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The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-12-10
STOVAlNE

Stovaine, the new anesthetic Of
which such wonders are told slim
ped lnconspicously into the medical
literature of the United States in
1907 under the modest name Of
dlmethylaminober zoylpentanol. 1t
also goes by the engaging alias
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
zoyl, which sounds and looks to us
good deal more poetical than it.
other name. Either one of them
Is linked sweetness drawn out to a
length which to the unlearned may
appear repellent, but it is we'll not
to be frightened, for stovane is like
ly to play a noble part in the allie
Walton of suffering, and we ought
to learn how to speak of it with
seemingly respect. 1t is one of
those complex carbon compounds
which modern chemists construct
in their laboratories as by-products
in their quest for the secret of life.
To the eye stovaine consists of
small, glistening scales which are
easy to dissolve in either water or
alcohol. 1t is rot administered to
the patient by breating, like chloro-
form and ether, but by injection
with hypodermic syringe. Some
what like cocaine, it is a local, not
general, anesthetic, but its effect
is much more extensive than that
of the former drug. 1t is under
stood also that stovaine produces
anesthesia by deadening the nervous
system, while cocaine merely con-
tracts the blood vessels in the mu-
cous membrane. When first en-
ployed' surgeons stovaine was
deemed dangerous because it lowers
the hearts action. Dean Jonnesco
of the University of Bucharest, has
shown how to meet this difficulty
He combines with the stovaine a
quality of strychnine which stimu-
lates the heart. Thus he obtains
anesthesia with no danger to the
patient. Since sensation is sus-
pended only locally, the person
operated on may watch the surgeon
at work if he wishes, and discuss
with him the chances of life and
death. To some this might be
satisfaction.
Stovaine is said to leave no un-
pleasant after effects. The patient
RECEIVERS from it promptly without
nausea. Whether it is likely to
enslave the will, like cocaine, and
make q new race of drug fiends,
remains to be seen. The chances
are that something of the sort will
ensue, for there are few blessings
which do not entail curse in one.
form or another.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-12-10

Inc pleasant purgative effect ex
perienced by all who use Chamber
A'n's Stomach and Liver Tablets
.nn the healthy condition of the
eooy and mind which they create.
"ahes one feel JOYFUL. Sold by
columbia Pharmacy.
ror Sale-A good, clean prOfita biz
e".durant business and equipment
->uuress Box 63S. kennewick, Wash
'of Sale-A good reliable. we'll
'Aeh work hnrs - hing 400 III
ea"htor selling, team mate died.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-12-10

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior. U. 8. Land OF
fee at Walla Walla, Wash, Oct. q. 1909
Notice is hereby given that Lewis H. Ed
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-07
WHAT CAUSES WOOD DECAY
IS EATEN BY LITTLE ANIMALS
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF
TIMBER DESTROYED.

WASHINGTON.-PiIes driven by
the hut jewellers of the Baltic CEN
turtles ago are as sound today as
when first placed. The wooden cof-
fins in which the Egyptians buried
their dead are still preserved in per-
feet condition after thousands of
years of service.
The longevity of timber under
these two extremes of climate and
moisture conditions has naturally
made people ask, what causes wood
decay? The answer is, fungi and
bacteria, low forms of plant life
which live in the wood and draw
their nourishment from it. The little
organisms are so little that a micro
scope is required to see them, yet
their work results in the destruction
of billions of feet of timber each
year and the railroad corporation
with its cross-tie bill running up
into seven figures, and the farmer
who spends a hundred or so dollars
a year for fence posts, are alike
drawing upon the knowledge of eX-
perts in all parts of the world in eff
forts to learn the most economical
and most satisfactory method of pre-
serving wood against the inroads of
decay. In studying the means of pre-
venting decay woOd-pTeserving ex-
perts have learned many things about
the obnoxious fungi which sap the
life of timber.
The small organisms can grow
either in light or in total darkness;
but all Of them require requisite
amounts of air, food, moisture and
heat. If one or more of these es-
sential requirements is lacking they
cannot live, and the decay of timber
will not take place. Wood constant
1y submerged in water never rots,
simply because there is an INSULT
cient supply of air. This condition
accounts for the soundness of the
old Baltic piles. On the other hand,
if wood can be kept air-dry it will
not decay because there will then
be too little moisture. The timber
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-07
"SINNER" TAKES ANOTHER SINNER TO TASK
Saws Is the Geneel Sober Man and Not the DrunkarC
Who Is Doing the Cause of Prohibition Most Harm.

once, since the very prohlbltlOn or
these crimes is causing more muir
ders, more burning of houses and
more rObberies. See!
This question of temperance has
been lifted entirely above the purely
sentimental, and that is why it is en-
gaging the best thought of the world.
Intelligent, practical people want a
good reason for things, and they lend
listening ear when the most emf
nent scientists of both continents,
the greatest railroad magnates and
the leading business men of the
world put alcohol under the ban.
Many people look upon the poor
drunkard staggering in the street as
a saint compared with the man who
for a few dollars would spread a
net to drag down young life Wheth-
er alcohol be offered in near beer"
or corn Whiskey, and the world is
fast coming to that way of thinking
Sooner or later the man who deals
out the poison will take his place in
public opinion along with those who
take human life with dagger, pis-
toll, or the slower method of arsenic.
"A lGdulHS man VI inc Oull6u
States high in authority who knows
what he is talking about says: THE
politician and the saloon
power have found it to their inter-
est to conduct their activities through
men not directly, at least not openly,
connected with their business" This
is where they get in their deadliest
work. 1t is true in Dawson as else
where. The greatest hindrance to
the temperance cause is not the
drunkard (his very presence would
break down every argument he might
make in favor of the saloon), but it
is often the genteel looking, sober
man who sits in the highest seats of
the synagogue and boasts that "he
can drink or let it alone" There is
where many have caused brother
to offend" SINNER.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-07
RACE SUICIDE Is POPULAR.
Decrease of Over One Person Per
Family in 100 Years.

Decrease of Over One Person Per
Family in 100 Years.
The size of the average family
in the United States has decreased
from SIS persons in 1870, the date of
the first census taken in this coun-
try, to Al in the same era in 1900,
according to volume now being pre-
pared by the census bureau at Wash
ingtOn.
Of special interest from a sociology
ical point of view are those statis-
tics which deal with family life. In
1890 families composed of more
than three persons represented but
One-fOurth of the entire number of
families, while in 1900 families of
similar size maze up nearly 40 per
cent. of all families. Families COM
posed of six or more persons repre-
sented in 1890, more than one-half,
but in 1900 scarcely more than one
fourth of the families enumerated.
On the basis of the proportion
shown in 1890 there would have
been in continental United States
in 1900, 35,500,000 children, where
.as there were less than 24,O0O,000.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-07

Editor of The Dawson News:
Among intelligent people, well in
formed as to the destructive nature
of alcohol, you find these days very
few apologists for the legalized
liquor traffic, even outside the
church, unless it is some one who
expects pecuniary gain from that
source. So it was rather startling
to hear a gentleman sitting with
the elders" in one of Dawson S
flourishing Sunday schools last Sab
bath in a high sounding disserta-
ton" preface his remarks in de-
tense of the saloon with the repeat
ed declaration that he wanted it I'M
derstOod that he was a temperance
man Gle seemed to think it very
necessary to put great emphasis on
the statement), but he thought by
,legalizing the sale there would be
less drunkenness, as the proprietor
of a saloon would be in duty bound
to keep his place orderly, etc, etc.
After delivering himself he settled
back as though he had uttered
something very brilliant and origi-
nal, when in truth it was the same
old threadbare argument the Liquor
Dealers Association sent broadcast
months and months ago, but finding
that sensible people could not be
gulled by anything so weak they
were shrewd enough to get up some
thing more heavily sugar-coated.
The gentleman in question should
quote from later editions of the
Brewers Journal, and save himself
being entirely behind the times when
he presents his side of the question.
Dawson folks are too progressive to
be fed on 'threshed out straw" To
have carried his argument to a lOgi-
cal conclusion he could as well have
contended that the laws against muir
der, arson and theft are sometimes
violated, and should be repealed at
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-07

used by the Egyptians will last in
definitely so long as it is bOne-dry.
There are a great many cases,
however, where it is impossible to
keep wood submerged in water, or in
an absolutely air-dry condition. In
fact a large PERCENTAGE of the tim
Der which is used is exposed to the
weather, and is subjected to decay
simply because it contains enough
air and enough water for the decOm-
posing organisms to get fOothOld.
Decay is most serious where the at
mOsphere is warm and damp, be-
cause these conditions are most ia
vorable for its development. In the
coal mines of Pennsylvania timber
decays in two or three years, be-
cause the temperature is warm and
constant and the air is damp. And
in the south the warm, humid at
mOsphere often causes the timber to
rapidly decOmpose.
Decay may be prevented by two
general methods, by treating the
wood with antiseptics, thus poisoning
the food supply of the organisms
which cause decay and by treating
lit with oils which render it water
proof. A combination of these two
methods is most commonly used, as
when wood is treated with creOsOte,
which fills up the pores in the timber
and keeps out water and is also a
powerful antiseptic.
The United States government
considers the investigation of the
preservative treatment of timber of
such Importance that the business
of one branch of bureau in the de-
partment of agriculture-the "Ofice
of WOOD Preservation" in the Forest
Service at Washington, is given over
entirely to the work Of experiments
in cooperation with railroad cOmpa-
mics and individuals in prolonging
the life of railroad ties, mine props
bridge timbers, fence posts and
transmission poles. Advice and prac-
teal assistance is furnished all who
request this advice of the forester.
The lengthening of life of timber
means the saving of thousands of
dollars annually through doing away
with the heavy expense of labor and
cost of material for renewals.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-07
6 JOKER COST $4,000, 900
Forgot to Restore Tobacco Bags to
Proper Size. War Revenue Tax
Is Gone, But Smokers Still Pay.

WASHINGTON What is desig-
mated as a ''joker," that cost the
consumers of tobacco in this coun-
try nearly $45,OOO,0OO, was discussed
today in the existing revenue laws
Of the United States by Representa-
tive Dawson, of Iowa, who at once
introduced a bill to correct the err
rOr.
Under the Dingley tariff law the
two ounce packages of tobacco sell
to the consumer at five cents each
and the four ounce packages at ten
cents. In 1898 a war revenue tax
OF six cents a pound additional was
levied on tobacco.
At the same time, in order to
serve the convenience of the trade,
authorization was given for the re-
ductiOn of the sizes of packages
from 2, and ounces, to / 10 to
2 p and 3 1-3 ounces, thus enabling
the smoker to procure a fve-cent
and ten-cent package of tobacco
at the store"
In due course the war revenue tax
was repealed. Somebody forgot. Mr.
Dawson believes, to restore the pack
ages of tobacco to the original size,
and hence, ever since 1902 the con-
sumner of tobacco has been paying
the equivalent of the war revenue
tax to the manufacturers of tobacco
Representative Dawson figures out
that the purchaser of each small
package has been mulcted out of one
cent and the purchaser of the larger
of two cents, and hence the Joker"
has cost the consumer almost $45,-
100000.
Mr.. Dawson's bill proposes to re-
store the packages to the original
size.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-07
Life History.

AT this season of the year the in
sect is IN the caterpillar stage and
hlbernates in winter nests.
The nests are made of leaves and
webs spun by the caterpillars and
fastened to the twigs of trees that
they lnfest. The caterpillars that
nave been found on nursery stock
shipped from Europe into Georgia
were from One-third to one-half
grown. When they are full grown
they are from one and a half to one
and three-quarters of an inch long.
The head is pale brown and body
dark brown or black and covered
with long reddish brown and white
hairs.
There may be as many as five
hundred to one thousand individuals
IN single nest. They emerge in
the early spring and feed on the
swelling buds and new leaves
until fully grown and then change
into moths. hese moths are per
1ectIy white with the exception
of abdomen, which is brown. The
female has a tuft of brown hair on
the tip Of the abdomen, and it is
from this that the insect gets it's
name. Egg laying begins as soon
as the moths emerge The eggs
hatch within few days and the little
caterpillars begin their work.
Their principal food plants are
pear and apple, but in New England
they are known to attack practically
all kinds of plants except pines and
other plants of this nature.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-07
The Woman's Home.

The L. & M. Paint decorates more
than two million American homes.
Its beautiful finish and lasting fresh
ness distinguishes residence paint
ed with it from all others. It's
Metal Zinc Oxide combined with
White Lead which makes it wear and
cover like gold. Every gallons of
the L. & M. Paint when mixed with
8 gallons of Linseed Oil at 65 cents
per gallon makes Z gallons ready for
use. Actual cost about $1.2O per
gallon Sold by j. M. Clifton Hard
ware Co., Dawson, Ga.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-07
READY TO GRIND
Jones' Mill Again Prepared to
Furnish the Best of Meal.

Bread is the staff of life. Why
not have the best? You can always
get it if you send your corn to my
grist mill, which l have just COM
pleted. l am now ready to grind,
and guarantee satisfaction. I thank
the public for past patronage and
solicit their future business.
Yeomans, Ga. ]. S. JONES.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-07
KILLED BY A KISS.
Dying Request of Patient Caused
Death of Nurse.

Having become infected from a
kiss bestowed by request on a pa
tient dying of blood poisoning, Miss
Marion c. Spier, a trained nurse,
died in Cumberland, Md, last week.
Miss Spier nursed Mrs. Virginia
Carder, wife of DR., George l.. Car
der, a prominent society woman, at
the Allegheny Hospital and was SO
kind to the sick woman that the
latter asked her to kiss her as she
was dying. The request was granted,
and in a few days Miss Spier was
stricken with the same malady.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-07
LETTER TO TONY LAvELY,
Dawson, Ga.
Dear Sir: You are to paint Mr..
house for s. we won I

Dear Sir: You are to paint Mr.
-'s house for s. we won't
tell your private affairs-no matter
what figure, it's fair price.
What paint'n you use?
We're thinking of one, all paint
and as strong as a paint can be;
it'll take about Is gallons, SIS for
paint and painting.
Another, half paint; it'll take
about 80 gallons of that, $3.50 for
paint and painting.
The least-gallons paint, of course.
will wear long time; the other is
good while it lasts. Least gallons,
least cost, best job.
1t isn't every trade that lets a
man do a cheap job and make money
and friends like that. Yours truly
F w DEVOE & co
P. S.-People's Drug Store and
Dawson Drug Co. sell our paint
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-07

Foley's Honey and Tar is a safe
guard against serious results from
spring colds, which infame the lungs
and develop into pneumonia. Avoid
counterfeits by insisting upon having
the genuine Foley's Honey and Tar,
which contains no harmful drugs,
Dawson Drug Co. and Peoples Drug
Store.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-07
THE BROWN TAILED PEST
BUG MAN WANTS CITIZENS TO
AID IN FIGHT ON MOTH THAT
THREATENS THE STATE.
BY E. L. Worsham.

The Brown Tail Moth (Euproctis
ChrysorrLoea) is present throughout
Europe, North Africa and Western
Asia, but has not yet become estab-
lished in this country, except in the
New England states. In this section
it does an immense amount of dam
age. Millions of dollars have been
spent in trying to control it.
Winter nests containing caterpil-
lars of Brown Tail Moths have been
found on nursery stock imported
from Europe this winter. These
shipments are being traced as far as
practicable, and the entomologists
and horticultural inspectors have
taken the matter in charge in the
various states, and in this way we
hope to stamp the pest out before
it gets a fOOthold. We are making
every effort to trace all shipments
Of imported stock into Georgia in
order that We may inspect it for
Brown Tail Moth and destroy all
stock which shows the presence of
this insect
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-07
But Won't Fit a Senator's Lid.

Macon Telegraph; Senator Smith
.of South Carolina called at the white
house to pay his respects to the pres
ident, and lost his hat. Some Geor-
gians lost their heads when they met
him in the state during the winter.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-07
Damage.

In New England, where this pest
has become firmly established, it is
responsible for great damage to veg
citation because it attacks practically
all plants except pines and other
trees of this nature. 1t does consid-
cradle damage to health on account
of the fact that the caterpillar is
covered with numerous hairs which
produce most intense irritation when
they come in contact with the skin.
When melting takes place the larval
skins are cast off, the poisonous hairs
which are very brittle easily become
detached, get into the air and in this
way come in contact with the skin
and produce an itching disease. This
is so bad at times that people have
to move from certain localities where
the pest occurs until relieved from
the trouble. There is necessarily a
great decrease in property values in
localities where the moths are abund-
ant.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-07
SCOTS
Emulsion

the oil is emulsifed and made
easy to take-easy to digest
and easy to be absorbed in to
the body-and is the most
natural and useful fatty food to
feed and nouriSh the wasted
body that is known in medicine
today.
Nothing can be found to take
its place. Ifyou are rundown
you should take it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-07

For mild easy action of the
bowels a single dose of Doan's Reg
ulets is enough. Treatment cures
habitual constipation. % cents a
box. Ask your druggist for them.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-07

Send this advertisement, together with name
of paper in which it appears, your address and
four cents to cover postage, and we will send
you Complete Handy Atlas OF the World"
SCOTT & BOVINE. Ao9 Pearl St. New York
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-07
DRY BY ELEVEN MAJORITY.
Ninety-Seven Saloons and Three
Breweries Affected by Result.

A Springfield, O., dispatch says:
With the heaviest vote in local his
tory this county today voted dry"
by II majority in the local option
election. The total vote cast in the
county was 1881. The election af-
fects ninety-seven saloons in the
county and three breweries.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-10-23
GARY DIVE
IS RAIDED,
3 ARRESTED
However, What Has Be-
come of the Inmates TAX
en- by Police Shrouded in
Mystery = Action Taken
on Hammond Warrant.

On a warrant sworn out in Ham
mond, the place of Phillip Casner on
Jefferson street near ninth avenue. in
women were arrested.
The raid was made by Sheriff Thom-
as Grant, Deputy George Block and
Fred Furman. A wagon was backed
up 10 the place and the bar fixtures
were loaded in it and carried away
g Three women. who are alleged to be
Inmates Of the place. were arrested and
taken to Hammond, where Sheriff
Thomas Grant says they were booked
at the Hammond police station.
Secretary Shafer OF the Hammond po-
lice force says that there have been
no women booked there. and 1t is i'm
possible to find out what disposition
has been made of them.
Phillip Casner was arrested while
he was attending the trial in the man
damus proceedings in the Lake super
ior court No one knows what has be-
come Of Casner either. There is no
record of the arrest of Philip Casner
on file at the police station.
The charges that viii be brought
against those who have been arrested
are as follows: Phillip Casner will be
charged with keening disorderly
house and harboring women. He will
also be charged with running blind
tiger
The women will be charged with fire.
quenting a disorderly house.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-10-23
GET BIG CHICAGO
CHURCH CONTRACT
Reed Bump Construction
Co. Have Much Work
Under Way.
BUILD GLUE WORKS BRANCH
Also Have the Job of Constructing
Local House of
Worship.

The Reed Bump Construction COM
pany of Hammond has just begun work
in Chicago on $4,000 contract, under
which they will build the Garfield Park
Baptist church. The prestige that they
have gained as church builders was un-
doubtedly responsible for the fact that
they secured the Chicago contract. They
also have the contract for the Ham
mond Christian church. The work in
Chicago has just begun, but they ex-
pect to finish it this winter.
The eed-Bump Construction com
pany also two other contracts under
way, one an extension to the Ham
mond Blue works. involving the build
ing of a $4,000 store room, and a city
hall building at Thornton, Ill. cost
Ing $4,000
The city hadd building is under roof
and Will be finished some time this fall
Work on the Hammond Glue works
extension has just begun. but it, too.
viii be completed without delay. The
building is a Qne-story affair with q
basement. The material in this build
ing viii be brick and concrete.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-10-23
JOSEPH MAYER DIES
OF APPENDICITIS
Joseph Mayer, Favorite at
st. Joseph's School,
Succumbs.

Joseph Mayer. the 12-year-oId son Of
Martin Mayer, the carpenter. living at
24I state Line street, died this morning
after an attack of appendicitis lasting
less than forty-eight hours. The at
tack was by no means the first that
the boy has had, his health having been
poor. owing to previous attacks. lie
was taken severely i'll last Thursday
night. So sick, in fact. was he that it
was not thought advisable to operate
on him. His condition grew worse this
morning and he was removed to st.
Margaret's hospital, where he died
shortly after
Joseph Mayer was universal favor
ite at ST. Josephs school, which he at
tended. Nearly everybody in the con-
gregation knew him, as he appeared
frequently in the church as an altar
hoy.
The deceased is survived by his pa
rents and a younger brother and sis
ter.
The bereaved family has the sincere
sympathy of their many friends.