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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-21

To the Editor OF The Republic.
is it necessary to give the name and ad-
dress In writing TO you and making requests
for poems? ID. l. NJ.
ST. Louis.
Yes. III TO the present anonymous com
munications have received attention, but
those bearing names and address are first
In the editors consideration. 1t is desired
that hereafter requests for poems shall
bear names and addresses, though nothing
but initials and the address Will he pub
lislcd. il such is the expressed wish Of the
writer.
To tho Editor II The Republic.
VIII you kindly publish the poem which
begins:
"Fve wandered 70 the village. Tom.
I've sat beneath tine tree
St. Louis.
To tho Editor Of Tn. Republic.
VIII YOU be good enough 10 publish the old
song. The Bank of the Blue Moseiie?'
ID. q. S.
Poplar Fluff. Nc.
To the Editor Of The Republic.
VIII you please publish in your Sunday
poem column the song entitled Doris. the
Village Maiden. y. Il.
CUllinssille, Ill.
To a reader at Columbia. Mo. who asks
Tor .>rilthDuN : bdflh- HHS potiH WHY
published III these columns about six weeks
ago.
To Mr.. I. W. Foster. Butter. Mo: "oyer
the Hills To- the Poor Huus = is too long for
insertion here.
To the Editor Of The Republic.
Will you please publish some or all Of the
following old sonss: "Grandfathcr's Clock
Castles in the Air." Fair Lady. Paint
This Rose for Me-" Bird Of Beauty Whose
Bright Piumacc." beautiful Girl of the
SOUTH Take This Letter to My Mother
Far Across the Deep B.uc Sea"
Butler, Mo. MRS. I. w. +.
To the Editor Of The Republic.
Will some one furnish the Irish song
called "Lather and Shave. or Pat and the
Barber"
l would also like to see 'Erin's Green
Shore in the magazine.
ALLEN HIBLER.
Tenmi!e. Macon County. Mo.
To the Editor Of The Republic.
l would like to have You publish an old
war song. the title of which l think il.
Mother, Is the Battle Over"" The chorus
is:
Mother. Is the baltic over. thousands have been
slain. they say.
Is my father coming to NE? Have our soldiers
MRS. d. ". H~OUGHTON.
ST. Louis.
To tic Editor OF The Republic.
Will you please publish the poem. "A
Christmas Guest" and also the author?
MISS T.. HARRISON.
Ccntralia. Mo.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-21

From the Youths Companion.
A CONUNDRJM which is sufficiently silly
to provoke the smile of scorIi. and yet has
an exasperating hold upon the memory, is
this:
What is the difference between 4 man
who has Intermittent rheumatism and one
who Is well all the tirle. and lives at home
with his MOTHER
A thoughtful mind might discover many
differences; but here is the answer as il is
set down:
.'Onc il. well a part OF the time and has
RUEI NATISM OTHERS. and the other is
we'll all the time and has a ROOM AT HIS
MOTHT.RS.'
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-21

HI REPUBLIC wishes to thank the fol-
lowing persons for responses to requests for
poems: AN Appreciative Reader" Hanni-
bal, No. Rosalie, the Prairie Flower; Will
lam J. ouirk.- St Louis. AN Ancient
Toast; Allen Hibler, Ten Mile, Mo-, Come
Home. Father: Reader. Soldier, Kas,
Fallen Leaf" "Rosalie. the Prairie
Flower" THE Spanish Cavalier: Mrs. D.
NJ HoughtliD. ST. Louis. Fitting Away;
Mrs. T. ". Foster. Poplar Bluff. Mo. Old
Folks at Home"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-21

S'aA-' 49,
There are halms for all our pains.
r.. IL. Stoddard.
Take all the pleasures of all the spheres
Anu multiply each through endless years
One minute of heaven is worth them all.
Moore. "I.alla Iiookh."
The wise man has his follies. no less than
IN" FOOL: but IL has been said that herein
lies the difference: The fuilies of the foot
are known 10 the world. but are hidden
from himself: the foilies OF the wise are
known To- himself. but hidden from the
wurld.-colton.
kuav"ry and fattcry are blood relations
Abraham Lincoln.
Then gently scan your brother man.
still gcntiri. sister woman:
Though they may gang a k~nnin wTdng,
To step asi;e is human.
Burns. The rnco Grid."
We are ashamed of our fear: for We
know that righteous man would not sus-
rect danger nor incur any. Wherever n
man feels fear. there is an ~avenser.-
ThOrelu.
Nothing is so dangerous AS an ignorant
fricnd.-La Foniaine.
Let every eye negotiate for itself, and
trust no asent.-Shakespeare.
To hope is TO enicy.-De Lille.
Mature ever Yields reward to him vino
seeks and loves her best.-Iarry Corn
wall.
You'll fades: love DROPS: the leaves Of
friendship fan;
A mothers secret hope outlires them all.
Holmes.
ProsperItv is a feeble reed.-D'Andieres.
Greatly begin. though thou have time
But for a lire. be that sublime
Not failure. but low aim. Is crime.
What unknown seas of feeling lie in man.
and viii from time TO time break through.
Carlyle.
l hold II truth. with him who sings
To one clear harp in divers tones.
That man may rise on stepping stones
or their dead selves to higher things.
-Tennyson. In Memoriam."
To acknowledge our faults when We arc
blamed. is modesty: to discover them to
ones friends in righteousness. IL conh-
dence: but to preach them 10 all the world.
If one does not take care. is pride.
-Confucius.
Honor and shame from no condition rise;
Act well your part, there all the honor lies.
Pope.
Love all. trust a few.
Do wrong to none; he able Tor thine enemy
Rather in power than use: and keep thy
friend
Under thy own life's key; be checked for
silence.
never taxed for speech.
Shakespeare.
The eyes are windows of a woman's
heart: you may enter that way.-Eusene
Sut.
Though, the mills of God grind slowly.
Ye, they grind exceeding small:
Though with patience he stands waiting.
With cXactness Grinds he all.
Won Logan. Lougfeilow's Trans
lation.
Men are as much blinded by the extremes
OF misery a. by the extremes OF prosperity.
Burke.
O. what Il tangled web We weave
When first we practice 10 decieve.
Scott.
Modern education too often covers the
fingers with rings. and at the same time
Earl Of Sterling.
The battle IL not TO the strong.
The race not always to the fleet:
And h. who seeks to pluck the stars
VIII lose the jewels at his feet.
The profit OF books is according to the
sensibility of the reader. The prOfoundest
thought or passion sleeps as in a mine. I'M
Ill an equal mind and heart finds and pub
fishes IL. Emerson.
The best laid schemes o. mice and men
Gang aft a-gley,
And leave us naught but grief and pain,
For promised joy.
-Burns-To 4 Mouse.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-21

YOUNG Lady Gin music shop: Have You
"A Heart That Beats With Lover
Assistant (b~lushinSly). mo, miss; I
should consider It highly ~imprudent on a
salary Of $40 a week"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-21

From Jusend.
MARY Tn positive Fred loves me and
intends to make me his wife"
Helen: why? Has he proposed YETI"
Mary: mo. but he dislikes mother more
every time he sees her."
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-21

are gains for all our losses.
There are balms for all our pains.
r.. ii. Stoddard.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-21

Take all the pleasures Of all the spheres
AMI multiply each through endless years
One minute of heaven is worth them all.
Moore, "I.alla Iiookh."
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-21

The wise man has his f0llies. no less than
IN" fool; but IL has been said that herein
lies the difference: The fuilies OF the fool
are known 10 the world. but are hidden
from himself: the foiIies OF the wise are
known L. himself, bur hidden from the
wurld.-Colton.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-21

What - the most appropriate thing for n
voups gentle man to say when he wishes to CoH-
~eIatulate Il young lady who has just been mar
ried, and to whom he had paid great attention
for 4 long time before her marriage?
Perhaps the pleasantest thing to say
after YOU have Offered "Sincere congrat"-
lations' to the lady. would he to remark
that You are in 4 position to offer great
fluctuations IN her husband. sine" your
long friendship has made you well ac-
quainted with the bride he has won.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-21

To III. Editor OF The Republic.
Will. you kindly inform me Of the latest and
most ifnpefsondi reports as 10 the percentage of
ii!iteracy Ia SPAIN Also please give me the
ncn'e and address Of the Spanish Minister 20 the
United States. n / I.
MuIha!I, In his statistics. places the iiiit-
eracy III spain at - per cent. He says ::
Ter cent of the Inhabitants over 10 wears OF
age can neither read nor write. and - per
cent cannot write. Duke de ARGOS, whose
address is Washington. ID. C.. is the present
Spanish Minister
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-21

To the Editor II The Republic.
Ne would thank YOU 10 give L.. n r.rssihle. au-
u""il" information a. L. when the present Paris
Exposition will rlose. : & :
November + next has been officially an
n"unced a. the closing day.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-21

.ais,. a,.l < ~ ..dosc |4mas 81, o Bees S7lcCtcdt
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-21

What is Il good way TO get lid OF freckl-s?
MARGARET.
The average man would ask Margaret
why she wants to get rid Of freckles. They
are not considered blemishes nowadays. A
bright woman recently claimed that only
young people sreckle. and that middle-aged
men and women may be exposed to the sun
and wind FOR hours and no freckles will APP
pear.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-21

Bird lovers OF America, and scientists of
all the world, hold the name of John James
Audubon in high regard. Though he was
horn In America. near New Orleans. he was
educated iRs France. and there it was that
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-21

knav"ry and fa,tcry are blood relations
Abraham Lincoln.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-21

All OF the three preachers and theologians
whose names have been collected for ths
college of American immortals are New
England men. Jonathan Edwards and Hen
~ Ward Beecher were born in Connecti-
cut. and William Ellery Charming in Rhode
Island. Charming was one OF the chief foun-
ders OF American CDitarianism. He was
born in 1870 and died in 1Sie. Another.
William Ellery Claiming. nephew Of the
great Unitarian. was u BoStOnian. He was
a poet. journalist and general writer, and
WIS prominent at the time Of tbs Civil
War.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-21

Nathaniel Hawthorne. born in Massachu-
sets in 1854. died in 1864. wrote The Scar
let Letter. .Twice-.old Tales" Moses
From an Old Manse.' 1.-THE Wonder Book"
'"The House of Seven Cables" The Marble
Faun." "Tanglewood Tales" and Tho
Blithdale Romance That Hawthorne is.
indeed, worthy of i place in the Hall of
Fame perhaps not one who has read his
delightful books viii DEM.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-02-03
Buffers Fierce Direc tions

London, Jan. 25.-In General Buffers
orders to his troops, the substance of
which has already been cabled to the
Associated Press, after warning them
to beware Of false orders, he conclud-
ed:
"Our generals will only give one or
der, namely Advance Should any one
at any time be surprised by volley
at close quarters he must remember
that the only way to safety and victory
lies in rushing on the enemy. for the
one thing that the enemy cannot stand
Is a hand-to-nand fight. This war has
been forced for the lowest and basest
motives by an enemy who uses every
means of treachery, deceit and con-
spiracy to gain his ends. Let us bear
ourselves as the cause deserves"
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-02-03
Mr., MACRUM'S MYSTERY
Former American Consul at Pretoria
Keeps Quiet.
Why He Asked 10 Be Recalled Is Nat Known =
Believed 10 Have Important Message From
Kruger To France or United States

New York, Jan. PA dispatch to
the Tribune from Paris, says:
Mr.. Macrum continues to take par
ticular pains not to dispel the mystery
which the Paris papers at zach to his
journey. DR.. Leyds, President Kruger's
diplomatic representative in Europe,
who has arrived in Paris from Brus-
sells, said he was not ava re of any ex-
traordinary mission which had been
intrusted to Mr.. Macrum. He said that
he had met the ex-Cons al at Pretoria,
but had not seen him here in Paris.
The Paris papers pub fish this morn
ing the statement, cable ed from WASH
ington. that Mr.. Maci'um. being no
longer In the Consular service, has re-
ceived no instructions from the Gov
eminent regulating his. attitude toward
newspaper correspC mdents When
pressed by inquiries RE said:
II am still in the United States Con-
sular service; / certainly have re-
ceived no intimation to the contrary"
When urged to give more explicit
information as to the nature of his in
structions, and to say from whom they
emanated. Mr.. Macrum finally admit
ted that he had rec eived no such in
structions from Washington, but said
that under the circumstances, silence
Is dictated to me by common sense"
He said that all funds received at
the United States Consulate at Pre-
toria up to the time of his departure,
whit. had been sent from London to
British prisoners, had been distributed
to them When he was asked why,
assuming that his, mission TO Washing
ton was of such urgency he did not
take passage on 1.-The North German
Lloyd liner Saale, which will leave
Southampton on "Wednesday evening,
instead OF waiting until Saturday to
sail on the St. Paul from Cherbuorg,
Mr.. Macrum replied that, coming from
the hot African climate he wished to
get warm winter clothes for himself
and his family before going TO New
York.
He wears q miniature South African
Republic flag in his tuttonhoIe, and
still maintains a sphinx like silence in
regard to the reasons for his oft re-
peated requests to be relieved of his
duties at Pretoria. 1t h obvious that
IL Mr.. Macrum really has any extra
ordinary message for President Nc
kinley such a message has already
been ycabled In State Department
cipher from the Embassy at Rome Or
Paris.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-02-03
DOLE WRITES ON LANDS

d" 70 the king third. to the chiefs Q
sue of the Independent, appears an ar.
ticle upon Hawaiian Public Lands
by Sanford ID. Dole, President of Ha.
wall Following is an abstract:
In the year 1889 Kamehameka Ill
issued a proclamation. granting 10 the
Hawaiian people the right of acquiring
real estate and other property and
holding the same without interfer-
ence. During the year 1S4S terms OF
division OF the lands of the Kingdom
were arranged, after much deliberat-
ton. between the King, the chiefs and
the people. These, briefly, were as fol-
sows:
ITO the King athird. to the chiefs a
third and to the people third. The
number OF holdings taken up by the
common people came up to 11,132, ag-
gregating 28,658 acres and averaging
2.57 acres apiece. A considerable num-
Der of the small holdings so acquired
have since passed into the hands of
foreigners through direct sales or
mortgage foreclosures. The lands of
the chiefs have also largely become the
property OF foreigners by the same
methods.
In 1884 the Legislature enacted a
law providing for the sale OF home
steads to such persons as wished them
for permanent occupation. The adj
ministration, however, was so little In
sympathy with the policy of this law
that no action was taken under 1t until
1888, when the new administration,
which had come into power under the
revolution Of the previous year, took
vigorous measures to carry out its pro-
visions. Up to the time of the enact
ment of new land legislation in 1895,
about 534 homesteads were taken up,
aggregating SASS acres and appraised
at s6S.047. or about IS per acre, and
averaging Is $40 acres and value of
$l27 apiece.
The land act of 1895 was far more
comprehensive than anything that had
preceded 1t, and covered the whole adj
ministration of the public lands, ex-
cepting town and forest lands, parks
and roads. The settlement of indi-
viduals on small holdings was its pre-
dominant feature.
-Four special methods were provided
for furnishing land to applicants wish
ing to occupy the same. e., home
stead leases, right Of purchase leases,
free hold agreements and special
agreements of sale. OF these the right
to purchase lease has been the most
popular, with a list of 1856 holdings
taken up; the special agreements of
sale comes next. with 1872 holdings;
homestead leases, lis holdings, and
freehold agreements. 23 holdings.
"The holdings occupied under these
different systems, aggregating GIG in
have total area of 2S,O65
acres and an average area of 1856
acres. Their aggregate value at the
time Of occupation, as appraised, was
$l7S,464. or $2S9.70 apiece and $3.50 an
acre.
THE administration of the public J
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-02-03

do not conform in every respect to the
requirements of the foregoing regula-
tons are hereby declared nuisances
and dangerous to the public health.
REGARDING GARBAGE.
"a. Garbage will be carried away
free of charge by the Board of Health
carts within these limits, |. e.. School
street mauka; Alapai street east; Lili-
ha street west; and seward by the
water front.
%. 1t shall be the duty of each
house owner, householder, lessee, or
tenant who is housekeeper, within
the district in which the free removal
of garbage is provided, to supply, and
keep ready for use suitable container
or containers, of not more than eigh-
teen cubic feet capacity and provided
with tight covers, for the reception of
all garbage, and to cause the same e
| be set out in such places and at sucl
times as the Board of Health shall di
rect for the convenience of garbage
collectors. All empty containers shal
be kept clean and thoroughly disin
fected.
20. Yard scrapings, tree cuttings
and stable manure will not be removed
by the Board of Health carts.
q. All garbage and refuse which Is
subject to decay shall be collected by
householder or occupiers Of dwell.
ings each day; and If within the lin
its named in section "a the same shall
be placed in containers as provided In
section % for collection; and If be-
yond said limits the same shall be
burnt or removed.
%. No garbage shall be used fol-
filling house lots or other tracts o
land.
20. No garbage shall be deposited IL
any place not authorized by TIL
Board of Health.
Extract from Penal Code:
Section S74. Every person whC
shall violate any regulation of tn,
Board Of Health, after the same shall
have been published, as provided il
the last preceding section, shall b.
fined not exceeding one hundred dol
lars"
G. b. WOOD.
President Board of Health.
l 1AA1-Ou,
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-02-03
Hepburn Canal Bill
Will Become Law

New York. Jan. 22l-According e
the Herald's Washington correspop.
dent the Hepburn-Morgan Nicaraguan
Canal bill will be passed during the
present session of Congress. Speaker
Henderson is III favor of the bill and OF
prompt action. Senator Frye, Presi-
dent pro TEN Of the Senate. wants ac-
ton by the Senate, and expresses the
belief that the bill will be passed at al
early date.
The measure will receive the appro-
val of the President.
There Is an overwhelming majority
in both Houses of Congress in favor
of the pending bill and in favor of pass
ing II without waiting for the report Of
the Walker Commission.
The Herald's poll shows In favor
of action this session: Senators co.
Representatives 254; total 316.
In favor Of delay: Senators /, Rep
resentatives 20; total 80.
Non-cOmmittal or not canyasseJ:
Senators 20, Representatives 67; total
80.
Many in the House classed as non
committal are strongly inclined to ia
yor the Hepburn bill, but are unwilling
to commit themselves before they have
seen the report of the committee. Some
of those who are opposed to action ut
this time will, when confronted with
the necessity Of getting on record, vote
for the bill. 1t is safe to say that at
least four-fifths of both Houses will
vote for the measure. Senator's who
expressed no decided preference one
way or the other are largely Admins
tration men, who will be Influenced in
their votes by the desire Of the Presi-
dent and the Administration leaders.
The knowledge that President McKin-
ley Is anxious to see the Canal bill
passed by this Congress WILL 1t Is be-
lieved, insure the votes of these Sena-
tors for the measure
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-02-03

lands was considered of sufficient inn
portance since the organization Of the
Republic of Hawaii to justify the call
ing OF a special session of the Legisla-
ture, In view of the possible failure of
the project of annexation to the
United States, 1t was deemed necessary
to develop citizen class which should.
by its conservatism, industry and in
telligent interest in public order, be-
come reliable support to the Gov
eminent of the Republic. There APP
peared no more effective way of ac-
complishing this than by opening the
public lands to those, both from the
existing population and future immi-
grants, who would be ready to occupy
them permanently as farmers. The
privilege of taking up lands under this
policy was limited to citizens and such
others as might receive the privileges
of citizenship Through letters of deniza-
ton. AT the same time the Legisla-
ture had i'm flew the alternative Of an
nexation.
The resups have been somewhat dis
appointing, In proportion to their
numbers comparatively few Hawaiians
have taken up homestead leases or
lands under any of the methods pro-
vided in the act.
Annexation, when complete, will
cut off a considerable measure of the
cost of carrying on the local govern
ment, such as military customs and
postofice expenses, but such relief will
in no wise Offset the loss of the GUS
toms revenues as they existed before
annexation. Moreover, with the rapid
development of the country under the
stimulus Of annexation, there will be
need of increased expenses for public
Improvements.
AS the public lands of the Hawaiian
Islands are limited, and a large pro-
portion of them comparatively value
less, the importance eSf the leasehold
system is apparent. 1t is equally APP
parent that a repeal Of this system
which would force the public lands on
the market, would deprive Hawaii of
a material part. of the consideration
,lpcn which the annexation was effect
ed.
THE Hawaiian leasehold system is
also important to the country In an
other way. The policy of land settle
ment in small holdings, IL necessary to
the country in its Independent condi-
ton, may be regarded as imperative
under annexation
This system eonserves the public
domain with adequate provision for
furnishing land to settlers according
to the demand, under the reservation in
the general leases of the right of the
Government at any time to take pos