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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-12-17

roLa the letter Y from yawnIng and
;. .tiu stretches across the sidewalk.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-12-17

rno mouth is called the door of the
hood which accounts for so many peo-
rle suffering from colds of the head
can't keep the door closed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-19
ENcAMPMENT PROGRAM.
First By. Tnesday. May 20.

First Day, Tuesday, May 20.
1880 p MArrival and Reception of Department Com
mander y. b. Thistl3wood and staff
1870 m-ArTival and reception OF department Off
staff; Women's Relief corps; the
Ladies' Aid society; Daughters Veterans and Sons
Veterans
3p m--Meeting council of administration at Harper
house.
3:45 p. m Baseba--ROck Island Bloomington. =
pm.--Camp fire and joint meeting OF all organza-
tOnS Illinois theatre. Call order chairman
fire committee PRAYER department chaplain. Address
OF welcome, Mayor Knox Introduction Of department
commander, N B. Thistewood, chairman, and his
Spouse address of welcome Address and report
department president OF the w. Address and
of depart president of ladies OF q. \.
Address and annual report OF president of the Daughters
Veterans Address and annual of department
commander Of = of Y. Address Rey Frank Bruner. Adj
dress w. y. Northcott Address, Gen. j
Henderson. Address, Gen .Fohn G. Black
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-19

Chairman Press Committe :, s. OF V.
standpoints of display. the number
who participate and the number of
| spectators, will reach its climax.
The pageant will he over a mile in
length and each of the five divisions
will contain much that Will be of in
terest both in military splendor and
| in the men and women that will COM
pose it.
Makeup of the Column.
The starting point will be Third av-
cnue and Eighteenth street and the
marshal and aids will form at that
place. The remainder of the first di-
vision, consisting of national and
state commanders of the G. \. Il. and
stats with the members of that body
and of the ". Il. c. and Ladies' of the
G.. \. Il. will form on Nineteenth
street, south of Third avenue.
The second division. consisting of
Sons of Veterans with state and ma
tional officers, the Ladies' Aid society
and Daughters of Veterans Will form
on Twentieth street south of Fourth
avenue.
The third division, which will he
the state and naval militia will form
on Eighteenth street south of Third
avenue.
The fourth division, consisting of
civic societies, will form on Eigh-
teenth street south of Fourth avenue,
The fifth division. made up of auto
mobiles and citizens in carriages, will
form on Fourth avenue west of
Eighteenth street.
The column Will move west on Third
avenue to Twelfth street. then north
10 Second avenue and east on hat
thoroughfare to Twentieth street.
Citizens living along the line of march
and business houses are asked 10 CO.
operate with the parade committee by
a general decoration
Notwithstanding the desire to save
the old soldiers unnecessary eNhaus-
ton the line of march is altogether
too short for the column. 1t should
be extended several blocks.
Entertaining the Visitors.
Entertainment for a number of the
more distinguished visitors win be
provided at private residences as fol
lows; Gov. Yates and staff at home
of Col. c. L. Walker; GOV. Van SAINT
and staff, home of DR.. Y. F. Hall: Gov.
Cummns and staff. home of l. 5. Nc
Cabe; Hon. Joseph w. Fifer. home of
f. W. Bahnsen; Hon Il. VI. Clipper
field and f. o. Lowtcn, home of w.
\. Resented; Maj Gen. Macarthur,
home of Maj Blunt; Hon. Samuel Al
schuler. home of Hon. +. W. Hurst.
Col. c. l.. Walker. who is member
of the staff of Gov. Yates. viii enter
tain the governor and staff at lunch
con Wednesday.
y number of Rock Island gentle
men arc arranging for dinner to be
given at the Rock Island Club at
o'clock Wednesday evening in honor
of the three governors. Yates. of Illi-
nois. Van SAINT, of Minnesota. and
Cummins. of Iowa, and other distin-
guished visitors.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-19

private in the 93d Illinois infantry.
He was promoted To sergeant major.
adjutant and finally assistant adj
jutant general of the Sd brigade, Sd
division. 18th army corps. After the
war he was appointed deputy clerk of
Bureau county, and while fulfilling
his duties he completed his study Of
the law. He was admitted To the bar
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-19

the bureau of information in uniform
tomorrow morning. Chester Cralle
and julius Hrell have been appointed
special officers TO take charge of the
other members.
The sessions of the Ladies' Aid So
cicty are To be held in the supervis-
oFs' room inv the court house. instead
of at the First Baptist church, as an
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-19

in 1867. He served as county judge
continuously from 1877 to 1890, and
again from 1894 to 1895. He has held
many positions of Importance To the
community and his influence has al
ways been on the side of public well
fare.
On the March.
Hang out the stars and stripes.
Give the old soldiers a royal vel
come.
The visiting old soldiers should not
judge Rock Island in general by the
shanties that are permitted at some
of the most conspicuous places in
the business portion of the city.
They are evidences of the surprising
taste of the present municipal adj
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-19

WE AXE NOI I'm DOUB1
THEREFORE, WE CAN GUARANTEE YOU A PERFECT CURE
IN CHRONIC, NERVOUS OR PRIVATE DISEASES OF BOTH
YOU KNOW OUR GUARANTEE IS GOOD
GOLD. THAT Is ENOUGH REMOVE YOUR DOUBT
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-19

nounced in the official program. The
Ladies of the G. \. Il. are TO meet at
the First Baptist church.
p. VI. Coates. chief clerk of the rail-
way mail service of the Sixth divis-
ion, is in the city TO remain till after
the encamPment. He is weil-known
member of the G.. y. Il.
Memorial hall has not been reserv-
ed for any particular Organization,
but VIII he kept open for all visitors.
Doubt as to whether Gen. John c.
Black would he able to attend the EN-
campment was set al rest this after
noon ny the receipt Of telegram
stating that he will reach this city
on the headquarters train over the
Milwaukee road tomorrow afternoon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-19

m.nist ration and not of the people.
II is to bc hoped chat during the
Grand Army cncamPment Chief Dar-
nell viii have his men button up
their coats and look more like police
mcn.
Part of the boys who have been un-
formed and drilled to act as guides
during the encampment. went on
duty today, AMI the others viii be at
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-19

while presiding at recent session of
the circuit court, is considered certain
of election as department commander
of the Grand Army of the Republic
of'Illinois. Since the civil war he has
been one of the leading residents of
the state.
He is a native of Ohio, his birth
year being 1912, but he was educated
in Illinois In 1852 he entered as Il
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-19

A big haul by highwaymen. substi-
tutes and others who steal the good
name and fame of Rocky Mountain
Tea made famous by Madison Medi-
cine company. 35c. r. II. Thomas
pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-19
40 WIS YOU MusT AcT.

II you have the backache, are ner-
vous, restless and irritable, the sooner
you buy box of Kid-Ne=Oids the
quicker you will be cured. No cure
no pay. Coated tablets. SOC. Try them.
T. H. THOMAS, Leading Druggist.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-19

Judge Harvey NJ. Trimble. of Prince
ton, who made many friends here
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-19
VETS ARE ARRIVING.
Advance Guard of the Delegates
to the Illinois En-
campment.
PLANS TO CARE FOR THE CROWDS
Decoration of the Streets is Now I'm
der Way-COI. Reid
Here.

Estimates of the number of peo-
pie who will visit the city during the
three days beginning tomorrow vary
widely and there seems to be abso-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-19
PLANS FOR PARADE
Wednesdays Pageant Most Inn
posing Ever Witnessed
in City.
WILL BE OVER ONE MILE LONG
To Start From Third Avenue and
Eighteenth
Street.

The parade, which will start at .
o'clock Wednesday afternoon, will be
probably the most imposing ever seen
in this city.
In it the cncampment, from the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-19
SOCIAL DoINGs.

Mrs. Ben I. Cable entertains from 4
to 8 this afternoon at her home on
Fifth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-19

Mrs. i. S. McCabe has issued invi-
tations for a reception i'm honor of
Mrs. Gov. Yates at her home on Fifth
avenue at o'clock Thursday after
noon.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-13
Who Are Great Writers.

Professor Trent. in international Monthly.
How do we as Individuals use the term
great" in literature? We use it loosely.
but no more loosely thar we do in other
connections. and presumably we all use it
mainly Of things or persons that do some
thing, not of things or persons that are on
the whole quiescent. no matter how full
they may be of potential energy. The
great statesman, for Example is TO each
or US the man who accomplishes something
In the sphere OF politics, not the man who
has merely the potentialities of success.
And he must accomplish something which
in our view is large, important. influential
comparatively permanent, more or less
original and unique, or we shall not call
him great. DO We not apply the term in
literature in some such way? The poem
or the poet, the book or the writer, must
actually do something with us. and that
something must be large, important. in
fuential, comparatively permanent. more
or less original and unique. Obviously
there are two spheres in which this large.
important something may be done-the
sphere OF our emotions and the sphere of
our intelligence. One book stirs our feel
ings deeply and permanently: another
opens out a range Of new ideas which make
an impression upon our lives; we call both
these books great. and rightly.
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What Shall We Read!

New York Evening Post.
In 1902 the unknown author is as extinct
as the dodo. The name of rising genius
is heralded from one end of the country to
the other, and his picture is furnished to
every paper that can be persuaded to print
1t. a little while ago Mary MscLane. the
Marie Bashkirtseff of Butte, Montana"
wrote some incredibly silly confessions.
Several weeks before they came out, the
publisher mailed to the principal news
papers proof-sheets Of striking chapters.
Then came a torrent of anecdotes about
the girl, half-tone portraits, full face and
profile, in street dress and in evening dress.
and assorted sizes of interviews. BY the
time of actual publication the unfortunate
young woman was known TO most news
paper readers in America; and, instead of
two small editions in three years, as with
Jane Austen, Mary MacLane can probably
pride herself on two large editions sold on
advance orders.
But while every publisher is shouting his
wares from the housetopS, are the con-
SumerS of books growing equally in gr6ce
and knowledge? The gentle reader, with
all his g~entleness, used TO offer stubborn
resistance to a book he did not like. If he
had satisfied his craving for Jane Austen's
Sense and Sensibility'' by purchasing two
editions, he stopped; and neither MIR. Eyer
ton nor Miss Austen dreamed OF making
him bulge. To-day the publisher and the
author do not yield so meekly. They have
destroyed the old balance of power; they
now plan an elaborate campaign to make
a book the fashion, and force it upon US.
willy nflly. Our grandfathers took up a
much-diScuSsed novel, certain that, how
ever poor, ii had recommended itself to
many people. We pathetically follow the
tradition about reading the books that are
talked about, certain of nothing except
that for a month the title has stared at
us on every hand. We wade through it be
cause we suppose everybody else is reading
II, and we want TO hold up our heads in
civilized society. Thus the shrewd pub
Usher and author catch us and stuff US
like silly Strassburg geese.
what are we going to do about it? Most
OF US will do nothing. But people of edu-
cation owe 1t to themselves not to be
stampeded by mere shouting. They should
Withstand the vociferous attacks of the
advertiser and remain -unashamed, even
though they have read none Of the immor-
have sunk TO oblivion. If we are to hold
our own we must stick TO Emerson's rule
or waiting till a book has lived at least p
year before we favor It with our attention.
And we must more than ever try to steady
our judgment by turning back to the books
that have endured for a generation or
more. Ii we are familiar with Jane Ans
ten, Scott, Dickens, Thackeray ard George
Eliot we shall not be struck dumb with
amazement at the genius Of Gertrude Ath-
erton and Charles Major, or even of James
Lane Allen, Gilbert Parker and Booth
Harrington. If from time to time we re
turn to the masters we may hope TO he
guided by reason instead of by noise.
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islands I told 'em, and restored gray
streaked. faded or bleached hair. eyebrows
beard or moustache To their original color
instantly And / usually throw in FOR good
measure a little speech about the stun be-
ing absolutely harmless and my willingness
% refund all purchasers their money II 1t
wasn't an that I claimed for it. Well, !
handled that hair dye for a month and
1hen CHANGED to go back TO the town where
] had started out. to do business this time
at a street fair. The second night OF my
stay there came near being my last on
earth. Some Of my old customers got to-
gether and woulG have tarred and fcathered
me II the constable hadn't interfered. Ihey
made Rome howl for half an hour. I can
tel you. They said that the stuff sold
'em had almost made them lose what little
hair they ever did have. I saw l was In
Tor it.. and made good. I refunded the
selling price 10 every man who returned
an empty bottle. I had honestly sold the
stun in GOOD faith. believing the St. Louis
firm 20 be a reliable one. At least l had
thought the stuff was harmless. I never
80 back nowadays TO any Of the towns
where 1 sold the stuff. and so you see I'm
a loser b. the transaction.
A GREAT FASCINATION.
This street graft and medicine business
really have a great fascination about them.
and I've known scores OF well-educated
men that prefer 10 earn their living this
way than in more respectable occupations.
Just the other day I ran across, over in
Beuefontaine. o.. n young Indianapolis
man who was one Of the best known young
fellows in this city several years ago. and
who is now in the sober garb OF a Quaker
doctor giving treatment TO suffering
humanity in the towns OF Ohio and Indi-
n 1t is true that ne knows something or
medicine. as he is a graduate OF one OF the
medical colleges OF this city and Is the
proud oossessor Of a diploma He wears a
suit OF gray broadcloth. with a high-col-
Jared coat that is bUttoned up close about
his neck. and a tremendous broad-brimmed
Quaker hat. As he Is a good-looking chap,
he proves quite an attraction wherever he
goes. and I understand that he Is making
more money than he could possibly have
made as a respectable practicing physician
He never walks: it wouldn't do. you know,
Tor a great Quaker doctor 70 hoof * any
where. but Is always seated luxuriously in
an open carriage. while four handsome
horses. driven by a fellow IN livery, whisk
him about through the streets, creating
something Of a sensation. Yes, this sort OF
life has its attractions. as well as Its hard
ships. and. for my part. I'd rather peg
away as a street man than be confined IN a
store. Good light, I'll be back in Indian
apolis during state fair week-look out for
me"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-13
Literary Notes.

Mr.. Crockett's Raiders" has been one OF
his most successful books 1t has gone into
q forty-third thousand.
In Portugal if the wife publishes literary
works without the husbands consent the
law frees him at once from all his matrimo-
NAL obligations.
Winston Churchill admits an intention of
writing a sequence of five American his
torical novels. in which his already pub
lshed books, Richard CarVel' and '"The
Crisis" Will have a place.
A correspondent of the Boston Literary
World says apropos Of the authorship of
1.-The Confessions of a Wife" published in
the Century: How can any one fail TO dis
cover the idiosyncrasies of Elizabeth Stuart
Phelps Ward?" The production certainly
has suggested her hysterical style.
What is slang? An English critic declares
that il is for America a kind of euphu-
ism. and as significant a sign Of the times
as the euphuism of the Elizabethan age.
He thinks that out of this deluge Of slang
may issue a literature worthy Of the gigan-
tic energy of what viii be known to future
historians as the American age. The slang
word of to-day may be the poetic word OF
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tomorrow. All Of which seems 10 us mere
~ silly, for most American slang is essen
uaIy unllterary and unpOetic, and tns
passage OF time cannot alter il in this ie-
spect.
Speaking generally, Mr.. Lane, the Eng
ish publisher, considers that the popular
American writer whose sales always app
proach the record" belongs TO a slightly
higher order than the most popular Eng
Ilsh writer's and that, consequently, across
the Atlantic IL is more common 90 find the
combination Of high sales and artistic eN-
cellence.
The Bookman observes that the period
during which a popular novel enjoys favor
Is growing shorter nowadays, and can %
measured by weeks where formerly months
obtained. This comes naturally from the
nood OF hction that is being placed on the
market and vigorously promoted every
month in the year. Time was when a bb0k
mat was IN vogue was considered good Tor
a year at least. Now no one can tell when
the demand for a favOrite viii stop.
There is to be a pocket edition Of Mr.
Hardy's novels, the first being Under me
Greenwood Tree" This book made the
authors first success. Mr.. Frederick Green
wood, ii is related, was standing at a rali-
way .bookstall and caught sight Of a pile n
yeloW-oack novels, and. being attracted ~
49, 49, ~ AAAADa IVA aAlA AAAa NHH N
purchased Mr. Hardy's story. read % via
immense zest, anC Immediately wrote ID
the author for another story for serial qt'-
LEGATION IN the COrnhill Magazine. OF %hltl
ne was then the editor, with the resIt
that the world was made the richer by tax
splendid novel, Far from the Maddilg
Crowd"
Though Henry Harland. author Of ms
Cardinals Snuff Box" and The Lady Par
amount" has lived so long in Europe tnal
he is generally supposed to be Of forelgA
extraction, he is really an American. hs
was born in New York in 1861; his father
was a noted lawyer and great mathemat-
clan. At the age Of nineteen Mr.. Hariana
went 10 England and IL London and Rome
wrote some clever stories under the name
OF Sidney Luska. These stories being u
Jewish life and showing an intimate ac-
quaintance with IL. il was supposed Dy
many that he was a Jew. Edmond ClaIehCs
Stedman is his godfather. Mr.. Harlahu'
though residing abroad. was first 'discoN-
cred in America, the reading public neIs
finding him a writer OF good stories ana
pure. fine English. Several years ago Mr-
Harland was reported a victim 10 consump-
ton. but recent portraits show him haze
and hearty and looking quite unlike a con-
sumptive.
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Old JnnP.

I love old women best. l think;
She knows a friend in me-
Old Jane, who totters on the brink
or Gods Eternity;
Whose limbs aIe stiff. whose cheek Is lean,
Whose eyes look up, afraid.
Though you may gather she has been
A little laughing maid.
Once had she with her doll what times,
And with her skipping rOpei
Her head was full OF lovers rhymes,
Once. and her heart OF hope:
Who. now, with eyes as cad as sweet
I love 10 look on her
At corner OF the gusty street,
Asks, Buy q pencil, sir?"
Her smile is as the litten West,
Nigh while the sun Is gone:
She is more fain to be at rest
Than here. To linger on
Beneath her lids the pictures FIT
OF memories far away
Her look has not a hint in il
or what she sees to-day.
It. Ashe.
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Eranston,s Prescribed List.

Chicago Letter.
Boccaccio's ''Decameron," Hardy's Jude.
the Obscure" and Marion Harland's DIR.
DaIe"-on these books has fallen the heavy
hand of Evanston's ~disapproval. On the
prescribed list is "A Lady of Quality" by
Frances Hodgson Burnett.
Julian Hawthorne, as the author Of "A
Fool of Nature" also comes under the ban.
and "Sir Richard Calmady," by Lucas Mu-
let. is another.
'The Aristocrats," by Gertrude Atherton,
hereafter will only be handed from the IL
brary to the favored few, and the same is
the case with 'The Secret Orchard" by
Egerton Castle. and "Orlof and His wife"
by Maxim Gorky.
IF L Were King by Justin Mccarthy, is
not in the strictly prescribed list, but pro-
tests against it have been received by the
library authorities.
Tess of the D'Urbervilles, by Thomas
Hardy. is under suspicion.
Whenever "A patron of the library objects
to a book it is examined by the librarian or
one of the assistants. Then, if found TO
be unfit for the use of the young or the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-13
Literary Tips.

Modern Culture.
AS a guide to the choice of authors in
any one direction the so-called 'prescrip-
tons are invaluable
For clearness read Macaulay.
For logic read Burke and Bacon.
For action read Homer and Scott.
For conciseness read Bacon and Pope.
For sublimity Of conception read Milton.
For vivacity read Stevenson and Kipling.
For imagination read Shakespeare and Job.
For elegance read Virgil, Milton and
Arnold.
For common sense read Benjamin Frank
lin.
For simplicity read Burns, Whittier and
Bunyan
For humor read C~ervantes, Chaucer and
Mark Twain.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-13
LORD ROsEBERY's NOVEL.
why Public Men Should Wish to
Speak Through Fiction.

Boston Transcript
1t is said that Lord Rosebery has writ
ten a novel. but has decided to put it aside.
for a time at any rate, fearing that the
publication might injure him in his politi-
cal career. Assuming that the report is
true, one must give Lord Rosebery credit
for his self-restraint and good sense. When
a man, however great he may be. publishes
his first novel, the tendency on the part
Of the public is to regard ii skepticaIly for
the reason that talent for fction-writing
may be wholly unrelated to skill in other
lines OF intellectual work. Moreover, the
novelist CT necessity deals with the emo
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Public Taste i'm Novels.
New York Tribune.

New York Tribune.
Anyone who thinks that l~ove-making
and blood letting have palled on the public
taste as ingredients that are likely 10 help
a novel to popularity is mistaken" said a
confident publisher the other day. II viii
tell you how a savage foe OF this sort of
literature met with ignominiuos defeat not
very long ago. He had written a story that
was nothing else than a parody OF the
broadest kind on the romatic, swashbuck-
ling novel. There were two duels in one
rescued from sudden death six times. He
sent the work TO a publisher of inter-
national reputation, who published it. He
omitted, however, 10 label IL a parody, and