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all conditions of atmosphere. Apart from
this, the economy of the innovation is
one worthy of serious consideration. The
gliding OF one OF these arms costs only
80 cents when done in quantities. and
one treatment, it is said, Will last ten or
twelve years and the only attention re-
quired during that time Is an occasional
sponging off with a solution of oxalic
acid. \ number OF these gold-covered
arms are III use on this railroad and they
are to be more extensively introduced
from time to time.
There was recently cast at a bronze
foundry at Elmwood. K. l.. the largest
single piece OF this metal which has ever
been accomplished in this country. and
IL IS probably the largest ever cast in
the world. This was the horse which
forms part of a statue of Phil Sheridan
since erected "a Washington Hereto
fore 1t has been the custom to make
casting of this character in several
pieces, and then unite them by brazing.
The metal was melted i'm a dozen large
crucibles and then poured into a lsdle
which held COCO pounds. This was in
turn emptied into a feeding basin on
top of the flask. and when this basin
lowed 10 flow into the mold by with
drawing a plug which controlled the out
flow. The flask measured II feet long.
81. feet high and feet wide. and weighed
between seventy ana seventy i've toHS
before the metal was poured into II.
AS the coal mines OF the country sink
deeper and deeper into the earth the
cost of producing coal becomes greater
and consequently more valuable The
mine owners look with envious eyes on
the great amount of fuel that is within
sight and yet out of their reach. by
reason of the fact that it is necessary
to leave pillars OF coal TO support the
tpaS ha ~ al a
been tried at Scranton, Pa. of filling
the places of the pillars b. the use Of
ashes and ii is said to have been done
with great success where the ashes are
available in sufficient quantities. This
waste material of the furnaces is flashed
into the vacated workings by water car
ried in wooden troughs which are diverted
to fill abandoned breasts or gangways.
After this filling it is usually found posi-
BILE to remove the pillars of coal
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came the guests Of the greatest consid-
GRAFTON. youth and beauty bringing up
the rear. The Leader conducted the pro-
cession through long suites of apart
ments lined with guests. who later fell
in line. Windings unexpected turns ana
openings had been arranged. and even
out through gardens End shrunbery
wound this many-nued human ribbon.
After the host had duly led off IN the
promenade, any guest could claim his
place ssth The eIta ding lady" after bow
ssistssss low hefore hHr4 and begging her to
sceept thee rhanges The released host
nc ould ask the sumo of the next
lady insitne, a general change of part
- Each cavalier taking the lead oc the
column would e9deavor to surpass his
predecessor in skiliful wdndingS figures
and coils. Men grown gray In camps, or
in strife Of courtly eloquenee, high pre-
lates of the church. dignitaries OF state.
aged senators were the partners vel
coined. disputed and sought by the
youngest. gayest. most bril- liant women n
present. Honor and glory rendered ages
equal: nay, more, they gave an adVah-
tage even over love.
In 1s.9 at the age of twenty, Chopin
made his Vienna debut, playing his own
compositions. His reception was en-
thustastic his improvisattons on Polish
themes being especially we'll received.
The one criticism possible was that his
playing was too light in weight. and the
ladies' thought his appearance ''ins.g-
nIcant" Vienna then admired expo
sive accent and thunderous ptanoforte
fortissimos The kind Of playing that
Aunt Hettie Tarbox said was migh;s;
popular with the deef."
The lightress and exquisite delicaey of
touch Of this artistic Of the elastic hand
was made no end Of sport Of by his fel-
musicians and rivals. After attend
Ing one Of his concerts Thalberg shouted
to his companions all the way home. CIV
ing for reason that he had heard moth
ing but pianissimo all evening.
When Rubinstein. List. Tausig and
Thalberg played his compositions the
public stood aghast. This was a new
Chopin. Chopin transposed TO the key
of manliness. But il was the real Chopin.
for those who knew him knew that with
in the frail body was the soul Of a lion.
At the age of twenty-five Chopin went
to Paris to live. Paris! That mecca-or
maelstrom,' as you will-of all artists,
and just then especially rich In rare souls
There was Heinrich Heine, the saddest
of humorists," greatly beloved OF Chopin.
AT a glance, word, tone, Chopln ana
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it. that I honestly believe the place would
seem quite familiar and natural to me.
And. settled and griZZied l am now,
wouldn't 1 feel like fairly jumping out of
my skin If ever l got chance to sort OF
drop into London and TO trudge around
there and take a peek at all of the places
that I've heard and read about?
Yes and Venice and Rome and such
places as those! Honest Iniun think / d
make such demonstration of utter inn
becility ii l found myself in Venice or
any gorgeous place like that I'd be ar
rested by the guardians of the law as a
sure enough crazy American.
But, of course this is all a dream. 1t :
about thousand to one, at this stage OF
things that I'll never see Europe, ano
reckon I'll never get a chance even to
make one OF those little cruises down the
coast on what they call the coastwise
steamers. I'd be tickled foolish even over
a trip to Charleston or Savannah or some
such American port. E-r those boats go
right out into the deep water. of course.
But you know how it is when there is a
big family-bOys are kicking out shoes all
the time and the girls have got to have
frocks. and so on.
I'm a-telling you one thing. though. l
am going to try to fix things so that my
boys if they've got the haniering TO see
the sure enough sea when they grow up,
will be able to satisfy that hankering.'
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same way is a distressing spectacle. es-
pecially to open-minded patriots in such
unbiased communities as Pennsylvania,
say. and Michigan and New Hampshire.
Take Vermont now. Nobody has called
her the solid Vermont: but you'll con-
ce1e she's reasonably firm The only wa
to make a showing of the democratic vote
of Vermont on the morning after elec-
ton would be to print the pictures and
sketches of their lives. The citizens Gf
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take II for granted that nobody ever
hears that call who hasn't been to sea.
Mistaken idea. that's all Very much
of a mistaken idea. To show that it's
mistaken permit me to state that during
all my life I've been fairly hankering TO
go To SEA, but I've never been out on the
deep water in my life. Never had the
chance, never had the time, never had the
price.
"All the same. I've always experienced
the profoundest longing to range all OF
the sea and l experience that hankerinS
right down H. the present hour OF time.
Sray-haired as | am. In fact. II grows
stronger all the time. And now under
stand that there's something elemental
in one that responds TO this thing
that they term the call of the sea. The
desire to go To sea is with me very often.
] live close to the Potomac. | rarely
stand in my front yard and look at that
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to his mother TO tell her Everybody
was looking at my collar
In 1927 he left his academic studies at
the Lyceum. where his father was teach
ing. to devote his time exclusively to mu-
sic. He studied composition with Elsner.
Frederic was always frail. delicate lad
with the sharply contrasted moods of the
typical genius. His talent for mimcry
was the sport and terror of his associates
NO one could be so gay and no one SO
sad as Chopin.
:: );
On account of his health he spent much
of his time in the country. Ii was there
he learned to love the songs and dances
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to his party or want 10 be made ambassa-
dor to the court of st. James, right away.
either. He's inclined to be fleshy. as you
may have noticed from his pictures. and
there's strong belief in this country that
you can trust fat man with almost
anything. except a sirloil steak. So wee
going to trust Big Bill.
Yes. sir. Larry, our EeT President is
going in. just as 1 vas telling you with
out undue noise or excitement, ana there
are some who go So far as tn trust that
things may continue generally along the
same line for quite spell, If it's not ask
ing too much. But man with a forty
eight-inch chest which slipped down is apt
to be more or less sedcntary in his habits,
and so | imagine thercll be nothing radi-
cal doing \ calm and soothing personal
ity will be in charge. Hold-over members
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.2X n III


NO. the inauguration, what else?" an
swered the House Detective. Teddy
scin' out ard Big Bill goin' in.
"Oh. yes, to be sure said The Hotel
Clerk The inauguration. That impress
sive ceremonial by which every four years
Il republican form Of government keeps
right on being republican. Well, 1 don't
think I'll go. It'll be a quiet affair by
all accounts: nothing to compare With
the last one
You remember how It was then,
Larry? You remember. don't you. the
band OF blanket Indians led by Old Chief
Call and the great army of marching
officeholders. led by other members of
The gall family? And the cowboy band
playing the national anthem of that time,
entitled Everybody Works but Father
And Prof Nike Donovan on a float made
up of punching bags and five-ouncc
gloves? And Ben Daniels riding govern
mcnt mule borrowed and Jack Aberna-
thy eating a gray wolf alive? And the
Spanish war veterans cheering vocifer-
ously while involuntarily marking time
in front of the pension bureau? Ana
the survivors of San Juan Hill in their
worn ana ragged khaki uniforms, Still
stained with the typewriter smudges and
Kodak developers of that historic CAM
paiSn meath the burning Cuban skies,
and all the rest of the glittering pageant
that filled Pennsylvania avenue from end
TO end with its left wing resting on the
New Willard bar and the right wing hoist
ing EN- in the same as the right wing
always does when the left wing is resting
in this convenient manner.
Now, there was a real inauguration
procession for you. One that had the
Rinsling Brothers parade looking like
grand jury going to dinner. But this year.
from what l can gather, the quiet elderly
gentlemen who belong to the Supreme
Court will have the place of honor that
went to the boys from the Cross Bar \
ranch four years ago, and probably the
most spectacular part of the show will be
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the Kentucky jury might even go so far
as to fine the fellow SO or 500. And next
week you'll notice that there'll be all sorts
of people ready to cheer for the Big Eel
low when he's taking the oath; and after
he moves into his new home and stacks
up his Cincinnati Ohio, law library in the
corner now occupied by the stuffed CHINA
mon bear mentioned in volume XIII
of the published works Of the re-
tiring occupant of the premises,
he'll still find quite lot of us willing to
boost his game along. We don't all belong
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Vermont cannot understand how any peo-
pie could be content to go on year afteT
year blindly voting any ticket. unless. OF
course. it happened TO be the republican Il
ticket. They view the situation in the
south with alarm, often.
But there'u be cheer for the New
England heart in the great outpouring ot
southern republicans at the inauguration.
When the returns come i'll in November
you wonder how South Carolina and Mis-
sissippi ever scraped together enough
delegates TO sit in at the republican ma
tional convention: but when you see the
great host of plain ard colored southern
republicans in Washington the following
March you wonder that there's a demo-
cratic congressman left south Of the Ohio
river.
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DISCOURSE ON 1.-THE CALL OF THE SEA"

take a long look at the Potomac just that
way. And Otter | have mental picture
of the big steamer with loads and loads
of happy. chattery prosperous folks
standing at the rails, and while I wish
them all manner of luck and am glad
they are happy and having such Il grand
gorgeous time for themselves-my, my,
how | do envy them,
For there really is nothing III life that
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!IE w.stful little
middle-aged man
was sort of think
ing aloud.
I've heard and
read a good deal
about what they
term the call OF
the sea. - he said.
"and I've noticed
that when folks
talk or write about
il they appear to
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lane Cf water leading down to the sea.
that l don't say 10 myself:
''B jinks. but wouldn't ] fairly love to
climb aboard one of the enough big
boats and cruise around in the deep water
and see the big waves that I've read so
much about, and curl up in a steamer
chair with a rug over my knees and
watch the seagulls and things
1T always comes to my mind when
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@ Ill

much disputcd. it is TIE one given Kara
sowski by Chopin's sister and SO pub
lished III his biography. List. Szulc,
Necks and Huneker agree upon It. and it
is carved upon the memorial in the
church at Warsaw which holds the heart
of Chopin
Frederic was well born and carefully
Frenchman IF that time-wel bred and
11ST. taking the position of tutor to
Frederic. The son Of The Countess Skar-
hek who afterward was godmother for
his own little Frederic. Later he became
q professor i'm the Warsaw Lyceum
The mother Of Chopin was an ideal
Iapt1cr and was declared This only love
Frederic was not an infant prodigy,
though at an early a"e he developed tai
cnt. ard lis parents had the great good
sense 10 engage for him a teacher OF
piano. Zwyny. a Bohemian. At the age
of twelve he was so well advanced that
he was lefs to himself which he after
ward bitterly regretted.
Once when asked why he did not create
q new school OF technique. he replied:
because / do not know any old one
His musical precoc1ty was not as mark
ed as Nozart's or MendelSSolIn's. but he
played In public at the age of nine. On
this occasion he was more pleased with
his new collar than with the impression
he made upon his audience, for lie ran
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N1OT AN INFANT PRODIGY BUT DEVELOPED
v TALENT EARLY IN LIFE-MUSICAL PRE-
COCITY NOT AS MARKED AS THAT OF MOZART
OR ENDELSSOHN-HEALTH WAS ALWAYS
POOR-THE SAD SCENE AT HIS DEATHBED
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joint near the shade allow the utmost
freedom OF adjustment for use on either
a roll or fiat-top desk. +; is also equally
adaptable for library or piano TIE
parabolic shade with its aluminium re-
fiecting surface diffuses and localizes the
light, relieving the strain on the eyes
caused by unshielded or poorly directed
light.
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NE hundred years
ago to m or r o ",
March 1, to Poland
was given yet one
glory more" Gas
List expresses it,
in the birth of
Frederic Francois
Chopin at Zelazo-
wa VIOLA. near
Warsaw.
Although t n i S
date has been
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state cf activity was due to his having so
many lobes in his brain or many brains
in his Loeb.
well, here's one thing ] like about iu-
auguratin' a new President" said the
House Detective. 1T shows that any boy
born in this country kin grow up to live
in the White House
Wrong again. Larry" said the Hotel
Clerk There's one that can't
''Wot one?" asked the House Detective.
''His name,' said the Hotel Clerk. lis
Bryan"
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yet when the dust Of conflict rolled
away, or had been carried away by per-
sons having access to the campaign funds,
and when it was found that the District
of Columbia was not going to be enriched
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OF the cabinet will drop tennis and go in
more for the game made famous by Mr..
Rockefeller. ST.. and well see stout army
officers riding less OH war horses and more
on Puimans. The center of intense ac-
tivity will be shifted from Washington TO
either Mombassa or California, depending
on whether the lions or members Of the
state Legislature offer the best hunting.
for the time being. And while the large
globe shaped statesman in charge Of the
main works may not see his way clear to
carrying out come of the undertakings in
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for its fral prison, was voicing the re-
volt and sorrow of dying race and in
cidentally of dying poet.
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~~oVzh~Zf3zZ Zkr5x1<

Few men have unlocked their hearts in
their chosen medium as did Chopin. But
a fantastic and tortured soul, too great
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There's lot of talk about Taft Dustin
up the solid south next time said the
House Detective. Il wonder will he do
it,"
II wonder said the Hotel Clerk. 1T
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the marching clubs from the sunny
southland. where so many stalwart re
publicans are to be found, except on elec-
ton day"
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Ev Irwin :. Cobb.

LID GLORY will be
fioatin' in Wash
ington next Thurs
day, all right, all
right" remarked
the House Detec-
tive of the st. RecG-
less.
rs it George
Cohan opening IN
q new show down
there, or what? %
asked the Hotel
Clerk.
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Something seems to draw them to the
capital of the nation at such time Their
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-23
For Administration,

Georgia, Terrell County.-To All
Whom 1t May Concern: C. c. Brim,
having in proper form applied to me
for permanent letters of administra-
ton, with will annexed, on the es-
tate of Matthew Marshall, late of
said county, this is to cite all and
singular the creditors and next of
kin of Matthew Marshall to be and
appear at my Office within the time
allowed by law, and show cause, if
any they can, why permanent ad-
ministration should not be granted
to c. c. Brim on Matthew MarshaII's
estate, with will annexed. Witness
my hand and official signature this
7th day of June, 1909.
w. B. CHEATHAM, Ordinary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-23

prepare for the trip in comfort. The
railways vie for the custom, and give
them a special chair car or a Pull
man for their convenience.
1t is usually $40 at least for the
round trip, and when a party of rs
comes in and 'planks down" $4,000
for tickets it makes the railroad
agents heart happy.
That is what they do. They visit
among the eastern friends and go
back with more immigrants to the
new lands. The numbef is steadily
increasing, and as they put their saw
ings into land rather than into stocks
or business properties they are be-
coming rich in the best lands of the
state.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-23
CONVICTED OF BEATING WIFE.
Man 1O5 Years Old Sent to Jail for
Thrashing Spouse.

John Black, who claims that he
is 1O5 years old, and looks it, was
locked up in the county Jail at Mus
cogee, Okla, to serve a sentence of
thirty days for wife-beating
Black lives at Keefton, Muskogee
county, and was arrested for beating
his third wife. He was convicted,
fined and given a Jail sentence. Two
years ago he was fined for beating
his second wife. In Jail he created
a sensation by thrashing the judge
of the kangaroo court. He is very
spry and muscular.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-23
For DiSmiSSiOn.

Georgia, Terrell County.-Where-
as, A. G. MulhOlland, administrator
of M. E. Bush, represents to the court
in his petition, duly filed and entered
on record, that he has fully admins
tered NJ. E. Bush's estate. This is.
therefore, to cite all persons con-
cerned, kindred and creditors, to
show cause, if any they can, why said
administrator should not be dis
charge from his administration, and
receive letters of dismission on the
first Monday in July, 1909. This
June Z, 1909.
w. B. CHEATHAM, Ordinary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-23
INTERSTATE COURTESY AND
COTTON FUTURE DEALS
Chief Points Issue in Suit Involving Nearly 100000
D. w. James, Blakey Banker, the Defendant

ant for 900 which was obtained
in the federal court in Columbus.
The attorneys for Mr.. James have
raised the legal point that a judg
ment found by the federal court in
one state, to be effective, must be
affirmed by a federal court in the
state in which the defendant resides.
This was the question argued yester-
day. Judge Newman took the case
under advisement and will announce
his decision later. Should a new
trial be granted the case will be tried
in Columbus at the next sitting of
the federal court there.
Brown & Randolph are the attor-
neys representing the New York
brokers and Smith, Hamilton &
Smith represent Mr.. James.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-23
For Administration,

Georgia, Terrell County.-To All
Whom 1t May Concern: w. H.
Barnes, having in proper form ap-
piled to me for permanent letters
of administration on the estate of
N. B. Barnes, late of said county, this
is to cite all and singular the credit
ors and next of kin of N. B. Barnes
to be and appear at my Office within
the time allowed by law, and show
cause, if any they can, why perma-
nent administration should not be
granted to w. H. Barnes on N. B.
Barnes estate. Witness my hand
and official signature this 7th day of
June, 1909.
w. B. CHEATHAM, Ordinary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-23
Women Who Are Envied.

Those attractive women who are
lovely in face, form and temper are
the envy of many, who might be like
them. A weak, sickly woman will
be nervous and irritable. Constipa-
ton or kidney poisons show in pim-
pies, blotches, skin eruptions and a
wretched complexion. For all such
Electric Bitters work wonders. They
regulate stomach, liver and kidneys,
purify the blood, give strong nerves,
bright eyes, pure breath, smooth,
velvety skin, lovely complexion.
Many charming women owe their
health and beauty to them. soc at
Dawson Drug Cos.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-23

ATLANTA, CAD. w. James, the
wealthy Blakely banker and cotton
factor, was the defendant in an in
teresting suit involving nearly $780,
600 which was argued in the federal
court before Judge Newman. Springs
& Co., and Haven & Clements, New
York brokers, are the plaintiffs.
The chief points at issue are the
alleged gambling principle in cotton
future deals and some fine technical
points of interstate courtesy. Judg-
ments have been obtained in the
state of New York for $4,000 in one
case and $65,000 in another on mar
gins said to be due the brokers on
cotton deals. There is also a judg-
ment standing against the defend
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-23
For Guardianship,

Georgia, Terrell County.-To All
Whom 1t May Concern: Mrs. Mag
gle Marshall Pace having applied
for guardianship of the persons and
property of Lucy Helen Marshall
and Zeb Odum Marshall, minor chill
dren of Mrs. r. ]. Marshall, late
of said county, deceased, notice is
given that said application will be
heard at my office at 10 o'clock a.
m. on the first Monday in July next,
This May 81, 1909.
W. B. CHEATHAM, Ordinary