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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-02-22
SOLDIERS MOB OF ROBBERS
AN OHIO REGIMENTS DISGRACE.
Full CONDUCT IN MACON.

Robbed Many Stores and Committed Other
Acts of Theft as They Were Being Mns-
tered Out Colonel Keurt May Be Brought
Back to Georgia.
The merchants and business men of
Macon are highly indignant over the
atrocious robberies committed by the
Second Ohio regiment as they were be-
ing mustered out of the service of the
United States last week.
A large number of merchants sent
wagons loaded with merchandise out
to the camp to sell to the discharged
soldiers. The colonel ordered them to
leave the camp, and upon their refusal
to do so the men pilfered the wagons.
The robberies committed by the men
did not end here, but they went to the
city and while under the influence of
whiskey went into several stores and
walked out with goods right in the
face of the amazed merchants. Sever
were arrested ana after turning over
he goods were released.
When the regiment came to Macon
a number of the men looted stores
along the way, ard were furious when
the papers took the matter up. The
regiment left the city IN disgrace, and
a number of those who were not IN
the riotous set stayed behind because
they were ashamed of the conduct Of
their comrades. Three of the men are
held at police headquarters now.
The loss to the Macon merchants
will amount to considerable. One
merchant had to close his store, so
heavy was his loss, and he says that he
is ruined forever. he was even robb>
ed of his Overcoat, and his negro dri-
yer, who had on pair of gold trimmed
spect acles, was relieved of them.
A requisition will probably be made
on the governor of Ohio for the return
of Colonel Keurt to this state for pros
ecution for abetting the robbers.
Colonel Keurt, of the Second Ohio
regiment, was waited on before he left
Macon by one of the merchants, and
he said he was not responsible for the
conduct of the men, as they were no
longer under his command, and he had
nothing to do with them.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-02-22
ODD SUIT FOR DAMAGES.
Second Husband Plaintiff in Case
Where Number / Was Fatally Hurt.

A widower alleging and suing for
damages on account of the accidental
death of his deceased wife's former
husband is the peculiar condition dis
closed by an action now on trial in the
circuit court at Oshkosh, Wis. 1t is
entitled Staeffen, as administrator
VS. the Minasha WOodenware Go.
Chris Miller, an employee of the de-
PENDANT company, fell into a vat and
was fatally scalded. His wife brought
suit against the company, While it
was pending she married Staeffen and
shortly afterward died. Now Staeffen
claims that he inherits her rights in
the matter. The case will go TO the
supreme court.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-02-22

A woman never really knows the
meaning of happiness and content until
she is the mother of healthy, happy
child. The health of the child depends
on the health of the mother, both before
and after birth. Most all of woman's
weakness, and particularly the weakness
that most strongly influences the health
of children, comes from some derange>
ment or disease of the distinctly feml
mime organs. DR., pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription will cure troubles of this ma
ture. 1t should be taken regularly by
every woman during the entire period of
CESSATION. 1t gives strength to all the
organs involved, lessons the pains of
childbirth and Insures tho health of both
mother and child.
Send Il ore-cent stamps to cover cost
of mailing only, and receive free COPY
of Dr. Pierce's Medical Adviser. Ad-
dress, Worlds DispeDsary Medical AS
s1ciation Buffalo N Y.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-02-22

To subGue mel GUS irritability, neu-
ralgia, bysteria, 5 Wins dance, use
Simmon,s Sqnaw Vioe Wine or Tablets.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-02-22
A story of George Nv.

In Lady Gregory's newly published
"reminiscences she says of George IV's
trip to Ireland in 1921: "The king ar.
rived after a good passage, during
which much goose pie and whisky had
been consumed. Word had just come of
the death of Napoleon at st. Helena.
The story goes that Sire, your enemy
is dead, were the words he was greeted
with. When did she dep was his re-
spouse. But the queen was indeed also
dead"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-02-22
WHAT ARE WE TO DO ABOUT IT.
Uncle Sam Has a sultan With Hsrem os
His Hands,

The Sultan of Sulu is a Mohammedan,
and runs hsrem. He lives on the
largest island of the Sulu archipelago !,
and has shme eighty Inhabited islands
under his sway He will come under
our rule by virtue of the treaty at Paris,
and we would like some one to tell us
what we are to do with him. Under our
liberal constitution his religion must be
respected and, consequently, his barem
is part of his religion-a big part of it.
Mohammed. as students of his history
know, made great point of his family.
When he went to Media and started his
revolution he married into half the
families of the place. This he did for
political reasons. but made it appear that
he was commanded by God to rewal d
the faithful by associating their families
with himself. He extended the same
privilege to his leading men, and the re-
suit is the haremic system, which is part
and parcel of Mohammedanism. The
row we have raised about Roberts, of
Utah, and his two penny harem is a
sign that we shall not welcome his high
ness of Sulu as man and brother, and
his numerous sultanas as our dear sis
tiers. From our standpoint the Snltan
of Sulu is little better than heather,
and his practices are abhorent. Yet we
do not know what We are to do about it,
He could probably get out an injun ction
against us. Mobile Register. VI
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-02-22
REINDEER HERD ALMOST GONE
Only $50 Left of 700 That Uncle Sam seut
to the KlondYke.

~ AAO AtohubACs
The government reindeer herd, which
has been missing in the interior of Alas
ka for several months, has at last
reached the Yukon and is on its way to
Belle Isle or Circle City. Klondykers
that have just arrived at Seattle passed
the herd between Stewart and Indian
rivers on Dec. II. The Laplanders 10
charge SAID that they had been slowly
making their way across the country to
White river. On reaching that stream
they decided to no longer try pushing
direct to Circle City. but instead to fol-
low it down TO the Yukon.
Only $50 of the 700 deers remained,
The others died on the trail, mostly from
starvation. The remnant OF the herd ia
IN poor condition, and hardly half of
them will live to reach G role CITY
They were making slow progress. TIE
Laplanders were we'll, but disconnected.
They wished they had never seen DR..
Sheldon Jackson, who pursuaded them
to go north
Two babies have been b ,rnt ~ Lap moth
ers on the way across the northern snow
fields. They are rugged, healthy little
fellows and are warmly clad 10 deer hide.
All of the deers born on the trip were
killed, as they could not be taken care
of. Many Of the older deer have been
killed for food.
United States Mail Contractor Rich
ardson has been waiting on the lower
river for these deer for long time
The mails have not been moving since
the river closed. 1t is doubtful if the
deer will be able to do any work this
winter. In their present condition they
cannot make half the time of good
dog team.-St. Louis Post Dispatch.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-02-22

Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar-
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all i'm.
Danish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets,-beauty for ten cents. All drug.
glsts, satisfaction guaranteed, lOc. 25c, soc.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-02-22

A sluggish liver causes drowsiness,
lethargy and a feeling of apathy. DR..
NJ. A. Simmons Liver Medicine arouses
the liver, and cheerful energy succeeds
sluggishness.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-02-22
Ohamberlatn,s Coneh Remedr in chioaro

Hisgen Bros, the popular South Side
druggists, corner Goth street and Went.
worth avenue, say: "We sell great
deal of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
and find that it gives the most satisfac.
tory results, especially among children.
for severe colds and Group" For sale
by Farrar g. Harris.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-02-22
Novel Holidays.

Heat holidays have been establish
by law in the public schools of Switzer-
land Recognizing the well known fact
That the brain cannot work properly
when the heat is excessive, the children
are dismissed from their tasks when
ever the thermometer goes above a GER
tain point. Boston Traveller.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-02-22

Mrs. Nancy Hitchcock, Stanfordville.
"a, writes Ny husband, Elder D. S
hitchcock, used DR.. M. A. Simmons
LAYER Medicine for Indigestion. and
thinks its medicinal properties far ov.
coed Zsilin's Regulator and Rlacl,
Draugbt g va .-47.-AQ ~. $50 Di"Ch
80. ~. 2 8 ~ <lzza alzarszSs Il 80 LII fGf y33s.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-23

fair, like the telescopes you see on the
street corners. which for ) cents will show
you the star of the evening looking big
as goose egg. but rather a mammoth cast
steel tube weighing with its attachments
212, 600 pounds. and immOvahly fixed on
eight stone columns resting on bed rock
SO that none of the jars which the building
may receive Will interfere with its work.
Essentially. ii consists of four parasitic
gigantic mirror which takes the reflection
of the portion of the sky under examna-
non, the great steel tube, the mammoth
lens and the condenser, which brings the
scattering rays of light sufficiently together
10 form distinct image on the screen.
The cost of this telescope and the building
IN which 1t Is placed will be about $3.50. 0G0
Possible Lunar sights
Astronomers tell US that they have
learned by methods that pass the under
standing of the uuscientific mind that our
satellite is a dead and frozen world. with
out atmosphere. devoid of any form of life
and seemingly without apparent purpose in
the economy of the universe, except to
hang around in the sky at night and re-
hect upon us enough of the suns rays to
make US independent of the gas and cleo
trio light companies, part of the time at
least. Should this conjecture or discovery
prove TO be wrong, and should there be
mighty armies moving about on the s,1r
race or the moon, and ocean steamers as
large as our own sailing across its seas
anu lunar expoStionS this telescope will
tell US great deal about them for they
Will be plainly visible Another thing that
will be accomplished by this instrument
VIII be to take pictures of the stars en-
targed 10000 times, so that, with the aid
of the microscope. scientists can examine
them moro in detail. Moreover, il will
penetrate further into the depths of ceIes-
ual space than any instrument made
hitherto. and will supply much new infor-
nation concerning the splendors of our
planetary system.
1G.O0O-Pound Mirror.
Perhaps you would like to know some
thing about the mirror It is no common
piece of glass showing an image more or
less distorted, but an immense circular
mass of the finest glass. which. with its
mountings, weigh about 10000 pounds-a
wonder in itself. For astronomical pur-
poses a mirror with an irregular surface is
utterly useless. SO the problem was pre-
sented of polishing this great crystal mass
more than six feet in diameter SO as to
produce an absolute plane 1t took special
machinery to do it. It cost a lot of money
and lot of time tmore than eight monthsl
but the result Is a surface so scientifically
accurate and so delicate that the slightest
variation in temperature at different points
would affect it seriously. 1t is said that if
one were to approach his hand close to the
glass the warmth emitted would cause the
surface to swell, and the infinitesmal de-
formation thus brought about would seri-
ousiy interfere with the objects reflected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-23
The JigEer in Uganda.


Several sepoys We're suffering from that
African pest. the ''jigger," whose scientific
name of PuleX penetrans describes him and
his habits conciseiy and well. He is an ex-
act reproduction in miniature of the COM
mon flea tPulex irritans). but instead of
merely infiicting a comparatively innoc-
uous bite. he burrows under the skin, close
to the toe nails for preference, and then
proceeds to propagate the species Unless
he Is very carefully removed The sores
cause the most intense irritation. and may
lay man up completely. The usual method
of removing him is TO widen the hole in
which he has entered ami then extract him
intact If possible. with a needle, care being
taken that no eggs or young are left be-
hind: the place should then he dressed to
prevent fostering. 1t is net advisable TO
march much after removing tTseers. but
unfortunately, it is frequently ,unavoida BILE.
may mention that Lieut. Col Macdonald
once told me that during his first visit to
Uganda some natives caught a leopard In
one of the banana plantations whose feet
were so thoroughly diseased from iISsers
that he was quite unable to move or to de-
fend himself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-23
One of the Remarkable Buildings
Of the Paris Exposition.
TO CONTAIN TEE GREAT TELESCOPE
Reproductions of Women's Co.'S
tunes for Centuries Back
WITH HISTORIC ACCURACY

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
PARIS. December 16. 1900.
A trip to Paris in 1900 will be a trip to
the moon.
Visitors will not actually set foot on our
satellite. but to all intents and purposes
they will get over the $4,000 miles of in
tervening ether and will stop short of max
Ing a landing only by about a hundred
miles. This is much nearer than the most
persevering arctic explorer has ever come
to the north pole.
Just think of 1.-THE moon only 100 miles
away. You can see almost that far from
the top Of the Eiffel tower, and a much
greater distance from the submits of the
Alps or from the top of your own Pixies
Peak.
And how will this marvellous journey be
accomplished? Almost instantaneously,
without the fatigue of travel, and at a
nominal cost. You simply sit at your ease
In the comfortable auditorium of the Palace
of Optics while mammoth mirror takes
the image of the moon from the sky, shoots
the reflection through a steel tube 1917 feet
long terminating with the biggest lens ever
made, and projects a perfect picture of fair
Luna on a mammoth screen, magnified
10000 times. In this way the marvelfng
spectators can inspect admire and study
the Giving picture of the moon. just as
they would see the orb of night herself
were she only distant New York
from Philadelphia, instead Of 100000 miles
away.
The 100000 Telescope.
Do you want to know more about this
wonderful telescope that NJ. Gauthier is
building and the Palace of Optics in which
1t will be housed? 1t is not a movable af-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-23
From the Gentleman's Magazine


AT the court of Elizabeth the wide-ton,ea
spanish boot-handsome, and, to our ewes
theatricai-became popular among the rival
courtiers. each endeavoring to outvie the
other In the queens eyes. The most hand
some and admired of all were made of
"hite Cordova leather edged with costly
iaee ana having gold spurs. Sometimes burr
ana red and much more rarely the now
prevalent black leather was the material
SHOES Tor men seem to have gone out of
tashion during the Stuart era. so far as the
upper classes went. Your plain citizen al
ways adhered to a more or less substantial
shoe when at home, and seldom drew on
poots save when on journey-a terrible
expedition, however short the distance. IN
TO the middle of the last century, Thus in
T rh IFS day Cowley. writing to DR..
ihomas Sprat from so near a place to LON
oon as Chertsey, says that he might very
conveniently come thither the way of
hampton town-lying there one night
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-23

TWO. over these We place bags and the
Itrrets' driving the game before them. run
the rats into the bags. We keep the ferret
without his ordinary meals before using
MN ana this makes him keener in his
chase ~
It's mighty easy to spoil ferret. After
young ferret has been badly bitten by a
rat, as sometimes happens Won can't pat
MN to go into a hole muzzled. But when
a ferret Is full-grown and has the skill and
courage that he should have he is a holy
ERROR I" rats and is valuable animal
would not sell a well-trained ferret for
800 Such a ferret l should be willing TO
put in pit with fifty rats, and he could in
snort time kill every one of them. Rats
ire great hshters when they are cornered,
OUT no other animal of the same size has as
mucn courage as ferret or weasel In
England the largest ferrets are called MOLE
car lerrets. and are cross of the two ami
tnais which are much alike. In this coun-
Try Ihe word poiecat is applied to the
skunk. an entirely different animal. The
Word polecat is supposed to be an abbre-
Fiatlon OF Polish cat, and the animal
apounds all over Europe. The mink Is
much like the weasel except that II il
larger and many depredations that are
attributed to the weasel are committed by
tne mink All these animals prowl by
h'sh', and they frequently go many miles
III search of food, even coming into towns
and the suburbs of cities''
AUDUBON, who was close student of
nature. was delighted with the weasel or
American ferret. Its long. flexible body its
extraordinary length of neck. the closeness
OF Its fur, Its keenness of scent, its wonder
ful agility and quickness of movement all
excited his admiration
An American writer says: The common
weasel has sometimes been caught and
carried on by large hawks and owls Sorry
Is the experience of the captor in such
cases. He has caught tartar The cap
1--WE VIII bite into the sides of the enc
my. so that both will fall to the ground
the bird mortaiiy wounded and the weasel
ccmpar atively unhurt. The weaseps c6ur
age IN defending itself when attacked by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-23

pifds OF prey Is universally admitted. nor
Is 1t deficient in fierce onnositinn &c nor
ana even men, when its nest is invaded by
either. 1t usually kills for food hiring
through the head into the brain with SUCH
eApertness mat Its victim can scarcely
, u.oer d cry or pain 1t usually eats the
pralh Irst; then the rest of the BODY fol-
lows lows. IN pursuing mice rats and moIes if
lohows them into their runs or noles, A
measel proximity to poultry yard is not
to be desired. But in barns havricks Ia
gram stacks it is decidedly advantageous.
as 1t VIII exterminate or drive away rats
and mice" way rats
me weaseIs characteristics are noted in
two American sayings: Catch waasai
asleep and Sooner trust a weasel with
esss Stories are told that a weasel will
watch hen on the nest for an hour wair-
Ing for freshly laid egg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-23

Such is astronomy. and such the precision
Of III" Instruments Of science
The Palace or optics.
The Palace 90 Optics will be found in tn.
Champs de Mars. between the Einel Tower
and ihe Palace VI Education. Il wifi COVER
"h"n square feet. The architect NJ Robin.
has erected 4 curious building. the facade
OF which Is Srmi-Cuuula above which
runs a decorative piece 81 stan lac. work
on which the w-ll-kravn SCULPTOR. NJ
! heunissen, has studded the tN.I,. sir,,s
OF the zodiac. The cupo,a is supported NV
PERSIAN columns. and On either Sid, Of THIS
main facade are solid walls. On which ar.
signs.
In the interior OF the Palace Of ontics ;n
addition 10 the telescope chamber IS a
small optical exhibition room and some
curious optical illusions.
Among the so-Called ATTRACTIONS of the,
exposition nnw in the course Of preparation
one or the most artistic and refined will he
the gorgeous display Of feminine apparel IA
the Palace of Costume.
Twenty Centuries of Dress.
me historical Costume Palace will cost
nearly s2oo0.oo1. Il will cover a large
tract OF ground to the east Of TIL. E,rreI
Tower, and will occupy the center of bean
tiful gardens. The edifice itself will he I'm
the Louis XIV style Of architecture. with
"A scheme ftF
adnrnment typifying the lighter side of
IaShlon, past and to come II Is ;hr.e.
years now since the architects sculptors
decorators, dressmakers and embroiderers
hrst set TO work preparing the gems of
Whlch this palace is the fitting casket The
artlSts and artisans have OCCUPIED for This
purpose huge ateier in the Latin quar-
Ter, modelling all their figures from NE
Inc series VIII comprise reproductions of
costumes from the time Of the G.uls down
I" the year l@fl These Will be shown
IN a series Of tablFauN representing historI-
cal scenes in which the principal Figures
are women, all dressed with historical eX-
dctneSS- First we will see the Ciauls IN
thelr rustic dwellings gazing with Stupa-
lactlon at the Roman army approaching in
me distance. Close by viii be Marie Of
Burgundy costumed in the fashion of her
period, and Blanche of CASTLE in a Gothic
interior and mythical aspect. After the
HlealdsNal times comes the renaissance
with It's brilliant luxury and the splendor
OF Italian art The sixteenth century will
nave place OF honor. with Catharine de
Aledlci IN elegant recherche attire paving
a visit TO the famous astrologer Ruggieri
Another scene represented will be the
Famous field IF Cloth of Gold" which took
place between the sovereigns of England
and France. After that visitors will be in
PRODUCED to Henry N and his mistress
the beautiful Gabrielle
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-23
FER REFS.
A Professional Rat Catcher Tells
About the Things They DO.

40.
FruIu The Indianapolis News.
-'Weas.is and fcrretS' said a professional
whr w:li ply his vocation here for the next
Fix months. ARE about the same thing.
The imported f-rrcts trained to the bust
2lr-s. ar larger than III" weaSels. that is
a.. After | am through with rat-catching
J U.s.. rny ferrct~ To hunt rabbits out Of
hrE~h f.il~S hay ami Strawstacks. which is
II u-"Ht15Ie business when rabbits are
I.-ury- What yru call rabbits We in Eng
Land call hares.
~ hen 4 man Once starts in as 4 pro-
;-~-IprAi rGt-cJtcher and gets To under
and training aud working ferrets. there
T. .sIIgu IN attraction in the trade that he
new willingly gives ii Up. It's d pt,fit-
sn'- business. without too much COMPETE
tsnn"
'-p.' The ferrrtS ever bite you?'
IL very careless and awkward man
That gets bitten by a trained ferret When
one l. bitten by an cnraged ferret the bite
l. - e very severe character. painful ard
SOW O.. heal
~ in" rat-Catcher talked. a six-months-
oil ferret his frey little eyes cleaning
Tx" Ewing gems. was crawling over his la a
and trying TO get in under his coat. This
fellow said the rat-catcher lis as s,enfIa
~ 20 kitten. and likes TO have his hark
rt'!'i'-'i and caressed we'll as any cat Won
ever SAN When the ferret bites a rats
H"ck he knows exactly what he is doing
ard his front teeth cutting like raZors %
right through the jugUlar.
oL course. We generally muzzle them
wien We send them in after rats and We
always muzzle them when VI. send III an,
lea after rabbits. II their teeth were at lib
cry ther would kill the first rat or rabbit
They met. and would remain in the mole
sucking its blood. When we put a ferret
into house after rats we stop I'D all holes
a. the outside Of the house except one or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-23
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