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We shall have . sort OF advance spring
opening" tomorrow in Coats. Cares and
Long Cloaks. These have been coming in
for the past week and lave been meeting
with considerable attention.
There is always an advantage In early buy
ing. 50 far as selection in styles 10 concerned
SrR1xe CoArs.
We have aimed TO have the best s&.eS
Spring Coat in Washington-aRd believe
Gee Lave
IL is Of Black Cheviot, extra length. fat
and cash pockets. notch collar. large bone
blttons, perfect ft;inS back. Only o. 10
Handsome line Of Tan Novelty" Cloth
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heSts and MAkk tie PkICE DOWN Tor the
nAl as SPECIAL ADNEkTlsIkSo or IEAn
hns. ~ you are prudent and enonontcsl YOU
80 ave sood many psllnIes or dunes ~
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&c. YARD.
II l-2c. YARD.

The PoprLAR New FABRIC
Is ENGLISH BkOCATELS. This Is the
MOST STYLISH and RICHEST COTTON
FABRIC EVER shuAN. our line Of these
desirable goods il VERY EXTENSIVE. OR
sales have been very larse. We have Just Az
CElkED ORR Third LOT If tins FABRIC,
EMBRACING MANY MN and BEAUTIFUL
Coz oklNGs. THESE VAL lie on SALE
SATURDAY. at
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25o. EsOIrsH SrrrsrAs Fon Sc

SATURDAY We Will ofi-r a lot OF Eng
IlsH Siiesia, in WHITE, with RED and
BLUE 81 Triples, m lengths from , TO yards
IN each piece. Regular price anywhere 25c.
SPECIAL,
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ExrRAoRDISARY SATURDAY OrFERrsss
IN TOILET ARTICLES AND PEhfUMEs
CoLGATt's Tt RkIsH BATH SOAP. Res-
ular price all over the q. s., Sc. cake. sPk-
CIAL FOk SATURDAY.
2 CAKES FOR &c
IMPOR1ED WHITE CAsII lie SOAP,
lar.e cakes. Regular price. l2c. FOR SAL
URDAl.
Sc. CAKE
NELER1A FACE fOMDEt., beautiher of
rare virtue. Regular price. 2bc. tOk SAT-
UkDAl,
l7c BOX
FINE ALMOND MEAL FACE PowDER.s
NEhl BENEElCIAL Preparation for the COM
pieKion: Regular price. &c. tok sAIUR-
DAA ONLY
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LILIES Or FRANCE.
his Is UNDOUBTEDLY the MOST DELI
CAlE and Lasting perfume made We have
Just RkCEINtDa iot OF tins direct from the
PARIS MANUFACIUkEl Regular price,
4Oc. FOR SATURDAY.
The FAMOUS CRAB APPLE BLOSSOM
EXTRACT. Usual price. JOc. fok sATUk-
DAY,
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81 1-2c. YARD.

YELLING News FoR SATURDAY..
Here IL where We hole hi,h carnival. right
here IN these DAINTY face protectors, or you
might rightly call them BEACTlfIERS.
CUT NLlLS. IN BLACK. with GOLD, JF1
and STEEL DOILEIS. REGULAR price, l3c.
tOk SATURDAY. %. Tor each Asil-
Red WELLS. With GOLD BOIS. Usual
pre-. lsc. Tor SATURDAY, &c. Vel.
WHITE. BLACK and RED WELLS, with
CHENILLE spots. Usual PRICE, l5c. fOk
SATURDAY. a.. Zach
LANGUEDNC VEIL Was e. 70 FOR
SAT- RDAl, sl.aO
LANGytDoC VEIL. Was g. 25 FOR
SATURDAY, sLsa
i LANeI iDoC VEIL Regular price, %.
FOR SATURDAY.. sl.gs.
GkENADlNE NElLINGS, ALL COLORS.
REGULAR price. lsc. FOR SATURDAY.. l3c.
yard
CHIFFON YELLING in BLACK. rs
PECIALIl for MOURNING :aL- Nard'
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-10-12

but few hours after publication to
prove most of them entirely baseless.
The suggestion that forces itself upon
the mind of a practical and honest news
paper man is that the Boston paper did
not dare 10 investigate the truth Of the
tale it had TO tell for fear it would be
proven false and so a big sensation lost.
Two hours work in Fail River or this
city would have established the charac-
ter OF the "news" purchased of the de-
tective, and would have rendered worth
less the purchase made by the reporter.
That such investigation was not made
cOnvicts the Boston newspaper of the
practice of methods that do not obtain
in the management of newspapers that
have regard for their reputation, that
are conducted upon correct business
principles, CT that respect the commun-
ity from which they draw their support.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-10-12

I've been watching the neighbor's baby
lately aud keeping up power OF think
Ing meanwhile, and / think I've discov-
cred something.
Babies suffer very much from ennui.
That's what makes 'em cry SO.
Oh OF course there's collie and worms
and pricKing teeth that make babies
savage, but IL isn't i'm reason 10 suppose
that baby has something the matter
with IT every day of its life TO make 1t
howl. Older folks don't have time.
Babies do.
without trying ii, how extremely annoy
ing and ennuing IL is TO be baby. Just
think of itl You can't chew tobacco or
talk politics. or 90 10 the theater, or join
the Nkws Fishing CLUB and go out to
look for rheumatism. or--if OF the OPP
poslte sex-go shopping. paint china,
work blue yarn deer OH yellow canvas or
pave the way for IN unhappy family life
by cooking buckwheat CAKES. You can't
read the ne sspaDer or play poker. Even
snch mild games as Casino and Old
Maid are denied you, IL you are baby.
And yet, no matter whether you weigh
nine pounds or nineteen, you have full
grown day of twenty-four hours TO dis
pose OF. Tempus fugt by no sliding scale
ON account of babies They have all the
tempus there is fugiting, and there's
where the trouble comes In. Once In
Wnlle mature IDIOT comes along ana
makes an insane remark "catchee,
catchee" or perhaps only cootchee,
coJtchee, ,"-and smiles and ogles at you
tlll you long for words 20 tell her how
sick IL makes you. or some big chap with
big hands balances yog On the pit OF your
sto mach aud tosses you into the air till
you want to grab bim by the collar and
ask what in thunder he means. only vour
hands wont go the way you want 'em TO,
and you haven't quite the trick of the
lingo yet. But mostly you have nothing
to do. So it is, when the house is still ali
but the ticking of the clock, and it's so
dark you can't see your own shoulder
blades, and you've slept so much in the
daytime you can't sleep any more, that
you just lift up your voice and weep, not
out OF pure cussedness or cramps neces-
sariy. but for the lack of other occupa-
tion. And il anyone wanted to do you a
very real kindness, they'd keep still and
let you amuse yourself in your own fash
ion instead OF jounclng aud jogging and
tossing you and talking such nonsense 10
you that you can't keep your mind on
your remarks. It's terrible to be SO con-
stantly interrupted.
The man who should invent some use
ful occupation for babies would win the
thanks of the entire community. Mean
while Satan will continue to find un-
musical mischief for idle mouths to do.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-10-12

The people of New England, espec-
tally this southeastern portion of New
England, have this week seen "a
very striking illustration of the working
of the peculiar theory obtaining in many
of the smart and tremendously "pro-
gressive" newspapers of the day.
The cocky but directly afterward
grovelling performance of the Boston
Globe in the matter of the publication
of a mass of what was alleged to be
''new evidence in the Borden case
forcibly brings home to decent and
fair-minded people the radical defect
that exists in the conduct of the class
of newspapers alluded TO.
Here is paper that stood ready TO
pay large sum of money TO obtain a
synopsis of testimony to be presented in
the highest court Of justice of its State.
One of its reporters worked at least sew
eral days to obtain what purported TO
be such a synopsis from person who
PHYS the vocation of private detec-
tive in this city. BY the payment of a
large sum of money he obtained what
he had been negotiating for and hurried
70 Boston with IL. The matter was
printed, circulated, quickly discredited.
and within thirty-six hours of its APP
pearance pronounced wholly untrue and
apologized for by the paper that had
exerted itself 10 obtain il.
Where does the blame liep Unques.
tionably with the managers of the paper.
not with the jealous reporter nor with
the detective. The part taken by the
detective in the shameful affair is, ms
Kipling says, another story. The paper
that committed the crime of publishing
The vicious and silly story took il from
the hands of "a writer whose only claim
to consideration rests upon sundry per-
formances Of like nature. II came from
detective who has had no special facil-
ities TO know anything Of Importance
about the Borden case and whose repu.
tation among the newspaper men of
this city is such that whatever he alleges
Is subjected 10 strict verification. II
apparently made no attempt whatever
TO verify any Of the allegations Of the
detectives manuscript, though il took
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-10-12
4. ". LADD co.
SEASONABLE! j!

Evening Silks = We have an
incompatible assortment of
Bengalines, BrOcades and Crepes,
plain and figured Indias and
Chinas. and the new Plaid Silks
for waists. or the latter we
open a fresh stock Of novelties
this week.
Foreign Dress Fabrics 'The
leading stock I'm town." i'm this
important department Of our
house. Taffeta VelOurs, Epingle
VelOurs. Changeable effects.
lovely Irish POplins i'm endless
variety Of designs and COlOrs (;
exclusive plain cOlored mate
rials and remarkably hand
some line Of "tailOr-made" suit
ings.
Low Priced Dress Goods
Popular Fabrics from 1Oc. to
soc. Our new and enlarged de-
partment first floor, left aisle)
Is full Of Novelties. Fall Plaids,
the newest Of them, only Soc.
All-wOOl Tweed Checks, so i'm.
wide, 90 cents. A great variety
of attractive cOlOrings i'm all
wool CheviOt weaves, only so
cents.
Lace Wells and Veilings-The
prettiest i'm town, and i'm great
variety.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-10-12
SENATOR SHERMAN.

Our esteemed contemporary, the New
port Ne,cs, in its endeavor to hold a
just balance between the parties con-
tending for the favor of the American
voter, occasionally does injustice to the
attitude and acts of the Republican
party. This is perhaps natural When
man sets out to hold even the balance
of praise and blame for an honest man
or party and dishonest one, he's apt to
say altogether too much for the latter.
Thus fares it with the NeWs of New
port when it undertakes TO offset the
financial heresies of the Democratic
party by accusing so sterling a man as
Senator Sherman of double dealing upon
the stump. In effect, the Ne,cs' charge
is that IN Ohio Mr.. Sherman squarely
endorses the act of 1890, but i'm New
York he apologies for it as the less of
two evils"
To our thought there is nothing in
consistent in this attitude. AS between
two evils any man of sense will choose
the less. nor will he hesitate TO cen
dorse" it rs a wise and proper action.
Senator Sherman's silver act was meant
TO stave off an evil day i'm the hope that
sense might return to the then very
strong free silver element. Since then
Senator Stewart of Nevada has left the
Republican party on account of its
hostility 10 free silver and because of
Benjamin Harrison's known love for
100 cent dollars, and since then the hore-
lessness of the free-silver crusade has
been more fully realized.
The Nelrs also accuses Senator Sher-
man of greenbackism because of his
statement that. in the event OF the Ma
tional Banks being forced to give up
their currency issues because of the
withdrawal Of the United States Govern.
ment promising TO pay coin. The three
words promising to pay coin" make
all the difference in the world. That is
not the promise when fiat money is
talked about.
The Ncirs may not be purposely mis-
representing Mr.. Sherman, but if not IL
has read him very carelessly.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-10-12

THE STATE CAMPAIGN.

With the holding of the Democratic
State and district conventions to-day the
preliminaries Of the State campaign
have been disposed of by both parties
and the political field may be said to be
white for the harvest.
In reviewing the present condition of
agairs in this State, and the course Of
political matters since the State cleo
tion last spring there is seen to be es-
pecial good cause for satisfaction on the
part of the Republicans.
Not only is the party united and har-
monious in every city, town and village
IL the State, and all its members in
thorough accord with its general policy
and purposes, as set forth in its national
platform, but there exists an earnest
ness and intelligent appreciation of the
principles at stake in this campaign
that warrants the most hopeful antici-
pations for the result of the election.
The Republican party in this state
has never been in better condition than
it is now i'm. 1t has never been more
worthy Of the confidence of the people,
and has never apparently enjoyed that
confidence more fully, than now.
The campaign, on the Republican side,
has developed no lurid features. and
will not be likely to, but those who are
aware Of what is going on know that
most effective work is being done, and
that there are promises of results en-
tirely satisfactory.
The Democratic campaign has devel-
oped rather more than the usual amount
of friction and factional fights, and it is
apparent that that party has been rent
asunder i'm every one of the cities and
large towns so seriously that there is no
hope of healing the breaches so that the
full strength of the party can be exerted
at the polls. The action of the conven-
tions held to-day was the outcome of a
series OF arrangements and forced con-
cessions that form body of unmixable
elements that can never be welded into
a union capable Of controlling the full
strength of the Democratic party, and
which makes all hope of missionary
work altogether vain.
There is every ground to believe that
RHODE ISLAND will go solidly Repub-
Iican at the November election, bat this
belief should not be allowed to check
active and vigorous and persistent work
from now until the polls are closed on
November Sth. The Republicans should
lot be content with victory; they should
determine to make it Waterloo.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-10-12
TWO ISSUES.

Our esteemed contemporary the Jour
nal announces to-day in its customary
oracular tone that ga good many tariff
reformers have made serious mistake
In casting their lot irrevocably with the
Democrats; the civil service reformers
should not repeat that blunder by ally
ing themselves with either party"
Both statements are open TO serious
criticism. If tariff reformers wished 10
accomplish the purpose they professed
they made no mistake in espousing De-
mocracy. For Democracy has reward
ed them with the most plain and abso.
lutte free trade declaration which has
been put into any public paper since the
Confederate Constitution. II has de-
clared tariff for protection unconstitu-
tional. 1t has made war upon every
American shop and factory and upon
nearly every American home. The
tariff reformers ought to be satisfied.
unless indeed their bark is worse than
their bite and they now contemplate
with dismay the mischief they have
done.
As for civil service reform, no man
who has the use Of n decent amount of
brain should hesitate FOR an instant to
espouse Republicanism. Civil service
reform, SO far as IL has gone--and il
has gone n good way aud accomplished
a great works. almost entirely the
woss Of Che Republican party. Every
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-10-12

| JOHN MEAN, JHs
was gold spoon in his mouth. He is
Of medium height, stoutly built and de-
cidedly blond, with what the Scotch
call sandy mustache. Blushing is one
| of his weaknesses, and when that feeling
is on him his face is as rosy as that of
the ideal country boy. He could easily
be dude IL he wanted to, but his tastes
don't run in that direction. When he
was old enough to comprehend things
his father asked him if he intended to
keep the golden spoon in his mouth.
John rolled the article up, put it away
safely, and then said he was conceited
enough to imagine that he could do
something in the world.
The old gentleman was pleased to
hear that, and he gave John few thou
sand dollars to start on. The money
was shrewdly invested and reinvested
until today John Kean, Jr., is worth
100000 in his own right. When his
parents die he will be millionaire. He
runs two banks, water company, q gas
company, street car company and
other institutions in Elizabeth, not to
speak Of concerns elsewhere in which
he is interested. He is so boyish in his
frankness and good nature that casual
acquaintances don't give him credit for
knowing much about practical affairs.
Individuals Of that class would have
their eyes opened il they were to acco
pany him on his rounds for day
even few hours.
Without referring to note he can
tell you what business the banks and
the gas company are doing now and how
il compares with last year; he can tell
you what is spent in this department
and in that. and he knows just what is
needed and what is not. He believes In
spending money for improvements IL
there is even remote prospect of any
return.
He lives with his parents at the family
homestead on the outskirts of the city.
II was formerly the Livingston mansion
and is handsome domicile. John rises
between Q and $3.50 o'clock every morn
ing. and an hour later he Is at the Office
of the water company. From that time
until or 9 o'clock in the evening he is
about as busy a man ~ can be found in
Union county. He has IN standard repu-
tation for generosity,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-10-12
A PROBABLE GOVERNOR.

John Kean, Jr., Whom the New Jersey
Republicans Have Nominated.
Congressman John Kean, Jr., Of Eliza
beth, N. j., was recently nominated by
the Republicans of New Jersey for gov
ernor, and it is confidently expected
that he will defeat Judge Werts, the
Democratic candidate. Perhaps an idea
OF Mr.. Kean's remarkable strength, po
litically speaking, may best be gained
by the following sketch of his person.
ality, taken from the New York World,
rank Democratic paper:
John Kean, Jr.-you mustn't forget
the SIR" because John, pater, is still to
the fore-was born one fine morning
about thirty-eight years ago, and there
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-10-12
THE SPOKESMAN.

This Is the season of the year
When. with his bag aud gun,
The hunter goes into the woods
To have "a lot OF fun.
lie sees partridge on a limb
And takes "a careful aim.
lie fires. The partridge ~hirrs av,y
unhurt--the same old game.
The whole day long he tramps around
Until the night comes down,
And then he seeks tue nearest way
To get back Into town.
Into the market then ne gocs
some partridges To buy;
Nhd when he shows them 81 his friends
They wink the other eye.
-SOmcrville Journal.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-10-12
Il. v. LADD co.
FuPS!

Our newly-opened stool
presents everything desirabl
in Furs--Setts, Muffs, Bears
Collarettes, and Trimmings
by the yard.
Features of the assormen'
are the line of fine Sea
Goods, and the great variety
of beautiful Sets in Wolf,
Bear, Marten and the many
popular and inexpensive furs.
For young folks these Sets
present very charming novel
ties, prominent among which
are the fancy dyed Angora.
and Thibets, in cream, blue,
pink, brown, gray and the
light tans; Iceland Sheep
Sets, in pink and white; and
the Tiger Furs.
For a special drive we offer
a small line of very pretty
white Angora and Thibet
Sets for children, at $3.50
the sett.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-10-12
coLuMnurs DAY.

IL must ever remain sourse of re-
gret 10 exect and exacting souls that
poor Columbus never knew on what
day he first saw Wailing's island. He
supposed it was the 12th of October,
IS no, 1892; probably went TO his
grave with that mistaken idea securely
hugged TO his manly bosom. OF course
we all know very well now that il was
October 81, or thereabouts and that
Columbus was reckoning time upon a
faulty basis. PROVIDENCE has arranged
TO celebrate the real Columbus Day
with the elan characteristic OF a New
England metropolis, but as our more
hasty reighbors in Gotham have
chosen to-day for great celebration in
honor of one of our discoverers, this is a
fitting time TO remark that-with all
his faults, which were chiefly those of
the age and not of the man-Christo-
pher Columbus was a great man and
we need not be ashamed to do him
honor.
The Columbian centenary has reused
up host sf historians and commenta-
tors who chiefly lean to TIVE extremes.
One school tells over again the well.
worn incidents-some of them dis
proved-of Columbus life, and seek to
prove him a fit candidate for canoniza-
tion. Another, with such men as JUS
tin Winsor to the fore, belittle the hero
In every possible way. To us it seems
that the truth lies between these ex-
tremes. Columbus was no saint, neither
was he demon. He enslaved the In
dians, but his Spanish successors were
infinitely worse than he and our own
Southern gentlemen have not been so
long slaveless that we can cast single
stone at him on that account. He was
arrogant, but so was Victor Hugo and
Savage Landor, and host of other men
whose greatness gave him the right.
lie was covetous of wealth and tenn
poral power, but so are - and -
of the critics who malign him. And
no one can deny him courage, per-
severance, intelligence and readiness
to act upon novel ideas even if they
were not of his own invention. What
If the geographers of Columbus time
did sometimes teach the theory of
globular earth? He was the man who
acted upon it. What if Left Ericsson
and whole lot of other Norsemen did,
IN their wanderings along the southern
edge of perpetual ice, discover cold
and misty Vinland in Labrador? The
discovery, which may not be disputed,
profited civilized Europe not at all,
while Columbus voyage was the
mightiest agent of modern civilization
next to Martin Luther's reformation.
1t may be, in some quarters, deemed
he mark of wisdom TO sneer at hero |
but the sneer will have with |
generous souls as little effect as it de- |
erves. If we may not award ought to
memory but dispraise, then
With him go Cabot and Verrazano and
John Smith and Raleigh
,than Allen and John SEWER; Fremont
nd. Custer. Here is the land, big. civil
zed, the land of promise to the world.
lere it was four hundred years ago an
Unknown continent. Many men have
1iled and suffered for us who come
'ter, to discover, to plant, to sow, to
evelop, to extend, to defend. Not the
,ast is his the honor who first turned
ne eyes of Christendom hitherward.
III hail Columbus
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-10-12

THE Democrats have decided that the
old congressional ticket is good enough
for them-a Page from the record of the
Fifty-second Congress and an attempt
to Lapham over onto the Fifty-third
Congress.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-10-12

Mr.. STEAD takes mp the cudgels for
Mrs. Maybrick and swings them with
great vigor. 1t will give that much
written about woman added notoriety,
If it does her no other good.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-10-12

THE Globes abject apology to Lizzie
Borden prompts the query whether
sensational journalistic methods are
worth while. The Globe will find it
pays better to be square than globular.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-10-12

If any young man is at loss to dis
pose of the long evenings of the fall and
winter advantageously to himself he
would do well to consider joining some
of the Y. NJ. G. A. evening classes.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-10-12

Republican president from Grant down
has been heart and soul in its favor. and
its strongest friends have been Republi-
cans, Mugwuinps and Jibbooses-never
Democrats.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-10-12

THAT Pennsylvania grand jury which
considered the Homestead cases was inn
partial at least, as both sides to the quar-
rel were indicted. 1t was clever way
for the grand jury to evade responsible
ity, at least.