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CARMEL. w. VA,
Thursday ana Friday, Dec. 1910, 1902.
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Subjects OF Vital Interest to the Farmer
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Experiment Station.
Meeting opens Dee. Is,h at 1890 a. m.
Everybody invited
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G. ID. Gross. Secretary.
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IS ~ fiY<N. Vice President.
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wAeHiNoroN1E
HARK llAxxA Is BElSs 0RoOAEp
FOR TuE PRESIDENTIAL CHAIR
NEXT TINE.


From our Regular Correspondent.
WAsniseros. ID. c.. Nov. az. iool.---
Nsmesoas sepo,,s are being received in
washington which are causing considerable
anxiety to the friends Of the Psesiden,.
Within the past week Senator Hama made
public statement to the effect that he wa
N e<eeiiens health and that there was no
sssth is the report that he would be Obliged
70 retire from active political life. Nov
sh<ss comes fsom the south story 10 the
seees that the southern organization Is dis.
PLEASED 9th Nj. Roosevelt and will cas-,
their ballots for Mr.. Hanna q, the mex,
sst'ensi convention, whether he authorizes
NE sse Of his name os not. The center Of
the dssaheeiion seems To be in Alabama
vhsse the President has recently removed a
pssssies Attorney and collector Of in,ernsl
revenue because Of their efforts to eliminate
the ssEso element from participation IN
Republican sasiss. While District Attorney
Reees and Postmaster Hughes are threaten
ed wish dsmissai Tor the same cause.
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a Fisss ci-ss paper. eststef - second
eisss ~sstsf In laird elss> ee<toecs
Eissvsss. November 81. Ssss
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c D. cxoss. Secretary.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1902-11-09
3 e If E ~ Ii It.

rGs 1T idredIi4 Was i6 aud
treble, pb 2uftballOn, pferb, Hab ober
Iutpm0biI = gum S9luB LEG i9
INNER i'm 9raben !"
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1902-11-09
RInne e iidft6t I.

.Q6er fagen sic. 9err 6uber, sic
finD bod nit unIerm 9errn Pforrer .
out, er fommt ia ale NbenO in ibre
Wirt6I6aft - tparum bei4ten Sic
Denn ni6t Bel ibm, fOnbern INNER nur
beim 8aplan?"
ga, fe6en sic, bas bat Ieinen guten
9runb. 0enn Der 6err 9farrer b0rt,
fpte i8 i6n beim &artenfpieI bef4ummz
le, 5pielt er nt4t me6r nit"
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1902-11-09
9pppeGftnnig.

ga, 9inoer, ieben mir un5 audi ma:
lpieber - FAB i'd mid in3ptiaen iebr
o%erGnoert?" 81.
IS nsin, INNER bic 4Ite!l""
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1902-11-09
9eirat6santrag.
SeSunQe WittDe, SHUTTER bon Q6t Sim
bern, bes Q~aeinfeius miibe, iu9t
pafenbe Barttc.
% n.

r@as, 0u buft Did nit 3peien rsrz
lobt2"
sSa. cine 9artis sebt ia bod imz
Surld!"
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1902-11-09
6 10 8 Il dr I.

.Qein, uber elm gun3es 6aB4en Bier
allen uu53utrinten, 1T bod etfOas
n0og finOe i'd bod ni4t! sic
miifien bebenfen, nenn man ALIEN 1T,
fommt bic Rei6e eben ollie &ugenblld
nieber an @tnen!""
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1902-11-09
,N6 10
Oas g dim m # E.

OnteI: rWie, 0u Iiegit nod i'm
8ett. es 1T ia Mittua!"
STUDENT (eri6ted): n9errgott,
|i4on Mittug, ou babe i4 ia ben 6ribz
fAoppen berinIafen."
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1902-11-09

9ruffe6lerteufel.
(Iu5 einem 3eitungsberi6t.)
Dis 8srfduferinnen BEL Dem Wo6lz
th0tiQfeitsfeIte flmgirtcn Die Somli-
den 9amen fpie am Spnntag.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1902-11-09

gu tbeuer.
StuOioius: nNus toitet bieier On
3ug9"
S9neiber: n9as bGngt bupon ab.
mann sic i'm 5a6len!"
Stubioius: n9as lit mir gu t6euer!"
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1902-11-09
g u m m d..

Nls Der 2eutnant ertldrte, feline
9o93eit fOnne erit in apei Monaten
1tattfinben, perlGngerte iid bas 8eil9t
Des Wu6erers unb er nur SOgernD ben
We6iel.
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verifying it by two OF three more vain
attempts to make a legible character, he
lifted the pencil up. surveyed it reflective
ly for a while, and then, with the quick
movement OF one who has formed sudden
resolution. proceeded to dive into his va
rious pockets until he finally fshed forth
a penknife.
Having secured that object, he opened
it. and proceeded to attack the pencil.
and. after a long struggle marked by
numerous defeats finally won a not very
artistic victory over the obdurate point.
A WeIl-sprinG of Poetry.
Having accomplished that, the recruit.
with lusty puff blew away the litter OF
the battle, arranged the paper once more,
once more bent over it. and wrote across
the top of the first sheet the words:
Just from Georgia.
Under this line he drew a heavy mark
ornamented with flourish at one end.
Then he stopped. poised the pencil in
the air and looked refiectively about the
room for a space-trying to decide
whether he would open with jest or
jingle.
This problem finally settled, he put the
point to the paper again, and it, the
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point. began. of it's own volition, SEEM
ingly to travel to and fro. rapidly and
without a halt or break-sometimes in
short staccato hops and skips, sometimes
with a long drawn waltzing sort of a
glide.
At first the recruit bent close over the
paper. watching narrowly what took place
thereon, but as his fingers gathered more
and more speed he gradually Strengthened
up. till finally he was leaning idly back in
his chair with apparently no active inter-
est in what his hands were doing-jingles
and jokes. little jewels of poems and little
gems of PHILOSOPHERS came tumbling down
his arm and onto the paper like a troupe
Of gay and tinseled acrobats whirling
lightly into the sawdust ring the while.
and he looking at the performance with an
expression of stern disapproval.
A Remarkable Column.
In time this stream of fancies, droll and
tender. blithesome and sad, ran out, and
when it did the recruit bent over his pa
per once more, drew that cabalistic double
cross which stands for "fnis" gathered
up the various sheets of manuscript, ar
ranged them in order, folded them back
upon themselves, put a weight upon them.
pulled on his coat, and. plowing through
the little mountains of papers that lit
tered the floor, departed.
Nothing more was seen of him till later
in the evening, when he returned and
called for a proof of the manuscript he
had prepared.
This was given him, and he went over 1t.
making no changes or alterations. save
where the printers had departed from the
letter of the copy.
The revised proof was then sent back
to the composing room, and the recruit
Jared forth once more-his labor done for
the day.
Next morning the copy which he had
prepared appeared in the Constitution"
as an editorial page feature, and it proved
to be a production of remarkable inter
est.
An even column it was, OF random fam
cies, done into dainty verses and eX-
duisite tests. At the head was 4 little
poem which flowed like the trilling of
The Washington times., 1902-01-26
Mr. Stanton Does Not Look Like There Is Any
Poetry in Him, Yet He Sings as Spon-
taneously and Naturally and as LiTnpdIy
as the MocHRgbird Of His Own Southland

mockingbird, ard which conjured a sunlit
the mind.
Then there followed a Jest whose dozen
words not only composed a clean-cut.
colorful, and perfect vignette of a fine,
slouch- hated, Quixotic old Colonel" but
at the same time tenderly caressed and
softly laughed at his dear, absurd self.
And next came a graphic sketch of an
cid ante be;lum darky, accompanied
with a tribute to him and a chuckle at
him-all encompassed within four iing-
ling lines.
And after that followed a dozen or
more other miniatures OF the sort, each
as graphic and tender and as full OF
humor as the first.
Production Made n Hit.
The people of the South, familiar, Of
course, with the types, the scenes, the
situations, and the sentiments which
composed the motifs of the column, were
able to instantly appreciate to the full
the genius with which each rhyme and
quip was shot, and by that token the
recruit instantly made III Atldutd anu
throughout Georgia and Georgia's ad-
joining States that impression which is to
be most aptly described by the semi
slang term hit"
Day after day. following the morning
Of the first appearance of the Just from
Georgia" feature, the recruit journeyed
down to the Constitution" office and
Joined in the funmaking bout around
the big table in the local room, went
through the weekly exchanges, and ground
out his copy, as upon the day OF his ar
rival. and day after day Just from Geor-
gia" was a part Of the STUFF that went
to make up the CONSTITUTIONS" editorial
page. And day after day its popularity
increased.
The daily and weekly papers of Georgia
and the surrounding States began to copy
from it almost as soon as it was insti-
tuted, and continued to do so as the col
umn continued 10 appear. and in very
short while introduced and endeared the
The Washington times., 1902-01-26

to get into the countryside gossip-by
/ perusing those ingenious and mirror like
paragraphs that go to make tie country
weekly the provincial and delightful thing
| it is.
And SO he proceeded, did the recruit.
as soon as he had settled himself in his
new sphere, to gather up the weekly ex-
changes and metaphorically journey down
to his now famous "Billville."
After going through these exchanges,
! one after another, lingins away from
him. to fall anywhere about the room
that chance might direct, each success
siye ore as he read it dry. and there
by exhaustiug the fountain OF suggestion,
the recruit squared himself at his desk
and prepared to put Into writing such
fancies as were bubbling up within his
brain.
This work of giving a local habitation
and name to airy nothings, he began
by drawing pile of copy paper in front
OF him, and arranging with considerable
exactittude.
Then. having done that, he thrust the
thumb and forehnger Of his right hand
into his vest pocket and then into his
coat pocket, and successfully into every
pocket those particular digits could reach.
Ard then, when there were no more
pockets into which his right hand might
make its way he proceeded to feel
through the others with his left hand.
and continued. wearing a look of per-
plexity the while, until at length his fin
gers touched a short blunt pencil.
An instant after the contact the in
strument of writing was drawn forth,
and surveyed for a moment with eyes
whose expression had changed from per
plexity to triumph.
Then the recruit turned to his paper.
added a finishing touch or two to Its ar
rangement, transferred the pencil from
the left hand to the right, bent over the
desk and put the point to the virgin sur
face.
Upon his first effort to make mark
he perceived that the graphite had been
broken off or worn down close to the
wood and that his muscular effort was
therefore going for naught.
After making this discovery, and after
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or sad thoughts. Aristophanes makes the
birds the emblems Of exultant love. In
modern times Shelley. in one of the most
exquisite lyrics in our language. en-
bodies the loftiest and most aspiring re-
Elections. the purest delight, in the song
of the skylark
Keats pours forth the sadness OF his
soul in unison with the warbling notes
of the nightingale. and Edgar Allan Poe
typlfies despair in the hoarse tones and
sable plumage of the raven.
AT this time OF year many species OF
birds have gone to their regular winter
home-the warm woods and savannahs OF
the Gulf States. 1t is a delight to be able
to study birdlife amid these environments.
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4 WoMENTC INTERRUPTION .
Story Of How the Sweet Singer Came Out Of
an obscure Country Town in Georgia and
by Work on q Daily Paper Won the
Widespread Fame He Now Enjoys. :.
BY JOSEPH HIT.

stan-Capt Evan P. Howell and Joel
/ Chandler Harris.
After the haadshaEing and mutual as
surances of JOY at the meeting we're fin
ished all round the recruit was ushercl by
Grady into a little Office whose window
commands wide view of the malsa.d
roofs Of the city. and the. blue skies and
green hills beyond, and informed that the
sanctum vas to be all his own
About the time Gradys find came to
the Constitution" Grady, Howell. and
Harris were wont, when they came
down to work each day, to exchange a
few tests and retail a few jokes before
beginning their respective labors.
This custom speedily developed the
fact that the recruit was a spirit con-
genial to the three. and the trio Of jokers
grew to be quartette. very soon after
the newcomer arrived
And then, when that increase took place,
the four thenceforth assembled every
morning about big table in the local
rooms, before going to their respective
desks and INDUCED in 4 period Of fun
making-quips and jests. negro stories
told for the exquisite precision with
which they reflected one or another phase
of negro character. and cracker dialect
anecdotes full Of the crackers poignant
wit. So hilarious was that fun-making
that even yet. after all the years, echoes
of the laughter then sobbed out by the
four as they collapsed upon the table, or
rested limp against the walls, can be
heard in the building and about the city
Gathering Inspiration.
1t WAS somewhat feared by Grady that
his find would. by reason of removal from
the cool pine copses and green fields OF
the Wiregrass country to the brick and
stone surroundings OF the city, suffer
loss OF inspiration, but the fear proved
utterly groundless. The recruit, with his
keen appreciation and his widespreading
sense OF huDior, was able to get back into
the country ~ reading the weekly papers
to mix with the colonies, the majors,
and the squires-to note the cotton's
growth and the promise OF the cOrnfelds-
The Washington times., 1902-01-26

Go out Cf doors In December after the
leaves have fallen and take note of the
varied life in wood. field, and brake.
You recall that now. far away North, the
wind is bowling through the lealiess
trees, finding few creatures hardy enough
to resist its blasts save the snowbird and
the hare.
These bitter blasts of Boreas have
sent myriads of birds down here where
food is abundant in savannah. forest. and
thicket. On the wooded knolls under the
beeches and tollies congregate the hungry
hordes. feasting on seeds and berries Of
the rattan, holly. and sInlax. Fitting
in and out of the brier thickets are in
Vulnerable -throated sparrows fee
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ing from frozen Canada and the Lake
country
Suddenly a clear. long drawn whistle
strikes the ear. You seek the source. and
find a little brown bird. much the size
and shape of an English sparrow. seated
on n shrub projecting from tha briers.
He raises his head and Whistles with a
note as pure and free from flaw as The
little SPOT OF white upon his throat.
9Th. blue jay, with its beautiful deli
cate color, as Charles Dickens said. like
A Gying flower is there. Second to none
in dainty color. king of his tribe. Is the
fox sparrow. Russet and refescent on the
back, beneath the white marked with
brilliant stripings OF the same color as
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the back. on the feathers of his head and
upper neck, clear. pearly lustre which
is iridescent in the sunshine, but in
visible in the shadow he is a marked bird,
the peer of any in the woods. Happy the
bird lover who has the opportunity to
study this magnificent bird in his winter
home.
THE musician pre-eminent of our
woods, the Carolina wren. is heard, the
sweetest singer of them all. Down by
the branches on cold. frosty mornings. you
will find a little brown ball of bird that.
with tail tilted up over his back, dives
under every bridge. slides into every
brush heap, or hides tantalizingly behind
every log that comes in his path. Neither
The Washington times., 1902-01-26

HoME sixteen or eighteen years ago,
while looking over the Atlanta
~ Constituti5n's'' weekly exchanges
one morning, Henry w Grady,
then editor of the Constitution, dis
covered. in little four-page patent-in-
side publication, issued in the little
southwest Georgia town of Smithville. 4
column of jests and jingles which ran
frcm grave to gay, blending sentiment
with fun in lines that were wondrously
shot with local color.
Straightway Grady saw this column his
discerning eye marked it as the work of
genius, and there arose within his
bosom a firm resolve to secure the author
thereof TO the daily over whose destinies
he himself was then presiding.
In keeping with this resolve, Grady
opened correspondence with the Smith
lie journalist, and after several letters
had been exchanged between the two,
struck bargain with him.
few days after the agreement was
reached, the Smithville journalist. in ac-
cordance with it, packed his belongings,
said adieu TO the land of the wiregrass
and TIE people thereof, and started train
wise for the young cosmoDoIis up the
State.
When He Came to Town.
The train arrived in Atlanta in course
of time, and when it did, there descended
from it, among other passengers, figure
short, thick, broad-shouldered, deep of
chest, and sturdy Of limb, and topped off
with fine round head whose hair was
coarse luxuriant thatch OF black and
whose face was one of those beetling
hrowed, heavy featured, deeply scanned
and exceedingly swarthy countenances
such as popular prejudice ascribes to
champions Of the prize ring and other
active and strenuous opponents of
dreamy or aesthetic existence.
This figure, having made its way, grip
in hand, to the street. proceeded to en-
quire the way to the Constitution" Of
fee; and finally, by dint of persistence
arrived in the ante-room of Grady's den
five fights up.
shock headed, complacently smiling
juvenile guard was lounging just outside
OF the great mans door when the new
conner rolled in, and this guard the new
conner commanded, in fashion that in
stantiy wiped the complacent smile from
the shock headed ones countenance to:
Tell MIR. Grady that Mister stanton!-
OF Smithville.-Mister Frank L. Stanton.
desires to see him"
GRADY used to. long afterward, tell how.
when he opened the door and confronted
his recruit, he thought him some deter
mined and irate reader of the paper come
in search Of personal vengeance, and how
he. for time, found it impossible to
believe that the man who stood before
him was the man who wrote that wonder
full column in the obscure SInlthville
weekly.
As soon as Grady recovered from his
astonishment he invited the recruit into
his Office, and having got him in shut the
door and proceeded to cultivate his ac-
quaintanre.
Quickly became Friends.
This cultivation was so successful that
in half an hour an ancient friendship
was established between the two, and
then, that having been done. the editor
ed the recruit forth and introduced him
t" the other members Of the editorial
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.1p.

now running along a limb like the brown
creeper, comes another tiny friend. the
ruby Drowned kinglet. A plain little
Quaker he seems in his suit OF olive
green. without patch OF yellow or black
10 relieve the se.cra simplicity of his
garb.
provided you have sharp eyes and a
moderate degree o; patience, you may
obtain fleeting glimpse Of his brilliant
red tuft- l have observed the cheerful
little chap time after time in my morning
ramblcs in the woods, and had come to
know every twist and motion Of the tiny
body before 1 caught glimpse of the
longed-ior tuft.
Finally. one morning as he bent his
head to pick up some sweet tid-bit. the
olivs-green festhe-s >arted. and 1 saw
his Iiuy crown"
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shy nor bold, he disappears from view
lust when you think he is going to give
you good view.
Coming with the frosts. going away
when they cease, he certainly deserves
the name of winter wren. Shorter than
the Carolina, darker on the back and tail.
his nervous, fdgety manner makes 1t easy
to distinguish him from his more talented
cousin. In these winter woods he never
sings Beyond an occasional metallic
chip now and then, have never heard
him give utterance to the emotions that
fill his plump little bosom. He is the
silent observer OF the busy life about
him, sitter in his own chimney corner
I'm and out among the lower branches
OF a giant beech, now fitting 10 new
position with movements as sudden am
unexpected as those OF a hrmmrg bird
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.q1o.

lLX /OU ask me TO tell you about
some feathered friends l have
Il known" said Rev. DR.. Stephen
81. Newman. pastor OF the
First Congregational Church.
1T is true" he continued. that have
a great fcndness for birds. Their thou
sand and one maneuyres have always in
teTested me. What a vacuum would be
created in nature by the absence OF birds!
They are so free and joyous-they are
not confined. but make the entire coun-
try their hcme.
THE first messenger of peace to the
people on the Ark was the dove.
The poets have found in the songs OF
birds the incarnation of their own happy