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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-05-16

The late news from the war in the
Philippines is calculated to give rise
to the suspicion that there has been
some butchery. We are told that 1000
Filipinos were killed in battle with an
accompanying loss of only 9 Americans
killed and IL wounded.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-05-16

Texas has again been visited by de-
structive floods. The losses are said to
amount up to millions. Corn and cot
ton will have to be largely replanted,
and much damage is expected to wheat
from rust. Some loss of life is reported.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-05-16
Fat Man Sat on Her.

A woman passenger who rode on one
OF the cars of the Nassau Electric Rail
way Company of Brooklyn has been
awarded $4,000 damages for injuries
received by being sat upon by very
fat man. The fat man had been stand
ing, and lost his balance as the result
OF sudden application of the brakes.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-05-16
BOY DYING FROM HYDROPH0BIA.
Son Of William Drane, Of Americas, at Point
of Death,

An Americas special says: A young
son of William Drane is lying at the
point of death tonight from the effect
of a mad dog bite month ago. Four
children were bitten by dog with hy-
drophobia, and all the horrible symp-
toms have since developed in the
Drane child. Six physicians have at
tended him today, and express the be-
lies that rabies have fully developed.
Great anxiety is felt for the safety of
the three other children likewise
bitten.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-05-16
Trick of the sIeight of Hand Man.

The Anne Psychologique has an in
teresting article by NJ. Binet, the we'll
known French psychologist, on mental
suggestion and prestidigitation In
which he shows that sleight of hand
and clever tricks do not make a pres.
tidigitateur without a power of "sug-
gestion" on the spectator. A skilled
performer has a marvellous power of
acting on the secret springs of the
will Thus he can generally make a
person choose a figure below ten by
the way he asks for it. If be wishes
the person to choose five, he runs rap
idly over the first figures and dweIls
little on five" to suggest it to the
memory. 1t is also curious that of
such figures seven" is the most likely
to be chosen and zone" the least likely.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-05-16

Woman is often referred to by man
as doubling his joys ald halving his
sorrows" That raay be complimentary
but it would seem to be rather hard on
the woman. For in plain terms it
means that where things are going
well with the man his wife makes them
go better But when things are going
i'll with him he expects the wife to
share half his burden. And there is
more truth than poetry in this presen-
tation of masculine selfishness. Men
don't appreciate the fact that the
strain of motherhood alone is burden
bigger than all the loads that rest
upon male shoulders. They see the
wife grow thin, pale, nervous and worn
without a thought that she is over
burdened. Among the pleasant letters
received by DR.. Pierce are those from
husbands who have walked up before
it was too late to the crushing burdens
laid upon the wife, and in the search
for help have found in DR., Pierce's
Favorite Prescription a restorative
which has given back to the mother
the health of the maiden and the maid
ems happiness. Favorite Prescription
always helps, and almost always cures.
1t has perfectly cured ninety-eight out
of every hundred women who have
used it when afflicted W til diseases pc
culiar to women.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-05-16
The Jokes on Wall Street.

A rawboned countryman of the
name of Banks of the state of Wash
ington is said to have swindled several
shrewd Wall street men out of S38, 900
by selling them bogus mining claim.
Oddly, the people of New York seem
to have no sympathy for the Wall
street men, but rather regard Banks
swindle as a good joke.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-05-16
Noted Names on Uncle Sans PAYROLL.

Two persons of the name of William
Mckinley are on Uncle Sam pay roll.
One of them draws a salary of 81, 166 a
month as president and the other 500
a month as engineer in the Louisville
custom house. There are forty-eight
organs, and three of them were chris
tened William. There used to be two
Grover Cleyelands in the public SER
vice, but there is only one now. He is
assistant farmer at the Fort Peck In
dian agency and receives a salary of
$3.50 a month.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-05-16
A Novel Celebration.

The seven days beginning with Au-
gust 9th have been selected for the
celebration of cold Home Week" in
Maine, and during that time the peo-
pie of the pine tree state will welcome
with great cordially and many festiv-
tiles all the absent sons who may find
it convenient to return to their native
towns. New Hampshire, where the
"Old Home Week" idea originated,
will celebrate from August 18th to Au-
gust 18th.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-05-16

An elaborate assortment of the MIC
est and nobbiest crockery in the citv
at prices to suit everyone at j. |. Rob-
ertS'
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-05-16

J. c. Kenredy, Roanoke. Tenn, says:
I cannot say too much for DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve. One box of it
cured what the doctors called an in
durable ulcer on my jaw. Cures piles
and all skin diseases. Lock out for
worthless limitations.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-27
ODD SOCIAL CLUB.

cleveland Correspondence New York
World)
Steps have been taken to form club
in this city, the membership of which
is to be limited to men who have been
divorced or who have divorce suits
pending. 1t is called '"The Concate-
mated Order of Has-Beens and Will
Bes''
The first meeting, held in Dr. H. b.
Wideman's office, was attended by sew
eral prominent West Siders.
DR.. Wideman said today that the
officers viii not be elected until the
charter list is closed. The initiation
fee probably will be 81 and the dues
81 a month This money. after the ex-
pense of fitting up a clubroon1 has been
met, viii go into a fund to be used in
paying the attorneys fees and court
costs of those who desire divorces.
1t is proposed to offer a prize to the
judge who makes a record with the
largest number of divorces granted in
a single year.
One feature of the clubrOom will be
a scrapbook in which report of divorce
trials viii be kept, and once a month
there Will be lecture by well known
attorney versed in divorce proceedings.
The club has already attracted at
tenton, and il is expected that its
membership viii grow rapidly.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-27
AMERICA LOSING PRESTIGE,

paris Cor. New York Journal)
Maurice Untermeyer, a prominent
New York lawyer. said to the Journal
cores pendent today:
Il am returning to the United States
70 devote all of my energies to the cleo
ton of Bryan. We have lost caste in
the eyes of the world by our imperial
ism have been in many European
countries this summer. Everywhere /
find people are losing respect for US.
They say we are following the foot
steps of England, and becoming avar-
icious, and developing into grab
berS.
Until the evil hour when Mckinley
started his policy of Imperialism we
held a unique, most honorable and en-
We'd position among nations. The cleo
ton of Bryan would restore our pres
tige- All Americans in Europe, ex-
cept a few office-hoIders, admit this.
The dissatisfaction among workmen
can be cleared away only by a change
of administration. They have had
enough of Mckinley and the trusts.
Democrats should and viii carry the
state of New York. The Republican
ticket in New York is ridiculously
weak.
Il wish I could tell every American
voter how McKinIey's administration
has lowered us in the eyes of the world.
Those who loved us now say we are
PhariSees- If Mckinley is reelected
the whole world will hate u.s.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-27
HIS SPEECH CREMATED.

philadelphia North American.)
The Republican campaign committee
has done well to burn over a quarter
of a million copies Of Senator Bever-
idge's Philippine speech, which had
been thoughtlessly wrapped up for
mailing to voters. That address of jan
uary las, which seemed for a short
time to promise an increased repusa-
ton to Mr.. Beverage as a statesman,
did not read so we'll as it sounded. It's
periods were glowing, but its spirit
was SOrdid- Senators HOar and VOL
colt, as good Republicans, to say the
least, as the young gentleman from In
diana, both attacked him on the floor
of the senate. and the sentiment of the
country was with them.
Mr. Beverage defended the forcible
annexation of the Philippines on the
ground that it would pay.
Expansion beyond the seas accom-
panied by professions of high and noble
aims can find standing room in the
court of morals, but expansion by
force of arms in order that markets
may be created and opportunities for
investment made, is too much like ex-
changing blood for dividends to be pop
ular with a people who have been nur-
tured on the generous maxims of the
Declaration of Independence. Senator
Beverage is an imperialist expansion
list, and this country is still too civil
lied to be attracted by Imperialism.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-27
STILL THE SAME CRY.

The men who manipulated that
business which eliminated in 1878.
planned for just such an arrangement
as TIE English one, and it has been
carried out with brutal persistency.
Every attempt to restore silver, ev-
cry appeal pointing cat the awful
effects which have followed its de-
monetization, has been met and
Fought back. The old cry has been
time and time again raised: eff YOU
Try 1t al the gold will drift away:
IL you try it there viii be & panic, y
which is precisely as though some
people had a man in an air-chamber
ana had exhausted nearly all the air
and stood with one hand hold of the
pump handle saying to him. if you
dare to kick we will give two or three
strokes and take away what air you
have"-Salt Lake Tribune, August
Is, 1886.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-27
IMAM H4sEMAID."
Csyracuse On. y IDecial to New Yol

Syracuse On. V kDeciaI to New York
WORLDLY
The man housemaid has reached
Syracuse. He advertised for job, and
today he has been besieged by house
keepers who want to employ him. The
advertisement read like this:
HOUSEWORk-Yo man, who is an
expert 1T homework in all its
branches, desires work by day or
week Address E. Fuller, III Cedar
street
Yes" he said to the questions asked
by the applicants for his services, I
, am regular hired girl 1 have been
thoroughly trained for doing any kind
of Homework. My home is in Bing-
hamton, and 1 took my first instruction
in domestic service from my mother at
home always helped her when l was
boy, and a few years ago. when 1
began to look about for mans occu-
patton, found everything full except
this business The greatest demand in
any field of labor was for domestic
servants, and 1 determined to take UP
Homework as a business.
81 went to Ogdensburg and entered
cooking school. where 1 learned every
department of houSewOrk- Now 1 have
been graduated and 1 am ready TO be-
gin 1 chose Syracuse as a starting
place because there is said to be a
great scarcity of heI2 here
General houSeWorlSis my line, and l
do everything from cooking, washing
dishes. dining room work to preserving
and canning fruit. I like that last bet
ter than anything else in the world. 1
can do up the daintiest fruit jars in the
world. and make fancy cakes and
luncheon dishes, too.
My hours are trem 8 o'clock in the
morning TO 6 at night, but get more
work done in that time than three hired
girls can do 1 get IS a week salary
besides my board. and when working
by the day S1-25. I haven't any fault
to find with the business. It's lust
what I want. No, I don't pretend to
know anything about the domestic
problem 1 haven't run against il my
self, but I've read a good deal about
it."
Fuller, the hOusemaid, is an intelli-
gent-lOoking young man, and a good
hired girl, his employers say He wears
a neat white duck uniform while at
work. with a white cap and apron. He
has been crowded with offers of en-
ployment. At his home in Bingham
ton his success has stirred 10 the
young men of his acquaintance, and
three of them have entered the Ogdens-
burg cooking school to prepare for a
similar career
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-27
ELKINS in 1RoUeLE.
(Clncinnati Enauirerl

t14ClnnaJi EnQulTer.)
Washington, d. c., Sept. 23.-Two af-
hdavits made by the residents of Ca
bell county, w. Va. charge that Sen
ator Elkins has defrauded the govern
ment out of the postal charges on $780,
OUO copies of speech. delivered by him
at Charleston. w. Va, July II, by al
lowing it to be sent through the mail,
the envelopes bearing the printed in
scriptiOn: United States Senate. Part
OF Congressional Record-Free." Stamp
ed with the frank: stephen B. Ell
kins." The speech was made upon the
occasion of the West Virginia ReDub-
Hcan state convention, of which Sen
ator Elkins was chairman, one month
after the adjournment of congress. The
speech was no part of the Congressional
Record, and the sending of it through
the mail was in direct violation of law.
When TIE attention of the postofice
department was called TO the matter
the officials of the first assistant post
master generals Office who have charge
Of the violations of the franking priVi-
leges, admitted that the senator had
transgressed the law, and stated fur
Their that TIE plea of the use of his
frank without his knowledge was no
palllatiOn. as every member OF congress
was supposed to protect his frank.
The law is plain on the subject and
states what public documents may be
sent free, and further, that the Con-
gTessiOnal Record, or any part of it,
may be sent free"-but nothing else.
The cost of sending these documents
would not be less than cent each,
making a total of $4,000 for the whole.
Representative Loudenslager, who is
in charge of the eastern headquarters
of the Republican congressional COM
mittee, and under whose jurisdiction
West Virginia comes, refused to COM
init himself as to whether or not Sen
ator Eikins was guilty of violating the
law, without knowing all the particu-
lars connected with the affair.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-27
FEASIBILITY OF FREE COINAGE.

RR/HEN THE ADVOCATES of free coinage four years
Wv ago were insisting upon its praccaby without wait
ing for the consent of any other nation among the
go!dbug arguments against it
First: The danger of a flood of silver from abroad
Second: The impossbity OF maintaining a ratio bv law
ST much higher.
FOR people of the silver necessary to point
out the absurdlt OF the first Countries that are
using silver on basis of Isl IS less an
$I33 ounce for silver will ship this country
their silver stock in order sell people of the United
States for S29 There unconed silver
anywhere and the limited silver product disappears in foreign
countries fast put the market This matter has
all been threshed and decided minds of the Deon
Whatever merit the second possessed has van
ished from the discussion three wears the ratio
of production has been approximately twelve ounces of silver TO
one OF gold Those changed conditions hear so much
about have changed in the direction bmetam and not
away from it.
In $780, general argument that ratio o. pro
dnctOn had shown great fluctuations epocls and
that 10 to conservative ratio be chosen in
of the total world production two metals that
safe because other nations put higher valuation upon
their silver The godbug insisted upon the Justice
OF determining the question by the production shown
at that particular time If their argument was sound then
equally sound the extent to which this factor
enters into the settlement their reasoning has demon
straed the feasibility of independent action by this country
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-27
TWO PICTURES FROM LIFE.
(New York World


In front of his tepee on a reservation
in Arizona sits an old Apache Indian.
On his head, once decked with eagle
feathers, he wears a cowboy hat. The
native nakedness of his back, once dec
GRATED with warpaint, is covered with
an old army blanket. His sinewy legs
have submitted to the ignominy of
trousers.
The old Apache sits and smokes and
dreams of the warpath, of the murder
GUS fOray upon white settlers, of the
scalp dance, of the strenuous life" of
his early days before he became a ward
of the hated white man. To him the
reservation is a prison, peace is a pun
iShment. The baleful light of anger
and of despair burns in his beady eyes
as he calls himself "a woman because
he can no longer raid and fight and
kill.
The Apache hates with all the in
tensity OF his savage nature the veneer
of civilization imposed upon him.
Dashing over the prairies and hust-
ling through the cities of the plains
is a white man, a descendant of the
peaceful and pious Dutchmen who set
tied Manhattan island He was edu-
Gated at our oldest university. He is
the governor of our greatest state. He
is a wOrshipper at the shrine of a re-
ligiOn bearing the name of one whose
advent into the world was heralded by
the angelic song, Peace on. earth, good
will toward men,
Yet this consummate fruit of 300
years of freedom and culture. stumping
for himself as a candidate for the sec
ond highest Office in the gift of the
nation, emits a succession of speeches
which nothing so accurately describes
as Walt Whitman's line:
81 sound my barbaric yawp over the
roofs of the worldi'
He constantly holds up the fighter as
the highest type of man. He giOrifies
war. He celebrates himself as a rough
rider. He fraternizes effusively with
cowboys and yelIs to a company of
border ruffians with gums" in their
belts and knives in their boots that
AL men who are not men, Chat is,
fighters) ARE womeni"
Here are two pictures from life.
Which is the more pitiable--the We
ncer Of civilization on the Apache or
the survival of barbarism in Roosevelt?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-27
BABY WEIGHED THIRTY OUNCES
CWiIliamstown On j Correspondence
PHILADELPHIA RecordO

CwiIliarnstown On j. Correspondence
Philadelphia Record)
The tiniest mite of humanity in New
Jersey. perhaps, is the new born baby
boy of Mrs. William Leighman of Ce-
dar Brook. about five miles from here.
Though a physically perfect child, with
fully developed power TO emphasize its
feelings in the way that babies do,
this newcomer weighed two ounces
less than two pounds when he was
Cshered into the world
The usual preparations for the COM
ing stranger had been made with
mCtherly care, but the mite disappear
ed entirely in the immaculate white
slips in which the nurse EMBODIED him.
An ordinary tea cup engulfed his tiny
head, and his mothers wedding ring
made him a bracelet which lay loose
about his arm above the elbow His
tiny pink toes were like tea berries.
and his wondering, dark eyes like glis-
tening glass beads
The little fellow quickly developed a
FORMAL appetite and is fiourishing. but
his fond mother says she can hardly
realize that he is a real, live baby.
Both parents are Of the average size
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-27
TOWN TRUST-WRECKED.
Cincinnati Enquirer)


Grant, In-In the discharge of the
last of the regular workmen at the
Siemens & Halske plant today the town
of Grant was practically wiped out of
active existence by the ectric trust,
and 900 men and women, upon whom
S,00o persons depended for support,
were made idle. These victims of a
great combination, which is controlled
BIZ the General Electric company. face
the coming winter with dread. Scores
are leaving the community daily, for
the only industry is blasted beyond
hope. The last workmen yesterday re-
ceived their wages at the plant.
Two hundred and fifty machinists,
fifteen blacksmiths and thirty-five girl
employees were dismissed and told that
they would never be needed again by
the company. A few men were en-
gagged today and tonight packing up
the machinery used in the n1anufac-
ture of automobiles. This will be
shipped to the FIT. Wayne factory
owned by the trust. Commencing the
middle of August the reduction of the
force had been gradual First one de
partment was closed, then another, and
the only explanation given was we
don't need you any more"
The table appended shows the num-
Der thrown out of work by the trust:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-27

concession to couple of rich lawyers
in New York. They considered the
project for awhile and then said:
I'VE will give you $12, 900 for your
concession and will present you with
fifty of the 500 shares; or we viii give
you eighty shares and make you man
ager of the lottery at a guaranteed
salary of $500 a MONTH
Bob chose the eighty shares and the
guaranteed salary. He is now travel
ing in Europe with his family and ser
wants.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-27

Miss Mary Teasdel, who has been
studying art in Paris for the past two
years, sails for home next Saturday.
q 9,
Mrs Lydia Harriet of Visalia, Cal,
is visiting friends and relatives in the
city.
@ g 8
Mr.. and Mrs s F. Fenton have re-
turned from Chicago.
% q g
Mr. Edward S Ferry returned from
Park City yesterday.
=. g 9
An elaborate affair of yesterday
afternoon was the tea given by Mrs.
Solomon SiegeI.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-27
BEVERIDGE'S SPEECH.

CtNAIOR BENERIDGE has made plain OF
the Republican parJs intention if it is again installed in
power His speech printed and by the AS
ISOLATED Press days before delivery and must have
been approved IN advance ny Chairman Hanna therefore
Authoritative
Here is the programme:
The establishment OF colonies ruled from Washington
SIDE the limitations OF the constitution exactly
Brtaiis policy in India Romes in her domain
The annexation of Cuba.
he denial OF self government the inhabitants annexed
territory
he senator's for such departure from American
traditions make reading believe in the Dec
aration OF Independence He an imperial
policy
Because there is big money N it.
Because the inhabitants of possessions are inferior
Because have paid for territory and inhabitants
and are under obligations give them freedom
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-27
MARK, THE FAITH HEALER.
Philadelphia Record. J

Chairman Hanna exclaims: 81 don't
believe that there is a trust in the
United Statesi'' What is this but the
Christian Science cure applied to
ecOnOmics2 The Christian Science
healer baniSheS disease solely by de-
claring that it does not exist, although
the patient may be writhing in pain
By affirming that there is not a trust
in the United States the Christian
Science Republican chairman hopes to
convince his countrymen who suffer
by reason of trust exactions that they
are victims of a delusion.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-27
A WEALTHY STREET LABORER
CORY Pa.) Correspondence PhfIadelphis
North American-)

CORY CPa.) Correspondence Philadelphia
North American-)
Luther Miller of Beaver Dam is
worth $5O, 1000, and he was found toiling
in a sewer ditch at $3.50 per day this
morning.
"A young man should save up his
money, shouldn't he?" he was asked.
Yes" replied Luther. I'm saving
up for a rainy day"
But shouldn't he have some enjoy
ment?"
What goods enjoyment
Miller owns acres and acres of farm
land hereabOuts, and holds many
mortgages He owns stock in the Cory
Condensed Milk company, which has
employed him the most of the summer
on its new building
Once or twice during the summer the
local bank sent up for him to come
down and make a loan. Miller would
drop his pick and attend to the loan.
He is ShreWd, and il is impossible TO
get the better of him in a transaction.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-27
Not on the Menu.

washington Post)
Those persons who are invited to
one of Mr.. Hanna's luncheons should
take their check books along.