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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-07-23
|rpIRE WATER DOES
NOT CAUSE MALARIA.
..oes poNDENCE BETWEEN A CON-
oosssMAN AND EHToMOLoGIsT.
-. Saws the Artesian Wells Of South
o.,i. Are Not the Cause of Less
c,ills and Fever in This Section.

The Augusta Chronicle prints " let
,uom congressman Fleming to En-
70 ,or;st Howard of the department
\ arriculture at Washington and the
10 thereto, and the correspondence
'" 10 noipted and full of information on
H. subject of malaria and its trans
-. .;on as 10 be of interest to laymen
moIl as to the medical pro-
..;on The contention of DR.. How
" that malaria cannot be communi-
a.tod by drinking impure water will
j ho received without grain OF salt
h many who have had experience
,i,b malarial diseases. Below are the
letters: 900,
mwAsg1NGToN, D. c., June %, 1902
nr 7. O. Howard, department OF ag-
|ricuIture, Washington, D. C.--Dear
Inoctor: am under obligations to you
tor vour several papers on the subject
a. "Tusects as Carriers of disease"
etc.
nOp pace l79 in one of the papers
Won saw; Malaria is contracted only
Inv the bite of che genus AnOpheles.' |
am no scientist, but know of a great
|msuy facts seemingly proving that
|malarial disease can be contracted by
he drinking of water containing ma
arisl germs.
oMy residence is in Augusta. For
merly few white men could live in the
|swsmps below the city without having
|cbills and fevers. Now am informed
that great many live there and es-
cape chills and fever and they attrib-
ute their immunity to the fact that
they drink water from wells sunk
down below gravel strata to the pure
water underneath.
Furthermore. it is almost univer-
sally believed in south Georgia that
the introduction of artesian wells has
greatly lessened malarial fever in that
section.
mo doubt it is scientifically true that
malaria can be carried and often is
carried by mosquitoes, but do not the
facts also show that it can be carried
|by water containing malaria germs :?
Please let me know if you scientific
men are fully satisfied that malaria
cannot be communicated by drinking
water. Am / to understand
that the mosquito never originates,
but only transmits, malaria from some
human patient? If SO. what is the
origin of the malaria? How does the
human patient get it?
81 assure you l ask these questions
10 ali sincerity, and would be Ylad for
you to give me, if you can, the present
state of scientific knowledge on this
subject. Very respectfully,
"WM. H. FLEMING"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-07-23
IT WILL BE "SLEDGE GRIGGS. "

The New York Tribune says It'll
"Jedge Griggs OF Jahjah, subj" Be-
fore the campaign is over they will
change it to "Sledge Griggs." if they
watch his licks.-Atlanta Journal.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-07-23
When Other Medicines Have Failed

take Foley's Kidney Cure. 1t has
cured when everything else has disap-
pointed HENDRICKS DRUG STORE.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-07-23

United States Department of Agri-
culture, Division of Entomology,
Washington, Il. c., July 8, 19O2.-My
Dear Sir: l have your letter of the
10th of June, receipt of which has
Oeen acknowledged by one of my as
ss@nts during my absence from the
city, Your questions are interesting
anQ significant. l am thoroughly con-
Vinced that malaria is contracted by
human beings only by the bite of the
genus AnOpheles. Where malaria
|oflglnated, however, is still unknown.
we simply know that the malarial
parasite undergOes a sporulating de-
|'eIopment in the red blood corpuscles
U human beings, and that it under
SoeS Its sexual development in the
s0machs of mosquitoes of the genus
AnOpheles. The sexual development
y necessary for the perpetuation OF
we species, and what we know of the
uOoe OF life of all of that group OF the
epOfozoa Indicates that a secondary
uUs' is necessary for this development.
" course we know very little about
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-07-23
II. B. PLANTS ESTATE.
One Executor Receives SOL ,625.
Property Valued at $40, 900, 900

At hearing in the probate court at
New Haven, Conn, concerning the es-
tate of the late Henry B. Plant, the
millionaire railroad and steamboat
owner, judge Lynde Harrison, former
ly an executor of the estate, testified
that his fee as executor amounted to
$l6l .625 and the same sums were paid
to Executors Teney and Erwin of New
York, the latter of whom resided with
Judge Harrison several months ago.
He explained that the fee was based
on the New York valuation of the es-
tate, S26, 00O, 900.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-07-23

Stops the Cough, and Works OF the Cold.
Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets
cure a cold in one day. No cure. no
paw. Price 25c.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-12
Pair Of Jacks Won $4,000.

A poker game was played in the
Butte Hotel at Butte, Mont. within
the past week in which four promin.
ent business men were engaged The
ante was $25 and a jackpot was
opened with four in. Brown opened
for 500 with pair of jacks.
Two players dropped out, but Jones
remained and played back for $500
Brown raised it to 500 before the
draw and then called for three cards.
Jones drew one. Brown passed, and
Jones, who had about $1,000 in front
of him, tapped his opponent for all he
had. amounting to 1924. Brown was
satisfied that Jones was blufting and
called him. and pulled down $394S on
his pair of jacks. Jones had drawn
to a bobtail flush and missed it.
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The Deacon's Protest

The Rev. DR.. S. makes rather long
prayers. covering in his petitions an
extensive territory. One of his dea-
cons-a man OF piety, but of a ner.
vous temperament-tinds these pro-
tracted devotions trying. and one
Sunday at dinner amused his family
by saying, with the utmost serious
ness:
''Dr. 9. made beautiful prayer this
morning, powerful prayer, but I
could have suggested ways in which
he could have shortened it up. He
needn't have gone from Alaska to
Africa and then to China. when he
could just as we'll have cut across,
and anyhow, | do not see why he
could not lump the Indians and the
Freedmen. They are SO much alike. "
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Tried for Not Going to Church.

Tried for Not Going to Church.
A book of forms, supposed to be q
hundred years old, written probably
by some former clerk of the court,
has been discovered in the clerks Of
Ace of the Corporation Court, Lynch.
burg, Va, says the Richmond Des-
patch of June %. Among the orders
appeared the following:
Judgment on a presentment of the
grand jury for not going to church.
Nv. B., who stands presented to
the grand jury for absenting himself
from his parish church, having been
this day fully heard (or having been
duly summoned) and not appearing,
tho solemnly called, it is considered
by the court that for the said offense
he forfeit and pay to the church war
dens of B. parish, where the offense
was committed, five shillings or fifty
pounds OF tobacco to the use of the
poor of the said parish. And that he
pay the costs of this prosecution and
may be taken, etc"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-12
An Inerha u.tible Mine.

The volcanic phenomena of the West
Indies take a peculiar turn when the ISL
and of Trinidad is reached. This is one
OF the largest and the southernmost Of
the Antilles. and lies off the mouth of the
Orinoco river one of the largest strea ms
of South America. Unlike the other ISL
ands, Trinidad is lacking in mountains
or anything in the nature of an extinct
volcano, but. in place of these, 1t has
the celebrated asphalt lake. from which
the material for the streets of every city
Of Europe and America Is obtained.
This is one of the natural wonders Of
the world there being nothing like 1t out
side of Trinidad. The lake is of volcanic
origin and seems to be fed from a great
Subterranean reservoir, for as fast as the
asphalt is removed the pits are reftlled
with great rapidity. In past ages vast
body of vegetation seems to have been
buried by some overflow of sand or soil.
that afterward became stone and con-
verted into coal. Then. In later ages.
this coal seems to have been melted down
into pitch asphalt by the heat gen.
Grated by the volcanoes. The lake covers
ninety nine acres in extent. In the GEN.
ter the asphalt is in a fluid state, but
about the edges it is hard enough to bear
a person s aweight
The asphalt for commerce is cut out in
blocks from around the edge of the lake
and loaded In cars that are operated from
Port of Spain. the capital of the island.
to the lake In this way vast pits are
excavated in a days time. that in less
than twenty-four hours fill up again with
soft asphalt, which is also exported along
with the hard and drier variety.
Trinidad was wrested from the Span
iards in 1902 by Admiral Cochrane, Lord
Dundonald. a Scottish nobleman, and. as
a reward for his services and daring. the
British government gave him the lake of
asphalt. which at that time was cOnSld-
cred worthless, and of value other
than as great natural wonder or curl
osity. Nevertheless, with true Scottish
cunning and genius for knowing "a good
thing" Admiral Cochrane refused all Of
fers to sell the lake, which remains the
property of his descendants. the Coch-
rane family of Dundonald, Scotland.
tors pay the Cochrane family royalty
for right to work the asphalt lake. The
appearance of this black. Stygian ex-
panse of pitch, surrounded on every hand
by tropical forest, reminds one of the
pictures of Dante's lnfernio. The neigh
borhood of this lake is said to be the best
pla ce in the world to rear children. Chill
dren born and reared about the shores
of this inky sea grow up surprisingly
strong and vigorous. The strong. pitchy
odor of the asphalt, perceptible for miles
around renders the air pure and free
from all miasmatic or unwhnesome ele-
ments so that the children of this local
ity never know what it is to be sick or
troubled with complaints common to
those in other quarters Of the globe
Washington Post.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-12
The SnNil.

The popularity of the snail as an article
of food is not confined to Paris, but cX-
tends throughout Southern Europe and
some parts of Africa. DR.. Edrard, a
French writer, in Il pamphlet says that
10000 pounds of snails are sent daily to
Paris from tho gardens at Potou. Bur-
gundy Champagne and Provence. Those
reared in gardens are fed aromatic
herbs to improve their flavor. Their mar
iSet price is from francs 30 centimes to
8 francs 80 centimeS "a hundred, while
those from the hedges, woods and forests
bring only francs to francs 80 cen
times. The proprietor of one snaillery in
the vicinity of Dian nets over 1000
francs annually. The snail is reared and
fattened with great care in some cantons
of Switzerland article of luxury,
and is exported ir a picked state. it Is
also eaten relish and nutritious ar
ticle of food in Austria, Spain, Italy and
in some sections of the United States.
The Ashantees and other African tribes
smoke them and eat them daily food
all the year around. In Algeria. in the
markets large heaps of snails arc sold
by the pushel and the hundred an arti-
Gle of food Vendors hawk them In the
streets of Cairo. In modern Rome fresh
gathered snails are hawked by women
from door to door.-New York Tribune
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Somewhat Inappropriate.

A well-known and highly respected
fireworks manufacturer died recently
in the north Of England and his wife
ordered very expensive tombstone
to be erected in his memory. She was
very much perturbed. for no epitaph
submitted to her did she consider
suitable. After q prolonged and dill
gent search she discovered what she
thought to be appropriate on the
tombstone of a prominent musician in
Manchester cemetery. Now on the
memorial stone of this noted fire.
works manufacturer it is stated SO
that he who runs may read that 'He
has gone to the one place where his
works are eXcelled!"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-12

clocks or dials or where, there are
dials and the day is
a cloudy Chinaman
- just picks up q cat and
learns the hour by
looking At its eyes,"
II had no idea that yoM had made
special study of cat lore, but there's
NO use talking. you vaesar graduates
know everything under the sun"
Cats have still another virtue.
Rheumatism can be cured by rubbing
the affected part with q ginger-colored
pussy"
you are veritable encyclopaedia,
dear"
That is nothing. have lots of tai
ents you haven't yet discovered. How
ever. that will do for the present. and
it now behooves you-the duet having
terminated-to sit right down and In
dite an ode to the Cat of Cats
"Strophes to a cat-catastrophes
can't do it; but l will dash OF
rhapsodic stanzas ad Iibitum to the
most adorable little champion who
ever defended the cause of CATS
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-12
Millions of Corks for Milwaukee,

Fifty-seven bales of cork reached
Milwaukee Monday from abroad. 1t
is said that there is no city in the
world where a greater number Of
bottle corks are used than in Milwau-
kee. The consumption amounts to
over 1000 bales, 10000 gross, or &c..
100000 corks year, of value Of
$350.O00. Supplies of these corks are
assured by contracts which provide
for future deliveries, as there is no
cork warehouse in Milwaukee from
which large quantities may be sup.
piled at short notice, though there has
recently been organized number Of
agencies which are making arrange
ments to meet orders for quick deliv.
eries.-Milwaukee Journal
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-12

rhe D1ARerence DetSveen Aneracan
/ana Foreign Meth0as.
1t had been estimated that the product
OF American optical goods manufacturers
exceed& yearly 6.OOOOOO pairs OF spectacles
ana eyeglasses. One company alone man
which IL probably ten times as many as
we're made in the entire United States
during any one year previous to 1870.
The question has often arisen as to where
they all go The United. States contains
some 7s.OOO. 900 people. and about one out
of every five should wear glasses; yet not
all of our product is consumed by the
American people. Owing to the high
standard of uniformity. accuracy, dura-
bility and workmanship In general. the
American products are now being ex-
ported. with but few exceptions, to every
civilized country on the globe.
Other countries possess remarkably few
factories las we term them) devoted ex-
clusively to the manufacture of spectacles
and eyeglasses. In the place of these they
have so-called shops where wires, end
pieces, bridges and bows are furnished, in
the crude state. to people who take them
to their dwellings. where as many of the
family as are able-man, woman. boy or
girl-work these various parts into
frames. Having done this, they return
them to the shops where lenses are fitted
and the goods are packed ready for the
market.
Thus it can be readily seen that the
standard of accuracy or uniformity can
not be evry high where all classes Of peo-
pie amid all kinds of circumstances. do
all or many kinds of work. The results
show the worthlessness of their system.
Never have they been able to produce
complete line of interchangeable specta-
cles and eyeglasses, which facilitate
the making and buying of our goods
jewelers. Circular Weekly
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-12
Dnmnntion In Either Case.

Presenting the fraternal greetings of ths
Methodist church to the Presbyterian
general assembly, the Rev. DR.. j. M.
Buckley. editor of the Christian Advocate.
said that he knew of two men in COM
munity, one of them a Methodist. and the
other a Presbyterian. Both were promi-
nent in church work, but both were cor
rupt in their business. and both failed
about the same time. The Methodist said
to their man:
You were converted once, but you have
fallen from grace You will he condemned
II you do not humble yourself before God
and repent of your sins
The Presbyterian said: You were never
converted in the first place, but you will
be damned unless you confess and seek
pardon for your sins"
THE disease may have been different"
commented Or. Buckley. ''but the remedy
was in each case the same At which
the assembly roared.-New York Times.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-12
Case of Vice Versa.

Gen. Horace Porter, in his speech at
the Lotus club on Tuesday evening
said he appreciated the enthusiasm
which greeted him, and referred to a
Western audience which was so enthu-
slastic that it applauded the opening
prayer. He also alluded to friend Of
his who was greeted by the words:
IT have often heard of you, but have
never seen you," to which his friend re-
piled: IT have often seen you, but nev-
er heard of ou.'-New York Times.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-12

oion ON her husbands handsome
1Ace as he wrestled with the
muna, laughed the little ripping
la2sk that was one of her many
charms, and that from the very first
Ame he had heard it had always been
{ the sweetest music to his ears.
well, it can't be helped" she said.
Let Hercules do what he may, the cat
will new"
There are such things as guns. and
airguns at that BY Jove, a happy
thought! III get one. They say you
can kill cat with an airgun at
don't know how many yards"
''Fie! you wouldn't hurt poor harm
less, necessary pussy Besides, you
forget, dear, that a cat has nine lives. y
''Oh, no, l won't do thing to poor
pussy Did you ever hear anything
Hike it in your life?"
Loveson Ahta put his fingers In his
ears and gazed desperately around
Tor missile.
"And then" continued his wife, eff
you were to shoot a cat you would be
Alled with remorse and haunted by
Ehostly tabby for the rest of your
days Didn't / see you release a
struggling fly from that sticky paper
Nora keeps in the kitchen?"
.'They are no good, anyway" per-
sisted the poet, with growing wrath.
''They ought as a public nuisance to
be exterminated."
"They catch MICE"
''Not as well as mousetrap And
they are cruel and treacherous. They
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-12
An Infant Prodigy.

Proudpop-Now don't you think it
takes a precocious youngster to get off
joke like that?
Wormturn-It does indeed. Any
child who can read Joe Miller at is
a wonder.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-12
Cook Did Her Best.

Mr.. Hauskeep tat dinner)-This is
a particularly delicious meal, my dear.
Mrs. Hauskeep-Yes, the cook ex-
poets some of her friends to visit her
this evening.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-12

Salvation Army in Germany.
Twenty-Five salvation army stations
have been opened in Germany during
the last nine months.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-12
Secret Out.

Smith-Brown is certainly good
man. He always speaks well of his
neighbors.
Jones-That isn't due to his good
ness. He is anxious to sell his house
and lot.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-12
1t Was Loud.

"This necktie,' said the salesman,
"speaks for itself"
Speaks for itself" repeated the
customer as he took in the loudness
of the design; 81 say that it positively
yells!"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-12

night. 1t sounded
like the faint wall
Of . babe in pain,
4 s3ssS then rose crescen-
do into the well-de-
/ !. hned caterwaul OF
AGGDas cat with = powerful alto
~ There came an answering high
II Il - ganO wall. and the nightly duet
Gntoa.
voeon Alta. the poet put down
II -. pushed his hands through his
u ant hair, drew little harder at
d Nfp6, and went to the window to
r out into the moonlight that
n its efRulgence the pretty vii
4 q Dingle in the Myrtles.
hate cats" he said. "Confound
COufound all cats-always-cats
- III eolor.s black, white, gray; by
NlAehf . nuisance, and by day--con-
4 lnund the cats! Here, l come to this
4 AAoUWery Eden bubbying over with JOY
1 ~ the thought of escaping from the
Niles roar and rattle of the city,
{ - - disturbed by cats! Why, their
]; A91ee is more destructive to inspira-
iun, more trying to the nerves than
He changing Of q hundred trolley cars.
& No, the comparison won't do. There
~ certain fascination, strange.
Mild. stirring harmony in the diapason
the city's hum, and in the singing
\ a tho rushing trolleys. Whereas
Oatn-''
He caased with gesture indicating
lhAts words failed him in which to ex-
DIcGa his opinion of the offending g
4 1eltn1a.
llrs. Loveson Ahta. who. while
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Not an Art Lover.

D'Auber-I have sold my landscape
to old Gorhicks. I never supposed
he was an art lover.
Synnex-And now you are certain
Of il.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-12
An EXPLANATION.

"Why should woman take mans
name when she marries him?"
well, as long as she takes every
thing else, she might as well take
that, too"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-12
Growth of Worlds Commerce.

The volume of the worlds COM
merce is two and a half or three
times as great as it was thirty .years
ago.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-12

: Things get woefully mixed some
ti3nes. A woman calls her deg .
dtrling and her husband . brute.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-12

embroidery, had
been rocking her
self in contented
/ n d o ! e n c e and
W a t c h ! n g the
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81
of 1t raining cats and dogs"
'In some parts Of France they eat
cats!"
''Peuh!"
You needn't look incredulous-they
do. They cali them 'gibier de la rue
street game-and in stew you
wouldn't know the difference between
. cat and q rabbit"
"You have tasted it?"
"Oh, no, = denied Mrs. Loveson Anita.
hastily. "At least not to my knowl-
edge: but I've read about it,
sThen they are principally useful as
. dainty to tickle the paiates of some
French epicures, take it. can't inn
sagine any more ways than those you
have enumerated in which they can
SENDER service to mankind"
They are useful as timepieces."
Whist!
II am perfectly serious. In China
hey serve ~ very handy clocks. It's
ts way: The eyeball of cat con
nrts 6nstently from dawn until
III ~ ghi6h hour it is merely
6ntni line From noon the
adually dilates until 1t
IN "a ansiOn ct shutdown. SO
oGo NhGso there are no
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The Old Education and the New.

Here is radical difference to commence
with. There is no contempt so genuine as tha1
with which the old schoolmaster regards the
work of the educationslist On the other
hand, the educat tonalist has not the least re-
spect for the results of the schoolmasters
method--effort--and is overcome that. as yet,
he can do little more than enter general
demurrer that 1t is bad sinful, unhysienic,
imn,aterial and irrelevant at any time and at
all times He maintains that those who fortu-
nately have not acquired the schoolmaster's
eye and habit of mind are able to see that tt
is not essential. in order to feel the beauty OF
Yosemite valley, that should know the
length and breadth of 1t and it's geological
foundation Nor Is 1t necessary to parse the
lines of ''Evangeline," and to obtain dictionary
definitions of every individual word. in order
to feel the character. In fact. 1t is not re-
quired, in order feel the character OF George
Washington and be impelled to emulate him.
that we must know the hundred and one de-
tails which, for examination purposes. the
schoolmaster has brought to the focus Of con-
scousness There seem to be quite another set
of details and entirely different atmosphere
of presentation necessary for the arousing OF
feeling. The educatonalist points out
with bitterness that the schoomaster has re-
duced history to mere dated annals literature
to language and grammar, art to me-
chanics of lines, and nature to classification
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needs must make sport OF it and sub
ject it to the refinement Of torture.
And they are that deceitful and ca
PRECIOUS you never know how to take
them-just like women. Somebody
says somewhere that if cat has nine
lives, woman has nine cats lives" :"
"Oh!"
THAT is, of course, other women.
Ru are not ike other women"
What do you know about other
men, rray?" demanded Mrs Love
b Ahta with a suspicion of asperity
ID f1ushing slightly.
Nothing, nothing, of course, from
Irsonal experience, my dear But
ley have the reputation. It's a we'll
n0wn fact"
"Oh. is it? Indeed!"
Eyes, and as l am saying" went on
the poet evasively, they are no good,
they are utterly worthless, they are
At for nothing on earth-the cats, |
mean"
"Wel1. manufacturers make muffs
and boas and all kinds of things with
the SKINS"
do they? Then I'm glad to know
the brutes serve some useful purpose
when they are dead. Now a dog"
Never mind about dogs. We are