The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-08-05

will seat sixteen persons comfortably
On top OF the coach is the hearse ar
rangcment. II Is q glass case for the
coffin, with n wooden top, resembling
the body of hearse. The hearse sec
tion is lowered at the rear end by elec.
trical apparatus, so that the coffin can
be rolled up or rolled down an inclined
plane. The coffin is kept in place by
clamps. 1t is all black, and Is drawn
by four horses. Undertakers here say
it will be popular, as 1t will do away
with the expense of carriages, Will
raake funerals private and has all the
elements of exclusiveness, as we'll as oil
economy. The interior is handsomely
upholstered and cushioned. The
wheels have rubber tires, and 1t is
said to be most comfortable and
roomy vehicle to ride in.
There is more than the usual inter.
est in aquatic sports thie year and the
regattas draw large erowds. Just now
preparations are being made for the
fifty-third annual uise of the New
York Yacht Club. Cups have been Of
fered by the Vice-Commodore and the
Rear Commodore, and these will be
sailed for in August. at Glen Cove.
The Commodore offers the following
cups to be raced for from Vineyard
Haven, Mass, to Saddleback Ledbe
Light, at the entrance to the East Pc
nobscot river, Me-: A cup of the value
OF $1,000 for the winning schooner in
Glasses A, B and G. A cup OF the value
OF $1,000 for the winning schooner In
Glasses d and F. A cup of the value
CT $1,000 for the winning sloop in
Class &. A cup of the value of $1,000
for the winning sloop in Glasses II.
j, X, l. and Nj.
Officials of the Board OF Trade and
ninety per cent of the twenty-one NIL
lion dollars of trade OF Hawaii is with
the United States. In other words
we buy from Hawaiians nearly
everything they have to sell and sell
them all they buy. The Islands are
essentially American in trade and en-
terprise as they are in location II is
contended that under these circum-
stances annexation Is their manifest
destiny.
Assisted in a measure by the police
department, the people are making a
war on the noise producers OF the city.
This is to be commended and a sue.
cessful outcome will be welcomed by
thousands of sufferers. Fancy how a
nervous person confined to bed in the
city by illness during this trying
weather must suffer from the discor-
dant cries OF an endless procession OF
street vendors! The crusade against
unnecessary noise will go on until the
city is made a more endurable place
10 reside in.
Another movement Is taking form
and its advocates are hopeful of &C.
eomplishing something very soon. The
enormous quantities Of garbage pro-
1uced by three millions of people Is
now dumped into the lower bay. Add
I'd to this at this season OF the year is
an enormous quantity OF decayed
fruits and vegetables which poilute
he waters and strew the beaches.EThe
Board Of Health Is urged to take up
the subject and provide q plant for
burning all the garbage and refuse'of
me Great city. ItAs contended that, SO
ong as this constantly augmenting
volume Of refuse remains In existence,
Ii will breed disease no matter where
is deposited
The work OF 100 architects is soon
20 be passed upon by a committee of
experts and there is breathless anxiety
among these competitors. These ar
chitects have been at work on plans
Tor the New York Public Library. The
picturesque UNCOVERED Egyptian like
structure al the corner OF Forty second
street and Fifth avenue, in Bryant
Park VIII soon be pulled down. and on
Its site Will be erected grand work