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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-16
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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-16
ODD TRADES IN NEW YORK SOME BAD LAND MONSTERS
GIANT MEMBERS OF THE LIZARD
FAMILY WEIGHED TONS.
Wyoming an Extensive Cemetery
Where Exist the Remains of
These Gigantic Creatures.

Where Exist the Remains of
These Gigantic Creatures.
1t seems strange that ancestors
of the lizard, reptile so small as
to be easily held in the palm of the
hand, at one time grew to such enor-
nous size as to weigh tons-so
large in fact that no creature known
to have existed on land, not even
the hugh mammoth, whose giant re-
mains have been discovered in the
frozen deeps of Siberia, has ever
equaled it in dimensions. Out in
the Bad Lands of Wyoming, how
ever, which seems to be an extensive
cemetery where exists the remains
of those gigantic creatures inhabit-
ing the earth before the coming of
man, fossil hunters have discovered
and exhumed the skeleton of a bron-
tosaurus, a member of the lizard
family.
The skeleton has finally been put
together, and the great animal has
been placed in the position which it
assumed in life. 1t measures few
inches less than 81 feet from the
end of it's nose to the tip of its tail.
AS it stands in the American Museum
of Natural History, in New York, it
reaches nearly to the ceiling and
from side to side of the room, for
the hips is Is feet above the floor.
Merely it's tail stretches out a dis
| lance of 81 feet, while it's neck
makes that of a giraffe appear like
chickens, being no less than II
| feet in length. If the thigh bone
were to be weighed apart from the
rest it would tip the scales at near
! ly 900 pounds, even before it was
| petrifed Various estimates have
been given of the weight of these
monsters, but naturalists believe
| that in life the one described must
have weighed not far from % tons.
The largest animals now existing
on land are the African elephants.
Three of these placed in line, one
before the other, would not equal in
! length this ancient lizard, which
would actually weigh about 10 tons
more than the herd of them. But
despite it's size the brontosaurus
| could go from place to place quite
rapidly, considering its bulk, fore
ing it's way through the swamps, up
roofing trees which stood in it's path
way by the mere pressure of its
body. The greatest river was no bar
to its progress, for it could wade
20 feet deep and, it is believed,
could swim short distances. 1t lived
upon plants and the tender shoots
and leaves of trees. Imagine an ami
NAL which could put its head into
a tree top 80 feet high, and browse.
The bone hunters, however, have
learned that there were several
different kinds. Though all are
called dinosaur-a Greek term
meaning terrible lizard"-the
largest were almost as harmless as
the tiny things that women once
wore on the person with gold chains,
making pets of them. Eating only
plants and foliage of trees, their
teeth were soft and could not be
used to injure man or animal.
These stories read like fairy tales,
but when the visitor to the Ameri-
can Museum of Natural History sees
the animals posed as in life and the
actual bones which composed their
framework he is forced to believe
in their former existence.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-16
ANYTHING IN THE WORLD MAY
BE FOUND THERE.
Most of the Oddities Bought in For
eign Countries Are Made in
the American Metropolis.

elSH countries are Maue III
the American Metropolis.
There are many odd trades in
New York, some of them stuck in
all sorts of out of the way corners.
The makers of artificial noses, ears
and eyes tend to center on East
Twenty-third street They have the
only plants of the kind in the United
States, and they ship not only all
over the country, but to foreign
countries as WELL writes CORES
pondent. One manufacturer makes a
speciality of eyes to order. He will
match your sound one perfectly and,
if necessary, he will make the arti-
fetal one while you wait. In fact,
you can stand over the workman
while he is on the job and see that
he mixes the colors correctly, add
ing little injunctions like "a little
more of the blue, please" America
now turns out about 100000 arti-
fetal eyes annually.
This is a day of syndication and
brokerage in all commodities. There
are several letter brokers in town
who handle letters as if they were
so much cabbage or canned goods.
They make a business of buying let
tiers, especially those written by men
and women to patent medicine man
ufacturers requesting samples and
describing personal symptoms These
letters are gathered into large pack
ages headed rheumatism, 'Neu-
ralgia," and various other Affections
and diseases. These letters are
either rented or resold to manufac-
turers to whom the addresses are
of value. When a manufacturer
wants to introduce a certain remedy
he goes to the letter broker and asks
him what he has in, say, chronic
headache. The prospect of having
their letters banded about must
seem cheerful to those who are in
the habit of writing complaints and
testimonials to patent medicine man
nfacturers and mail order crooks.
Indeed, if there is anything in the
world that you want or need, no
matter how odd or unusual it may
he. YOU can find some one in New
York who has it or can get it for
Won. All the oddities of the frozen
north, the torrid south, the far east
and the outlandish west are gathered
there. You do not have to go to
Cuba for machetes; they are made
in New York. You do not have to
% to the east for oriental oddities
and curios, not even for samples OF
heather idols; they are all manu-
featured right in New York. You
do not have to go to New Mexico or
Montana for an Indian headdress or
tomahawk; they are made in New
York.
If YOU want to buy any English
saddlery goods, any French tobacco
anv German beer, any Spanish con-
fotti any Russian vodka, any Ital-
ian spaghetti, any Turkish cigar
cites. any Mexican tamales, any Chi
nese tea. you can get them in New
Work, as everybody knows. In fact
it is well to keep in mind when buy
ing local oddities in any foreign
country that they probably were
made in New York and then shipped
there Every section of New York
has its own peculiar industries or
business, and you must be hard put
70 If if you cannot find what you
want in some part of the city
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-16

Washington, Jan. 14.-In the fe"
Ways that congress has been in seS-
Sion since the Christmas recess there
has been a noted increase in the at
tndance. While it is not ikely
,lat John Wesley Gaines plan 10
uock the members for being ap-
9eAl from their seats will ever pc
come law, nevertheless his threat
4au an almost electrical effect. IL
Jared from their easy chairs
~ the rotunda of the Homestead
l'O'el at Hot Springs, Va, a num-
seT Of congressman who had looked
inward to spending several pleasant
Suu restful days at that mountain
'''erlng place. There members
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-16

ton attended dance given Dy the
order of the Rachabites this week,
but she attended only for the pur-
pose of denouncing the members for
their frivolity, and declared that it
was almost as bad as the rum evil.
AS a result Mrs. Nation was de-
nounced and turned out of the
Rachabites camp to fight the demon
by herself and in her own way.
Thus far she has not used her axe,
nor has she made very many dents
in the worldly armor of sinful Wash
ington.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-16
sEVENTY-THREE LYNCHINGS.

Seventy-three persons were lynch
ed during the year 1906, and of this
number three were white. The list
was larger than it was in 1905.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-16
WORK FOR THE NEW COURT.

The supreme court of Georgia mas
i,,st - transferred s55 cases from its
JJ u@J 10 that of the new appellate
UT This gives a pretty clear idea
cou tb - extent to which the new trib-
oI Oh 'nG will be able to assist the old
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-16
SEEDS FROM FOREIGN LANDS
UNCLE SAM EXPLORING OTHER
COUNTRIES FOR NEW CROPS.
Secures Alfalfa from the Steepes of
Russia. Hundreds of Interesting
Things Have Been Found.

Russia. Hundreds of Interesting
Things Have Been Found.
One of the important branches of
the work of the department of agri-
culture at Washington is that of ex-
ploring foreign lands for new crops.
Al present this part of the service
is not as large as the department
would like, but it is hoped congress
will make provision for an extension
at this session
In North China.
During the past year a trained
man has been in the cultivated
fields and wild mountains of North
China and Manchuria searching for
new plants and seeds worthy to be
transplanted to this country, and for
wild forms of our cultivated fruits
and vegetables which may have
characters of hardness or unusual
vigor which will make them useful
for plant breeders of the United
States. Shipments of scions and of
seeds representing hundreds of in
teresting things have been sent by
him and are now undergoing trials
at the gardens of the department
at Washington
Among those secured are new
hardy Pekin persimmons, interesting
varieties of English walnuts, the
Chinese pistache, wild and culti-
waited apricots, the wild peach from
it's supposed original home, hardy
apples and edible fruited hawthorns,
millets and field beans, lawn sedge,
and a very remarkable lot of Chi
nese varieties of grapes, as well as
collection of ornamental trees and
shrubs, suited to the climate of the
eastern and middle states
Alfalfa from the Steppes,
What is believed to be a discovery
that will be an epoch in the agri-
culture of the northwestern prairie
regions of this country has been
made by the departments explorer,
Professor N. E. Hansen of the South
Dakota agricultural experiment sta
ton, of a Siberian alfalfa, an excel
lent forage plant with yellow in
stead Of the usual blue flowers. This
plant is a native of the dry steppes of
Siberia, where the mercury some
times freezes without snow 1t is
said the plant can Withstand a tenn
perature of about 40 degrees below
zero with no protection. DR.. Han
sen is making study of the plant
with a view to it's cultivation in this
country and has sent the department
quantities of the seed which will be
given a thorough trial at an early
date
Arabian Alfalfa.
1t will supplement durum wheat
in a rotative system and avoid the
necessity of summer following. Ara
bian alfalfa is being grown in Cali
fornia and the southwestern states,
but on account Of its lack of hardi-
ness is unsuited to the colder parts
of the country.
A. species of vetch called the Tan
gier pea has proved superior to all
others in California in its luxuriance
of growth, having yielded as high
as nine tons of green food per acre.
On account of it's great amount of
heritage it effectually chokes out
weeds. A large quantity of this seed
is being selected and tested, with
view to it's introduction next season.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-16
BIG REWARD FOR MURDERER.

Offer of $500 for Slayer of Marshal
Carter of Richland.
A reward of $500 is now outstand-
ing for the murder of Marshal Car
ter at Richland The mayor of the
town has offered reward of 500,
and Governor Terrell supplemented
this with an addition al $500. The
Dawson authorities have a fairly
good description of the murderer.
and are keeping a sharp lookout
here for him.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-16
1T JARRED THEM FROM THEIR EASY CHAIRS
John Wesley caine Threat to Dock Absent Oonsi
Them 70 t. from q Pleasure Resort to Legislative ~

Tho sneakers gavel fell and the de-
Iiberations of the house began Oh
tho erst day Since congress has re-
srmed Mr.. Gaines has not brought
his project to the fore again II
-. was nothing more than a
tt~eat and the results, it is pc
Iieved, have so satisfied the Iennes-
saon that he will let the matter rest
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-16

over one million aliens landed in
the United States last year.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-16
-, = crr MORE SUPPORTERS

secretary Bonaparte wants 70 ~
duce the number of rich men N a tns
eo,,ntrv hut he can get more Vo'eS
on a proposition to reduce inc D'
her of poor men.
Evening journal., 1907-07-30
BALTIMoREs HOME WEEK.

IT HE Home Week celebration OF Baltimore
4 was such a success last year that it is to
be repeated this year on more elaborate scale
than ever. The ceremonies will take place dur
ing the week of October IA to October IS.
When home coming was first suggested for
the Maryland metropolis, there were doubts as to
the success of the undertaking, but these fears
soon vanished. A permanent organization Of 100
leading citizens of Baltimore has been effected to
take charge of Home Meek" and the scope will
be extended this year to include the rural coun-
ties In each Of the country counties a commit
tee will be appointed to boom the Maryland
Home Week and add to its success
Each county will be represented by booth in
the spacious Fifth Regiment Armory, Baltimore.
During the week there will be at least four large
parades, and at night there will be brilliant illu-
limitations and fireworks
In every city where Home Week has been
held the project met with enthusiastic support.
Evening journal., 1907-07-30
LIBRARY IS FOR
CITY BEAUTIFUL

The Wilmington Free Library, in an
endeavor to help along the City Beau
tiful project has published in its latest
bulletin a list Of books and magazine
articles relating to civic improvement.
This list has been used TO advantage
by many persons In the city.
Recently the library has tried to get
all the picture postcards relating TO the
city OF Wilmington. These have been
posted on the bulletin board, and make
a very attractive appearance. They
show plainly that many parts of Will
mington do not need the attention Of
the Civic Improvement Committee Of
the Board Of Trade. As soon as pic
lures can be obtained Of the spots and
places in Wilmington that do need at
tention. these will be posted at the Ii
brary to show the contrast
Evening journal., 1907-07-30
BOARDS
EXPENSES FOR QUARTER

The Water Department is in need OF
funds and President Shaw Of the COM
mission will confer with members Of
Council on the matter. The department s
expenses for the next quarter is expected
to reach $4,000 and Council will be asked
Tor this amount. This sum includes pay
rolls and other running expenses.
The Pittsburg Filter Manufacturing
Company which concern has the contract
for building the preliminary filters at
Sixteenth and French streets, was given
an extension of time to complete the
work until September 1.
Bids for coal were opened and referred
to the chief engineer T. make tests. The
bids were as follows:
Charles II. TenWeeges, $40 and $3.50,
according to quality; George W. Bush &
Sons Company, 1915 and $3.50; Charles
Warner Company. 1894 and 1924.
Evening journal., 1907-07-30
CONTRACTS FOR SCHOOL
REPAIRS ARE AWARDED

The repair committee Of the Board OF
Education has awarded contracts for
painting and repairing schools as follows:
James Cassidy--Exterior Of Schools
Nos. and 20. and interior Of No. 2s.
Frank w Exterior Of Nos
Q and "a ana interior OF No. II.
Bamberger & Robbins-Exterior OF No.
p.
James NJ. Bryan-Exterior OF the High
school and No. q and interior Of Nos /,
s. 10 and ls.
Richard L. Pietsch-Interior Of No. T.
Andrew r. Cole-Interior OF No. "a.
Elmer Lows-Interior Of Nos. and Is.
w. e. Linton-Interior Of No. 4.
Other contracts were awarded as fol-
lows:
John NJ. Stannard-Paving and grad
ing at Nos. Il and 10.
A. p. Berg-Paving at No, 1s. Glazing
for a year-James NJ. Bryan.
Wilmington Cornice Works-Metal CELL
ings in rooms at Schools Nos. 3, s, 10. "a
and 26
Evening journal., 1907-07-30
WATER COMPANY FRANCHISE.

THE plan OF the Delaware Water Company
Il to secure franchise to use the streets OF
the city for laying pipes has not been abandoned
by the company, it is safe to say. The decision
in this matter rests with the Street and Sewer
Directors who have not recently given it any
further public consideration. The Water Com
missioners ignored the recommendations OF the
City Executive Board, and it would be we'll for
the Street and Sewer Directors to do likewise.
If the Street and Sewer Directors would sound
public sentiment they would learn that the people
are opposed to any surrender of the city's rights
in the water monopoly and the establishment Of a
precedent that would rise to plague the city au-
thorties when other private companies would
ask for the same privilege that it is proposed to
accord the Delaware Water Company.
Evening journal., 1907-07-30
NEW CITY HALL
WAS DISCUSSED
Members Of Council to Take
Up Recommendation of
Mayor Wilson

City Council, as a committee Of the
whole. discussed the mayors message
last night and the new City Hall
question, which was the most import
ant recommendation Of Mayor Wilson,
was referred to tho public building
committee Of Council. which viii make
a recommendation to Council. Other
matters discussed and referred to the
various Council committees were:
A more uniform system of auditing
the city's finances.
An increase in revenues by new
system of assessment and raising the
fees for amusements. shows. etc.
An ordinance regulating overhead
wires.
A new City Hall, and a proper place
for filing records of the city.
Additional building laws.
An improved election law.
Ordinances more definitely regulat-
ing the use of explosives.
The sale of city bonds by popular
subscription
A bill for new sinking fund act.
It Is believed that the outcome Of the
entire agitation will be a submission of
the question OF erecting new city hail
to a referendum vote by the people. This
: is the easiest solution Of the matter. The
question of whether money shall be bor-
rowed to erect modern city building
could be referred to the qualified voters
under the law passed by the last Legisla-
ture authorizing the municipality TO bor-
row up to ten per cent. Of its assessed
valuation, providing the people at a
referendum election should give their con-
sent.
Another method that could be followed
would be to go to the Legislature and
have passed a law authorizing the bor-
rowing Of sufficient money to erect the
new building.
1t Is understood that Mayor Wilson
prefers to get an expression Of the people
on the project and the referendum fur
nishes the best means Of getting it.
Evening journal., 1907-07-30
PENINSULA BOARD OF TRADE.

HE proposal to form Peninsula Board of
a Trade is not to lag, and with such men as
Mr.. Rossell, and others who are to be named to
work up this matter, we may expect vigorous
trade body that will bring Wilmington into closer
touch with the Delaware and Eastern Shore
counties Recently State Bankers Association
was formed, and if the same energy is displayed
in the Peninsula Board OF Trade work, the new
association will be a success
It is proposed that the committee to be named
by President Maclean, Of the Wilmington Board
of Trade, shall visit the towns in Delaware and
Maryland for the purpose of sounding sentiment
regarding the project This visit Of itself will ac-
complish much good, as it will show that the city
IS alive and interested in the welfare of the entire
Peninsula.
Wilmington has grown so Of late that it is now
regarded as Of much more importance than it was
Evening journal., 1907-07-30
NEW BANKS IN SUSSEX.

TWO new banks are to be organized in Sus-
- sex county, which is an evidence Of the
prosperity OF that part OF the State, and in this
prosperity all will rejoice. While the peach crop
has been practically destroyed in Delaware for
this year, the Sussex farmers find other products
to yield them a good return for their labor. Sus-
sex county this year seems to supass Kent so
far as the farmers are concerned, and soon there
should be evidences of material prosperity and
wealth in the lower county.
Evening journal., 1907-07-30
Tuesday, July 80, 1907.
LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR.

THE dedication Of the new addition TO the
Home for Aged Persons, at Fourth and
Grant avenue, built and conducted by the Little
Sisters Of the Poor, an order that takes its begin
ming from the life work Of St. Vincent de Paul.
was an event of no little importance for the
Roman Catholics Of this city and others as we'll
Rarely, in such a brief time, has religious COM
munity met with such great success as has these
women who only came here several years ago
from France to work in the worlds ever-cryng
cause.-The care of the aged poor 1t has been to
these women, many of whom come from the
flower of France, educated wealthy and cultured
a work Of love, self-sacrihce, devotion and denial
TO a woman who enters the realms of a religious
life there go out from her the Establishments of
society and the worlds call to pleasure. Women
such as these who give themselves up so that by
their prayers and good works the world may be
better, fulfil indeed, noble mission, and in their
work they care very little what the world says
and thinks of them. Life in sisterhood is one
solely lived for the sake Of others, especially
when the summons come from those who are
without relatives, friends without love, without
respect without remembrance, whom the world
scorns as burdens, whose care-take Is trouble
some, whose drained life is a silent communica-
ton of the waters of Marah.
Providence has blessed the work of ST. Vincent
de Paul When France was fighting the world,
butchering her sons upon the fields that led to
victory or TO DEATH gaining and working by FIRE
and sword the pottage of blood, ageing her aged
before middle life had set upon them by the grim
ness Of her terrors, she sent to the streets as
suit Of her love OF conquest the crippled, the
blind, the aged, and the poor. 1t was theE that
the work OF de Paul began He was one of the
real reconstructonists OF the new France lie
gathered them all in from the streets the alleys,
the dungeons, the cemeteries, the river banks, so
that to-day France can we'll lay claim to being
the birthplace OF the tenement house and The
home for the needy and INDECENT, and N the
Roman Catholic Church, the first man Of note that
looked upon outcasts as beings worthy OF commits
Grafton
Every nation, every city of any geographical
importance at all has its community of the Little
Sisters of the Poor.
Bishop Monaghan, who was mainly nstru-
mental in securing the Little Sisters for his die
cese and Roman Catholics of this city and Others
who are, and may be indebted TO them, ought to
feel proud OF these noble women, whose local
achievements so far seen is well worthy az praise
An institution that looks upon Catholic and Non
Catholic, Jew and Gentle as one grand brother
hood, united by the Fatherhood of God and the
Brotherhood of Man, must need succeed, be
blessed and thrive. Any city's morality is In
creased and strengthened by the presence Of such
an institution. Our bon mot to this band of
women is: keep up the good work"