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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-03-22
THE SEAL is DISAPPEARING
FIGURES OF IT'S DE.
sTRUCTION ARE PRESENTED.
The Herd of Pribilof Island Hos
DwindEed From 100000 to
175,OO0 in % Years.

According to Acting Director Cbas
II. Townsend of the American Mn.
scum of Natural History IN New
York city no other animal holds
qulte the unique place in the annals
ol International controversy as the
Iur seal NO other wild animal has
ever been the subject of a dispute
so earnestly contested and SO long
continued. For more than twenty
years the American and Asiatie seal
NERDS nave been under almost com
slant discussion.
Although the sealing regulationa
framed by the Paris tribunal In 1892
remain in force the fate of the fur
seal as a valuable industry RENAME
unsettled, and it's very existence as j
species is becoming more and mora
doubtful every year in spite of AL
niost heroic efforts to save If Mr.
townsend presents almost startIine
ngures to show how rapidly the seal
mas disappeared in a few years from
the Pribilof Islands. 0"A
me cause of the trouble -, sava
ne is simply the value of the fur
sea- petit Here is the story IN a
nutshell. Before the great ocaoC
sailing fleets came into existence tbs
eaten OF seal skins was made nm. tbS
islands in Behring sea. where the
animals breed. Only selected TooIas
"e taken, and these were killed
unuer careful government supervis.
I'm as the FUR seal is highly polvga
amous there is always natural snp.
plus OF males available for CONNER.
ctal purposes. With the develonmant
" ocean or 'pelagic' sealing the kiIls
Ins OF female seals began. and tbi,
naturally resulted in the ranid ~
uuctlon OF the breeding stock Tuar.
GIVE ~ years ago, with perbans
vvV'VVO seals in sight, it was nossi
pie TO Kill annually 100 O00 49,
seals on the Pribilof Islands wi+ho e
lEJury TO the herd. Today witb
neId OF less than $4,000 seals ro
u luaInlng, the island catch ~ na1e
10 seluom more than 10000
Inc annual ocean seaIin, 80,
mas IN the meantime dwindIed $50
an average of $4,000 a wear ~ iloln
ny 1000; while the sealino par pal~
Whlcn once numbered 120 6o meeI'
"0 Tna nas FEWER than thirty vessels
ne condition of the Asiatie Sos
ion Is much worse, for both ~
t@nI i anu cea catch have decreases
70 Jess IMAM one-third Of that A
r ,sa from the American berd Tba
: : estoIatlon OF both herds tn +bdt.
~ nlsI abundance and comn,araia1
can be brougbt ah la
oniy by the complete suDpress; az ~ ~
ocean sealing. osSiOh OF
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-03-22
GENTLEPASTIME OF MURDER
SEEMS NOW TO BE BECOMING
UNPOPULAR IN GEORGIA.
The Supreme Court Has Turned
Down Nine Out of Ten Cases in
Past Few Days.

ATLANTA. Murderer in Geor-
gia are falling upon hard days now
in the courts.
Evidently the legal machinery is
being carefully handled, for out of
ten decisions in murder appeals to
the supreme court handed down the
past two days nine were affirmations
The only reversal was from Rome
when the supreme court turned
Judge John w. Maddox down largely
on technical fact. Several months
ago Clarence Waycaste' was con-
victed of killing Charlie Pyle in
Rome. Pyle, who was known under
the alias of Bull Pyle, was found
dead. 1t was known that he had
been on a spree with Waycaster,
both men being generally known as
hard cases.
Waycaster was convicted and SEN
fenced to life Imprisonment. Judge
Maddox turned down his appeal for
new trial, but the supreme court
reversed him because "the Judge in
structed the jury that if they be-
lived the witness has made pre-
Vious statement contradictory to his
testimony delivered on trial that
such testimony should be disregard
ed unless it is corroborated by other
creditable evidence or by the proven
circumstances of the case"
Fenton Harris of Fayette county
was convicted of killing James Iver-
son in a row following a baseball
game. The supreme court affirmed
the lower court in denying a new
trial.
The supreme court also affirmed
the lower court in denying a new
trial to Henry Harris of Liberty
county, convicted of the murder of
Gilbert Williams. From the testi-
mony it appears that there were
eight or ten men in a room, where
there was evidently drinking and
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-03-22
LEPROSY BEING CONQUERED
TIME is NEAR WHEN DREAD DIS
EASE WILL BE CONTROLLED.
Nearly All Lepers in the Louisiana
Camp Are Improving. Some Dis
missed as Cured.

missed as Cured.
The discovery, isolation and cult
ure of the bacillus of leprosy just
announced by Drs. G. V. Duval and
Maurice Couret, of the patheolog-
ical department of Tulane Universe
ty of New Orleans, and the expert
ments made with bacilli SIZED q
great deal of new light on the ORR
gin, spread and contagion of lepro-
sy, and promise as an early result a
serum that will give protection
against the disease.
In the world wide investigation
which has been carried on for years
into the nature of leprosy physicians
IN Louisiana have had an important
part. They have had good opportu-
mites for research, because the state
maintains a leper hospital at Indian
Camp at Iberville Point. No where
else has greater progress been made
IN the determination and cure of lep-
rosy.
The disease was very prevalent in
Louisiana in Spanish and French
days Then nothing was done but
to chase the lepers into the swamps
Even after the civil war very large
colony of lepers was collected on the
ieYees or swampy portions of Bayou
Lafourche and in several sections of
the Arcadian country in south
ern Louisiana.
Twenty years ago the leper hos
pltal was established and a law
passed segregating the lepers and
compelling them to go to the leper
nome. Much difficulty was encoun-
tered at first in enforcing the law
through mistaken sympathy with the
lepers, but the home was made so
comfortable that the prejudice has
passed away, and it has latterly re-
ceived all persons found to be af-
fected with the disease. In this
way leprosy has gradually been
eliminated in Louisiana and new
cases are rare, numbering not more
IMAM one or two a year.
Some 40 lepers are now gathered
az indian Camp, and all except a
lew are steadily improving in health.
Ihree years ago DR.. Irodone Dyar,
the physician of the home and one
OF the best authorities on leprosy in
inc world, announced that four OF
lne inmates had been cured. Alto
sether eight have been dismissed as
cured
The treatment has been simple
enough, consisting Of good living
conditions, good food, frequent hot
paths, and few OF the medicines
ieeognized as beneficial to lepers.
Al the present rate of progress an
@her decade viii prebably see the
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-03-22
ESCAPED AND MADE FORTUNE.
A Kentucky Case Somewhat Similar
to That of STRIPPING.

A Lexington, KY, dispatch says:
Warden G. P Salo of the North Car
DINA state penitentiary left here to-
day for Raleigh with T. B. Whitson,
arrested and charged with being an
escaped prisoner. Whitson admitted
that he escaped from the North Car
DINA penitentiary sixteen years ago
while serving a thirty year sentence
for murder.
Since his escape Whitson has lived
an upright life and amassed COM
Portable fortune.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-03-22

Chamberlain Stomach and Liver
Tablets are safe, sure and reliable,
and have been praised by thousands
of women who have been restored to
health through their gentle aid and
curative properties Sold by all drug
,giet1.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-03-22

"Foley's Honey and Tar is the
best cough remedy ever used. as
it quickly stopped a severe cough
that had long troubled me-" saws ]
w Kuhn Of Princeton, Neb Just
SO quickly and surely it acts in ali
cases of coughs, colds, la grippe and
lung troubles. Refuse substifutea
Dawson Drug Co. and Peoples Drug
Store.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-03-22
A KANSAS PROCLAMATION.
Man Gives Warning to Neighbors
Who Have Chickens.

An Anthony, Kansas, man has is
sued the following proclamation
"Nefghbors, I am a man Of peace.
l want no trouble. I want to make
no trouble for others. 1 have a wife
and children and they need me. I
also have house, lawn and a gar
den. am about to put some seed
IN my garden beds. I have bought
a gun and some shells, and while I
am not crack shot l think I can
nit chickens. 1t is my purpose to
try If any come around where nv
blue grass is struggling and my on
ions are showing their bald heads"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-01-04
A Dream and Ito Sequel.


'ln one of the East Indian border
wars there was engaged an officer OF
high repute. the member Of an ancient
county family" says Mrs. Mayo III
"Recollections of Fifty Years" One
night the laird. its head. started from
his sleep. exclaiming:
"'Thercs the shot that has killed my
brother!
Ellis wife told him it was but Il
dream. He must have given an anx"
iOus thought to his brothers before
going to sleep. Next day the pair
were III the garden directing their gar
deners when the laird suddenly ex'
claimed:
"'Do you hear the bagpipes?
emo answered the lady. 4 can
hear nothing. am sue there Is no
sound
"'Strange.' said the laird. for I can
even hear what is play ed. 1t Is 1.-THE
Flowers O. the Forest Are A Wefe
Away
"A few hours later came the tele'
gram reporting that the brother had
been shot down by some border war
rior and over his lonely grave the men
of his regiment had played the pa
theuc air whose mysterious echo seem
ed to have reached the laird"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-01-04
Obituary Cana.

When John Sherman Of New Haven
preacher. mathematician, almanac
maker and father Of twenty-six chill
dren, heard Of the death Of his good
friend Jonathan Mitchell, a Harvard
pastor, he explained (after due though'
and many poetic pangs):
Here lies the darling Of his time.
Mitchell expired In his prime.
Who four years short of forty-seven
Was found full ripe and plucked TOT
heaven.
When Thomas Dudley, father OF the
first American poetess. Anne Brad
street, came to his deathbed, says the
South Atlantic Quarterly, he showed
where his daughter had received bel
surprising gift by composing such fare
well lines as:
Dim eyes. deaf ears. cold stomach shew
My dissolution Is in view.
Eleven times seven near lived have l..
And now God calls willing die.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-01-04
A GEOLOGIC PHENOMENON.
Raised Beaches and Caves Of the lslane
Of Arran.

Raised Beaches and Caves Of the Island
Of Arran.
The island Of Arran IL one Of those
places on the west Of Scotland where
the geologic phenomenon known as a
raised beach, Is very apparent. All
along the coast there are evidences
that the land has been considerably
elevated at some period Of the worlds
history. One of these proofs is the
presence Of caves Of various sizes
formed by the action Of the waves in
the past, but which are now we'll
above the present high water mark.
The farmers use some Of the larger
caves as shelters for sheep in stormy
weather.
In a remote corner of the island one
Of these caves has been converted into
a human habitation, where family Of
several persons dwell In absolute Sc
clusion. Their occupation is the gath
ering of whelks, an employment which
is said to afford but precarious live
lihood. As the gathering Of the she'll
fish can only be done at low water and
as the fishers have no boat or other
occupation. they have ample leisure to
enjoy the pure air and bask in the sun.
shine.
Except for the drip from the face Of
the high rocks above, which is skill
fully diverted. the cave is absolutely
dry. The interior is shaped like a tri'
angle, the floor forming the base. Save
at the sides there is ample room to
stand upright and move about inside.
Besides the beds and cooking utensils.
the cave contains many articles Of va
rious kinds. giving the interior quite a
homelike appearance. The apology for
a fireplace is some way back from the
entrance. through which the smoke
finds it's way outside. - Wide World
MAGAZINE.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-01-04
Hard to Understand.

Surprising some one should spring
this on you rapidly and ask you what 1t
meant: mare zeat-toats-deer-zeat-toats.
iam-sleativy Little Observation-Disclosures"
You would never think it was plain
English, but it IS. 1t is simply: "Mares
eat oats; deers eat oats; lambs IL eat
ivy: little kids II eat ivy too"
You should say this over many times
to yourself until you can roll It on
very quickly. run the words together.
and then when you try it on your
friends they will have to confess that
they can't understand it. They will
feel quite foolish when you show them
that it is common English and that 1t
sounds odd Only because the words are
spoken fast and run in together. 1t Is
this running Of the words in together
which makes it hard for a foreigner to
understand our language or us theirs.
Omaha World.Herald.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-01-04
Shakespsare's Definition Of Poetry.

oUAN0SRO0tV 0V"'''s'S' ~
What Il pity it is that Shakespeare
ever used that phrase fine frenzy!'
It has become a fuddlesome factor IN
the framing OF foolish fancies. 1t Is
to the honor of Shakespeare, however,
that he came nearer to giving the
world the true definition Of poetry than
has any other man, for he did explain
what constitutes the true art OF poe
try making, and from this we are en-
abled to know what Shakespeare con-
sidered poetry. Cnriously enough, 1t
Is in the very passage where Snake
speare uses that unfortunate phrase
zine frenzy" Let us quote
The poets eye, in a fine frenzy rolling,
Doth glance from hesven to earth, from
earth to heaven,
And as imagination bodies forth
The forms Of things unknown the poets
pen
Turns them to shapes and gives to airy
nothing
A local habitation and a name.
Hudson Maxim's "Science of Poetry
and Philosophy of language"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-01-04
THE FAT GODDESS.
a 4irturs That Jarrsd tho Nerves q {
Frenot, Art Patron.

A Rirturs That Jarsd tho Nerves q q
French Art Patron.
Al. Durand. u French picture buyer
of a century ago. had little wisdom
as a critic. and his ambition, COM
pounded equally Of childlike vanity
aud genuine benevolence, was to figure
as Il patron Of youthful genius.
One OF the earliest commissions he
bestowed was upon young artist who
selected for his subject scene of
classic mythology. in which the as
scmi,ied gods were depicted upon
Mount Olympus. When it was finish.
ed NJ. Durand was invited to the studio
to inspect it. His face clouded as he
gazed.
"Young man. he declared, you have
not treated me fairly. 1t is true do
not pretend to know everything about
art. but I am not a fool. and I know
that gods and goddesses should be no
less noble than kings and queens.
These people of yours are not even
aristocrats! Madame. my wife, does
not pretend to be fine lady. yet when
l put my two hands around her waist
1t is by an inch only that they fail to
meet. and as for Juliettte, my daugh.
ter. she is as slender as needle. Look
now at that big. clumsy woman In
loose gown who you say is queen
among the gods! She has no figure at
all. She is I'LL the way down the same.
Pouf' Call her lady and goddess
she who is without stays and without
waist! Nine. and Mile. Durand would
make mock of her. your Juno! Pouf:
She Is peasant, a pillow. pig!"
Nevertheless he was convinced by
infinitely tactful explanations that the
wasp waist was unknown in classic
antiquity, even to goddesses. 1t was
with proud complacence that he finally
accepted the picture and the knowl-
edge that the sovereign lady Of Mount
Olympus had never attained the heroic
compression achieved by Nine. and
Mile. Durand.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-01-04
A Prosaio INTERPRETATION


Professor Brander Matthews Of Co.
lumbia in one Of his brilliant addresses
on the drama said Of an unimaginative
and prosaic dramatist:
HE 1t was, am sure, who in his
youth on being asked in examination
what Shakespeare meant by the phrase
sermons in stones wrote In reply:
"'When passing by tombstone you
may learn the name and the dates of
birth and death Of the departed one
and also from the inscription a valu-
s:hle moral lesson from bis or her life.
Walking along d road Sou may see
from the milestones tho number Of
miles to the nearest towns and thus 40.
ouire geographical infesnaae:.tt..eea:.. Heaps
Of stones by the roadside indicate that
repairs are to take place and 80 indi-
cate a lesson in neatness' "-Detroit
Free Press.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-01-04
THEY EAT NO BREAD.
Places Where the Poorer People Havs
to Use Substitutes.

to Use Substitutes.
There are regions wherein the poor
er classes or peasantry eat little or no
bread. Baked loaves of bread are
practically unknown in many parts OF
southern Austria and Italy and
throughout the agricultural districts OF
Roumania.
1t is said that in the village OF the
Dbersteiermark, not far from Vienna,
bread is never seen, the staple food
being sterz kind Of porrldge made
from ground beech nuts, taken at
breakfast with fresh or curdled milk,
at dinner with broth or fried lard and
with milk again for supper. This dish
is also known as heiden and takes the
place of bread not only in the Aus
TRAN district named, but In Carinthia
and in many parts of the Tyrol.
In northern Italy the peasants affect
a substitute for bread called polenta,
a porridge made Of boiled grain. Po-
lenta is not, however, allowed to
"granulate," like Scotch porridge or
like the Austrian sterz, but is boiled
into a solid pudding, which is cut up
and portioned out with a string. 1t is
eaten cold as often as It is hot and Is
in every sense the Italians daily
bread.
A variation of polenta called mama"
liza is said to be the favorite food OF
the poorer classes in Roumania. Ma
rnaliga is like polenta in that it Is
made of boiled grain, but 1t IS unlike
the latter In one important respect
the grains are not allowed to settle
into a solid mass. but are kept dis
t1nct, after the fashion of oatmeal
porridee.-New York Herald.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-01-04
An Author'o INSIGHT.

There Is no surer mark OF genius
than the intuitive insight into charac-
tiers and social conditions of which the
author has no personal experience.
"What does Ben know Of dukesT'
asked homely old Isaac DisraeA when
he heard the title of bis sons latest
novel. Trollope wrote inimitaboy OF
bishops and deans when he had never
been In a cathedral close In his life.
Young Disraeli wrote 90 we'll about
the great ones Of the earth whom he
had never seen that the critics busied
themselves in finding Keys" to "Vi'
Wan Grey" and "The Young Duke"
london Saturday Review.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-01-04
Preaching Monkeys.

The author of "The History Of Bra
Eip' tells Of species of monkey called
preachers" Every morning and
evening these monkeys assemble in
the woods. One takes higher posi-
lion than the rest and makes a signal
with bis fore paw. At this signal the
others sit around him and listen. When
they are all seated be begins to utter
q series of sounds. When he stops
these cries he makes another signal,
with his paw, and the others cry out
until he. makes third signal, upon
which they become silent again. This.
author, Mr.. Maregrove. asserts that he'
was a witness to these preachings.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-01-04
|{l6,37I.67 RECEIPTS
At THE Land OFFICE
DE c EN- 8 Err WORK REPORT
SHOWS LARGE GAINS OVER
NOVEMBER.
NOvEM Der.
Eighty.five People Filed Upon Claims
and There Were ia Proofs Made
Upon Homestead.

The United States land Office in this
city has completed it's work report
for the month of December and the
statistics how a refarkable gain In
the amount of receipts over the report
for the month of November.
During the month there were 50
applications for homestead entries re-
ceived at the local Office, ia proofs
were recorded here and there were
20 ACCOMPLISHMENTS placed upon rec
ord.
In the report of the correspondence
for the past month it is observed that
there were 1920 miscellaneous let
tiers answered by the clerks and there
was not a single letter awaiting an
swer at the end of the month. 1913
letters from the commissioner of the
general land Office were received, and
there were 200 Of the commissioners
letters disposed of by completion of
action and report during the same
period. Number Of commissioners
letters requiring action now pending,
none. 1t might be stated here that
the local Office has disposed of over
$500 letters from the commissioner
during the past two months.
There were four government con-
tests filed and eighteen private con-
tests filed during the four weeks just
ended.
The receipts for the month were
unusually heavy, totalling up to $751;
371.67, or nearly 81 900 more than the
receipts during the fonth of Novem-
Der.
The clerks are busy preparing the
quarterly report of the Office and it
is expected that there will be a re.
sumo Of the work of the past year
ready for publication within the next
few days.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-01-04
ENGLAND. Greatest Mine Fire.


The most serious colliery fire ever
known in Britain was undoubtedly
that which broke out at the Tawd val
ley mine, near Preston. III 1872. Thou
sands of pounds were spent in trying to
get the flames under control. but they
overcame everything and consumed
some millions Of tons of coal. A wall
ten feet in thickness was built round
the affected parts, but the heat cracked
the masonry and brought it down as
fast as it was rebuilt. However. IN
1897 the river Tawd overlooked its
banks and went pouring down into the
mine. No fire could Withstand such an
immense volume Of water hurled upon
It, and, although the flames extended
for 500 yards. they were quenched
after having ragged for a quarter Of
century.-London Tit-Bits.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-01-04
COMPRESSED ICE.
Sinks IN Water and crumbies Into
Powder When Warmed.

9inks n Water and crumbies Into
Powder When Warmed.
All know that ordinary ice will float.
This relative iightness Of ice with re-
spect to wafer is due to expansion Of
the water at the moment of freezing.
If water IL frozen under immense
pressure it seems that this expansion
IL prevented and ice heavier than wa.
ter is produced.
G. Tamman has prepared this modi-
hcation, which he calls Ice ILL.,, as
follows: He compressed water to 5000
Kilograms (8.814 pounds) and cooled
1t In solid carbon dioxide snow and
finally in liquid air. Under these con-
ditjons a colorless, transparent ice 10
formed. It is much denser than ordi-
nary ice and heavier than water; con.
ssquently it sinks when placed in wa.
tor. Ice III. is very unstable, and on
slight warming 1t swells out and
breaks up into a dense white powder.
The volume Of the resulting powder
is apparently four to eight times that
Of the original ice. This powder form.
cd by the breaking up Of the dense
form is nothing more than ordinary
loo IN the form of fine crystals, which,
Of course, on further warming melt at
zero degrees centigrade.
Experiments on Ice III. show that 1t
10 impossible to obtain 1t by separa-
ton from water at atmospheric pres
sure and then suddenly cooling. There
would never be possibility Of this
unstable form of solid water being
formed in nature.-New York Tribune.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-01-04
Mule Riding In Portunal.

MGIe Riding In Portugal.
: In odd contrast to the modern rush
and h0nk Of the automobile and the
clang Of the trolley cars are the saloios
or small farmers of Portugal, who ride
nonchalantly through the twentieth
century hubbub on the back-the ex-
treme back-of small, patient eyed
mules. Though the country has pro-
gressei and the farmers are progress.
ing toward prosperity, they have con-
sistently refused to move farther for
ward on the mules back in Portugal
than the last fifth Of his anatomy. Per-
haps the custom arose from the time
when the mule carried large load
Just before the rider and the habit has
not been broken. Christian Herald.