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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-06-13
Worcester Boils.

WORCESTER, Mass, June 13.-The hot.
test wave of the season has struck Wor-
cester. and the poor humanity of the city
are being boiled over a slow fire. Occa-
sionally gust of wind will travel for a
short distance along the street, but if it
sees any perspiring individuals approach
ing it will dodge around the corner and
remain neutral until the victim passes.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-06-13
Expelled From Russia.

BERLIN. June 13.-It is announced here
that Mr.. Poulteney Bigelow, the we'll
known American traveller aud writer,
has been expelled from Russia.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-06-13

no LET-PART OF STORE, WITH LARGH
/ window on Westminster st.. NEW HOMH
SEWING MACHINE CO., 357 Westminster st.
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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-06-18
ABSURD HEAD-DREss,

Stewart, the great hairdresser, s.ys
AT no period in the history of the world
was anything more absurd in head-dress
worn than at the close of the Eighteenth
Century. The body of these monuments
of ugliness was formed of tow, over
which the hair was turned and talse hair
added in great curis, bo5s and lies, and
powdered to profusion, then hung all
over with vulgarly large rows o pearls or
glass beads, fit only to decorS5e a chan
delier. Flowers as obtrusiye were stuck
about this heap of fiuery, wrich was sur.
mounted by broad silkeJ bands and
great ostrich feathers, u It'll the head
dress of a lady added tnree feet to her
stature" Imagine the discontinue OF
people who attended tbe play and wished
to view the stagel Three feet of fnery
hiding from sight tie very thing one
came to see. In this era of tiny theatre
bonnets the picture drawn by the famous
Stewart reduces to d miAimum the In
consideration on the part of our women
of to-day who but yesterday, or quite
recently, wore the broad faring street
hat to the theatre aud expected the
people sitting behind to Dodge about in
order to catch au occasional glimpse oil
the play and suffer from-a crick in theil
necks for days thereafter.-New York
Commercial Advertiser.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-06-18

No regular census has ever been taken
Of Rio de Janeiro, the metropolis Of
Brazil. writes Fannie b. W ard, but ii Is
believed that about $50 600 people are
crowded within the narrow crescent
shaped space between the mountains
and the sea. Hemmed in by a granite
wall on one side and deep water on the
ether, the eli al never grow any
wider, and 50 it has stretched out at
both ends, struggling ten or twelve
miles around the rroiiglous hareor.
which, by the way. is exactly The shape
OF a pear. the narrow en'rsnee repre-
senting the ste'l a. the fruit Most OF
streets are extremely narrow, generally
not more than ten feet wide, paved with
Belgian blocks. with an open central
drain. to which they slope and with a
thfee-foot-wide sidewalk on a level with
the street. Canton and others Of the
great Chinese cities have streets as wide
MS those Of Rio Janeiro. The houses,
many of them quite hidden by the tow
ering pains that line some Of these cow
path streets, are no WI alike. and range
from two to four stories in height. One
of their curious features is the absence
of the veranda, which, in the minds Of
globe-trotteis, have hecoms Intimately
associated with id. a. of hot weather.
In lieu Of the veranda the better houses
show in tn ir upper stories bread, deep
notches-eaeh a sort Of open air parlor,
tinted as delicately as a ladies' houdoir,
often deliberately frescoed, furnished
with rattan ami cane sofas, chairs and
tables, emhellished with statuary, and
hoored with Talavera tiles.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-06-18

tice both law and medicine in every sec.
ton of the country.
The progress of the age in advancing
women to their just rights in the battle
of life was impressIvely illustrated in the
Academy Of Music during the last week,
when forty-two young women appeared
upon the stage as graduates OF the
Woman's Medical College, of this city,
with their fairly WOE titles Of Doctors of
Medicine. 1t is gratifying to know that
this college has heen in existence for
forty years, but it il only within the last
score of years that it has been abIe to
present anything approaching a gradua-
ting class respectable in numbers. Now
worneL practitioners are not only known
but respected in almost every community,
and the success they have attained in the
profession more than j~ustifes the great
battle that was fought to win for them
open doors to distinction in the profes-
SON..
1t will seem strange to the readers OF
history half a century hence to learn that
women were excluded from the profess
sions of the country until even after the
noon tide of the Nineteenth Century, for
there is little reason to doubt that in
much less than half a century women
physicians will fairly divide the medical
practice with their professional brethren,
and men physicians, in the many cases
in which every consideration % delicacy
should prefer a wonen physician, will
be quite as uncommon as women were
generations ago.-PAila 1elphia Times.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-06-18
Rahr's Record for an H11r.

Mr.. I. Dumley Ra2or is the good
natured bachelor of the family, aud uncle
to the child. and was left in charge of
the baby while everyone else was away.
Out of curiosity he made a list Of what
the baby did in one hour: l.. yelled ff-
teen minutes without taking breath; 2,
pulled enough hair from his uncle's hair
and whiskers to stuff a sofa pillow; 3,
further decorated the wall paper as high
as he could reach with the poker; 4,
broke a glass vase By sitting do gn on it,
5, swallowed six buttons and a good
part of a skein of thread; g., emptied
the contents of his mothers work basket
into the fireplace; z, tried to squeezs the
head Of the cat into the cup, and was
badly scratched in the attempt; 8,
knocked the head off a fine wax doll be-
longing to his sister By trying to drive a
tack into a toy wagon With it; g.. fell off
the edge of the sofa, and brought do w
two costly vases, which were ruined; 10,
broke two panes of glass with a stick
his uncle let him have; IL, fell into the
scuttle aud spoiled his white dress; II,
set fire to carpet while uncle was gu Of
the room hunting up something to amuse
him; ID, crawle1 under the sofa aud
would not come out unless uncle gave
him the jampot; II, got twisted among
the legs of a chair, which had to be
broken to get him out; Is, poured a jug
of milk into his mothers slippers; IS,
finally, when he saw his mother coming,
he ran to the door and tumbled of the
steps, making his nose bleed and tearing
a hole a foot square IN his dress.
And still the Youngsters uncle thinks
that the boy will make something yet
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-06-18

Queen Victoria isn't allowed to handle
a lie wspapcr Of any kind, or a magazine,
or a letter from any person except from
her W family, and no member of the
royal family or household is allowed to
speak to her of any piece of news in any
publication. All the information the
Queen is permitted to have must first be
strained through the intellect of a man
whose business is to cut out from the
papers each day what he thinks she
would like to know.
Tnese scraps he fasteus on a silk
sheet, with a gold fringe all about it, and
presents it to ner unfortunate Majesty.
The silken sheet with gold fringe is
imperative for al communications to the
Queen.
Any one who wishes to send the Queen
a personal poem or a communication of
any kind Except a personal letter, which
the poor lady isn't allowed to have at all)
must have it printed in gilt letters on
one of these silk sheets with a gold
fringe, just so many inches wide and no
wider, ali about it.
These gold trimmings will be re-
turned to him in time as they are expen-
sive, and the Quea, is kindly and
thrifty, but for the Queens presence
they are imperative. Fashion Bizar.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-06-18
SAILING THROUGH SPACE.


sights Seen and Sensations Experienced
In n Balloon.
While q voyage in a balloon is peril
Gus in the extreme, yet the sublime
~spectac,e5 n witnesses far up in the
clouds and the indescribable sensations
that thrill ones whole being are ampll
reward for the risk the balloonist takes,
writes an %aeronaut. At a height of 200
feet the air, rushing past with tremen-
dous velocity, gives n the impression
Of leaning out of the car window of a
limited express, the sounds of earth die
away in a murmur and it is then that
the balloon seems stationary, the earth
falling away from it. Looking down
from the height, all surfaces appear
level, mountains and valleys are alike,
end the world looks as if spread out and
tiattened by a rolling pin. Roads end
rivers resolve themselves into narrow
ribbons; forests, fields and meadows are
clumps of green, red and black with
green as the dominant color. At two
miles earth is lost to view. as in a fog.
Presently the balloon begins to sail,
triven by an air current. There is now
no apparent motion. The aeronaut ex-
pSriences a feeling of oppression; the
cir, deprived of its vital principle, OK
hausts at each inspiration; ringing
sounds are heard in the ea,s and one
can, so to speak, hear the stiffness.
The bieah in quick, successive
gasps that do not satisfy the lungs. 1t
is like going TO ones death.
Looking upward, the horizon Is
founded by a big black ball-the balloon
dark Against the milky opaqueness Of
tire atmosphere. The airship is sway
Ing and swinging, while the clouds, float
ing in a contrary direction, produce a
vague giGdiness, Seconds seems hours.
C~aniectures, recolle-t ons and RETROSPECT
ton flash across the bewildered brain as
one reels through space. Suddenly
the top Cf the balloon comes In
contac. with q cloud, there is a slight
jar, and the next instant all is eavelopcd
In fog. from which The %aeronaut energies
toaked with spray. And now for tho
epectaclel Sublime, dazzling. Mount
GIns Of iridescence, ieecy white clouds
tinged with creamy pink. Swirling COM
binations Of celor, banding and shifting
as in a gigantic bubble. Golden green's,
that melt into purple and bronze and
crimson, with the sun dissolvlng and
overlooking on their tops. Wonderful
tints, such as an artist never dreamed
of. The balloon sails on and drops slowly
away from this panorama once more into
the colorless atmosphere.
With The descent, the earth appears
TO rise and the balloon to remain fixed
until the two meet, and the perilous
quincy is over.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-06-18

90
Hutch" nee said of Partridge that
he was the nerviest man on the short
side of the market who ever traded
In grain. This opinion is now sharep
by a large proportion of spectators
The world over, and wherever there is
L speculative market for grain the
operations of the Chicago plunger are
the subject of daily comment.
What manner of man is this who
IAN play with hundreds of thousands
as other men play with dollars? To
)ne who has heard much of Mr.. Pard-
ridge there comes a feeling of disap-
Pointment upon seeing him for the
5rsts time. He does not dress like
1 prihce, nor has he the manners of
/ high roller" On the contrary. he
S n of the most ordinary looking Of
men; no M would look at him twice
n a crowd. His face gives slight in
iication of his character. He looks
rs if he might be a fairly well-to-do
p'oprietorof a crossroadsstor There
IS no particular style about his clothes,
MS trousers bag slightly at the knees,
ihu diI iuhDttut VI bue crease WHICH
tlshion prescribcs for them. He af-
tects nothing gaudy in neck-wear, a
plain black "shoestring tie" or soft
summer silk tied in plain bow knot
are good enough for him.
His most pronounced character
istics-aervo and logged determine
tion-wopld never be guessed from the
guileleSs expression of his face. He
spends most Of his time during the
session of the board on the main floor
Of the exchange, close to the wheat
pit. He always has anywhere from
i've 10 a dozen brokers 90 execute his
orders,
Mr., Partridge is a native of the
State of New York, and for years was
identified with the dry goods bust
ness, first in Buffalo, and later, early
N the seventies, at Chicago. As a
dry goods merchant he was eminently
2 success, a substantial fortune hay
ing been built out of his Chicago
business, and he was reckoned a
wealthy mar long before he began
faying attention to the grain market.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-06-18
GARTER MEDICINE CO., New York.
SMALL PILL. SMALL DOSE SMALL PRICE
The Curious Partially Certain Persons
Have for Certain CaItnEs.

Tine Curious Partially Certain Persons
Have for Certain Calltngs.
Why is it that Cinnamon take to
laundTies mu&h as the proverbial
duck takes to water? Why is it, also,
that Greeks and Italians take so nat
urally to fruit stands, or Jews to the
peddler's basket, or Arabs to the re-
failing of statuary, or rather, not to
belittle art, to images?
This curious prediction for GER
tain callings is a characteristic that
has been observed so often by people
in general that they have ceased to
wonder at it, if they ever wondered
at all, Every one knows that this
partiality exists, but few have paused
long enough to reason it out Audit
is a fact that perfectly natural causes
are responsible for the matter. This
is a land of the free. Everybody from
everywhere comes here. This is the
place to get rich, and so we get the
very poorest-the most wretched-of
the natives of Italy, China, Greece,
Russia, Arabia, and other countries.
These come here poor, uneducated,
unskilied. In most cases they come
pursuant to encouraging reports from
friends already here. John China.
man comes and his objective point is
his friends house. With the excep.
ton of the Pacific coast John is re.
stricted in his commercial intercourse
with the white natives to the laun-
dry. This has been handed down as
a legacy by the ingenious Chinaman
who first started the business here.
Johns friends equip hint does not
take much 10 start a basement bust
ness-and he is launched on a com.
mercial career. In a short time he
Is able to inform friends in the old
country that this is the wealth-seek-
ers' paradise, and when they come he
helps give them the easiest and cheap
est start-to open a laundry. But
uncle Sam has stopped all this now.
What is true of the Chinaman is
true of the Greek. Some pioneer
compatriOt Ouce began the selling of
fruit and found it successful. His
friends, when they came, followed in
ms footsteps, and 50 every Greek and
Italian who can do nothing else and
has little or no capital is started with
his little stand. The profits are
enormous, too.
The Arabs have a curious partiality
for image-peddling. Lately a few
nave taken to peddling candy, but
the great bulk travel around with A
board containing chalk figures coy
cred with paint. Enterprising Ara
bians have even opened an establish
ment where they supply all newly
arrived countrymen with an outfit
gratis, to be paid for when the red
der has had a good start.
Many such establishments have
been in existence for years for the
benefit of the Jewish immigrants.
The Jewish immigrant virtually has
a pack or basket thrust upon him
when he arrives, and as this is an
easy way to start in trade the chance
is usually taken.
That some Of these peddIers suffer
there Is no question; that some Of
them make comparative fortunes is
also true. "
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-06-18
A SPEEDY r
Ho Went So FAT that Bullets Could Not
HI MS RIder.

Ho Went So FAT that Bullets Could Not
HIT nls Rider.
A group Of old cavalrymen we're gath
cred in the smoking-room of their post
he dquarters IRE stormy day, engaged
If narrating marvellous tales of the
speed and endurance of the horses they
he'd owned or handled during tho famous
struggle, when Hile, whose fame as a
good story-teller is not strengthened by
q reputation for veracity, spoke up,
saying. You remember that big Ghost
mt | rode when attached to Sheridan's
headquarters 10 '64?" A smile passed
round the cirle, and the Major, with a
wink. replied No; what wa. he, Gilc?'
What was hep Why, he was tho fastest
horse in Sheridan's cavalry. Ho had
but on fault-he wasn't s~Lre-footcd-
aad that was what cost me lhcae scars
] carry to remind me Of the hottest race
] ever tooE part in. ] rot him OF q
Southern planter Gle continued, and
the stories Of his speed O o got to
headquarters. Whether this helped 20
Iting ii about | can't say. but twas but
a short time before they had me engaged
in carrying important dispatches through
the enemy'e linss.
The s%urrount NJ country was in
Tested with guerr1llas, AID. you may see,
10y work was Of an exceedingly hazard
Gus nature. but as was familiar with tho
country and always Kept my eyes open
had little fear Of ceing drawn into an
ambush. put oac morning as l was
riding lcieurely [ heard haofbrats be-
hind and. farming, saw a squad q John
aies coming down IN Inc in a galiop. |
touched ik2 spurs 10 my l.orsc. end was
of Ike the wind, anil eoon I heard tho
Top, ror. pop Of their carbincs behind
Inc. They fred until thsir ammunition
was eyhsusie'l and never touched me,
end / should have got OF all right, but
jus. then my horse stumbled and fell.
Before I eot'd rise and moant again |
was struck n a storm OF bullets"
Why, how was thet2~ Tho Major
broke in. You said their ammunition
was exhausted
Yes, /; was. Clio replied, with a ely
look; but when | fell the bullets had a
chance TO ovar.ake me.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-06-18
WHAT AN ENERGETIC WOMAN DOES.

Mrs. Jane Fraseur Safely, of lama
County, Iowa,i is the owner OF 104) acres
of iue prairie land and docs her own
farming. She sod $1,000 worth of fat
cattle, S1205 worth Of fat hogs and $3.50
worth of horses last year. About 500
acres of her land is in grass, the balance
in oats aud corn. Mrs. Safely has at
tended every school election III her sub
district for twelve years, aud. while re-
fusing to be elected director, has univer-
sally voted for director and, according
to the Upton Advertiser, secured the
best man for said office. The same
teacher has taught her school for eight
consecutive terms. Mrs. Safey's only
sou, Fred, is a graduate from Cornell.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-06-18
NEW GOODS FOR REAL SUMNER.

The new goods for real summer are
exquisite in coloring, design and tex
ture, and Partisan is stamped upon their
every detail. Everything is shot or
shaded or patterned in some iudcscriba-
bic way, crepoa taking the lead perhaps.
Among these n is dice patterned in
straw color and black another in old rose
and black, which is both novel aud
striking. Another rather curious ma
terial is of olive green patterned with
heliotrope, with a woven border Of black
ribbon, which is everywhere outlined
with jet. 1t is p%rettily made up with
short zouave fronts to the bodice. while
the un1crbodice and sleeves are of olive
green ~bengaline. = Frank Lsslie's
Weekly.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-06-18
LITTLE FOLKS FASHIONS.

Children's cambria dresses are made in
simple styles which may be easily lagu-
dried. A little more embroidery is used
than last season. Very frequently a full
ruf1e of the dress material, about four
inches deep finishes the neck of blouse
dresses. Black velvet sashes of ribbon
about two inches wide are used on small
chiidren's dresses, and they often begin
on the shoulder, so down TO the waist
line, where they cross directly in front
and pass around to the back where they
are tied in a bow, with ends.-Atlanta
(Ga.) Journal.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-06-18
WOMEN As Docrons.

The world moves. Until a generation
ago a woman doctor was hardly know n
within the circle of the regular medical
profession, aud they were looked upon
In every community as charlatans or
crsnks. The prejudice against them
entering the medical profession was
almost universal, AMI strange as it may
seem the prejudice of women against
their WI sex in a profession for which
they should be specially fitted and in
which they are specially needed, was
even more profound than the same pre-.
JUDGE among the sterner sex. But
Steadily, though slowly, public senti-
ineat has advanced to accord to women
the obvious just right Of entering any
,, t4e professions, an women nov prac-
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-06-18
ODD IDEAS OF DRESS.

The Ruthenian woman of Poisnd has
some odd idels Of dress. Tle ms5erial is
usually OF coarse linen. Her gown, which
is in reality her chemise, is open from
neck to knees, aud is belted in loose folds
about the waist. Another curious ana
distinguishing article of dress is her
wooden apron. She is never without
this, but it is worn behind, never in
front. she has no stockings or other
garments, but her feet are shod like her
husband's-with pointed and laced moe
casins. Her head iu winter and summer
is always bound in a gaudy handkerchief,
but she Possesses no other article of Goth
ing whatever, except a sheepskin coat
for winter use. What she lacks next
skin she makes up in ornamentation. l
have counted, writes Edgar L. Wake
man, more than a score of brass rings on
the fingers of her two hands. Her ear
rings vf hollow brass would hold enough
oil TO light the family fireside for an
evening, and her necklace of glass or
imitation coral beads, coiled a half dozen
times about her by no means charming
neck, is always yards in length.-New
York Press.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-06-18
A CONVENIENT VELVET BODICE.

A velvet bodice, made slightly open at
the throat, with velvet sleeves also
Slightly open. is a most useful addition
60 a woman's wardrobe. Net or lace
sleeves set in full below the velvet sleeve
can be changed at will to match various
styles and tints of neckdressing. Lace
or folds of chiffon or net are lightly ar
ranged TO outline the opening of the
throat. Crossed folds OF crepe de chine
can also be used to raise the bodice front
to any desired height, while the dressy
appearance of the V outline yet remains.
st. Louis Republic.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-06-18

~
1t is curious that Lexington" the
title Of a British Lord, should have be
come the slogan of the American Revolu-
ton, but not more curious than the fact
that the first spot of ground on this con
tinent named to commemorate the open
ing battle Of that struggle should have
been located beyond the Confines of civ
ilization, and in the heart of the far dis
tant wilderness of Kentucky. Lsxiny.
ton, the metropolis of tle bluegrass
region, is to-day the oldest public mon
ument in existence to the first dead OF
the wal Of independence, and sac was
toasted as the first narlesake of Lexing.
ton, Massachusetts,, at tue centennial
celebration of that battle. The beautiful
incident OF the naming of Lexington,
Kentucky, which occurred early in June,
l775, was witnessed by Simon kenton
and other noted pioneers. Longfellow
was urged to make it the subject of a
poem, and c~orresponded with the writer
in regard toit, but he died, unfortunately,
too soon for the story to be embalmed
by him in immortal verse. -Harper's
MAGAZINE.