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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-07-27

can only suggest, but the result of
which he can see in the frightened
faces, in the improved health, in the
new strength of women and men and
children, in the renewed life which
comes to one and all with the total
stoppage of this most subtle drain.
If liquor is benefit, as claimed
and stoutly maintained by interested
parties, or if it is simply harmless,
why does it kill all progress? The
truth is, as every sane person knows,
that it is an evil, an unalloyed evil,
so sure and vast that nothing pros
pers under it's baleful influence but
vice and death, moral and physical.
1t casts its blight over all it touches.
To prove this there is no need to
pile up statistics, though that has
been done and can be done again.
Just look around No need to travel
abroad to be convinced. Evidence
! is everywhere. The trail of the SER
pent is over it all" There is none
so blind as those who, having eyes.
will not see. The men who traffic
in this sinister business know far
better than you or l the evil that
is in it, but they want to blind us.
Shall they? Shall we, knowing so
much, rest either day or night while
this pestilence confronts us at every
turn? We say no! From Maine to
Florida from ocean to ocean, stamp
it out.
We do not know the whole evil
We cannot ever know. The human
brain would reel, the heart would
faint and reason be dethroned; there
fore in mercy it is hidden from us.
Let us arise and put on the whole
armor of warfare, and "press the bat
tie to the gates" Now is the &C
copied time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-16
Britain's Sovereign Lord. g

W. T. stead, ID hevfeW OF hevicws
Our sovereign lord the king is good
sounding phrase. Austere republicans
sheer at it. and lords and courtiers roll
1t under their tongues as sweet morsel,
but whether we like IL or not We have
Ill got to recognize the fact that when
any constitutional crisis comes to a head
Edward VII is the master OF the situa-
ton He is our sovereign lord the king.
master Of all the parties and all the poll
ticians. The supreme power has come
to him. 1t Is probably a great bore to
him 1t is great burden and a great
responsibility. but although he rightly
confines himself within the straight and
narrow limits laid down for the conduct
Of q constitutional king. he dominates
the situation. 1t is a curious outcome
of series of successive reform bills.
each of which was declared in it's turn
to have surrendered everything to the
revolution and to have sacrificed our an
cient monarchy to radical democracy.
that eighty years after the introduction
of the first reform act the sovereign is
more influential in moment OF crisis
than any of his predecessors.
There are many ardent radicals who
will resent this frank recognition OF the
power of the king, but Il Is well TO face
the facts aud to recognize things as they
are. And. however depiorable 1t may APP
pear to be, the plain brutal fact is that
In any time of constitutional crisis we
are all In the hollow of the kings hand.
and he can do with US pretty much as
he pleases. Our sovereign lord the king
Is indeed no mere courtiers phrase; II
is the solidest reality in the politics of
the day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-16

Novel Arrangements in an 0perat-
ing Theater.

From the LONDON Mall
A number OF novel and ingenious de-
vices for rendering the operating theater
as FREQ as possible from disease germs
have been installed at the new Hospital
for Invalid Gentlewomen, 10 Lisson
Grove, n W., which was opened by the
Princess OF Wales recently. Principal
among the new germ destroyers are a
large blue glass window looking south,
a rev dust-catching system OF ventlla-
ton and radiators which swing away
from the walls to allow thorough cleans
inS.
The virtues of the large southern win
dow were explained by one Of the staff
1.-THE reason no other hospital in Leu
don has a southern window or skylight
Is on account of the difficulty the opera
tor experiences with the afternoon sun
slstening on his Instruments. The Pc
culiar blue tint OF our window has no
actual gernn-killing properties, but 1t al
ows us plenty of afternoon light to work
with, and when the theater Is not In use
the coiored glass is pushed aside and the
theater may he flooded with sunlight.
the best of natures germ killers
To prevent the entrance of dust into
the operating room the air in the venti-
lating shaft If first passed over a spe-
cially prepared surface which Is Kept
constantly moist. All the heavier dust
particles are In this way Sifted out OF the
air before 1t reaches the theater.
Every effort is made to allow the sur
econ to devote the entire use of his
hands to the operation itself. The cleo
trio lights. the ventilators, the fans and
the water taps are all worked by brass
handles which tie operator pushes to
one side or the other with his elbows,
thus obyiutng all risk Of communicating
his fingers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-16
COMMISSIONERS UPHELD.
United States Supreme Court Decides
11fh Street Extension Shit

The United States Supreme Court to-
day affirmed the decision Of the Court
of Appeals Of the District of Columbia
in the case Of the Columbia Heights
Realty Company against the District
Commissioners. This suit grew out OF
the extension Of 18th street under the
acte of 1900 and of 1895 and involved the
question of award Of benefits to prop
erty affected by the extension.
In the action of the court today the
course Of the District Commissioners is
sustained.
The court dismissed for lack of juris-
others against the Commissioners OF the
District of Columbia growing out of the
extension of 18th street.
The litigation settled by the action Of
the Supreme Court today dates back to
May 81, 1889, when the District Commits
sionerS filed in the District Supreme
Court q petition to condemn the land
necessary for the opening of 18th street
enue. \ jury condemned the land and in
apportioning the benefits upon adjacent
property owners assessed $4,000 against
the Columbia Heights Realty Company.
To avoid the payment of this large as
SeSsment the company appealed 10 the
Court Of Appeals from the order of the
lower court. which had affirmed the find
ing of the jury. March 81, 1905. the ap-
peiate court handed down its opinion. af-
tirminS the Judgment of the lower court.
a writ of error was sued out by the
company. which transferred the case to
the Supreme Court of the United States
where 1t has pended until today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-16
FLYING MACHINE PROPELLERS.
How Made and What They Cost.
Propellers for Models.

From the New York Sun.
Propellers for airships are built of lam
mated wood, that is to say Of wood built
up In layers.
For the making of a propeller six or
eight feet in length there would be re-
quired to begin with a stick Of timber six
inches or Whereabouts square, and such a
stick of solid wood. however perfectly
seasoned. might check or crack. For this
reason the propeller is built, Of Illuminated
wood of strips of selected and perfectly
seasoned wood of the required width
which are pIaned down to the requisite
thickness and then glued together under
pressure making a practically solid stick
of material less liable to check.
Some airship prOpellers, of laIninated
wood have been made with the iamfna-
tons all Of spruce: one New York con-
Germ making propellers produces them
also Of combination Of ash and mahOg-
any, three layers Of ash and two Of ma
hogany.
The shaving out of the blades from
this stick. each of precisely the required
taper, pitch and thinness, and the two
exactly alike. is work that calls for the
greatest patience, care and skill. The
perfect propeller in its finished state is a
beautiful example Of good workmanship.
A six-foot propeller OF Illuminated wood,
$50: seven foot propeller. weight nine
pounds. $50. and an eight-foot propeller,
weight twelve pounds, $50.
For model airships there are made also
Of laminated wood, but these commonly
all Of mahogany. little propellers from
ten to twelve inches In length. and accu-
rate In pitch and finish. They sell at from
81 to 81.
Among the full sized propellers the
greatest demand is for those mea Assuring
seven feet. From the orders thus far
filled and now In hand the propeller max
ers are looking for a greater activity
than ever in flying machines in the COM
ing season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-16
China's Awakening.
From the Victoria Colonist.


There is a steady movement in China
toward constitutional government. 1t Is
true that Chinese scholars say their coun-
try had this two or three thousand years
ago, and concluded to abandon 1t, but, be
this as II may. the people have appar-
emily determined to experiment with it
again. But this is only one of several
things that show China to be awakening
The assertion of authority over Tibet is
q step that indicates the presence OF a
new spirit I'm the Picking government
The stand taken In regard to Manchurian
railways also shows that China expects
to he reckoned with hereafter in all mat
tiers relating to eastern Asia. The state
men. is freely made that war With Russia
is In contemplation. but We are unwilling
To believe that the Yellow kingdom will
he the aggressOr in that or any other
case Chinese policy seems to he one OF
passfvity. She endcavOrs to carry out
certain lines of policy. and has not the
least intention OF beginning Il fight with
any one over any question whatever. II
some other power thinks II worth while
to attack her. she viii resist, and the
time has gone by when her resistance
could be regarded :ts "A negligible quantity.
None of US can hope to realize what the
effect upon the world will be when China
gets thoroughly aroused to a sense Of
her own power. Not only does she pos
sess vast population. but her natural
resources are beyond comprehension.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-16
SONGS TO AWAKEN CHINA.
Used by the Progressive Element to
Spread Modern Ideas.

rom OplnOu Oh fdIIS.
The progressive element in China have
seized upon the folk song as a vehicle
for spreading modern ideas.
The old Chinese notion Of patriotism
mainly resolved itself into q system of
emperor worship. but the new generation
Is becoming imbued with more democratic
ideas, veneration for the mOtheriand TAX
ing the place Of the cult OF the son Of
heaven. The writer gives extracts from
new popular song books, which he says
are being distributed in native schools
throughout the length and breadth of
the empire from Marking to Mukden.
Some OF these folk songs arc modernized
adaptations from ancient epics. others
deal with political and other questions
Of the day Most noticeable is the fact
that through all of them runs the martial
spirit To be respected China must be
nation in arms Is the keynote of the
modern Chinese educator.
George Washington is the favorite ex-
ample Of lofty and pure patriotism. Lord
Byron also comes In for. praise. and
Greece's struggle for liberty against Tur-
key furnishes a topic. Lessons drawn
from Russia's defeat by Japan are para
mount in all these patriotic song books.
Another favorite song has for it's theme
the fate OF dead nations, crushed under
the conaueror's heel, such as Poland.
Even the "Marseillaise" has been trans
lated.
Exhortations to loyalty toward the
reigning dynasty are curiously scarce.
One collection OF songs entitled THE New
China" which is published In Shanghai,
recounts the glorious deeds Of Chinese
warriors and legislators In past ages.
and blames the present regime for de-
feats at home and unavenged humiiia-
tons abroad. The Manchus, 1t says, are
doomed to decadence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-16
M0RSE'S PLEA DENIED
"ICE KING" CANNOT ASK FOR
HABEAS CORPUS WRIT.
Supreme Court Refuses Motion
Made Two Weeks Ago by
Lawyer Littleton.

Charles W. Morse today was denied the
privilege OF filing an application for q
writ of habeas corpus by the Supreme
Court of the United States.
Morse was The New York ice king
who was sentenced to fifteen years inn
prisonment on an Indictment charging
misapplication of funds of the National
Bank of North America.
He now is serving his sentence in the
federal penitentiary at Atlanta. Ga. Mar
tin W" Littieton made the motion for
leave to file an application two weeks ago.
Last Legal Step. ~
NEW YORK. May 1s.-'That finishes
the matter SO far as the taking Of legal
steps is concerned 1t was said at the
Offices Of Mr.. Littleton. when informa-
ton reached there today Of the Supreme
Courts denial of writ Of habeas corpus
for Morse.
Mr.. Littleton is in Europe. having
sailed for London last week on a bust
ness trip. Beyond saying that no fur
Their court proceedings were possible.
Mr.. Littleton's representatives said they
did not care to make any statement
on the case at this. time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-16
Living in the Past.

I"E me Londcn Times.
Could man, We're he given the oppor-
iunity. really live in any age widely re-
mote from his own? Modern philosophy
tells US that life is then at its highest
and best when the organism is perfectly
adapted to It's environment. If this be
so. then 1t is clear that any large, sud
den and abrupt change in the environ
nent must impair the vitality Of the or
ganism. and might even destroy 1t alto
sether-f Ii We think OF IL. a Greek OF the
age %! Pericles, Roman OF the age Of
Julius Caesar. would find il as hard to
i've the life or today as any man now
alive would find IL hard to live on were
ne by some freak of magic to fall asleep
n his OWL world tonight and to wake up
tomorrow morning In the Athens OF
Pericles. or in the Rome of julius Caesar
The mere effort of the organism to adapt
itself 10 the strange environment would
benuInb all its energies and arrest all its
functions You might as well expect q
1iaim tree to flourish in the arctic re-
gfons. IL would languish and die in the
attempt.
Yet there are many worthy people who
delight To call themselves old-fashione,i
and are always longing. SO they pre-
tend, 10 live In some other and better
age than their own. They make to tt en-
never known. and fondIy imagine that
We're they Its Adam ard Eve no serpent
would ever beguilc them into wanting 10
know tine good and the evil of the pres
emit " j. ~ vain aspiration. and chose
VINO entertain ~ only succeed. 30 far as
they succeed ~ all in getting hopelcssIy
"ut OF touch with their own age.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-16
"Sassafras."
rom the Kansas City Star.

from the kdNSAS City Star.
To the country-reared man in the city
the vision of bountiful displays of sas-
safras bark IN the drug store windows
ut this season Of the year brings ro-
mantle memories Of the spring woods Of
bOyhood. Often, even before the frCSt
was out of the ground, his mother. sent
him forth on the altogether delightful
mission Of digging sassafras roots that
the family might have the tonic of the
aromatic sassafras tea. Perhaps resort
to this pleasant beverage was prompted
by one or more cases Of spring fever:
in the family, the symptoms of which
might easily have been mistaken for
these of the ''hook worm," If that mi
crobe had been known in those days. At
any rate, the tea was supposed to be
good for the blood II 1t had become slug
gish through the winter season.
But the question OF a family remedy
was nothing to the boy-if he was put
up right--in comparison with the joy of
the mission itself. There was real pleas
ure in digging sassafras root. just as
there was In digging horseTadish as soon
as its green shoots enticed the seeker for
ster would bear home With him leftover
chestn,,ts, located by their tiny sprouts,
and dogwood blossoms for the first after
winter decoration.
But the joys OF sassafras were inten-
sified IL the boy had the good fortune to
enjoy the run OF sugar camp. Then
he would take along teapot dig the root
and peel the bark. and his mother or sis
ter would make The tea with pure maple
sap. sweet enough to make sugar I'M
necessary. and favored as no sugar
could flavor it. This tea was made at
the campfire, where the sap was reduced
to strip by boiling in great copper ket-
ties. The man of the city may try to
bring back those boyhood sensations by
having his tea served on his city table
In the spring. But. as with most other
joys Of boyhood, this one Is lost in the
experience OF the man. But nothing can
mar the pleasure Of recalling the health-
full labor OF digging sassafras or the aro-
ma Of the camp-brewed tea.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-16
EBBITT HOUSE CHANGE.
G. F. Schutt, New Manager, Plans
Extensive improvements.

G. F. Schutt. who for ten years man.
aged the National Hotel in this city, to-
day contaminated q purchase made some
months ago by taking over the manage
ment of the Ebbitt House. Mr.. Schutt
proposes to continue the hotel as army
and navy headquarters. for which it has
been famous so many years.
Extensive alterations VIII at once begin,
but these will in no way interfere with
the comfort and service of the guests.
The present rOtunda is to be considera bly,
enlarged and beautified; the buffet which
is now located In the basement will be
moved to the 18th street corner, and in
the basement will be opened u thoroughly
modern and up-tO-date cafe.
The plans of Improvement include the
installation of another elevator, a modern
refrigerating plant, entire new equipment
In the kitchen, removal of the lavatories
now on the Office floor and the fitting up
of new ones in the basement. New bath
rooms will be added upstairs and the en-
tire house will be practically refurnished
and redecorated throughout. making it
thoroughly modern.
The work will be under Mr. Schutt'S
management. The hotel is to be con-
Quoted on both the American and Eu-
ropean plans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-16
WILD-LIFE PICTURES.
Fourteen Days Wait for One
Photograph.

From the London Mail.
ITO photograph one wild bird in its nat
ural haunt in the heart Of the woods 1
often need to spend weeks planning a
cunning hiding place. and then many
weary days hidden, perhaps, in an arti-
fetal tree trunk or lurking behind a
screen of branches" In these words Mr..
w. Bickerton, F. z. S., recorder of birds
to the Hertfordshire Natural History So
ciety and Field Club, gave some idea Of
the arduous character of his lifework
The queen has this week accepted from
Mr.. Bickerton, with an expression OF
pleasure. a wonderful series of wild-life
photographs. representing years Of study
which depict, among other things, quar-
rel between a rabbit and an arctic term
MIR. Bickerton's extPaOi binary patienc;
in securing realistic rd pictures has
made him famous among pho -oRraphers
I'm my whole experience" he confessed.
choosing photograph from his beautiful
collection, Il think this study called for
the most strategy. The picture repre-
sented a round-eyed young cuckoo, perch
ed SOlemnly on twig. with its beak wide
open. actually in the process CT being fed
by its foster mother. reed warbler I'm
a lonely wood. concealed in an erection
of wood and wire which was covered with
bark, SO as to represent the trunk OF a
tree, I trOucned with my camera ready
IhrcG WnCie Gays OeICIe LNat scene LIouA
bird life. was flashed upon my + late ex-
planned Mr.. Bicker' on. I'm the silence Of
the wood I scarcely dared to move or
make the faintest sound
To the Wilds CT Cumberland. intent upon
picturing the curlew-one Of the wartest
of birds-Mr. Bickerton went recently.
Put together cautiously in stages and
cleverly masked with turf. a c-amped lit
tie hut was reared near a cur.ew's nest.
Then 1t was left utterly undistu' bed for
fortnight. SO that the birds might be-
come accustomed to it's presence. "And
them" added Mr.. Bickerton. during the
best part of my waking hours for a week
sat cramped up in the tiny shell or, peer
ing through a loop hole, with the shutter
of my camera set, waiting for the ideal
snapshot More than hundred plates
were exposed. Two he secured were
amazingly true to life.
To photograph great-crested greDe
uron it's nest net long ago Mr.. Bickerton
drove stakes into the bed OF a lake. built
up an innocent locking shield Of reeds
above them and lay fiat in a boat, COM
pletely hidden behind the erection. 1t
meant a fortnight's waiting from day to
day." he said, before I could get the
exposures / wanted. Then one afternoon.
to my joy. secured series OF pictures
which depicted one of the birds, not only
upon it's nest. but gradually nodding and
going off to sleep.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-16
ESTRADA SCOUT SHIP FAILS IN
STOPPING VESSEL.
Engagement Between Rebel and
Government Forces Expected
Near Rama.

BLUEFIELDS. Nicaragua. May 16.-An
Estrada scoutship on Saturday encountered
the steamer Venus near Greytown. The
Venus was steaming into the harbor with
guns and ammunition fer Madr!Z. A few
shots were fred, but no damage resulted.
The scoutship returned here, but later
proceeded with two other vessels belong
ing to the provisional forces. which are
we'll armed, 1t is understood they will
make an attempt to force a general en-
gaRenent.
An engagement between the provisional
and Madriz forces at Rama is looked for
at any moment. The two armies are
practically facing each other
attempting the investment of Biucfields,
is not yet within striking distance.
Changed Her Registry.
NEW ORLEANS, La, May 16.-That
the steamship Venus changed i:s register
and flag at a port Of Cuba before pro-
ceeding to Greytown was asserted here
last night by representatives Of the
Madriz government in Nicaragua. The
name OF the specific port was withheld.
1t was also stated that Consul General
Altschul OF the titular government of
Nicaragua went from New Orleans to
Key West. Fla. by rail-, and from there
joined the Venus to superintcnd its OPP
eratiOns
That the vessel was mounted with
heavy guns after the change Of register
IS not denied here. The Venus sailed
from New Orleans flying a British flag.
after being held UD for many days on
the ground that It carried a filibustering
expedition, in violation OF the United
States statutes.
Senior CASTILLO Washington represent
ative Of the Estrada revolution in Nc
aragua, yesterday received a cablegram
from the representatives Of the Estrada
government at Bluefields declaring bat
ties at Rama and Bluefields are expected
within the next few days. The dispatch
also stated that nothing has been seen
of the steamer Venus, although the Is
trada navy had been searching for her.
You must be confident of our tri-
umph," the dispatch concluded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-16
TWO RAILROAD SUITS.
Oklahoma Attorney Asks Permission
of Supreme Court to Begin Action.

More Of the troubles Of the state of
Oklahoma with the railroads within her
borders were brought today to the Su-
preme Court of the United States. when
Attorney General West asked the permits
sion Of the court to bring two suits before
that tribunal.
The state wishes to have the court en-
join the Atchison. Topeka & Senta Fe
Railway Company from charging high
er rate Of freight in Oklahoma on certain
commodities than is charged in the state
of Kansas. The state claims the railroad
is violating the federal charter granted
In 1884 to the Southern Kansas Railway
Company, now operated by the Santa Fee
In the second proposed suit the state
seeks to have the court enjoin all the in
terstate railroads entering that portion of
the state which was originally Indian ter
ritory from transporting liquor into that
territory.