak-
Ing powders. Alum makes
good medicine but bad food.
AS; your doctor. a,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-06-25

Sing a song of hyacinths,
Larkspur's not SO blue;
Never any gallant rose
Gathered from a garden-close
Redder blushed than you.
Honey-colored. white as sleep
Sweet and cold your state you keep
From the careless crowd;
Crocuses that oyerglld
Close-cropt lawn and open field,
Snowdrop in his shroud.
Yellow tulips bubble-clear.
Budding thrift, may all be dear
As they're fair to see.
Yours be sage and snowdrop still.
Violet and the daffodil-
Hyacinths for me!
London Sketch.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-06-25
The Trans-Siberian Railway.


Imperial Railway Commissioner Chill
koff has made a long report to the car
concerning the Trans-Siberian railway.
The road will be opened throughout its
entire length next summer, and the
journey may then be made from ST.
Petersburg TO V~ladlvostock in ten days.
American rolling stock and locono.
lives will be chiefly employed. The
Russian commissioner has obtained an
interesting result by calculating the
actual running time Of the various rail
ways and steamship lines east and
west around the world, and zones &c
the conclusion thar the globe may, in
ordinary times and with present faciIl-
ties, be circled in thirty-three days.
The itinerary Is as follows: st. Peters
burg to Nladivostock. 10 days; Wall
vostock to San Francisco, 10 days: San
Francisco 10 New York. Az days: New
York to Bremen. : days; Bremen TO st.
Petersburg, ~ days. But. by engag.
ing special trains and the fastest
steamers. the tour may be reduced to
twentyeight days. with an allowance
OF seven u for delays. This itin-
erary Is a follows: Moscow to vladl-
yostock, 1871 hours; Vladlvostock TO
San Francisco, 2I0 hours; San Francis
co TO New York, 1871 hours; New York
to Plymouth, 1898 hours: Plymouth to
London. 80 hours; London TO Moscow.
SO hours; total, 665.2 hours. 1t is sug-
gested that when the Trans-Siberian
railway be completed that a commits
sion, including Russian, English, Ger
man, French and American represent
%tatiyes, under the auspices of the Rus
sion government, make the tour Of the
world, following the second itinerary
New York Times.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-06-25

saiesman-An Interesting book Yes, madam.
How will 1.-THE Sorrows of Satan" do? Madam
No, thanks. | have troubles OF my own.