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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-18
QUARTERLY CONFERENCE.
Affairs and Committees Approved at the
the Phenix Meeting.

pHENIX, Feb. 1S-The following officers
and committees were elected today at
the quarterly conference of the Warwick
Methods Church: Trustees. ;. X. Mich
olas, William V. Slocum, John NJ. Nye.
John Aspinwall. Henry Howard, John
Pierce, Frank Potter, Martin Bradford
and John Iammond stewards, Nillia n
V. Slocum, Joseph W. Psarce, Everett
SALISBURY, John Pearcc, f. B. left,
John Aspinwall, l.. j. Lawton,
John NJ. NE, John McMahou, j.
r. Hudson. Frank Potter. ". W.
bailey. :. X. Nicholas; committees.
missions. John Aspinwall, Frank Pot er,
EUROPA Pearce, Mrs. ;. X. Nicholas:
church extension, William w. Bailey.
,John Pearce. Fannie Myrick; tracts,
Joh McMahon, Francis Bradford, Mary
r.. Potter; Sunday school, +. Is Tefrf.
Eugene Loinnochiard, Oscar Fletcher.
John Hammond, l.. j. Lawton, Mrs. ;.
Bowker; temperance, John Peafce,
Julia r. Myrick, Nellie Aspinwall'
l. zzie Bowker, Mrs. William V. Slocuni;
education. john NJ. Nye, William V
Slocum. Lizzie Bowker, Everett sails
bury. Frank Potter; church records. John
NJ. Nye, j. H. Hudson, ;. X Nicnolas :
estiina iug committee, William V. Slo-
cum. John Aspinwail, John VI. Nye: dis.
trict steward, j. T.. Hudson, recording
steward, l.. j. Lawton; delegate TO Mar
tna's Vineyard camp meeting, ). X Mich
olas.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-18
OBSTRUCTED A u. s. COLLECTOR.
Patrick Deyine Arrested aud Held in
$1,000 Baii.

Yesterday forenoon L. :. Deputy Inter
nal Revenue Collector Gardner for the
District OF Connecticut, visited the gro
Gerry store Of Patrick Devine, at the cor
ner Of Armstrong avenue and Brook
street. 90 seiz, tub Of oleomarRarine.
upon which no tax had been paid. and
which bore no revenue stamp
Mr. Devine ordered him not TO touch it,
saying that IL belonged TO his wife and
was for her use. Tue collector accord
ingly swore out warrant against Devine
for obstructing an internal revenue Off
Ger. and in the afternoon Deputy Mar
store
lie was arraigned before United States
Commissioner Blodgett, pleaded not
guilty aud furnished bonds In the su m OF
$1,000 for his appearance for examination
next Friday.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-18
United States Circuit Court.

Conrad Won Livetzow ct ux Va. Samuel
Ames OF al. Ordered that said Samuel
Ames. as assignee OF the Oriental mills,
and of Alfred A. and William Gordon
Reed. sell the estate of sud Oriental
mills and of Alfred A. aud William
Gordon Reed. togeth her with the building
imp ovements thereon aud machinery
therein, and deposit the net proceeds
thereof in the Rhode Island Hospital
Trust Co.. without prejudice 20 claim
ant or creditor as against the said as
signee. Wilson and jerks for the com
plainants, William G. Rocker for the, de
fendauts
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-18
The Child Labor Vote.
The child labor act is as follows:

Section /. No minor under 10 years Of age and
no woman shall be emp,Oyed IN iaborng In any
manufacturing establish ncnt or IN any mercantile
establishment more tIan 81 hOu' ~ any day eN-
cept when II Is necessary 10 makc repairs etc, or
exec pt when a different Apgog iioL ineI,t ui the
hours OF labor is made To- % e purtiusc of
making "A shorter or longer Gay esgS ia uLr day
of the week; and m lao tHrr ~hsi !hs hours q.
labor exceed s'ty-cRut hoU't a. ~eek. r.Nery
employer sna II in d cof.spCuo s pace b. every
room where SuCn pv',sgs 80 eii. i.ipFcd. pfiltett
notice stating the nun Der - a. fe ,vora required
-uf ti4en on each da) -! ne "-s. std tue smp.oy-
ment Of any such IrrsJ:. :us a iohs-! .imc IA any
day than so stated sha,! &C ieebsJ :, violation of
this section unless Il appears thai suCn employ
ment X 10 make up !ot t'.,v . 81 or previous
day OF the same Week 81 Consequence 90 the closing
of store or OF the stOpplug y; uIat thiLery upon
which such person was einployea " dependent Tor
employment
sec .. Every person who WILDLY employs or has
under his charge pcr-uh IA Noiatio OF the pro-
visions OF the preceding sections. and every parent
guardian WAC permits ana sEvii minor TO Oe 81
employed shall be hncd not cNcCcdlag w for each
offeasc. a certificate ui tl.u axe OF MINOR made
by him by his parents guardian az the time OF
hs employment IN "a manufacturing or mercantile
establishment shall be conclusive evidence of his
age upon any trlal of any person persons other
than the parent or guardian for violation of the
preceding SECTIONS.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-18
NO new DEVELOPMENTS
The Union Railroad Not Bought by
the Seligman Syndicate.
WEEKS LOCAL STOCK MARKET.
What the Past Six Days Have shown In
the Way of Local Investments-Largest
Transactions Ever Recorded Locally
The Pawtucket street Railway.

The dissatisfaction Of certain local
papers because they were unable to print
the first truthful account of the recent
Union Railroad sale, has induced them
10 publish various imaginative state
ments, but none have exceeded the eX-
planation which was offered to credu-
lous public yesterday.
How much truth there was in the
story OF the New England Street Rail-
way Company ana its relation 20 the
Union railroad can be readily under
stood by anyone who examines the
facts of the case. In the first place the
car ital of the New England Company
is fixed at s. 100000 and the present issue
is only S2, 100000 The stock is all com
mon stock, and there are 90 be no bonds
issued. All OF the issued stock has al
ready been sold in the purchase OF roads
in New Haven, Haverhill, Amesbury.
Newburypart, Salisbury, SeabroOk, Black
Rock Beach, Plymouth, Natick and
Gloucester.
In view of these circumstances the idea
that n company with such capital ami
no bonds, controlling q few country roads
in New England, coming 60 Provldence
and expendiug So 100000 for the Union
Railroad can indetd d be C lied gigantic" I"
Tue Union Railroad is mora than twice
as large ms all the roads now controlled
by the new company, and compared with
the managers oil the local company the
directors Of this enormous New England
Company are inexperienced men.
The dispatchIs regarding the New
England company as they come to other
New England aud New York papers.
make no mention of Boston, Spring
field, Worcester or Providence as
places either included in its opera
tions or thought OF being included,
1t is week ago today since the NEWS
first gave the exclusive announcement
r. rgardng the sale. No item IN other
papers which has yet ap cared has bee
confirmed in auy of its particu-
lars. The announcement of the
NEWS stating that Senator AL
dricb, Messrs Rocker aud Perry were
engineering the purchase of the Union
Railroad Company and would be vitality
interested In its management and finan-
cial control, is still the only statement o (
fact that has been made. When there
are any new facts to be disclosed In re-
gard TO the transaction the NEWS will
publish them.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-18
The pawtucket street Railway.

Within few days the syndicate that
purchased the Union Railroad Company
las secured controlling interest in the
Pawtucket Street Railway Compa ny.
The property Of the Pawtucket Street
Railway Co. was divided into 1900
shares, and of this number 200 were
owned by the Union Railway Co. AS a
corporation. When the latter company
was sold 70 the syndicate these 700 shares
of Pawtucket Street Railway stuck went
with the rest OF the property Of the
Union Railroad Co. as assets of That COM
pany.
A few days ago the same agency that
secured the Union Railroad Company,
the Central Trust Company Of New
York, purchased 80 shares of the Paw
tucket Company direct from the stock
holders. The most of these shares were
owned by persons known to be stock
holders in the Union Railroad Company,
and the rest are supposed TO be.
This transfer gives the syndicate 1,010
shares out of the 2000of Pawtucket II ,il-
way stock, which constitutes "A control
ing interest.
The Lrice paid for the $40 shares was
800. or the par value of the stock.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-18

Weary Walker "a tramp)-Pard, why
don't ye buy a new hat =?
Tired Tomkins (another tramp)-DonJ z
like to just now. Some one might want
to get me one for birthday present -
Detroit Free Press.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-18
New York Bank statement.
New York Cotton Market.
QUOTED by A. r, wEEDEN.
Chicago Grain Notes.

QUOTED by A. a. WEEDEN.
London wheat market dull, prices un-
changed.
Liverpool wheat market is dull; spot
prices occasionally I'd lower; futures q
az lower.
CBICAGo-Car lots TODAY: Wheat, 1874 (;
corn, pa; oats, 17S; hogs, 5000. Est-
mates Monday: Wheat. 179; corn. 325;
oats. $50.
Wheat opened lower. Corn opened
lower. Markets close easier.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-18
CONDITION. s.

called. and the stock sold on the market.
la our opinion tue Drexels nave
shown the energetic. but TOO self-opinion-
ated president OF the Reading that he
must respect the wishes OF those better
able TO Judge than he, ana that he cannot
do as he wishes The fight is for he con,
troll of the New + gland road. lt VIII
probably ata near day pass into possession
OF the Vanderbilt interest.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-18
Local stocks.

The week ending today has been a
banner week In the local market. The
fu ctuations have for the most part been
slight and due solely to the generally i'm
proving condition Of the local companies
as we'll as the amount OF money seeking
good Investments.
The news Of the week as il has come TO
hand has already been detailed in these
columns and there is little To be added
today. The list shows strength in all
but Screw stock, which shows further
decline, being offered today at $3.50
and only 81 32l( bid at the close.
From Jan. = 20 Feb 5 this stock
fuctuated between - 2S71z bid and $50
It's highest figure was reached Monday,
when a sale occurred at S37s The gain
in one week was from So 10 asked TO So rs;
the decline this week is from s.. rs bid TO
s3321{.
The whole bank list Of this week has inn
proved; mora stocks than usual have been
offered: National Bank OF Commerce
shows gam of "a; National Eagle
gain OF a; jackson Bank gaiu OF u;
Mechanics National gain OF n; Ma.
tional Of North America gam of /:
Providence National gain of s; Rhode
Island a gain of 4; State Bank a decline
of "a and Third National "A gain Of T.
Or the railroad securities the greatest
change is falling of in demand for
New York, New Haven aud Hartford
which has declined from 257 to $50 with
no sales during the week. Stonington
Steamship is weaker today having de.
clined during the week on sales of few
shares from 1s4 u l19lS.
Narragansett Electric has shown less
of n boom than any OF the three stocks
which were made conspicuous by the re-
cent excessive demand. It's advance was
only from S92 to 800 at which latter
figure were some private sales. After
the first spurt the stock fell Yesterday TO
t95 asked but has again advanced today
70 971I asked. Showing that there were
no large blocks OF insiders offered for
sale. The stock is strictly investment
stock and snot likely 20 huctuate mucn
from present figures. unless another
addition 10 the capital stock is made.
Telephone stock closes for the week at
Its lowest figure. The high price was
reached ON Monday last at Sl34 The
lowest to-day was sll5 bid aud Sl2O asked.
The lowest sale recorded was Sl25.
The following is "A list OF the sales for
the week showing an aggregate OF l.92
shares dealt in on the Exchange aud |,
value of tl49, s92 80:
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-18

This does not include numerous pri-
vste sales which have been made at fg-
ures close 70 tho sc noted.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-18
MANUFACTURING coMPANIE
.signifies ex-divldend.
SALES.

100 Nat Bank OF y. America. ............ ~
"A Prov. and Mor, X. X ...,,........... 2o1si
10 Prov. Gas Con-. ................... eoal
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-05-26

to carry news tn the bridge, and with the
quartermaster set to getting the helm down
half a spoke at time, so ms to bring her up
to the wind again.
II don't claim any credit, you chaps, for
that last move. Fact was, l felt must do
something. I'd have gone mad standing
still. 1t was just toss up | didn't shove
her off the other way-before the wind.
But as it happened that bit of helm
saved our bacon and with nothing to spare
The big steamer had sighted just before
the smash had sheered down on to us rap
idly. She was flyinga bit light and steered
wildly in the heavy sea- Also she was keep
ing most lubberly lookout. And then
when she did see us her people didn't twig
our mess and held on for us to clear them.
1T was about the nearest shave of ali
hands for both craft and a record bill at
Lloyd's that ever saw.
"And now said the old man nightly
sourly when we'd got her on her course
gain, IN thank you to tell me W hat all
this bewildermcnt meansy
"You can't know less than do told
him.
Then, said he, be of and find out. |
can't quite grasp it, 1t seems almost as if
there might be another course off the same
dish to follow. Go and overhaul the wheel
engine first
There l went, and blessed if there wasn't
the cause of all the mischief Just inside the
door, ready to be nabbed. That blessed
planter had deliberately iammed spanner
into the gear and ripped one wheel us clear
of cogs as if the thing lad been turned
smooth in a lathe
That's in return for the captains in
suit said he, squirting at me through his
Sits of eyes.
Take him to his berth and tell the car
penter to lock him there were my orders
on giving the report and down they took
him safely But that was the end of the
trouble he gave us, poor fellow, whatever
he may have done to other people"
The chief officer got up to 90.
Didn't any of the passengers get wind
of the bother?" inquired the doctor
The passengers? Oh, you bet your life
they never knew. Next morning at break
fast there was the old man sitting at the
end of the table, oiled and brushed within
an inch of his life. talking about private
theatricals on p and o. and dance music
on the quarter deck.
And then the old man passed me the
ghost of a wink down the table and turned
on the sawder tap till you'd think he'd
never spoke in anything louder than pigs
whisper all his life and that last nights
steaming had been like barge trip on the
Liverpool canal. lid Bits.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-05-26

The deluded people of the Indian Archi-
pelago seem to be about as far behind the
times as were the Salem witch burners of
200 years ago, only that they seldom go to
the extremes which history tells us that our
Puritan ancestors did. In Ceylon the sys-
TEN of witch finding" is both unique and
terrible. Some oil from newly gathered
king cocoanuts is manufactured by one OF
the friends of the complainant. This Is
poured into n primitive stone vessel and
heated to the boiling point. Each of the
suspected witches is chen brought upon the
scene and is then and there compelled to
dip three fingers of the right hand into the
seethlng caldron, each having right, I'M
der their ideas of Justice, to throw the oil
remaining upon his fingers into the face of
the complainant, who stands near by.
While this ordeal is being undergone a
single exclamation of pain on the part of
the suspected person is construed 10 be an
admission of guilt if no such exclamation
is made, the innocence of the accused is
supposed to he established. 1t is said that
every tenth person on the island of Ceylon
has MANNED fingers "a a result of having
met the ordeal of boiling oil. st. Louis
Republic.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-05-26

| will venture to say that there Is not
a single Frelchwoman who pays any at
tention to dress at all who has not 4 per-
fectly distinct idea of what she can wear
and what she cannot. She knows what are
her good points and what are her poor ones
and how to bring the goo, ones into relief
and skillfully conceal the others. And even
when she is uncompromisingly plain, she
audacously makes the most of her plain
ness and becomes what is called belle
laide 1t was this kind of a woman that
Balzac had in mind when he said that home
illness could he made as great IA charm as
beauty if women only knew how TO use it.
Are her arms too long, she wears sleeves
that "cut them in two" Is her waist too
short, she never wears "A belt. And above
everything else she tries to accent anything
individual about herself-to give herself a
little of the magnetism of personality"
No one knows Il many deficiencies this
may make up for.-Katherine de Forest in
liarper's Bazaar
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-05-26
FIG. /.
FIG. z.

Take any piece of thin wood, say quar-
ter inch thick, 3 inches wide by inches
long, and mark out with the compasses a
circle l inch in diameter, also square with
l-inch sides and Il triangle with l-inch base,
and the same perpendicular height rs in
Fig. Cut these three forms out with the
fret saw and sandpaper them smooth
The puzzle now is to cut another piece of
wood of such shape and size that it may
easily pass right through each of these
holes and at the same time fill them up ex
actly.
One portion of the block must of course
be circle. So turn or cut out a cylinder
exactly an inch in diameter and make it
also an inch deep. This can Of course be
easily passed through the central hoe, and
then, if held up on end, it will be found to
exactly fit the square. Next draw IA central
line across the top of the cylinder and from
that line saw of each side slanting to the
base, as shown by the dotted lines in Fig.
2 and it will now pass through the trian
gle, while its base is circle and sideways
forms a square
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-05-26
The Tnorkistnn Tirer.

No tiger which has yet lived in Regents
park has been so completely tanned as their
EeiEhbor from Toorkistan. Taking into ac-
count the hardships endured by wild ami
NAL in its transport from the distant
steppes of central Asia, across the Caspian
fea, thence by rail to the Euxine and finally
by ship to England it is difficult to main
tain the belief in the Inmate ferocity" of
the tiger after making the acquaintance OF
Warsaw. When he was first bought by an
English officer who discovered him in a
cage waiting for purchaser on the eastern
shore of the Caspian sea, the tigerwas al
ready an adept at tricks" He would pick
up and pour over his head basin of water
and was as tame as poodle. The animal
remembered and recognized his first owner
long after he had found resting place at
the zoo.--London Spectator
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-05-26
(=jIHts.5zSI.i;iIzz17f2


am about 2 inches in length and so
slight that II child might break me with
the greatest ease. But | have such power
that | could destroy towns and kill men,
women and children When | and my
brothers and sisters are sent out to view
the world, we travel all together in such a
queer little house-a square sort of box
but there, am going little too fart We
have hardly room to breathe at first,
but rs we get taken out, ore by one, we
gradually get more room. When at last
we are all gone our houses are thrown
away. We are always waiting Till the time
comes when we shall be Of use, but when
the time does come it costs us our lives.
we are very sensitive to damp places. We
don't like the wind at all, for If it should
come UPON us in the moment of action we
are done for in minute.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-05-26


In Syria and Carinthia there is much
arsenic eating among the peasants. The
women take 1t to give themselves n good
complexion and to make their hair fine and
glossy. The men take it because they be-
lieve that it gives them wind in climbing
in the chase after chamois. There is nothing
of this sort in Cornwall and Devon
In Syria and Carinthia it is known that
an arsenic eater can never be broken of the
habit, and that if arsenic be compulsor.ly
kept from the eater death rapidly ensues.
1t is believed in the Tamar-and this is
perhaps true-that an arsenic worker is fit
for no other work. He must remain at this
occupation. Health and breath fail him at
other employments. Eventually it may be
that chronic arsencal poisoning ensues.
But this may be STAYED Off, if not wholly
prevented, 10y scrupulous ci-; liness, by
care taken not only to wash in the chang
ing house." but to battle freely ut home.
AS one of the foremen said to the writer,
Against arsenic the best antidote is soap
taken externally. "-Chambers' Journal
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-05-26
IN CALM AND STORM.

o seal thou art so false and yet so fair
Erewhile in summer silence thou didst
sleep.
And lazily thy lapsing waves did creep
Along the shining sands, while here and there
A toying breath of soft autumnal air
Dropped down to kiss and curl the drowsy
deep.
So like a tigrcss lurking in her lair
A serpent coiled to strike me unaware
For now thy marching waves in rhythmic
sweep.
Like white plumed squadrons, charge the
scarped steep,
And Keeling tempcsts rave, and lightnings
glare.
O seal a chastity harvest thou dost reap,
While waiting wives and mothers watch
ard woen.
And yet thy lovers deem thee deborah.
L. ii. FOotc in Californian.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-05-26
No. I3S.

am bird. Change my head, and am
to behold. Again. and am II printed arti
Gle. Again, and am used to suspend things
on. Again, and | am to prepare food
Change my tail, and ! am of low tempera
ture Change my head, and am an nipple
ment. Again, and | am a small pond
Change my tail, and am without money
Change my head, and | am means of en-
trance
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-05-26

There is nothing novel about this little
trick. In truth, it is one of the standard
puzzles appearing from time to time in
much the same form, whose excellence
commends them to each rising generation.
Golden Days recently gave the following
illustrated directions for doing this puzzle
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-05-26
No. t37.-Trmasiositions.

When the following words have been
transposed, their initials read downward
will give the name Of II famous Italian
poet:
Nrdesde-A German capital.
Pepla-A fruit
Roen-A Roman emperor.
Hemast-An English river
Thaeizble-A renowned English queen.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-05-26

He (whose breath shows that he has been
lndulging in intoXicants)-Aren'ty you going
to kiss me, darling?
She-How can l, Harry, without break
Ing my temperance pledgei-Boston Tran
script
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-05-26
No. I42. Half Squares.

/. Bright. a season of fasting 3.
Termination l. \ proposition. 5. A letter
|. precious stone , Dry. 3 To AS
sociate. 4. A boys nickname 8. A vowel.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-05-26
No. iso.-Nnmericnl Enigma.

Whole, composed of 10 letters, is the
name of a celebrated statesman of long ago.
My ., 3, | is a conjunction.
Ny &, T. 3 is to recine.
My I, 8, 8 is anything woven
My 10, IL, 10 and Ii is to take ease
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-05-26
No. I4O.-Cities In Anagram,

l. A hip held IA lip. , 4 cane storm. 3.
We ran so, Len. T. can scan for $ 5.
wake mule. &. Thin gas now . O, list us.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-05-26

No. la. Decapitations.
Decapitate part and leave timid ami
NAL
Valiant and leave To dote.
To strain up and leave ancestry.
Fright and leave an oversight.
Worthless and leave hasty.
Geniculated and leave want.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-05-26
No. l43.-Charade.

My first is proposition.
My second is Il number.
My third is II vowel.
My fourth is the imperfect tense of to
corrode
My whole is to weaken.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-05-26

My whole is to weaken.