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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-14
BY ALEXANDER TROY.
Dramntis PersOnae,

D. R. Conner, Governor of Alabama, w. F.. Fort, His Private secre-
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AUGUSTA COTTLOw, World renowned Pianist. Jesse French Piano ParlOrs, Monday. March 18th, at Si3O p.
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place, ana soon every miserable symptom of Catarrh is harassing and causing discomfort to the unfortunate ones.
 Catarrh is a deep seated blood disease, one which no amount Of local treatment will ever reach and permanently cure. The beneficial effects of W a s h C s, sprays, inhalationS, To- tions, etc., are only temporary, and when left off the old condi- ton returns because the blood is infected with catarrhal matter and impurities. This inhames and irritates the mucous membrane and tissues and pro- duces the symptoms of ringing noises in the head and ears, mucous in the throat, head aches, Watery eyes. partial deafness, sore throat, general impair ment of the health, etc.
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NOSE STOPPED UP AND ucEssArr COUCH.

Gentlemen:-l suffered for long time with bad of catah and took great deal of medicine without any benefit Several doctors told me could not be cured.
 had continual headache, my cheeks had grown purple my always stopped up my breath had sckenng and disgusting odo ana coughed necessarily
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 Respectfully. MRS. M. L. wBSSERMAN. l7Ie Caroline St.. St. Louis Mo.
 CURED OF cATARRH.
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CURED OF cATAPRH.
LOST HIS VOICE.

TU, N. .. and for eighteen months the disease bad that my voice in consequence of It. tried treatments and doctors and finally given up die then according to directions and in due course of tune my CataUh was entirely cured. My voice restored and have enjoyed good health since
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Scene 1. The Governors office in the Capitol (The Governor seated at desk with manuscript in his handy
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During the Summer months Catarrh sufferers troubled with the effects of the disease Winter This be-
 the heated and outlet of the skin is and constant evaporation carries off with large percentage of the impurities and which produce Catarh But the first sign of cooler weather the sufferer comfort ends the skin does freely congeSted condition of the takes
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-03-03

Fanny Hensei, and this blow. coming hut
a few years after the death of his
mother. Of whom he was very fond,
seemed crushing in effect and the com
poser vent into q rapid decline. bis
death occurring on November 4. 1871 at
the comparatively early age Of 81 years.
The e. rcpr n Meudelssohn was almost
unique in that he did not have 10 suffer
the privailons agd hardships which seem
10 have been the lot ~ almost ever
musical genius in early youth. The son
Of wealthy and iudugcnt parehts. he
never fsced poverty or serious self de
NAL. ard II Is not unlikely. no haa fire.
guently been suggesfed, thnt this happy
childhood WIS largely responsible for tie
marvellous creative power which the cosO-
poser dlsplayed 10 bis earliest musical
work. incidentally II may be mention ed
that 10 earIy youth Mendelssohn mani-
tested literary talent only slightly less
remarkable than his musical ability
When scarcely dozen years Of age he
wrote letters that would hBve done credit
10 o young man Of twice ~ years, and
hia unusual attachments " this direction
ronId not be better proyta than by the
fact that he greatly Interested The Poet
Goethe. who tecane one If his closest
friends Goethe always declared thar Men,
deissohn's performances were Infinitely
superior 10 those Of MozBrt at the same
age
Sot snig could 8eodcse0bn work or
idle &C fancy dictated. but he Ind ia MS
own home the facilities that invariably
prove a boon 20 struggling musical genius.
rhe best musical inEtrufne 'ts Of the pe-
Rod were ri course. provided 8nd the
dining room - he Bauhody mansion
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his undolng He became the lion" X
the bop- and was feted far beyond the On
pacity ~ q fran physique. already weax
ened by oYcrwork. The sequel Of this
high tension social NE was tbat he ~
came victim 81 nervous exhaustion a.
bis father had been before btm aDd al
90 his beloved sister. IN The end be was
AFFLICTED With headaches So seyc that
ne could not tolerate the slightest noise
not even. rs though irony Of fate, the
sound Of piano.
when the composer Of Songs VITA
out Word" died his body WAS taken from
leipzig TO ilriie for lnferment and the
funeral WHs most impressive 1t took
place ~ night and thousands IT tl.v ~
liens participated In tOrchtght pro
cessiOB from the composers home TO the
raIroad station Al each town or vii
rage through which the funeral train pss@
ed the cortege WAS greeted choralef
chaDted by thoruscs Of admiring mus
clans. Many stories are told ~ Mendei-
sphu, Illustrative OF his distinctive per
souHIity Not few Of them re based
on the tricks Of his marvellous memOry.
II IA related that on one or"Rsion. when
The score o. the Midsummer Ni9hrs
Dream overture WIS iost. the composer.
without hesitaucy prepared another
which cnrresponded with the original ia
the minutest detail he knew the
clagkips ny heart. This remarkable mem
DRY rendered possible that III In i'm
ptoyising iu which MppdeIssohn excelied.
This German composer sta ds apart from
many great musicians In thar he Won
popularity aud hOmnge during his life
time and this prestige has. II anything.
ir"u pnhaueed s!nre bis death
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back In 1O9S or just after William the
Norman conquered England at the Battle
of Hastings.
The cathedral or Ia Matrire. retained
the general style Of Gothic architecture
but only the portals OF the facadcs we're
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 urchi-
lecture never to be restored now and
worth untold wealth to the student ana
lover of art. La Matrice also contained n
sculptured marble pulpit that was his
toric and n statue OF st. Jerome by Ga
gini. Mosaics dating back 20 within 100
years of the founding of the edlfce have
persisted forever now.
With O sickle-shaped harbor Messlna
ranked fourth among the cities OF Italy
in commercial Importance. The views
across the Messna straits were magnif-
cent and fortunately the views at least
remain although now terror inspiring in
their aspect
The building OF most interest TO tour
lists IN Messina was the villa Rocca Guel-
fonia. built by the Nnrmans, who con
traled Messina and Sicily. at the time
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-03-03

been founded MS an inland city. but awoke
one fine day to discover thar ar earth
quake hsd Opened the earth ana created
the Straits Of Messina aud made Reggie
into seaport Reggie was the chief
town Of Calahrla Ulterior. II was noted
for supeyh cathedral about century
old. q famous statne II Garihaldi. M.
SCUM. lyceum for girls and technical
school
In Sicily. Paermo Is the largest city.
with population of neorlv 2aaooo. ana
It belongs almost n the class Of the
worlds largest cities and Is certainly Of
second rank rs regards population. It
was moi mucb injured although the earth
shocks were distinctly felt II IS 100
miles west Of Messiua II contains many
art objects Of great value. and Is noted
for n university which numbers about
14O0 students The city possesses n great
cathedral surrounded by 10 gigantic holy
statues. and Norman structure. built In
Has. with ave imposing doures, called the
San Giovanni Degli Eremeu, which Is
one Of the unique specimens Of architec-
ture IN the world. MS II shows the effect
of the crusades on the stern Gothic
structures OF the true Norman style and
period
Glrgeuti Is about 81 miles southeast Of
Palermo II Is noted for It's hne cathe'
dral. which was constructed in A. D.
400. and we mad consulate here he
cause the town had population OF over
q. 600 The cathedral contained cele-
hrnted Madonna by Guido REM and a
famous marble tomb with relief, ilns.
tratng the legend Of Hyppolytus. There
were several royal educational instito-
tions and a municipal museum that con.
tanned marvellous statue Of Apollo 1t
exported 3,oOO0o0 quintais Of sulphur an
nuaily. aud had, as wen. important sail
mines.
Many smaller cities Demolished.
Montelcone di Calabrlc was a small
town Ia Catanzaro situated about two
mics from the coast, aud was built on
hill where In times Of ancient Greece
there was situated the city Of Hippo
mum. II was garrison town and the
see of bishopric, Il also disappeared 10
ITS3, when 40 many other Southern ltai-
ian cities we're destroyed by earthquake,
but was rebuilt for military purposes ny
the Neapolltan government.
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C1EY az Ida1z2lz24 Qa9kz7QYeoylbnanRz zZs
IN FbFt2S1oo1I12

Catnnzaro was the capital of the prov
luce OF that name aud had tine cathe-
dral big hospital and population Of
25.oe1. mostly very poor aud very ig'
norant palml wns In Calahria. 81 miles
northeast Of Reggie, the capital. aud Is
near Mounl Ella from which q superb
view 81 the surrounding territory can be
obtained It lad % population approx
mating l4.un PIzzo had population
Of SO00 and lay dve mites to the north
and east Of Monochrome on the Gulf Of
Santa Eutenia Bagnara. one OF the
smaller cities mentioned MS being p9ac-
ticaIly wiped or the map. was on the
coast of the Gulf Of Glota and had 5000
people
Catania was built on one OF the furthsst
roots Of Mount Etna. and was an ancient
city mentioned frequently by Thucydides,
Iivy, Pausauias. Pindar and Plutarch.
In Cicero's writings he says. speaking Of
the war Ia Sicily: "You will be told Of
the fields OF the Catanians-a most
wealthy people aud friendly to as tRo-
mansl" Thus Cicero relates TO rs that
In his time Cstania was an important
city of the Old World and its 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
Creciau and Roman prose and poetry.
aCylla and Charybdls. the names OF the
two rocky promontories that faced each
other across the Straits uf Messina before
the last earth coHvuision changed the
map Of that region, were sung by Homer
and all his followers and imitstors, who
were legion In number and Greek, Ro-
man, English and French In nationality
Ulysses had his adventure with the Cyciops
between Messna and Catania, 10 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 maxes
OF the earliest dawn OF man as an iDtelli-
gent being Lack before the days OF
blind Dan Homer, back among the very
gods Of the Greeks when the Golden
Age was here and the gods walked with
one another on the earth and made love
10 the daughters of men, Calabrla and
Sicily were the favored regions OF all the
world. glory preserves eter59lly by this
genius Of poet auS 1sss'- 49,
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Meudelssohn aud his work
ia the year 1887. when Meade lssohn
wRs q years OF age. be was married 70
Cecile Charlotte Sophie Jeanrenaud,
very beautiful girl. the daughter %
French Protestant cle'gymaD. The do
nestle life OF the sOupie was Ideal, the
composer manifertlng In his home few o.
those eccentricfties which have made 50
many a musical ge-3us . trying life part
uer. Nor wPs his home life bg any
means care free. for 10 time hve Nil
dren Joined the household aud the health
of Mendelssohns wife WIS not always
Of the best u Is recorded that the com-
POSER not only r. tructed bis children 10
music, but also taught them such funda
mental branches as reading. spelling aud
geography,
When he had been married shout four
years The Emperor Invited NendeissohB to
Berlin 20 conduct the orchestral and
choral concerts That professional fesi
ouEY which - ever the bane u the must
cal world made this portion OF his ca Feer
q path Of thorns and be hDaHy announced
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his intention TO resign. Thereupon the
D. Ieror. who WAS very fond Of him, IN
duced him 10 remain and organize
choir 81 the cathedral his be Gid so
successfully that the monarch appointed
hi.n ROYAL General siusis ri Director.
year later hp organized the leipzig Con
seryatory and 10 1919 he conducted the
London Philharmonic concerts Two years
later be made his ninth and last visit
TO England. where be bad attained, II
anything greater popularity than 10 Ger
many and conducted "a Birmingham the
FIR; ,e.s .-rnaure ~ THE Elijah, which
composition ranks w.fh 81 Paul. IS his
greatest w0rk
When NendelRzohn return 70 Leipzig
frJm this EBgIish tour the effect Of the
elimination ~ years " oyerH ork began
20 make itself distrC ssiagiy manifest and
be vas obliged o. resign bis conductor.
ship o. the orchestra sua HIS position at
the conservatory. Then came the shock
Of the news 81 the death u 1epdels-
>ohn's fnrorfte and very talented sister.
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Richard the Lion Hearted. King of Eng
the Turks. and failed 20 release Jerusa
LEM. the Hoiy City, from lnfdel dominion.
There was also a ereditable museum in
the convent Of ST Gregory. which had
fine paintings. statuary and some rare
maiolica vases
AS business town Messina was the
most important city In Sicily. and in
fact, In the south Of the Kingdom Of
Italy. 1t did an annual export and import
business of abont 2O,o0o0n. II traded
principally IN fruits and in fruit tavorings
and essences. in coral ornaments. silks.
wines, oils. muslin. linen and hardware
the last three articles clearly being brought
IA to supply ;0e demand of the island
population
Messina had fair university and
well equipped technical school, and was
the center Of success In Southern Italy
and Sicily. Its destruction cannot he reck-
oned but as Il deathblow to prosperity in
all that portion Of the kingdom. u had
a population Of 10000
Reggie Now classic Ruin.
The once thriving city Of Reggie Of Ca
labria was almost directly opposite TO
Messina across the quake tortured Straits
Of Messina. II s said 20 have been
founded couple Of centuries later than
Messna, but. as n matter OF fact, ali
these dates are purely Imaginary not au-
it.ntic nor historic, Its very name
means ito break" and refers 10 an orr
gin through an earthquRke-ihat is, Reg
gio now seaport, was said 10 have
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beginning with lessons OF only Eve nil
utes a day, which interval was gradually
in .reased. From early youth elk and
the other children were instructed both In
,Iia 1oforte and violin. and the youngster
who was to develop into the great com
poser OF his dav made his first public
appearance 10 BerIir when only nine
years of age. 'shen 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 reached his
twelfth birthday anniversary he had com
posed no less than 30 complete move
menIs. including o ca ntata and comedy
In three scenes
When Mendelssobn was hut II years of
age he composed the famous overture to
the Midsummer lights Dream" which
the critics Of an time have been unaui-
nous in pronounclng The most remarkable
example Of musical precocity In the his
tory Of the world, A year alter the boys
1rst Opera was produced at the Grand
Opera House Ia Berlin and met with pro
Hounced success When little past 20
years Of age Meddessohn was offered the
chair Of music at the Berlin University,
but declined. and about this time uader
took a concert tour OF England. where
he was hailed as cBe Of the great com
posers and piauists Of the day. This ex-
perience was followed bT concert tours
of Scotland, Austria. Italy. Switzerland
and France
When the composer was ~ years OF
age he accepted an offer OF the position
81 conductor Of the Lower Rhine Musical
Festival aud so favorable was the i'm
preston made by the young musician
that be was Immediately appointed Town
Musical Director Of Dusseldorf at the
IMPRESSIVE salary OF $3.50 a year. which
seems to have been quite acceptable 20
blm. This post served as stepping
stone to that Of conductor Of the famous
Gewandhns Orchestra ia Leipzig He
made this orSa IMITATION the foremost or
chestra 80 Europe aud the people Of Leip-
zig beca me more than enthusiastic ever
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TO TOE student of hist ny and especially
Of literature Messina is a name to con
lure up thousand memories sublime and
rare
The crunch, crunch of the earthquake
TOPPED practically every building In the
country involved and red-tongued fire
swept the piles of debris licking up all
combustible material In the ruins and
ending the lives of tens of thousands Of
manged. Imprisoned unfortunates caught
within the intricacles of the devastated
buildings On the sea coast tidal waves,
vsriouRly estimated from 30 TO 60 feet in
height plunged up on the shelving sea
beaches and washed miles inland. wiping
out all vestige In many cases of the coun-
try ever having been inhabited by the
courageous animal. man.
But it Is of Messina; Reggie di Caahria.
as being the metropolis of that devoted
province; Catania, CatanZaro. THormina
and Palermo that most should be re-
lated Even II Italian indomitability re-
construct In score of years some pre-
tease Of cities on these historic sites, the
TOW rs OF medieval times haloed about
with mystery, poetry and romance have
gone down forever like yeritable struc-
lures Of mist under the mighty shaking
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~ HE year 1909. year of notable cen
A tennials, holds two that are Of pre-
eminent significance to musicians and
the entire music-Ioving world. On Febru-
AIRY occurs the centenary IF Felix Men
delssohn- Bar,holdy-known TO the world
at large as Mendelssohn--and Gate but
q few weeks later, or March .T be c&-
act marks the one hundredtE 1niver-
RAry Of the birth of Frederic Chopin Both
of these composers haze by their work
made deep impress Ipon the history OF
music, but the achievements Of MenJeis-
sohn perhaps stan1 out as the more pre-
tentious and the present centennial WIZ
serve to not orIy draw popular attention
to the composer Of the Spring Song
and other masterpieces. but will also EN-
phasize his unusual personality and re-
mark 10 career.
At the very outset Of this glimpse Of
Mendelssohn's life It may be we'll to e1-
plain his acquisition OF the name Bar
tholdy-an appendix which has been re-
sponsibie for many perplexing mistakes
on the part Of musiclovers and others.
The grandfather OF the composer. Moses
Mendelssohu, was the greatest jewish
teacher and thinker OF his time. and MS
son. Abraham, father Of the composer
was scarcely less notably successful as
banker The latter marritd Miss Solo
mo- an exceptionally fine amateur musi-
clan. and It was through her influence
that the family drifted away from the
Jewish faith. Her brother. a man OF
great wealth and influence, had become
cC1yerted to the Christian Church aud
bad taken the maize Bartholdy. He in-
Auced his hrotnerin-law TO follow his ex-
snpis. and accordingly all the children.
Including Felix. were baptized in the Lu-
theran Church and adopted the name
BarthOldy.
The famous composer was born IN Ham
burg b1t q couple OF years later his pa
rents removed 10 Berlin From the time
the child was old enough 70 comprehend
ANYTHING about music his mother, who.
a. above explained. WIS very talented.
commenced bis systematic instruction.
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nature inflicted.
Messinn Founded by Pirates.

Legend sets forth that Inflated Messina
was founded by pirates In the eight cen
tury before the Chr. tian era, or Just
a few years before Romulus is alleged
to 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
bers
Since 1t was founded Messina has passed
through an unparalleled career during
which the town has been devasted by con"
flagrations. 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 1888 Messina was given a terrible
earthquake shock, which destroyed many
of her p1bhc buildings, but the city soon
reared new structures. One of the few
world-famous buildings that disappeared
In the total destruction in December was
the cathedral, which, as Its Photograph
shows, was a noble structure founded by
Count Roger of Messina. one II the
heroic figures OF Sicilian history away
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~ 1911 it was universally acknowi-
edced that there WAS no real Chinese
: newspaper IN existence. There were
several daily newspap - 10 Chinese sea-
board cities ruu entirely BY foreigners.
m the interests u foreigners, aid not
printed 10 the Chinese language New
there are over 80 uHtive journals. the
rast ajoytty % which are daily papers
AT OF these are run By the Chinese
themselves. printed By Latiye printers
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~ He country which today and must
81 for months continue IN be OF con
w. slant interest TO all the world IL
that section of the fair italian southerr
country and that island of hist eric memo
ries. Sicily. which were involved IN the
Titanic grasp Of the earthquake of De.
eember p and IS
Americans are disposed 10 look on this
land as of slight Importance and noted
mostly for poverty and its crop of emf
grants TO this more-favored land of the
West. yet Calabria. In the toe of the
Italian peninsufaF. and Sicily have aSE-ed
largely on the pages of European history
Poetry and prose literature have rung
with its praises.
Perhaps no section Of the earth com
bines fertility with beauty more divineiy
than this poor scourged country of classic
legend, medieval romance and naughty
mobiles grouped around with their thons-
ands of impoverished but usually beau
tiful peasants The town Of Messina IN
the middle ages was one OF the prizes
Of Europe, and many battles were fought
by dukes, kings and even emperors TO
obtain possession of IT. 1t is the chief
back ground of Shakespeare's famous
comedy, 'Mue do AhSUt Nothing" AMI
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~ ~

aner English bibles 10 wbirh oriy one
side Of TIE PAPER is printed on fbe
more up-tOdats lournals, ho0rter. use a
thicker paper sud puDt the petg~ 90 boJh
sides.
Une big daily consists ~ three btauket
sheets three feet sir iUches loHg aud
two feet wide This males y tremendous
paper. and IL ls allied with an sorts Of