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had something to cheer up the inner kid"
 ''Yes; let's pull for the shore right yon- der at that little curve" said Charlie. There the bank Is easy of access while below 1t becomes too steep to climb. There're fine trees there, too, where VIC can find n place for our campfres. I'll dress the fish while you boys gather drift wood for the fire, and get the grub-box out and set the table,
 This plan was adopted and soon camp life was evident on the bank of the river Smoke curled to the sky from a fine camp fire over which coffee sent out a fra grance which mingled dellciously with the smell of frying fish. The boys had brought with them plenty of camp pro- visions and their table, a big coarse towel spread on the ground soon looked very inviting, indeed A frying-pan full of fish cooked to a turn was the principal delicacy of the table and was much rel ished by the three hungry boys.
 After supper the campers put things to rights, which meant washing three tin plates. three camp knives and forks and spoons. a badly smoked frying-pa and cofeepot in the river and wiping them dry on the tablecloth. Then they were put Inside the ''grub-box" and the box placed under some bushes
 As the boys had planned on being gone from their home for two or three days they had provided themselves with blan- kets and an old piece of oilcloth, the lat ter to be used q boat cover in case of rain. They intended sleeping In the boat, and as soon as their evening chores on shore were completed they set about fixing their beds for the night before set ting down beside their campfire to swap tales for an hour or so while their hearty supper digested.
 Well, everything is as snug as bug in a rug-or will be when we turn in, said Dan, who had busied himself with bed-making. Eve got one of the blan- kets on the bottom of the boat-over that straw we so wisely put in-while the other two are left for covering. Two of us will lie at one end and the other fel- low will take what's left at the foot. First in the boat, first served" and Dan laughed nbrrily.
 Say, travelling on the water by day and sleeping In harbor by night is not so bad, is it?" asked Charlie. And supper on land-with fresh fish and ray
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Methuse1ah. 25O Years Old. Dies
m London.

1HILDREN, do you know to what H/ ripe old age a tortoise will Hvef SWell, one died in London the other day at the advanced age of 25U years His name was Methuselah, so called in memory of the oldest man chronicled In history. On the death of the tortoise Methuselah a London paper has this to say:
 'The 25O-year-old tortoise, Methuselah who has been one of the curiosities of the Zoo, has ended his earthly career No more will crowds gather around his cage and discuss him during his winter nap, and no more will parents and governesses take him as a text to deliver little his- torical talk on the days of tho Great
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@ UMPY-DOO was a funny name for R tiny bit of a girl, was 1t notf Dumpy- Doc was not her sure " enough name, but one which her
 papa gave her because she was such A dumpy little miss. Her real name was Grace, but no one ever called her that. She was known everywhere as DumpyDoo.
 Well. this little Dumpy-Doo lived fin the suburb of a great city and her papa went to work in the city every day, leav- ing Dumpy-Doo and her mamma alone till evening. Then such good times they all had, when Dumpy- -Doo's papa came home in the evening. Dumpy and her mamma would go to meet the papa at a railroad crossing, and from there they would walk home together, hand in hand. Dumpy Doc would walk between her papa and mamma, and she always felt that nothing could harm her then. And, of course, nothing could. When little girls and little boys are with their papas and mammas no harm can come to them, for both the papa and the mamma thoughttully and lovingly protect them.
 Well, one evening Dumpy-Doo's mamma was i'll and she said to her little grille; Daughter, mamma cannot go with you to meet papa this evening; she is feel ing too i'll, with a very bad headache. Do you think you could go alone to meet papar'
 "Oh, yes, mamma cried Dumpy Doc. If neither of us go to meet papa he will wonder what Is the matter. I'll run down to the railroad crossing and wait for him."
 "Well, the crossing is only two blocks from home, and you can see our cottage
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Plague or the time when Milton wrote his Paradise Lost" and the tortoise was young and frivolous
 "Since November Methuselah has been hibernating in his house in snug corner beside the hot water pipes From out ward appearance he might have been dead then, yet he was alive and appar- ently doing we'll and when the sunny weather came his awakening was looked forward to daily. The end of last week his keeper noticed q change in him. and an examination showed that from hiberna- ton the veteran had sunk peacefully into de ath.
 Henry, the 200-year-old tortotse." is now the doyen of the Zoo.
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BY WILLIAM WALLACE, JR.

~HARLIB, Dan and Jack had got M / hold of a big rowboat for the ~ summer and anticipated many any
 Apleasant trips up and down the
 river near to their home. The boat belonged to an old gentleman who was only too glad to lend 1t to the boys, for he loved to see the youths en- joy themselves in all innocent and health ful amusement and sport. The first day of the boys possession of the boat was one they would never forget, or the first night rather for 1t was during the night that their experience of which am about to write happened. It all came about this way The boys had been row ing up and down the river most of the day, stopping only occasionally to cast their fishing lines into the water where they knew the catch was good, and after hauling In several fine fish for their sup per they spent the remainder of the time in handling the oars most dextrously.
 Let's make our stop tonight at the point where Sand Creek empties into the river" suggested Jack. 'The river gets pretty wide and deep at that point and the farther we go down stream the more interesting 1t will become. The river five miles below here Is a quarter of mile wide, and the current Is fine"
 "Oh, that's just about half a mile above Anderson's mill, isn't it?' asked Charlie. "Ive been down there with Dad The river is fine above the dams. We'll find It splendid rowing there"
 So the three bent on their oars and went gliding down the river, going with the current, which made their rowing very easy. Late in the evening they reached their destination, spot about a quarter of a mile above the great milldams. Say, pals, I'm getting mighty hungry" de- clared Dan, resting on his oars And its about time we went Into camp and
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Why He Wanted Him.

TT FAIR young substitute in one of EE the public schools recently was given fright from which she has not yet recovered. Incidentally, 1t has changed somewhat her firm conviction that children should always be treated kindly rather than peremptorily. The other day during the early morning re- cess, when the children were out on the street and in the yard for breath of fresh air. a tiny little shaver. with eyes wide open and face flushed, burst into the room and stood almost speechless be- fore the fair young substitutes desk
 Kin you tell me where Johnny Jones is?'' he gasped
 ''Is anything the matter with himr cried teacher, very much alarmed.
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.'Aw, no; there ain't nothing the mat ter with him much" explained the little shaver, somewhat abashed.
 ..Oh, then, what did you frighten me for that way?' teacher reprlmanded him. And will you tell me what is the mat ter with you that you are using such perfectly atrocious grammar Don't you know that you mustn't say ain't and kin"
 "Well-er, teacher" the little shaver muttered. 'I didn't mean to talk that way, but his mother told me to just drop everything and not pay no atten- ton to nobody until I told you. His mother said send him home right away. The doctor just told her Johnny's got the diphtheria."
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and that the tributary streams had poured their overflow into the river, causing it to swell to unusual proportions. And accompanying the rising waters was a furious wind and rain storm, and the boys had been the victims of it. They hurried to the farmers house. a short distance away, where they were put into dry beds to finish the hour or so that remained of the night. And, lying there. talking over their exciting and danger ous experience. the boys bemoaned the loss of their old friends boat and gave
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' OurPuzZle Corner $
ZIGZAG PUZZLE.

The words of this zigzag contain the same number of letters. If the words are correctly guessed. and written one below the other in rightful order. their zigzag letters, beginning with the top left hand letter and ending with the bottom left hand letter, will spell the full name of once famous prima donna. The cross words are: l. Something people love to laugh over. ?. To inform ones self in things educational 8. What all people want and need. 4. A board 5. To we'd 6. Little. z. A coquette. s. Rage. 9. A small field blossom,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-08-11
For Administration,

Georgia, Terrell County.-To All
Whom 1t May Concern: j. B. Hayes
having in proper form applied to me
for permanent letters of administra-
ton on the estate of Mrs. Mary j.
Hayes, late of said county, this is
to cite all and singular the creditors
and next of kin of Mrs. Mary J.
Hayes to be and appear at my office
within the time allowed by law, and
show cause, if any they can, why per-
manent administration should not be
granted to j. B. Hayes on Mrs. Mary
}. Hayes estate. Witness my hand
and official signature, this the sec
ond day of August, 1909.
w. B. CHEATHAM, Ordinary.
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For Leave to Self Land,

To Whom 1t May Concern: No
tlce is hereby given that the under
signed, as executors of the last Will
and testament of Mrs. ITALIA E.
Peters, late of New York county,
state of New York, deceased, will
make application to the Court Of Or
binary of Terrell county, Georgia, at
the next regular term, on the first
Monday in September next, for leave
to sell the lands belonging to the
estate of said Mrs. Thalia E. Peters,
viz: Lots numbers 101, 1872, 1913
and 12S in the Fourth district of
Terrell county, Georgia, for the pur-
pose of making distribution and eff
fectually carrying out the provisions
OF said will. This August 8, 1909.
ETHELBERT BELKNAP,
JAMES A. MORRILL,,
Executors on the Estate of Mrs. Tha-
liza E. Peters, Deceased.
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For Leave to Sell Land.

Georgia, Terrell County-Notice
is hereby given that the undersigned
has applied to the Ordinary of said
county for leave to sell land belong
ing to the estate of Robert Lunday
for the purpose of distribution. Said
application will be heard at the reg
ular term of the Court of Ordinary
for said county, to be held on the
first Monday in September, 1909.
This August End. 1909.
w. H. GAMMAGE,
Administrator Upon the Estate OF
Robert Lunday.
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For Administration.

Georgia, Terrell County.-To All
Whom 1t May Concern: Mrs. Matte
V. Ellis, having in proper form ap-
piled to me for permanent letters of
administration on the estate of M. L.
Ellis, late of said county, this is to
cite all and singular the creditors
and next of kin of M. L. Ellis to be
and appear at my Office within the
time allowed by law, and show cause,
if any they can, why permanent ad-
ministration should not be granted
to Mrs. Matte V. Ellis on M. L. Ell
lis estate. Witness my hand and
official signature, this the oath day
of July, 1909.
w. B. CHEATHAM, Ordinary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-08-11
For DiSmiSSiOn,

Georgia, Terrell County Where
as, w. V. Perry, administrator of
John Summerford, represents to the
Court in his petition, duly filed and
entered on record, that he has fully
administered John Summerford s es-
tate. This is, therefore, to cite all
persons concerned, kindred and cred
itors, to show cause, if any they can,
why said administrator should not
be discharged from his administra-
ton, and receive letters of dismission
on the first Monday in September,
1909. This August 2, 1909.
w. B. CHEATHAM, Ordinary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-08-11
BIGGEST OFFICE BUILDING
TWENTY THOUSAND PERSONS
CAN BE HOUSED IN 1T.
Gigantic Structures in New York
Are Literally Cities Within
Themselves.

NEW. YORK.-The recent compile
ton of the Hudson river tunnels,
known colloquially as the "McAdoo
Tubes" has marked a distinct step
not only in railroad transportation
but in overcoming the natural geo
graphical limitations to city build
ing.
The tube system, developed to it's
logical extent, today is conceded to
make practically unlimited the pos
slble development of Greater New
York in the next ten years. The
immediate effect of the submarine
tubes has been to bring the New Jer-
sey shore, to which access hitherto
has been had by Commute ferries,
within three minutes of Broadway.
The terminal buildings of the Hud-
son & Manhattan Railroad Company
are gigantic structures, literally
cities within themselves, capable of
accommodating 10000 persons, as
well as serving for the subterranean
station of the downtown tubes I'M
der the Hudson. Occupying two city
blocks they are % stories, or 275
feet in height, and are so arranged
as to offer the maximum of surface
for windows and air wells. There
are 80 elevators.
These structures are known collect
lively as the Hudson terminal build
ings of the Hudson & Manhattan
Railroad Company, but like the
tubes themselves they are better
known by the name of their project
or, as the 'tMcAdoo Terminals" In
dividually, one of them, which stands
on the block front on Church street,
between Cortland and Dey streets,
is the Cortland building, while it's
twin, likewise fronting Church
street, but between Dew and Fulton
is the Fulton building. They are
istence, containing 1S,15O,000 cubic
feet of space, and the heaviest,
weighing 100000 tons and resting
on the biggest coffer-dam ever con-
structed. This latter structure is
400 by 17S feet in horizontal di-
mansions, and from Is to SO feet
deep.
Trains from Hudson & Manhat-
tan Company's twin tubes from New
Jersey under the Hudson river enter
the basement station 80 feet below
the surface, and pass under Dey
street to the subway under Broad
way. The tunnels at the Jersey City
end are connected with twin tunnels
crossing to Morton street, up Sixth
avenue to Thirty-third street and
across Ninth avenue to Fourth ave-
nue..
The execution of this gigantic en-
| terprise, which has been effected by
William G. McAdoo, with the sym
pathy and approval of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad, but without financial
backing of any description from that
corporation, is a financial achieve
ment that ranks with the engineering
feat of running the tunnels. Taken
| in connection with the Pennsylvania
roads tunnel, which gives access
from Long Island to the railroad's
station in the heart of the city, they
form a trunk line of travel which
promises to bring about a revision
of the traffic routes of the city
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-08-11
PROHIBITION IN KANSAS.
Cong. Scott Sets Forth the Advant-
ages of a Dry State.

Representative Scott of Kansas, in
a recent speech in congress, set forth
the advantage of living in a dry"
state in the following strong utter
ances:
Il understand how common it is
to joke and jeer at Kansas because
she has seen fit to write a prohibitory
statute into her laws. But | want
to say that out there on the wind
swept plains of that splendid state
we are bringing up a citizenship
that every American, wherever he
halls from, may well be proud to
recognize as brothers. We are bring
ing up a generation of men and wo-
men who do not know what a sa-
loon looks like, and who never want
to find out. We are bringing up a
race of the clearest-headed the keen
est-witted, the most God-fearing and
most patriotic people on the face
of the earth, and we are not getting
any help from the men who are en-
gagged in the brewery business. Kan
sas has no apologies to make for
her attitude on the liquor question,
and as one of her representatives
on this floor l do not intend to sit
here and hear her maligned without
protest
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-08-11
For Twelve Months Support

State of Georgia, Terrell Coun-
ty.-Mrs. Maggie NJ. Pace, guardian
of Lucy Helen Marshall and Zeb
Odom Marshall, and J. R. Webb,
guardian of Marshalley Marshall,
having made application for years
support for their said wards out of
the estate of their mother, Mrs. r.
j. Marshall, late of said county, de-
ceased, and appraisers duly appointed
to set apart the same having filed
their returns, all persons concerned
are hereby required to show cause
before the Ordinary of said county
at the regular term of his Court on
the first Monday in September, 1909,
why said application should not be
granted. This the End day of Au-
gust, 1909.
w. B. CHEATHAM. Ordinary.
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For Administration.

Georgia, Terrell County.-To All
Whom 1t May Concern: Mrs. Lille
B. Locke having in proper form ap-
piled to me for permanent letters of
administration on the estate of W.
F. Locke, late of said county, this is
to cite all and singular the creditors
and next of kin of W. F. Locke to
be and appear at my Office within the
time allowed by law, and show cause,
if any they can, why permanent ad-
ministration should not be granted
to Mrs. Lille B. Locke on w. F.
Locke's estate. Witness my hand
and official signature, this 2nd day
of August, 1909.
w. B. CHEATHAM, Ordinary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-08-11
DREAMS MAKE HIM PAY BILL.
Settles With Undertaken So Relatives
Can Get to Heaven.

Conscience stricken because he had
tailed to pay a bill for funeral eX-
penses for a relative contracted ten
years ago Frank Quick of Trenton,
n, j., went to the home of Thomas
Crawford, a former undertaken, and
settled.
Quick had several dreams that his
relative was lowering halfway be-
tween Heaven and hades because the
undertaker's bill was unpaid. Mr..
crawford scarcely remembered his
former patron, and informed him it
was not necessary to pay the bill,
as 1t was outlawed. Quick's answer
was:
1t may be outlawed in the sight
OF man, but it will never be out
IaWed in the sight of God"
Speaking of the matter later the
eX-undertakeT said he wished others
OF his former patrons would imagine
their dead towering between tive
SUCH Important points.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-08-11
WITNESSES ARE KICKING
my WANT THEIR PER DIEMS
IN THE M'LENDON CASE.
state Hasn't Paid Old Bills of
Similar Nature ON Account
of Empty Treasury.

ATLANTA.-The presentation to
4no governor of several bills, ap-
uoved by the chairman of the COM
r,ittee. for services rendered in con-
noo+ion with the joint investigation
- the charges against Chairman S.
= NTcT.endon of the railroad COM
,,ieeion. and refusal to pay them be-
oonee there is no money in the treas
rrv for that purpose, bring to mind
instances of the general assembly's
,ock of sense of obligation to indi-
,,iduals in minor matters, particu-
lar reference being had to the in
vestigation by the legislative COM
mittee of the penitentiary depart
ment in 1908.
unfortunately $3.50 is still due to
witnesses who appeared before that
committee a year ago for their per
diams and railroad fare which they
Maid out of their own pockets.
letter recently received from
Dr. J. C. Hendrix of Jasper, Ga, one
of the witnesses before the peniten-
tiary Investigating committee, called
attention to the fact that the amount
due him for railroad fare and per
diem in coming to Atlanta under
COMPULSORY summons from the leg
islative committee had never been
paid.
This attendance was compulsO-
nv" Dr.. Hendrix says, "and | for
one have not even been repaid the
money actually expended and for the
time lost, although we were promised
conversation by the chairman of the
committee. I would like to know
what the legislature is going to do
about it,.
The doctor propounds a question
for the legislature to answer. DR..
Hendrix is one of about thirty-five
witnesses who appeared before the
penitentiary investigating committee
who have never been reimbursed for
what they paid out on this account.
fifteen of the witnesses, apparently
singled out, were paid the full
amount due them out of the balance
of the $4,000 appropriation made by
the general assembly, after the stem
ographers and others were paid.
while about thirty-five were paid
nothing at all. There is $3.50 in all
due them, and the state rightfully
owes them this money under prom
Use made by the investigating COM
mittee to pay the railroad fare and
per diem of these witnesses.
The record of these unpaid wit
nesses who were promised their ex-
pense is in the office of Executive
Secretary Brantley, where anyone
may see it.
1t is possibly true that one legis-
lature cannot put an obligation upon
its successor, but it would appear
that this is really an obligation on
the part of the state, and as it would
take but paltry little $3.50 to pay
it possibly there would be no OBJ
lection to it if some member took
interest enough to put it officially
before the legislature and explained
the situation.
So far it would look as if there
were some possibility of the witnesses
and others before the McLendon COM
mittee being similarly treated, or at
least made to wait a long time for
their money. No step has yet been
taken looking to an appropriation to
meet the expenses of this commit
tee, to pay stenOgra phers, officers
and witnesses, for which there will
be needed probably $1,000.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-08-11
CHILDREN WHO ARE SICKLY

Mothers who value their own comfort and the
welfare Of their children should never be without
a box of Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Chill
dren. for use throughout the season They break
up Colds Cure Feverishness. Constipation, Teeth
ing Disorders Headache ana Stomach Troubles.
Drug Stores Csc. Don't accept any substitute
A trial package viii be sent FREE to any mother
who viii address Allen S. 0lmsted, lie Roy, N.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-08-11

For indigestion and all stomach
trouble take Foley's Orino Laxative,
as it stimulates the stomach and
liver and regulates the bowels, and
will positively cure habitual consti-
patton. Dawson Drug Co. and Peo-
pies Drug Store.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-08-11
Taft Shows Interest.
NEW ORLEANS LAWYER IN PEN.
Has Had Some Time to Straighten
Out Crooked Transactions.

Out Crooked TRANSACTIONS.
To begin serving a sentence Of
fourteen years Robert J. Maloney,
formerly a leading lawyer of New
Orleans, was taken to the state peni-
Tertiary Tuesday night. Maloney
was charged with forgeries exceed
ing 100000. Many of the clients
whom Maloney defrauded petitioned
the governor to let him remain III
New Orleans, with the hope of
Strengthening out some of the tangled
transactions of which they were vic
Tins. This was done. The governor
decided, however, that six months
was long enough for such assistance,
and ordered that the penitentiary
term be begun at once.
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F1oated Home on His Cork Legs.

Galveston papers are telling of a
legless man who, during the recent
storm, was washed seven miles out
into the gulf, where he found his
cork legs and foated home ION them.
If you don't believe it, they can show
you the gulf.-Savannah News.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-08-11

Bilious? Feel heavy after dinner?
Tongue coated? Bitter taste? Com
plexion sallow? Liver needs waking
lup. Doan's Regulets cure bilious at
tacks. % cents at any drug store.