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The Washington herald., 1909-08-08
TRAGEDY OF SMALL HAT
DUE TO PULLMAN PORTER

The Pullman porter has received a eood
deal OF notice In picture and print re-
Gently. probably more than the class are
entitled 20. for. like almost everything
else that can be classified. he Is dlvisible
into two kinds, good and bad. There
is no middle class with a car porter; he
Is Ike the maid with the curl, either
very, very good. or horrid. with a big H
II might quietly be mentioned that trav-
eiers also fall under the same classifca-
ton. 1t Is but another case Of point Of
view. There really was a case when &
lady went from the Atlantic to the Pa
einc, and had the same porter most Of
the day, who waited on her and made up
the berth FIVE days under rigid supervi-
sion, did many little kindnesses for this
lcne woman, and received a silver coin
The Washington herald., 1909-08-08
The Journalistic Ulysses.

Carl Grow. in Van Ncrien Magazine
The new town newspaper man of the
West generally brings out his first issue
in a community made up principally OF
prairie dogs and coyotes. Just as soon as
re has created a municipal halo he be-
Genes restless. Few Of the publishers re-
main 20 share in the prosperity they have
helped 10 create The lure OF the new
country calls them on.
AT the - end OF new railroad which
crawls through the Palo Pinto hills IS the
Keechi Valley. and marking the terminus
OF the road OF the town OF Graford. born
April I. 1905
This Is my seventh town." the editor
OF the Graford Monogram told the writer.
I have seen the praivies plowed I'd and
helped 20 put that number on the map.
always thought I would stick when
moved 20 a new town. but I never have.
I don't like an old town any more. and I
suppose I VIII be moving again soon.
Graford is pretty well established now
and there are almost $50 people living
here. 7 hear there IS a new town 10 be
built on the Henrietta road. and think
VIII 90 there"
The Washington herald., 1909-08-08
DOG DAYS" BIGGEST HOAX OFALL

the sun ever the horizon in August, so
we call this time Of year dog days. Dog
star days would be better.
Mad dogs cause more trouble IN hot
weather than in winter, and in some
remarkable way people got to believe
that the dog star really made dogs go
mad.
AS soon as we tear the July leaf of
our calendars and August stares at US
the face Of a dog rises up like a mind
ghost. Then we begin 20 watch every
restless dog that gets in our way, even
Il he is only chasing the butchers wagon
with fond but vain hope.
All the dog wants Is his dinner. and
yet we think he wants to bite somebody
Seriously. though, there are a few
things the readers OF the Evening Star
ought to remember. There's a difference
ina mad dog and mad dog scare, such as
we hear about so much
Rabies. the disease that makes dogs go
mad. is the least understood OF animal
complaints The disease hydrophobis,
which is human rabies, suggests another
hoax Il comes from two Greek words
that mean afraid Of water" Mad dogs
are supposed 20 fear water when IN
reality II is the glitter Of water that they
fear; It hurts their eyes. which are al
ways affected by rabies For the same
reason they hide in dark corners and
under the shed TO escape the glare OF
day.
Another dog days hoax is the mad
stone. That revered geological specimen.
generally owned by the Indian doctor or
the herb dealer in the next county. once
was supposed 10 be a sure-thing cure
for hydrophobia. But the experts tell US
it does no more good than a piece OF
blotting paper?
Muzzles are still another hoax. DR.. G.
w. Fair. the noted American authority
on diseases of animals, says wire muz-
zles now IN use will not protect against
mad dogs bite. A furious dog can
The Washington herald., 1909-08-08

snap and bite through the wire, he de
c!sres. He recommends tying up restless
dogs
Even now the Pasteur treatment which
is supposed 10 have saved so many lives.
Is being attacked b. Lataud. the great
French authority, and doctors in this
country They say that everybody who
has been cured by the Pasteur treatment
would have recovered anyway. So. they
argue. what's the use 10 take the cure?
Deaths IN Chicago are more frequent
from hydrOphobia than in any other city
Of Europe or America
In Europe there Is strict supervision
over dogs. The dog-catchers over there
are highly respected individuals. and the
chief dog-catcher in a European town
wears a badge twice az big as the chief
Of police.
re has a whole force Of deputy dog
catchers. A dog over there must behave
himself, or the next morning his master
Will whistle and then say: "Dog-gone.' -
The Washington herald., 1909-08-08
It's dog days!

It's dog days.
And those two words stand for one OF
the biggest hoaxes ever sprung on the
world
Few persons who call this hot weather
dog DAYS really know how the trem
started. The old Greeks, whose pet Paris
poodles weren't as good-natured as ours,
paid more attention 70 stars than they
did to spaniels. says the Philadelphia
star.
SO they let astronomy go to the dogs
when they called the brightest star in
the sky the dog star. Its other name
is Sirius. The Greeks preferred to call
It the dog star because the conetella-
tion that Sirius belonged to looked 10
them Ike one OF Jupiters pet CANNES
running a Marathon all over Mount
Olympus after piece OF beef. Steak
was high IN those days, too.
This bright boWwow star rises with
The Washington herald., 1909-08-08
REMARKABLE FACTS ABOUT
DOGS THAT GO MAD.

Europe averages only one
denth n year from mRd dogs.
IN Chicago alone two deaths
have occurred in 1900 from mad
dog Bites.
MaGstOnes will not cure or
help 4 mad GOg's bite.
Killing a suspicious dog that
has bitte1 some one II uuUIse:
the dos should be kept ulivc TO
watch for The disease.
II you think yOr- dog is going
mad. don't shoot it, call In a
competent veterinarian and have
him look At the dog.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-08
THE MOUNTAINS OF DREAMS.

Ever they rise before o1r ewes
Pointing our eager hcpcs above.
Luring rs from the common way
Toward perfection and deathleSs love.
Children We rln toward them eagerly.
Looming 50 near and vet so far
Bound AZ twilight with purple rim
-- Crowned at midnight with silver star.
There les oar h0re-our hearts desire!
There shall We find what the day denies
Could We but reach them our toll we're done
Heavens splendor about them lies.
We reach TIE verge-the farthest sle-
Around MS breaks the infinite sea.
StiI lie the purple peaks remote.
Shr1uded IN mist and mystery.
ALICE GARDINER WHIPPLER
The Washington herald., 1909-08-08
WHY AUGUST is CALLED
THE DOG DAYS MONTH.

Ancient Greeks called Sirius,
the brightest star which in RboI1e
the horizon with the sun In
August. the "dog star"
Sirius Is in the "dog cOnStella-
tion," n group of stars that the
Greeks thought looked like dog
in ths sky.
This star doesn't influence dogs
TO go mad; bat the hot weather
IN August does.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-08

The Picture OF Louis XI.
From the Tatlcr
Who's that bloke. Jimmy?"
Louis .Cross-eye. Can't yer read7-
The Washington herald., 1909-08-08

John Tuite. Of the document division.
VIII pass his fifteen days leave at his
home IN Michigan.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-08

Austin Duganne, Tor a number Of years
an employe on specifications. who re-
signed about three years ago. was I'm
the city last week. called here by the
death OF his mother lie is making his
home IN Chicago, has a good position
with a wholesale paper house. and is
as big good-natured, and handsome as
ever.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-19

beloved and showed his rage, but the
rope was secure and strong and kept
him from making further advancement
toward Mrs. Thomas. "Ah, old fellow.
how angry and unsociable you are,
said Mrs. Thomas. But that rope of
yours is very strong. That is what 1
wanted to know. 1 guess you won't be
able to bother us, but it is just as we'll
for us to move our camp"
Then the children were allowed to
come to earth and two of the boys Of
fered to run to a farmhouse about u
quarter of mile from the grove to ask
if this animal belonged to the farmer
living there, and, if so, to ask if some
farmland might come and move the
bull a little farther from the picnic
ground. Mrs. Thomas thought this a
good idea. and Harry and George Grey
hurried off toward the farmhouse.
Pretty soon the two boys returned to
the picnic ground accompanied by q
great, burly farmland, who grinned
and said, doffing his straw hat to Mrs
Thomas: "Sure, he's an ugly-looking
divil, mum, but he wouldn't hurt you.
If you'd run at him with a stick he'd
take to his heels and break his neck
p'raps to git away But I'll be glad to
oblege you by leadin' him further up
river" So saying, the grinning farm
hand took hold of the rope which was
tied about the bulls horns and led him
peaceably away. When he had been
tied safe distance from the picnic
ground Mrs. Thomas said: "Now, chill
dren, we'll finish our interrupted lunch
con. Let me see-where were we in the
menu?"
"At the pie!" cried several boys
voices in unison. "Yes, at the cherry
pie" murmured one of the little girls.
"Oh, I'm so glad we'll get to eat my
mammals pie" sighed Oracle Baker. Il
was so terribly afraid that the bull
might get it and eat it up. I wasn't
afraid for ourselves. but for the pie!
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-19
JosEPHus' LITTLE JOKE

Josephus is the elephant that travels
with Pete Barlow, who was born with
a natural love for the elephant. When
he was a boy at home in England,
Pete used to run away from school
and get in with every show that car
ried an elephant, until at last his
father, who was amply able to sup
port his son in idleness had he chosen
to do so, upon finding out his propen-
sity for elephants, put him to work
instead. Pete had all the money he
earned, every cent of which he hoard
ed UP to buy an elephant.
But the ungrateful animal died on
his hands, after which he came to this
country and took up the work of train
ing and educating elephants. Josephus
Is about as clever a one as he ever
brought up, as he proved the day ne
took advantage of the painters alb
sence, He and the camel had Deen
given the liberty of their own special
quarters and the work of painting that
portion of the building interested
Josephus, and the painter, of course
was unsuspecting. When he went TO
dinner he put his paint pot and brush
down and went off to his meal, having
no further care about 1t.
Josephus waited till he was well out
of sight, then carefully felt for the
brush with his trunk and, dipping II
in the paint, he streaked the camel
side and run a red line all the way
down her gray flanks. Pete happened
to pass along in time to watch events:
but the brush was back in place ana
Josephus was gazing earnestly into
space when the painter returned. But
the poor, sleepy camel, dreamily eat
inc hay. was a sight that filled her
keepers heart with dismay And from
that day to this Josephus has never
been given another opportunity to
meddle with paints, nor emblazon
camel all over with red stripes, maxi
ing her look for all the world like
crimson zebra.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-19

You see, mamma got an extra big tin
to bake this pie in, and it holds quart
of pitted cherries. So, you see, it's
a very fine pie"
'Well, Wen render our verdict as to
it's excellence after we've tasted it,
declared jolly Harry. Now, mamma,
please carve the cherry pie"
Amid laughter and good cheer Mrs.
Thomas cut into many pieces the cherry
pie, which all pronounced most de-
licious"
Then the rest of the afternoon was
spent in gathering wild flowers to
carry to the sick children who could
not come to the picnic. and when the
time came for going home each de-
clared he or she had enjoyed every
minute of the time at the picnic.
why. during the few minutes of
Mr.. Bulls call, we hod a good time"
declared one of the big boys. I'VE
felt that we were far above him, you
know, and that, being his superior
he wouldn't dare to come nearer to
us than his rope would allow"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-19

getting inside the closed vehicle as
soon as the animal showed any signs of
visiting the picnic grounds.
After five minutes spent thus the bull
decided to come to the front, and Mrs.
Thomas got inside the wagon. Her only
uneasiness now was on the two horses
account. They had been tethered some
distance down the river-perhaps
quarter of mile from the picnic grove
where there was plenty of fresh.
green grass for them to feed upon and
a spring stream trickling across the
meadow from which they might refresh
themselves whenever thirst prompted
them to do so. But Mrs. Thomas feared
the bull might wander in their direc-
ton and. seeing them, take it into his
ugly head to gore them, for their ropes
held them fast to within a space of
twenty feet
Out of The bushes came Mr.. Bull,
walking calmly toward the picnic
spread. Mrs. Thomas kept her eye on
him, looking from under the cover at
the front of the wagonette. And the
boys in their perches also kept tab on
Mr.. Bulls actions. Forth he came,
about fifty feet into the grove, and
then suddenly stopped and shook his
head. Then he tried advancing little
farther, but something held him in
check. Mrs. Thomas discovered imme-
diately what that something was. 1t
was a rope round the bulls horns and
was evidently a long lariat, the other
end either being fastened to an iron
picket driven into the ground or tied
securely to a tree trunk. 1--WE are safe,
children!'' called out Mrs. Thomas
1.-THE bull is fastened to lariat and
cannot come within fifty feet of our
camp. But all stay wnere you are till
I investigate" So saying, Mrs. Thomas
got out of the wagonette and went over
to within a few feet of the tied animal
He did not seem to relish her approach
and shook his heal, paved the earth.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-19
ALTERNATE PRIZES

8 BY a special arrangement with the
< circulation department, Aunt Laurie is
3 enabled to make the following an
3 nouncement: Whenever prize of g
3 hook or of one dollar Is awarded to a Z
8 Junior, that prize will be exchanged II G
3 desired for subscription to The Herald e
3 as follows: A one dollar prize may be g
5 exchanged for six months subscrip-
4 tiou. while q book will be exchanged g
< for n three months subscription.
3 This Is entirely optional with each &
boy and girl, and no effort whatever g
will be made to persuade any one to g
: take the alternate prize. 1t Is offered g
merely because Of some laments which .
have come from boys and girls whose g
: parents do not and will not take the 9
paper, and this arrangement would 9
81 enable the boys or girls to have the .
paper for themselves. g
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-19
At the SUNDAY School Picnic

"Did --ou have a good time at the
Sunday school picnic, Frederick?
Eyes, sir; there were four good nghts
among the fellers who didn't get to the
first table"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-10-13
Real Estate and
Investments!

See list of fine Will pay per
investment Stocks, residences,
tracive prices
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-10-13

embezzlement there must be a Grim
inal intent, still where the money of
the principal is entrusted to an agent
and is knowingly used by the agent
in violation of his duty it is none the
less ENLIGHTENMENT because he intend
ed at the time to restore it. Metro
politan Life Insurance Co. VS.. Miller
(KyD II S. w. 921. There can, of
course, be no embezzlement where
there is no intent to defraud; but
there are cases where one uses the
money of another which he has no
right to use, and thereby he appro-
PIRATES it to his own use; from which
a fraudulent intent will be inferred,
and the act is branded an embezzle-
ment. People VS.. Wadsworth, SO
Mich, 500. Though there is much in
the record to palliate the defendants
offense still, under the law as it writ
ten, he is clearly guilty Jackson VS..
State, rs G. 551. Judgment affirm
ed"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-10-13
THEY ARE PROUD OF 1T.
Fort Gaines Paper Compliments En-
terprise Owned by Dawson Men.

Fort Gaines Paper Compliments En-
terprise Owned by Dawson Men.
The FIT Gaines Sentinel of Friday
contained this mention of an enter
prise that is owned principally by DR..
j. G. Dean and Mr.. J. M. Bell Of Daw-
son:
'Dr. J. G. Dean, of Dawson, presi-
dent, and Mr.. C. j. O'Farrell, mana
ger, of the Cotton Belt Telephone
and Telegraph company were visitors
to the city last Tuesday, looking af
ter the interests of the company here.
I'm the headlines of this article we
think we have expressed the senti-
ments of large number of our citi-
zens in regard to this now splendid
institution. The lines and connec-
| lions in the city are now in a most
satisfactory condition, and the service
could hardly be excelled Leading
out of the city to BIuffton, Blakely,
Arlington, Edison, Coleman, Cuth-
bert, and the connections in the
homes in the country it can now be
relied on to give as good service as
can be had anywhere. All the appa-
ratus and the wires and cables are
lnew, and of the best. No metropoli-
tan service could be better.
''The gentlemen mentioned above
were here Tuesday to look after per-
fecting their franchise They met
with the city council late in the after
noon, but we did not learn of the
result of the consultation.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-10-13
MRS. MANN WANTS DIVORCE
HER BILL OF PARTICULARS ARE
HIGHLY INTERESTING.
Thinks the Work She Performs Is
More Than Her Share of
WifelY Labor.

SPOKANE, h..-Mrs. John
Lester Mann, of Spokane county
works eighteen hours a day and de-
clares her husband believes that this
is merely the quota of labor every
good helpmeet should perform. She
also asserts that her husband owns
a wheat farm which pays him $1O,-
900 year, holds that there is no
necessity to hire servant as long
as she is around to do the work.
Mrs. Mann contends that this is a
little more than the wifely share of
of labor and is seeking divorce.
In her petition for divorce, filed in
the Superior court here, she declares
that the routine of her four years of
married life left no time for visiting
relatives or neighbors, to say nothing
of bridge whist and music. Strip
ped of their legal verbiage the allie
cations set forth in the complaint
present the appended schedule of du-
ties:
Rise with the birds at 4 a. m.
Exercise with a crosscut saw on a
pile of logs.
Get breakfast for thrashing crew
of thirty men, each possessed of a
healthy appetite.
After breakfast:
Plant potatoes and do other chores.
Clean the barn and chop wood for
the cook stove.
Load several wagons with sacked
grain to take to market
Cook dinner for thirty thrasher-
men with appetites as mentioned.
Afternoon recreation
Butcher hogs and make sausage.
Chores and wood chopping; also
milking a dozen cows.
Prepare supper for the same crew
of hungry harvesters and clean the
house.
Evening at home:
Darn socks, make bread and do
other work till 10 o'clock D. m. Bed
on pallet of straw on the floor
of the cook house.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-10-13

ertheless, all of us are agreed upon
the proposition that none of the err
rors are OF sufficient Importance, in
the light of the testimony, to Justify
a reversal. The finding was so fully
demanded by the evidence that the
errors complained of could not reas-
onably have affected the result. or at
least should not have done so.
The defendant was convicted of
embezzlement. His alleged criminal
transactions ran through a long num-
Der of years. There are several in
stances clearly proved by the testi-
mony, and not satisfactorily explain
ed by the defendant, in which he took
and used for his own purposes and in
an unwarranted manner money be-
longing to the bank.
THE defendant probably expected
When he used this money that he
would repay it land it may be that
the jury were authorized to find that
after the defendant severed his con-
nection with the bank he did repay
1t by means of settlement made) !;
but, legally speaking, he was guilty
OF embezzlement. Indeed no impair
tial, unbiased legalist can read the
testimony and the statement of the
defendant without being convicted of
two propositions: CD that the de-
PENDANT was guilty of embezzlement;
and CD that he probably did not full
ly realize at the time the crime was
being committed that he was violat-
ing the law in this respect, and yet
the two things are not inconsistent.
while to constitute the offense of
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-10-13
COURT OF APPEALS DECISION IN ORR CASE
All Of the Judges Agree That the Verdict of the Iurv
Was Demanded by the Evidence

The Macon News says that in all
.roha ability former Cashier c. M. Orr
af tho Exchange bank, who was con-
..;o+ed of embezzlement and sentenced
., even years in the penitentiary,
r.ill soon commence serving the SEN
.,,ca imposed, as attorneys for the
,,4ar5ant have stated they know no
o+bnr court to which to carry the
oos4 since the Court of Appeals of
GEORGIA has affirmed the verdict of
the superior court.
Attorneys for the former cashier
have made a hard fight to save him
from the penitentiary.
The opinion of the Court of APP
meals was written by Judge r.
r Russell, and is as follows:
The Judges of this court individ-
naIIv and collectively have more than
once during the last several months
given careful study to the volumi-
nous record involved IN the case. AS
to the merits of the exceptions ap-
nearing in the record the individual
Judges hold such diverse views that
if would be profitless to enter into
any detailed discussion of the case or
of the points involved.
"AlI of us agree that, abstractly
considered, one or more of the ex-
ceptions are well taken, though our
views are diverse as to which ex-
ception is meritorious; one of the
Judges seeing error where the others
do not, and vice versa. This state of
mind has probably caused us to study
the record even more carefully than
we otherwise would have done. New
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-10-13
LET EN- CROW.
The Rooster Is Still a Live Issue In
City of Washington.

The Rooster Is Still Live Issue In
City of Washington.
A dispatch says the friends of the
bold chanticleer have come to his
rescue, and there will be no roost-
erless chicken yards in Washington,
despite the ordinance intended to
Danish the feathered alarm clock
from the confines of the nations capt.
tai, if the efforts of the Poultry Pro-
tectiye Association are successful.
That organization has announced its
intention of waging legal battle to
protect the liberty of the back yard
cock. His early morning crow dis
turbed the peace of Westinghouse
to such an extent that an ordinance
was promulgated recently requiring
the consent of rs per cent. of the
neighborhood in order to keep a
rooster within twenty-five feet of a
residence.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-10-13
GRANDEsT OF GRAND ARMIES.
Our School Population of 1910 EST.
mated at 1000. 600.

Using the census of 1900 as a basis
of calculation, it is estimated that the
census of 1910 will show that the
school population of the United
States numbers probably $4,000, 5000
persons. The school army 10 years
ago was 13,367,147. OF that num-
Der 4,266,302 persons were between
the ages of and 8, and 6,453,354
ranged from to a years old. About
30 per cent of the whole number were
from Is to II years of age, and 5 per
cent. were IS or upward.
Of all the children between the
ages of 5 and reported in the CEN
sus of 1900 only about one-half at
tended school; of those ranging from
IS to IA four-fifths attended, and of
those from Is to II little more than
two fifths. Upward of 80 per cent.
lof the entire number were white.
A school army of 100000 for 1910
will be a national asset worth having,
comments the New York Mail. 1t
will constitute a more convincing
demonstration of the country's re-
sources and strength than an army
of 100000 equipped with rifles and
cannon. There is reason to believe
that in addition to this growth in
numerical strength, the next census
will show that this army has improv-
ed in quality.