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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-12-18

1t is believed that in event Prince
Mirko or his family in his behalf,
makes any move at future time to
acquire the Servian throne. the actress
letters will be published by the party
opposing him. Such publication. it is
calculated, would ALLEVIATE Prince
Mirko's friends and ruin his prospects.
Prince Mirko is the second son of
Prince Nicholas, ruler of Montenegro
smallest of the Balkan states. He
is young man of unusual talent. Like
his father, who has written many
poems and poetic dramas, mostly in
spired by his country's politics, Prince
Mirko is a poet. He is also a musician
of distinction; and one of his compo-
sitions was performed some months
ago in Rome. He is % years old.
1t is not unlikely that Prince Mirko
will be one of the most important
figures in the Balkan state politics at
some future time. Since he is a very
accomplished young man. there is
good chance that his early indiscre-
tions will be overlooked by the Ser
vians if it comes to the point of choos-
ing between him, Prince Peter, the
Karageogevitch claimant, and some
peasant boy whom King Alexander
may adopt.
Some Servian politicians are disposed
to favor Prince Nicholas, the ruler OF
Montenegro himself, as successor to
the throne. But Prince Nicholas is a
man of 60, while King Alexander is
not vet 30. The Servian throne may
not be vacant until long after the
death of Nicholas. Prince Nicholas
will be succeeded in Montenegro by
his first son, Prince Danilo, so that
those Servians who favor a union of
Servia and Montenegro may turn their
ewes upon Prince Danilo as the Seryian
successor. But one great draw back TO
the hopes of these Servian politicians
is found in the fact that Austria-Hun-
gary would never permit such union
of the two Serb states if she could
help it. She would regard it as seri-
Gus menace to her political equipoise,
particularly as the union, forming as
it would united kingdom of Serbs
across her sessions, might attract
the Serbs Of Austria and Hungary.
and thus become an exceedingly strong
and powerful Serb nation.
In spite Of Austria. however, the
union Of Seryia and Montenegro will
always bc an imminent possibility un-
I'll it il accomplished. They were one
country of old, and they and many
of their subjects long To have them
united again. They are one and the
same people, aud there are close fam
ily ties between the ruling dyua-tivs
90 the two states. Even Prince Peter
karageurpo,ich whose family IS the
active rival uf the ObreHuyieh family
COZ whom King Alexander b. thcw.iug
T,F.e..&,a.-r-J u &c ether tAgl sou,
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coo. For a building to accommodate
the offices of the president, to be To-
Gated in the grounds of the eNecu-
tive mansion, and for each and every
purpose connected herewith, includ
ing heating apparatus, light fixtures.
furniture, removal of greenhouses,
all to be done according to plans
which shall be approved by the presi-
dent and completed in every respect
within the sum hereby appropriated.
500, 1876 TO be Immediately available;
and said building shall be construct
ed with sufficient foundations ana
walls suitable for a durable perma-
nent building, and of sufficient
strength for an additional story
when needed. For extraordinary re-
pairs and refurnishing of the execu-
tive mansion, including all necessary
alterations, additions and cabinet
work; the decoration of rooms, Gov
cred ways and approaches, grading
paving, port cochere, gates and cleo
trio wiring and light fixtures for
house and grounds, TO be done ac-
cording with plans which shall be ap-
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proved by the president, $475,44j, to
be Immediately available"
As soon as that appropriation had
been made and the money was avail
able, the president rented the build
ing which was known as 1.-THE temper
airy white house." and occupied it
during the summer months, when he
was in Washington, but he wisely
managed to be absent goodly por-
tion of the time, until the condition
of his wounded knee required him to
come back to Washington and lie
quiet. For the first time in his life
he was obliged to be quiet and rest
ful, but his wound healed rapidly.
so that he was in the midst of strenu-
Gus effort sooner than his surgeons
haduuticipated. 1t was from this TEN
porary white house" that he was taken
in an open carriage and driven along
the line of the Grand Army parade.
go thar all of the old veterans of the
union armies had an opportunity &C.
see and cheer their president. al
though he was unable 10 stand up
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drawn for the extension of the white
house, and she had assurances FROM
senators and representatives that her
plans should receive congressional
consideration. But she did not live
until the conclusion of her single
term in the white house, and the plaa
lapsed.
President Mckinley exerted a great
er personal influence upon the con
grcss than any president this nation
has known for more than "A genera
tion. Long before he became presi-
dent he was familiar with the white
house and its requirements. lie de
termincd 10 have il improved, and
the congress cordially cooperatcd
with him. 1t was upon his personal
recommendation and request that the
congress, by act approved June g.,
1900. made an appropriation of 10000,
cor so much thereof as may be ucccs-
sary, for continuing plans for eN-
tending the executive mansion, for
completion Of drawings model and
specification. aud for each and
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In Mars water is 50 scarce that it is
probably boarded with great care;
and the atmosphere so thin that its
inhabitants, if any, must be provided
with oxygen cylinders like those used
by balloonists. Mars has two small
moons, and therein it eXcels Mercury
and Venus, which have no such light
giving satellites.
Jupiter is so covered with ever
changing bands of cloud that practi-
cally nothing is known about its sur
face. Its atmosphere must be thou
sands of miles deep, so that the in
habitants, if any, can never see the
sun, which makes it certain that no
creature belonging to this earth could
live there at all. Jupiter also is
great sufferer from storms. Wind
which blows 90 miles an hour on our
planet levels everything before it. On
Jupiter a 200-mile breeze is of common
occurrence and blows for weeks at
a time, as we can see by the move
ments of the clouds. Jupiter has four
moons, but as they shine only with
reflected sunlight the four together
give only one-siXteenth as much light
as our own moon.
Saturn is destitute of animal life.
1t is 745 times as large as this earth,
but weighs only 30 times as much. 1t
is, in fact, only three-fifths as heavy
as its bulk of water. Anyone moving
to Saturn, therefore, from this earth
III l.. 4
were he the best of swimmers. Saturn
evidently is in a liquid condition, for
astronomers watching this planet
have noticed that it constantly
changes shape. One side of it will
bulge out as much as 100 or 500 miles.
On this earth we get just 90 times
as much heat and light as Saturn has
from the sun, and all of Saturn's
moons, eight in number, cannot make
up for the deficiency, for their com
bined light is but one-siXteenth that
of our satellite.
Uranus and Neptune are so far away
that our knowledge Of them is limited.
Uranus must, indeed, be a dreary
place. Its year is 81 of our years; its
axis slopes much, and its winters, at
least II years long, must be appalling.
At the height of summer the sun looks
about l.39Oth as big as it appears to
u~. Neptune is So far from the center
of the universe that TO it the sun ap-
pears as star does 10 us.
All of which goes 10 show that this
earth Of ours h.. after all, most de-
sirabIe place to live on.
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aETTINaNE, THE CAPITAL OF MONTENEGRO.

Austria is keeping close watch to foil
any attempt at expansion of that kind.
1t is only just to say. however, that
there is no proof that Prince Nicholas
is using his family connections against
Austria. and indeed, he has himself
denied all rumors of this kind that have
come to his attention.
Nevertheless, on account of all this
social and political prestige, Prince
Nicholas and his country have been
under peculiar embarrassment. 1t
costs money to entertain royalty. to
go upon visits to other courts, and
otherwise to keep up with the process
sion" And Montenegro is very small,
very mountainous, very unproductive,
very poor 1t is called the Black
mountain and is little more than
series of limestone hills, snowcapped.
Agricultural patches are small and the
people have to be very frugal The coun-
try is generally regarded as a barren
and rocky waste - as one writer says,
"a veritable nest for eagles and fall
cons" The nation is chiefly strong
because of its impenetrable position in
a geographical way. The history OF
the sturdy little state is thrilling.
Time and again its warriors have been
able to repel much superior foes be-
cause of the effectiveness of their
highland barriers. During the Turk
ish invasion that swept over SerNia
that portion of the then united Serb
state known as Montenegro alone
withstood the attack. 1t was Stub
bornly defended and held. \ govern
ment was established there; and when
Seryia threw off the Turkish yoke Mon
tenegro remained a separate state. 1t
might ever have remained inaccessible
But the descendants of its famous
Ivan the Black have intermaTried with
aliens, and thus all Europe has free
access.
Cettingne, curious little mountain
village of 1900 inhabitants and with
one long crooked street. is the capital
of the principality. There the nobil-
ity of Europe are entertained and the
mountainecrs are struggling under
the burden Of paying for it, Montene-
gro has recently passed through seri-
GUS financial straits, and il is said that
at one time ON the return Of Prince
Nicholas from abroad there was not
EGO in the treasury Small as the ma
tion Is. too, European countries send
salaricd ambassadors there, and not
a small portion Of Cettiugnc To- made
up Of the foreign representative and
their families.
Altogether the peculiarly imp,urtra-
bic geographical position OF the cum-
try from which Prince Mirku come. is
only exceeded hy the peculiarly Iu-
pructrahlr position Of hi- family .ufIn
royal social circles of Ewup. ruA
the nation ana The royal family u,s
among Che mns, ur'. 4 in the Nvrid
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white mouse should be remodeled and
improved, so that it might become
the residence of the president, in
stead of being less than one-half resi-
iencc and more than one-half bust-
ness Offices. Because of the fact that
the president has been obliged to
conduct public business in the eXccu-
tive mansion, the statesmen having
right of access to the president have
taken possession of the public APP
proaches of the white house, and the
families of the presidents have hal
practically no privacy of a homelille
nature.
The wife of President Hayes exert
ed all of her influence to induce the
congress to take up the matter of
white house extension, but without
success, Mrs. Cleveland was satisfied
with the white house during her first
term there, but she frequently ex-
pressed dissatisfaction with the white
house during her second term, be-
cause it afforded no home for her
children. The wife of President Har-
rison went so far as to have plans
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forming a corridor about $50 feet long,
and through this corridor the presi-
dent walks to his office rooms. This
is called the west terrace, because it
extends from the west side of the
white house. After traversing this
corridor the president turns to the
left into his business office room,
which is on the south side of the new
annex. Directly opposite, on the north
side, is very large room which has
been set apart for the use of the cab
met. Hereafter the cabinet meetings
Will be held in that room, so that even
on cabinet days the white house Will
continue to be the exclusive home of
the president and his family; and, for
the first time in the history of the
government at Washington, the presi-
dent can go to his home as any other
citizen does, and leave his business
cares behind him in his office.
Then there is the east terrace, of
which but little has hitherto been
said. This is approaching completion.
Fifteen-and-a-IIal street runs be-
tween the white house grounds and
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and give them the reception and
grand review which both he and they
had anticipated for so many months.
Well, the work on the presidents
Offices became so far advanced that
he was able to take possession there
of early in November, although con-
siderable finishing work remains to
be done. The first thing to be no.
ticed about this innovation is the abb
sence of pedestrians and carriages
from the white house grounds. The
great semi-circular driveway, which
was formerly always in use by the
public, is left for the use of the fam
lily of the president. Statesmen and
others having business with the pres
ident go down Sixteenth street, the
thoroughfare between the state, war
and navy building, to the white house
annex, ascend n dozen stone steps,
and enter the new Office apartments.
There is large reception hall where
there are always watchmen, messen-
gers and i policeman. The offices of
Secretary Cortelyou and his assist
ants are first approached from this
hall, but the offices of the president
are reached only through the corri-
dor leading towards the white house.
Between the white house and the of
fee annex there is handsome terrace,
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-12-18

fzVERYBODY is interested mora
! = or less in the earth on which
- he lives and the planets which
the discerning eye discovers in the
heavens. To demonstrate their vari-
Gus revolutions is the pleasant task
of the astronomer who, to the average
individual, is a person to be enyied
and honored.
Prof. Schiaparelli, the famous Ital-
ian astronomer, has recently complet-
ed Protracted study of the planet
Mercury and has succeeded in chart
ing its surface. He finds that Mercury
is the only planet which is heavier
than the earth. Taking the density
of the earth as l, that of Mercury is
1.26. No other member of the solar
system, not even the sun itself, can
compare with our globe in weight
Jupiter, the largest of all the planets,
is 400 times as big as the earth, but
only 300 times as heavy. Mercury
holds the two records for being heavi-
est, bulk for bulk, of all the planets,
and of being nearest to the sun. But
in all other respects the earth beats
it. Mercury is only three times as
large as the moon. 1t has little or no
atmosphere, and, consequently, equal
ly little water. Moreover, it seems
fairly certain that it no longer re-
wolves on its axis like our planet, but
resembles the moon in turning one
face always towards the sun. If you
put down the figure 6, and add after it
u noughts, you have the approximate
weight in tons of the world we live and
work in.
Venus, and not Mars, is the nearest
of all the planets to ourselves. 1t also
resembles the earth nearly in size and
weight, and during its occasional
transits across the suns disk we can
see its atmosphere. Mars is nearly 50,-
1000 miles farther from the sun than
the earth, but it is so much less hid
den by clouds that we can tell more
about its shape and make than about
any other members of the solar sys-
TEN. Out of 100 square miles of our
earth ~ are water and 28 are land.
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in-law OF Prince Nicholas, he having
married one of the latter's seven daugh-
ters, who, however, is now dead.
Those seven daughters, by the way,
have been the making of Prince NichO-
las and also the financial undoing OF
the nation. Prince Nicholas is a per-
sonage of Importance in Europe. He
is strong politically out of all propor-
tion to the size of his nation or the
strength of his army. His power lies
in the fact that his daughters have
contracted fortunate marriages in for
eign courts. BY the marriage of one
daughter the king of Italy il numbered
among his sOns-in-law. Two of his
daughters married into the Russian
imperial family and one was espoused
to Prince Francis Joseph, of Batten-
berg, who was one of Queen Nictoria'E
particular favorites.
Prince Nicholas is therefore regard
ed by some who are wise in royal in
trigues and policies as a living link
between Italy and Russia. He is even
credited with the ambition to break
the triple alliance of Germany, Aus
Hungary and Italy, by creating
bond between Russia and Italy. This
alliance might favor his own interests
against Austria, for little Montene-
gro would then have two great nations
to support her contentious. What
Montenegro desires besides the union
with Servia is a greater and more
certain base on the Adriatic sea, and
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the treasury department.; and this
street will hereafter be utilized rs
never before, on all state occasions,
because the east terrace will be the
entrance to the white house for diplo-
mats and all others on grand official
occasions. This east terrace is built
in pure Doric stlye, with splendid
colonnade on the south side. 4 semi
circular driveway will enable visitors
To drive under cover here, and give
their wraps to careful attendants. who
viii place them in marked lockers
which are built in the north walls of
the terrace. Along the colonnade
there is a promenade leading to the
white house basement entrance, where
a large luxurious elevator will lift
visitors to the main floor Of the build
ing. The east terrace will be com
pleted by the close Of this year. ac-
curdiug 10 contract, because mmedi-
ateiy after the New Years reception
the social functions viii begin and
continue autil The Lcutcu season.
SMITH u. FRI.
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WASHINGTON.

every purpose connected herewith
President Roosevelt did not per
nit the work to flag. He took up the
work where Mckinley left it, and
continually kept it before the sena-
tors and representatives. SO that the
congress ultimately made ample APP
preparations for this important work
The sundry civil appropriation bill,
approved June IS, 1902, contained u
total of S565,6 as follows:
For care, repair and refurnishing
of executive mansion, to be expended
as the president may determine, $25,-
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4 German dentist az Crorcld exam
iued $500 school children, aud found
that only i.J7 per cent had sound
teeth.
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Wan throne, to succeed King AL
exander, at his death, in event
of his leaving no heir. The
story is to the effect that the young
Prince Mirko, who gets the basis for
his possible claim to the Servian
throne from his marriage last July to
Natalie Constantinovitch, daughter of
the grand uncle of the Servian king,
had an "a fair" with a Servian actress
previous to his marriage. Among the
numerous letters which he wrote her
were many containing sighting refer
ences to his neighbors, the Servian
people, and some especially hard
"raps' for the German emperor and
the Russian czar.
Upon his marriage into a Servian
family Prince Mirko grew apprehen-
sive that his letters to the actress
might be discovered, and so he dis
patched trusted adjutant to buy
them back. The actress willingly sold
them; but the adiutant, who was him
self a Servian, had no sooner secured
the letters, so the report goes. than
he turned them over to the Servian
government or at least allowed printed
copies to be made. For this he re-
ceived large sum of money.
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tive avenue, about Il quarter of a
mile distant from the white house,
and there they made their home un-
til a little over month ago. In the
meantime the white house has been
in the hands of busy artisans and
artists.
For many years the presidents and
their families have felt that the
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YER since last June the white
house has been all cluttered
up. The president and his
family moved into n hand-
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CURIOUS report comes
from Austria concerning
Prince Mirko, of Montene-
gro. whom some Servian
politicians have favored as
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THIS EARTH OF OURS
1t Is the Most Desirable Unit of tho
Solar System.
Its Atmospheric Conditions and
Lighting Facilities Are Far Su-
periOr to Those of Any
Other Planet.

! = VERYBODY is interested mora
- or less in the earth on which
he lives and the planets which
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-24

GOO5 line on which i6d rock the
uon mas neen beating ever siSe me asf we'll
known that the "oficialdom' of the General Fed
rank and file are earnestly for or against the line
and determined to have the matter settled
The Southern clubs in general demand the ex-
the North and West Most OF the delegates go
instructed however even when the general sendi
one side or the other: This is true OF the New
tom rN or individual Clubs As rule they express
themselves with the utmost csgmGn; ana b
seems to them like compromise Of pr1cipetd5 Ot
this plumber is MIS- Angus1 o fs ssa Federa
Mrs. Kidder said yesterday, to Tribune re-
tons the subject To lose the CLUBS OF Sou1hern
but TO exclude the clubs Of coiored women would
be sFm If we OF their
repulse the Japanese. East Indian, Chinese or
our co-operation and thus debar ourselves from
W Ws so9s m ii 6R Showing
ness and generous breadth Of view: Virtually we
mission to our ranks as fellow workers that God
may tolerate them, but We have better taste!
social question. The women's clubs. If they mean
sbritliai uplifting of humanity through Women 1t
ought to be easy for any rightmimdea Pody OF
mon basis of work for humanity 1t should not be
of them, in two years for a few hours OF a few
days
As nearly every club Of any importance has a
legal opinion in their handbags in case of emer-
gency.
Health Protective Association. from which she
goes as delegate, said: Il cannot think that we
shall really have any trouble over the matter In
deed I believe that the national charter the fed
GRAFTON received from Congress last year Will be
found to settle the question definitely"
The Chamber Of Commerce. the Pasadena Board
of Trade purely social clubs, civic and benefit or
ders as well federated clubs all interested in
the entertainment of the club women. ana nave ar
ranged to throw their houses open to them on GER
tain days.