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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-06-20

Earned runs-Troy.3. Two-base hits-Leighton,
Farrar, Scheffier, Powers, Johnston Sacrifice hits
Mack, Farrar, Smith. kilroy, Freeman. Phillips,
McGlone. Welch. stolen bases-Friel. Farrar schef-
fer, johnson, Cahill First base balls-Friel,
Mack. Petit (2), Leighton, sullivan, schefier p,
Mcdonald. Mech %. :, First base ON errors-Proyi:
dence 1; Troy, 4. Passed ba-Cahill Wild
pitches-Welch. Struck out-Peltit Leighton, XII
roy. sullivan. Murphy. Phillips. Towers. Double
Time-2 hours, ID minutes. Attendance-160O
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-06-20
Hsmpshirs County Democratic

WARE, Mass, June 2o.-The Ancient
-ordes-ef- Hibernians- Hampshire
County held . county convention at
Town Hall, Ware, yesterday. The fol-
lowing officers were elected: County del
eRate j. ID. Casey OF East Hampton;
treasurer, John w. Clark Of Ware; sec
retary, r. p. Larkin Of Hayden illc. The
convention voted $50 from the county
fund TO Rev. James Boyle for his church
building fund. IL was voted to meet
ct East Hampton In 1904
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-06-20
sasuroays-s oames.

League; At Boston-wash.ngtons, 81;
Bostons, q, (hrst game.) Bostons, O.;
washingtons, 4. At Philadelphia-Phil-
sdelphias, @; Brooklyns, 4 (f,rst game. }
Philadeiphias, 4; Brookiyns, 3 (second
Ramc) Al Pittsburg-Clevelands 8;
Pittsburgs, 3. Al Baltimors-Bal Baltimores,
a., New Yorka. 10. Al Chieag0- -Qinein'
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-06-20
rheis Sad Westward Journey.

BuyyALo, N. Y, June X.-Hon. James
q. Blaine and party came into Buffalo this
morning st about i2:05 on the Boston
and Chicago special and left at 1910 over
the Lake Shore for Chicago, to attend the
funeral Of his son. The party had retired
when this station was reached.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-06-20

nstis, 8; Chicagos, o. AT st. Louis
Louisviiies, d st. Louis, 2.
New England: At Woonsocket-
woonsockets, 9; salsms >; AZ Manche:.
Pawtuckst--Po 8; Pawtuckets, 3.
At Lowell-Brocktons, 8; Lowells, 2.
Colleges At New York-Princstons, II;
Yalss, 2. At Cambridge-Harvards, 2;
Goodyears, 1. At Providsnce-U. of Vt,
Il Browns,L l At Amhsrst-Anhsrsts' q;
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-06-20
INvEsTIGATIoN PROBABLE.
barre Granite Manufacturers Said to Have
Violated the Rules.

BARRE, VT, Juno 2o.-It is rumored
hero that the Granite Manufacturers' As
ISOLATION are to investigate the actions OF
certain members OF the association, who
have been selling rough stock to new
firms not members OF the association.
crs are silent.
II IL rumored that one dealer, member
of the association, said he should sell
stock to whoever desired to purchase, as
his quarry was under q heavy mortgage
and he could not afford to suspend busi-
ness. There is a large amount of business
done at Hardwick, as there is only one
dealer there who is q member OF the ssso.
ciatfon.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-06-20
Yachting Yesterday.

Yesterday the river was literally COW
cred with sailing and steam craft of every
description out with pleasure parties en-
joying the refreshing breeze, A stiff
southwest reefng breeze made sailing
excellent and the cutters Marquita and
Tom Cat, the catboats Khedive, Cocheco,
Diamond, Rambler and sloop yachts Jes-
sic, Oriole, and Fortuna did some pretty
sailing.
The steamers Wave, Harry and Will
liam Marvel and numerous steam launches
took pleasure parties down the river
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-06-20
Saturdays Game.

The base ball game at Adelaide Park
Saturday between the home team and the
rroys was a stubbornly contested battle
but the Grays finally won by score of
toe. About 500 people were present.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-06-20

ROCHESTER. n. Y, June 19-Tbe Syra-
cuse Stars failed to show up for the first
game, and Umpire Hoover gave 1t to
Rochester 0 to o. A second game was
started, but called on account OF rain
before five innings had been played.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-06-20
Albnny. IL; Athletics, e.

ALBANY. n. Y, June 19.-Albany batted
Carmody out of the box in the first inning
to-day, and Kilroy Jared little better.
Albany has signed Devlin of the Athlet-
les. The score:
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-06-20

81. LOUIS, June 2o-The Browns won
yesterday In tho eighth inning through q
consecutive lot OF hits made on Viau.
st Louis o g. q
Louisvilies........ 0oo % 90
Base hits, st Louis z, Louisvilles q; errors,
st. Louis I, Louisvilles 2; batteries, Gleason
and Moran. viau and Grim; two-bass hits,
Caruthers.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-06-20

The object of this Company Is TO enable all
persons desiring TO visit Chicago In 1893 to do
SO at a fixed and reasonable price.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-06-20
Chess and Checkers.
CHECKERS.

The Gorham Chess and Checker Clubs
tournament continues with unabated in
terest. The score to date:
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Buffalo 3; Rochester 1.

At 4:30 the game between Rochester and
Buffalo was begun. Marlborough pitched
great ball for Buffalo, and Daley did for
Rochester. but his bases on balls were
very costly. The score:
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-06-20

Earned run-Buffalo. Two-base hits-Johnson.
stearns. Sacrifice hits-Mc cTammanny, Hoover
8; Buffalo 5. First base on balls-on parnborough
2 off DaieyS. Fir4t base on error-Rochester ;
Buffalo 8. struck out-by Darnborough / bv
Daley 13. Passed balls keough, Bohn, Wild
pitches-Darnborough 4; Daleyi Tlme-lh. 4om
Umpire-HooYer.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-06-20
The Standing of the Clubs.
The present standing of the clubs In
the Eastern League is as follows:
The New Schedule.

syracuse and New Haven played one tie game.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-06-20
Rochester o; Syracuse O.

Hits--Albany, 10; Athletics 4. Errors Albany. Z;
Athletics, B. Cmpire-Coniey.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-07-14

Con the advice Of an eminent ply
stefan, | have tested pure cold water
as 'bracer' and found it is the
greatest thing in the world" said an
old rounder at the Lindell. Il heart
lily commend it to every man who
stays out with the boys late O. nights
and dallies with the rosy until his
head whirls around, his legs get
weak, and his stomach revolts.
When you wake up the next morning
with throbbing head and excited
nerves [ advise you to touch the but
ton and have the boy bring you a
lemonade glass full of cold water in
stead of a cocktail. Sip the water
slowly-an hour is not too long to de-
vote to it-and you will be aston
ished at the wonderful bracing effect
it has upon you. The doctor ex-
planned to me that the cold water,
slipped slowly, tends to contract the
arteries and force a rush of blood to
the head. A vigorous circulation is
thereby set up, and in little while
the last remnant of the nights Jag
is driven out of the system. | am
also told that the brain and nerve
stimulating effect of pure, cold water
has for centuries been demonstrated
in India. That semi-heathen coun-
try, you know, is the mother of chess.
The natives of East India are to-day
the greatest chessplayers in the
world. When they start into game
they squat fiat on the earth around
board and never rise until the game
is finished. Sometimes they play for
forty-eight hours on a stretch with
out sleep or food, and the only stimC-
liant they use is pure. cold water,
which they continually sip. st.
Louis Globe Democrat.
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remnant of seed in the baskets. Mellow
earth was piled on top, and the king hill
was done. 1t was in essence an attempt to
propitiate the season. and win for the field
fair days and warm nights. OF course the
corn in the king hill never matured. It
stood too thick for that. But no one asked
it to mature If it only grew rank and set
u happy pace for the earnest stalks in the
field, that was all that was required of it.
The Machine Is Quicker.
Corn planting nowadays is done with a
machine. on which sit two men. One drives
the horses in right line across the field, the
other. sitting sidewise, pulls a lever at each
Of corn into two hills at time, covering
them and dismissing them with a metallic,
mechanical command to multiply and re
plenish the earth. But there is no senti-
ment in check rover, and there are no
king hills when it is driven from the field
Harvest Of wheat comes about the Fourth
of July. Our patriotic fathers. sitting up
tn ere in the hall at Philadelphia, never
knew how wide land their law would
cover. OR they would have hurried the ses-
sions somewhat and set the nations holiday
in June or made heavy their wheels so that
frecrackers and patriotism might come in
August AS it is now the fervid orator al
ways loses some Of his best auditors through
their allegiance to a wheat crop and the
desire to see it safely shocked before the
impeding thunder shower. For a heavy
rain on standing grain will do q deal of
damage. The slender straws dropping
with the weight of filed golden heads, are
easily beaten down and crossed and made
impossible of cutting.
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Harvest time in the old days was by the
cradle. The good GRADER was much
more valued man than the able lawyer.
The former was q bread-maker, a neces-
sity-since life must be sustained; the lat
ter would have no occupation If each man
rendered to all Others their due There
was rivalry among the Graders Four OF
them in the field made charming sight
The rhythmic swing, the step eight inches
forward as the empty cradle swept back,
the stoop and power OF the reaping stroke,
the gentle rise and graceful tilt as 10000
hvered stalks we're laid in perfect order
all this1ss the poetry of industry. Usu-
ally I'll ~ : N were required to atake up"
aftefa g. .er. They worked with rake,
roIlingN seven grain into bundle and
binding it with belt of twisted straws.
Now and then one man could be found active
enough to take up alone after even an
axrert GRADER. and he was Daid accordin-iY-
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mourning the best people leave their tasks
and gather to mark their homely tribute TO
his worth They are hushed in the house
of death; they sit or stand about in rever-
ent silence while the service is in progress;
they follow the coffin to the graveyard and
walk in sadness all the way. There is no
hurrying to the tomb, no trotting of horses
no hating at wayside saloons, no sinister
scheming by official or aspirant There is
the genuine sorrow for a man who has
gone; for a man who was with them in the
fullness Of life Tut yesterday, and is now
senseless something they cannot under-
stand and can only bid farewell to with
sobered faces. covering with great, strong.
gentle hands the clay that used to know
them
There is a genuineness after all in the
country life which rests one mi2htily after
the wearisome insincerity of the years in
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OUT IN THE COUNTRY.
A STUDY OF RURAL SCENES
AND INCIDENTS.
Methods of Farm Life Contrasted with
Those in Vogue When Pioneers Held
Sway-Seed Time and Harvest, Marriage
Bells and Funeral Marches.
Then and Now.

Then and Now.
Spring in the country IS an uncertain
season, and as a rule the more uncertain it
is the more profitable will be the months
that follow it, writes a Plymouth. Ind,
correspondent in the Chicago Herald. One
of the best years in a farming way here in
Northern Indiana was in 1884, and it was a
year which opened full Of persistent dis
couragements.s In the first place winter
remained as long as there was ghost Of q
welcome filing the trees with sleet as late
as April, and then succeeding with fire.
quent rains till the soil seemed like sat
urated sponge. and highways were simply
quagmires. AS June wore away and the
time of harvesting drew near farmers be-
gan to see they mover could drive their
heavy reapers into the fields, and they
began that demand for the old fashfoned
cradle which had been abandoned twenty
years before. Factories set their men at
work on the obsolete instrument once
common in the harvest field, and imple-
ment dealers everywhere were sup
Piled Farmers bought mighty few
Irvine binders in 1884, but they carried
home through the intermitting rains many
cradles, and swung them through the
standing grain as July opened. Yet, 1884
was more than an average good year. Corn
that was guiltless Of pillow but owed its Gull
tivation to the primitive hoe was heavier
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times.
Remem boring Former Days.
But rains are not the only QUANTITIES or
the country. AS one wanders about fieias
familiar in boy hood, and mlnSies again In
the scenes SO long neglected, so long eX-
changed for alien ways. the past comes
back and all the farm region is invested
with the habit and the beauty OF thirty
years ago. In these old times the seasons
seem always to have been faic. Pho" land
was broken for corn as soon as the frost ue-
parted and the soil settled. After the plow
came the harrow, pulverZing the clods and
mellowing the earth for the gracious recep-
ton of seed Meantime the warmth or
spring was in the tree tops, and tiny leaves
were slowly opening. Corn must be planted
when Cak leaves were the size OF sources
ears That was usually the middle o. May.
though some farmers discounted the
prophecy little aud planted carrier, While
still others waited-through choice or CONS
pulsioa--and put in their crops as iate as
the first Of June In either case much de-
rended on the season, and 1t was "a Likely
to prove the early or the late man wise as
to follow the average rule. In those times.
after the narrowing was done, the hireo
man "laid out the land.n He had timber
twelve feet long supported on three less at
equal distance apart In front was pair
of thilIs. between which the stead1est horse
on the place was hitched. The hired man
drove forward across the mellowed field.
his "ilarkern scraping three shallow trench
es In the earth. Coming back. his right
hand deg ran in the outer trench made In
the preceding trip and the two remaining
marking new lines on the face OF the field.
This k-and- forth process was repeated
till the field was marked with parallel
lines from side to side. Then the cross
marking began. cutting the surface into
little squares of four feet, and into the In
terst lions of the trenches was dropped the
ri J. N
T. AfSnd girls worked as choppers. carry
4 ussala peck or SO of selected seed corn
inJ avAallow basket and Pumping down
thA Or four grains as they walked forward.
Be- I'd them came the .coverers.n men with
hoFs who heaped the finest and softest
ea(th over the bright grains of corn. and
@kted the little mound gently with the Hat
IS the hoe as they passed on to succeeding
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drive the pillow or run the thrashing ma
chine, and she sells off at auction wrack
of enumerated goods "and other arti Giles
too numerous to mention" as the han d.
bills announce. All the Heighbors come 10
: the sale and an auctioneer gets the best
prices he can. 1t is place for the politi
clan. aud he always improves his oppor-
tunities For the day the widows home is
u place of hustle and confusion, and when
night comes she comforts the children
while strange hands lead away the favorite
COW the yearling colt. or tumble into
wagons the farm tools with which "his'
life was interwoven. "The day of the saleo
is always remembered by the children.
And the widow remembers it. too, for she
has in hand package OF promissory notes.
some good some bal. some simply indif-
ferent. On hat of them she must enter
suit to enforce collection. and on half of
the balance she never hopes for penny.
On the remaining quarter she realizes face
value after waiting ten months or year.
Courtship in the Country.
When the course of true love does run
smooth in the country it runs very smooth.
indeed. Darby loves his Joan, and has
loved her ever since they went barefoot To
school in the distant seasons when he was
and could play "blackmAn,n while she
was 6, and danced in the center of that
circle of girls, who contented themselves
with "Ring Around the Rosey.' Darby
gathers his personal belongings together
and secures paternal approval not often
expressed. but none the less certain. He
goes home with Joan from preaching sun
day night. though she came without escort
and could go twice the distance unattended.
He leaves her at the. gate. inst saving
.agood -night,n lest watching comrades
should suspect asscrious intention. They
have few hours together. but those few are
enough. Joan is making bed quilts, knit
ting c1mforters and sewingrag carpet with
Suggestive industry. When they marry
The young men and wonen 4wish them
much joyn to their faces but prepare a
cbarfwari at night This chariyari has
come to be pronounced sshivaree" in In
diana. but no change has come over the
spirit of the sport
The house In which the bride and groom
find shelter that first night is almost sure
to be surrounded by a crowd of stealthy
young men. who at a signal fnaugurate a
din of Jan Cling bells and beaten tin that
would drive to bedlam any but the
healthiest of nerves. After perhaps half
hour OF exercise In which all the neighbor-
hood is informed of the celebration. the
groom appears and @treats.n He may have
provided against this visit and stored up
cakes aud cider if he has chosen autumn
for his nuptials But as rule IN these
later years he surrenders money. 81 being
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fire went out on the hearthstone he must
walk for miles through the woods to a
neighbours place and borrow lighted coal
Mrs. Stevens. straight in spite of her 20
years, who lives at the border of the lake,
tells how che, "-meaning her husband
went clear to "the forgen one time, dis
lance of seven miles, that being the near :
est neighbor, and borrowed a bit of fire. 1t
came near going out as he walked home
through the woods and he stopped. gathered
some logs together, famed his feeble coal
into flame, built fire, and when that
provided Goals. went forward with the re-
cruited fire. But generally the pioneers
kept the Goals covered on the hearth and
provided against disaster with punk and
finder box Nowadays they buy thou
sand sure matches for dime and cook
their dinner on gasoline stoves But that
suggests the old Dutch oven. 1t was a
und-topped little house of brick and
stone with door in front and solid walls
all around. The housewife made up her
bread in loaves, and while it was "raising"
built fire in the oven, which always stood
out of doors. The thick walls gathered
heat and when the loaves were ready the
fire was withdrawn, the bread was slid into
the glowing vault and the door was closed
In an hour they came out Drowned as no
modern oven can brown them and baked
through with the gentle, steady heat. One
seldom sees the outdoor oven now and one
never sees better bread than the pioneer
housewives used to make in them.
Fruit Seems to Bo Falling.
The orchards are going these late years
Before the war northern Indiana was unap-
proachable in the production of fine fruit
Apples, in particular, we're plentiful and
fine Peaches was grown readily, while
cherries and pears were equal to any thing
in the West But either the seasons changed
or departing forests carried the spirits OF
fruitage with them; for the day of excel
lence departed Small fruits grow readily,
but the farmer is conservative, and he has
tried year after year to raise an orchard
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leges, but it is doubtful if they win more
patrons or heal the sick more readily than
do the old men who jog along behind inai
ferior horses. aud hum lullaby while pas'
tiently treaainy muddy roads in the gloom
of starIess night
Had to Borrow Fire.
But the muddy road is becoming thing
of the past. Tile draining is retaining
the low places in fields, and successive con-
tributions OF gravel are raising the high
ways above the quagmires and Quicksands
of an early day. Good roads bring the
farmer nearer town. He supplies his house
hold with all things needful. and markets
his produce with the minimum of trouble.
Time was when the pioneer dreaded the
ten-m mile trip to the store. and avoided it
in all seasons. He found little enough
there to buy at best 1t is wonderful how
little he had to keep the bond OF civiliza-
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The Vile Weed.

The Shah of Persia has a tobacco
pipe worth $500, 600.
The better class of the Philippine
Islanders smoke cigars a foot long.
John D. Rockefeller prefers mild
cigar, costing about 40 cents.
Calvin S. Brice smokes the best
cigars obtainable. He is an incessant
smoker.
Cornelius Vanderbilt smokes very
strong cigars, worth about quarter
apiece.
Though Jay Gould never smokes,
Ire is said to be an excellent Judge Of
a cigar, and the brands he keeps on
hand to give to his friends are choice
enough for the most captious con-
noisseur.
Last year French smokers consumed
1900, 900 francs worth Of cigars, 10, :
900, 900 of cigarettes, %. 900, 000 of
snuff. and 81, coo 600 Of pipe tobacco.
The greatest snuff takers are old peas
ants and priests.
The Burmese natives delight in
huge, loosely rolled cheroots, varying
from six to eighteen inches in length.
Among the Anglo-Indians the Trich-
inopoly cheroot. with straw down
the middle, is a great fayorite. 1t is
made in all sizes, from ten inches to
two
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than ever before; and as to fruit, it was
plentiful and of the finest flavor To be
sure incessant rains are discouraging. If
they trouble you in the city, whose conven-
fence alone is assaulted, how much more an
noying they must be to farmers. whose very
living depends upon their absence at times
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hills. Droppers were paid 25 cents day
for their work, while coverers received
from rs cents to S1.25, depending on the
scarcity of adult field hands. There were
always plenty of children. When the field
was planted-and of the merry hours that
passed while that was doing no farmer boy
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And after that the

charivari ceases.
But if marriage is looked upon with noisy
mfrthfulness, the somber side of life is fit
tingly adorned in the country. 1t makes
small difference who the man or woman
may have been in life. In death he is re-
garded He may have been rich he may
have been generous, he may have been
kindly, or he may have simply lived long in
the neigh borhood When his home is in
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Gathering in the Sheaves.

Boys came after the reapers-though
they didn't want to-and carried the
sheaves into clusters of a dozen each, the
butts together, the heads radiating in all
directions. At little before shutdown all
the men fell to and "shockedn the wheat
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WhiSker Probabilities.

BARRIERS, who have to be silent so
much of the time, have taken to
writing their jokes, like other witty
people.
DO you think I-aw-shall have a
good beard:" asked an unpromising
candidate for such honors.
I'm afraid not, sir, answered the
barber, after close inspection.
aAw, weally. Ny fawther has aW
VERY fine beard. you know"
aMaybe you take after your mann
ma, sir" National Barber.
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where his father raised one before him. He
has lost lots of time May be the nursery
man has fooled him. May be the winter
has killed his trees. The result is the same.
Orchards will not grow and bear as they
once did.
The public sale is country institution
that the city man knows nothing about.
The good man dies and his widow pres
emily sells off that personal property with
which he battled for living. She cannot