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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-12-13
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Weary of life, she yearned to die.
why live and with each moment sigh?
Home came her new frock-just the
style
Her exit is postponed awhile.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-16

horses just on pasture. They had 10
endure artillery fire until the enemy
was within 500 yards of them so as to
save that precious ammunition OF
theirs Then they found il necessary
TO silence - podnders with nothing but
their rifles Difficult as such a thing Is
TO do, these plgcky Beers did IT, CronJe
and his men not only did this, but also
ilanked Jafneson's position by night,
and when the harassed Englshman aud
his followers made dash 90 the south
for shelter they found themselves cut
off from retreat 10 was this clever
maneuver which eventually hemmed in
the invading force and caused the
Chartered company's men TO run up
their white nag Of surrender.
The same keen strategy was shown
at Langsnek and al the battle ~
Majuha Hill Colonel Anstruther, pun
cd up with his own Importance. had lei
his English force into the Bocr country
like second Braddock. lie scorcd az
all warnings. lie refused rc-,nfoTce-
ments lie and his force approached
Pretoria with flags nying and the band
playing. They were a band OF walking
targets and the enemy knew it The
Beers gave him last chance. meeting
him with white nag ana warning HIN
back. He laughed i'm their faces and
marched on. In ten minutes he was
shot down and i20 OF hi7 little army
were dead or wounded They had sim
ply marched into one OF the cievcreat
ambuscades ever prepared. and that
ambusCade was thereafter known as
the slaughter OF BronkhuTst Spruit
Major General Colley. conConcd as
Anstruther had been. marched -iu Co
wipe out the disgrace Of that terrible
defeat. He led his expedition I'm from
Natal and 10 was his intention 90 pass
over the Draaksberg range OF noun
tains az that dip or pass which is
known aa Lainssnek, The Boers were
not slow to sec this. and ala not let such
chance escape thcm. Strategists ol-
ways they made "a dash for the Mex.
ard. under Jouhort--the same Joubert
who is nov 4i the head uf tho Roer
army seized antt-trriri a. quietly wait
+ ing FOR tollcy to come 300. ON one side
, stood the strep AMI lofty slopes ~
Majuha. on The other two less COM
fII th. statement that Norman Sharr
ihc fr.cud of thc late Sir Robert Peel
says there ia iemurklblc likeness both
in manner gud speech between Embas
.9lHr rhoatc end Su Robert
George n. Quakcnbos member Of
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-16

mandng hills. Up these two hills col
ley tried TO force his 500 men. The
"embattled farmers" lay close, and
from behind their befrieuding rocks
deliberately picked Off the English, man
after man, always aiming for an officer
when possible. Every shot took effect
IN fact. after the engagement 1t MAS
found that many OF the bodies OF tA'
Englishmen who had fallen had AS
many as i've and six bullet ho'e'
through them, Just as Jackson's men
once lay low behind their shallo"
trenches OF cotton bales. so the boeiS
stuck behind their impromptu omoa'-
tlemcnts and drove back their enemy
They had not so men all told, but lheS
sent the English once, twice, three
times in disorder back down thc slope ''
OF five English staff officers only one
came out alive.
When the battle was over each enc ot
those Dutch rilemen Sucit down ana
thanked his God for victory. Such 's
the stern pjety OF the Boer
Then came Majuba UU co'layt
smarting under two disasters. de-
tcrmincd 10 seize Majuba With 6oo
mon he scaled the steep hin by night
IL was not done secretly. however Tor
every movement, as 90 was gftcrNaii
found, was being watched by The WHY
Beers. At daybreak the English stood
overlooking the entire Boe, position
below them at Laingsnek They were
ou ground cf their own choosing. Their
position seemed impregnabIe. with
two MaNims they could have cleaned
out the entire Dutch force. Yet with
the Joss OF but one man oi OBJ. at-
tacking party the astute burghcrs OF
the Transvaal starked their uuenched
- as they might stalk antelope Foot
by foot they made their way up That
slope Before Maiuba had been lost
and won they had killed co.. Wuuude0
~ English officers and over 800 men
Sever before had English arms mr
with such a crushing defeat N,tei
before had English officers been s1 out
stratoEicd. ~ was little wonder thI
the Trau-vaal got hack hpr udcpen
dfH4---4lll illAiis44A-- -7----+-t-+4.l'
down from Pretoria
tn the present case "a has been sat
I that England's task is even create
The Nw York police force. hl. been
professor OF Latin and Greek l dpcto
of medicine. an expert accountant al
instructor OF deaf mutes and teleg
r3phpi
rresdcnt kruser OF the Transyas
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-16

They have been doing for South Africa
just what the Hudson Bay company
did for North America half century
ago. Their one stumbling block has
been the little Transvaal republic
England now seems to feel that th"
present is good tlme FOR getting rid
of this obstacle an her imperin lstic am
btions and in this may peahnps be
found the real reason Cor hr liresent
activities al tho Cape.
Just how that struggle for African
supremacy will come out only time can
tell England realizes that 80 has no
Insignificant foe TO face when she meets
the Boer, and consequently her military
plans have been astoundingly large
She has delayed the FIRST blow uatN
everything is ready. Some Of her very
best blood has already been spilled
among The hills and rocks of that rug
ged little republic of which Kruger ls
the oligarchical leader. and before ths
union Jack again floats over Pretoria
and Johannesburg IL is likely that still
more English blood will be shed.
WILSON @. LOWELL.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-16

tion of her de-
scendants the queen has always taken
pecullar interest and has neen present
at most of the services. she attaches
a great deal OF Importance TO this rte
and especially to the preparation which
prcccdes the actual ceremony
Readers of histories dealing WIN
such importahf changes as those IN
yolycd i'm the disestablishment ot the
irish church will not need to pe re-
minded Of the queens intense interest
in such matters. At time Wnen al
fairs were almost at deadlock she
interposed so tactfully that the discs
tahlishment question was settled 10 ""
satisfaction OF both disputants. quite
lately the ttieen has been not less con-
| oernrd i'm the ritualistic crisis IN the
English church. 49,.
she has followed every phase OF tne
high church controversy win care. anu
has realized its import some Oh Ns'
relatives have leanings toward rltual-
ism but the queen herselt IL s'dnen
supporter as was the prince cohso'.'
of the evangelical posiuoh IN cnu'."
affairs. In her Leaves From the flsn.
lands" there are several lnoicat'ohs ot
;,ntons which are unaltered at
the present day z,,aoo g.,
when the queen was In resioence III
the Isle OF Wight, she USED 70 a,teha
| tho church at WbippinGham' put OF Ie-
cent wears she has preferred 10 Worship
in the private chapel at OSBORNE fionse.
J inst near the queens pew are ioNels
'uas n,,i, memorials of various relatives.
Including the Duke OF AlpanS anu tte
n,.t,aNoe clarence. and there is private
IL, OH
church without collidlns Win lne ~
dinary worshpers. Ihe Queer N@
-. eriendly with Canon Prothero
when he was the rector az Nn.pp'nn
-, ond IL was I'm this charming WI
lage church that Princess ne"'il0e "''
married. .o, ,r-
All the royal family took a great IN
,,.ast I'm The building OF a new church
| at Crathie and the queen Nisi'eu ."'Sa .'s-,,
| tba big bazaar which was organizes
,a,.,,o1v nv the energy shown by Prin-
! coss Reatrice and others. The chureh
I 49, ene structure. admirable for
aoonstics and so built that every wor-
shtner Gets very good view df the
,,,ln,t 81 Georges chapel Windsor
- anotber cdifice i'm which the queen
has y-orshiped very frequently. The
churcb least known 10 the public is the
nrivate chapel attached TO Buckinshan'
| palace. It has some very hne Wlhu""s.
but is otherwise not remarkaDle' y,
course. the chapel royal was attenueu
bv her majesty very frequently IN lne
early days OF her reign. and among .he
congregation nowadays one may vt'c"
see members of the royal family.
The queen has q great idea or rev
crent demeanor i'm church, 2nh haS
instilled the same into all her reiauNes,
who are notable for their most caleiu.
avoidance OF many latter day signs o'
carelessness i'm place OF worship.
Sunday at court has ever been uu' ], ,
ing Queen Victoria's reign, happy anu
restful day.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-16
SUNDAY AT VICTORlA'S COURT,

Ii is very rarely that queen Victoria
spends a sunday in London, but when
this Is the case she attends the service
i'm the private chapel attached TO Buck
ingham palace which has been the
scene OF so many remarkable royal
weddings. AT Osborne there is also
nrivate chapel where prayers are said
everv morning soon after breakfast.
when the queen is in the south OF
France. or i'm Italy, on her annual holi-
davs. service is held at the hotel or
villa at which she Is resident, and on
more than one occasion Sir Arthur Sui
liyan has presided at the harmonium.
ia the delight Of every one who has
been present
The queen on Sunday likes TO hear
accounts OF philanthropic work and
missionary enterprise and one clergy
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-16
SCENES ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE CRISIS IN SOUTH AFRICA

than before The Beers have had time
10 arm To the teeth. Joubert and his
men have mapped out their plan of
campaign The forts Of johannesburg
are niled with ammunition and quick
firing guns-paid for. by the way, out of
uitander taxes--and the Beers have
made sufficient collections Of mules 10
suffice for transportation and field sery-
ire The TransvaRl commissariat de-
partment has been revised and improv-
"a. and when Jouberts men face tho
English forces 1t will not be on horses
fresh from pasture. as was the case at
Krugersdorp.
Bur these are not all the dimculties
Now that Il is known that President
Stcyn and the Orange Free State
Dutchmcn are in active sympathy with
the Transvaai Beers. IL Is no simple lit
tie bucolic foe that Creai Britain is fac
nv. The Afrikanders OF the Cape Col
ony also have expressed their sym
pathv with the burghers across the
Naal I'm their opposition 10 what they
deem English aggression. so even Ina her
own territory England has enemies 10
face.
AZ Simous Town, which Is about 20
miles from Cape Town and connected
bv rail- with that city, the British au-
thorities have established their new
naval base Simons Town row has
nearly "a mile OF splendid docks and
fortiHcations In process OF completion,
and hereafter will be known as the sta
zion Of the cape and West Coast Royal
snuadrnn. Here marines are stationed
I'm considerable number and here VIII
,.ntor tho BSsish naval operations. But
with AN her immense navy In southern
waters England can do absolutely no
harm 90 the South African Republic
frop tho sea. Every man and gun that
,,oes into the Transvaal from the Cape
has 20 bc transported by mule ana
horse through what is practically a
hostile country passing q great dis
,nnce from amy central base OF sup
niles. a. au the railways of Cape Col
onv are governmental roads, the sit
nation during the .Jttrr stages oi such
"a, -+t,,.,.4l 4l..4.---l4l -lll-l-- lad aA-Li
might bc. bui when DO comes to an ad-
vance ON Pretoria aud Johannesburg II
will be different tory.
sleeps eight hours Zach night No mat
t,r how tired Doe freH upon retiring. n
nightly sets au alarm clock Co allow
him just that amount of rest.
| Nikola Te-Il who iH working on hi
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-16

man i'm high po-
sition says that
both her maj
esty and Prin-
cess Beatrice
are deep stu
dents of the Bi-
BILE. The nursery
in which the
young Batten
hergs spend a
good deal Of
their time Is
decorated beau
tifully by texts
pa in { g q b y
Princess Henry
OF Battenberg.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-16
cnIInx,r Elk TuAT.

An Australian coming TO America on
a recent steamer fell In with TWO
sharpers. who led him into many
wasers. They were so invariaoiF SuV
cessful that he became Suspicious lhey
were fixing" the bets. but each new
proposition was SO tempting ne eouiu
not resist IT, At last. as they apprua'n-
ed the Golden Gate, he counted up Vne
remnants of his roll dehllenlcn' ne
said TO them. II find l nave Jus. - ~
Auction money left. Now. ] VIII risk
!, an A. Won will let me name this last
~, " The others were curious, 0nd'
tnoving they could not lose much con-
sen,ed and asked what his proposition
Vas "It IL this he said: I'm bet YOU
So that can yell louder than ne
sbip.s steam whistle of course. III
losa.. me added but bS ins". . know
IN. whistle cau't br fixed
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-16
WELL KNOWN MEN.

in ihc Jubilee year $4,000. Tho FIRST OF
these .yuods Was held N. -. iiis.
The London Daily News ic asihority
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-16

The cardinal archbishop of Armarh ha-
bcpn created papai lrgatc in Ireland iu
view OF The National Episcopal SYNOD
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-16

sleeps eight hours zach night No mat
t,i how tired Doe feels upon retiring. n
nightly sets au alarm clock Co allow
him just that amount 81 rest.
Nikola Tcsl3. who is working on his
new death dealing machine in Colo
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-16

cecil Rhodes is so conhfmeI IN nis
misogyny that be- employs none Da'
p.n oven around hts house.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-16

carried bi4 fancy a. such an cNirenie as
~ bavr :. copy OF his bicycle cUt into
ihr tornbstou. Of his wife. Anniia. "hy
sI.I last June. Next to her hushani
Nre. Davis lowed her wheel mole thsr
snything else in lhc world.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-16

v YHEN Jameson raided the
AA Transvaal, the clock OF South
wv Africa was turned back ten
n,ttpn and Rppr alike
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-16

In the conllrma-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-16

RADIO Springs leaves his hotel nt ll IN
the morning and does NOT return "hl'
after midnight
Thoma. W. Davis of Peoria. l"s" y
probably the most enthusiastic "h,'l.
man I'M this country Mr Davis mas
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-16

.p th. statement that Norman sharr.
Doe rloud of thc late Sir Robert Peel
says there l..a remarkable likeness both
n manner and speech between Embas-
pdHr rhoato end -u Robert
George N. Cuakcnbos. a member n
The Jamesburg record., 1899-09-23
THE AMERICAN BITTERN.

began a search for the bird with our
glasses. Every spot of ground within
so yards was examined carefully, but
not feather could we see. Finally my
companion, who had been looking
steadily through his glass at one spot
for what seemed fully five minutes, said,
suddenly: There he is. Look at the
fifth stump" At the fifth stump 1
looked. 1t was no stump at all, but
Master Bittern himself posed and max
ing an almost perfect representation of
one of the small blasted tree relics by
which he was surrounded. He was only
IS yards away. His body was perpen-
dicular, his neck and head were drawn
well down into his shoulders and his
beak was pointed straight upward,
forming a prolongation of the line of
his back. I'VE will test his patience
was our decision, and we sat down
quietly, noted the time and stared at
that devoted bird for exactly one hour.
During all that time he moved not at
all. No neighboring stump was more
firmly fixed than he. 1t seemed as
though he had control of his feathers
as well, for the passing breezes that
stirred the lush swamp grass beyond
failed to ruff1e any part of his brown
plumage. Finally, half ashamed of
keeping the bird longer under such
strain, we walked toward him. Not till
we were within few feet did he move.
Then he took four comically dignifed
steps away from US, and, rising, flew
far down the little stream which in
spring makes its way through the heart
of the swampland.-Edward B. Clark,
in Chicago Record.
The Jamesburg record., 1899-09-23
Between Six and Seven.

In Milwaukee case was being tried,
and the particular question at issue
was the number of persons present
when a certain event occurred. An
honest but simple-minded German was
in the witness box, and was evidently
IN much trepidation. The lawyer on
the other side saw his opportunity.
How many did you say there were
PRESENT." he shouted, bringing his fist
down upon the table fierceiy. we'll"
meekly answered the witness, ''of
course L could not chust say, but 1
dinks der vas between six and seven.r
Tell the jury what you mean by that!"
roared the lawyer. How could there
be between six and seven?" "Ven."
said the witness, slowly, maybe | vas
wrong. Dere vas more as six, but dere
vas not so much as seven. One vas a
fiery leetle boy."
The Jamesburg record., 1899-09-23
WAS 1T AN AccIDENT3
Or Was 1t an Act of Bird Justice a.
Like of which Has NeverYet
Been Recordede

The English sparrow is the most mi
versally unpopular of all birds. Ra-
CAUSE, of its ceaseless war upon otbo,
birds, they are always ready to show
their hatred of it. Whether it fead.
on the eggs of other birds or not is
question, but that it destroys them
and the nest that contains them is .
well established fact. 1t seems to do
this from a spirit of mischief, often
destroying a half built nest that in
no way interfered with it. 1t is a COW.
ard, too, doing its mischief while the
owners of the nest are away from home
/ can certify to the following incident
of what | have no doubt was Justice
meted out to one of these little sneak
thieves:
One morning on entering the barn
noticed broken egg on the manger be-
meath a mud swallows nest which | had
permitted to be built there. had no.
ticed previously that the sparrows were
bothering the swallows, and rightly
Judged that they were endeavoring to
steal the eggs or destroy the nest.
When | saw the broken egg | sup
posed that they had succeeded. 1
glanced up at the nest and saw sus-
pended beneath it one of the sparrows
dead. Upon closer examination it was
found that the bird was hung by the
neck at the end of a horse hair about
foot long.
1t was carefully taken down for closer
examination. There was moose at the
end of the hair, the knot being perfect.
the free end slipped far enough
through, and bent in such way that
the knot could not be united. 1t could
not have been an accident-or if posi-
BILE it was very improbable, to say the
least. The moose was preserved and
carefully laid away, as relic of bird
justice.
The swallows must have grown tired
of the persecution of the tormentors,
and set snare; or coming upon it in
the act of robbing them, held it pris-
oner in their nest until a moose was
slipped over its head and it was allowed
to fly out only to tighten the fatal knot
as it attempted to fly away.-Ohio
Farmer.
The Jamesburg record., 1899-09-23
FUN FOR CHILDREN.
Charades Simple ANA
teur Theatricals.

A very pretty and amusing way of
making jewelry to be used in the pro-
duction of charades or in juvenile anna
teur theatricals is here shown. Dissolve
pound of alum in quart of hot wa
ter and suspend in the saturated solu-
ton crown or some other shaped form
made of wire and covered with strips
of flannel or wound with wooden
threads. In order to obtain the very
best results it is necessary to select
a vessel of glass with an even, high
ly polished inside surface, which must
remain undisturbed for "a hours in a
quiet place after the solution of alum
has been poured in and the article to
The Jamesburg record., 1899-09-23
HAS pDCoLIAR WAYS.
The American Bittern' better
ms the stake Driver Is o"
IcnIIy Dignified Bird.

Nearly everybody who has been De,
.,d +be limits of stone walks and
brick walls has seen Tying over .h
fields at some time or another the olru
known as the American bittern, locally
called in places the swamp pump anu
stake driver, on account OF It's can. no"
manv. | wonder, who are fanlllar win
this marsh resident when III full niSht
have ever seen it at rest? Not many
I venture to say. The bird Will staIu oli
the ground in it's damp retreat wlthou'
as much cover as has the ostrlcn Wheh
it pokes its head in the SAND ana I'M
aoines itself unseen, and one may pass
within ten yards of the silent fgure anu
even see it and yet never guess OF
birds presence. Scientists have VIII
ten reams about the protective color
ing of the whip-poor-will, which enaoles
it to become fairly part of some hcheh-
covered limb. The white of the ptar-
migan on the snowy heights and the
brown of the partridge among the dead
leaves of the forest have been COM
mented upon time and time again as in
stances of what nature does to make her
bird children to become part of their
surroundings, that they may escape the
eye of the destroyer. The way in which
the stake driver of the swampy wood
land stretches keeps his presence there
a secret when prowler is about seems
to have escaped the notice of many nat
uralists. In May last, with compan-
ion, l was walking along road at the
edge of a swamp not many miles north
of Chicago A bittern rose from point
far to our left and tapped its way lazlly
over the marsh to damp place in pas
ture covered with stumps, with few
standing trees scattered here and there.
Through powerful glasses we watched
the birds progress and marked down
the spot where he had pitched. We
made directly for the place and then
The Jamesburg record., 1899-09-23

be covered with crystals has been sus-
pended, so as to hang free in the solu-
ton without touching on any side.
A cool room is preferable, for the
crystals covering the wire will then
be larger and more brilliant After re-
naming for "A hours in the solution
the article now covered with CRYSTALS
can be withdrawn and will keep in
definitely in dry place. The addition
OF some chemicals will result in very
fine color effects; thus the use of iron
alum will bring forth very fine blue
crystals and chrome-alum equally fine
yellow ones. The simplest additions for
coloring the crystals, while not bring
ing about such fine results, are few
drops of ordinary blue-black writing
ink or of a solution of litmus, which
can easily be obtained in any drug
store.