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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-08-01
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nse noM the Mines Are worked.

How the Mines Are Worked.
Between the steel tower and the
casemate there is electrical communi-
cation. and between the casemate and
the power plant and with every mine
in the field, electrical connection. 1t
is all so arranged that the men at
each station have absolute control OF
every mine. And if the channel were
mined and boat should attempt the
passage either by night or day, the
craft would be doomed the moment II
entered the zone controlled by the
witehboards. The mines planted are
contact mines, which explode the mo-
ment any floating object strikes them,
mines which are exploded automati-
cally. and mines let go by judgment
firing.
The battleships have developed
gunnery to high state OF efficiency,
said an artillery officer. The gun
crews shoot remarkably well, consid-
ering the moving, uneven base which
is constantly under them.
Gunnery Ashore.
They make all of these wonderful
scores. what do you think the artillery
can do shooting from solid founda-
ton? Why, it's a cinch. We can
beat the navy's practice at 5000 yards
with our eyes shut. That is what the
big guns at Wadsworth, Hancock
Hamilton, Niche, Terry, Wright,
Gardeners Point and Mansfield are
for. They will take care of any fleet
thattries to drop shells around here.
The mines are to stop a night dash or
a rush of the enemy's fleet raiders.
Mining coast so extensive as that
of the United States, however, IS
big contract, and the war depart
ment has not under estimated Its pro-
portions.
Submarine School.
The selection of officers to superin-
tend the work was the first necessity,
and the School of Submarine Defense
at Fort Totten was provided for this
particular purpose. This school takes
not only officers. but non cOmmisslon-
ed officers. and has one company OF
enlisted men constantly at work plant
ing mines or repairing them, so the
instruction here is broad and general.
AS fast as the engineer officers quail
ifv they are detailed to the various
districts along the coast, and here
put into effect the theory and practice
taught them at TOtten. Col. Arthur
Murray, Artillery Corps, is command
ant of the school, and Capt Richmond
2. Davis. commanding the Fifty
fourth company, Coast Artillery, in
structor of submarine defense.
Planting mines is not light house
work" and gardening is romp COM
pared with it. The enlisted men who
90 in for it at $l3 month must love
the water and the back-breaking,
task of throwing gun
cotton around! They juggle 100 pound
packages of explosives as thong they
we're toying with baled hay, and pull
and haul on live wires absolutely
regardless of the consequences
For the eighty eight ports on our
seaboard there is at present force
of only 1863 officers and 1870 men IN
charge of submarine defense. The
last session of Congress failed to pass
the bin stablishing an additional
division of l75 officers and 5000 men,
who are very much needed to carry
out the work already planned.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-08-01

A sweet breath adds to the joys of
a kiss. You wouldn't want to kiss
YOUR wife, mother or sweetheart with
a bad breath. You can't have a
sweet breath without healthy stom-
ach. You can't have a sweet breath
without perfect digestion. There is
only one remedy that digests what
YOU eat and makes the breath as
sweet as a rose-and that remedy is
Kodol for dyspepsia. 1t is a relief
for sour stomach, palpitation of the
heart. and other ailments arising from
disorder of the stomach and diges-
ton. Take little Kodol after your
meals and see what it will do for you.
Sold by Dawson Drug Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-08-01
make Hay While the Sun Shines

make Hay While the Sun Shines.
There is a lesson in the work of the
thrifty farmer. He knows that the
bright sunshine may last but day
and he prepares for the showers which
are so liable to follow. So it should
be with every household. Dysentery,
diarrhoea and cholera morbus may
attack some member of the home with
out warning. Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy,
which is the best known medicine for
these diseases, should always be kept
at hand, as immediate treatment is
necessary, and delay may prove IA
tai. For sale by Dawson Drug Co.,
Dawson, Ga.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-08-01
Calling on Lord for Many Things.

A dispatch from Summerville, Chat
tooga county, announces that the peo-
pie of that pl ace recently held a pray
er service asking that the rain stop,
that the peach crop be saved, and that
more refrigerator cars be put at the
disposal of the peach growers by the
railroad.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-08-01
UNCLE SANS HIDDEN DEFENsEs
An Elaborate System of Electric Wires Making on0re
Control of Many Deadly Mines

Somewhere between College Point
and David's Island these summer DAYS
the artillery engineers of the Unlteo
States army are practicing with SUD-
marine mines and the network OF wires
with which the system is harnesseo W
the shore. Mines are planted ana
taken up again: soundings are maze
fathoms upon fathoms OF stun wire
cable are laid under hot burning
sun, taken up, and laid again. ana
Johnnie Green, who enlisted to De
soldier, sits on the gun'le of whale
boat and wonders what it is all aoout
and whether the army has gone anoat
or if he is just an ordinary pIaln'
roustabout or an 'longshoreman.
The artillery engineers in charge OF
submarine defense go about this work
with the same regularity that prompts
the gun drills in the navy. Every
time squadron of white ships comes
into port from target practice at sea
newspapers print columns about the
wonderful shooting of the jack tars.
So well is the public informed that
one hears the Kearsarge's latest per-
Torrance discussed in street cars and
elevated trains, or what the 6-lnch
guns of the Alabama can do at 5,OOO
yards, or the Maine or Kentucky at
$500 But as for the shooting of the
seacoast gun or the accuracy OF the
mine planting, both might just as
we'll be out of existence: so far as any
public knowledge OF them is concern
ed. Nevertheless, both these branches
of the service are very much alive.
No Secret About 1t.
1t is not because the seacOast de-
tense is a government secret. Ameri-
can army officers believe in the theory
that "if you have got good thing
and ii works let your enemy know 1t,
but if it is nothing to be proud OF
keep it dark" Their system of coast
defense is a good thing" and the
only reason they do not advertise is !
that they are too busy keeping it up /
to the standard to talk about it.
Where the sound traffic of coal towS
and white steam yachts. lighters,
schooners, and passenger boats slip !
the narrow passage OFF
two grassy parapets
guard the way. The one on the .
shore is Fort Schuyler;
across on Long Island is Totten
The massive stone walls at the foot of
green slope are what they used to
stop cannot balls in the days of '6l.
Today the governor uses them for
quarries. The big guns set in the
earthen embankment overhead are for
an invading feet miles off the sound, |
toward New Haven. Equally we'll J
hidden behind the grassy nights are /!
little steel towers that command the I
waters of the narrow passage.
Search. lights and marine glasses only
are their armament. The machinery
Of destruction set up TO guard This
way is also invisble-the mines un-
Ter water and the apparatus that con
rolls them set deep down in the
ground, safe from all interference in !
\ bombproof little room called the
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-08-01
Peek-a-Bee Waists RoundIy Scored.

Before leaving for Cleveland, o.,
where he will attend the annual meet
ing of the Innsbruck Alumni associa-
ton. Archbishop Messmer of Milwau-
kee declared strongly against peek-a-
boo waists. He says such attire is
immodest and tends to consumption
and kindred ills. II have the same
opinion as to low neck gowns, he
said. This is not a matter Of official
action. The women should know what
modesty is"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-09-28

ITO talk of a dusty ocean highway
sounds absurd, but the expression is
perfectly accurate" states a writer.
Everyone who is familiar with ships
knows that, no matter how carefully
the decks may be washed in the morn
ing, a great quantity Of dust will col
lect by nightfall. You say, But the
modern steamship, burning hundreds
Of tons of coal day, easily accounts
for such a deposit
True, but the records Of sailing
vessels show that the latter collected
more dust than a steamer. On re-
cent voyage of a sailing vessel-a jour
ney which lasted ninety-seven days
twenty-four barrels of dust were swept
from the decks! The captain was a
man of scientific tastes and made care
full observations, but could not solve
the mystery. Some, no doubt, comes
from the wear and tear on the sails
and rigging, but that accounts for only
a small portion. To add to the mystery,
bits of cork, wood and vegetable fiber
are frequently found in this sea dust.
Where does 1t come ?-COrea
Daily News.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-09-28
Improving Live stock.

The best families Of horses, whether
thoroughbred runners or trotters, were
produced from a few selected ancestors,
Inbreedlng being largely practiced.
Breeding close to the Messenger blood,
through Hambletonian, has certainly
Increased the speed of our trotters, and,
admitting that the instinct Of trotting
has been more firmly impressed, yet
there Is much larger proportion of
failures, compared with the success at
tanned, If the fact is considered that
the number of the whole is many times
greater than that of half a century
ago. The form Of the trotter, as we'll
as that Of the thoroughbred, shows
plainly the work of inbreeding, for
while the spirit and will force have
been increased, 1t has required an Oc-
casonal infusion of new blood (not,
however, altogether foreign) to retain
the stamina so essential to roadsters.
The thoroughbred runner Of to-day is
largely indebted to Diomed, Sir Archy,
Glencoe and Lexington for improve
ment in endurance and speed.
The mutton breeds Of sheep are now
capable Of producing specimens exceed
ing 400 pounds live weight, with also
an increase in length Of wool and
weight Of fleece, while the best meri-
nos can shear over thirty pounds.
Every decade has witnessed the
breaking Of records" among all classes
Of animals, which is the best evidence
that Improvement is rapid, much of
the success being due to inbreedlng, a
system that is unsafe unless practiced
by one who fully understands the &C.
lection Of the choicest individuals, their
adaptation to circumstances and the OBJ
jects sought to be accomplished
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-09-28
Right to the Letter.

A New Yorker was once referring to
the stolidity and Observation-Disclosures of
the British shopkeeper, when he was
reminded of an amusing experience Of
a friend in London.
The American had been making sew
eral purchases in a jewelry establish
ment, among others a silver set, and
finding that he had with him INSULT
cient funds to defray the entire cost,
he desired the clerk to send the set 10
his hotel, marked &c. o. D."
Due note was made by the CLERK
but when the articles arrived at the
hotel the purchaser was surprised to
find that no charges had been collected,
Opening the package the American was
dumbfounded to discover that each piece
of silver had been carefully engraved
in a beautiful monogram, &c. o. D."
Success Magazine
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-09-28

Turnips and rutabagas are probably
the best roots for sheep. Breeding
sheep, and especially lambs, should be
fed largely upon them Instead of grain.
This is a view held by the best shep.
herds. The view is probably correct
and the practice might well be inaugu-
rated by sheepmen. The purple-top'
ped, strap-leafed turnips have general
ly given best results. They should be
sown somewhat thick, and thinned to
four to six inches in row. The thin
ming can best be done when the drills
are made upon ridges provided for the
purpose. With these crops should be
drilled either bit Of turnip or radish
seed. This will permit earlier cultiva
ton, because these seeds come up
earlier than the mangels or carrots and
thus outline the row. The mammoth
Long Red and Golden Tankard man
gels and the Mastodon carrots are
standard varieties.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-09-28
Feedinr G1nten MenI.

Gluten feed is very valuable in the
dairy /; rich In protein and something of
which the stock are very fond, it can
be probably used If handled rightly
on the other hand there is opportunity
to feed It extravagantly as well as
to feed so much of 1t that the cows
viii be injured 1t should be invaria-
bly, fed with some other grain, and If
other concentrated foods are used 1t
is better not to feed the gluten daily.
II, however, bran is used to consid-
cradle extent the gluten feed may be
safely made a part Of the daily ration.
While gluten meal is frequently fed
with ground corn and cob meal, and
fed inexpensively In this way, we pre-
fer to use 1t with cornmeal and bran,
about three pounds Of gluten meal to
two pounds each Of the bran and corn
meal, giving, of course, a liberal guam
tity of roughage. AS gluten produces
considerable body heat, and more when
fed in conjunction with cornmeal, It
is essentially a valuable winter feed,
but is best cut out of the summer ra-
ton.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-09-28
CHAPTER XXI.

Blunt, recognizing the meteoric her
aids of danger, began to regret his OBJ
stinacy. He saw that a hurricane was
approaching.
Along the south coast of the Austria
liam continent, though the usual ives;
erly winds and gales of the highest lat,
tudes prevail during the greater portion
of the year, hurricanes are not infre-
quent. Gales commence at N. W. with
a low barometer, increasing at w. and
S. W., and gradually veering to the
south. True cyclones occur at New
Zealand. 1t was one of these rotatory
storms, an escaped tempest of the trop-
les, which threatened the Lady Franklin.
Rufus Dawes, exhausted with the ex
citement through which he had passed,
had slept for two or three hours, when
he was awakened by the motion of the
vessel going on the other tack. He rose
to his feet and found himself in com.
plete darkness. Overhead was the noise
of trampling feet, and he could distin.
guish the hoarse tones of Blunt below.
ing orders. Astonished at the absence
of the moonlight which had so lately
silvered the sea, he flung open the cabin
WINDOW ana looked OUT Inc CaDln al
lotted to North was one of the two sterr
cabins, and from it the convict haC
a full view of the approaching storm.
The sight was one of wild grandeur
The huge black cloud which hung IL
the horizon had changed its shape. In
stead of a curtain, it was an arch. Be
meath this vast and magnificent porta
shone a dull phosphoFic light. Across
this livid space pale flashes of sheet
! lightning passed noiselessly. Behind /
/ was a dull and threatening murmur
made up of the grumbling thunder, tn
falling Of rain, and the roar Of contend
ing wind and water. The lights Of tn
prison-island had disappeared, so rapit
had been the progress Of the schoone
under the steady breeze, and the oceal
| stretched around, black and desolate
! Gazing upon this gloomy expanse, Ru
| fus Dawes observed strange phenom
enon-hghtning appearing to burst up
ward from the sullen bosom of the sea
| At intervals, the darkly rolling wave
flashed fire, and streaks of flame sho
upward. The tone of a woman's vote
recalled him to himself Cautiously uI
locking the cabin door, he peered out
The cuddy was lighted by a swingin
lamp which revealed Sylvia Questionin
enc of the women concerning the storm
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-09-28
Insects on Grass.

Numerous inquiries have come into
the office of the Rhode Island Expert
ment Station regarding the cause Of
the frothy masses on grass and other
herbaceous plants and on shrubs and
trees. Popularity this has been ascrib-
ed to frogs and snakes and named ell
ther frog or snake spittle, as the case
might be- In fact, 1t is due to a small
insect belonging to the Hemiptera or
true bugs, which live inside the frothy
mass. Commonly these insects are call.
ed spittle insects for obvious reasons,
and also frog hoppers, becaue of their
connection with the frothy mass which
was formerly known as frog splttle, or
because in their broad, squatty ap-
pearance when mature, they resemble
frogs to some extent. 1t Is not known
exactly how the frothy mass is pro-
duced, but 1t is supposed that the in
sect pumps the sap out Of the plants,
and in passing it through the allmen-
tary canal mixes air with 1t to form
small air bubbles. There are quite a
number Of species found at the present
time, some living on grass, others on
shrubs, and also ON trees, both ever
green and deciduous. Most Of the spe-
cies have their early or nymph stage
entirely within the protection Of the
frothy mass. When adult, however,
they are found outside in the open air.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-09-28
Handy salt BOX,

This handy salt box can be put up
against the shed, and cattle can get
salt at will. The salt win he out o.
the weather, and there will be no trou-
lie OF sailing the cattle every few days.
The box should be made ls inches wide,
"a inches long, IL Inches deep in front
and 10 inches in the back, so that the
lid will have enough fall to shut itself
when released. The lid should extend
four inches over the box for COW to
get hold on. A notch should be cut
four inches deep in front of the box
(a), so that when a COW smells the
box she will smell salt and stick her
tongue In the notch (a) and lick 1t. BY
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-09-28

STRIKING FACTS ABOUT SLEEP

One of the Most Mysterious of the
Ways of Nature.
Shakespeare" said scientist, "call-
ed sleep the ape Of death. That is a
striking name for striking thing.
Sleep is a wonderland. Let us explore
it.
"Self-hypnotism is mysterious
force that we can exercise on ourselves
in sleep alone. We are all self-hypno-
lists. We all, on certain nights, tell
ourselves firmly that we must not
oversleep; that the next morning-at
4, at or precisely we must wake up.
Our sleeping selves respond to the
hypnotic suggestion made the night be-
fore by our waking selves. That is
mysterious and striking, isn't it? Still!
more mysterious and striking though
is the fact of our keeping track OF the
time somehow in our slumber How
on earth do we do that?
ut is impossible to do without sleep
Men have slept standing, even running
They have slept in battle, under fire
with guns roaring on all sides. They
Lave slept in uncomfortable and deadly
pain.
"There is no torture equal to that
which the deprivation of sleep entails
The Chinese are the cruelest folks OF
earth, and the most ingenious Of tor
turers. Well, the Chinese place the
deprivation Of sleep at the head Of
their torture list.
"Sleep is a state of rest. The hear
rests in sleep. The heart is a rhythmic
muscle, not one that never reposes, bu
one that works at short shifts, like
puddler, a moment on, moment off
Well, when we sleep, the hearts shifts
of rest are redoubled. 1t works then
one on, two off, getting, indeed, pretty
nearly as much repose as we do.
1.-THE brain in sleep becomes pale ant
sinks below the level of the skull
When we are awake the brain is higl
and full and ruddy.
mot only the brain and heart bu
even the tear glands rest in sleep. Tha
is why when we awake we always rul
our eyes. The rubbing is an instinctiv,
action that stimulates the stagnant tea
| glands and causes them to mOistel
properly our eyes, all dried from thei
| inactiOn
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-09-28

To combat the fraud Of selling sheep
skin for real kid demonstration was
recently made in Wilmington, Del,
with a view to educating purchasers to
buy nothing but the real article
AS a rule it requires quite change
of the program to induce a man to
leave the cornfeld to engage in other
pursuits when there are so many weeds
that need killing, but it is all right
to stop to haul off a lot of hogs that
have been finished for the market wher
prices are right.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-09-28

The clover seed business is being
closely watched by agents Of the De-
partment of Agriculture. OF 521 sam
pies of red clover obtained in the open
market 116 samples were found to con-
tain seed Of the dodder, five samples
we're adulterated with seed of yellow
trifoll, worthless plant, Of which the
seed resembles the clover. In fact,
cattle have been made sick by eating
clover mixed with the trifoil plant,
while the dodder plant Is a stln more
Eerlous pest
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-09-28
DTIIIion1 Of FroTen Cnrco1.es.

According to Sir E. Montague Nelson
says the Engineer Of London, there are
sixty large meat-freezlng establish
ments in the colonies and Argentina /;
the carrying trade is represented by
TIA refrigerated steamers, with ca
pacity calculated at no less than TO-
100000 carcasses; and in England there
are % refrigerated stores in London
and 100 In provincial towns for the
storage Of meat on arrival. These dis
tribute daily on the average over 49,
600 sheep and lambs and 1000 quarters
beef. The total Importation of frozen
meats into Great Britain during 1905
consisted of S,277,731 carcasses mutton
and lamb and 1,271,S5S quarters beef.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-09-28

Mrs. Stubb-John, that new cook
says she used to be on the stage during
her younger days.
Mr.. Stubb-I don't doubt It, Her
past record shows that she has been
doing one-night stands with every fam
lily that engaged her.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-09-28

wrecked mariner safe with home, love
and mother, the old Rufus Dawes be-
came a man among men, notable for
charity, probity aud justice-famous as
the first to lift his hand to strike from
the fair, false face of Tasmania the
hideOus mask that had converted into a
living hell an earthly paradise, the foul
plague-spot of the universe to which he
had been condemned For the term of
his natural life"
1.-THE end
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-09-28


In changing the top Of large trees,
such branches only should be cut as
will insure a well-balanced top. Two
or three years viii be required for
grating a large tree. 1t will not do to
slaughter all the branches at once. 1t
would be liable to give a shock from
which the tree would never recover.
Some OF the small side branches or
limbs grated should be allowed to re-
main the first year, at least, and
pruned of when the CRAFTS have at
tained considerable size 1t must not
be inferred that grating is limited to
the apple. The pear, plum and cherry
may be worked In the same way. Mel
Their is it necessary to walt for the old
or new moon before cutting your sciOns
The precise time for grating is not
material. 1t may be done when apples
are on the tree the size Of hickory nuts,
but an earlier time Is preferable.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-09-28
stacking Advancement.

The two pole stacking arrangement
here shown can be readily constructed.
The poles are leaning against the two
taut guy wires so the fork hangs d.
rectly over the load. As the horse pulls
on the rope with pulley attached a
short distance from the ground the load
of hay on the fork is drawn up to the
pulley and the pulling draws the poles
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-09-28

''Kamala" is the vernacular name Of
the red dye produced from the glands
of the mature fruit of a tree named
"MallOtus phillipinensis," which is also
called the monkey face tree" because
monkeys paint their faces red by rub
bing them with the fruit. Here is a
striking instance of the influence Of
heredlty.-Madras Mail.