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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-06-22
ANECDOTES ABOUT QUAY.
SENATOR'S FISHING EXPERIENCE
WITH INDIAN GUIDE.
Deal Enuineered by Quay When a Boy
with a Future Judge. An Incident
of an Early Fistic Encounter.

When Senator Matthew S. Quay of
Pennsylvania was one June day on a
fishing expedition he had Charles
Anance, a half breed Indian, for a
guide, says the Philadelphia Public
Ledger. During hissstay a politician
from Boston caught togue, or ''laker'
trout from Moosehead lake which
weighed thirty-two pounds, thus break
ing all previous records. AS soon as
the senator heard Of the big fish he
offered his guide large sum of money
If he could find q togue that would
equal or excel that taken by the Massa-
chusetts man.
Pennsylvania is a bigger state than
Massachusetts" said the senator, land
If d Boston ward politician can take q
1aker' weighing thirty-two pounds a
Pennsylvania senator ought to be able
to pull in fifty FOUNDER at least"
Anance replied with his inimitable
'Oui, monsieur and applied himself to
the task with diligence. Both men
went out early and angled late for
three days without securing a fish
above ten pounds. After this they took
two canoes, the senator occupying one
and the guide the other. When they
met at shutdown to paddle back to the
hotel the senator was Disguised with
his luck and asked the guide how he
had Jared.
ever good" replied Anance. "Ah'm
bin geet re togue so mooch beeg,"
stretching his hands apart to measure
the distance between head and tail.
"Heem bin weigh so mooch ez re feefty
poun'. Ah'm bin know, but heem bin
geet erway re tam. Ah'm was bin
goin' pull heem in" "How do you
know, you rascal, how much he weigh
ed if he got away before you landed
him?"
"Ah'm bin see heem weight by re
scales wat bin on heem tail" replied
the half breed, and held out his hand
for the reward.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-06-22
Or, Glenn Gets a Job.

DR.. G. r. Glenn, former state school
has been elected presi
dent of the North Georgia Agricul-
tural College. Dahlonega.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-06-22

The News for first class job printing
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-06-22

Men blush less for their crimes than
for their weakness and vanity.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-06-22
TWO Cars
OF Standard Grade Wagon,
Have Just Been Received

We have just received of the famous Studebak
and also one of the celebrated Mitchell wa. ms These
goods standard grade work all the ID and the only
standard wagons sold in this market w these goods
at reasonable figures and it will be to your interest call
and inspect line and get prices before placing your
der Thanking you for your past liberal patronage and
awaiting your further commands, your friends
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-06-22

1t is related that, when he was
schoolboy in Indiana county, Pa, Quay
had a knife which Harry White, after
ward Judge of Indiana county, greatly
coveted, says the Chicago Tribune
Quay refused to listen to offers for
trade. One day, much to Whites sur
prise, young Matt himself proposed a
swap.
81 haven't my knife with me-" he
said. ''If we trade you'll have to agree
to go and get It,"
White was glad of the chance. He
turned over his own knife, a dozen mar
hes, a tin squirt gun and horse hair
fish line in payment, and then asked
where the knife was.
''Up at the tannery," was the answer.
81 dropped my knife in the vat this
morning and fished two hours for it.
but didn't find it. But it is in that vat.
Go up and find it."
Harry kicked like a steer, but there
wasn't any use. He never found Matt
Ouay's knife, and it's in that vat yet
for all anybody knows.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-06-22

Friends of Quay relate this incident
of his youngster days:
While attending school in Beaver
county a friendship with larger boy,
his seat mate was suddenly turned to
rivalry by the appearance of a most
captivating little newcomer on the
girls side of the room. At recess dip
lomatic affairs reached a crisis, speed
lily developing into an encounter as
short as it was violent and when the
smoke of battle cleared the larger boy
stalked away, leaving Mr.. Quay very
much mussed up and minus a front
tooth.
A group of children gathered to COM
miserate upon the loss Of the tooth
and to speculate upon its probable eff
feet on his masticating powers, but
Quay scorned all attempts at sympathy
and, looking straight at the small cause
of the battle, said: "Shucks! What If /
can't chew no more in front. 1t II be
bully for whistlin'."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-02
ONE PHASE OF JOURNALISM.

Kansas City Journal-Before the
class in journalism in Kansas univer-
sity the other day Prof c. S. .Skilton
of the chair of music gave an address
on musical reporting. He said that
musical criticism passed through three
stages in small towns. First there
were accounts of amateur perform
ances in which the performers were
given extravagant praise. Then the
professional musicians appeared and
they were treated with Indifference.
Finally the newspapers began to judge
of the merits of the performers in the
correct way-in a discriminating way
based on some special knowledge of
music and composers. The professor
seemed to infer that the kindly treat
ment of amateurs ceased with the ar
rival of the second stage. But he is
aware that there is not in America
today journal with courage enough
to say just what it thinks about anne
tours and amateur performances? Ey-
erywhere the use Of superlatives is re-
served for the amateurs. When Bank
er Jones' daughter comes back from
the conservatory" and gives a re
cital" the metropolitan press is just as
free with it's praise as ever country
paper was when the daughter of the
village blacksmith made her first hest
tating, as we'll as eXcruciating, public
appearance. And, looking the matter
up one side and down the other, let us
hope that scientific, journalism viii
never make it otherwise.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-02
A HoMELY SONG.

I've stayed out half the night to
watch
The winkin' stars at play;
I've laid beneath the trees m heard
The breeze sing on the way,
Caressin' all the pretty leaves
mi they fluttered shyly-much
S any bashful gaTd do
At some mans lovin' touch.
I've watched the flowers drinkin' up
The fresh m early dew,
A-holdin' of it like cup
Till got thirsty, too.
N the runnin' streams, like silver
dreams,
With their tinklin' spell of song,
Where the golden sunshine gladly
CLEANS,
AS they dance their way along.
N the appul blooms-all smelly
N the vilet buds in hoods
N the little, sassy, scamp'rin' things
A-hidin in the woods;
N the mother robins CHEEKY note,
A-callin' soft N low,
1t makes the ache come in my throat
Jest lovin' of 'em SO.
Grace G. Bostwick in Everybody's
Magazine.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-02

ers and manufacturers. It's great ar
ticle of export, cotton, is paid for in
gold. The republican policy in the far
east is a matter of great consequence
to the south. And now, through re-
publican enterprise and spirit. the
isthnaian canal has been put in shape
for completion within the next ten
years.
Southern interests require continued
Republican success. Southern politi-
clans will not admit it. Few states in
that section will fail to support the
opposite view at the polls. Few will
take the trouble to vote at all except in
small way. Any democratic nominee.
no matter what he represents, will Sc
cure the southern vote. Politically,
the solid south is a petrification Ma
terially. it is a proof of successful re-
publican administration. with brighter
prospects than ever. Only one thing
could arouse much political excite
ment in the south and that would be
the probability of a democratic tri-
umph next fall. In that case the feel
ing among sensible southerners would
take the form of dismay and dread.
Democracy in the south is blind habit,
not a conviction. Thinking one way
and voting another is folly not with
out it's dangers.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-02
TALK OF CAMPAIGN MANAGE
MENU

Three plans have been suggested
for the management of the republican
campaign this year. This subject
was discussed somewhat by the mem
bers of the subcommittee in charge
of the. preliminary arrangements for
the convention to be held in Chicago
in Jun at a recent meeting. The prop.
ositions already being talked of for
the conducting of the national cam.
paign are:
"a chairman of the national commit
tee who shall have general supervi-
sion over both headquarters, dividing
his time. between the two, as Chair
man Ha una did in the last campaign
and two vice chairmen in direct
charge at Chicago and New York re.
spectivel.7.
can eastern chairman and west
ern chairman each of whom shall
have supreme power in his respective
territory. the national chairman him.
self to hive only nominal power in
connection with the finances.
A western man for national
chairman, with headquarters in Chica-
go; vice chairman in charge of the
New York headquarters and a chair
man of the general committee on f.
nance, who would be Cornelius N.
Bliss, with headquarters in New
York
1t has been practically decided that
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-02

AS the matter becomes better I'M
derstood, many arguments are being
brought out in favor of the proposed
state board of educational control. It
is not proposed that this board shall
take up the work of the various fac
ulties in any particular, but that it
shall look chiefly after the financial
management of state educational insti-
tutions and make comprehensive and
careful reports to the legislature at
each session, so that that body will
be able to act intelligently with ref
erence to the matter Of appropria-
lions. The advocates of the measure
claim. and produce good arguments to
sustain their position, that it will be a
great advance over the present sys-
tenn of managing the state educational
institutions and that it will do more
than anything else to place these in
stitutions upon the high and advanced
plane where the majority Of the peo-
pie of the state unquestionably want
and intend that they shall be put. The
latest information from Des Moines is
to the effect that owing to the few
days remaining of the present legisla-
ture, the new educational board will
probably not be created at this ses-
sion. It believed, however, that spe-
eLal committee will be appointed to
carefully investigate the whole matter
and report to the next legislature. This
is a wise move and will bring out a
discussion that will develop every
phase of the situation and enable the
next legislature to act along the lines
of what is for the best interests Of
educ ational institutions of Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-02
DEPOSITORY LAW in IOWA.

Omaha Bee.-By virtue of an act just
passed by the legislature Iowa is about
to adopt state depository system
modelled along lines similar to those of
the Nebraska depository law The
principal difference between Iowa and
Nebra ska in this matter is that, where
as the Nebraska law prescribes mini
mum rate of interest which the banks
must bid on deposits of public money,
in Iowa the rate is not specified at all,
but is left to be agreed upon between
the repositories and the authorities
charged with the custody of the public
funds.
How this will work in Iowa is yet to
be saen, >,..NNt. the experience of Ne
braska NAV be 3, service in gauging
expectations. The eifect of the
depository law in this state haS--peeh
to make the minimum interest rate The
maximum rate for deposits because the
banks quickly come to an understand
ing among themselves not to bid above
the minimum percentage. For a
while in this county and 9TH
er Nebraska counties the banks
by mutual combination refused
to bid at all for the county funds on
the pretext that the minimum rate of
interest exacted was too high, with the
result that they secured the use of the
money for an indefinite period without
paying back into the county treasury
any interest whatever upon it. The
danger over in Iowa is that a parallel
situation may develop-namely, that
the authorities and the banks will in
many cases fail to agree on the rate Of
interest public deposits are to draw
and the money will be kept in the
banks without returns.
The new Iowa law is doubtless step
in the right direction, though it does
not go far enough. The wonder only
is that Iowa should have been as free
as it has been from treasury scandals
growing out Of the farming out of pub
lie funds for private gain. such as those
by which Nebraska has been despoiled
and disgraced. The principle of the
depository law is unassailable-that all
the interest earned on deposits of tax
payers money should go into the pub
lie treasury rather than into the pri-
vate pockets of the officers charged
with it's safekeeping. But little less
important is the elimination of the
favored banks from intrusion into poll
tics with view to controlling treas
uries who have, these perquisites to
distribute. The repeal of the deposit
tory law, several times attempted in
Nebraska, has as often been blocked by
the force of public opinion, and it's pop
ularity of Iowa should also grow as it's
usefulness is demonstrated.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-02
REPUBLICAN, COUNTY coNvEN
TON.

A delegate convention of the republicans
of Wapello. county, lows, will be held at
the court house in OFT umwa, Iowa, on
saturday, April 16, 1904, at 1870 p. M.
Tor the purpose of selecting, twenty-one del
egates to attend the sixth district conven!
tion to, be held in Des Mo ines. Iowa, May
Is, 1904. to select two delegates and
two alternates to attend the national re-
publican convention, to be lleld in the city
of Chicago, state Of Illinois, on Tuesday,
June 81, 1904, said twenty 7-one delegates
will also attend the state convention to be
held at Des Moines, Iowa on May 1S,
1904, to select four delegates and four al
ternates to attend said Chicago convention.
Said county convention a lso to select
twenty-one delegates to ate nd the sixth
district congressional convention to be held
at Ottumwa, Iowa, on June IS, 1904, to
nominate candidate for representative in
CONGRESS for said district. Nhe basis of
representation In said county convention
for each precinct will be one delegate at
large and one additional delegate for every
twenty votes or fraction over twelve
cast for Albert B. Cummins for governor
at the general election held November 8,
1908. Upon the above basis the various
precincts will select the following number
Of delegates:
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-02
RAILROADS FOR THE PHILIP.
PINES,

Secretary Taft has recently stated
that he is convinced that the Philip
pine Islands must have railroads if they
are to reach the degree of prosperity
OF which they are capable. Secretary
Taft is not satisfied with merely maxi
ing the statement that railroads are
needed in the islands, but he made sew
eral pertinent suggestions as to how
this end may be attained. In fact he
proposes to secure the roads, if it is
at all possible to accomplish that end,
When he returned from the islands
about the first of the year he propos-
ed that the government guarantee 4
per cent on the money needed to con-
struct the desired roads and properly
equip them for use. This he thought
would be sufficient inducement to
American capitalists to undertake the
work of building on the islands rail
roads sufficient to insure the proper
development of the country. However,
certain capitalists discouraged him in
that proposition and he now is urging
that the guarantee be made 5 per cent.
But he even goes farther than this.
He advises that in case private capital
cannot be found to carry through this
project, the Philippine governm ent be
authorized to borrow $30000,000 and
| build railroads for itself.
With the government of the Philip
pines firmly established and the peace
that has ensued, there is un1uestion-
ably bright future ahead for trade
| in the islands. The Islands are rich
| in natural resources and with the bet
| ter communication that would result
from the establishing of lines of rail-
road and the development OF these re-
sources that would naturally follow the
domestic and foreign trade would re-
ceive wonderful impetus. Undoubt-
eddy the railroads would have to be op-
Grated at a loss for the first few, years,
but there is no reason to doubt that
eventually they would be paying in
vestment.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-02
LAcEY,s VERSATILITY.

What Cheer Patriot.-It was our
good fortune to met and visit with
Hon John F. Lacey last Wednesday
while in Oskaloosa between trains. Mr..
Lacey was called. home to attend a
very important lawsuit now on trial.
His brother and law partner, w. R..
Lacey, has been i'll all winter and is
now convalescing at Hot Springs and
John F. came rather than have him
home at this time. We found Mr.. La
cey in splendid health and as strenu-
Gus as ever. We can but wonder at
the extent and accuracy with which he
retains his hold on affairs. The small
est details of everything that is going
on here are known to him and he I'M
derstands them fully. while there is not
a subject connected with national poll
tics, or legislation that he does not UNI
derstand fully. An hour spent with Mr..
Lacey is as good as months digging
for information in our usual channels.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-02
THERE'S WORK FOR HIM.

y. Chicago Tribune President Roose-
welt is Quoted as saying saying II s<f'thaG
three or four Leonard Woods at my
disposal 1 could find important work
for all of them to do He has but one,
and has set him at important work.
There is much which can be done in
and for the army by a major-general
who is only as years old, who is full of
energy and ideas and is not the fossil
lied and moss grown slave of routine
and precedent. In five years or less
General Wood will become in all hui
man probability, lieutenant-genera
and chief of staff. So much the better
fop the army. 1t will have at it's head
a live soldier.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-02
KEEP AT THE TOP CONDITION."

KEEP AT THE TOP CONDITION."
little phrase, keep at the top condi-
ton" While this advice is applied
mostly in athletic pursuits it neverthe-
less has its significance in other fields
of activity. With this enlarged appli-
cation in mind Orison SWEET Marden
writes Interestingly in April Success.
He takes the position that your future
is within yourself, that is, within you
are the forces and capabilities, which,
if rightly developed will make for your
largest success. He declares that the
secret of your future achievement is
locked up in your brain, inyour nerves,
in your muscles, in your ambition, in
your determination and in your ideal.
Everything depends on your physical
and mental condition, for that governs
your vitality, your vigor, and your
ability to do things" He points out
the fact that whatever lessons any of
these forces will in that degree mar
your success when he says: "The
amount of physical and mental force
you are able to use in your vocation
will measure your ultimate success.
Achievement does not depend so much
upon the size of the deposits you
have in the bank as upon the amount
of capital you have within yourself, the
effectiveness with which you can use
it and the power you can bring to your
vocation"
1t is therefore, exceedingly necessa-
ry that person should guard with
great care the vitality of his mental
and physical forces, for as Mr.. Marden
suggests mature is not sentimental or
merciful. If you violate her law you
must pay the penalty, though you sit
on a throne; king or beggar it is all
the same to her" There is no escape
for should a person engage in certain
indulgences and feel no immediate evil
effects he will find that "a weakness
anywhere mars ones whole career.
Eventually it will rise up as ghost
through ones life work, notifying.
condemning and convincing one Of
past error"
Temperate habits, jealous care of
ones physical forces, the maintaining
of ones equanimity will contribute
largely to the conserving of ones sue
cess capital.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-02
IOWA FARMERS NOT TARIFF
RlPPERS.

Congressman Birdsall in his maiden
speech in the house at Washington
"Yet, in the face of this record, with
the memory of the blighting and blast
ing years from 1898 to 1896 full upon
them, the gentleman from Mississippi
and the gentleman from Texas tell us
that the farmers are ripe for revolt
and ready for tariff reform. l do not
believe it. The farmer is a thinking,
active conservative individual and can
be safely relied upon to reflect upon
the disastrous conditions ne was be-
guiled into fostering in 1892 by the
specious argument of the free trader.
The farmer is interested in the pros
perity of the laboring man more than
any other factor, because he knows
that the better paid the laboring man
is the more bread he will eat, the more
meat he will consume. and the better
clothes he will wear and by increasing
consumption will increase the demand
for the products of the farm"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-02
DR.. Samuel Darling, pathologist of

DR.. Samuel Darling, pathologist of
the College of Physicians and Surgeons
in Baltimore, believes that he has dis
covered the germ that causes humps.
Up to this time the bacteriology of this
peculiar disease of children has been
uncertain. Death from mumps is rare,
and the parents of a child that recent
ly died of them requested an autopsy.
1t was done, cultures were made from
the blood serum, and a germ appeared.
It Tiers from the bacillus of typhoid
fever, being shorter and a diplococ-
cus-that is, occurs in pairs-and is
thicker than the tuberculosis germ.
Further investigation will be made.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-02
PNEUMONIA WORSE THAN WAR

New York Press-Can it be possible
that 5000 persons in New York have
died of pneumonia since December l.?
There was four years. war between
sections in this country, and in all that
time doctors did not treat single case
of pneumonia. No soldiers ever suffer
ed more from exposure, with the pos
sible exception of the French in the re-
treat from Moscow. But even among
those hopeless followers of the mighty
Napoleon pneumonia was unknown
Physicians let us die in swarrns right
here in our own warm houses of a
disease that did not kill a soldier in the
longest, bloodiest wars of her history
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-02
IN A FRIENDLY SORT OF WAY.

When a man amt got cent, and he's
fellin' kind O. blue,
An the clouds hang dark an heavy an
won't let the sunshine through,
It's great thing, oh, my brethren, fer
a Teller just to lay
His hand upon your shoulder in a
friendly sort of way.
It makes man feel curious; it makes
the tear drop start,
An you feel a sort O. futter in the re.
gion O. the heart;
You can't look up an meet his eyes /;
you don't know what to say,
When his hand is on your shoulder in
friendly sort O. way.
Oh, the worlds curious compound,
with its honey and its gall,
With it's care and bitter crosses; but a
good world after ALL
An n good God must have made it
leastwise, that's what l say,
When a hand rests on your shoulder in
a friendly sort O. way.
james Whitcomb Riley.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-02
THE WRITER MAN.

There was yellow journal man
So handy with his pen,
He fought a battle all himself
And killed a thousand men.
And when he saw what he had done,
With all his might and main,
He grabbed anothers pen and wrote
Them back to life again.
There was another yellow cuss
Who smacked his eager lips
While with his old typewriter he
Sank thirty battleships.
And when he saw the boats go down
1t gave him SO much pain,
He got his old machine once more
And wrote them up" again.
--NonpareiI.