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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-03-19

Incorporated under the Laws Of the
Territory of Hawaii.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-01-03
TIME Is FLEETING.

The three hundred and sixty
live days, constituting the year
1900. have passed away, the nine
teenth century has completed its
cycle, and we now stand upon the
threshold of new era. The holi-
days, with their Joys and festivi-
ties, are over. The old year, with
its achievements and failures, its
pleasures and sorrows, is numbered
with those that have preceded, and
the new year and century is press
ing Oh. The earth has again made
Its Journey around the sun, and an
other indenture has been made in
the list of passing events. Father
Time is retracing his steps through
the heartless past. Beneath his
feet monuments have crumbled,
battles have been fought and won,
and the distress Of millions have
been made known. How swiftly
the days have swept away. The
old and the new have met and sep
arated forever.
Dust unto dust he is dead, though he
Was the last of the centuried years that
flow,
We know not wherefore, we never shall
know,
With the tide uneboing OF time, and 90
10 the phantom shore of eternity
Shadows TO shadows, they fit and flee
Across the face of the flaming sun,
Inc vague generations, one by one,
That are never ended, never begun.
Where is the dome of the vault so vast
AS TO coffin the bones of the perished past
Save the limitless tomb of oblivion ~
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-01-03
THE PRESS ALMANAC FOR 1901.
Gre lttst Handbook OF the Year Now
Ready for Distribution

Presidential year and census-taking
time offer unusual opportunities for
an almanac and the advent OF a new
century accentuates them. Judged by
the great possibilities before it "The
Philadelphia Press Almanac" for 1901,
which is now ready, is invaluable; its
pages must be consulted daily by the
thoughtful man if he would appreciate
in fullest degree the happenings near
and far which his paper brings to him.
The wealth of facts and fancies, of
statistics and records, contained in
"The Press Almanac illumine cur
rent happenings as no other book can.
1t is an encyclopedia of the past year
and guide TO the future. 1t con-
talns everything which a work Of its
standard should. The IS cents, for
which 1t can be secured from any
newsdealer, or by addressing the Phil
adelph,a "Press," will yield a better
return than any other investment
which can be made in this, the open
ing year OF the 2oth century.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-01-03

1t is stated that Governor Stone
will recommend in his message that
the Legislature pass an act appro.
priating 81 900, 900 to cover his cut
i'll the common school appropriation
1t seems rather extraordinary to
expect the Legislature to 60 to such
all extent i'll recognition Of the Gov
ernor' S right to change an act before
signing it. We are disposed to be-
lieve that the Legislature will pre-
ter to have the courts direct the
payment of the money by declaring
the'Governor's ATTEMPTED veto un-
constitutional. There is no danger
that the school will not get the
money. Those districts that have
taken action SO far have received it
and had all the costs paid by the
State beside. What the Governor
should do is to hire a lawyer who
will give him sound legal advice. -
Phi. Press.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-01-03
WM. T. GREASY SATISFIED.
He is Confident That Democrats Will Perform
Their DuIy.

Fridays Philadelphia Press prints
the following from Hon. VIM. T.
Greasy, Representative from this
district
I'VE will get together between
now and Tuesday" he added,
and agree on a course which will
best subserve the purpose which
has been in the minds OF Demo
Gratis for years.
II understand that Senator Pen.
rose has declared that some of the
Democrats will betray their trust
and aid the cause of the machine
by refusing to support candidates
for Speaker Of the House and for
President pro tenn. of the Senate
opposed to the bosses. | am not
afraid of this. Senator Penrose
and his friends repeatedly ques-
toned the integrity Of the Demo-
cratic Assemblymen in 1900, but
they came out OF that contest with
out scratch, with credit to them
selves and their party. l have ev-
cry confidence no Democratic men,
Der of this Assembly will disgrace
that proud record.
"Our position is very clear. We
were elected to secure an honest
primary and election law, and it
certainly seems to me the first step
jp the performance of this duty to
our constituents is the organization
of the House and Senate under Of
fcers antagonistic to the forces that
have SO long prevented the passage
oI honest election laws and kept
the people Of our State at the mercy
of an unscrupulous machine"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-01-03
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Annie Cogne, aged three years,
fell into a tub of hot water at her
home at Shenandoah on Monday ant
was fatally scalded.
An explosion of molten Babbit
metal, at the Sharon tin plate works,
Tuesday, seriously burned J. A. Spang-
Ter, William Dunn, John Snyder, Ed
ward Ovens and Davis Johnston.
In his report to Governor Stone
tor the year 1900, Factory Inspector
Campbell says that the total number
OF employees in the mills and factories
OF Pennsylvania aggregate 77s,44s, Of
whom 5s,44o were between the ages
OF IS and 10 years. There were among
these 275 children who were unable
to read or write and who were dis
missed from work.
The year 1900 was the most pros
porous in The Pennsylvania Railroad
Company's history. During that period
more cals were hauled over the Mid
die dlvis on than in any year IN its ex-
lstence. Nearly 10000 cars pass
Ell Lewistown Junction. The freight
traffic has grown SO that it is dull
day that the movement does not num-
Der 5000 or more. Two years ago
this was considered an enormous
movement, but now it is so common
that there is no comment, unless it
goes above the 6ooo mark.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-01-03
THURSDAY, JANUARY ), 1901.

AS the result of an election
Dlunder, the town of Selinsgrove
will remain in darkness until Feb
ruary at least. BY majority vote
at the November election it was de-
cided to increase the town debt to
the extent of SGo,o for the pur-
pose OF erecting an electric light
plant. Now the vote has been set
aside on the grounds that the
tickets were not numbered by the
election officers and that the ballot
box was not returned as required
by law.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-01-03

According to a son of Senator
Pettigrew, who has recently re,
turned from South Africa where he
served as a scout in the Boer army,
the British soldiers are afraid Of the
Beers and their officers have to
force them to fight by placing
batteries of Maxim guns in their
rear and threatening to fire if they
do not advance and fight. Young
Pettigrew also says that the stories
alleging that the Beers did not paw
and properly treat Americans and
others who volunteered to fight for
them are absolutely without founda-
tion that the party he went and
returned with, consisting of "a
Americans, were paid $40 week in
gold for the whole time and that
the pay included the time consumed
in returning to the U. S.
Although the substitute proposed
by the Senate Military Committee,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-01-03
Program of Exercises for Dedication at
JerseytOwn January 6.l2.

On Sunday, January the services
will begin at 0:45 the sermon will be
preached by George Edward Reed S
7. ID. LII. D., President of Dickin-
son College, of Carlisle. After the
sermon collection. All the manage
ment of finances will be in charge OF
W. w. Evans d. d. At p. m. a
Sunday School meeting. At this
meeting several ministers and S. S.
workers will speak. At 3 o'clock a
platform meeting. At this survive
Revs. Bettens, Phillips and Munroe
of the Baptist church, Reed and
Evans will make short addresses. In
the evening at 1880 sermon by W..
w. Evans ID. d., after which the
Dedicatory service will be conducted
by Dr. Reed.
The following is the program of the
weeks proceedings following the
dedication.
Monday evening, January 7, 1880,
sermon by the Rev. Harry Curtin
Harman, OF St. Paul's, Danville. Fol-
lowing the sermon the Sacrament of
the Lords supper.
Tuesday evening, January 8, 1880,
sermon by Rev. J. H. Bettens, of
Waller.
Wednesday evening, January 9,
1880, sermon by Rev. T. w. Phillips,
of Washingtonville.
Thursday evening, January 10, 1880
sermon by Rev. S. A. Creveling, of
Rohrsburg.
Friday evening, January II, 1890,
an Epworth League rally by the
Leagues of Jerseytown circuit.
Saturday evening, sermon by the
Rev. H. c. Munroe, of White Hall,
pastor of the Baptist church.
The choir, of Bloomsburg. will sing
on Sunday.
The pastor as well as all the people
extend everybody welcome to these
services. DAVID Y. BRoUsE,
Pastor.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-01-03

Although the substitute proposed
by the Senate Military Committee,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-01-03
Military Tactics in School

State Senator Muehlbonner, of
Pittsburg, has prepared bill for pre-
sentation to the legislature, which will,
if passed, effect Bloomsburg schools
as well as those of the State. The
measure contemplates provisions for
teaching minor military tactics in
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-01-03
Married

MCHENRY-WENNER;-ON Decem-
Der go at the home of the brides
parents at Bendertown, by Rev. A.
Houtz, Mr. Orvis c. McHenry and
Miss Laura r. Wenner, both of Ben
ton, Pa.
TREXLER-BEIsHLINE:-On January
I at the home of Mr.. Lloyd Bender,
by Rev. A. Houtz, Mr. Preston Trek
Ter OF Berwick and Miss Matte M.
Beishline of Bendertown, Pa.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-01-03

the schools, boys and girls alike. to
learn Its rudiments. The instruction
is TO be under the direction ofofficers
OF me National Guard of PENNSYLVANIA
and the instruction will be on lines
calculated G to develop physical culture.
II is not yet decided whether the
teaching of this branch will be made
optional with directors or not.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-01-03
keep to Your Place and
Your Place qviH Keep Xoa. -

for the House Army reorganization
bill is radically different from the
original bill, which was prepared
under Administration orders, the
Administration is so anxious to get
the number of men, which is the
same as it was in the original bill,
provided for the regular army that
it will pocket its chagrin and help
to push the substitute through.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-01-03

Delegate Wilcox, of Hawaii, will
draw more mileage than any other
member of Congress has ever drawn
or the same period of time. He
has already drawn 81 900 for mile
age III coming to attend the present
session, and he will get the same
amount for his return to Hawaii.
and So, 900 for each session of the
next Congress, making So 900 in
all. The amount of mileage al
lowed congressman is 20 cents a
mile by the most direct and practic-
able route from his home to Wash
lngton and repaid his fare and had
the best accommodation to be hal
1t did not cost him over $500 to
come from Hawaii to WASHINGTON,
but the chances are he travelled on
pass.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-08-01
BILL OF THE PLAY.

1t is Robert +. Mantells intention to
appear next season as Hamlet
Richard Mansfeld's leading woman
next season will be Lettice Fairfax.
Theaters are to be established by the
king and queen Of ROumania in all the
rural communes of their kingdom.
It is probable that THE Belle Of New
York. VIII be heard in Mexico soon un-
der the auspices of President Diaz.
In a recent interview Ignace Pader-
ewski said that his new opera "Manru"
will be produced in New York next sea-
son.
Sarah Bernhardt visited the British
house Of commons recently and was
treated with almost royal honors in the
way Of Difference.
An "indcpendent' thcater, with q
stock company, for the purpose Of pro-
ducing American plays is under consid-
Grafton in Chicago.
1t is not true, rs some American pa
pcrs have said, that Miss Alice Nielsen
is going to marry Laurence Irving, the
actor-author, son Of Sir I'"nry Irving.
Albert Chcyalicr is u.: engaged on
his aut.a.r".. .Ly g. lp which should
contain some attractive reading, in
view Of his interesting career as an en-
tertaiuer.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-08-01
ON WHOM WAS THE LAUGH?
An Artists Attempt to Have Fun
With IA Picture Dealer.

The following good joke on party Of
artists Tor was it on the picture dealer0
was told by George Bogert, who was one
of the party, as an actual occurrence:
cone day." said Mr.. Bogert, Fred
erick Kost, Carleton Virgins and my.
self were down town and for lark
stopped in one Of those cheap picture
shops where they sell oil paintings for
about $1.22 After looking about BIT
Kost selected one, supposed to represent
q deer. Said lie to the dealer:
BEG pardon, sir, but | am green at
this business. ill you mind explaining
this picture? The. deer appears TO have
u melancholy, hungry look on his face.
Am | rightY
"'Quite correct replied the dealer.
Step over here. This is better
"'You see, it's this way continued
Kost confdentially: My wife and ! are
in the city for few days to buy some
paintings for our new house in Indiana.
! have to get a few hundred dollars
worth, and | reckon had as well get
them all right here
The dealer nearly dropped in his
tracks. but was equal to the emergency.
"'Yes, SIR he said briskly, you have
come TO the best place in town, but be-
fore we begin business, gentlemen, come
over to the Astor House and have lunch
with me-
Thanks replied Kost without the
ghost Of smile, we had late break
fast at the WaIdorf-Astoria and really
don't care for anything just yet. BY the
way, have you any pictures by man
uampJ Carleton WigginSY
"'No: we had one by Virgins, but
couldn't sell it. We don't handle his pic
lures
"'Anything by fellow named BogertT
"No. Never expect to either. His
are not worth having
"'Ahem Have you any works of the
celebrated artist Frederick kost?
"KostY said the dealer, scratching
his head meditatively. 'kost! ] don't
think | ever heard Of him.
1--WE were nearly choking with laugh.
ter before, but this last was too much,
and the laugh we gave Kost put the deal
er on. as the saying is. Without word
he put on his hat and, leaving his assist
ant in charge, marched out of the store,
wearing a very panied expression on his
face. New York Mail and Express.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-08-01
MATRON AND MAID.

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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-08-01
HOIST WITH HIS OWN PETARD.
How n Reporter Evened Up Matters
With IA CnptIOus Editor.

"In one Of our western cities some
years ago" said n Kansas City man. "a
friend Of mine was employed as a report
er on one of the local papers. The next
man above him was constantly taking
him to task for alleged derelictiOns in
duty and especially for mistakes in gram
mar, punctuation and similar things. The
editor who was forever quaueHng with
my friend. while man of force and able
to write In virile manner, was never
theless deficient in education, and his
grammar was occasionally as bad as
some Of that Of Charles Dickens. One
day he had been particularly vicious III
his criticisms of my friend. The follow
ing morning there appeared an editorial
from his pen. in which the following sen
tenCe occurred:
ITO be a true American one should
visit the Rocky mountains and contem-
plate its beauty and grandeur.
Here was the chance my friend had
been waiting for, and SO he cut the quota
ton out and sent it to the owner OF the
paper, to whom both men were response
Bile, with the following comments:
The first thought suggested by this
strange statement Is that its author
should visit school OF grammar and
contemplate its beauty and grandeur.
This originality in the use Of singular
pronoun standing for plural antecedent
might be used to advantage in reversion
OF the style, like the following, for exam
pie:
"'To be n true American one should
visit the editor Of The Blank and con-
template their beauty and grandeur
Aside from the offense to English in this
admonition to the American people, will
the sentiment itself stand analysis? If
the dictum be true that TO be true
American one should visit the Rocky
mountains and contemplate its beauty and
grandeur, what is TO become of the fol-
lowing:
1.-The man who cannot afford to IN
dulge in this visit and contemplation!
"'The busy man who cannot find time
to 60 on mountain gazing tour!
"'The many good citizens who are
blind|
"The attention of the owner was ar
rested, and he made inquiries which re-
suited in his Strengthening out matters
between the two men. While this drastic
criticism perhaps did not improve the ed
itor's grammar, it certainly did improve
my friends position while on the paper
New York Tribune.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-08-01
GROW \ POINTS.

Queen Margherita is about to found
an asylum in Rome for the children of
murdered parents.
The kaiser's favorite musician is
Mendelssohn, whom he admires also as
a man. Whenever he has the making
Of a musical programme, something of
Mendelssohn's is always included.
Queen Alexandra, who is very fond
of animals and takes an interest in ev-
erything that pertains TO their welfare,
has consented to become the patroness
Of the Home For Lost and Starving
Cats.
The health Of the Empress Frederick
is becoming sensibly worse, and in Il
penciled letter she addressed to an
English lady recently she wrote, II
have taken my last drive, except the
concluding one Of ALL"
The Duchess Of Cornwall is blessed
with n liberal assortment of Christian
names, eight in all, and should she
eventually share the British throne she
can select from the succeeding half
dozen names: Augustine, Louise, Olga,
Pauline, Claudine, Agnes.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-08-01
our Varied Agricultural Products.

our Varied Agricultural Products.
Secretary Wilson of the department
of agriculture has recently made a
statement regarding the capacity Of
this country to produce everything it
needs in the way of agricultural prod
ucts which is significant and interest
ing. 1t shows that our industrial prog
ress is not alone in the line of manufac
turing development We are still far
from the limit of our advantage in the
vast range of soil and climate, and
there is no nation to compare with ours
in what the German economic writer's
call self sufficiency," or the ability to
provide completely for its own wants.
While we furnish a vast quantity Of
Rood products to other countries and
can increase the output to meet almost
any demand, there are many articles
that we have been accustomed to pur-
chase abroad which we can readily
raise for ourselves now that we have
NdpiNuA sCth4l45 OBbOA AAuAAAlANo AOA IL
vestment. One Of the largest items in
our imports is sugar, and it is a fact
not generally appreciated that by far
the larger part OF the worlds sugar
supply Is now made from beets, and
there are wide areas in this country in
which the richest sugar beets in the
world are already raised. We have
also along the gulf n belt upon which
sugar cane is raised to advantage, while
1t is one of the chief natural products
OF all our new possessions" 1t is no
dream that we may soon be able to pro-
vide ourselves with all the sugar con-
sumed in the country.
The value of the work of the agricul-
tural department lies In ascertaining
the latent capacities Of our varied soil
and climate and giving intelligent di-
rection to the application Of capital and
labor to their development. Co-operat-
Ing with state authorities, 1t has done
much to stimulate the highly promising
beet sugar industry, has been instru-
mental in largely increasing the pro
ductiOn of rice and is conducting ex-
periments with other tropical or semi
tropical products.
1t used to be common to deride the
effort to raise tea in this country, sim
ply because it seemed to be absolutely
foreign to this continent but it is being
proved that we have areas where the
soil and climate are quite adapted to
its growth, and it is not unlikely that
1t may yet be largely raised for the
home market.
Apart from economic theories and
controversies, there can be no question
as to the soundness of the policy Of
conducting agricultural experiments
and Investigations and directing intel
ligent efforts 70 varying the products Of
our soil within the limits of its natural
capacity. For what it has done and is
likely to do in this direction the agri-
cultural department justifies its right
10 existence.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-08-01
BIGGEST FORT IN AMERICA.
Remarkably Strong Structure Being
Erected at Halifax.

Remarkably strong Structure being
Erected at Halifax.
The plans for the new fortress at the
mouth of the Halifax harbor have
been completed by the imperial author
tiles, and work has been commenced,
says the Halifax correspondent Of the
Detroit Fress Press. The fortress will
be much larger than the York redoubt
and will be armed with the most pow
erful weapons.
It was the intention Of the authori-
ties to erect fort out Of the water on
the principle adopted In ports In Eng
land, but after consideration it was de-
cided to have 1t constructed out of the
solid rock. The site selected is three
miles west Of Herring cove, Immediate
ly facing the water. The imperial au-
thorities selected a large granite cliff
which has hollow In the center. The
main part of the fort Will be located in
this hollow, with works TO be con-
structed of cement, giving the appear
ance when completed Of solid cliff.
The fort will have as its principal
dILHdueuI 40 u lHe AdIeSI hlhu VI : 6uAS,
which will be of the disappearing
type. These guns will be fired by In
struction from a coming tower and
will be worked on the system used in
modern war vessels. The men han
ding the guns will not be exposed.
They will work the guns from below,
getting the sight and other directions
from the coming tower. The fort will
be the largest this side Of the Atlantic.
The work will be rushed.