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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-02-23
Brave Chinaman Wears a
Medal as Survivor of Ill
Fated Expedition
To North.
By STEVE PETERSON.

to tell the story Of nlrdships tho hun.
ger and exposure to which nearly all
Of his fellow.voyagers succumbed.
Charley Tong Sing joined the expcdi.
ton at San Francisco. He was even
then an experienced sailor. having
served aboard American merchant
ships in various capacities. Tho Jean.
cite had made the voyage around the
Horn from Havrc and shipped her
final equipment and complement OF
men and was ready to proceed north.
ward when the steward went aboard.
Soon he proved his fidelity, and earn.
ed the good will of Commander Geo.
W. De Long and the friendship of all
aboard the ship. They coasted north.
ward. skirting the shores of Alaska
and called at st. Michael, then enter.
cd the stretches of ice.bound waters
that were soon TO entOmb the vessel
end nearly all of her company.
Nearly two years were spent in the
Arctic seas. the vessel often wedged
fast In ice. or was carried by cur.
rents, drifting helplessly as a log in
Il mill pond. Necessity compelled
strict economy OF provisions. and 1t
fell to Tong Sings lot to supplement
the ships store by Whatever strange
dishes the north seas would furnish.
Polar bear. seal and strange birds
were killed and added to the mess.
damned in an Ice FIoe.
On the night of June II. 1881, the
jeanette was lost and the little com.
pany of explorers was forced to
shift for their lives. battling against
such odds as nature seldom brings to
bear against man. damned tight in
an ice foe. the vessel was already
strained beyond her endurance, when
on tins night a tremendous impact
keeled her over and finally the vessel
was broken in two in the middle. The
next day the destruction was made
complete. when the masts fell. the
yards fell over on the ice. and the
jeanette sank below the walls of ice
in which she had been wedged, and
disappeared.
During the night as much of the
ships stores and boats and slcdges
as the WORKOUT adventures Coult
handle were hauled onto the ice. ant
soon the party began the long tram
over ice and snow to the northeast
corner of Siberia. The dogs sickened
and died. until in August but two re.
manned, and the sledges were hauled
by those of tine ships company who
had the strength to wear the harness
The stores were soon exhausted. and
Tor weeks the survivors subsisted on
Walrus. seals and even on sealsllins
and leather of WORKOUT boots. Sew
eral men died on the Journey over
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The Real Thing.
Dixon heard that natural gas has
been discovered on your farm.
HiXon-That's a fact. Artificial ga,
can't hold a candle to my wife.-Chi,
. CagO News
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-02-23
Too Slow on the Draw.

A Kentucky feudist was shot the
other day out in Arizona. II doesn't
pay for those Eastern feudists TO wan
der down into the Southwestern coun-
try and make a display of gun play
unless they are quick On the trigger.
The Kentucy feudist usually shoots
from the brush, but there is no chance
for anything of that kind in Arizona or
New MeXiCo.-Peoria Journal.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-02-23
the mountains Of ice.
One Boats Crew Saved.


One Boats Crew Saved.
When the open sea was reached the
three boats we're launched 4 storm
separated them. One cutter was lost
with all aboard. Another. in com.
mand of Captain de Long. reached
land, but all OF its party persisted mis-.
crably on the desolate shore. where
neither food nor shelter could be
found. Captain de Long commander
Of the expedition, starved to death.
rhe third boat, in command Of Chief
Engineer Melville. in which Charley
Tong Sing was one Of the crew. rode
the storm safely and reached the 81.
berian coast at the mouth of q river.
The party followed the stream inland.
living on the raw meat Of such game
as they could take. After weeks of
travel they came upon two Esquimaux
Indian huts. where they obtained food
and shelter.
1t was on this journey that the Chi.
naman showed his courage. sclf.sacri.
| fee and tenderness. Stronger than
the others, he often supported them
on the march, and was their main re.
lance for game to take the place Of
the exhausted provisions.
The Indians guided the travellers to
the Russian settlement OF Bulun. on
the Lena river, where good sledges
were procured and start was made
across Siberia. Reindeer later took
the places of the dogs, until the rail.
road was reached. and the dishearten.
ed voyagers were carried to st. Pc.
tersburg, thence to London and to
New York, where they arrived in the
spring of 1883. Lieutenant Donahue
and two of the men became insane as
the result of their awful experiences.
and shot themselves. Boatswain Cole
was tenderly nursed by Tong Sing on
the voyage across the Atlantic. but in
New York he, too lost his reason and
died in an asylum.
Upon his return to the United
States the Navy Department. in rec.
ignition Of his heroism. presented
Tong Sing a medal for bravery. It is
inscribed: Charley Tong Sing. Arc.
tic Steamer jeanette, with the words.
Fidelity. Zeal, Obedience around 1t,
! and on the reverse side there is a pre-.
sentiment of the old frigate Constitu.
ton. and the words. United States
Navy" BY special act of Congress,
September 30. 1890, another medal was
presented. It bears the date upon
which the act was approved by the
President and around it the words:
jeanette Arctic Expedition, 1879.
1882. On the reverse side is repre-
scented the Inflated jeanette in the
ice. with the crew waving her a fare.
we'll The medal depends from a
clasp stamped with the word Jean.
cite" and held by silver eagle.
II was after this adventure that
Charley Tong Sing went with Schley
on the Greedy relief expedition. Later
lac served on the United States steam.
er Tennessee. but soon concluded to
abandon the sea. as his health was
impaired by the trying adventures in
the north.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-02-23
Where President leg ga Wife Worship

Washington, Jan. 15.-John schick
and A. Mackay-Smith, d. D., Esquire.
The very names of the Presidents and
Mrs. Roosevelt's pastors imply the
tones of their churches; the Presi-
dents the purest democracy his wife 3
the most exclusive aristocracy.
Both churches are extremely small.
The Presidents will be enlarged To
accommodate all who will come. There
is no intention of disturbing the other
Both have an attendance beyond their
capacity. At the Presidents all stran.
gers must come early to be admitted
for, as the seats are all free, the church
is crowded before the service begins
At the other they have to come late
after 1l:15, when 1t is supposed all
pew owners who intend Norshippinq
that Sunday have taken their seats. Al
the Presidents II is rare that the gilt.
ter of the silver, nickel and copper do.
nations in the plates is obscured by q
greenback. At the other 1t is seldom
the greenbacks are weighted. Not
even the Presidents carriage evel
stands before the German Reformed
Church. Among the notable liveries
at the capital Mrs. Roosevelt's is about
the only one that never stands before
st. Johns Episcopal Church on Sun.
day mornings The President and Mrs
Roosevelt allow their horses to resi-
on Sundays.
Dutch Reformed Faith.
The President is OF the Dutch Re
formed faith, but as his church is moi
represented at the Capital he attends
the German Reformed. He is a con
slant and punctual Sunday morning at
tendant, never having missed Sab
bath mornings service since his ar
rival here, but he attends at no othel
time. He leaves the south trout o.
the White House at 20 minutes to II
sharp. generally accompanied by two
OF more of his children and sometimes
by friends he happens to be entertain
ing. They however, usually prefer t
accompany Mrs. Roosevelt to tn,
church OF more impression. The
President walks up Sixteenth street al
his usual pace, brisk enough to keel
his children on the verge OF run. H,
is never without protection, but tn,
Secret Service men who follow ant
lead him have to keep at least half I
block away. II he recognizes one o
them as a guardian Of his he will hal
him and brusquely order him away
Four policemen are always on duty a
the church. but principally to proven
the work of the kodak fiend.
Crude Little Church.
The little church is about the crud
est affair in Washington. Some OF tn,
.-.-.-.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-02-23
LIFE--A LITERARY CURIOSITY
MRS. II. A. DEFINING.

MRS H. A. DEAIING.
Why all this toll for o ami Young.
LIES short summer-man but a flower DR.. Johnson.
BY turns we catch the fatal breath and die Pope
The cradle and the tomb alas! how PR
To be is better than be-
Though all mans life may tragedy Spencer
But light when mighty
The bottom but shallow whence they Sir Walter
Thy is the o
Unmngled II befal
Nature each aots his
Fortune makes folly her peculiar Churchill
Custom does
a on a Al
Lives well; how long short permit heaven, Milton.
They who forgive shall he forgiven. -Baiy
Sin clasped
Vile intercourse where virtue has place SomerviIe
Then keep each passion down however Thompson.
Thou pendulum betwx smile and
Her sensual let faihess pleasure lay Smole.
With skill betray; Crabb
Soar not too high to fall but to rise;
We all that despise. -Crowley
oh, then, that mpous sefesteem,
Riches have wings and grandeur Is dream -Cowper
Think not ambition wise because tits brave
The paths of glory lead but to the
What $ ambition? glorious cheat, Willis
Only destructive the A
What's all the gaudy glitter a Dryden.
The bliss lies beds of down.
How long live, not but actions tell;
That man lives twice who lives the first life we'll
Make then while God William Mason
Whom Christians worship comprehend. Il
yourself STD
For live we how die Shakespeare
NoTEAcompanyng in
searching
glish and American poets
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-02-23
Charlie Tong Sing, an Arctic Hero

Admiral Winfield Scott Schley has
~ stauncher supporter in all Amer.
lea than Charley Tong Sing. There
are few men who know the Admirals
character better. and none have had
the opportunity to study the sea war
rior and brave navigator under more
trying circumstances. Charley Tong
Sing accompanied Admiral then Cap.
tain Schley on the Greedy relief expe.
dition of 1894. As steward of the
United States steamer Thetis. the
Chinaman was enabled to observe the
movements of the commanding officer
more particularly than even the off.
GERS of the wardroom could do Then,
too, the Chinaman knew all of the
horrors of the north by former ex.
periences. and was acquainted with
the difficulties which were met and
mastered by Schley.
Decorated with medals by the
United States Navy Department and
by Congress, Charley Tong Sing has
received rewards for bravery that eau.
casians may well envy.
Living in Los Angeles.
This staiwart fellow, as thoroughly
AmeriCanized as thirty years residence
in America or aboard American ships
can make him, a naturalized citizen
OF this country of his adoption, is now
a resident of Los Angeles. He has
lived in that city htree months. en-.
gagged in the restaurant business, his
place on East Third street being con.
Quoted on the New York plan" as
a card on the door announces. Proud
OF the honors he has won. but weary
Of a life of adventure, he has retired
from the seafaring life that he follow.
ed for many years, and wishes now
but to be allowed TO pass his days in
quiet pursuit of his new business. He
speaks modestly of his adventures
with the instinct of true hero, rather
belittling the achievements than max.
ing any boast Of them. In speech and
manners he betrays but seldom his ma.
tionality; yet there are times in the
recital of his story that he reverts to
the patois Of the American Chinese.
but Immediately conscious of IT, he
corrects the speech in scholarly Eng
lish.
When telling of his first voyage to
the north. he was asked what was the
object of the hazardous trip. when he
replied:
why. we were looking for the
north pole. Many go far to find the
north pole; go from United States,
and from evely county. but no one
catch him. mean. none is able to
reach the pole"
Survivor From the Jeanette.
Charley Tong Sing is one OF two
or three survivors of the jeanette ex.
petition. He was steward of tho
ship jeanette, that in 1879 sailed on
& voyage of exploration OF the Arctic
seas. with the object OF discovering
the north pole. No doubt II Is due to
his splendid physique that he lie alive
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-02-23
A lonu.FeIt Want,

Jones-Brainen has just patented an
invention that is destined to make Il
fortune.
Brown-So? What is It?
Jones-An ink bottle that sounds an
alarm at the approach Of a mucilage
brush.-Chicago News.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-02-23

It was the denomination intention to
build a larger mission here before Mr..
Roosevelt began to attend. OF course,
when he attended as Vice President an
impetus was given the movement.
When he became President the project
was as good as consummated.
Back on an Alley.
The little church stands back on an
alley. about 100 feet across a lot from
Fifteenth street. between Rhode ISL
and avenue and p street. It is intend
ed to construct a church costing $780,
900 and covering the present site and
lot. The congregation in Washington
is not able to sustain this expense,
Tut from all over the country dona-
tons to the fund are being received.
Thirty-five thousand dollars, with
which is a donation from the Presi.
dent, is now subscribed. and the archi
tects are at work on the plans.
Mrs. Roosevelt does not. like he!
husband, shine alone at church. st
Johns has always been known as the
Presidents church. 1t is also known
as the English church. More than half
the country's Presidents and nearly all
the members of the British Embassies
have worshipped there. 1t is the chief
senatorial and Cabinet religious rem
devious. The smart set" almost in
its entirety worships there. The many
strangers and outsiders who flock to
see this notable aggregation generally
have to wait until they are safe in
their pews before they can get in.
In soeiety's Center.
The church is situated on Sixteenth
and II. streets, just across Lafayette
square from the White House, just
opposite Secretary Hays home. block
from the Depew mansion, and, in the
opposite direction, about the same dis.
lance from Senator Hanna's. The in
terror is rich and elaborate. The vest.
ed choir and the mighty organ are in
sharp contrast with the volunteer
singers and the little meloIeon at the
Presidents church. So are the minis
ter's sermons.
Rev. Mackay-Smith is exceedingly
wealthy by inheritance. and gives over
his salary to works of charity for the
Washington and other poor. He lives
in a luxurious home on Sixteenth
street, near Massachusetts, avenue, IL
the heart of aristocratic Washington
and travels in the best society"
Sometimes the children attend
church with Mrs. Roosevelt. They viii
be left to decide for themselves as I,
which church they will join. Thougl
Mrs. Roosevelt's and me President
churches differ so widely they them
selves are of the same democratic in
clinations.
These two churches are the sunda!
sights for visitors at Washington
Their contrast has a curious effect.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-02-23

81 am building" the pensIve maiden
said.
"A castle in the air"
And what Is the corner-stone?" he
asked.
She answered: "A solitaire"
February Smart Set
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-02-23
keyhole.

Mr., Botts-I think, my dear, I have
at last found the key to success.
Mrs. Botts-Well, just as like as not
you'll not he able to find the keyhole.-
Yonkers Statesman.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-02-23

berlain can bring about any change in
this policy. Salisbury is known 10 be
firm in his belief that in this matter
what is Germany's and Frances loss
is England's gain.
Naturally a refusal on the part Of
Great Britain to aid them would cause
Jamaica, British Guiana and the small
West Indian islands under the British
flag to look with longing eyes towards
Porto Rico, and the admission OF Gu
ban sugar free would cause a great
clamor from them for admission to the
United States.
While the price of sugar in the
United States is determined by the Eu-
ropean conditions. the sugar producers
and refiners are not troubled over the
bounty war now raging there. The
American producer knows that under
certain conditions the American rein.
ers would turn to Germany for their
raw sugar, but he also knows that no
raw sugar is coming to this country
from Europe now, and that any time
conditions should change so that 1t
would start coming this way, they
would get all the protection they could
ask for, and that in a hurry. They
have no reason to fear that In this i'm
portant matter the Government will
not protect its own. and their sole
trouble now is Cuba. In this fight the
beet sugar men and the refners are
now busily engaged at Washington
thrashing over old straw The beet
sugar men are forgetting all their
statements as to the great profits in
their business, and the refners are
again advancing the arguments in ia
yor Of free raw sugar. Both sides have
plenty of money for this kind of flight,
while the Cuban planters are looking
on wondering whether its outcome will
mean prosperity or bankruptcy for
their island.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-02-23
SUGAR IS DISCUSSED
BY THE WORLDS
GREATEST LEGISLATORS

Continued from Page 81
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-02-23
Difference Between Little
German Reformed and
More Fashionable
Edifice.

negro churches are far larger and fin.
err. It was established 20 years
ago as a mission to the capital, but 1t
was thought several times the mission
would have to be abandoned. Until
recent years its average membership
was but thirty-fve. Under its present
pastor IL grew to number 100 communi-
cants. Since the Presidents attend
ance the congregation has grown be-
yond the seating capacity, 100. and
the floating attendance or attempted
attendance is nearly that much again
each Sunday.
The President has the only reserved
pew. There are two aisles. dividing
the seats into three rows. His is the
second in the center row, but 1t is q
plain, hard, much-scratched bench,
like all the others. When he first be-
gan to attend the minister suggested
that he might enter and leave the
church from a door at the side OF the
pulpit in order to avoid the throng,
but Mr.. Roosevelt declined, saying he
wanted to go to church like any other
man. After the benedction the con-
gregation now remains standing in
their pews until he passes out. The
President follows the service closely
even joining in the hymns at times.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-02-23
The Real Thing.

The Real Thing.
Dixon heard that natural gas has
been discovered on your farm.
HiXOn-That's a fact. Artificial ga,
can't hold candle to my wife.-Chi,
CagO News.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-02-23
Heart to Heart Talks.

Before the service begins Mr., Schick
goes through the church greeting his
flock personally, also those who have
strayed in. He breaches ina heart.to.
heart way that is seldom heard. Many
who are unaccustomed to the folds"
and have Just entered to scrutinize the
President while he worships, confined
in so close a space with an earnest,
honest. effective pleader with a mighty
voice, seem to forget they came only
TO observe and become affected.
THE Presidents attendance at that
place will do more for the cause OF
Christianity than had he attended any
other" said one OF this class as he
followed Mr.. Roosevelt out last Sum
day.
The German Reformed church Is
predominant in this country only in
Eastern Pennsylvania, but It is strong
all through that State and Ohio. The
Dutch Reformed has its strength in
New York State. Together their men,
bership numbers about 50,OO0-the
English-speaking branch-in America.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-02-23

It was the denomination intention to
build larger mission here before Mr..
Roosevelt began to attend. OF course,
when he attended as Vice President an
impetus was given the movement.
When he became President the project
was as good as consummated.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1902-01-04
The, Farmers Opportunity.

I have in stock "Flying Dutchman
gang plows, Fuller& johnson gang
plows. Van Brunts & Wilkins drills
(both shoe drills and disc drills), an
assortment of walking plows, disc
harrows, grain separators, the best in
the market, and other farm machin-
cry, and also one high grade surrey,
in exchange for which, or any part
thereof. l will take good, young
work horses Here is your opportuni-
ty. Come and see me as soon as ]
return from New York. / expect to
be home about January Z, 1902 per
haps a little earlier. In the mean
times if you have something to offer
you can see Mr.. Nicolay Hasselo, the
cashier of Olsen, Gutter, Healy Com
pany. also want a couple of good
tenants for excellent farms.
MANLY B. LORD,
Morris, MINI.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1902-01-04
A Useful Start.

William M. Evarts seldom met
his match, but Harper's Weekly tells
how he once found it in Senator Da-
yid Davis. Mr.. Eyarts was a mere
skeleton Of a man, while Mr.. Davis,
who weighed upward Of 800 pounds,
was blessed with a circumference
quite as great as his length.
The two senators were perpetual
y tWitting each other in fun, and
one night at dinner Mr.. Davis said :
IF you will let me choose the
course, I will guarantee that with
three yards start I can beat you III
a race of a hundred feet.
Every one at the table laughed
and said, Take him up, Mr.. Ev-
arts
The challenge was accepted, and
Mr.. Davis was asked when he would
race, to which he replied that he
was ready at once. The whole par
ty then adjourned to the course
chosen by Senator Davis.
This proved to be an alley be-
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1902-01-04
Knew How It was Himself,

n Not long ago in Ferthshire, Scot
land, a woman was driving her hus-
band down a narrow lane when on
turning a sharp corner they encoun-
tered brewers cart. Neither had
room to pass, and in NEST disagree
able tones the woman said:
'He must go back, for I shall
not. He ought to have seen us be
fore entering the lane"
'But, my dear, replied her hus-
band, Chow could he with this sud-
den turn in the road ?"
81 don't care said the woman
haughtily. Il shall stay here all
night before / give way to him. !"
The driver of the cart overheard
all the conversation and said re-
signedly:
CA RIGHT; sir. I'll gang back, :
adding sympathetically, "I've got
just such anither one at home. !"
Scottish American.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1902-01-04
INSTITUTE SPEAKERS
The Experts on Agriculture who will
be here Jan. II and IS.

The state farmers institute will be
held in Morris Friday and Satur-
day January II and Is, under the
direction Of superintendent 0. G.
Gregg. Many noted authorities on
farm management and farm products
will assist the superintendent.
Chow to Make Money on Pigs"
will be explained by Forrest Henry
of Minnesota, DR.. G. G. Smead of
New York will be present with some
practical ideas on Horse Raising"
B. ". McKeene of Maine will take
care Of the dairy questions, showing
improved methods. The differene be.
tween the results with scrub stock
and with pure breeds will be dwelt
upon by Henry Van Dresser of
New York. Mr.. Van Dresser is also
sn expert on poultry. T B. Terry
will show how to make hay and clover
pay. S. j. Fairchild of Iowa will
i've points on the cultivation on po-
tatoes.