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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-12
A NEW FORM OF TEMPERANCE.

The working of the new liquor law
in South Carolina will be watched with
more than usual interest. Modelled
somewhat after the law of Norway, it
provides that alcoholic liquors shall be
sold only at government dispensaries by
salaried and bonded officials. No H.
censes will be issued to any private
parties, and all the liquors sold by the
government are to be analyzed and
tested by state chemists.
Perhaps the most effective support
that the law in general will receive will
come from the enforcement of those
sections of it which provide for a per-
feet system of local option controlled
by a majority of the free-holders. In
adopting this feature the advocates of
the bill have proved that they are ear
nestly trying to find a solution for the
curse of drunkenness. The local option
law has thus far in the hist ory of tenn
perance legislation proved to be the
only practical palliative that has been
put on the statute books of the various
states.
Unbiased temperance advocates
claim, aud probably truly, that the
internal revenue laws are no guarantee
of the purity of liquors. The revenue
acts rather as an inducement to adul-
terate them. 1t is also fact. too, that
drunkenness is more often caused by
effects of impurities in liquors than is
generally supposed. In Norway, where
the alcoholic liquors are both manufac-
tured and sold exclusively by the gov
ernment, aud where liquor drinking
is the almost universal custom, there
is smaller percentage of drunkards
than in almost any other country in the
world. Naturally, to the climate is
partly due this exceptional result, but
there is reason to believe that the effect
of the sale of only absolutely pure
drinks would be proportionately valua.
bic. II Governor Tllman can make his
law effective in South Carolina with its
typically passionate people it will be
worth trying elsewhere.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-12
GOING TO THE FAIR.

A very large number of people are
now planning to go to the great fair
that opens next month in Chicago. A
great many people will go, and large
proportion of them will be in some de.
gree disappointed. OF course it is pos
sible to go to the fair and not be disap-
pointed, but it is not natural. Man is
prone to error, and he is also prone to
trust to luck. Those who trust TO luck
in going TO the fair will be very foolish.
but many will go that way.
IL is time now to outline plans for Wis
iting the fair; time to decide when to 90
and what TO do while there. It would
not be wise TO go too early, or put the
trip off until it is too late. IL would be
the part of wisdom to decide how to go
at once, and secure comfortable trans
portation. 1t is better TO put a little
more money into comfortable journey.
ing and trough it while in the Windy
city, and visitors to Chicago will be
compelled TO rough it while there this
summer anyway.
There are hundreds of schemes on
foot for visiting the fair. One can Sc
lect among them that which is suited
to his means and that which bids fair to
give him the most enjoyment and COM
fort. 1t is possible to make the trip I'm
almost regal style at reasonable rate
of expenditure. The personally con-
Quoted" plan is to be worked very hard.
Every city in the East has its own par
ticular scheme already matured, and
they that are wise enough TO make early
provision can arrange TO go with party
of personal friends and enjoy "all the
comforts of home"
Only such "a are strictly philosophi-
cal in spirit can expect to enjoy Chicago
itself. That city has arranged so many
devices for the annoyance of visitors
that nobody can expect to escape with
ont many and deep scars. IL has even
elected Carter Harrison mayor. A per-
son will be obliged 10 fight, TO surrend /.
er, or to present indisputable proof that
he is not worth plucking
There will be great opportunities for
educative sightseeing at the big fair.
but everybody who proposes TO go
should sedulously study a areliable guide
book and make mp his Jackson-park
itinerary at home. Then he should not
be swered from the course selected by
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-12
NEWS OF POLITICS.
John @. Pike has been appointed post
master at Epping, N. III.

John @. Pike has been appointed post
master at Epping, N. III.
Sumner r. Tibbetts of Melrose, Mass.
wants to be shipping commissioner at Bos-
ton, and John +. Fitzgerald has made ap-
plication for his old place as collector of
internal revenue.
Mr.. Asa ID. Dickinson, brother of Hon.
Don NJ. Dickinson, appointed consul to
Nottingham, is nearly GO years Of age, and,
according to the New York Sun, "since h,
came of age he has been a stalwart Repub-
lIcan."
Representative Stevens of Massachu-
setts has the appointment of a cadet al
West Point TO name, and has ordered a
competitive examination to be held about
May 10, probably at Andover, for the Sc
lection of the young man to be appointed
The board of examiners will consist of DR.
c. f. T. Bancroft, principal OF Phillips
academy, as president; Percy Parker of
Lowell, and DR.. G. G.. Carleton of of Law
renee.
Hannis Taylor, nominated TO be minister
to Spain, is an eminent lawyer and
scholar of high attainments His contri-
buttons to historical literature have made
him well known to literary men, although
OILY III Ills tlSb lttts Ills ldSJ WOIk IL
"The Origin and Growth of the English
Constitution" Mr. Taylor was strongly
recommended to Secretary Blaine by Sena-
tor Morgan is one of the arbitrators or
counsel in the Behring sea arbitration, and
was also strongly endorsed by Mr.. Phelps
and some of the leading lawyers of New
York.
Judge Lochren of Minnesota, chosen for
pension commissioner, has been county
Judge of Hennepin county, Mimi, since
1882, having been twice elected without
opposition, and having given universal
satisfaction. He was unanimously in
dorsed for commissioner of pensions
week ago by the Republican Legis-
lature Of Minnesota on rising vote
He is veteran of the war. in which his
services were severe, eliminating at Get
tysburg, where his regiment participated
in the famous charge that checked Pick
ett's onslaught. OF the 300 men who made
that charge only ~ came out whole, and
young Lochren, who started on the rush
as first lieutenant of his company, came
out I'm command Of the regiment, every
officer above his grade having been killed
or wounded. When the war was over,
William Lochren returned 20 Minnesota
and resumed the practice of law. He was
very popular. and was twice the Demo
cratic caucus nominee for the seat In the
United States senate.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-12
The
Costume
S of the
Period I!

Cape the Mantle all compehended in magnificent Spring and
Summer stock.
We have everything that goes it, everything that adorns it
nd accompanies it, The very choicest of everything the newest
and the most novel, In the garden-ke display of Printed
Fabrics gnghams cambrc zep6y, and orinkey cloths in
the light and airy dimite mul dotted swsses, embroid-
sortmen Of popular priced DomesC the wealth of beautiful
Summer Silks in Black Fabrics the excellent show we
have made in the attractive display Of Chevo and French
Fannes the incompatible exhibit Of Foreign Dress Goods
word in every kind of material for the production of the
Costume of the Period stocks exceed for quality and
beauty in New York or Boston.
We headquarters for the Hair Cloth and the Crnones
wherewith to line and sten the Costume of the Period
In Velvet Ribbons, Fancy Ribbons Plain Ribbons Braids
Trimmings Laces and the varied ornaments and adoments that
contribute to the Costume of the Period and the Vengs and
Gloves that complete stocks equal every demand
Considering quality and character Prices always
reasonable less than quoted elsewhere for inferior goods
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-12
TILDEN-THURBER co.
ABOUT PEOPLE OF INTEREST.

The meetings Of Evangelist Moody AZ
Wilmington. n. c., are to be held In one of
the great compartments of the Champion
cotton press warehouse, which will seat
5000 people.
Mr. and Mrs. Minot J. Savage will sail
as guests of Mr.. and Mrs. George o. Car
penter, when the latter make their annual
trip TO Europe this summer They sail by
the Cephalonia July |.
Dietrich Rieke has been bass violinist
in the Mobile theater for fifty-three years
There he stands nightly by his big instru-
ment, and saws calmly and as steadily as
II he were part Of the musical machin-
cry; he never misses.
Rev. FIR. Defains, C. SS r., of the Mis-
sion church, Rox bury, Mass, has been ap-
pointed to one of the Redemptorist churches
In Paris, and will sail from New York
Saturday. FIR Defains has been stationed
in the Mission church during the past
seven years.
President and Mrs Cleveland are soon
TO occupy the Middleton house on the
Woodley Lane road, Washington, as a
country residence. Mr.. Cleveland has
leased the place for term of years. II is
now the property of Mr.. Francis G.. New
lands, who was recently elected a member
of the house from Nevada.
Mark Twain was passenger by the
steamship Kaiser Wilhelm which reached
New York from Ganoa Monday. He
registered at the Glenhsm hotel as George
Jones, Gibraltar" He carefully concealed
bis identity until it was discovered by
means OF telegram which he sent early IN
the evening and -hen he shut himself in
his room and refus ed TO be seen.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-12
SEW ENGLAND NEWS.

Ex-senator Blair of Manchester, n. H..
will be orator on memorial day at Con.
cord
Major General 5. G.. Griffin of Keene, y.
H., will speak on memorial day at Ware.
daSs
Hon. Ira Colby has not yet accepted the
position of associate justice Of the New
Hampshire supreme court.
Mrs. John r. Pohlman Of New Haven.
Conn, who gave birth to triplets a fort
night ago, is dead, having suffered in
tensely. All Of the triplets survive.
The visit TO have been made by the hu-
name society committee fast day 10 Guilty
hunk, 90 obtain information 10 enable the
funds recently collected for the families Of
the victims ~ the recent disaster To be in.
telligently distributed, was postponed on
account Of the storm.
"A new barge for company G, naval re-
serves, has arrived at New Bedford. and
the company practiced in IL for the first
time fast day. under command Of lieuten.
ants Hervey, Gardiner and Thomas. The
city property committee on armory and
military supply have secured Lewis hall for
drill purposes Of the company.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-12
"ExPERT" Evidence.

Expert medical testimony in criminal
cases has long been looked upon with
suspicion. and jurors and the general
public have been 10th to believe an
accused person guilty solely on the
strength of such evidence.
Owing to the limitations OF medical
and chemical science, the ignorance of
the experts called, or perhaps in some
instances TO their venialty, there is fire.
quently totally divergent difference of
opinion among experts on the same
subject. Blood is declared human by
one set Of experts; others just as promi-
nent in their profession are as decided
that it is from one of the lower animals
A nationally famous criminal lawyer
is reported to have said, You can get
any kind of expert testimony you wish
IL you are willing to pay for it," BE
this true or not, it is undoubted that
testimony Of this nature is very unre-
liable.
The most severe blow that evidence
of this nature has ever received was in
fiicted the other day in the trial of DR..
Buchanan of New York, for wife MUIR
der. What was ostensibly a wax model
of the human brain was given to Drs.
III. p. Loomis aud T. Mitchell Prudden,
call d by the government as expert
pathologists. These unquestionably
learned gentlemen critically examined
the object and pronounced it of inferior
pattern and not corresponding to their
ideas of what brain should be.
1t now appears that the supposed wax
model was in reality the brain Of a man
who died four years agJ and which was
preserved by DR.. A. j. Wolff Of Hart
ford who is an expert called for the de-
fence. The brain was introduced as
model as a hoax, and it was not in
tended to divulge the truth until near
the close of the trial. the idea being to
cast discredit upon the testimony of the
prosecutions medical experts, but the
story leaked out.
IL such eminent men can be so de-
ceived, great care should indeed be
taken that the life of a human being
snail not depend too much upon expert
testimony.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-12
RIGHT TO THE POINT.

Now that the New York consolidation
bill has been beaten In the -gislature it
may be assumed that Chicago is feeling
pretty well.
! !
Speaker Barrett challenges DR.. William
Everett to debate. 1t may come handy
as practice for TIE Fifty-third congress.
! !
The enthusiasm manifested by Boston
over dog shows, should silence the carp
ing critics who assert that Boston is in-
terested only ia Ibsen and Browning.
! !
The Office hunter is the only person
who objects to President Cleveland
taking time to open the Worlds fair.
So President Cleveland has hoisted
Nag OF truce and consented 10 parley
with Tammany Sachems Hill, Sheehan
and Murphy. He probably has seen a
war cloud somewhere
I I
say no more against the corset. IL
saved woman's life in Allentown, Pa,
the other day. Four bullets fire a. close
range took effect, but the corset prove
impregnable. How would it do for mill
tary powers TO Adopt them
I !
With such an epidemic of murders 1t
was b d time to introduce anti capital
punishment bill. and IL is not surprisi
tlas tie New York as,e nDiy defeated it.
! !
III DIR. Hoffkine's cholera inoculatinl
scheme will DO what he says it will. the
cholera bacillus had best take to the
woods when he gets back from Ildia
! ! I
The power OF public sentiment will be
tested by the result of the petition TO
q yer or Flower in the Carlyle w. Har-
ris case. 1t had $4,000 signatures in
cluding those OF msuy prominent pee
pc. IL Is safe TO say that nineteenth o
the names ar. Of persons who signed only
because they were a,ked to.
! ! !
Lizzie Outrage Of London, eloped with
an orgai- rinder, which will move some
newspaper paragrapher To write that
three craIks went Uff together. No
copyright.
No one who as the fear Of paresis be-
fore his mind's eve will attempt to in-
vestigate The financial record o. rail
r Dad cor oration that has abs orbe e.
eral other companies.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-12

If the Republicans had voted on the
first election as they have on the subse-
quent elections they would have saved
themselves some trouble and the state
great expense.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-12

The desperate fight between pris-
oner and an official at Cranston would
have gone on record as an everyday
affair IN most state prisons. 1t merely
emphasizes the fact that such deeds are
startling only ia proportion to the fre.
quency or infrequency with which they
occur.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-12

Esquimaux villages, streets in Cairo or
shuckless peanuts.
Going to the fair will be grief to
many. It might be pleasant and profit
able to all, if only all would go about
the matter sensibly and with malice
prepense, as TIE lawyers say.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-12

DAVID s. BAKER, JR., is one of the
petitioners for the incorporation of big
syndicate known as the Boston and
Nova Scotia Railway and Coal Com.
pany. Mr.. Baker cannot be good
Democrat, or he would remember that
the platform Of his party enveighs
against the syndication of capitalists.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-12
sentions.

IT is a matter of considerable interest
that the earnings of the New England
railroad are increasing rapidly. Every
gain made by that road brings nearer to
Providence the possibility of valuable
competing line.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-12

The Democrats are learning that bye
elections are not won by them through
Republican apathy any, more than the
first elections are to be won by the
Republicans through Democratic dis
aanfions
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-12

In view Of the result of yesterdays
elections in Pawtucket and Westerly
the following lines, by certain Miss
Wrother, are humbly dedicated to the
Democratic state ticket:
Hope tells fiatterihg tale.
Delusive, vain and hollow.
All Let not hope prevail
Lest dis appointment follow
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-12

The appendices TO the city's annals of
last Saturday give the information that
the halos Of glory that were SO eagerly
seized by the Three Little Aldermen
wero only secondhand halos. They
had been first worn by the youthful
Mumford, the courteous Miller and the
willy German.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-12

THE fight among certain great cities
as to which shall be credited with the
poorest water supply would be more In
teresting il. in the meantime. the public
could subsist without the fluid, but such
unfortunately is not the case.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-12

should choose to disregard them. Mr.
Chamberlin's acquaintance with local
self-government must be very limited
If he does not know that the minority Is
just as strong as its members are intel
GOent
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-12

DELAWARE is not big state, but just
now it feels bigger than all Texas, just
because that eminent Democrat, Grover
Cleveland, condescended to pay it fly
ing visit.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-12
THIS EVENING.

PROVIDENCE OPERA HOUSE, s-"Friend
Fritz"
B. y. KEITH's OPERA HOUSE. g." Yon
Yonson."
LoTHRoP's MUSEUM. 7-"Uncle Toms Cabin"
WESTMINSTER THEATRE. s-"Fsust Up Too
Late
INFANTRY HALL. s-Festival in Aid OF ST. Jo-
seph's Hospital.
MUSIC HALL. s-Lecture.
TALMA THEATRE s-"Pygmalion and Galatea"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-12

HAD not an American vessel come to
the rescue the Hekla would have Jared
badly in spite of the fact that she was
sighted bya French liner. An Ameri-
can seaman never deserts brother in
distress when help can possibly be rem
dered.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-12

A OBLIGATION of Cherokee Indians
will be dispatched TO Washington 70
carry home $500, 900 to be paid them
on the sale Of the Cherokee Strip. II
these red men are of the regulation
stamp the government will do well TO
add few temperance tracts TO insure
the braves . safe return home.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-12

Mr.. HONEY probably realizes now
that it might have been better to pla-
cate Mr.. Carroll instead Of ignoring
him at the Democratic state convention.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-12
IrnlN Encllsh-

"Wheah is Chollie? have no. met
the deah boy faw a week"
He went 10 Lunnon TO get his haih
cut. "-lndiaaapols Journal
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-12

THE president has tempered the wind
to the shorn Missouri lamb by giving a
consulship to st. Louis man.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-12
wPAT OTHERS ARE SAYING.

The irrepressible-and inexpressible-
Cr Everett is again n candidate for con
gressional honors In the Seventh district
II Waltham Free Press. ........
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-12

Mr. JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN does not con.
slider the safeguards in the home-rule
hin a. OF any value II the majority
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-12

That old saying about minister's sons is
shown 10 be not true in regard To Rev.
Thomas Spurgeon, who succeeds his father
as pastor of the London Tabernacle church.
He IL worthy Of following in the footsteps
OF bis noble Sire. LHaverhill Bulletin.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-12

THE political funeral of Hugh J. Car
roll was largely attended in Pawtucket
yesterday.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-12

HISTORY is not repeating itself in the
case Of the bye-elections.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-12

The safest lake in the world is Lake Ur-
umia in Persia, situated st more than 1000
feet above the level Of the sea.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-12

The officeseeker who enclosed a crisp
and tempting $40 note to the president
along with his application for postofiice
is not yet definitely located. The chances
are that he has been brought up on a
Tammany bottle.-lN. Y. Commercial Ad-
vertiser.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-12

II seems that the University of Dublin
might be in much better business than
parading the streets In opposition to home
rule. The duty Of a university is to teach
obedience TO the law and home rule "a the
law of Great Britain would be as binding
as any'-IConcord IN. H. Monitor
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-12

The New York Sun sarcastically observes
that under the present administration the
spirit of civil service reform has been
carried out-on a shutter.-[New Bedford
Standard
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-12

FIGHT! This word expresses the duty
of every Republican.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-12

For 200 years the paper from which the
Bank of England notes are made has been
manufactured at Laverstoke in Hamp-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-12

w hat is there in postage Atamp forty
three years old that can make it fetch ovel
1000 at auction' A lot of money goes Z,
waste in this world
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-12

The oldest artesian well in Europe Is
found at Lillers, France From its mouth
water has flowed uninterruptedly for 74S
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-12

Cleveland has annexed so many Of the
towns adjoining it, that it now claims to
be the largest city in Ohio-larger ever
than Cincinatti 1t has a population Of
G2,000, and is the ninth city In the union
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-12
H. W. LADD co.

We produce it complete in our Dress
Making Parlors. We make the Hat
to 60 with it.
We display it made up-in Silks,
in Wools, in Ginghams in the new
est walking modes, and in the popular
Eton Outing style; with the Coat. the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-12

The Rhode Island Prohibitionists have
had their fling They have doubled their
support and contributed to the election Of
two congressman who will vote for free
wool and a low tariff. They have had a
very lively dance. Now somebody will
have to pay the piper Perhaps IL will be
the prosperous Rhode Island ~-.t'psmen.
>LN0W Nsrk Tribuse r. \, 49,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-12
Smilinp Bob MaxweIl Is making a :

Smiling Bob Maxwell is making n great
record. He is chopping off official heads
al the rate OF $50 day. This is good fcr
an administration which Is supposed to be
travelling on its good behavior Public
Office Is private snap. II there IL doubt
on this score inquire Of Smiling Bob Max
n-(Albany Express.