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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-10-06
The Value of Intensive Cultivation.

made the yield 254 bushels, 40
pounds of shelled corn at Sc pounds
to the bushel, which, kiln-dried, to
contain only 10 per cent. of water,
would contain 239 bushels"
Captain brakes crop contained 80
per cent. of shelled corn, had IS per
cent. of dry matter in the corn and
81 per cent. of dry matter in the cob.
The green weight in bushels of she'll
ed corn was 255 bushels; the crib
cured weight 239 bushels, and the
chemically-dried weight 217 BUSH
els. The total expenses were 1854,
and the value of the unexhausted
manure $15S. The net expenses per
bushel amounted to "A cents, and
the feeding and manurial value of
the crop was 1892.
In, this contest Alfred Rose of
Yates county, N. Y, won second
prize, with 213 bushels against Cap
tain brakes 255; George Gardner
of Nebraska was third with III
bushels, and ]. Smelling of Barnwell
county, S. c., was fourth with 131
bushels.
The above extract from the pages
of agricultural history shows that
southern land will actually beat the
very best western land if it is han
died right; and it further empha-
sizes the desirability of intensive cul-
tivation of small tracts as against
merely scratching over large tracts
and thereby producing failure as the
principal crop.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-10-06
ONE ROOSTER IN WASHINGTON
HAS A PERMIT TO CROW
Poultry Regulations Being Into Force and Cham
dcIeer That Exposes His MustD
Only Petitions by the People Save Him

INSTITUTIONAL sol w street
northwest is the only rooster in the
district which legally can arise at
any hour in the morning, give vent
to his feelings through a hearty
crow, and then go to his breakfast
with the satisfaction of knowing that
he is in no danger of falling into the
hands of the police department or of
being condemned by the inspectors
of the health department.
The health department issued a
permit for the keeping of the lone
rooster. While there are $50 ap-
plication for permits on file no 9TH
er has been issued.
The new poultry regulation is now
really and truly in effect. When a
policeman hears a joyous ''cock-a-
toodle-do" on his beat he goes in
that direction and ascertains from
its owner whether an application for
permit for the birds keeping has
been filed. If a negative answer is
obtained the health Office inspectors
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-10-06

are notified, and the owner of the
fowl is called on for an explanation.
The residence at 3O1 w street is
located near Howard University,
where the residents do not fear early
morning disturbances from growing
ROSTERS. The moment the new reg
ulations went into effect its owner
circulated the necessary petitions, OBJ
tanned all the necessary signatures,
and filed the paper with the health
department. An investigation on the
part of the inspectors showed that
the bird could be kept in that sec
ton. The permit was issued, and
the owner left the district building
a happy man.
The health inspectors are spending
much of their time now inspecting
coops where the roosters and their
families are to be housed, and are
formally confirming the signatures
affixed to the petitions. When all
of these have been found to pass
muster" the necessary permits will
be issued.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-10-06
Money Comes in Bnnches

to A. A. Chisholm of Treadwell, N.
Y, now. His reason is well worth
reading: For long time l suffered
from indigestion, torpid liver, consti-
patton, nervousness and general de-
bility," he writes. II couldn't sleep,
had no appetite, nor ambition, grew
weaker every day in spite of all med
ical treatment. Then l used Electric
Bitters. Twelve bottles restored all
my old-time health and vigor. Now
can attend to business every day
It's wonderful medicine" Infalli-
BILE for stomach, liver, kidneys, blood
and nerves. soc at Dawson Drug
Co.'S.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-10-06

BRONWOOD, Ca, June %, 1909.
-POindexter Tonic Co., Ellaville,
Ga.-Centlemen: About two months
ago a drummer for the Americas
Grocery Company, stopping at the
hotel here, recommended Poindex-
ter's Tonic to me as a good remedy
for indigestion. For several months
prior to this time l had been in
wretched health, caused from a dis
ordered stomach. I had had several
attacks of acute indigestion, and my
health was so impaired that / was
unfit for business, but after taking
two bottles of Poindexter's Tonic
was so improved that work was a
pleasure. l can testify that your
remedy will do all you claim for it.
Yours Respt., p. L. SMITH.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-10-06
CHICKENS ROosT ON THE GOAT
Hen Leads Her Brood to Animals
Back at Night.

Back at Night.
Here is a hen that has improved
upon the tabled chickens of AFkan-
sas that roost on the edge of the
meal tub. This hen utilities a goat
The goat belongs to Herman Hen
derson, as does the hen, of River
head, L. 1. She started nesting on
the goat some time ago, and finally
wanted to brood on him.
With infinite gentleness she was
induced to transfer her setting ambi-
tion to a regular nest, and she
Matched out 1 chicks.
AS soon as they were old enough
to get aboard she took her whole
family to her old quarters on the
goat. They keep their toes warm
in his fur every night.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-10-06

RICHLAND, Ca, April 30, 1909
Poindexter Tonic Co., Ellaville, Ca
Gentlemen: / suffered for five years
with indigestion. I tried many physi-
clans and all kinds of patent medi-
cines without receiving any material
benefit. After using one dollar bottle
of Poindexter's Tonic l could eat any,
thing 1 desired without having the
least unpleasantness afterwards. I
began to improve from the first dose.
Yours truly, MRS. j. G. BECK.
wife of Engineer on S. A. L. R. r.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-10-06
The Pleasure of Eating

~ pleasure that no one should be
Oehled. Life, energy, brain power,
oil depend on what is eaten. One
must eat and the food must assimi-
'a'e or there's a decline. Keep your
question perfect and you can enjoy
eating.
II you ever have the least distress
o.Ier eating it denotes imperfect di-
seStlon, and a remedy is needed at
Tn The best remedy is POINDEX-
= hEh 5 TONIC. Results are prompt
rom this remedy because it restores
.Isht conditions. 1t overcomes fer
nentation in the stomach, and
strengthens the digestive organs.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-30

epistolary habit had to pay for their amuse-
ment.
For single letters composed of one piece
OF paper" 6L cents was the charge for for
warding to any point mot exceeding thirty
miles" For any distance not exceeding
eighty miles the charge for forwarding
such letters was 10 cents, and "a bit" or
121 cents, was the figure for any distance
up to 1850 miles.
Up to 400 miles the cost was IS cents, and
up to 500 miles, the greatest distance ac-
cording to this tabulation that letters then
we're forwarded, the postage was an even
two bits or a quarter. Double letters
cost double rates.
Here is the way the publications Of that
day Jared in the matter of postage:
For each newspaper not carried out CT
the state in which it is published, or II car
ried out OF the state but not carried over
100 niles, / cent; over 100 miles and out Of
the -late in which 1t Is published. IA cents;
magazines and pamphlets, periodicals, 100
miles, per sheet, ~ cents; or over 100 miles,
PA cents"
Among the Institutions Of the municipal
ity of Washington is mentioned THE JEFF
ferson Association for the Benefit OF Apr
prentices and Others" of which the com
piler OF the directory states with a pardon
able flourish: This library contains up
ward OF 1,450 volumes"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-30

square to the Eastern Branch bridge"
That sort OF a ride today would cost
legally about 81 and the washington
hackman would charge 81 and call It
square.
Old Mr.. Lane says that the hackme OF
his boyhood in Washington had a measley
time of it, for 1t was a regular thing for
them to have to pry the wheels OF their
vehicles out of the mud by the application
of heavy levers under the hubs, a per-
Torrance which frequently used up half
a day or more.
Population and Addresses.
The population of Washington now is
pretty close TO $4,000. The entire popula-
tlon of the District of Columbia in this 1884
directory is given at 1884, which included
free whites" free colored" and slaves. 80
Washington now has perhaps the best
system OF street nomenclature and num-
bering in the world, but when this 1894
directory was published the numbering Of
buildings had not been instituted down
here. The stranger in town must have been
under the necessity Of doing a lot OF CROP
ing 10 find the domicile and place Of bust
ness, for instance, OF James Cadis (cold),
shoemaker, e side of n ] av. btw Canal 4
Eastern Branch" considering that the sec
ton between the now filled In canal and
the eastern branch OF the feet at a Louis
lana cypress swamp; or even to discover
the residence of Edward Casteel, Gentle
man 2 side Q, btw Va av & l s.'-what-
ever that could have meant.
He might, perhaps, have found less diff
ficulty in searching out the operating es-
Enlistment of Samuel Clark. Cupper,
Leecher and Bleeder, W side IL W, btw
Penn av & L H." upon which site a fine
marble newspaper building now stands.
This old directory furnishes material for
an astonishing comparison OF the federal
government of that day and of the present
period. The names OF all the officials OF
the federal government, including even
clerks ana messengers, are given in the
book. The volume that now furnishes this
information-the official Blue Book-ls al
most as ponderous an affair as a volume Of
JOsephus,
The State department. which I'm 1894 in,
cluded the patent office and the office OF
the attorney general, was wholly conducted
by twenty-four persons, including Louls
McLane, the secretary Of state. Their
names and salaries are all given in the
directory.
The Treasury department had a greater
number Of officials and clerks. but no.
one-fftieth OF the present number. Tn,
War department. including Lewis Cass
secretary. 5000 per annum." and all OF tn,
army officers and clerks thereto attached
mustered only seventy-one men.
The Navy department, including Lev
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-30

Woodbury., secretary, 5000 per annum,7
struggled along as best it could with
twenty-six workers, officers attached to
the department and all.
The Washington City postoffice then con-
sisted entirely Of william Jones, post
master, and Thomas Corcoran, clerk. -
Among the officials whose names are given
under the General Government" heading
are commissioner under the treaty with
the king OF the two Sicllies' and com
missioners under the convention of
France"
The Indebtedness with which the ad-
dresses OF public officials are set down in
the directory would worry folks of the
present day. They are given as living at
MRS. Gooch's, Capitol Hlll," or at Mrs.
Fletcher's, near postoffice," or at Mrs.
McLeod's, opposite Center Market" or at
Governor Cass', G st. w." or at Mrs.
Emmon's boarding house." or at "Gadsby's
hotel" or at Mrs. Kare's, near Seven
Buildings" All of these shelters OF the
officials and legislators of W~ashington's
early period have long been RACED.
Business Advertisements.
In addition to the appeals to the lottery
players, there are other advertisements in
Hi' AiioA Iabto vi Ait blu uiItNlbTY Ndltu-
lated TO make readers OF present day ad-
vertisements smile.
A merchant tailor announces that he has
received. and keeps constantly on hand
a large and Splendid Assortment OF Fash,
ionable Cloths, Cassimers a Vestings
which he is at all times prepared TO max,
up to order" He also kept constantly OF
hand a Large and Fashionable Assortment.
Of Ready-Made Clothing. so that Citizens
and Strangers can have their Wants Sup
piled upon ANY and All Emergencies"
The announcement OF a printer and book
binder places in italics the remarkable fac
that paper ruled by machine is procura
BILE at his establishment.
II there was any cankering romance II
the life OF Alexander A. Pencil, Professo
OF Gymnsstic Exercises. Fencing, Broat
Sword and Quarter staff, at Carusi's As
sembly Rooms" the imagination OF tn
reader who recalls Thackeray's sad an,
susceptible exiled fencing masters mus
supply the same. Nor does the director
parade any such inside Information wit
respect to Monsieur Abadie," being con
tent TO state that he was "a professor o
the French language, at Mr.. Justa's, op
posite Gadsby's Hotel"
Considering the recent reductions OF tn
postage rate between the United States an
Great Britain TO 2 tents for an ordinar
letter. there Is some interesting matter (
the old directory which shows that Wash
ingtohians OF 1884 who were addicted to tn
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-30
NO MORE DYSPEPSIA OR UPSET STOMACH

digestion and Upset Stomach in five min
utes.
There is nothing else better to- take Gas
from Stomach and cleanse the stomach and
intestines, and, besides, one triangule will
digest and prepare for assimilation into
the blood all your food the same as a
sound, healthy stomach would do II.
When Diapepsin works, your stomach
r~ests-gets itself in order, cleans up-snd
then you feel like eating when you come to
the table, and what you eat will do YOU
good.
Absolute relief from all stomaeh Misery
is waiting for you as soon as you decide
10 begin taking Diapepsin. Tell your drug
gist that you want Pape's DiApepsin. be-
cause you want TO be thoroughly cured OF
Indigestion.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-30
WASHINGTON WAYS OF 1884
Capital as Pictured in an Old City
Directory.
LOTTERY TICKETS SOLD OPENLY
low RPtcs for Hackmen-Queer Adj
dresses Of statesmen and theirs
Far Fewer OmcIaIS-POs-
tai Rates Higher.

NsiIINGTON. Jan. EVERY little
.ie some furtive chap is arrested and
punished here for selling lottery tickets,
mainly 10 hopeful young government
clerks. It was not always thus. Time
was when Washington was a center for
all sorts of gambling activities,
John Lane, still a rugged man, though
FAR advanced in the SOS, who has been
living in Washington continuously since
1889. easily recalls the period when men
ot the stamp OF Clay and Calhoun made
no bones about spending the night buck
ing the tiger in Wide-open gambling es-
tablishments which anybody could enter
through swinging doors, after scraping
from his boots the mud from the then
morass-iike Pennsylvania avenue.
As early as the British invasion of
Washington during the war 1872 there
we're fIourlshing lotteries in this town,
and all hands, high and low, took chances
-long chances-in them. BY 1870 the
business of conducting lotteries, all of
them wide open for money-receiving pur-
poses. but saturated with mystery on
heir drawing days, was a fine and unre-
,tricted graft for the smooth ounce ar
lists OF that period.
they had good business ideas, too
TheN appreciated the value of advertis-
ing They advertised not only in the
newspapers, but some of them chose SC
sedate a medium as the city directory
wherein 70 display the allurements OF
heir lotteries.
Tax on Lottery Tickets.
Mir. Lane has a city directory of Wash
'ngton printed in 1854. In the general tar
able for the conducting OF various trades
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-30
Eat your ~favorite food without fear
of Indigestion or Stomach distress.

Why not start now-today. and forever
rid yourself Of Stomach trouble and Indi-
g%estion? A dieted stomach gets the blues
take Pape's Dispepsin to start the diges-
tive juices working. There will be no dys-
pepsla or belching Of Gas or quotations
OF u~ndigested food; no feeling like a lump
of lead in the stomach or heartburn, sick
headaches ana Dizziness. and your food
will not ferment and poison your breath
with nauseous odors.
Pape's Diapepsin costs only 80 cents for
a large case at any drug store here. and
will relieve the most obstinate case OF In
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-30
KIERSTEAD LOSES FLAG POLE
FOrty-FOOt stan for Old Glory
Comes Down for Old
Rorea8,

Never again will the Stars and Stripes
wave in the breeze in front of the Florence
boulevard home of William !. Kierstead'
at least not until Mr.. Kierstesd erects an
other flagpole. Mr.. Kierstead had a nag
pole forty feet high in front Of his house
Thursday evening, but Friday morning
after the storm he had a pile OF kindling
wood instead.
But even though l lost my flagpols, the
storm was worth a lot of money to me-"
said Mr.. Kierstead. This is because the
wind blew out all the dead underbrush In
my orchard and broke off the dead Limbs.
II would have cost a good deal to have
hired the work done"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-30

is one item: For Vending Lottery Tick
cts, 500 per annum." Thus 1t will be
observed that the lottery g~rafters of
Washington three-quarters of a century
ago operated under the protection of tn
government. After paying their 500 an
nual tax they were licensed to go as far
as they liked.
MIR. Lane has a good memory, but he
doesn't recall hat anybody of his ac-
quaintance-'and they all bucked tn e
lotteries" he says-eVer took down any
sort of prizes. lie AYERS that the old
time Washington lotteries beautifully ex-
emplified the condition of everything
coming in and nothing going out"
Some of the lottery advertisements
printed In this city directory OF Wash
ington for 1884 are blithely bland. II
sedate in terms. This one. for example:
-. $. Germans lottery and exchange
office and temple of fortune, Two doors
east of Browns hotel, Pennsylvania ave-
nue.. has constantly for sale a general as
sortment of tickets and shares in all lot
terles in which Yates & Mcintyre are the
managers. Citizens and strangers dis
posed to enrich themselves will do well
to call as above and select some OF the
many lucky numbers daily distributed
from this office
1t must have been pretty soft, to say
the least, for the chaps OF that period
Just to drop in and select some Of the
many luck numbers"
Another lottery advertiser in this old
directory Invites 'tcitizens and strangers
who are fond of handling cash" to give
him a call, He capitaiizes the Temple oil
Fortune which he advertlses himself as
conducting in addition to his lottery bust
ness. The frank souls of these old-tim,
purveyors OF lottery tickets have Iona
since rendered their final accounting, but
the assertion may be ventured that right
up to the present moment there are II
Washington any number of citizens anc
strangers who are fond of handling cash.
or the Day.
As an illustration the changes in methods
OF living which have taken place in the
comparatively brief span OF seventy-foul
years. this old city directory contains 4
lot OF interesting stuff even to those wh'
dom know the Washington OF today.
The grandiloquence of the preface il
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-30

between meetings, looked wise and came
home.
The meeting was not altogether unprolific
of, possible future results, however. AT
least the commissioners learned something
Of the lay of the river, discovered that
abutters thereto do not dwell in the utmost
peace and harmony and that Dodge county
men propose to go it alone forming a drain
age district Of their own. II they plan to
run their bitches into this county and this
must happen, the two boards will have to
get together anyhow. Possibly a Douglas
county drainage district will also be Gre
ated. 1t is all in the lap OF the gods any
how
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-30

amusing on account of the obvious belief
OF the publishers that their work was one
of huge magnitude. They pat themselves
on the back in the following terms:
"In preparing this volume they (the
publishers) have necessarily encountered
great expense, and they confidently expect
their reward from those who nave felt the
want of a full directory, and from those
who, on arriving here, will, without this
work, feel themselves at a loss in their
attempts to discover the residences OF those
with whom they wish to transact business.
Attracted by the growing spirit OF enter,
prise, and the internal Improvements al
ready commenced here, they flatter them
selves that while they exert themselves
in portraying the advantages of this section
OF the Union. which they have chosen as
their residence, their fellow citizens will
properly appreciate their efforts and re-
ward their industry" and SO on.
The directory is a sort OF combination
almanac and a year book besides. 1t gives
the phases OF the moon for every day OF
the year in connection with astronomical
characters and hieroglyphs which have
long passed into disuse.
II prints, for example, DR.. Herschers
Perpetual Weather Table which owing TO
the difficulty OF making head or tail OF
It, much surely have been devised as an
all the year round puzzle for fireside elucl-
dalton on the part of the population of old
Washington.
Hack Fare In Those Days.
washington, much younger than New
York. Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore,
was nevertheless the first OF American
cities to prescribe legal rates OF fare for
public conveyances. II seems TO be the
fact that so long ago as when Tom Moore,
the Irish poet, visited Washington and
sort of got It mixed up in his after
memories with the Dismal swamp OF Vir-
ginia there we're regularly prescribed legal
rates Of fare for public vehicles in the
capitol city.
In this directory the table giving Rates
OF Fare for Hacks in washington" shows
that il didn't cost much TO move about
the muddy old burg within the hooded
shelter OF the kind of ramshackle convey.
snces that Charles Dickens described on
his first visit here in 1s42. For instance
the hack OF 1884 had to haul the Washing.
tonian of that day or the stranger in the
capitol from the Capitol square to the
navy yard" for a quarter.
The man who didn't elect TO hoof Il
could be toted in a hack from the Capito
square TO the south end OF New jersey
avenue. Ito Greenlesfs Point or ITO thu
Presidents square" for the same reason
able sum But q set him back a cent
10 set himself conveyed from The caplto
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-30
UP THE HILL AND DOWN AGAIN
Douglas Commissioner visit Dodge
hoard and Then Come
BACK Home.

The county commissioners OF Douglas
county met the honorable commissioners OF
Dodge county Thursday afternoon at Ere
mont, murmured that It was a long time
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-30
A Life Problem solved

by that great health tonic, Electric Bitters'
is the enrichment Of poor, thin blood. and
strengthening the weak SOC. For sale
by Beston Drug Co.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-30
Special.
Printing Offer

we have made arrangements
with one of the best printing
houses in the United States to
take orders for Calling Cards,
Wedding Invitations, Announce
ments, programs, etc, at less than
half regular prices, Ask TO see
samples at Stationery department
$1.00 Copyright Books. 49,. .43c
$3.50 Copyright Books. -. CSC
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-30
MafchIess Shoe Bargains Saturday

Entire surplus stock of the Spencer Shoe Company,
Boston, Mass, secured at a fraction of real value, all newest
lasts and best feathers. A sale where quality is not sacri-
ticed to price. You can't affords to miss it.
Mems $500 and $3.50 Shoes-In patent calf, vici kid and
gunmetal, button or buckle style, on sale at, pair S. .9S
Mems $500 and $3.50 Shoes-From the Spencer Shoe Co.
stock, all the newest styles and feathers, the greatest values
seen in Omaha in years at our sale price. ......... So SO
Women's $500 and 3d. Shoes-A splendid line of popular
lasts, in patent colt or gunmetal, lace or button welts, on
sale while they last at, pair. .$1.9S
With the most discriminating women. it's Queen Quality Shoes
first last and always. There's a good reason for it. Let is fit you
once, and you'll recognize the cause. We're exclusive Omaha Queen
Quality agents.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-30
Saturday a Sale Day Seldom if Ever Duplicated in Bargain Interest

zoe Ribbons Saturday, 74c
Cleaning up our Wholesale Ribbon
stock, and will place on sale an i'm
mense line of zoe Ribbons; while
they last at, yard ...........7hc
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-30

SPECIAL IN WATER GLASSES
Genuine Star Cut Water Glasses, reg
ular $500 dozen, each .15o
Colonial Water Glasses, regular value
800 dozen, each sc, or dozen .6Oc