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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-06-27
Corrected

In the evening the club house was bril-
liantly illuminated, there was dazz' Ing
| solav OF fireworks and "a delightful con-
ert was given by the American bsnd.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-06-27

field demanded immediate attention and
reorganization. General Mcdowell had
not como up 70 expectations 1t might be
noted fight hSre that at that time nobody
came up to the requirements.
General winfield Scott
was physically ineapacitated from taking
his place In the field, so he selected Gen.
eral George b. Mcclellan for the i'm
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-06-27

Always tt artistic novel
tbs In Photogta. .as. a.. .atest styles fo-
chIldren. New exhibit al door OF Conrad Build.
ing, ssb Westminster street.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-06-27
PHI BETA KAPPA.
ANNUAL ELECTION OF OFFICERS
At BROWN THIS MORNING.

DIR. Keene of Philadelphia Delivers an
Address on Field OF Medicine Eefore
Society I'm First baptist Church.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-06-27
STATE OF RHODE IsLASp, rae


p;oK sAI.E-CoTTAGE AT BUTToNwooDS
IL rooms. hard finished. good location, terms 80
sonable. Address }. 8. steere lSs Prairie av.nW
Providence. Juns I->~
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-03-07
CaStoria.

"Castoria is an excellent medicine for chill
dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me OF its
good effect upon their children"
Dr.. G. c. OsGooD,
InrrnlI Mass
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-03-07
Many Pieces Make a Shoe.

The Boston Globe says that in a pair
OF hne shoes there are two sewed
pieces, two inner soles. two stiffenincs.
Two pieces OF steel to give spring 10
the instep, two rands, twelve heel
pieces, two sole Innings. twenty upper
pieces, thirty tacks, twelve nails in the
neeis' and twenty buttons. to say moth
ing OF thread, Lo,h silk aud flax.
Enl the wonder is found in the
rapldlty with which these multiiudin-
Gus pieces are combined in sinole
completed work, for, as an expeI.i-
ment' some shoe factories have from
the leather completed pair of shoes
IN less than an hour and half. and
as test, single pair of mems shoes
have been finished in twenty mippfas
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-03-07
Snubbed the Prince.

In spite of the privacy which Tenny-
son maintained many are the anecdotes
Of him or of his household.
1t is told that once certain famous
prince of the h Ise of Hanover. famil-
lar with the poets shrinking habits,
yet anxious to pay his respects TO him.
found himself near Tennyson's home
in the Isle of Wight. The prince
called, unaccompanied and strictly in
cognito. A page came to the door.
"Whom shall | sav?"
1.-The prince of Wales" was the re-
ply.
Whereupon the page, performing a
gesture somewhat similar to one de-
scribed by Tennyson as performed by
Lynette-in other words, putting his
dexter thumb to nose "tiptilted like
the petal of flower" playfully OBJ
served:
"Ha, yes: prince of Wales; we know
q trick worth two of that" and he
slammed the door in the face of his
royal highness.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-03-07
THE ONLY SURE PRESCRIPTION.
A Physicians Successful Diagnosis and
Treatment of an Interesting Disease.

The delicate young heiress looked
thoughtfully out of the window.
"My case is one that requires con-
slant care and watchfulness, is it?"
she said
at is" replied the young physician.
and | am habitually careless of
myself and likely to counteracl the eff
feet of your prescriptions without con-
slant oversight"
Il did not put it quite so strongly
as that, but if you will pardon my say
ing so you have stated the situation
correctly"
"Hum-and am alone in the world,
with no one attached to me by ties of
kindred!" she unused.
The young doctor coughed discreet
~ and said nothing.
with this constant watchfulness
You think my naturally strong consti-
tuition would rally in time and my
health Ia fully restored?"
a am sure of it, Miss Welloph."
"Do YOU think could trust myself
in the care of mere hireling whose
faithfulness would be of purely mer-
cenary character?"
Il should regret exceedingly TO see
q case in which take so deep an in
tereSt-as-as a professional man i'm
periled by such condition of things"
and yet. how can the difficulty be
surmounted?"
at must"
ut is necessary that / should be I'M
der the constant guardianship of some
body upon whose fidelity and regard I
can depend with absolute certainty?"
Il cannot be answerable for the re-
suit otherwise"
And one whose patient watchful-
ness must be guided by intelligence,
skill and thorough knowledge of my
CASE presume You would say?"
You are right"
And yet l am practically alone in
the world"
Again the handsome young physi-
clan coughed decorously, but said
nothing, and the shadows danced up
and down and to and fro on the wall
and the Maltese cat asleep on the rug
got up. stretched itself, yawned and
stole softly out of the room.
"Dr. Goode." said the young woman,
with a slight tremor in her voice. "you
must prescribe for me in this matter"
L, MISS C4AOpH! Hc eNCldlueu,
with kind of spasmodic gasp.
Yes. Do you know of any body that
meets the requirements that such a
a guardian must possess?'
do -" he echoed. impulsively, yet
hopelessly, "Oh. yes. butt
He stopped, pale and trembling.
"Well?"
In the glow of the freight her face
seemed 10 flush with the rosy hue of
returning health already.
Nothing, Miss .Welloph!"
You were about TO saw. doctor, that
you knew of some one who could"-
IL was about to say nothing of
the kind, Miss Welloph. lift a wild
hope for a moment occurred to me"
"Yes,"
"But no."
Did l not tell you, DR.. Goode, that
you must prescribe for me as to this
this GUARDIAN"
DO you know, Vera Welloph," he
said, with wild yearning in his look
and voice, what you are driving me
to say?7
Il think l do. DOCTOR" she Wills
pered, "but-but don't see any other
WAY out OF it. do you?"
The cards are out Chicago Tribune.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-03-07

"Castoria is the best remedy for children of
which en- acquainted. hope the day is not
faT distant when mothers will consider the real
interest of their children, and use Castoria in
stead OF the various quack nostrums which are
destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium,
morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful
agents down their Threats, thereby sending
them to premature graves"
De. J. f. KINCEELoE,
Conway, Ark.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-03-07
Put up and Put Down.
l want word to rhyme with ills.
have it now: I'll put down pills.

IT. EIOF Il
Excuse me, though-than put down pills,
I'd rather suffer some big ills
To put down the old fashioned huge, bitter
pills, that gripod so and made such disturbance
internally is more than a wise man will do He
will not put up with such unnecessary suffering
He uses Or. Pierces Pleasant Pellets As liver
pill, they arc unequaled. Smallest, cheapest,
easiest to take. Put up in walls, Theoretically
sealed, hence always fresh and reliable, which is
not true of the large pills in wood or pas teboard
boxes. As gentle laxative. only one pellet for
a dose Three or four of these tiny. sugarcoated
grannles act pleasantly and painlessly as a cath
artic
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-03-07

The Centaur Company, n Murray Street, City.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-03-07

One Mayor for two years.
One City Clerk for two years.
One City Attorney for two years.
One City Treasurer for two years.
One Police Magistrate for four years
One Alderman in the FIRST ward for two years
One Alderman in the Sc cond ward for two
years.
One Alderman in the Third ward for two
years.
one Alderman In the Fourth ward for two
years.
One Alderman in the Fifth ward for two
years.
One Alderman in the Sixth ward for two
years.
one Alderman in the Seventh ward for two
years.
TOWN OFFICERS.
Two Assistant Supervisors for two years
One Assessor for one year.
One Collector for one year.
Two Justices of the Peace for four years
Three Constables for four years.
Every legal elector at such election NAV also
vote "for 2-min tax for public bospita." or
against q 2 mill tax for public hosp tar
Which election will be open at O'Clock in the
morning and continue open until O'Clock IN the
afternoon of that day.
Places of registration and voting will be as fol
lows:
First ward-Known as the Franklin Hose
House.
Second ward-Known as the Phoenix Hose
Third ward-Known as the wideawake H se
ouse.
Fourth ward-Known as the Dimick Livery
u table.
Fifth ward--Known as the Fifth Ward Hose
House.
sixth ward-Known as the Cable Hose
ouse.
House.
ROBERT KsEHrR,
City and Town Clerk.
Dated this 4th day OF March. A. d. 1873
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-03-07
Castoria.

"Csstoria is so well adapted to children that
recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me-
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-03-07

The first banana was brought to the
United States bout fifty wears ago.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-03-07
Election N0Iice.

Notice Is hereby givel that on Tuesday, the
fourth day of April A. D., 1893 in the city of
Rock Island, election viii be held for the fol
lowing officers to-wlt:
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-03-07

| had severe attack of catarrh
and became so deaf | could not hear
common conversation. | suffered
terribly from roaring in my head.
| procured bottle of Ely's Cream
Balm, and in three weeks could hear
as well as | ever could, and now l
can say to all who are afflicted with
the worst of diseases. catarrh, take
Ely's Cream Balm and be cured. 1t
Is worth 81 to any man, woman or
child suffering from catarrh-A. f.
Newman, Crawling, Mich.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-03-07


the Eye and Ear and the sOd obstinate Chronic Diseases
he world He ass with the ordinary travelling
Medical College
ne cities Of Illinois skill and
Thousands
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-07-05

A good many of the rural ways OF
the Samarcand district remind the
traveller of the methods of Persian
farmers. There, too, the grain, in
stead of being threshed, is trodd den out
by oxen, or horses, and then cleaned by
being tossed in the air. The usual
yield of wheat is about thirty bushels
per acre. About quarter of the ir-
rigated land is sown with wheat, and
upwards Of seven per cent. with bar-
ley. The cultivation of wheat has
lately increased, and the area under
cotton has rather decreased; but the
latter product is On important item in
the agriculture Of the country. Most
farmers raise it in conjunction with
other crops; indeed, mixed farming
appears to be in favor with these peo-
pie.
For cotton culture, good Southern
exposure is preferred; the land is then
manured, and plowed from five to ten
times, the ground being we'll turned
ND. The seed is soaked in water for a
day, and then sown during the first
two weeks of April, then carefully har-
rowed, from thirty to thirty-eight
pounds being usual on an acre. If it
rains heavily after sowing, the land is
plowed again and resown. When the
plants are few inches high, the
ground is carefully hoed and made
into hills about the plants, which are
carefully thinned. This hocing is re-
peateG every week or SO until the
plowing, two months after the sowing,
when the land is watercd for the first
time; but afterward, during the hot
season, great care is taken not to give
too much water, as it would injure the
plants. The gathering Of the bolls is
meinly done by women and children.
The profit ranges from 81. so to 1925
per acre. The seeds are separated
from the cotton by running them be-
tween two wooden rollers, revolving IN
opposite directions and, as the rollers
are often little distance apart, good
deal Of crushed seed and impurities
pass through. To eliminate the dust
adhering, to the cotton, it is placed on
mats and beaten with light rods.
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Under such q system Of harvesting, IL
is not TO be expected that the cotton
would be of a high quality. The loss,
on account of dirt, is about thirty:tive
per cent, though in bad East Indian
cotton it is only eighteen per cent. 1t
is reckone9 that garden land sold at
$36 per acre will produce crop worth
S21. 80; tillage land costing SIT pro
duces $15. if planted with wheat, and
SIT il planted with cotton. This IS IN
the Zaraphan valley, where irrigation
largely prevails.
Some time ago an Englisnman, vino
had Travelled extensively through
Turkcstan, Russia and China, took
occusion to compare Turkestan with
New Zeainnd. and the former country
suffered very considerably by the COM
parison. Although Russian influence
has been predominant and IN undls-
turbed possession of this country Tor
upwards of half century, agrl-
culture is ~ yet merely in It's
infancy. New Zealand began to be
settled ubout the same time, and Its
progress has been steady and sure.
New Zealand farmers have at least
solved the question of the disposal OF
their surplus focks and herds; while
cuto of beef are still selling in Turkes-
tnn towns for less than two cents per
pound, for which people IN Moscow are
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-07-05

to filter through the soil: for rice, the
fields must be kept submerged for
considerable time at different periods.
For alfalfa and grains, where an even
distribution Of water is necessary, the
i:eld is usually divided into squares by
small Garth walls few inches high.
When these squares are filed with
water, the opening from the canal is
closed, and the water is left to soak III.
In the Sama-cand district, near
Eukharn, and altogether removed from
tha -orlorn district OF Semercchia. the
small farmers, possessing only tour
o. i've acres. aim Mt getting rs much
out oF it by rs careful cultivation rs
ross;ble without allowing il to lie tal-
low too long. The larger farL.>rs have
Il plan somewhat similar 70 The fellow
ing: The field. after lying taliow for
!, sea-. il sown with winter wheat or
hurley. The next ycAr after this crop
is -eaped, the land is again plowed and
sown for the second harvest, with
ether millet, sesame. ientils, carrots
or peoples. The third year u summer
crop of rice, sorghum, cotton, fax Or
vegetables is raised. It is usual, when
the land has been prepared either fcI
rice or for cotton, to SOW it for Swo
years with the same crop. This is the
only general idea Of rotation N crops
existing in this part Of the country,
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paving over twenty-five, whereas Rus
sian cheese is retailed in the Central
Asian shops at thirty cents per pound,
in land where the value of O COW Is
four dollars, OF less than the price OF
O single stone Of cheese. Every at
tempt has been made by the Russian
Government to improve agriculture in
the country, but nearly all these ef-
forts have failed in large part Of the
kingdom, in consequence Of the apathy
of the people.
The Russian colonists in the province
of Semerechis arc very Heterogeneous
body, many of them being peasants
from Siberia, and others are Cossacks,
military colonists, and time expired
soldiers. They have fertile land,
plenty of wood and building material,
yet these Russian peasants are content
to live in the most squalid manner, and
are quite willing to let everything else
60, so long as they can raise just enough
coarse cereal food to live upon. If they
do take the trouble to obtain o good
harvest, they invariably spend the pro-
ceeds in barbarous orgy, in which
some of them are snre to get killed.
It would seem shat the Russian mouiik
is quite incapable of anything beyond
mere living from day to day; heis also
incapable of anything requiring enter
prise and intellect. English or Ameri-
non formere yvou1d feel insrlted if the
term agriculture" were applied to the
elementary farming operations of these
Deople
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-07-05
Princess and Redingotc Gowns.

The old French days still hold a
compelling spell over our fashion
makers. A while ago Victoria appar-
entity had it all her own way, but Mario
Antoinette has shaken off the weight
of years, and each and every defunct
Louis is contributing something to the
pot-pourri of our summer styles.
Here, for instance, is gown which
is imperial among the many empire
designs. The skirt is of biscuit c!otn
and comes away up under the arms.
The seams are outlined with dark green
braid, as is also the waist. The short
bodice is of the cloth, with wide revers
of green velvet. Inside the waist is
worn q tucker or guimpe OF white
French batiste with iabot OF lace.
Almost every gown isround wasted,
but princess and redingote gowns di-
vide the field. In sleeves the Russian
model, having puff falling to the
elbow, while tight sleeve is unde-.
meath, is very popular. Some Of the
latest designs, however, contain hor-
rible suggestion of the lengthening Of
the shoulder seam, from which fashion
may the fates preserve us!
Such a gown is shown in the cut,
where the shirred yoke with its rows
of narrow velvet ribbon extends, ap-
parently, straight across the arms.
Below this flat shoulder the sleeve
bursts out into two large puffs, which
are again confined at the elbows. The
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-07-05
Seedless WaterineIons.

"Did you ever see seedless water
melons," asked gentleman from Cali
fornia at the st. George. "Wen,
did" said the interlocutor, "and I will
tell you about it. A few years ago l
was stopping over at hotel at Red;
ding in the upper Sacramento. a
rancher came along with as fine lot
of watermelons as I ever saw and
stated that every one of them was seed
less. The landlord bought some and
served them for dinner. They were as
good melons as one ever tasted and not
one of them had single seed. This
was revelation to me, and as the
rancher remained for dinner 1 was
curious enough to ask him the secret
OF their production. easy enough,
said he. You plant your melons in
the ordinary way. When the vines
are two or three feet long cover them
up at the joints (where the leaves come:
outl with. fresh dirt. In few days
sav q week-roots will have formed at;
the places where the vines are covered
sufficient to keep the vines alive. Then
cut off the vine between the first joint
and the parent stem;and all the melons
that grow on the disconnected vine
will be seedless.' The man offered to-
take me in his patch a mile or so out
of town and show me all about it, but
/ did not have time to investigate the
subject. But this much I know, hel
had the seedless melons and I helped
to eat them. New York Recorder.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-07-05
Adornment of Rural Homes.

WHY do not farmers and the occu-i
pants of cottages in the villages in
dulge more frequently in the luxury Of;
vine covered trellises over their doors
and in their back yards? A lattice
covered trellis costs but little if made,
of rough stock, and one at the back
door makes a convenient place for
doing the laundry work Of the family,
not too fer removed from the kitchen
stove, yet protected from its heat,
shaded from the sun if rightly placed,
and yet with good circulation of air
cooled by passing through the leaves.
If the useful is the main object, it may
be covered with the vines of the grape,
or the hop, both of which afford a
leafy shade during the hottest season.
and both have commercial value for
their products. ...-.. y7. T.
When these are provided for else:
where, and when ornament is prime
object, there are a large variety OF
plants to choose from. The wood
bine, sometimes known as the honey
suckle, the clematis, the ivy, Virginia
cre.per and the silk vine are all hard
wooded vines, that put out 9 fine fo-
liage before the hottest days come, ana
some varieties have flowers OF differ
.ent colors, q part of which is very fra
grant. The bulbs of the Madeira vine
and cinnamon vine may be set each
year, and the seeds of the morning.
glory, the moon flower, the balloon
vine, the scarlet runner bean and sweet
pea may be sown among them as an
nuals, or the centrosema, the peren-
NAL clematis and the cleanthus, as
plants blooming the second year, can
be mixed with the woody plants or
the bulbs to give greater variety and
impart spots Of color among the green
foliage. t. :,
A trellis of this kind is. fine enough
for the front door, and with q seat in
it farmer should feel more comfort.
able sitting there to rest after his days
work was done than he would in the
barndoor or on the bsrnyard fence,
which are favorite resting places for
those who can only choose between
them and the kitchen, reeking with the
odors of several of the past meals,
there, or the parlor, 30 seldom used
excepting on occasions of ceremony, as
funerals and weddings, in which he has
q general feeling of being out of place
in his working clothes, or if he has
changed them, of being on his good
behavior, which is productive of any
thing but sense of rest or of good
fellowship with neighboring farmer.
Boston Cultivator. I
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which she would gladly accept new
husband to hide the disgrace OF the Ole
one, ran riot in the schemer's mind. A
broken will-the Forsythe fortune YET
won or a threat Of prosecution for biga'
my-ah, all was not lost yet!
"The hardened villain!" gasped Pres
colt, in spasm Of high virtuous indig-
nation against man whose rascality
seemed to discount his own. Married:
Then all is safe, provided-one word! y
he utters quickly, as the miller turned
away. rs your daughter still aliveT
Yes"
"Glory What luck! The game Is
mine!" chuckled the delighted plotter.
she wrote me year ago. She said
her husband had fallen heir to great
fortune. Would 1 allow her to repay
me what he had stolen?"
And you replied?"
Not word! Those two are dead
to me-"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-07-05
English SparrOWs Prove Their Guilt

It is said the English sparrows, which
have been often accused of eating the
buds of fruit trees, are now proving
themselves guilty, and suffering the
penalty for il, by dying of poisoning
where the trees have been sprayed with
Paris green before the buds open. If
this is true, it is an additional reason
for early spraying, and by that means
we can rid our orchards and fields of a
pest that is almost as bad, if not worse,
than the worms they were brought here
to subdue, but which they seem to have
little fancy for. Boston Cultivator.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-07-05
Retxeen Saddle and Gr0and.

Many curious pictures are now ire
ouertly seen as result of the facility
with which instantaneous photographs
can be taken. Our illustration repre-.
sents view of this kind, where q
rider has been thrown from his horse
but has not yet reached the ground
The incident occurred at q steeple-
Chase meeting at Ashley, in the Isle Of
Wight, where Mr.. R. Thirlwell's horse
Cosmetic, refused his third hurdle,
and threw Mr.. r. Woodlands, his rider.
Mr.. Charles Knight, of the Royal
Studio, Newport, was on the spot with
q camera, and he was fortunate enough
to get "snap shot" of the incident
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duces excellent harvests. but the latter
is considered the more important, in
consequence of the reliability of the
harvests and variety of the produce.
In the irrigated districts of Samarcand,
the value of the land is estimated by
the quantity of water available, and
the bulk Of the lawsuits arise out OF
disputes concerning water. An idea
of the extent to which irrigation is car
ried, may be gathered from the fact
that in one valley there are eighty-fv
main canals, exclusive of branches,
making q length of 1870 miles. The