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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-02-25

his undoing He became the lion" Of
the hour and was fetrd far beyOrd the ca
pacity OF a frall physique. already wenk-
high-tensfon social life was that he be-
came victim OF nervous exhaustion as
his father had been before hIm. and nj
so his beloved sister. In the end he was
afflicted with headaches 50 sevC that
be could not tolerate the slightest noise
not even ms though an irony Of fate. the
sound Of plano.
When the composer Of Songs With
ont Words died his body was tukrn from
Leipzig to Halle for Interment and the
funeral was most impressive. 1t took
place at night and thousands Of the cit
liens participated In n torchlight pro
cession from the composers horne to the
railrOad station. At each town or VII
Iage through which the funeral train pass,
ed the cortege was greeted - chorales
chanted by chOruses OF admlring must
clans Many stories are told Of Mendels-
sohn, Illustrative OF his distinctive per
sOnality. Not a few OF them re based
on the tricks of his marvellous memory
II Is related thst on one occasion. when
the score o. the Midsummer Nights
Dream overture was lost, the composer
without hesitancy. prepared another,
which corresponded with the original Ia
the minutest detail. He knew the
classics by heart This remarkable mem
DRY rendered possible that skill IN Inn
promising In which Mendelssohn excelled.
This German composer sta nds apart from
many great musicians In that be won
popularity and homnge during his Iife-
time, and this prestige has. II anything.
been enhanced since his death.
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Richard the Lion Hearted. King of Eng
the Turks, and failed t. release Jerusa-
lent, the Holy City. from inhdel dominion.
There was also Il 2reditable museum In
the convent of ST. Gregory, which had
fine paintings, statuary aud some rare
majolIca vases
As Il business town MesSina was the
most important city In Sicily, and In
fact. In tine south of the Kingdom Of
Italy. 1t did an annual export and import
business of about $2O,OO0,OO0 1t traded
principally in fruits ana in fruit iavorings
and essences, i'll coral ornaments, silks.
wines, oils, muslin. linen and hardware
the last three articles clearly being brought
il t. supply the demand Of the island
population.
Messina had a fair university and
well equipped technical school, and was
the center of success in Southern Italy
and Sicily. Its destruction cannot be reck-
oned but as Il deathbiow to prosperity in
all that port of the kingdom. K had
population of 100000.
Reggie Now IA Classic Ruin.
The once thriving city of Reggie di Ca
labria was almost directly opposite to
McSSina across the quake tortured Straits
of Messina. 1t is said to have been
founded a couple Of centuries later than
McSsina, but, as a matter of fact, ali
these dates are purely imaginary lot au-
thentiC nor historic. Its very name
means Ito break" and refers to an orr
gin through an earthquake-that is, Reg
gio. now seaport. was said TO have
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was admirably adapted for use as con
there regularly each week, and young
Felix compositions were thus played be
fore sympathetic audiences as rapidly as
they were completed. As the young com
poser progressed his father considered the
ACCESSIBILITY of having him round out his
musical education In Paris, but after
visiting the French capital decided that
the Teuton atmosphere was best.
Mendelssohn. although during much OF
his life not in the most robust
health. was very fond Of travel. He espe-
cially enjoyed Italy, but England always
held the first place in his affections. For
while he pronounced London "a smoky
nest" he confessed that IT was ever bis
'favorite residence" Perhaps this liking
was partly due to the enthusiastic ac-
claim with which Mendelssohn was al
ways greeted in the Tight Little Isle. The
appreciation Of Meudelssohn In England.
which speedily grew TO virtual idolatry,
was the more marked because contrasted
with the skepticaI GOODNESS Of the audi
ences In Berlin And I'm turn we find that
some measure of Memberships lnstan-
taneous success In the British metropolis
was due to the fact that, though mu-
sicisn. he was gentleman" the defni-
ton OF which I'm this case was that being
a man Of means he did not demand pay
for his playing conducting, which cir
cumstance placed him IN the eyes OF the
thrifty Britishers on pinnacle far above
those less fortunate musicians who must
derive livelihood from their art.
1t is a sad commentary on Mendels-
sohn's career In Great Britain that the
very triumph he achieved was indirectly
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back in 1898. or just after William the
Norman conquered England at the Battle
of Hastings.
The cathedral. or Ia Matrice, retained
the general style Of Gothic architecture
but only the portals Of the facadas were
actually built away back in the Eleventh
century in the awakening dawn Of mod
ern European history These portals TO
the facade showed marvellous carvings in
solid stone. relics of dead and gone archi-
lecture never 70 be restored now and
worth untold wealth TO the student and
lover of art. La Matrice also contained n
Sculptured marble pulpit chat was his
toric and statue Of St. Jerome by Ga
gini Mosaics dating back to within 100
years of the founding of the eiifce have
persisted forever now.
With a sickleshapPd harhOr MesSina
ranked fourth among the cities Of Italy
in commercial Importance The views
across the Mcssina straits were magniti-
cent and fortunately the views at least
remain although now terror inspiring in
their aspect
The building Of most interest to tour
lists in Mess ina was the Villa Rocca Guel-
foniH. built by the Nnrmans. who con
troIled MeSstna md Sicily, at the time
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been founded rs an inland city. but awoke
one fine day tO discover that M earth
quake had opened the earth and created
tn" Straits OF MesSina and made Reggie
into seaport Reggie was the chief
town OF Calahria UlteriOr. 1t was noted
for n superb cathedral about n century
old. famous statue of GarihaldI. q v.u-
scum. a lycenm for girls and n technical
school.
In Sicily. Palermo is the largest city.
with n population Of nearly 250.0O0 and
II belongs almost n the class Of the
worlds largest cities and Is certainly of
second rank as regards population II
WINS not much injured. although the earth
shocks were distinctly felt. It is 100
miles west Of Messlna. II contains many
art objects Of great value. and Is noted
for university which numbers about
I.+OO students The city possesses great
cathedral. surrounded by rs gigantic holy
statues. and Norman structure built In
1145. with five imposing domes. called the
San Giovanni Degli Fremeti. which IL
one Of the unique specimens Of arChteC-
ture r the world rs It shows the effect
Of the CruSadcS on the stern Gothic
structures of the true Norman style aud
period
Girgenti Is about 81 miles southeast OF
Palermo, 1t Is noted for It's fine cathc,
draI. which was constructed In A. II.
400. and We mud n consulate here be
cause the town had - population of over
25,0O0. The cathedral contained cele-
hrated Madonna Ivy Guido REM and
famous marble tomb with relief Illus
trating the legend of HyppoIytus There
were several royal educational institu-
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Catanzaro was the capital OF the prov
ince Of that name ard had enc cathe-
dral. 81 big hospital and population OF
-Hn''. mostly very poor and very tg
noraut Paint WIS In Cumhria. - miles
northeast OF Reggie. the capital and Is
near Mount Ella. from which superb
view Of the surrounding territory can be
obtained 1t tad population approx
mating $4,000 p'zzo hnd Il population
of 5000 and lay Ave mites to the north
and east Of Montcleone on the Gulf Of
Santa Tufenia Ragnnra. one OF the
smaller cities mentioned Ms being p.ac-
ticallv wiped of the map. was on the
coast of the Gulf OF Giola and had 5000
people.
Catnnta was built on one Of the furthcst
roots Of Mount Etua. ana was an ancient
city mentioned frequently by Thucydidcs,
Ivy. PnuSanias Pndar and Plutarch
In Ctcero's writings he says, speaking OF
the war in Sicily: "Y,, will be told OF
the fields OF the Catauans 4 most
wealthy people and friendly 20 rs CRo
mansl." Thus Cicero rclatcs to rs that
In his time Ca;ania WINS nm important
city of the Old World, and It's population
considered wealthy agricultural com
munity.
But II the cities. towns and provinces
involved In the mighty earth throes In
December were historic. no less so were
the waters of this country famous In
GreCian and Roman prose and poetry.
Scylia and Charyhdis the names Of the
two rocky prOmontories TINT faced each
other across the Straits " MeSSina before
the last earth CONFUSION changed the
map of that region. were sung 10y Homer
md all his followers and imttators. who
were legion In number ana Greek. Ro
man, English and French In nationality.
Ulysses had his adventure with the CyClops
between MeSsina aud CHtana. In Sicily.
In fact away ahead of the Normans
and the medieval legends connected with
This region there lies the period OF pre-
historic Greek verse lost In the mazcs
of the earliest dawn Of mau ns an intelii
gent being. Bach before the days OF
blind Dan Homer back among me very
gods of the Greeks when tie Golden
Age was here and the gods walked with
one another on the earth ana made love
to the daughters of men. CaIAhria ana
Sicily were the favored regions OF all the
world, 81 glory preserves eterrEIIy by tue
genius of poet ROs >ss."s ~
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his intention TO resign. Thereupon the
Emperor, who was very fond of him, in
duced him to remain and organize a
choir at the cathedral This be did so
successfully that the monarch appointed
him Royal General Musical Director. A
year later he organized the Leipzig Con-
servatory and In 1914 he conducted the
London Philharmonic concerts. Two years
later he made his ninth and last visit
to England. where he had attained, II
anything. greater popularity than IN Ger
maryland conducted at Birmingham the
first performance OF The Elijah, which
composition ranks with st. Paul" as his
grea test work.
When Mendessohn return to Leipzig
from this English tour the effect OF the
elimination Of years OF oyerwork began
TO make itself distressingly manifest and
he was obliged to resign his conductor
ship of the orchestra and his position ar
the conservatory Then came the shock
of the news OF the death OF Mendels-
sohn's fsyorite and very talented sister.
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Mendelssohn and his work.
In the year 1887, when Mendelssohn
was IS years of age. be was married to
Cectle Charlotte Sophie Jeanrenaud. a
very beautiful girl. the daughter OF a
French Protestant clergyman. The do
nestle life OF the couple was ideal. the
composer mauifesting in his home few OF
those eccentricities which have made so
many q musical genius u trying life part
ner. Nor was his home life by any
means care free. for in time FIVE chill
dren Joined the household and the health
Of Memberships wife was not always
of the hest. Ii is recorded that the COM
poser not only Instructed his children in
music, but also taught them such funds-
mental branches as reading. spelling and
geography.
When he had been married about four
years the Emperor invited Mendelssohn to
Berlin to conduct the orchestral nd
choral concerts. That professional teal-
ousy which is ever the bane of the must
cal world made this portion OF his career
q path of thornS and he finally announced
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: beginning with lessons of ou!y five mi~-
uteS 81 day, which interval was gradually
increased. From early youth Felix and
the other children were instructed both in
pianofortc and violin. and the youngster
who WAS to develop into the great con-
poser Of his day made his first public
appearance in Berlin when only nine
years OF age. When little Felix was
barely II years of age he entered the
Berlin Academy. and almost from that
very day he made attempts at musical
composition. Ere he had reuChed his
twelfth birthday anniversary he had com
posed no less than 81 complete move.
menJS. including n cantata aud comedy
in three SceueS
When Mendeis~ohu was hut Il years OF
T%e n" composed the famous overture to
the midsummer ighr'$ Dream" which
the crUC$ of ali time have been uuani-
nous in pTOnOuuciuS the most remarkable
example Of musical prerOCity in the his
tory of the world. \ year later the boys
mist opera was produced at the Grand
Opern House In Berlin ana met with pro-
EOunced success. When little past 20
years Of age MeudelSSOhn was offered the
chair Of music at the Berlin University.
but declined. and about this time under
took Il concert tour OF England. where
he WAS hailed as one of the great COM
p"SerS and piantSts of the day. This ex-
perlehce WIS followed by concert tours
Of Scotland. Austria. italy. Switzerla nd
and France
When the composer was ~ years Of
age he accepted an offer of the position
ot conductor OF the Lower Rhine Musical
Festival. and so favorable was the i'm
preston made by the young musician
that he was Immediately appointed Town
Musical Director of Dusseldorf at the
impressive salary OF $3.50 year. which
seems To have been unite gppanrgh
him. This post served as 8 stepninc
stone 10 that OF conductor of the famous
Gewandhus Orchestra In Leipzig He
made this organization the foremost or
chestra in Europe and the people of Ieip-
zig became more than enthusiastic over
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- HE year 1909, year OF notable cen
tenuials. holds two that are of pre-
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na ture inflicted.

nature inflicted.
NeSsina Founded by Pirates.
Legend sets forth that Inflated Messina
was founded by pirates In the eight cen
tury before the Christian era or just
few years before Romulus is alleged
10 have started, DIGGING a trench where
the imperial city OF Rome now stands.
So Rome and MesSina were founded about
the same period -Messina by pirates and
Rome by band Of highwaymen and rob
bPrS
Since it was founded Messina has passed
through an unparalleled ~Hreer during
when the r"wn has been devasted by con
tiagrations. the plague. wars and frequent
small earthquakes which occasionally
amounted to considerable damage. But
the last far exceeded the damage wrought
by all previous disasters combined.
In 1873 MeSsina was given terrible
earthquake shock, which destroyed many
Of her pubic buildings. but the city soon
reared new structures. one OF the few
orld-famouS buildings that disappeared
in the total destruction in December was
the cathedral, which, as its photograph
shows. was Il noble structure founded by
Count Roger of Messina, one of the
heroic figures OF Siciliau history away
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readers, hired by the state who read
aloud TO big crowds Of Chinese. who are
unable to read the papers for themselves
The fact that the written and spoken
languages Of China are two different
tongues makes the position Of the public
reader of the greatest Importance.
The Chinese papers are In two forms.
enc printed on very thin paper like the
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aner English bibles in which only one
side of the paper is printed on. The
more up-to-date journals, however, use a
thicker paper and print the news on both
sides.
One big daily consists of three blanket
sheets three feet six inches long and
two feet wide. This makes tremendous
paper and IL is filed with all sorts Of
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Ease of several favored journals the Chi
nese imperial government will collect
subscriptions and forward them to the
head Offices of these daily papers
The viceroys, who are the real repre-
seutstives of the Emperor so far as the
management of the common people is
concerned, are now active In distribut-
ing newspapers and even have public
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-02-25

TN 1901 il was universally acknowi-
B edged that there was no real Chinese
n newspaper In existence. There were
several daily newspapers in Chinese sea-
board cities run entirely by foreigners,
in the interests of foreigners, and not
printed IN the Chinese language. Now
there are over 200 native journals, the
vast majority of which are daily papers.
All of these are run by the Chinese
themselves, printed by native printers
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-02-25

matter. from advertisements OF soap to
lectures reforms.
Many foreign kilograms are printed in
these papers and where John Chlnaman
five years ago thought the world was Dat
be considers Ii globe aud Is getting
a fairly reliable estimate OF what the act
ual foreign field looks like. All this
sisIs tae Chinese government In holding
down its population and preventing mas
sacres or foreigners.
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success financially. 1t Is now about four
years old and created a profound sensa-
ton when Il was originated.
Much OF the success OF the newspap ers
In China must be assigned TO the aid
given them Of late years by the authori-
ties. The government affords every pos
sible assistance and convenience for the
distribution Of Chinese paperg, and IN the
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~ * y Ole Newer Chinese Journalism.

and pressmen and in the Chinese Ian
guage.
In Picking. the national capital OF the
Chinese Empire, there is now a daily
paper, owned, managed and edited by
women and printed in the exclusive in
terest of the feminine section OF the
Chinese population. 1t has proved eI-
tremely popular. and Is said TO be big
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-12-18

c. II. Chenault, tar collector Of Quay
county, N. NJ, spent 4 few days in the
city the latter part Of last week. His
business was q meeting with some par.
ties from Kentucky, to whom he sold
n half interest in the Heman Addition
to the city Of Tueumeari. This sale
was transacted for a handsome price.
This shows that Dalhart and Tueum.
carl as well as all other towns In this
section Of the country are attracting
the attention Of eastern speeulators.-
Evening News.
The Heman property 10 west Of the
city and north Of the Southwestern
track and ~ q valuable piece Of ground.
IL a viaduet should DO built any time
soon this il going to be choice residence
property, and the News understands that
II Is the intention Of the railway com.
psny TO yet at this Improvement at
an early date. II 10 going to be a
great boost TO the city when II Is done.
The Heman property was purchased
some time since by q. w. Evans, Jr,
Of the Evans Realty Co. and Mr.. Che.
nault, his brother In law, presumably has
made the deal for Mr.. Evans who was
In Kansas City at the time.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-12-18
CHRISTMAS

IL the readers Vt this issue Of the
News will look carefully ovor the col.
ums Of advertisements, they will see
where to 20 for the things they are
going To buy. Nearly every business
nuusc IN the city has an sd In this issue
calling attention to their wares, and
IN ruany cases they give the prices Of
thc articles they have on sale. This
-uutld be quite q help to the shoppers
du ng the few days that remain in
oiu; Ii to make their selections. We do
u", hesitate to say that the merchants
OF this city are a. progressive and
Up ,o.dato in their methods AZ those Of
Ey city of twenty thousand popula.
Ca, and this year they have brought
/" their trade "A well selected merehan.
Use as eau DO found In the Territory.
Not only are the merchants accommo.
dating and progressive, but their corps
ct Salcs'peoplo are obliging, courteous,
aud attentive to the wants Of the buy.
c, and it is 4 fact "that Il 10 no trouble
to show goods" Next Saturday will
Ice Xmas day. The banks will close,
tnc Post Office will observe q part Of
he day at least as . holiday; and in
Idor that the tired and worn u sales.
l%coilo may have 4 rost on that day,
hc Christmas shoppers should make
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-12-18
DISTRICT DEPUTY vrs1rs ELxs

j. =. Hinkle Of Roswell, y. NJ, dis.
trict deputy Grand Ruler Of the u. +.
q. r. for the territory Of New Mex.
leo was a visitor, and guest Of Tucum.
earl Lodge on Wednesday last. During
the day a number Of the members Of
the local Lodge met Mr.. Hinkle at his
rooms at the Cover Hotel, and he was
b~anqueted at supper at the Rock Island
Hotel. lie attended the meeting Of the
Lodge in an Official capacity, and de-
li,ercd a most interesting address on
the history and teachings Of the order.
During the evening three candidates
were given the mysteries Of the order,
and Mr.. Hinkle complimentcd the team
Of the lodge on the manner In which the
degree was conferred and said that
while this was the youngest lodge in
the territory he was frank to say that
he did not expect any lodge in the Ter
ritory TO be able to make n better 70.
port in every way than Tucumeari.
After the degrees were conferred
lunch was served and during the even
ing every member present had the
pleasure Of meeting Mr.. lIinkle.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-12-18
A AMI STRIPES
MUTILATED
Flag Raised In Monterey In
Honor of American Visit
OrS.


II Ia evident that there Is some feel
ing Ia Mexico against the United States
because Of our attitude in Nicaragua,
there IL little doubt, as was the case
during the Spanish american war. A
Mexican In n drunken state and with
a number Of associates tore up an
American flag used in the decorations
On zaragoza plaza, which had been
placed there In honor Of a visiting del
epation from Del Rio Texas. IL rs
NOT known whether the party was ar
rested for mutilating the American flag
or besaase he tore down the decorations,
hut he was promptly jailed.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-12-18

On last Sunday morning there WIS
held at the Baptist church Of this city
what was known as a laymans mass
meeting, the purpose being to discus"
affairs pertaining TO the welfare Of the
local church, and TO devise means for
the Improvement Of the management,
Of this particular church. There we've
talks from a number Of the lay men
bers Of the church among them being
reports from the delegates who attcn'
cd the Association at Las Vegas. The
other speakers and their subjects we,'
as follows:
X. L. Patterson, "what have ! don"
for my ehurchi"
r. A. Dodson, 1.-THE JOY Of giving.
3. II. Neafus, "Why tho financial
plan Of our church il not q success
Mr.. Starke, Glow to make he fnan
eisl plan . success"
w. H. Brymer, "why we should a
tend all Of the services Of the church. -