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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-12-17
FRATERNAL ELECTIONS.

Mission Rebekah Lodge has elected the fol-
lowing named for the ensuing term; Parthenia
c. Burkhardt, noble grand; Lizzie c. watson
vice grand: Margaret Duncan, recording secre-
tary; Anna Norman, nnanciaI SECRETARY EHAAy
Eastman, treasurer.
The following named will be installed as the
officers OF Aurora Lodge OF the Knights and
Ladies' Of Honor for the next term: Lizzie j.
Wheelock. past protector: William c. Hearn.
protector: Annie Thompson. vice protector; Lii
liam b. Holcomb, recording secretary; Lizzie A.
Rapp. financial secretary; Or. A >: COOK,
treasurer; Sarah Davidson, chaplain; Frances
J. Williams, guide: Helena Hearn, guard
Emma Sundboerg. captain OF the guard; Belle
Lee. sentinel.
The following named have been elected as the
officers OF La Estrella Parlor Of the Native
Daughters OF the Golden West. TO serve for the
ensuing term: Mrs. l.. Gilman, past president;
Miss Julia Vasseln, president; Mrs. E. Their
bach. DR. Lille Bodemann and Miss ". Rle-
versahl vice presidents; Mrs. NJ. BoldeDann'
treasurer: Miss Alice Maunder. recording secre-
tary; Miss A. Boldemann, financial secretary;
Miss A PAMELA, marshal: Miss G. Belo. out
side sentinel: Miss II. Bello inside sentinel;
Mrs. II. Hall. Mrs. A. Darneal and Miss ID
Johansen trustees.
Court Sutro Heights OF the Foresters OF
America has elected the following named as its
Junior past chief ranger; J. J. Clancy chief
ranger; C. f. Morey. sub-chief; w. B. Faux
ner. treasurer: +. S. Harding. financial secre-
tary. J.. w. Gleadeil, recording secretary; c.
Rommell, senior woodward; W. f. HIM. Junior
woodward: NJ. A. Nathan. senior beadle; C. j.
physician: J. Murray. r. Klumpp and l.. Liv-
ingston. trustees: c. z. Morey and Redmond
Bros, druggists.
San Francisco Temple OF the Rathbone Sisters
will have the following named as its officers for
the ensuing term: Mrs. Slddie =. Daggett p.
c.: Mrs Ida A. Mercredy. NJ E. c.; Mrs. Drusa
u. Robertson, f. s.; Mrs. Maude r. Purdie
Z. J.: Mrs. Annie c. Terry. NJ. OF T.; Mrs.
Emma A. Schoheld. NJ OF r and c.: Mrs. Eta
+. WEIGH. NJ. OF F.; Mrs. Ella B. Dwight. Pro.
Mrs. Clara NJ. o Brian, g. Of o. T.; Mrs. May
Kidd. o.
California Hive OF the Ladies' OF the Macca-
bees has elected the following named as Its Of
hcers for the next term: Maud Mack, lady
commander: Mrs. Humphrey. lieutenant COM
mander: Alice Follett, record keeper; Mrs H
A. Burlingame. chaplain: Miss Delano. mis-
tress-at-arms; Ida Duncan. sergeant: Mrs.
Harmon. sentinel: Mrs. Berry, picket; Mrs. Is
abel Howard becomes the past lady commander
Redwood Camp No. 81 OF the Woodmen OF the
World has elected the following officers for the
ensuing term: Jacob Miller. consul COM
mander; L. d. Seibert. advisor lieutenant: p.
II. Savage. banker (re-elected eighth year, :
Thomas +. Hatton, clerk (re-elected ninth
year; George II. Sheppard. escort; I. l. Isaac.
Waterman: Z. Z. Ryan, sentry (re-elected
third term): A. o. Clark manager for the
eighteen-month term. The installation will
take place January II.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-12-17
Wonderful if True.

According to the testimony of Mil
waukee gypsy. who was in New York re-
Gently, the richest man in America Is not
one OF the Vanderbilts. Astors or Rookie
felers.. but simon-pure gypsy, whose
name is simply John Smith. He lives in
Mexico. is so years old and the owner OF
countless acres. myriads Of cattle and
sheep. Of gold. silver and onyx mines. OF
railway and bank stock and of plantations
without number In the heart or MeXico's
richest States, says the New York Tele-
graph.
John Smith has no settled home; n. has
a hundred homes on his different estates
and he moves from one TO another. In
each he sees what Is going on and gives
his orGers. Then he moves on again. The
Milwaukee gypsy, solid business man,
who tells the story OF John Smiths amaz-
ing wealth. claims he saw him at Orizaba
They became great friends.
mo one knows how rich ] am" said
Smith. simply, "but | think 1 am the rich
est man on the continent"
SIN tn was plainly dressed in a suit OF
his home was a revelation. Outside II was
a veritable fortress, with stout walls OF
masonry, loopholed for defense II neces-
sary. A two-story wall inclosed II in a
srace as big as two blocks, and a great
moat surrounded that. There were the
regulation crawbridges and portcullises.
Two massive inner doors barred the last
entrance. Once open II was a wonderful
place. with a courtyard in the center
where beautiful garden grew The entire
Enclosure was paved with brilliantly pol
ished onyx-the ransom OF a king in cost
taken from one of his mines. Even the
stable, where Smiths herd OF pet Jerseys
we're housed. had the sams costly floor
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-12-17

Isabel Irving. Miss Hyacinth Woodward
Qda ConquesU. Mr.. George Cunning
arthur Byron), Colonel Armitage Harry
Harwood) and Evans. the butler Crank
Lamb.
Mr.. Parbury IS a popular novelist who
has been married five years. He has a
private secretary-Miss Woodward-who
prepares HIS manuscripts for the press.
Colonel Armitage is his wife's father-a
gay widower. During the five years of
married life Parbury has been neglectful
OF his old friends; not from Indifference,
but because he has an exacting wife. But
when the play opens one Of these old
friends has come 10 visit him. He falls
I'm love with the private secretary of
course. Parbury's feeling for this clever
young lady is merely a mercantile one.
and her feeling for him is one OF pity
because he has a wife who tyrannizes over
him by the simple but all-powerful meth
Cd Of dissolving into tears at the slightest
provocation. The wife surprises the sec
rotary kissing her husbands photograph.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-12-17
SAYS NO ONE FEARS DEATH.
Experienced Physician Tells of a
Popular Fallacy.

1T have seen thousands Of persons die
under all sorts Of circumstances, and
never yet have 1 seen one display the
slightest fear OF death" This remarkable
statement was made the other day by
physician who has practiced many years
In Philadelphia and who has seen a great
deal OF hospital service.
1T Is popular fallacy," he went on.
ito imagine that a deathbed scene IS ever
terrible, other than as a parting between
loved ones. The fear OF the unknown Is
never present at the last. Even amid ig-
norance and vice have never experienced
such scenes as q novelist who strives after
realism Will sometimes picture.
when a patient is told that he cannot
recover and the end IS near, he invariably
seems resigned TO his fate and his only
thought seems to be OF those who are 10
be left behind. This is true alike OF men
and women.
Those who become hysterical and de-
clare they are not fit 10 die are the ones
who are not so Ill as they think they are.
Those always get well.
"a psychological reason7 Oh. I don't
know that there IS any. It's Just a human
trait. "-Philadelphia Record.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-12-17

Ono of which officer in South A-,.,
has
Illustration WILL
provided
during advance When
1865 N"S O'e~a
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ing OF onyx. Servants lounged about. but
one or the old mans eccentricities was 10
nave his own children wait upon him at
table. 1t was an incongruOus nicture
did flooring in his coarse suit and hob
nails, while a soft light fell on the
strange scene shed by great candelabra
OF solid gold from his mines.
Smith is an English gypsy He went TO
Mexico before there were any railways
there and was the first man to haul ma
chinery from the coast to the gold mines
which now yield him an incalculable in
come. He got in on the ground floor on
everything that has made Mexico so rich
to-day. But his life has been a series OF
adventures. Twice he has been shot down
by Mexican thieves. who attacked his gold
trains. He was left for dead each time.
All the gypsies In Mexico are wonderfully
proud OF him and call him "Our John"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-12-17

Quiller-Coueh is pronounced "KiIler
Kooch."
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-12-17
Fattening Show Babies.

In the next session OF the Paris mu-
nicipal council attention will be given 10
baby shows and prize competition for In
fants.
DIR. Dufournier and DR.. Vallin have in
Formed the council that in order to en-
able the infants to win medals the nurses
reed them in a manner which is not con-
ducive TO their health. The Infants, in
fact, are greatly overfed, and at a later
stage after their undue plumpnexs they
suner from serious disorders of diges-
ton.-London Lancet.
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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-12-17
DIVING WOMEN.
Japanese Mermaids Who Harvest
SeaWeed.

Over 100 Japanese women, following the
hazardous profession OF divers. says the
Japan Weekly News, are found along the
into four patches, and their ages range
from II to 30. They come almost exclu-
sively from Shima. Miyeken, n noted fish
cry center in japan. Their earnings are
of course not uniform. as they are paid
according TO the amount OF their work,
which consists in diving for agaragar sea-
weed, see-ear, sea cucumber and so forth
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-04-05
NEW STAND PIPE,
-wson Waterworks Company to Erect
One Made of Metal

-wson waterworks Company to Erect
One Made of Metal.
Notwithstanding the recent decision
OF the supreme court that the Dawson
.,Waterworks Co., which is controlled
oy the American Pipe Co, of
Philadelphia, had NO legal con-
tract with the city, the company
seems to expect to continue to do
business in Dawson. as THE NEWS has
been It'd by one of the attorneys who
was engaged in the case that the eretp
ton of inetal stand pipe, with a capacis
ty greatly increased over the present one
will soon be begun.
HE News also understands from a
reliable source that the litigation be-
tween the water company and the CITY
will be appealed from the state suprem me
court t. the federal court, and will be
carried to the United States supreme
court if necessary.
Dawson needs better water system,
and should not wait on proracted iitiga-
II n before getting it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-04-05
SNAKE HUNTER IN DAWSON.
WANTS RATTLERS AND COTTON
MOUTH MOCCASINS.
A Half Dozen of the Reptiles in His
Room at the Hotel. Wants them
to illustrate a Lecture.

Mr.. j. Won MoSer, of Germany, ar
rived in Dawson from Albany Saturday,
and is guest at the Farnum house.
He is securing collection of snakes.
As soon as Mr.. Won Moser gets twelve
or more of what he terms "beautiful
and fascinating creatures" he ships
them to his headquarters in Jackson
vile, Fla. His mission here is to hunt
snakes for exhibition in lectures on
reptiles and their habits, which he will
deliver 10 Europe as soon as he can pro-
cure as many snakes as he needs.
Mr.. Won Moser knows his business,
roams the woods in search IF the rep.
tiles, and is anxious to secRre diamond
back rattlesnakes and cotton mouth
moccasins. No doubt any information
that may be given him in the pursuit of
his object will be appreciated. The
gentleman says that though the colt n
mouth moccasln is very venomous it is
the best natured snake, and can soon be
made quite docile.
In his room at the hotel Mr.. Won
M0ser has half zen fine specimens
securely boxed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-04-05
GRAVES GLEANINGS.
News Notes and Personal Mention from
The News Correspondent.

News Notes and Personal Mention from
The News Correspondent.
A party of ladies and gentlemen
passed Thursday in recreation at Mel
toms mill. Another party, of which
the writer was a member, celebrated
the first day of April by fish fry at
the same place. OF all the good places
for picnics Mr.. III. Fl. Melton's mill
is the best. He is a man who delights
in making others enjoy themselves, and
no one knows better how to do it than
he. owe" caught - pounds of the
finest suckers of the season in twenty
minutes. Every member of our party
salutes Mr.. Melton and his whole
souled family with hats off.
Our clever townsman, Mr.. Joe M.
Chambless, has been confined to his
bed for several days. His many
friends hope soon to see him at him
self again.
With Rev. Mr.. McGregor were his
wife and two little boys on Sunday
last Our people were delighted to
entertain them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Greene of Shellman
spent the day here also. They were
the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. B. M. Da-
wilson.
Mr.. George Chambers was IN the
city Saturday afternoon. Mr.. A. B.
Lay also exchanged greetings with us.
Mr.. j. A. Ferguson is threatened
with the loss of very fine mule from
that serious disease, blind staggers.
Mr.. Claude S. Bridges has resumed
his position at Archer, Fla, after re-
covering from his smallpox scare.
MISS jamie Sawyer is making quite a
pleasant and lengthy visit to relatives
in Leesburg.
Mrs. Ellen Rives is spending a few
days with friends in Dawson.
Miss Ola Chambless spent Saturday
and Sunday with homefolks.
Who has received telephone mes.
sage?
Picnics are now "the latest.''
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-04-05
HERoIsM OF AN OPERATOR.
Struck by a Train, He Crawis to His
Key and Averts a Collision.


Key and Averts a Collision.
John F. Dickman, mangled and
bruised, is the hero of Peters, a station
on the Glover Leaf railroad Just below
Edwardsville, Ills.
Dickman was the operator at Peters.
On recent night while in his office he
heard his station call sound, followed By
train order for local freight train on
a siding to remain at the station. Dick
man started across the yard to deliver
the order to the engineer, He failed to
notice through freight train, and it
struck him and hurled him 40 feet from
the track. He lay unconscious and
bleeding for several minutes, and the
train sped by, the crew not having seen
the accident. When he recovered con-
seriousness, Dickman realized that an
awful collision would occur if he did
not get back to the station and send or
ders to hold freight train scheduled to
leave the yards at Madison.
With fractured skull and numerous
bruises about the body, he dragged
himself inch by inch across the plat
form and reached the operators table,
almost fainting. His brother, William
Dickman, farmer, arrived opportune-
ly at the station and caught the ex-
hausted man in his arms.
While his brother held him up the
operator opened the key and clicked off
the signal "Os," warning that the
train had just left the station, to the
chief dispatcher at Charleston. His
duty done, Dickman fell in faint. The
warning reached Charleston in time, and
an accident that might have cost sew
eral lives was averted. Dickman's con-
dition is serious. New York Herald.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-04-05
CITY COUNCIL IN SESSION /.
CONFERRED WITH ATTORNEYS
ABOUT WATER LITIGATION.

Regular Monthly Meeting Held Monday
Night. Several Matters Claimed the
Attention of the Body.
The city council held its regular
monthly session Monday night, and
considered several matters of import.
ance.
A motion was adopted apprOpriating
925 per quarter from the city treasury
for street sprlnkiing purposes.
This sum, it is thought, with the
amount raised by private subscriptions,
will be sufficient to meet the expenses
of keeping the streets sprinkled during
the summer months.
The Dawson Oil Mill Co. was grant
ed the privilege of building a spur
track from the site of the new mills to
the railroad track. The spur will cross
Main, Orange and Stonewall streets.
1t was decided to put a new fence
around the cemetery, and the street
and cemetery committee were aus
thorized to have the work done.
Mr.. NJ S. Lebey was unanimously
re>elected to succeed himself as city
weigher for the ensuing year. There
was no opposition
CONFERENCE WITH ATTORNEYS.
No other business except the usual
routine was transacted, and the council
adjourned to have private conference
with its attorneys, Messrs. Dupont
Query Of Macon and J. A. LANG of
Dawson in refere nee to the water.
works litigation. Mr.. Query came
down from Macon Monday for the
purpose of meeting with the council.
The conference was a private one,
the council chamber being cleared of
all spectators before it was begun. 1t
is understood that Mr.. Query gave 1T
as his opinions that in view of the
recent decision of the supreme court
in this case the city would be safe in
issuing and selling the bonds
that have been voted for new system
of waterwOrks. He does not think,
however, that the litigation between
the city and the water company is at
an end, the amount involved being too
large for the water company to quit
the fight 1t is his idea that the next
move of the company will be to get
the case into the federal courts, and
that If the council will take steps to
issue bonds it will force the company
to show it's hand. The coun I'll has
not yet determined what 1T will do.
Mr.. Query returned to Macon
yesterday.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-04-05
Bids Wanted

Sealed bids will be received by the un-
dersigned until 10 O'CLOCK a. m. on Tues
day, May End next, for furnishing med>
ical attention and medicines to the in>
mates of the county pauper farm and the
Jail for one year. The right is reserved
to reject any and all bids Done by or
der of the board of county commission
ers. This April 4th, 1899
j. w. ROBERTS, Clerk B. C. i. C.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-04-05

In almost every neighborhod there is
some one whose life has been saved by
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar>
rhoea Remedy, or who has been cured of
chronic diarrhoea by the use of that
medicine. Such persons make point
of telling of it whenever opportunity Of
fers, hoping that it may be the means of
saving other lives. FARRAR & HARRIS.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-04-05
BOTH ARMS BROKEN,
Mother of Mr.. W. r. Garrett Sustains s.>
we're Injuries.

MIS-. "Grandma" Garrett, mother of
MIR. w. r. Garrett, on Thursday nigh
last, fell from the veranda at the home
Of Der daughter. Mrs, Franklin Hens
bricks, north of Dawson, and broke both
arms just above the wrists. The fall
was a distance Of three or four feet.
Mrs. Garrett is about eighty six years of
age, and il is feared that she will not res
cover from the accident.
The unfortunate lady is we'll known in
Terrell, and has many friends who regret
her misfortune.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-04-05
Beauty Es nlood Deen.

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 ali i'm
Purlti,es from the body Begin to-day to
DANISH plmples,, boils, blotches, blackheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion bv tal5ino
Cascarets,--beauty for ter cents. An drlgo
glsts, satisfaction guaranteed. loo DC 5nc
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-04-05
County Commissioners Meet.

The county commissioners held their
regular monthly session yesterday. The
only business transacted out of usual rou-
tine was the divisiO of the dnspensary's
earnings the past three months between
the city and county. Each received $500
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-04-05
Stole Meat.

George Tillman, negro, was caught
stealing a side of m eat in Whitchard &
Co.'s store Saturday afternoon. He
was arrested by Sheriff Christie and is
INV in durance vile awaiting arraign-
ment in the city court.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-04-05
Pretty Picture MOuIdings.

A choice assortment of pretty picture
mouldings just received, and will be
made up cheap. Call and see.
THE VARIETY Works Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-04-05

DR.. Sawyer's Ukatine never has, aDd
we do not see how it can, fail to cure
kidney disorders. 1t gives nature the
aid needed, and nature thus aided never
fails. SALE>DAvIs DFsUG Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-04-05

An occasional dose of PRIcKLY ASH
BrTTERs keeps the system healthy, wards
off disease and maintains strength and
energy. For sale by Sale-Davis Drug Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-04-05
Pretty Girls, These!

The Houtzdale penn Journal saws:
The s=eS .AEa of the Houtzdale girls
are slender and delicately tinted, their
y are like ***, and they are without
- IN this or any other S. Their frowns
are like TT, and their 12345O excite III
OF pleasure and desire tom-- them.
Read this 7 closely, and do not /? its
veracity."
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-04-05
THE MOST POPULAR MEMBER.
A Missouri COngressmAn's Fl Handsome Tribe
ute to Judge GriGgs.


THE NEWS finds the following hand
some tribute by western congressman
to Judge Grlggs, the second districts
able young representative, in the At
lanta Constitution
"COlonel Richard BarthOldt, the re-
publican congressman from st Louis,
who has for some days been the guest
of friends here In Atlanta, paid a
handsome compliment to Judge Griggs
of the second district yesterday, He
was talking about the influence of per
sonalIty in congress and took Griggs
as an illustration of his contention
that personality had much to do with
mans success in Washington. GA
mans politics makes little difference
on matters that are not distinctly po-
litical, but his personality makes a
great DEAL" said Colonel Bartholdt.
"Now, Jim Griggs-eyerybody calls
him JIM up there, just as they do in
Georgia-has the Warmest kind of
friends among the republicans, as we'll
the democrats, and whenever he asks
a favor he gets it. A man like that is
able to put through the house any
thing 10 which he is particularly inter
ested believe t is no exaggeraUlon
to say that GriggS of Georgia is the
most popular of the younger members
of the house. A man like that Is able
to be most useful to his constituents"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-04-05

A kidney remedy that can be depend
ed on will be found in PRICkLY ASH
BITTERs. 1t heals and strengthens.
Sold by Sale Davis Drug Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-04-05

See us FIR family groceries before buy
ing elsewhere. j. |. Roberts.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-04-05
Bananas! Bananas !

Thirty Bunches of Bananas at
Tom MCGILL s.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-04-05
Wanted.

One hundred dozen Eggs.
j. w. Goss.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-04-05

MOTTO Bac for Fifty Cents.
,ranteed tobacco habit cure, makes veal
men strong, blood pure. SOC, 81. All druggists
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-04-05

"Give me liver regulator and | can
regulate the world" said a genius. The
druggist handed him a bottle of DeWitt's
Little Early Risers, the famous little
pills. SALE-DAvIs DRUG 60.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-04-05

Gasoline for sale by Farrar & Harris
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-04-05

All the new and delicious drinks at
Farrar q Harris soda fount.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-04-05

See the Bee Hiye's line of Clothing
and Cents Furnishings.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-04-05

Malaria cannot find Judgment in the
system while the liver is in perfect order.
M. A. Simmons Liver Me 1icine is the
best regulator. SALE-DAVIs DRUG Co.