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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-09-30
ABOUT BIG :SERPENTS.
FAOi9 o PASSING TALES COME
,,pOM ALL SECTIONS.
,,s From Snake Bite Not Numer'
De"'' :, This Country. Deadly
O"7 hooded Cobra Kills Many
peopIe In India.
People In India.

People In India.
.ornding snake stories are COM
az from Lake George just now,
in7 nb TO fR "a page a day in this
slO19 GAYS a writer in the New York
p pss But nobody seems to get bit
w. ~ die. We have a population
'5I about SO,OOO,OOO in the United
VI and the deaths from the snake
' go. do not average more than four
D ~oor Dr. Hornady says 1.-THE num-
% ~ of t7ntid people who are fright
Sod bv harmless snakes each year
,,s+ be about 100000"
Dr Th. rmfnent director of the ZOO
,ogicaI park tells us: Fortunately
o have not in America any house
sonnti,Yg serpents of great cunning
and unfailing deadliness, like the
soo5ea cobra, or the cobra de ca
ouo oof India. The bite of this
.uopfas is very deadly, and whether
wholly guilty or not it is debited in
7raia annually with the deaths of be-
tr..an $4,000 and $4,000 persons. 1t
;s said. however, that many persons
ono murdered on the sly and their
DEATHS are charged up to the account
oF ,4he cobra de capellO. All save
onp oof Americas species of poison
Gus serpents are so peculiarly
marked that it is possible for any
intelligent person to know them all
and recognize their dangerous char
attnr in a moment. Why should any
fne remain in ignorance? In, reality
there are only five types to learn,
All the rattlesnakes and mRssaugas
heing referable to one group by rea-
son of the rattles and button on the
tails"
Big Rattlers.
The biggest RATHER 1 ever saw
measured feet inches, and had
IS rattles and a button. He was "a
noble specimen of the diamond va
riety, being 8 u inches thick in the
middle. DR.. Hornady says the skin
of the largest specimen known to him
is owned by Mrs. c. F. Latham oi
Oak Lodge, Fla. The wearer meas
ured, before skinned, s feet 5 inch
es, and it's girth at the thiekest part
of the body was S inches. A beau
tiful nature editorial on snakes ap,
peared in a New York morning paper
last Monday. In it occurred this
In these bodies of water mecca.
sins swim, and, even as the tired
tawn, rattlesnakes crawl TO the
brink cool their tempered throats
and lave their speckled bodies IN the
waters of the mighty Mississippi.
Who ever heard of a "speckled'
rattlesnake? Who ever heard .0f {
rattlesnake taking a bath?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-09-30

Foley's Orino Laxative is new
an improvement on the lax
atives Of former years, as it does
nor grippe or nauseate and is pleasant
to take. 1t is guaranteed. Dawson
Drug Co. and Peoples Drug Store.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-09-30
Song of the Rather.

ION railroad survey in the south
many years ago a rodman was a son
Of Gen. Sam Houston. We knew him
as Little Dick" One hot day in the
heart of the Blue Ridge mountains it
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1908-12-11

/ a ta5 tegs flltftatlt SO 1laictt as ttchso
takes a good man chances and fires
often at ranges where the odds Are
greatly against his hitting. | suppose
n had fred q dozen times at animals
/ four or five hundred yards off, and
now, BY the doctrine of chances, hap
pened to hit; but would have been
very foolish II /. had thought Tor
moment that 1 had learned how to hit
ut over -four hundred yards have
vet to see the hunter who ssan hit
with any regularity at that distance,
when he has to Judge It for himself;
though have seen plenty who could
make such d long range bit now and I
then. And have not iced that such
a hunter, In talking over hts expert
ence, was certain soon to forget the
numerous misses he made and to say
and even to actually think, that his oc.s
oasional hits represented his average
shooting sE.S
One OF the finest black-tail bucks
ever shot was killed by lying ont Ina
rather unusual place. Z was hunting
mounta in-sheep. In stretch Of very
high and broken country, and about
midday, crept cautiously up to the
edge Of q great gorge, whose sheer
walls went straight down several hun
bred feet. Peeping over the brink of
the chasm ] saw a buck, lying out on
| q ledge SO narrow as to barely hold
him, right on the face Of the clin wall
opposite, some distance below, and
about seventy yards diagonally across
from me. He lay with his legs half
stretched out, and his head turned 30
as to give me nm exact center-shot at
1 his forehead; the bullet going In be-
tween his eyes, so that his legs hardly
so much as twitched when he received
4 II. III W.
A Is 1t was toilsone and almost dan.
4 gerous work climbing out to where he
lay; I have never known any other
Individual, even OF this bold and adj
i venturous species OF deer. to take its
MONDAY siesta in a place SO barren Of
4 all cover and SO difficult Of access
even toathe most sure-foof9d climber.
y This buck was Gs fat as a prize sheep,
4 and heavier than any other have
lever killed; while his antlers also
q were, with two exceptions, the best I
n ever got.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1908-12-11


and they should be encouraged In
every way. Long after the refeman,
as well as the game he hunts, shall
have vanished from the plains, the
cattle country will afford fine sport iii
coursing hares; and both wolves and
deer could be followed and killed with
packs of properly trained hounds, and
such sport would be even more excit-
ing than still-hunting with the rife.
1t is on the great plains lying west Of
the Missouri that riding to hounds will
in the end receive Its fullest develop
3ment as national pastime.
/ But at present 1t is almost unknown
in the cattle country; and the ranch
man who loves sport must try still
hunting land by still-hunting is meant
pretty much every kind Of chase where
single man, unaided by dog, and
almost always on foot, outgenerals a
a deer and kills it with the rifle. To do
this successfully, unless deer are very
plenty and tame, implies a certain
knowledge of the country, and good
knowledge of the habits OF the game.
The hunter must keep sharp lookout
for deer sign; for, though man soon
gets to have general knowledge of
the kind OF places In which deer are
likely to be, yet he will also find that
they are either very capricious, or else
that no man has more than partial
understanding of their tastes and Tx
ings; for many spots apparently just
suited to them will be almost uninhab-
tied. while in others they will be found
where it would hardly occur to any
one to suspect their presence. Any
cause may temporarily drive deer out
of a given locality Still-hunting, es-
pecially. is sure to send many away,
while rendering the others extremely
wild and shy. and where deer have be
| come used to being pursued In only
one way, 1t is often an excellent plan
TO try some entirely different method
! A certain knowledge of how to track
deer is very useful. To become a really
| skillfuI tracker is most difficult: and
there are some kinds of ground, where
for instance. it is very hard and dry,
or frozen solid, on which almost any
man will be at fault. But any one will
a little practice can learn to do a Ger
tain amount Of tracking. On snow. Of
course, 1t Is very easy: but on the other
hand it Is also peculiarly difficult tc
/ avoid being seen by the deer when the
1 ground is white. After deer have beer
frightened once or twice. or have ever
merely been disturbed by. man. they
get the habit OF keeping watch bach
on their trail. and when snow has fall
en-, a man is such a conspicuous objec
deer see him a long way of. and ever
the tamest become wild. A deer vii
/ often, before lying down, take q hall
circle back to one side and make its
4 bed a few yards from its trail, where
II can. itself unseen, watch any person
tracing 1t up. A man tracking In SNOW
needs TO pay very little heed to Til
footprints, which can be followed with
out effort. but REQUIRES to keep up TIL
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1908-12-11

" Three men sat down at restaurant
table. Bring me very rare steak
said one. II want q rare steak, too"
said the second man, but want II
very rare. just have the sides scared
a little, and let the blood run out OF IT, &
Then the third man said, Bring me a.
rare steak from an animal which has.
not been killed, but just crippled. |"
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1908-12-11

The bullet had broken the backs Of both.
plain as possible in the grass. and can
then be followed readily: and In any
place where the ground is at all damp
they viii usually be plain enough to
be made out without difficulty. When
the ground is hard or dry the work is
very much less easy, and soon becomes
SO difficult as not to be worth while
following up. Indeed, at all times, even
In the snow. tracks are chiefly of use
to show the probable locality in which
d deer may be found; and the still.
hunter instead Of laboriously walking
along trail will do far better to mere
" follow 1t until. from its freshness
and direction, he feels confident that
the deer is in some particular space OF
ground, and then hunt through 1t. guild
ing himself by his knowledge Of the
deer's habits and by the character Of
the land. Tracks are Of most use In
showing whether deer are plenty OF
scarce, whether they have been In the
| place recently or not. Generally, signs
Of deer are Infinitely more plentiful
than the animals themselves although
In regions where tracking Is especially
/ difficult deer are often jumped with
out any sign having been seen at all.
Although still-hunting on foot is OF
the whole the best way to get deer
I yet there are many places where from
the nature Of tfe land the sport can By
followed quite as well on horseback
than which there is no more pieasan
kind Of hunting. The best shot ! eve
made In my life-a shot into which
4 however, IL am afraid the element q
i chance entered much more largel.
Y than the element OF skill was mad
i while hunting black-taii on horseback
/ we were at that time making quit
long trip With the wagon, and wer
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1908-12-11

closest scrutiny over the ground ahead
Of him, and on either side OF the
trail. q Y. Il q \.
In the early morning when there ID
a heavy dew the footprints win be as
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1908-12-11

LII kinds Of hunting on
horseback "a n d most
hunting on horseback is
done with bounds-tend
70 bring out the best and
manifest qualities in the
/ men who fnllow them I
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1908-12-11
FOLLOWING a DEER.

copyright, 1885, by q. p. Putnam's Sons.
Published under arrangement with @. p.
Putnam's Sons. New York and Lcndon.l
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-21

about a year ago, Miss Verne came to
this city, utterly unheralded and un-
known, and by the force of her
musicianship and high artistry won the
hearts of Sab Francisco concert goers.
Then it was found that the city had
been entertaining notable pianist.
pupil of Clara Schumann and OF
Paderewski However, she did not de-
pend upon her European successes to
gain distinction in America, but chose
rather to appear merely as Adela
Verne, pianist" and SOL she won out
From San Francisco she went to New
York and is now under competent and
energetic management AS result of
her eastern appearances she was food
ed with critical praise and her con-
certs attracted large and enthusiastic
audiences.
Manager Will Greenbaum, under
whose auspices she will play in this
city, took advantage of a month free
from engagements and will present
Miss Verne to the lovers of music in
this city next Sunday afternoon After
a brief engagement here she will re-
turn east and proceed on her extensive
tour.
AT her first concert here she will pre-
sent Beethoven's "Thirty-two Varia-
tons; "Gavotte, by Gluck-Sgambati;
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-21
Personal Mention

r. N. Preston and wife of Reno are
at the Holland
c. Radcliffe of Memphis is staying
al the st. Francis.
c. H Shrek, mining man of Reno,
is at the st. James.
F. s. Blackhall of New York is reg
istered at the st. Francis.
J. Meyerstein and wife of Crescent
City are at the Dorchester.
Walter J. Trask of Los Angeles is
registered at the Fairmont.
F. S Bullock of the Sierra railroad
is a guest at the st. Francis.
J. T. Condor. capitalist of Los An
-geIes, is a guest at the Stewart.
H. ". Swift. a fruit grower of
Fresno. IS staying at the Fairmont.
Z w Skinner. a shoe manufacturer
of Boston, and Mrs. Skinner are at the
Manx.
E. W. Elhnghouse of Chico and DR..
J. De Witt of Antioch are at the
Savoy.
George Terry and wife of Buffalo.
who are tourists on this coast are at
the Granada.
C. E. PearsalI. lumberman of Eu-
by Mrs. PearsalI.
P. B. Fraser president Of the Farm
ers' and Merchants bank of Stockton,
is at the Fairmont-
John H Bryan, a hotelman of At
lantic City, is at the Stewart accom-
panied by Mrs Bryan.
F. w. Swanton, proprietor of the
Santa Cruz casino and beach resorts,
is registered at the ST. Francis.
J. +. Roth, a mining man of New
York, and John d. Chandler, merE'
chant Of Los Angeles, are at the BalH-
more.
Charles keilus of the Hub left for the
east on business trip and will be
gone six or seven weeks, to organize
stock for next spring.
who owns the Steptoe hotel in Ely.
New, and is interested in snzelters,
mines and a railroad in that district
is at the Fairmont. With him are Mrs
Thompson, Miss Prather of Boston.
George +. Gum of Salt Lake CITY and
Q. j. Mcconnell of Ely.
falrmont fete December 81 Children
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-21
SPRING VALLEY is
SUED ON FIRE Loss
Insurance Men Are Behind Ac=
ton Which May Bankrupt
Water Company
More Suits May Follow as Re-
suit of Alleged Illegal Use
of Dynamite

Spring Valley must answer in court
charges that the destruction of San
Francisco by fire in 1906 was due to
its defective and mismanaged water
system. If suits filed yesterday In the
United States circuit court are decided
against the company, that corporation
must pay dana ges running far into
the millions and may face bankruptcy
as a result. The actions, which are
said to have been instituted by the in
surance companies viii be fought to
a finish and a long drawn out legal
battle in the federal court is inevitable.
In suits Of similar character which
later viii he filed. the United States
government viii be made defendant,
plaintiffs claiming dana ges for alleged
Illegal dynamiting of buildings when
martial law had not been declared.
Nearly 1000 claims are included in
those filed yesterday, the first test
action being brought in the name of
Harry S. Ripley, Attorneys Henry c.
Schaertzer and F. Henry Williams. ap-
pearing. the latter being in direct
charge of the cases. The lawyers have
refused to discuss the cases, but they
do not deny any OF the allegations
made from outside sources.
The test suit of Ripley will be built
on the basis that the Spring Valley
company failed to perform its contract
with the plaintiff 10 supply water for
fire protection, as it was compelled to
do under its franchise. There are near
iy so allegations in the suit, but the
backbone of the case seems to be con-
tanned in the following paragraph:
That the said defendant had agreed 10 supply
the said city and county of San Francisco with
water for IRE purposes that the defendant did
receive valuable franchise by and through
which ii able TO conduct the water business,
and had made large profits therefrom.
That II failed TO protect the said city and
county OF San Francisco and the inhabitants
thereof against loss or damage by fire; that in
TO be managed carelessly and for the private
profit Of many Of its directors and stock holders
personally. and without regard for the life. lib
erty and property of the inhabitants Of the said
city and county.
That it permitted the said water system to be
constructed Of inferior material and without
proper tests applied TO the same. either during
its construction, its completion or thereafter.
That the insurance companies are
behind the suits has been indicated by
the fact that Harry Cole Quimby,
well known New York attorney, repre-
senting many insurance firms, has
taken part in the case. The great
amount of evidence secured by the in
surance companies after the fire is also
in the possession Of the attorneys who
bring the suit
1t was rumored yesterday that the
gas company would also be made de-
fendant in similar suits. but this was
neither denied nor verified.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-21
FOUR INJURED BY
UNITED RAILROADS
Three Accidents Attributed to
Carelessness of Employees of
Trolley Company

The United Railroads maintained and
upheld its record yesterday by causing
the injury of four persons in three ac-
cidents, all of which were due to care
lessness on the part of employees.
The most serious of these accidents
occurred early in the morning, when
a heavy car of the San Mateo line
crashed into the rear of a Polk and
Larkin street car at the corner of Mis-
sion and Twelfth streets. The result
was the injury of two boys about 16
years old, who We're riding on the rear
platform of the Polk street car, Joseph
Shay, 164 Marshall street, and Albert
Harrigan, 1886 Army street. Both were
treated in the central emergency hospi-
tai for numerous bruises and lacera-
tions of the scalp and body.
While riding on the blind side of
car of the Fillmore street line at the
corner of Church and Duboce avenue,
Alphonso Fentmayer, Abs Twenty
fourth street, was knocked from the
step to the pavement by being struck
by car going in the opposite dfrec-
tion. Both cars attempted to round
the curve at the same time. Fent-
mayors injuries were treated in the
central emergency hospital
Miss Grace Hamiltonburg, who re-
sides at Chestnut and Fillmore streets.
was thrown from car at the corner of
Fillmore and Turk streets by the sud
den starting of the vehicle as she was
about to alight. She was given treat
ment in the central emergency hos
pital
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-21
EXAMINE FOR RETIREMENT

The retiring board to examine Major
G. E. Pickett for retirement met yes
terday at the Presidio. Major Pickett
was paying off the troopers of l and
NJ Of the Fourteenth cavalry. and the
board, consisting Of General Smith,
Colonel Lundeen and Colonel Marsh
were at the desk to observe with what
rapidity the soldiers received their
coin A further examination will be
held today.
Colonel louis Brechemin. Medical
corps, L. S. A., arrived from New
York yesterday en- route 10 the Philip
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-21
UNEXPECTED FORTUNE
COMES TO CAVALRYMAN
Private Britheimer Finds Money
Won in Speculation Watt
ing His Return

Private Britheimer, a trooper Of COM
pany G.. Fourteenth cavalry, mas SUD
denly come into unexpected WedAJh.
When he went TO the Hosemlte val
ley last April he was drawing his res
ulation pay Of SIS per month O4I OF
this he had saved a nominal sum- w nen
he returned with the troopers last
month he found 81 500 awaiting him az
the Presidio. the amount having oeen
won in a speculation
Britheimer will remain with Uncle
Sans forces. and instead OF blowing
in his suddenly acquired wealth ne
has placed 1t in a bank.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-21
FLOUR MILLERs WIN CASE

In the suit Of the Stockton milling
company and the Sperry -four company
TO recover damages from the California
navigation and transportation company,
District Judge de Haven yesterday
handed down an opinion favoring the
libelants. 1t was claimed that certain
-four being carried by water from
South Vallejo to Stockton in an open
barge by the respondents in the suit
was damaged by the barge not being
water proof, having sprung aleak while
the cargo was being loaded.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-21

"Scherzo." MendeIssohn; 'Rhapsodie. .
Brahams; "Au Convent" by Borodin:
LISTS r major ''PoIonaise" and the
entire cycle of Forest Scenes" by
Schumann. This last work has never
before been played here in it's entirety.
Her only evening concert Will be
next Thursday night. November 26. and
her farewell concert Saturday after
noon, November 2S.
Miss Verne will play but once in this
vicinity outside of San Francisco. This
will be next Tuesday afternoon at Ye
Liberty theater. Oakland.
Adela Verne is one of the musical
geniuses of the world. San Francisco
discovered her and will be proud of it
for many years to come.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-21

See the Page for the Modern
House Keeper" which appears reg
ularly in the magazine of The
Sunday Call. Cash prizes are given
each week for best household ideas
and kitchen recipes. Send in your
choicest ones to Modern House
Keeper Page" The San Francisco
Sunday Call.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-21
o q
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The Dinner Menu
oyster Soup
Fi1et of Soule, Sauce Tartar
Potatoes flashed with Cream
Roast Capon with Fried Bacon
Lettuce and Chicory Salad
Cottage Pudding, Wine Sauce
The Modern House Keepers' Exchange

Gateau de Pommes-(Mrs. j. 5
Houseman, Vina, Cal.)-Peel, core and
stew them in a little water till tender;
sweeten them and beat to a pulp; stir
in a little dissolved gelatine; put the
cold turn into a glass dish and pour
around il a good custard, favored with
lemon: crate little nutmeg over the
surface of this; decorate the apple
gateau with spikes of blanched al
monds and garnish the top with little
red jelly. Serve cold with whipped
cream
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-21
ADFLA VERNE BACK
ON TR|UMPHAL TOUR
Girl Who Made First Big Sue
cess Here Returns From
the East
Manager Will Greenbaum Se-
cures Distinguished Pianist
for Brief Engagement

Adela yerne's first concert in this
city since she won eastern fame as a
nianist in New York and Boston will
be given tomorrow afternoon. at Chris
tian Science hall.
Music lovers will remember that,
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-21
The Thanksgiving Pudding That the
Poet Laurie Ate

(Mrs. NJ. e. Bucknell, 1884 Fulton
Street, Berkeley. CaL)
The night before Thanksgiving,
When all the house is still.
You take eight Boston crackers,
And split them with a will.
Each half you spread with butter
And lay it in dish;
And the bottom you do cover
AS thick as one could wish
Then YOU sprinkle o'er with sugar,
With raisins and some spice,
Till you think you've used enough
To make them taste real nice.
Then add another layer.
And treat 1t just the same,
With butter, fruit and sugar,
Till the eight have filled your aim.
Then you make nice, rich custard,
Two quarts, perhaps. or more,
With eggs and milk and sugar,
And Ger the compound pour.
Next morning, if It be too dry.
You add some sweet new milk,
And put it in the oven
That won't bake it very quick.
It takes three hours to cook it,
And when it's brown and good.
You serve it with hot sauce or cold,
According to your mood,
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-21

Jam Cake-(Carrie SeiboId. 400 K
street, Sacramento, Cal.)-Beat to a
cream one-half cup butter, one cup
sugar and the yolks of three eggs; add
to this two cups flour. one even tea
spoonful OF baking soda, a scant half
cup of sour milk, one cup of lam
loganberries, blackberries or straw
berries. beat the whites to stiff
froth and add two tablespoonfuls of
sugar; this is used to put between the
layers. Bake in moderate oven from
20 to 80 minutes.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-21

Dahl. Novato. CaI.)-Take any kind of
clean them, boil them till they are soft;
put them in bag to drain the juice
on after that put in crock or any other
little of the mother of vinegar or a
little yeast and let it stand; 1t will
make the strongest kind of vinegar. A
pucketful of apples will make about
three gallons of vinegar.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-21

Fairmont fete December II Children
n vaudeville: toy sale; display of dolls
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-21

Ginger Snaps-(Mrs. J. J. Brown.
Woodland, Cal)-One cupfuI sugar.
one cupful molasses, one-half cupful
butter, onehalf cupful lard. two table,
spoonfuls ginger, one teaspoonful soda.
one-half cupful hot water Boil the
sugar and molasses together; let cool;
add the other ingredients and sufficient
flour to roll out thin
Recipe for Making Vinegar-(Mrs. M