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lODEBN DISCOVERIES UTILIZED BYI
BLOWERS OF SAFES. |
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yo Safe Has Yet Been Made Which Can
pesist the Attacks of a Burglar Who
knows His Profession.
[t is the proud boast of ;the preseny
n <afe-breaking fraternity that,
:\'hulé‘"“" the achievements of the
panufacturers are, no .safe has yet
peel made which can resu.sh the attacks
of a bu! glar who knows his profession,
How true this is it \Yould- be rather
sifficult to sav: but it is quite certain
tbat, it he is to baffle the modern Bill
grkes, the safe-maker must exert his
m.wnli'fi“ powers and ingenuity to the
uLm\):L,
The time has passed when the burg
jar atta .zed a safe with a bammer,
oroWbar, chisel and a few skeleton l
‘: vowacdays he utilizes modern
-:_;:cov.;:-iu: of science to aid him in his |
‘mm.iw- work, and relies on his |
gowledge of chemistry and mechan
-1o successfully accomplish a rob-i
bery. : ; ‘
\any cxperienced burglars, for in
stance, DOW emplov a chemical com
;ngl by which the finest steel can!
pe pierced. This compound is called
thermite, which, when mixed with
magnesium powder, softens the hard
est steel 10 such an extent that it may
pe pierced as easily as lead. With the
aid of this compound the burglar cap
fod his way into the toughest safe.
The thermite is placed on the toy or
some other part of the safe, and gen
erates such a fierce heat that the hard
eat steel cannot resist it,
(Ope of the most.useful anl common
«ientific appliances which burglars
employ powdays is an oxy-hydrogen
plow pipe, which produces such an in
ense heat that the metal against
which the flame is directed is melted.
(ply a few months ago a safe in one of
the London postoftices was opened by
means of one of these blow pipes. The
burgiars who accomplished the deed
werely had as tools a bit of India rub
per tubing and a cylinder of oxygen
gas. They tixed the tubing to the gas
jety turned on the oxygen, and obtain
ed a heat of 2,000 degrees, sufficient to
pelt the steel of a battleship.
Eleetricity, too, renders most valua
ble aid to the modern burglar. Some
time ago the safe’of a well-known
wholesale firm of tobacconists was
broken into and robbed of its contents.
The safe was found to have a large
hole melted through the door, and at
first the police were considerably puz-
sled in their endeavors to find out how
this had been accomplished. Ultimate
ly it was discovered that the burglars
had torn down the eiectric light wires
which were enstalled in the building,
and used the current to fuse the metal.
Needless to say, the men must have
been skilled electricians, provided
with an elaborace apparatus, in order
to accomplish such a piece of work.
About two years ago a daring at
tempt was made to open the safe of a
wellknown firm of Hatton Garden
diamond merchants. Fortvunately the
burglars were disturbed in their work,
and in their haste to escape left be
hind an assortment of beautifully
made tools and an automatic furnace
ofa kind entirely new to the Scotland
Yard oficials. This automatic furnace
Was a remarkable contrivance, consist
ing of a semi-cylindrical shaped piece
of metal, lined with asbestos and fitted
®ith a mechanical *‘blast,” the fuel
used being coke and charcoal. These
farnaces whigh produce a keen, biting
fame, are used to neat the 3sides of a
sfe, in order that they may be more
easily pierced.
Aremarkable safe-breaking exploit
%8s reported from Paris last year,
¥hich shows with what rapidity the
Godern burglar can work. Four men,
Under official observation, were seen to
break into an office and attack a large
sife. They bored holes at each angle
Oflhe door, and then knocked out four
tivels. Bending the outside plate a
little, it was gripped by a curious in
friment with immense gyratory lev
*fage and absoiutely rolled up like the
Unofa sardine box. The loek was
usexposed to view, and the with-
Iraval of a~few screws allowed the
d°_°f 0 be opened. The whole ober
-00 only lasted a quarter of an hour,
:t:d ‘ll would be difficult to say who
az';i most surprised—the burglars
i t':;flh’ i}.!‘!‘t'::ed as they left the office
" ‘Ce police who had watehed their
perations,
Ejfii&;m:uiar belief that the mod
. urglar relies mostly on skeleton
;z:',"_'f order to opem a safe: Asa
litye | Of Tact skeleton keys are of
vt Use to him pow, owing to the
\"C 1:;:'; br_xst to Call
SCOTT’S EMULSION
a.f"‘?d because it stands so em-
Phatically for perfect nutrition. :
‘ And Yet In the matter of restor
g appetite, of giving new
Srength to the tissues, especially
10 the nerves, its action is that
¢% 2 medicine, g
’ semaend for free sample.
$ oy, E'QT-\,fi _gows E, mmm e
’ sc. and $1.00; all druggists.
NOTICE OF REMOVAL.
4. K. Cochn;an & Co., proprietors of the Cut
Price Store, will move on or before Septem
ber | into the store house between Dawson
rug Co. and the' Bee Hive. We expect to
have a full stock and prices to suit every one.
J. R. COCHRAN & CO., - awson, Georgia.
vnsn’bnsEAUSEEF‘NEWYBBEWEEEDNESS{
Merchants from Small Towns AI; Shown the Sights by Clerks Whol
Desire to Keep on the Good Side of Their Patrons.
The wickedness of New York is due
to the strangers who visit it says the
New York Press. It is the ambition
of eyery one in this country to see our
great city, and of many foreigners. It
is estimated that vthere are at all times
about 100,000 visitors here to be enter
tained. Some remain a day or two,
some a week, some linger longer.
Whether they come here for business
or pleasure makes but little difference
in the general result of their call.
They want to see the sights, and they
do see them. TLere are multitudes of
ways open for the gratification of every
desire in vhat line, and none are slow
to take advantage of golden opportun
ities to see gilded vice.
Merchants in the smaller zities, in
towons, villages, hamlets and cross-
OFFICIALS EXONERATED.
Government Has Investigated
Smuggling Charges,
Since the sensational confession of
one Judson G. Brinson of having
smuggled a large quanivy of cigars in
to the port of Savannuh, and the sub
sequent arrest of a number c¢f promi
nent citizens of that city, the internal
révenue department, acting upon the
advice of Collector H. A. Ruacker of
Atlanta, has made a thorough invesui
gation so far as the matter related to
the implication of certain members of
the department.
The statement just given out from
the department disproves the charges
that any internal revenue official was
in any way connected with the alleged
smuggling scheme.
In speaking of the matter, Collector
Rucker stated that it was a mystery to
the department from the time of the
first intimation a few weeks ago, how
‘any official of the department could be
‘concerned, as the oftice deals entirely
| with coliection of internal revenue
‘taxes and has nothing to do with im
port and export taxes. Contiouing he
said that the only way in which the
officers could have been concerned in
the scheme would bhave been by pur
chasicg the contraband goods.
It is said that over a hundred people
of Savanpah were connected with the
violation by purchasing the goods of
Brinson and that over amillion cigars
'had beenh smuggled Into the port, rep
resenting duty amounting to thousands
of dollars.
Texas Crop Statistics.
A crop statistician in Dallas, Tex.,
has been figuring on the probable
value of the state's crops for this year,
pow that the season has advanced to a
point where harvesting has begun.
He finds that the state will market
$150,000,000 worth of cotton, $15,000.
000 of wheat, $20,000,000 worth of corn,
$13,000,000 worth of rice, and other
articies that will bring the total of
products up to $202,000,000. Add cat
tle, wool, fruits, vegetables, oil and
miscellaneous products and the grand
total will be not less than $250,000,000
The rice growing {ndustry in Texas {3
relatively new, but, as will be seea
from the figures quoted, 1t has already
assumed considerable proportions:
and within the next ten years 1t will
probably be doubled. A Japanese
compaay bas only receatly made ar
rangements to establish a colony in
Texas and plant several thousand
acres of rice.
Whea you want a physic that ismild
and gentle, easy to take aod certain to
act, always use Chamberiain’s Stom
ach and Liver Tablets. For sale by
Dawson Drug Co., Dawson; Williford
& Co., Parrott.
complicated and ingeaious system of'i
locks which has been inveated. His |
favorite method is that of tearing open
the sides of the safe.
Holes are first drilied into the metal
and then, with a lever, the casings are 'r
wrenched apart by main streagth. ‘[
Failing in this, explosives are resort-f
ed to, the scund being deadened bvi
felt, in which the gafe is frst envel
oped. The lock is sometimes desbrov-!
ed by meaas of nitro glycerine, and
even dvnamite, which the burglar dis~‘
charges by electricity. has been re
sorted to. : l
The following device, however, |
which the moderu burglar sometimes ]
employs, i 3 probably the most ingenius
of all. He dlls up the crevice of |
the door of the safe with putty. leay-|
ing only two openings. By means of an ’
airpump applied to one of the open
ings he draws the air from within the‘
gafe. Meanwhile his coqfcoerat¢ ho!ds;
a car at the other openizz on which |
he pours gunpowder. The latter is|
drawu in between the body of the safe'
and the door by the air suction, and is !
then exploded. This results in either |
the doors being biewn from-their bolts |
or forced open sufficiently to ailow aj
“jimmy”’ being used.
roads, come here once a year to buy
goods. The stores of which they make
their purchases are filled with active
sulesmen who make it a part of their
business to know all the dens and
other things in order to be qualified to
act as after-dark entercainers. The
most accomplished entertainer is usu
ally the most successful salesman. If
necessary he will get drunk with his
customer, take him to all the *‘joints”
and introduce him to all the forbidden
delights of darkest New York. He
cares nothing much for these diver
sions himself. He has been the grand
rounds so many times that all is stale
to him: but he must keep on the good
side (the buying side) of the visitors,
and maintain his reputation of being a
good fellow.
LOG COST $2,800 1
A Valuable Mahogany Unloaded
‘ |
at Pensacola, i
Possibly one of the most valuable
nos that has ever been received at a
guif port was one which was unloaded
from the Spanish steaship lda at Pen
sacola, F'la., which brought a cargo of
mahogany logs from Liverpool con
signed to a manufacturing firm in
Louisville, Ky., which is just now do
ing a large import business at Pensa
cola. The Ida brought the logs from
Liverpool, but they are originally
from Africa.
The one which was so valuable and
which has excited comment all over
the gulf coast was 34 feet in length
and 27 Inches through. It represented
a market value of $2,800, and was said
by customs inspectors to have been
the only one of that specimen to have
ever reached this civy.
It was placed on a car with other logs
of lesser value and last night left for its
destination in Kentuckyv. 7This was
what is known as figured mahogany,
and is used iu the veneering of furni
ture principallv. Itisobtained at great
cost in the African forests and by a
bolting process resembles burnished
glass.
English Sentiment Changing.
If a London cable published a day (r
two ago, reflects British public senti
man, J. Pierpont Morgan is not now as
big a man in British eyes as he was
some weeks ago, when he was on the
other side hob-vobbing with royalty.
‘*Morganeering, only lately a frightful
bogey to Englisbmen, has become a
gibe,” says the cable. The reason 1s
the recent difficulties of some of Mr.
Morgan's trust projects,
The healthy old man wears his gray
hairs like a silvery crown. What if he
be threescore and ten if there is etill
tfire in biseye, firmness in his step,
command in his voice and wisdom in
his counsel? He commeunds love and
reyerence. Yet how few wear the
mantle of age with dignity., Dimeyed,
querulous of spcech, halting in step,
childish in mind, they ‘‘lag superflu
ous on the stage,” dragging out the
fag end of life in a simple existence.
The secret of healthy old age is a
healthy middie age. The man who
takes care of his stomach, who keeps
his body properly ncurished, will find
that the body does not fail him ia old
age. The great value of Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery lies in the
preservation of the working power of
the stomach and other organs of diges
tion and nutrition. From this ceater
is distributed the nourishment of the
whole body, the sa!t for the blood, the
lime for the bones, phosphates for the
brain aodnerves. A sound stomach
means a sound man. A man who keeps
his atomach sound by the use of **Gold
en Medical Discovery'” will wear the
crown of gray hairs as befits a mon
arch, with dignity and ease.
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y/ WeaKkness
takes the joy of life away and opens
the systemn to disease. Assist Nature, \ ¢
avoid strong drugs, use a gentle Treatment, \ \
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AND TONIC PELLETS will help the natural forces
to restore perfect health, feed the blood and
paint the bloom of health on the cheeks.
% A Treatment that Cures ¢
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DIXEY TELLS OF WRISTLER
ACTOR RECALLS “SITTINGS” FOR THE
) FAMOUS PAINTER. |
He Began on the Background and W|rk-£
ed Out to the Subject, Acting as a l
Child During the Cperation. |
When Henry E. Dixey was in Lon
don playing “Adonis” he sat for James
McNeill Whistler, the American artist
who died a few days ago, and the two
men became triends. Dixey’s. recollec
tions of the eccentric painter are inter
esting at this time, says the Chicago
Inter Ocean.
“He sent me word one day,” said the
actor recently, “‘that he would like to
come to my dressing room agel watch
me make up my face for the imper
gonation I was giving of Henry Irving.
He came and stood behind me, watch
ing the process of the transformation
in the mirror. He acted like a delight
ed child all through the operation. With
the addition of every new line and ef
fect he would utter an exclamation of
pleasure and then confront me and ex
amine more closely the counterfeit
countenance. When the task was com
pleted he pronounced the resemblance
‘marvelous,” even at close range.
“Ile invited me to luncheon the next
day and asked me to permit him to
paint me in my white and blue cos
tunre. 1 sent for it, aud he stood um‘
on a pink mat and before a lavender
background. Then he discarded the
monocle, put on a pair of big specta
cleg, and, really, the man underwent a |
complete change of manner the nmo
ment he began to mix his colors. 1
never saw inspiration so clearly de
picted on a face in my life. He talked
half to himself as he worked.
“¢Oh, we'll do something fine this
time,” he would say. ‘Wait, wait, wait;
hold that pose, please. Ob, this will be
all tght—you'll see.” When I thought
he had fintshed my figure at least I
looked at the eanvas and found he had
made nothing but the outlines. When
I expressed my surprigse he explained:
‘Ah, my boy, I don’t work as many
others do. I commence at the baek
ground an®avork out to my subject.’
“After an hour's time his cook sum
moned him to dinner, but he still paint
ed on. To my surprise the cook, a
healthy, middle aged woman, began
lecturing him in French and actually
took the brush out of his hand and
compelled him to stop. The artist en
‘dured this just as a child might and
‘allowed his dominating cook to lead
us to the dining room.
“I sat for him several more times,
but I had to leave England before the
picture was finished. 1 received letters
from him telling me of the progress he
was making, but when I last saw him,
'two years ago in London, I was much
disappointed to learn that the portrait
was in I’aris.
“I have met a great many famous
| men,” contlnued Mr. Pixey, “but I can
recall none so striking in character as
my departed friend Whistler.”
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B. B. B. (Botanic Blood Balm) is a
certain and sure cure for eczema,
itching skin, humors, scabs, scales,
watery blisters, pimples, aching bones,
or joints, boils, carbuncles, prickling
pain in the skin, old eating sores, ulcers
etc. Botanic Blood Balm cures the
worst and most deep-seated cases by
enriching, purifying and vitalizing the
blood, thereby giving a healthy blood
supplv to the skin. Teals every sore
and gives the rich glow of health to
the skin. Builds up the broken down
body and makes the blond red and
nourishing. Especially advised® for
chronic, old cases, that doctors, patent
medicines and hot springs fail to cure.
Druggists $l, with complete directions
for home cure. To proye B. B. B.
cures sample will be sent free and pre
paid by writing Blood Balm Co.. At
lanta, Ga. Describe trouble and free
medical advice will be seat in sealed
letter.
Ratlroad to Paris.
There is talk of an all railroad route
hetween New York and Paris. Won
dars never cease in these strenuous
times. And engineers say it is teas
ible and practicaple.
If you know of a poor old stifled
horse—a horse with a sore back, a
parbed wire wound, unnatural growths,
stiff joints or swoilen limbs, send him
around. We can cure him with a
few applications of Ramon,s Nerve &
Bone Oil, 25 cents.
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location' On crest of ridge dwiding waters of Flint and Chatts
: * hoochee rivers; above the wiregrass; oak and hickory
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HOMER BUSH, Pres.
W. G. AVEN,
BRONWOOD, GA.
Livery, Sale and Feed Stable.
First-class turnouts and careful drivers. Satisfactory and
courteous treatment accorded all customers. Give me a trial.
My Warehouse,
as usual, will be ready with the ovoening of the season, and
parties favoring me with their cotton wiil receive the
Best Service and Highest Prices
for their staple.
W. G. AVEN,
Bronwood, Ga,
Here is some
thing all the la
dies need.
New Tuck
Folder :
Fits any machine, and
they are so cheap that you
can’t afford to be without
one
I am still selling sewing machines and
bidycles at the same old stand.
JOSEPH S. CLAY,
Plumber and Machinist
ESTABLISHED 1876.
Time Tried. Fire Tested.
The Insurance Agency of
PARKS & BELL,
Is still in the business of furnishing the best protection and in
demnity to.all who seek Fire Insurance, Storm Insurance, Accident,
Plate Glass, Steam Boiler and Burglary Insurance. Should yom
sufler from fires and storms we offer to make good your losses by
a policy in the strongest and best of insurance companies. We also
represent a first class Bonding Company that will become surety on
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