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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-03-16
Sour
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No appetite, loss of strength, nervous
ness, headache, constipation, bad breath,
general debility, sour risipgs, and catarrh of
the stomach are all due to indigestion. Kodol
cures indigestion. This new discovery repre-
sents the natural juices of digestion as they
exist in healthy stomach. combined with
ihe greatest known tonic and reconstructive
properties. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure does not
only cure indigestion and dyspepsia, but this
famous remedy cures all stomach troubles
by cleansing, purifying, sweetening and
Strengthening the mucous membranes IiGing
the stomach.
Mr.. S. S. Ball of Ravenswood. W. Va, says
" was troubled with sour stomach for twenty years.
Kodol cured me and We now using it in milk
for baby"
KodoI Digests What You Eat.
Bottles only. 500 Size holding ~ times the trial
size, which sells for so cents.
Prepared by &. Q. DEWITT & co., CHICAGO
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-03-16
Canal VIII Be Expensive.

Mr.. Cooley, Chicago engineer who
has investigated the Panama canal
matter, says the digging of the great
waterway will cost not less than $780,
100000, that it will not be used as
much as might be expected, and that
the government will never get an ade-
ouate return on the investment. "Ihe
revenues from the canal" he says,
"wil 90 towards the cost OF malnte-
nance" which means, it seems, that
The revenues will not pay the cost OF
the maintenance bill.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-03-16
3, and B. still FIopping About.

Manager q. w. Berry of the Bruins
wick and Birmingham and Chief Engi-
neer Roberts of the same line are now
in New York iu consultation with the
general officers of the line, and with
those of the Atlantic and Birmingham
road, on the question of the amalgama-
tion of the Brunswick and Birming-
ham with the Atlantic and Birming-
ham
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-03-16
Millions Disposed Of With Few Words.

Herman Batter of Chicago, who
died last week, was wise man in his
dav and generation. He left an estate
of S6lO, 900, 900, which he devised in
will of eighteen words. He wrote:
"This is my last will. [ give all my
property to my wife, whom | appoint
as nv executrix." There can hardly
he any breaking of that will.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-03-16
Instructed for Hearst.

The Montgomery county, Iowa, dem
ocratic convention was held Wednes-
dav instructed its delegates "tO vote
from first to last for William Randolph
Hearst of New York for the nomina-
ton as candidate for president on the
democratic ticket.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-03-16
To Cure a Cold in One Day,

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
lets. All druggists refund the money
if it fails to cure. E. w. Groves sig
nature is on each box. % cents.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-04-01

towering beast. renderA r,s,.e terrifying
by the blood and foam which colored his
hairy coat. Next instant he threw his
brace of weapons at the bear. and turned
toward his .Iorse.
1t was then that he gathered the full
meaning of the foreman's warning cry.
Instead of grasping the saddle, as he
thought to do, Kennedy merely struck the
launches of the bronco. With a snort of
terror, the animal bounded way and left
his rider at the mercy of the grizzly.
The cowboy paused, dazed, and then
started to run. He had taken only one
step when the bear seized him with his
forepaws and enveloped him in an embrace
as merciless as the coil OF a python.
"A fusillades Immediately began from
our party, all of us blaming ourselves that
we had needed Kennedy's Instructions to
the letter. We galloped down to where
the bear still stood, swaying to and fro
with the man in his paws.
At last the brute dropped. lying in a
pool of blood. Kennedy, too, was dead,
the brute had ripped open his chest with
his paws.
When we skinned the bear, although
his hide was worthless, we found hat he
had been hit fifty-four times. The shot
which had brought him to the ground, the
only one which struck a vital spot, was
from the foreman's forty-four, and was
right behind an ear"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-04-01
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Millicent Howard was looking ra-
dainty beautiful. Every M agreed in
that, and all. except one or two men
biased In favor of fiancees, acknowl-
edged she was the loveliest girl at the
ball.
Beautiful by nature, beautifully
dressed, and a fairylike dancer, she
was naturally engaged for every dance
as soon as she appeared, and George
Poole, her devoted admirer since child
hood, was unable to obtain more than
two waltzes to his name. How it hap
pened that Graham Parker, who came
after him, was able to get the three
for which he boldly asked is a mystery
only to be explained by a girl at a
dance.
Now" she said gaily. as Graham
came up to claim his first dance, this
Is number ten on the program, SO you
must rest assured that l have already
assented nine times to the statements
that the room Is hot, the floor perfec-
ton, the band charming, and. in gem
eral, the a a great success, SO those
subjects are Taboo"
"Well,' he said as he placed her hand
on his arm and they began slowly to
waltz, may 1 say that the one thing
more perfect than the floor, more
charming than the band, and the sue
cess of the ball. is Miss Millicent
Howard? Or are you tired Of hearing
that also?"
Millicenr blushed brightly, but she
turned off the compliment with a laugh.
1t was perhaps a little labored, but she
did not notice it-She was too perfectly
happy at hat momen to pick holes in
anything, least Of all in anything he
should say to her.
They paused to rest a moment near
where George was pulling his mustache
In some natural jealousy at the undis-
guised happiness shining in Millicent's
eyes.
Suddenly the electric light went out,
and the brilliant scene was plunged in
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-04-01
Our Bird Friends.

T. c. Harms, Powell Station: Al.
farmers should be friends Of the birds.
Their ministrations are before his eyes
every day. Not long ago I was sitting
in my orchard when I noticed a little
sparrow light at the root Of an apple
tree. The tree had been set out this
year and was not very thrifty. In a.
moment the bird was ~circling around
the stem Of the tree and peering among
the leaves on the short bra inches. 1t
seized a worm and dropped to the
ground. 1t killed the worm, swallowed
it, then fitted back into the tree. At
once 1t discovered q second worm and
again lighted Upon the ground to de-
YOU 1t. The process was gone through
a third time n a third worm was de-
voured. When the bird fitted back
into the tree the fourth time 1T found no
worn n soon flew away. Then J. ex-
amined the tree. I found that worms
had been devouring its leaves. But for
the little sparrow they might finally
have killed the tree. A number Of
times this spring / have noticed wrens
about my own and my neighbours
barns carrying worms in their bills.
They had nests hidden away II were
carrying food to their young. The
number Of noxious bugs n worms
that one of these birds destroys during
a season would astonish us if we knew.
Yet, there are farmers who permit their
boys to stone these birds, and some
times slaughter them with guns. That
any one can be so ungrateful, so I'M
mindful Of his own interests, and SO
savage seems strange, indeed.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-04-01

you ever since I have known you, and
now You nave saved my life 1 could not
let you go anyway without telling you
what only my silly faintness prevented
me from saying at the time"
BeWildered With what he heard, Ora
am could only press her slight form
to him, and found no words in which to
reply.
The carriage was there, Millicent's
father wrung his hand vehemently,
thanking him earnestly for what he
had done, and cutting short his pro-
tes%tations that he done nothing.
Then Graham helped the b%lushing,
trembling girl Into the carriage, and
she drove off, waving a white hand
from the window, while he went back
to continue his work Of rescue with his
heart throbbing and his brain in a
whirl from the problem that was thus
set him to solve.
"Millicent loves me? What ought I
to do? 1t is clear that poor old George
saved her life and proposed to her in
the dark, and it is equally clear that
she thinks it Is 1 who have o both.
1t Is the most awful fix a man was ever
in. If I let things go on and say moth
ing. I am playing al awfully mean
trick on George, who is my friend, and
altogether sailing under false colors,
n If l tell her she is mistaken I re-
fuse her love, n put her to the shame
OF having confessed a love that was
never solicited. Good heavens, what
ought I to do?"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-04-01
Not a ~SnecuIator.

Brooklyn Eagle: Pa said the specu-
lator's son, Il want some money for a
little speculation"
Il am pleased my boy" returned the
father, as he tished a IS bill from his
pocket, Ito see that you are taking an
interest in the business affairs Of life.
Now, l won't ask you what this specula-
ton is, but 1 will go halves with you on
it. I will furnish the money and you en-
gineer the business. and we Will go halves
on the profits. OF course, If there are
none I lose my money and you your time.
"All right, pa. I'll make the investment
today and report progress tomorrow
The next evening, when the father re-
turned home, he inquired about the deal
"~Swamped!" was the contentious remark
of the youth.
"~swamped!' exclaimed the old man, in
surprise.
Yes, swamped," replied the boy. New
er saw such a decline in stocks in my life.
Shrunk clear out Of sight. It was a good
investment yesterday-goods worth their
face value then-but today you couldn't
give them away"
But for heavens sake, George, what
did you invest in?"
"Theater tickets for last nights per-
Torrance"
The old man thought very hard for a
time, and then expressed himself to the
effect that the boy was fitted for a con-
fdence operator rather than a speculator.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-04-01
OREGON.

Portland Oregonian: In other climates
spring comes upon a country of frozen
fields and sapless boughs. The changing
of the seasons appears to people that nave
been rubbing hands and stamping feet in
unkindly weather, and their appreciation
breaks forth in obvious verse, until the
spring poet Is as plentiful and as OBJ
noxious as the perspicacious pests of the
later season, or the persons thai ask lis
1t hot enough for you?" 1t Is the idea of
many who greet spring with blue noses
that the season cannot be appreciated in
such a land as Oregon. where winter In
balmy and trees are evergreen. There
could be no greater mistake, for we do
not hail spring for what it ends, but what
1t begins, and, although here we nave no
snowdrifts to melt away under the breath
of the chinook, the wind brings promises
Of the 'blue. unclouded" summer. 1t il
as the trumpeter Of hope that the season
Is proclaimed
Spring. the sweet Spring. is the years
pleasant king.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-04-01
PLANT A CAUSE OF CANCER.
oIeander Is Said to Be a Prolific Breed
err of Dread Complaint.

Oleander Is Said to Be a Prolific Breed
err of Dread Complaint.
New York Sun: When l was a child
a neighbor road to our door on horse
back. While he was talking with my
father his horse crowded close to the
porch n attempted to bite some
twigs of al o%leander. The man was
greatly alarmed when he saw that the
animal had broken a stalk, asked for
water and washed the horses mouth
thoroughly.
My father asked the reason for his
anxiety. He said q mouthful of the
twigs would kill the horse almost in
stantly, and tol of a horse that died
In severe tremors a few minutes after
eating a few shoots of the plant; also
of a neighbor who pruned her oleander
plants n threw the branches into a
little pond in the barnyard. The cat
tie drank the water and died.
Some years later a playmate was
under medical treatment for an en-
largement of the throat which seemed
to threaten goitre. Her house was an
oleander bower and the blossoms We're
her %favorite decoration. She some-
times bit the stems off If they We're
too long. After months of the most
thorough treatment the swelling dis
appeared.
A young woman who was extremely
fond of oleander plants kept a very
large tree in her room. One day in
midwinter she dug out a portion Of
fresh soil from the florists in order
that her favorite might brow out a
new crop Of blossoms. That night she
complained of serious irritation of her
throat. A few days later the glands
below the ear enlarged until they We're
on a line with her cheek. For nearly
a yea every remedy known to medical
science was tried. The swelling at last
yielded to treatment and she perma-
nently recovered.
Another woman t~ransplanted and re-
| potted a large number Of oleanders,
becoming much wearied with her task.
She complained that night Of a curious
irritation in her throat. A swelling
came In the glands below her ear. All
remedies failed. 1t became malignant
and caused her death about six months
afterward.
Within the past year a death from
cancer of the face or mouth has oc-
CURED in a household where are the
largest and most beautiful o%leanders ]
have ever seen. Yet another case is
that Of a oma Of middle age whose
favorite flower was the oleander. She
kept all varieties, collecting them from
various places as she found new ones
She had a clearly developed cancer
took treatment for years and was, sc
the doctors assured her, entirely cured
Whether any symptoms Of the disease
have developed within the last eight
or ten years / am unable to say.
I might give other instances, but
these are to my mind sufficient groun6
for belief that there is some connection
between the oleander and glandulal
affections of a more or less malignant
character,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-04-01
The kino and the Botan;s+.

From the Westminster Gazette:
King Oscar, who has just celebrated
his birthday, Is the hero of a story told
by M. Castor BONNER. the eminent
French botanist. M. BONNER was bot
anizing in the neighborhood of Stock
holm, n he met a stranger similar
ly engaged. The two %botanists fra
ternized, and, luncheon time arriving,
the Frenchman asked his friend If he
knew Of an inn to which they could re-
pair.
Come to lunch with me-" was the
reply. The invitation was accepted, and
NJ. BONNER, following, presently found
himself in front Of the royal palace. His
face indicated his establishment, but
his host apologized. Il am SO sorry"
he said, but I happen to be the king
Of this country, and this is the only
place in which 1 am able to receive my
guests. Won't you come In" And M.
BONNER went in, and the two botanists
talked botany all the afternoon.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-04-01
MEN ARE TO BLAME.
Responsible, Says Mrs. Russell Sage,
for American HomeIessness.

for American Homelessness.
New York Tribune: 1t is customary
for those who deplore the tendencies
of modern life to put all the blame for
everything that is wrong upon women,
view of h matter. In an article in
the Club Woman she holds the Ameri-
can man responsible. in a great degree,
for modern American restlessneSs and
homelessness
I'VE hear little nowadays Of the obli-
cations of the father to his children
avs Mrs. Sage. 1.-The modern father is
not like the Scotchman Of Philadelphia,
who said: I do my share in caring for
these seven children On the contrary,
the modern father ays Let the
nurse take care of the children. We
will go to the park
"The paternal instinct is not strongly
developed in the average man. He
must be diverted, and the woman, in
stead of being a helpmeet to her nus
band, become a provider of amuse-
ment. No part Of the day or week is set
aside wherein fathers may become &C
quafhted with their children. The Sab
bath is given over to a mad seeking
after excitement. When the father
SOhiSo III IL Nv cSClllllS lie CIlllOIGll
are in bed. The strain upon the wife is
great, and many dangerous expert
ments are made to comply with this de-
mand Of the men for amusement. The
watchfulness which a careful mother
should give to her home and children is
expended on the selfishness of one man
the father! 1t is this attitude of the
father which is a serious menace to
home life!
(Il1h life and q n ri ~ orfc NT~r Cooo
also mentions as partly responsible for
the passing Of the home. The apart
mentment," she says, lis really the So
luton Of, a knotty problem brought
about by 1.-the Typographical formation
Of u metropolis M the enormous
increase in population, but it neverthe-
less makes real home life almost i'm
possible. 1t is difficult to find an apart
ment at moderate cost that is large
enough from a sanitary point of view.
All rooms are on n floor. The child
cannot be isolated from the mother,
and the latter anne obtain the neces-
sary rest which is imperative to her
~well-being.
This pEoblem of space is not solved
even In the country. | know one moth
er who finds it very difficult to secure a
\ summer home near the city wher the
Accommodations for the family and five
maids are sufficiently healthful and
comfortable. She will not doom the
maids to hot attic chambers and an
abundance of mosquitoes"
The servant problem Mrs. Sage men
lions as an effect and not a cause. The
growing desire or the part Of the wom-
en- to free themselves from household
cares and their consequent neglect Of
the duties Of the mistress nave created
the servant problem, in her opinion.
And all these things are visited on the
heads Of the children. They are left
more and more to the care Of servants.
They receive no moral training. And
as for manners there are not enough to
be worth mentioning today. Neither
does the school supply this lack. The
intellect is fed, n there is no time
left fer moral training orethe teaching
| Of manners.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-04-01

Looking round desperately to find a
means of escape for Millicent and him
self from a terrible death, George saw
the moment the wall fell where the
men We're working not far from him.
Selling her in his arms, he made his
way as quickly as he could to the open
ing, staggering under his burden.
AS he drew near, another portion of
the wall, loosened by the fire, fell and,
bending over his precious burden to
protect her, he yet managed to thrust
her into the arms Of the first ssmoke-
begrimed form that emerged from the
opening ere he fell, struck senseless by
the falling bricks.
Graham Parker, his dress suit torn,
his hands bleeding from their labors,
his face blackened and his hair singed,
carried the poor girl tenderly out of the
burning building.
The fresh air outside seemed to re-
vive her, and opening her lovely blue
eyes she smiled up at him with a
look of ineffable content, and, he could
almost have sworn with ~undisguised
love.
You have saved my life" she muir
INJURED, and then, as she awoke to the
fact that they We're out in the lamp lit
road, and she vas in his arms, ooh, put
me down, please! I can stand quite
we'll"
But when she came to try she found
she could not stand without assist
ance, so with his crm supporting her,
he led her to where her fran 4 father
was a~nxiously scanning thTzIaces Of
the victims as they were Ksaght out.
with a s%ickening fear CT finding her
among them.
"Millicent-and alive!" he cried joy
ously. Thank God! And you, too,
young man." he added, peering into
Graham's face. II don't know If you
are any n I know, but please stay
with her a minute while I get John to
bring the carriage round to this side
street" and he was gone in a moment.
Fol some minutes they stood in 81
lence, Millicent making several inef-
fectual attempts to say something. At
last it came out hurriedly as she saw
her father with his head out of the
brougham window calling directions to
the coachman.
Graham" IN a sweet, hesitating
voice, 81 heard what you said in that
awful place" with a shuddering glance
behind her. "and I want to tell you that
I do love you. that I have always loved
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-04-01
darkness. A hush, a stif1ed scream and
then girljsh laughter and excited talk.
Then, piercing the darkness, a cry

darkness. A hush, a Stif1ed scream and
then girljsh laughter and excited talk.
Then, piercing the Darkness, a cry
oe "Fire!"
Instantly the room was a seething
mass of human creatures fighting for
Hheir lives.
Some one cried out:
For heavens sake go quietly, and
I'll will be well!"
and the smell Of smoke, which grew
more and more p~erceptible, seemed to
have maddened everyone, and they
fought almost like wild beasts to reach
the doorway.
At the first alarm George had rushed
to Millicent's side, and found Graham
had evidently been torn from her side
In the rush, and heard her cry p%iteous-
w.:
ooh, please, where are you? I can't
see anything, and I am squeezed up in
this corner and can't move"
He called out:
Miss Observation-Disclosures am here
and will take carr Of you. Trust your
self to me-"
And soon she was clinging ~convul-
sively to his arm, trembling and almost
fainting.
Love and peril taught George, quiet,
unassunling George, the very last per-
son nature had meant for a hero, what
to do.
"Millicent," he said sternly, you
must not faint, you would be trampled
to death at once. Pull yourself togeth-
er directly and do what I tell you"
The authoritative tone reused for her
the time at any rate. She fought brave
ly with the feeling of faintness and suf-
location, and put it from her.
George found that behind was a
heavy velvet settee firmly fixed against
the wall, SO with difficulty he scrambled
onto that, and, bending over her. said:
Now, put you arms around my neck
and I will draw you up out Of the crush
onto this place, where you will be out
of immediate danger"
Obediently she locked her arms round
his neck. while he clasped his round
her slender waist, and with a mighty
effort, witch seemed almost to crack the
sinews Of his back, he drew her out Of
the struggling mass of men and wom-
en-.
The touch OF her bare arms, the sweet
warm weight of her lissome body in his
arms filled him with a rush of JOY no