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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-12
The French Navy in 1893.

France had gone bodily into the melt
ing pot, and no one knew what the re-
suit would be. Royalty had recently
persisted in the Place de la Revolution;
aristocracy was even then being made
mincemeat of by the national guillo-
tine; the torrent of the revolution had
swept away many of the abuses and
all the decent institutions of the coun-
try; army and navy had gone with the
rest. The lilies of France were with
cred, and the fire-new tricolor Haunted
in their place. The ragged levies of
Valmy and Jemappes had shown that
republican France could improvise an
army: Great Britain had now to find
out if the windy politicians of Paris
could as readily extemporiZe a navy.
D'Orvilliers and Suffren, De Grasse and
De Guichen, were dead D'Estaing still
lived. but he was ill regarded by the
convention, which sent him to the scat
fold early in 1894. The officers of the
old navy We're Royalists, almost to a
man. and most of them who did not
emigrate were guillotined.' Junior Of
ficers were promoted to fill vacancies
in the flag ranks, merchant Shippers
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-12
Wireless TeIegra phing.

There have been up to the present
way of the more universal application
of wireless biography; one was the
impossibility of locating accurately the
direction from which message came,
the other was the fact that If several
messages were being sent at one time
their effects would overlap, and the
signals received at any station would
be a confused mixture. This first diff
Guilty can be obviated by using suita-
BILE mirrors, provided the ether waves
are not too long; and the second has
been almost completely removed by the
recent work of Professor Slaby, of Ber-
lin, using method of resonance long
since proposed by Professor PupIn, of
Columbia College, New York. Slapy
has perfected his apparatus to sucn a
degree that he can make an oscillaJor
which Will produce waves in the ether
of q definite period of vibration, and
a receiver which will respond to waves
of a definite period, but to no others;
so that however many waves, of what
ever periods, are passing over a re-
ceiver, it will pay no heed to them I'M
less they are of the proper period. 1t
thus becomes possible to transmit
messages free from the disturbing in
fiuence of other ether waves produced
by vibrations.
Naturally the field of usefulness CT
wireless telegraphy is limited. 1t can
never compete with the long distance
telephone or the rapid telegraph sys-
TENS; but for the maintaining commu-
nication between moving vessels and
the land, and across channels where
cables are not safe, it offers by far the
most satisfactory solution of the ob-
vious difficulties. 1t should be noted
that some of the most important and
successful notifications in wireless
telegraphy methods have been made IN
this country under the direction of the
officers of the United States Signal Ser
vice.
The history of wireless biography
would Tot be complete without some
mention of Joseph Henry, Americas
greatest scientist, for it was he who
first, in 1912, discovered the oscilIatury
character of certain electric discharges,
ard who showed that these oscillations
produced disturbances which would by
suitable receivers, be detected at dis
tances of many rods and through in
tervening buildings. He even arrang-
ed an apparatus on this principle to re-
spond to the lightning discharges Of
distant storms. The great genius of
Henry was never more apparent than
in his investigation. of electrical dis
charges and their oscillatory nature.
It is q lasting testimony 10 the igEo-
rance among Americans or tne:r own
great men that The name nf ,scseph
Henry is not included in the fifty ce-
'ected for tie Hail of F'ame" of tie
ration.-Review Of Reviews.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-12
HOW A SHIP CAPTAIN IN THIS
PORT HONORED THE QUEEN

and breaking of bottle over the big
salt cellar, added a quart of beer to
the matter held in suspension by our.
Wnlte duck. But we were past COM
pla1n1ng; the worst had been done, but
II we could have SHE'D Delaying pin
at the Queen for having a birthday,
even Sir Henry would not have thought
it amiss.
Say said Jameson, I almost for
got. I've got some of the blankety
blankest best picked pork that ever
came off hog. You must try some OF
that to make up for the ducks. Cook
In came the pork. 1t did look good.
and its smell was appetizing to hun
cry men. Sir Henry, the captain and
l piled our knives and forks with in
dustry. We called for more pork, ard
washed it down with beer. We toast
ed the Queen in long strips of picked
pork; we said that pork like that ought
TO be on the menu of the Hawaiian
Hotel Yes, it's bully chow, said
Jameson. I got that at Laysan Island,
where I found that rotten carcass In
chair The pork was in the same
room with it, and when 1 got the smell
out of the barrel L
Just as we tipped the table over
and scrambled toward the companion
way, we met Antoine Rosa and another
native leader descending. They had
been invited to dinner, but at an hour
later than we. Climbing by them, Sir
Henry and l skipped up the wharf, our
trousers a sight to see, and hailed a
hack. We kept out of Jameson's way
for week, and never saw him again.
| doubt if Bristow ever had another
favorable word for the Queen.
But this wasn't all. Years after
ward L met Governor Freeth on Mar
ket street, San Francisco, and told him
this story. Yes; confound that fellow
Jameson, he said, when 1 got to Lay
san Island 7 was shocked TO find in
scribed on the headboard of my care
takers grave the inscription: Sacred
to the Memory of G. D. Freeth. Esq,
Died, etc" Jameson had found some
of my papers and thought he was
burying me. I opened the grave and
found the body doubled up and prac-
tically standing on its head. If 1 ever
catch Jameson I'll break his nose"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-12

Lam In Chew, Manager, holds powe,
Of attorney to act for this firm in al)
matters. 1897
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-03-20
A HOME TRIBUTE.
James WhitcOmb Riley Writes q
Poem On the Death of the Sol
dier and Statesman

indianapolis. March 15.--James
Whitcomb Riley, the Indiana poet,
Thursday gave out TO the press the
following beautiful poem:
Bowed. midst universal grief that
makes
Columbia's celf n stricken mourner.
cast.
In tears beneath tho old flag at half
mast.
sense Of glory rouses us and breaks
Like song upon Borrowing, and shakes
The dew up from our drenchcd eyes that
smile Mt last
In childish pride-as though the great
man passed
TO his most high reward for our poor
sakcs.
Loved OF all men--wc muso--yet ours he
was -
Choice OF the Nations mighty broth
crhOOd--
Her sssHier. Statesman. rulcr-aye. but
then,
We knew aim-lor before tho world 4
applause.
And after-as - neighbor. kind and good
Our common friend and w-citizen.
JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-03-20

Inc caSket was removed from the
nearse and placed In the rotunda OF
the capitol building. and at IL O'Clock
the cover was removed from tho cas-
het and the features exposed to
view
constant stream of sorrowin-
people passed the bier and gazed up
on the face of the illustrious dead.
on the return from the state house
saturday night the casket will bo
placed in the same position in the
family home II formerly occupied.
where 1T will remain until the time
OF the funeral Sunday afternoon.
The number of floral tributes sent
TO the house Friday was greatly in
creased. So many have arrived that
separate room has been set aside
Tor them, and it is completely filed.
Late Friday afternoon many of the
flowers were taken TO the parlors
where the casket was placed after the
body had been prepared for burial.
Adm. George Brown. on behalf OF
the Loyal Legion, sent n beautiful
silk flag. The flag bears the emblem
OF the legion. and was placed over
the casket. 1t will not be removed
until just IS the body is lowered in
to the grave. Numerous other offer
ings of respect were received Fri
day.
indianapolis, Ind, March is.-At the
Harrison home before the remains
were taken to the First Presbyte-
Ran church, where the full services
were held, there were brief exercises
for the members of the family and
more immediate friends of Gen. Har-
rison. Possibly $50 people were pres
ent. Mrs. Harrison did not appear,
brt remained in her room until IL
was time To leave for the church
President Mckinley. accompanied
by Gov. Durbin, called NJ the house
about l O'Clock. At about the same
time came the members of President
H3rrison'S cabinet, and others contin-
ually arrived until the short services
were over. The people sat in the
parlors, filled the halls. and a num-
Der of them sat upon the stairs,
while DR.. IIaincs read short pas
sage from the Scriptures and made
a few remarks touching the life and
character of Gen. Harrison, rs did
DIR. Niccols, Of ST. Louis, and after q
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-03-20
NOT SERIOUSLY WOUNDED.
""dn1H VIII Not Die From the
Wound Received In His Duel
with ChstcIIane.

Paris, March Ism. Dc Rodays is
slowly recovering from his wound
received in his duel with Count Boni
DE Castcllanc. The ball has not vet
been extracted from his hip, but will
be III a couple of days. The com
pletc absence of fever justifies the
hope that i'm eight or ten days De
Rodays will be completely recovered.
The count escaped without "a scratch.
On De Roday's cXclaiming, II am
struck, the count approached the
wounded man and said: Are YOU
wounded:' Not too much" said the
editor. De Castellanc then held out
his hand which DE EOdaYs took.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-03-20
CIVIL GOVERNMENT SOON.
Judge VIM. ~. Taft VIII Become
Governor General Of tho Phil
iDpIncs by May ~.

Washingt on. March 1s.--Wben civil
government is instituted in the Phil
ippines. the Ohio man. as usual. will
play an important part. Judge vs.. H..
Taft. of Cincinnati. win be governor
general; Gen. Adna u. Chaffee. who
was born "a Buckeye, will be- in CON.
mand OF the military forces. and his
chicf-of-stafT will he Col n. O. s.
Heistand, an old Union county man.
The new civil government is 20 be
inaugurated by the 18th OF May.
BY that time the president and
secretary Of war will have adopted q
form OF government based upon n
plan now being prepared by tho Phil
ippinc commission.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-03-20

brief prayer by DR.. Haines, the serv-
ices were over
The florists wagon backed M TO
the front of the house. and a num-
Der of the larger pieces were loaded
into the vehicle preparatory TO being
taken to the church. Word was then
sent to Mrs. Harrison that the time
had come for the body to be removed
to the church, and she at once came
down from the room into the parlor.
There were few minutes hustle,
whispered directions by the under
taker and his assistants, and mar
shaling OF the honorary pallbearers
into column of twoS. The procession
was TO have left the house at 1870
O'Clock. but it was fully 80 minutes
later than that when everything was
i'll readiness. The doors were thrown
wide open and the honorary pail
bearers. who were Gen Benz. f..
Tracy, OF New York: John Wanna
maker. Of Philadelphia; W. II. II. Mil
Ter. Indianapolis; John w. Noble. St.
Louis. and Chas. Foster, Of Fostoria,
o.; Gen. Low Wallace, OF Indian
apolis: hudson Harmon, OF Cincin-
natl. and William =. Woods. Indian
apOlis, came slowly down tho walk
leading to the street. After them
came the active pallbearers bearing
the coskct. They were: A. /. Mason,
James Whitcomb Riley. Evans Wool
len. Harry j. MiIlicen, Clifford Arrick.
William G.. BobbS. Harry :. New.
Howard Gale. John r. Grihiths. New
ton :. Terkingtou. Hilton L. Brown
and Samuel Reid.
While tho casltct was being placed
in the hearsc. the honorary pailbcar-
cfe stood TO one side, with narcG
heads. rs soon as he hcarsc bad
moved from the front OF the house,
the carriages came up rapidly and tho
family and visitors followed them.
Behiud the caskct came Mrs. liar.
rison with hrr brother. Lieut.. Com
unndcr Parker of the navy. and lit
/ tie Elizabeth Harrison. Then came
Secretary Tibbott and Mrs. Tibbott.
then Mr.. and Mrs. Mckee. Russell
Harrison and Mrs Russell Harrison.
then the other relatives Of the dead
president. Directly after the mem
/ bcTs OF the family came President
Mckinley aud Gov. Durbin, and FOL-
lowing them came the friends Of The
| family.
Two hours before the time set for
/ the commencement of tho services
/ th~ people had begun 10 gather 81
/ this point and by the timc the fg-
neral procession arrived there was
u oolid mass OF humanity stretching
4 q blocl; away uu every sidewalk. The
streets wcrc kept entirely clear Nv
Ia detachment of police and Company
IC, Of the 2d infantry. commanded 10y
/ Capt. T.. Porter.
/ While tho carriages were discharg-
I iuz their inmates at the door OF the
/ church. tho wild changing VI lire
cuuiuc cong was heard, and down
/ tho street 90 top speed came dashiug
q tire truck. Its way lay through
the crowd beyond where the police
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-03-20
ROYAL MUNSTER FUs1LIERs.
4 DepUtRtiOH Laid ~ Celtic Gross of
Shnmrocks and Lilies on Queen
NictOrin's Tomb.

Windsor, England, March IS.-With
King Edwards special permission a
deputation Of the royal Munster
fuqilicrs. including Gen. Laurie and
Col. Johnston. visited the mausoleum
at Frogmorc Sunday afternoon and
laid q beautiful Celtic cross Of sham
rocks aud lilies upon the tomb Of
Queen Victoria in memory Of st. Pat
rick ana Of Queen Victoria's com
unnd % year ago 10 the Irish sol
dicrs TO wear shamrOcks.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-03-20
THE RAILWAY DISPUTE.
Russian ana British Troops on Each
Side of the Line.
French Forbidden to Enter the Brit-
fsh Concession Unless ON Duty
Thirty Robbers Captured ny
German Detachment

Ticn-Tsin, March ts.-There is no
change in the situation developed by
the Anglo-Russiau railway dispute
here. The Russian and British forces
are still represented by small de-
tachments with officers, cncamped
on opposite sides of the railway sid
ing. The utmost friendliness is ex-
hbited toward each other by the
opposing parties, but as a measure
of precaution the guards have been
reduced TO % on each side in order
to prevent any possible collision dur
ing the negotiations. \ Russian gem
eraI arrived from Picking Saturday
evening. Owing TO the persistent
rowdyism OF French soldiers in the
British concession, the British au.
thorities have been reluctantly com.
PEELED to forbid the French to enter
the concession unless on duty. Mai.
Hockler, of the British forces. was
assaulted Sunday afternoon in the
French concession.
The Russians continue TO purchase
land in their new concession.
n German accommodating party
returned to Ticn-Tsin Sunday with
so captured robbers.
Picking, March lS.-Thc health OF
Ii Hung Chang is again matter of
grave consideration to the ministers
of the powers. Mr.. Rockhin. the
American specia. commissioner. who
visited Earl Ii Saturday, says he
is physical wreck and apparently
IN state of utter collapse, although
mentally as bright as ever. Mr.. Rock.
hill! would not bc surprised to hear of
his death ut any moment.
The removal of Ii Hung Chang low
death or any other cause at the pres.
ent moment would he very unfor.
tunate. NJ. De Giers. Russian minis.
ter, said Sunday: Iii Hung Chanp
is great diplomat. and his influence
with the Chinese court is absolutely
unique. No other man in China an
proaches him in this respect. This
influence is not temporary. but i,
| rs particularly effective at importan,
moments in the history of China like
the present.
Senior DE Cologan, Spanish ministe,
and doyen OF the diplomatic corps
said: The Chinese court could not
appoint plenipotcntiary of the
same caliber and having equal in flu
ence with the Chinese and the for
eigners. Although many of the min
listers of the powers object to hi.
| political methods and regard him as
essentially trimmer. nevertheless
they all reaiize that he 10 the pos
sible man to represent China in n,
present emergency"
orders have been received by the
United States troops TO depart mex
month, leaving behind only $50 in
fantry. The German headonarter's
staff assert that these instructions
are great mistake" alleging that
1T rs necessary TO retain q large BODY
OF foreign troops in tho country 30,
| at least two years. Most OF the min.
listers, however, tako = different view
OF the matter, believing that the he ST
course is to retain few of the troops
of each nation and withdraw the rest
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-03-20
Denth of ncH. EIIinh KeIInrr.

Harpswcll, Ne. March is-Rcv.
Elijah Kellogg, author and preacher.
whose fame rested on his books for
boys and his composition. "Spartacus
TO the Gladistors," which nearly CIV
cry school boy has learned at some
time. died at his home sunday in his
sBth wear.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-03-20

Washington. March 1s.--Thc report
Of the trial board Of the battleship
Alabama says the horse power de-
veioped was $500. and tho speed was
l5.2 knots.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-03-20

tHcfc was Htt!c beyond the members
Of his family. but the tribute OF re-
spect was universal.
u came from all alike. from those
Of his own political faith. ard from
those who differed with him con
corning what IS best for the nations
good. from men who have been life
long friends and from those who
knew him merely by sight. and 30
whom he never spoke "a came from
women and children. from white and
black, from all conditions and kind
Of people. There was no exception
anywhere TO the expression that the
ration had lost one Of its ablest men
and tho greatest man Of his genera
ton in his own state.
~ the grave stood tho chief mag
istrutc of the nation, and behind the
ropes were all the street arabs OF
Gen. Harrison's city-cycry grade Of
human life ia America. between the
two was represented in the crowd
and in them all there was but tho
one feeling. that man had died
who was honest at all times with
himself and with others. and whose
ability and character wcrc such ass
tho nation could iIl-afTord To- lose.
The services at the grave were sim
pic in the extreme, all in most ex-
ccllent taste. ard like tho proceedings
Saturday there was an utter absence
of triton in everything that was
done
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-03-20
Tbe PIagae 1T Cape Town.

Cape Town. March ts.--Ninc new
eases Of bubonic plague have been Of
ficially reported i'm Cape Town during
the last hours. Six Of these arc
Colorcd persons and three Europeans.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-03-20

Washington, March is.--Gcu. Mac
Arthur will remain in command Of
The Philippines until civil government
is esta blishcd. lie viii be succeeded
Dy Gen. Chaffcc.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-03-20

Windsor. Ont, March tS.--Nndrcw
Carnegie has offered to give Wind
sor szo.ocO for a free public library
building.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-03-20

Washington. March lS.-About $780,
900 will bc expended upon improve
mcnts OF the capitol during the con-
Crcssioual recess.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-05-21
OWNERSHIP.

Perhaps it is not generally known
that for a period of five years the
State of North Carolina owned the
patent right for the manufacture and
sale of the cotton gin and engaged in
the business, but such is a fact. We
are indebted to our friend, Willis
Bagley, Esq, of the Northampton
bar for this information.
In Francois Xavier Martins revi-
sion of the laws of the State,
published at Newborn in 1904,
can be found an act of the General
Assembly containing the provisions
of the contract with Whitney where
by the State for a period of five
years, from 1902 to 1907, engaged in
the manufacture, sale and distribu-
ton of the cotton gin.-Roanoke-
Chowan Times.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-05-21
BOERs

Late New From Pretoria Brings the Report.
LONDON, May 16.-There is consid-
cradle satisfaction in official circles
over late news reports from Pre-
toria which indicate that the Brit
ish troops by their constant efforts
and unrelenting pursuit are wearing
out the diminished forces of Beers
in the field.
The dispatches from Pretoria state
that the number of 1burghers who
are surrendering is rapidly increas-
ing and that the men who come in
to give up their arms state that the
Beers r worn out by the almost
incessant movements of the British
forces. The majority of the burgh-
ers who have surrendered are with
out horses, and all of them are half
starved and poorly clad.
1t is the opinion of the Dutch in
Pretoria and the surrounding cOun
try that the advent of winter will
witness a general surrender of the
fighting burghers. The nights are
already bitterly cold and the veldt
is dry.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-05-21
SOIL INVESTIGATION.

We print elsewhere in this paper
some valuable information in regard
to the investigation of soils now be-
ing conducted in this State under
the supervision of the division of
soils of the national Department of
Agriculture in co operation with the
State Department of Agriculture.
These Investigations or soil tests
we're carried on in the eastern part
of the State last year and are now
being conducted in Iredell and ad-
joining counties by a party of gentle
men who have had headquarters at
Statesville for several weeks past.
These tests promise most benefcent
results for the farmers. They are
designed to show what the soil of u
certain territory is best adapted
for and what fertilizers are best
suited for it. When the information
Is collected and put in shape agricul-
turists a determine how to obtain
the best results form their farms
without being forced to conduct ex-
pensive experiments on their own
accOunt.-Statesville Landmark.