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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-09-30
OUR INSTITUTIONS

No country in me world gives such
opportunities for education as the Unit
ed States, and FEW, if any, have so
much value invested in such institu-
tons. In an article upon our institu-
tons in the Scientific American some
very valuable facts are brought for
ward, which it is well to group to-
gether. 800 t.
Today there are 629 universities and
colleges and 43 schools of technology in
the United States. The total value of
the property possessed by institutions
for higher education amounts to SS42,-
SSS,36l a gain in one year of $31,0O0,OO0.
The endowment fund amounts to $l54-
12O,59O. The total income for the year
1S99-leOO, benefactions excluded,
amounted to $27,7Sg,154. The value of
gifts and requests during the year
1S9S-99 amounted to $21, 92J.436 Some
S., 800 is invested for each student who
is now enjoying the advantages Of any
of the institutions of learning.
Classical courses, claim the greater
number of students-35595 out of 147,-
164-while DISCO were taking general
culture courses, 1855 general science
courses, 2, 593 instruction in agriculture,
4,376 in mechanical engineering, 1850
in civil engineering, and 1920 in cleo
trical eng feering 1882 students were
studying mining engineering. 627 archi-
lecture, 1854 pedagogy, and 6,69S were
taking business courses.
The number of degrees conferred dur
ing 1899 1900 for work done was 15,0S7-
1O,794 on men and 1928 on women.
Thirty-eight different varieties of de-
grees were conferred, and in some
cases on4y one candidate received a de-
gree-musical doctor, for example; 1856
honorary degrees. were conferred. In
1872 the number of students to each
100000 of population was 573; in 1880
1T had increased to 40, in 1890 to $50, in
1893 to 1887, while in 1899 the number
was 1,196.
In this resume of the work of the
universities it is curious to note that
the assical courses are followed by
luc eater number of students. The
strong bias in favor of a classical edu-
cation seems to hold it's own. Yet one
.ouJ have thought that the bent of
American youth would have been to
scientific training. Classics are all
very well for polish, but scientific
training is what the young men of the
future need, and it would be more
healthy for the future mental vigor of
Che commonwealth if more attention
were paid in the. aggregate to this
branch. Classics are very apt to pro-
5uoe 'chappies," p.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-09-30

in a monarch, but it tells a great deal
more in an American President, who
has practically greater power, and has
certainly greater freedom of action.
The character of Roosevelt and the
character of the late President McKin-
ley are essentially different The forces
which go to make character have been
different. McKinlev was forceful, but
he was urbane. He could keep to his
point, but he could bend to the storm.
He was a thorough and experienced
politician, and in the days when he re-
quired oratory as a weapon, he was
a brilliant orator. Mckinley was ex-
tremely kindly hearted, and his kind
ness of heart at times did him politi-
cal injury.
Roosevelt on the other hand is equal
ly forceful, but he is brusque in man
ner and in speech. He, equally with
his predecessor will keep to his point,
but he has no more idea of heading to
the storm than a bull dog has of Civ
ing up a hold which he has once fasten-
ed his teeth into. Roosevelt is expert
enced in politics but he is by no means
the experienced politician in the sense
that Mckinley was. In the matter of
oratory the methods of the two men
were essentially different and in this
they distinctly showed their character
istics. But oratory is not an essential
to a President, though it is valuable
attribute.
Taking for granted that the general
policy of the United States is going to
be the same for the next three and a
half years as it has been in the past
four and half, the working out of the
details will be very different during the
latter term to what it was in the for
mer. But though details may be differ
ent, results will be the same. The COM
mercial DEVELOPMENT, the political de-
Yelopment of lr country will go on,
and wealth, honor and increase will be
the dowry of the Americans yet I'M
born.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-09-30
NOT BEYOND REVISION.

Congressman Charles e. Littlefield
of Maine expressed himself before the
American Bar Association very strong
ly upon the Insular decisions of the
Supreme Court. He has touched upon
the vital point in the decisions as fol-
lows:
THE insular cases, in the manner in
which the results here reached, the in
cOngruity of the results, and the Vari-
ETY. of inconsistent views expressed by
the different members of the court are,
l believe, without a parallel in our
judicial history. 1t is unfortunate that
the cases could not have been deter
mined with such a prepOnderance of
consistent opinion as to have satisfied
the profession and the country that the
conclusions were likely to be adhered
to by the court. Until some reasonable
consistency and unanimity of opinion
is reached by the court upon these
questions. we can hardly expect their
conclusions to be final and beyond re-
vision"
1t has always seemed to the layman
as extremely homogeneous that there
should have been such close division
upon these cases. The court was divid-
ed five to four. and of the five no two
practically agreed as to the reasoning
by which they reached their results.
With such division among the highest
judicial authorities in the land. the
conclusion reached by one vote will, as
Representative Littiefield says, hardly
be final and beyond revision"
Suppose the decisions TO be revised
there will be a terrible muddle in legal
matters. In fact more or less there has
been considerable muddle in legal mat
ters since the decision. There was
grievous disappointment in Porto Rico,
and there has been continual trouble
here. 1t is only the fact that we are
so distant from Washington, that there
is no cable to report our news from
day to day, that has prevented our
legal complications from assuming a
much higher Importance than they
have done. We are, with all our civil
ization, with all our wealth, with all
Our advancement, still an out of the
way portion of the earth. We are still
upon a par with Guam, Tutuila, or
Rarotonga or Fiji as far as news is
and happenings here are re-
ported so long after their occurrence
that interest in them is largely lost.
However the workings of our courts in
of the decisions will even
tually have weight, if ever a time
comes for revision.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-09-30
THE FUTURE.

Tine solemn SERVICES in memory of
she lrdered President have been held,
oraIols, eulogies sermons have been
grCaeI ed, the most touching and most
beautiful of music has chastened all
hearts. The country having expressed
its rI IF u the most marked manner,
mas low to turn round and face the
future The hand which struck down
Ihe chief executive Struck down no in
sutuuon. Law, and order and govern
meut remained, though for the moment
the Indictment of these, their chief
representative was stricken. But as
soon as President Mckinley closed his
eyes i'm death, Theodore Roosevelt took
his place, and law, and order and gov
ernrent were unchanged.
II is a peculiar advantage of Repub-
lies hat when sudden blow strikes
the representative head, there is al
ways a grown and experienced man to
step into the breach. Republics cannot
suffer rom the effects of long mino-
rity and they cannot have their chief
executive go into inexperienced hands,
Such lhings, have continually been to
rho detriment of moharchies and en-
piros and to this cause alone can be
placed many of the ills which they
have Uttered from. Whatever happens
10 the chief executive in the United
States. the place is filled at once by
some me who has gained political and
COVER mental experience,
when the death of queen Victoria
came it was a fortunate thing for
Ensa d that the present King was "a
man ell on in years, and thoroughly
expo need. Suppose the would-be
assassin in the Brussels Railway sta
ton had killed the Prince of Wales,
as he might easily have done, had he
had more nerve and more skill, the
throne of England would now be occu-
pied by the Duke of York, and the
next heir would be a child of seven or
eight years old, In the event of any
thing happening to the present Duke
of York, were he king, there would
be long minority With it's constant
intrigues, and it's very certainly disas-
LAOuo lCohlNo W NlAC pl Us COS anu clNl-
vantage of the nation. What has come
by fortune to Great Britain, viz: the
accession of a thoroughly experienced
head, comes in a Republic like that of
the United States, by deliberate fore
though and through the votes of the
people.
The policy which has guided the exc
cutive Of the United States in the past
administration will guide it in the flu
ture. 1t is however, beyond the bounds
of reason to suppose that the details of
management will be the same. This
they cannot be, No two mems cast of
though is the same, each has an in
dividuality of his own, and individu-
atty tells Intensely in a President of
the United States. 1t tells a great deal
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-09-30

An addition is going to be made in
the upper story of the White House,
or rather an extra garnet is to be built
as a gymnasium for the Roosevelt chill
dren. The House itself is under
going some new decoratory. But what
the nation ought to do is to remodel
the White House entirely, and give the
Chief Citizen of the greatest republic
the world has ever seen an official resi-
dence worthy of the dignity which he
represents. The White House is too
small even for official needs, and for
domestic needs it is really straitened
for room. Plans for its renovation
have been talked of four years, but
they have never resulted in anything
more than talk. Some day they will
materialize.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-09-30

The latest from China does not show
much hope for final settlement Some
who know China well look for the next
outbreak in 1904, though others claim
that it will come sooner 1t is very evil
dent that the hatred of the foreigner
has by no means decreased, indeed that
it is intensified. AS for the indemnity
the Western powers may make up their
minds that they will never get it in
full, if they even get it in part.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-09-30

1t is very satisfactory to learn that
shock of her husbands death, Knowing
how frail her tenure of life was, the
greatest anxiety was felt lest Czolgosz' $
bullet should result in double tragedy
But though spared for time, Mrs. Nc
Kinley, cannot survive her husband for
many years, and some fear it may be
only a question of months.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-09-30
JEWELS

The big freighter "Oregonian"
has Just brought us a large ship
ment of our well known Jewel
Stoves" and Ranges" making
our stock complete in 20 different
styles.
Jewel Stoves for wood all sizes.
Jewel Ranges for wood all sizes
Jewel Stoves for coal all sizes.
Jewel Ranges for coal all sizes,
A number of each kind are fit
ted with our new special hot
water coils, ready to be connect
ed to the boiler.
We made a speciality of this
work, which we perform in an
up to-date manner, at a rea-
sonable cost.
H1uu water can be obtained in a
few minutes after starting the
fire, by using our method.
We carry all the parts for our
stoves and ranges, enabling us to
replace any breakage, or loss,
caused by accident or wear or
tear.
These celebrated Jewel stoves
and ranges are made from the
very best material, and are con-
structed on scientific principles,
thereby obtaining the greatest
amount of heat from the least
amount of fuel.
We deliver to any part of the
city, set up the stove, and con-
meet to the chimney free of
charge.
(Boiler connections extra) and
guarantee our work in every res
pect.
If you purchase from us, we
will make a liberal allowance
for your old wood or coal stove
regardless of the kind.
Call and inspect our samples
on the End floor, blouse furnish
ing Department. and be COM
WINGED that you can get the best
at a reasonable price.
Willmar tribune., 1901-10-09
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Miss Jimplecute-'Mr. Wadleigb
was here last night, Mr.. Freshleigh
Yes, 1 see your clock is stopped"
-Somerville Journal.
"4es,' said the dentist, after he
had finished the job, you have
wonderful amount of nerve, sir, I
must say" 'Well, you ought to
know, durn ye. You found all of
tt.'-Denver Post.
forge-"He says in his native city
the streets are always well watered,
and yet they never used sprinkling
carts" Fenton-"Fer- goodness sake,
where is he from?" Forge-"Ven-
ice."-Philadelphia Record.
Mrs. -"There was a time
when you thought the world of me.
Why, you know we'll enough that you
fell in love with my photograph"
4! Mr. stalemate-'But you'll remember
II was not speaking ikeness.''-
Boston Transcript.
Those Professors.-First College
Professor-"What are you going to
DO next to get your name in the pa
pers? Second College Professor
Il was thinking of declaring that the
dictionary is too wordy to be con-
sidered good iterature."-Bal
American.
"That politician doesn't support
the present city administration, does
he?" queried the plain citizen.
"Naw!" replied the ward heeler,
scornfully, "he's a crank" 'That's
strange! One usually associates the
cranks with the machine.' .''-Philadel-
phia Press.
i've got a good notion to keep
these mosquitoes off the ark said
Noah. "Why, papa?' inquired little
Ham, rubbing recent bite. "Wen,
I've got my suspicion that they are
carrying more than the regulation
two germs apiece. That's why.'-
Baltimore American.
"Ye didn't hape yer job long, said
the first servant girl. NO." replied
the other: ''the family was too
SMALL" ''Too small? Shure, that's
wot makes it aisy." "Aye! but these
was the smallest kind O. small pay
pie. They didn't give me enough to
ate. te.'-Philadelphia Record.
Willmar tribune., 1901-10-09
sECRET1NG THE MESSAGE.

and little boy, unhappily because of
the bereavement, but with undimin-
ished loyalty. They were much re-
spected by the people of Winchester.
About noon on the 10th of Septem-
ber, colored man knocked at the
door and asked to see Miss Wright
There were two Miss Wrights residing
in Winchester and the colored man
said he wanted to see Miss Rebecca.
After looking carefully about him, the
colored man entered and asked per-
mission to speak to Miss Wright alone.
The request was granted, and they
went into another ROOM The colored
man closed the door. Miss Wright
was frightened, but he Immediately
assured her that he was from Gen.
Sheridan, and that it was better for
her mother not to hear what he had to
say. Then, taking q roll of tin. foil
from his mouth, he handed it to the
young lady who slowly unrolled it and
found there letter. from Gen. Sheri-
dan written on tissue paper. The col
sored man said that he had carried it
In his mouth with instructions to
swallow it il molested BY confeder-
Willmar tribune., 1901-10-09
DAYS OF APPLEJACK GONE.
There Is Now Little Demand for
Spirits Once Made Extensively
in New York.

"A few years ago Orange county
made more applejack than any other
county in the union, New Jersey not
barred said an old-time farmer,
says a special correspondent of the
Chicago Inter Ocean. ''In the town
OF Warwick alone there were 81 ap-
plejack distilleries. We turned out
100000 gallons a year and paid the
government s120,ooO a year tax for
doing it. There was scarcely a town
in the county that didn't squeeze it's
quota of apples into cider and con-
vert the cider into applejack.
Orange county began the making
Of applejack before the revolutionary
war. There is in use in the sayre
distillery near Warwick a kettle and
worm, the product of which in apple
jack paid excise duty to King George
III. 1t was then in still somewhere
in the Hudson highlands. The Sayre
still is the only one left out of the
~. All the old stills in other parts
OF the county have disappeared.
There are perhaps not more than 1o,-
900 gallons of applejack made in
Orange county to-day.
''There was time, not long ago,
when one would hear no other tipple
asked for by the bibulously-inclined
in Orange county. If you asked for
whisky, applejack would invaria bly,
be set out to you. To-day if you ask
for applejack right here in it's old
time home the landlord will have to
take look over his stock to see
whether he has got any. It was no
uncommon thing for as high as ten
dollars a gallon to be paid for apple
jack known to be from some partic-
ular still, or to have been certain
number of years in the farmers eel
lar. Some of the best applejack ever
made is lying in farm cellars to-day.
There is some more than 40 years
old. But somehow the present gen.
GRAFTON has gone away from the good
| old taste of the fathers, and apple
! jack that ought to be worth one dol
lar drop is ignored for tumultuous
rye and cheap beer.
| s'The distillers that are left in
Orange county say there is no money
in applejack any more, one reason
being that rye and corn whisky can
be made so much cheaper. So the
glory of Orange county applejack is
gone, and it really makes little diff
| ference now whether her orchards
bear in the even or the odd number
years, or whether they bear at all.''
Willmar tribune., 1901-10-09
:es. The colored man then left, saw


ates. The colored man then left, saw
ing he would be baekzat three O'Clock
Mrs. Bonsal says: ''The paper was sc
wrinkled that could scarcely read it
but finally made it out, as follows: 4
learn from Gen. Crook that you are
loyal lady, and still love the old flag
Can you inform me of the position OF
Early's forces, the number of di.
visions in his army, and the strength
of any Or all of them, and his probable
or reported intentions. Have any
more troops arrived from Richmond.
or are any more coming or reported to
be coming? I am very respectfully
your obedient servant, P. H. Sheridan,
Major General Commanding.
"'You can trust the bearer
"Of course I could not keep this
from mother, and we were very much
perturbed by the danger we were in.
We concluded, however, to run the
risk. 1t was the risk of death. Civ
Willmar tribune., 1901-10-09
A Suggestion to Genius.

They had just seated themselves in
a shady nook by the roadside after a
cut across country, and a conflict with
multiple farm barriers on the way.
After pause he glanced at the tele-
graph wires overhead and remarked: {:
II have no doubt that it will not be
many years before the perfection of
wireless telegraphy will do away with
all those unsightly blurs On our rural
landscapes"
II hope so,' she replied. Then, with
a rueful glance at her tattered skirt,
she added: "And further hope that
the same genius will go on making
progress in that line until we are
blessed with an era of wireless fences ~
Boston Courier
Willmar tribune., 1901-10-09
FAILINGS OF FAMOUS MEN.

Viscount Wolseley, the late COM
mander in chief, has the use of only
one OF his eyes. He was deprived of
the sight of the other in the Crimean
war, few days before the capture
of Sebastopol.
The great Napoleon was subject to
epileptic seizures, one of which it has
been said lost him the battle of Wa
terloo, although most people believe
his defeat was accomplished by the
duke of wellington.
+ Hogarth, the famous painter, had a
prominent scar on his forehead,
which was the result of an accident
in his early days. He made this APP
pear still more prominent in a por-
trait Of himself which he painted with
his own hand. 49,. e..e ... .-... ...-..
The face of Oliver Cromwell was
disfgured with moles, pimples and
warts. He must have been very
proud Of them, however, for when his
portrait was being painted by Sir
Peter Le1y he swore he would not
pay for it unless all these facial dis
fgurements were quite clearly shown.
Few people are aware Of the curious
throat trouble from which Lord
Brougham, the eminent lord chancel-
lor, was constant sufferer. At the
back of his throat there was a kind
of pouch like cavity, which not only
diverted the food from its proper
channel but caused him infinite pain.
Lord Nelson lost one Of his eyes.
and his left arm had to be samputated
as tie result Of = wound sustained az
in one Of his numerous engagements.
These deformities do not appear to
have affected the great admiraFs abil-
tiles, and on one famous occasion he
found his blind eye par ticularly use.
full. F5s
Willmar tribune., 1901-10-09
Capital Punishment in the States

Capital Punishment in the States.
Capital punishment has been re-
stored to the statute books by the Col
orado legislature, in the hope that the
deplorable lynching record of the Cen
tennial state may be intermitted and
redeemed by observance of the laws.
Among the IS states of the union.
Rhode Island, Maine, Michigan and
Wisconsin are now the only communi.
ties in which the penalty of a life
for life is not exacted under terms
of statutory enactment.-Ledger
MONTHLY. E%* ~ ..z
Willmar tribune., 1901-10-09

The Helsingborg Whisky Dt.tilterv
burned down In the night. About = ooD
gallons OF Hauor was saved. The IRON
erty DESTROYED was insured for so tao
The receipts Of the Swedish steamshin
insurance Association for the past wear
were ~. $50 and the insurance In force
was $n, 222, $50 1~-~e
A REGISTERED letter was lost between
stocknolm and Malmo. The mail car has
oouoie walls and the inner wall was torn
uo"n curing the search for the latter.
Noe only this one, but several other let
eers were found. and two Of them were
almost two years old. They had slipped
.nrough the interstices between the boards.
IL IS likely that all the mail cars will be
searched in the same manner as the one
In question. S
Willmar tribune., 1901-10-09
Queer Clause in a win.

The last clause of will which was
fled for probate in Washington, D. G.,
one day lately, significantly says: 'sThe
net sum of $186.000 left by the will is
the financial result Of a long life of in
dustry and economy, and if used for
good and useful purposes by those to
whom it is now given is enough. And
If not so used is too much. = Chicago
Inter Ocean.
Willmar tribune., 1901-10-09
lnAnlEence&

Don't you think Josiar is kind o.
disrespeckful in his way O. talkin' to
us?.' said Mrs. Corntossel.
Mandy" was the reply, 1--WE paid
heap O. money to elevate J~siar to
the world. He's got to put on airs
over somebody, an you an mes bout
the only folks that'n stand it 'thout
fghtin'. '.'-Washington Star.
Willmar tribune., 1901-10-09
How She Had Saved.

I'm SO glad you told me to keep
accounts, Henry" she said. Il have
just been going over them, and find
that have saved 5000 in the last three
months''
'Good!" ne exclaimed. "Where's the
money!"
''Oh, I haven't got the money" she
answered, ''but the accounts show that
I have saved it just the ame."-Chica-
go Post.
Willmar tribune., 1901-10-09
The Feminine Touch Wanted,

Jones-Our little brown mare
kicked like everything when we tried
to make her wear straw hat.
Brown-She did .. . s..z
JonesYes; but my wife sewed
some pink roses and blue chiffon on
it. and now she goes all right Chi.
cago Record-Herald. zs5.
Willmar tribune., 1901-10-09
All Was DARK and vet saw

All was dark, and yet saw them reach
ing for me with their claws
Livid, hairy things-their shrIvel.d eyes
agIeam with evil light
Nearer crawled they-eyer nearer-grind.
ing, CHASTITY, dripping jaws
Then I woke up and remembered had
eaten things at night.
-Iu6Re
Willmar tribune., 1901-10-09
Rubbing 1t In.

Miss Cutting-I have good joke
on my Cousin Clara. Without her
glasses, you know, it is almost i'm
possible for her to distinguish one
person from another, and this morn
ing she actually talked to dummy
in front of clothing store for ten
minutes, thinking it was you.
Softleigh-Weally! And how did
she-aw-discovah her mistake?
Miss Cutting-She didn't; that's
where the joke comes in.-Chicago
Daily News.
Willmar tribune., 1901-10-09
Admired Her Judgment.

She-Oh, Fred, dear, you are so noble,
so generous, so handsome, so chival
rous, so much the superior of every
man I meet, ]. can't help loving you.
Now, what can you see in plain little
me to admire?
He-Oh, I don'tsknow, dear; but you
certainly have good judgment. Tit
Bits.