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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-08
THE HOTEL ROYAL rIRE.

The horrible fire in the Hotel Royal,
New York, last evening is one of the
worst calamities of the sort ever wit
messed in this country, ranking with the
burning Of the Southern Hotel in st,
Louis. the Newhall in Milwaukee and
the Richmond in Buffalo. In five years
there has been nothing TO compare with
il. In the history Of the country there
has been but one more terrible that at
Milwaukee, where l25 people were
roasted alive and large number injured.
II is of comparatively little use now to
speculate how the fire started-whether
by the neglect Of the engine or by the
spilling Of cooking fat. The fact is that
fires are apt TO happen 50 long as human
nature and human agencies are imper-
feet. But tine night clerk ought not to
have been. If he was. asleep. And
worst of all. the building ought nc ,
have burned 50 rapidly.
Hero. after all, is the keynote Of The
situation. The hotel was a mere agglom-
Grafton of old buildings never intended
for such use and wholly unfit for il. IL
burned with startling rapidity. Yet
even IL It had burned so rapidly, most of
tho guests could undoubtedly have
escaped II IL had not been for that dread
ful elevator shaft. The stairway, as is
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-08

THE RAIN Is FALLfN6 GENILfs
rhe rain is falling gently on the brown and
dewy sod,
And tiny blades are springins along the walks
we've trod;
The little birds are reaching out TO greet the
warm soft air,
For the gentle rain is urging them to make
haste and do their share.
The rain is falling gently on the maple and
As well as on ~ oak tree. with its clinGins
ivy vine;
L's falling on tho apple trees. beyond the gar
den wall,
And on the robins, flying forth, as to their
mates they call.
The rain is falling gently on the rose tree
bending low,
And the lilacs stand SO stately. one can almost
sec them grow;
They seem to know that the warm, soft rain.
will burst their buds anew,
And flowers will bloom, and birds will sing
another summer through.
The rain is falling gently on new grave,
bathed in tears,
And oh! on one beside IL where the grass has
grown for years;
But naught here car disturb them, those
babes we loved so WELL
They have reached that blessed country, Of its
splendors who can tell?
Mrs. Alice Ingerson.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-08
THE GROWTH OF THE NEWS.


Tomorrow, for the second time since
its foundation, little more than four
months ago, the Providence NEWS is to
be materially enlarged and improved, as
a prompt answer to the flattering sue
cess which it has met. Hereafter the
representative daily of Rhode
Island will be bigger, better and
brighter than ever.
The promise is neither rash nor vain
glorious. A great modern newspaper is
the product of many minds and varying
aptitudes. With writing staff COM
prising some of the brightest journalists
in New England, with pressman, print
ers, stereotypers and circulators equal
in every department to the responsibility
laid upon them, it is safe to expect re-
suits and to predict them. And those
who know the NEWS know that it keeps
its word.
OF course such rapid growth spells the
word success. The NEWS rise in pop
ularity is the journalistic sensation of
New England. Outside of Boston moth
ing like it was ever known.
1t is difficult TO convey to the casual
reader how great that success has been,
how rapidly the circulation has grown,
and how the people of the entire State
have learned TO look 20 the News for
the earliest news and faiieit comment.
and to find in it the idcsl family news.
paper, clean, goo l-natured, enterprising.
The increase of the NEWS circulation
last week was the largest ever known,
even in It's own history. a single re-
tail newsdealer in the heart of the city
increased his regular daily order of the
NEWS over one hundred copies. The
street sales have materially increased
since the removal Of the business Office
40 No. : Weybosset street. New deal.
srs are constantly being added TO the
list. and new and old alike find the de-
mand for the News steadily increasing
Nor is our sale by any means confined
TO Providence There is not single
town or village in the State. not even a
hamlet Of any size, where the News has
not substantial patronage. 1t goe
beyond the limits Of Rhode Island, anG
helps in Massachusetts aud Connecticut
to combat the destructive political forces
Of the day. II is recognized as power in
the best newspaper Offices all over the
country, ana is already moro frc.
euontly quoted than any otLcr
Rhode Island paper, except the
Jcrpci, which Is mainly read ne
flighiful example Of Mugwuinpery
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-08
That " Americanized Encyclopedias.
oil RIvar Cnfholir Ah,ncnta


There is tradition that when the Caliph
Omar doomed the great Alexandrian
library to destruction he was waited upon
by a deputation of scholars who besought
him to spare that vast and splendid col
lection Of books. But the commander of
the faithful was not to be moved from his
purpose. "If," said he, these books con-
Koran they are pernicious, and If they
contain no more than is written in the
Koran they are superfiuous. In either
case. let them be destroyed. ~
1t must have been in a similar spirit of
grim humor that the purveyors of the
fricasseed Encyclopedia Brittannica"
devoted themselves to the task of chop
ping up the twenty-five big quarto vol
umes OF which the famous 9th Edinburgh
edition consisted, and serving up the
pieces in hybrid literary gravy, of their
own decoction in ten shabby little vol
umes. Like the Caliph Omar, they were
evidently determined upon destroying il.
AS an exquisitely comical conceit, one
cannot but admire the highly fscetious
announcement that, by cutting out
seventy-fve of every 100 pages of great
standard work and throwing them away
the 25 per cent. of it that has escaped in
the disembowelling process is a superb
"Americanized edition"
The laughing audacities of advertising
have been many, but we think this appro
priation Of the title, Encyclopedia Brit
tannica" for the purpose of selling to the
unwary little heap OF debris raked from
the ruins Of that matchless work beats
the record.
IL cannot he denied that, viewed as n
work of excision and reduction, the EN-
cyclopedia Britannica" has been very ef-
fectually "AmericaniZed." IL has been
literally torn limb from limb, and nothing
left 10 identify it except its title page aud
here and there splinters and shavings of
some uf its leading articles. Ii is the most
unique bit of literary bomb-throwing ["
ever executed The explosion has carried
all the marginal references and sub-tUpcs
OF the original work; annihilated the In
dex, blown out hundreds of illustrations,
maps. plates, woodcuts aud diagrams, and
PLAYED havoc with all the important arti-
cles, alike on American and foreign sub
iects. Especially complete is the wreck
made Of the American census OF statistics
Of 1891. The correct figures of the popula-
tion of our states, cities, and towns are
missing i'm almost every instance.
To take standard work of this peerless
character, which IL conceded to DC without
n rival in the world, edit - with nitro
glycerine in this ruthless ~. tearing it's
head from its body. an1 se<h presenting
it's torn and lacerated renains as "a su-
perior Anericauized edition. Is about the
most CHASTITY practical joke that has ever
been played on the reading public of this
country.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-08

The Ne,cs" should be ordered of yottr
nearest ne,csdedler. Those ,rishing to
secure the paper aciH confer a fdvor upon
ats publishers by reporting at once any
failure or i,regularity in its delirery.
Patrons not liuing near a ne,csdealer riH
be supplied on application TO the office, z
WeyboSset street.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-08

PRESIDENT ANDREWS is right. Busi-
ness men ought to take keenest interest
in politics. They have "stake in the
country" and their training and habits
of thought are such as to make their
services as advisers and executors in po-
litical affairs of the highest value to the
country. Interest and duty alike call
them to the field of public affairs.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-08

THE NEWS to-day begins the publica-
tion of series of sketches of men who
would make good candidates for the
Governors chair. Our object in doing
this is to show that the Republican
party has no lack of good men for that
or any position of honor.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-08

THERE were those who gave the News
"a month to die" Its too bad to dis
appoint them of the opportunity OF say
ing II told you so" but as Zach Chand-
Ter would have said, we have made other
arrangements.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-08

sUANoNYMous LETTERS addressed to the
NEWS win receive no attention. All communion
tIons should be accompanied by the names and ad-
dress of the writer's which win not be printed un-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-08

THE decision of the Business Mems
Association TO invite the ladies' to its
next monthly gathering is undoubtedly
wise. They have an equal interest in
everything which the association wishes
20 bring about.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-08
THE PROVIDENCE NEWS
THE PROVIDENCE NEWS oo's
Publishers.
PUBLICATION OFFICE. 10 Pine Street,
Telephone 1877.
BUSINESS OFFICE. Weybosset street.
EIGHT PAC ES.
ADVERTISING RATES.


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STANDING ADVERTISEMENTS Month. ~ per
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ADVERTISEMENTS wider than single column. 10
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ADDITIONAL CHARGES for special pages and
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NO EXTRA CHARGE FOR APPROVED CUTS
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READING NOTICES, In loaded agate inside pages
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-08

THE days Of the Conservative govern
ment in Great Britain are numbered.
Indeed, IL is wonderful that it has held
on SO long.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-08

ARE the friends of Hill in Rhode
Island trying to initiate the "snap game
in New York?
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-08

In our Linen department.
we open a specially selected
assortment of Tea Cloths, as
choice a line of linens as it
is possible to conceive of, for
the purpose and at the prico
they are offered. They are
all fine and heavy Damask,
in a great variety of dainty
designs, single row and
double row of hemstitching,
with Mexican drawn work.
altogether, very lovely cloths.
We have two sizes-5-4 and
Cd. The entire line is
marked at So each.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-08

Ii Prince George is named the ''Duke
of London" 1t will indeed be a mighty
duchy Of which he win be the titular
head. But what nonsense il all is!
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-08

WHAT does the Hon. Rathbone Gard.
ner mean by likening Providence to
Albany. city reeking with political
corruption and Of little account indus
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-08

THE Prohibitiorists are to hold their
convention in this State OH Dave Hills
day-Feb. 90. Good men gone wronga
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-08

THE Olneyville tragedy in brief:
Whiskey did it.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-08

SATURDAY was a great day for the
Grand Army men.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-08
THE RAIN is FAILING GENTLY

THE bigger NEWS will be 60.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-08

MONDAY, FEBRUARY s, 1892.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-08

Furnished rooms supplied with Lodgcrs
by q io-ccnt sdvertisement In the "News."
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-08

This Is no year for factional fight In
the Republican ranks. Ii they hope TO
win they must 90 into the contest with n
united front, with harmony throughout
the ranks. IL there is to be "a contest
among themselves for any Office they may
as well abandon all hopes of success
Newport Mercury.
Not so. a contest which brings Re
publican voters to the primaries and 10
the polls means big Republican sue
cess.
II Is proposed TO take all probate mat
ters out of the hands Of the town couu.
ellis and place them in the hands of an Off
Ger TO bc styled the Probate Judge. II
would seem that this is movement i'm the
right direction, for it has long been evil
dent there were many practical men who
would do good service on the town coun-
ell who hal not the legnl acumen Co wrcs-
tie with the complex questions that some
times come up i'm the court Of probate
matters. In fact we have known good
men in the past 10 refuse nomination for
the place on account of this matter. II lac
WEXFORD Standard.
This is an intelligent criticism Of n
legal popularity to which Rhode Island
lawyers find many objections. Yet we
doubt not that substantial justice has
unusually been done by the councils sit
ting as courts Of probate.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-01-06
Indian Origin Of Maple Sugar.

There are many references to the use
and manufacture Of maple sugar by tbs
early travellers among American indi
ans II W. Hensbaw has collected {
number of these accounts in tho Amerl
can Anthropologtst aud the evidence
seems to point stro7g'y to the indians
havinglpo. ssssed an Independent k7owl-
edge Of the manufacture. Llfi,tal
the period OF whose Observation
dated back to 1900 !, describes
how 10 March the indians make
transverse missions in the trunks of trees
with their h.tchets, from which trickles
an abundance OF water, v hlch they aft
erwards boil over fire. He says the
sugar thus made has nearly always a
burnt taste, but that the French make it
better than the Indita women, from
whom they learned how to make iG
Bossu, writing in loo is equally cx
plicis rs TO the source of sugar making
Heating also offers some sa isfaet1ry
testimony from the Indians side Of the
question from observations among the
k,ekapGns illusions TO the nlauufscf-
ure Of sugar by the Indians are not IN
common IN early colonial times. hut
most authors appear to hsve taken il for
granted that Il was an Indian art, ana so
passed il by with = vert Sr He3shaw
sdduees linguistic evidences tending to
show that the indian names for sugar aud
maple sugar were usually the same; that
the terms for the latter vera aboriginal,
date from remote antiquity, and are
connected with the tees that proluce
their only sacchariBe. 1he evidence he
regards as sufficient, Or, ut least, pre-
sumptige, proof that the indians were 10
no wise indebted TO the Europeans for
their knowledge of maple sugar.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-01-06
The Australian Ballet in New Hamp
shire.

There have been rumors that the Aus
trslian ballot law passed by the New
Hampshire Legislature at its last session
was defective in that no provision was
made for choice of moderators to serve
during the first election. These rumors
gave rise to more or less discussion upon
the question but on examination of the
new law and legislation upon this
moderator subject, it was quickly
discovered thai mandatory legislation
which was incorporated with the report
OF the commissioners for the revision of
the public statutes fully covered any
apparent defect In the Australian law,
and leaves IL, In the opinion Of the ablest
lawyers in that state, as legally
established as any law OF New
Hampshire. A Concord special to
the Boston Journal says that any
apparent defect on the moderator
question in the Australian law is fully,
ample and loyalty provided for, so that
the law will take effect as intended
without any friction or OBJ stacle of any
kind in It's way. Bon. Ezra s. S'earns.
secretary Of state, gives very clear in
depreciation Of the validity of the new
ballot law. Some time ago the rumor OF
an alleged defect came TO him. and as
the responsibility Of the preparstioa for
the putting of the law into execution
depends very largely upon his De-
psrtment of State. he Immediately made
a thorough Investigation OF the question,
and he found that the law and the
amendstory legislation were as perfect
as the general court could devise. Mr..
Stesrns says that the most prominent
LAWYERS in the State in both political
parties, after hearing the rumor. made
personal and thorough examination Of
the sabect, and in every instance the
conclusion was reached that the law is
legal In all respects.
Secretary Stesrns, who is the only
state officer who would be called upon
to examine the law, has made the fol.
lowing statement to the Journal report.
er: There can be no question what
ever concerning the entire validity of
the Australian ballot law in New
Hampshire. The law itself and the
amendatory legislation prepared and
reported by the commissioners and
adopted by the Legislature make our
new secret law as plain. binding and
valid as any law on the statute book Of
this state. am personally knowing to
the fact that large number of the
ables: lawyers in New Hampshire, rep
resenting both parties, entertain this
same opinion
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-01-06
Cheap Postage and Free Delivery.

People who think that 4 reduction OF
postage to one cent on every letter, or
the adoption OF the free delivery system
in rural districts would be a tax upon
the farmers of the country do not know
what they are talking about. OF course
the people are taxed to support every
department of the public service with
the single exception OF the Treasury
Department. which alone is not only
self supporting, but. by its revenue sup
ports all the remaining departments.
Great an Niety is felt lest the proposed
cheap postage may be burdensome
20 the farmers in the West. Blu
there is now a Department, formerly a
mere Bureau. OF Agriculture for the
express benefit of the farmers of our
country. DO the farmers pay for its
support Not much 1t is paid for, first
by the importers in the great cities,
who GO to the Custom Houses and pay
the duties on their importations, and
next by the consumers OF the goods who
pay the increased prices Eecessitated by
til. duties. There is not r farmer in the
country hose taxes would be increased
ten cents year by cheap postage; and
II he wrote but ten letters a year, with
cheap postage he would get back his
ten cents. The belief thai re-
duction of postage on single letters
from two cents TO one cent will
be public and universal bensfl. il based
upon the fact that it will increase the
facilities for correspondence. A hun.
dred letters are written now where one
went through the mails when the post
they have increased by thousands since
the single letter cost five cents. The
recommendation Of Postmaster General
wanamaker that reduction of single
letter postsgc be made to one cent, and
that a system Of free delivery be extend
ed to the country villages and rural dis
triets Of the country are in the true
interests of the people Of the country
regardless of party, rank, profession or
occupation; and in due time Congress
will adopt both these iudicious improve
ments or reforms which are sure, in a
few years after their adoption, to be
made self sustaining to the government
in consequence of the increased revenue
which will follow the cheaper postage
and extended service.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-01-06

=
kts.
Thsre vas ore ses u-e Of the mseurg
a. Pgst,s1s in ~Aich | 80 Isle aissp-
rotated There vss trc hs,e SD about
gits necessity o.. nIar~i free in the texcaer.
TIE 80, hs1rd If every tsseaer n nd be
fHl nd 10 hsz'fay body CO. trosied by
sIUrz moral p-saeinies Tssy ssh mach
{, secns- 'cl mind. some. h.ss FOR =
h.sray h1dy ard very hts'e Tor II, 'Fsl farce.
t. 9 c 4rs 4 tiil n ri in be- ishy bod
vesn toe currsn's II life al tai ia the
S.nnx 6irsc: IS sa. strrrg AeAiay ihs
tJ-ets Of s4ls1-
We ott4n Z. N pllii:s b r. s8ess VINO
asy4 phat . tesm-.t FOR she slnt Of 8 better
n,m g, msg~stie pj<sr - ie,i Ard mould
I3s ,iads 9. n.ea Hoe bnch soch char.
.ctei. are nfsd ia GU Institutions Of
learning. am swsre that .h@n We speak
/ Of moral iasIrc ia tns IS 4tga. .ar-s 10
muy cIse. when 80 cs,.ed u. 5-.i - raiig-
| mus II srue;ion is 30 weakly administered
| from .sc-pt.clss il which the ys7rira sri
Gle is 80 largely diluted, that is ia iixe az
minis.e,lrg large g1artiiy u warm sA.es
~n Oh oaly produces rxuaea and gives no
s,rs ngih-
Why did Dr.. Arnold Ard Marx Hopkins
/ Better hllsrs and instructors e-eaeie Of
securing quicker Obedience can be found
in m-uy schools Il Was none Of the
qualifications usually sought by school
bJa'ds that gave these uisa 81
| u1dyug r.pataiior. They possessed
| sueh Tremendous mora force, had hearts so
large sad saca unwAvering faith il the
possibilities before Every young man that
he .N
| without absorbing ith fences IS lasting IS
| time.
The il faencs OF Pitt Fes.enden over
the United Sla.es Senate WAS ksosa ard
| felt but 10 one could exp'ai how il WAS
exercised any better than the chsmis. Can
| explain the itfaence Of black oxiie Of
| manganese upon the seton OF chlorste Of
potash.
II often depends lees upon what 3 man
say. than what he 10. How many lives
hsvs been comparatively wasted when q
few fitting words of encouragement. rightly
spoken by the teacher would have arouse
a ambition in the youthful mind sssur.ng
| grand success.
If tchsar once lesrts to ,hiak AID i.
bought to realize Whist be can accomplish
| il h. will, no external cirCu instances can
pr vent his rising to proper levei any
m IRE ,hsn Lircoin could bave been kept
up N the fl .s b,st or Garfield upon the TOW
pan.
Let everything be done to encourage
teachers associations and institutes where
improved methods MAJ be impaired, hope
Increased. courage snd more enthusiasm
gwen to those who hsye the csre OF opl
| children. f Cook
| MANCHESTER
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-01-06
( American Economist

During 1856, under the splendid
Americanism ~ OF Cleveland and the
exertions of Villas, shipbuilding in the
United States fell to %, 453 30 tons-less
than for any whole year since 1892 In
the last fiscal year 29i Up Is
tons were built. And this cal
eudar wear, according to all article in the
sun, sos Is tons have been built and
launched from Maine shipyards. The list
of vessels comprises ships, bsrkentines,
schooners, steamers and steamboats,.
The ships, barkentines and some Of the
schooners are intended for either trade
to California or for oversee trade. They
W i'll cheaper freights and their building
has employed American mechanics and
laborers, who have consumed American
food and supplies
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-01-06

At the Free Bspti't church thi, svs'ia
will occur the annual church confsrs'a
and roll call, postporei from last week
Consequence Of the severe storm. 10 y
swer to his circular letter the paste, Of U
church has received over seventy mt
letters from nonresident members Of v
church and resident members, not abe I
be present at the meeting. These ms~
ges will be read by the pastor q, the n'asl
are called by the clerk. The meets
promises to be Of great interest.