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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-09-22

In this country the increase Of
population is complicated by an in
t1uX Of the foreign born and with a
higher birth rate among the foreign
born than that of the old native
stock. These are having a temporary
effect upon the actual rate of in
crease; after an elimination of these
temporary elements, which serve only
to mislead to extravagant computa-
tions of population at distant years
in the future, the natural rate of in
crease of the population of this coun-
try, native born of native parents, ap-
pears to be approximately 121h per
cent. during a decade, or IL per
cent. yearly, with a tendency toward
diminution in the rate.
Growth in Agriculture.
The number of farms has increased
from 4,564,641 in 1890 to 100000
in 1908; the total acreage has in
creased from 623,000,000 in 1890 to
over 1000, 100000 in 1908; the CAPT.
tai of the farmers in the form of
land, buildings, improvements. live
stock, implements and machinery is
at $4,000, which
represents an increase of IS or 80
per cent. over 1908.
The percentage of increase of crop
production an acre now have new
significance. The farmers are DEM
that they can provide for
a population increasing faster than
by increase due to excess of births
over deaths
The capital invested in meat ami
mails and live stock farms and ranges
in the United States represents a to-
tai of almost $11, 000,000,O0O.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-09-22
KILL YOUR OWN RATS; IABBY IS TOO LAZY.

is too well fed and consequently too
lazy to undertake the capture of an
animal as formidable as the grown
rat Birds are much more to their
liking Rats have developed so much
intelligence and such extraordinary
caution that attemps to eXterminate
them have rarely succeeded.
The department in a bulletin en-
phasizes the Importance of rat clubs
and suggests that interest in organ
lied rat hunts may be stimulated by
offering prizes or rewards in various
communities to the individual haul
ing forth the greatest number of
dead rats after one of the crusades.
Pamphlets suggesting ways in
which the rat may be eventually
routed from its haunts have been
scattered broadcast among the farms
and villages all over the United
States. ~v4 =
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-09-22
ANTS DEFEND PLANTS.
A Standing Army Is Kept by a Sensi-
tive Acacia in Nicaragua.

A standing Army Is Kept by Sensi-
tive Acacia in Nicaragua.
A standing army of ants for de-
fensive purposes is kept and provid-
ed with food by a sensitive plant of
Nicaragua. In this acacia there are
two large thorns at the base of each
leaf inhabited by colonies of ants
which bore into the thorns and make
a home for themselves by eating out
the soft inner tissue: On the leaf
stalks there are honey glands, and
at the tip of each leaflet there is
sausage-shaped body about as
large as a pins head, consisting of
albuminous food. The ants sip the
nectar and eat the food bodies. and
being contented with their lot re-
main on the plant without doing it
any injury
When the plant is threatened by
an invasion of leaf-cutting ants
which would damage it the ants
composing the plants army or police
force rush out and repel the in
truders. Many similar arrangements
exist in tropical plants.
In one of the most remarkable of
these ant plants the female ant bites
hole in the stem and brings up her
brood inside it. The stalk of each
leaf is swollen at its base and bears
food bodies which are eaten by the
ants when they emerge to find for
themselves. AS the old food bodies
are eaten new ones are formed, thus
keeping the ants, which are of a
fierce disposition, in the plants en-
| ployment. Plants of the same spe-
cies which do not happen to be in
| habited by ants fall an easy prey to
| leafcutting kinds of ants, which are
| only too plentiful in the tropics. In
other cases the defensive ants are
provided only with shelter in cavi-
! ties of the stem, and various natur-
alists have observed that these ants
pour out in troops whenever leaf
cutting enemies attempt to attack the
foliage.
/ The ants which thus defend these
plants are small, but sting with ex-
IRENE virulence, their small size
making them the more formidable
/ The leaf-cutting ants cut off the
/ leaves and pile them up in heaps,
forming sort of kitchen garden of
leaf mold, upon which they cultivate
a fungus belonging to the mushroom
family, They SOW the spores of the
mushroom and make a pure culture
of the fungus, nibbling at it to pre-
vent the development of mushroom
heads and thus promote the growth
of spawn.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-09-22

Full line of misses and children's
tailor suits at McLain Bros.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-09-22
A WOMAN OF MYSTERY.
Jean Ordway Sleeps in Woods With
Dog as Her Pillow.

Jean Ordway, woman of mystery
and pilgrim, at the request of county
authorities has left the vicinity of
Cerulean Springs in Trigg county,
Kentucky, for Caldwell county, with
her pony, her revolvers and her dogs
For two years, winter and summer,
this woman has been roaming
through Kentucky, southern Indiana
and parts of Tennessee. She never
seeks the shelter of a roof save in
the most Indictment weather, and then
occupies barn.
She was first noticed in southern
Indiana, and then crossed into Ken
lucky. After that she struck straight
across the state, then went into the
eastern section and the mountains
and made her appearance few
months ago in southern Kentucky
.aroUnd Hopkinsville.
When first seen she had d pony
and pack of fifteen or twenty dogs,
but the dogs have been reduced until
she now has only three or four. At
night she lies down with one of the
dogs for a pillow.
She is abount forty years old, and
weighs not more than ninety pounds.
She seems to be without fear. though
she is always armed.
She depends for food on what is
given to her. She seems to be a
woman of education, talks well and
IS rather communicative on any sub
Ject save her past Ire and her rea-
sons for wandering.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-09-22
Formation of Clubs to Exterminate
Pest Urged by Department
of Agriculture.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The rat
has been recognized by the govern
ment as a problem. It's activity in
disseminating infectious diseases has
long doomed up as a danger signal
to the health authorities, and losses
from it's depredations run into many
million dollars year, according to
an official statement just issued by
the department of agriculture. DR..
David r. Lantz of the Bureau of BIZ
illogical Survey says:
However valuable cats may be
as mOusers few of them learn to
catch rats The ordinary house cat
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-09-22
BANKER CASTLES CUT THROAT.
He Was Director of the Central of
Georgia Railway.

Georgia Railway.
John w. Castles, president of the
Union Trust Company of New York
city, director of other well known
corporations, and prominent in club
and social life, committed suicide by
cutting his throat with a razor in
the Grand Union hotel.
The Union Trust Company is one
of the largest institutions of it's kind
in New York, and is situated in the
heart of the financial district. Up
to 1905 it was paying dividends of
so per cent, and is now considered
one of the strongest banks in the
country.
Beside being president of the I'm
ion Trust Company, Mr.. Castles was
a director of the Central of Georgia
Railway, the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railway Company, the Maryland
Trust Company of Baltimore and was
United States trustee for the North
ern Assurance Company, limited, of
London
John V. B. Thayer, secretary and
second vice-president of the Union
Trust Company, said that financial
matters had nothing to do with the
lsuicide.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-09-22
The Pleasure of Eating

III al pleasure that no one should be
denied Life, energy, brain power,
all depend on what is eaten. One
must eat and the food must assimi-
late or there's a decline. Keep your
digestion perfect and you can enjoy
eating.
If you ever have the least distress
after eating it denotes imperfect d.
gestion, and a remedy is needed at
once. The best remedy is POINDEX-
TIERS TONIC. Results are prompt
from this remedy because it restores
right conditions. 1t overcomes fer
mentation in the stomach, and
strengthens the digestive organs.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-09-22
A Narrow Escape.

Edgar N. Bayliss, a merchant of
Robinsonville, DEL, wrote: about
two years ago was thin and sick,
and coughed all the time, and If l
did not have consumption it was near
to 1T. commenced using Foley's
Honey and Tar, and it stopped my
cough, and l am now entirely
we'll, and have gained twenty-eight
pounds, all due to the good results
from taking Foley's Honey and Tar. -
Dawson Drug Co. and Peoples Drug
Store.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-09-22
Filed in, office Aug. "a, 1909.
Wy G nnZTED C11o,1-
KENTUCKY's BIG CORN FIELD.
Contains Seven Thousand Acres I'm
broken by Fences.

Contains Seven Thousand Acres I'm
broken by Fences.
The biggest cornffeld in the state
of Kentucky is now being laid bv.
1t is the field outlined by the gigantic
horseshoe sweep of the Ohio river
from Henderson round past Evans
vile to Green river 1t is the big
gest because it is corn continuously
for 5000 or 1000 acres, unbroken
by fences, unrelieved by any other
crop-no hay, no tobacco, no oats or
wheat-just corn, corn, corn, and
then more corn.
1t is estimated that over 900 ono
bushels of corn will be raised in this
monster tract this year, and this is
in spite of the fact that the farmers
were scared out of a years growth
by the high water and for a time
were not quite sure whether the high
water would let them raise any corn
1t means something to pillow one
of these rows of corn a mile long in
Horseshoe Bend, and by the time a
team has made a few round trims If
is time to rest bit
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-09-22
DHE VERDICT OF POINDEXTER TONIC DEALERS
BRONWOOD. Ca lime % 7ooo

BRONWOOD. Ca, June %, 1908.
-Poindexter Tonic Co., Ellayille.
Ga.-Centlemen: About two months
ago 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 had been in
wretched health, caused from a dis
ordered stomach. had had several
attacks of acute indigestion, and nv
health was so impaired that I was
unfit for business, but after taking
two bottles of Poindexter's Tonic I
was so improved that work was a
pleasure. I can testify that vour
remedy will do all you claim for il
Yours Respt., P. l.. SMITH
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-09-22

RICHLAND, Ca, April 20, 1909
Poindexter Tonic Co., Ellaville, Ca
Gentlemen: l suffered for five years
with Indigestion. / 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 I could eat any,
thing, / desired without having the
least unpleasantness afterwards. |
began to improve from the first dose
Yours truly, MRS. j. c. BECK.
(Wife of Engineer on S. A. L. r. R.)
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-09-22
MARRIED IN A DEN OF LIONS.
Couple Went in Cage, But Pastor
Was More Discreet.

A wedding ceremony in a lion s
den attracted hundreds of the. curious
to the Oaks, local pleasure resort
near Portland, Ore. Pretty Annie
Bailo, cashier in one af the conces-
sions,. and Joseph Pepa, aeronaut,
were the contracting parties. The
Rev. Josiah Bowersox,, pastor of the
Ockley Green United Evangelical
church, tied the nuptial knot.
The pastor stood outside the bars,
and inside two savage beasts paced
nervously back and forth, cowed by
the whip of their keeper, who stood
ready to- defend the couple should the
lions show disposition to- Join in
the festfvity.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-09-22
Petition for Charter,

Georgia, Terrell County.-Tne, pc
titfon of l.. G. Hoyl and A. w. Nc
DoRald, all of the county and state
aforesaid, respectfully shows:
T. That they desire for them
selves, their associates and success
ors to be incorporated as a secret
benewolent association, with a ritual
istic form of government, under the
name and style of The United
Brotherhood of America.
2. tt term for which petitioners
ask to be incorporated is twenty
years, with the privilege of renewal
at the end of that time
8. The location and principal
office of said corporation shall be in
the city or Dawson, state and county
aforesaid
4. Said corporation has no capital
stock, and is not organized for Pc
cuniary gain, but is purely benevo-
lent in it's character.
D. The sole object and purpose of
the proposed association is to. pro-
mote good fellowship, assist and re-
lieve its members, care for and pro-
tect dependent relatives of deceased
and economy.
Wherefore petitioners pray for
themselves and their legal successors
to be made a body corporate and
polite, with all the rights, privileges,
immunities and restrictions fixed by
law. This Aug. 21, 1909.
L. C. HOYL,
A. w. MCDONALD.
Filed in office Aug. "a, 1909.
w. S. DOZTER, Clerk.
Georgia, Terrell County,, w. S.
Dozier, Clerk of Superior Court of
said county, do hereby certify that
the foregoing application for charter
of The United Brotherhood of Amer
lea is. true copy of the original on.
| file in my office Given under my
hand and official signature this oath
day of August, 1909.
w. S. DOZTER,
Clerk of Superior Court
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-09-22
soAPsUDs FLOW FROM A WELL
A Practical Joker Causes Many to
Become Ill.

AS the result of practical joke
played by some unidentified persons
number of persons in attendance
at the weekly band concert in Tiff
tom Ind, went home i'll.
A new well was drilled on the
south side of the court house. There
was barrel of soap water that the
drillers were using near by.
The joker took several tin cups
filled with soapsuds and poured them
into the well. The pamp sent forth
a foSmy beverage, and those who
drank became ill.,
The police were notified, but they
could not find the person who had
perpetrated the joke.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1909-09-01
His Lucid Explanation.

"Ef you please, suh,' said the col
ored citizen, Il come fur my freedom
papers
your freedom papers'?"
"es, sub; amt you the man what
married me-"
I'm the man; but what do you want
me for now?"
well, sub, amt got no eddication
huff ter say it lax de law say it-but,
| wants you ter onmarry me-onjine
me-put me asunder-make me one
again, not two, EN- SEN me on my
freedom honeymoonr'-Exchange
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1909-09-01
], AND SAM BECKWITH.
,h;c,eo Boys who Rode to New
Work on Bicycles.


ohotograph presented in this
W "The Palisadian" of two
Chicago boys standing with
|.4' h;cvcles is of unusual interest.
names are Earl D. Beckwith,
.;o,teen. and his sixteen-year-old
- Samuel C. Beckwith, sons OF
w. pnhert w. Beckwith, one of the
Il. successful advertising men in
x W ,s metropolis. These boys
IN ordinary, everyday chaps, who
~ in outdoor life, and who also
3 hit Of adventure now and then.
q, damned scheme for some mu-
! Inn and mapped out a bicycle
!, irom Chicago to New York City.
IN parents not Directing, they
GA out early in August, and made
rio BY easy stages in about two
Id NOT pressing themselves to any
|sst They had very pleasant go
IN outside of Pittsburg, when
Il had to push their wheels about
'.uty-two miles over the Allegheny
,aDtains. which proved the hardest
4 Of the trip. All along the
ID the boys were treated well, and
I'D much interest. The news
Us in the larger cities made much
HEM, and their pictures were pub
I'D frequently. After visiting their
.ndfather on the eastern shore of
Igland the young Beckwiths came
10 New York, to visit an uncle,
Philadelphia, arriving on schedule
i, none the worse for wear,
Iagh considerably sun-tanned from
long exposure to the wind and
kinds of weather. They rode
pugh several hard transforms, but
wed nothing to retard them.
|hese boys, the sons of well-to-do
'ents, have given a valuable lesson
pluck and endurance. 1t was an
lsrience that will last them a life
i being benefit they will never
BET 1t addition to this it proves
the American boy is all there in
u OF grit and nerve.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1909-09-01
!. accident to Lady Balloonist.

IN p 11uy oallOOnist at the Amuse-
~ ARK paid Palisade an unex-
H. . iait august IS, when her para
- nted IN front of the
'snsS H Abbott boulevard. She
slsr b., she would connect with a live
ii d, @He' SO jumped when she saw
sO+rs saser imminent. alighting in
6ss -. rect upon the end of the
II Co.'S, oss. Policeman James Corney,
Irsnda.' eous to the ladies, was there
StIy r n;o, hTst aid to the injured, and
hctidpn ''Hea her little ladyship to the
Il. oa,,. where he took her in a car
PA'S' Her injuries were slight.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1909-09-01
A BEAUTIFUL ROAD.
dsrson Avenue Now Made Over
All the Way to Fort Lee.

lne surprise of the summer was the
'EI1g over OF Anderson avenue by
Borough roadmakers of Fore Lee.
pa Central boulevard north to Fort
4 the road has now been put in
stclass condition. That part Of
%eFson avenue running through
'Asade IS now almost complete in
newly laid cement sidewalks and
4efs, and when finished it will be
model street OF the village beyond
w. 1t will help values there, also,
property will be greatly enhanced.
1 prompt action of the Fort Lee
AIugn othcials in putting the whole
ncsfson avenue in tip-top condi-
j VIII be especially appreciated by
. =. who had their bumps for
I. seven years on this abominable
u.lle stretch. Fort Lee is a bang
VO'ough all the way through, any
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1909-09-01
"HOLD-UP" IN ANDERSON
AVENUE.
A Real Live Robber Does an
Unusual and Original Stunt.

Anderson avenue, not satisfied with
being the most original thoroughfare
in the village, inaugurated a new style
of "hold-up" on the night of August
a. 1t was bandit night, and the rob-
bers got busy in unique fashion. After
piling boulders from the grade blast
ing across the avenue, SO that no We
hicle could cross it without wreck,
the bold robbers set a red lantern
upon the pile and stood by in the
shrubbery to await results. Pretty
soon James Lamosh came along driv-
ing one-horse shay. When he saw
the red light danger-signal, he hol-
Tered to his horse,
SHAY, Stop" But the horse, used
to the cliffs of Wechauken, went right
on over the pile Then the highway
men bounced out Of the woods and
said,
Hands up" firing four shots to
emphasize the command A young
lady was with Lamosh To this fusil-
ade Lamosh made one return with his
own gun, and the bandits, with cry
Of pain, sprang into the woods and
disappeared. One OF the bullets cut
the whip handle held by the Wee
haukin man Officer Carney, at
tracted by the fusilade, went up with
Policeman Bonnema, but couldn't find
a trace. Lamosh thinks he hit the
road agent.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1909-09-01
What is a Right?

"No, sir" said the growler, you
have no right to deliver to the Bor-
ough these roadways What right
have you got, Id like to know Aw.
tell with your rights What | want
toknow IS, where you got your rights
What right has the Borough? What
right have your What right have / !?
What right has anybody? What right
has Mr.. -? What right has Mr..
-? Who are they, with their
rights? What right is there, anyhow,
in the whole business"
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1909-09-01

"Do you have warm winters in Ar
Kansas"
mo, but we have Hot Springs"
Odd you hear what the leopard said
to the lion when he saw Roosevelt?
NO"
"FYou better beat it; Pm spotted
already"
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1909-09-01
In Happy Land.
LIZ pickaninnies

LII pickaninnies
Swingin' on de gate,
Daddy wild a fishing pole
Gallon jug er bait
River des a-whirlin'
De water lilies 'roun',
Niger wild a catfish,
Weighin' twenty pound!
Amt de country bloomin'?
Talk er happy land
Indy, light de fire,
En- fetch de fryin' panl
F. L. Stanton
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1909-09-01
Witticisms from the Park.

First Observation-Disclosures is an old
maid?"
Second Knockabout-"An old maid !?
Why, she's an old maidp
mo. Guess again"
81 give it up"
'An old maid is maid who has
been made long time"
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1909-09-01

1t isn't Boosting a little bit to say that
Palisade is much appreciated by the
neighboring towns.
Arthur Carson is powerful proud" of
the great news beat made by the New
York Herald" on Dr. Cooks discovery
of the North Pole Don't blame him
The La Jara chronicle., 1909-07-02
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