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The Van Buren press., 1898-10-29
HELD UP A TRAIN.
There Were Some Amusing Incideuu
in the Naval Work at
Santiago.

The first shot fired by the Brooklyn
In the war occurred three DAYS after
we arrived off Santiago. in the night
1t was a little after dusk, when the
Vixen, a torpedo boat destroyer, which
was lying well inshore, fired the red.
green. red rocket signal, indicating
torpedo attack. At the same time
small white light could be seen moving
down the coast to the eastward. This
looked like business-just what every
man had been wishing for few min.
utes before on the forecastle. Ship was
cleared for action with q rush and we
stood by our guns, peeping through
open ports into the inky blaclmess
growing denser every minute patient
ly waiting for orders to fire at the foe
dashed onto us.
The Iowa. lying astern of us, opened
up on the shore with her six-pounders
This was too much for one of our Or
dinarily cool-headed apprentice boys
and he let drive a port six-pounder
without orders. 1t was our first gun.
Furthermore it came near being an un-
fortunate shot, as it few dangerously
close over the Marblehead's stern,
which, unbeknown to us, had run IN
shore and broad of us, to the consterna-
tion Of Capt. McCalla and his men, A
vigorous wigwagging of lights madeu
aware of the fact.
Still, there was nothing to be seer
save the light moving along swiftly,s
strange proceeding for torpedo boat
In order to be in it, the Massachusetts
fred a six-inch at the light, and it went
out. All hands concluded that this shot
had put the enemy out of commission
and while securing the guns were hur'
rahing for our consort, Shortly the
Vixen came alongside.
81 want to report to the commodore,
sang out somebody on the destroyer
well" answered the commodore
who had come to quarters in palamas
and was feeling chilly in the night air.
lets hear it in hurry"
81 wish to report, sir. that we have
been chasing locomotive on the
beach, mistaking it for torpedo boat
and that the Massachusetts, fired her
shot as the train went around curve
out of sight"
Everybody laughed at the incident
and none more heartily than the com
modore, who said that it was his hTs'
experience in holding up train We
saw the engine make her trips on 'ne
beach for several succeeding nights
but were never fooled again.-Cor' Bos'
ton Herald
The Van Buren press., 1898-10-29
Fattoning Hogs.

Sweet potatoes have now pretty we'll
completed their growth and should be
fed very literally to hoes. Harder
crops, as peanuts, may be held back
for a later period, but potatoes, sor-
ghum and peas should be fed liberally.
Peas are included not because they are
liable to injury from frost but because
of their richness in protein or nitro
genous compounds, they supplement
the deficiencies in most other foods,
and animals thrive most on mixed ra-
tions. As an animal needs a certain
amount of each constituent of food in
certain proportions, if food is short
on one of its constituents, an animal
has to eat an excess of such food to
get the proper amount of the deficient
substance, and the excess of the other
constituents is thus practically lost.
One constituent, as rule, can not
take the place of another. Starch and
sugar can not make muscle. Push the
fattening hogs now all they will bear.
The weather will be cool enough for
them to eat heartily without injury,
but not cold enough to prevent their
fattening rapidly. There is no better
period in the year for fattening hogs
than the next six or eight weeks. Do
not forget to feed moderately at first
any new food; there is always danger
of surfeiting, CT even worse results,
from overfeeding at first. - Dixie
Farmer.
The Van Buren press., 1898-10-29
HUMOROUS

Dan O'Hara-"Oi war to a don't,
lahst noight.' Pat Malone-a1DiiSS' iS'eat
win ?'-Philadelphia Inquirer va
81 wonder what induced Miss r.,
to go on the stage?" Her na,o uuos
started in by naming her Pbiloms,l illl
Chicago Daily Record.
First Politician-"The early l.
is builded on sand" Second politiOa GOOa
-"Yes, and the boom that wi. .aa
builded on rocks. s.'-Indianapolis Jorl L' u
nal. ui'
Ella-"Where does Bella eat
good looks from-her father or l'
mother?" Stella-"From her fnt Ae'
He keeps a drug store. e."-Househ0tai,
Words. OQ
Rural Ragges-"Say, Tatts do
think it's right to raise the nrio.! WV
beer?" Tramping Tatters-0Tye h. "
trying to raise the price of one TO- "
week.
''Be sparin' OBJ advice said I'm,
Eben. "Ef a man takes it an, na' M
wrong, he blames yer. An eff he tsp, sp.'
it an goes right, he thinks he knows
1t all de time. .'-Washington Star
Subscriber-"How is it that w.
have printed that long poem tb,s' S
times in your columns?" Edito,
"Well, really, l didn't suppose anvor,
would find it out. .'-Fliegende Blot,s'
Hicks-"Bowers has been TELLING :,
some of his war experiences" Wiol'
-"And l suppose you believed all hi'
yarns?" Hieks-"Oh, yes; they wsrs
so uninteresting I'm sure they nn,,
be true" Boston Transcript
Mrs. Riley-"And what trade do..
your husband follow?" Mrs OSbes
"Sure, an he follers barrer at prism,
When | married him he said he was
brass fnisher, and he soon finished
every bit o. brass I'd saved. d."-Pick-Ms
Up.
Gadzooks-"What's become Of Pin.
blood, who used to bore everybody bv
talking about his ancestry" Zound,
20, he got married year or so ago
and now he is boring everybody by
talking about his posterity."-N Y
Tribune.
The Van Buren press., 1898-10-29
Shelter for Stock.

In this connection it may be well to
urge the providing of ample shelter
for stock during winter. Do not put
this off until winter comes. A large
percentage of the food eaten by ami
mails in winter is expended in keeping
up animal heat Protection from cold
necessarily reduces the expenditure
of food for this purpose, and the mat
ter resolves itself into the question
which is cheaper, shelter or food? The
answer might be little doubtful if
one went to the expense of building
very costly stables and barns; but even
in such case it is to be borne in mind
that stable lasts for a great many
years, whilst food has to be provided
every year. But in our mild climate
it is not necessary to build expensive
barns and stables. A roof to keep off
rain and any contrivance to keep off
cold winds are II that is needed.
Posts set in ground to support a roof
of planks-which may be taken down
and put under shelter in springer of
thatched straw will answer for COW
ering, and pine brush leaned up on all
sides except the south will protect
against wind. Surely any farmer can
have such shelters.-Southern Guilt
vator.
The Van Buren press., 1898-10-29
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

There are Al Chinese temples in The
United States.
The Disciples of Christ number in
the United States 1,051,079.
OF the public schools in Bavaria 7O.t
per cent. are Catholic, 26.3 per cent
Protestant, and only 2 per cent. (l44)
mixed
The total number of church mem
bers reported in the United States is
25.919,O27, rather more than one-thlrd
of the population.
In Germany one man in 213 goes te
college. in Scotland one in 500, in the
United States one in 1000, and in Eng
land one in 5000.
Several of the English government
departments, such as the edueatlonal
office, school inspectorship, and civil
service commission, are still almost
entirely in the hands of Oxford ano
Cambridge graduates.
The Norwegian Augustana Theologi'
cal seminary, which has been cons
nected with the Augustana college, al
Canton, S. D., now forms part of the
United Norwegian Lutheran church
seminary at Minneapolis.
During the past II years the Presby'
terian church in western Canada has
grown remarkably. In 1881 there was
one presbytery, now there are a. In.
stead of one self-sustaining congrega'
ton there are now seven; the 2S mis-.
sions has increased TO 179; the preach
fng stations from 116 to 937. Instead OF
OIL families there are now Is, sos. while
the number of communicates has adj
yanced from 1,153 to 10,505, and the
contributions from S15.100 to 1901 1853
The Van Buren press., 1898-10-29
Varieties In Cotton.

In commenting on different varieties
of cotton and those varieties that with
stand wet and dry weather the best
and are best suited for growing in the
south, no experienced farmer can now
fail to realize the great need and the
importance of planting largely of the
prolific varities this season have prov
prolific varieties thisseason have prov
en-, beyond doubt, the best suited for
cotton-growing in the south.
These prolific varieties of cotton
stand in their magnificent splendor
with short branching limbs, small
leaf and light foliage with teeming
millinos of well-set bolls letting in the
sunlight and air, preventing, to
great extent, the rotting of cotton
which is so common on rich lands i'll
every cotton-growing state and es-
pecially when planted with the long,
limb cotton.
The long-limb cotton varieties this
season stand with long reaching limbs
and broad leaf with a heavy foliage
and scant bolls, forming a dense shade,
keeping out the sun and light, in
ficting a heavy loss on the cotton
grower, who plants the long limb-cot-
ton at fair price; and at the ridicu-
lous low price of four and five cents
for cotton it is terrible.
AS l said in the beginning, any ex-
perienced farmer can see the great
need of planting prolific cotton, as
this crop of cotton, on account of so
much rain, will fall short of the mark
of Mr.. Meals estimate. The price is
too low for the quantity of cotton that
will be made.-B. w. Hawkins, in South
ern Cultiyator
The Van Buren press., 1898-10-29
Fresh Water rroops al Sen.

When the Michigan regiments "en'
east few weeks ago to embark on 'no
Yale for Cuba they imagined they were
TO have a gay summer voyage lno
fame of the luxurious ocean travel hau
penetrated the Michigan pinerles' anu
the Yale was known TO be one OF lne
finest liners" So the lads plleu
aboard and made for the cabins Win
rush. But here they were conf7on'ea,
with fierce-looking marines with iAsu
bayonets. Repulsed at this point 'p'
Michiganders went about to tind 'neH
staterooms. They raced about tno
decks, plunged down the hatch"ay'
and thronged every entrance that g"''
promise of disclosing one OF tno'V
luxurious little rooms. But the san,,
grim marines headed them of az o..
points. Finally the order came LOT ea.1
man to deposit his blanket and knuP
sack in regular order upon the W..
decks. That meant that each man !,
stateroom was on the hard deck u'.
where his blanket lay.-San trano''''
Chronicle.
The Van Buren press., 1898-10-29
Tolncrease rrIee Of Cotton.

Another big crop of cotton is made
and its harvest has begun. As a re
suit Of two big crops the price is very
low. and bids fair 10 go lower. The
cotton farmer has the blues. and the
old-time worn question of how TO in
duce other farmers 10 cut down their
acreage. or to regulate the selling of
cotton by some syndicate, is being agi-
tated as remedies to cure the evil. !
would suggest that one practical way
Of partially attaining the much-de-
The Van Buren press., 1898-10-29
A FEW BOOK ITEMS.

Fifty pounds a year is devoted ~ :.
busting the books in the library oi NV
house Of lords.
There is to be a biography Of ~ ~
late earl of Lytton, one of his dausH
ters being its author.
Mr.. Crispi has written his memoi.'
which will soon be published in Franz"
IN IL volumes.
A volume by the late Lewis Cario~. -.
aow for the first time printed I.s-v is .-
titled Letters to a Child, or The s'o'S
Of Alice in Wonderland"
The Van Buren press., 1898-10-29
A COOKS MEASUREMENTS.

One pint of liquid equals one pound.
Two gills of liquid make one cupful.
-Four teaspoonfuls make one table
spoonful.
Half a pound of butter will make one
cupful.
-Four cupfuls of -four make one
pound.
Two eupfuls Of granulated sugar
make one pound.
Two round tablespoonfuls of -four
VIII weigh an ounce.-Good House
keeping,
The Van Buren press., 1898-10-29
DO NOT FEAR DEATH.
PecuIiarities of the Behavior OF
American Soldiers When
in Action.

Of course there are Americans and
Americans, and some of the latter are
not heroes in any sense, but the Amer
lean American is a distinctly cour-
ageous individual. He does not face
death with the resigned fatalism OF
the Hindoo, or the fanatic frenzy OF
the Mohammedan. He does not GO
into action on stills of rhetoric and
melodrama that mark the romance
races. He does not die with the hooroo
of the wild Irishman or with the stol
idity of the Anglo-Saxon. He has per.
haps merged with the stoicism of the
Indian, the stubbornness of the Saxon
and the rejoicing of the Celt, an amaz-
ing GOODNESS and an irrepressible
humor.
The curious thing is that the typical
American hero is able to see the funny
side of his own death, the flaws in
his nonidolized leaders. He can grasp
the whole situation with shrewdness
and not remain so far from being
overcautious or shrinking that he does
not count his penn 'orth when anything
is to be gained. When the call came
for Lieut.. Hobson's crew of six to
man and sink the Merrimac, a feat
whose picturesqueness equaled its ap.
parently inevitable fatality, there
were hundreds, if not thousands, ready
and eager to answer that call. Under
the storm of shot and she'll and with
the imminent danger of being hoist
by their own petard, they steered the
ship and sunk her with the precision
and aplomb of naval review. When
the Spanish projectiles thronged the
air of Manila bay the commander of
the Boston stood on his bridge, with
his coat off, tanning himself and oh.
serving that the cup of coffee he was
taking was not properly sugared.
Such of our seamen as have been
forced to be idle during the fleets ac.
tion have frequently danced and sung
and even played the harmonica to the
diapason of BON bardment. When, in
the civil war, Cushing's little launch
was hailed by the Albemarle it had
come to sink, every man aboard of
her sung out humorous reply to thS
sentinePs 'Who goes there?" the
deadly sharpshooters of the north and
south cracked jokes at each other
while their guns exchanged repartee.
Instances of the absolutely fearless
homely, unrhetorical, witty behavior
of the Yankee in crises of danger fair
ly bristle history. The robust traits
that have made Yankee heroism and
GOODNESS marvel and warning to the
rest of the world reappears now in full
force. They should convince the mono
maniacs who have thought they saw
decadence and nd-of-the-centuryism
sapping the race, that the salt ofAmer-
icanism has not yet lost its savor.-
Current Literature.
The Van Buren press., 1898-10-29
A Louisiana PhiIosoph.r,

No one should be expected to do
things he is not able to do. II il were
the business of rolling stones to gather
moss they probably would do il; but tit
was never necessary for a man like
Benjamin Franklin TO say they do not
gather moss; everybody knows that.
N. o. Picayune.
The Van Buren press., 1898-10-29
So SorcnstIc,

WILLIE once knew a girl who ne''
ly died from ice cream poisoning u
Nellie-The very idea! l "o~s ''Ds
never have dreamed Of such 'nlns
happening to a girl Of your acqua'H'
ance.-lndianapolis Journal
The Van Buren press., 1898-10-29
Horse md Horsa

Flint am plain, blunt man, Miss
Brisk, and have no time for soft senti-
mentalities. viii you be my wife?
Maud Brisk-I am not half so plain
as you are, Mr.. Flint, but just as blunt
-nol-N. Y. World.
The Van Buren press., 1898-10-29
Not nt All E.n,In.

Aline-Is she so very masculine?
Anna-Masculine! Why, actually.
heard her confess that her shoes were
too tight!-Puck.
The Van Buren press., 1898-10-29
Common Words from n High Source

The vulgar 'La!" Laws" 'Lawk,"
Laws a mussy!" "Sakes alive!" Good
land alive!" and the like, are all rem
nants of such expressions as "Lord!"
Lord, have mercy!" For the sake Of
the Lord of life!" Good Lord of lifei"
and other equally solemn phrases en-
ployed in moments of great excitement
or danger, which the careless habit of
exaggeration in the expression of feel
ing that seems inborn in human nature
has led some TO degrade and employ on
the most trivial occasions. Our familiar
Dear mel" is likewise merely cor
ruption of the Italian "Dio mio!" "My
God!" and is an exact equivalent, in
every respect, of the Mon Dieu!" of the
French, the use of which on trivial &C.
casions we English-speakers are so
ready to condemn. "Alas!" a mourn
full exclamation which trust my young
readers will seldom have occasion to
employ, is also a shortened form of an
Italian expression: "Oh, me lasso!"
(Oh, weary me!)-NGiss E. F. Andrews,
in st. Nicholas.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-08-19

AS to the time when the people
here should begin to organize, we
see no reason why they should
hold off for six months or a year.
Some one has said immediate &C
ton might offend Senator Morgan,
he being a Democrat. Unless we
read Mr.. Morgan's record awry, he
is too broad minded to let such a
move trouble him. Senator Morgan
has been and Is a party man. He
has stood by the principles of De-
mocracy through thick and thin,
when other members of the new
Democracy went off on tangent
and allowed the Republicans to
jump in and steal what was origin.
ally Democratic thunder. Yet
through it all Mr.. Morgan remains
a Democrat, and we believe he is
not the man to cry down party or
ganization and party government.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-08-19

Since the question has come to
public attention, the BULLETIN
takes this opportunity to put itself
on record as in favor of the prin-
ciples laid down by the Republic
an party of the United States of
America which now includes the
territory of Hawaii within its
bounds.
The BULLETIN takes this stand
not necessarily on account of the
record of Republican assistance to
annexation but because:
We believe in party organization.
We believe in party government.
We believe that the Republican
party will give Hawaii a free bal
lot in local affairs, making no dis
tinctions as to race or previous
conditions of political affiliations.
We believe the Republican par
ty has done and will do more to
make good the constitutional as
sertion that ...all men are created
free and equal" than any organ
ization that has yet shown itself
in American politics.
We believe the representatives
of the Republican party will be
foremost 10 the advocacy of re.
cognizing Hawaiian citizens as
American citizens.
We believe in the protection of
American industries.
We believe in the strong foreign
policy which the Republican party
has always carried out.
We believe the people of this
country will accomplish more for
the welfare of themselves and their
posterity by allying themselves
with party organization, than by
An attempt to be hail-fellow- we'll
met with one or two friends in
every organization.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-08-19
REMEMBER the MAINE

Thing to know is that we are
gas and electrical engineers and
that we are here for business. We
install complete gas and electric
plants with all the fixtures, ETC.,
ready to run.
We handle all kinds of ELEC-
TRICAL GOODS, gas and cleo.
trio fixtures.
We are also sole agents for the
Columbia monograph Co., and
American Battery Co. "makers of
the best storage batteries in the
world"
We have already installed the
following Aceytelene gas plants
complete with all fixtures which
are giving entire satisfaction.
Government Light House in har-
Dor, Hawaiian TrampayS Co., Mr.,
W. Hits residence, Oahu Rail.
vay and Land Co., and the new
residence of Hon. G. w. Macfdr-
lane at the Peninsula.
The light is absolutely reliable
and will not 60 out as long as any
gas remains in the generator.
The cost based on candle power
is from ! to J as cheap as electric
lights at the present rates.
Several of the plants already
installed are equipped with cleo
trio gas.lighting burners which
make the use of gas as convenient
as electric lights at about One-hafI
the cost. A plant placed in your
house makes you independent Of
lighting companies.
Our generator has received the
unqualified approval of the Homo
tutu Board OF Underwriters which
does away with any increased rate
of insurance. Call in and examine
goods and get our prices. We
want only fair profit.
Remember that all our work,
big or little is absolutely guaran-
teed and we replace and repair all
material and labor which is de.
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US trial order.
Oceanic Gas and Electric Co..
NJ. M. KoHN, Manager.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-08-19
FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

Inc nrst puOllc suggestion Oh
party politics Iai on American
lines was made last evening at the
Sharpshooters' banquet. Mr..
Thurston stated that it is not time
for the people of this country to
say whether they are Republicans,
Democrats or Populists.
On this particular point the
BULLETIN differs with ex- Minister
Thurston and those who follow
his advice.
If there is one organization OF
Gods green earth to which the
aunexationists of this country are
indebted for the success OF their
efforts, it is the Republican party.
If there is combination of leaders
and voters to whom the people Of
Hawaii owe a debt of political
gratitude, it is the Republican
party. Now that the ends of the
annexationists have been attained,
it will be nothing more or less
than rank disloyalty to turn about
and say to the Republican party
as an organization ave have got
all we want out OF you, we'll now
switch over to the Democrats and
Populists who furnished US with a
few votes to carry the Newlands
resolution"
From first to last, the men who
have been in the forefront doing
the fighting for final consumma-
ton of the Hawaiian annexation
policy have been members of the
Republican party. 1t was James
G. Blaine, republican, who
sounded the key note of American
foreign policy from which Hawaii
now reaps the benefit. 1t was the
Republican party which took the
positive step, advocating in its
party platform the control of these
islands by the United States. 1t
was VIM. Mckinley the Republic
an President, who at the close of
the last session of Congress an
nouncedto the members ofCongress
that the Hawaiian question must
be settled before adjournment, and
it was the Republican party whip
that brought the majority into
line.
1t is fact well known by those
who have been in Washington,
that the advocates sent on from
this country spent the major por
ton of their argumentative efforts
on Democrats and Populists.
Why ?
Because the Republican party
was known to be reasonably safe
when the question came to vote
Members of the Democratic and
Populist parties rendered good as
sistance, but had it not been for
the Republican organization, shap
ed by Republican leaders, our re-
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-08-19

Ladies of the Red Cross Society
continue their good work. Their
treasurer's reports shows that they
are good financiers. Every dollar
tells for good.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-08-19

At the festive board as we'll as
the rife range the Sharpshooters
are crack shots. Aloha Sharp
shooters Company; aloha Sharp.
shooters association. The motto
is no "longer fight, feed and die"
but "fun, feed and fire."
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-08-19

representatives. would still be in
Washington located at the old
stand somewhere near the corner
of III and Goth streets.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-08-19

The quickest way to wipe out
narrow party jealousies is to form
new party lines on the broad
American basis.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-08-19

Startling lads"
Of Exceptional bargains"
often catch the unwary.
An honest bargain needs
no fanciful word dressings,
That's our style Of doing business
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-08-19

DcWc1
Did.the Spaniards, and we
will do you GOOD
on our line Of Children's
suits, for the youngsters
summer frolic.
That you are little late
doesn't affect the completeness
OF the offerings here for your pick
ing. Be sure you are right,
whether for the three-year-old
or the youth Of nineteen,
and the price no more
for their goodness.