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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-01-07
DEPEW'S CLEVER CAT.
Trick Performed by the Senator's
Wonderful Feline.

Among the cats that may compete in
the cat show to be soon held at Wash
ington is handsome gray fellow be-
longing to Senator Depew, says the
New York Times. The cat bears the
name Tom. 1t is not known whether
or not he is named for the senator S
distinguished colleague from New
York, but it can be said that Tom is
clever and tricky and devoted beyond
measure to his master and mistress.
That Tom can think can scarcely be
doubted He is very sagaciOus and fire.
uuently outwits his master. 1t is said
he has learned to smile at the senator's
jokes.
Tom has learned trick that is often
shown to guests at the Depew home.
Under the dining room table is an cleo
trio bell for the purpose of summoning
a servant. Whenever Tom is fastened
up in the dining room. he Immediately
Jumps on this button and pushes it
with great vigor until some one ar
rives and lets him out. Whether by ac-
cident or otherwise, Tom learned that
whenever the button under the table
was pushes some one entered the door,
thus opening it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-01-07
NOVEL WINTER CONTEST.
Snow Modelling Proposed for
Schools OF Cleveland.

During the winter a few Michael
Angeles may be discovered among the
schoolboys of Cleveland, says the Phil
adelDhia Press. At all events, if a
movement now under way is carried
out successfully there will be interest
ing contests in the parks after the snow
begins to fly.
The molding of Venuses and Apollos
and original statues will probably be
one of the winter sports to be arranged
for in the parks. Prizes for the best
designs and the most skillful execution
will be offered. Contestants will be
provided with a lump of snow, and
when time" is called they will begin
to construct statues according to their
own inclinations. Prizes are to be
distributed to various grades and diff
ferent schools, and if found feasible
class of girl contestants may also be
entered
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-01-07
NOT TO RIVAL LAND WIRES.
Marconi Says His System Is to
Be Aid to Existing Lines.

At this moment, when wireless teleg-
raphy appears to be upon the threshold
of practical commercial success, Signor
Marconi makes a most important state
ment, says a special dispatch from
Glace Bay, G. B., to the Philadelphia
Press. He said in answer to a ques-
ton the other night:
mo, 1 do not think our system will
be a serious rival to either ocean or
land telegraphy. l would say that it
would eventually become an auxiliary
to it and that the successful transac-
ton of business over the sea will tend
to stimulate cable business under the
sea. 1t is possible that the fact Of our
system being cheaper may initiate TO
some extent against the other though
| do not think it will to any great de
gree. This is Il matter for the future
and will depend wholly upon the sue
cess Of our system. In Canada we
work in conjunction with the dominion
government, making use of their land
wires"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-01-07
BAD FIRE AT LEARY.
T. r. HammOnd's Store, the Dispensary
and Other Buildings DESTROYED.

At quarter past 8 o'clock few
nights ago the alarm of fire rang out
through the town of Leary. 1t was
soon discovered that t. r. Hammond g
store house was on fire. The flames
had gained considerable Roadway, and
were but short time in consuming
the building and its contents.
Mr.. Hammond had about 81, 500 in
surance on his stock and $500 on his
house. The dispensary was also burn.
ed, having between $500 and $1,000
stock, with no insurance on same.
There were about 5000 worth OF goods
saved. One other store house, belong
ing to T. w. hammond, unoccupied,
va, also burne d.
DR.. CrlttenOcu' 5 Office and some of
its contents were also destroyed.
About one.third of his stock and some
of his furniture were saved. 1t seems
that all the buildings were fully in
sured.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-01-07
GIRLS "MANLESS" DANCE.
Half Don Male Attire and Escort
the Other Half.

The slow young men of Kenosha,
Wis, were dreadfully rebuked the 9th
er night when the neglected fair ones
gave a 'manless" dance, says the Phil
adelphia Press. Not representative Of
the sterner sex had part in the fes-
tivities, and the male orchestra was re-
quired to furnish its music from be-
hind a screen.
One hundred and ten invitations were
issued for the dance. About half were
accepted, and then lots were drawn to
determine which of the young women
should wear trousers and be the beaux
of the evening.
Brothers wardrobes were despoiled,
and tailors were called on to provide
evening suits for the occasion. Some
Of the girls were unable to secure even
ing suits, and they wore whatever they
could find. Carriages conveyed the
men" and women from and to their
homes.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-01-07

crashed in at the front, fed to Barba'
dos on Venezuela's only gunboat and
then, with infinite courtesy, sent the
boat back to Castro with a note say
ing, 81 return you the navy; you may
need it yourself"
Castro's aspirations lean rather to
the Blanco method of exit and to a
golden exile. Traitors in his own house
tell of frequent shipments of gold sent
abroad by the thrifty president.
In the heart Of the capital city there
is a palace which has an extension built
entirely of steel. The house is called
Mira Flores and was the residence OF
Crespo when that fighting general was
president. The steel extension was not
built with the forethought of fire; it is
earthquake proof.
That the steel house is bullet proof is
an added point of merit in the d1cta-
tors eyes, That which Castro most
fears is not earthquake, not nature, but
humankind. Richard Harding Davis
tells an anecdote of Castro in connec-
ton with this steel house.
1.-THE president is a good fellow"
saws Davis land the type of fighter
General Funston represents in this
country. He is a great admlrer or
President Roosevelt, whose rough rid
ers he is never tired of hearing about,
ina gining them like his own troops
which rode across the state. He want
ed me to tell President Roosevelt that
If the United States ever went to war
he should come to Washington and Of
fer his sword in our service. An anus
ing thing happened in his household
the other day. Some time ago he built
himself a fine palace and put In 1t an
all steel room, decorated by French
artists and costing $4,000, to take ref
uge in during earthquakes. Three
weeks ago there was an earthquake,
but the president and his entire house
hold clean forgot the $4,000 steel room,
running instead into the street"
In Venezuela Castro has under his
sway about 100000 people, scattered
over an area of 593,943 square miles.
The population is of the same charac-
ter as in Colombia and EcuadOr-a
mixture of Indians, Spanish, half
breeds and negroes, though the mix
ture of Indian blood with the Spanish
is not so great as it is in Colombia. In
the latter country the Indian blood is
very prominent, and its possessors, SO
far from seeking to conceal the fact
are rather proud of it.
The people of these countries are
fighters in their irregular way, but the
most sturdy and the best soldiers in
Venezuela are the COW punchers of the
llanos, great plains like the plains OF
our west, and in Colombia the little
Indians from Cauca are as brave and
as fond of tumult and battle as they
are undisciplined and hard to control
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-01-07

the manner in which they were man
aged showed clearly that the young
man was born to the game.
In a short time he had q following.
By courtesy it was called an army.
There were two or three of these ar
mics then in the field General Herman
dez was at the head Of one. AT that
time Andrade was president of Nene-
zuela. Hernandez and the other revo-
lutionists fought independently Of each
other Each was for himself. Finally
Hernandez was caught away from his
army. He was taken prisoner by An
drade. Then Andrade gave his atten-
ton to the others.
The dark young man quietly gath
cred up the forces which the unfortu-
nate Hernandez had commanded. One
day he heard that Andrade, with a big
army was looking for him. He had
been declared an outlaw. A price had
been put ON his head. This was some
thing Of a distinction for an obscure
young soldier to have achieved, but it
Old not embarrass him in the least.
Detailing a small part of his force,
ne sent it out to meet Andrade's big
army. 1t was sheer folly, of course,
out while Andrade was engaged in de-
mohShing this little band the young
man had slipped around the corner
and by series of forced marches
reached Caracas, which was defended
only by a handful of troops. The
young man coolly marched in, took
possession of the capital and pro-
Gained himself dictator. He has been
DICTATOR ever since. His name is Ciprl-
anO Castro.
Such was the rise to fame of the
man who has involved Venezuela in
most variegated lot of trouble with
european nations. From obscurity
and poverty he has risen with meteoric
'apidity to worldwide fame and to
Tue possession of great wealth. For
Uore than three years he has ruled his
turbulent republic with autocratic
sway, almost constantly busy in crush
lg revolts and all the time more or
TESS at odds with powerful nations
across the sea. And today he is but
'orty-seven years of age.
castro is not, as are so many South
aad Central American chief executives,
VI almost wholly unmixed Spanish
O'Ood. In fact, there is very little, if
Sly, Spanish blood in his veins. He is
~a to be almost a full blood Indian,
plu 1t is alleged that he is proud of
lH origin. In many ways he is an
-u'eresting and remarkable man, the
uost remarkable in Venezuela.
ne has much energy, boundless
=, and an unbounded belief in
=, US country's future. His grand scheme
y 10 merge Venezuela, Colombia and
~ t-euador in one big federation, with
-'Uself as its dictator. Naturally he
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-01-07
Titles to Order.

A curious trial is going on in Aus
tria- Hungary which may end in many
persons in the highest society being de-
prived of their titles and coats OF
arms, says the London Express. An
agent of a heraldic Office at Prague,
named Alois Muller, has been supply
Ing, at enormous prices, manuscript
patents supposed to have been granted
by Maria Theresa and Joseph II. OF
Austria. These documents have en-
abled the purchasers to obtain from
the court patents of nobility.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-01-07

ESS than half dozen years ago
there appeared on the troubled
surface of things In Venezuela
- a thin, dark bearded young
:. with bright, restless black eyes
a n1nI a high forehead; He had come
anu ann : little Venezuelan village some
lr ,.o on the Colombian frontier, a lit
wn' ,.t,lage nesting at the foot Of the
Ut f. canned Andes. He was poor, OBJ
sn ,,ro and without influence.
'' Rnt the young man with the restless
-os and the high forehead was
e s'dipr of the Napoleonic order. He
SUN SUN TO mix in the various revolts
U1 s,ob were being fomented against the
0 I.,ornment He found plenty of this
sv 70 do He displayed a remarka-
s To talent for getting men together and
m U,e them win battles. OF course
ls ' battles were only skirmishes, but
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-01-07
A Medical College Yell.

Collectors who make specially of
college yells will appreciate the fol-
lowing from the Medical College of
Syracuse, N. Y:
Well man, sick man, dead man-stlff;
Dig 'em o, cut em up, what's the diff?
Humorous, numerous, blood and gore,
Syracuse medicOs, 1904
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-01-07

Ute, nOurlSn the nerves, anu pfon1OtS
the general physical health.
1.-TWO years ago my daughters health began
to fail" writes Mrs. Dan Hall, of Brodheadi
Green Co., Wis. rEverything that could be
thought of was done to help her but it was OF no
use. When she began to complain she was
health, until about the age of fourteen; then in
six months she was SO run down her weight was
but I7o felt could not give her up as she
was the only child I had. and must say, Doc
tor, that only for your Favorite Prescription
nay daughter would have been in her grave to-
day. When she had taken oue-haif bottle the
natural function established and we bought
another one. making only two bottles in all, and
she completely recovered, Since then she IS rs
well as can be-"
The Common Sense Medical Adviser,
1908 pages, in paper covers, is sent free
on receipt OF 81 one-cent stamps to pay
expense of mailing only. Address DR..
R. " Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-01-07

The many friends of G. H. Hanson,
Engineer, L. f. & w. r. r., at present
living in Lima, o., will be pleased to
know of his recovery from threatened
kidney disease. He writes. Il was
cured by using Foley's Kidney Cure,
which l recommend to all, especially
trainmen, wSo are usually similarly
afflicted. HENDRICKS DRUG STORE.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-01-07
Eat 100000 Pounds Of Pork a Week.

Eleven million pounds OF meat are
eaten every week by the inhabitants
of New York, Brooklyn and Jersey
City. OF this, six million pounds are
beef, two million pounds mutton and
lamb, and three million pounds pork,
ham and bacon. The total cost Is
about 81 100000 Poultry and fish are
not included
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-01-07


mother instead of
seeking her.
This change very
often occurs when
the young girl is
crossing the bor-
der line of woman
hood. She is NOR
bid, nervous, fear
full, as she enters
upon this new ex-
perience.
The use of DR..
pierce's Favorite
Prescription at
such a time will
do more than re-
store the normal
balance of mind
and body. 1t will
establish the wom-
anly function upon
a basis or sound
health, as well as
improve the appe-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-01-07
Mothers Girl.
not included

There exists often very beautiful
companionship between the mother and
her daughter The intimacy is frank,
free and sympathetic. But some day
the mother feels as if something had
chilled this intimacy. The child Is
silent and sad, and seems to shun her
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-04
Salisbury Was Neighbor
To Dumas In France

Much has been written about the late
Lord Salisburys sojourns at Puy, near
Dieppe. where he was the neighbor Of
the younger Dumas and of Nine. NOLAN
Carvalho, the famous vocalist, who was
the wife OF the former director of the
Paris Opera Comique. Today NJ Felix
Duquesnel. an old theatrical manager who
has turned journalist. relates in a very
racy manner his meeting with Lord Sails
bury at Puy one fine autumn twenty eight
years ago. M. Duquesnel was one day
visiting Dumas fills. and as they were
talking at the window there came near
them tall. slightly stopping man dressed
in free and easy seaside costume and
carrying a net for shrimp fishing. NJ.
Duquesnel took the stranger to be an or
binary citizen at the seaside. The man
stopped to talk to Dumas. Good day,
nelghbor, he said. with slight English
accent, "how are you this morning."
Quite well. thanks. and your excelien-
cy?" queried Dumas. His excellency
made slight grimace, as if he did not
like the title, and then replied: Il am
as strong as the Pont Neuf; 1 believe
that's the phrase The air is splendid
here, and 1 am off to catch shrimps."
Much luck" said Dumas; hope you will
not ambitious about it: 1 only want to
earn my Iuncheon Au revoir" and the
stranger, saluting. went his way.
What do you think of my neighbour"
looking person. He seems to be a type
out of Gavarni, genuine citizen at the
seaside. But why did you call him excel
lency? Il am about to tell you," said
Dumas. Your Gavarni type at the sea-
side is Robert Cecil. Marquis of Sails
bury, peer of England and minister of
her majesty Queen Victoria" DO you
mean that seriousIy?" LAS seriously as
possible. my dear fellow" Hes a fine
old man., observed Duquesnel That's
not kind of you" remarked Dumas. IT
am eight or nine years older than he is.
But he stoops That my dear sir, is the
weight of England on his shoulders"
He Is wr!nkled and getting gray put
in DuquesneL
THAT comes from the cares Of the great
Indies. You look as if you might be his
son." urged DuquesneL 'WeIl. he dates
from 1880. and l date from 1922" That
proves" remarked Duquesnel. "that a
man has only the age that he looks"
Don't talk nonsense. my dear fellow. >"
answered Dumas, quickly. You may de-
cefye others but not yourself as regards
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-04

nounced that it had decided that briefs
and other documents should be de-
Hvered before Oct. IS, and that replies
should be handed in by Nov. 2. The
court will hear the arguments of coun-
sci Nov. 4.
Wayne MacVeagh opened today on
behalf of Venezuela. He said the only
question of international law involved
was whether strong powers, in extort-
ing money by an aggressive war from a
weak power, have the right of prefer
entail treatment as a recompense for
their action, or whether all creditor
nations shall share equally. The spirit
of The Hague convention was to pro-
tect the weak against the strong
Equality was equity.
Mr. MacVeagh discussed the causes
of the disagreement between Venezuela
and Great Britain. He asserted that
the people of the island of Trinidad
favored the Venezuelan insurgents and
engaged in contraband traffic. Vene-
zuela had also complained because she
was not represented in the arbitration
regarding the demarkation of the
boundaries of British Guiana and
Venezuela.
Counsel said Great Britain had COM
menced the war, blockaded, seized YES
sells and bombarded forts under frivo-
louS preteXtS and on unfounded griev-
ances. The blockading powers, he
added, tried to force Venezuela to pay
exorbitant and unverified claims. Mr..
MacVeagh commended that, according
TO the spirit of The Hague convention,
strong power had no right to abuse
its strength in order to exact payment
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-04

all the force of ridicule and argument
OF which he is such a master.
His four and one-half-page preface
to the pamphlet, in which C. A. Vince,
secretary to Mr.. ChamberIain's tariff
organization, summarizes Mr.. Cham
berlain's policy is almost equally d.
Vided between a fervent plea on behalf
of preferential trade, which Is to fed
crate the empire, and striking dis
section of what he holds to be the an
tiquated doctrine of Cobdenism. or
Premier Baifours middle Of the-road
policy, which asks only the power to
retaliate without taxing food, he makes
no mention; but the whole manifesto
and pamphlet TEEN with evidence of his
final conviction that nothing short of
what he advocates can keep the en-
pire together and restore it's trade
prestige to the United Kingdom. Only
one slight reference is made to his
former colleagues in the cabinet.
Il have already said" he writes,
that the Little Highlander free traders
care nothing for the colonies; but am
bound to the imperialist free traders
when they declare that the interests
and union Of the empire are as dear to
them as to us. But what answer are
they going to return when our colonies
ask that we shall treat them in COM
mercial matters little better than the
foreign and when they promise recip-
rocal advantages in return?"
This quite refuteS the rumors that
Mr.. Chamberlain contemplates a COM
promise in order to bring his pro-
granlme more into line with that of the
premier. Not only does he adhere to
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-04

of fences, the squatty barns and the
big stone buildings to the right of the
rails. But not all find the same en-
ployment. OF the army that pours
over the tracks early in the morning
and which is constantly being rein
forced during the early hours of the
day, one detachment hurries to the
stockyards proper and the remainder
of the army is divided among the big
packing houses and butcher firms.
Once down in the stoclSyards district
the tangle be: ONES less of a tangle,
for the fences resolve themselves into
open pens divided by alleys, streets
separate those pens from the feeding
barns, and other streets into indi-
vidual buildings the big stone struc-
lures.
1t is in the alleys that separate the
pens that one comes upon the first
detachment of the army of laborers
and is able to learn something of the
nature of their work. Perhaps a train
of freight cars has been hauled up on
the spur track which has been laid
close to these pens. If so, part of the
detachment, some mounted on horse
back, others on foot, are crowded
about the chutes which stretch from
the car doors to the ground, for the
baa-a-ing and the bleating inside as
sure the men, even if orders previous
ly given did not, that a consignment
of sheep is anXiously waiting tempo
rary freedom. The sheep may have
come from a Montana ranch and their
final destination may be England, but
for a time, at least, they must tarry
in the South ST. Paul stoclyards, for
the law, mindful even of sheep. has
decreed that no consignment may re-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-04

to the killing places" The cries of
these and the calls Of the men and
the neighing of horses produce a babel
of sounds that never ceases from early
in the morning until late in the
evening. But with the approach of
night something like quiet settles
down on the pens. The army of men
has recrossed the railroad tracks and
only the night Waterman is left be-
hind.
Waterman Patrols at Night.
All through the hours of the night
he rides up and down the lanes that
separate the pens tpausing only every
sixty minutes to send in his report
"al1 right" by meansoof the clocks that
are attached to poles, placed at inter-
walls among the pens
The sheep lie huddled in their pens
like drifts of fleeeya snow, the great
steers and cows are black shadows in
the darkness. A 1atnb beats timor-
ously, perhaps, or agforlorn little calf
lifts up its voice in pleading '.ma-a,"
but otherwise the place is absolutely
still.
And over in the great packing
houses quietness reigns, too, and this
quietness lasts longer than it does in
the pens. But once the army of work.
ers has crossed the dividing tracks in
the morning, the packing houses show
even greater signs of life than do the
pens. For in those houses there is
far more to be done. From the abat-
toirs above, the lifeless cattle are
dropped down to be prepared for
dressing. Pelts must be removed from
the cattle and prepared for storage
In the pelt room, which is also a re-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-04

Shining bands of steel cut into two
oblong slices, South st. Paul. To the
left of these, as one comes down on
the motor from the city, lies the viii
lage, sheltered by bluffs that some day.
when it gets it's breath-for during
the past ten years it has been kept
very busy-it intends to climb. To
the right are massed in what at first
seems a queer confusion, rows of
weather beaten fences, sqaatty look
ing red and brown barns and great
stone buildings with smokeStackS that
seem TO cut the sky.
To stand near those dividing tracks
about I o'clock on one of these tardy
fall mornings is to receive a queer i'm
preston. Across the rails, the only
things distinct in the dim half-light
pourS an army of men. Many come
from the village. others are spilled out
by the motor and still others come
from ST. Paul Park, which is not
a great distance off. They move in
struggling groups down the alley-like
street until they are swallowed up in
the dimnesS and confusion below. So
large is the army, indeed, so many are
transferred from one oblong to the
other, that it seems South ST Paul
must surely lose its balance and that
all that part of it which lies to the
right of the tracks must slip into the
river which flows past the village.
Small Army Is Employed.
Something like 1888 men are en-
ployed in South st. Paul. The greater
part of these find employment in the
stockyards which comprise the tangle