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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-11-08

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Army Officers Lecture

Columbus, o., NOV. S-Officers OF
the regular army will deliver lee
lures before the National Guard Off
GERS of Ohio at their meeting here
today and tomorrow
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tend to your wants when they are
In the gents furnishing line. Clean
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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-11-10
Cling to Their Animals.

AS only limited number can
be appointed apprentices every year,
and thus draw government rations.
many are now trying to get deer
from other natives, without waiting
for government favOrs. In this few
have succeeded, for the owners. rec
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-11-10
PICKING OSTRICH PLUMEs.
The Males Have Finest Quality and
Longest Length Feathers.


The unusual sight of attendants
plucking the beautiful plumes of the
ostriches was witnessed by a large
crowd of visitors to the Florida os-
trich farm and ZOO. The plumes are
plucked every eight months, and each
time the work is performed a rich
harvest is gathered, says the Florida
FINEST Union.
Every bird has twenty-four white
plumes on each wing, with row of
protectors, or floss feathers, under
meath. Above these is a row of
feathers, and still another row short
er in length, and black in the adult
male, but drab in the female. The
first crop or growth of feathers ma
lures at from eight to nine months
after birth, and are then plucked,
not pulled out, as that would cause
great pain to the birds, as we'll as
serious damage to the sockets in
which each feather grows and from
which it directly receives it's life and
nourishment for its growth to ma
turity.
The male ostrich has the finest
quality and longest length of feath-
ers. Being either a jet black or
Iclear white, it's feathers are most val
liable, while the twenty-fOur white
feathers or plumes that grow on each
wing of each male bird are of a
length, breadth and quality that
makes them much sought for.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-11-10
WHAT CHRISTMAS PRESENT?

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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-11-10
THERE WERE OTHER SUCKERS
Terrell Countians Not Alone in Sell
ing Cotton For a Dime.

Dawson cotton growers and those
in this immediate vicinity were not
the only suckers who bit at the ten
cents cotton bait and agreed to de-
liver at a dime per pound cotton
which today is worth Is cents, or
fifty per cent. more than when the
contract was sold. There are others
all over the state.
The following good story, taken
from the Savannah News, expresses
the feeling of victims in that end of
the cotton patch, and will strike a
responsive echo in the hearts of the
Terrell county plungers:
The man who can extract sun
beams from cucumber is a genius.
Captain w. H. Johnson of Rocky
Mount, Meriwether county, is gem
Jus. He was one of the 'ten-centers'
for October delivery of cotton. The
other day he issued a call for a meet
ing to be held in Greenville. This is
the call:
A repentance meeting of all per-
sons who sold cotton for October,
November and December delivery
will be held Saturday evening at
Masonic Hall.
The 10 cents idiots will meet at
Z O'Clock sharp. The IL cents inn
beetles will be received at 1880 and
the II cents invalids promptly at s.
Urgent business will come be-
fore the Octobers, prophetic talks will
be made by the Novembers, and the
Decembers will sing something ap-
propriate. A Never Again resolu-
ton will be introduced early in the
evening.
The meeting will be closed by
singing that grand old hymn, Show
Pity, Lord; o Lord, Forgive
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-11-10
A Religious Authors Statement.

Rev. Joseph H. Fesperman, Sails
bury, N. c., who is the author of
several books, writes: For several
years l was afflicted with kidney
trouble, and last winter l was sud-
denly stricken with a severe pain in
my kidneys, and was confined to bed
eight days, unable to get up without
assistance. My urine contained a
thick, white sediment, and l passed
same frequently day and night. l
commenced taking Foley's Kidney
Remedy, and the pain gradually
abated and finally ceased and my
urine became normal. l cheerfully
recommend Foley's Kidney Remedy. "
Dawson Drug Co. and Peoples Drug
Store.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-11-10
PLACE FOR THE SIMPLE LIFE.
Traveller Says It's the French Penal
Colony i'll New Caledonia,

Traveller Says It's the French Penal
Colony i'll New Caledonia.
If | wanted to dream my life away
[ should go to New Caledonia, the
French penal colony" said Mai. w.
j. Collins, of London, a celebrated
mining engineer, formerly a resident
of this country. That is a country
where one can be content to sit and
dream. There is only one other
place | know of that can equal it.,
and that is Ceylon, in India.
Il spent several years in New Gale
donia, where the French government
has some four thousand life prison
ers. Mony of these convicts have no
hope of ever leaving their prison is
land, although there have been hum
dreds of attempts to escape to Aus
tral.a. One cannot blame these pris-
oners for Tisking their lives in an
effort to get away, for they have little
to do but to wait for death, and it is
a sad commentary that the French
government officials have little re-
gard for the prisoners. These con-
yicts are of different classes, of
course
The seven-year men in reality
have to remain fourteen years on
the island. Seven years are passed
as convicts in the strict sense of the
word, and the other seven as ticket
of leave men. That is, they have to
report every month or two to the
prison officials. Men who are sem
fenced for eight years never have
any hope of leaving New Caledonia;
they are there for life.
Most of the attempts at escape
have resulted in loss of life, because
it is almost an impossibility to get
away in safety. The men who tried
to escape used small canoes or boats.
but in nearly all cases these crafts
were wrecked before the occupants
reached land"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-11-10
POLE FINDER CONFEssES.
Professor Phelps of Yale, Drawn by a
SawhOrsc, Reaches Worlds TOP.

SawhOrse, Reaches Worlds Top.
Professor William Lyon Phelps of
Yale says that he is the only origi-
nal discOyerer of the north pole He
describes it in the following letter:
At latitude 81 l made my final
dash, consisting of a few parentheti-
cal remarks on the weather.
hitched the span, the sawhorse and
the pony, to new blackboard wagon,
might be the first to announce my
discovery. Ten miles had swiftly
flown by when the pony, thinking
that the sawhOrse was a seahorse,
tried to eat nim The pony naturally
resented this, and the team, already
frightened by the narrowness of the
meridian lines and by the spectacle
of a large fountain penguin, became
unmanageable.
The two faithful EskimOs We're
thrown out and were Immediately
devoured by polar bears, who, seeing
their long boards, took them for arc
NC HAIRS, eSISeIIeu great uellCdCy
by these animals. | pitched high in
the air and landed on the small of
my back, thus discovering not only
the pole, but the whiffietree. At this
moment my right ascension was
about ten seconds, my declination, SO
far as any future attempts are con-
cerned, was final and absolute
Yours very truly,
WILLIAM LYON PHELPS.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-11-10
ELECTlONslS CALLED.
Successor to MIR. Beazley to he
Chosen in Lee County.

Governor Brown has ordered an
election held in Lee county to select
a successor to Hon. c. II. Beazley,
who formerly represented that coun-
ty in the legislature.
Mr.. Beazley recently resigned, Civ
ing as his reasons that private bust
ness would interfere with his devot-
ing the time necessary to his duties
as legislator.
Notice of the election must be pub
lished for twenty days before the
casting of the ballots. The ordinary
of Lee county will make this publ
cation at once.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-11-10
wEPT AND SIGHT RETURNED.


Old Man Fell on Sons Neck and En-
claimed, II Can See, Toni"
The sight of William Holloway of
Sioux City, Ia, was suddenly re-
stored to him following a brief spell
of weeping.
When Thomas Holloway, a son,
who had not been home in a long
time, came to visit the father buried
his face on the sons shoulder and
wept.
Wiping away the tears Mr.. Hol-
loway suddenly exclaimed: Il can
see you, Toni"
The sight has returned to his eyes.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-11-10
UNCLE SANS HERDS OF REINDEER
Es1imos Take Kindly to Twenty Thousand Reindeer on
the Government Lands in Alaska.

WAINWRIGHT. Arctic Alaska
OF the 10000 reindeer under govern.
ment supervision in Alaska about
1000 are above the arctic circle,
where the climate is much more Sc
we're than in their old feeding
grounds in Siberia, from which they
were carried by the United States
revenue cutters some years ago. The
reports of the local superintendent
of reindeer herds will be forwarded
in this, the second mail to leave the
arctic this year These reports will
show a very small increase in the
herds.
The mortality among the fawns
this year was very great, owing to
the billiards. which swept over the
tundras in April and May when the
fawning season was on. Newly born
fawns, unable to stand up in the
binding storms and help themselves
by nOurishment, frOZe to death by
hundreds within ten minutes after
birth. Wolves and half wolf dogs
also killed many in some of the
herds.
At present the herds are kept out
on the open tundra near the sea,
where there is no protection from the
cutting blasts. District Superintend-
ent A. N. Evans has arranged TO have
the deer taken inland next spring at
least as far as the foothills, where
the peculiar white moss on which the
creatures feed is abundant, and
where there is ample protection from
the winds. 1T is hoped that this will
save the fawns and prevent the
heavy loss of the present year being
repeated.
Natives Learn Value.
An encouraging feature of the
work here, far from markets and ut
terly shut out from any considera-
BILE contact with white men, is the
fact that the native is slowly but
certainly coming to recognize the
great possibilities of the reindeer in
dustry. While every effort has been
made to give as many natives as pos
slble an interest in the herds by di-
rect ownership of some of the deer,
the owners of deer are still a very
small minority.
So valuable has a government APP
premiership come 10 be considered
that it has often been the deciding
factor in determining the outcome of
the husky love affairs when YOU
get some reindeer | will be your
wife, says the Innuit maiden with
the tatOoed chin. These wise young
ladies know that the ownership of
deer carries with it as a usual thing
three or four years of first-class gov
eminent rations and piles of cloth
and clothing which Uncle Sam
throws about in the arctic with a
generous hand. So among the ma
tives there is developing a sort of
reindeer aristocracy quite at variance
with the old democratic communistic
ideas of the others who hold no
property worth while and who have
not been favored by the government.
Cling to Their Animals.
AS a only a limited number can
be appointed apprentices every year,
and thus draw government rations.
many are now trying to get deer
from other natives, without waiting
for government favOrs. In this few
have succeeded, for the owners. rec
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-04-27

McKee's left arm, jerking 1t down
sharply on his shoulder. With bis
right hand he grasped the back Of his
antagonists neck, pulling his head
downward and inward. Using bis
shoulder for fulcrum, with q mighty
heave Of his legs and back he sought
to toss Mckee over bis head.
So surprised for an instant was tha
cowboy by the suddenness Of the at
tack that he made no effort to escape
the clutches Of the desperate express
agent.
His feet had left the door and he
was swinging in the air before bis
finger pressed the trigger.
There was a mufiled report.
The two men fell in heap on the
door, Mckee on top. Dazed and shak-
en-, Mckee scrambled to his feet The
air was pungent with odor Of powder
smoke. Terrill rolled over on bis side,
trembled convulsivsly and died. He
had paid the penalty for a moments
lndiscretion with his life.
Mckee quickly unfastened the pin
and seized the roll of bills. Skimming
through the package. he smiled with
satisfaction to see that the most OF 1t
was In small bills and none Of them
stained.
Carefully avoiding the fast forming
pool Of blood which was oozing from
the hole in the dead mans head, he
hurried to the door.
A glance showed him the coast was
clear. Running across the tracks, he
Joined Lane, who was waiting for him
behind the freight car with impatience.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-04-27

brush brusi.td aside lis fears and
frightened mp his comrades with the
remark: "SIebbe he rid over to Flor
ence station 10 get Il present for Miss
Echo. He said somethin' about get
tin an artickle from Kansas City"
"AIebbe So" agreed Allen, eager to
cast out any forebodings. TITS time,"
he continued, she wuz turnin' up If
this weddln's to be pulled off by the
clock"
"Has the sky pilot got here YETI"
asked Sagebrush.
mo" replied Allen. Hes started.
though. There's one thing sariin-we
can't tighten up the cinches till the
bridegroom gifts here"
The absence Of Jack Payson and the
failure of the minister to arrive arous-
ed the suspicious Of Sagcbrush. Com
| Ing closer to Allen, he smiled know
lngly and, speaking in confidential
tone, asked:
"Say, Jim, they amt fggerin' on git
tin away on the sly-li!Se, are they"
Show Low interrupted with the ex-
PLANTATION, "You see. we're goin' to dec
crate the wagon some"
The suggestion that any one con-
nected with Allen Hacienda would
ride In anything OH wheels except the
driver of the chuck wagon on the
roundup aroused the Indignation OF
the old c1ttleman. For him the only
use to which wheeled vehicle drawn
by q horse should be put was to haul
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-04-27

Mckee emerged tirst from the mouth
of. the draw. He wore coarse dan
mel shirt, loosened at the throat. About
his neck was a handkerchief. His rid.
ing overalls were tucked into high
boots with Spanish heels and long
spurs. A Mexican hat with q bead
band topped a head covered with
coarse black hair. which he inherited
from his Cherokee mother.
Save for the vulturs floating high In
air not a living thing was in sight
With the caution Of coyote Mckee
crept to the station door and peered
blinkingly through the open door into
the room. The change from the daz-
xling light without to the shaded In
terror blinded him for moment. he
heard the heavy breathing Of the sleep
er before he saw him.
Returning to the mouth Of the ar
royo, Mckee motioned to bis compan.
lon to bring out the horses. When this
was done the two men cinched the sad
dies and made every preparation for
sudden fight. Lane and the horses
remained outside the station behind a
freight car on q siding. while Mckee
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-04-27

CHATTER ~.
NIDING hard into Florence from
- Sweetwater ranch, Bud Lane
hunted up Buck Mckee at his
4 4 favorite gambling Joint and In
a white heat Of indignation informed
him in detail Of everything that had
passed between Payson and himself.
At once Mckee inferred that the writ
er of the letter was none other than
Dick Lane. Realizing that Payson
was already informed of his villainy
and that in very short time Dick
Lane himself would make his appear
ance on the Sweetwater. the half
breed concluded to make bold move
while he yet retained the confidence Of
Bud.
Bud" he said. II know the man
who is sendln' the money to Payson
It's Dick. yer brother"
"But." stammered Bud, his brain
whirling. "but il that's so you lied
about the Apaches killing him-and
you-why. you-must have been the
renegade, the devil who tortured pros
pectors"
"Why, Bud. Dick never wrote all
that dime novel nonsense about the
man who stood by him towel, not
the very last, fer Dick has managed
somehow to pull through. Probably
he wuz saved by the rurales that
wuz chasin' the band that rounded us
up. No: it's Payson. Jack Payson. that
made up that pack Nv lies jes' to keep
you away from me. the man that wuz
last with Dick. an so may get on to
jacks game an block it."
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-04-27
Gasing into the muzzle Of q ~.

GQttnQ ffttO inc Muzzte OJ ~.
Pursued out Of Arizona by the sheriff,
he would be trailed through every
camp and town In the far west.
With an oath, Terrill tried to rise and
face his antagonist, reaching for bis
revolver as he did so. The butt Of luis
weapon had caught In the arm Of his
chair, hampering his movements.
Mckee threw him roughly back into
the chair.
"Throw up yer hans" he cried.
Don't try that!"
Up went Terrill's hands high over
his head. He faced the open window
Not q sign Of help was In sight.
Quickly the agent turned over in bis
mind various schemes to foil Mckee,
who now stood behind him with the
muzzle Of his revolver pressing into
the middle Of his back. Each was re.
jected before half conceived.
Mckee laughed sneeringly, saying,
You oughtn't TO be 30 keerless to
show whar you cache yer roll"
Terrill made no reply. His hope OF
escape was slowly fading.
Mckee had reached his left hand
over his prisoners shoulder to disarm
Terrill. who moved slightly away from
him, draw wing iu his feet AZ he did 80.
One chance had come to him. BE
knew that II he failed death was Ger.
tain, yet he determined to take the
risk In order to retrieve the slip he had
made in admitting that he had money
In his possession to gambling crony,
and 80 to keep clean his record fol
trustiness, Of which he was 20 proud.
This last desperate resource was an
old wrestler's trick. with which ha
had conquered others In the rough
games Of the corral.
Again Terrill moved to the right and
farther under Mckee, who had to ex.
tend his arm and body fur beyond an
upright position. Holding his revolver
against Terrill handicapped the hall
breed In his movements.
With q quick turn Terrill erasped
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-04-27
Russian Nenccanca.
fro BE CONTINUED

The Russian revlutionarles have
absolutely no mercy on those who be-
tray them II is well known that In
the year 1903 traitor caught at
Odessa was hricked up alive In Gel.
lar.
Regnier, u french spy In the pay OF
the Russian police. for long time
eluded the vengeance Of the revolu.
tionaries But they caught him at last.
AMI that Just at the moment when he
fancied himself safe. His body was
found In his cabin on ship which
reached Antwerp. He had been suffo-
Gated by fumes of sulphureted hydro
gen. How this was done was never
discovered
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-04-27
A Sheen Tonic.

A mixture of copperas, sulphur aud
salt makes a good tonic for sheep; one
which many no doubt will need at this
season Of the year. 1t tends to purify
the blood and to help the animal in its
fight against worms and other trouble
some parasites. About six parts of salt
to one each of copperas or sulphur make
the right proportion. If this is kept
constantly before the sheep, inside the
barn, where moisture cannot reach 1t,
they will eat freely of it, and will un-
doubtedly be greatly benefited by 1t. II
seems to tone up their condition gen.
orally.
A controversy was heard the other day
as TO the value of sulphur, one speaker
asserting that sheep that were fed on
this substance were not troubled with
ticks. There is certainly some room for
doubt on this point. 1t is scarcely to be
thought that snough sulphur would ex-
uds through the animals pores to make
IL uncomfortable for the ticks. How
ever, it is well known that sulphur, cop.
peras and salt combined make good
tonic for sheep, one that builds up and
purifies their blood and makes them
more resistant to parasitic INVASION.
D. A.. Gummitz In Farm, Stock and
Home.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-04-27
The considerats Clock.

"One kissr' pleaded n departing
lover
"Nonsenser exclaimed bis 6ancee In
a teasing mood. "Some one might see
u.s."
"Who?"
"Why. the clock: II has face"
"Yes, but II keeps Its hands In front
Of I'll"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-04-27

In silence they mounted their horses.
For q short distance Mckee led the
way upon the railroad track in order
to leave no footprints and then struck
across the desert toward the hills In
the south.
"Why did you shOOtT gasped Lane.
"He drew on me-" snarled Mckee.
ut wasn't Dicks money, but you'll get
half. Shut up."
The burning sun rose higher and
higher. The buzzard dropped lower in
the sky. The silence of death brooded
over the railroad station.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-04-27

The most important quality in the
eve, as with the dairy animal, Is milk
production. Ii the eve is light or In
ferior mixer, 1t is almost impossible to
produce good, growthy, fat lamb, nc
matter how much feed is given or bow
good the quality and careful the feeding
and care may be. The range eve OF
large size and rugged constitution, ol
Merino or mixed blood, is almost certain
to be good mother, good feeder her
self, and imparts to her offspring the
rustling qualities which she Inherited
and had cultivated into her By life on
the range.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-04-27
A Reliable
Remedy
EIy's Cream Balm
is quickly absorbed.

-
Gives Relief al Once.
1t cleanses, soothes,
heals and protects
the diseased men,
brane resulting from
Catarrh and drives
away a Cold in the
Head quickly. Re-
stores the Senses of
Taste and Smell. Flu
gists or by mail. In
Ely Brothers, SO Wal
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-04-27

CHATTER ".
Novelized From Edmund Days Melodrar

copyrilht. 1908. by c. W. Dillingham; Co.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-04-27
CHAPTER v.

Y NKNOWN to Bud Lane and
/ Buck Mckee, who were rioting
In Florence, Jack Payson had
~ hurried up the wedding. Colo