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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-08-15
MEDICAL SCIENCE PUZzLED.
"A Rome Man Has Queer Stroke of
ApOplexy.

While trucking one afternoon last
week in Morgan's warehouse in Rome,
"a, Lewis Garrett was temporarily
|paraIlzed, and with his hands tightly
lclutching the hand bars of the truck
and his legs closely crossed, he had
10 be pried from his rigid position.
Jarrett was working with num-
Der Of other laborers when stricken.
several of his companions rushed to
MS assistance and tried to pull him
away from the truck. In this they
were unsuccessful and finally had to
secure a crow bar with which they
succeeded in prying Garrett from his
urn mold on the truck. DR.. Delay
was summoned and declared that the
man had suffered an attack of apo
.plexy.
Dr. Delay said it was of the rare
eases known to medical science and is
.ne hrst which ever came under his
personal observation.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-08-15
STEEL CAR STOOD TEST.

The steel railway car had practi-
cal and severe test in the wreck near
Burbank, o., the other day. 1t was
a railroad postoffice car and two
clerks were at work in it at the time of
the accident. The car rolled down an
embankment and turned over three
times, yet suffered scarcely dent and
the two clerks escaped with only a few
bruises. The two following cars also
went down the embankment. They
we're the ordinary wooden cars, and
were smashed to pieces.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-08-15
RAILROAD IMPROVEMENTS.
G. T.. and A. Will Build Two DepOts
at CuthberC.

The Georgia, Florida and Alaba-
ma Railway Company is preparing to
begin work on its depots in Cuthbert.
The company is to build lines into it's
terminals there and when this is under
Roadway it also proposes letting the
contract and beginning active work
of construction on its line northward
from Cuthbert. 1t has recently added
extra passenger and freight equip
ment.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-08-15
THE SPEED OF ANIMALS
SMALLEST OF THEM MANAGE TO
OBTAIN GREATEST SPEED.
a Remarkable Array of Facts to
Show How Fast or How Slow
Hundreds of Animals Are.

Show How Fast or How Slow
Hundreds of Animals Are.
A European engineer, Joseph OILS
hansen, began about fifteen years ago
to measure the speed of all creatures
that he could study, and as a result
he has collected remarkable array
of facts, each one based on absolute
experiment, to show just how fast or
slow hundreds of animals are.
He has found that man can attain
remarkable speed, but only by the use
of artificial aid AT quickstep he goes
five miles an hour; athletes attain
their greatest speed on securing the
initial velocity for the broad jump,
about 1913 inches a second; swimmers
average 80 inches a second oarsmen
in an eight-oared barge cover 1877
inches a second; skaters go 10 yards
a second at the speediest point; on a
bicycle man has rarely done better
than Sc feet a second.
The horse can keep galloping SIX
miles an hour for considerable
length of time. The swiftest dog in
the world, the borzioi, or Russian
wolf-hound, has made record runs
that show Is feet second, while the
gazelle has shown measured speed of
more than 80 feet a second, which
would sum up to 1900 feet minute,
il she had the necessary endurance.
TIE gazelle, swift as she is, cannot
equal the ostrich, for that homeiy, but
swift bird can run "a feet to the sec
ond when he really gets down to it.
He is somewhat helped by his wings.
The whale, struck by a harpoon,
and scudding in terror, has been
known to dive 800 feet in minute. In
the air we have the Virginia rainpi-
per covering 1900 yards minute, and
the European swallow 5000.
The slowest creatures are snails and
certain small beetles. Some of them
habitually move only foot or two
an hour. But parts of the slowness is
due to the fact that they remain mo-
tionless at intervals. A good healthy
snail, when kept going, does about
five feet an hour.
The lady-bug is perfect race-horse
compared with this, for it climbs
blade of grass at the rate of two inches
a second, or nearly ten feet minute.
None of the speeds made for any
length of time compare with speeds
that are held for second or a frac-
ton of a second by some small Great
ures. Thus jumping mouse found
in the African desert leaps through
the air at the rate of 800 feet a second.
OF course she clears only about ten
feet in jump.
Still quicker than the desert mouse
is the flea, which can jump with an
initial velocity of $50 feet a second.
Ii the flea could keep up his speed it
would cover ten miles a minute.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-08-15
THE HEIR TO PIRATE GOLD SPURNS IT
Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars Go to the
Cause of Charity Because the Owner Fears the
Curse. Heir Is Located by Dropped Coin

duu MI. L OlASAlcl IOOh u u GhC OUOI y
Mr.. Cox had been already suffi-
GENTLY surprised by the turn his
search had taken, but he was still
more amazed by the first words of
his missing heir. instead of eager
ly setting forth his identity, as do
most people to whom unexpected
fortunes are promised, Mr. Pollex-
fen began:
Spurned the Pirates Gold
First, let me assure you that
not one half penny of this money
will | convert to my own use. For
many years | have devoted all my
life to religion, and | fear that the
guilt which clings to the amassing
Of this gold by the bloody pirates
of old would pollute the hands of all
who handle it for their private pur-
poses.
Perhaps the fate Of my unhappy
father is one more instance of the
Nemesis that pursues those who
care too much for the root of all
evil.
Il have made up my mind. If
my claim to this vast sum can be
proved, part of it | will devote to
the hunting down of those who slew
my poor father, and the rest shall
be devoted to the sacred cause of
charity. My resolution is irrevoca-
bly, taken"
After this preamble, Mr.. PolleX-
fen proceeded to give Mr.. Cox an
appointment to allow the production
of proper proofs of his identity.
According to the brief account of
himself which Henry Pollexfen com
municated to Mr.. Cox over the tele-
phone he is the son Of the late Cap
tain Henry Pollexfen of London.
Five years ago he left his father.
He had, indeed, a hereditary yearn-
ing for the sea, but he manfully re-
sisted it, His thoughts turned to
holier things, and he therefore
Slipped away, while his old father
was on a voyage to the South Seas,
and never let him know what had
become of him.
In his search for the higher life
he decided to come to the United
States to earn his living as best he
might. He dreamed that upon the
boundless prairies of the west his
soul would be exposed to less temp
tation than in more crowded cen
tiers. But some one told him of
Boston and thither he went to find
his peace in religious work
Meanwhile Captain Pollexfen, af
ter forty years of the sea, retired,
and announced that he had acquir-
ed fortune. 1t seems that really
he had discovered the hiding place
of the store of an old-time pirate.
From this he packed $75O,000 in a
trunk end settled down to end his
days in quiet in Kingsway, Lon
don.
Robbers got wind of his posses
sions and they burst into his rooms,
stole 1925, 900 of the money and
murdered the old mariner. Yet
still what he had left was so heavy
that it took three men to carry
away the chest in which it was con-
tanned. If Mr.. Cox is satisfied that
Henry Pollexfen OF Boston is the
true simonpure article all this mon
ey will go to him.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-08-15
on 4 BARE MOUNTAIN SIDE
THE SYRIAN OUTCAST CAMPS

surgeon of the marine hospital service
and Syrian Interpreter with view
of ascertaining his status in this cOun-
try. How he got into the country, at
what port, what examination he was
subjected to and various other ques-
tions is what the officials want an
swered. If he should prove deporta-
BILE, such a course will be followed at
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-08-15
'0RRORs OF THE OCEAN
,rrsT DISASTER WAS SINK
or FRENCH SHIP IN 1898.
uupdrcd Men, Women and Chill
dren Perished When the Ill
pated Steamer Was Lost.


,.o, ss the size and, speed of ocean
have increased so have the mag
.,ao Of ocean disasters. Coming
N loss frequency than in the days
tho oId-fashioned ship, they have
- increasing in horror ten-fold.
aro the time when the Spanish liner
,cavs. back in the '8O's, was ramm-
Il off Barnegat by the schooner
ao.onbine Hargraves and sixty per-
prs including a Spanish million
10 lost their lives, the number of
Iose perishing IN each disaster has
len Increasingly greater.
The Viscaya was lost in 1887. In
f.rcb, 1891, the Utopia, an Infinitely
I,norior vessel to the Viscaya, was
ps+ in collision off Gibraltar and 563
orsons perished. In the following
oar TWO wrecks, those of the steamer
bokari lost in collision, and the Rou-
baniq. caused 237 persons to find
|cean graves,
In June, 1903, came the loss OF the
Esrship Victoria in collision off Trip
h. when 800 persons persisted.
In the loss of the North German
loyd steamer Elbe, one of the largest
rpe of ocean liners, in the German
Icean in January, 1895, 361 passen-
Eers were sacrificed.
OF all the catastrophes at sea within
he last decade the sinking Of the
trench liner La Bourgoyne. in coils
On with the steamship Cromartyshore
,f Cape Sable on July 4, 1898, is
ever recalled without thrill of hor-
or. Five hundred and tifty-eight
hen, women and children persisted on
he French liner, many of them through
he cowardice of the French sailors,
gho fought the passengers with
lnives, boat hooks and oars, pushing
he helpless into the sea in order that
hey might find places in the life boats
md on the life RATS. Only 164 were
aved.
In sharp contrast to this was the
onduct of the crew of the Clyde line
teamer Delaware, a short time later,
Then that steamer caught fire off this
cast. The crew to a man obeyed the
aptain as if they were so many ma
hines. They fought the flames and
TODD by the passengers and saved
heir lives.
The greatest ocean horror in 1906
as in the loss of the steamship Valen-
ia, which struck on Point Klanaway,
ear Cape Beale, on Vancouver is
and, last January, and 139 persons
erished,
Of the passengers and crew only fif-
cen were saved. They were in the
lie boat that was sent ashore from
he ship to summon aid. Aid was
Witty sent, but the hapless vessel
ent to pieces after she had chung to
he ledge all night with her passen-
ers and crew praying for aid upon
er decks. They all found graves in
he ocean with the shattered ship.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-08-15
TAGGED LIKE BUNDLES.
Three Little Girls Arrive in Boston
from Finland.

Three little girls, the eldest not
more than II years of age, each of
them wearing a tag marked port
land, Ore, United States of Amer
lea, )" arrived in Boston last week on
the Cunard line steamer Ivernia from
Helsingfors, Finland. The girls were
given over to the railroad officers for
their long journey across the CONT
nent. They were going I'd their faith
er, Peter Weltgard, at Portland.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-08-15
HUKE SMITH ON DISFRANCHISEMENT

l favor and if elected will urge with all my power the
elimination of the negro from politics as the best PoSS
OF the problem, for both whites and blacks.
Difranchisement can be accomplished by legal and conu
ona methods just as has adopted in North Carolina
South Carolina Alabama MississiP LOUISIANA al" virginia
without DISTINGUISHING single white man.
If elected would oppose with all my power the enactment
Of any legislation that would have of DISTINGUISHING
single white voter in Georgia HOhk 0AllH
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-08-15

of the heir to $75O,OOO in Spanish
gold which Captain Henry Pollex-
fen, who was wounded in London
two months ago, is said to have dis
covered on a sunny isle where
Captain Kidd or some other bold
buccaneer had hidden them is ro-
mantle enough to satisfy the most
violent romancer.
John Cox is an English attorney
and agent Of a firm which makes a
speciality of finding lost heirs.
The tale of how Mr.. Cox got into
contact with Pollexfen of Boston is
not less curious than the story of
the old sea dog, Captain PolleXfen,
murdered in the newestOf London S
thoroughfares, and ends in the most
approved story book style, with the
promise to convert the tainted
money" to the service of religion.
When Mr.. Cox S firm received
commission to produce the heir to
the fortune in dCubloons, for which
Captain Pollexfen was murdered
last May in Kingsway, London, it
at once turned to this country.
Cox went to New York and began
his search by, dropping on Fifth
avenue the only piece of evidence
of the missing heir he possessed,
1t was a gold coin, bearing the
likeness Of a young man and the
single word Henry"
In such a contretemps there was
nothing to do but to advertise, and
accordingly in three New York
papers appeared the offer of re-
ward of 81, 900 for information as to
the whereabouts of Henry, son OF
the murdered Captain Pollexfen,
and of a reward described as suit
able" for the dropped gold piece.
Such an advertisement brought
its results. First, came response
by telephone to the Waldorf from
William PoIlexfen. He did not APP
pear to have any particular claims
to the cash, except his title to the
same good old Cornish name, and
Mr.. Cox was satisfied with giving
him an appointment for an inter
view.
Romance Enough.
A few minutes later a long dis
lance telephone rang, and then Cox
knew that his search across the
ocean had met with due reward. A
voice from Boston declared that
Anthony Didring was speaking and
that Henry Pollexfen was standing
by his side. The voice went on to
say that Mr.. Didring had been in
New York a few days before and
had taken a stroll up Fifth avenue.
AS he passed the corner of Tween
ty-third street he noticed gold
coin lying on the sidewalk, and he
stopped to pick it up. He remarked
that it bore the features of young
man upon it, but he did not pause
to consider them. He thought it
was merely lucky piece" put it
in his pocket, and went on.
Later Mr.. Didring looked at it
more closely and little later read
the advertisement. He realized
that Henry Pollexfen was man he
knew and that the coin in his pock
ct was undoubtedly that to which
the notice referred.
Then Mr.. Didring left the phone
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-07-09
Trust to Nature.

A great many Americans. both men
and women, are thin, pale and puny. with
poor circulation, because they have i'll
treated their stomachs by hasty eating
or too much eating, by consuming alco-
hollc beverages, or by too close contine-
ment 10 home. Office or factory, and In
consequence the stomach must be treated
In a natural way before they can rectify
their earlier mistakes. The muscles In
many such people, In fact In every weary,
thin and thin-bloodcd person, do their
work with great difficulty. As a result
fatigue comes early, is extreme and lasts
long. The demand for nutritive aid Is
ahead of the supply. To insure perfect
health every tissue. bone, nerve and
muscle should take from the blood GER
tain materials and return 10 II certain
others. Ii Is necessary to prepare the
stomach for the work Of taking up from
the food what Is necessary TO make good,
rich, red blood. We must go to Nature
for the remedy. There were certain
roots known TO the Indians OF this
country before the advent OF the whites
which later came 20 the knowledge OF
the settlers and which are now growing
rapidly In professional favor for the cure
OF obstinate stomach and liver troubles.
These are found 10 be safe and yet GER
tain In their cleansing and inyigorating
effect upon the stomach, liver and blood.
These are: Golden Seal root. Queens
TtDt, NtOne fOot. DlOptfpp's hdiluIdht
root. Then there Is Black Cherrybark.
The medicinal principles residing in these
native roots when extracted with glyc-,
crime as solvent make the most reliable
and efficient stomach tonic and liver in
vigorator, when combined In just the
right proportions, as In Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. Where there
Is bankrupt vitality such as nervous
exhaustion, bad nutrition and thin
blood, the body acquires vigor and the
nerves. blood and all the tissues feel the
favorable effect Of this sovereign remedy.
Although some physicians have been
aware OF the high medicinal value Of the
above mentioned plants, yet few have
used pure glycerine as solvent and
usually the doctors prescriptions called
for the ingredients in varying amounts,
Nth alcohol.
The Golden Medical Discovery" Is a
scientific preparation compounded OF tho
glyceric extracts Of the above mentioned
vegcta Bile ingredients and contains no
alcohol or harmful habit-iorming drugs.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-07-09
WITH CLUB AND AK
MAN is ATTACKED
Lumbcrmcn Have Serious AT
fray i'm Boarding House.
James Schaffcr l. Disabled As Re-
suit OF Encounter But VIII
Recover.
ONE AssAILANr HAS FLED

James Schaffer. 25 years old, was
attacked by Charles Hays. 10 years
old. and Thomas Clark. a married
man. Sunday morning onBen Franks
farm in the Clark's river neighbor-
hood. He was beaten about the head
and shoulders by Clark. who. used a
club. and was cut in the groins by
Hays, who used an ak. The fight was
the result of a quarrel. it is stated.
Mr.. Frank operates a timber farm.
He employees Hayes and Schaffer
Clark keeps a boarding house where
the men board. Yesterday morning
they were drinking and got into an
argument. Schaffer became violent
and advanced in threatening man
ner on Hays. The boy seized an ak
and cut Schaffer who still fought
Clark Is said to have interfered to
prevent further trouble and used the
club in self-defense. Schaffer was I'M
armed but a large and dangerous
man.
Hays has fed but Clark remained
at the farm. Schaffer is in bed today
pretty badly used up. He will be dis
abled several weeks. The cut inflict-
ed with the AK is not necessarily Sc
rious. No arrests have been made.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-07-09
Fans Must Come to Front.

There we're only 500 people at the
ball game Sunday, and of that num-
her 200 we're dead heads Tie local
management Is showing signs of loss
OF patience with the lack Of patron
age.
1--WE are playing as good ball as
any team In the league" said a mem
Der of the management today, "and It
is. discouraglng. the measly patronage
we are receiving"
II is said by one close to the own
ers OF the team that they are really
firing of what is proving losing
business. and the death of baseball in
Paducah is not far distant 1. unless
there is a change on the part of the
public.
This would be regrettable. There
is no disputlng the fact that a good
ball team advertises a city. The re-
suits of the games are. published in
the city papers, and In many ways the
town receives advertising from It.
Paducah however. is notorious for
its lack OF appreciation of sports and
amusements. There are a number of
loyal fans but there are more of the
kind who hang around the bulletin
boards to view the game. What would
they do IL they were asked to go down
In their pockets and contribute to
the management, as the loyal fans OF
the other towns In this league and
many of the larger leagues do? They
simply would not have baseball.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-07-09
Low Excursion Rates Via Southern
Railway From Louisville.

Denver. Col. s29.25. July Ills In
elusive. return limit August goth. Di-
verse routes returning. Stopover priv
ileges.
San Francisco and Los Angeles, Cal.
sG750. June "a to July 6, inclusive
Return limit Sept IS, 1906.
Knoxville, Tenn, sS.t5 June "a,
80, July eth, 18th and 18th. Return
limit fifteen days from date OF sale
with privilege of extension to Sept. so
BY payment of so cents fee.
Athens. Ga, s15.75 June 30. "a,
%, 26 and 80, July 2. . and 10th. re.
turn limit fifteen days with privileges
of extension to Sept. 80 on payment
OF so cents.
st. Paul, Mimi, $1,000. August 10.
IL and 10. Return limit August>5 /,
with privilege of extension to Sept.
80 ON payment Of 80 cents.
Denver, Colorado Springs and Puc-
bio. Col, $4,000 on sale daily to
Sept. 80 with return limit OF October
31st.
Ashcyillc. n. c.. 1885. on sale
daily the year round good returning
within six months.
Low Homeseckers' Rates to many
points in the Southeast, West ana
Southwest on first and third Tuesdays
of each month, June to November in
elusive.
For additional Information. tickets,
etc, call on any agents Of the South
ern Railway or address J. +. Logan,
travelling passenger agent. III East
Main street, Lexington, Ky; c. II.
Hungerford. district passenger agent,
23i Fourth avenue, Louisville; G. D.
Alien, A. G. p. A. st. Louis. Mo.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-07-09
DOUBT CANNOT EXIST
Investigation Will Only Strengthen
the Proof We Give I'm Paducah.

How can doubt exist in the face OF
such evidence? Read here. the en-
dorsement of a representative citizen
OF Paducah.
]. w. Wootan. the well known
wood-worker, now retired. residing
at 1903 Burnett street says: IL have
high opinion of Doan's Kidney
Pills because they do just what is
claimed for them. have had kidney
trouble more or less for 1 8 years. Az
ter trying a number OF remedies that
gave me very little relief. IL any, |
got box of Doan's Kidney Pills at
Alvey 4 Lists drug store. and began
TO take them as directed. found
them TO be the very thing for my
trouble. In a few days | noticed a
great change in my condition. Before
taking the pills my rest at night was
greatly disturbed, but now | can go
to bed and rest as peacefully as any
one. | give all the credit for this to
Doan's Kidney Pills
For sale by all dealers. Price SO
cents. Foster-Mllburn Co.. Buffalo.
New York, sole agents for the United
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-07-09

"A full. strong lineup.
The Indians full of ginger.
A big Sunday crowd.
The Indians could not lose, be-
cause Of the above three enumerated
conditions. The score was to and
the game worth the while. Both
teams batted furiously for the vic
tory and the Indians by hard work
with the Big Stick won out.
This is the story simply told.
II happened in the seventh inning.
Qpigley had flied out to left and Haas
singled to center. Lloyd got hit for
three sacks and Haas scored Wetzel
singled and Downing scored Wetzel
on a home run. The next two were
retired in order.
1t was glorious victory and the
grand-stand was as glad as the Wor-
thies were sorry.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-07-09
WATER NOTICE.

Patrons Of the Water company are
reminded that their rents expired
June 30, and those who desire to re-
new them should do SO before 1t Is
forgotten. All premises not paid for
ON or before July 10, will be .discon-
tinued, and the cost Of shutting OF
and turning on water will be 800.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-07-09
Half the World wonders

how the other half lives. Those who
use Bucklen's Arnica Salye never won
der If it will cure Cuts, Wounds,
Burns. Sores and all Skin eruptions;
they know II will. Mrs. Grant Shy.
1870 Il. Reynolds ST., Springfield,
ILL.,. says; Il regard 1t one of the alb
solute necessities of housekeeping. ="
Guaranteed by McPherson's drug
store. 25c
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-07-09

Casey-"Ye're harrud worker.
Dooley. How many hods o" morther
have yez carried up that ladder all
day."
Dooley--"Whist, man! I'm foolln'
the boss. I've carried the same hod-
ful up an down all day an he thinks
I'm workin."
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-07-09

The local lodge, Brotherhood OF
Railway Carmen will meet tonight In
regular session. There will be several
applications made for membership In
the order but no limitations are sched-
uled.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-07-09

Earned runs-Paducah 4. Stolen
bases Perry. Sacrifice hits Perry.
Lloyd. Three base hits-Lloyd. Home
runs-Downing Bases on balls--oh
Selby 2 on Brahic /. Struck out -
BY Brahic Z. Left on bases. Danville
8. Paducah 4. Time of game 1880.
Umplre-Bush.