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turing with it, and killed the beast
with an explosive bullet. I wasted no
time on regrets, but set to work on
one of the wounded Sakai. 1 impro-
Vised bandage for his bleeding head
with the cleanest bits of linen 1 had
on my person and contrived spIints
for his broken leg from pieces of the
demolished cage. The second Sakais
back was so severely wounded that
concluded he was beyond my skill.
x X y
II PUT the Malays to work at making
two litters from the best parts of
the transporting cage. They were eI-
cited beyond my power to control
them and in the grip of their old
superstition about the Bukit Hantu.
They were united in their belief thai
the rhinoceros was an evil spirit and
that the Ghost Mountain had sent il
because il would not let one of its
tigers leave its shadows alive.
Their talk was a mixture of fact
fancy and deliberate lies. One of
them would have it that the rhinoce-
ros was "white"-not in the sense OF
white rhinoceros'' as We know il,
which is even less white than a white
elephant, but of a ghostly whiteness,
or, as he put it. white as d small
childs TOOTH Another insisted that
it was female in milk. He had seen
it, he said, after it plunged into thu
jungle, pushing its young one in front
of it and guiding it by its horn
pressed against the baby's rump.
The Sakai who had been killed out
right was carried away by three Of
his companions. once more we start
ed in procession toward Wan Mats
kampong. with two litters, now, in
stead of a transporting cage and a
splendid tiger. The unwounded Sakai-
who had remained stolidly watching
US. bade goodbye to their tribesmen
with strange monosyllables. One OF
them they were never to see again.
His back proved to be broken and he
was dead when we arrived at the
kamponS.
gave up. for the time being, the
attempt to reach the Ghost Mountain.
! determined that If l ever tried il
again ! would take Dyaks with me
head hunters. who fear neither man,
beast nor ghost.
DOWNRIGHT 1921
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from the trees. Wan Mat shouted,
Don't shoot-it Is !, Wan Matt
He stood perfectly motionless and
called to the head of the Sakai. He
explained that / was a white raja,
and then he salaamed. He said that
l was under the protection of the
sultan, and they all salaamed. They
must assist me in whatever way
wished-otherwisc the sultan would
visit his wrath upon them. Had I not
had the protection of Wan Mat, they
would have hidden and shot at me
with their blowpipes. The blowpipe,
shooting a poisoned dart made from
the midrib of a palm leaf, Is an ugly
weapon.
l was grateful that Wan Mat was
there to vouch for me, but I had the
uncomfortable feeling that our hosts
were being held up" for hospitality.
These people were the prey of su-
perstitions that tortured them. The
spirit of a dead Sakai is supposed to
haunt the spot where body is newly
buried. After a funeral a whole set
tlement may gather up it's belong
ings and start out, in terror, to make
another home.
AS we were not ghosts. however.
but the very much alive friends of
the sultan, the Sakai allowed US to
make camp. We selected four young
trees that stood the proper distance
apart, then we made a platform Of
branches some twenty feet from the
ground. Above this we set up our
roof of bamboo, which we had brought
with us in roll. When our tikars-
the mats on which we slept-had
been laid out and the mosquito nets
secured, our arrangements for the
night were complete.
In all my jungle experience | have
never known such a mosquito pest
hole. All conversation was drowned
by an incessant slap, slap, slap and the
curses of the men. I took refuge un-
der my net, but even when / lifted it
to receive my supper mosquitoes flew
in in swarms. Fortunately, 1 had
seen to it that my kuala men and boy
were provided with nets, but Wan
Mat and his men were in torment.
TN the river below us crocodiles lay.
Their jaws stood open until their
moist tongues, as adhesive as fly
paper, were coated with mosquitoes
and flying night insects. Then, snap,
they went together. Again they would
open, living trap, and again snap shut
all through that sleepless. un-
ending night The sound mingled
with the natives slap, slap, slap, lest
they be eaten alive.
1 knew that nothing but the fear
of the dark jungle kept the men
from boiling. They were a sorry
sight in the morning. And yet the
Sakai were living in that mosquito
hole of their own free will, without
a square inch of mosquito netting.
The only explanation, to my mind,
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Asthma Attacks Due to Contact
With Horses, Dogs, Cats and Fowls

Sensitiveness to duck feathers
goose feathers and chicken feathers
is another cause of asthma The ex-
tent to which it is found among
asthmatics is surprisingly great. The
point of contact between the sus-
ceptible person and the emanations
from fowls is, indeed, an intimate
one and is commonly the feather pill
low. No wonder. therefore, that
sensation OF tickling ushers in sneez-
ing. The majority of victims, sooner
or later, make their own diagnosis
To many a chickenfeather pillow be-
comes the signal of distress.
This class Of asthmatics complains
of nightly attacks which come on
just as soon as the head strikes the
pillow
This contract, forceful or other
wise, emits a microscopic cloud of or
ganic dust, which is readily inhaled.
Irritation of mucous membranes of
the nose, throat and windpipe inev-
itably result in a paroxysm of asthma
4 visit to the chicken coop or to
the birdhouse in the geological gar
den gives rise to a feeling of tight
ness in the chest and a choking SEN
sation. This is. indeed, warning
that to a feather asthmatic" fowl
are intended for internal use only.
One young man, at work in a neigh
boring city, returned home for week
ends. Nocturnal attacks of asthma
Il hi nf nf o.
coming, until he was advised to dis
card the family heirloom, chicken
feather pillows.
CENSITIvENESS to feathers may
manifest itself early in life and
may become an important factor in
the asthma of children. The pres
ence of a parrot in the household of
one youthful asthmatic explained the
occurrence of distressing attacks.
sudden disappearance of the parrot.
soon after the diagnosis was made,
likewise explained the sudden cure
of the asthmatic condition.
Peasants from southern European
countries substitute goat hair for
feathers in stufing pillows. Accord
ingly, a sensitiveness to goat hair is
acquired by susceptible persons. For
the same hitherto unexplained reason
there are asthmatics who are sensi-
tive to rabbit hair and to the dust of
ur-bearing animals. Thus a fur
neckpiece, worn by a young woman,
not only caused eczema of the parts
with which it came in contact, but
also severe paroxysms of asthma
The approach of spring brought re-
lief from further discomfort.
There seems to be no end to the
curious findings which are encoun-
tered. Even the Industrious silk
worm has signaled a victim. Re-
Gently a case was recorded of a wom-
an who developed asthma and hives
whenever she wore silk underwear
or silk stockings.
In this silken age for women dep
rivation of fashion is an equal hard
ship with deprivation of health.
In no field of medicine is the def
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milton Of disease better exemplified
than in this peculiar state of sensiti-
zation, so called. Disease ensues
when man is out OF harmony with
his environment.
The most encouraging aspect of
the type of asthma wherein sensi-
tiveness to animal emanations is the
chief factor is the ready means Of
diagnosis and treatment.
The determination of the particu-
lar dust which is responsible for
asthma is made by skin testing. A
series of small scratches is made
with a needle on the skin of the fore
arm. The scratches are very slight
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terial in powdered form is applied. \
drop of alkali is added to help dis
solve the test material, which con-
sists of the substances previously
mentioned. Within a half hour,
blister, closely resembling those seen
in hives, will appear at the site upon
been placed. If, for example. the sub
ject is sensitive to horse dander,
the solution of horse dander will
cause an elevation of the skin. about
the size of a quarter. This is known
as a positive reaction. Substances
to which the subject is not sensitive
will give no skin reaction.
Evening star., 1924-03-23
Needle Threader.
THERE has been devised an op,

lens, to be attached to any sized
spool of thread, which magnifies the
eye of a needle, or indeed any object,
about 5h times. The magnifying
glass turns into any desired position.
The lens is adjustable and is ~
inches in diameter. The instrument,
which is made of nickel, fits accu-
rately the spool to which it is
attached.
The needle threader can be used
for removing splinters from HAMS
is very useful in botany work, or in
studying maps and In embroidery
work.
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After we had been at it for abou.
three hours, the forest suddenly
opened before us and we were on the
edge of clearing f1oored with sand.
1t was perhaps 125 feet across. I was
just on the point of stepping onto it
when Wan Mat, the headman, caught
me by the arm, crying, Take care,
tuan! Devils! A bed of quicksand"
He saved me and my men from an
ugly adventure. 1 have sometimes
felt that the people of the forest have
self-protective instinct almost equal
to that of animals. have never once
heard of an animals being caught in
quicksand.
We moved along in single file, the
ten men from the kampong leading.
After about twenty minutes Of this
the men in advance began to curse
and to shout. They had stepped on
the sharpened bamboo stakes that the
Sakai stick in the ground to halt the
advance of barefooted enemies. The
boom of blows struck upon a hollow
log mingled with the cries and curses.
Then men seemed suddenly to rain
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4CTON
$17zT> stir !
- Gy Robea ANlA Rlpze
BINGo SEES LoNDoN,s TOWER.

BINGO SEES LONDoy'S TOWER.
ET'S call him Bingo-something
snappy. He was like that: one
of those travelling Americans
who contribute so nightly to
the Europeans vast confusion anent the
American character. And he told
Fairbairn and myself over the Savoy
bar that he'd never been to the Tower
of London: would We guide him
thither?
The date was made. When we went
to the appointed rendezvous, Bingo
was what the English call "blotto."
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gave that suffering guide was some
thing to draw tears from an iron deer.
"Ere, gent'mum, is Tower 'nl.
where Mary, Queen of Scots. william
Wallace and all the other poor un-
fort mates lost their 'eads."
And what. did they do with the
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Tap him and he would have rung like
bell. The, cocktails he had absorbed
served only to make him more perky
and rapid-fire than ever.
We took the tube to the tower and
were met at the gate by a "beefeater"
---one C those pongpous ciceroneS Of
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the door might not injure the ami
mails tail. This order had been car
ried out The beast was in perfect
condition-one OF the most beautiful
cat animals ] have ever seen.
We placed the entrance to the cage
against the trap, pulled a number of
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hours we came to the spot where We
had set the trap. There was a splen-
did specimen in il, a full-grown male
tiger. He measured close to nine feet
! had given instructions that the bait
for the trap was to be placed suffi-
ciently far inside so that the fall OF
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breed. I looked into his eyes, which
refused to meet mine, and tried to
measure his ferocity- "a ferocity
which, in captivity, might turn him
against himself Self-mutilation is
not unknown among the other cat
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AAARVnM

England's prize romance spot all
dressed up like a halberdier of the
sixteenth century. Bingo called him
the jack of hearts and soon shortened
this to plain Jack.
The '.razzing'' this brash American
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Copyright. 1921
Evening star., 1924-03-23

THE next morning, at daybreak, we
started for our prize. The last
bit of preparation was the tying of
live chicken inside the cage for the
tigers first mouthful in captivity.
Naysar led the way and in about four
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-08-19
Frank Hank to Hi.
From the Railway Age.

Dear Hi: hev looked around quite bit
and think I will go to work on the railroad
as A brakeman this looks like a good )oD
and the pay is good the FUNNIEST thing tho
is the way they are paide. When was
thnkin of going to work | asked the super
intendent what the pay would be Tor
months work and he said he was busy then
but if | would come back for two or three
DAVIS next week he would have couple OF
clerks hgger it out Tor me. | asked one OF
the bows who was workin how it wuz and
he explained it to me, but as you don't no
nothing about railroading ! will tell you how
it would work out if you were pade that
way for blowing which you no more ABOUT
It would be this way. You would be paide
four dollars a day for blowing or two dol
lars an acre which ever way give you the
most money and if you ploud your two akers
bv noon YOU would get days pay any way
and would not haft to work in the after
moon or if you worked and made another
two akers you would get two days pay tor
the days work. You would get a halt hour
extra for Harvesting the mules IN the morn
ing and If YOU have to go up hill and down
hill YOU get some extra pay more than II
the land was level also if you have to turn
around more than three stumps IN a day
vo, get extra pay and if it takes you more
than five minutes to turn a corner lover and
above what it would with the team you used
to have you would get extra pay tor that;
If Won plowed part of the day and narrowed
the rest you would get extra pay becuz it
was different. class of servuce and If the
plow broke down or a mule got SICK with
the flu YOU would get payde Tor your akerS
or hours whichever wuz the most up to the
place OF the accident to the mule or the plow
whichever it wuz and then you would get
pavd for the time you was watching tor the
blow or mule to get we'll or changed for
another one at the raft per hour and then
when you started plowin again you would
be paid by the hour or aker whichever was
the most agin. bearing in mind going up
hill down hill and turning corners, dodgin
stumps and sech like as have mensioned;
Sometimes if you don't do good JOB and
halt to double back and plow furro again
YOU would get paide a minimum OF ten MN
utes for this, then when you quit at mite II
some other fellow wuz ahead OF you at the
watering trough and you have to wait i've
minutes TO water the mules you would get
extra time for that which is called deten-
sion Yours in haste, HAM.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-08-19
A Forward Movement.

Realizing the great Importance OF paying
more attention to the production OF home
supplies especially the raising OF hogs, some
of the banks of Terrell county in spirit OF
cooperation, use page in this issue OF The
News to urge farmers to procure feeder pigs
and brood sows.
These institutions are to be commended
for their progressiveness and foresight, and
that they are willing to cooperate with the
farmers is evidenced by the liberal offer to
let them have money to buy hogs to be tat
tened, on crops to be gathered this tall, and
sold next spring when prices are high.
There is no doubt that every farmer in
the county realizes the importance OF rails
ing hogs; not only for home consumption
but for the market, and through the efforts
of these banks another source of revenue
will be opened to the tillers OF the soil.
The offer of the banks is one of the most in
teresting and important announcements that
has ever been made through The News, and
should be read by every farmer who has an
ambition to get out Of the old rut
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-08-19
The Beauty Of Georgia.

Travellers have their ideas OF scenic
beauty. Not all of them agree, Some prefer
rugged grandeur as OF mountain and chasm
and waterfall and tortuous bypath. Others are
pleased by sharp contrasts. And still others
are charmed by a genter beauty, one that
combines distance and utility, such, for ex-
ample as may be found in rural Georgia. For
after all may not the poetry OF nature ex-
press itself best in what it contributes both
to the Joy and the sustenance OF man.
One may stop on highway and see
enough square miles Of cultivated lands to
fancy that one was looking at empire. One
may see in every direction field on field OF
growing crops. There are colds and greens OF
various shades, with here and there the silver
of brook, lake or pond, Trees dot the land
scape. and here and there domicile may be
found For the most part, however, the great
demesne of bi1lowing terrain is performing
a service to humanity the first that it de-
mands 1t is providing food and clothes.
The moving car helps somewhat in Wis
ualizing the beauty of Georgia's rural sec
ton. the wonderful farm lands. One might
see it to better advantage from great height
as from an airship and yet one may stand
on the ground itself and see enough to be
thankful that it is all there to be seen and
used and enjoyed God certainly. was good
to Georgia
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-08-19

From the Millen News.

We favor biennial sessions of the legisla-
lature, also the election of state house OF
ficers for terms Of four years Furthermore,
annual sessions OF superior courts and the
enlargement of the powers of city courts IS
worth considering. We can also see no good
reason why certain county and city offices
should not be consolidated In fact, we are
for putting the brakes on the whole modus
operand of government for if something
isn't done we will soon be nation OF serfs,
under government as monarcha1 and tyrani-
cal as the once imperial governments of Eu-
rope We want to see revival of personal
responsibility and the destruction of the dan
gerous tendency towards paternasm. We are
eternay making new laws to correct evils
already provided for Every reformer and
faddist seeks memorial in the form OF some
fool law There is universal complaint that
people are losing respect for law, which is
accounted for by the passage of laws that
deserve no respect. The folly of attempting
to legisate conscience and morality into
people has been abundantly proven. A re-
turn to sanity is in order.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-08-19
Paw What You Owe First.
From the Triton Gazette.

Indications are that within the next three
months more money will be placed in cir
culation in this section than has been trav-
cling through business channels in three
years or more.
It has been so long since the people have
had any money to spend that they may be
tempted to cut loose and blow BIT. Let's
not Weld to this temptation. Let's pay our
bills first.
The money which comes into our posses
sion isn't our own as long as we owe any
thing-it belongs to the men who extended
rs credit in times of need They should re-
ceive first consideration, and all debts should
be wiped out first After we have paid all
that we owe will be time enough to begin
spending. Let's pay up hrst.
The creditors have been unusually lenient
the past few years. 1t is true that there WASH
ANYTHING else for them to do. They have
waited long time for their money and they
deserve first consideration. AS you sell your
tobacco cotton and other crops, see to II
that those who have extended you credit get
their money first After you have wiped the
slate clean will be time enough to start
spending
The advice in the foregoing paragraph to
those who have farm crops to sell also APP
plies to the business and professional men OF
Triton AS the farmers pay their bills you
will get money See to it that you pay your
bills first. The merchants and professional
men need to go on debt paying campaign
Just as much as the farmers.
Let's make this fall debt paying fall
Let's wipe all the old debts off the slate. Let's
not blow in this years crop. Let's put ii
where it will do the most good. God has
given assurance of bountiful harvest Let's
put the proceeds from the crops where it will
do the most good Let's pay what we owe
first
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-08-19
The Cost of Killing Criminals.

The statement is being made that the sub
stitution of the electric chair for the gailoWs
as the legal method OF execution VIII save
Georgia money" The News is not one OF
those who believe that in putting criminals
to death economy should be a matter OF
prime Importance The condemned persons
and the public are both to be considered IN
connection with the unpleasant feature OF
Transporting the unhappy victims OF the law
across the state to the place of execution.
While the cost of the electricity used in
shocking man to death will be cheaper
than the expense of erecting gallows, that
will be very inconsequential part OF the
expense. 1t will require several thousand
dollars to build the death house, install steel
cells and equip it with electrical chairs and
other necessary apparatus. The cost to
county in which one of its residents is con-
demned to the chair will also be considerable,
as the county will pay the expense OF the sher-
if. including number OF guards, in the re-
moval OF the prisoner from jail to the
State Farm. and also the fees OF two physi-
clans who are required to be present at the
execution If the governor grants reprleve
at the last moment, as frequently happens,
there will be the further expense OF taking
the prisoner back TO jail in the county in
which he was convicted.
1t is somewhat cold-blooded to discuss the
cost OF putting human being to death, but
as the question has been raised it is well
enough. in the interest OF facts and truth,
that both sides be stated.
The governor has signed the measure pro-
viding for the electrocution OF those sentenced
to death in Georgia, and nothing can be
gained by a discussion OF whether it is more
humane than the old method 1t is now the
law of the state, and in the future condemned
persons will be put to death with electricity
instead OF with a rope.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-08-19
RUDE RURAL RHYMES
PRIDE.

Let's not be naughty, o my brothers, be-
cause we snore less loud than others. And
sisters, though your ankle bones more shape
ly be than Mrs Jones, l pray you speak in
modest tones o why should the spirit OF
mortal be proud they don't put pockets in
shroud Yea, all your pomp and all your
power will leave you in the final hour; and as
for wealth, there is no room for it within the
narrow tomb. Yet still with pride we're
swollen up and bloated like poisoned pup.
The girl in some new style appears that
hides her feet or shows her ears then straight
way feels within her breast disdain Tor all
not thusly dressed. A little brief authority
will spoil the great majority. So when we
travel here and there to suffer hotel bed
and fare the clerk lordly air assumes if
we inquire the cost of rooms The big car
owner scorns the hordes who slip about in
nimble Fords and I am all puffed up at times
because I write some bonehead rhymes. l
find, the more I live and sing, the human
heart curious thing. For when man learns
to bend his neck, to hold his stubborn pride
in check, and even turn the other cheek, he
then is proud because he's meek
bob ADAMS
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-08-19
A Statesman Speaks.

The speech of John w. Davis accepting
the democratic nomination for president was
one of the notable utterances of recent years,
and has been favorably commented upon
throughout the country. It was a direct and
forceful pronouncement of policies, and
stamps the candidate as a courageous and
able leader who has only the best interests
of his country at heart. The address confirm
ed the opinion expressed by The News at the
time of Mr.. Davis nomination-that he is
neither a progressive or conservative, but just
a plain democrat without frills whom every
man and every woman who believe in the
time honored principles of the party can
follow loyalty and enthusiastically. The more
one knows of Mr.. Davis the conviction
grows that he is a great man and a great
democrat There is no doubt that the New
York convention made the best possible
choice of nominee for the greatest Office
in the world.