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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-05-31
Value OF Nickel Metal

Nickel Is a metal of more impor
tance than 1t used to be, since it has
been discovered that combined with
steel 1t makes the best and hardest
armor for war ships and these south.
ern Oregon mines should not have
been allowed to pass into the hands
OF an English syndicate. The nickel
for the armor OF the battle ships now
building at Philadelphia is procured
from Canada under regular cor tract
with the navy department 1t Is al
most the only material entering into
the new war vessels which Is not pro-
duced in the United States. Boston
Journal
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-04
MIR. HARRISON AS PREsIDENT.

Mr.. Harrison becomes an x-president
today, and it is already proper to con-
slider his record and his accomplishments
in the light of their bearing upon his
future and the future of the country.
1t is altogether probable that the
public career of Mr.. Harrison is closed.
He would not wish to be a candidate
for another campaign, and it is not
likely that the sense Of the dignity of
the great Office he has held would per-
nit him to accept an inferior one if the
opportunity should offer.
1t is to be said that the administration
of President Harrison was strong and
creditable for the most part, but that it
exhibited defects that were grave hind
RANGES to its complete success. From a
party point of view il was almost fail
ure. From the point of view of the
proper conduct of the public business it
was conspicuous success. This latter
is the view that history will take, and
it is the view of patriotism. The for
mer is. the view that explains to some
extent the failure of the Republican
party in the last campaign and justifies
the attitude of Mr.. Cleveland and his
advisers upon the protection question,
and upon other party issues. = ~b
The strong and good points of Mr..
Harrison will show with great distinct
ness as time goes on and the atmos-
phere is cleared of the prejudice that
now murks it. Then it will be appar-
ent to all that the administration of
Benjamin Harrison was one of the most
creditable in the recent history of the
country.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-04
LorHRoP's pAwTUcKEr OPERA HOUSE.
d" THE BEAUTIFUL SNOW"

The "Beautiful Snow is melting away,
And slush Il the substance that covers our
street.
BE cautious. good lady, while walking today.
Or Arctic's won't save you from getting wet
feet.
The beautiful Snow" is not priced over.
much,
When it falls in the streets Of our city, I
wcen;
For soon it's transformed into horrible slush.
And such slush as Is nowhere else seen.
It's beauties are seen on bright winters day.
When with spanking gay trotters we're
bounding away;
Der the well-beaten track, in the fresh crispy
air.
To the music of bells. beside lady fair.
The beautiful SNOW" like bcnefcent rain.
Il a mart of wise Natures economic plan:
when n falls over fields of tender young grain.
Like mantle. It shelters where nothing else
can.
The wisdom that orders all things Is Divine.
And we cannot quarrel with Nature. you
know;
Our joys and discomforts 80 clearly combine.
Ashley come. we must take them. whether
or no. GEORGE HAIGBr.
Providence. Feb. y. 1898
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-04

The carelessness which not infre-
quently results from the present system
of committee legislation was well i'll
lustrated yesterday in the lower branch
of the General Assembly. Committee
work is essential to the dispatch of
business, but committees may be falli-
BILE, and their recommendation does not
absolve the other members of the Gen
eral Assembly from devoting proper
care to bills which may come up for
consideration.
The case in point yesterday was an
unimportant bill which contained a
clause exempting a charitable associa-
ton from taxation. which by the way
chanced to be an eminently proper
clause, though few of the members
thought so when their attention was
called TO it. Only one of the forty odd
members present apparently noticed the
danger that lay in such a provisi on.
During the discussion which followed
it appeared that at least two corpora.
tions exist in this state which are ex-
empt from taxation and whose charters
were procured with that special pro-
vision because of the oversight of the
committees and the General Assembly
at that time.
Not long since two measures, both in
themselves meritorious, the act of Joint
adjournment and that providing for the
dedication of Sedgwich Post Hall, were
passed, not on the day when they ap-
peared but the day following. After
ample time had been given TO call the
attention of the members to the neces-
si:y of their being present and doing
their duty as they had agreed 70 do
when they accepted the Office. Both of
these acts were passed because the at
tention of the members was specially
called 10 them. In the case first men.
toned an act was nearly passed because
the attention was seemingly not on the
work in hand.
In such case the lack Of care. the
lack Of attention to the obligations of
Office, is not unlikely TO load to serious
errors In the future just as they have In
the past. Perhaps legislation would be
better done II the work were not thus
shifted from the shoulders Of the in.
dividual members simply because it has
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-04

council that can be cited for prophetic
purposes.
II is evident that preparation has been
made for the reputation Of the platform,
but il is not evident how much of il is
TO be repudiated. That is a quantity
that is probably not fixed in the minds
Of the gentlemen who have to-day as
sumed office. and it is a quantity that
cannot be estimated from any data that
Is at present available.
II cannot be said that the taking of
flee with the evident intention Of repu-
dating the platform upon which sue
cess at the polls was won is the most
auspicious or honorable condition possi-
BILE to the party that is now represented
at Washington by President Cleveland.
So far as the logic of the election can
be said to have proved anything it cer-
tainly proved that the policy of protec-
tion had become so distasteful to the
majority of the voters that they deter
mined to do away with it, and they ex-
pressed that determination by their bal
lots.
Mr.. Cleveland was elected upon
platform that did not merely call for
the modification of the policy of protec
tion it defiantly and pugnaciously de-
clared the protective principle to be
wrong and protection a crime.
The Fifty-second congress has left the
administration heavy legacy of incom-
potency and neglected business. The
settlement of the silver question has not
been advanced, there has been nothing
done in the way of solution of the inn
portant matter of the support of the
government, and all the matters of
moment that were calling for the atten-
tion of congress have been neglected.
The President has certainly aroused
the curiosity of the country. How he
will satisfy it is question for himself
and circumstances to determine.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-04

During the most recent of these years
there have occurred the Argentina and
the Barring failures, both Of which
enormously contracted credits and
made the need for money greater than
1t has been since 1878. Yet in neither
case did any serious disturbance occur
nor did experience show that any hard
ship fell upon the people through lack
of circulating medium. During all the
years noted, too, the growth of the coun-
try's business has outstripped all prece
dent. The expansion of the credit sys-
tenn has met all the needs of
currency in cheaper and more
convenient form, and despite this
enormous increase there has been no
evidence Of need for more money. Dur
ing these years the per capita circula-
tion has remained at practically the
same point. Is it reasonable to suppose
that, if the increase in business during
the last decade had called for more cir
culating money, the per capita circula-
tion would not have changed more than
from $2302 in 1885 to $780, in 1893, a
period of nine years?
The country's need for governmental
money is purely question Of confidence,
and the demand from the West and
South is not caused by any lack of
money but by the fact that the credit of
those sections is already heavily bur-
dened and the lack of confidence causes
lack Of credit. Money seeks the
channels where credit and confidence
are greatest. Hence it is boarded in the
East and scarce in the West
and South. Any new issues
of money by the government
would seek the same channels, and
would not benefit the West and South,
except in so far as superabundance of
it seeking investment might be less
timid in accepting Western and South
ern credits as basis for loans. What
the West and South really need is not
money but industry and development,
which will add value to their credits.
They get money, not from the govern
ment, but by creating values through
labor.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-04
STERLING LODGE.
Celebration Of the First Year Of It's Pros.
perity.

Celebration of the First Year Of It's Pros.
perity.
Sterling Lodge. X. of p, celebrated the
first year of its prosperity last evening
by holding a social in Elks' hall.
Addresses were made by Chancellor
Commander j. A. Batchslder and Vice
Chancellor h. L. Dix. Instrumental and
vocal selections were rendered by 5. B.
Spinning. Miss Nellie Kenney, Mrs. Frank
White, the Misses Gottschalk, Prof.
Thornton and Ben Dodve.
Vice Chancellor f. +. Dix entertained
the audience with what he called Scenes
from foreign shore" They were ex-
tremely laughable.
AT the conclusion of the program a
light lunch was served by Aithans. and
the holders of lucky tickets were given
presents.
The lodge had for its special guests
Grand Chancellor q. G. Gates, Grand
Vice Chancellor Walter Scott, Grand
Master at Arms Andrew Mckenzie.
Grand Inner Guard Douglas johnson.
Grand Outer Guard A. T. Howe, Past
Grand Chancellor 4. Y. Goff OF the Grand
Lodge, Mrs. S. j. Goff. grand chief of the
Grand Temple of the Pythian Sisters.
Mrs. j. III. Brown, past grand chan Gel lor,
Mrs w. Scott. grand prelate Of the Grand
Assembly of the Pythian Sisterhood.
The committee of arrangements con-
sis, Ell of +. f. Dix, chairman, Robert T..
Byrnes, A. j. Batchelder, Nelson r..
he Inedy, Nelson >. Davis, w. j. Ban
spach and ;. Is. Spinning.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-04
Is MORE MONEY NEEDED

There Is one lesson to be learned from
the per capita circulation of the coun-
try, and IL is lesson which the adv o.
Gates of greater expansion Of the cur
rency by free silver or by greenback is
sues may learn with great advantage.
The per capita circulation of money
depends entirely upon the peoples
methods of business and varies greatly
in different countries, that of France
being about s53, while that of the
United States is now about $23. The
more advanced a peoples commercial
methods the more il uses bills of credit
the less the need of actual money circu-
lation. But in all cases the actual need
is determined entirely by experience.
The money is sent into the country in
the form of government payments. Just
so much of it as is needed stays there
and constitutes active circulation. The
surplus returns to the government in
culation decreased about $s,000,00
There has always been cry for more
money made by more or less infu-
ential minority of people who imagine
that if the government coins money it
win get into the peoples pockets in
some mythical way and with no effort
on their part. But when the
people need more money they will get
it, and the difficulty of collections will
show to the government that more
money is wanted. The experience of
the past few years therefore will show
about how much this country needs for
the purposes of actual business transac-
tions. The per capita circulation for
the past nine years has been as follows:
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-04
4. ". LADD co.
Our Opening of Spring
Dress Goods.

Our Grand Opening Of Spring Dress
Goods last week was an immense sue
cess, despite the cold and stormy
weather.
The many who braved tho elements
and visited our Third Floor Parlors,
where the exhibit is made, were most
enthusiastic In their praise Of its incom-
parable value-the unsurpassed beauty
Of the stock, the extreme novelty and
immense variety which characterized
the choice goods.
The latest modes In Velvets, Laces,
etc., represent the same high grade in
these productions and are long step in
advance of anything ever before shown
in this vicinity.
Our new dressmaking department,
ready to take orders on the spot from
our own exclusive goods, proved most
welcome to shoppers and in every re-
spect the opening was an absolute satis-
faction to our customers and to our
selves.
The great success of the occasion
following on the successes Of ou
weekly openings since January lst Qn-
dia Silks, Challis, Popular Dress Goods,
Ginghams, Laces, Muslin Underwear,
Linens, Cottons, etc., emphasizes and
endorses our promise made at the be-
ginning of the year that Ladd's should
Guido even its own high record as the
LEADING DRY GOODS HOUSE in
Southern New England.
The exhibit will be continued this
week in our beautiful Third Floor Par
lors,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-04

The last concert Of the Star Course
series will he given IN Infantry Hall on
Monday, March l3. The Royal Russian
Choir, consisting of twenty native sing
ers, Will give q recital OF Russian foik
songs, In costume, such rs are given at
This company has met with great success
In New York and Boston.
There will be special musical service
with this program: Organ recital. The
Golden TrumDet Fowles; anthem.
"Praise God In His Holiness" Fowles;
anthem, 20, Lamb OF God" Schnecker;
response, Give ear. y. Lord" Obelthus;
organ, Adagia, from sonata. Meckei
duo, soprano and alto, Geib i; organ.
professional, Morgan; George ii. Lomas.
organist.
The "Dies Irae." from Gounod's "Mors
ct Vita" will be sung at ST. Stephens's
Church on Sunday evening. March D, at
1880 o'clock.
The organ recital at Grace Church
Sunday evening will be given by Mrs.
Charlotte M. Broome, assistant organ.
ist. The program will bel Caprice"
by Guilmant; 'Album Leaf" by Gade,
"Ofertoire," by Wely and Postlude.
The next Arion concert will be given
on Tuesday, April L. Verdi's Requiem"
will be sung by a quartet consisting Of
Madame Lillian Nordica, sopranoi Miss
Fremstadt, contralto; w. X. Rieger,
tenor. and Max Heinrich, basso.
The following program has been ar
ranged by st. Stephens Church for gen.
tiemen only: March IL, st. Stephens 10y
choir, w. G. Rhodes, conductor; w. III.
Arnold, accompanist; the Rev, w. q.
StinsoI, speaker; orchestra Of twenty
five pieces. March 49, chorus choir. Jules
Jordan, conductor; Clarence Hamilton,
accompanisi; the Rev. j. ii. Newland Of
Pawtucket. speaker; orchestra. March
&c: Mrs. NJ. b. Grout, soprano; Mrs. Car
rie NJ. Grout, alto; George Wheel
wright, tenor; Edwin NJ. Wheeler.
bari one M. Is. Grout, tenor; Miss Jennie
NJ. Grout, accompanist, the Rev. Edwin
Bromley, speaker; orchestra. April 2;
Cranston Street Baptist Church Quartet,
Miss Hattie K. Barrows, soprano; Mrs.
q. A. Jillson. alto; q. A. Jillson, tenor;
h. M. Bixby, ba,so: the Rev. 4. 4. Stud
Icy, speaker; orchestra.
A series of concerts has been arranged
for the Lenten season, at st. Stephens
Church, March s. H. 10 aud 26
A musicale will be given at the Moul-
ton building, 267 Westminster street.
next Thursday evening. at 8 O'Clock, by
Miss Marion Ward Mosher. Miss Ger
trude Snuman and N. B. Sprague. The
program will be selected from Wagner,
Brassin, Handel, Chopin. Mozart, Schu-
bert. Blumenthal, De Koven aud other
noted composers.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-04
OFF WITH THE OLD. ETC

The change of the administration
that took place to-day is more in the
nature of an experiment than has been
supposed, or the people have had any
warrant TO suppose
After the Chicago conventi on last
June there was some basis for an esti.
mate Of the position Of the Democratic
party. That basis has all been de.
stroyed. and there is absolutely moth.
ing beyond the records of Mr.. Cleveland
end the gentlemen he has called TO his
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-04
THE LEGISLATIVE WEEK.
What Both Branches of the General As
sembly Have Done.

sembiv Have Done.
This has been the week of railroad
legislation In the General Assembly.
Horse railroads, electric railroads and
steam railroads involving capital of
about &, 600. 900 have either gotten well
SSnn..T under way ay in the assembly or been quite
The Pawcatuck Valley Railway sets
the ball rolling In the south end of the
state. So anxious in fact were the people
around Westerly for transportation that
two friendly corporations were vieing
with each other for the right TO open up
this new territory. The withdrawal OF
the Westerly people, no ever, left the
way clear for the charter mem bers of the
Wesson Post Office Stamp Manulactur-
Ing Company to amend their charter into
street railw ay company. The Coweset
Terminal anu Transportation Company
passed the Senate. but met with some
opposition In the House. The sa ne fate
overlook the Pawtucket Cable Tramway
Company, which has yielded to the COM
petition of the two railroads already in
Pawtucket, and wants to transfer its
prospective business to the Pawtuxet
Valley. Incidentally the Sea View and
the Rhode Island Western railroads have
partly secured an extension OF their time
limit to 1895 and 1896. Further north the
Woonsocket street railway has secured
rights OF extension. Ii there is added t.
these the road projected from East Green
wich to Warwick the public will readily
see that little Rhode Island, Nh hch is
now honey combed with mills, may soon
be gridironed with railroads.
The other matters Of 0mportance are
the final passage of the general appro-
priation bill, and the introduction Of two
resolutions, one looking toward the ap-
pointment Of q com mittee to consider the
state house loan, aud that looking to-
ward TIE simplifying the rights Of mar
ri oil xvnmap
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-04

A disgraceful brawl of the barroom
brand is reported from the Idaho sem
ate. in which faces were slapped and
other pugilistic pleasantries occurred.
Is this what the people cast their ballots
at the polls for?
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-04

THE Homestead relief committee has
esase! to exist, assistance for the work.
men being no longer necessary. Every.
one, irrespective of opinion on labor
matters. is glad TO learn that the help
less families are no longer in want.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-04
THE NEWS'S TURN NOW.

A New Philadelphia concern will send
an expert to pac< Jour trunk for 80 cents
-Woonsocket Call.
The railroads will unplck hem on the
platform free OF charge.
IL isn't natural for crook - to be in
straits. -Woonsocket Reporter.
Yet most of them are.
Cleveland owes foreign minister's
place to Gen. Weaver. Aud the for
eigner the better.-Chicago lnter-Ocean.
Since Kansas ignores the government,
how would il do to make him minister
TO Topeka
The whole Democracy Is on TO Wash
ington today Boston Globe.
The whole Democracy is "onto" Gro
yer, too.
Providence has raised $500 thus far for
the families of the Cuttyhunk volunteers
Fall River News.
And more is yet to follow.
The best part Of the record OF the Con
gress now drawing TO an end lies in what
it hasn't done. IL has been great Con-
gress on these lines. Springfield Repub-
lican.
And IL has done nothing in a most
artistic manner.
A few good books thoroughly read and
well digested is worth hundred books
merely skinned over-PN. ID. Cleaner.
a good grammar is also fairly good
investment, especially for an editor.
Sufficient money has been raised, at
last, 70 finish the monument to Gen.
Grant, and the work will 90 on to com.
pletion.-Boston Traveller.
lis hard to accept such statements
about the G. rant monument.
But for Mr. Gresham the new cabInet
would be absolutely without any war
record.-NeN York Recorder.
Walt until the end Of four years
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-04

PRINCESS KAIULAN is pretty girl i,
modest and retiring withal. Although
he cannot allow sentiment to interfere
with diplomacy, Uncle Sam makes
haste to doff his hat and play the gal
Ian TO the homeless maiden.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-04

The Providence News has treated its
patrons to new dress of type and
better makeup, and we must say that
It is great Improvement in every way.
Newport Observer.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-04

WAS it lack of gallantry that pre-
vented Mr.. Cleveland from leading the
star-eyed goddess behind the arras last
night, and whispering sweet nothings
in her shell-like ear?
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-04

WE are not surprised to hear that
the Kickapoo Indians are on the war
path. With such a name we wonder
that they were not long ago driven to
deeds of blood.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-04

AFTER 1897 all cars on American rail.
ways must be equipped with the auto
matte coupler. A good many brake
men viii be slaughtered before that
time, but 1t viii hardly be possible to
effect an entire change in the present
system any sooner.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-04

EMPEROR WILLIAMS speech at the
banquet of the new Bradenburg diet was
almost discreet and circumspect affair.
William is learning the value OF keep
ing his mouth muzzled.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-04

If the City of Paris keeps up her record
as a lightning liner, patriotism will not
furnish the only incentive for Ameri-
cans to patronize her.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-04

been referred to committee. The
responsibility rests constitutionally upon
al, and the delegation of duty to the
committee does not exempt the in
dividual member.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-04

ANOTHER crank is going to shoot Nj
agara Falls in an egg-shaped barrel. 1t
Is pity that suicide cannot be accom-
plished in a more artistic manner.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-04

RUSSELL SAGE's hand has lost moth
ing of its cunning. He has just pur-
chased for $50, 900 railroad that origi-
nally cost IS, SOC, 900.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-04
4. ". LADD co.
This Weeks New
Arrivals! I!
Silks
Silks.

New arrivals will mark the Seventh
week of our Great Annual Sale of
Choice Silks.
Despite the stormy weather of the
past week our stocks show that they
have hardly been able to hold their own
with the demand.
We propose to keep intact our assort-
ments Of choice Black Silks, plain and
figured, which have proved 30 popular
this season. 1t is, however, next to i'm
possible to duplicate some of the ex-
treme printed designs-Indias, Chinas,
etc.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-04

The record of the administration
which went out today may be summed
up in three words: Peace, prosperity,
nroQress
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-04

Now let somebody go around with a
pint m >asure and gather up the fruits
of the Fifty-second congress.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-04

1T is Grover. Now let the great Am
erican Republic continue its work Of
manufacturing good, substantial history.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-04

THE plumber was not in the race to-
day with the florist. There were sweets
to the sweet, and plenty of them.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-04

BABY RUTH will now rule the White
House in place of the youthful Mckee.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-04

PRESIDENT HARRISON retires on his
laurels, and they are well earned.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-04

Mr.. CLEvELAND's good right arm is
terribly shaken by this time.