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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-03-29
BONUS FOR A CHAUFFEUR.
One Auto Driver Gets $4,000 Salary
If No Mishap Occurs.

Be a chauffeur and earn $4,000 a
year was the brilliant future held out
to the members of the Automobile Club
of America the other night at their
meeting in New York. There may be
heaps of money in the plain, ordinary
automobile business, but the road of
the chauffeur is lined with roses, fig
uratively, and with gold, literally, ac-
cording to the statements made during
an interesting and at times humorous
discussion on the subjects of garages
and chauffeurs, says the New York
Times.
Albert R. Shattuck, eX-president of
the club, who presided, was never in
better story telling humor, but he cap
ped the climax when toward the close
Of the talk he said:
at is true that many chauffeurs are
getting far more than they deserve.
Why, know of man In this city who
pays his chauffeur $3.50 a month, and
then If his machine runs all night he
gives him $3.50 more"
A gasp of establishment spread over
the faces of the hearers, and, to record
the truth, there were looks Of envy,
wonderfully suggestive of new appli-
cations today as smooth drivers Of mo-
tor cars.
"Yes," continued Mr.. Shattuck after
the members recovered their equilibri-
um, that is $4,000 year, mighty good
wages, and l believe it was this same
chauffeur who on his arrival in this
country was charged by the custom
house authorities with attempting to
smuggle in q diamond ring worth about
$4,000"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-03-29
To Collect Relics of Juneau.

A systematic effort is to be made by
the Old Settlers club in Milwaukee.
Wis. to collect papers and mementos
of Solomon Juneau, the founder Of Mil
waukee. At recent meeting of the
club Peter Van Vechten, Jr., was COM
nlissioned to so to Theresa, Wis, for
the purpose of looking up and securing
as many of these as are OF historical
value and which are in possession OF
descendants of Juneau there, says the
Milwaukee Wisconsin. Among the re-
les are andirons which were used il
Juneau's cabin, pieces Of his first sto.e
a box of letters and other articles.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-03-29
strange Bequest to Maine Town.

There was a unique article in the
Palermo (Me.) town warrant, says the
Kennebec (Me) Journal. 1t was this:
ITO see if the town will accept of
Thomas Dinsmore the sum Of 500 as
a trust fund, the interest Of same to be
applied as follows, to wit: To celebrate
the memory of the signers of the Dec
laration of independence of the United
States of America, also the lives Of the
pioneers of the towns of China and
Palermo. ONE in every ten years, at
Branch Mills, China. The first celebra-
ton to occur on the 4th day of July,
1915. and each succeeding ten years
thereafter.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-03-29
Strikes Hidden Rocks.

When your ship of health strikes
the hidden rocks of consumption,
pneumonia, etc., you are lost, if you
don't get help from DR.. Kings New
Discovery for consumption. j. w.
McKennon, of Talladega Springs,
Ala, writes: 81 had been very i'll
with pneumonia, under the care o.
two doctors, but was getting no better
when began to take DR.. Kings New
Discovery. The first dose gave relief,
and one bottle cured me-" Sure cure
for sore throat, bronchitis, coughs
and colds. Guaranteed. For sale by
Dawson Drug Co. Price so cents and
S1.OO. Trial bottle free.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-03-29
r IKE A DEMON grip has crossed

Ike A DEMON grip mas crossed
- our country, leaving behind scores
of physical wrecks.
Victims of catarrh of the head, catarrh
of the throat, catarrh of the lungs,
catarrh of the stomach, catarrh of the
kidneys, catarrh of the pelvic organs,
are to be counted by hundreds of thou
sands.
Grip is epidemic catarrh, and sows the
seed of chronic catarrh within the
system.
This is so true that few grip sufferers
are able to make complete recovery
until they have used Peruna.
Never in the history of medicine has
a remedy received such unqualified and
universal eulogies as Peruna.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DIR. Hartman, giving
full statement of your case, and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad-
vice gratis.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-03-29
THE HUMAN OSTRICH DIES
PNEUMONIA SUCCEEDED WHERE
PINS AND NAILS FAILED.
The Merchants Complained of Him
launching from Their Nail Kegs.
Quantity of Metal in Stomach.

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launching from Their Nail Kegs.
Quantity of Metal in Stomach.
Not until an autopsy had been per-
formed after his death was it known
that Rufus Sharp, farmer residing
near Riddles Mills, KY, was hui
man ostrich. Sharp contracted pneu-
monia, and when he saw he was dying
told the doctor: ECut me open when
| am dead and see what's inside"
Eight reputable citizens were present
at the autopsy The stomach contain
ed over three pounds of metal, con-
sisting of So carpenter nails from to
10 penny size, three large screws, a
number of pins, four copper cents, two
| dimes, four nickels and other metal
substances.
Many of the nails were corroded,
showing that they had been in the
stomach long time. The organ con-
tanned a large amount of hydrochloric
acid, and was heavily coated with
muriate iron. After the autopsy
several persons told of having seen
Mr.. Sharp swallow a handful of nails
at one time.
Sharp was always known as a
liberal man, and was never known to
be guilty of any small acts other than
filling his pockets with nails when
ever he found them handy. Store
keepers repeatedly complained of him
in this respect.
He was a bachelor and was IS years
of age. Until he contracted his fatal
illness he had never been sick day.
His strange diet seemed to affect his
health in no wise, although his nail
eating habit can be traced back some
five years.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-03-29

The power of kindness. It wins
when all coercive measures fan.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-03-29
ALlkG WONDER
a Louisville Chemist

j fp remarkable remedy that has
/ Of af4 o,1 for the cure of pains
Psr a. al kinds by external appli-
aaoScamPh, First Aid to the In
siutta;mph is a charming, pleas
In a ION Of soothing, Cooling,
s' ana camphor. No poison.
h 1 . S5t as opium, morphine or
SAFE and sure home remedy.
h gives We immediate relief for
Soi'a.N Neuralgia, Sore Muscles,
rairo N the Head or Chest,
pru rus Bruises, Skin Diseases.
8 MS, Ms: Relieves Burns instantIy
nra leaving ugly scars.
: s'eVents Blood Poisoning.
b panacea for all the acct
Il IIousehold. It is Americas
n. + Ffousehold remedy. Get a
br = you are not satisfied with
ser1 It back and get your
sS,i Z bottle guaranteed. trial
sizes 6Oc. and $500.
D. lawson. and j. HI. Wilt
ott' Special Aents.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-03-29
MADE MONEY IN PRISON.
Counterfeiter's Outfit Discovered in
Virginia state Penitentiary.

Virginia State Penitentiary.
A rude counterfeiting outfit has been
captured in the state penitentlary at
Richmond. Va. A convict applied to
a man for change for quarter. He
was given a good nickel and two
worthless dimes. AS soon as it was
discovered that spurious coins were
inside the prison an investigation
was made and the culprits landed
Walter Turpin, the leader of the gang,
is long term man from Lynchburg;;
He has a record as jailbreaker and all
around crook, and is regarded as a
desperate character: The man had
obtained plaster of Paris from a
plumber, and used babbit metal ana
lead from old cans to make the CONS
The officials claim that none OF the
coins got outside of the prison
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-03-29

! THE Rev. CIldIiCS - Ca . NSA-' PN
All Souls church in Kansas City,
h is advocating the establishment
a civic university-a university of
peopIe-in Kansas City. Discuss
the question recently with a re-
Brter of the Kansas City Times, Mr..
krguson said:
IKansas City is growing big by mere
ice of its typographical position. The
ice is metropolitan to an immense
pa of the most productive territory
the face of the earth. The city
Dds at the crossroads of an economic
pire, Nothing, not even civic con-
racy to thwart the laws Of nature
h enrich the few at the expense of
many, can prevent this city from
BIZ the biggest city of the mid
btnent the London or Paris Of the
ercan prairie Whatever we do or
e undone the city is bound to be
gathering place Of a million human
gs within twenty years.
The laws of nature are throwing a
multitude of people together here,
the wills Of the people must do
rest must settle the term on which
shall meet here and the kind of
eV that shall be established. If
city shall be dominated by a con-
ACy Of. money makers enlisted to
invent those immutable laws Of
md science that condition the sue
Of ciVilizing enterprises the city
be big indeed, but it will be mean.
people, high and low, will live sor-
Hnd uninteresting lives, and Kan
plty will but add one more Baby
tale that is already told.
the other hand, If the predomi-
force Of the city shall be not a
Tracy to balk the moral laws of
!, hut a conspiracy to discover
xecute them, in spite of the regi-
OF commercial and political
tnen history will have another
70 tell. There will be q spot in
SSlssippi valley Of imperishable
Smopolitan interest.
at Is wanted is civic univer-
la1 Shall be in effect q compre-
LABOR union, wide enough in
puld plan to take in the whole
rlal life OF the city and aiming
3 sreiy to raise the wages of a
class, but to increase the
sung power of all honest in
W furnishing the highest posi-
sue and scientific conditions of
existence. Such a union would
pollucal and social power to
an opportunity for all kinds of
erylce and to close every other
1ue hard truth is that as
"nd IN this city today and in
american city the shortest
. FSV road to social and economic
+oes not lie through the service
= immunity, but through devo-
' 'Ie or another special interest
= less adverse to the common
y me simple rule, therefore,
mere city rich and splen-
~ comparison with any of it's
,C W create a social organization
appreciate and promote all
,OVIal efficiency and so draw
~alhs and energies into the
!, ue whole people. Kansas
" oud to the brilliant achieve
~ Convention hall and its
r. OF a union station the plan
great civic institution. a uni
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-03-29
Startling Mortality.

Statistics show startling mortality
from appendicitis and perltonlt!s' 10
prevent and cure these awful diseases T1e
there is Just one reliable remedy, Dr'
Kings New Life Pills. Nj. FIannery'
of IA Custom House Place, Chlcago'
says: "They have no equal Tor con
stipation and biliousness. y" . Genus
at Dawson Drug Cos.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-03-29
M Cmre 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 on each box.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-03-29
Congressman Powers of Vermont
Uses Pe-ru-na In His Family.

Hon. H. Henry Powers, writes from
Morrisville, VT:
"Peruna I have used in my family
with success. L can recommend it as an
excellent family remedy, and very good
for coughs, colds and catarrhal afe
fections."-H. Henry Powers.
Pe-ru-na For Catarrhal Nervousness
and Stomach Troubles.
Hon. w. j. Purman, ex-member OF
Congress from Florida, writes from 142s
@ street, N. W., Washington, D. c.;
"From representations to me, and
from my own experience, feel justified
in recommending your Peruna to any
and all persons suffering with catarrhal
nervousness or stomach troubles. "-A
w. J. Purman.
Address DR.. s. B. Hartman, President
of the Hartman 81 nitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
New-York tribune., 1905-07-30

~ e-5 OF the Russian River about eighty
miles TO the north OF San Francisco there
a forest OF redwood trees, never
touche- The wOodnan's ak, grove whose
might --lnks, massive as the clustered columns
OF q cathedral lift their heads skyward IN
STATELY IMPOSING order, devoid Of branches to
q helCr- ninety feet In distant perspectives of
these 5.- forest aisles the bOughs of far-off
tree-to-. --e-lace IN flowing traceries, framing
peeps In nl1llio1.ed windows Of strange and
beau-l -=sign, Sunbeams filter through the
shlul--e leaves and play IN brilliant spots upon
the e bat the light falls sparlngly, as IN the
rch g some church interior
DID ever rest IN the nave OF the Milan Cathe-
cral, . veu ever follow the lift of It's mighty
plers. arch of its soaring vaults the Tar per-
spec-- aisle and transept and chapel, the
broad .1 OF The pavement? So in these forest
alsles. re- shafts, nerved with bark, the inter
laclng -erv boughs. the colored sky windows
the I'll -pered with pine needes-droPplngs OF
ages, uuderfOOt than the priceless weaVes OF
the nerle" No sound breaks the eternal soll-
tuce a. times the tap Of a woodPecker, the
occast c1l-p Of a squirrel or the wind signing
thr9- uine-boughs high upon the summit OF
the t- --llant IN the sunshine.
On. once only each year these woods wake
70 li- 5lrulv echo TO the voice of man. An
nca he tuu Of the harvest moon people gather
II -ll- -le. for the grove belongs 10 the Bone
man If san Francisco which here celebrates
is A links IN full consciousness that the
n-S-- clear and the air balTny, the California
SUNNI. ing without rain.
before the date set for the inks
New-York tribune., 1905-07-30
bohemian Club Festivities i'm the
WiIds of California Ree1wo0ds
By ERNEST G. PEIXOTTO

the Sire and his assistants and a corps
of workmen and club-servants go up
TO the grove and make camp. The
winters brushwood IS cleared away,
the electric fittings, the stage, the plat
form, prepared for the big night.
Tents are pitched in a portion of
the grove where the shade is less
dense, where the sweet-smelling bay,
the oak and the California laurel
sweep their feathery branches in
fairy arches. The tents are arranged
wood boughs; the artist members
busy themselves in the studio,
painting caricatures, signs and quaint
devices to decorate the camp streets.
And what an appetite the men de-
velop in this outdoor life, and how
good TO have it catered to by a we'll
regulated cuisinei
Each afternoon a private train
brings UP a fresh quota of members,
and the DAYS take on a nerrier tone.
In the evening all gather round the
campfire, whose spluttering blaze
lights up a unique circle of seats
made of felled logs of such immense
size that seat and back at once have
been made by the removal of a
quadrant. Here the night passes
in song, jest and story. The COM
pany grows larger and larger as the
great day approaches, until on the
Saturday of the links a special train
brings the main bulk of the club
membership TO the grove just in time
for dinner dinner of three hun
dred covers. prepared. cooked
New-York tribune., 1905-07-30

and served VIII the Sei4iLC
care and precision as in the town club
house. And a merry dinner 1t IS, the
members sitting at concentric circular
tables so that all may be as close to-
gether as possible, the millionaire elbow
ing the artist, the judge the actor
all brother Bohemians at this testal
board
The High links is not, as its name
might imply, purely an effervescence OF
hilaritv. 1t is a dignihed proceeding,
elaborately planned and most Palnstak-
ingly carried out.
For the last twenty years the Mid
summer links has been feature OF
the clubs life. At first of a simpler
form. consisting mainly of papers, music
and poems read IN the fitful blaze OF the
campfire. with succeeding years 1t has
4al,e, on a more ambitious tone, until
now il has become an entertainment as
elaborate as anv theater could produce,
hut with setting and an opportunity
for surprise such as no theater IN the
world can boast, for there Is no stage,
properly speaking It the characters at
times appearing most unexpectedly IN
bursts of light on hillsldes, the professions
weaving half a mle through sloolil9 VI
woodland solitudes.
Each time the Jinks varies in
theme There have been Indian
links and Shakespeare links. Gypsy
links and Aztec Jinks; but two of
the most remarkable that | ever have
witnessed were the so-called Buddha
links and the Druid links.
For the first-named a white statue
was erected against the redwood back
ground copy of the famous Da1but-
s., of Kakamura, sixty ieet III helght'
IN whose folded hands six men might
e+and Before it a circle was inclosed
hv walls three hundred feet in cir
Conference. and at its feet seven al
tars were erected and trimmed with
bougbs After dinner the members,
donning white kimonos, marched IN
1rocession toward this woodland tenn
ole, where they ranged themselves
New-York tribune., 1905-07-30

round the circle to greet the seven high priests
they entered, robed in rich vestments specially
sent from Japan for the occasion. The Cere-
monies that followed were conducted with the
most imposing dignity A church organ sunk
into the ground and played by means of an electric
attachment, supplied weird and unearthly accom-
panirent to the chants of many voices, and to the
priests each intoned a sOnnet-the Voice of the
Grove, the Murmuring Waters, the Voices of the
Trees: the Redwood, the MadrOne the Bay-tree.
Before each priest blue wreaths of smoke ascended
from Cressets of incense and sandalwood and
mingled with the play of tinted lights upon the
huge impasslve figure from calclums hidden IN the
surrounding foliage.
For the Druid links the mise scene far less
elaborate: pile of logs for seats, rough sort of
altar and rude gateway built of giant stones. The
links had begun in the usual way, by an address
from the Sire and a musical number by the great
chorus massed the left when horn heard
far off in the woods A second unooked-for blast
and the Sire dispatched a messenger to find out
who could thus break the silence of the forest
meeting at this strange hour. The messenger
turning in a moment, reported that strange COM
pany was without and demanded admittance. Upon
receiving the Sre's consent, a weird and fantastic
procession entered the inclosure through the rude
gateway six tall priests all in white with long white
boards that hung below their waists, bearing upon
their shoulders a coffin decorated with twisting
snakes and the skulls of oxen; following them
priests, and then double file of prisoners of sad
and detected mien bound hand and foot a chain;
next numbering wagon with solid wooden wheels,
drawn by pair of cream-white oxen and bearing
the High Priest, pale and venerable patriarch, in
reality of eighty years.
On arriving before the Sire's stand, the High
Priest perched upon his creaking cart demanded by
what right men had invaded this Druid Temple,
where from time inmemorial his people had offered
up their yearly sacrifices. He then demanded that
the Sire the altar. The Sire consented, pro-
vided his men be permitted to remain and witness
the sacrihcial rites. To this the High Priest ac-
quiesced and then explained that each year his clan
gathered TO sacrifice their prisoners, barbar-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-11
By Phillip
Verrill Mighels
Author of "Bruvver Jim Baby ETC.

abruptly Phoebe was certain that some
dreadful dragon was present; and women
know many things by intuition
Here, sir What are you doing?" de-
manded the voice of the dragon.
Allen and Phoebe glanced quickly up the
bank Then the angler suddenly caught up
his fishing-r and began to whip the stream
with every indication of industry. Phoebe,
alas! had no such subterfuge She knew not
what she should do, as she noted her father
coming rapidly nearer to the spot.
Phoebe! What are you doing?" repeated
the deacon.
Nothing. N-nothing We're just engaged
that's ALL stammered Phoebe.
''Yes, sir-that's all. supplemented Allen.
How do you do Mr. Warren? Beautiful
weather, isn't it? I'm happy to meet you
again, I'm sure"
"You-youl-wh does it mean-that rod
in your hand?" demanded the deacon with
warmth
THAT? Oh nothing at ALL" faltered
Allen, and he dropped it somewhat hurriedly.
The deacon growled oninously. Am l to
understand that you have been fishing on
the Sabbath and-and carrying on like this
with my daughter?" he roared.
well it wasn't exactly fishing, Mr.. War
ren," said the lover. That isl haven't
caught anything, you know. But Phoebe
and /"
"Yes-I saw Phoebe and you! We shall
need no further statements concerning Phoebe
z.-f
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-11

the mountains to find you, Phobe-to tell you how
madly | love you and how | want you to be my
little wife-and I've nearly gone crazy to see you-
and now-and now-if you don't come down
eff | don't come DOWN." she repeated roguishly
her eyes more lovely and sparkling than before
"What them"
''I1l-Tll-oh, come on down, love you so!'
"And if l dor" she said
''Why, then that will mean We'll be married"
"Oh" she cried. "Ohl Oh, Allen-Tm Slip
ping!" The last remark barely was concluded as
she came. half falling, toward him, gasping little
at the danger and little at the daring and little
at the sweetness of the somewhat abrupt descent
to his arms.
Allen caught her splendidly, and could not for
the lte OF him. consent to let her slip another inch
Did you really to GOMEZ" he demanded.
Cor it merely accident"
Phoebe looked happily into his eyes. She said
ooh, Allen, isn't this dear little place to get
engaged9'
"Say!"
Allen knew what to do and he did it. Then he
held both her hands and looked at her fondly,
finding all the he could possibly wish in her
love-lit beaming glances.
"My sweetheart" he said in his fervor ''To
think that I've really found you at last And
where's your dad?"
Pops asleep yonder, propped against
tree" said Phoebe pointing indefinitely toward the
woods and meadows.
But Pop" not. 1t is wel-known in the
annals of love that no deacon ever yet fell asleep
against tree except for the purpose of waking at
the moment most mischevous and inauspicious.
Phobes father just at that moment was grumbling
at the quality of the feathers in his pillow. He
bumped his head SO thoroughly, in effort to find
a softer spot, that presently there nothing
sensible to do but to open his eyes.
He looked about for Phoebe, and finally beholding
the trail she had left, while passing through the
growth of flowers and grass, he followed in its wind
ings toward the river.
One of the idiosyncrasies of people newly
Tossing heart attachment is to require much repe-
tition and many a seal to the compact freshly
formed Allen and Phoebe had less thar a half
of the rites concluded when a horribie sound
half snort, half Shout interrupted proceedings
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oiiS presently
feared he might
catch something
other than herself.
"Ahem!" she said.
1t was a small and
quiet "ahem. "
Allen looked up
and down the river,
half doubling wheth-
er he had caught
some dulcet note or
not. Then she once
more pretended to
cough. This time
he turned about and
looked at her fairly.
What a picture
she made, framed
by the Sumach and
bramble, and dressed
so daintily in white,
her cheeks SO rosy
red, her eyes so
sparkling brown, her
hair so goldenly rich
and luxuriant!
Why-it's AL
len!'' she cried, in
delightful aStomSh-
ment.
Phoebe! Of all
the angels-Phobe!'
answered the angler,
and hastily dropping
his rod he scrambled
half up the bank
and held forth his
arms. Come down
come down." he
pleaded.
But-but WHY"
inc uired Phoebe,
gathering her skirts
about her, prepara-
tory to obeying his
wish and her own
little impulse as well.
Why should l come
DOWN."
" Because | love
you" said Allen
boldly. I've been
hunting all through