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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-07-16

Close connection at Albany with
Plant System for Valdosta, Waycross.
Townsville, Brunswick and Florida
points. At Columbus with Southern
Railway for Atlanta, Griffin. and in
termediate points. At Montgomery
for all points reached by the Western
Railway of Alabama and Plant System.
At Fort Davis with u. s. & N R'y. tor
Union Springs. AT Savannah with
Plant System and cOastwise steamship
lines for all eastern points.
G.. B. WALWORTH,
Genn. Pass'r. Ag't. Savannah, Ga
Oh. RUSSELL,
Agent, Dawson, Ga.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-07-16
II. w. HARRIS,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.

Office over all Bros Store. Res
Idence at Mrs. L. @. Hoyl's on Lee
street. Calls promptly attended.
Prescriptions filed in my Office.
The evening times., 1902-07-23
An UNHEROIC HERO
By L. L.

There story of Hawthones of an old
mavolent joke day gentle
Of broonek pumpkin old pipe and
daughter of the great of village
long the pipe his mouth he all but
fell pieces Something this hap
pen Captain Richmond p Hobon. The saving rash
young danse from death by drowning work Of
reporter with imagination and audaey respect for the
moral law What the incident which the peg
which the reporter hung his yarn Captain Hobson appears
Uulhcroc light.
According to the Iady account of it. she sitting the
brink of the when Captain Hobson along pushed her
He may have pulled her award
Mother Goose rhyme but rate he responsible her be
ing there. The story short resolves ses somewhat Ill
Judged and unnecessary practical Joke the part the officer
It up Captain Hobon give his
when the kaleidoscope take another The vicinity the Mis-
slslPp to be unfortunate place for the the Mmac
It St Louis that his oseuaoy experiences began
reporter of that region who has water
OF fesavng The Mississippi crooked old
before appeared crookcnc the Of
the United States Navy has been creating eonp
Gated system Of profanity the pilots who navigate
If 1t going affect Captain obsons reputation way
do we'll keep o the beard walk al Atlantic Citv
The evening times., 1902-07-23
A CONSTITUTIONAL SOVEREIGN

Deep though the significance Of the
coronation IS as religious and hfstori-
cal ceremony. it does not in any way
affect OF alter the constitutional position
Of the sovereign On the death of the
monarch the sovereign power IS imme-
diately vested in the heir to the thrCne-
a constitutional doctrine which was en-
bodied in the DecIaratory Statute. 1
Mary. St III, G l, which Blackstone
states very clearly in his Commentaries
and which no one at the present day
would think Of disputing.
The only qualification OF the heiIJs
right to govern "a qualification which, of
course, is repudiated by the few adher-
ents to the wild and absurd doctrine
Of the divine right CT kings. as Black
stone calls it, is that every person who
processes the Roman Catholic religion.
or marries a member Of the Roman
Catholic Church is declared both by the
Bill of Rights and by the Act OF Settle
ment to be forever incapable of possess
ing the crown. which is then to descend
to the person. being a Protestant, who
would have inherited it if the disqua;f-
fed person had been naturally dead
And in all and every such case the
Bill Of Rights declares. the people of
these realms shall be. and are hereby
absolved OF their allegiance"
Though there is no declaration N any
statute that the King must be crowned.
the fact that by constitutional usage
each sovereign is formally invested with
the insignia Of royalty is recognized by
the Act OF William and Mary. which
provided that the coronation oath should
be administered to every King or Queen
who succeeds to the throne at their re-
spective coronations." The form of the
oath is prescribed by the same Act l,
William and Mary, st. I. c. 6. supple
mented by the Act of Union with Scot
land The King must swear to govern
according to law. TO cause law and JUS
tice In mercy to be executed in all his
judgments, to maintain the Protestant
Reformed religion established by law.
and to preserve to the church and clergy
Of the realm all the rights and privi-
leges which by law appertain to them.
From an early period of our history,
indeed. the oath administered to the
King at the coronation has bound him 10
do these three things-conform to the
The evening times., 1902-07-23
HYDROPHOBIA

At this Of the
dog and
actually ex
doubt rabies
ant to meet and should a
dog
portion which
have been told of
tradition
superstition in which there uesomeness
twice as hard to kill
down the The believer
ties as rabies
with strong Imagination actually
the
There two three
protection of such sensitive
public
animals probably rabies
Of
August day Moreover police promoting
wiIb
the public, and incidentally dog scares.
The evening times., 1902-07-23

law. deal Justly and mercifulIy with his
people. and maintain religions is
shown by William the Conqueror's cath.
which has been chronieIed by Florence.
and by Richard rs oath, which IS re-
corded IL the "Liber Regalic." The
oath. to quote Blackstone once more. .is
most indisputably fundamental and
original express contract; though doubt
less" he adds. the duty of protection is
inpliedly as much incumbent on the
sovereign before coronation as after, in
the same manner as allegiance to the
sovereign becomes the duty of the sub
ject Immediately on the descent Of the
crown before he has taken the oath Of
allegiance CT whether he ever takes it
al all
The intention CT the cath IS TO define
the limits of the Kings powers in his
administrative CAPACITY: ne does not
bind himself TO refuse his assent to any
change of law in constitutional OF &C.
clesiastical matters. George III. not
wfthstanding the opinion OF the lawyers
whom ne consulted, believed himself
bound by his coronation oath TO main
tain the tests which stood in the way Of
Catholic emancipation. Queen Victoria
assented to the disestablishment of the
Irish Church--Brttish Law Journal.
The evening times., 1902-07-23
THE ROTH9CHILDS OF JAPAN
From the Imperial Argus" "

Rich as Mitsui'' has indeed become a
proverbial expression among the people
Of the East II is common knowledge.
moreover, that the house of Mitsui
stands upon a pedestal beneath and
around which other firms in Japan pre-
sent an infnitesimaI Importance. The
Mitsuis today comprise eleven families
having the same common ancestor and
bearing the same surname. The fnfiu-
ence and credit of these families col
Ieetively form the firm of Mitsui & Co.
By virtue, however, of certain rules
agreed between each family they are
prevented individually from enjoying
he freedom of action which is their le-
gal right. according 10 the laws of the
country AS individuals. for instance
they cannot dispose, at pleasure, Of their
private properties, and, further, their
domestic affairs and their relations be-
tween each other are regulated by rules
which they have mutually pledged them
selves under solemn contract to OBJ
serve These are controlled and ar
ranged by 2 board of the family council
It IS here that we have the sovereign
power Of the house, the source of its
administration The council. however.
does not necessarily interfere in the
actual business operations Of the firm
nor exercise any direct influence upon
it: It is nevertheless here that the en-
tire workings of the Mitsuis are con
t.olled.
che Mitsui families sprang from an
ancient and iIiustrious race It's line
comes clearly into view in the thirteenth
century from certain Nagaiye, who.
being made a noble, established himself
at his domain in Mitsuimura- Hence the
surname It was. however, in the mid
die of the sixteenth century that one Of
the family became a merchant, and 1t
vas his son. born in 1888, and Takatoshi
Ey name. who first laid the foundation
Of the present frm. Takatoshf invented
and introduced the system Of cash re-
failing; further. he organized a system
for the collection and remittance Of
money, ard this. be it remembered,
when economic science was in but a very
Iudimentary condition, when monetary
transactions were almost unknown in
the country Later he established, in
order to conduct a foreign trade,
branch house at NagasakI, at that time
the cnly port at which foreigners were
allowed to trade Under Takatoshi's able
management the business rapidly deveI-
oped and fourished- The name of Mitsui
soon spread all over the country. In
1887 the Mitsuis were specially appoint
ed by the Tokugawa government as its
DurYeyoT and public exchange control
Ter. and were conferred. in recognition
OF their services, an estate in YedO.
Takatoshi died IN I706. Ten years later
his son established what may be called
the constitution of the house of Mitsui,
and from this time dates the real con-
solidation OF the house And it is en-
tireIy due TO the fidelity to the rules by
each succeeding generation that the long
The evening times., 1902-07-23
An Author Held Up.

VIII \. Harden was taken TO task the
other day By the original OF one Of the
characters IN his new novel, Abner
Daniel The mountaineer and ex-mooE-
sinner called on the author in his Office
In Dalton, Ga. Mr. Harlem saw, by the
angry fire in the mans eye and the In
print OF big revolver under his short
coat. that serious trouble was brewing
Look Y heer." said the visitor. folks
says you've been pokin' fun al me in
book I don't know whether it's so OF
not. but In heer to say ef it IS. men
you'll hitch in short order"
The man, the prototype Of Mr. Har-
ben's Pole Baker" was a powerful fel-
low, who had had as many shooting
scrapes as he had fingers and toes, and
the worst part OF the affair was that
the author had really drawn his portrait
IN the novel Harden deIiberated. and
then said: M --. 7 know .-ou are
fair man, and viii do what is right.
HEre is copy Of the book. Sit down
and read it, and then. il you desire 1t,
viii give you satisfaction" The man
flushed under the unusual proposition,
but nnalfy consented and sat down near
the authors desk All the afternoon he
bent over the book; Mr. Harben went
in and out OF the Office several times
Bithout causing the reader TO raise his
The evening times., 1902-07-23

and prosperous career OF the firm has
continued TO the present day
The members Of the house have a ped
lgree that can be traced back to the
eleventh century Their ancestors play
ed important parts in the history Of
medieval Japan. and they have had
among them men whose military ex-
ploits provide striking theme to writ
ers in Japan It is evident. therefore.
that there must be something in the
nature Of the organization of the house
by which it has been enabled II with
stand and overcome its trials and the
obstacles 10 its progress. As mercan-
tile firm the Mitsui House was founded
almost at that period when the Toku-
gawa Shogunate first grasped the su-
premacy Of the state. and though the
government Of the latter was shatter-
ed by the Meiji restora ton. which rev
oiutionized all the principles on which
society rested, the House OF Mitsui
withstOod its shock and survived It's
crisis. Il Should be remembered that
according 10 the social Institutions Of
Japan, the unit Of society is the fam
iiy, and not the individual. as in west
ern society. The latter is wholly sub
seTvient TO the former; the interests
of the former far outweigh the rights
Of the latter
Again, by laws and customs Of inherf-
tance. the estate Of the father generally
descends to the Arst-born. by prfmogeni-
ture- The younger sons must be adopt-
ed into another family, or, falling this.
independently make their own fortunes
In the case Of the MItsui house. how
ever. from the Oldest to the youngest
there IS no particular property to which
each can enter his absolute claim. The
properties Of the Mitsuis are all their
common properties. The works Of the
Mitsuis at home are. TO a great extent
undertaken with the object OF publi,
benefit, rather than private gain. Stand
ing as they do outside all possibility
Of rivalry. they are undertaken TO set
examples to others by projecting new
enterprises which might be beneficial
TO the country by encouraging the prog
ress OF industries, by adopting In their
works latest inventions and newest dis
coyeries. and by creating new systems
and methods in business transactions.
Indeed, with every business enterprise
of large magnitude, with every pub
lie organization in the industrial world
of Japan. with every large concern of
economic interest the name of Nitsuf
is always identified
The evening times., 1902-07-23
CTVILTZATIOT.

jules Legras. q French traveller, who
has made trip through Manchuria on
the railway Russia is constructing there,
tells a story il the Revue des Deux
Mcndes" Of the rapid Russianization of
the province At banquet at Khai-
tor 20 celebrate the progress of civ
ilization the Russians and Italians en-
gagged in the railroad building said the
usual things about civilization and the
inferior races, when Buddha Rabdano-
witch Rabdauov, a BOUTiote. by race.
gave the eulogium this ironic turn.
Civilization? ?" saic he Yes. civiliza-
tion goes forward at railroad speed in
this country; il expands rs this rail-
road grows. I will give you an Illus
tTation- Three years ago I was n khai-
tor, and there was nothing but Bourf-
Otes talking Bouriote and Mongols talk
ing Mongolian Now all that IS alter
ed No longer ago than yesterday in q
street here MongoI carter insGlted me
in Russian!"
The evening times., 1902-07-23
THE OAK AND THE ELM


More than forty years ago the Prince Of Wales
edward NlD planted in Central Park, New
oTS, an English Gak and an American elm.
The oak IS dying. TIE elm is vigorous
The oak and elm, two saplings, stood,
And typified new brotherhood
The oak bespoke Britannia's 5 might.
The elm showed forth CClumbia's right
And might and right. with joining hands.
Betokened their allied lands
Set forth along the ways of time
To carry truth 10 every cline
To break the spear and melt the sword
And sDeard the Gospel and the Word.
To make dun fields bloom like the rose,
To ease the weary of their woes.
To heal the sick and halt and blind
And bring good cheer TO all mankind,
Till earth and sea in JOY should TEEN,
And life become poets dream.
And. 10. while forth these new friends
strobe
They neaTed a parting in their road
One way lead up to Progress High.
On mountain SUBMITS near the sky,
Where men as friendly equals stood
In peacefulness and brotherhood
Where greed no Iodgment long could
find.
And love with life was closely twfne5
J A4E GIAttA way 8El GOHA kl4E fcAE6s
Where blood cried loud in widows
walls,
And gaunt hands gTcped 'mongst man
gled dead.
And little children begged for bread
Where all the land was scared with fire
Upleaped from he'll al gTeed's desire.
And desolation. gloom, and hate
Decadence's grim nav did safe
The elm, led on by truth and right,
Beheld fair progress on the height.
And chose to tread the upward way
To Gods clear light and loves long day.
The oak. less buoyant in his mood,
Passed downward through the vale OF
bloCd,
And steTnly trCd that gloomy dale
With dogged step 90 certain fail;
And, needing not the widows means.
Not reCking aught Of hunger's groans,
Still waving OF the orphans cry,
Loud echoing from Africa's sky,
He yet pursues his stolid way
Till men and seers are wont to say:
"CoIumbia's elm shall live for aye
While Britain's oak must soon decay"
o, land af eIm-of promise good.
o. lard OF peace and brotherhood,
The eyes OF time are on thee now,
They mark the radiance on thy brow,
While peoples glad Of every cline
Resound thy praise with voice and
chime.
And flowers strew thy path along.
The while thy way is hlled with song,
o. land OF elul-bright land OF hope.
Oh. mayest thou new portals ope-
New gates to lusty blood and youth,
New gates to Joy and love and truth
Oh send new life across the sea,
And make all men, as thine are. free
The universe now plead with thee
The march OF time shall plead with
thee.
William Ewing Love
The evening times., 1902-07-23
Man is born a superstitious ami
nal. Belief "a something super
natural is essential to the race"

A superstition is a fear OF something
unknown or mysterious; belief in the
direct agency OF superior or super
natural powers. Derived from super.
over, and stare. to stand. the word
means literally Ito stand over; hence,
an arrest. a standing still. amazement.
dread, wonder. The effect of supersti-
ticn upon events. therefore, is simply
la belief that such happenings are born
from some mysterious. unknown and
superior power that stands over and
Oyershadows or directs them Super
stition generally means & belief in a
baneful influence OF certain acts or
omissions We believe that If we do
or omit TO do certain thing something
unlucky viii befall US; and the more
absurd or trivial these acts are the
stronger the superstition
SDilling salt at table. putting ones
shoe on the wrong foot, the screech-
ing OF an owl. the croaking Of a raven,
the tick Of death watch, or the howl
ing Of a dog-all these are presages CT
death or disaster
Man is born a superstitious animal.
Belief in something supernatural is es-
sential to the race. Events happen. and
we Immediately scent out a cause. An
old lady died in house after mirror
had been smashed by accident Bad
luck once followed sailor who had
been known to throw a cat overheard.
Thereafter the accidental breakage Of
a looking glass presaged death, and the
willful drowning Of cat was the signal
for misfortune
From earliest times one of the days CT
the week CFriday) and a day of the
month tI3th), have been deemed unlucky
days. It has been asserted that on Fri
day Adam and Eve ate OF the forbidden
fruit. In 1863, out OF 4c5 marriages IN
The evening times., 1902-07-23
WORK.

Let NE but do my work from day TO day.
In field or forest. at the desk or loom.
In roaring market place. or tranquil
room;
Let me but frd it in my heart to say,
When yagrant wishes beekon me astray.
This is my work; my blessing, not ny
doom;
OF all who live an the one by whom
This work can best be done, in the right
way"
Then shall I see it not too great. nor
small
To suit my spirit and 70 prove ny
powers;
Then shall cheerful greet the labor
ing hours.
And cheerful turn, when the long
shadows fall
AT eventide- to play and love and rest.
Because I know for me my work Is best.
Henry Van Dyke, in the Outlook.
The evening times., 1902-07-23

Had General Lees the Cuban situation been given the pub
n
problems
interests the island
OF
It
United without
the devastation
The evening times., 1902-07-23
At the Oates Of Night.

| There are two gates that guard the
/ Night;
The one where shadows creep,
And IuIIabies come grooming low.
/ FuH-throated, soft, and deep:
Where twilight reaches forth her
arms
/ To all by Day oppressed.
And luIls them into happiness,
Serene upon her breast
and from that gate, al! dark and cool,
The night road stretches far,
BY palaces of sweet content,
Where many dreamings are;
Where blind may see, and dumb may
speak.
Ana sad ones laugh and sing,
Where hungered ones may drink and
eat,
The pauper be a kiag.
All through the Night the good road
goes,
Ger valley. plain and steep;
Along its sides, in grandeur. rise
The citadeis of sleep.
And many things there be that soOthe
And comfort US, and bless
But best of all the blossom fair
OF rich forgetfulness-
The other gate that guards the
Night
The one that ends the way
Has trumpeters that loudly call
Us forth into the day.
And though We fear the foes of Day
With bitterness and dread,
We know that through the weary
hours
The first gate is ahead.
w D. Nesbit, in Baltimore Ameri-
can.
The evening times., 1902-07-23
By ARMAT ST0DDART.

Uncle Sam who owed his appoint
ment to political prefennent, or pail
as you may choose to call t, was
legitimate prey for the political cam
paign assessor. And sometimes the
employe received three and four
notices Of assessment during the
course Of the campaign, especially if
a Presidential election was at stake.
II the employe hesitated or gave with
reluctance he was informed that there
were plenty Of workers ready to take
his place who would eheerfuIly con
tribute to his party's success. But
it did not always follow that the clerk
would be sure Of his position as
political pressure was ever strong.
and dismissals in al the departments
were of frequent occurrence. 1t was
no uncommon thing to read IN the
local papers Of twenty-odd years ago !:
another wholesale dismissal IN the
Government Printing Office and the
Treasury Department"
The merchants always k,-sitated
about givirg credit to the Government
during those days because of
the uncertainty attached to the en-
pIoye's position. Bu. it Is different
The evening times., 1902-07-23
OF CONDITIONS
FOR GOVERNMENT WORKERS

The late Senator ingalls, of Kansas
once declared that purity in politics
was an irideseeut dream.n / sup
pose that phrase is believed to apply
with equal force to civil service re-
form. There can be 10 question,
think, that the civil service law has
really resulted in an improvement in
the public service; nevertheless there
is still room for improvement.
recall the time when on the ff-
teenth and first Of each month every
clerk and messenger IN the depart
ment service here in Washington was
on the anxious seat, net knowing at
what moment he would receive the
dreaded yellow envelope containing
the cold, informal notice that his
services were no longer required.
That was during the days Of the
spoils system and when Jay Hubble
ism tiourished like q green bay tree.
Indeed, to ny way Of thinking, 1t
was the Jay Hubble plan OF political
assessment of Government employees
that hastened the passage by Congress
of the Pendleton civil service bill.
In the old days the Government
clerk-in fact, every empIoye of
The evening times., 1902-07-23

now. The clerk Is no longer forced
to contribute to campaign funds, the
merchants are glad to have their trade
aud willingly give them credit. for.
as a RUE, the clerk Is honesi and pays
his debts. And the local papers no
longer print scare heads Of whole
sale dismissals of department clerks.
When a man, or woman. now enters
the Government employ, through the
medium Of civil service competitive
examination or even through appoint
ment to position outside Of the e.assi-
fed service, he does so with a feeling
that he will remain as lcng as he at
tends to his duty and has the auali-
fications TO fill the cfFiee.
In the matter OF promotions. how
ever, the evil service law Is weak and
the clerk with a political pull receives
the consideration every time. From
time immenlorial kissing has always
gone by favor. and 1t Is 50 with pro-
motion IN the departments, rules or
regulationsof the President 20 the con-
trary Notwithstanding. 1t Is the IN
justice SO frequently practiced IN the
matter of promotions that should be
reinedied end way ought to be found
10 do It.
The evening times., 1902-07-23

the middle districts Of England. not two
per cent were celebrated on Friday
Eleven years ago the sailors on board
Lieutenant Peary's ship Kite refused
to start on Friday. and the date was
postponed.
But on Friday May %. 1902, The
White Star steamer Cynric sailed from
New York, the first regular ocean liner
sailing from this harbor that dared
brave the old time superstition And
today the White Star boats are an
nounced 10 sail from New York every
Wednesday and on alternate Fridays"
The origin Of the thirteen superstition
dates back to the deluge
The submersion of the Island Atlantis
took place some 1880 years ago on the
thirteenth Of the month corresponding
to our February. The Greeks there
after regarded thirteen as an unIucky
number. and the same superstitious be-
lief has descended to US. And because
some one once started on a "Trip on the
thirteenth and net with reverse. and
because one OF thirteen at table once
died, we fear that all journeys begun
on the thirteenth must perforce he IN
lucky. and he who dimes with twelve
companions is sure TO die within the
twelve months
Now the effect Of these superstitions
upon following events is simply this:
Our minds ever travel in circles, and
50 set are We upon the fuIaIlnent OF
our pet prophecies that We do our best
TO find the answer 10 every trivial act
as an effect Of some former cause We
are but children delighting in our bogies
Of old, and by searching we can always
find cause for every result, and thus
does the present substance emerge from
the former shadow-our superstitions
produce facts.