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1E DAWSON NEWS.
py E. L. RAINEY.
PHONE NO. 6.
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Nothing is allowed to disturb, to interfere or to take our attention from it. In our prescription department is a supply of every drug, chemical and medicine
that physicians employ. ~ Our Prescriptionists are men of superior qualifications, careful, trustworthy men who know their business and attend to it. Above all,
we have an iron-clad rule never to substitute, and we live up to it strictly. A package of medicine bearing our label is exactly what the doctor prescribes—
always. Bring, send or phone us your prescriptions. We will save you time, trouble, worry and money. We can send for and deliver them immediately, and
are at your service all day and half the night. You will find us at our store on Sundays from Btoll a. m. and 2to 6 p. m. for the convenience of anyone
wanting prescriptions filled. We deliver on a few minutes’ notice ice cream packed in quarts, half gallons and gallons. A share of your patronage solicited.
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NUMBER SIX
BIG SUMS OFTEN PAILD BY SOCI
ETY PEOPLE FOR POODLES.
Apsurd Pampering of Canine DPets Is
the Most Preposterous Craze That
People Are Charged With.
Of all the crazes that people are
¢harged with who have more money
than they know what to do with the
sbsurd pampering of their canine pets,
45 described by W. G. Fitz-Gerald in
e Woman's Home Companion for
July, is the most preposterous. Dogs
qre bought at prices ranging anywhere
from $lOO to 5,000, according to the
ygliness of the animal or the caprice
of the buyer. There are dogs for
driving and others for motoring.
Theze must mateh the costume of their
mistress, either with their natural
toats or witt apparel specially made
by the Paris modiste. There are
coats in scarlet and leather, with vel
wet collars, motor goggles to protect
the eyes and electro-plated foot warm
ers for the dogs and waterproof boots
of india rubber and leather to keep the
mud from their feet. In New York,
Paris and London there are outfitters
who make a specialty of furnishing
toilets. What Worth is to the mis
tress, Madame Ledouble is to her pet
poodle. Her reception room is a
sumptuous apartment, with rooms for
canine chiropodists, who are sham
pooing, brushing, combing, trimming
and feeding the pet dogs of the wealthy
women. There are morning, afternoon
and evening coats; mourninyg outfits,
and traveling and bridal dresses—
these last daintily trimmed with sprigs
of orange blossoms so that the pet
way attend the nuptials of his mistress
or her friends duly robed in a wed
ding garment and probably led by
]“:hlte streamers. There is an array of
iingerie consisting chietly of luce-‘
edged handkerchiefs to be carried ina
pocket of the coat and used to wipe off |
?n) fiecks of mud which may soil the
do‘.”'?lexged little aristocrat while.
(mmz through the streets. Yachting
glmvns are shown in fine navy bluel
f‘Oth. i‘fn‘d an amusing traveling cos
-od'me of Scotch plaid gweed has a pull
d‘e“,r‘w“qr and a side pocket for the
t?f{b railroad ticket. When Fido
:defls with him go his trunks and
{:}:f cases, and lady poodles take
hl“ ”‘Fm packets of twenty-four tiny
toaillr pins, made especially for their
» ?rtl g()ld and silver bracelets and
WH, €s, and highly decorative ties,
o UE‘” them in purple satin with dia-
E ;)ln hbmw\-w?‘ worth $250. Then there
De;t‘ ¢ dogs’ doctors. The victimized |
Wit; are fed with all sorts of dainties, |
e d}nwsts of pheasants, sweet
‘Otha-N cooked by Parisian chefs, and
m?f;‘v”'t‘bosterous edibles, served on
£ jb\f plates by powdered flunkies
;\'zifx?l'iift(’-lls liveries and gold braid.
workuf]'\' then, there is plenty of
b ‘}‘H!' the veterinary surgeons—
imm “‘mwnnbme much knowledge of
!oroah hature with their professional
E Like their owners the pets suf
i a.mb' from over-feeding, but in
R ;lt would never do to tell
vaduU tru 1
Wh; al fet i
L W:?:%!l .»}}e surgeons do in such cases
su,'-;-““vl”'Us-u'uted by the following
the o ¢ IS stated by the author of
lutels ¢ here condensed to be abso-
LOEM:(,:H.”". Mr. C. Rotherham, of
o 4 well known dog’s doctor,
intg 4 ¢ called to Paris and ushered
he w:,-dl.d “nlficert drawing room where
tier, o ronted with a fat bull ter-
Cl\'ef-h.l'“.m°ly on its last legs from
¢rave oo 5. The surgeon ‘looked
that l—-‘f‘&d It was a serious case, and
treat . must take the dog away and
livered " ihlb hotel. The dog was de-
With g e o D in a superb barouche
the b;w\‘f.ichman and a footman on
who hag ‘:_‘l“_l another footman inside
s :if{r‘\l' ?.tx';,{e of Fifi. On receiving
B his o Rotherham turned it over
& l‘or.-z;_';-;pll ordering him to put it in
Becs who: absolutely starve it for
drastic L"t days and nights. This
and \xi},-p[id.tment was carried out,
did *f:m*;;‘ ‘wice a day, the same splen
ants’ wip bage drove up with pheas
for the ‘=s On massive silver plates
‘illie invalid, the surgeon's
man would receive the offering with a
serious face, reply to inquiries that
*Fifi was going on as well as could be
expected, considering the complexity
of thd case’’ and then retire to enjoy
the delicacies himself, after which he
would wash the plates ready to ex
change at the next visit. After ten
days or so Mr. Rotherham remarked
to his man, ‘‘Fred, I'll have to be
sending Fifi home tomorrow.”” “‘Don’t
do it vet sir, for goodness sake,”
Fred replied earnestly, *‘for 1 never
lived so well in my life.”’
WILL TAKE SIX MONTHS.
No More Two-Months Divorces in
Judge Pendleton’s Court.
Judge Pendleton of the Fulton
county superior court has come down
good and hard on the effort of the pe
titioners to use his court for a get-a
divorce-quick mill of justice by issu
ing an order that hereatter two terms
of court must elapse between the first
and second degrees for divorce may
be granted.
Since Jan. 1, when the six-term-a
year court was instituted in the coun
ty to relieve the congested docket, he
has done little else but try divorce
suits. Under this calender it has been
possible to get a divorece in sixty days,
but with the new order it will take at
Jeast six months and maybe much
longer. :
The new order becomes effective at
once.
“WORSE THAN TINNED BEEF.”
Cigarettes Dealt a Body Blow by Brit
ish Parliament.
l Fdward Page Gastona, of Chicago,
testified before the select committee of
the British house of lords on juve
nile smoking that the worst article
America sent to Great Britain was the
American cigarette.
‘lt is worse,”’ he said, ‘‘than the
lChicago tinned meat.”’
Gastona also warned the British
legislature against attempts at bri
bery on the part of the American to
baceo teust in order to balk the un
friendly legislation. The proposed
British bill which will probably re
-Icei ve the endorsement of the house of
‘lords committee provides for a fine
'of $5 for the first offence in supplying
tobacco to minors,slo for the second
offence, and revocation of offenders’
‘license on the third conviction.
HUNDREDS BURIED ALIVE.
According to London Sociery for Pre
venting Premature Burial.
One hundred and forty-nine persons
were permaturcly buried in 1905, ac
cording to certificates read at the meet
ing of the London Society for the Pre
vention of Premature Burial; 219 were
reported as having had narrow' es
capes from burial alive, 10 as dis
sected alive, 3escapes from dissection
9 embalmed alive, 1 cremated alive.
One member urged that there should
be waiting mortuaries, such as they
have in Munich and other German
towns, where bodies could remain
under strict sanitary conditions until
the first signs of putrefacation, the
only trustworthy sign of death.
EXPORTS LAST YEAR WERE $600,000,000
An Increase of One Hund:e—d and Sixty Per Cent. During the Past
Ten Years Is Uncle Sam’s Record. :
For the fiscal year which ended June
30th the value of exports of manufac- ‘
turers from the United States aggre-|
gated $600,000,000, against $543,000,000|
in 1905, with $434,000,000 in 1900 and
%239,000,000 in 1896, an inerease of 160
per cent during the decade.
The increase in the exportation of
manufacturers during the year was
chiefly in iron and steel, cotton, cars,
leather, carriages, agricuitural im
plements, mineral oils, furniture, pa
per, paraflin, scientific instruments
and manufacture of India rubber and
fibers.
For the twelve months ending June
30, 1906, the value of manufacturers’
materials imported aggregated $500,-
000,000 or nearly as wmuch as the value
THE CITY PHARMACY.
Come to the store and make personal selection when possible.
If not use the telephone. We serve you either way satisfactorily.
THE CITY PHARMACY.
DAWSON, GA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 1906.
THE DANCE OF EPILEPTICS
HIDEOUS ANTICS DURING MARCH
TO SHRINE OF ST. WILIBRORD.
Spectacle Is Frightful as the Mass of
Afilicted Ones Approaches. Cere
mony Is an Annual One.
The strange dancing procession of
epileptics from all parts of Europe
to_ok place at Echternach (Luxembourg)
last week. The ceremony is an annual
one, inspired by a belief in the powers
of the bones of St. Wilibrord of Ech
ternach, the healer.
To be cured the pilgrim must dance
a distance of a mile and a quarter.
The dance is a kind of irregular
march, in the course of which each
person, in the accompaniment of mu
sic, makes three steps in a forward
and two in a backward direction, thus
making in all a series of five steps in
order to advance a single one.
Fehternach, a quiet little village at
the extremity of the Grand Duchy on
the River Sour, and close to the Ger
man frontier, was formerly the first
religious center of ancient Germany.
A certain Bishop Wilibrord, abbot of
Echternach, had a marvelous influence
over the inhabitants of this village,
and after his death, toward the end of
the eighth century, the aid of his spir
it was invoked by those suffering from
epileptic disease.
Particular interest was manifested
in the procession this year owing to
the transfer of the bones of Saint Wil
ibrord from the old parish church to
the Basilica where his tomb was for
merly to be found in the vear 1794
This operation was effected in the
presence of many notable bishops,
among whom were the Bishop of
Fterecht, the Bishop of Treves, the
Bishop of L. Crosse (America). the
Bishop of Dacca, India. and many
others. _
At 8 o’clock in the morning, on Ger
man territory. just beyond the bridge
crossing the Sour, the procession be
gins. The pilgrims approach in rows
of tive, in rank and file formation,
some hand in hand, others hold
ing their neighbor’s handkerchiefs.
Among them are hundreds of children,
peasants, and poor and aged men and
women. The whole aspect of the pro
cession resembles a waving cornfield
as the pilgrims execute their curious
dance.
It is a frichtful spectacle as these
wrecks of humanity, this quivering,
shaking mass of evileptics approaches.
In their agony they cast their eyes
heavenwards, imploring the Almighty
to have compassion on them, to re
lieve them from their distress. Be
fore me is an old woman of eighty.
The poor creature is shaking from
head to foot. Already her brow is
covered with sweat, thqugh the trying
pilgrimage has only just begun. A
crowd of laughing boys has just gone
by. They seem to be enjoying them
selves, as with agile limbs they soring
backwards and forwards. They are
of manufacturers exported. FPrior to
1898 imports of manufactures were al
ways greater in value than exports.
Since 1898 exports have exceeded im
ports in value, except in 1903. In
1860 the value of imports was five
times as great as exports; in 1870
about three times; in 1880 two and a
half times: in 1890 about twice, and in
1898 for the first time exports of man
ufactures from this country exceeded
imports, and with a single exception
this condition has continued to the
present time.
During May, 1906 exports were
larger than in any preceding month
of the export trade; aggregating over
$56,000,000, an average of more than
| $2,000,000 for each business day.
the ‘‘suljstitutes’’ for those who have
come to lchternach as pilgrims, but
who at the last moment have refused
to join the jumping throng.
The spectators who line the streets
do not lpugh—the sight is too hideous.
But froxg time to time, ten, a hundred,
a thousand of these motionless on
lookers, carried- away by the sight
they wit}xess, join the procession and
begin tojdance. The whole street, the
very houses, seem in motion.
Some of the afflicted stagger, some
fall to the ground only to rise again
and falter onwards. 7There are tewer
invalids than usual this year. In facy,
'the proceedings are encouraged only
by financially interested persons.
FROG KILLING AS A BUSINESS.
Slaughter-House Handles 2,000 Daily,
Some Big as Rabbits.
There is a frog slaughter-house in
Crowley, La., and is one of the busi
ness industries of this thriving city.
The killing and dressing of the frogs
is carried on along lines identical
with those followed in the stock
slaughtering establishment with the
exception that the frog, instead of be
ing knocked in the head, loses his head
under the hatchet. After this the
body is passed to the men who removes
the entrails. Then comes the skin
ning process, after which the trog is
thrown fto a vat of water to be clean
ed. The dressed frogs are packed in
ice and shipped to market in barrels.
The Crowley house kills and ships an
average of 2,000 frogs a day.
The frogs are bought for 10 cents
apiece, and the market price, dressed
is about twice that fiigure. Some of
the frogs are nearly the size of rab
bits.
The skins find a ready market.
Last week 1,500 pounds of skins were
shipped. ,
BEE STING FOR RHEUMATISM.
Man Receives One Hundred Jabs on
Bare Back.
Baring his back Frank McGlynn,
of Philadelphia permitted 100 bees to
sting him as an experiment to prové
his theory that the sting of the insect
is an antidote for rheumatism. The
experiment took place at the apiaries
of W. A. Seiser, Jenkintown, and
watching McGlynn were 2,000 persons
who had gathered to discuss bees and
their habits.
McGlynn, a chronic sufferer from
rheumatism, explained that several
years ago he had been bitten by bees
and discovered that the next day his
rheumatism was better. When he had
another attack he tried the same
thing and it worked
Henry Twining, a convert to the
McGlynn theory and also a sufferer
from rheumatism, permitted a swarm
a swarm of the insects to sting him on
the arm.
FRENCH GIRLS SELL TRESSES.
One Family at Annual Hair Sale Re
alize $9OO for 868 Pounds.
The market in Linoges, France, is
fiillled with girls bargaining for the
sale of their hair. It is the periodical
hair fair, where dealers find the best
tresses in the world. The girls stand
demurely while dealers from Paris,
Berlin, London, Moscow and else
where critically examine their hair
A price being agreed on, they accom
pany the buyers to appointed places
to have their tresses cut off. The
prices vary from 43 to 53 cents a
pound. One family unitedly parted
with eighty-six pounds of hair, realiz
ing for it $9OO.
GOVERNMENT COTTON REPORT.
The Average Condition of the Crop
June 25 Was 83 3.
The bureau of statistics of the de
partment of agriculture reported Wed
nesday the average condition of cot
ton of cotton June 25 to be 83.3, com
pared with 84.6 on May 26 last, 77 on
‘June 25 of last year, and a 10 year
‘average of 84.1. s :
. Following are the conditions of a
year ago: Georgia, 82 and 83; Ala
bama, &4 and 84; Florida, 77 and 87.
MID-SCAMMER SALE
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During the month of July we will give a reduction of 25 per cent
—for CASH ONLY—onour entire line of Jewelry-—Watches, Stick
Pins, Rings, Etc.—Stationery, Perfume, Soap and Druggists’
Sundries. We do this to make room for new stocks for the Fall
trade. We mean business. The goods must be sold.
1 pound Linen Paper, worth 25¢, for . . . [l9c¢
1" Elgin 20 year, 7 Jewel Gold Watch,
worth 82600 %0r . . . . o v ¢ N 8 I 8
slooBaek Fingtor . . o 4oL v e
$1.60 Fountain Syringe for . . . . . SSLN
KENDRICK’S DRUG STORE
The Athens Mutual |
Fire Insurance Co.
Organized Feb. 18, 1903.
This company has had a steady and conservative increase of
business since Its organization,
It charges the same rate as other fire insurance companies,
but divides the profits with the policy holders, and so far has
paid to policy holders, at expiration of their policies a
Dividends Amounting to 25 per cent
of the Premiums Paid.
This is the only fire insurance company doing business 1a Geor
gia that pays its policy holders a cash dividend at the expira
tion of their policies.
Largest amount insured in one risk is %1,000.
W. H. GURR.
Local Agent, ¥ Dawson, Ga.
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we believe will justify us in soliciting your business with the assur
ance that prompt payments and liberal settlements will be made in
every case of loss. We issue policies insuring against loss by fire,
lightning and storms; also accident, health, burglary, plate-glass
and steam boiler insurance. We represent one of the strongest and
most liberal bonding companies inthe United States. See us or write
us when in need of any kind of insurance.
PARKS & BELL. )
Offices in Dean Building, Opposite Court House, Dawson, Ga.
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MAIN STREET.
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