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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-12-06
ON The GREAT PRAIRlES.
yastncss, Isolation and Morotopy Reign In
tho Treciess Plain Stretches.

II there be any region in the world where
the natural Gregarious instinct OF mankind
should assert itself, that region is our
northwestern prairies, where short, hot
summer is followed by long, cold winter,
and where there is little in the aspect of
nature to furnish food for thought. On cv-
cry hand the trceless plain stretches away
TO the horizon line. In summer it Is check
cred with grainfields or carpeted with grass
and flowers, and it is inspiring in its color
and vastncss, out one mile of it Is almost
exactly like another. save where some wa
tercoursc nurtures fringe Of willows and
cottonwoods When the snow covers the
ground. the prospect is bleak and disprit-
ing. No brooks babble under icy armor.
Thercis no bird lie after the wild geese and
ducks have passed On their way south. The
silence Of death rests on the vast landscape,
save when it is swept by cruel winds that
search out every chink and Granny of the
buildings aud drive through each unguard-
cd aperture the dry, powdery snow.
In such n region you would expect the
dwellingsto be of substantial construction,
but they arc not. The new settler is too
poor TO build OF brick or stone. He haulsa
few loads OF lumber from the nearest rail-
way station and puts up a frail little house
of two, three or four rooms that looks as
though the prairie winds would blow it
away. Were IL not for the invention of
tarred Building paper the ilimsy walls
would not keep out the wind and snow.
With this paper the walls are sheathed un-
der the wentherboards. The barn is often
a nondcscript affair Of sod walls and straw
roof Lumber is much too dear to be used
fer door yard fences, and there Is no inclo-
sure about the house. A barbed wire fence
surrounds the bornyard. Rarely are there
any trers, fer en- the prairie trees grow very
slowly aud mast be nursed with care toget
start. There Is saying that you must
first get the Indian ont OF the soil before
tree Will grow a. all, which means that
some savage quality must be taken from
the ground by cultivation.
In this cranpcd abode from the windows
Of which there Is nothing more cheerful In
sight than the distant houses Of other set.
tiers, just rs ugly and lonely, and stacks Of
straw and unthrashed grain, the farmers
family must live. In the summer there Is
q school for the children one, two or three
miles away, but in winter the distances
across tho snow covered plains are too great
for them 10 travel IN severe weather The
schoolhouse is closed, aud there Is nothing
for them To do but to house themselves and
long for spring Atlantic Monthly.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-12-06
ACurious Phenomenon.

A most curious phenomenon-th action
OF solids held in suspension in moving wa
ter-may be practically demonstrated, says
NJ Gallois, by taking a bottle of white
glass, about inches in diameter and with
lat bottom, putting into it to the depth
OF about one-iifth inch some fine and very
clean silicious sand, such as will not inter-
fcre with the transparency Of the water,
filling the bottle with this and corking it
so as TO exclude all cir. On giving the bot
tie rapid movement of rotation around it's
own axis. either by placing it on a turn
table or by suspcnding il from a previously
well twisted cord, all the sand will be pro-
jected upon the cylindrical sides of the bot
tie by centrifugal force.
This rotation movement OF the bottle
will gradually communicate itself to the
water, progressing from the sides to the
axis, the rotation lasting as long as the
sand adhercs TO the cylinder. AS soon as
the water turns with the same velocity as
the bottle containing it, the sand will, on
the bottle being suddenly stopped, at once
quit the sides and precipitate itself toward
the center of the bottle in the form of a
cloud, and then reassemble its particles on
the bottom in the form of a cone, having
the same axis as the bottle, and being high
er as the velocity of rotation is greater.
Finally, the cone lattens as the velocity Of
rotation grows less. until the slope of the
concal surface is the slope of equilibrium
of grains of sand in still water.-New York
Gfiu
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-12-06

There are l,0.0 cabs, over lj,OO1 drivers
and %. GOO horses, and altogether some 100.
600 human beings depend upon The cab in.
dustry The value of the stock Is about
81 100000. and the yearly earnings are s3..
600, 900. The present season has been try.
log one. and thetp are many men literally
starving. Their chief points Of complaint
are boy licenses. "bilking'--i e.. the disap-
pcarance Of the fare without paying-the
privileged cab system OF the great railways,
by which the companies make some gll ,OU
year. and the private railway busses.
London Spectator.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-12-06

ELAEE-sgessr4y De, 5 sAaAH rirxAS Joa~
sos widow oi Josssa A E.axs Fssn Feo. ID,
l-)s
EROwS-ia th,s ei.7 rs- T. Mas a Lirzis
BEowS, WOW u II Rf3Wu tci mQihEr "a
'he isie W Eaton brown.
b-RSs-in ih.s ely Zee S i5is BvESs.
HAWKES. -.- his c.i7. De T. AxEv ASS. vile OF
ssM1s. l. Harkss 10 be- 5ttn year
RYSN-:a ,h!s city Dss = JoHS RvSN
HIDE BRAND-it ta's .ltv Csc 5, EHtL HIDE.
HRASo. r. ihs Ii gsar ot his age
xcGARNEY-A. her tssiieacs 20 CanS STREE
December 3 sASE IcCARvEv, IN the 65th yeas
"a hera age
Funsrs. ,ren Ter ia.s rs.idenc., 70 caas stree.
Wedrssiav, D4-emhers. 8. a. o'clock n. IN. Rel.
lives sb3 fT.tGis inylist ~ attend.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-12-06

Every wheel OF Pullman car is made Of
paper You DO not sec the paper. because
1t Is covered with iron and steel The body
OF the wheel is block OF paper about four
inches thick. Around this Is rim Of steel
measuring from two 20 three inches IL Is
this steel rim Of course which comes In con.
tact with the rails. The sides are eevereG
with circgias iron plates. G0ited oa-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-12-06
Strike Situation Remains About the
Same as Yesterday.
LOOMS RUNNING In MANY MILLS
Tho Strikers Hold Meetings and Decide
10 Rema'n Firm In Their Demands.
The Manufac urers VIII Come 10
Them Soon, They Believe.

Everything in connection with the
strike is still being carried on quietly and
orderly. No one Is molested in any way.
The police were placed at the Riverside
and Weybosset mills this morning
again, but the captain OF
the Sixth police station was
notified yesterday that there would be no
further use for them at Valley street
mills, so, of course, the officers were not
sent there today. On behalf of the execu-
tive committee sentinels are still placed
at all the mills where they can see who
enters.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-12-06
Notes Along the water Front.

The United States frigate Portsmouth
Is anchored of Watch Hill.
Two of Harbor Master John III. Ma
CURES children are seriously i'll.
The steamer City of Newport made its
trip to Newport in about the usual time.
The accident to the steamer Maine was
caused by colliding with a mud
scow that was in tow OF tug
boat There were no lights
on the scow, and Captain Hazard took his
bearing for the light on the tug boat, and
was surprised to find that il
had number OF scows in tow.
The Maine will be laid up for some time
for repairs. The Rhode Island has been
put on while the Maine is on the dry dock.
The steamer Nashua arrived at her dock
in New York about five hours late this
morning.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-12-06
looK,NGGlA5j

quarantine has been removed, and
steamers are now taking freight and
passengers TO that port.
7 Z
have a suggestion to make to the
Union Railroad company and i know IT
voices the sentiment OF thousands OF
its patrons, and that is, that IL establish
waiting room near the Narragansctt
hotel, where its patrons can wait for their
cars. Now hundreds stand daily in that
cold corner walking up and down,
stamping their feet, and SUCH a
are quite severe. Especially Is this true
would not be very expensive and the
travel would certainly justify the outlay.
I I :
The officers OF the grand lodge OF
well-known secret society recently held
special session for the purpose OF re-
ducing the fee for initiation. The
project was favored by many and opposed
by some. One of the more earnest ones OF
those who were not in favor OF reducing
the fees offered as an argument that 1t at
tracted the attention OF a cheaper class OF
applicants, and a class that was not
desirable. This was answered by one of
the other side of the question in this
manner: 81 would like to know
just how many men there are it this
room who have paid higher price for a
dinner than the price in question" But
three of the sixty stood up, and
it was taken for granted that
the remaining fifty-seyen were
a cheap and undesirable class of men.
The former was the one which it was pro-
posed TO go back 10 and all but three had
entered by paying that price.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-12-06
THE MARINE REPORT.
AND DEPARTURES ar
THE PORr OF PROVIDENCE.
Gossip About Men and Vessels Pick d
Up Along Our water Front The Ae-
cIdent To the Steamer Maine.

The arrivals at this port are as follows:
Steamers Pequot, Appleby, New York;
City OF Newport, Kelly, Newport; Rich
ard Borden, Mason, Fall River; Queen
City, Pettey, Tiverton; Petrel, Burton.
Sailed-Steamers Pequot, Richard Bor-
den, City OF Newport, Petrel. Schooners
Raymond T. Maull, c. w. Jewett;
Thrasher, cleared.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-12-06

Inquiry at the Office OF the Weybosset
mills this morning elected the fact that
more looms were at work today than
yesterday and they expected to commence
still more during the day, but the
official declined to state the exact num-
ber of looms now at work. With regard
to the other departments no effort was
being made to operate them at present.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-12-06

Nc'-'oc, ohd trre'oi to,ice,. m,e Iserir5h
'N 30 rdffforni v.seTit0',, l5,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-12-06
Riverside Also Work., e.

Inquiry was also made at the Office of
the Riverside mills and they stated that
there were more looms at work this
morning than yesterday. They
also stated that the report made
on Tuesday that no machinery was
working in the weaving department was
incorrect, as few looms had been at
work all week. With regard to other de-
partments there had been no material
increase in the help. Simply those who
had been at work during the past eight
weeks.
At Valley street mills there are also a
few looms working in addition to the help
employed in the other departments.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-12-06
strikers Meeting.

The weavers of the Weybosset mills
met yesterday in Woods hall. After the
routine business connected with the or
ganization had been finished they dis
cussed the general situation
of 4 the strike, and they were
unanimously in favor of holding
out until better terms could be made. 1t
was stated by one of the weavers that Mr..
Weeden had previously been a reasonable
man to deal with in disputes, but this
time he was quite different, and the weav-
ers were not able to account for the
change, unless some other influence was at
work to make him stand out.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-12-06

SEwINo MACHINES REpAiRED. NEW AMI
- second hand machines. attacnnient~. Ee~olo9
OF, bel = etc. tlfAs. A. BOwES. 40 Wes3na1o6r
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-12-06
A Union Meeting.

The worsted help from Riverside, Wey-
bosset and Valley street mills, met yes
terday in Stokes hall. There was very
large attendance. The meeting was
addressed by one of the execu-
tive committee, who advised them
to remain firm and stick together. He
assured them that the manufacturers were
as desirous for settlement as they were,
and when the time came the weavers
would stand by them and try to obtain
as good terms as had been gained for the
worsted help in the Saxon mill. They
voted to remain out unlil an honorable
settlement Of the dispute could be mado.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-12-06

The snow storm that began here yester.
day morning extended over nearly all the
Atlantic seacoast, reaching n far South
as Charleston, 5. G. In Petersburg, yir-
ginia, slcighs were out aud the merry
Jingle of the sleigh bells onlivcd the
streets last evening, something very un.
usual at this time OF year. Even Bruins
wick, Ca, had touch OF the cold, and
am glad to see that yellow fever
has left that stricken city. Frost kills il
very quickly, and ! see by the announce
ments in the New York papers that tbs
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-12-06

Senator Aldrich is one Of the two Re-
publicans chosen on the tariff committee
in the senate, but unfortunately for
Rhode Island her distinguished son is in
the minority ard will probably have no
opportunity TO protect the big industries
of his native state, which for SO many
years he has so we'll and so ably cham
pioned. No man in the senate Is better
able TO form tariff measure than SEN
ator Aldrich and could he have the power
to frame and carry through tariff bill
you would speedily find the looms and
shuttlcs i'm every city and town in this
little state, as well as through New Eng
land, flying back and forth actively en-
gagged on orders, while the fires In the
furnaces in the mills all over the country
would be lit and once more prosperity
and happiness would reign.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-12-06
ROOFING MATERIALs.

nESLAURfERs q co. sLATr CONTRACTOR
~ deaiesr IN Rocnrg ana G. nCrefe Nsfefia
corner Cove nnd Sabin streets Providence. r.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-12-06
ZEAL rsrarE DrALrRs.

lLM H. HERRiCK. ~ CUSTOM HOUSE sr.
w Mortgages on Real Estate AZ pee ce1k
srecialty made o. sales BY Auction.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-12-06

HAL, e LYON. 203 WESrSif NsTER Sr-.,
III TO 80 per cent saved ala drug store gopia 4
Our checking system makes mistake, IN prescrs j.
tions impossible.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-12-06

IlLLSON A FOLSOM SAil. AWNING AM
~ Tent Makers. "a south Water 81 Providence
X. l. Telephone i5ep.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-12-06
FURN1CEs.
GROCERS.

DK0yIDENCE PAPER GO --pApER TWIN.
II Paper Bdga blank Books. Stationery etc. :
Nsvoos.et So. Providence. r. l.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-12-06
SPEcTACLEs IND EYEGLxssEs.
SEWING MACHINE REPAIKs.

DAXTER OPTICAL COsiPANN. MA>UFAc
Ly.gL.sscs IS North Maln .ireet noxlItnce.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-09-01
NEWS IN BRIEF.

John Shuesen was killed at Dundas,
Minn., by a runaway team.
Three vacant buildings at Brainerd,
Mimi, were destroyed by fire.
Howard NJ. Holden has been APP
pointed assignee of the Kansas City
Safe Deposit and Savings bank by
Judge Slower.
The Western Passenger association
has authorized q rate of one and one
third fare for the round trip for the
Minneapolis exposition, Sept. 8 to
Oct Z.
Burglars broke into c. E. Bondy's
hardware store at Eyota, Mimi, secur-
ing considerable cutlery, revolvers, etc.
They also went through the postofice,
located in the same building, but only
secured q few stamps.
The new rate on -four from the
Northwest to the Atlantic seaboard
went into effect Tuesday, and -four is
now being carried at Is cents per 100
pounds from Duluth to New York, and
20 1-2 cents from st. Paul and Mime.
apolis.
Chief of Engineers Miller of the
Great Northern says the proposed
drains to be built by the State of Min
nesota will reclaim thousands Of acres
of land in Beltrami county alone, and
largely increase the value of a large
tract of land south OF Crookston.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-09-01
BISMARCK WEEKLY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY. SEPT. 1 1898

section will be good, both in quality and
quantity. In the remaining portions of
the state, although the yield will be
somewhat less, the quality will be gen.
orally good. In the south.central dis.
tr'ct Russian thistles arc very plentiful.
The cool weather of the last of the week
resulted in a general light frost on the
morning of the 18th, doing, however
but little damage to gardens, although
the correspondent ut Cannon Ball, Nor
ton county, reports that the damage in
his vicinity was more severe to standing
grain.
Normal temperature and rainfall, and
departures therefrom for past week and
since March 1st:
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-09-01
The fertilization of Willows.

Some singular exceptions are found to
rules generally deemed absolute, and re-
markable one have recently been noted
in connection with theories recently
established in regard to the relations
between flowers and insects. Flowers
have to be fertilized by pollen before
they can be productive. Most flowers
have stam-ns or pollen bearing organs
and pistils, the reproductive organs, in
the same flower, but these separate Or
gans maturing at different times the
wind or insects are agents for carrying
the fertilizing pollen to other flowers
than those which bear it. This Is known
as cross fertilization.
Those flowers only which require the
aid Of insects have color or fragrance.
This is said to be an arrangement for at
tracing insects and insuring cross fer
tilization by their aid. But the exception
comes in the case Of willows which are
in bloom in early'spring and often COM
monty known as pussy cats" Though
in the class fortified by the wind, they
have bright golden color and a delight
full fragrance, and the philosophers are
at q loss to understand what this excep-
ton means.-Philadelphia Times.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-09-01
More Pearl Hunters,
Especial Correspondence


FRANKFORT, Ind, Aug. 2o.-Robert and
Tom Roush, two entcrpriSing young men
of this city, followed pearl hunting as an
occupation, and they are making consider
able money out of 1T. They have been search
ing for the lustrous gems for several months
and have secured hundreds of the pearls
which are to be found along streams in this
state. The boys have not confined them
selves to the rivers about home, but have
followed the larger streams throughout the
state for miles.
The other day the brothers returned from
a trip along the White river, Blue river
and Mississinewa and Fall creeks. They
had been searching for days with no sue
cess when one of them opened Il she'll and
discovered a pearl weighing 20 grains. AS
the pearls are sold for 81 per grain, that
find was worth $50. The pearls are found
in mussel shells, and those secured by the
Roush brothers vary in size from 2 to 20
grains, and larger ones have been found in
the state. The boys are now searching
along the Eel river in the vicinity of Peru.
The pearl product of Indiana is pur-
chased by Alfred Good of Cutler, Ind,
who sends the pearls to eastern markets.
The Roush brothers are not alone in the
pearl searching business. There are a num-
Der of lndianians who are engaged in this
industry, and the total value of the pearl
output Of Hoosierdom amounts to quite a
respectable figure. The gems are usually
round shaped, although now and then one
of oval shape is found. The majority is
hawless. FREDERIC IL. KINNEY.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-09-01
MORE AkrEsIAN WELLS.
Some o1the Counties ofSouth Dakota
Are just Beginning.

CHAMBERLAIN, S. D., Aug. 30.-Not-
withstanding the fact that there are
already more than 200 artesian wells in
South Dakota, many of the counties
are just awakening to the importance
of sinking wells. The state commission
er of irrigation has just selected the To-
cations for five new wells in Douglas
county, and it is likely that fully a
dozen will be sunk in that county be-
fore the work is finally discontinued.
In the Black Hills the work of sinking
artesian wells is but commencing. For
years, OF ever since the first we'll was
struck east of the Missouri river, it
has been a serious question whether or
not the artesian basin extended so far
west as the Black Hills. This question
has now been settled by the striking
of an artesiaL we'll at Belle Fourche,
Butte county, in the extreme northern
portion of the Black Hills, and from
now on scores Of wells will be sunk in
that section.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-09-01
AROUND THE STATE.

. A jury has been called in a dog case
in Fargo.
The blind pigs at Minnewauken are
being raided.
General Miles and party are hunting
in the vicinity Of Valley City.
Northern Pacific elevators have been
leased and reopened for business.
A horse was stolen from the barn be-
longing to Mrs A. Shapiro, Fargo, Sun
day.
At Detroit lake Emery Naples Of
Grand Forks, came near drowning from
q capsized boat.
Judge Mcconnell has returned from
the coast, much to the pleasure of the
divorce colony in Fargo.
Charles E. Joslin, for twelve years en-
gagged in the practice of law in Fargo,
has removed to st. Paul.
Fargo employment agencies want 500
men at 50 a day to work in the harvest
fields. and cannot get them.
In the vicinity of Casselton the yield
Of wheat will not be as large as was
anticipated but the quality is better.
Civil service examination will be held
in Fargo September 9th, for the grades
of clerks and carriers iii the city post
office.
The jamestown Alert's latest Spirit
wood lake fish story is that Enoc Russell
caught $50 pounds of pike Monday
afternoon.
Conductor Worden of Northern Paci-
tic train No. So, had his hand badly
mangled Monday, by the recoil of a
broken air brake.
Theib Keiser, a farmer heal Valley
City, was arrested for assault and bat.
terry, with intent to rape Mrs. John
Keim, and fiued $40.
Is there any scientific reason for the
fact that all babies born in Morton
county in July were boys? Or have the
statistics been compiled wrong?
st. Thomas blind %pigs-four of 'em-
were raided last week. The injunctionf
were served and the places were closed
one of which was the city meat market
Hon. j. O. Smith of Casselton, had hit
leg broken last Friday. The reach II
his wagon broke and in his endeavor tt
stop the team Mr.. Smith got tangled ir
the dislocated wagon with the above re
suits.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-09-01

time Is not far distant wnen tney may rival
their teachers, as they now Guido the rest
of the world in the production of works Of
art which the European never has been able
to initiate.
You cannot go very far in any of these
japanese capital cities without being i'm
pressed that you are among a thoroughly
progressive people. Europe and America,
with their railways, telegraphs, gigantic
commerce, armies and navies, are to the
japanese a wonder world, and gradually
they are %surrendering themselves and their
past to the changes that have been enforced.
But, after all, to the tourist who has reveled
among scenes hallowed by centuries it
seems a sacrilege that the commonplace
European ways shall be substituted for the
glittering attractions Of picturesque orien-
taiisn. w
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-09-01
Bank Deposits Increasing.

KANSAS CITY. Aug. 3O.-Business
men and bankers are unanimous in the
opinion that the low point in the pres
ent financial depression has been reached
by Kansas City and the upward move
ment has begun. Bank presidents esti-
mate that the banks have gained ST.
600, 600 in deposits since the run in July.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-09-01
Railroad omcial Suicides,

ST. LOUIS, Aug. S0.-Thomas L.
Shortell, travelling passenger and land
agent for the Missouri Pacific railroad,
was found dead in bed at his residence.
Evidence was found to show that he
had committed suicide by morphine.