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From September 23 to October 9,
190D, the State of New York, under
the auspices of the Hudson-Fulton
Celebration Commission, will com
memorate with appropriate exercises
the 300th anniversary of the discov
ery of the Hudson River by Henry
Hudson in 16D9, and the 100th anni
versary of the successful inaugura
tion of steam navigation upon the
earn1 river by Robert Fulton in 1807.
The plans for the celebration have
teen formulated with a view to the
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international, national, interstate,
State and local significance of the
vits to be commemorated.
The people of Holland, under royal
auspices, have built a reproduction of
the Half Moon, to be presented to
the Commission manned with a crew
in the costumes of the period of
Henry Hudson. The reception of
this distinguished delegation, togeth
er, as it is hoped, with ships and offi
cial representatives of foreign na
tions, will mark the international
phase of the celebration.
The National Government will be
represented by the Federal troops,
the United States navy and distin
guished civil officers.
An interstate participation cannot
be avoided when two commonwealths,
like New York and New Jersey, have
so roach in common in their geogra
phical, historical, social and commer-
ciai reian
by Govern
guisheu ci
the Comm
ties of X.
ms, and the appointment
r Hughes of fifteen dlstin
izens of New Jersey upon
ssion, as well as the activi
w Jersey boards of trade.
indicate that such participation is in
contemplation.
The State-wide observance of the
events has been provided for in the
preparations for commemorative er
ercises in all the universities, colleges,
schools and learned societies through
out the State.
In the Hudson River Valley every
county seat from Newburgh north
ward is preparing actively for one
day of local celebraticn.
In New York City and the Hudson
Valley south of Newburgh the feat
ures of the celebration promise to
make it unique in character and of
lasting educational value.
Saturday, September 23.
The observances will begin on Sat
urday, September 25, with the follow
ing features:
General decorations of public and
private dwellings from New York to
the head of the river.
PROPOSED HENRY HUDSON MEMORIAL BRIDGE. NEW YORK.
LIVES LOST IN SEARCH OF THE POLE
he following table shows the dis
tftous results of expeditions to dis
er the North Pole, which Dr. Cook
oriiplished without casulty:
Jrear. Explorer. Lost.
Sir Hugh Wiloughby 62
Richard Chancellor 8
,5 Sir Martin Frobisher 40
Captain Davis 14
Sft ?rents 35
im John Knight 3
INDIANS WATCHING THS HALF MOON
Rendezvous of American and for
eign vessels at New York.
Fac-simile of Hudson's Half Moon
to enter the river, be formally re
ceived and take her place in line.
Fac-simile of Fulton's Clermont to
start from original site with appro
priate exercises and take position in
line.
Visiting guests to disembark and
be officially received.
Sunday, September 20.
The Commission is of the opinion
that in arranging for the celebration
the people should not overlook the
divine guidance in the two great
events to be commemorated, one of
which opened up our State to modern
civilization and led to the founding of
the city of New York, and the other
of which laid the foundation for the
vast commerce upon which the pros
perity of the city and State so largely
depends. It has therefore set apart
the day for religious observances.
Monday, September 27.
Openings of exhibits of paintings,
prints, books, models, relics. The
exhibitions at the Metropolitan Mu
seum of Art and the American Mu
seum of Natural History promise to
be the most remarkable of the kind
ever held in thi3 country.
Music festivals will be held in the
evening in each of the five boroughs
of the city.
On some day or days of this week
there will be a remarkable exhibition
of flying machines. The New York
World has offered a prize of. $10, 000
for the aeronaut who, with a mechan
ically propelled airship, sails over the
course from New York to Albany tra
versed by Fulton's first steamboat in
1807.
During the week it is planned to
FIRST TRIP OF FULTON'S CLERMONT.
have upon a great float in the Hud
son River opposite Riverside Park,
New York, an Indian village, in and
around which scenes in the early his
tory of New York will be enacted.
Tuesday, September 28.
On Tuesday, September 2 8, there
will be an historical parade in the
city of New York. The procession
will be composed of floats and mov
ing tableaux representing the princi
pal events in the history of the city
and State. This parade may be re
peated in Brooklyn on Friday, Octo
ber 1.
In the evening the official literary
exercises will be held in the Metro
politan Opera House, the great hall
1607 Henry Hudson 10
1612 Sir Thomas Button 14
1619 Jens Munk . . .' 62
1631 Thomas James 14
1634 Isle of Jan Mayen Settlers. . 7
A648 Deshneff 70
1719 James Knight 50
1735 Pronchistcheff 2
1728 Behring 10
1735 Lassinious 53
1739 Charlton Laotier 12
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of the City College, Carnegie Hall
and the Opera House of the Brooklyn
Academy of Music. ,
Wednesday, September 29.
Wednesday, September 29, will be
devoted to the dedication of parks
DISCOVERY OF THE HUDSON VIG NETTE OF HUDSON IN L1.FT-HAND
CORNER.
and memorials along the Hudson Riv
er, and to general commemorative
exercises throughout the State.
The program for this day also in
cludes aquatic sports on the Hudson
River. The races on this day will be
opposite Riverside Park, New York,
and opposite Yonkers.
Other features of Wednesday's pro
gram will be:
A reception to visiting guests at
West Point during the day, and an
official banquet in honor of distin
guished guests in the city of New
York in the evening.
Thursday, September SO.
On Thursday will occur the mili
tary parade, participated in by the
United States Army, the United States
Navy and Marine Corps, the National
Guard and the Naval Militia. This
parade may contain as many as 25,
000 troops.
Friday, October 1.
Friday, October 1, Is devoted to the
naval parade and incidental cere
monies. It appears to be practicable
for some of our naval vessels to pro
ceed as far north as Newburgh Bay.
It is planned to have as many vessels
of the navy, merchant marine, ex
cursion boats and pleasure craft as
possible go from New York to New
burgh, taking with them the fac
similes of the Half Moon and Cler
mont. As the procession passes up the
river salutes will be fired from eligi
ble points.
The memorial arch erected by the
Daughters of the Revolution at Stony
Point battlefield will be dedicated on
this day.
Simultaneously with the advance of
the South Hudson division, it is pro
posed to have a counter-procession
from Albany to Newburgh, the two
divisions meeting and holding appro
priate ceremonies at Newburgh. Here
the Half Moon and Clermont will join
the North Hudson division.
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Saturday, October 2.
Saturday, October 2, is designed
for a areneral carnival day in New
York City.
The New York division of the naval
parade will return to its starting
point.
In Newburgh Bay theie will be
aquatic sports.
In all the cities this will be pe
culiarly the children's day, devoted
to fetes in public and private parks
and playgrounds.
The celebration wiU culminate in
New York City in the evening with a
carnival parade. This feature, with
its, moving allegorical tableaux par
ticipated in by all nationalities rep
resented in the cities will, it is be
lieved, exceed In beauty and interest
the most famous carnivals of Europe.
Brilliancy will be added to the gen
eral spectacle by the illumination of
the fleet and public and private build
ings and a pyrotechnic display. Dis
plays of fireworks at various points,
notably on the great bridges as in the
fetes of the 14th of July in Paris, are
in contemplation.
At 9 p. m. it is designed to have
a chain of signal fires from mountain
tops and other eligible points along
the whole river, lighted simul
taneously. Beginning Sunday, October 3.
It is planned to devote the week
beginning Sunday, October 3, to cele
brations in the communities along
the Upper Hudson. This will be
somewhat in the nature of an old
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HUDSON MEMORIAL STATUE,
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1853 Kane Epedition 3
I860 Isaac Hayes I
I860 Hayes (first voyage)
1864 Hail (first voyage) 3
1870 Hall (second voyage) 2
1872 Pegetthoff 2
1872 B. Leigh Smith 2
1875 English Expedition ... 4
1878 Jeanette (De Long) 21
1881 Greeley 20
1896 Andre (balloon) 3
Total
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home week. Beginning Sunday, Oc
tober 3, such portion of the Lower
Hudson fleet as can continue the voy
age to Troy, together with the North
Hudson fleet and the Half Moon and
Clermont, will be subject to the ar
rangements of the Upper Hudson
committee of the Commission.
Monday, October 4.
On Monday the naval parade will
be at Poughkeepsie, the county seat
of Dutchess County, and remain there
during the Poughkeepsie ceremonies.
Tuesday, October 5.
On Tuesday the naval parade will
proceed to Kingston, the county seat
of Ulster County, while similar exer
cises take place there.
Wednesday, October G.
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val parade will go to Catskill, the
county seat of Greene County.
Thursday, October 7.
On Thursday, October 7, the fleet
will continue on to Hudson, which is
the county seat of Columbia County,
and is named after the great explorer.
Friday, October 8.
On Friday, the 8th, the flotilla will
advance to the capital of the common
wealth, the county seat of Albany
County, and the oldest city in the
State. A statue of Peter Schuyler,
the first Mayor of Albany, has been
suggested as the permanent memorial
here.
Saturday, October 9.
In like manner the naval parade
will advance to Troy, the county seat
HUDSON LANDING ON MANHATTAN
ISLAND.
of Rensselaer County, on Saturday,
October 9, and form the nucleus of
the celebration there.
THE HUDSON RIVER.
The great river which Hudson ex
plored has had many names. It was
called Cahohatea and Skanehtade
Gahunda by the Iroquois, Mahicanituc
or Mahican river by the Mohican In
dians, and Shatemuc by other In
dians; Una Grandissima Riviera by
Verazzano (1524), whence Rio
Grande, Riviere Grande and Grand
River; Rio de San Antonio or River
of Saint Anthony by Gomez (1525);
Rio de Gamas by the Spaniards
(1525-1800); River of the Moun
tains by Hudson (1609), or Mon
taigne Rivier on Dutch maps (1615
1664); River Manhattes by De Laet
(1625), or Manhattans Rivier on
Dutch mans (1615-1664); River
Mauritius or Maurits Rivier from
Maurice, Prince of Orange, during
the Dutch period; and the Noort
Rivier (Duteh period) or North
River (English) to distinguish it
from the South or Delaware River
Hudson's name has displaced all
these except the North River, which
is applied in a limited way to that
portion of the river opposite the city
of New York.
The Hudson River is very remark
able in several respects. In the first
place, for 150 miles of its length it is
not a true river but a fiord. From
Albany to the ocean its rock bottom.
I with the exception of a few islands, is
below sea-level, how rar Deiow, is
not accurately known. Opposite
Storm King Mountain, where the en
gineers of the new aqueduct for sup
plying New York City with water
from the Catskills hoped to build a
tunnel under the river, they have
bored a thousand feet down into the
dirt and sand that fill the gorge under
the water and have not been able to
find rock bottom. The shore line at
Albany is at practically the same ele
vation as the shore line at New York,
and the tide rises at Albany two and
eight-tenths feet. This upward and
downward flowing of the tide, of
which Hudson took advantage in his
voyage, had, of course, long been
noticed by the Indians, who spoke of
the river with wonder as the stream
that flowed both ways.
The river is also remarkable for
its great natural beauty. The dis
tinguished German surgeon, Dr. Adolf
Lorenz, while visiting on its shores in
1902, pronounced it more beautiful
rhan the Rhine.
Largest Natural Bridge.
Spanning 274 feet and more than
300 feet high, a natural bridge, said
to be the largest known, has been dis
covered by members of the Utah
Archaeological Socity, which has re
turned to Salt Lake City from an ex
pedition along the Colorado River, in
Northern Arizona and Southern Utah.
The bridge is located four miles north
of the Arizona line, in the State of
Utah, six miles oast of the Colorado
River.
The
Sunday School
FWTKRNATIONAL WESSON COM
MENTS FOR SEPTEMBER 26.
Subject: Temperance, 1 Cor. 10:23
82 Golden Text: Rom. 15:2
Commit Verse 24 Commentary
on.the Day's Lesson.
TIME. 57 A. D.
PLACE, Ephesus.
EXPOSITION. I. Let no man
seek his own, but each his neighbor's
good, 23-30. Some of the Corin
thians whose thoughts were entirely
occupied with themselves and their
own rights and privileges were say
ing: "All things are lawful to me."
Paul, who was governed by the Chris
tian principle of love, and therefore
thinking of the effect of his actions
not only upon himself, answers:
"Yes, all things are lawful; bat all
things are not expedient (or helpful,
or profitable)." A true Christian
does not ask what is permissible but
what is profitable. He asks, not what
I have a right to do, but what will
"edify," what will build up the
Church of Christ, others as well as
myself. "Is it permissible for a
Christian to attend the theatre?" one
asks. Better ask, Is it profitable, will
it edify? "Is it permissible for a
Christian to use the Lord's Day as
he does other days?" Better ask, Is
it profitable, .will it edify? In all
things "Let no man seek his own but
each his neighbor's good." The be
liever should not be troubled with a
morbid conscience, he should not fear
to eat anything sold in the markets
because of a suspicion it might have
Deen offered to an idol and thus
tainted. He need ask no Question
about that; ior even if it had been of
fered to an idol it really belonged to
the Lord; "for the earth is the Lord's.
and the fulness thereof" (Ps. 24:1:
50:12; 1 Tim. 4:4). A elorious
truth that, with many practical ap
plications. If the earth is the Lord's
it is ours also if we are His children.
There are some to-day afraid to sit
down to the Lord's table unless they
have first carefully examined every
one there and found that they are
perfectly sound in doctrine and In
life, lest they themselves be defiled.
That is sadly confounding the O. T.
laws with N. T. liberty. One can
never know perfectly, and could
therefore never have a conscience
perfectly at rest. "Christianity is not
morbidness (2 Tim. 1:7; Rom. 8:15).
The Christian might even go to a
feast made by an unbeliever, and in
case he did he should eat whatever
was Bet before him, and not be haunt
ed by the torturing suspicion, "Per
haps this was offered to an idol." He
need ask no question about this. But
if some one should say, "This hath
been offered in sacrifice," then he
should not eat, not because he would
himself be hurt, but for he sake of
the one who said it, that he might not
he hurt. His liberty could not be
judged by another's conscience, and
he would still have liberty to eat as
far as his own conscience was con
cerned, but his liberty would give
place to love. Here are two great
principles: (1) Every man's liberty
must be determined by his own con
science, not another's (cf. Rom. 14 r
2-10). (2) Liberty must give way
before love. The question is not what
have I liberty to do, but what does
love prompt me to do. If I do par
take in grace, no one else whose opin
ion may differ about what is permis
sible has a right to speak evil of me
concerning that for which I return
thanks to God. But if I am a real
Christian (cf. Jno. 13:35), I will do
nothing that will cause another to
stumble just because I have a right
to and no one else has a right to con
demn me for doing.
II. Whatsoever ye do, do all to
the glory of God, 31-33. Paul lays
down a very simple but very great
principle for deciding wtaat we may
do and how to do it, "Whether there
fore ye eat or drink, or whatsoever
ye do, do all to the glory of God."
That principle will settle all our ques
tions. Do nothing that you cannot do
to God's glory, and whatever you de
cide to do, do it to His glory. Then
we can put away all troublings of our
conscience and be free from all sense
of condemnation. But how many
things professed Christians are doing
which if they stopped and thought
they would soon see that they could
not do to God's glory. If you have any
doubt about anything you are doing,
ask yourself, can I do this to God's
glory? If you are not absolutely sure
that you can then don't do It. And
If you do it be sure you do' it to God's
glory. We should give no occasion
to stumbling to any one of the three
classes into which God divides men,
Jews, Gentiles, the Church of God.
Our own pleasure should never be
our rule of action, but the pleasure
and profit of others, even all men.
Our own profit should be utterly ig
nored (cf. Phil. 2:4), and we should
live for the profit of others, i. e., that
they may be saved. We should be
glad to give up our liberty or any
right if some one thereby way be
saved (cf. ch. 9:12, 22). How In
tensely Paul was occupied with one
thing, the salvation of others (cf.
Rom. 10:1; 9:1-3; 11:14; 1 Cor. 9:
22). This is the Christian prlnttple
of total abstinence, abstinence for
the purpose of saving others.
Social Position.
What satisfaction is it to have so
cial position and political preferment
If our conscience is dulled? Rwf.
John Hale Larry.
Sacred Truths.
The truth of affection is more sa
;red than the truth of science. ReT.
Lyman Abbott.
EDITOR AND HOUSEKEEPER.
Mrs. Catherine B. Bell, editor of the ,
Cannon, cf Cannon City, Cal., besides
attending to her household and edit
orial duties finds time to serve as pro,
bation officer in her home county, to
do the work required of the president
of the board cf county visitors, to act
as special agent to tne County Commis
sioners in cases of destitution and to
be the humane officer and vjcretarj
of the local Humane Society.