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Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-09-13
altDnttta, 90 Get, Gbtr.

II OST-Between French street and Main
street bridge yesterday, n pOcketboOk.
The finder will please return To this office
aud be rewarded. SIP IL
~ oOd salary Guaranteed 10 Ladies' willing
VI 10 DO writing Tor ne at their homes.
Address me IN own handwriting with
stamped envelope. MISS EDNA l..
sMYTIlE, south Bend, Ind, proprietor of
the famous Gloria Water for the complex
ION. sl2 26t
NTANTED-Ladyo or gentleman seeking a
wv highly respectable business, and very
profitable, can hear OF such by addressing,
with stamps, for full particulars, "NANA
GER" p Chapin Avenue, Providence.
I,OR SALE-IIorse, harness and reach.
II apply at 707 Main street. al9 n
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-03-03
A YOUNG GIRLS ROOM.

Its Arrangement an index to the Occu.
pants Character.
A young girls room may be as full OF
costly articles as wealth can make IT.,
or it may be the result of taste and in.
genuity with but trifing expense, but
the one who looks in upon it can, ii
choosing to take the pains to do so, tell
at once the character of the occupant
by the mere arrangement or disar-
rangement Of the place. There is. OF
course, the pretty artistic ensemble
that at first glance seems to be only
confusion, but which presently resolves
itself into harmony of form and tint,
any change in which would be discord
which tells something interesting con-
corning the artist in the arranger
Then there is the precise and prim
manner, in which everything is at
right angles; every book is exactly in
position on every other book; no fold.
erols are allowed; nothing that indi-
Gates a waste of time or love of pleas
ure; and everything that indicates
methodical. utilitarian, and exacting
traits, with little love of beauty, indi-
Gates character that will by-and-by
possibly make life burden to every
one in the house. There Is the confu.
sion, again, which is disorder, where
everything has been tossed at random;
there is no place for anything, and
nothing is in its place, thus telling la
mentable tale of its first cause. And
then there is the abode of neatness
without fanatical and pragmatical eff
fort for it, Of order without primness,
of grace and spotlessness combined; a
room where little OF the artist is to
be seen, little of the precision and
something Of the perfect love Of order
without its caricature. Harper's Bazaar.
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A BRAND NEW SLOGAN.
Republicans Now Anxious to Have tn
Tariff Let Alone.

Republicans Now Anxious to Have the
Tarin Let Alone.
There is unanimity Of opinion
among republicans that the best in
terest of the country will be bette,
subserved If the tariff is suffered to re
main as it is After q long and bitter
campaign in Ohio Mai. Mckinley
arrived at this conclusion. Others
prominent in republican party councils
took up the cry Of Let the tariff alone, .
and passed it along the line. In his
message President Harrison advised q
democratic congress to steer clear Of the
tariff, as the people were tired Of the
question and the country was enjoying
an era Of prosperity which should not
be tempered with.
Let the tariff alone" is q brand
new slogan. This is its first season IN
American politics. The party re-
sponsible for it never thought of it be-
fore November 4. Before that date
republicans seemed to be as anxi GUS as
democrats to make the tariff the
foundation stone of their platform. In
% their cry was revise the tariff. y
The people believed revise" meant Ia
reduce taxation. The passage VI the
Mckinley bill defined revise" in the
republican dictionary as Sock up the
tariff until the people hollcr.
Now that we have system of taxa.
ton which outwars the war system,
the republicans would have no further
agitation of the tariff question. Did
they believe that they could add an
other thirty or forty per cent without
creating revolution they would do it
Asin spite of the slogans. Let the tariff
afene. chicago Globe.
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THE OLD HOUSE.

,o..s,d tonight the old house standing lone
The willows closed the rooms all Dark and
drcar
r.s rorch deserted, where my love. together
W. cat in the old sweet days with no one
ne autumn night wind bitterly was blowing.
Tae Old trees op The roof their branches
traicd;
rhelenr grass In the yard was waving sadly,
The tall white pillars in the moonlight paled.
Az. logc like,thatold house, my heart Is lone
IT,
sing those glad times IT has been closed and
cold
sweet memories now long dead are buried in
-.
GA thoughts old longings have never told.
Raj here tonight, with this old house before
me,
There comes e me . fancy strange and
suppose those darksome rooms once more
And lish, and life and love again might meet.
4HaM Joyous would the old house ring with
laughter, y
Hsweay The scene with youth and beauty
bright; #t
apa though outsidesths assnhn wind is sign
log, NJ VI A
The hearts within are bestihg gay ana liefis
So II to me you ever should return, love,
Then you would open my drear heart again,
And with the light Of your sweet presence neal
Nv lie would smile, forgetting years OF pain
= -TbQmaszLs Wood, in petr1f1< FrCc Rrc4ei
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PARAGRAPHIc POINTERS.

With Steve Elkins in the cabinet,
all that will be needed to make it an
artistic whole are places for Quay and
Dudley.-St Louis Republic.
If there is any cloud upon the ad-
ministration Of President Harrison, the
management of the navy department
gives it a silver lining. - Brooklyn
Eagle.
Mr., Harrison lifts into the cabi-
net an adventurcr who has exploited
the political field for the profit there is
in it, and whose only recommendation
is the wealth he has gained by his
practic s. -Buffalo Enquirer.
MIR. Blaine has not yet issued
that oftrpromised proclamation Of
loyalty to his chief and an infiexible
determination not to accept the presi-
dental nomination. though his condi-
ton of health seems to render him
equal to any epistolary exertion. IN.
Y. World.
MIR. Clarkson says the relations
between Mr.. Blaine and Mr. Harrison
are cordial These statesmen are
doubtless about toiunite ON some excel
lent plan for the discontinuarce OF
gerrymanders, when not republican, in
the United States senate. Louisville
Courier Journal.
--''Steve" Elkins, who has Just
been nominated for secretary OF war
to succeed Senator Proctor, is ''prac-
tical politician Of the Doodle sort. He
is the most active spirit in circle Of
spectators and jobbers which has its
headquarters in Washington and New
York and is always trying to exploit
the national treasury. Indianapolis
Sentinel.
The Harrison organs are still
working the old racket about Blaine
soon pulling out of the way Of their
man. For reasons well known TO his
intimate friends, says the Tribune Of
the other twin. Why, then, the certifI-
cate Of the Philadelphia doctor that
he Is quite well, and to be 4 good deal
better in six months?-St Paul Globe.
"a republican organ rejoices az
the fact that large sums arc being sent
ont of the country TO friends IN other
lands as reminders Of Christmas II
declares that thus does American pros
perity show itself in making Christmas
d blessed season. But the organ makes
no mention of the starving miners in
Indiana and OF their friends Ia other
states who simply escape starvation By
working ~ the lowest possible wages.
Chicago Times.
Tho contest for the speakership
was between democrats, and all demo
-. ~ -. ~ ~ -. 81 q.
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The PAPAeoTE.


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aio" s,y l. u1iones - me power ram
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wnieno, = soos ~ alsapp y a. nys-
'et'ous'y - ~ =. o'.'ssgi ,s.on OF tne
'l1ose o.sseraee. y, iusec.s .nae ives, as ~
conlss - ooun.'ess my 'aus anu aevours
aasehoueiy growing sese.ao,e plants
ne papauu.e comes Win the ny re-
mans un' ~, ~ disappears ana consumes
uneoio nniill'ns " 'he insects Inc
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Jus' ua'is ooyersu Win iea.ners' ana
when 'hey ,aii oeiore .he gun OF the
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i's Nm, vse,.'pe lu,@
nc n.n'er VINO goes on. WIN nus
wy ano h's esn, enough win .ne ex-
ls'.,s.;u y a.ns s ~" nss s'.er my
les uias'o ,':,, es =, ene scien.'nc
sunno' VIZ ie.un "i'nous ms game
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THs NATIONS BuaDEM.


HrOWx4 81 tho konDer King U40of -
publican Management.
The most important bureau attached
to the department Of the interior Is the
pension bureau which expends nearly
half me revenues Of the government.
and for three years has been the cause
Of vexation to the administration and
discredit to the people. It's Importance
justified the expectation that in Ms an
nual report the secretary Of the interior
would discuss its affairs with great
fra nkncss and thoronghncss. The re-
port disappoints that expectation, for
out Of volume of 10 pages barely
ten are devoted to the pension depart
ment and these are SO scolorless that
conclusions from them can be extracted
only BY the aid Of other reports.
Tho one simple fact, however, that
st andt out above all others. is the state
ment that sl45. 0o0, 900 will he required
to pay pensions during the next fiscal
year and that thereafter an annual APP
profiatiOn Of sl6o, 0o0. 900 will b 70
quired for several years. until death
shall xrdutc these drafts on the treas:
ury. The secretary report Is the fufl.
est confirmation Of the fears expressed
y ne uelnoc' IVY ne Mspap nv
lasac ucn ~ llen .nas ene pau'
~ ol.i. e t'e kep y. - =
49, ako.x - ~ IS -
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Il 3. me III y N. !. n
~ q ~. = a.1 ~
c'n y y. NJ no.lce t11as u ~ ny,
lles1s ana eonyeilsens sssL'. h5 -
y q ", ~ s1S y
oss ~ ~. =. !. ing
nas pssen VHilssssi.s Y : Nourss'' =. cssiiio'
" sqpPfessoo; 80, 80
g unc.leeheu eross.n, "a pelsl !, !
ApPrePr.at - Gam niuc ioiiSer uc
tolerated unless tne people are pre-
pared 70 mortgages me country when
was saved % me pensioners just
atteS the ciQse 81 tne WAR in 1890 tne
pension appropriations amounted 70
$1,000, ooo: ~ ie'o, ten years iater.
they amounted " ~ NV IVY; ~ loso
tne5 nad risen 70 ~, oov,ouu; " 1859
they nad mounted again 20 SSO, 900 Ooo'
ana tprce years from that Time the ae'
partment estimates require. don pie Thai
enormous amount The amount we
are asked 70 spena on pensions = 70 pc
more next year. according 20 Secretary
Nooie's report IMAM the entlre cost OF
government. Tor any two years before
the war. Inc appropriation asked Tor
IS nearly hall the expense q maintain
ing n the Held during the trying year
OF 1909 all the union armies Ana ac-
cordinS 70 the report. furthermore, the
fac.s contradict the hopes expressed by
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"a LITTLE NONSENSE,

--"What Is the matter with
clerk this morning? He seems
much put out" 80 he Is. I've
discharged him. ~ Baltimore Amer
--shc always used to shake my han3
With touch light as feather;
Last night said loved her. and
She shook me altogetheE
-Harper's Bal
--Amy-"Papa. dear, Mr. IN
says he loves the ground I walk
Papa mo doubt, my daughter. v
bunker wants the earth. Smit1
Gray's Monthly.
Whose runnin' dis placer n
the tramp as he stopped at thu 81
residence. Nobody" answered
man who lives there; sthe hired
has a night of. Washington Sta1
1t Was His Business. He
marry for money without = mo-
hesitaucy.p She indignantly }
mercenary wretchl'' He And
shouldn't /? I'm . minister Of the
pei ON small salary. - Detroit
Press.
Tramp-ssMad have {aItI
believe that you will take pity onme
give me nice, warm breakfast !" I'D
Yes; but you must remember
faith without works d dead. Th<
the woodpile at your service. "-Bo
Transcripts.
First Citizen--sTm bet ave al
the editor won the Jug OF whisky
raffie last night Second C11|
s.What makes YOU think ~ E.
Citizen-ssWhy, don't YOU see IL
here: No paper next week. D.
Constitution.
His Search Ended at Last - ii
-ssEvcr since I can remem ber
FLYNN. / have searched for ia
full. the true. ana the GOOD. ?
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and thinking what hero I would BE
when the feat was accomplished kept
on and upward until, after the hardest
Of efforts, found myself on the top
most slat just underneath the slopinR
outward ball.
There chung to rest and see how far
my companion had got
To my surprise he, too, had shown
the white feather and left me, and
saw him just disappearing over the
the roofs edge
Instead Of his desertion making me
frightened it served to rouse my de.
termination to go still higher, and
without looking down again, for it was
setting me dizzy. / started to surmolfht
the ball and reach the cross above it
bling inside the rounding ladder,
then crawling between the stats and
climbing outside, but never looking
down while did it, pulled myself up
slowly and with much difficulty until,
TO my delight, sat on the great ball
with my little legs on either side of the
huge cross, clinging to It tightly with
one arm and waving my hat with the
other to the spell-bound crowd in the
street below--iookinc NO bigger than
ants
For some minutes enioyed nv tri-
umph. and Qazed around at the mag
| nifcent view without thought 81
danger.
~, n show OF 4 little more / fred NV
~ y = ~ ~
i ~ l11ie{ II l0fi| j b = " Wind desceid
ItjiI ~ struck the ground
/ ThensI thourht it was tim6 for me to
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mics Nj. Blaine1 retifement would b.
necessary because Of Mr. Elkiuss ap-
pointmcnt for Ell<ins cannot accept the
portfolio save with completes under.
standing that he shall assist Harrison
to denomination. which mems that Il
Blaine Is candidate he shall antagon-
ize him Chicago Times
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Young Mrs. Cooling TO her papa)

Young Mrs. Cooling ITO her papa
--~Oh, papa, what does the word con-
tract mean?" Papa - ct means to
make smaller, my dear. For instance,
heat expands and cold contracts Mrs.
Cooling Then it's all right Harry
told me he was contracting some heavy
debts. and I was so nervous till you ex-
planned it y Harper's Bazaar,
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Units mttty NrocM - 4>@<S< ~ - -
weafthiest woman 81 ~ United Stosns,
with fortune of f6rty million dollars
Miss Elixabeth 0arsstt comes next
with = estste worth twenty nillion
dollars H
The issuing 81 carts 81 thanks iaso
common ia AtchisoM, KAns that = !:
woman there thought Il was prpper 70
send 10 : local newspaper : fd Az
which she thanked her hind frieudS Tor
the valuable assistance they had rem
dcred ID helpinE her 70 secure : d.
vorce from her husband ss 81
1T may be necessary for young pco-
pie inclined to the kissing act TO under
70 sanitary examination. A young
lady III New Jersey town went homo
from Brooklyn the other day and kissed
forty OF her friends, giving them I'll The
iiphtheria. still there will probably
always be those who Will take such
chances
Eddie Could Is the t6lleat o. IN The
Gopld family. He Is q slender pl1ysique
tnl 4on<lst oz W. enjoy 1rtn1s "a ill<l
than 0eorx Is though 10 elysn ~ d.
sipation ne Is the most popular inet1a-
Der d the family In ~ outside rs1a-
tions. and those who know him we'll
think that when Al GrpWn Qldsf NJ N1|t
! J ! ! ! ! : : :
great denl to say, bit fsstod h6r heaxl
on her hand and listened ~ N /.
/ ful callers discourse - L q
Finally she became di VA !,
nsxt morning She. md = ~ x9zp
found hsrd md fsst al thelr re-
spective chairs. - j ~ ~ ~
"A blss red.whi6k6 xed IxIz)msn ~
empted 81 islsnd nea5 Nlo6s1rcl
MINI. built 3 5h&11( i y 49,
Ebody u xt1loye hl1li T 1 i r1||1;
Is fhs Eln3 u b. y L q II II N
gained consfde bic ii q < 4 r
venture He slept ii tie d&t u
night and hired small boy q ~
the claim during the day. bnt< y ~
course Of time the loneliness beca11e
oppressive, and he has resigned NJ
claim and deserted tue shanty. e. &;
"A young man In Auburn. Mel who
applied to the city clerk for d marriage
license, gave his age as twenty years.
and was informed that on account Of
his youthfulness he would have u, ~
cure his parents written consent before
certificate could be issued. He went
out, and soon returned with 3 brief but
pointed document: s'This IL ID cerfi
that my son. John -, has my q
to marry Ann - or any other n
He Is young in years, but old a
ment.n
-Aveterano Of the Black Husso
Of Luetzow who, in 1873, carr
desultory bushwhacxer warfare
Napoleon's troops, Is living, thou
hundred years old on October
name is Zacharias Werny. He
| In the army from 1918 to 1916, u
all those campaigns that crush1
poleon. Then he returned to HE
and his gardens, and has lived
since a quiet and retired life. He
good health and still marches
with all parades Of veteran 49,
tons
When Lillian Russell sang il L1
don she observed that o certain
was always occupied by q Certain
woman, who eyed her witha problem
attic expression. Soon rare gifts were
showered upon her. The mystery wasl
explained one night when, ON leaving
the stage door Miss Russell found her.
self clasped in the embrace Of an indi-
vidual who proclaimed herself as = lonG
lost mother. As Mrs. Leonard. tho
mother of Miss Russell. was in New
York at the time, the new RELATIONSHIPS
was not acknowledged. 81
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she wanted Coal.h.

She was from the west Her self
reliant, breezy manner betrayed that
fact. She had come over to New York
to do some shopping with friends from
Brooklyn. whose guest she was Hel
garb and bearing betokened an alum
dance Of worlds goods, and her UNI
reserved speech plainly indicated to
other patrons of Delmonico's who were
within sound Of her voice that she had
made some purchases of costly char
acter. .Well. now for luncheon" she
said, pausing in her talk about jewelry,
silks and laces- What do want?
Let me see. Girls, let us have as nice a
luncheon as the house affords. Each
Of you give your orders" The taste Of
the three Brooklyn ladies ran TO patties,
salads, partridge, cold turkey, potato
chips, sliced oranges and cream puffs
The polite waiter made note of those
dslicacies and turned inqsiiringly to the
western lady She carefully studied
each page Of the bill of fare and, after
ascertaining what her friends had
Iofdered, she looked the waiter straight
in the eye and said, with the air Of ono
born to command; young man, bring
me large plate Of picked-up Goldfish"
IN ". Times
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,dreds of feet down. At last. completely
overcome with fear and terror, my
strength left me, my arms loosened
their grip and ! knew was fainting
and in q moment must perish.
just then strong voice sounded close
to me and a mans head showed itself
above the side of the ball. where the
ladder was. Hang on, you little rat, "
it said, ''or I'll whip you to an inch of
your life" The angry tone scared me
so that, forgetting my danger and even
where / was, hung on like good
fellow
More afraid of the punishment than
of falling, let my rescuer fasten a
rope under my arms. and, meekly obey
ing his stern command, allowed him to
lift and lower me to another man on the
slat ladder beneath the ball an d then
be helped down the steeple stats and
the scaffolds and the roof to the street
There, after my distracted mother had
embraced me. got from my father
the soundest thrashing knew before
or since.
/ deserved all and more than got,
but as preventive for future climbing
exploits it was entirely unnecessary.
The remembrance of my terror on the
steeple top keeps me forever on the safe
and solid ground.
And the memory is ever refreshed by
horrid nightmares, in which have the
terrible sensation of falling from high
places, but, luckily, waken just before
/ strike the heap of sharp, hard stones
waiting to crush me. III. G Dodge, in
Goodall's Sun.
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Unsophisticated spectator lat foot
ball game look at 'eml They've
got to dghtin'r'
Enthusiast "They are not fighting.
sir. They arc playing football accord
ing 70 the rule&
.'But look at 'em hittin' an eougin'
each otherr'
That's IN according 70 the rules.
sir. =
s'What rnles?s
/ "The Rugby rules
s'Ain't Il again the law for men to
chaw one another up like that?''
NO, Sir. That's part Of the game. .
Then why don't they let the police
an the anarchists play game Of foot
ball accordin' 10 the Rugby rules an
Wild the whole business up bgosh!''
Chicago Tribune.
A Queer vo1osno.
1 In the extreme eastern edge Of Axi-
zona, some forty miles southwest Of the
remote and interesting Indian pueblo
Of Zuni, New Mexico. Is strange
natural phenomenon great shallow
salt lake, at the bottom 81 boxl-Iihc
depreasios nome hundreds 81 feet deep
and about three miles across The
basin y dazzling white with crust 81
salt crystals About il To center fise<
small black volcanic peslr; and Il one
win take th6 trou bie 70 ford .the salt
lake which he VIII End + dInaxrse-
able. bit not danGerous taslr- -4nd
Climb RE peak - VII An1 ~ crater
h@lf 1Iled by 4 IAkeie< "a our< <3esh
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-17
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.


NEW YORK, Feb. 16, noon.-Stocks opened
active but heavy. Money easy at 1902 per cent.
Exchange-long, 81 851zG14 $50; short, 81 $50
$50. State bonds neglected. Government
RJe Etc. 38jS Rlchm'd & W. PIT.
Chicago & North. 1172S Terminal ..,.... 1874
Lake Shore. -. 1241S Missouri Pacific. S71s
Norf & w. pref. 50A
NEW YoaK, Feb 16, 500 p. m.-Sterling ex-
SO; commercial bills. 81 6514 S719. Money
easy at 1IkG12 per cent; closing offered at
per cent. Government bonds closed dull but
steady; four per cents 1161s. State bonds neg
lected.
Sub-rreasury Balances-Coin, S1l5. Est, 900; cur
rency, SIS 100000.
The stock market to-day became more regu-
lar and the subsidence of the extraordinary
activity In coal stocks leaves the fed open to
remains almost entirely in few OF the leaders.
The few stocks which displayed strength IN the
early dealings. including Atchison and St Paul,
met the pressure of the stock for sale that
forced them OF with the rest or the ilst, ana
the entire day saw q slow but steady deprecia
tion in values which, while making few wide
fluctuations gave the whole list weak temper,
and the losses are very uniform TINS evening.
Distillers, as it has been very weak IN the race
of a strong market for the last week, chahKeu
front TO-DAY and became the one strong point
in ths list for no apparent reason and its rise Is
attributed to manipulation pure ana slnpe.
The hears raided Chicago Gas down In the
afUerpoon when the rest OF the market gave
Publications of halting in the downward move
ment and the weakness induced spread TO
the 0eneral list in the last hour, with the enect
Of producing further lquidatons, ana the
lowest prices of the day were reached to"aru