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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-11-08
The wlso Nreu OF Cotham.

This the tale. not OF the three who "went
10 sea in a bowl, but OF the inhabitants Of
the village OF Gotham in England. As
King John was once passing through that
place on bis way 20 Nottingham, lac pro-
posed 70 mako a short cut across the mead
ows The villagers, thinking that what
ever road a king took thenceforward be-
came a public road, objected, much 20
Johns annoyance. Shortly aiterward he
sent some messengers from bis court to
learn tho cause OF the villagers rudenoSs.
Hearing OF the coming Of the kings serv-
ants the villagers BIT upon the following
plan Of turning aside the monGrch's wrath
When the messengers arrived, they found
some ~ the Inhabitants engaged in trying
10 drown an eel In a pond, others were busy
rolling checses down hill, so that they
might run 20 Nottingham for sale. while II
third SET were employed IN placing hedge
round "A bush on which a cuckoo had
perched. in order that they might enjoy
perpetual spring The kings servants
thought they had come among a village
OF fools, and having reported what they
had seen JOHN formed The same opinion,
and troubled himself no moro about what
he considered their incivility 90 him. Hence
people have talked about the wise men,"
or 'tbe fools Of Gotham There was
muA wisdom la their folly, howessE.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-11-08

furlouRhed to go home and drum up among
the hills OF New Hampshire fresh food for
powder" 10 reported back just as the army
marched to Gettysburg and rejoined the old
Third corps under Slckles Luck In the
assignment OF positions placed 10 in the
very poiut Of the famous salient angle at
the peach orchard. A roll call showed S30
men and "a officers on hand and only eight
absent. The regiment lay under arms IN
support OF battery during the cannon
ade that initiated 1ehe Confederate attack.
The infantry assault was so sudden that
the Union commanders had given no orders
20 their line TO meet it. The artillerymen
were spiking their guns TO make them use
less prizes for the enemies, and Colonel Ed
ward j.. Bailey Of the Second volunteered
10 charge the advancing hosts. Yes, for
Gods sake go forward, colonel, urged the
brigade commander whose line the regi-
ment supported. As the last double shot
ted gun was discharged for a parting salute
before spiking. the line moved past, dress
ing on the colors. and at the word
Charge plunged into the orchard, across
the Emmittsburg pike to the open ground
beyond.
The enemy's infantry recoIled but bis
batteries on Waldron's ridge continued fir
ing on Sickles routed line. The New
Hampshire men were supported for time
on the right and left, but finally stood alone
with new enemy advancing at right
angles with their front. Meanwhile General
Graham, the brigade commando, had been
wounded and captured; Genera Sickles had
been prostrated and carried from the held;
regiments and batteries had been swept
away, and the line Of battle was broken
at every point. The Second slowly retired
through the orchard, changing tront TO
the south TO meet an attack on it's left,
and again to the west TO meet one on its
right. When the regiment reioined los bri-
gade at the rear OF the battlefield, 22 Of its
"A officers were reported killed or wounded
and 1913 Of Its $50 men had gone to keep them
company. Seven officers and Al men were
known TO have been killed.
1t Is a relief to turn to field where the
New Hampshire boys had chance to re-
turn the punishment incident 20 their dar-
ing at Manassas, WILLIAMSBURG and Get
tysburg. When Butler moved against Rich
mond in May, 1864, with the Army Of the
James, the Second was in Wistar's brigade,
Weitzels division of the Eighteenth corps.
The outer defenses Of the Confederates at
Drury's Bluffs were invested on the 18th,
and on the 10th the enemy left their works
and fell upon Buffers lines with their usual
reckless impetuosity. How they fared at
the hands Of the New Hampshire boys Is
described as fellows by Henry Il. Everett
of Company G;
"On the 18th and 18th the Second regi.
ment built light breastwork of logs in its
front. The afternoon of the 18th Captain
David Steele Of Company G., tall, gaunt,
redheaded son Of Mars, forty-niner and
companion of Walker on his i'll fated Mica
ragus expedition, whose life of adventure
had made him fertile in expedient, con-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-11-08
THE LISTENER.

|
Il Senator Pueh Of Alabama Is q devout
IForshiper at the Shrine of New England
apple pie. -
\ Lord DuhrAven of yachting fame de
Irives goodly portion of his income from
fhe proceeds of his farming operations in
America.
n Congressman James p. Reilly of Penn.
|Ieylvania was called home TO Pottsvile re.
GENTLY to welcame ab infant son, his four
|teenth child.
n j. c. Henrjcs Of Charleston. S. c., is the
|,only ex-C Confederate in that state who wears
|fhe iron cross6f Prussia Tor valorous service
bin the Franco -Pfussiati War.
Governor Turney Of Tennessee, although
10 years old, keeps pack of foxhounds and
devotes all his spare time to foxhunting
He IS a fine horseman despite his advanced
age
h The senior surviving officer Of the Confed-
Ieracy is James Longstreet. He is very
lold man now, gray and deaf. He lives
quietly and simply at his home in Gaines
lyille, Ga. 49,
II yerett Chauncey Bumpus Of the fresh
!mRs class qt Harvard has been totally blind
slaS be was j years Of age. He is SON of
Juuse Z. c. Btmpus Of Quincy and is %
years Of age
DR.. sc6*eninger Bismarck's private
physician condemns vegetarianism, the all
wool and AZ cpttqh systems of treatment
and number Of "cures," including the So
called Sch*eninger cure.
Ben Dixon. 1niner in Center Creek, Mo
|is champion long distance faller. Recent
|Ily he fell into mipe shaft 145 feet, and
hives TO tell how IL feels. Once before be
'fell so feet, and once-'tis said-2oo feet.
\ Speaker Crisp has a comprehensive mind,
and, like Gladstone, can grasp the sub.
stance Of book while turning the pages
What he has once seized upon his mind
never surrenders. 1t is always ready at
command.
Edmond Picard, o celebrated Belgian adj.
vocnte, announces publicly his intention, IN
sonformity with his democratic views, to
abandon luxury and live henceforth as sim
ply as does Count Tolstoi Brussels society
has been stirred up by the announcement.
I r. c. Spencer, NJ. p, wears collars 4
inches high-probpbly the highest on rec
ord. They are made from special pat
tern, never stand more than one or two
washings, and it takes three Of them da,
70 satisfy Mr. Spencers instincts Of neat
ness.
Senator Morgan Is well equipped and
ready on every public question. His grea
speciality Is International law and the his
tory OF diplomacy Herein be is head an,
shoulders above any man In public life a
this country, aud with few peers in Ia,
world. a..
DIR. NJ L Nardi. who accompanied Gen
er8l Grant IN his tour around the world
lives In San Erfocisco, where be IL deyoi
ing himself % psking anatomical carts o
the human body. lie has made q cast Of
heart 10 times the normal size Of the hu
man ofi<Ah 80 49,
The Duke Of westhinster. who owns
large number OF houses in the fashionabl
district OF Mayfair london, has decline,
70 lease or renew leases 20 any surgeon
physician, dentist or medical man in gen
ieraL He gives no explanation for IL. bui
che accepted opinion is that 1t is simply
10.
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road cut at the first rush. The Confederate
second line in the woods also fell under the
bayonet thrust and murdeTous dubbed
gun. At the third line the enemy rallied
ard met the attack with volley OF bullets,
returning thrust and blow with thrust and
blow, using stakes and stones when weap-
ons broke or were wrenched away by mad
dened foemeu.
But the Second went too far The regi.
meuts on its right aud left had not kept
pace with &C.. and at the third Confedernte
line it was not only baiIled In front but
herfly assailed on both nanks, and all
that survived retreated IN running fight
back through tho cut The roll was called
at the foot OF the slope where the line first
formed for the charge. and 900 responded
out Of $50 that entered the charge. OF the
missing 81 had becn killed and 81 wounded.
keiors ils nexs battle the Second was
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-11-08

Eskimo have abandoned their conical huts
made Of skins or Of wood and with much
care have fashioned their .ce homes out Of
blocks Of snow, built up much as we build
with stone, but with the funniest front door
you ever saw. IL Is long, tunnsllixe pass
age in the snow, through which they grope
In on all foursl
Inside these dome shaped ice huts there
are several rooms, or compartments. They
cleverly put In blocks Of ice for windows,
to catch what daylight there may be, or
else they strain on frame the thin tissue
Of n seal TO make window. The floor IL
paved with stones aud the walls hung with
skins. Furniture there is none--a pile Of
skins form tho seat OF honor and other piles
their beds. They make no fire. In the
middle of the hut is stone bowl, OF little
trough, filled with oil. which is at once the
lamp and the Gre. This lamp piseverything
to the Eskimo The only water he can get
is by melting snow over it. BY it he dries
his boots apd clothing, and by II he cooks
all sorts OF dishes which we should think
horrible. suoh as seal blood SOUP and
whales fat. But as often as not he prefers
his meat raw, raw seal steaks being an os-
pecial dainty. The insides OF all the huts
are very dirty, with masses OF oil and raw
flesh and dead seals about.
From Greenland TO the plains In the west
ern borders Of the Chinese empire in the
heart of Asia Is n very long jump. There
we would find roaming tribes that seldom
visit towns. except IL may be in the way of
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-11-08
The strilssrs' Condition.

The IN llwrights and mschinists held a
meeting IN Knights of Labor hall last
night and devoted themselves to improy-
inW their organizati II.
The weayefs OF the Delaware mills held
a. meeting in Forester's hall last night to
discuss the proposed cut down. The
meeting decided To take ballot. but that
he result should not be made known
until another meeting, held sometime be-
fore the 18th OF November.
Considerable Dissatisfaction exss :
amongst some OF the strikers at the way
IA which rslief is being distributed.
This feeling was intensified yesterday
when the sec etsry ofthe committee stated
hat relief had been given to the oyerseer
Of the spinning department Of one OF the
mills now on strike. aud offered TO show
ais relief list in PROOF Of his statement.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-11-08
lew York Herald Says That President
Cleveland Has Taken Action
10 RESTORE QUEEN LILIUOKALANI
Ie Has sent Word Already to Hawaii of
His Intention TO withdraw the Moral
support of This Government From
the Provisional Governmsnt.
SPECIAL TO TnE NEWS.

NEW YORK. Nov. S-The Herald's
Washington special says:
Al diplomatic bombshell will burst
within the next few days and the report
uill be heard throughout theentire world.
The bomb will be thrown by an accredited
rcpresentative OF the United States
rovernment and he will hurl IL against
ths badly conceived aud worse managed
provislopal government OF the Hawaiian
Islands.
The denouement will take palce In
Honolulu. Ia fact. there Is every reason
DO believe that it may have taken place
tbis very day.
III Minister Willis and Rear Admira
Irwin arrived in Honolulu on schedule
lime there should be even livelier time
4n the capital city OF the Hawaiian
Eslands today than there is in the met
kopolis of the United States.
The present administration takes no
btock" whatever In the attitude OF the
Hast administration toward Hawaii. Mr..
cleveland does not believe that polities
should be mixed mp In our dealings with
forcign powers. y
lie ha little use for buncombe.
That is his opinion, put In a terse way,
|of the attitude of the Harrison admin
1tration on this very important diplo-
1atic question.
To Restore the Old Regime.
Briefly stated the present administrs-
|tion will do all In its power to restore the
|condition OF affairs which existed in Ha
|waii at the time Minister Stevens,
acting under directions from Wash
|lnRton, ordered the marines ashore from
|the Boston and brought about the over
Throw Of Queen Liliuokalani.
This IL what prominent member ofthe
cabinet told me this afternoon.
There has been nothing Of prejudice IL
She consideration OF this matter by Mr..
|Cleveland and Secretary Gresham. o.
|the contrary, they took up the matter
Without any opinion. and the result i,
Exclusively announced in these dispatche
based solely upon the evidence sub
United.
This action on the part OF the present
Standardization Is a direct slap in the fac
|of its predecessor, but it is nevertheless
fully justified by the facts in the case.
Tnis means that the queen will be re-
stored to her throne, and the provisiona.
|Rovsrnment, representing only a smal
part of the people OF Hawaii, will 500.
bs = thing of the past.
It will not be necessary 10 resort t,
force to bring this about. IL it wen
necessary it is very much to be double
~ the present administration would car,
70 undertake 10.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-11-08
sToNINGroN DIVISION.

Express trains leave PROVIDING as follows,
NEW YORK = 13 / 25 A. NJ, daily 10 5t
llmited) IL l3 A. NJ. is. 05 Oimited) "
p. u. daily. -
NEW YORK. via strnington Line - TO- so
pm. daily except Sunday.
PHILADELPHIA, BALTIMORE and WASH
INGTOS via Harlem hiver-l0 90 A. IL, As
p. daily.
NEW HAVEN'T 13 A. VI. texpress daily. 8 Is
Qoc. exp) 10 90 exp, IL 80 Qimtedl. IL is
A. ~ (exp.) 10 (sxp.L o. Qimltedl W
(exp daily. sss (exp. daily p.
NEW LONDON : / IS. 25 A. N. daily exp,
A. accom-, 90 taccom. sundays only. 10
doc exp). so (accom). 10 90 exp. 10 80 dim.
tedl, IL 1S A. NJ. texpl 20 (accon). l5 lexpa
O5ulmitedi 8 80 (ioc. exp. 50 (accom. sun
days only. 10 taccoml 20 p. II. (exp daily.
As Il. n. (exD daily.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-11-08

pitch wherever they may happen for the
moment TO be wandering or working. The
tent used by some Of the roaming Mongo-
liam folk is made Of felt aud is unusually
low, small and pointed toward the top.
The wooden door frame is no higher than
half a window frame in our houses. The
tent, although not equal 20 the wants of n
large family, is snug and comfortable
enough In summer, but cold in winter.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-11-08
NEW YORK & new ENGLAND

Passenger Train Service, Week Days. Cor.
rccted to- Sept "a. 1893.
Trains leave PkovIpkNCE ss lollows
rSF r%1Fss eSsISSs b XM os Il ts "a A a RE-
HYDE PARK, wALPoLE-s on ii 40 A NJ 40
EhASKEgsFss Nfsa EMSFs2ah 2 g akSsbs hf Nils AND
Mhfsfokb1s h2AMiSstsA Is 4. e. T ! 20 81 N NJ % 10 Pm
kSsiashhfsyfLLE~4 SshfyyfLL.E4 10 y q IS A. - .a so
cMIsASsfos 4 \ y NATIcKit A z EyvEs POINT y cENrRE-
oAKIAMN.T 10 go nsa A. NJ a4a
pdtSsffeAe. AhcTYc, nc II aISlpNicK-7fs IL soA.
AEff2fiSSNY-7 %, . 10 il 8, AM4 a4s. a0.
sSSaif. SG IN oshtS 81 (, = srKRLrSo-7a slo AN
c692Nisy. IEEEyh, Moospp .pLAINrrELp
,fP l9g 6}iv 70 W vyssIi ~ eos kttsS soura
WiNpHAM wILLiMANTic- 5ioA. NJ u "
RHHTTE3sHRRfe RMHAHTEE8HRf II RskilLs ii Xii !. 81 ic 80
ss22hlEwxbSELFafi s2hEwbSEhLFsa Y VIZ III Nf1stShsEs2SsiE-, -
EAsf + THOMPSON, WEBSTER, sovTHnRrDaE
ciHicAao AND IHE wEsT VIA NEwBUR1
pAAscoka ASp H5tik kSp ~ ISsT2kNsblATE STATIONS
30. 50. II A. NJ, tsnd o2oP Nj Saturdays
onIy an At q 90 r M M. anu : o = '''' '"'''1A''
Trains for boston Ieave east end OF Union
end Tor Psscoag and way stations from 0aspss
Street Depot. Providence.
s.ssturdsys only. s-Sundsys only.
Tickets between Bostod and Provid snce QImitel l.
20 oents; unlimited o. .
O. w.oFFUTT snot.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-11-08
wORcEsTER DIVISION.

Trains leave Providence az follows:
WORCESTER Il as (express) 80 accom- o 10
(accom) IL 30 a m (abcom) 80 (oxp) 20 texp
20 WoonsockeD 40 Qoc exp) % D m taccom)
sundays-s 80 a. m. accom- 90 p IN (accom).
MILLvILLE-T 80 si5 910 IL 80 IN. 100 400
f2O 5t5 8 90 pm.
Sundays 80 a IN 90 z 90 pm.
BLACKSTONE JUNCTION. 30 las oi0 10 Is
II 80 a m 90 90 90 42J $40 5l5 7I5 500
IL cop
Sundays 80 10 90 m 1905 800 o 90 200 759
930pm.
am 90 : 50 % 400 4 20 IL 5i5 Il 500
IL 25 pm.
Sundays 5 80 1000 m Is o5 8 90 600 700 z SO
e3Opm.
GEO l.. CONNER. A. c. KENDALL.
Pass'r Tranc Manager Gen' Pass'r Agent.
L. q. ALLEN
Genl. eupt.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-11-08

OW not to do 10
is n lesson that
must be learned
in war as well as
in other things,
and Bull Run is
conceded by all
thorough soldiers
who were there TO
have been a valu-
able rehearsal for
the novices engag-
ed. Bull Run was
the first battle OF
the Second New
Hampshire, but
not it's last, nei-
ther by long odds
its best, hence it
doubtless inprov-
ed ON thnt disns-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-11-08
FROM OLNEYYILLE.
THE FLOOR IN WOODS HALL HAS
BEEN STEM GTHENED.
Atlantic Mil Operatives Take Vote
But Result win Not BE Made Knows
for some Time.

Woods Hall. where the weavers met
Monday night was examined yesterday.
and several large wooden posts were fixed
TO strengthen the floor In its weaker parts
IL is now stated the hall will be stronger
and safer for balls and meetings than it
was before the accident.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-11-08

Did you ever try steaming corn bread
IN place of baking IL? If not. do so. Use
my favorite recipe. This one has
proved very satisfactory Two cupfuls Of
cornmeal, a cupful Of -four. ~ cupfuls Of
buttermilk. half a cupful Of molasses.
tutter the oize of an egg a teaspoonful
each of salt and soda. Steam a hours,
bake 10 minutes.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-11-08
STRANGE HOMES.

The Curious Ice Huts Of the Eskimos and
the Tents of the Wandering Mongolians.
Away up at the north in Greenland Q
quaint little fur clothed people have settled
themselves into winter quarters in their ice
homes. For many months to come they
will be cut Oft from the rest of the world
and enveloped in almost perpetual night.
Before the long winter night sets in tho
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-11-08
mrs. Wild's Funeral.

The funeral of Mrs. Martha Wild took
,lace todiy from her late residence, IL
Chaffee street, where the service WAS held
ny the Rev. J. V. Osterhont. The re-
nans were inferred at PocssseU ceme-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-11-08
NORTHERN DIVISION.

Fitchburx and way stations. 90. 10 90 q m
I2 Is, 25 I'm,
Lowell and way stations 90, 10 90 m. 4 % IN.
Taunton and Now Bedford. q 90. 10. 90 q m
I2 O5. 3 25, 8 O5. o 22, 10 03 pm
SundayA As a m, 8 80 pm.
Middleboro s 10 IN; AZ O5. 8 25, 8 Oh pm.
Plymouth 10 a m, l2 05, , % pm
Points ON Cape Cod 8. 10 M 3 % pm,
Cottage City v IN New Bedford. l2 5pm.
Nantuc ket. via Woods Holl 15 "A IN.
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WARREN AND BRISTOL BRANCH.
Leave PROVIDENCE india street station) for
NEWPORT AND FALL RIVER

100 as express and 90 a IN and 12 40
400i 80 EXPIRE ess and (vla New York boat at IS
pm. sundays for Fal River 80 m o 80 m
Newport (vla New York bolt) 80 pm.
Warren and way stations at W 40 express 30
and % m and IL 40 % % 4 80
express 80 o IS 90 and IL 80 d. IN.
Sundays at o 80 a. m and 81 D. m.
BRlSTOL-7 as express. \ 81. 90 "A. m. 12 40 O)
3Oexpress 80 q IS. 8 90 and IL 20 u. m. Sun
dnys9 so a. m and 80 p. m.
Horse cars leave Exchange place. Providence az
40 and 2 IS. = 10 and 35 a. m, 12 20, 2 40
$40. 4 20. 8 10. 8 Is. and Z 40 y. m. Leave Ma
ket Square AZ IL O5 y. m.
Sundays atO q n. M and 10 p. IN.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-11-08
OF GRANITE FIBER.
WERE THE SOLDIERS OF THE SECOND
NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEERS.
Startling Battlefield Experiences mt Bull
Run, williamsburg, Gettysburg and Cold
Harbor--The "Fog Fight" at Drury's
Bluff, In Front OF Richmond.

[Copyright, 1898, by American Press Assoca-
tion. Book rights reserved.l
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-11-08
New York, New haVen and Hart
ford Railroad.
OLD COLONY SYSTEM.

Time tables giving full information
as to local and through train service
may be obtained ut Providence sta
ti0n and stations as below.
TRAIN SERVICE FROMPR0VIDENCE
PROVIDENCE DIVISION.
Corrected 20 October 9, 1893.
Trains leave west end OF Union station for
BOSTONs SO 80 . ss 20 % $40 90 90 . is S, Ge
''l2 i6 l. As az o4 % 2o4 rs ''5 40 q 90 8 2s
az 637 72o 80 90 10 06 u IN. RETURNING
Leave BOSTONfrom Park Square station ~ Ol
~ lp7 90 3 00g 90 al0 90 10 % N 90 N ~ M 90
az oo2 % 8 0otOo oO 80 q 30 30 90 IL 90
ATTLEBoRo-oo 90 Get 90 s 90 Is 90 10 90 ell 20
am le05 1913 40 40 '32 . 70 aoS 500 o 40
822 10 90 IL l0pm
ami i5 2 40 $40 22 IL l0pm.
PLAINv1LLE WAMPUM WREN1HAM NOR
WOOD CENTRAL NOR WOOD and DEDHAM
-''7 90 10 W IN as 40 y IN sundays
l5p
MANsFiELp-t 35 IS 90 % AS o 90 ..7 90 o 90
1000 IL 2)a m i2 10 40 i05 70 8 Al
u 20, % 10 % pm.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
FOR BOsToN-i IS s5 2s '5 as 1i5 SIS
10 % a. NIL 80 80 o 20 30 90 D. m; Return
Ia Oh l2 40 ais o 90 n IN; W OJ
500 z 80 8 0op. N.
ATTLEBoRo-0 As si5 10 80 a mi 80 40
o Ib o go o 80 p. m.
NORTH ATTLEBORo and PLAINvILLE-6 As
10 10 80 1 20 Is 2Opm
MANsFIELD-4 35 % % % 40 i5 10 80 q m
lYo $500 2Op.m.
aParlor carsoniy
'Oron arrival Of train from New YORK
''or on arrival OF trains from stonington and
New London
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-11-08
steamed Germ bread.

tiff-ttss-+ffs. 4 l<Il,AiLR-
The record-union., 1893-10-30
THE FoREsrERs' NEW HOME.
A Magnificent Building Constructed
Ia1-

A Magnificent Building Constructed
by Local Contractors.
It is both agreeable and profitable to
look into the lives of men whose charac-
ters are expressed i'll useful work. 1t
may happen that men of large capabili-
ties may be so situated as to accomplish
little that is valuable to themselves or
others; but men from whose experience
one cannot fail to derive helpful and cer-
tain information are those who have put
their energies into substantial, enduring
form. 1t is sometimes pleasant to specu-
late upon what men of exceptional pow
ers might do if they were favored by op-
portunity, but 1t is always a source of
solid satisfaction to dwell upon the
achievements of men of talent who have
created opportunities and given to good
work the individuality OF all their own
experience. The advantage we derive
from the knowledge of such life is di-
rect ana pracucal; it reawakens and
stimulates the latent energies of mature
minds, while it is an inspiration to young
men, giving them the best evidence of
the dignity and power of labor, revealing
TO them the possibilities that wait upon
industry, perseverance, resolution and
integrity OF purpose.
Some twelve years since Siller Broth
erS, the well-known contractors and
builders, came to Sacramento with the
idea of locating permanently and estab-
fishing themselves in business. After a
careful inspection they found the field
most desirable. The vim and pluck they
possessed would win anywhere: but here.
Just when it might have been said and
was said, there was little work in their
line.'' they have been necessarily occu-
pied and constantly extending the limits
of their operations. They judge of the
present for themselves; they know that
the need of Sacramento is for more, but
above that is the crying need for better
houses. Nor are they lacking in fore
sight; they anticipate great future for
our city, and are building with reference
thereto. 1t has been said that it is not
what men begin with but what they end
with that the test of success should be
made by, and the reverse is held, that the
truth lies in the combination of both the
beginning and the end, each of which can