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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-09
H. W.LADD CO,
Opening and Special Sale of
Plush
Sacques.

A most attractive display of the
choicest of high grade Plush garments.
They are made of the very finest
quality of Silk and Mohair Plush, com
prising all sizes, from 36-inch to AS
inch (bust measure)-full 40 inches
long-and every one selected garment
secured as a special attraction in re-
sponse to the demand for nice things in
pushes, and offered at the following
astonishingly low prices
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-09
ForInI0rnlation.

We will state that provisions Of all
kinds are higher to-day than they
have been for a long time--quite a con-
trast 10 last season, when everything
was cheaper than IL had been for
many years.
To-day, Pork product Is the highest
IL has been since war times. Bee! is
fully one third higher than last year.
Lamb aud Veal are higher than
usual, and Butter is much higher than
II has been for several seasons.
If you examine our prices you will
find that notwithstanding such a con-
dition OF the market they are even
now much lower than what YOU paid
last year, when goods were the cheap-
est they had been in the memory OF
man, and you ought TO have bought
them a great deal lower than to-day.
People with small income should re-
member our mark down sales evenings
after $3.50.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-09
$35(early-season price $45)
$21 (early-season price $500

These beautiful new goods at these
prices offer an unparalleled opportunity
to customers.
The stock is limited to few selec-
tions and an early call alone assures
securing desired SIZE
This week we shall mark down every
one we have left of our fur-trimmed
garments, three cape Newmarkets and
fur-hned Circulars at prices to close
them out at once. This balance of our
rich stock is not large enough to permit
of any delay to secure sizes.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-09

Certainly John T.. Russell would make
not only picturesque but a useful sec
retary for the agricultural department.
Lowell Courier.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-09

horny handed son o. toll is not ex-
pected to be picturesque.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-09
New japanese Fans In profusion.

Corresponding to the display, we
show selections of the new Lady Win
dermere bags, elegant productions in
silk with hand-painted decoration.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-11-10
Trees In Japan Sacred to the Gods.

Near every temple in Japan are cer- tain trees which are supposed to be po culiarIy loved by the gods and to be sa- cred to then Any one injuring or caua- ing to be injured one of them will bring down the wrath of the ''kalni' or god whose particular property it is. If the trees be injured in the name of any ono. the kalni avenges himself on that perso n instead. So when girl finds that
 swain's love has cooled. and she thinks revenge would be sweet, ahe makes T. straw manikin and calls it by his name If she is very vmgeful, she may also make one of her hated rival At 2 o'clock at night (called tAe hour of tl' bulD she rises, and clad in white night dress only, with high clogs on her feet. her hair hanging loose and erowne with an iron tripod, on wiiich thrt lighted candles are stuck. she proceea to the shrine of the patron god of the family.-San Francisco Chronicle.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-11-10
hn Ahscess In tlo Church.

There is negro church in SomerviIle and some funny things happen there. It seems that there was a little recess be- hind the pulpit which was used for tko pastors dressing room. One day in I heavy rain the freseo fell with a crash upon the floor. Preparations were made to repair the damage with the customary African promptness.
 Tic pastor, however, soon got dis gastad, and one morning, after getting his feet covered with the dusty mortar, he aseeaaed the pulpit. Casting his eyo upon the dusty deaeons of the church, ho announced with dignity .Bredren and sisters, it gibs yo' pastor great pain to call attention to the state of affairs in dis yere church; but, bredren, de gospel iA dis yere church must cease to be dis pensed with til de abseess in de rear ob de pulpit am fricasseed."
 The fresco was put up next day.-Bos- ton Budget.
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ITS USELESS TO RecaEI.
We've done the best we could, rly dear. There's nothing to regret.

we've done the best we could, ny dear. There's nothing to regret. We'Vo taught the children many truths On which our hearts were set. And II against our old tirno ways They foolishly protest We never need regret, my dear. mat We have done cur best. There's fn, many 2 plan that's come to napeht. There's faaag light gone o-t. Ana dlsapa, pa,olatmemts, griefs aad cares Have hedged us roundabout, And many sad mistake we've made 4hrougholt our lives, and yet We've doac tho very best we could- ITS psaloss 10 regret. For cut of evil good has come. And o1t cf darkness Iieht, And all Nr5Hgd0ing n this world some 0s.9 will be set right. And tAcas, ! sFo have not reached tbe beiebt Attained by others, yet We've done tho best NC could, ny dear Ills useless 10 regret. We've tried 10 live Ike honest fe,ks. To do our duty well, Galnst evil things to take ourstend, In goodness to excel. 50 9udGe yourself not harsh1y. dear Ner at nisfortanes fret. We've done the best 1c could. and 60
 lis useless to regret.
 -Eagle and County Cork Advertiser.
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 Don Brar.

There is no more childish trick than tho too common one of boasting. One encounters 1t everywhere, particularly where ones anteeedents are not realized by the listeners. Older people indulge in it more than their children, who seem to have 8 Eeener sense-in this way-Of the ridiculous, and women are far more prone to 1t than men. This is, however, because they care more for the pomb5 and Yanities of this world than do men in general, if Q man has a weakness for fine things, for swell society and acquaintanees, he is pretty sure to allow his folly to creep out in the form Of brag. Such folks should serve as object lessons for their fellows. In that sense they are of use in the world,-Philadel- phia Press.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-11-10
 The A Ge of RatlsritY.

Statistics are said to show that young men do not on an average attain full physical maturity until they arrive at the age of 28 years. Professor Scheiller of Harvard asserts. sthe result of hiso servations, tlsat young men donot attain to the full measure of their mental facul- ties before 25 years of age. A shrewd observer has said that most men are boys until they are 30 and little boys un- til they are 8, and this accords with the standard of manhood which was fixed at 30 among the ancient Hebrews and other races Jenness Miller Monthly.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-11-10
Angelo.

Michael Angelo, while painting "The Last Judgment fell from his scaffold and received 8 painful injury in the leg. He shut himself up and would not see any one. Bacio Rontini, 8 celebrated physician, came by accident to see him. He found all the doors closed. No one responding, he went into the cellar and came up stairs. He found Michael An gelo in his room, resolved to die. His friend tho physician would not leave him. He brought him out of tho pecul- far frame of mind into which he had fallen.-New York Times.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-11-10
 BURNING DRF "
Tar more than all Id&red to dsVail. Irr,o1.4.1elat h.. .... i..l.,. 1 .....

Tar more than all Id&red todTeAf.l. Unsought before my door see On wings of fire and steeds If stcafa The worlds great wonders como 1o i.scl And all her signs. unmarked bef0re, Of love to seek and wer to save The fighting of the wronged anA poor, The man evolving from the savs. And life, no longer chance or fate, Safe in the gracious fatherhood, fold o'er wearied hands and w...t, In full assurance of the good. And we'll the waiting time must be, Though brief or long its granted days, If Faith and Hope and Charity Sit by my evening hearthfire's blaze. And with them, friends from heaven have
 spared,
 Whose love my heart has ceafored, And, shariag all nly joys, has shared My tender memories of the dead. Dear souls. who left as lonely hero Bound on their last long voyage, to wlon We day by day are drawing near, Where every bark has saiillg room. know the solemn monotone Of waters calling unto me. know from whence the airs have blown That whisper of the Eternal Sea.
 Whittier.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-11-10
Sisterly Devotion.

|The beautiful Margaret of Navarro as devoted to her brother, Francis !. Then he was apparently dying at Ma Ed, she found her way to him through Ovation and danger and succeeded in Fecting his deliyerance. When he was at q distance from her, she wentNevery Ry and sat down on a stone in the mid |e of the road to catch the first glimpse q messenger afar off. And she said H"Ah! whoever shall come to announce
 e recovery of the king, my brother,
 ough he be tired. jaded, soiled, di-
 eyeled, l will kiss him and embrace m as though he were the finest gentle an in the kingdom"
 When he died. she seemed literally 'artbroken, and she did not long sur Te him.-Youth's Companion.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-11-10
A rrettv nomestio soene.

The night watchnan in a Chestnut street bank isn't happy unless he dan dles his 3-months-old baby for awhile each evening. He cannot get out, nor can mamma get in, but every fair night she passes baby in between the big iron bars of the front window. Papa watch man receives the youngster, and passers- by witness the charming family picture of namma's smiling face watching be- tween the bars and papa romping with baby in the brightly lighted interior of the bank. Philadelphia Record.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-11-10
 A Remarkable Bridge.

It is reported from Denver that nat ural bridge formed by tree of agatized wood, spanning canyon 45 feet wide, has been found in Chaleedony park in Arizona. It is supposed that the tree had at some remote time fallen, when it became inbedded in the silt of some great inland sea or mighty water over flow. The cilt became in time sand stone, and the wood gradually passed through the stages of naturalization, until now 1t is q wonderful tree of solil agate. Again, in after years, water has washed and eaten away the sandstone until q canyon 45 feet in width has been formed, the fintlibe substances Of the agatized wood havingresistedt the erosion of the waterhow.- Yankee Blade
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-11-10
The largest In the NYorl1l.

Within sight of the station at Ather- tone, on the London and Northwestern F'alway, there is to be seen an enormous Frthenware jug, the largest in the Forld. This capacious article wasman- 'faetured at the Potteries, Church Gees- ey' over 50 years ago. Its holding ca 'aeaty, when full, is 150 quarts, and it is large that a man can sit inside it. It
 ow rests over the front door of a china.
 lass and earthenware warehouse.-Ex-
 hange.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-11-10
She Followed T7is Len.l.

4hefe were seats enough for all except one young nan, whose party of two pairs sat down near the door. It was the high spirits ef this group doubtless that p9e.s.E7se3 the suggestion by one of them thst tie standing young man should St ia t2e lap of hisv young woman for greater comfort. This he promptly qld, and aos being repelsed sat there Wl5l esYat cJ.itc..t to himself.
 At l-cAde street t young Irish girl bearded E, ear. 1t eaS evident to ev- cry one JEat she was recently landed. well intent9aed and little informed
 She stood et the door a minute and looked bewldered upand down the filled seats. Then her eye fell upon a young man sitting at ease h 3 young womanis lap. She darted forward, and before any one had the slightest idea of her inten- ton she seated herself respectfully but firmly on the lapof theother young man.
 t was hard to tell which was the fun niest, the agitation of the young man, the calm of theyoung woman or the hyster- ical laughter of the coIored girl in the corner, who explained to the passengers between her peaIs:
 s'She t'inks dem as. comes fusb sits on de seats, an dem as comes next its on de people.
 Which was evidently just what she did think urtil the conductor came to the rescae.-Eew York Recorder.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-11-10
Franklin,s Fate Prefignred.

The fate of Franklin, the explorer. Nas unwittingly prefgured, and on the N IFe or hls starting on his last voyage, at |he hands of his own devoted wife. As 'le lay dozing on 3 sofa Lady Franklin IhFeW something Q Ger his feet, on which psaWoke Ill consternation, saying: Why, Inefes flag thrown over me! Don't sou know that they lay the union jack p1ef a corpse?'-London Tit-Bits.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-11-10
Aeute Eisioa of Birds.

Birds have very acute Yision-perhaps the most acute of any creature-and the sense is almost more widely diffused over the retina than is the case with man: consequently Q bird can see objects side ways as well as in front of it. 4 bird seea-showil8 great unea8iness in conse- quence-a hawk long before it is visible to man. Sc. too, fowls and pigeons find minute scraps of food, distinguishing them from What appear to us exactly similar pieces of earth or gravel. Young chickens are also able to find their own food, knowing it's position and how dis tant 1t IS as soon as they are matched, whereas child only very gradually learns either to see or to understand the distance of an object. Several birds apparently the young of all those that nest on the gronnd-can see quite well directly they come out of the shell, but the young 0f birds that nest in trees or on rocks are born blind and have to be fed.-Chambers, Journal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-11-10
,e,Ns IN MODERN ROME.
t,orses Goaded to Furious Speed ,vith Balls of Pricklcs.

Horses IOt1NFiAA tC a e< tCAeo t'H HS-Nt
 with Balls of Priclslcs.
 nr;zes for these races were called
 md were usually pieces of brocade
 na other rich stuff, which was
 over the back of the horse that nd 50 displayed to tho people. We
 ssr of q procession of the palli, so %,i5t they often took the form of
 Thenobles used to deposit them B;r cbapels. and in the last days of &anal government the French sol \ llstituted fer the procession of tke Etbat of the bue grasso.
 nope's dragons used to gallop t ob inc (orso to clear it before the and to warn the people that il artgaliy started. ss.ther mortars fired CT tgumpets blown, but aeei- l were perpetually occurring, and ia 1886 two people were killed just fhe balcony where stood the Queen Inertia. the Barbary races were for
 a in the Gorso for the future. thougl. Ned last year in very much modi- Form around the Piazza del Popolo. .e horses had no riders, but carried haalls of lead, covered with prickles, Blv attached by leather thongs be- He neck and on the back. So of 6e the harder they ga1loped the more ! prielly balls danced up and down goadea them on.
 sshing fariously along the Corso, were past almost before people E that they had started. and il such |rrow street, with such crush of |le on either side and somebody al trviae to cross at the last moment EepDIng out of the fhrong to see if
 were coming, i5 was small wonder it was q dangerous game. though purse tic danger was in part also bttf&cyioa.
 sheet was stretched across the street stch the horses at the back of Piazza ezia, in the passage still called Via p Ripresa de Barberi, in front of ,h was q cord covered with wet red |. This dropped before the rush of foremost horse, leaving q streak Of { on his chest, and thus all lnew at
 which was the winner.-Gent1e- $ Magazine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-11-10
cnt1.1. " e.f1lin......

The color weddings in which the bride sacrificed even the traditional bridal white of her own gown to the prevailing hue of the decorations have not become popular at all. They had some vogue last season in London, but were only read of, not copied, over here. There are some things whose changelessness is positively unassailable, and one of these IS 2 white wedding gown.-Ex- change.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-11-10
The Birth of the Opal.


 There is 8 beautiful little story told about the opal, that delicatestone which you have no doubt seen in rings and bracelets. Tho story is that the opal was long ago promised to anybody who could discover it. It lay hidden away, so the old fortune tellers used to say, at the place where the sunlight and the moonlight joined'' each other, and wllo- ever could find that spot would be re- warded by quantity of large, beautiful opals. After long search for the place ewhe9e the sunlight and moonlight joined' each other, the place was found by Spanish traveller, who followed up the rays of le setting sun, and when he had reached tho end of the last ray r 2 waited until the hoonbeams shone upon the earth, and there he found the opals. They are said to be very lucky stones for those who are born in the fall of the year and very unlucl1y for those bern in the spring. Of course 1t Is only say ing that these are lucky or pGlucky, but the rest of the story is true, as you viii believe if ycl look in the heart of an opal and see tho pink tints of the sun and the blue rays of the moon nestling in the middle of it.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-11-10
False Eyelashes.

Not content with false teeth and false bla,f : li and other falsanesses, the Parisian Raules are now wearing false eyelashes pong, dropping eyelashes can be ob- EEainea at quite reasonable cost. They
 ,e ehfeaded on fine needle, which is s1awh through the skin of the eyelid i'll toops' Which are afterward cut. The Yprla.lon paa.! IS said to be perfectly painless.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-11-10
Gi...rlea V.

Charles v had epileptic attacks dur ing his youth. He stammered. He re- treated to a monastery, where he had the singular fantasy of celebrating his own funeral rites in his own presence. His mother, Jane of Castile, was in- sane and deformed. His grandfather, Ferdinand C Aragon. died at the age of 62 in a state of profound melancholia. New York Times.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-11-10
 T.0iIf9I IYze1n51kena.

An English paper describes Q telephone
 ach will talk loud enough for 8 person
 Any par6 of Q large room to hear and Nerstand Mr. Graham, the inventor,
 S succeeded not so much by an im- oEemnt on the existing telephones as s.i8 method of arranging the circuit d bringing It's resistance a5 low as Bible 10 this end the usual induc. n coil is discarded, and the TWO instru- sIlts, tran5aitter and receiver, are di- atlF connected in circuit with the line a the battery. The trdnsnlitter atone N of the Hae is connected to the re |Fer at the other snd. and two separate |es are employed having q common re h wire. Two correspondents can thus k quite freely with each other, and as receivers speak out 50 ns to be heard any part of 9 room conversation can carried on by each person simply Pal1ing to his transInitter.
 The apparatus is attached to flexible hductors and is held in the hand. To en a conversation 1t is sufficient to K up the portable transmitter and Pss button in it's casing, so as to es- plish the circuit. The receiver at the her end acts as its own call bell by the ldness of its voice, and the response mes equally prompt and loud. The er has therefore no need to listen care Fly with one or two receiye IS held up
 his head. All he has to do is to speal Q his transmitter and keep his ears pn
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-11-10

A hundred and fifty years ago unmar- ried as well as married women were styled .1drsn Girls were called Miss until they left school, when they took rank as Mrs, while married women were very generally addressed as Mad am. l"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-11-10
Women Farm CTS.

The farme of the future will be 9 woman, if Michigan affords a basis for prophecy. In Wayne county alone there are 220 women farmers, and in the whole state s,707, with all ownership of 670, ,439 acres. The value of the land is estimated at s43, ,500, GOO, and the earn ings of the women aggregate $4,854, 800.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-11-10

The fall is the time of the year when the country demand for broken down street car horses Is the greatest. Darn8 the cold weather the animals get used to their rural surroundings, recuperate, have only enough exercise to keep them in condition, and by spring are able to accomplish the heavier tasks of blowing and narrowing.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-11-10
A collector of raritjes at Keok11k

A collector of rarities at Keokuk, la, is the owner of an insole made for the shoes of the young Rainbow (Mo.) giant ess. At the time these shoes were made in the spring of 1e91-the girl was only IT years old, but even then she had foot that would make Big Foot Janu- ary of Ohio" enyious. The inscle is 154 inches long and 5s broad.--St. Louis Re public.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-11-10

Since the conquest there have been 24 wars between England and France. In the last war, between 1903 and 18l5, 1t Is estimated the total destruction of hu- man life amounted to 1.200,00
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-11-10
The Maha~aiah of Puttiala, who re

The Maharajah of Puttiala, who re- gently married an English wife. rules over the tenth largest of the native states of India under English protection, his tio- minions extending over 5.s87 miles, with a population of l ,5e9, GOO and revenue of a little ovlr 1500. 900. It is the most important of the Sikh states.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-11-10
N hat It Was For

,Neashbo' Bcy-Maw sent me over to Emaa; a Il you'd lend her your bottleo' congh |kaan .a's. hneed-You tell your mother we 5po,a, hon. o'r cos'sh medicine strictly for
 e eohsalnption.-Chicago Tribune.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-11-10

Four members of the Imperial College of Physicians at Pekin, who failed to give a proper diagnosis of his majesty's indisposition recently, were punished by having years salary taken from them.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-11-10

The custom of speaking of the presi- dent as sshis excellency' is unwarranted. No such formal title was ever given him by legislative action. His legal title is '.the president of the United States"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-11-10

Miss Jessie Ackermann, the second round the world missionary and presl- dent of the Australian ". c. T U., has completed Ger trip. It occupied four years, during which time she traversed over 100, ,000 miles.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-11-10

To believe one'sself more cunning than others is a mistake. The fox is more cunning than an ass, but there are more foxskins in furrier's store than ass skins.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-25
SOCIAL BRIEFS.

Information has been received of the
marriage of Miss Marion Lamprev, OF
St. Paul, to DR.. Carl Hienes, of Eller-
field. Germany, at st. Johns church,
Milwaukee,, The marriage was cele-
brated by Rev. Slidell. Miss Lamprey
was one of ST. Paul's most popular
society girls, and DIR. HieneS is a Ger
man count, whom Miss Lamprey met
during her stay abroad, who followed
her to America, and the marriage Is
result of mutual affection.
The fourth social hop of the Evening
Star Social club will take place at
Lucker's hall, corner Forest and Mar
garet streets, on Monday evening, April
8. The Twin City Banjo, Mandolin and
Guitar club will furnish the music.
There was a business meeting of the
Young Peoples Society of the Evan
gelical Association last evening at the
corner Cf Winifred and Bancroft streets.
Tue ladies of the Westminster Pres
byterian church gave social at the
residence OF Mrs. Herring, 227 East
Robe street, Tuesday evening.
A vocal and instrumental concert will
be given at the Hebron Baptist church
Friday evening, March 81. A very good
programme is being arranged.
The West Side Turnverein will give a
private dancing party at their hall IN
the Martin block Saturday night.
Gen. Ord Post No. -, q. A. r., held a
regular meeting last night corner Wa
basha and Fifth streets.
The OrnitholGgical society of the high
school held a meeting yesterday alter
noon.