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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-04-05
A TRUE APPETIZER AND TONIC
Mona VIII Make You Feel Hungry
and Hearty, and Give Strength
and Vitality.

Ask any friend who looks thin, pale
and out of health how many meals he
or she eats day, and the chances are
that the answer will be "Not over
two, and | don't feel hungry then"
The plump, rosy ard robust eat three
square meals daily, and their perfect
health is due to a strong stomach and
digestive system, as such a system
takes out of the food all those elements
that make pure blood, and give nour-
ishment and vitality to the body.
The one appetizer and tonic that
should be taken is Mona, the only
agent known that will strengthen the
stomach and digestive system, and put
them in such perfect working order
that they will digest easily and natur-
ally all the food that is eaten. and
send you to the table positively hungry
for the next meal.
Without strong stomach digestion
will be poor, the blood impure, and
serious liver and kidney troubles re-
suit, causing headaches, backaches,
spots before the eyes, dizziness, sleep
lessness, nervousness, irrita bleness. a
furred tongue and bad breath, all of
which can be readily overcome by the
use of Mi-o-na, Costing but soc. a
box, as it goes right to the fOunda-
ton of perfect health, the stomach.
Scores of leading people in this
state, including editors, ministers,
bankers and their families, gladly
testify to the tonic strengthening and
health giving effects of Mi-O-na.
Furthermore, Bell Bros, one of the
most reliable drug firms in this sec
ton, sell Mi-O-na under guarantee
to refund the money if it does not pro-
duce satisfactory results.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-04-05
RARE INDIAN POTTERY.
Bowls of Lost Art kept by a Tribe of
Territorial Indians.

A field party which has been in the
western part of the Creek Nation doing
government work among the full bl0ods
recently returned to Muskogee, |. T.,
and reports finding what is believed to
be some of the finest specimens of an
tique pottery. an art now lost to the
Indians, that have been seen in this
part of the United States, says Mus
kogee correspondent of the Kansas
City Star These specimens are at the
buSk grounds of the Alabama Indians,
three miles south of Weleetka, and
probably will remain there, as no one
dares to touch them because of the rev
erence in which they are held by this
band of Indians. They have seldom
been seen by whites.
There are about twenty-five earthen
jars of various shapes and sizes. Some
of them are very large. They are the
medicine bowls Of the tribe, and no one
is allowed to handle them except the
medicine man. They are kept in a
small house which was built adjoining
the busk ground The busk is square
spot of earth, smooth and clean, where
the Indians assemble to dance and
feast once each year. 1t is then that
these earthen pots and bowls are
| brought into use The medicine man
makes medicine in them.
The Indians say that the vessels were
brought with them from Alabama. The
| Alabamas are one of the oldest Of the
Creek clans They number about POO
and still retain their language, which
is different from the Creek, although
all Alabamas can speak Creek. This
clan has retained it's primitive ways
and a century of civilized surroundings
has left them untouched. They live,
dress and eat just as they did hun
dred years ago, when they lived along
the creeks of Alabama.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-04-05
WHAT WORRIES TEDDY.
President Anxious to Change GIObular
Aspect of His Front View.

The fat men of the administration
are the president and the secretary of
war. Mr.. Taft. And they are getting
to he very fat. The president weighs
great deal more than 200 pounds,
and the secretary more than 300. Their
increasing weight worries them. 1t
worries them a great deal more than
President Castro's defiant article. the
Santo Domingo muddle or the ques-
ton of the future of the Philippines.
The president takes pride in his tlg-
ure. He considers himself an athlete,
and he wishes to have the appearance
of one But he is getting out of shape.
In places his figure is beginning to
bulge. His strenuOsity, so marked IN
matters of state, is now showing itself
in fighting fat. He takes long rides
into the country, he walks miles daily,
and particularly does he show his
agility in chasing the elusive tennis
bali. But all to no purpose. Ounce
by ounce the fat accumulates, and the
president is worried.
His Texas trip was planned with the
hope that it would check his move
ment towards flesh. He hopes that
chasing the jack rabbit on the plains
of Texas will surely lessen his girth,
and change somewhat the globular as
pect of his front view.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-04-05
PRISONERS WERE RELEASED.
Evidence Against Them Was Deem
ed Insufficient.

The negroes arrested on suspicion
of being implicated in the murderOus
attack made upon Dr. A. j. Logan of
Friendship late at night have all been
released from custody, the evidence
against them being deemed INSULT
Client.
While suspicion pointed strongly to
two under arrest there was nothing
positive in connecting them with the
assault.
The affair is as much mystery now
as ever before.
AS already stated, DR.. Logan was
called from his home few nights ago
to visit an alleged sick neighbor, and
while en- route to the house named was
set upon by a gang who attempted his
life by attacking him with rails and
clubs. hitting him several blows.
Next day three negroes were taken
up on suspicion, but these have been
released.
Again Arrested.
The three negroes have been arrest
ed again since their release, and are
now in Jail awaiting the action Of the
grand Jury.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-04-05
Tunnel TO COST s1o,ooo,ooo.
The Tremendous Project of the
Southern Pacific Railroad.

Tunneling is now the rage. Rail
ways are carried under the mountains
and under the rivers. The cities are
underlaid with subways to relieve the
congestion of surface traffic There is
renewed talk of tunnel under the
English Channel to connect France
and England. The Southern Pacific
Railroad Company will soon begin
work on its projected tunnel under the
Sierra, which will be 33, 900 feet in
length and is expected to cost from
81, 900, 600 to $4,000, 900. The building
of this tunnel will cut down the grade
of the summit of the Southern Pacific
Railroad by LOO feet and do away
with forty miles of snow sheds and
J constant liability to snow blockades
in the winter months. The work on the
tunnel will take five years for com
/ OletiOn
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-04-05
Oldest Tramp in the World.

The oldest tramp in the world, it is
believed, has returned to New York,
after an absence of two years. He is
Simon Harris, aged 104 years, accord
ing to the records of various Jewish
societies that nave rendered him aid
from time to time 'Old Simon" is
extremely pious. Two years ago he
expressed desire to go to Jerusalem
to die. He was given assistance and
went away But the other day he
turned up again in his former haunts
in the east side. Jerusalem and death
had been too slow for him, so he re-
turned home.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-04-05
TAX PAYERS MUST SWEAR
THE RECEIVER OF TAX RETURNS
HAS NO OTHER CHOICE.
The Comptroller General States Ih"'
He Will Hold Them TO Strict
Account This Year.

Now that Receiver PinkstOn has
opened his books and is making his
rounds ii will be we'll for each tax
payer to know that he must swear to
his returns this year.
Heretofore the tax receivers have
been lax in requiring that tax payers
swear to the returns they make, but
this year Comptroller General Wright
has informed the receivers that they
will be held strictly to account if the
returns of any man are taken without
the oath being properly administered.
The tax receiver who fails to admins
ter the oath is guilty of a misdemean-
or. and the comptroller general states
that he will see to it that he is prose-
cuted if he fails to comply with the
law.
The following is what the comptrolI-
er general has had to say on the ques-
ton:
"This year [ am going to insist that
the oath be administered as the law
requires. The taxable property in
the state will be increased by this Gus
tom. for when a man takes an oath he
is not likely to dodge his tax. The
law requires it and strictly forbids
copying last years returns. >
1t is probable that the tax receivers
will require the oath in every instance
this year, as not one of them Will care
to run the risk of prosecution.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-04-05
ASKED THEM TO GET OUT.
The President Has Fired the Panama
Canal Commission.

i ne I'resiuPut mas II lTtu TIC dhdHid
Canal Commission.
Under direction from the president
Secretary Taft sent note to Admiral
Walker, chairman of the Panama ca
nal commission, requesting the mem
bers of the commission to tender their
designations. The note follows:
1.-The president directs me to ask the
members of the commission to hand in
their designations in order that he
may have a free hand in recognizing
the commission. Please wire General
Davis requesting that his resignation
be forwarded"
The designations have been sent to
the president. The purport of Secre-
tary Taft 5 note was cabled to General
Davis.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-04-05
A Test of Honesty.

The Tampa Tribune says; 1t has
been agreed that newspaper subscrip-
tions are an infallible test of man $
honesty. They will sooner or later
discover the man. If he is dishonest
ne will cheat the printer in some
way-declare he has paid when he has
not sent the money in the mail-will
take the paper and not pay for it on
the ground that he never subscribed
for it. o. move off and leave it coming
to the postoffice he left. Numbers of
alleged christians are dishonest IN
this at least and printers books will
tell fearful tales on judgment day.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-04-05

A country boarding house-the saw
mill.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-04-05
Has stood the Test for % Years.

The old original Groves Tasteless
Chill Tonic. You know what you are
taking. It's iron and quinine in
tasteless form. No cure no pay. soc
The Lamar register., 1905-12-20
She Was WAITING,

He was one of those dapper little
'mashers" who fit about downtown
chophouses and dining rooms trying
to fiirt with the stenographers and
Office girls who drop in about noon
for lunch. Approaching a young lady
who was sitting alone. he lifted his
hat and said suavely:
Il beg your pardon, miss"
'Well?" interrogated the girl calmly.
why, er-you see, 1t is this way.
| answered a personal in the paper
and made an engagement with young
lady whom | have never seen to meet
her here. Now, are you waiting for
me?"
The girl smiled queerly
81 might be waiting for YOU" she
said.
"Ah. indeed" responded the masher,
delighted.
Eyes. You see. ordered lobster,
and it hasn't come yet."-New York
Globe.
The Lamar register., 1905-12-20
The Cadets Christmas

Christmas at West Point is not a
mad, merry festival season. 1t is a
time of disguised tribulation. The
only fortunate cadets are the upper
classmen, who have pulled through
the term with only a light percentage
OF dement's. These receive a leave of
absence of from three to six days.
But the under classmen. and all men
that have been penalized, go through
the same routine on Christmas week
as on all the other weeks of the year.
except that the lessons are suspended.
From their friends and relatives in
the civilian world they smuggle in
boxes full of DOODLE" which is the
West Point name for smuggled sweet
stuff, and in their rooms, late at night,
they eat this Christmas cheer over
a poncho to keep the grease spots off
the floor.
II the floor showed marks OF cake
festivity, inspection next morning
would bring a penalty. At the mess
hall. cheap candy is served during
holiday week.-Country Life in Ar.sr.
ica's Christmas Annual.
The Lamar register., 1905-12-20
Butter Mold Fashions.

81 see." said the man who goes to
market frequently. " that the acorn is
in style again as decoration for but
ter molds. Last spring the field daisy
was the flower most frequently print
ed upon pats of butter. Before that
the chrysanthemum was the favorite.
| never could understand the neces-
sity for changing the fashion in butter
molds. but they do change with the
seasons almost as regularly as wom-
ems clothes. Even big dairies that
mark all rolls of butter with a special
vary the floral trimming
of their molds from time to time.
Among the favorite decorations acorns
and oak leaves have their inning
most frequently. Chrysanthemums
rank next in popularity.
Some old-fashioned butter makers
there are, however, who scorn the or
butter mold. The tip of the
ladle is their implement of art, and
with that they carve figures on roll
of butter that make all floral and hor-
ticultural designs look commonplace"
The Lamar register., 1905-12-20
Symbols of the Tree.

In many of the ancient faiths the
range of human existence is symbol
lied by tree, called the tree of life,
the world tree" or the tree of ex-
fstence' The most extended elabora-
ton of this idea is found in the old
Morse mythology. Yggdrasil, the
world tree, has three roots, one reach
ing to heaven. one to hell, one to
earth. The serpent graws at the foot
of Yggdrasil seeking the destruction
of the universe, and nearby sit the
three norns who spin the fates of all
mankind. The old English maypole
is the same tree bursting into beauty
in the spring. Our Anglo-Saxon fore
fathers with the Norsemen regarded
the ash as the world tree, and there
fore kept the festival of its restoration
and vitality. The Germans considered
tie silver fir or the pine a proper sym
boil of the everything tree of life. The
word "tanne" (pine) comes from
root signifying "to grow" which crops
up In all the Aryan languages. The
yule log of later Britain was blend
The Lamar register., 1905-12-20

the hugs and kisses, the mu@ers and
bric-a-brac, bestowed upon him by the
family, and especially the neat pen
wiper in crimson, yellow and green
wool. made with infinite pains by the
youngest hopeful, fill up the vacuum
in his banking account satisfactorily.
The thought behind the gift enhances
its value, and no one, from king to
peasant, can resist the dear delight OF
affections offerings. 1t Is commonly
the rich who are best pleased by ordi-
nary presents, and the great by child
ish ones. The poor have the won
drous gift of finding pleasure in what
more fortunate folk despise. A woman
took out of s drawer card that was
wrapped in silver paper. Just COM
mon little penny card. it was, till she
told the story: 81 was a workhouse
girl in my first place, and it seemed
nobody cared for me. / most cried
my eyes out that Christmas eve. Then
in the morning one of the dodgers,
nice lady, gave me this with my name
writ on it. took it down to the
kitchen and read them verses-1 often
wish | knew her as made them-'God
grant thee but a due reward, A worthy
portion fair and just, And then ne'er
think thy lot too hard, But work, my
girl, work. hope. and trust!' l stood
there and cried for joy. 1t seemed to
put heart into me. and I'll keep that
card as long as | live!"
The Lamar register., 1905-12-20
Few Win at Monte Carlo
Plungers Welcomed at This Paradise Of
the Gambler on the Mediterranean Sea
Especial correspondence.)

The American. Himan Thorne, who
was credited in the cable dispatch IS
with having won $15O,OO0 dollars in
weeks stay at Monte Carlo is only
one of a dozen players who have tax
en- big sums from the famous gam
bling institution.
In fact, the house on the sunny
promontory of Monaco has never been
so prosperous as now, and it could
probably spare ten times what ThorIe
is reputed to have taken, without quit
ting a loser on the summers activity.
The multi-millionaire of the United
States away for his holiday on the
continent. finds Monte Carlo an ire
sistible magnet. In the United States
a widespread prejudice against gam
bling compels the man of millions to
curb his tendencies. But once he
reaches the domain of the Prince of
Monaco he can let down the bars and
play to his hearts content for a sum
as great as he likes. for 1t is one of the
laws of Monte Carlo that there 10 no
The Lamar register., 1905-12-20
Open Windows in Bedrooms.

Fresh air being a Zoe to disease, It
is naturally a preventive. The neces-
sity for the thorough ventilation of
houses is generally recognized. But
the sleeping room is the place where
the greatest benefit from fresh air
may be obtained. Leave at least one
window open is the advice Of high au-
thorities, in winter as in summer. No
discomfort will be felt on account Of
cold if enough blankets are used.
Those who sleep with the windows
open winter and summer arise each
day fresh and buoyant. In winter the
effect is often as bracing as a tonic.
Open bedroom windows mean better
health and more joy in life than closed
windows.-Cleveland LeadFs.
The Lamar register., 1905-12-20
Christmas Day in Austria.

On Christmas day the chief dish on
an Austrian table contains consecrat-
ed eggs, which the father distributes.
After eating. all eyes are closed and
all heads bowed down to the table
in the belief that Jacobs ladder is
then descending from heaven to earth,
and down the ladder angels are com
ing to bless the worshipers and to car
ry away their earthly troubles to
heaven. In the evening the real cele-
bration begins. All lights are the.:
extinguished in the house-no fire. no
light is visible. The children crowd
together in fear and remain perfectly
silent, as otherwise they know they
will receive none of the presents
brought by the Christ-child ana laid
at the entrance Of the house.
The Lamar register., 1905-12-20

PARTICULAR beauty of Christ
feY mas is that it is not only the
~ day that is valuable. but all the
days that go before have their
special worth. Those who think least
about the spiritual significance of
Christmas often follow out its teach
ing closely, though unconsciously.
The time is the time of gifts and
thoughtfulness for others, and SO fit
tingly celebrates the birth of the King,
who came disguised in poverty. and
began in the Inanger to live for. as He
died for. others. Now, as of old, it is
not always those who have His name
mt st frequently upon their lips. who
best obey His commands. The deeds,
and not the speech, declare the heart,
and. since every good instinct and de-
sire is from Him, it is joy to remem-
ber how many millions are on His
side, practising without any idea of
their virtue the graces of love, unset
fishness, faith, hope, and charity. The
small and great economies of self
denial, the little acts Of labor and pa
tience. the thousands of good wishes.
the unnumbered and unseen benevo-
lence of this happy season, must be an
incense of worship rising to Heaven
and acceptable in the sight of the
Love that dwells there. Christmas.
1905, is another milestone on the road
of the worlds progress towards right
eousness.
The Lamar register., 1905-12-20

Monaco than in any other spot of Sim
liar size on the civilized globe.
The majority of them prey not on
the bank but its dupes. Stake snatch.
ing and other genious variants of the
confidence trick form their main
standby The bank itself, however,
suffers from their attentions.
The prime mover in a recent plot
was an English swell named Ardis-
son. who had successfully worked
nearly every pleasure resort on the
continent, and now for the first time
turned his attention to the seeming
ly rnassailable fortress of wealth by
the Tideless Sea. Ardisson spied out
the land a month or more before he
attempted operations and. clad in an
unassuming disguise. made particu-
lar study of the gaming tables and
the methods of play. He reached the
conclusion that roulette was unworthy
of his attention.
Trente-et-quarante gave him some
food for thought. 1t is played with
The Lamar register., 1905-12-20
Carried Away Large Sum.

opening.
Carried Away Large Sum.
Vanishing from the neighborhood
of his blissfully ignorant victims, he
returned eventually, accompanied by
a friend of his own sex and profes.
sion and couple of beautiful and
well dressed women. The party
ranged themselves two on each side
of the trente-et-quarante board, and
while the croupier was shuffling the
cards preparatory to starting n fresh
set of deals, the woman on one side
engaged the umpire In ingenious chat
asking explanations of how the
game was played, and so forth-while
she on the other requested umpire
No. 2 to supply her with gold change
for banknote.
AT the precise instant when the
croupier was ready to begin one OF
the women dropped so louis on the
floor. creating most unseemly di-
version and attracting all eyes from
the cloth. Attendants gathered up
her gold. and the game proceeded.
The Addison party vigorously attack
ed ''la rouge ct la couleur." and be-
hold, rouge gagne ct couleur" no less
than three times running. altogether
an Unprecedented occurrence.
Whichever way the quartet stake
went the party won. After eight
coups the party retired majestically.
carrying with them 100000 francs OF
the banks money. At the door of the
Casino smart carriage awaited them
and in five minutes they were whirled
across the frontier.
The secret of Ardisson's staggering
success only became known when too
late. Horrifed at the loss to the bank.
which the eight abnormal coups had
caused, the umpire ordered the cards
to be examined. There were eighty
four too many in the pack. A croupier
had been bribed to insert a specially
shufied slab of cards at a given sig
nal and the disturbance caused by the
fall of the woman's gold pieces had
drawn all eyes from the deed. Two
months Imprisonment was his SEN
tence, a period of discomfort he could
afford to disregard when weighed
against his personal profits.
The Lamar register., 1905-12-20
Witty Reply of Opera sinaer.

The great opera singer, Nine Grisl.
who was married to Signor Mario, the
tenor, was singing in St Petersburg.
The emperor, the father of the present
one, gave Nine. Grisi permission to
walk in his private park. One morn
ing emperor met Nine. Grisi. accom-
panied by two little girls. The emperor
saluted her and said: Are these two
Grisettes?" NO, your majesty" re-
piled Nine. Grisi, these are two Mari.
onettes."
The Lamar register., 1905-12-20
e.f,s. pjetatlon from Britain.

Mr.. Seldom, the premier of New
Zealand. announced in a speech re-
Gently that Japanese would not be
allowed to come to New Zealand and
that the colony would refuse to be
dictated to in the matter. This is in
reference to a circular from the Brit
ish colonial office. addressed TO the
colonies and demanding the repeal of
laws that are repugnant to the feelings
of nations with which Great Britain
is at peace.