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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-19
centenni.l Anniversary Of : church.

DANvERsPORT, Mass. Oct. 10. - The
First Baptist church celebrated its 1O0th
anniversary yesterday. The society was
formed In 1881 and was organized in 1893.
The exercises included historical addresses
and the singing Of al original hymn writ
ten by Mrs. Annie b. Holbrook, wife Of
the pastor, and addresses by members OF
ths church
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improvement of the
Teeth.

Society requires of Its members that tnsy shall DO
go utmen AID ladies In all things and the tscth.
not less Than the dress. Language and de or mcnt
must he beyond critlcisuo Dir TlLLlNGHAS
~ his parlors No 2o We minister street, makc- n
tpeciaty ~ improving the appearance {. and Ic.
moving disco Ioratlons from SOUND teeth. as wei gs
the variou. mechanical operations required in re-
moving and rtIlic ng dccayed teeth The II cor
VIII be plesscd To eoy.s se ypu without charge. on
the treatment aud care OF the teeth. ut any time.
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THE NEWS At THE FAM.
The News is on sale at
Chicago BY Wells B. Sizer fS9
State street, where ii can be
found during the Worids Fair.

Ex-MAyoR HONEY declines.
would the Newport voters.
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THE CITY OF PROvIDENCE.
PUBLIC HEARING!!

OFFICE OF THE CLERK or COMM IrTEEs
CITY HALL, iRpvIDbSCF, Oci, IL. 1888
The joint special committee oi the city cOuncl
appointed by resolution No s6S approved June lH
1898 ito inquire into the general subject oftaxnt on
and to report To The city council wh a may
20 the assessment and collection OF taxes" here by
give notice that they viii nve a ~ nEAR-
ING upon said resolution IN the COUNCIL CIAN-
BER CITY HALL, on MEDNEsDAY, oU1 ODER
10Th, 1898. at EIGHT O'CLOCK T.. NJ, wien All
persons Interested In the matter OF the asscss q
and collection OF taxes hereby notifu To appear
II they sha1 see ht. aud be heard thereon.
BY order OF the committee.
G. FRANK PARKHrRsr
Chairman.
d. HAYDEN.
Clerk oftou NIT cea ocfiSse
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CITY OF PROVIDENCE.
The Job and Rook Printers and
Book Binders.
Sealed Proposals

sealed proposals
Address eds TO William Milen, chairman. viii be
received by the JOINT Standing Comm ttee on
Printing at the Office or the city Clerk city hall.
until rRID Y, Novembsr 10. ls0s. at az o'clock,
m. for printing and binding one hundred and
births, MARRIAGES and deaths In the City OF Prov
idence from 1870 O. 1890.
Iniorma tion concerning same can be obtained by
applying o the city registrar. city hail.
all bids.
By order OF the Joint Committee on Printing.
WILLIAM MiLLEN
WILLIAM +, CLARKE. Chairman.
Secretary. oct 1p-i9t
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THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE.

CHAPTER DxvIH.
Sale OF buildings at Roger wiliains PARK.
Approved October 10. 1881
IL e ordained bv the Ctfv Council Of the Cftv of
Providence as fouotUs:
SECTION J, The city auditor is hereby directed
70 credit TO the appropriation for Roger Williams
rs q the & rec ,pts from s The sale Of 5udings spt
the. provisions Of chapter I.1s OF the Public Laws
tho park commissioners are hereby author
20 20 sxpend the same for the maintenance OF aogsr
Sec, 4 TIE provisions OF section ts of CHAPTER
IA OF tue city ordinances entitled Finances" in-
consistent herewith are hereby repealed.
CHAPTER DxIx.
An Ordinance Permitting the New York and New
England Railroad com any to Lay Rails f0r q
Temporary TracS Across Harris Avenue.
(Approved October 10. 1911
10 q; ordained BY the 0itv Council @ the otv
SECTION !. Permission Is hereby granted to the
Now York and New England Railroad Company To
lay rails for a temporary track across Harris
the estate OF the Merchants Freezing aud Cold
Storage Company said rails 10 be
isop % Of na'r the A joni Sanding "aS
OF me City council ON railroads and subj scI to all
OF the provisions Of the city ordinances au horiI.
OF the city OF Providence. The condition OF this
ordinance Is that said track shall b. removed with
public works 20 remove sa track upon tho compile
tion OF the building OF said Merchants Free zng and
Cold ST rage Company.
True copies.
oct 1s-3t City CLERK.
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HandkerchIefs.
Here is a drive.

Ladies Lace Trimmed Handker-
chiefs, exclusive patterns, easily
worth 2oc., only IL I-2c.
Ladies' Embroidered Handker-
chiefs, pure linen, only IL I-ac.
A new assortment of novelties
make our Handkerchief stock the
choicest and most complete in the
city.
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SECOND CLASS.
Transfers.

Cahir. Patrick ESQ Atwells avenue.
sullivan. Patrick J. lae-t4 Charles street.
McCartin John Jr., ". w. Cor. Fountain and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-19

Gerard Ransford, young officer of
IIussars, to her side, and he soon be-
came enslaved in the meshes of love
which she heartlessly weaved around
him.
One evening when alone with her in
the earis drawing-room, he declared
his passion. She permitted him to toy
with her soft white hand, and as she
glanced into his enraptured face q
smile played around her lips. Gerard
imagined the smile to be an omen of
success, and his delight was I'M
bounded.
On the impulse of the moment he
clasped her into his arms, and i'm
printed Il warm kiss upon her lips.
lie was the first lover who had ever
dared to press his lips to hers. Soon
her cold nature asserted ITSELF she
eXtricated herself from his arms
and turned away disdainfully. Ger
ard saw the dark frown upon her
brow, and trembled: but it was against
his nature to recoil, therefore he de-
termined to learn his fate at once
Dear Lady Blanche" he pleaded, in
tremulous tones, pray pardon my i'm
petuosity. Words are powerless to en-
press how devotedly | love you. Do
for PHYS sake hold out one ray of
hope"
She vouchsafed no reply, but turned
from him with scorn inetfable, and
slowly left the room without deigning
TO cast even one look behind.
On the morrow Gerard called again
at the earls house, but Lady Blanche
refused to receive him. She sent him
no message, not even word, from
which he, with all lovers fond de-
sire, could manage to extract the
smallest hope; an6 SO, with head bowed
low and an aching heart, Gerard came
away.
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Count de Lornais, and the lady" but
here Lady Blanche hesitated.
us Phryne Marland," said the phan-
tom, completing Lady Blanches un-
finished sentence.
THE quarrel" remarked the phan-
tom, will not end here; there will be
duel at some quiet spot early in the
morning"
80 Heaven! not duel, pray!" cried
Lady Blanche, clasping her hands to-
gether.
YES" said the phantom, nothing
less will satisfy the count Ransford,
as you are aware, is an officer of the
English army, and he has struck the
count terrible blow; look at the cash,
laying bare the counts cheek bone. For
both their honor's sake they are bound
to fight"
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1t was early morning on the sands
by the murmuring sea, and the white
crested waves followed one another I'M
ceasingly, and old Monaco's castle
looked down from the rock above. In
this quiet and secluded spot, group of
men were standing together.
at is the duel" whispered the phan-
tom to Lady Blanche, (which fore
told would happen; you know the prin-
cipals well enough"
alas! yes" she replied, sadly.
Count de Lornais and Gerard Rams
ford.''
Watch them" said the phantom; "a
duel to the death is pretty sight, and
game in which Frenchmen excl"
Lady Blanche trent led from AAGpn to
foot, and held her cambria handker-
chief before her eyes.
She was startled by the loud feport of
pistols, and, taking the handkerchief
from her eyes, she glanced TOWARD the
spot, where only moment ago she
saw two duelists facing eafh other.
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THE POINT OF VIEW.

On the top of the world where there's lots Of
snow,
AS all the Biographies say,
A small Esquimau, just TO make the tine 60,
Was building snow man one day.
Now it happened by chance that two Polar
bears
Came stro,lNg along that way:
"Perhaps it is none Of our affairs,
Bat what are you making said they.
"a snow man, o. course" said the Esquimau;
Tie bears gave a comical stare:
Said they: "If you must make a person Of
snow,
Why on earth don't you make snow bearY"
He sat himself down for a moment 20 think
OF some suitable sort Of reply,
When penguin, two foxes a seal, and q
mink,
And u walrus came wandering by.
They stopped just casual look to take,
a casual word 10 say,
And each had a tritlng sugges ton to make
In patronizing way.
The penguin said: Really, It isn't half bad.
And shows lots OF promise, you know
Yet think, for my part though perhaps it's q
fad
A snow penguin were more apropos"
The foxes, the seal and the mink were afraid
They knew little OF art they said
But they thought he would show better taste If
he made
a fox, seal, or mink in Its stead.
The walrus said nothing nor listened but
when
Theyd finished, he Ventured TO say
est doesn't look much like a wa!rus, but then
Perhaps, when it's finished, it may"
They turned then to go but the Esquimau-
Alas! he was seen no more;
The heat OF his anger and shame and chagrin
Had melted the snow where the crust was
thin,
And he'd sunk, so to speak, through the floor
-Harper's Young People
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ABOUT LEPROSY.
A Fragment of the History of the Terribl
Disease.


Disease.
Leprosy is a disease of which, unfor-
tunatelv, the majority of the dweliers
In this favored land have only heard.
1t exists in almost every civilized
country in the world. Its distribution
in European countries. however. is not
at present nearly so wide as it was in
former centuries. 1t exists to-day in
Spain, Portugal, France, Norway and
Sweden, Italy, Greece and Russia. In
the United States it is found. according
to DR.. James c. White, of Louisiana,
in several of the southern and western
states.
In the seventh and eighth centuries
special leper-houses We're founded in
European countries as far north a.
France and Germany. From that time
till the thirteenth century leprosy
steadily increased-a result, probably,
of the direct contact into which the
countries of Europe were brought with
the subjects of Saladin during the CRU
sades. 1t has been stated that there
were in Europe at that time nineteen
thousand lazarettos for the housing of
sufferers from this disease. Since that
time steady decrease in the number
of lepers has taken place.
1t is not definitely known when
leprosy was first introduced into Amer
lea, but it seems to have been brought
here by the Spaniards at date long
preceding the framing of the constitu-
ton.
There seems to be no doubt that the
disease is contagious, although heredity
doubtless plays q part in its distribu-
ton.
Since the year 1860 leprosy has in
creased very rapidly in the Hawaiian
Islands. The government has sought
to check it by stringent regulations
requiring the transportation OF ali
lepers to a particular island, whence
they are not allowed 10 return. The
disease is largely confined to the ma
tives of the islands. More sanitary
modes of living seem to render others
exempt from its attacks.
The peculiar loathsomeness of the
course pursued by this disease war
rants measures of extreme severity
aimed at checking It's spread.
1t is only in the warmer portions of
the United States that spread OF
leprosy is at all to be feared yet pro-
vision for the isolation OF all cases
should be made by the proper authori-
ties.
The British government has estab-
lished in India, where the disease IS
very common, special leprosy com.
mission for similar purpose.-Youth' Is
Companion.
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One was now PROSTATE on the ground,
with his head resting on slady's breast.
Lady Blanche made an effort to run
forward, but was prevented by the
ever watchful phantom.
She looked again anG saw that the
wounded man was Gerard Ransford,
and the woman kneelng down, sup
porting him in her arms, was Phryne
Marland.
The scene suddenly changed to a
drawing-room in a London mansion,
wherein was an old gray-haired man,
and weeping woman by his side.
How terribly grief-stricken they
are" remarked Lady Blanche, "and
much changed since last l saw them"
Naturally So" replied the phantom.
persons such as they are certain to
grieve over the death of an only son,
whom you remember to have seen after
he had received his death wound on the
sands by the sea, near the castle of old
Monaco"
Alas! yes replied Lady Blanche,
signing sadly.
He certainly was bright fellow"
remarked the phantom, and now ne
is dead and gone, shot down by clever
duelist, on that sweet spot by the
ever-murmuring sea. Even Phryne
Marland. whom all men regard as a
gadding butterfly, weeps tears of sor-
row over Gerard Ransford's death, and
clothes herself in plain garments of the
most somber hue"
Lady Blanche sobbed convulsively.
For her the world was cold and
dreary, with no bright promise of joys
mind reverted TO the past what was
there for her fondest memory to dwell
upon? Nought but the remembrance
of a loving kiss; the kiss which Gerard
Ransford had imprinted on her lips.
When she looked back through the
aim vista OF years passed away, the one
oasis there was that solitary kiss.
Take that from her and her life was
blank indeed, and without one JOY
worth memory's cherishing.
She felt as one to whom human love
was denied; as if the power to love,
which once was hers. now lay buried in
the clay-cold grave with Gerard Rams
ford.
Her dream was over, and she awoke
with trenulous cry upon her lips, and
glanced around expecting to find the
phantom by her couch, but only the
pale moonbeams streamed through the
chamber window and lay upon the
floor, and by their soft rays Lady
Blanche saw that she was alone. She
arose and knelt upon the floor and in
a heartfelt prayer thanked the Father of
all Mercies that the dreadful scene she
had witnessed on the sands by the sea.
near the castle OF old Monaco. was but
the shadow of a dream; and she re-
joiced that she was taught to know
herself at last.
From that night Lady Blanche was
an altered human being, and her
friends marveled at the change and
wondered by what magic spell the good
was wrought
The SEQUEL may best be told by a
paragraph from the Morning Post:
"A marriage has been arranged be-
tween Lady Blanche Marley, only
daughter of the earl and countess Of
Rivenham and Lieut.. Gerard Ransford
OF the Tenth hussars, and will take
place early in the spring of the ensuing
year"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-19
THE LADY'S DREAM.
by RICHARD RUSSELL.
ADY BLANCHE

Copyright 1893, by the Author.]
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Gerard Ransford.
Changed" cried the phantom,
mocKingly. "Blighted hopes and
gambling losses would change an
angel. if one We're so foolish as 10 fall
in love with tickle woman, and wreck
his life over card table"
Lady Blanche shuddered as she noted
the bloodshot eyes and flushed face of
Gerard Ransford.
There's hot alteration between
two men in a fierce passion" whis-
pered the phantom, as it drew Lady
Blanche to one side OF the room.
Two men had arisen from their
seats, and were now gesticulating
violently, and they were soon joined by
a fashionably dressed lady.
Il think you know those persons. :"
remarked the phantom to Lady
Blanche.
ALAS, yes she replied. The tall
man is Gerard Ransford, and the other
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! V.

Time passed away, and Lady Blanche
still led a cold and unsympathetic life;
and at last drear sense of loneliness
fell upon her and she became spirit
haunted. For night after night by the
side of her ,snow-white couch a phan-
tom stood, and in words of sadness and
sorrow discoursed of love; and never
before had Lady Blanche listened to
words so sweet as those which came
from the lips of the phantom.
This ethereal and shadowy form oft
times assumed vague emblance to
herself, and sometimes it's dim Inca
ments reminded her of Gerard Rams
ford, but not once could she trace the
faintest likeness to any other face or
form with which she was familiar
The appearance of the phantom wa S
so constant night after night, that
Lady Blanche grew accustomed to it's
it did not appear.
Her heart held commune with the
phantom and, in a manner unknown to
mortals, they exchanged thoughts and
talked together.
One night the phantom bade Lady
Blanche to follow it, and it led her to
a strange country over the sea; and
when she glanced around she found
herself in a sunny land where the i'm
penetrable dome of the skies above was
of n soft deep azure, without fccll of
4 cloud upon the horizon, and where
the violet-tinged sea beat unsteady
against fiower-crowned shore, and
the walks were lined with orange trees
in blossom and magnolias beautified
the hedges with their pure white
flowers. She followed the phantom
into a garden of lemon-scented gera-
NUNS, every one six feet high, and
then down an avenue of myrtles, and
everywhere the balmy air was per-
funed with the sweet scent of flowers
They halted in front of large white
building, into which many persons.
both men and women, streamed, and on
all their faces Lady Blanche observed
the same eager, anxious and cruel ex-
preston.
Lady Blanche glanced inquiringly at
the phantom.
eyes" it said, in answer to the laGy'c
thought, this is Monte Carlo, and that
is the Casino"
They now entered large room.
where many persons were seated round
the tables.
II perceive" said the phantom.
that you recognize some of the game
sters?"
..LJ ,,,. H.. .<..l I, = =. ....---.1
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IL,

AT this time Count de Lornais. scion
of an old and wealthy French family,
made his appearance in London society.
De Lornais was handsome man, with
polite and fascinating manners, and it
was soon whispered that he, too. was
enthralled by the supreme loneliness of
Lady Blanche.
\ sincere Frenchman is supposed to
be n rGra 0r{& On the other hand, when
well-bred Frenchman, one with the
genuine Partisan polish, strives his best
to win lady's heart, he is deemed ire
slstible. And now shrewd men de-
clared that Count de Lornais was sin
cere in his endeavors to win Lady
Blanche, and that his efforts ultimate
ly would be crowned with success.
All through one London season the
count continued staunch in his ale
glance to Lady Blanche, and then it
began to be rumored that the hand
some and wealthy Frenchman had
beaten all his rivals, and won the
greatest beauty of the day, at last.
These rumors reached the ears of
Gerard Ransford, who drew his own
deductions therefrom.
The smiriing Frenchman's money
has won her." said Gerard, while |
am discarded because of my poverty"
From that moment Gerard became an
altered maa. His days We're now de-
voted to the betting-Iing. and his
nights to the card table. Formerly
one of the most CHEEKY of companions,
he was now an eager, greedy, grasp
ing gambler, caring for no pastime or
amusement unless it led to gain, which
simply means the winning of money at
al hazards; and the primary cause of
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-19
this great change was the fckle will Of
a woman.

Phryne Marland was lady of volup-
tuous beauty, who posed on horseback
in Hyde Park, and lounged in private
boxes at the principal theaters. From
whence she came, or to whom she be-
longed, no one appeared to know, and
now Gerard Ransford might be seen by
the side of Miss Marland in all those
places of resort where society loves to
congregate.
Meanwhile, Count de Lornais was
graciously received by the earl and
countess of Rivenham, and the count
himself imagined that his success was
now assur ed; therefore he importuned
Lady Blanche to name day for Their
wedding.
After befooling the count month
after month, she one day abruptly in
formed him that marriage was the very
last thought in her mind
Monsieur lie Comte," she said, lyon
surely are not one of those foolish
moths of society who imagine that ev-
cry lady around whom they futter is
dying of love for them?"
NO, Lady Blanche, replied he. smil-
ing significantly, II am not moth of
that kind" He bowed distantly and
retired, and Lady Blanche saw him no
more.
The counts vanity was wounded, and
his chagrin at this unexpected repulse
was very great His belief in himfelf.
with regard to dfa(res GdDeour, was I'M
bounded. and as he could not attribute
his failure to any fault of his own he
concluded that some more favored rival
must have won the lady's heart; and as
he had heard that the young English
officer, Gerard Ransford, had been a
sutton for the lady's hand, he now inn
agincd that Gerard was the successful
lover, for whose sake he himself was
rejected; and he hated Gerard accord
ingly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-19
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

-She-"Do you smoke cigarettes"
He-"O, no. come from Chicago.
smoke hams. ''-Godey's.
do you take this man for better
or for worse?" asked the minister -
can't tell until have had him for lit.
tie while" returned the bride.-Har.
per's Weekly.
A Little Exaggerated.-Tom
"My mamma gives rue birthday party
next week. Did your mamma ever give
you one?" Lucy (contemptuouslv)-
'Oh, yes; more than ffty."-Leslie's
Weekly.
-Mamma-''And how did my little
pet get to sleep last night without
mammal" Little Pet-"Papa tried to
sing to me like you do, an hurried up
an went to sleep SOS not to hear it"
Us your business good?' asked the
burglar of the counterfeiter. "Good?"
repeated the counterfeiter. well,
should say it was. l have been just
coming money ''-Somerville Journal.
But why are you so bitter against
the police?" asked the caller. IT'S
just this said Mrs. Owskeep. "As
soon as have taught'a girl how to be a
good cook one of them comes along and
marries her. indianapolis Journal
-Bond-''I hear that Miss Scadds re-
jected you" De Broke-"Yes; but it
wasn't so bad as it might have been.
She loaned me five hundred, and said
she'd be sister of charity to me. -
Kate Fields Washington.
How hard it is for different people
to agree even upon matters of SEEM
ingly small Importance. The man at
the bat struck the ball, and, while half
of the crowd said it was fly the other
half declared it was a fowl.-Boston
Transcript.
-Amateurus-"Re Realism, the strictest
realism, is my ideal of an art. For in
stance, in painting a storm scene I
should use water colors." Cynicus-
''To be sure. But what would use for
mud?' For mud. why, why, l hardly
know How would best manage that?"
"Sign it nv dear fellow, sign it, OF
course.'-N. Y. Herald.
The Limited. -She-"Kneel not to
me. dear George, but come and sit in
this chair, which is large enough for
two. Papa had il made on purpose"
Hc-''What consideration! What fore
sight! How could he have known?"
She-"O, it is easily explained. We
have always lived in fiat. detroit
Free Press.
-Poet-'And what did the professor
say to my tragedy?" Professors Wife
somewhat embarrassed we'll
he was, in short-speechless." Poet
'Speechless? What does that mean?"
Professors Wife-"Sir, it means good
deal for a man who can speak seven
languages Tit Bits.
Tired Traveller (alighting from
in)-"Which do you consider the
best hotel here?" Drummer-"Y
see that building over there? That is
the worst" Tired Traveler-''But /
don't want the worst: I want the
best" Drummer-"Then don't
know what you're going to do There
is only one. "-Presbyterian.
The Madeleine church is one of the
most beautiful buildings in Paris. 1t
was begun by Louis XIV, and compile
ted in the reign of Louis Philippe. 1t
is of Grecian architecture. The prin-
cipal facade looks upon the Rue Royale
and the Place de la Concorde, and is
very magnificent. The interior of the
church is richly decorated in gilt and
marble. 1t conta ms many paintings
and sculptures illus trative of the life
of the Magdelene. In May, 1871. 900
insurgents We're driven by the Yer
sailles troops into this church and
there killed