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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-26
WITH METHuEN AND G,T,cRE.
No Change i'm the Situation at the
MOdder River.

LONDON, December 26-The war office
has received the following dispatch from
Cape Town, dated December p saying:
There is no change in the situation at
Modder river. Gen. Methuen is well In
trenched, and the Beers have not disturbed
him.
Gen. Gatacre reports that a force of lEn
police have occupied Dordrecft. The Beers
retrea ting with no loss"
Advices from Cape Town say the New
Zealanders with Gen. French ut Naauw
Poort were in a tight corner December Is
They were nearly surrounded by Beers.
and retired under hail of bullets fired II
short range, but sustained only little loss.
Among the Beers killed at S;ormherg
were many of that locality who had Joined
the Orange Free State forces.
Several newspaper correspondents have
returned to Cape Town from the Modder
river apparently confirming the belief that
nc immediate advance Of the Brit ish is pro-
jecled.
a dispatch from Cape Town says sedition
| is spreading in Cape Colony. Three mem
bers of the Cape parliament are alleged 10
be implicated, and one of them is said 10
have presented Free State flag to a Boer
commander. at the same time expressing
the hope that he would carry it To glory
and victory. Another member of pHrlia-
ment is said to be recruiting for the Beers.
In addition wealthy farmers are now aid
ing the invaders
Alleged DissensiOns Among Beers.
MODDER RIVER, December 2l-The
British naval guns command the whole
Boer position and possess the exact range
of every stone and bush They frequently
plant shells with good advantage in the
midst of groups OF Beers.
The burghers are reported to be return-
ing home for Christmas.
Recent arrivals from Jacobsdal report
that, Notwithstanding the Boer successes,
the Free Staters do not expect ultimate VIC
tory. They complain of the overbea ring
conduct of Gen. Cronje's men, who are al
legged to be better fed and posted in the
safest positions.
The TransvadlerS do not conceal their
suspicious of the possible detection Of the
Free Staters and threaten TO shoot them at
the least sign of wavering.
The Free Staters are said to regard sub
lection to the Transvaal more to bs
feared than subsection to Great Britain.
Gen. Jouber. Returns to the Front.
PRETORIA, Monday, December 1S-Gen.
Joubert has recovered, and returned to the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-06-17
OLA PODRIDA.

The cream OF experience is obtained
from spilled milk.
\ preferred creditor Is one who
never asks for his money.
When the day breaks. the san
shines through the cracks.
The only bicycle factory in the
world on one ground floor is that Of
the Sterling Cycle Works ut Kenoshe.
Wis.
You look sulky." said the bicycle
to the trotting wagon.
And you seem tired" was the re-
ply.
From start to completion the Sterl-
ing wheel travels over n quarter OF a
mile. through the mouths OF 600 ma
chimes and the hands OF 500 expert
workmen. See the Z. c. & NJ. Co.
Buy fair. sell fair. and love the fair.
BY so doing you Will stand a fair
chance of leading n fair life.
The Pacific Cycle & Mfg. Co. Will sell
you Sterling bicycle. the highest
grade wheel ever manufactured. FOR
SEQ on small installments.
III make you dance" cried an irate
mother pursuing an eTring son. slip
per in hand. Then" remarked the
| Juvenile. 1--WE shall have n bawL"
From all sides and from ell quarters
of the globe. in all languages, comes
reports of the Sterling quality OF the
Sterling bicycles. See the =. c. & NJ
Co.
Besides a fine factory and skilled
workmen the Sterling wheel can boast
/ of fine material. See the =. Z. & VI
| Co. Fort street.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-06-17
CLASS Of 1883
commencement Week at
Oahu College.
Alumni Afternoon - Program CT
rieId Sports-Then the Rally.
Coming Events.

The gala week in all Eastern uni
versities and colleges is commence
ment week. and Oahu College promises
TO rival her Eastern sisters this year.
The program will he especially inter-
esting, and 1t is expected the old Puma
hou students will return TO Alma Ma |
ter in larger numbers than usual.
The exercises open at 2:3O this after
noon with grand Alumni rally. There
will be a game OF basket ball between
two teams OF girls for the champion
ship, this to be followed by n ring
fitting tournament on horseback by
the boys. Ii is hoped To arrange al
Alumni contest at the close OF this.
and all old Punahou boys are invited
TO come mounted and enter the con
test. At the close OF the sports all viii
adjourn to Pauahi Hall for n geiSraI
good time. and to effect the orSan.za-
ton of a permanent Alumni Associa-
ton.
On Sunday evening the Baccalaure-
ate sermon will be preached to the
graduating class at Central Union
Church by the Rev. q. J.. Pearson.
Old Punahou students are invited to
be present.
Monday evening at s o'clock. IN
Pauahi Hall. will take place the annu'
al public meeting OF the Oahu College
Y. NJ. C. a. The Honolulu, the Pa
cific Institute. the Kamehameha Boys
School, and the Chinese Y. NJ. c. As
will be represented on the stage. an'
each will take some part in the serv
ice. Mr.. Gardner will deliver 4 shor
address. The Kamehameha Girls. tn
Kamehameha Boys and the Punaho
Girls Glee Clubs will each render sc
lections. Professor ingalls, will pre-
side at the organ.
The graduation exercises will TAX
place on Tuesday evening. In Paual
Hall. The address will be delivere
by Rev. William NJ. Kincaid, and IN
valedictory by Mr.. Charles Ahtook.
\ most cordial invitation is extent
ed to the public. and especially TO n
former Punahou students, to attend a
OF these exercises.
"Oahu-oa, Oahu-oa,
Y Punahou, Punahou,
Mau-a-Mau."
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-06-17
J. @. q. T.. alvmoriai Service


The annual memorial service OF the
Order of Odd Fellows will be held Sun
day afternoon. commencing at 2:3o
O'Clock. in Harmony Hall, King street.
There will he regular program OF
exercises, including the singing OF two
hymns by the audience. The opening
number will be an intermezzo, sun
Set to be played by Josef Rosen, first
violin; T. II. Petrie. second violin: w.
Z. Pinkham. flute; Wray Taylor. cello.
and Miss l.. NJ. Kruger. piano. a
song, Dream of Paradise" by Hamil-
ton Gray. will be rendered by Mrs. +.
w. Bosworth, with cello obligato by
Wray Taylor. Members OF local lodges
and visiting brethren are cordially In
vited to attend. DR.. Rodgers acts rs
secretary.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-06-17
: Field Secretary

The Rev. Il. L. MorehoUse. u. d. OF
New York, field secretary OF the Amer
lean Baptist Home Missionary Society.
arrived on the China last Thursday.
Or. Morehouse Will preach At Bishop
Memorial Chapel on Sunday morning.
and will speak to the ministers az
their regular union meeting next Mon
day morning.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-02
To Heautify ScrRvny Ncclss.

Now that it has been discovered that
the linen collars worn by women for
several years are running the beauty
of their necks, remedies for scrawny
and wrinkled necks are in demand.
If there be a general absence of flesh
on the body, careful dieting will do all
that is required. AS many as five meals
day may be INDUCED in, but they
must be taken at regular hours, allow
ing sufficient time for digestion in be-
tween.
Plenty of milk, milk puddings, eggs,
bread, cakes, sweet fruits and all kinds
Of vegetables, meat well cooked and
fish should be partaken of till signs Of
Improvement are visible Then care
must be observed that one does not
err in the other direction and become
stout. When trying to put on flesh,
avoid everything acid, take plenty of
warm baths, and sleep and rest as
much as possible.
But if it be only the neck and Shout
iers which are scraggy, and more flesh
S not required or desirable on the rest
If the body, a different method must
De pursued. Cod liver oil can be easily
aiken in little cold water, with
pinch of salt afterward to remove the
.aste.
The neck and shoulders must be
Oathed in warm water before retiring
'or the night, and olive or sweet oil
we'll rubbed in. In the morning, after
bathing, rub gently and in a circular
direction for about ten minutes, follow
I'd by ten minutes exercise with dumb
)ells.
Singing lessons always greatly i'm
prove the shape of the throat, as this
aas a great deal to do with breathing
properly. Take a deep breath and hold
t as long as possible. Keep the neck
always well and warmly covered.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-02
POINTS AND MOOT POINTS.

Our dreams of perfection are ridicul-
Gus exercises of fancy.
What we call our virtues are merely
inartistic daubs of Imagination on the
canvas of conceit.
Conceit has not leg to stand ont
is a miracle of unreason.
We are equal to sincerities, not to
verities.
Are you lazy? then you are lost
Men vary more in energy than in
virtue.
Moderation is beyond price and, con-
Sequently, beyond our means.
The ghost that haunts us most is
neglect.
Roses in June, thorns all the year
round.
A druge is the slave of fool, either
himself or another
Action is salvation, for passion was
originally sin.
If action had no other recommended
tion than getting rid of passion it
would ne enough.
The weak arrogate to themselves
the gentle virtues, very unjustly.
We do not love one another long be-
fore God credits it as love to him.
Self is a sincere sufferer from the
cradle to the grave.
Although heaven is without money
and without price not all the poor will
win it,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-02
AN ASTONISHED DIVINE.
Tns Minister'S Experience with the Tough
Waiter

Tns Minister'S Experience with the Tough
Waiter.
"Ahem!" remarked a clerical looking
gentleman as he carefully deposited a
well-worn leather grip on the floor and
gingerly parted his coat-tails prepara-
tory to seating himself on stool in
the restaurant
"Ahem, waiter! you may bring me a
couple of eggs fried on both sides,
plate of buckwheat cakes and cup OF
coffee. And hurry please"
"Yessir," replied the white-aproned
functionary deferentially, then, to-
wards the kitchen.
Two in the air, stack of bucks,
draw one in the dark and get your
skates on!"
The clerical looking gentleman was
visibly startled and glanced obviously
at the waiter.
Just at that moment a rough-look-
ing individual to his right sung out:
Gimme one of them A. P. AS, will
your"
The man with the Prince Albert and
white choker looked nervously at his
companion and then towards the door.
He seemed relieved, however, when
the waiter picked out a little round
coffee cake and passed it over the
counter.
''Plate of hot devils here!" roared an
individual near the door.
The clerical-looking man gasped and
reached for his grip.
Dat de CUFF fer a plate of deviled
crabs" volunteered weather-beaten
chap on his left side, who had been siz-
ing up his dignified neighbor, with an
amused smile.
But surely such awful jargon is not
the language commonly used here for
such edibles," ventured the convention
al-looking parsonage.
We'll, dat depends on who you are,
responded the weather-beaten chap. 81
don't suppose gent like yerself would
jiss catch onter what is meant, but
most of us here are on to tn spiel all
right. See them san n'wiches over there
them big, heavy ones? Well, them s
'DO&lnS gloves. Dat teller over Qere
at t end in eatin' scrambled eggs
dat's 'shipwreck tree Dat guy mex t
him is film his face wild doughnuts-
'sinkers,' dey calls 'em here, n some
times 'life-preservers.'
At this moment sepulchral-looking
chap with tuberculous whiskers, who
had just come in, shouted out hoarse-
ly:
Gimme a graveyard stew, Bill"
Now that stiff wants er plate Wv
milk toast, partner" begun the wealth
erstained chap.
But the clerical-looking gentleman
had seized his grip and with horror
stricken features was making for the
door
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-02
DEVIOUS DEFINITIONS.

Kleptomania-Th most lucrative
form of insanity.
Sanctitied-The man who smiles
when he pays his taxes.
Helpmate-The kind that seldom ac-
companies one on tandem.
Misery-A lover of company whose
tender feeling is never rcciprocated.
Notwithstanding that a mans
fool friends are always getting him
into.
Vacuum-A physical impossibility
that exists only in the minds of some
people.
Magizinery-The peculiar quality of
a verse that brings the poet more than
it is worth.
Notwithstanding that should be
formed with great caution and chang
ed with still greater.
Autocrat-The meek little woman
who never had an opinion of her own
during courtship about twenty four
hours after marriage.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-02

While there are good points to ad.
mire about the Boston team as it
stands to-day, and in fact as it has
stood for number of years, yet the
Beaneaters are anything but popular
with the large majority of the cranks
all along the circuit. Some argue that
The national game would be stimulated
were Hub representatives to fall from
their lofty perch. Players in general
have little use for the Boston club
owners, because of their tight-fisted
policy. President Soden usually ped
lies out tickets from the box office
window thereby saving $40 per week
salary.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-02

Tom Burrows, who claims to be the
champion endurance club swinger OF
The world, was born Jan %, 1868, at
Balarat, Victoria. To-day he weighs
40 pounds, has chest measurement
Of 40 inches and is 3 feet 6A inches
all. He beat all records for endurance
,lub swinging at the National Sport
.ng Club of London, May % and %,
when he swung clubs weighing two
pounds each for thirtysiX hours with
out rest, making 10 less than sixty
revolutions an hour. Burrows is also
al accomplished boxer, having defeat
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-02

MRS. SUSANNA BRANSFORD ENTRY.
went to work, developed the property,
and to-day Mrs. Emery receives over
$4,000 month in dividends. Her mine
is known as "Silver King" The prop
erty adjoins the Great Ontario, the
richest silver proposition in the world
An income of $4,000 a year ought to
satisfy any woman. But this does not
represent the amount of Mrs. Emery's
spending money" by any means.
She became interested in the Grand
Central, gold prospect in the great
Tintic or Eureka mining district In
one year this has paid the rich widow
something like $4,000, and she has
recently refused to sell her interest in
the mine for 100000.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-02
Can Abuse Their Husbands.

In the matter of woman's rights
Abyssinia is far ahead of Europe. Ac-
,ording to an authority, the house ard
all its contents belong to her, and if the
husband oifends her she not only can
out does turn him out of doors till he
s duly repentant and makes amends
:amel-that is to say, half the value
Of a camel On the other hand, it is
he privilege and duty of the wife to
abuse her husband, and she can divorce
herself from him at pleasure, whereas
The husband must show reasons to JUS
.ify such an act on his part.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-02
BLASTS FROM RAMS HORN.

Opinions cannot overthrow facts.
A bad mans hate is a good mans
reputation.
1t takes a windy man to blow his
own trumpet
The root of all evil is the cause of
much digging.
Facts never blink under the sunlight
Cf evidence.
No man ever stumbles over an object
in his rear.
Hope is a staff in the morning and
a couch at night.
The last blow brings the crash but
all that went before were needed to
fell the tree.
The man who boasts of his virtues
has to boost them up in order that they
may be seen.
The cobbler sets us all a good ex-
ample; as long as he lasts he uses his
awl to save the souls of his fellow
men.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-02
Naming the Chicken.

Madam, what was the name Of this
spring chicken?"
Mr.. Golightly stared hard at the
landlady as he spoke. The bird in
question, skilfully eluding the fork
with which he supposed he had i'm
paled it, had leaped from under the
carving knife and struck him squarely
in the shirt front.
Name" Mr.. Golightly," said the
landlady; Il don't think it had a
name"
You should have called it Hope,
ma'am," said the unhappy carver.
And why Hope?"
Because" he bitterly answered, as
he scraped the gravy from his necktie,
because the poet says that Hope
springs eternal in the human breast "
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-02
PHlLOSOPhIc BREVITlES.

Fortunes and misfortunes are har-
vests.
Time is a fine stream, but it runs the
wrong way.
Satan pays in advance, God when the
work is done.
Custom is a miserable cage in which
one forgets liberty
Life is journey by night to see the
sun rise in the morning.
Souls and bodies are to be let that
cannot be bought outright.
All might have fair sum-total of
life if they would not squander faculty
We cannot go back on nature suf-
hriently TO entirely and sincerely re-
prnt.
No man can be warranted sound:
practically sound is the only safe guar
antee
No matter how many years we spend
in scoring If we make the race at last.
Pride Is the moment of frost that
kills whole summers growth of af-
fection.
Equality is impracticable; that any
TWO men are equal is the opinion of
only one of them.
If we knew the day of our death it
would over-stimulate the wise and
paralyZe the fool.
Sentiment is to feel when we ought
TO feel. sentimentlality is to feel when
we ought to act.
y 1t is with men as with watches
the worst movements are often found
in the best cases, and vice versa.
All are handicapped by nature. 1t is
fatal to add anything to the burden.
the course being so long and the pace
so terrible.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-02
WORLD OF SPORTS.
SIMPLY BY BREATHING UP.
\ Milwaukee Man becomes an Athlete
by This Process.


by This Process.
Hugo Pruessing. one of the best
known athletes of Milwaukee, is a
wonderful example of muscular de-
velopment produced by breathing ex-
erclseS. Two years ago he was narrow
chested, stoop shouldered, consump-
tive. 1t was predicted that he could
not live year. Hearing of the treat
ment of Washington physician. who
required his patients to undergo Il
regular system of breathing exercises.
Pruessing determined to try it. The
results have been truly astonishing.
AT the outset he weighed 40 pounds,
measured 1874 inches around the chest
with an expansion of IL inches. To
day he weighs 150 pounds, measures 3S
inches around the cnest when normal
43 expanded and "a empty. His lower
chest is 2S1h inches normal and 80 eX-
panded.
The extraordinary muscles under his
arms are those possessed by few other
athletes in the country except Sandow.
1t will be remembered that Sandow, by
similar treatment, built himself up to
his present marvellous strength.
The breathing exercises are largely 4
matter of will. He commenced breath
ing with the upper chest The ordin-
ary method moves the shoulders and
uses involuntary muscles instead of
the voluntary ones. Pruessing's meth
cd of training keeps the chest raised
and gives n longer range to the dia-
ohragm. After the shoulder movement
upper chest breathing is practiced. and
then abdominal breathing; then the
lower chest breathing, the effect of It
all being to build up the chest, should
ers and diaphragm most notably.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-02
A Mean Man.

Mrs. Suburban-Tm afraid to stay
here alone all day So many tramps
have been seen around this part OF
town lately.
Mr. Suburban-Well, if any of them
come to the house, get rid of them the
best way you can.
Mrs. Suburban-But suppose they de-
cline to leave?
Mr.. Suburban-Oh, well, if the worst
comes to the worst, just ask them in
and give them some of your angel cake
then telephone for the undertaken.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-02
Danger ofChiIdren Sucking Thumb.

Although many babies throve and
grew up in spite of sucking their
.humbs, perhaps many who died might
nave been saved if their mothers had
prevented their doing so. At least that
S the theory of DR.. Monae Lesser, who
says that fever germs and all sorts
If other germs may be carried TO the
system by putting the fingers in the
mouth.
The careful mother of to-day, in her
wholesome fear of deadly germs, must
nave no sympathy for her little ones
determination to suck its thumb. She
should exert all her self-control, when
he temptation comes to her to yield
o the little tyrant, to keep him quiet.
Should the habit be fixed one, size
should treat the rebellious thumb to a
coating of aloes. or its possessor to
he more heroic remedy of a good
;Danking.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-02

Andrew NJ. O'Dea, who has coached
The Badger crews for years and
through whose ability Wisconsin has
attained a considerable reputation as
Il boating institution, has gone to
Cambridge to assume charge Of Har-
yard boating interests. The most siren
uous efforts have been put forth to
nold the Australian oarsman in Madi-
son, Wis, but have been unsuccess-
full. O'Dea has for some time been
anxious to obtain wider sphere in
which to work.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-02

Star Pointer. the famous PAGER, was
sold to w. j. White. of Cleveland,
Ohio, for $4,000. This is less than
the horse brought in 1897, when sold
to James A Murphy, of Chicago. Star
Pointer holds the worlds record for
mile, 159H.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-02

Princeton makes more money out OF
athletics than the other big colleges be-
sylvannia spends $1,000 on her crew,
while Harvard goes even deeper in the
treasury on the same account. There
is no chance to make the crew self
supporting, as the races are free to all,
so the football ard baseball teams
must make money enough to run the
nOn-paying branches of college sport
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-02

Mothers should be careful in tying a
cap or bonnet down over the little
ones ears. The ears should be laid
fiat against the side of the head instead
of carelessly folded forward. It is this
on mothers part that re-
suit in the wide spread ears that de-
form SO many grown people heads.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-02

When the lodging house was afire
one night Mike hurried his breeches on
wrong side before and threw himself
out of the window. One of the first
persons he encountered was his en-
ployer.
Are you hurt, Mike?"
81 feel no pain, sor," was the reply,
as Mike took puzzled front view of
himself, 'but l must have received a
moighty bad twist, sor"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-02

There must be good deal of danger
in one of those tall bicycles where the
rider sits eight feet or more above the
ground
There is. While | was watching
one the other day was neary run over
by cab"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-02
TOM BURROWS.

I'd many of the prominent boxes Of
sydney and Melbourne, and having
won victory or two in London. Bur
'ows will come to this country shortly
where his backer, George Piesse of
London. intends to challenge all club
'wingers to compete with Burrows in Il
siX-day twelve-hour contest, for 5000
I side. Nick Long win look after Bur
'ow's interests during the latter's stay
n this country.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-02

For the past seven years Yale and
Princeton have alternated in their vic
tories, with the exception of Yale's con-
secutive victories in 1894 and 1895.
In 1895 Yale beat Princeton 90 to 10.
but the next year Princeton evened up
the winning "a to 6. Since 1876 Yale
has won seventeen games and Prince
ton six, but of late years old Nassau
has been more in evidence.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-02
As Frost Approaches.

"Did l see you comin out O. my white
folks backyard late last night?" in
quired Miss Miami Brown.
Il dunno" answered Mr.. Erastus
Pinkley. "Mebbe you might have"
rs you got any possessions dar?"
mo; l amt got 90 regular posses
sions; only jes, CT aim station"