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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-29
INSPECTION BY TAPPING.
From The London News.

From The London News.
Among the most incomprehensible proceedings
TO be observed within the vast area of WOOlwich
Reserve Depot are the doings of small party
of officials, one of whom appears to do nothing
all day long but sit at a table and tap the
top of tin canisters with couple of bits of stick
something after the manner of a child beating
the upturned end of his drum. The tins
passed before him about as fast he tap
them, and absolutely nothing seems to come of
the game. To the unenlghtened onlooker il is
quite unintelligible. The tins contain meat.
and before they are passed into the store it is.
of course, important To examine the condition
of what is inclosed, and this in fact is the way
it is done The trained ear of the expert
aminer can tell whether the meat is in a whole
some putrid condition by the sound
emitted when raped with the stick just as
the examiner of railway carriage wheels is sup
posed to be able to tell whether the wheel ne
taps with his hammer is cracked or not. The
rapdity with which the business is gone through
ana the seeming inatteutiOn of the performer
with the sticks. and his total Indifference to all
sorts OF noises about him. render the procedure IA
very curious one TO watch. The test Is said 10
be practically infallible.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-29

been made with this colossal undertaking since
the cornerstone laid. thirteen months ago,
to reveal the methods employed and to fore
shadow the probable success of the scheme, al
though as yet only small portion of the work
has been done.
The place selected for the dam is near Assouan
just below the first cataract and five hundred
miles up the river from Cairo At this point the
Nile is more than mile wide. AS projected. the
Dam will be a mile and a fifth in length. POr-
tons Of the foundations will be carried to level
siXty-five seventy feet below the crest of the
work. The dam will be seven meters or twenty
three feet wide on top and tWenty-four meters,
than eighty feet, wide at the bottom.
Now, if the river were one unbroken stretch of
water from shore to shore it would be a more
difficult job to blockade it than it is. Fortunate
~ there are many islands in the stream, most of
which are submerged at the highest stage, but
which at low water stand out conspicuOusly and
break the river up into several channels. There
are really seven channels in all, but two are
high and dry at very low water. and only five
required serious consideration
Two general lines of work have thus far been
pursued One to dig down on the islands to
bed rock and place sections of the foundation
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-29

there A great deal of this preliminary
struction has been completed both the islands
and in the two channels that left dry at low
water Both of the latter are on the eastern
side The other part of the work was to begin
to stop the passage of the water through the low
water channels. Up to date four out OF TIE five
have been closed The one at the extreme west
is still open.
The plan pursued here was follows: Paral
lei with the proposed dam. and both below and
above it. temporary barriers were extended from
shore to island. and from one island to the next.
The down stream barrier, or 'sudd' was usually
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-29
LIKE 4 MEDIFVAL REQUEST.

From The London Chronicle
a bequest with quite a medieval flavor about
it is that given by the Marquis of Butte to the
township of Cardiff for the benefit of deserving
but dOWerleSS naidenS The interest II 900
is annually awarded to some girl of the working
classes on her marriage The candidate has to
be nominated by a member of the corporation
and has also to prove her right to the dover by
means Of good conduct. Applications have to be
sent in by March 81, and far this year not a
solitary candidate has presented her credentials
Last year a domestic servant the fortunate
recipient of the money. Can the and the
consequent dearth Of eligible males have any
thing to do with the lack Of even a solitary APP
plicant?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-29
FOR THE CATHOLIC CADETS.
THE NEW CHAPEL At WEST POINT
ALMOST FINISHED

West Point. Y. Y April 2S.-The new Catholic
chapel for 1a9ets and soldiers at the United
States Military Academy is almost finished. The
Per. C G. O'Kcefe. to whose efforts the erection
ct the chapel IS due. has decided upon June 10
ss the day Of dedication. Invitations have been
extended 10 over two hundred priests and
ersi bishops are expected to take part in the
ceremonies. Archbishop Corrigan. who has gone
20 Rene, VIII be absent. The Archbishop has
taken several photographs of the chapel with
him 70 show to the Pope 1t is expected that
BIS Holiness VIII send 4 special benediction on
the occasion Of the dedication
When new Catholic chapel was first pro-
posed al West Point it excited strong opposition
from many unexpected quarters. The Old wooden
building in which Catholic services were held
had been used for band practice and other pur-
poses and was 50 clearly unfit a place of
worship that Colonel Ernst who was then su-
perintend-Ht, urged the Secretary of War, Mr..
Lamont, 10 give permission for the erection Of a
Catholic chapel The Secretary had no sooner
granted il han a storm Of protest from various
sources caused him TO reconsider the matter
When General Alger became Secretary of War
he Immediately issued the required permission,
but Attorn-y-Gen raj McKenna afterward gave
an opinion that the Secretary's action was not
legal, as only Congress. by special act could
allow any building for public worship on the
reserTati1u-
This settled the controversy so far as the War
Department was concerned and Father OKeefe
went 70 Congress. There the men who were bit
terly opposed TO the chapel turned in favor Of it
when The situation was explained, and the bill
went through both houses almost without oppo-
sl-or- Colonel Mills selected a site for the new
building. and West Point Catholics have now
handsome pace Of worship.
Father O'Keefe went through the dioceses and
collected over 100000 to defray the building ex-
penses- The people Of Highland Falls and West
Point also contributed literally toward it The
building Is # granite, similar to that used in
the Academic Building. The style of architecture
Is Gothic The English rather than the French
fern has been followed by the architect fact
which gives the building picturesque appear
Ence- Stained glass windows have been given
b. Father OKeere's friends. and a magnificent
marble altar has also been ordered. The interior
Of the chapel VIII be finely decorated Hardwood
peWs 70 IMMEDIATE a large congregation will
so be put IN place.
The chapel is bult On the site of an old out
Iast which orerleolls Washington Valley and
commands q View f the Hudson and the noun
ta-ns beyond Newburg. Professors Row lies at
Is base, and covering above it on the south are
The d.suauiled ruins Of old Fort Putnam. Be
lCT il IL the valley is Logtown and Rugertown
where the enlisted soldiers dwell with their fam
Hes The chapel IS in plain view from New
burg Corn@au and Cold Spring.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-29
4 MEMORIAL TO FATHER BROWN

J. MASSEY RHINDS LIFESIZE RECUMBENT
FIGURE FOR ST. MARY THE VIRGINS
]. Massey Rhind has completed the model of a
lifesize recumbent figure of the late Rev. Father
Thomas Mckee Brown. the founder of the
Church Of ST. Mary the Virgin. in West
Forty-sixth-st., which will be carved in
stone and placed in the church as
memorial. 1t represents the priest in an antique
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-29

chasuble which had been presented to him by
friends in st. Adams, England.
When completed. the memorial will be placed
between the two columns nearest the chancel
and directly opposite the confessional which
Father Brown occupied. Mr.. Rhind hopes to
have the work completed and in place next
September
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-29
4 CRYING NEED.

From The Chicago Tribune.
How would you define a crying need'?" asked
the teacher of the rhetoric class.
"A handkerchief" replied the solemn young
man with the wicked eye
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-06-09

1919 III L Connor, Corn, ETC.,
for Chain Gang, S45
1920 Richard Young, Inquest, 1915
1921 r o Hinson, for Hauling
Rock, Etc. 600
1922 Il ii Bennett, for Hauling
Rock. 81 100
1916 J Y Cauthen and b A Hill
ton, Mag. and Constable, so 90
1923 G Payseur, for Pnblic
Work, 50
1924 n II Pettus, for Lumber, 764
1925 A w HickliD, Repairing
Bridge, $50
1926 A NJ Blackmon, Hauling
Poles, 600
1927 r Simpson, for Lumber, 952
1928 j Wren Tillman, Board
Assessor, $50
1929 Y Chambers, Hauling
Rock, ETC., 800
1880 L Barton, for Fodder for
Chain Gang, 2 so
1888 r 81 w r Roberts, Haul
ing Rock, / 80
1894 w B Bruce. Trav. EX. as
Superintendent Education, 100 90
1875 Baker, Repair on Road, 100
1887 G f Payseur, Bridge, 80
1898 w & Cauthen, Jury and
Witness Bill, 4S5
1899 l. j Perry, ClerF and Com. II so
l240 M G Gardner, Supervisor % 90
124l f r Massey, on Work for
Chain Gang, 3 go
1914 ID s Wilson, for Lumber, $50
1891 w F Rutledge, Building
Bridge, ETC., 500
1882 r G Elliott, Post Mortsm, 500
1912 G Langley, Repairing
Road, $50
l243 CIyburn Heath Mule Co.,
Hay for the Cham Gang, 3 SO
1914 j and w A King, Magis-
trate and Constable, 25 90
l245 II DeLaney,for Work on
Road, / 90
1246 J l. Caskey, Hauling for
the County, 700
1247 IL n Sowell, for Hauling
Rock, 6 80
124S Dave McKenna, on Public
Work, 40
1249 Richard Young, Inquest, 10 55
1851 l. NJ Clyburn, Jail Report, l3 20
1862 Il w McMurray, Commits
sioner, 4l7
1868 j w Bates, Tools for the
County. 3 80
1864 Il III Barber, Tools for the
County, 925
1866 j A p Sistare, Fodder ETC.,
for Chain Gang, 255
Total from the County Dispen-
sary Funds, $4334 AZ
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-06-09
PAID FROM ROAD FUNDS,


S74JWren Tillman,W Work
on Road, 2S 0O|
954 Alex. Parker, Haul
ing Rock, 200
955 j 7 Blakeney, Haul
ing Rock, 500
956 James Wright, Haul
ing Rock, 200
957 John Douglas, Haul.
ing Rock, 200
95S VIM. Mackey, Haul.
ing Rock, 200
959 T r Small, Hauling
Rock, 2 so
$50 j l. Twitty, Hauling
Rock, 800
962 Henry Perry, Haul,
ing Rock, 300
963 j @ Beckham, Haul
ing Rock, $50
964 @ Il Connors, Haul
ing Rock, 35
975 Allen McIlwain, Haul
ing Rock, 80
9S2 w G A Porter, Haul.
ing Rock, 2 90
9S4 j Wren Tillman. Re-
pairs on Roard, 43 so
9S9 Mack Blackmon, for
Hauling Rock, 2 90
Total from Road Funds, 104 IS
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-06-09
PAID FROM SPECIAL LOCAL
TAX.

INTEREST ON s. @. & GA. EXTENSION
r. r. BONDS.
$50 Chas. ID Jones, Gills
Creek Township, 1850 40
500 w @ Cauthen, Gills
Creek Township, 1914 90
900 w @ Cauthen, Pleas
ant Hill Township, 1864 90
901 w Q Cauthen, Cane
Greek Township, 1913 90
Total from Special Local
. Tax, 5377 40
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-06-09

SPECIAL COUNTY FUNDS.
INTEREST ON G. & C. r. r. BONDS.
902 w @ Cauthen, County
Treasurer, "a 90
1888 CCauthen, Coun.
ty Treasurer, 54S4 90
1886 w @ Cauthep, Co.
Treasurer, rs 90
Total from Special Coun-
ty Funds, $3.50 90
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-06-09

1878 M @ Gardner, Super
visor, % 90
1874 l. j Perry, Clerk, ~ SO
1875 G w Baker, Lumber, % 81
1877 j b Client, Bid at
Poor House, 500
1878 w f Perry, Cement
ing Court House floor, 46 Is
Total from Fines and For
FIXTURES, 1921 So
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-10-10
Handled Roundup Bales Witt
Profit,

The following was addressed to the
Oakland Gin Company, August ID, by
Messrs. Harvey, Black & Co., Moore
& Heron, A. 2. Heron, Moore & Co.,
and Marders & Newburger: "We,
the undersigned merchants and cotton
buyers of Oakland, Miss, bought the
roundlap bale cotton ginned and
pressed at your plant in this place dur
ing the latter portion of last season,
and we take pleasure in stating that
we had no trouble in selling the cotton
to advantage and that we found your
system of handling cotton very salts
factory"
Where ever there is a roundlap
plant these bales can be hauled by
merchants and local buyers with more
profit and less trouble than square
bales. Limits are furnished every
day and cotton can be sold on the day
it is bought with no risk on the mar
ket. or held with the certainty that it
can be sold at any time at the highest
market value of the cotton plus an in
creased price because it is roundlap
bales.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-10-10
Wholesale and Retail Druggists,
THEY ARE BROTHERS.
An Amazing and Dramatic Incident at the
Macon Street fair.

A Macon dispatch says Some
amusing incidents have occurred dur
ing the street fair here. The living
pictures put on their wraps and walked
out yesterday. They said they had
worked enough tor the present wages,
and they are now taking in the sights
like anybody else, They are three OF
as perfect models as one would care &c
see, and they have reached the conclu-
sion that their manager can't do with
out them asuwell as they can do with
out their manager.
The wild man has been at his bust
ness so long that he has learned il
quite thoroughly, and now he thinks
he ought to have better wages. To the
public he never says a word, but he
talked some good plain English to his
employers yesterday He lntlmated
that he would form wild mans union
if necessary to get higher wages. His
employers undertook to tell him VIII
he was and what he was and that he
was in their power, but be sWOre in all
the Oaths peculiar to the wild man :
vernacular declaring that he would
quit being a wild man and become civ
ilized before he would continue to eat
raw meat and wallow around at a
dollar and fifty cents per day. 1t was
finally agreed that he would have two
dollars per day. and he went back down
into the pit and is now wilder than
ever. This particular wild man, which
is said to have been captured in Aus
tralia when the oldest inhabitant was
small boy, and whose capture was
startingly portrayed on the canvass OF
the circus side shows soon after Adam
and Eve strayed from the Garden OF
Eden, has brother who has for some
time been wandering about in civiliza-
ton. and a romantic meeting occurred
between the two yesterday. They did
not fall on each others necks. The
civilized brother paid his dime to see
the wild man, not dreaming that he
was to see his own long lost brother.
After gazing into the pit for few min
utes, his eyes resting on the raw meat
and the huge steel chains rather than
on the creature so securely bound, he
looked at the well advertised wild man.
He started as if about to scream. Then
he caught the wild mans eye. and they
recognized each other. They both
laughed a big ha ha laugh, the wild
man laughing just like his civilized
brother.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-10-10
A Short Hay Crop.

According to the American Agricul-
turist the hay crop of the United
States this year will be about 50,0O0,-
600 tons, which is 1000, 600 tons lighter
than the crop of last year. The inevi-
table result of this shortage of the hay
crop will be a sharp advance of the
price of one of the country's greatest
agricultural products. In the western
states, where the major portion of the
hay crop is raised, the surplus for ex-
port, after such as will be required for
home consumption is set aside, will be
small. and other sections will have to
pay fancy prices for whatever they
buy. The southern farmer who has
been provident enough To maze ar
engagements to save his hay crop this
year will have cause to congratulate
himself many times before another hay
crop can be harvested.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-10-10

from the outside of the building will
lead to the top floor At one end OF
this will be the room in which are the
healthy animals, rabbits, rats and
guinea pigs, destined for plague eXpe-
riments. After incubation they will
be transferred to another room at the
other end of the building. When dead,
their bodies will be sterilized, then ere
mated. No unlucky rat, rabbit or gull
nea pig that ever enters the building
will ever leave it except in ashes. Inc
rest of the space in the top story VIII
be taken up by the culture room, ster-
iliZers, in which the preventive serum
will be stored. and two rooms for
microscopical work
One of the few things made clear by
studies of the bubonic plague on this
side of the world is that the only way
10 diagnose positively cases of the dis
case is from a microscOpical eXamina-
ton of serum taken from the patient.
The present outbreak Of the plague
in Glasgow proceeded for days before
the nature Of the disease was recog-
nized. A dock laborers wife was the
first victim stricken. She died, it was
believed, of pneumonia, and wake
was held over her body. Two days
later three persons who had attended
the wake were stricken, and in these
cases for the first time the presence
Of the bubonic plague was suspected.
One of these died, and two recovered.
but they had spread the infection be.
fore it had been positively demon
strated that the disease from which
they suffered was the dread bubonlc
plague.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-10-10
OuATIONS TO DEMOCRATS.

The tremendous audience accorded
Bourke Cochran in Chicago when he
began his speech-making tour Of the
west indicates that the democrats of
Illinois have become thoroughly arous-
ed and that there is splendid chance
of democratic victory in the state
next month. People were actually in
jured in the rush for seats and the
great crowd of $4,000 people gave him
close attention until nearly midnight.
Tremendous enthusiasm was aroused
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-10-10
Questions Answered

Yes, August Flower still has the larg.
est sale of any medicine in the civilized
world. Your mothers and grandmoth-
ers' never thought OF using anything else
for indigestion or biliousness. Doctors
were scarce, and they seldom heard o.
appendicitis, nervous prostratIon OF
heart failure, etc. They used August
Flower to clean ut the system and stop
fermentation of undlgested food, reg
late the action of the liver, stimulate the
nervous and organic action of the sys-
tenn, aDd that is all they took when feel
ing dull and bad with headaches and
other aches. You only need few doses
of Green's August Flower in liquid form
to make you satisfied there is nothing
serious with you. Sample bottles AT
Farrar & Harris
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-10-10

and we may expect to hear of similar
demonstrations wherever ne shall 60
Mr.. Bryan's western itenerary is a
triumpeal march. The people not only
turn out o greet and hear him. but
they do eXtravagant things. They
draw his carriuge. they build railroads
in order to save him time in making
short cuts to stations, they organize
huge torchlight professions, etc, etc.
If this western enthusiasm shall prove
contagious Mr.. Bryan's journey
through New York will be ore of ex.
ceptional popular honors.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-10-10
BALLOON ON THE TRACK.
Woman Aeronaut Descends in Front of
Moving Train.

Minnie Woodall, with her balloon and
the parachute she could not loosen, fell
on the track of the Southern Indiana
Railroad in front of locomotive haul
ing freight train, but the engineer
stopped the train just in time to envel-
ope the smokestack in the canvass,
The woman aeronaut had escended az
the Pierson, Ind, fair. When the crowd
saw that she could not loosen the para
chute, but continued upward with the
balloon, men hurriedly unhitched
their horses and started in the direc
tiOn the balloon had taken. 1t was
very cloudy and soon the balloon was
out of sight. Engineer Garrity and
his train crew had seen the ascension
and were on the lookout for the bal
loon at one side of the road. Sudden
ly Garrity saw it descending just
ahead, and the woman waving her
hands for him to stop. When the can
vas covered the smOkestack the gas
was forced from the frebOX into the
cab. driving the engineer ald fireman
out.
The parachute leaper also was COW
cred with the canvas on the track and
there was fear that sparks from the
stack would set fire to the canvas be-
| fore she could be extracted. When
she was taken out she was found to be
drenched from her passage through
! the rain clouds.
No other pills can equal Dewitt S
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-10-10
Millions Of Eggs Put on Ice.

Six hundred thousand cases, 216, 000,-
600 eggs, have within the last three
weeks been carefully tucked away in
the cayernous chill rooms of Armour
& Co. and Swift & Co. in Packingtown.
Each case contains thirty dozen and
have all been carefully ''candled" be-
fore being put away. Next winter
when the American hen concludes
that she has honestly earned her board
and decides to take vacation this
enormous collection will be brought
forth and placed on the market at a
good figure, much in advance of that
which was the purchase price when
placed on storage.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-10-10

about "a womep in 100 are stronger
in the left arm than they are in the
eight. Women, too, are more frequent
~ equally strong in both arms than
are men.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-10-10
Votes Advertised for Sale.

It is reported that Chicago club Of
over 100 members, all voters. has adj
vertised its aggregate vote for sale to
the highest bidders. In the purchase
and sale Of votes publicity IS lot desir-
able for either buyer or seller.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-10-10

A new remedy for biliousness is now
on sale at Farrar, Harris & Marshall's
drug stores. Its called Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets. 1t gives
quick relief and will prevent the at
tack if given as soon as the first indl-
cation of the disease appears. Price,
% cents per box. Samples free.
You will find what you want in
shoes from 25c. per pair to the finest.
Call and see Them before buying.
J. l. ROBERTS.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-10-10

For sprains. swellings and lameuess
there is nothing so good as Chamber
lain's Pain Balm. Try it. For sale
by Farrar. Harris & Marshall
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-10-10

0Tlnware, lamps, etc, repaired by r.
]. Anthony, Main street, Dawson, Ga.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-10-10
The Huhss Finest.

Stranger i %Dtice there are several
policemen gathered at that corner and
conversing in an excited manner. What
is the trouble?
Bostonian-When passed them just
now, they were wrangling over the
pronunciation Of the word Intuition"
Chicago Tribune 49,
DR.. W. H. Lewis, Lawrenceville,
Va, writes: Il am using Kodol Dis
pepsia Cure in my practice among Sc
we're cases OF indigestion and find it an
admirable remedy" Many hundreds
OF physicians depend upon the use OF
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure in stomach
troubles 1t digests what you eat, and
allows you to eat all the good food you
need. provided you don't overload
YOUR stomach. Give instant relief and
a permanent cure.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-10-10

No other pills can equal Dewitt 5
Little Early Risers for promptness,
certainty and efficiency.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-10-10

aides Sunday Shoes. .......75 cts per pair
Mer's Sunday Shoes. .Sl0O per PAIR
Mems Work Shoes communist .0O per pair
Hats for Men and Boys. 25 cents and up;
Ladies, Canes :. 80 cts to IS so
We sell the celebrated Featherbone Corset.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-10-10

Good Work Shirts % cts
Chidrens Heavy Ribbed Hose .......o Gus
Ladies' Fast Black Hose. ..............o Gus
Mems Good Heavy Half Hose .........9 Gus
Children's Bordored Handkerchiefs - Gus
Ladies Ready Made Skirts. $1.0O to SOU
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-10-10

and will give new one for every one of
these corsets that does not give entire sat.
isfactiOn.
Clark's Thread, warranted 200 yards to
SPOOL 2 spools cents
Your patronage is wanted by me.