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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-04-15
THE ENORMOUS sum WE PAY FOR DRINKS
Americans Half Dollars for Beverages 1902
1t Is Calculated Out of Four of Population Is
o Strong Drink of Some Kind.

the per capita cost of drink to the
drinkers is placed at $69.32 per year,
or 10 cents day.
During the past Eve years there has
been relative decrease in the con-
sumption OF whiskey and a correspond
ing increase in the consumption of
beer and wines.
But drinking the propensfties of the
American people are not c006ned to
the stimulating beverages. The soda
water bill is something enormous,
while the retail cost of American min
erGl waters consumed reaches the com
Portable total of upwards of $40, 900
a year More than 65,000.000 gallons
ofcnineral waters we're shipped from
the springs of the country last year,
in addition to which large business
was done in imported waters and man
ufaetured, artificial mineral waters.
The Americans, it is claimed, are the
greatest water drinkers in the world,
and the information goes to shew that
great many of them also take lit.
tie something on the side"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-04-15
WILL MAKE UNIQUE EXHIBIT
Government Will Grow Plants of
Each State at Exposition.

Application was made April 3 by the
bureau of plant industry of the United
States for corner stakes for it's outdoor
exhibit. The exhibit will be map of
the United States covering six acres
of ground with the state lines marked
by cinder walks. In each state reser-
walton will be shown the plants grown
in that state. Where the climatic
conditions of ST. Louis forbid the
growing of the plants outdoors they
will be forced under glass. Cotton,
tobacco and sugar cane in the southern
states; orange and pineapple in Flor
ida; corn and wheat in the middle
states. Surrounding this gigantic
map, which will be visible from the
adjoining hills, will be special exhib.
it's, such as the disease of field and
garden crops, plant breeding and
crossing, the treatment of sand.dunes
with vegetation to bind the sand to-
gether and keep it from blowing apart,
the rotation of crops, seed raising and
gathering, medicinal plants, poisonous
plants, fiber plants and a school gar
den.
The entire map will be surrounded
by walk feet wide, and this again
by bluegrass belt also 5 feet wide.
The space allotted for this display is
$50 by $50 feet.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-04-15
ARTIFICIAL EARS.
Alabama Man InventS an ApPll-
anCe for the Deaf.

"The deaf may now hear" That 10
a promise to 100000 afflicted persons
of America from Miller Reese Hutch
;oson. a cleUer young Alabama invent
or who gave convincing demonstra-
tion of a new auditory apparatus IN
Now York recently. Children born
aoaf dumb and blind listened to pl-
ano and heard the sound of voices for
the fr.ttime in I'll cir dreary little iiSe5.
Mr. Hutchinson was recently deeorat-
cd by Queen Alexandria for his work
in behalf of the deaf.
The other week he demonstrated
the efficiency of his new "eye glass
for the ear" before an audience in
Guiding the duke of Newcastle and the
management of several New York in
stitutes devoted to the aid of the
afflicted.
The apparatus consists of an ear
niece. a transmitter ard small bat
,erv. all of which may be 80 arranged
on the person that no part need be VS.
,ble except the ear piece. A move
noent is on foot among charitable per-
sons in New York to provide 1unos 10
supply the poor with the devices Tree
of cost.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-04-15
AN OFFICE SEEKING A MAN.
A POSITION THAT PAYS $4,000 Al.
YEAR Is GOING BEGGING.
Nobody Has Been Found Who will Take
the Place of Consul in GuayaqulI. is
a City of Sixty thousand People.


City of Sixty thousand People.
The Washington Post says the of
fee of consul of the United States at
Guayaquil, the chief seaport of Ecua-
dor, is going begging Nobody wants
it, Notwithstanding the fact that
the post is worth $4,000 to 81, 900 per
annum, with short hours and easy
duties.
Guayaquil is a city of some $4,000
population. IT has theaters, clubs and
swell society, as we'll as hospitals, laz-
arettos and pest houses. There are
ball rooms and moon-lit balconies, as
well as fever wards and morgues. The
people dance there as well as die. The
evenings are made melOdious by katy
dds as well as mosquitoes, and the
firehics are relatively as numerous as
househies. Why, then, is there this
remarkable reluctance about taking
the consulate at Guayaquil?
1t Is true that Consul Thomas Mast,
the famous cartoonist, succumbed to
the yellow fever after few weeks
residence there. 1t Is true, also, that
the man who was appointed to succeed
Mr.. Mast didn't wait TO unpack his
trunks when he reached the post, but
took the first boat back home and
couldn be induced to return for 81
100000. A third truth is that Mr.. Bow
en-, who was invited to succeed the
successor of Mr.. Mast. has declined
with thanks, since he does not wish to
sacrifice his life insurance policy. But
what has all of that got to do with the
duty and right OF American. citizens to
hold Office?
They say there is yellow fever In
Guayaquil, and that the unacclimated
American is sure to catch it and pass,
in his chips if he stops a week in
the town.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-04-15
.VOAWlIT CONINGOF CHRIST
MEMBERS OF RELIGIOUS SECT ASSEM-
BLING IN A MICHIGAN TOWN.
Are Comiag from All Sections of the
Country. $4,000 is the Number ct
People Expected to Gather There.

Il A Benton Harbar, Mich, dispatch
says;
Benton Harbor is preparing for the
second ce1nlng CT Christ, and in anticl-
patton of the event the members of the
church known as the House of lsreal
are gathering hero.
According to the scripture, as later
pFeted by the House 0f{sreal, the event
will take place within three years.
The church has chosen Benton Har-
Dor as the gathering place In America
and it is expected that 144,000 men,
bers will be gathered here before the
three years have elapsed. SPECIAL
street meetings and grove gatherings
will commeace as soon as the summer
Is fairly began.
The house of Isreal had a number
OF followers in this city for several
years, A few days ago delegation
came in from Fostoria, Ohio, and with
'4'o HuLuUGf are bu6 lGd0tuS opAt h''f
Benjamin and his wife, Mary.
Benjamin says the seventh message,
spoken of in'the Book of Revelation, is
nearly completed: that it consists of
'0) pages, is divided into four parts,
and that the printing, which is being
uone at Ashland, Ohio, is nearly I'm
Shed. The message is known as "The
Star of Bethleham," or the Living
EoIl OF Life" The book was written
oy Benjamin and his wife, Mary.
The sixth message, given out 10 1879,
was written by James J. Jayreel, OF
highland, while the fifth was written
10 lS22 by John Wave, also of Eng
land.
Other representatives. are expected
% arrive shortly from Los Angeles
and San Francisco, also from Spring
Qeld, No. "A farm east of Benton Hsr-
Oor has been secured. which will,
Win other places, be made to provide
communications for these people as
ast as they arrive.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-04-15
HARD TO PLEASE.

A mob of whitecaps in Brown county
Indiana, the other day whipped a white
man because he wouldn't work. In the
same state few days previously 9TH
er whitecaps chased lot OF negroes
out of town because they wanted to
work. 1t is hard to please the Indian
ians.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-04-15
FIRST GIRL IN 100 YEARS.

one of the largest families in St.
AoulS, Mo-, that of Arthur w. Bee ker
= loyouslY celebrating the birth OF a
Yaoy girl. This is the first time in l4O
t ,.rs that girl has been born in the
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-04-15
To Cure a Cold In One Day.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
lets. All druggists refund the money
if IL fails to cure. E. w. Groves sig
nature is on each box. IS cents.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-04-15

The surest and safest remedy for
kidney and bladder diseases is Foley's
Kidney Cure.
KENDRICK' S DRUG STORE.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-29
DRYING OUT zUYDER ZEE.
HoIIanders Are Constantly at WORK
Reciainfng Land from
the Sea

The Chicago drainage canal Is a mere
plaything compared with the engineer
ing feat Of draining HazElem lake in
Holland, says q writer in the New York
Tribune The Dutch built dixie around
/ piece Of the sea and then pumped the
axe they had made entirely dry. This
vas 50 successful that other portiors Of
he sea have been reclaimed in the same
way NOW the Netherlanders have
ct ont TO dry up a sea, the Zuycsr Zee.
md reclaim about COO square niles.
The cost Of this undertaking is esrf-
mated to be s41 600 600 or 5000. c1g
more than the cost OF the New YORK
ubway. The Dutch government how
aver. expects TO get its money back. as
[ VIII have 459 900 acres Of land. from
which it expects 70 get a rental OF
4 500 600 a year
One might think that such a marshy
raet Of land. even after it had been re-
sIaimed and drained. would be maIzrfaI.
Not so. The draining OF the land Will
3s done a little at a time, so as 20
shorten the mzrshy stage as much as
possible Coast land. even il low.
when past the mzrshy stage, is espe-
eisIly heaIthfuL Furthermore. the
people Of that country are used to low
land AT any rate. they succeeded in
drying up HARLEM
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-29
GREEN TURTLES OF FLORIDA.
SEnhermsn Catch Them with Nets "a
They Float in BaIIz of
Grass

The green turtles OF southern Flor
ida live in deep water and feed on sea
plants. mostly the kind called turtle
grass. which they cut OF near the
roots. eating the lower parts and leay-
ing the tops floating so that it collects
in great fields and marks the spots
where the animals are to be hunted
Tor BY the fishermen After browsing
in such ocean pastures the green tar-
lies go TO the mouths OF rivers for
baths OF fresh water. which they seem
to need from time to time The Flor
ida fishermen say the reptiles enter
the creeks and roll together in masses
OF grass. cementing them into balls
with clay When the turn Of the tide
takes the balls out to sea they follow
them. The fishermen watch for such
balls floating down the creeks. and
when they see them they stretch nets
across the mouths of the streams and
always catch the turtles.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-29
LIGHT AND HEAVY BRAINS.
MOrs cay Matter Than
LabOrers.

In a recent memoir on the human
brain. Dr. Matiagta. Of Prague. one OF
the most eminent specialists OF Europe.
records the fact that the heaviest brain
he has found is that Of 3 young man
of p years and 1S9 meters in height,
which weighs 1880 grams The fe-
male brain does not seem to rise over
!. 500 grams. and the Ightest he knows
about tsxcluding the very aged was
1890 grams. that OF a woman Of g
years. $50 meters IN height There is
one OF 900 grams belonging 70 q Won
an Of 50 years The average male hrsis
weighs LOO grams. and the female .2eC
grams, between 90 and SO years q
remarkable brains that Of Koustantinon
a Bulgarian novelist. weighed 5SS
grams. ard that CT Suetana. e composer
only $50 grams The average weight
Of the brain OF different occupations he
gives as from 1.410 to 1.440 for work
men. .46S for business men. professional
musicians and photographers. and I 500
for medical men and persons whose call
ing supposez = university education
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-29
RAILROAD ADVERTISING.
Has Done Much 20 Reveal the Bamu-
ties of Travel IA
America

When the passenger departments OF
the railroads began to advertise the
advantages Of their respective lines
snd the beauties and points Of interest
along the right Of way. the conserVa-
tiyes stood aghast at the innovation,
says the Toledo Tones It was freely
predicted that they would get tied Of
wasting their money or that their en-
ployers would call them down and re-
fuse to countenance such expenditures
Yet how different has been the out
come The pioneers in the business
have been followed by imitators and
competitors. until Ecme OF the most
attractive and interesting and instruc-
tive advertising Of the day is done by
the railroads. It is. Of course. impos-
sible 10 know the full extent Of the
influence Of this advertising. but the
result has been to immensely stimulate
travel We Americans are Just learn
ing 70 appreciate leisure and to know
that one doesn't have TO 90 a thousand
miles from home to get genuine rec
reauon and an education that IS
pleasure to acquire
The theory that everything worth
seeing is in Europe has been exploded
and the railroads. with their persist
snt. artistic and well constructed ad-
vertising have lighted the fuse that
led to the explosion Everyone with a
spark Of ambition desires to see sur
roundings different from his own He
wants TO travel But ne breads going
INTO strange scenes and conditions
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-29
ALL ALONE.


/ eat and watched the sun 90 down,
And watched the world go dark;
Then round about me- up and down,
Small lights flashed out 70 mark.
Like stars, wee spots amidst tire giosm.
Each that 10 some one dear had grown:
Not one but marked place called home
sat and watched the lights fash out,
But I was all alone.
sat and watched the moon come up
And heard the nightbird call;
And round me rnoonf0wers ope'd their cup
To catch the night dew's fall;
And one By one the lights vent dead.
The night birds grooming tone
Was hushed. the whole world seemed abed;
Nan. bird and beast. each had their mate.
But vas all alone.
Ard midnight darkness held the world
Like huge thing enthraiIeds
Days ey'ry banner had been furlsd.
Nor wind. nor nIbhtbird called
Across the heavy lying dark,
nor cen the pillows moan;
Ire worlds a gris!y thing and stark
At midnight's heavy vOiceIezs hour
When enc is all alone
y. NJ Lewis. in Houston Post
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-29
rse OF Hydroscope.

The treasures that lie at the bottom
of the sea are row more easily obtain
able by the invention Of an instrument
known as the hy6r0scOpe. The contriv-
ance is shortly to be put in operation
in order to ind the lost feet CT Xerxes.
which has reclined on the seas bed IN
disturbed for about $500 years. Search
is also to be made for the ship char
tered BY Pompey to carry Roman art
treasures to Athens and wrecked in the
archipelago $50 years ago.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-29
DIRECTORIES.

SUPREME COURT.
James f. Ailshie,
]. y. Sullivan,
Charles Stockslager.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-29
CHURCH MEETINGS.

Regular meetings at the Congrega-
tional Church in Challis
Morning servi ices each Sunday at II
O'clock. Evening services at 7;S0
O'clock each Sunday.
Sabbath School each Sunday at
o'clock p. m.
Christian Endeavor meeting every
Thursday evening at 1870 O'clock.
REV. n. II. CURTIS, Pastor.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-06

The Albuquerque Citizen In a re-
cent issue published the report Of some
sort Of q meeting supposed to have
been held In the old town at Las Veg
~ on the evening OF June 80, In which
everybody and everything indiscrim-
inateiy was Observation-Disclosures
-condemned and condemned. But
one exception was made and that IN
The case Of Y. v. Chaves Of Aibuquer-
que, who nled the minority report as
= member Of the commission to In.
vestigate the charges against the In
sane asylum although said minority ie-
port differed In no essential particular
from the report OF the majority. Mr..
Chayes Is TOO good q citizen to be in.
jured by this circumstance and the
people will not remember II against
him too long. He could not help II.
Upon the other hand II IL plain that
the good and decent citizens OF New
Mexico are satisfied TO believe the re
pujts sad Andiasr 4yive& q b. tho -
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-06

Washington Is fast getting to be
known around the world AZ a state
Of wonderful things. A great spruce
tree was felled there recently and II
was decided that a piece Of Il should
be sent 10 Sweden for exhibition pur.
poses. The men who went to see the
T said they would take II fee: Of
the butt, but the railroads told them
they cssld leave II In Washington Il
they did, Tor 1t would be impossible
10 transport the log on any car. The
men fnaiiy bought l5 inches and the
s~ectionsfs nine feet In diameter, The
tree il rsot az big AZ som Of those IN
California, but then, II must be re-
n.embered. Washington 10 much
younger state.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-06

Preparation for the entertainment
OF $4,000 Christian E%ndeayorers to the
Bis national convention In Denver
this week Is assuming more definite
shape as the time for the gathering
approaches. The fact Ii, the under,
taking Is I'M OF the largest that the
people of that city have ever taken
upon themselves, and that they will
make OF 1t the most successful con
vention In the history of the society
Is already evident from The work that
has been accomplished.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-06

A chapter on the finances Of the
class Of '03 Vt Yale Ii disclosed in the
publication OF a fable giving expent
SEES OF the individual members dur
Ing the four years, The lowest cost
for a single year was 800 by a man
who spent only $3.50 during his whole
course. The highest individual ex'
penditure in a single year was ST.
900. The maximum cost for four years
was $4,000. These figures show an
increase per man OF $452 vtr 1902,
when expenses were above preceding
years.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-06
Helen Gould's Favoritc Charity.
Kansas City Star.

kanSdS CITY SldT.
Miss Helen Gould's charities, like her
friends. are almost numhcrless. Her
fayorite philanthrophic scheme. oiside
of the schools and clubs Of Tarrytown,
N. ", which are at her own home, and
naturally. receive much of her person
al attention. may be said to be the
ome for the %friendless and Its twelve
Industrial schools scattered through
out New York. The home cost about
100000. one-tenth OF which wos the
gift OF Miss Kould. who acts on the
executive committee OF the board.
This home for the Friendless Is
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-06

The news that hundreds OF miners
are stranded on the Yukon only goes
TO show that II Is not wise to be with
out ready money In q country where
there Is much hidden ealth.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-06

Quotations fro seats on the New
York stock exchange have run down
from $4,000 to 100000 sale having
been made last week ut the latter
figure. The decline Is due to a be
lief that trading will be duller thig
summe rthan recently.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-06

Among other hardships, the explor-
ers just starting for the north pole
will have to endure waiting at least q
year to learn which clubs won the
baseball pennants,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-06

Teacher: What shall l do NIT Char
ley? Me and my man cant nothing
make OF him. When we want to HEX
the little imp he gets the bed far
under where we can't reach for him
and must put q hook in the bedroom
door to hold him for his licking.
Please soak him In school shust as
often as you have time.
MRE. SNEDIVELT.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-06

Mayor Mulvihill OF Bridgeport
Conn., attempted To stop a fracas be
tween strikers and nonunion men. and
was promptly knocked down with a
brick. blessed are the %peacemak.
ers."
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-06
PLEASE EXCUSE"

Some Novel Requests Made Of Public
School Teachers
A new batch Of excuses. letters nj
complaints and requests received dur
ing the term just closed is vouched
for by one Of our public school teach
ers:
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-06

Pittinger has just received = hne
assortment Of picture frame mould
Ings and mats: also the latest patterns
and %colorings In wall paper. $50
6txtn street. wa
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-06

vestigatIng commission. This being
. well established fact. the incident
might be declared closed.-New Mex.
lean.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-06

Teacher: Georges mother got no
catching Hines. She got a girl.
Very respectfully.
HIS AUNT.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-06

90 to Patty's for poultry netting,
window screen. lawn hose and garden
tools. 81 i36-tf
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-06

Perry Onion pays cash and good
prices Tor household goods. Monte
Carlo Hall. Colo. Phone No. 271. 143-tf
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-06
MRE. sNEDIvELT.

Teacher: II Louis is bad please lick
him till his eyes are blue. He is very
stubborn. He has a great deal OF
the mule in him-hes takes after bis
father. MRS.P.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-06

Teacher /: John says you want 70
g me | have a bier saloon AMI
mine children. Bizness is good in
morning and aft noon. How can !
come?
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-06

The louisiana supreme court l.a1
affirmed the constitutionlity Of the
act passed by the legislature 1t its
last session, Furnishing with imprfson,
ment at hard labor wife desertion s2'a1
failure on the part2f
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-06
MRE. CHAMPIONSHIP.

Miss: My boy tells me wen | trink
beer der overcoat from my stummack
gets too thick. Please be so kind and
don't interfere In my family affairs.
MRS. G.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-06

Dear teacher Please exe,..s. r'ritz
for staying home ne mad der measels
TO oblige his father. ]. b.
Teacher: Please excuse Rachel for
being away those W days her grand
mother died to oblige her mother.
MRS. RENSKI.
Miss: Frank cold moi come these
threee weeks because he had the
amonia and information of the vow
els. MRS. SMITH.
Teacher: You must excuse my girl
for no coming to scool she was sick
and lade In a common dose state for
three days.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-06

Miss Brown: You must stop teach,
ing my Lizzie fiscal torture, Sc needs
yet readin and figors nit sums more
as that, IL ! want her to do jumpin J
can make her jump.
MRE. CHAMPIONSHIP.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-06

Teacher Place excousie Mickie he
went to see the Bannums.
MRS. CASEY.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-06
MONDAY EVENING, JULY q, 1909
Las Vegas got OF easy.

In the good old summer time"
Just at present.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-06

DppurF dis WIZ md children. A num-
mer Of deserving husbands were ar
rested. but their punishment vas rus
panied. as the act was declared un
constitutional. The matter d carried
to the supreme court. A great i'm
provement is expected in Lousiana
husbands as d consequs M Of this
law.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-06

Teacher: | tink you are a fool.
you want my TO read when he knows
no alferbits. Please teach him some.