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Evening star., 1899-01-02
The Flag at Havana,

The ceremonies of installation at Havana
yesterday were conducted with credit to all
the parties in interest. The Spaniards met
the emergency with dignified resignation
and the Americans without offensive show
OF triumph. The Cubans, and especially
the insurgent officers who were present at
the palace, carried themselves under diff
cultles with due regard to a most eXacting
situation. Cuba, Spain, the United States
all are to be congratulated on the record of
the day.
1he start, then, is fair and promising.
The new order begins with the obligations
resting on both the Cubans and the Ameri-
cans well understood by both On the one
hand is the necessity for a cordial recogni-
ton of American authority and a cordial
Cooperation toward fully restoring peace
On the other hand is the necessity for re-
membering that American authority is to
be exercised toward the accomplishment Of
definite object, and that object the pacif-
cation and rehabilitation of Cuba for the
benefit of the people of the island. The
Cubans cannot afford to forget for a mo-
ment that they owe their emancipation
from Spanish sthraldom to the Americans
Their own efforts were brave and sincere
enough, but they could not have succeeded
unassisted- They fought Spain to a stand
stlll, but they could not have expelled her
from the land.
But, clear as the duty is on both sides
there will be temptations on both sides at
times to ignore it. The more impatient of
the Cubans may be expected to chafe under
American occupancy, and to See in it
menace to an independent government for
the island And their fears will be played
upon by those there and here who would
force annexation at the point of the sword.
In turn there will be Americans to see in
every manifestation of this impatience the
incapacity of the Cubans for self govern
ment, and to insist on making the issue at
once.
But over all will be the plighted word of
the American people, and the presence in
the White House of a conscientious man.
who will neither permit nor abet any
schemes for spoliation, nor suffer the Gu
bans to pass from one hard taskmaster to
the hand of another
Evening star., 1899-01-02
Zero Weather.

From 6S degrees above zero Friday after
noon to zero Monday morning is a long and
sudden drop of temperature. The cold
| wave which has struck this part of the
| country is an entire success. 1t has ex-
ceeded expectations. 1t has brought joy TO
! the hearts of the little folks who have sleds
and misery to the people who have no coal
1t has imposed a heavy burden upon the
charitable agencies of the District even
though, being accompanied by snow. it has
afforded to some of the poor a chance to
earn a little money in cleaning sidewalks
Yet the snow has interfered with some
forms of work. and thus the distress is in
creased. The year opened yesterday white
and cold. The snow remained as it had
fallen over night. and this morning it was
given a little more hold on existence by the
| rush of the mercury down to that part of
the tube which marks the end of all posi-
| tive calculations. Zero weather is rarity
in Washington. 1t comes so seldom and
| lasts such short time when it does come
that it is matter of public comment
whereas in other climates the weather does
not become a subject for conversation. on
the downward side of the scale until it
! reaches thirty or forty degrees below. But
! for all practical purposes it is as cold in
Washington today as necessary.
| The cold snap has cleared the atmos-
phera. IT may not have killed the grip
| germs, but it has at least destroyed the
| slushy conditions which cause more colds
/ and disease than the excessive cold itself
| There is a tonic quality in the air when
| the temperature is as low as it was this
| morning, colloquialIy called a "bracing''
| power. The nose and ears and fingers and
| toes may tingle and ache, but the blood
! speeds faster the body seems reinyig-
| Grated The cold, however, means death
| to those who not fully protected by
! clothes or house covering If it braces the
| well and those surrounded by the pos
sibilities for withstanding it's attack it
| saps the life of those who have little food
| and thin garments and Inadequate shelter.
| This cold weather. if it does nothing else
| should stimulate the charitable instincts of
! the community. always ready 10 respond to
| the first suggestion, and bring with it an
| adequate fund for the relief of the distress
| which is certain to be reported as a result
| of the low temperature.
Evening star., 1899-01-02
The New Popular CRY.

y ringing popular cry is great factor IN
our politics. a national campaign has.
more than once, been won on the strenst h
OF phrase or word which for the time
caught the public ear.
The free traders fought under a cry
against "Robber Barons." The nanufac-
turers of the country were represente5 as
nEerciless and INSCRIPTIONS creatures who
had banded together for their own enrich
ment and the oppression of the great mass
of the people. They owned Congress and
The courts, had laws made and interpreted
TO their order, and would ruin the country
unless they were speedily disodged The
phrase. after much iteration. caught the
popular fancy and was capitalized at a high
figure in number Of the states No man
used it more effectively than Henry Wat
terson- And Yet now that the fight is over
and the manufacturers, after some incon-
sequential reyerses. have won, Mr. Waiter
Son comes forward and makes handsome
acknowledgment of their enterprise and
achievements. He sees and confesses. thai
they are at the head of the worlds process
sion Americas ability to compete for
profitable business in the new markets now
opening up Is due to the policy of pro-
tectlon under which they We're enabled te
perfect their plants and take first place
The "Robber Barons'' are now the reliance
OF the country in securing for 1t its share
of the worlds business, and which. when
secured. will benefit everybody in the coun-
Try.
The Fifty-frst Congress was attacked
savasely for the sum of its appropriations.
Evening star., 1899-01-02

century. This entirely arbitrary period of
| time has acquired a degree of meaning
which is quite apart from its absolute i'm
| portance. Nothing more clearly illustrates
| the attitude of the public mind upon this
| point than the strength of the French
| phrase FIN de Steele" or lend of the GEN.
| tury," which has come to possess a mys-
| terious significance. 1t is based upon a
| form of belief that civilization feels certain
impulses for good or i'll as the years round
to the hundred marks, that each eentury's
birth is characterized by important ten
denotes in the worlds life. 1t is difficult
to trace the origin of this sentiment save
on the ground that the French revolution,
occurring at the end of the eighteenth CEN
tury, may have impressed the French mind
with a sense of coincidence between the
time and the event more than a mere
chance. That event was assuredly remark
able in many respects, and the spirit which
it evoked was typical of the period. But it
| would be difficult for the historian to justi-
fy the suggestion of the expression and the
sentiment by an inquiry along the line of
the centuries. He would find world moving
events occurring in mid-centuries as well
at the ends He would find no such prepon-
derance of sensations or changes at the
centurys end as this superstition-as it
really is-requires for foundation
The century is striking period merely
because it forms one of the convenient
numerical divisions. 1t would be more
striking, however. if the decimal system,
which it typifies, had been extended to
cover the entire time system. The unit of
the time reckoning of course, is the day.
With its marked and frequent changes, its
steady alterations of light and darkness,
1t was easily the first natural phenomenon
noted by the savage mind. Later con-
cept of additional time measurement was
born when man began to notice the changes
of the moon and her regular return to com
plete brightness. Thus the idea of a month
was created. Next the seasons fell into his
process of reasoning and the year came
into being. Man has never discovered
further phenomena to give him a divisional
mark of nature beyond the year. The CEN
tury is merely his arbitrary token the re-
suit of his method of enumeration. Had
some system of reckoning become uni
versal among the Christian nations other
than that based upon the Roman decimals
doubtless some other name would have
been applied to the period which we now
thus describe,
Evening star., 1899-01-02
Dig the Canal.
From the rlo,ida Tlmes-union and Citizen,

Dig the canal The Clayton-B -Bulwer
treaty need not delay us if we have a frac
tion or the diplomatic ability for which we
give ourselves credit and the feeling be-
tween us and England never promised bet
ter results TO compromise for mutual ad-
vantage. Just as we start out in business
on the Pacific it Is not to be endured that
few miles of 1ock should bar our way.
divide our forces. stop our commerce and
hinder our growth. Dig IL out of the way.
and show by the economic Use of each dol
lar. but by willingness to spend millions
when necessary, that our expansion If ter
ritory has touched the national heart and
hand as well.
Evening star., 1899-01-02
The New Year.

Like the ripple on the river,
Like the snowflake in the sun,
Have the hours that made the old yea
Swiftly vanished, one by one.
We'll forget each by-gone sorrow,
And with honest, earnest VOW
Watch the making of the morrow
In the crucible of Now.
Will it be the same old metal,
The alloy of joy and pain,
Which we strive to temper soundly
Though we strive so oft in vain?
A bit of leaden sadness,
Some hours of golden shine,
And then. before We know it,
Wen be through with 80.
Evening star., 1899-01-02
The Difficulty,

Everything comes to him who waits"
said the gentle citizen.
Yes sneered the cynic Il can get into
the street car where l fought for a seat
last August and have the whole place to
myself now. But l don't want it,
Evening star., 1899-01-02
Business-Lfl.e.

4 thought said Mabel to her father,
that you said Reginald had no business in
stncts."
Il said So
Well she answered, "he kept count of
every time l walked under the mistletoe on
Christmas eve and presented me with a
statement yesterday. And l think that a
young man with all that forethought is
pretty likely to get on in the world"
Evening star., 1899-01-02

The liberation of Cuba from Spanish con-
troll was most momentous and solemn oc-
casion. And yet there We're probably peo-
pie in Havana who saw fit to celebrate it
by becoming partially intoxicated and blow
ing tin horns:
Evening star., 1899-01-02
The Course of Ambition.

81 suppose you are still clamorng for in
dependence, said Aguinaldos friend.
well" was the answer, that is what ]
started in to ciamor for. But I can't be
satisfied with independence now. 1 want
to be naughty"
Evening star., 1899-01-02

As rule it is not wise TO throw tempta-
tions TO become infant prodigies into the
way Of the young. But King Alphonso
could not be blamed if he tried to show
how much better he could run govern
nlent than his elders
Evening star., 1899-01-02

The only thing that can add to the mys-
terry with which modern interpreters have
succeeded in surrounding the works Of
Thomas Jefferson is the discovery of a
cipher by somebody.
Evening star., 1899-01-02

1t is graveiy asserted that Paris is going
crazy. 1t has lucid intervals, at any rate,
during which it displays an acute percep-
ton of the value of money.
Evening star., 1899-01-02
A New Field for the Writers.

From the Memphis CommerciaI-Appeal
There are 122 dialects in the PhiIippines:
our authors have a supply of cuneiform
lingo for years to come.
Evening star., 1899-01-02

physician says that the Chinese en-
peror suffers from abnormal melancholy
1t is difficult to understand how any degree
of melancholy could be abnormal in his
case.
Evening star., 1899-01-02

The Keely motor appears to be steering
away from Philadelphia toward that part
of the country where Mr.. Jernegan man
aged to make sea-gold pay such liberal
profits.
Evening star., 1899-01-02

Admiral Dewey, if he decides to enter
politics, will have the usual difficulty in
ascertainng just who it was that first
mentioned him as a presidential possibility
Evening star., 1899-01-02
Strictly Practical.

The lass whose feet are small one views
With admiration oft intense.
But the girl with big, thick overshoes
Is she who has good common sense.
Evening star., 1899-01-02
First Floor Bargain Tables.

Nh nan Lace Department table filed
1--WE with Torchon Laces. in mar
row edges for baby's underwear to extra
wide and heavy styles lor grown folks 2,
garments. &c to 10c a yard laces for. .NS'
Evening star., 1899-01-02

Kansas having succeeded in getting a
substantial grain crop is now prepared to
risk little more valuable time in trying to
make the railroads be good.
Evening star., 1899-01-02

In turning over new leaf Spain will be
wise 10 see that il does not merely make
an exchange of bad habits instead of wholly
abandoning them
Evening star., 1899-01-02

Tammany's new years leaf was turned
over in such manner as to wholly bury a
number of previous assurances.
Evening star., 1899-01-02

Admiral Camara and his fleet are being
preserved in Spain's collection of historic
bric-a-brac.
Evening star., 1899-01-02

German scientist says that athletes
have not realized the value of sugar. FL
nanciers have
Evening star., 1899-01-02

Nh Odh Small table, with Jet and
I'VE eve Braid Boleros Yokes and va
rious Garnitures. 81 to 81 values, for Dr.
only ....................... ZOSo
Evening star., 1899-01-02

Mo nm Long table near 1lth street en-
trance. filled With several
thousand yards of Ribbons, in plain and fancy
effects, and j inches vide 25c to Il :
soc yard Ribbons fOr........ OSe
Evening star., 1899-01-02

No Dn Mems Neckwear-I9c for 25c
Neckpieces; 35c each or 81 for
three soc Scarfs; any Of the 81 AQ,
"e"rls ior- ......................
Evening star., 1899-01-02

Austria's legislative assemblage may yet
succeed in developing SO many duels that
somebody will be hurt by stray bullet.
Evening star., 1899-01-02

Mo 1S Table for Linen Handkerchicfs
the contents of the great
christmas window. 35c Handkerchiefs for
29c each, 25c ones for 2Ic or 81 for five
l2'2c ones for Sc or 25c for three Some ,
mussed. Reduced to............. ONe
Evening star., 1899-01-02
Presidents Trip Rearing Fruit.

From the 81. Louis Republic
Georgia will send Mckinley her biggest
watermelon next summer. He planted the
seed on his recent trip.
Evening star., 1899-01-02
No. 10.

Nh M Table filled with Mems SILK
Muiiers; $19s ones for 81 n
the sLeo ones for 81, those marked gSc for
only '1c And Mems Initial SILK IIandker
chle1s; 29c for 35c ones; others n
for only EQCe
Evening star., 1899-01-02
No. IA.

No IA On this table are the lately
acquired samples of Hosiery
used by "drummers' of Messrs. Lord & Taylor,
New York; LIB pairs, all different; the least
priced being superior cotton, the others being
hDe Isle and silk, in black and all the fancy
effects of the season. 15c to S1.25 values at
49c pair. zoe values at 25c pair, 25c nm
TO 35c values Observation-Disclosures. >Gs
Evening star., 1899-01-02

No Nd Table filled with Cambria and
GO Swiss Embroideries, IL to
3t inches wide. None worth less
than 19c yard. Some worth more m,
Choice for VSs
Evening star., 1899-01-02
SHOOTING STARS.

People who say Happy new year. in Ha-
vana mean every word of it.
Evening star., 1899-01-02

Nh z Carlsbad China Plates on this ta-
BILE. All styles and sizes. None
We're less than 10c; most were 15c. 1r
thoice Tor ......................
Evening star., 1899-01-02

No 3fA Table side Of wall in room
adjoining elevator. filled with
Landscape Pictures, in iich Gold and White
Enamel Frames, 25 by 30 inches. The
frame alone worth twice the price On.
asheu
Evening star., 1899-01-02

NJ % Millinery Department table, on
1NVs a'uo which are 75c to 81 Untrim-
med French Felt Hats, reduced toOSc
only OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Evening star., 1899-01-02

No OO Table near C street door,
loaded with last of soc to 75c
Union Suits and separate garments Ogo
for ladies and children. Choice for. @oSo
Evening star., 1899-01-02
No. 20.

No. %. Brush Comb and Mirror
Sets on this table near eIe-
vator. Meme trashy, all marked at reasonable
prices, from which % per cent is TO ba do
Quoted.
Evening star., 1899-01-02
No. 1 s. .

No 1S Art Department Table for
Pure Linen Tray Covers and
Spiashers, with drawnwork borders and knotted
fringe; also 22X22 Centerpieces, stamped in
artistic designs. 25c to 50c values
Evening star., 1899-01-02

MO OS Table filed with 5oe to gsc
Collar aud Cum Boxes. Writ
ing Tablets, Pocket Books, Card 2z
Cases, etc. Choice foe ID ICs
Evening star., 1899-01-02

M DIN Table near 1Ith street ell
trance. containing nearly 200
pairs Ladies' 81 Kid Gloves, with two or
three clasps. All sizes, In nearly EOD,
all colors. Choice for. r.......... O>Se
Evening star., 1899-01-02
n rnS

NO" she said, I'm not going to Europe.
The ocean seems so restless and dangerous
nouD
Evening star., 1899-01-02

No Oz Leather Goods Table filled
'o S"' with 25c Pocket Books, card
Cases, Shopping Bags, etc. Choice mo-
i'i 'Ni3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ~
Evening star., 1899-01-02

No \ On this table will be odd lots of
China. Those having dinner and
tea sets minus pieces may replenish at half
price. Three hints: 35c Sugar Bowls for lie;
only 12c for 25c Slop Bowls and 25c D,
Cream Pitchers for r........ 80
Evening star., 1899-01-02

Well answered the young man, when
you think how full the ocean is of Spanish
warships, you can't blame it for being un-
easy"
Evening star., 1899-01-02
No. Is.

Nh Or Table containing nearly :. 800
Calendars, each marked at Is
per cent less than stationers' prices-and 20
per cent is to be deducted from the marked
prices.
Evening star., 1899-01-02

M6n 2R Table filled with genuine Mar
ANVe VOe settles Bedspreads, henlmed
ready for uses $3.50 values, forO2c
only .....'.'..'.'.-...'''
Evening star., 1899-01-02

Mo I'd table containing few Silk
oiine Comfortables reduced to
$1.25 from S1.9S and few pairs of Califor-
MIA Wool Blankets, slightly soiied. CD M9
Were So pair, for. for............. VEo>O
Evening star., 1899-01-02

Nh O a table crowded with Tinware Of
various kints-odds and ends OF
various lots. Prices reduced like this: l5c Tea
Or Coffee Pots for &c; Japauned Bread Boxes.
worth soc, for 29c; quart size Buckets. ~
with cover, for. Observation-Disclosures. OSo
Evening star., 1899-01-02

4S-inch silk Chenille Dotted @s
the nS' eyeaiss ya5iSSs sa5G SiES spots in all ISC
Evening star., 1899-01-02

4o-in"h Chiffon, black. white and
evening tinis. would be @7
6ni1 STG& value at 81 yard ISC.
Evening star., 1899-01-02

in ':iGss sSiis ssg saf ,l.sn., Ia To.c. Net 75c.
Evening star., 1899-01-02

30-inch Printed Nous
selinr BrilIiantS two 70
sfl}E,ss-",1lRSd sl}as;. 55,,l AID plaid sSI rs
Evening star., 1899-01-02

isinch Lovely Mousseline O.
nrilliaa3s, ,s1,li in an sha,lcs-ihe SSC.
Evening star., 1899-01-02

Mcusseline de Sole. In black. white
{ Stats evening evening soc. to Sa yd.
Evening star., 1899-01-02

No ~ Innings in short lengths are re-
dueed to &c from 12I5e ward
French Satines in evening colors re- n ~
duced from 2Jc to................h tSs
Evening star., 1899-01-02

M SM Wool Dress Goods to 90 like
this: 81 Suitings for Csc yard :
Toe Cloths for 49c yard; soc Fabrics DE-,
hNA 40
Evening star., 1899-01-02

No e Various lots Of 25c to soc pieces
on this table. Hurry IL YOU
would secure a prettily decorated POr- n NN/,
eelain CuspidO. for only. ........A >So
Evening star., 1899-01-02
Smoot, Golfer
& McCalley's
New Store, 1910 r.
Nets, Laces
and ChiffOns.

WMTk have again received a new
Wv shipment of the latest and
most recherche effects in
Evening Dress Materials, compris-
ing Silk Nets, Mousseline de Sole.
Brllllants, Chiffons, etc. in White.
Black and delicate tints.
Notwithstanding their exclusive
ness quality and beauty, the prices
are exceedingly reasonable. as noted
below:
Evening star., 1899-01-02

Ss1ss ssssm q sns $SI5sf ill., iishi blue Sl rs
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-19
Telephone Rates.

Since the Legislature has adjourned,
probably there will be less talk about
"cheaper" telephone rates, as the
people are getting sick of such
"gush.' This city is getting the best
service of any other city of her size,
and at the most reasonable rates.
This article is not "paid matter"
but is written from the fact that the
carrying of things to extremes is
becoming very tiresome indeed. The
Tribune does not, by any means,
lean towards the telephone people,
but it DOES believe in, at least, CIV
ing dog its just dues.
The last assembly of the Legisla.
ture did a great injustice to the
telephone company by attempting 20
pass bills which would result in the
immediate dwarfing of the business,
and prevent further extension Of
1t, except, perhaps in a skinny"
"measly,n way by local concerns,
operating and using such appliances
as can be bought from manufacturers
who are building instruments with
the sole object in view Of selling
them, caring nothing for their per-
manent efficiency. Hence we claim
that the time for a "halt' has come,
and "halt,n we must haVe.-Mem-
phis Tribune. IL
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-19
Public Schools.

AS announced in last weeks HER
AID, the closing exercises of the
Columbia Public School (white)
will be held on Wednesday and
Thursday, June and 8, at the Opera
House. Misses Friel's and SCOTS
classes will have their exercises on
Wednesday night, and on Thursd ay
morning beginning at 10 a. m. the
commencement exercises will take
place. The graduating class this
year is composed as follows: With
erspoon Hayes, valedictorian; Miss
Mary Wilson FriersOn, salutatorian (;
Misses Rebecca Carpenter, Estelle
Fry and Kate Wright, Guy Hayes
and Seymour Samuels. The classes
of Misses Carpenter and Floyd and
Mrs. Mitchell will have their eXer-
cises Thursday night. tits needless
to say that those who attend these
exercises will be highly entertained,
as the closing exercises of this school
are always of a most interesting ma
ture, and the teachers have taken
much pains this year.
The exercises of the cOlored public
school will be held at the school
building and Gholston's hall on
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday,
June Z, s and 9.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-19
DEATHS HARVEST.
In MenOrian.


Mrs. +. b. Webb was summoned
to Lexington, Virginia, by telegram
last Thursday morning, in conse-
quence of the death of her sister,
Miss Margaret Paxton, who passed
from earth to heaven, at the hour of
twelve, on May 10th. The deceased
leaves her mother and two sisters to
mourn her departure. 1t was the
hour of midnight, when she "fell on
sleep" and awoke in the heavenly
world. Her departure was re-
lease, indeed; for she had been a
great sufferer for two months, or
more. The "silver cordn that bound
her to her earthly tabernacle, "be-
ing lOosed," her immortal spirit
passed into the beyond, where there
is mo more pain, nor suffering
Miss Paxton was an accomplished
scholar, having had all the educa.
tional advantages that this country
and Europe could afford. She was a
christian AZ heart, and member OF
the Presbyterian church, and her
death was simply a transition.
"There is no death! What seems so il
transitions;
This life of mortal breath
Is but suburb of the life elysian,
Whose portal we call Death" w.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-19
A NEW FIRM.

Messrs. Seaver a Sweet Lease the
Planning Mill of j. X. Lamb.
As another evidence of Columbia's
progress, Messrs. George Seaver and
Il. s. Sweet have leased the planning
mill of ]. r. Lamb, corner of Gar
den and Ninth streets, and will take
charge of the plant Immediately and
put it in operation. Messrs. Seaver
and Sweet are both enterprising,
energetic business men, thoroughly
experienced in their line of work,
and it is to be hoped that their ven
ture may prove success. This mill
has been idle the greater portion OF
the time for several years, and when
run on full time will give employ
ment to a number of hands.