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Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-10-22
ma kinn Of Instruments.

Restricted as is its range Of dynam-
ics, the violin has had for It's vOtaries
men Of such widely differing tempera-
ments as Paganini and Spohr. VIII
helmj and Sarasate, Joachim and
Ysaye. Its literature does not COM
pare with that Of the piano, for which
Bach, Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin
and Brahms have written their choic-
est music. yet the intimate nature Of
the violin, its capacity for passionate
emotion, crowns it--and not the organ
with its mechanical tonal effects-as
the king Of instruments. Nor does the
voice make the peculiarly poignant APP
peal Of the violin. Its lowest note Is
the G below the treble clef and its top
note a mere squeak, but 1t seems In a
few octaves to have imprisoned within
It's wooden walls a miniature world Of
feeling. Even In the hands Of clum'
~ amateur 1t has the formidable pow
er Of giving pain, while in the grasp
Of master II is capable of rousing the
soul.-James Huneker in Eyerybody's
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III. lie. Of iron.

iron has been known to men for a
very long time. In the time Of the AS
syrians It was extensively used, iron
saws, knives and other tools having
been found by Layard at Nineveh.
Homer refers to the forging Of iron,
while the hardening and tempering OF
steel appear to have been operations
In common use among the early
Greeks. The employment OF kind Of
bellows for the forging OF tools, pre-
sumably of iron, figures in Egyptian
sculpture Of 1900 b. C. Cast iron ap.
pears to have been discovered about
$50 B. c. Through the agency Of the
Romans the manufacture Of iron was
introduced all over the then known
world and into those regions where Il
had not been previously known--NeW
York American.
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chinasa EiIinl Pistv.

The following Chinese story Illus
trates the national regard for Hlial
plety: A man and his wife maltreated
the husbands mother. As q punish
ment the scene Of the act was openly
cursed, the tctive agents we're put to
death. and the mother Of. the wife was
bamboOed. branded and exiled for her
daughters crime. The house In which
the offenders lived was dug up from
the foundations Moreover, the sehol-
ars Of the district were precluded from
attending public examinations, and
even the magistrates were deprived OF
their ohlees. These drastic measures
were designed TO render the empire
aIial.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-10-22

NUNS seemed as the sunlight fell in
a long streak across their faces. she
knew that he was coming down the
steps at the corner and straight to
ward her Her knees were shaking.
and there was a curious singing in her
ears. through which she heard his
pleasant voice speaking. Half me
chanically she put out both her hands.
my dear Mrs. Chesney. this Is In.
deed a pleasure! had not the renOt-
est idea when Franklin told me that
should find a charming party that
his words were TO be so truly fulfilled"
Hilary had let one hand drop and
looked at him. still half smiling. His
words and his manner had hurt her,
but she was emphatically brayk, and
her tremulous expression had sudden"
ly given way TO one that was calm
and friendly.
81, too. was delighted" she said,
@when they told me you were COM
ing" Then. with a sudden impulse,
she added. But my stay here is very
short, for l am afraid I must go to-
morrow or the next day"
"Oh. what a pity! Can't you put on
duty engagements-for l am sure that
Is what they are-and stay on just
little Ionger?"
He spoke kindly and as II he wished
her to remain. but without a trace OF
emotion.
The general took out his watch.
at was very good Of yen TO want me
to come and see you our here. but l
must. | fear. go In and write some
thing rather important for the post ]
wish | could have stayed on longer
now and chatted about old times"
Eyes: wish you could"
| A streak OF light fell on his face.
Yes. he was not much altered. and his
gray hair became him.
"wen. we viii so on with our talk
later" said he.
He raised his hat and turned away
to mount the steps.
On the tOpmost terrace another ng
ure now caught her eye. It was thai
Of a young woman. very graceful and
alert and dressed In an exquisite goWE
OF crimson and fur This person paus
ed and held a hand up to her eyea
Then Hilary saw her start OF. walking
very quickly down the gravel patI
that led toward the drst nlght o
steps. The sight Of her Jared upoE
Mrs Chesney. She represented the In
earnatiOn OF all the qualities that Hi
airy most despiSed. She was emptl
headed. shallow. vain apd looked uPol
the world with no sense OF the propoF
ton Of things And yet II was impos
sible TO deny that she was superiauVe
IL graceful and that her dark eye
were as beautiful as they were IN
doubtedly reckless In expression Mn
! Chesney watched her as she wen
along. and at the corner by the clippe'
. rev tree Lady Noriedge stopped IN
J figure Of 8 tall man had climbed IN
: topmost step In the clear. stfll Al
J Hilary heard their voices. His sound
J ed lust as Il used to do years ago. II
had taken Lady NOriedgs's two band
: ana was holding them In hAs--chaeas
: Times HaEal4
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OCTOBER HOUR

lowest terrace overlooking the
woman was standing. leaning
W against the stone edge Of
strade and wistfully regarding
mnal foliage.
Oman's face was full of happy
ion. 1t was no longer very
r fresh, but it was still Of
nd tenderness. Under her hat
sy waves of her hair were
touched with a gray thread.
,hesney was conscious that IL
i education she belonged to
epoch from that of the llvel..
pund her. They were absolute.
m, and she had very little IN
with them. Since her hus-
death she had lived quietly
ost alone In a country house,
q, studying, working for the
Then at last she had made up
d to accept the invitation of a
t her husbands the effort had
inful and depressing. She had
shier and more silent in those
quietude. Even In her new
= d clothes she somehow looked
ferent world from that OF Miss
and Lady NOrledge. who were
1ties of the party.
dear, she IL essentially early
n" was the verdict Of the live.
y Norledge as she discussed
esney with n friend. But now
October afternoon; standing
n the fieeting sunshine and
the falling leaves. Mrs. Ches
young. triumphant and absO
Indifferent to the opinions OF
wing soul excepting those Of thG
whose advent she was await
had felt as If she were in Q
when her host a few days ago
lR"uneed the approaching ar
new and distinguished guest
ne Of General Trebovir was il
'dy's mouth.
ten years ago Hilary had part
this man with an anguish tba
less unbearable because sh'
OVID than his love for her wal
as her own and perhaps eveI
i've for much that WAS mobiles
81 In bis life During thnsI
which had seemed an eternity
Wo had held no communication
pc another
aad been her wish alone. for b
ohgiy maintained that. unhap
aFried as she was. a FRIENDSHIP
aud devoted as his for lie
least make Il easier for he
under what was too heavy
Y solitary woman. But sh
lAa med firm. and be had gOn
4 bitterness OF spirit. Now. q
'eit sure he was coming her
and her alone, and she wa
J waiting.
though she could not help NJ
now gorgeous the ehrysanths
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UpgardsOn-Isn't a lawsuit over
patept right about the duliest thing
you ever saw!
AtOm-Not always. l attended .
trial Of that kind once that was too
funny for anything. A tall lawyer
named short was reading COCO word
document be called a brtef--Gh[
eagO Tribune.
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Accidents
Will happen--even with,s such a,neat
housekeeper as the MaIIeabIe Girl


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Elc t r%:'ia . during ss%p: : ss you .i S T
NJ Il LAUII IIAIV1L grade cooking ware well worth
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-02
DICK MARLIN SPOKE
Replied to the Address of Welcome
At Meeting of Georgia May
OrS in Columbus.

| OfS III columbus.
Mayor R. R. Marlin of Dawson,
who attended the annual meeting
of the League of Georgia Municipali-
ties in Columbus, responded to the
address of welcome by Mayor Brown
of that city, MIR. Martins speech
was as follows:
You would scarcely expect one OF my size
70 getup here before these prying eyes,
And make a speech as well as those
Who can wear Hon. Rhodes Browns clothes
But the pleasure being forced on me
am going to accept the prorered key,
Promising on the Georgia Leagues part,
TO unlock the doors only to your hearts.
For the first time since this Or
ganization had it's origin | am pres
ent, for the reason that | have only
recently had the honor of being
called mayor. 1t was my intention
to come here for two purpOses-one
was to gather facts and to enlighten
myself from topics discussed ON mu-
Inicipal government, that l might on
my return home give to my cOun-
eil the benefits which | derived from
being associated with you on this oc-
casion; the other was to enjoy the
hospitality which | knew awaited me.
But it was decreed otherwise. | have
been on short notice pressed into
service, yet assure you it is a pleas
ant task to respond on behalf of
the League of Georgia municipalities
to the address of welcome just made
by the mayor of a city which l con-
slider one of the I0veliest as well as
the most progressive in the south; a
city with broad streets, well kept
lawns; beautiful trees, cotton fac
tories, manufacturing enterprises,
and magnificent clearing house re-
ceipts. What nature has forgotten
man seems to have supplied. | am
sure the old Chattahoochee continu-
ously sings her praise as she wends
her way onward towards the Gulf.
MIR. Mayor, we are glad to be your
guests. First, because we know the
word of welcome coming from you
has the ring of sincerity about it;
and, secondly, because we have seen
and read your programme, and we
know it will be carried out to the
letter. Now sir, in behalf of the
League of Georgia municipalities 1
desire to thank you and your city for
your cordial welcome. l am sure
when we go to leave we will all ex-
claim
Columbus, Columbus, ere we part,
Give, oh, give us back our hearts.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-02
BUYS ANOTHER WAREHOUSE.
BrohwOOd Farmers Union Will Ham
die Cotton Again This Season.

The Farmers Union at Bronwood,
who recently sold their warehouse in
that town to Mr.. E. c. Berry, will
be in the cotton business again next
season.
They nave just bought the old
Stevens warehouse in Brentwood,
which has been closed for several
years, and will fit it up and be ready
for business when the cotton season
opens. The property belonged to
Hon. o. B. Stevens, and the price
paid by the Union for it was $1,000.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-02


And what is debate? l have
been in this house for thirty-five
years, and | have heard all kinds
OF men speak and all kinds of
speeches. | have known them
to tear passion to tatters.' I
nave known them to reach all
sorts of rhetorical flights; | have
known them to achieve the ora
torical art in something like per-
lection. And it tickles the ear
pleasantly as does music; as
Melba and Caruso tickle the ears
OF their audiences, but it has no
more influence upon legislative
enactment than the thought and
opinions of those opera singers
have upon the auditors when
they get home. The only sort of
debate worth cent is that which
gives information to the house,
or to the committee; careful, de-
liberate debate, supplying food
for thought because it is informa-
tive.
Speaking from my own eXpe-
rience, | can say that debates in
this house have very much i'm
proved in every way of late years.
There is more information given
to the house generally. Less ver-
biage, and more useful, concrete
matter is the order of the day.
The debate that is favored
with so many blasts of oratory,
with vehement defamation, and
toxer-tfuent ,utterances is like the
torrent of water that flows over
the dam. 1t rushes along at
of a pace, but it doesn't
turn any wheel. "-"Uncle Joe"
Cannon.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-02
THE MAN AND THE MACHINES
CONGRESSMAN JAMES NJ GRIGGs

This article was written for the May the Van Nor
through the
enabled in News Facts and
public
y Derusal will the reader5 ~ " @l0
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-02

Stops earache in two minutes;
toothache or pain or burn or scald
in five minutes; hoarseness, one
hour; muscleache, two hours; sore
throat, twelve hours-Dr. Thomas
Eclectric Oil, monarch over pain.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-02

Mr.. A. P. Hatcher of Oglethorpe
has been in Dawson several days
looking after business matters. Mr..
Hatcher, who is president and gen.
eral manager of a brick manufactur-
ing company at Oglethorpe, will give
up that position and return to Daw-
son about the 18th inst. and again
be connected with the Southern Gro
Gerry Co. His family will not come,
however, until the first of July.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-02

stand it. In other words, the right
of the minority party in any legis
| lative body is to criticise and vote
so that their opinions may be on
Secord. Under the rules as amended
by Mr. Fitzgerald's motion the mi
nDrity party now has that right. 1t
is true that these rules have en-
abled the Speaker to be a car, but
III have seen very little difference, if
any, in the "czarism" of Reed, Hen
derson and Cannon. Take the power
of appointment of committees out of
the hands of the Speaker and you
make possible another machine with
few more men in it. That is all.
1t would not guarantee any appre-
cable change.
House Knew What 1t Was Getting.
believe that Mr. Cannon has been
too autocratic in the matter of deny
ing recognition to members not of
his way of thinking, but SO were
Reed and Henderson. Mr. Cannon
always has stood, so far as | know,
for the dignity and rights of the
house of representatives l remem-
Der very we'll a protest he made one
morning just before daylight against
the house playing tail to the senate
kite. NO one who heard it will ever
forget it. No man more fully fore
casted what he would do if placed in
charge of the house as speaker. So
Iahe house knew what it was getting
when it chose him.
"UnCIe joe Is the Machine.
1t is a house axiom that "Unc1e
Joe" is the machine. There are a
few auxiliary cogs which work when
certain buttons are pressed, but if
you are looking for the real thing
set your eye on Mr.. Cannon. Both
Messrs. Payne and Dalzell are able
lieutenants, but Cannon is the gem
&ral. All three of these gentlemen
are possessed of great ability, are
richly versed in parliamentary lore,
and are resOurceful partisanS. ScOr-
ing partisanship is a popular sport
with a certain class of critics nova
days l plead guilty to being a par
tisan. Show me the man in either
house of congress who acU0mpliShes
anything by fawning upon the enc
my There is no legislative body on
earth where every tub stands more
truly on it's own bottom than in the
United States congress.
Because of its absolute control of
procedure the committee on rules
was generally regarded as the house
machine. 1t was in former days,
but when the house a few years ago
descended almost to the position of
being a mere appendage to the SEN
ate Mr.. Cannon restored it, practl-
caIly, h. the rank intended for II
by the trainers of the constitution.
The machine was whitfield Gown to
one man, and that man was Cannon.
From the day he first welded the
gavel to the present his personality
has overshadowed all others on the
republican side, and he has ruled
with stnGng hand, the texture OF
whose glove is largely wit and hui
NOR.
The Independent Mr.. Tawneg-
James A. Tlawney, at the time a
member of the ways and means COM
mittee, and now the chairman of the
appropriation committee, fought the
Henderson machine in 1902 on the
proposition to place a differenual
duty on refined sugar imported from
Cuba, and won. He has been SO
independent since Mr.. Cannon took
the gavel that he has always been
considering worth reckoning.
There are others like Tawney, in
opinion, but they seem unwilling TO
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-02

risk the fortunes of war. The aver
age republican, especially the new
member, would no more think of pro-
testing against the action of the rules
committee tnan he would think of re-
signing. The recent revolt against
the Speaker really originated outside
OF Washington, and majority of the
so-called insurgents were strenuous
in their opposition because they had
won their seats on the anti-Cannon
issue. Just how effective this oppo-
sition will be in the sixty-first con-
gress remains to be seen. | venture
to say, however, that business will
be conducted at the regular sessions
IN somewhat less high-handed
manner than in former years.
New Members Forced to Submit to
Machine.
Imagine yourself elected to con-
gress and having to wait thirteen
months before you can take your
seat. By this l mean that though
the salary of member starts on
March next after his election in No
vember he is ordinarily not sworn
in as a representative until a year
from the following December, unless
a special session is called by the
president, as is the case this year
At this single session he has to make
such a record that his people at
home will approve and send him
back. So no matter what he may
think of the conduct of affairs in the
house he usually submits, and the
game goes merrily on.
The matter of recognition is
serious one, and | believe that the
amendment to the rules made on
March 18th last, by which all bills
reported out by the various commit
tees are to be placed by the clerk,
without consulting the Speaker, on
the unanimous consent calendar will
do much good. On days when sus-
pension of the rules is in order these
bills are to be read out by the clerk,
and, provided there is no objection
considered by the house. If objec-
ton is made they will be placed on
the union or the house calendar. In
this way the humiliating act of 60
ing to the Speaker in his private
room and begging for a chance to
bring a certain measure before the
house will be foregone.
Many and really pathetic have been
the experiences of new members, and
even of old, in the ''sanctum" of all
the Speakers. 1t is because of this
czar-like assumption of power that
the democrats and some of the re-
publicans believe it would be best to
prohibit the Speaker from being
member of the committee on rules.
1 am not prepared to commit myself
that far.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-02
Congress Compared With British
Parliament.

1t often has been urged that the
British house of commons, with
more than six hundred members,
and Speaker who is only a mod
orator, transacts business with more
expedition and more satisfactorily
than does the house of representa-
tives. Well, there is this difference
in the constitution of the respective
legislatures. There is no danger of
the house of commons being over
awed or Inundated by the house of
lords, because under the British con-
StitutiOn the house of commons is a
far more powerful body than the
house of lords. The constitution of
the United States makes the senate
the check upon the radical tenden-
cies of the house of representatives
and the autOcratic tendencies of the
chief executive, and endows it with
certain exclusive functions which
give it Importance out of all proper
ton to that of the house of lords.
The "Spiritualistic Seanoe."
am opposed to creating a condi-
ton whereby the prestige of the
house shall ever again be in danger,
and | am very much inclined to be-
lieve it would be were the Speaker
taken off the rules committee 1t is
hardly necessary to state that the
democratic members of this all-im-
portant committee practically have
nothing to do. When John Sharp
Williams was reminded, in the course
of a speech at the last session, that
he was member of it he replied
that, whereas he was always invited
in to see the manifestations, he was
not permitted to attend the spirit
ualiStic Seance that went before.
That states the case exactly, and it
is true of all the political commit
tees of the house. To illustrate Mr..
Williams statement further, no dem
ocratic member of the ways and
means committee was invited to de-
liberate with the republican mem
berS thereof during the making of
the Payne bill.
| believe the new amendments to
the rules will prove satisfactory to
many of those who opposed them,
and not many days will have elapsed
in the first regular session before
their efficacy will have been realized.
If not, | for one shall be glad to
continue the fight for more liberal
rules. My concern is not for the
Speaker, nor the speakership, but for
the house of representatives.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-02

The Terrell county farmers are
now busy harvesting the best oat
crop they have made in years.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-28

reading several of Myrtle Reeds books
with a friend, we became Interested
to know something about the author.
but for a long time were. unable to
find out anything about her. Finally.
after many inquiries, we learned from
a newspaper clipping that her home
is in Chicago. Later through aifriend.
we received communication from q
gentleman in Chicago, giving us just
the information which d, we desired.
something about the personality
of the woman. This gentleman gain
ed his Information from Elizabeth A.
Reed, mother of the writer. I'm his
letter he said: Myrtle Reed was born
in Chicago Norwood Park) Sept. q.
1874. She is the daughter of Hiram
V. and Elizabeth A. Reed and comes
by her literary talent from both par
ents. She was graduated from the
West Division High school and was
the life of the class. She was the
editor of the printed magazine issued
by the High school during her Senior
year She graduated with the high
percentage 3d.. although doing
great deal of extra work. She was
married in 1906 to James S. tMcCol-
most accomplished housekeeper. an
excellent cook and a good manager.
Her white kitchen is always ,spotless
and her whole menage Is ably man.
aged She has one good maid whom
she has carefully trained herself. She
Is very happy in her work and lives
in her characters as they grow, under
her fingers She has never been able
/. zot. kImA
she cannot work with any one In the
room with her. 1t worthy of note that
her Love Letters Of Of a Musician
has larger sales with each passing
year Lavender and Old LaeS" also
increases In sales during the year in
stead of falling Off as does most
present day friction after a Year or
two. Lavender and Old Lace" was
published in 1902. and during the last
six months the sales of this one book
have reached the hundreds of thou
sands. Most of Myrtle Reeds books
are graceful love stories, full of fine
sentiment and uplifting phylDsophy.
They often show strain of .ipathos
and huinor. and a touch of nature
which strongly appeals to those who
are alive to the beautiful In mature
and art. In picturing her characters
she shows wide knowledge of and
sympathy with human nature. Espec-
tally fine are her descriptions from
nature The songs" of the blind man
in her Flower of the Duck" are won
derful pictures Of the imagination. In
all her stories one finds NATURES les-I
sons brought into the homelyt every
day life. She has now in the hands
of G. r. Putnam's Sons, publishers, al
new book which will be brought oui
the coming fall under the pleasing
title of "Old Rose and Silver."-Pou
land EXPRESS