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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-25

| it was not reckoned as a church hdfi-
| day among the missionaries.
Some Changes.
Anyone will note that in that re-
spect the sons of missionaries are not
so exactly like their parents that one
could not distinguish them apart. In
these days those same sons take an
active part in the affairs in their
church and contribute in money or
| otherwise toward the fxings necessary
to make the Christmas celebration and
the Christmas tree better each year.
Consider what the Sunday school at
Central Union did last Thursday night.
Think of the fddles and horns that
were played there, and ask yourself
what the shade of the departed would
think of it if they could have taken a
peep at the magnificent scene and heard
the inspiring music. It seems to the
layman that the world is getting broad
er; that the people are reaching out
farther to put joy into the hearts of
those to whom it may be a stranger.
Mrs. Joseph B. Atherton, who is
sister of Frank Cooke, says her earliest
recollection of Christmas in Honolulu
was back in the 40s. They lived in
Nuuanu avenue. 1t was regular thing
for the children to get in their stock
ing ten-cent piece and package of
lozenges, a roll about the size of five
dollars in dimes. One time she and
Mrs. Alexander, then little tot, peek
ed into the parlor bookcase and saw
on a shelf two tiny feet. A closer in
vestigation developed two small dolls,
the first they had ever seen. And that
was the sort of Christmas the children
of the early missionaries to Hawaii had.
There was no malihini Christmas tree,
or any other, for such a thing was I'M
known here, it is said, until some time
in the 70s.
The kamaainas remembering the hard
times in their early lives marvel at the
wonderful blessings of the present gen
Grafton. But they should not. Taking
the blessings by and large the descend
ants of the early missionaries, those
whose paths were not always smooth
and easygoing, are the ones who aid
iii the blessing showers to the poor OF
today.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-25

of the day when a tree was put up.
Indeed, l can not remember that we
ever had one in our house during the
age when l would have enjoyed it as
youngster. We used to have the
missionary families in that house, but
the building is associated with that
day only in connection with a semi
Thanksgiving Day observance, and it
would have been rather out of form
to have made too much of it, because
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-25

homestead on Alexander Street and a
beautiful spot it is; void of all traces
of modern architecture but bringing to
memory recollection of the homes of
prosperous farmers of New England.
[ find no difficulty in closing my eyes
to facts and imagining one of those
white painted houses with its green
blinds being lifted on air and set down
in one of the prettiest spots in the
Punahou district. / found this remain.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-25

call the name Of the narrator, that
there were times when the flour was
in such a condition, through being
wet on the voyage, that it had to be
dug out of the barrels with a pick.
1t is not to be supposed that when
persons are SO hard pressed for the
necessaries of life that they could, or
would, give much thought to the cele-
bration of holidays
Mrs Coan resides in the Bingham
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-25

number with the "Three score and
ten who went TO Punahou on Christ
mas day ls47 for the purpose of eele-
brating what appeared to the ehror.-
sler of the time to be something re-
sembling New England Thanksgiving
picnic. Times have changed.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-25

ing survivor of the second generation
of Binghams in her home the other day
and could not refrain fron1 remarking
how lightly time had dealt with her.
But she was sadly lacking in knowl-
edge of the early Christmas celebra-
tions in Honolulu.
Christmas Abroad.
CAT five and one half years of
age she said to me 81 went to Maine
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-25
Fort Street Tree.

Miss Guliek, who may well be call
ed one of the early missi0narles-foI
she was born here of missionary
parents tells me her first recollection
of any celebration of Christmas was
about forty-nine years ago, when there
was a tree for the Sabbath school in
the old Fort-street church.
''My uncle, Rev. Halsey Guliek, and
his wife had returned from Microne-
sia,' she said, ''and the first Christ
mas after they arrived here, which,
think, was forty-nine years ago, was
celebrated by appropriate exercises in
the church. We had tree, though it
was small one, and there were pres
ents on its branches for the children
of the Sabbath school. Uncle Halsey
and his wife were from New York
originally, and I guess they brought
some of the customs of the metropolis
with them. Whether they introduced
them to the natives of Micronesia,
can not say, but [ am inclined to be-
lieve they did not. We were of Puri-
tan stock. and church holidays were
not numerous with US. I do not be-
leve they thought of any of them, in
those days. but Thanksgiving and New
Years. The latter was always more
observed by US than Christmas, and
Thanksgiving more than either"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-25
Santa Claus Hard Up.

Mrs. Lydia Bingham Coan. who was
born here seventy-fve years ago to-
dav is eff the earliest missionary fami-
lies. She, too. spent her childhood in
an atmosphere of Puritanism and her
whole life has been consistent with her
early training. 1t was her father who
donated the first land TO be used as a
site for school for training the child
rem Of the missionaries, a little school
that has grown into an institution of
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-25
No Christmas Trees.

81 do not remember seeing a Christ
sgnas tree in my very young days, but
Ieremember Christmas very well. We
children looked upon the day as the
one IN all the year when we were to
give and receive presents, and 7 plain
ly remember hunting for my mother s
black stockings to hang below the
mantle. We borrowed hers because
their capacity was greater than those
We wore, and such things as were OBJ
#ainable in those days were put into
Bur stockings, The night before
Christmas, aud we put gifts into the
stockings of our parents. | can not
remember the first general observance
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-25
Christmas in Mission House.

Frank Cooke, who lived at the old
homestead on King street, tells me that
his memory carries him back fifty
years-a round half century-to the
Christmas days in that. the first frame
house ever erected in the Islands. In
those DAYS there were no Christmas
trees. and Thanksgiving was the day
most observed as holiday among the
white residents.
He said the other day:
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1909-05-11
ALBERT % oen talifc Wpnt.

Gn 8ereaerer / &isbenbapn bar
fortalt fslgenbe farafteriItiife SrGf
ON alberti: en- Dag for nogle aar
Iiben fom alberti neb til Serelmpg.
leren. San bar netop penot tilbage
ira en- al fine iGbpanlige "5orret.
ningsreiier" til 2onoon % snIfeoe MI
noaIe iremmebe Eenge perlet I oanlf
ban pIuoieIig en- falif Sopereign frem:
ban plroielig Ell falif Soperign irem:
"Ssr Jig mig, fan De ifafie mig en-
Iuaoan?" 8erelereren Itpo Hot ufor'
Itaaenoe opcrfor Spsrgsmaalet, men
iou tiIfsieoe Ilberti imilenoe: Seq
Ifol iige Gem, Spporteren, lom pleier
at betiene mig / 2onoon, bar praffet
paa mig benne; nGite Sang, leg Tom.
mer oerpper, ifal ban faa TO igien."
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1909-05-11

Yet igrite Sfribt til ct in~iercsiant
6orebauenoe bar moi taeet her | Gpno.
iioro / bisie 9ose, nemlia peb 1annel.
len al ct Siiiorielas. Ct Msbe bar
urret oibolet | 5srbe, % buor Saaeu
al &epr9ientnnier fra be ipritjeli9e
9elc al Spnbiprb blep brpiief. Mon
eneoes ON at uoienoe 3~nbbpoeller iii
6olt ont at iesne zig iOm Meblemmer,
ben aorliee apniineent er fat iii /
arpue. gf Snobpoelien bioi9ttes:
"Snnuiiorbs Soealas bep til 5pre.
maol "a tremia 6ranitinai 40 Suuns
ljoro Il Spsa ps ellers anfa % ipreioa
@nnbftap nm Solicit fit Gin | elbre ri.
Der iii paare 9ngar. lin 2a9et pil
arbeioa ipr bette 5premaal M. a. 10.
leis:
/. Slmln % perna nm bet ipm pit'
nor nm 2ip % Senoinsor / iorne 81.
Der beriniIom Sfriiter og Srepifap,
&eioitap us andre 9amle Safer.
2. @iepa Melbins os llteretbine
nm bet, ION er iomla % ottaat ipinngt
8aao fann pera "a iaa prenta % III.
sieua samIe Susapert Srep % anna.
g.. 5ad f%unnige Menn iii bahia
Spreoraq nm pmie Gmner irna Gum
iiOrb sosa."
3etie ri inieresiere esnbijorbinser.
ne, babe berbiemne % pper / amerifa.
Te Strtfter, lom Sa9et ionoipnligpis
piI blipe lat iiiauo iii at uo9ipe, oil ia.
turlisuis treite for 9nsen manat %
neset fra 2iuet | SsnoiiurbIte 8pgber
| 9amle Gage. Snbbpoerc iii "Suun.
fioros So9alae' er bl, a.: Crofsrer
ptre SoImebal .. 8. Batte, iprbenue.
renbe 2anbbruss ltolebeltprsr 81. Siorm,
9arer | Nauiibal q. 9. 9bune, Sfple.
teitprer 81. 9urelib, 9ampitibssrpeob
TOR / 5lorp 8a9nar MeluGr, 9erer /
5groe u. 6. 6onb, Sroisrer i 5erbe
.. W. @roal, 4roplt / Senbijprbs
IruuItt 8. 8. 9aromart, 5Brbe, M. Il.
Saaounne SoSnlas (Siitoriclng) er
tlbli9ere onmet | ilere Sngbsr Der paa
&eItlnnoet, iaaIeoes | Nuroiioro % paa
8ois.
@n nbitiaino for SPLITTER Serreb oil
bIipe aibolct / gnroal iii Spiteu. Zen
Ital omintte ale Sla9s Sorbbrusspro'
butter os GUS ilios' ips 6aanbuerfssieu.
itanbe. Oct er ben briitige Nmtsa0rp,
nom 8ruifelono. ionL iom bar tdget
Sniiiatipet til uoitilinsen. 81 tor iif'
iert piie Jig, at bet oil pirfe dniporenbe
paa pirielig tnteresierebe Wenneit Tier
ioapel | @~aurosbrua iom | Soanop9rf.
WebIcmmcr ai llbiiainsfomiieen err:
3b. Ieiteberg z. 8. Bjeriet. Sanuel
. Seiteberesbotfe. 8rgten Warie
Climb % Wicierife Srita g. @arbal.
5IOrs lobe Morts 1909.
Grill &lppe
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1909-05-11
Nor 2uttens Grobrerc.

Get engelife SIao "Sailp Wail"
ubiatte for TO Nor iiben en- Tris paa
$4,000 for Den. iom meo en- 6lppe.
maitine, bpgget efter Erincipet "hin'
gere emo 2ititeu" flsi fra Sonoon til
@andeiter. Siior ubiatte Slaoet en-
np Sris. Senue Sang paa $4,000, for
Den. iom meb en- SIppemaifine inoen
llosanaen al garet 1909 ilsi oper
aanaIen mellem england os 5ranf.
riee. 9u bar 9IoSet enoelig noiat
en- treble Gris. Iieelebes paa 5000,
Tom ifaI tilfolSe Den, icm fsrite Song
ilpper en- eneeIf nil meo en- 6lppe.
moifine of enseIff SpfinSeIie % en-.
seIif Sabrifaticn.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1909-05-11

benbss Gin, Ell Ear Sase eiier at bun
bar iomniel biern isjen ira Bergen.
Gpbe er osidn: aaarfore Unnn Nso
81 Nar eamnel.
Ssrsina Mibibus (aaarfone) so
Nar CANNED.
aaarmanb ears Saslanb 80 Gar
gaminel.
Site err: gaifs Gnberieii Sageoif %
Selena Sane. 9eres SrplIup fob ior
s Tase iiben.
!permep min beblte Silien til Sl9gt
% Benner oper | gmerifa.
Sunbgp 16bs Warts 1909.
Soban auitbp.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1909-05-11
Softaerne / Gyrfiet.


Sen nitpRrer0e Hebolittton I 4ons
Itantinopel bar after brngt Rapnet
Gotta" paa ale 2Rber | europa,
~efterat bet life bar p9ret fremme for
ben fore SffentIiebeo | mere emo 80
gar.
Sofia" er ct fra arabiif itoni.
menoe Orb, Der betpber "brpnoen.
De-, nemlis for @ioenifaben, og Sol.
tcerne err Stuoenterne peo be moba.
meoonife Ssiifoler, be iaafalote We.
oresier. Otter Rapnet at osmme
ifnIoe man fro at oisie YneIinse be.
ffj9ftisebe Jig meo alt anoet emo
netop IoIitif; men life oeito min.
bre oil man pioe, at be bar ipinet en-
flor Rone | WobrepoIutionen moo.
ltngertprferne, % at bet er benz, Der
Gar leoet aeitationen meIlem be op.
rerffe trooper.
Sagen err ttertIte ben, at Softoer.
lie fsrit os fremit er Muielm9no %
Getraeter fig Tom Roronens fsote
Soripurere; be bar berfor itiaet iis
itarpt moo De reIigiohslsie llngtpr.
fere, % De WRnb, Der bar fat Wo6.
repoIutionen / Scene, bar fslgelig !
Dem innbet piaise Heoifaber til at
fremme beres Seuiigter.
Sm Softaerne fortpller ben
fienbte Srientforifer 8amberp, at De
Dor paa Ssiifolerne, De al SuItancr
% fpritelige Yerioner runot ON |
9anoet a~runblagte os iom ofteit fra
9egpnoelien rigt boterebe W~ebresier;
Ga llnSerpisningen er nsie forbun.
zen meb @ubsbprfelien, er oisie We'
brcsier / Ie9elen fnptteoe til en- eler
anben Moif6;. iaoleoes foripneoe
Suleiman ben prGgtige en- enelte
@oife meb otte SsiifoIer, % til bier
enfelt Geae / oisie bar Der fnpttet
iuIo 5orpIeining for bers 9eboer.
Otter gammel eff "foriYner So
remsperbenen ben ituoerenoe ling.
Dom meo 2inneo og 55i, og Softaer.
ne bprer oerior. enonu Den Dag / Dag
Den eommel.mobameoanSfe 0ragt:
fore, Tom oiteit bpibe Tnrbaner %
lange. til Soroen naaenoe aapper.
Gnboer Iuielmano, Der tror at
baoe opoaget iprlise ganbsepner hos
jim Ssn, peo intet bsbre enc at on.
bringa BAN | Ell Webresie; De fat.
tige bIiper / Yropinien, men Dc rig.
reiicr / IegcIen til 3onitautinopel 90
fieber enten alene ener | SPqesifab
meb en- aamerat en- Weoreisceae. 0n
ON Sageu er 5orpleiningen BOG life
iaa riseIis, iom ben bar pGret fsr;
iom oiteit err SorboIbet iaaleoes, at
naor en- Gotta bar facet ben ltore.
gropt imeoebe Iegle til i'm Gele no
leperet, bar ban iamtioig &et til ct
Geitemt antal Stpffer tort, tptot
greo % to Hationer Suppe ON 3a.
gen. 90 beGer life Ssiioripningen
ira Saremsoomerne gaar iau regel-
mpsiigt ira Saanben iom | gamle
Gage. gu maa Soitaen | &egelen
ielp tage en- Wabras, ct 9agen og ct
Spppe meb; set anbrirger ban paa
@ulpet / ben fnloitpnoig tomme
@eae, pco Siben al itiaer ban ct
@orIps, og | arosen letter ban ct
9rus iii Sano = % iaa er Den mo-
bamebonife Stuoent ferbig.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1909-05-11
NporIeoeS CT bette?

Si tilbnecr ct buusreee Tpuars seIspuiua for st'
hperi liltrles AZ aatarre. Der lite Tan ~telbrrses ees
Halls Cutarrh iure
6.S Gbtusn G Co.. Gierr. SOIepe. q.
4j uuetrtraueee bar iieHet =, 2. 1brnsp d DC fnife
rs War % irer, ban er elbeles broerlia | ale Ferrfts
uinas {ransaitiousr % hnaneisif titane I'll al opfplee
5prpliateIie, psres Rirma bar rdafasct 10.
@tit&Srudf, @hcItialc Cruaaitss Selree. c.
@IaotHa atuhan& arptn.
sahslciale Truaatnf, Lolser. e.
Halls Catarrh Cure taaes iuepenbta % writer b.
rettc paa Slpeef "a epieuaefs Slimbineer Srts 7Se
pr. SLATE. saIaesa al ant apetbeiere. Sieuettpte fri.
Halls Family Pills CT be kere.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1909-05-11
6loffen "a.

Gen ipenife Selearaitprelie fore
ilaar | Sperensitcmmelie mco llntn'
Ielie al Den internationaIe SeIegroi.
fongres / 2isinbon, at Ssgnets Ii
mer for SremtiSen ifaI betegnes mco
Salene ia. oa at benne Sroning
aicnuemisres for belle Sueriges aom-
munifationspGien - baaoe Serbia.
ner, Sampifibe. Toit % Selegraf.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1909-05-11

Z Bergen % be nrrmeiie gpsoer
pmtriue bar oct ipinter berjet meaeu
imitIpm Spaopm, i9rlis Siitsrii, Star.
lassnsisber, WGslin9erne. - ia, euppg
Spruetopperre bar beriet ! enSpec uoe
paa RaoseH. s Bergen bleu BET iuiu.
Ter iaa mango ipse, at 9asaretterue bIep
pperipIote. og man maaite iase ct Sto.
lebus / Sanopifen til 9nsarst.
Ser / Ss bar psinn p9rei uogle iaa
Iilirlosr al 9iiterit. iaaleces | Sune.
pp areos, hpUr @jertruo, en- Cater al
Saaosmanoen Saus Srusrpn broe al
9lIier,t. Suu bar 4 Inr sammel.
S>uu bleu brast pua 9unsesaaroens
Spesbus / gerger, bleo ber ppereret /
Salieu. 90 ON npsIe ian Tiger par
bun iriit. isisu al 3iiierisn. % imitte.
fri Ien bun f! @preipseom, % eiter.
paa Sisrtelammelie; % bette eneet
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1909-05-11
Sra Os peo BERGEN.

ct berligt 8interueir bal pi bapt oeus
ne Sinter-ii9r eiter Nptaar. Oct bar
en- lioeu &pt ltren9 auloe peo Nptaars'
iiber; oct blonlte en- bibenoe fob Often.
pino. iemmeli0 Harp. 90 / Ell 4-5
8aoe bar bet iaa toIbt, at bet uroeutlig
ipeo m Sreue. uaar ma ltulbe uopnl
Stueoeren. 6uif la9oe, be funoe life
miuoes iaaoon itrens Sulbs / be iioite
10 Gur. 6prite Salupart al Sauuar
bar ltot itornIiuIp o. uitaois; men
&eiten al Sanuar % 8ebruar, % nu /
0tarts-nei, ct iaabant paffsrt ginters
pcir funoe ma fnnpt iinoe paa al pnife
Jig ensan9. s bisie SO Tiger bar
BET tnapt pGret ct SinopuIt - ipeil'
blnnte Suuoe, iparte, itile 5iorbe. 90
for bet meite aloeles ilor Simmel. pg
posienoe tolot. On % ouoen Gang
bar het iaIbt liot Suc, men sauite lioet.
% ON np9le iaa Gage bdr Spfer ia.
Get ben bort isjsn. 90 0siret er irens
oeIes bet iaume, o. bier life Sesu til
5pranorius. De louge Sunbe uoeuipr
SRrpo0 % Saugluno bar / ct Bar
Maaneber Iisget iilirpsiet, % sbr bet
enonu. SOL, iom itul iHrbes oeune
Bel mlaa saa Qienuem Sfogen belt ira
Storu'llren. 3nb til Snseuit bouoe
Sompitibene / lGn9ere Sio ban Itelis
for at TONNE - ipr IS. 9iseban par
BET / 9%nieijorosu.
S]tpritepurteu at Waubfuifeus iSunb.
On Srsbs er III poa Silpeiilte paa Dan.
administrator. SIere Notlae berira er
niiteo. % mango Sptlpbere o9 Saltere.
@u MGnsos Sin er ppfiitet iioeu iprit
/ 5ebruar; pmtrcnt oobbelt iaa meeet
Tom iiior ueo bisie 5tocr. Men bet er
oeion mango 9eltnscre - De bar pset /
Snl for buert Gar.
Silbspriierus bar / Sinter hulbt iig
~rotiao lane. Yet bcepurts mco 5 aro'
ner Wodlet, men git mart neo % neo.
inotil bet en- 5io par neoe | Sr. 100,
ia. belt ueo iii / arpne. Hu CT Def
tpmmet % / SIR. $50 % 8 pr. Waal
ig'en ia, ione ioar ieg hpre, al man
bar inaet S arpner pr. Waal.
StOr 6Oriisneite ipr 6iiterne blir bet
10 life / ~innOauue faue Fiber. Sior
uiilel aipr 6uSieiplosu; Der betaIes 10
IN i GuSlono pmtrjns IL Srpner
Splo ior Ell Spnoe Silb; % ca er Del
let at I%tiruue, at Grpprteu life fan bli
Itpr berttl.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1909-05-11

llH9opmsloaet "Saarpou" bolot
Srncoe ben 29oe Ropsmter Set iii
SnotGst Tor arbeiost Tor uprit 9auos'
maul hos SueieIo Sruerpn. 9isueuoe
Setter bUIot be iIsits ~lluaoomslas
2auoet-nle eiter Spiororius ira 5pr'
manbsu / &oriss llusoomslas", Sr.
GrOi. @ieIsuit. Soften her aabuebes
mso 5orcoros al lluoertegueOe on bet
norIte Sprogs biitUriite llooitliu'.
Snn oisnnemaii upr Sprogbiitoris lise
ira De eamIe StaINers 3tO % Ill ben
Strtostic, ri leper l. SOFAS Suuorg
opl9ite Ct eIimrsubs Seiinumsr AT Ga
acts baaRbitreuue Slab "Spbuen".
Sioen blep bet uoppsr Sueloen liiiist
meo GpIRsniua gang 6olieuiieleii %
%SeuGrtnins. 5sitsn aiiIutispes 81. II
on 9tatlsl
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1909-07-14
CANARY BIRDS
SING IN CHOIR
Began CHIPPING With First
Strains Of the Organ.

Cincinnati, July 12.-The presence
Of thirty-fve canary birds as a part OF
the choir participating in the Sabbath
morning musical program constituted
an innovation at the regular religious
services of the Lincoln Park Institu-
tional Baptist church.
The idea of installing the birds as a
part of the choir was suggested by
the pastor, Rev. George R. Robbins.
The effect of combining songs of ca
naries and the choir voices with pipe
organ was declared by members of the
congregation to be a success.
The text was: who are these that
come flying through the air like
dOves?"
Rev. Robbins requested members OF
the congregation to bring as many ca
naries as were available. The gilded
cages were hung all about the audi
tOrium. The birds began chipping
with the first strains of the organ anc
kept up as long as there was choil
singing.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1909-07-14
Sees Mother Grow Young.

cit would be hard to overstate the
wonderful change in my mother since
she began to use Electric Bitters, !"
writes Mrs. w. L. fitzpatrick of Dan
forth, Me. although past 70 she
seems really to be growing young
again. She suffered untold misery
from dyspepsia for 20 years. At
last she could neither eat, drink or
sleep. Doctors gave her up and all
remedies failed till Electric Bitters
worked such wonders for her health.
They lnvigorate all vital organs, in
duce sleep, impart strength and appe-
tite. Only SOC at Benton N. We'll
don's drug store.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1909-07-14

greatest scientists. Since his retire
ment from the navy in 1897, where he
had served as a professor of mathe-
mates since 1861, he had devoted him
self both to pure and popular science.
At the time of his death he was
either an honorary or corresponding
member of every scientific, astrOnomi-
cal or mathematical society of the first
rank in the world.
In his capacity as professor of math-
ematics, he contracted for and super
vised the construction of the great
telescope which is used today in the
naval observatory at Washington. He
also assisted in. equipping the great
Lick observatory in California. From
1877 to 1897 he was director of the
Nautical Almanac, a government pub
LEGATION, famous throughout the world,
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Man Thought Dead Returns.

Hazleton, Pa, July 12.-Believed to
have persisted in the fire which de-
stroyed nine blocks of houses at
GAINESVILLE on July 4. George Yuritzy
was being mourned as dead. To the
surprise of his family he turned up
alive on Sunday. He left his home ear
ly on the morning of the fire and Wis
tied his brother down the Lehigh val
ley He was as much surprised at
finding that his home had been de-
stroyed as his family was to know that
he was alive.
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Fireworks Kill Two.

Kansas City, Mo-, July ~. - Two
men were killed, third lost both legs
and a number were seriously wounded
by fireworks at a celebration at the
Holy Rosary Catholic church. A parcel
of fireworks accidentally exploded
Several thousand Italians were at the
festival when the accident occurred.
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ASKS S964,962 DAMAGES
Alleges Company Mined Coal Under
Portion of His Farm.

Johnstown. Pa, July IL. - Samuel
Weaver, of Paint township, Somerset
county, has filed suit against the Ber-
wind-White Coal Mining company,
asking damages in the sum of 1884,
96284 for the alleged mining of the
c Prime seam of coal under a portion
of his farm, instead of the B, or Miller
seam. which he had sold to the COM
pany.
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s4s.ooo,ooo Needed For Canal Work

Washington, July IL. - Forty-eight
million dollars will be needed by the
isthmian canal commission to carry
on the work of digging the Panama
canal during the fiscal year 1911, ac-
cording to estimates which have been
received by Secretary of the Treasury
MacVeagh, who prepares an annual
book of estimates of appropriations to
be submitted to congress.
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Old Pair Burned to Death.

New York July 12.-Townsend Ger
rity, ninety nears old, and his wife.
Cynthia. Who was past eighty, who
lived on the outskirts of the village of
Patchogue, /. J., were burned to death.
1t is believed they were victims Of
robbery and incendiarism.
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PRAYING FOR RAIN
Churches of Snyder County, Pa, Seek
Relief From Drought.

Churches OF SnyuST OOu"tJ' az S
Relief From Drought.
Selinsgrove, Pa, July 12.-Speclal
pravers were offered for rain in a ma
1ority Of the churches in this section
of the state. 1t is more than seven
weeks since a good shower and the
drought has become quite exasperat-
ing.
Late garden vegetables have been
injured considerably, but the most
damage has resulted to potatoes and
corn. The excessive heat of the past
fortnight caused an excessive growth
of plant which was too great for the
overtaxed power of roots to assimilate
the meager subsoil supply of liquihec
nutrimCnt.