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And to think that these miniature fairy
lands are to be seen on every hand!
Composition of Population.
The population of Java four years ago
was close on to 27.000.000, of whom all ex-
cept 352. 700 were natives. There were 61,-
700 Europeans. nearly all Dutch; ~, 500
Chinese, 1920 Arabs. descendants of the
Mohammedans. who conquered the island
and gave it their religion. and 1900 orr
entails. not natives The population is
greater than the combined populations OF.
all the other islands of the Indian Ocean
The Arabs are the priests. and for so
trifiing a 20 cents they will divorce
plies. Conquered and conqueror are very
lax about the marriage tie and in morals
generally. To school in Holland are sent
the fruits of natural unions between Dutch
coonists and native women. When they
return to the island they are welcomed in
the best society. That these children may
inherit their fathers possessions It is Gus
tomary for the fathers legally TO take the
mothers to wife when old age sets in.
When you get to Java don't expect 10
find the natives as interesting as in other
strange lands They have lived and worked
so patiently under Dutch domination for so
many years that they have come to adopt
many customs and WAYS of their task
masters. Many native houses hold Euro
pean furniture and cooking utensils Only
in the realms of the Susunhan CT Solo and
the Sultan of Djokja is the native to be
found unchanged in custom and manners.
And unless you can satisfy the Dutch in
quisitor who meets you when you step off
the ship as TO your good intentions you will
have to leave the island without a glimpse
of the native as he lived, moved and had
his being through the length and breadth
of Java before the coming Of soldiers from
Holland
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naturally. A gulden is worth about forty
cents, United States gold. For the Dutch
mans purposes in Java the gulden is d.
yided into one hundred cents. For working
in the rice fields from sunrise till after
set a Javanese coolie is paid as little as
fifteen of these cents, and workingman
mechanically skilled forty gulden cents.
What with the natives patient under their
taskmasters and poorly paid, what with
systematic cultivation in vogue all over the
island one can easily figure out how 1t is
that the Dutch, after meeting the heavy
expenses of the colonial government, find
themselves millions in pocket at the end of
each year.
Funniest Soldiers on the Globe.
The funniest soldiers to be found any,
where are beyond question those in the
service of the Susunhan of Solo and the
Sultan of Djokja. The susunhan and the
sultan were the last native rulers to give
in to the inevitable and partly out of re-
spect for the fight they put up and partly
to humor them. the Dutch permit them to
rule-with a Dutchman at the elbow of
each. Hence the armies, with drill that
resembles a minuet and uniforms that out
rival the most ludicrous military creations
ever sprung in comic opera. The Dutch let
these toy soldiers carry real guns, they
long since found out that the soldiers are
more likely to harm themselves than any
of the populace. native or invader. Quite
a number of minor sultanS and princes are
also permitted to maintain armed body
guards, and these are invariably gaudiy
and ludicrously panoplied.
If you ever find yourself in Java don't
rest until you have gained permission to
visit the capitals of the susunhan and SUI
tan. Then hang about till the soldiers pa
rade, and If your first sight of them doesn't
cause you to hold your sides in merriment
you'd better take something for your liver
at once.
Java is a land of constant, consistent
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A R T N 0 T E S.

There are on exhibition at Veerhons al
.,.asant quite a number of extremely at
tractive and meritorious paintings by local
,rtfsts-uorks which would readily find ad-
mission to the large out-of-town ART SHOWS
an5 In any collection be accounted worthy
Among these are several by Mr.. IL. HOBART
Niohals who is now, 1t will be remembered.
,yorkinp and studying abroad Some are
nictures painted at Haven, on the coast OF
Maine. others are views found near wash
inoton while a few are comparatively re-
cent works sent home last spring from
holland All are simple in composition,
hut exceedingly picturesque. Technically
they are more than skillful, but their clev-
erness never intrudes. and their real charm
lies in their decorative quality and reticent
newer They are the kind of pictures which
innrove UNNECESSARILY upon acquaintance
and this. after all. is about the best test
az good art Mr.. Nichols had two paintings
in the last Paris Salon. one OF which he
sold most advantageously- At present he
Is travelling with his wife and family on
the Mediterranean and between now and
the time of his return, in late October, he
expects to revisit both Italy and Holland
The work of the illustrative divisions of
the several government departments is ex-
ceedingiy interesting. and yet very little
known. 1t consists chiefly In supplying
pictures for the government publications.
and requires keen artistic perception as
well as great technical skill. The Smith
sonian National Museum, Fish Commits
sion. Bureau of Ethnology and Geological
Survey all employ corps of artists for this
purpose, and find 1t difficult to procure
those capable of fulfilling their require
ments, In a measure it is copyists work,
as it deals principally with the exact sci-
entiac reproduction of specimens, and vet
1t must of necessity be artistically set
forth. The camera has largely taken the
place of original interpretations. but there
are still subjects which defy It's power
colors which it does not accurately tran
scribe, forms which at a glance cannot
be perfectly cemprehended. Often, too, the
photographers skiIl Is supplemented by
the artists. and almost always the best
results are attained through the combina-
ton. Several thousand Illustrations year
are turned out at The Bureau of Ethnology,
and the illustrative divisions of the other
departments are scarcely less busy.
Miss Aline SoIomons has just finished a
etii-lfse study in oils which Is speciaIiv II.
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s=s.'-
g1E2g e SULTAN e. nAkA
U cpIHdHr tsoa McaeRASfs
and most interesting tropical island in the

and most interesting tropical island IN the
world"
ist guides or couriers. in the real sense OF
the word and unless a traveller knows
emattering of Dutch he Will find 1t difncuit
to get about. for all the easy communica-
nor natives have made any effort to learn
the more common phrases in use py tour
lists and in all other ways put forth not the
slightest endeavor TO cater to their wants
or to understand them.
Judging from the frequency with which
his eyes and ears are greeteo Win LIE
phrase Java coffee" the average american
has long since been led to believe that the
better part of the worlds coffee comes from
the plantations of Java In reality, coHee
is one of the islands minor crops. here are
the government crop figures of 1907 to prove
this statement: go
Sugar, 14,5s6, 100 piculs: rice. over 10000
GOO niculs; coffee, $4,000 piculs; TOBACCO
leaf. 1872, 600 kilos; tea. 7,o24ooo kiios,
chinchona, S.133,0o0 klos; indigo, ool'ooS
kilos
Leads in Volcanoes.
Rut If the coffee production of the island
is not as large as you imagine, its volcanoes
are doubtless more numerous than you ever
dreamed Of Indeed volcanoes cluster more
thicklv in Java than anywhere else in the
world It has more active volcanoes than
any other part of the globe, and more peo-
ME nv the thousands, have been killed mere
NV volcanic eruptions than elsewhere in the
world. Old Krakatoa has slain his tens OF
thousands. Travel where you will in Java,
YOU cannot get out of sight of an active
Volcano and the dead ones VIII hem you III
on every hand.
Some of these volcanoes, as spectacle,
are the most picturesque doing business to-
dav and contribute their share to the grand
ensemble of natural beauty that calls forth
the unstinted praise of all globe trotters
who venture on the island. This Java
Major, of the ancients," according to an au-
thority, has called forth more extrava-
CANT praise and had more arjeetives eXpend-
ed on 1t than any other one island in the
world" The phrases already quoted, de-
scriptlve of it, are among the mllaest com,
ed by various writers, English, Dutch and
American. o,.
Japan is a land of frequent earthquakes,
hut not nearly so much so as Java rms Is
another matter in which Java leads the
world Judging from the seismographlc rec
ords IT would seem that the island is al
WAYS more or less a-tremble, after the man
ner of nodded gelatine awaiting dlstrlou-
ton on the dining room sideboard. some
thing is destroyed by earthquakes every
day but unless that something happens 10
be a dozen or so villages and several nun
dred lives little or no notice Is taken OF II.
One of the worlds most fertile SOILS IS tflat
of Java 1t is of deeayed tropical vegetation
manfred by nature with volcanic oetritus
In it the richest vegetation of the worlo
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Huge Boulevard Project.
rom the london standard.

From the London Standard
The department of the Seine-which is
really Paris and its environs-is discussing
the construction of a mammoth boulevard
or avenue from the gates of Paris to ST.
German, a distance of about ten miles.
The avenue would be a prolongation of the
Champs Elysees and the Avenue de la
Grande Armee and the completion of the
scheme projected by Napoleon when he
planned these fine avenues. The road
would not go to the town of ST. GERMAN.
but would end in the middle of the forest.
about mile and half away In the GEN.
ter 1t is proposed to have an electric rail-
way which would travel underground as
far as Neuilly. A carriage drive would be
on one side and motor-car track on the
other There would also be two cycling
tracks and two footpaths. The whole
would be fifty yards wide. The estimated
cost IS s400eoa. The department has 60
coo available but 1t is said that the state
will be asked to provide the larger part of
the funds.
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in Switzerland; ''Wady- el-Nar,'' a desert
landscape, and Behind the Curtain, a
glimpse of a puppet show. These are new
departures for the great portrait painter
or. rather, a return to old ones-for ii was
the genre which originally interested him
most. Certainly they help to prove his
the same exhibition was Mr.. Roger Fry,
the new curator of paintings at the Metro
politan Museum, New York.
* r
Gotham is. it seems, soon to have
new treasury Of art, for the museum which
Mr.. Archer Huntington is building for the
Hispanis Society of America in Audubon
Park is nearing completion, and will soon
be stored with the wonderful Spanish and
Portuguese collection which the donor has
spent years in getting together. The build
ing itself is peculiarly interesting in design,
and is charming located with the New
York University group on the banks of the
Hudson Besides the example of Spanish
and Portuguese art and craftsmanship, this
museum will contain a library of over
10000 volumes published in these countries.
The Boston Museum of Fine Arts has re-
Gently fallen heir to small fortune
through the will of the late Martin Brim-
mer and the subsequent death of his widow.
The legacy has been estimated at various
sums up to 100000. and will probably be
considerable, while among the paintings
which will directly be turned over to the
museums possession are four pastels by
Millet and his famous painting THE Reap
ers." besides three paintings by Elihu We'd
der, one by Burne-Jones and portraits by
Stuart and Copley.
The recently organized National Society
of Craftsmen announces a national exhibit
ton of the handcrafts to be held in New
York city from the Sd to the 18th of next
December. The circular which has been
issued by the society invites the craftsmen
OF the United States to send the best ex-
anples of their work. and promises unpre-
.cedented opportunities for exhibition and
sale. The National Arts Club will cooper
ate with the Society of Craftsmen In this
undertaking. AL communications relative
to the exhibition should be addressed to
the secretary of the society, 81 and 30 West
Saith street. New York city.
y
Z A movement is on foot, the American Art
News declares. to- build in New York an
ar. school to be placed under government
control, after the manner of the Ecole des
Beaux Arts In Paris. It is estimated that
at least 100000 WIN be required for the
site. building and endowment Qhe same
amount asked for the United Fine Arts
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tractive and timely. 1t shows large,
loose bunch of the trumpet flower IN
conner urn which stands upon pewter
platter. To the left. on the polished ma,
hegany table, is a small brass Kettle, anu
scattered about are dropping mowers thal
have dropped from their stems. Ihe PACK
ground is dark and atmospheric and the
whole makes an interesting harmony with
the fame-colored blossoms for key note.
1t is just such subjects as this that MISS
Solomons knows best how TO interpret, now
to make significant and at the same Time
beautiful-better. indeed, than almost any
one else.
Mr.. Edward Lind Morses studio on r
street. which has been the scene of so
many delightful artists gatherings during
the past few years. is for sale, and it is
understood the painter and his family pur-
pose spending next winter in New York.
If this be true, it is indeed to be regretted:
Mr. Morse is prominent member Of all
the local art societies and has taken an
active part In the furtherance OF art In,
terests in this city. His distinguished
of Washington artists that was organized,
and he himself has been an offleer or the
present society for a number OF years.
Mr.. Spencer Nichols has been giving his
time recently to some decorative designing
and has produced with great success some
cover designs for magazines. Some of these
are semi-conventional, while others display
a distinct Japanese motive. In spite OF
the great amount of illustrative work done
today for the magazines. this special Held
is far from overcroWded
%*
An interesting exhibition of silks is being
held at present In the Galliera Museum.
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Written FOR The Star.

Written for The Star.
Java, whence the coffee you drink for
breakfast doesn't come In all probability,
although you may honestly think different
Iy, is an island worth knowing something
about for a goodly number of reasons
whoever expects any tropical slice of the
earth to have good roads? Yet here is this
Summer land of the world" with an area
equal to that of New York state, literally
checkerboarded with as fine roads as can be
found anywhere In the world. Every road Is
a model. and mile for mile there are prob
ably more good roads in Java than Utmost
of the states of the Union combined. This is
due to the fact that the Dutch, the masters
of the pearl of the East" have laid ii out
as Systematically and with as much scrupu-
lcus care as they have their sea-pounded
native land.
What with the railway lines and these
roads every part of the island is easy of
access and for the further comfort of trav
elers the government has built comfortable
passagrahaus (rest houses all over the Is
land. These rest houses are in charge of
pensioned Dutch army men. They are as
tidy as the traditional Holland house. All
the ordinary comforts are provided, and,
what Is more remarkable still, at very
reasonable prices.
But it should not be jumped at that the
Dutch have gone to such lengths for the
sake of tourists. On the other hand, they
have provided these comforts solely for
themselves. and every white man or woman
not of Dutch descent who puts foot on the
island is looked upon with more or less
suspicion.
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w onderful.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
Mr.. Kidder--'.Yes. this is artificial honey"
Mrs. Kidder--"You don't say?'
Mr.. Kidder-"Yes: gathered from artihcia!
flowers by artificial bees"
Mrs. Ksdder-"The idear
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Where the Tourist is Neglected.

Java is perhaps the only portion OF the
globe where the tourist is not loved Tor the
money there is in him. Too many tourists'
In days past. told disagreeaoie stories ABOUT
how the Dutch handled the natives In the
process of extracting a yearly proht OIL
some twenty million dollars and more from
the island The Dutch of today, though
their methods of dealing with the Javanese
have changed materially cannot forget the
ia sIurs and criticisms and so look askance
,,,,or ayerv white person not of Dutch
tIooa who sets foot upon the very nnest
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Miss Aline SoIomons has just finished a
stiIi-life study in oils which Is specially at
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-06
BODIES Of DEAD MINERS
TAKEN FROM THf SHAFT
Cars and Heavy !imbers Bioym Out
Of mlne BY the Force Of
Explosion.
III Aesoclated Press. }

Bi-UEtlELp, w. V. Jan. 5.-The
bodies o2 the twentythree miners kilt.
Ell i'll the gas explosion in the Coop
er coal mine 1T Coaidale. ~. Va,
yesterday have been recovered.
Hundreds OF persons today visited
The sceue Of tie explosion. The TWEEN
ty-three bodies were recovered by the
rescue parties that worked last night
lnd today. All of the bodies have
been identified. but there is trouLl
II iindng out where the men lived
II least those who we're out resi-.
!encca OF Coaldale.
Nearly all OF the twcnty-three vic.
inns were found lying with their
hands covering their faces. One was
tone dead, sitting on pile OF coal,
us hands covering his face
The scene about the entrance near
hat section affected most by the ex.
'losion Indicated its terrible force.
The big timbers used for holding up
he top Of the mine were hurled from
he drifts, one piece going across s
narrow valley, moving down small
rees OIL the opposite side. Mine mar.
we're blown out Of the opening an
wrecked
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-06
Mo Plan to Fight Hazinq.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-Neither
the senate nor the house has def
mite program concerning an investi.
CATION OF hGzing in the Naval Acad-
envy at Annapolis In both branches
Of congress there IS y sentimen,
demanding an inquiry, but only the
senate has adopt.d a resolution or
dering il.
Chairman Hale and Foss. of the
senate and house naval committees,
aud Secretary Bonaparte. of the
navy department, have conferred sew
eral times In relation to procedure.
Senator Hale prefers a joint inves-
tiGation, while representative Foss
taVors postponement Of action until
thu navy department concludes its
inquiry. Secretary Bonaparte cou Il
then communicate Ms findings To
the congressional committees, which
would suggest the proper course to
be tuken.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-06
EXPRESS COMPANIES
STOP FREE BUSINESS
Like the Railroads They Cut Out All
fasses After January
Fifteenth.

NEW YORK. Jan 5-The express
companies have decided TO join with
The railroads in refusing to issue
passes for the carrying Of business
free of charge. Announcement to this
eifect WIS made today vt the Office
Of the Adams Express Company in
the following statement:
The action Of the railroads in cut
ding OF free business has made it
practically necessary for the express
cocp&nies 10 do likewise. Accordingly
~! the leading express companies
haV" issued orders that on and after
january 10, they will not carry any
husine-s free Of charge as perso-
nal courtesy to merchants or other
patrons a., rc- any other reason"
They will continue 90 exchange an.
F-'-i passes with other companies and
with g-l*-oci ,~-ee''
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-06
ANNOUNCEMENT

This is to certify that G. G.. Cong
aon, the undersigned, Is not intercste.
IN any pharmacy or drug store in tn,
city OF Newport News, Va.
furthermore be, 1t borne In minf
mat the double check system d.
Vised or perfected by Mr.. G. G. Cong
con is not made use of by any pbar
macy Or drug store in. this city. Also
sereed ~ the undersigned tina
he will give $4,000 In gold TO any m,
proving Or rightly claiming that an.
mistake was made In the pharmoc,
tthat Is even single instance) in this
Guy since the Introduction of said
douoie check system in such pharmac,
where the said system vas made MS.
~, VT IN other words, where anS
When my donble check system is made
use OF Il mistake is impossible in the
eon('S.s2ding Ct prescriptions. s.6t.eod
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-06
WOMAN GOES INSANE AS
RESULT OF RluGH TRIP
On Her Arrival in New York She
Is Ordered Deported by
Governments.


NEW YORK. Jan. 5.-Demente6
by the terrors OF rough oceau voy.
age. Mrs. Mar Lydia Thompson, the
aged wife OF an English country gen
tleman, and a relative OF a wealth!
family in Overlook, Pa, cnc of I'll
fashionable suburbs of Philadelphia
who arrived in New York last Mon
lay on the steamer Minneapolis, from
london, has been ordered deportel
by the authorities ut Ellis Island on
he ground of insanity.
Mrs. Thompson crossed The Allan.
lie at the invitation OF her distant
'eiativc, the mother of T. Marshal
Soul. Philadelphia publisher, and a
resident of Overlook. She had never
made an ocean voyage before. The
Minneapolis encountered extremely
rough weather, and pitched aud toss
ed so that even passengers expert
enced i'll ocean travelling were alarm
ed. The strain was too much for Mrs.
Ihonplon. wlu il aiXty-six years oil;
and quite nervous, aul her mind gave
way :,
Although she did not become in.
sane III q violent manner sb., imag.
ined that she heard terrible voices
calling to her from out Of The sea
voices which threatened her life.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-06
EUROPEANS BOYCOTT
AMERICAN STEEL GOODS
German. Austrian and Swiss Hardware
Dealers Plan Systematic Fight
On Yankee Metals.
(BY discounted rress.N

GENEVA. SWITZERLAND. Jan. )
German, Austrian and Swiss stee'
nd hardware dealers are making
lans to put In operation systematic
boycott on American goods of thosr
ines.
The purpose of those engineerins
he boycott is to regain the commerce
which has been lost since American.
lvaded the European markets, and
egan bidding with customary enter
rise for contracts. 1t is estimator
hat American firms have captured &C
'er cent. of the steel trade, and thc
percentage is growing larger each
ear.
a conference will be held at Basic
switzerland during We coming sum
ner, to decide on the methods to be-
Employed in making the boycott eff
'ective. Representatives of American