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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-07
Cyrus w. Field and Queen victoria.

Cyrus Field is one OF the few Americans
who have standing acquaintance with
Queen Victoria Mr.. Fields part In the
laying OF the early Atlantic cables OBJ
tainsd for him q presentation to the queen.
that meant rather more than such things
usually mean. aud the acquaintance OF
many years ago has been kept up by oc-
casional meetings and communications OF
ons kipd or another.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-07

comfort in those s4.So aud ESQ Beots 70 measure
ANNApIKs, Is Arcade
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-07
A. P. POSSNER.
successful o High Street. will his and
ious Exchange Place
ON SATURDAY, OCT. 81.

accommoda old friends with and select stock
OF
nerousd scoun
a and be convinc that S ace o
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-07
Art Sale.

Next Thursday and Friday the great sale Of VAL
liable oil paintings at shedon's, Music Hall Build
ng Now on free exhibition.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-07
hsis ,onuiputiou.

what will you contribute TO the oyster
supper for the parsonr' asked the deacon.
"Tn give the oyster" renlled the raiser.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-06-20
FIGHTING SEAMEN.
Rows Between Ameri can and British
Hen of Wars Men.

Rows Between Ameri can and British;
Hen of Wars Nieii
'sIt is a curious thing. and one which
I could never satisfactorily account for, 8
said an old navy man the other day to q
New York Times writer, ''but if the
crews of an American and British man
of war are given leave at tlae same time
in foreign port the result of broken
heads and noses is no more g matter Of
speculation than the calculation Ct the
next eclipse. AS soon as they meet a
row is started, which generally ends
with all hands being disabled or ar
rested, and sometimes both. ItfletLl,2nt-
ly happens that, the police Interfere
with the contestants. The uz1written
law in this case is for the belligc-ents
to join forces against the common
enemy. I have often seen them come
out victorious il their contests with the
officers of the law, and, after adjourn
ing to neighboring saloon for refresh
ments, begin again their interrupted
hostilities. But it is only on neutral
ground that these general engagements
take place. If they meet on English or
American soil each tries to outvie the
other in hospitality"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-06-20
A Cows Wild Retreat.

1t is nothing strange that sometimes
a hunted wild animal, running near g.
town or village. should enter a house,
i'll its efforts to escape-though it is apt
TO be rather exciti1g-especially if the
animal is large. Such an act may be
prompted by the creatures hope of con-
cealment Or protection, but oftener it is
probably done in the blind craze of ter
cor. like the frenzy Of q runaway horse.
The San Francisco Chronicle relates
shat il, Bodiga, Cal, not Tong since, a man
lassocI &; wild COW, he being OH horse
back, and was trying to drive her before
him, when the animal broke the lariat
and made q dash for liberty. Not far off
there was q large house, with the front
door wide open, She rushed through
the door. up the front stairs, through q
narrow hallway into a bedroom, out of
the Window on to the roof Of the
porch, from which she leaped to the
ground, striking with such violence as
to break her neck.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-06-20
The sparrow's Encn1y.

The St. Louis Glohe-Demccrat says
the English sparrow has mortal enemy
in tie common red-headed woodpecker,
who, though no giant among birds, is
as biz as half a dozen English sparrows
and not afraid Of half a hundred. The
wootlpecker.s beak is so hard and his
head and neck are SO powerful that in a,
single peck he can kill sparrow. and
the English birds have become aware Of
his powers. and are very much afraid of
him. The appearance Of a red-headed
woodpecker will set a whole flock Of
sparrows tofight, and the only time they
will face him is when he makes an on
set on their nests The eggs Of the spar
row are not larger than peas and their
young about the size OF grubworms, and
. nestful Of young sparrows is q dainty
picnic for d woodp clker, which he is
careful not TO overlook. The :sparroys
viii fight. but they cannot drive him
sway. ID II
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-06-20
HOW CAVlARE IS MADE:
The Roe of the Sturgeon as Ut lis Pre-
pared for Market.

Ti,e Roe of the Sturgeon as ut lis Pre-
pared for Market.
The Allgen1eine Sport Zeitung, in an
article on Caviare, says: '"This delicacy
has only become generally known in
the last sixty or eighty years, but dur
ing that time it has acquired distln-
guished place in the estimation OF every
gourmet. Every one is aware that
caviare is the sailed roe of the sturgeon,
fish which is caught in great numbers
off the south coast OF Russia. Ihe
large grained caviare, made fro=1 the
roe Of the largest species OF that fish, is
considered the best.
''Sone of the surgeons weigh as
much as three thousand pounds. meas-
ure from eighteen 10 twenty seven
feet in length and yield roe weighing
eight hundred pounds. The fish should
be caught some months before spawn
ing time, while the roe is hard and light
gray in color. As it gets softer and
darker it becomes less and less suitable
for preparing caviare; and when it is
quite ripe it is completely useless for
the purpose. The process is a simple
one. The roes, cut into large pieces,
are put into o. horse-hair OR metal sieve,
the coarseness of which is regulated by
the coarseness Of the roe, which is then
rubbed carefully through, SO that it
falls out as 1zninjured AS possible, while
the skin attached to it remains in the
sieve.
The finer sort Of caviare is rubbed
into an empty dish; it is then strewn
with dry, fnely-powdered salt; the
whole mass is then well stirred with a
wooden fork and Immediately put up in
little wooden barrels, ready for export.
The inferior sorts are rubbed through
the sieve into strong brine, where they
are allowed to remain untouched until
thoroughly sailed through: the brine is
then pressed ont and the caviare packed
tightly in cases. The fl'esher and more
lightly-salted cavial'e is the better. In
1926 caviare to the worth Of twenty~one
thousand pounds sterling was exported
from the Caspian sea; since then the
amount annually exported, and cspe-
cially it's value (for the price is now
much higher than it used to he), have
greatly increased.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-06-20
A SAILORS YARN.
What He Did for tho First Money He
Earned Ashore.

! what He Did for tho First Money He
Earned Ashore.
A reporter for the New York News
called upon ian old Russian ex-seaman"
who is said to be the most expert rig
ger'' in that city. The reporter wished
an interview for his paper, on the sub
ject of steeple-climbing and the like.
He found his man pacing the floor Of a
loft on West street, and quite willing
to talk.
I remember well my first climb on
!; land. It was when was a young fell
low, just arrived III New York. was
walking down Broadway, when /
, noticed a crowd standing 10 front OF a
church. AS afterwards learned, the
church, with it's fixtures, was being
! sold.
mixed with the crowd, and pretty
soon I'heard man near me say:
eff I was sure that cross on the
! steeple was brass, would make a good
! bid for it,
Hooked up to the top Of the steeple,
which was about hundred feet high,
and saw a big cross glittering in the
sun / noticed, also, lightning-rod
running from the cross. I was just
reckless enough to determine to shin
up that rod, and find ont for myself
what the cross was made of.
Before anyone could stop me was
out of reach. The rod was pretty rough
on ray hands, and did not reach the
end of ray climb without risking my
neck; but got to the cross at last,
whipped out my jachknife and scraped.
away. Having satisfied myself that the
cross was made Of wood, slid to the
ground, amid loud cheers from the
crowd, and pushed my way back to my
old position. Presently the man who
wanted to bid for the cross came up to
me.
TELL me, young man." said he, ''is
that cross made of wood Or Of 1netal?"
''What would you give to know"
said I.
He slipped a fve-dollar bill into my
hand, and remarked: u guess that will
pay you.'
''rhank you," said I. '"rhe cross is
made of wood--rotten wood at that
That was the first rnoney / ever
earned ashore.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-06-20
INVESTIGATION

Will show in every case why the road
named below is popular among the
travelling public. 1t is operated through
Central Iowa, Contra! and Southern
Minnesota, extends from St. Paul and
Minneapolis to Wstertown, $. H., and
forms a direct line from Mankato to
Red Wing. Mimi, on all OF which lines
are located the many prosperous cities
of Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota.
It's through train service couples the
Twin Cities Of the Northwest with
Chicago, Peoria, ST. Louis, Kansas
City, Denver, Pueblo, Colorado
Springs, Council Bluffs, Des Moines,
Cedar Rapids, &c, &c.
Pullman Buffet Sleepers Free Chair
Cars, light and CHEEKY Day Coaches,
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-06-20
Negroes Not spitefuI.

An official at Albany, Ga, who has
had much experience with criminals,
both black and white, says that to lock
a negro up esta blishes feeling of kind
ness and friendship in his breast for the
officer that arrests him that makes him
ever afterward the officers friend. As
rule there is less Of the spirit of vim
tdictiveness and spite in the negro's
composition than IN any other race. IS
you arrest q white man, he will, how
ever fair-minded he may be, entertain
q spiteful feeling against you, but =
negro becomes more respectful and po-
lite than ever.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-06-20

ct al. Watch for an.
nouncement Of open
ing. of the Sisseton
Reservation, South
Dakota, ~ the Gov
eminent. Land
Office located q t
Watertown, S. y.
Ask any Railroad
Agent for informa-
ton and maps, which
will be cheerfuliy fur
nished, or address
G. M. PRATT, Gen.,
Ticket and Pass. Agt.
Minneapolis, Mimi.
w. H. TRUESDALE,
Receiver.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-06-20
MORTON. RKEvr1Ir corNr,

NORTON, REEvILLE COUNTY
County Delegater-T NJ Keefe, Morton.
Division. No I.-President, J 81 Reagan; vice.
J D Kennedy; rec sec, T NJ Keefe; fin
Reagan: meet I'd Sunday OF
The Washington bee., 1891-05-02
ACTING HEALTH OFFICER.

Chief Clerk McGuin, is now ac-
ting health officer, vice DR.. Town
send who is sick. Chief Cl' rk
McGuin is unlike many chiefs of
departments, who are of the opin-
ion that they are bigger than the
office. He has many cOmmendable
features abou: HIM which make
him one of the best liked men un-
der the District government.
When he is not satisfied with an
inspection made by an inspector
or should there be any hitch or
disagreement between an inspect
or, a tenant or owner of property,
he goes himself and makesla perso.
nal inspection. His letter to the
commissioners a few days ago,
and which has been reproduced in
this issue of the BEE, is an evil
dence of the kind of officer the
District government has. He Is,
beyond all doubt one of the most
concise and accurate writer's we
have.
The Washington bee., 1891-05-02
Y. NC. ASSOCIATION.

The foundation for this organiza-
ton is based oh Christian principles.
There is a great work to do for the
salvation of men in this city.
The meetings have not been called
for the purpose of self glory or
fame, but, to emphasize the fact
that, there is not now extant in this
community a similar institution
where any of our color and ten
dencies are admitted as equals
before man and God, and because
We thoroughly recognize the neces-
slty for the existence of a Christian
Association in this city, that will be
broad enough in its work to recog-
nize that out of one blood God
created the nations of the earth.
We believe in the tatherhood of
God, and the brotherhood of m an.
We see, we know, many of US feel
the need of d Christian Associa-
ton where men, regardless of their
creed or color or nationality can
read over The portals. "Mine
house shall be called the house of
the Lord" Those that have pledg-
ed themselves to this work mean
that this Association shall live,
thrive and prosper. They have
the blessed favor of our Lord and
Master God smiles upon it. We
beg the considerate Judge #
The Washington bee., 1891-05-02

Howard Law School heldIts graduating
exercis' "wednesday evening in First
Congregational church.-T. j. Galloway
This man is the Washington
correspondent OF the Detroit Plain
dealer, and like all other negro
correspondents from this city, they
don't know how to record the
truth. The exercises that were
held were those of the Medical
Department. Some negro writers
mistake heir calling. They would
make better head dway digging in
a potato patch. Negro corrsepon-
dents, so-called have a great deal
to learn. The first thing that a
negro Office holder does when he
C mes to Washington, is to get
hold of some cheap newspaper, no
matter how small as long as 1t can
be said that be is a wrirer (?) The
law exercises of the The Law De-
partment will not be held until
next month.
The Washington bee., 1891-05-02

Gratis live, 80 to speak, who dislike
a negro as badly as rattle snake
dislikes hot Goals. The wnite peo-
pie in this vicinity of the city pc
titioned the superintendent of
public grounds not to place seats
in the park. on account of 30 ma
ny colored people congregating
there in the evening. This request
was complied with, to the extent
that no seats will be placed there
for the accommodation OF the pub
lie or the colored residents in that
vicinity. There Is a feeling of
much dissatisfaction and quite
likely petition will be sent to the
President asking him to compel
the Commissioners of public
grounds to place seats in this park
The Washington bee., 1891-05-02
PRAISED FOR EN- AN
'CIPATION DAY.

A meeting was held Monday evening at
Carson's Hotel with Mr.. John II. Smyth
in the chair and Mr.. j E. Bruce Secre-
tarv, to hear the report of tho committee
Of arrangements on the street parade to
celebrate the twenty-ninth anniversary of
the emancipation ofslaves Of the District.
Mr.. R. D. Ruff /, chairmrn ofthe commit
tee, reported collected at Shiloh Baptist
Church, sI0.60; Vermont Avenue Baptist
Church, $40. 80 Ebenezer, Capitol Hill,
$3.50. First Baptist, South Washington,
Sl0. lG. He also reported gift from a
lady OF $500, the money to be paid on the
land for the destitute colored children 5
home of Washington. He further reported
that there W re yet uncollected vouchers
of from $50 to 200 dollars which will be
collected.
This is a repo of an alleged
meeting that is claimed was held
in Carson's house, Monday night.
The BEE will suggest for the infor-
nation of those churches that col
lected money for the Home for
Destitute Girls, not to turn any
money over to a s0-called Educa-
tional and Relief Association.
Those who used the name of the
Home for Destitute Girls, did it
without the authority of the man.
ayers OF the institution; and if the
moneys that We're collected by the
churches named by an alleged
emancipation committee of ar
rangements, are not turned over
to the Home for Destitute Girls,
which is the only legitimate Home
of its kind in this city; all parties
connected will be indicted for col
lecting money by false pretenses.
The three churches did not collect
as much money as the one church
under the general committee. Rev.
Lee, Mr.. Edward Atkinson, and
Rev. Taylor, of Shiloh, are hereby
notified that the only legitimate
Home for Destitute Children is
the one managed by Mrs. Waring.
The Washington bee., 1891-05-02

Hon. J. NJ, Townsend, of the General
Land Office at Washington, is contempIa
ting rendering his resignation about June
lst. In sc there is a vacancy, We sug-
gest the name of Prof. w. d. Mccoy, of
Indiana, late candidate for the Indiana
legislature, as a most suitable successor to
Mr.. Townsend. Fireman.
1t will be very, very cold day
in June when jos. NJ. Townsend
resigns his position in the Land
Office. Mr. Townsend gave thesame
racket before. but, he is still Re-
corder of the Land Office. When
Mr.. Townsend resigns friend
20 per, draw on the BEE for a
box of the best cgars in the mar
ket.
The Washington bee., 1891-05-02
THE HAYTIAN MISSION.

Minister Douglass has likely been re-
call, and will retire from the Haytian
mission. Prof. j. NJ. Gregory of Washington
ID. c., seOuld succerd h m iu cas- a Negro
is given the position, The likelihood is
however, that there will be a white re-
pnhlican to succeed Mr.. Douglass sine
cOlOred men have been so long at the Hay
tian capital.
The entire press of the country
would favor the appointment of
Prof. Gregory to succeed Mr..
Douglass. He is one man who
deserves recognition. Mr.. Doug
lass will resign next month and
it is hoped that Prof. Gregory will
succeed him.
The Washington bee., 1891-05-02
OUR MINISTER TO LIBERIA.
THE TRADE IN MONKEYS, PARROTS
sNAKES.--MR.C CLARK AS A KIssER.

l read in the :'Tribune" Thursday
a comment on the report of our
minister to Liberia, Hon. Alexander
Clark, who was at one time editor
and proprietor of the "Conservator.
l could not refrain from smiling as
1 thought of the old gentleman at
work on the report which his pos.
ton dignifies with the term of Ma
tional correspondence. AS the Min
lister Resident and the Consul Gen.
eral to the colOred republic, Mr..
Clark finds it his duty to report
quarterly, the condition of our CON-
merce between the U. States and
Liberia. The last quarterly report
shows that Liberia's trade with Un.
The Washington bee., 1891-05-02

appealed to the Colore people for race
unity aud was received with applause
C. A. johnson An Western Appeal.
The trouble with colored Jour
mails is the misfortune Of colored
editors having men as corresp md
ents who have no social standing
in the city from which they write
c. A. Johuson is one of those
alien Negro's from Illinois, who,
ever since he has been in this
city, has been endeavoriug to gai"
admission to the tlrst class colored
society, and failing to do 80,
he like his protege John II.
Smyrh, foohsbly tells the people
of st. Paul that Smyth's recent
speech was applauded. All fools
like johnson, who are not allowed
admission in the best society, in
dorse Smyth's barauge. The
general verdict of the Washing
ton people is that Smyth made an
sss of himself aud 1t is quite nat
ural that he would have asses to
iudOrse him.
The Washington bee., 1891-05-02
A LITTLE INCONSISTANT.

The letter of member of the
9TH battalion, publlsned in this
weeks issue of the BEE, is little
inconsistant. He asserts that the
BEE was wrong in stating that the
members Of his battalion would
leave their srmorY in a body and
yet admits that there will be a
break If one Objectionable member
enters the hall. How will the
members of the 7th battalion bar
monize the assertions of Capts.
Joice, Perry and Campbell, when
The Washington bee., 1891-05-02
THEY DON'T KNOW IT ALL.
OUR LITTLE CHIEF CLERK KNOWS
WHAT HE Is TALKING ABOUT.

DR.. Daniel R. Brown, a physi-
clan who thought taat he knew it
all sent a letter to the District
Commissioners to the effect that a
large quantity ofunwholesome food
was sent to this city and sold. The
Health Office, the best conducted
in the world, Immediately lnvesti
gated the complaint and the fol-
lowing communication was sent
to the Commissioners:
/ have the honor to return here
with letter of Commissioners of
April 25th confirming statement of
DR.. Daniel r. Brown, to the efec
that "large quantities of fowls and
fish are brought to the ciry of
Washington and sold in the mar
ket in q condition unfit for food,"
and to state That after careful per-
sonal examination into tais subject
| am sari-fied that there ls no
foundation in fact for this State
ment.
Just at The present time poultry
is unusually scarce, the prizes ex-
ceptionally high and the small
quantity upon the ma ket OF the
best quality. These is a class of
poultry received here from the
north and west known tc the
trade as "dry picked" poultry, the
appearance of which might lead
the uninitiated to believe that 1T
was unsound or unwhcIesome. On
the contrary this class of goods is
III high favor with the dealers and
all who have handled i.
The chickens or turkeys are de
nued of their feathers without
mike nike; ttfls, ttfl 1Plu@ed birding .Rt aTss
lone dressed. These ''dry picksSf
'd' fowls are packed closely
ogether in boxes or crates and
r1zen solidly before beng shipp-
d. They are thawed out after
,elng received by the dealers and
,rove an excellent article of food.
During the entire month of
April there has been only LOG
pounds ofpoultry condemned, and
he majority of that was the home
lrtssed article. The fish market
t the present time presents class
# goods Of the very highest order.
The only fish received here from
Iew York are a few halIbut some
rout or weak fish, and few blue
ish, and not one of these would
'ou get the dealer to receive from
he express company were it not
iced and in the very best
ond tion. Indeed, all the dealers
n perishable articles of food have
'een educated up to the standpoint
where they become auxiliaries to
he inspectors of food, and prompt
= report the receipt of all articles
n bad condition. they preferring
be certificate ofthe office rather
han the material itself. During
his month we have condemned
1869 pounds of fish of, which
ess than 500 pounds came from
be eastern maakets. Our lnspec-
ion service is very rigidly conduc-
ed aud the class and character OF
be eatables in ou- markets are
acknowledged to be second to
one in this country. If DR..
'roWn will call at this office | am
atisfied that we can convince him
f his error.
The Washington bee., 1891-05-02

Gle Sam is growing rapidly and
that for the term just past Liberals
trade with America embraced the
following items:
$50 Monkeys, $4,000
100 Parrots, 10000
25 Snakes, 1925
l Piece Of native cloth, ~
Z Jars of preserved meat,
quality unknown, $50
200 Pounds of Coffee, $500
Total, 1926. 80
Of course l am proud to know
that our minister is kept busy watch
ing this trade, although can't help
but think that as a matter of cold
business we arepaying a round sum
to watch our trade in monkeys, par.
rols and snakes. l often think of
Mr.. Clark and that old gray shawl
which he used to wear night and
day, rain or shine and | am willing
to wager any hat that he wears that
shawl in Africa if he doesn't wear
anything else. He might consent to
lay of his clothes but he will never
part with that shawl. You know
that like General Sherman he had a
weakness for kissing pretty girls. 1t
was said that when girls were in
the company of General Sherman,
they are sure to be kissed before the
company dispersed. 1t was the same
thing with Er Clark, only little
more so. He would kiss the company
when he Joined it and then kiss all
around when he left. He was a kiss
er from way back. | wond er how he
gets along with those girls in Africa
OF course he had to be a little
dignified at first, but | guess be
soon got on easy terms with those
young African maidens. | doubt
that he was little formal until he
got acquainted, then l bet he was
able to hoe his own row. When
those girls 60 promenading in their
decOllete suits-decOllete top and
bOttOm-they must MOI tread on
Mr.. Clark's toes. He can't stand it.
Rambler in the Chicago "Conser.
vatOr.
The Washington bee., 1891-05-02

We extend many thanks to
Senator w. B. Allison for the
Sixth Report of the U. S. Civil
Service Commission and a supple
ment to the Congressional Direc-
tory.
The Washington bee., 1891-05-02
NO REST FOR THE NEGRO.
THE PUBLIC PARK CLOSED AGAINST
HIM.

The negroes in this city are as
much dlscriminated against as
those are who live in the South.
There is a public park in this city
known as Iowa Circle; it is situa-
ted between 18th and Vermont
Ave, 0 and Z sts., and Rhode Is.
land Ave. n. W. This section of
the city is where the white ar,to-.
The Washington bee., 1891-05-02

they have empbatically said that
they would not serve under Major
Revells? There will be split be-
fore ten new moons.