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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-04
TALK OF THE TOWN

We have fine lot of sweet tangerines
at 10 for 25c. Diversi Fruit Co.
Silk finish poplins, 2lc yard, in ear
dinal, blue. black, white and tan, on sale
Saturday at Perrys.
H. Ivring Reimer of Concord. n. H.,
arrived in the city last evening for a
business visit of several days.
Henry NJ. Stafford of Long street re-
turned to Barre last night, after pass
ing several days in Groton on business,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-04
THE BARRE DAILY TIMES
SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1912.
Weather Forecast.

Sunday probably fair; moderate narth
and northeast winds.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-27
EVEN THE FLOWERS
HAVE NERVES.

Why does the sun-dew not put Its
Mathematics in operation when rain
drops fall on them, and yet is quick
to capture a fly? writes Andrew WI
son in the Illustrated London News.
The only possible reply is that the
liant has learned to distinguish be-
tween contact which means food and
that which implies only the needed
rain.
The sensitive plant (Mimosa) droops
its leaves on the slightest touch, but
not when it is watered. Placed in a
carriage, such a plant lowers its
leaves at first when the carriage
moves, but soon, accustomed TO the
motion, expands them. You can give
a sensitive plant ether and abolish
its sensitiveness just as you rob the
animal of it's consciousness when you
administer the anesthetics.
Clearly we have TO revise all our
notions of plant nervousness, so we
would explain the actions even Of the
daisies which shut up their petale
when the wind blows and open them
rnder the influence Of sunshine
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-27
PAGES 9 TO IS
QUEEN LILIUOKALANI


friendly against a rocky shore-a fra.
gile gentlewoman past the strength Of
middle youth, fast slipping into tired
age, ever and ever awearyin for her
lost kingdom and her broken sceptre.
We talked Of many things-thc beau.
ty Of her treasured Islands. OF course,
the terrifying fascination of Kilauea,
the attractiyeness OF America. but Il
was not until she spoke OF Kaiulani,
that fair and lovely child of Hawairs
glorious sun, that her eyes flashed and
her fingers trembled in the meshes Of
the lace shawl about her shoulders.
Kaiulani, dreaming OF thrones"
brought memories to the unhappy
queen that can never be quite stilled.
This island maid would next have rub
ed over Hawaii
But is was momentary, LiluOkalanis
unrest, sweet, happy child she muir.
INJURED, and | knew that aud the pic.
ture Of Kaiulani filled the old queens
heart. that of young girl whose
merry life had ended so early, lying in
state in the royal tomb, needless of
earthly thrones and sleeping lin beau
teous youth that cannot fade
The home Of Liluokaani is possess.
ed Of priceless treasures from many
lands, rare embroideres, wonderfully
carved furniture, rugs and hangings
invaluable, beautiful feather robes
formed from the plumage Of the 90
bird, that rarest of Hawaiian birds I'M.
der whose wings but two Of these
feathers are found, making a shoulder
covering of nearly inestmable value
but best of all is the simple, sweet
spirit of home that dwels within the
walls of Washington Place
Never have ] met with more cordial
welCome-I stranger from Tho
shores of a tyrant land. II Is an un.
easy feeling to look upon this noble
woman stripped Of all that is dear TO
her; and to know that ones own peo-
pie have brought sorrow to her heart
and humiliation to her proud spirit
The United States will make restitu'
ton. in part, some day and will thus
sponge out the blemish on our becutl'
All stars and stripes-the flag that
ever stands for fairness and never for
! oppression
In departing, when ! bowed low ever
the trembling fingers Of Hawaii'S
plain citizen, Mrs John owen Dominis,
for me the monarchy had never been
overthrow, and LlliuokGlani, Queen
of Hawaii, reigned, kindly, gracious
sovereign.
IMOGEN GREEN-GLESS.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-27
Why Senator HOar Changed
His Mind About Hawaii
A Reminiscence of Annexation Times by
a Man Who Figures in the
Historical Story

wall according as he shall believe that
that possession of Hawaii, is or is
not, required for the full protection
and defense of our Pacific Coast. +
Recalling your own expression of opin-
ion to myself in the early days in Ho-
nolulu in 1873, and also when the
Treaty of Reciprocity with Hawaii
was under discussion at the Grand
Hotel in 1876, l now take the liberty
of asking you if you will address a
note to Senator Hoar giving him your
opinion upon this subject It is the
general, or the professed belief OF the
opponents of annexation, that the
Army and Navy men in talking up an
neXation are simply talking up the
Army and Navy, but this I am con-
iident is what no man will think or
say of yourself. / believe that such
letter from you at the present june.
ture, may even be the turning point
of the question of annexation, for it
IS not merely Senator Hoar who takes
this view, but several other gentle.
men, including Senator Morrill, of Yer.
mont, | believe" The General tele-
grsphed, Have written as request
ed" After writing a similar letter to
Captain Mahan ! continued my jour.
ney home, to learn afterwards that to
the surprise of many of his consti
tuents the senator came out in the
senate debate in favor of annexation
Probably he was led bv Schofeld's and
Niahan's letters to consider that tic
welfare Of tie country required this
course,
The trel:y of annexation sent tc
the Senate by Harrison in 1898, was
recalled by Cleveland, and it was moi
until the Spanish war that the joint
resolution, presented by Nowlands il
the house and Morgan in the senate
vas adoptel July {, 1893
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-27
HOW THE LOST
TITANIC LOOKED

While the first photograph of the
new steamship Titanic received in
New York shows a ship in most re-
spects like the Olympic there is a
pronounced difference in the deck, or
what is on the Olympic the lower pro.
menade deck. On this deck on the
new ship there is no public promen.
ade at all
Instead, the staterooms are brought
out flush with the outside of the sup
erstructure, and the rooms themselves
made much larger. The sitting rooms
of some of the suites on this deck are
10 Is feet. In fact this deck is the
most luxurious of the vessel
The restaurant is much larger than
that of the Olympic and it has a novel
ty in the shape of private promen-
ade deck on the starboard side, to be
used exclusively by its patrons. Adj
joining it is a reception room where
hosts and hostesses may meet their
guests before going into the restau-
rant.
The biggest novelty is two private
prOmenades connected with the two
most luxurious suites on the ship.
These suites are about the most ex-
pensive ever installed on ship so
far as the passenger is concerned. It
will be possible for the occupants to
be just as exclusive on shipboard as
in their own homes
The suites are situated about amid
ships, one on either side of the YES
sci, and each is about fifty feet long
One of the suites comprises a sitting
room, two bed rooms and a bath. In
one of them passenger may disap-
pear upon the ships leaving New
York and never be seen all The way
over. though he will be able to take
the air at any time on his own private
porch.
OF course one of these private prom
enades S expensive. The cost ngures
out something like $40 a front foot for
six days voyage. They, with the
suites to which. they are attached, are
the most expensive transatlantic ac.
commodation yet offered one Of them
! together with a servants room in an
other part of the ship is priced al
1880 for one or two persons The
value at which a private promenade Is
appraised is indicated by the fact ina
a similar suite without the porch sells
for $4,000
While the estimated tonnage of the
Titanic is $4,000 officials of the
White Star line figure out that she
will measure over $4,000 tons, whlct
will make her slightly larger than the
olympic with her 45,32i tons--Sun
March II.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-27

HONOLULU, HAWAII, April ., 1911.
-(Letter in Colusa, Cal, Sun. April
l2D-ln simple two-story white dwell.
ling tucked off Beretania street in Ho-
nolulu, between avenues of feathery
algaroba and waving palm trees, lives
Liliuokalani, in these days of plain
American rule over the Sandwich Isl-
ands, as much queen to her devoted
subjects as retained court etiquette
can make her
My invitation to Washington Place
was for eleven o'clock, and promptly
at that hour ! stepped upon the broad
lanai or verandah that encircles the
house. Following the curious but
friendly custom that holds in the Isl.
ands, / entered without Indicating by
bell or knocker my presence. A wide
reception hall extends the fun length
OF the house and from the extreme end
of this corridor the Queen approached.
slowly and leaning upon the arm of
one of her ladiesin-waiting-a beau
tiful young Hawaiian girl.
] stood irresolute. When ones own
country has somewhat brutally usurp.
ed throne ones mode of procedure
toward the dethroned monarch is ma
turally point in question. But some
thing very cordial in the pathetica ly
smiling face of this gentlewomen ban
ished my shyness and with out-stretch-
ed hand I drew towards her. Together
we moved to the drawing-room door.
The queen swept quite royalty in, her
court train adding dignity to her slend-
er igure-for in these latter days,
Liliuokalani is very slender Between
TWO wonderfully beautiful "hahilis, %
long plummed stats and absolute in
sign a royalty, she seated herself
in an deliberately carved throne chair.
and indicated my place opposite her.
The once Queen of Hawaii is a gra-
cious, friendly woman, smiling just a
l'NIN 9"ulN upoH INC Slol lOuS past
Smiling with her lips, that is to say,
but never with her wistfu haunting
eyes Here there turks a plaintivenoss
but never resignation. So long as
Liliuokalani shall live her tortured
soul shall cry out through those
brooding eyes.
Lilluokalani has had made no recent
pictures | believe and she has altered
much since those were taken that il
lustrate her book, "Hawaii's Story, b!
Hawaii's Queen" She has lost a littl'
Of the poise of earlier days and mucl
of her self-ssl ertiveness Today, she
is like & once mighty wave dashed un
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expressed and tactlessnesses that you
had never been gui ty of. In place of
gnats and mosquitoes | found human
beings, who on being told that | had
come for health and pleasure and
should value privacy proffered their
serviR5 whenever | should sand I'M
need of them, and departed with a
ceremonious greeting.
had believed that only by a mir
acle could | find my way to a hotel
and that l must seize my grip
shawl, straps and handbags in my
hand and sally forth in search of in
formation, if l could find any one to
reply to me, and mount a car on the
off chance of reaching some destina-
ton. | found a courteous representa-
tive of the hotel | alighted at, who
found me under my letter in the Gus
tom House, another advantage of be-
ing docketed, and expedited my lug
gage and myself in a very few minutes
up Fifth avenue.
| had believed that the noise of the
streets was deafening, that the giant
blu 'dings, the elevated railways, the
street cars all combined to make life
/ hideous and vulgar: and yet | drove
up wide, silent avenue, spacious,
massive, imposing, delightfully."- clean,
intersected and crossed by quiet
streets that gave one on first and sub
5equent acquaintance the impression
of the solid fronted residential quarter
of Edinburgh town. Nor are the cars
when you meet with them more noisy
and insistent than those in any of the
European cities.
had believed that in New York
food was so dear that one meal day,
and that of clans, was all that a per-
son of moderate means could aspire
to. This has usually been told me by
enthusiastic free traders, though why
a Iself-supporting country, even If high
! ly protected, should have a dear food
was never quite patent | found that
! food cost very much in every restua-
rant what it would cost in London.
There was perhaps a more uniform
price in New York, and the prices did
not vary with different streets and dis
tricts as with us, but at the luxuri'
ously comfortable hotel where ! am
staying the Oak Room compares agree
ably with the griilroom Of the best
London restaurants, with this notable
exception, that oysters of every de
nomination american, be it under
stood are to be had for Is. Sd. the
: Continued on page sixteen)
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-27
BY ALFRED S. HARrwELL.

Senator John Sharp Williams no.
ton that from a military point of view
Hawaii is useless to the United States
is opposed to that which was express.
ed to Senator Hoar by Gen. Schofield
and Capt Mahan in letters which in
duced the Massachusetts Senator 10
vote for annexation. This appears in
the communication from Gen. Hart
well which we publish below:
1t was understood that Senator
Hoar was opposed to annexation, as
well as to expansion in general. On
my return from Boston, received,
December 8, 1885, in New York, tele-
gram from Mr.. Thurston, who, with
F. M. Hatch and J. B. Castle, was in
Washington, Extremely important for
you to come if only for a day or two"
On arriving there ! learned that they
had heard of Mr.. Hoar's attitude and
wished me to see him, which l did,
with the result that / found him I'M
willing to annex Hawaii. This accord
ed with Edward Atkinson's remark,
made to me a day or two before, that
the Senator would not consent to an
nexing Hawaii unless the welfare OF
the country required it," / then wrote
to General Schofeld, who was in Flor.
ida, as follows: 1.-The opponents OF
the annexation of Hawaii here, l see
take the bull by the horns, by denying
the strategic Importance to the United
States, of the possession of Hawaii
and claiming that it's possession will
only be a source of weakness to US
and making us more vulnerable.
was told last week by friend OF
Senator Hoar,s in Boston, that the
Senator is in doubt on that very point
and infer that his vote and influence
will be for or against annexing Ha
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-27
NEW! YORK SURPRISES
FOR AN ENGLISH WOMAN

n. Y. SUM- These my first words Oh
New York are not words of faith,
writes Gertrude Kingston in the Lon
don Daily Mail, but of negation The
experience of others, like the advice
of experts, is of no use to the indivi-
dual
l had been told by friends who re-
fused to go down to the sea in sailing
yachts that an oceangoing steamer
was as steady as river barge, and
l had believed it. A few hours out
from Queenstown disposed of that sup
erstition for me. The huge vessel
made more fuss about a little wealth
er than any 100-ton yawl in the bay
of Biscay.
had believed that the Atlantic at
this time of the year was icy, yet
sat on deck in a hot sun during six
days of the voyage; then within a
twelve hours run of Sandy Hook we
came up in the morning to find the
ship coaSed with ice glittering in a
bright sunlight The pilot clambered
over her side clad in fur lined coat
with an astrakhan collar and tweed
cap, looking for all the world like, a
member of the Stock Exchange dress
ed for motoring.
had believed that skyscrapers and
fiatiron buildings were the most unro-
mantle things in the world. l do not
remember anything more Titanic in
it's magnificence than their outline on
the icebound horizon of Hudson River.
What" asked, ARE those massive
spires and towers looking like the
Walhalla of the Gods?" "Skyscrapers,"
was the laconic answer.
| had believed that the docks were
like Pandemonium, presided over by
evil spirits who tore laces and chiffons
from their resting place and eXpecto-
rated chewing gum over the crouch
ing figures of women trying to rescue
their finery from the desolating fate
of dirty floors.
| found a method and an order that
our English custom houses would do
well to initiate. | was ranged under
the initial of my name until my goods
and chattels were collected in front OF
me. A polite custom house officer
permitted me to share his strip of car.
pet while waiting Upon his ascertain
ing that ! was British subject, my
baggage" was opened, looked at, and
politely closed
| had believed that the representa-
tives of the press left you no peace on
landing, but insisted upon creditine
you with some opinions you had neve
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-27
TERRIBLE NIGHT ON A life RAFT

NEW YORK, April 19.-Colonel Ar
chibald Oracle, u, S. A., who jumped
from the topmost deck of the Titanic
rs she sank and swan about until ne
found cork raft and then helped
rescue others who had jumped into
the water, added today to his state
ment of last night:
THE interval between the collision
and the sinking of the ship was two
hours and twenty-five minutes, timed
by my watch which lay open on the
dresser. The watch stopped at 1922
a. m, when | jumped into the water.
! was awakened in my cabin at mid
night.
After sinking with the ship, 1t ap
peared to me as If it were propelled
by some great force through the wat
er, This might have been occasioned
by explosions under the wate- re.
call that was most fearful of being
boiled to death. The second officer,
who was on the top deck, told me that
he had a similar experience. Innum-
cradle thoughts OF a personal nature
flashed through my brain.
Again and again / prayed for de,
liverance. although felt sure that the
end had come. My greatest difficulty
was in holding my breath until
came to the surface.
Long Under Water
q reached the surface after time
that seemed unending. There was
nothing in sight save me ice, which
dotted the ocean, and a large field
OF wreckage. There were dying men
and women all about me, groanins
and crying piteously.
a. THE second officer and J. b. Thayer
Jr, who were swimming near, told me
that just before my head appeared
above the water, one OF the Titanic's
tunnels separated and fell apart near
me, scattering the bodies in the wa.
ter
Il saw wreckage everywhere. an
that came within my reach cluna
4 to-A great eratelike- block Of wood
foated within my grasp and / grab.
bed IT, Il seemed TO De sufficiently
large to keep me anoat. Al this nom
ent, however ! saw an overturned
boat a short distance away and swan
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-27
BY the Man
- at the -
Tailor Shop
The OnIooker

Some who he
week asks me if think there IS a either.
Fortunately of An
confuses us say ordained for will little further
along there known just beyond the
and the weeping land health
be gained by
earthly worth while With
when we have almost desire
back? Why do rush the dividing line? Plainly
our theories about heaven Is
terry which Cato
set do earth is fnshed
lasts
There is
we may be pretty that the
not the one that infinite wisdom would
ABOUT our KIND
their preferences
with milk and honey Such their tribal
They wanted place where
the vision peary
mess wealth The red Indians
the grave The sensual Turks Puritan
thought heaven to be sober
invented God of Battles again The
me Noemn saw abode of where
inmates might divide
Among the AngoSaXons
cans VINO still accept the dream of the green pastures
and still waters that churchly about harms
and everlasting praise
These aspirations preudces and
"eanesses but beyond that
hope 1t may be of
again. or may be the kind
Knows that there is south infancy
sure oil going straight to the happy in
Has it from higher
faith that there life Why races do we re
from the idea that death ends all?
Where heaven if there a place at the
center OF things We have universe
probably whs about
do not run themselves for nothing
them all which may be Gods throne
may have work
destiny than which the human mind
custom and appetite.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-27
BIOLOGIST SAYS
FISHES REMEMBER.

FISHES REMEMBER
The fact that fishes will return time
after time to bite at the hook by
which they have been caught is often
cited as proof that fish have no mem
cries. But Yves Delage, the great
French biologist, has been making
some experiments which seem TO
prove the contrary He says that hsh
return to the hook because their
ereediness is greater than the iniin-
ence of their memory. If you place a
bright red disk upon a hook the fishes
will cease to take it after being
caught seven or eight times. If you
change the color of the disk the fish
will return indefinitely. The red disk
make an impression on the fish's mem
cIy-slowly, it is true-and when it
recognized the danger signal it avoid
ed 1t.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-27

A three-ine want ad." in the
classified" page Of The Star will
cost only 80 cents a week. Can you
beat III
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to it. caught the arm Of a man who
prasped it, threw my leg over the
boat and rested on IT,
ION this raft-it was really a col
lapsible boat that was calle a raft
there already were lying more than
twenty men, who seemed to belong 10
the Titanic's crew. Two men, one In
the bow and another in the stern, pro
PEELED us through the wreckage with
pieces OF wood, which answered for
ogrs
Awful Night on Raft.
Presently the raft became 80 full
II at It seemed she would sink II more
came aboard and the crew, for self.
preservation, had TO refuse 70 permit
others to climb aboard. This was NJ
cnce the most pathetic and the most
horrible scene OF all The piteous cries
Of those around us still ring In my
cors. ] will remember them 10 my
dying day.
Hold on to what you have, old
boy we shouted 10 each man who
tried to get aboard. One more OF
you aboard would sink us all And
many whom we refused answered, as
the went TO their death Good luck
and God bless you.
"All the time we were Duoyed and
sustained by hope for rescue. We saw
lights in all directions narticularIy IN
front. where green lights shone and
rockets were fred In the air. We
learned later that the lights and tho
rockets came from one Of the r.
tanic's llfeboats.
And 80 we passed the night-with
the waves washing over us and 'he
Iaft buried deep IN the water under
our feet.
Did we pray2 Men who seemed 10
have forgotten long ago how 10 ad.
dress their Creator recalled the pray.
ers Of their childhood and murmured
them over and over agan We snid
the Lords Player again and agan
together.
Balanced IN Two Columns.
Long before light We stood IN
columns. two deep, back 20 back bal
ahcing ourselves. fearful to move lest
the delicate balance should be dis
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