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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-04-20
'HUNGRY HOGAN" TO CONGRESS
Will Be No More of Joke Than
Some Who Are Now There.

1t is within the range of possibili-
ties that Hungry" Hogan will go to
congress from Chicago. He has no
qualifications as a statesman. He is
hack driver and his only claim on
notoriety is that he can eat more
than any other person in the district.
He is apparently always hungry. He
was taken up as joke, but the joke
seems to have become serious. Hun
cry Hogan in congress, however.
would not be more of joke than
some of the other persons who are
already there.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-04-20

w. w. Nesmith, Route 2, States
6oro, Ca, wants others to know that
FoIey's Honey and Tar Compound
has done for him. He says: Il have
used Foley's Honey and Tar Com
pound for years, and can recommend
it to all who need an infallible rem
edy for coughs and colds. have
used it in my family, and il never
fails to cure" Dawson Drug Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-04-20

At our soda fount we dispense the
genuine coca cola. Our limeades
and phosphates are pure and clean.
Dawson Drug Co.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-13
MADE OF IRON
Is This Topeka MOtOrcycIist
Who COIlided With Car.
Knocked 20 Feet, but Got Right
Up and Rode Away.

Five minutes after E. L. Kemper, a
young man living at 1856 West street,
was struck by a street car while riding
his motorcycle on Huntoon street this
noon, he was back on the machine,
speeding and popping toward his
afternoon duties down town.
Kemper was riding north on West
street. The street car was going west
on HuntOon street. AS all geometrical
rules would prove, there was a point
in the middle of that car track where
the two had to meet. They met.
stopped his car only fifty feet beyond
the point of contact, Kemper was
picking himself up near the curling.
A few dents in the motorcycle and
n dusty coat were the only signs of the
accident. Kemper rode away with
his engine banging boastingly and his
head held high in the air.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-13
SALINA GETS IT.
County Officials Vote to Hold Next
Annual Meeting There.

The county commissioners, recorders
and clerks adjourned Thursday after
noon after a two days session, and
agreed to meet in Salina next Decem-
Der. The officers, after their election,
and before they adjourned, adopted a
set of resolutions thanking the Com
mercial club and other organizations
for the hospitality that has been offer
ed the county guests.
The county clerks elected the fol-
county, president Vice president, j.
E. Merriam, Smith county; secretary,
H. M. Payne, Reno county; treasurer,
Carson Lane, Miami county.
The clerks decided to appoint a COM
mittee to attend to any legislation af-
fecting county clerks which may come
before the state legislature this win
ter. The meeting was in favor of abol-
ishing the rebate now given taxpayers
for prompt payment of taxes. The re-
bate in Shawnee county, s. G. thinner
man declared, amounted to So, 900 in
one year. Penalties amounting to &c.
900 only partially offset it. This was
described as an unnecessary expense,
and the clerks are in favor of elirninat-
ing the rebate from the books
The county commissioners declared
for change in the salary law, and will
demand So a day for actual service,
with the maximum yearly salaries to
be fixed according to the population of
the counties. They elected the fol-
lowing officers: President, S. B. Ker-
non, of Wichita; secretary, w. H. Bra
den, of Crawford county.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-13

expected before the night after cleo
ton.
''Absinthe is made in America, right
here in New York, and there never
Will be shortage until a state law is
passed forbidding it's manufacture or
until Wormwood, from which it is dis
titled, ceases to grow" said the wise
one.
The member of the Forty-second
street Country club who overheard this
remark and Investigated was satisfied
with the result and quickly spread the
good word.
But to be sure of this solace of the
day after the beneficiary must live
within the boundaries of New York
state. There are just four distilleries
in the UnitedStateS which manufacture
absinthe, and they are all situated in
New York city or a short distance up
the Hudson river. The federal law
which prohibits the importation of
absinthe does not interfere with the
sale of absinthe in a state, provided it
is manufactured in that state but it
does prohibit interstate traffic in the
cordial
Residents of New York state can
drink as much absinthe as they have
money to buy, but the men with the
morning after heads who awaken in
Chicago, Pittsburg or San Francisco
will have to make a long journey or
set up an absinthe distillery nearer
home.-New York Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-13
HIS SIGHT RETURNS.
After Man Blinded by lightning Had
Given Up Hope.

Kansas City, Dec. 13.-A lightning bolt
that struck a tree under which he was
standing eighteen months ago blinded L..
NJ. Marmon, a farmer living near Column
bus, Neb. Since then until last night
when his eyes responded feebly at the
union depot here, Marmon had not see.
the light of day.
Three months ago the man went to St.
Louis and underwent an operation. 1t
failed. And with his wife he left ST.
Louis for home yesterday morning sadly
and WITHOUT the sight he had expected.
About $50 O'Clock he reached kansas
City and while waiting for his train to
Nebraska rested in the waiting room on
the second floor. Mary, Mary" he sud
dendly called out,S'the light-whats hap
penfng? It's something; my eyes"
Nothing had happened to the lights
Only dim, vague outline of the cleo
tries and glow that could only mean re-
turning sight greeted him His wife was
quick to meet the emergency. Louis, ,
she said, you can see. We must go back
to the doctor SO you can get we'll"
They boarded a st. Louis bound train at
9:15 O'Clock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-13
ADVANTAGES OF SMALL TOWN.
Girl in Village Has Greater Freedom
Than City Cousins

1.-The Girl in the Small Town is the title
OF an article in Womans Home COmpau
ion, an extract from which follows:
There Is in many sman townS-in the
average small town, I would say-a liGI-
tied outlook, narrow way of seeing lie
a lack of breadth, a lack of energy There
are few social advantages, we think; Tor
teas and luncheOnS and receptions ard
balls which flourish in large towns and
cities are very much the exception. One
might go on a good deal further in nam
ing the limitations and disadvantages OF
life in a small town, and yet from a wider
experience and fuller knowledge [ can
now say to you nevertheless that it is
strongly my opinion and my conviction
that the small town girl has. as a rule
far more chances for success in life than
the girl brought up in the city.
Just what are these chances? Most of
them may in a general way be included in
those two main opportunities which are
10 be found in most small towns; namely,
greater leisure for Improvement and cuI-
ture, and greater freedom to develop
along original lines,
The average city. girl is poor in time;
the average town girl is rich in it. Life
in great city, even to the girl who is not
self-supporting, is a good deal of a strain.
The variety of interests, the contact with
many ives-the mere sights and sounds
continually playing upon the nerves and
the attention are in themselves absorbing
of strength.
1T is a distinct advantage to be within
reach OF good music, yes; within walking
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-13
AUTO men MEET.
They Plan Measures to Submit to
Legislature.

A special committee of the Kansas
Automobile association is in session
today at the headquarters of the as
sOciation in the New England building
for the purpose of drafting proposed
laws for the consideration of the leg
islators next month.
If these laws are enacted there will
be state registration of autos, state
taxation on cars per horse power, and
a state highway department among
other innovations.
1t is proposed that the tax money
from auto owners be put into road
funds in the respective counties where
the taxpayers reside, and that a
county engineer shall be appointed in
each county by the county commits
sioners, the civil service method of
qualification being used.
These laws as drafted will be pre-
sented to the members of the Kansas
Automobile association for their con-
sideration at a meeting in Wichita, De-
cember 10. The committee was in
session all day Thursday, and will
now sixty-three automobile associa-
lions affiliated with the state associa-
ton.
Those present at the committee
meeting: Ralph s. Faxon, president
of the Business Mems association of
Wichita; w. S. Gearhart, state en-
oineer: D. E. watkins, secretary of
the State Auto association; Charles
Barnes, president of the organization;
Robert Stone, ]. Will Kelley, L. L.
Uh1s of Osawatomie, and Albert
Mebus of Kansas City, Kan, a vice
president of the association.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-13
PLENTY OF ABsINTHE.
But Only for New Workers, in Which
State 1t Is Made.

The Broadway water wagon has
fewer passengers than it has had since
a month ago, when the announcement
was made that the boon of the morn
ing after, absinthe, should no longer
be imported into this country. The
supply of absinthe was said to be very
low, and the high rollers who could
not get along the morning after a high
roll without the insidious dispeller of
the dark brown taste and the shrink
er of heads seven sizes too large for
their hats decided that the only way
to make the supply last was to roll
only on special occasions.
A remark made by a white-coated
person in one of the popular red paint
emporiums along the Great White
Way changed the situation entirely,
and the result was scramble from the
seats of sobriety that had not been
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-13
FALL MOTORING AT HOME.

1t does not need the experience of
foreign travel, however, to open the
eyes of the autom obile tourist to the
beauties of his own land. AT no sea-
son of the year is the natural loVeh-
ness of America greater than When
seen through the golden haze OF au-
tunn. The lush greenness of the
Springtime has it's charm, OF course,
but spring has not the diversity OF
color, the keen, crisp air, the varied
pungent, smoky doors that autumn
has. In a days ride in the autumn,
following the long road that seems to
lead straight toward the sunset, you
may climb up long hills and swoop
down through stretches of forest, some
dark with pine and hemlock, some
flaming with the blazing glory of the
NAPLES. On level ground you may sail
for miles through seas of grain toss
ing in the harvest wind of past vine
yards rich with purple clusters. Later
in the season, when the haze has L6t-
ed from the landscape and the or
has almost a celestial clearneSSa the
dull-hued earth shines in thu briInA1t
sunshine like an expanse of dull gold.
They are not the muddy roads or
spring then, but firm packed high
ways that are beginning to stiffen
with the frost, smoother than at any
time of the year. You keep your road
map in your pocket and are careless
where you are going so long as you
are on your way. A distant church
spire beckons, and you pause long
enough, when you reach the village
about it. to lean over the side of the
car and ask it's name. Then you speed
on-but never with the needle above
the 20-mile MARYLAND in five min
utes have forgotten the name OF the
place you just passed through. Your
mind is intent on some new beauty
along the road or some hint of
charming prospect miles ahead
Thaddeus s. Dayton, in Harper's
Weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-13

distance of great museums, yes; and %
live near great library, yes by all means,
but it is not the average city girl who has
time and opportunity to take advantage
of these things in the manner in which tire
small town or country girl imagines her
self enjoying them.
The main advantage of the county
and small town girl over the city girl IS
her greater freedom to develop character
and personality along well-chosen and
origina4 lines. Personality and character
develop not so much in crowded as in
roomy places"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-13
ANOTHER PASSES AWAY
Kansas Pioneer Business Man Dies
After Long Illness.

Pratt, Kan, Dec. BE E Repp,
pioneer business man of Pratt, died
here today after a long illness. Mr..
Repp started a furniture store here in
1884 and had been in active business
until last year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-13

Tom D. Gum, the young San Fran
cisco born Chinese aviator, has been
appointed constructor of airships and
instructor of aviation for the new
Chinese republic. Letters contain
ing his commission an official notice
of his appointment are on their way
from Pekin, from the presidential
mansion of Yuan Shi Kali. head of
the Chinese republic.
Gum, who has just passed his ma
jority, Is recognized as one of the
most skillfuI and daring aviators in
the world.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-13
DO YOUR XMAS SHOPPING NOW

Have you ever tried to select a few
simple pieces of ribbon or match a
piece of lace TO- some of your gifts
late in the day with the Christmas
rush at full tide7
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-13

He-I have a compliment Tor you, dear.
She-What is it? He-Mrs. Jones says
you have the handsomest husband in
tOWn.-Life.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1912-11-22

Women do not realize the danger to
themselves I'm trying TO hang curtains
on poles beyond their reach" asserts
well known physician. Every autumn
l have several eases OF more or less
severe internal displacements, resulting
from the overhead reaching" IL wom-
en- would take the trouble to mount
stepladders when hanging curtains,
putting up pictures or cleaning chande-
Tiers no harm would befall. but women
have a constitutional dislike for step
ladders; they prefer to climb on tables,
piano stools and bureaus to reach high
places, and there is always just the
one final reach for the fixture that Is
Just out of tiptoe reach. 1t is the one
final reach that usually does the mis-
chief. and years of Ill health or suffer
ing have resulted from overhead reach
ing during the fail moving or setting to
rights
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1912-11-22

No young girl in society is ever al
lowed to accept invitations to dinners
or dances or anything, in fact, except
children's parties or schoolgirl lunch
cons or very informal festivities given
especially for juveniles until she has
been formally introduced to the social
world This Is done by her mother Civ
ing for her some sort of rather formal
function, which usually takes the form
of dance or large afternoon o even
ing reception.
To this affair are invited all the
friends of the mothee and also those
young friends of the daUghter who
have already made their deDu1 into So
ciety.
II an afternoon reception has been
chosen as the initial festivity of the
debutante daughter the affair is usually
held at from to 6 or from to p. m.
Promptly at the appointed hour the
mother takes her place in the drawing
room near the door leading to the en-
trance hall. The daughter who is to
be introduced stands at her left and
assists her mother In receiving the
guests. If, as is usually the case. the
young girl is a stranger to many of her
mothers guests the mother after wei
coming each visitor says simply, Mrs
Burton, this is my daughter Dorothy"
or, "Mr. Darlington, let me present you
to my daughter" Each person so pre-
scented should talk d moment or two
with the young girl and then pass on.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1912-11-22
EzRA'S HARD LUCK.
II Began With His Name and Ended or
His Tombstone

His Tombstone.
Tom McNeal of Topeka was talking
TO Abe Peters about luck, so Tom re-
ports. Tom thought there was no such
thing as luck, but Abe protested.
Take the case of Ezra Boil" said
Abe. 40 begin with, think OF his
name. A name like that Is hard
enough luck to prove my contention,
but Ezra lived up to it, When he
was baby he fell into the horse
trough and was almost drowned. Then
he got hold of can of concentrated
I've and It took them four weeks TO
bring him round. lie fell out OF an
apple tree when he was six and broke
both arms and leg, and Just as he
was hobbling round again he went ON
n watermelon stealing expedition with
six other boys. The others got away,
but the dog caught Ezra and chewed
him up until the farmer came along
and he put on finishing touches with a
harness trace. He fell in love when
he was seventeen, spent all he had for
buggy rides and candy for the red
EHpphtu OiJttl VI siiOio'ANA
she shook him and married another
A mule kicked him and broke six ribs
He had lot Of hogs and they died or
cholera on the Identical day when hogs
reached . cents a pound, live weight
lie had big crop of wheat and hail
storm came along and ruined 1t one
hour after his hall Insurance policy
had lapsed He got $500 to make
payment on his land, put In the bank
and the bank busted.
"a cyclone wrecked his house and
barn and crippled all his family ex-
cept his motherin-law. who escaped
unhurt. He bought four gold bricks
and took some counterfeit money in
pay for two good horses.
"Then he died. When they were TAX
ing him to the cemetery the team pull
Ing the hearse ran away going down
hill and scattred the remains of Ezra
along the side of the road.
an the course of time his family
marked his grave by an appropriate
stone on which the stonecutter got the
date Of his birth wrong and mlsspelled
his name in two places.
'And still you say there is no such
thing rs luckw-Saturday Evening
Post
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1912-11-22
A Matter For Investigation.

A rather amusing story is being told
by a japanese gentleman in connec'
ton with the late emperor of Japan.
As we know. the late emperor was
regarded with the greatest veneration
By bis subjects, and 1t appears that
this attitude Of awful reverence was
maintained also by his ministers In
spite OF the fact that affairs of state
make II necessary for them to see him
and converse with him very frequently.
One OF these ministers. the Marquis
Matsugata. used to experience agonies
OF nervousness every time he had an
audience of his sovereign. and he was
never able to say anything distinct in
reply to him except the set phrase, IL
shall have careful investigation made.
your majesty"
This generally brought him safely
through short audience. but one day
unfortunately the emperor condescend.
ed TO discuss the marquis more pri
vate affairs.
How many children have your the
emperor asked.
Back came the inevitable phrase. II
shall have careful Investigation made.
your majesty!
The story loses nothing from the fact
that the marquis had very large fam
lily.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1912-11-22
Good
For the Hostess.

OF Lfe TlooNSSSs
You may have a dinner with the best
appointment and cuisine, ana il your
guests are badly chosen the dinner
will be a social failure.
Certain elements will net ooalesce,
and the woman who tries to force DE
process is counting an exploa.e,.
Choose guests as you would shoes
because they fit.
You may be catholic In your taste
and enjoy the butterfly without
brain and the woman who is all brain.
but without social grace; the artist or
musician, the snob who distrustS all
the clever coterie, the man who loves
gay story and the woman who is
easily shocked.
But gather those friends around a
common board and You may count on
their boredom.
II you must have mixed dinner
pray for tact in the seating. - azaA
cares what he eats; a woman cares
whom she sits next"
Never seat your guests according to
social position. The practice makes
neither the dinner nor the hostess
popular. If you put the socially unim-
portant together your entertaining will
never be q success.
Custom has it that those who sit en-
the right and left of the host and
hostess may feel themselves singled
out for attention. but choose for rea-
sons. Do not give your guests
chance to gibe at you as money
worshiper or one with an ak to grind.
Do not have dinners so large as to
prevent general conversation. Not all
who go out to dinner are blessed with
manners, and the hostess should have
1t in her power to go to the rescue OF
the guest who is neglected by her
netphborS
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1912-11-22
pon,ts For Engaged Girls.

Don't make unreasonable demands
on your fiance's time. Remember that
his work must come first If he is ever
to earn an income sufficient for him
self and his wife. SO don't be dis
agreeable to him II he is kept late at
the office of an evening when he had
promised to take you out. He viii be
Just as annoyed about this as you are,
and there is no need to make matters
worse by having scene.
Don't forget to pay every possible
attention to his people, particularly his
mother and sisters. They may perhaps
be little jealous of you at first, and If
you are foolish enough to resent this
the situation may become very un.
pleasant indeed.
Don't spoon" or quarrel in public
for by doing so you would place your.
self in ridiculous situation and the
onlookers in an embarrassing one.
Don't drag your fiance's name into
every conversation. 1t sounds silly.
Don't write affectionate postcards,
If you want to be affectionate do it il
a letter, which cannot be read by any
one except the man to whom it is ad
dressed.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1912-11-22
THE STOUT WOMAN.
How to Successfully Cure an unbe-
coming Double Chin.

How to Successfully Cure an unbs-
coming Double Chin.
To begin with, smear the back Of
your fingers with cold cream. Then
place your finger tips together under
your chin, and with quick move
ment draw them apart up to the base
of your ears, all the time, OF course,
pressing the flesh firmly, though gently
Repeat about fifteen to twenty times.
Next, with the side Of your first fin
ger, massage from the point of your
chin downward toward the base OF
your neck. These two massage move
ments, IL practiced regularly, will be
found sufficient, along with the follow
ing exercises, to take away the dis
figurement in time.
The first exercise is quite simple.
Just bend your head backward slowly
as far as 1t will go. Then, with a
quick movement, bring 1t back till your
chin nearly touches your chest. Re
peat this six or eight times, and, IL
possible, before an open window.
Ilt StCuAd tAtitASt tC dAcV way
Pile Turn your head from side to side,
at the same time raising and dropping
your chin slightly. II you watch a
Chinese mandarin figure with "shak-
ing" head, you will see exactly how
the above exercise ought TO be per
formed.
An excellent preparation to use for
the massage is one ounce OF cold cream
mixed with teaspoonful of boracic
powder. Another recipe Is: One
dram OF white beeswax. ten drains
of spermaceti and ten drains Of al
mond oil These ingredients should be
mixed together over gentle heat and
beaten till they become of a creamy
consistency.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1912-11-22

During the war between the states
there was an lrishman OF the Thirty.
sixth Indiana. who. while on the Skin
mish line at Dallas saw good chance
to capture Confederate. He awaited
himself OF the opportunity, captured
his man. and was passing to the rear
with his prisoner, when one of his com.
rades called out to him: Pat, let me
have that man. win take him over
to General Gross, our brigade com
mander" "Niver mind. me boy" re
piled Pat. II left million back over
the hill there Go yourself and fetch
one of the lads over and take him to
General Gross g