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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-10-05
excitement over nm Election.

THoMAsToN, Conn, Oct. 5.--There 10
considerable excitement in this town
over the result OF Mondays election and
litigation will follow. Although the
Democrats carried the town for the first
time In years, the entire vote OF that
party was thrown out by the moderators
on the ground that tho ballots were ir-
regular. The ballots contained more
names OF candidates for grand Jurors
than the town Is allowed by law, and
contained also the names Of two Offices
not In existence.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-10-05
Popullsts and Democrats Fusa.

MINNEAPoLIs, Mimi, Oct. ga special
to the Journal from Grand Forks says:
The Popu!ists and the Democrats Of this
state have completed their fusion. The
Democratic presidential electors have
Withdrawn and the Peoples Party elect
ors are endorsed. The Democrats have
now but one straight-out candidate In
the field, O'Brien for Congress.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-10-05
Elisha Barrett Dead.

Boston, Oct. 5.-Elisha Bassett, for 81
years clerk and deputy clerk of the
United States Court in Boston, is dead a.
the result of shock received week ago
Monday. He was "a years old. Mr.. Bas-
sett was born In Ashfield, June O, 1918;
at 20 years Of age going into the Office OF
Francis Bassett, then clerk fthe District
Court, an an assistant. On the resigna-
tion OF Mr.. Hill, Mr.. Bassett was made
clark
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-10-05
A Sneak Thief Caught.

HAvERHILL, Mass, Oct. 8. - Joseph
English, who is supposed to be one OF
the gang OF sneak thieves who have been
operating in this city Of late, has been
captured by the police. As DR.. I. j.
Clark drove up and hitched his horse,
English grabbed his valise containing in
struments, and started OF. DIR. Clark
gave chase and succeeded in holding his
man until the police arrived.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-10-05
A BULLET IN HER BRAIN.
Young Lady Killed by Shot Meant
For Another.

For Another.
JOPLIN, Mo-, Oct. 5.-Monday night
while the audience was leaving the
theatre here John Manning and Miss
Anna Mckee of Belleville, were accosted
by w. d. Mcbride, former suitor of the
girl, who demanded that they accompany
him. At the same time he drew a Colts
navy revolver and as Manning sprang
aside fired at him. The sidewalk was
crowded with people at the instant OF the
firing.
Miss Stella Owen, young lady Of this
place stepped in range OF the revolver.
The bullet passed through her brain,
emerging at her right ear. Mcbride at
tempted to escape and shot at-the police
man who arrested him. He was removed
to Carthage to prevent lynchipg.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-10-05
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Committed to An Asylum.

CONCORD, N. H., Oct. 6.-Wiggin, the
Meredith wife murderer, was brought to
this city and committed to the state
asylum for the insane, in accordance
with the order of the court now sitting
If Laconia.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-10-05
Going Back TO Gray Gables.

NEW YORK, Oct. 8. - Ex- President
Cleveland will leave the city for Gray
Gables at $50 this afternoon via the Fall
River lire. He will return to this city
next week, with his family. They will go
direct to their new home on West 5lst
street.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-10-05
B. H. GLADDEN. Ga co.
Interesting Items.

Our new collection of Trimming
Laces, both in black and white, is very
complete, and contains some new effects
never shown before.
Don't fail to see our new Dress Trim
mings. We cannot enumerate the styles
to-day, but many of them have an artis-
tic beauty which is very attractive.
We have opened an extensive line of
Plain Linen Cambria and Embroidered
Handkerchiefs, and among them dainty
little gems that will make you smile
with pleasure, and you will buy n
Pochette Mousseline de Sole.
Or Pine Apple Tissue, Duchesse
Trimmed.
Colored Chiffon Embroidered Hand
kerchief.
Crepe de Chine Handkerchief, trim
med with Point de Gene.
You will be well repaid for any time
yon may give to the examination of
this collection.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-10-05
Blind the Eyes Of Voters

70 the fact that, however much Mr..
Cleveland may regret It, as an honorable
man he is bound hand and foot to the
platform Of his party at Chicago, Just as
all the world knows that he ~ today
bound to the car OF (trlumphant) Tam.
many In New York.
Never since 1864 have our opponents
disclosed so plainly the real spirit that
controls their majority and their actual
incapacity to comprehend their country
or their times.
Mr. Reid then referred TO the reports
OF Labor Commissioners Peck and other
officials in New York state and TO official
reports from Massachusetts, New Jersey
and elsewhere, showing an increase Of
prosperity since the Mckinley tariff went
into effect. Mr.. Reid said IL was difficult
TO believe that his party's opponents ex-
pected 20 have their declarations on the
"force bill" issue taken seriously. The
real question, he said, Ia, shall every cit
,xsn lawfully entitled TO vote, be per-
mitted TO vote and 20 have his vote fairly
eountedf The Republicans say yes. The
Oemocratic platform practically ssxs d.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-10-05
BOSTONIANS ENTHUSE,
Two Big Meetings of Republicans
Were Held Last Night.
REID AND MCKINLEY SPEAK.
Speaker Barrett and ex-Postmaster Hart
Preside Over Two Monster Meetings
and Make Telling speeches-The Mas
sachusetts Republicans All Right.

Boston, Oct. 5.-The Republicans held
two big ratification meetings last even
ing. One was held in Fsneuil Hall and
tho other, an overflow, was held in Musit
Hall. Both meetings were very large and
enthusiastic.
The speakers were Hon. Whitelaw Reid,
candidate for the vice presidency; Gov
William Mckinley OF Ohio; Lieut.. Gov.
Halle of Massachusetts, and Hon. Roger
wolcott. Speaker Barrett OF the Massa-
chusetts House of Representatives pre-
sided over the Music Hall meeting and
spoke at both. Postmaster Hart presided
in Fanueil Hall. On the platforms were
prominent Republicans from all parts OF
the state.
( When Mr.. Reid was introduced he was
greeted most enthusiastically and fire..
Quent applause punctuated his remarks
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-05-10

According to foreign scientific
journal the swan is the longest lived
bird, in extreme cases reaches reach
ing 300 years. The falcon has been
known 10 live 162 years. An eagle
died in 1919 which had been caught
1O4 years before. and was then
quite old A white headed vulture
which was caught in 1906, died in
the aviary. at Schonburn, near
Vienna, in 1928. Parrots live more
than century. Water birds have
a long life, exceeding that of several
generations OF men. Ravens also
live over loo years. In captivity
magpies live from 20 to 20 years,
and still longer in freedom. The
common hen artains the age of
from 10 to 20 years. Doves live 10
years, and tho little singing birds
from 8 to 10 years The night
ingale's life is the shortest, 10 years
being the longest. and next comes
the blackbird. which never lives
longer than Is years.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-05-10
HOW IL win Paw.

The st. Louis Republic has been
at the pains to figure out what the
Springer free-wool bill if enacted
and signed by the President, would
save family of FIVE persons each
year. The two parents will spend,
it is estimated, $50 a year, at least,
for clothing OF all sorts swith wool
in it" The two haIf-grown chill
dren will take at least $50 more.
The "baby" will add $50, making
$3.50 in all. This includes carpets,
blankets, hats aud other articles
with wool in them used in year.
A wealthy family would use, of
course, four or five times $3.50, but
for the average family of five this is
a moderate estimate. How much
of this is protection7 Says the Re-
public:
"of every 500 spent for wooIens,
or alleged woolens, in this country
at least 1881 goes for nothing except
prohibitive duties imposed to pre-
vent imports, to keep revenue out
of the treasury and to SO restrict
trade as to establish monopoly"
Some $50 a year is a low estimate Of
the amount the father Of the aver
age family is robbed of by the wool
tariff yearly. Take the tax away.
and this sum might 60 into the
savings bank against a rainy day.
Hence thepopuIarity Of the Springer
bill. A sum of $50 a year saved
would be a fortune to many poor
man.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-05-10

Do you want to know the name
of one of the best all around house
hold doctors, and certainly the
cheapest that can be found in any
country2
II is DR.. Lemon. Yes, an ordi-
nary, sour yellow lennon, which
you can buy at any grocery for
few cents.
Here are some of the things DR..
Lemon will do for you if you give
him the chance.
Squeeze him into a glass of water
every morning and drink him with
very little sugar. He will keep
your stomach in the best of order
and never let Mr.. Dyspepsia, whom
he hates cordially, get into it.
If you have dark hair, and it
seems to be falling out, cut ola slice
of tho doctor and rub him on your
scalp. He will stop that little
trouble promptly.
Squeeze bin into a quart Of milk
and be VIII give you mixture 10
rub on your face night and morn
ing and get a complexion like
princess.
Pour him into an equal quantity
of glyccrine and rub your hands
with the mixture before going to
bed. If you don't mind sleeping
with your gloves on, that is better
still. and helps the doctor consid-
erably in his task of Whitening
your hands. In the morning wash
your hands thoroughly in warm
water and apply the doctor again
pure, but only few drops this
time. You must not keep this up
too long, or your hands viii show
such dazzling whiteness as to
make all the other young ladies in
the vicinity jealous.
If you have a bad headache cut
DIR. Lemon into slices and rub these
along your temple Ihe pam Will
not be long disappearing-or at
least in growing easier to bear.
If a bee or an insect stings you
clap few drops of the doctor on to
the spot and you win find yourself
the better for it.
If you have troublesome corn
the doctor can be again put to good
account by rubbing him on the toe
after you have taken a hot bath and
cut away as much as possible of tb5
troublesome intruder.
Besides all this the doctor is
always ready to sacrifice himself in
the cause of Russian tea-slice him
in without sugar-or in the prep
aration of oldfashioned Iemonade,
than which no drink is more
wholesome.
Altogether DR.. Lemon is an In
dividual few people can afford to
get along without.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-05-10
MeaIth Can,t bnr confentment.

The truth that neither wealth nor
fortune can shield man against
the common sorrows of humanity
has vividly illustrated in the last
moments and death of William
Astor. Born to vast possessions,
with every means at hand To con-
tribute to life of ease aud happi-
ness, this favored SON OF a favored
house expired after severe ILLNESS,
his last moments embittered and
hastened by the Borrowe- Fox Mil
bank scandal, in which his daughter.
Mrs. j. Coleman Drayton, was in
volved.
William Astor's wealth says the
Chicago Globe, has been recently
estimated at from s5O,OO0,0OO to
500, 100000. In spite of this how
ever, he was one of the least prom
inent members of his family, being
completely overshadowed all his
life by his father aud brother. In
fact, there is nothing to show that
William Astor was anything moro
than very ordinary man born rich
in spite of himselfand and kept rich
by the experience and wisdom of
his lawyer, who managed his estate.
That the wealth kept up and in
creased by the toll and sweat oi
others could rescue him from neither
mediocrity nor sorrow is indicated
by his obscure life and sad death.
And the enormous wealth ac-
cumulatcd by the other members ol
the great American plutocracy is
equally incapable of purchasing inn
munity from misery, suffering and
dissolution, which every man in
herits from his birth and which nc
misfortune can rob and no prosperity
rid him of.
And this is the consolation, poor
as it is, which the poor man has in
the contemplation of the rich.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-05-10
DON'T be In Haste.

To break off an old and tried
friendship.
To contract new and doubtful
alliance.
To give advice without being
asked for it.
To spend your salary in advance
of earning it.
Deliberation is a great preventive
of misery.
To make love to moro than ono
woman at a time.
To give up reputable business
to dabble in politics.
To take part in differences be-
tween your neighbors.
To blame your children for follow
ing your bad examples.
To quarrel with your wife be-
cause she criticises your faults.
To accept the scandalous stories
you hear concerning other people
To give up safe but plodding
business for bubble speculation.
To quarrel with your husband
because he doesn't tell you every
thing he knows.
Or with lover because he mixes
commonsense with his love making.
Or with your sweetheart because
she treats other gentlemen with
courtesy.
To go in debt because the shop
keepers have confidence in your
honesty.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-05-10
An Untruthfui Bows work.

Pretty Teacher (severely).-Did
your mother write this excuse?
Bad Boy-Yes'm.
Pretty Teacher HumphI 1t
looks very much like one OF your
scrawls.
Bad Boy-Mamma wrote it; but,
please nam, she had sister Jennie
in one arm, crying with a bumped
head, and brother Willie in the
other with cut finger and lot OF
sewing on her lap, and she was
rocking the cradle with her knees
and she had to write with her toes.
Pretty Teacher Gin the evening
II am very sorry, Mr.. Poorchapp,
but l have changed my mind.
shall never marry.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-05-10
Scientific Scraps.

Light travels 1ss,SOO miles in a
second.
A ton of coal yields nearly 900
feet of gas.
There are now over 5000 known
languages aud dialects.
The thinnest tissue paper is
2-10Oth of an inch in thickness.
The mean annual temperature of
the earth is 80 degrees Farenheit;
the average rainfall is sc inches.
Cork, if sunk 200 feetin the ocean,
will not rise, on account of the
pressure of the water.
The jelly fish hasn't any teeth,
but uses himself just as if he were a
piece of paper when he is hungry
getting his food and then wrapping
himself about it.
A velocity as high as 2,ss7 feet
per second has been obtained by a
projectile from rapid-fire gun.
This is at the rate of l ,96s miles an
hour. 1t is the highest velocity yet
recorded.
The three taIIest trees in the
world are believed to be sequoia,
near Stockton, California, which is
s25 feet high, and two encaIypti in
Victoria, Australia, estimated to be
ls5 and 45O, respectively.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-05-10
WILLIAM L. WILSON

"A tin-plate factory will be open
ed at EIlwood, Ind, about May ], y
says the st. Louis Post Dispatch.
aIt is described as the first of any
consequence started in America. y
This contradicts all the information
hitherto impaired on the subject.
We have been told that American
tin sprang into being Immediately
after the Mckinley protection was
given it, and a st. Louis concern
has been promising hundreds of
boxes "next week" for the past
twelve months.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-05-10
Two BIrthdays.

There are two Brooklyn women,
warm friends, whose ages are the
same, their birthdays falling upon
the same day. They had passed
thirty and were not yet forty, and
one of them had made up her mind
that she never would be forty. AT
last came the fortieth birthday.
Mrs. Brown called up her friend,
Mrs. Bennett, and said over the
telephone wire:
@This is my birthday"
81 know it," was the reply. al
congratulate you with all my heart.
By the way, it's my birthday, too
eyes, of course Say, Lizzie, how
old are your
"Thirty eight. And your
"Well, last year, Lizzie, we were
of the same age; but it seems that
this year I'm two years older than
you. / am.forty.p
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-05-10

The alleged competition between
gypsies and the nails used in the
crucifxion has frequently been re-
ferred to. 1t is said that the tink-
ers are descendants of the one who
made the nails for the cross, and
are condemned to wander G. centinu-
ally without any rest. The tradi-
ton is very common in-the High
lands of Scotland.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-05-10

e WOOL Iar'n-
20 civilized government
!" ''s "a .nat would take a plain
neee7 g. ''ie'iike WOODEN cloth
'ns -' '+e Il one Of It's chief
source p 'rzation.t And yet Tor
Pop' s~s0ns-'ne- attempt to
o're WOOL grover 10 the pro-
'ee''t s'em-that Is exactly
mnn' fe eo'ng IN this country.
ns t 'Pe rom ont'es on wool
*no g 9'en goods during the
'as. 4' ''' ear was over s4O'uoV'O 'Ooo'
Mn'sn more 'nan one ni'n part
u our '7 customs revenue, ana
'"os 9s'n'n.n part OF our
s''''' ''''s rom ea&a'lon. 1nere
Is 7n'' ~ 7&. eos oi 'n&auon tna'
70 'He 'e.' anu ena' 'S sp'r''u-
gus 2 par. from any re-
qa''s' n q 'nsnion ana iuzury
Moe'e '''' 's 'nu'sPensaDie 10
nea'.' ana the highest pro-
ooe''f p nj parts oi 1ne
81 8 Z. sat o' .ne 9oe1nesn
7'a''s AS wen as :" 'ne rigorous
winters OF .ne Sor.n'
HsPee'"''y Is TINS true OF ene
~orkingman' a tax tnat taxes
.ro" nun a part u every uay earn
,"ss - % given 1u bounty 70 .he
,asor''es OF government oegraoes
nim as q citizen ana rops him ot a
par. OF ms ioer.y' but wnen IN
auui'ioh 70 an TINS IL iessens ana
n pu'rs ms Proauc.ise energy IN
n'a uany ssrus'o ior .ne heeessa-
RES anu comforts Oh me- ano ior
'he support anu advancement Oh
lnose uePenuehe upon MN, IL ta.Ses
on a merclless character that sucn
people as ours wouid never SUD
INIT TO II they mad not been gradu-
any naruened 10 tne enormities Oh
inc protectlve system.
me tarin Dill lnat mas just passed
.ne mouse is not merely q iree-wooi
oiii' as its opponents are constantly
charging. It's main object is TO re-
tease 70 the consumer as much as
possible OF the taxes and bounties
. AT now diminisn the quantisy ana
ue5 5raue the quaiity Oh tue goous nc
consumes. II proceeds on lne 'ne-
ory tnat me man VINO Is aoie 70
provlde nlmseli win ali-wooi goods
AZ 'ne'r norman prices ougns not 10
nave lnem put GU. Oh ms reacn py
Tue taxing power Oh tne government,
ana enas tne man VINO Is not apie 10
ouy ali-wooi garments is enti.leu 70
elotne himself ana family win what
are next oest IN qnality ana health
iulness. as was disclosed IN an
arucie written Dy Mr. DAVID A.
T" e''s iase sum lner' IL Is no longer
mere snouuy 'nae Is soiu as reai
woolen' Dut mucn cheaper nealthy
stun anu unuer Tue prolec'ioh Oh
our 'ar'n some oil tne manuiacturers
resor. 70 aduiterants mat put 10 peru
.he ne oi the wearer' altnougn
ne IS oo''geu 70 pay 'hem prices 'na'
out Tor that tarin would procure
genuine articles. lndeed' with the
dlslniecting and cleansing processes
oiiered Dy modern science ana with
.ne macninery invented Tor resolv-
ing tue hoers OF woven anu Ani.
over and over again, shoddy goods
have acquired quality that ranks
~,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-05-10
Scene Jewelers. store. Enc

Scene Jewelers. store. Ener-
getic woman enters. 81 wish to
look at some-er-engagement rings. .
sYes, miss; to what price will
the-er-Iucky gentleman 60, do you
think2D
aOh, your mistaken. / wish to
give one. This is leap year
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-05-10

You can tell more about a mans
character by trading horses with
him once than you can by hearing
him talk for a year in prayer
meeting.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-05-10
As Che Flame OF a Candle.

One who looked the crowd over
as we waited for the train would
not have set us down as hard
hearted and Indifferent; but we so
proved to be, as a young girl not
over thirteen years of age, leading
an old man who was stone blind
and very feeble, passed slowly
around the room soliciting aims
They got a penny here and there,
but even these seemed to be given
grudgingIy, and those who gave
nothing consoIed themselves with
the reflection that the pair were
frauds and really needed no assist
ance.
When they had made the tour of
the room the girl led the old man
to n seat in corner, and after few
words had passed between them
they began singing a hymn. She
had wonderful voice for child
clear and sweet, and his was a deep
bass The hymn was that grand
old one
Nearer. my God, to Thee
You have heard it by full choir.
accompanied by the strains of a
grand organ, but you never listened
so intentIy as we did. There was
pIalntin that girls voice which
touched chord, and there was a
quiver in the old mans bass which
saddened you. They sang low and
soft, and they had not finished half
u verse when all of us were stand
ing up to sec them better
The girl kept her eyes on the
floor at her feet. The sightless eyes
of the old man-her father-were
raised to the coiling and over his
furrowed face crept glad smile as
he finished the chorus.
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer TO Thee.''
The hymn was not finished when
every man began feeling for a con-
tribution and women opened their
portmonnaies. 1t was different now.
They were no longer frauds, and
every ono was glad to give some
thing Two or three were just
re: dy to take up a collection, but
they waited for the end of the hymn.
When it came to the chorus of the
last verse, the old man was singing
bravely. Half way through his
voice suddenly chol1ed, and the last
two lines were sung by the girl
alone and died away in sob and
cry. All of us saw the old mans
head drop forward and his body
give lurch. He would have fallen
to the floor had not the girl seized
and held him up. A dozen of us
were there in u moment, but we
We're too late. The old mans life
had gone out as your breath upon
the flame of a candle, and on his
ashen lips still trembled the sacred
notes of the refrain
..Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer TO Thee"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-05-10

Do not wait for extraordinary op-
portunities for good actions, but
make use of common situations.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-05-10
Lady-The child Is a IittIe Frenet

Lady-Thech child is little French
man, is he not?
Nurse-I don't know myself what
to call him. His mother is a
French lady, but his father is a
German.
Lady-In that case we shall have
to wait till he can talk; then we
shall see.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-05-10

Father Ito a dull son)-How
many prizes have you taken at
school this year, my boy2
Son-None.
Father-Never mind, then, work
harder and you may take twice as
many next year.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-05-10

Father.-How can you expect to
marry this young man when he has
done nothing so far to show that be
can support you?
Daughter-BUt you must remem-
Der, father, that he has been en-
pIoyed the best part of his life in
learning to tie his own neckties.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-05-10

ROsalie Now don't tell anyone
what l have said.
Grace-I wont. TN stay homo
from the sewing class on purpose,