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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-21
OUR NEW SECRETARY OF WAR
Stephen B. EIkins' Rapid Rise From
a Cowboy to Millions.

Stephen B. Elkins's life has been one Of
hurry from boyhood. He was born In
Perry County, Ohio, on the 26th ofSeptem-
Der. 1S4l. His parents removed to Mis-
souri,, while he was still very young. and
after the usual course OF instruction In
the common schools he entered the UNI
versity Of Missouri and graduated In the
class Of 1860. He at once began the study
Of law, and was admitted to the bar In
1864. He served as a captain for time In
the Seventy-seventh Missouri Infantry in
the latter part Of 1862 and for while in
1863.
About this time an expedition OF the
new Territorial officers for the Territories
OF Arizona and New Mexico was fitting
out, and Elkins succeeded in attaching
himself to it. Mr.. Ekins. however, set
tied In New Mexico, and was soon a men,
Der OF the Territorial Bar, and began the
practice OF law, soon mastering Spanish,
which was the language OF the people. In
1866 he was elected member OF the Legis-
lature, and it was not long before he was
made Attorney General. Then followed
his appointment as United States Attor-
ney Tor the Territory by President An
drew Johnson. The rising man was COM
Ing on fast.
ONE STORY OF THOSE DAYS.
At this point a curious version OF E.
kin's journey to New Mexico crops up
from +. II. Jones, one of the wealthiest
ranch owners In the Territory. IL is en-
tirely different from the above. but TO
mantle character warrants its insertion
here. Mr.. Jones declared that he found
Stephen B. ElKins acting as an assistant
teacher In a small school near Kansas
City. The Mexican cattle owner for whom
Jones worked came to Kansas City fof
Quitting, and sent Jones to school dur
Ing the few weeks he was In Kansas City.
Jones had acquired tho Spanish language
and acted as the Mexican's interpreter.
At school Jones sormed liking for Assist
ant Teacher Elkins and taught him Span
ish. The acquisition OF that language
was Elkin's fortune In after years.
Elkins was 80 pleased with Jones's ac-
count OF the free and happy life OF
ranchman that he asked Jones to get him
employ ment with the Mexican. When
the cavalcade went back TO Mexico Ekins
went with IL az driver at SIS month.
He became popular among the ranchmen,
who rated him the smartest tenderfoot
that had ever come TO those parts. He
soon knew every Mexican for miles around,
and they received him with true Spanish
hospitality.
HE sroPPED INDIAN SLAVERY.
Elkins had a literary turn OF mind, how
ever, and finally entered the law Office OF
Asher Il Clever. the leading attorneys OF
Arizona. Cleaver went TO Congress. and
younR Elkins. having been sdmitted to
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-21

discourse was the work OF the McAll
Mission in France. The speaker said,
''God in His wonderful providence has
brought about the republic of France.
We have now won freedom OF thought,
freedom of expression and freedom OF
press. At the ending of the Commune
the streets ran red with blood and it was
at that time that Mr.. McAll conceived
his grand purpose of founding a mis-.
sion. Gradually have We grown until
at the present time there are 1888 mission
stations in France. When the mission
first started we We're not allowed to give
out tracts on the streets, but now we are
permitted to distribute them in any
quantity, with the grateful result that
crime is less prevalent than heretofore.
The police recognize the great good done
by the mission and say that the influence
of the mission has been wonderful
among the more ignorant classes. All
classes of people attend our meetings
and all show an earnest desire to know
Christ and receive his gospel.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-21
RAYMOND & FENNER.
AChristmas Display That is unusally
Attractive,

The great show window Of Raymond &,
Fenner arrests the footsteps of every passer
on Westminster street. Men, women and
children pause before it and talk admir-
ingly of the lace and gauze fans, delicate
in texture and coloring as the wings of
butterflies, the exquisite cut work and en-
broidery ofsSfe dainty table spreads and
the shimmering silk, varied in hue as flow
ers. of the mantel and chair scarfs IL is
indeed an uncommonly beautiful display,
and Providence shoppers have learned
this pleasant holiday season that the
spectacle il spreads before their eyes
is only n prelude, though "A most inviting
one to what awaits them within.
Only few days now remain in which to
finish the most delightful task of the year,
aud the holiday shopper who bends her
steps To Raymond * Fenner's, will find
the counters spread with numberless
temptations. The pretty knick knacks in
she'll work-baskets, boxes and trifles Of all
iptions-are proving among the most
successful of the seasons novelties. The
display Of pocketbooks with sterling silver
trimmings and the notions, elegant and
useful, that crowd the middle counter
solve the doubts of many who hesitate
what TO get for Fan" or query, What
would please Aunt May"
In beautiful lace goods, in fans, I'm
things novel and beautiful in hosiery and
i'm underwear, the stock is unsurpassed
The fur room is n most interesting apart
ment, and nobody who has made personal
inspection of Raymond & Fenner's Christ
mas preparations-and who il there in
Providence who has failed TO do so?-will
question the statement that they are
among the finest ever seen in the city.
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-21

The new Secretary of War occupies d
house on West Fifty-eighth street when
in New York. At Piedmont. w. Va. Mr..
Elklns also has a large and comfortable
nome. which will be within easy reach OF
Washington when the new Secretary OF
War seeks relaxation from tho fatigue OF
official duties. His great country seat Is
at Elkins, W. Va. Tho house occupies a
mountain site, with a view of mountain
ranges and peaks stretching away dis
tance OF twenty-five or thirty miles. The
mountains are full OF trout streams and
game forests. and Mr.. Ekinss house is
more like q baronial castle than a resi-
dence. The main hall at the entrance Is
30 by 25 feet In size, with 2o-foot ceiling
and an enormous porch surrounds the
turreted four-story structure on three
sides. The porch wall is q massive piece
of masonry, looking like the side Of for
tress. ball room on the top floor has a
ceiling TO the height Of % feet, extended
into the oak rafters. and is 50 by 80 feet,
from which some idea Of the enormous
size OF the house can be formed. -
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-21

40 Dai, entered the firm as partner. The
hrm was engaged In extensivs'practice In
prosecuting contractors who had not lived
up tc their agreements. and Asher turned
over most Of this business to Elkins. who
rapidly went TO the front.
At that time nearly every Mexican. In
violation OF the law. held peon. or slave.
an Indian or Mexican. In bondage. The
Government gave SIS each year for the
prosecution OF these infractions OF the
law, and Elkins got out indictments for
about every Mexican slave-owner In the
Territory. Il is estimated that he was
instrumental In indicting 10000 Mexicans
At $25 apiece. 1t made fortune for El-
kins, but he became very unpopular In
the Territory.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-21
The McAu Mission In France.

The Rev. Samuel II. Anderson, of
Paris, addressed large congregation at
the Benefcent Nong sgational church
yesterday morning. The subject Of bis
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-21

Comfort in those s45o aud ss.s9 psV.s To measure
ANNABLks :, Is ATeads.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-21

DO you want "A Room or "a Tenement?
Watch the columns of the "News," or,
better still, insert "A 1O-cent advertisements.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-21
The Salvation of Children.

"The Salvation of Children" was the
tepic of the sermon delivered at the
Trinity M. Z. Church last evening by
the Rev. V. A. Cooper, ID. D., of the Lit
tie Wanderers Home of Boston. His
text was from Matt. XVIII, IL: For the
son of man is come to save that which
was lost"
He said that these words were spoken
at time when Rome was master of the
world. When IS per cent. of the people
of the world were slaves of the other %
per cent. Rome was in its glory and
every sensual desire of her people was
gratified. The women of the day We're
subjected to every kind of indignity un-
til it came to be looked upon as dis
honor for woman to be married.
Along with this was the barbarous
treatment of children, when il was con-
sidered the proper thing to kill an infant
which was deformed in any way; when
the mothers, who wished to rid them
selves of children, left them deserted in
the suburbs of Rome. Such was the con-
dition of affairs when our Saviour came
Sfito the world TO save that which was
lost. He accomplished his work, and
the women have him to thank for the
position which they hold in society to-
day. He blessed the little children and
used them as an illustration of what
must be to enter the kingdom of heaven.
This brought the speaker to the sub
ject of the evening and his story of the
Little Wanderers Home" and the Won
derful work IL has accomplished were
most interesting. He cited several in
strnces of children born of parents un-
worthy of them had come to the Home
and finally been provided with perma-
nent homes with good, Christian famil-
les which had not been blessed with
children or who had been bereaved of
them. This year the Home had re-
ceived 391 children and the total num-
Der in the Home for the year was over
1 400. At the close of the sermon col
lection was taken up for the benefit of
the Home.
The McAlI Mission I'm France.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-21
In Olneyville Churches.

Owing to the presence OF Bishop
Clarke of the Rhode Island diocese yes
terday morning the ceremonies at the
Church of the Messiah were unusually
impressive. At 10:45 confirmation was
administered to about twenty-five young
people. The mode of administering the
rite was new departure from the ordi-
nary, each candidate being presented by
the rector, the Rev. 7. Cocroft, to the
bishop. who sat in chair in the sanctu-
airy. The one to be confirmed then
knelt before the bishop, and while in
this position, with the imposition of
hands, the seven-fold blessing was in
voked. The young women, eighteen in
number, were dressed in white with
long white wells. Seven young men
We're also confirmed.
After the ceremony was concluded,
the bishop addressed those who had just
received the holy rite, in a feeling and
eloquent manner, on the greatness of the
sacriment. He then preached on the
solemnity of the approaching festival OF
Christmas, taking for his text these
words from st. Luke, Behold, bring
you glad tidings of great joy" The sing
ing by the full choir was appropriate to
the occasion.
The usual order of ceremony was car
ried out at the remaining services, the
pastor officiating.
On Christmas day there will be two
services, the first at 1880 A. NJ, at which
the Christmas tree will be trimmed for
the little ones, who will sing the carols
suitable to the time. The second will
take place at 1890 A. NJ, and special
ceremonies will be introduced.
AS the Rev. Mr.. Cocroft will be obliged
to remain at the parish church in Olney-
vile, next Thursday, the time for the
Christmas tree at Thornton, mission
under his charge, must be postponed till
Saturday the 9th.
AT Manton, Dec. 80, is the date fixed
for the same.
In the absence of the Rev. Mr.. Rood,
who is confined to his home on Dyer
avenue on account of illness, the pulpit
was filed at the Harris Avenue nj. E..
Church yesterday by Mr., Schofield, as
sistant secretary of the Y. M. G. A. AS
sociation, the services being conducted
by him also.
AT the Primitive Methodist, Rev. W..
+. Blandy, pastor, addressed his congre-
cation in the afternoon, at 3 o'clock, on
the subject, 1.-THE Angels Song" it being
suggested by the coming feast. In the
evening, mt o'clock, he preached on
"The Fraternity of Man."
At the Broadway Baptist the usual
services We're held, the pastor, Rev. j. v.
Osterhout, officiating.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-21
A. P. POSSNER,

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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-21

Elkins had a literary turn OF mind, how
ever, and finally entered the law Office Of
Asher Il Clever. tho leading attorneys OF
Arizona. Cleaver went TO Congress. and
younR Ekips. havipa been sdmitted to
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-21
ABOUT WISCONSIN.
This State Has Formed Five New
Counties in Eleven Years.

Five lew eouiities have been formed since
1880. The population of these and populs-
ton and increase of all others are as fol
lows:
Formulation Increase
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-21

When they want E1lsefurnishings can be shown
by visit to CLEMENCE BROS. d CO.. 22o Broad
q.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-21
A Christmas Sermon.

''Let us now go even unto Bethle-
hem," was the text of the sermon by the
Rev. Edwin Bromley, pastor at the
Stewart Street Baptist Church, Sunday
morning. The angels had appeared and
told the shepherds that the Saviour was
born and Immediately they departed for
Bethlehem to see the thing which had
been told them, not to see il it were so,
but having faith they wanted to see it
with their own eyes. And when they
came they found him not in the best inn
but in the stable with cattle, and lying
the inn. There was no room either in
the world for him then, the world was
too bent on pleasure and it is apt to be
much the same in our hearts to-day.
Let us look on that tiny babe as he
lies there in the manger. Those beauti-
full hands will be pierced by nails in
years to come; that lovely white fore
head will sweat drops of blood; the heart,
whose pulsations we can almost feel,
will be pierced by a Roman spear, and
those tiny feet will carry him miles and
miles over the roads of Palestine. Sore
and weary feet they will be, too, but
their mission must be accomplished ere
they can rest.
The prophesies had then been fulfilled,
Christ was born savior. He did not
grow to it as he became older but was
so from his birth, the son of God sent
into the world to save us all. All the
prophesies concerning him have been
fulfilled. Can there be any doubt about
his being the one for whom the ancients
looked?
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1891-02-04
A Rnro New zealand nIrd.

DIR. Fristedt has brought most inter-
esting and valuable collection of birds,
etc., from Australia, where he had many
an adventurous outing, and from where
he proceeded to New Zealand. There he
succeeded in obtaining n specimen of the
quaint and almost extinct kibi bird.
This bird is somewhat like an ostrich,
but only the size of crow. 1t has no
wings at all, and is covered with fur
like short striped feathers. Another PEI
culiarity about the kibi is the fact that
its egg is larger than one-third of its
body.
He also succeeded in bringing home
some Maori skulls, which are difficult to
obtain on account of The manner in
which the natives bury their dead.
When the bodies have been so long in
the ground that all the flesh has fallen
from the skeleton they unearth them
and carry them into the interior of the
forests, where they are deposited in nat
ural caves, which are very difficult to
find. The attempt to obtain these skulls
is attended with the greatest danger, as
any one discovered with one is certain of
being instantly lSilled.-Galignani's Mes
senger
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1891-02-04
AIIments of Horses.

Almost any hveryman is, in his way,
"a horse doctor. He practices on his own
stock. aud VIII prescribe simple remedies
for a sick lrorsd that is brought to him,
but in any case he deems serious will al
ways advise calling in n regular veteri-
nary surgeon rather than to undertake
the treatment himself. All sorts of sur
gical operations are undertaken for the
relief of horses, and there are one or two
men in the city who are specially skilled
in the treatment of diseased teeth.
Horses have the toothache just like men
do and from the same causes, and pull
ing n tooth is now a common thing in
veterinary surgery. OF course the horse
kicks, for his teeth have long and strong
roots, but the operation frequently saves
the life of a valuable animal. Interview
in st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1891-02-04
Why People Blte rhelr Lln..

If you surprise the father of family
stretched out at full length and trying
till he is red in the face to raise his legs
without lifting his body, you may know
he is endeavoring to work off his super
abundance of avoirdupois, which inter-
feres seriously with his cutting grace
full figure in the waltz, which his better
half insists on dancing every chance she
gets. If you consult Mr.. Russell on
what changes will make you better look
ing, you will find him very blunt. He
may tell you you do not wash your face
clean, and when you ask how he knows
he will tell you if you did your skin
would not be disfgured with those black
pimples, or he may tell you, as he told a
woman who recently appealed to him
for advice, that she did not cat enough,
which fact no had reached because he
had observed how much she chewed her
lips
So you see you need not be on your
good behavior when you pass under his
eagle eye. But did you ever sit in the
ferry boat or car and watch the women,
who mako the most hideous, wry faces
in their attempts to get some nourish-
ment or crumb Of comfort from their
lips? Not only the women but the men
also have this fiendish habit. Brooklyn
Eagle.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1891-02-04

A quick witted and daring western
lawyer once saved q guilty client from
sure conviction on charge Of poisoning.
1t was proved that the poisoning had
been done by means of certain cakes, a
portion Of which was produced in court.
When the counsel for the prisoner had
finished his speech, he said: Sand these,
gentlemen of the jury, are some of the
alleged poisoned cakes. We declare to
you, gentlemen Of the jury, that they
are not poisoned cakes. They are as
harmless cakes as ever were made, and
in order, gentlemen Of the jury, to show
You that these cakes are not poisoned, /
will eat one of them right here in your
presence"
And he did eat one. He took good
care, however, to leave the room at the
earliest opportunity, and to make bee
line for an adjoining room, where he
had an emetic in readiness and an anti
dote. But the jury never heard about
the emetic or the antidote until the law
yer's client had been acquitted. San
Francisco Argonaut.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1891-02-04
Onr sun a Star.

Most young folks now know that the
difference between night and day on this
planet of ours arises simply from the
fact. that among the innumerable multi
tude of stars there is one infinitely nearer
to us than all the rest; being SO much
nearer to us that when we see it we have
day. When by the earth's movement
on its axis the sun has set in the west
we have night; at which time we depend
for light upon the more distant stars
unless, indeed, the moon is shining.
In the main, it is true that the enor-
nous difference in the intensity of the
light that we receive from the sun in the
one case, and from all the stars seen at
night in the other, depends upon the fact
that the sun is the star nearest to us, and
the other stars are suns infinitely re-
moved
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1891-02-04

How many umbrellas are manufact-
ured in this country annually? There
are no official returns giving the number
in this country, though in the United
States it is calculated that one umbrella
Is made annually for every six persons.
If we apply this proportion to the popu-
lation of the United Kingdom--now cal
culated, in round numbers, at 3S, 200, 900
over 100000 umbrellas are made an
nually. Upward of 2,500,00 umbrellas
were imported by sea into Calcutta in
the year 1Sss-s9, and the yearly exports
of umbrellas from this country are valued
at e5S1 900. In France, in 1880, UNI
brellas were manufactured by 100 makers
to the value of e2s0, 900; in 1S47, e405, 900
worth by 1903 makers; in 1882 their value
was 81, 1870, 900, and 800 manufacturers.
Price averaged four francs each. There
were thus made in France in 1882 Z, $780,
900 umbrellas, or nearly one for each in
habited house. -London Tit-Bits.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1891-02-04
Tho AttorneY,s Dog

A Boston lawyer who resides in the
suburbs is the owner of dog that GER
tainly possesses the instincts of an attor-
ney. The other day he saw another dog
carrying off tempting looking bone.
A second dog followed at short dis
lance. The lawyers dog quickly con-
ceived plan Of action worthy Of an en-
inent legal mind. He Immediately
brought action against the dog with the
bone. The third dog at once quickened
his pace, and lost no time in instituting
supplementary proceedings in his own
behalf. This assistance proved equiya-
lent to decree for the plaintiff, for the
lawyers dog left the third dog to bear
the brunt of the litigation, and selling
the bone fled to his own kennel, where
possession was truly nine points of the
law.-Boston Traveller.
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Favorito limitations at Harvard.

The favorite mode of torment seems to
be to make man go out and sell some
thing, or perform some manual labor in
the streets. Not long ago a student who
was very much in love with pretty
Cambridge girl was compelled to go to
the home of her parents with Jew ped
dler's pack and sell all the members of
the family the cheap handkerchiefs and
atrocious brass jewelry with which he
was loaded down. The match was not
broken off, but there was frigid cool
ness in that house until the real object
of the visit was afterward explained.
Another rich and immaculate young
swell was ordered into ditch where
some Italians were digging in the main
street of Cambridge, and into it he went
with pick and shovel, clad in dress
suit, which was made part Of the COM
mand.
Rubber boots, an ulster and fur cap
are frequently ordered on victim in the
hottest days of term time, and they must
be seen on him whenever he appears out
side his room. Cambridge, like other
college towns, has become partly accus-
toned to these college vagaries, and
whenever any one is seen upon the
streets acting particularly like lunatic
people class him at once as a candidate
for college society. York Star.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1891-02-04
To Measure the Sen Leyel.

A new apparatus for measuring the
mean level of the sea has lately been in
stalled at Marseilles. 1t is based on the
principle that when liquid wave trav-
erses a capillary tube or porous parti-
ton, its amplitude diminishes and it is
retarded in its phases without the mean
level of the wave changing. 1t consists
OF glass tube, the lower end of which
communicates by flexible pipe with a
plunger which is lowered beneath the
lowest water level. There are two cells
in the plunger, the lower being filed
with sand and open to the sea, the result
being that the column of water in the
tube rises and falls very little with the
tides, and the mean sea level can be read
from graduated scale