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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-05-27

prevailing in this
; because so decep-
tive. Many sudden
deaths are caused by
it heart disease,
pneumonia. heart
failure or apoplexy
are often the result
of kidney disease. II
kidney trouble is al
lowed TO advance the
kidney p ois o n c &
blood will attack the
vital organs or the
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-05-27
The Cause of Many
Sudden Deaths.

There is disease prevailing in th!:
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I steered him toward place to which he
! would not have dared to invite hcr. "
| was all right so far as it's ethical furniture
| went, but it was all wrong in regard to Ne
| tawdry effects ts cooking and its custo-
ners.
"Isn't it fun. said Mary. gleefully. Just
| for once She emphasized the once.
John must not have latitude.
T; Mary ordered a rabbit and two bottles
I Of ale; John suggested celery and coffee,
I and after moments hesitation she ac.
| quiesced.
When the waiter brought the bill. Mary's
pocketbook was in the depths Of her pocket
and she was sitting on the pocket John
begged her not to rse and paid the bill.
Perhaps 1t Is less conspicuous said
Mary, "thcn can send you the money
She never did.
In Johns room, sandwiohed between
a rack OF pipes and a ahelf Of French novels.
Ia a framed check which reads PAY to
the ordar of John" and below six
dollars and below that again, is written
Mary's signature in q bold, feminine hand.
John il very proud Of it. With it came
a little line OF poetry which be has also
framed 1t reads:
When my cpitsph Is written
And the last fond word Is sull.
Don't please. forget TO mention
I paid my election bill.
He explains ii to the curious.
-The first time ever knew girl to pay
a bet. Came up to time like little man.
She bet on Low, and the morning after
his defeat received that check and the
poetry.
"It's the very first time in my life that
l ever had a woman pay a bet Why l
wouldn't cash that check for anything
In the world.
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When a girl gives party this is the way
.be does. We will let Mary represent the
alrl as they say in algebra and law.
Mary sends out carefully worded in
v,ta,ions to her friends. She has proba-
bly already notified them Of the day and
hour and has emphasized the fact Of the
coming function whenever ahe has chanced
70 meet any Of them. But abe likes to g1ve
her little affair an air, no matter though II
be Informal, 80 she sends the invitations.
She chooses her gown with great caro-.
The gown being the most important item
naturally receives attention first; after
that size considers the supper and she spends
long hours in discussion with the cook
and the caterer.
II she is truly sesthetio. she allows the
sandwich question to occupy her waking
and her sleeping hours. She usually .ends
by matching the colors Of her dining room.
If the wall paper happens to be green, then
chopped pepper sandwiches win out; il
a dark red, a circle Of cold beet adorns the
top Of each; if yellow, chopped egg and
mayonnaise.
She remembers the favorite drink Of
each male admirer and mAkes punch Of
the lot, trusting that each one will taste
his special tipple, after having been noti-
fled that 1t is the base Of supplies. She
buys bonbons and cakes with an eye to
color and flavor. She spends hours think
ing OF the centrepiece, whether 1t shall
be combination of small dishes filed
with things to eat or hothouse ethereality.
She engages the music, something
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"Oh, OF course, man always pays his
bets to women. That's different thing,
but a woman-positively the first time
ever knew it to happen
When q friend of Johns told Mary about
this she was quite moved.
Il don't know what I'd have done, she
said helplessly, IF he had cashsd IT, You
see had overdrawn my account and there
wasn't cent there. You won't tell him?
feel awfully mean about it but couldn't
have him think that was 30 old fashioned
as that, not 10 pay a bet!"
whats the use of trying to do things
Like a mani" said a worldly wise young
woman to whom these discrepancies in
the masculine and feminine methods were
pointed out. Society, the world, men
and women, alike refuse to take you
seriously. They won't let you depart from
your natural methods II you want to. I'll
give you an example.
This fall We were on driving trip By
we, I mean three women and one man,
the husband of one OF the party. The trip
took two days and we stopped at different
places for luncheon, dinner, the night. 10.
At the first place We stopped the man
disappeared and when luncheon was ON
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One night John, oornered ct the house of
his latest fame, q blonde-haired widow
with rurnors Of insurance from No. 1, says
deoisively:
Name your night. I'm game
That = Johns method Of invitation. The
night il determined on then and thsrs.
The widow asks permission to bring three
men and the other girls make out o List Of
their friends, some Of whom John has never
heard Of. He b In for It, apparently, and
Yields gracefully to the inevitable.
Several times during the ensuing week
he remembers that he 10 to give party, and
meeting few OF his chun,s at luncheon
and elsewhere, Incidentally mentions IL and
tells them to drop around on Friday eve.
Friday y very busy day with him.
On his way uptown he remembers the party
and that he will have just time to get his
dinner and dress. Then he recalls that he
has promised to call for the widow, who
IA going 10 ehaperon the party. She feels
. little timid. she has written him, about
going to Q mans rooms alone.
He begins to believe that he doesn't caro-
for parties, for he has to hurry his dinner
and his dressing. He looks back helpleasly
- he i leaving his rooms, and o,rses. not
loudly, but deep, when he has 70 70 hack
and throw some thtngs into the closet.
The pink pajamas fall on top Of the heap.
and he locks the door and hides the key.
At the Widows he finds the whole party
assembled, waiting for him. They re-
proach him for being late and tell him they
suppose he was asserting the novsrs.
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She points out queer people here and there
and repeats some Of the stars epigrams
when John looks bored, being unable to
hear distinctly.
y isn't it fun to sit in the balcony she
says, as they come down the stairs in
mass Of crushing humanity.
y Then. fearing she may have established
precedent, she adds:
.Of course. wouldn't want to sit there
more than once in a season, but 1t does give
you different views Of life, doesn't it?N
John allowed that it did.
Mary said nothing about supper and
John was very hungry. Finally he
broached the subject himself. He had an
occult idea that perhaps Mary treat ended
with the balcony stairs.
Mary was quite indignant.
Il was just going to mention It,. she
said, and John felt properly detected.
Mary continued:
.There is a delightful little Arcadian
place nearby. where you can get rab-
bits" Then she interpreted: "You know
it is Bohemia when you 60 alone; Arcadia
when there arc two
John liked Arcadia, but he hated rab-
bits, but he said nothing and again Mary
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There comes a time in the course OF the
winter when Mary has couple OF seats sent
her for a popular play, The seats are from
her rich uncle who makes her one present
year, Mary thinks over the list of her
friends and acquaintance and finally decide
she will ask John
Il hope he won't misunderstood my in
terst in him." she thinks, "but he really
has been very kind. and 1t is not unusual for
woman to ask her men friends to the
theatre or opera. Cousin Jane had passes
all one winter. and took different man
each time she went"
John accepts with alacrity.
Nice little girl, he says to himself, as he
struggles with his dress tie. "Gone of
and bought those tickets Just to show her
appreciation OF the little things I've done
for her. Women aren't half bad after all.
Mary is plainly dressed. She has on q
neat, dark walking suit and small felt hat.
Her usual redundancy of chifons 10 laid
aside.
When they reach the theatre John makes
for the brilliantly lighted entrance, but
Mary touches his arm.
Il think our tickets are in the balcony"
she says, reading them by the light of the
electric lamp as il it were the first time
the thought had occurred to her.
"Yes, they are, she says at length. with
out either surprise or confusion.
John cannot for the life of him help won
dering what Mary would have said If he had
invited her into the balcony but he does
not give the thought resting place.
They toll up the steep, narrow stairs,
to find that the seats are I'm the fourth row
from the back. Being late they are obliged
to crawl over German family. who do
not rise. but comfort themselves into alpha
bet shapes to let them pass.
John is always dizzy in high altitude,
but he does not dare to 60 out between the
acts for fresh cir, fearing to become hope
lessly entangied with the German family.
Mary is undoubtedly ENJOYING herself
The sun., 1903-11-15
GOATS TO RENT.
Plan fer supplying II. Louis Babies With
Wholesome Milk.


St. Louis is to have goat dairy. A cor
i, now being orsanzed,, and prominent local
its' purpose will be to % provide milk for in.
fants that is most like mother milk and is
s n H% Be ebeTn hss IT, Ehs os sry
OF this amount $50 900 has already been sub.
articles. It is stated. will be made Tuesday,
but. goats. The goat viii bs rented. ths
dairy COMPANY viii furnish food for ths goat.
phy.ieisps Interested stated That .Ss plap
s9lves IN The hprop9@fiton PEI Of Rs fresh milk
The physioians have authorized 4. =. Hulit
Of Springfield Mo, who Is one Of the biggest
fse moSh o s9as to IN Of Mss
Win him to s.; LHui. large herd n s9ss,.s ~.
These animals will be turned loose on 2 goat
ranch OF 5000 acres 70 be provided In the
sn4E sRsa 0ssS Sas s sss'
Nj liz a4M Ts% is Ro;s Hss Ii .es
dS fSn on On n: vii %f,Sn 1s ssus. s
When he returns Mr. Hullt VIII be IN charge
oompsny.s business; From this farm yili bs
The Kids viii be retained on the farm and
reared by foster mothels..
In the management of this new industry
chemists porslble. In order that the business
may be developed from purely sole9tino
standpoint: Tho matter Of foods xln 20
greatest accuracy what /. the effect on the
milk.
Company will be In operation BY June Of .next
year. and an extra effort 10 TO b made TO
accom- plish this, In order that the ecienHho
the worlds congresses ip St, Louis next fau
may see for them selves what has bean accom-
plished. aud have the advantage Of the ex-
enterprise.
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was then, as ii now is several miles wide,
and was covered with rank weeds. The
bloohho,lnds chased Peter into these. II
was late in the fall and the river was full
Of floating Ice. A.,
The negro runaway plunged into the
water and swan across to the Nebraska
shore to the site where Omaha new stands
1t was then the headquarters OF the CHIEF
of the Omahas.
The Indians saw the neeros effort to
and swift current his pursuers stood on
the Iowa shore and splashed the water with
bullets.
. It is supposed, according to the man
who was told the story by one OF the old
pioneers still living in Nebraska that the
Indians believed that the man in the river
was one Of their tribe, and they went to his
rescue. As he reached the Nebraska shore,
exhausted, the old chief OF the Omahas
directed his squaws to take the rescued
man to the tepee and take care OF him.
When Peter Dick recovered he found
that he was d mighty man In the estimation
OF the OmAhaa, and he was adopted into
their tribe. He married one OF the Indians
who carried him to her tepee and nursed
him to health. -,
She yes the ss. dsasheT sh 9a ,H
she had influence at the Indian court.
Peter Dick became a power in the Omaha
tribe. He lived to be i0s, and died few
Nv his marriage TO the Omaha sauaw
Peter Dick had one child, James Dick. q
we'll preserved man. and one OF influence
He ia now 20, and his daughter. was Mrs
Lizzie Mitchell, who has just died. 1t is
believed that Peter Dick was the first and
only negro to amalganate with the Omaha
tribe.
Old Col. Dick made several efforts to OBJ
tain an order from the Government for the
return Of his slave, but never succeeded
Every negro he owned ran away, either
before or during the frst year Of the civil
The sun., 1903-11-15
HER WAY.

1t seemed to be as imponotrsble as a stone
wall But it was ever before my vision and
seemed to mock me.
Like a drowning man grasping straw
I strived to shake OF that feeling and IN
jumped up intent on getting that sheet
away from my gaze. My opponent was
far from my thoughts; It was thai rnsasly,
ubiquitous sheet that ! wished to dispose
Of. So, the first crack out Of the box.
made swing for It. 1t danced away and
grew larger. Then 1t came forward until
it almost grazed my faca. Then it receded.
and the next moment Iashed me in the
face. guess it must have been one OF
Jeffries's favorite jabs that did it, but l
thought it WAS the mean sheet. So l swung
for it. thought that had it all right,
but it danced away and my eyes followed it,.
] fancied saw it abiding somewhere near
the roof, and was complimenting mvself
on my good fortune. But before | could
gather myself together it appeared and
seemed to have grown into one wide COW
ering a. large and appalling as shroud.
Well, it was no use, and | resigned myself to
my fate;
it il it did not disturb me; and 1t didn't.
But the four JefYrieses were there, and they
gave me enough trouble, to be sure. When
/ got the last punch, which put me out tf
the fight for good, I saw a lot Of stars, and
guess some comets, too. But, as luck
would have it, no sheets Itell you, gentle
men. have been in many fights, hut l
wouldn't care TO 20 through the experience
of that one encounter for all the purses in
the world. Talk about the agony OF d. g
and seeing things! That sheet was certainly
the limit. / would rather he haunted by
hundred ghosts, have the shakes, dc, than
he followed through . contest by sheet
tt g enough o turn your hair gray. think
The sun., 1903-11-15

tho table. with h came chanpa gne AMI
other liquid appetizers. / may mention
incidentally, that the drive was the treet
Of one OF the women and all expenses were
paid wine was the only thing she allowed
Us to purchase.
1T seemed to me the next day at luncheon
that l should do something toward tho
gayety of the nation. and as soon as We
stepped into the inn / went and ordered an
appetizer. When I tried to pay for 1t l
found that the one man of the party had
forestalled me.
when luncheon time approached
took the hotel proprietor aside and said TO
him that / wanted wine for the meal, but
must pay for it, l said something about
Jokes and bets, &c, in order to make IL
perfectly clear to him why l desired 70
do the unprecedented thing,
@He looked incrsdulous at first. Then,
a. light dawned, he assured me that
should be allowed to pay for the wine
| and that he would fix it 80
He fxed it, all right.
Our party was seated rather conspiou-
| ously in the centre of the big dining room,
| which was filled with people. We had
just finished our fish when the door opened
and the proprietor himself appeared. He
had a huge tray with bottle and glasses
on it.
He placed it in the centre of the table
and announced in a stentorian tone that
| could be heard in the uttermost parts OF
the dining hall:
1.-The lady has paid for the wine.'
"Now imagine his doing that if a man
had paid for it,"
There Is no doubt to the thinking mind
that the methods of the man and the woman
are still widely at variance, Notwithstanding ng
the talk about the equality of the sexes.
The sun., 1903-11-15
FITzSlII0NS AND THE SHEET.
SENSATIONS OF THE CORN ISHMAN
WHEN he FOUGHT JEFFRIES.

Account Of what II Is TO he GrOggy In
Prtxeneht-Hc Had . IlsIen OF . Bis
White Sheet and Four .IefIrieses, and
Then Came Lapse or Consciousness.
"very few persons realize what it is to
be groggy in prizefght," said Bob Fitz-
simmons recently to coterie OF friends
at an uptown hotel THE sensation is
difficult to describe and is CROSS between
striking your funny bone and having tooth
drawn. shall never forget my expert
ence when first met Jim Jeffries al Coney
Island. in the summer Of 1899. Although
/ had figured in many stirring battles
up to tin. time did not know what
was meant by being in Queer street
II YOU remember, in the second round OF
that contest Jeffries handed me an awful
lab on the mouth, which sent me Topping
to the floor. Well, after that punch have
only a faint recollection Of what really
happened To tell the truth, did not
remember anything Of the rest of the mill
until I came to in my dressing room after
the final knockout.
Il know got up all right, but to tell you
how | did il Is a mystery TO this day. My
feet Jagged beneath me. My gaHe was
misty and my head swan as If had been
on q spree for a week. heard the shouts
of the crowd. saw Jefres as big rs a
house, but lie appeared to be covered with
huge white sheet. Suddenly he developed
into a giant and there we're four Of him
in all corners OF the ring. tried hard to
pull myself together, hut to no purpose
Whatever did seemed to be useless.
rushed and rushed, and he punched me.
put did mt seem TO feel his blows. II
WAS nv head that was botherng me all
the time.
when the round was over appeared
to be myself again, but when stood up
and fought In the third that awful feeling
would return. There was the big sheet will
four Jeffrieses grinning and dancing away.
NV ears began to huzn and thought
heard some one say 'Fitz, you've got
him. But when lunged forward to punch,
the sheet appeared and nearly blinded me.
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RECALLS A TEPEE ROMANCE.
PETER DICKS DAUGHTER DEAD
IN NEBRASKA.
A Runaway slave From Missouri Who
Found n Refuge Among Omaha In.
dlans and Rose TO He Power In the
Trlbe Won an Indian Brfde-The
Efforts Made to Recapture Him.


Tribe Won an Indian Bride-The
4 halfbreed woman died a few days ago
on the reservation in Nebraska whose
history is interviewer with an incident
which few men remember. but which at
n" time of its occurrence was the talk OF
whites and Indians in what was then the
frontier
The woman was known in the tribe OF
tho Omahas. now nearly extinct, as Mrs.
Lizzie Mitchell Her father was James
Dick. the son of Peter Dick. runaway
negro, black as a crow, and OF powerful
physique
Peter was tho slave OF a rich planter
Who lived in northwest Missouri Unlike
most slave owners in that part OF the country
his master, old Col. Dick. was noted for
severity with his negroes.
Peter was naturally rebellious negro,
and one night, after one Of his numerous
alterations with his master he went TO
Tine stable, mounted the favorite horse OF
'h" Colonel. and, riding to the front door
o the house, called his master out and bade
HIM farewell in the following manner,
a. has come down to later generations:
"Fal-vou-well, Mass Dick, fah-you"
we'll, Use gwine TO be free man. l'se
gwnc 10 be a Tnjun. Fah-you-well God
deem your ole soul, fah-you-well. De
next tim" you see me I'll he a Injun chiaf,
snd if YOU come whar am dar won't he
enough Of you left to fill an suger hole.
Having delivered himself of this speech
Peter Dick plunged the rowels into his
stolen charger and disappeared in the
darkness
Cot Dick was feared in his neighbor-
mood and had money. The combination
,hanl"d hin to summon a posse. He
had hloodhounds, as had most slave owners
or he border.
l","r got several hours start of the posse,
The latter came near him over the Iowa
mo where Council Bluffs now stands. The
na' between Council Bluffs and the river
The sun., 1903-11-15

ment Before AL the Prison ON.
cisls Heard Of It-HOw They Did
II, the Keepers Don't Know.
How prisoners communicate with one
another is one of the mysteries OF the state
prisons. Here is an incident that occurred
al Dannemora illustrative OF the sort of
thing which sometimes stumps the prison
officials
Warden Deyo was appointed the head
of the big Jail in the Adirondacks some
thing less than a year ago. The place
had been vacant for while, and of course
there had been good deal of interest at
Dannemora In the identity OF the new
Warden,
Mr.. Deyo got his appointment in Albany
and within an hour after it was made every
convict at Dannemora knew about It.. This
seems impossible, but Mr.. Deyo himself
il authority for the absolute truth Of the
story.
The way The keepers first learned that
the convicts had this news is interesting
Even in an institution of iron discipline,
like Clinton Prison, there are certain old
convcts who have been in for so many
years that they are TO the Jail what TRUSTEES
are to city prison, like the Tombs. One
of these tI,lsti les said to q keeper:
-Is the ne~ Warden q bard mani
Now, the keeper TO whom this was ad-
dressed hadn't even heard OF Mr.. Deyo's
appointment. He was surprised, and asked
what the convict meant.
why" said the old man, +Mr. Deyo lis
the new Warden. He was appointed to-
day"
1t didn't take the keeper long to find
out that what he had jupt heard as news
was known then, and had been for some
little .t.ne, &c every enc cs .he o,ec9 p:!sc:!c.s
in the Jail 1t was only short time before
this conversation that the news had reached
the Jail and how 1t got into the shops
travel like lightning,
When Mr.. Deyo arrived at the Jail to
take charge, the convicts knew he had
come. although the railroad station is some
little distance from the prison. The keep
ers say that they knew Just what train he
The sun., 1903-11-15

theatre. John knows what he is about.
He inquiries anxiously what play she
would like to see and, as she has no choice,
suggests that they try u first night. Per-
sonally he prefers first nights, because
they are smart and there is an enthusiasm
about them which is stimulating.
He stops on his way downtown to get
seats and although he has to 20 to two
or three places he does not mind the bother.
He will take only aisle seats, about six
rows from the front, in the centre, and,
in consequence, he devotes a good deal o
The sun., 1903-11-15
From the Indianapolis a Nsrs

From IhP ThdtdHup0I'5 NtHN
Miss Nina Furgsoon, who formerly lived
in jefferson county. is at home from Nome
City, Alaska. and ls the guest OF Mr., and
Mrr. d. A. Sutherland. Miss FurGeson and
brother went TO Nome auout Two years ago
and this n her first visit homo. She recently
disposed Of one mine at a good price. ana
still owns three good properties In the soio
country. .
Miss Furaeson says that girls VINO 40
bousevork in Nome receive u so a day and
are in gre ater demand than any other Class.
She says that college graduates have tttlSs nS
are the ones who can and VIII do oil kinds
OF hard work.
The sun., 1903-11-15
From Inc Philadelphia Record

FFONI Wf FHWduUPNIH H'cUTu'
Chatting dishes are forbidden to the young
girls studying at Bryn Mawr College. Bryn
Mawr's disastrous FIRE of two years ago was
due to IA chaf1ng dish. and since the fire. tn ere
fore. these sl!t.cr!ng End dainty rtenslls
have been banned.
Cooking has been robbed Of its romance
at Bryn Mawr,' "a student said the other day.
Vow that we no longer have our chafinE
dishes we no longer have. at our little private
spreads, an abundance OF fresh cooked
things, liked stewed oysters, Welsh rare
bits and Spanish omelets. We serve, In
stead. peanut sandwiches, pickles and cake
but they do not. at least. imperl the college
buildings
The sun., 1903-11-15

He wonders which one il was that first
mentioned having party to him. The
only parties he had ever given were poker
parties and he never furnished flowers for
them.
A sudden thought strikes him, and he
turns to the widow, who Is tripping along at
his side with ooquettish side glanoes.
what would you people like to eat?'
he asks. with asnear an approach to genial
tone a. he can assume under tho oircuIn-
stances.
sTo eat9" shrieks the widow. EDO you