The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-11-13

There is preacher in this city who II
making a reputation that will one day
turn about aud make him. He is preach
ing solid truth in the painest kind OF
language from a Baptist pulpit. IL Is
kind Of truth that is not usually heard
In churches too. rs 1t chiefly
concerns the churches themselves. He
wastes no energy ia doctrlnal matters,
he expends no eloquencs In denuncintion
OF sin as sin. He talks TO church mem
bers about their duty TO the church aud
TO the world outside the church. He does
not hesitate To say that the church
must work within iiself until 1t becomes
qualified TO offer itself as the accredited
avenue for sinners to find their way TO
christianity He insists that it 10 not
more christians but better ones shat
are needed. He attacks the problem
OF the responsibility OF the church with
all the courage requisite. and he shows
the church how TO fuldll It's missions
perfectly. He is eloquent, In the earnest,
direct fashion OF n man who believes he
has q mission, and his earnestness In
equal to his conviction. He speaks from
the heart To the heart. His pulpit manner
is good he has n felicitous f~culty for
choosing the right language; he can
utter the plainest OF truths without
giving offense. He is an unworthy man
OF the world. He is perfect physical
specimen. He is a mountain-climber and
revels in that sort of outdoor life that
taxes and strains the muscles and hard
ems them while it clarifies and quickens
the brain. He knows his people-all OF
them-and can call nine out
of every ten OF their children
by name He Is mans man.
He is full-chested, erect. clear-eyed, 'ro-
bust, handsome. He has good voice.
fine figure, clear head. He has all the
elements that ought to insure for him n
brilliant future, both for himself per-
sonally and for the cause he so ably and
eloquently labors To promote. His name
is Edward Holyoke. and his church is the
Friendship street Baptist. Go and hear
him preach.
Miss Susie Herrck of woonsocket has
returned from a visit 10 friends in this
city.
Mr.. Michael Hanley OF this city visited
friends in Pawtuckes recently.
Mr.. and Mrs Lionel Champlin OF
jamestown are visiting friends it this
city.
Captain John M. Brownell and wife of
Portsmouth, visited this city recently.
I I I
A little East Side girl asked her teacher
the other day = very simple question, and
yet how many OF MS are there who could
answer il. 1t was when the name Amer
lea was first proposed for this country
and when it was first put on the maps
The name OF America for tho newly dis
covered continent was frat proposed in
the little volume put forth at ST. Die. in
the Vosges, in the year 1907, by Waldzee-
muller, better known by the Helized
form Of his name, Hylacomylus
Three or four editions os this treatise
were published at ST. Die before 1907. aud
few years aiterwsrd an edition without
date was printed at Lyons by Jean de la
Place. All these editions are OF extreme
rarity, and probably that printed at
Lyous is the rarest OF all. though the
library of the British museum possesses
two copies OF 1t. IL has never
been suggested that any maps
were engraved TO accompany either Of
tie editions, but is has always been sup
posed that the earliest map with the
word America" marked on the new
found world was the "Typus Orbis." en-
graved n wood for the "E1arrationes
Joanns Camertis in c. Julii Solini Poly
istora," printed at Vienna 10 1920 for
Joannes Singrenius. In this map tho
new world is represented "a a long island,
on which is the inscription, "Anno d.
1897, lec terra cum adiacentibus insults
inyenta est per Columbian Ianuensem ex
mandate regis Castelle. America pro-
vincia.
Two gentlemen were discussing on n
Broad street car Saturday evening the
question whether a ship can sail faster
than the wind. One WAS positive that 1t
could while the other ridiculed the idea
chat it could travel faster than the motive
power. Both were right. II depends
upon the way the ship is going. Running
free she can't go even as fast as the
wind, but on tack she can
go faster. The European Travellers Mem
orandum Book, issued by the Hamburg
American Packet company, explains this
on the thirty ninth page. EVERY yachts
man knows that ship eau sail faster
than the wind; that is to say, IL the wind
is blowing ten knots an hour. ship may
be making twelve or fifteen knots an
hour. Now, it is obvious that IL the ship
is sailing straight before the wind 1t
cannot. at the utmost, travel faster than
the wind itself is blowing-as mat
ter OF TACT, IL VIII travel much more
slowly. II, on the other hand. the ship is
sailing at an angle with the wind, 1t
seems at first sight that the wind must
act with less effect than before. but as
matter Of fact the ship not only sails more
quickly than before. but more quickly
than the wind itself is blowing. Let us
consider the difficulty In the light Of the
following experiment; Place ball at
one side or the billiard table. and with the
cue, not held in the ordinary manner
but lengthwise from end to end of the
table shove the ball across the cloth. The
cue here represents the wind, and the ball
the ship, sailing directly before it; the
ball, of course. travels at the same rate as
the cue. Now, suppose groove, in
which the ball may roll, be cut diaeonally
across the table from one corner pocket to
the other II the ball be now placed at
one end OF the groove and the cue held
horizontally, parallel With the long sides