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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-12-07
some WORLD FAIR RELICS
Furnishings Of the Rhode Island Build
Ing Sold at Auctioc.
THE BIDDING VERY SPIRITED
Many Valuable Articles, However, iVere
"Knocked Down" at Very Low
Figures-The Famous Caspsc Mautel
Sold for SOL.
THE BIDDING VERY SPIRITED

Great interest was manifested today in
the auction sale of the furnishings of the
Rhode Island Worlds Columbian fair
building. The sale took place at $50
Westminster street, Auctioneer Draper
taking the bids. The auction room was
crowded to the doors.
The first article sold was the American
flag that graced the Rhode Island build
ing. 1t was knocked down to John Dem
mis- for g. State pride then came to the
front, s225 being paid for the state flag.
The great rug that has been pressed by
the feet of governors, princesses and
other notables was sold for $64. Other
big rugs brought S45, s2S and SIS respec-
lively, while one carpet went for S77, and
another for S3O92. The Office table went
for SIG.
A folding bed and hair mattress, the
first one put up, went for s35, Volney
Mason being the lucky purchaser. Col.
Wyman bid in the largest willow rocker
for s6.75. Some
Easy Rattan Couches
were sold for s10.50 and S10 each, Govern
or Brown toking one of them.
A curled- hair mattress and folding bed
was then knocked down at $50 and an
other one at S34. A rattan rocker
went for s5.25 and a beautiful
rug for SIP. Dining chairs, and
they were beauties, too, were drug in the
market at S1.20 each. A solid oak dresser
consisting of bureau, commode and table,
was sold for s22.50. Another brought s12.75,
and third only SLIPS. An oak table
went under the hammer to the tune Of
S5.25.
rrass Cheaper Than Dirt.
A solid brass railing that cost the state
S160 was sold TO Mr.. Mason for $22. The
chain and twelve posts that formed fence
around the fair building went for $3.50.
The last willow couch was sold for ss,
and six side tsbfes, soiid pine, went for
Sl.12b each. A rattan couch then went
for &C. An s-foot show case
was sold for $3.50 and two
6-foot show cases for IS each. The highest
bid that was made for a beautiful roller
topped desk was go, MIR. Mason buying
it. A looking glass and solid oak frame
was sold for S1.25.
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send a 2-cent stamp 10 J. G. Aver a Co. Lowell
Mass, fos . set Of their Album Cords.
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L. NJ. Jackson's new Photographic studlc deserves
a Walt evcn 10 you are not In need Of his services.
You will see by his ad what lines h, has taken
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Persian rug is an acceptable sir. See NatisiAn
Btos.' Ed.
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Don'tlose valuable papers. Pai,hem in the Rhode
Island Safe Deposit.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-12-07

Gledding & Co are celebrating their seth annus
opening Of holiday goods. See what they ofer IL
honor OF the occasion.
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Useful gifts Tor Christmas are the best Notice
George L. Robinson's ad. and you VIII see what to
buy.
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Speaking 81 Christmas displays 10 no. forge, ~.
W Ladd & Co.'S ad. They are Offering special
Christmas bargains.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-12-07

Every one has a cold from this cold. sloppy
weather. r. u. Lothrop offers something that will
interest all 80 afiictcd.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-12-07

No one need 90 without house furnishings while
John ~. Dean Is IN business Notice his advertise
ment carefully.
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order the basines. mems edition u The News a,
O'Clock temorrox.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-05
CHINA AS A PARADISE.
The Celestials Do Almost Everything
Reversely From Our Methods.


A noted pessimistic philosopher in Ger
many lays down the maxim that if you
reverse everything in the present order Of
civilization you will have best started on
the road of perfection. "Our present
civilization is an exact inversion of pro-
gress," is his basic statement. This
philosopher ought to lose no time in
locating in China. The Chinese do every
thing backward. They reverse the usual
order of civilization exactly. They com
pletely invert our methods, and are, there
fore, far along, according to this Germans
theory, on the road of perfection.
Note first that the Chinese compass
points to the south instead of the north.
The men wear skirts and the women
trousers.
The men wear their hair long and the
women wear it short
The men carry on dressmaling and the
women carry burdens.
The spoken language of China is not
written, and the written language is not
spoken.
Books are read backward and what we
call footnotes are inserted at the top of
the page.
The Chinese surname comes first in
stead of last.
The Chinese shake their own hands in
stead of the hands of those they would
greet.
The Chinese dress in white at funerals
and in mourning at weddings, while old
women always serve as bridesmaids
The Chinese launch their vessels side
ways and mount their horses from the off
side.
The Chinese begin dinner with dessert
and end with soup and fish.
These and other customs exactly fill the
pessimistic bill of getting at perfection
through exactly reversing the present or
der of civilization, allowing that our pres
emit civilization is 'an exact inversion Of
progress" Still on the whole, would it
be a good plan for the whole establish
ment of civilization to move into China
and start all over again}
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GHOSTS AT HAMPTON COURT.
Perhaps 1t Is Anne Boleyn in Search
of Henry VII.
From the London Graphic.


The ghosts at Hampton Court palace
still are said to brighten the inhabitants
and officials of the place, and even Wis
itors, it is declared, are not exempt, sew
eral of them having terminated their
visits abruptly owing to the noises they
have heard. A resident in the palace
sends an account of an apparitiOn seen by
an attendant in the gardens, who was
sitting on bench waiting for the in
spector to pass on his rounds at night,
when suddenly he felt a baud laid upon
his face, and, looking up, saw tall, pale
lady, dressed in gray. He sprang up at
once, but she vanished before his eyes,
and the shock caused by the apparitiOn
was so great that he had to resign his
post. He became 50 nervous that he was
absolutely afraid to remain in the gar
denS at night.
Nor are the ghosts confined to the gar
denS, for few nights ago two of the
maid servants, fancying they smelt some
thing burning, went down one of the
staircases in the middle of the night and
net q tall pale lady with "a reflected"
light on her face, and dressed in black
She, too vanished through one of the
queens gates, though the door itself was
shut, and no footsteps could be heard
Other servants in the place have been
NlSlGou ny JHcSo royal BnOStS. One ser
want declares that she felt something
come and touch her face in the dark
when she was asleep in bed, and maid
sleeping in the next room called out to
her to leave off walking in her room, " as
she heard footsteps moving about. Sew
eral visitors to the palace have noticed
extraordinary noises in particular ROOM
and only a few months ago two ladies
were standing talking near this room at
about II 30 one night when they heard a
loud crash and saw a brilliant light flash
through the room, sight which they
could not account for in any way The
informant is positive that no practical
joker is the author of the disturbances,
as has been suggested in some auarters.
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SAVED THE wRETCH's LIFE.
'Tocl, lin up. y said Grandmesnil.

LOCK him up, said Grandmesnll.
you are right" said Caussidiere. "I
will take him myself to the Conciergerie
and give him special guards. We have
nothing further to fear from him as long
as am project promise you"
Boquet went for a fiaCre, and while the
rest waited Caussidiere related the manner
of his discovery Hehad simply, in the case
Of Pinel who employed Delahode used
the lxtters own methods. He had sent
to London spies who drew from Pinel the
information that he had a trusty agent
over the very person of the project. This
had led him to a close examination Of
Delahodes letters and to the discovery CT
his villainy.
When Boquet had returned with the
tiacre the prOces-verbal was drawn up,
and with the utmost secrecy Delahode
was taken to the cell in the COnciergerie,
never to be seen again in Paris.
SO ends Chenu's remarkable story.
Strangest of all, however, is the sequel
When NJ earlier, in 1919, was elected
chief of the municipal police of Paris, he
thought Delahode, who knew all the con-
spirators and had acquaintance with so
many political men, a man who might be
made most useful to him, He therefore,
released him and made him a secret
service officer under the name of Four
croy
To remind Paris of his services, there is
Rue E'OurCroy to this day.
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CHRISTIANS IN THE SOUTH.
Preparations for Delegates From all
Over the United States and Canada.

Eighth Annual -Moody's
Evangelist, Rev. r. ~. Torrey, of
Chicago, is President Of the Conven-
ton, and Georgia's Governor is
Chairman-A Seven Days Session.
Copyright, 1889
Atlanta, Ca, Nov. Atlanta, the
"Gate City of the South" will be the
scene this week of a great gathering Of
Christian people. 1t viii differ from the
parliament of religions at Chicago, in
that it is exclusively a Christian cOnven-
ton, and belief in Christ will be the nee
essary qualification for those who desire
to participate in it. Delegates from all
over the United States and Canada will
be present to discuss means of helping
their fellow men to better conditions of
life. There will be no discussion of de-
nominational creeds, no pickering about
technical differences of faith, but
chiefly an exchange of methods in mis-
siCnary work. Presbyterians and Bap-
lists, northern and southern Methodists,
will forget their feuds about predestina-
ton and immersion, and will dwell tC-
gether in unity for period OF seven days.
That this is possible has abundantly
proved by seven similar assemblies which
have continued steadily TO grow in num-
bers and influence ever since the first call
was issued in 1886. At that first conven-
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ton which met in Chicago, the largest
audience counted during its session was
two hundred. Last year at Boston the
number Of people who sought admission
to fremont Temple, where the conven-
ton was held, was five thousand. The
second convention was called to meet in
New York, and after that they were
made annual occurrences, meeting sue
cessively in Detroit, Buffalo, Hartford,
Washington and Boston.
The management of these conventions is
in the hands of a permanent committee
which had its origin in the first assembly
at Chicago. Rev r. A Torrey whose
labOrs at the head of Mr. MOody's great
Evangeization Society at Chicago are so
well known. is chairman of this commit
tee and president OF the convention. The
vice president is the Hon. w. II. Rowland,
who has been thrice mayor of Toronto,
Canada. The energetic and untlring
secretary, whose greatest successes have
been in the organization of boys clubs in
our cities, is the Rev John G. Collins, of
New Haven, Conn. Other members of
this committee are ,. Fay Mills, Paw
tuclJet, r. l.; S. 2. Holcombe, San Fran
cisco, Cal. d. A. Reed, Springfield, Mass;
L. T. Ifbbals, New York; Miss b. II.
Wright, Ottawa, Can. Mrs. J. K. Bar
ney, Providence, Rhode Island.
There is also local executive commit
bCC etb LIlC DlCt|t WntIG bll6 DGAu IlCtbluS
is TO be held. Hon. William j. Nor
then, governor of Georgia, is chairman of
this committee. John T. Barclay is vice
chairman and I. j. Kelly secretary and
treasurer
Delegates to the convention are of two
classes, special and general. Special dele
gates are those officially sent by churches,
missions, WOman's Christian Temperance
Unions, Young Mems Christian Associa-
tons, or any body of Christian workers
in the United States or Canada. General
delegates are any Christian believers who
desire to attend the convention, and they
may obtain the privileges accorded to
special delegates, of cheap railroad rates
and free entertainment, Embarrassing the
secretary at least two weeks before the
convention
The railroads have granted a reduction
which enables all delegates and visitors
to take the round trip for a fair and q
third. A sort of gospel train"will leave
Jersey City with delegates from the east
at ! o'clock, Nov. 6, stopping at several
places of interest along the way. A dele
gate VIII thus have an opportunity to
N.sIJ Washington and the famous battle
fields Of Bull run, Manassas, and Culpep-
per, as well as points Of interest in the
vicinity OF Atlanta. The convention will
be in session from Nov to Nov. 16.
Although this is primarily an American
assembiage, it is expected that some viii
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come from abroad Probably Mi . Az
IoiJ0'0 n from Paris, will be there There
Mlu be reports from missionaries i India,
land, France and Mexico,
LuaJ this convention viii be ev more
tau.,.eiesJlng than the former ones IS to be
~ leGted from the list of speak rs. On
, Us Hst aside from the memb rs Of the
Hl;al4 glng committee, are the names of
1'l', 81. a. Riis, the author of How the
os etygr Half Lives =, David AL N Reed,
u u, yHe school Of Christian work rs; Prof.
igoln r. Commons. secretary of the new
institute OF Christian Sociology; Mrs. Q.
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at churches near by. A larger attendance
is expected than that at Boston last wear
But the influence is not measured merely
by increase of numbers. 1t is the actual up
lifting of the masses through their in
strumentality that shows their power
The object has been to bring together
large numbers of men and women who
are actually engaged in active mission
airy work to set forth their methods, and
the results of their labors with the I'M
taught.
Religious organizations are at last find
ing out that the principle "In union there
is strength" applies to Spiritual as well
as secular enterprises Each delegate
will contribute his experience to the com
mon fund, and take away whatever infor-
nation is most useful to him. Some of
them have had experience in converting
miners and discharged convicts others
tell their methods of influencing railroad
men, policemen, car drivers, newsboys,
and others subjected to temptation in our
great cities.
These experiences are endlessly varied,
and as each speaker is limited to certain
time, the speeches are necessarily brief
and to the point. To quote Boston pa
per in regard to the convention held there:
"The meetings are far from being Quaker
meetings, and frequently there is a burst
of applause or ripple of laughter, as
something said or done particularly
pleases the big audience"
There is no manner of doubt that these
Christians are thoroughly in earnest in
their work. Not only this, but they are
successful in rescuing the drunkard from
his cups and outcasts from their shame.
Through the influence of this organiza-
tion, new missions have sprung up, and
old ones, like the McAuley Water Street
Mission and the Florence Night Mission
Of New York, have increased in numbers
and influence. Missionaries in foreign
countries have received inspiration, and
the influence of this great assemblage
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-05
Mr.. Cleveland and the Titan Hair.
From a New York Letter to the Philadelphia
Press.

From New York Letter to the Philadelphia
Press.
Grover Cleveland sitting one day in his
room at the Victoria hotel last fall, saw
young girl with as glorious "A crown of
Titian-tinted hair as ever graCed the head
Of woman, and with such eyes as Homer
called OK eyes and such complexion as is
found only in a June rose, enter and stand
pleadingly before him. and the President
elect, being delighted with the picture,
gave favorable answer to her pleading
that he should sit for a bust And so a
day later she went to him, and with sculp-
tors tools and an artists apron stood be-
fore him and fashioned his head in clay.
That act while it gave Cleveland Joy,
made the young girl famous in day, and
then there came out the story of the ro-
nance of her life. Her uncle had been
once governor of great state, and she as
a child developed what seemed TO be the
true inspiration of an artist, so her
mother took her to Europe TO cultivate
it,
There were good many amiable
young fellows here who were charmed
by this young girl, for she had a peculiar
beauty not often seen in this city. What
tempted her to abandon the art Of the
sculptor for that of the stage we do not
know; perhaps the same mysterious and
unexpainable impulse which led her
to accept as a husband a courtly and
kindly man old enough to be her father,
the companion of literary men upon the
other side of the water and an actor of
no mean rCpute-C Charles Coghlan, who
has just celebrated a midnight marriage
with her, quite consistent with her 70
mantle nature She might have had her
choice of two or three young men who
have great wealth, but she seems to have
preferred to become an old mans darling.
HOLLAND.
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GOT IN WITH THE POLICE.

A man named Boude had been con-
demned to five years Imprisonment and
the perpetual surveillance of the police
After his liberation he returned to Paris.
the entree of which had been forbidden
him. Thinking that sooner or later he
must be arrested for breaking his SEN
tence, he went to the Bureau Of the
Secret Service and offered his services,
assuring the chiefs that on account Of his
intimacy with criminals in the prisons he
was able to be very useful to them He
asked at the same time to be allowed to
eJay sight days in Paris TO prove his
value. This request was granted.
News was sent, however, from the
prison in which he had been confined that
the man was a boaster, q liar and one of
the most dangerous characters. On this
account the project gave him a passport
for Havre, sending an agent with him as
far as the barrier Of St. Denis
The man was determined, however, and
as soon as the espionage ceased, re-entered
Paris by way of Villette, went to the
chief Of the political police, made him
self known and stated that he held all
the threads Of a conspiracy against the
life Of certain members Of the state, deClar-
ing that if they would grant him permis
sion TO live in the capital he would, In
eight days deliver over the authors OF
the plot His proposition was accepted
On the day on which Boude had re-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-05
A MOST DRAMATIC SCENE.


The story of that grim gathering in the
council chamber of the Luxembourg on
the night of Delahodes unmasking-a
story which is part of the unwritten his
tory Of France-was afterward told by
Chenu, captain of the Montaguards who
was present at the request of Caussidiere,
the project.
After receiving his invitation to the
Luxembourg, Chenu went to the chamber
and found there almost all of the mem
bers, including Delahode.
Caussidiere, as he entered, rose and be-
gan speaking. "CitiZens," he said, eve
were to have more, but Louis Blanc and
Ledru are detained at the Hotel de Vile,
Raspeil and Barbes are at their clubs, and
Flocon writes me that he is indisposed.
There is a single traitor among u.s.
he continued, land we are to form a Sc
cret tribunal and try him. For a long
time we have been accusing honest patri-
OTIS; we had least suspicion of the snake
who had crawIed into our midst. To
night l uncover the traitor-it is Lucien
DelahodG."
Delahode sprang to his feet at this di-
rect accusation, but at the movement
Caussidiere closed the door, and, draw
ing pistol, cried out that if he moved he
would blow his brains out.
DelahOde then began to protest his in
with sure proofs of his perfidy in the
shape of a budget of 1,S00 reports ad-
dressed to the project dc police in which
certain members of the chamber were
represented as dangerous conspiratO
who would not hesitate at regicide Della
hode at first denied that he had written
them, but Caussidiere produced the letter
in which Delahode had first offered his
| services TO the project. This, las were his
reports, was in mis- own handwriting, and
let no room for doubt.
ORDERED TO KILL HIMSELF.
Then ensued a terrible scene. Caussi
diere presented him the pistol. saying
that he had no other resource. DelahOde
replied that he would not kill himself, but
they might do with him as they wished
BoqueU, who was a coward at heart,
wishing to parade his zeal before his
Chiefs grasped the pistol and offered it to
him three times. Come" he said. put
bullet through your head, you coward
or / will do it myself"
At length Boquet cooked the weapon to
execute his threat, but Albert snatched it
from him, saying: Stop. A pistol shot
would give an Alarm TRUE" replied
Boquet; eve must use poison"
II have brought poison of all kinds, ("
said Caussidiere.
He took glass from the secretary,
filled it with water, which he sWeetened .
stirred in white powder, and offered it
to Delahode, who thrust it away, crying:
you are determined, then, TO assassinate
me2"
yes, said Boquet, "drink" Delahode
was very pale and the perspiration stood
on his face. He replied: Il will not kill
myself" Then he sank upon chair and
covered his face with his hand with
terrible gesture, muttering, "Oh, will
be reYenged for this torture"
At this, Boquet again attempted to
shoot him, but Albert interposed, saying
that he had fought well in February, and
that this should be some extenuation.
But" said Caussidiere, "we can't let
him live after this affair. Did you not
hear him say that he would be avenged2
He can compromise US knowing ali our
plans"
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N. Crittenden, so well known in New
York in connection with the Florence
Night Mission; Mai. George a. Hilton,
conductor of the famous mission at Los
Angeles, Cal; E, p. Hammond the Chill
dren's Evangelist, and many others.
John P. Quinn, the matchmaking Evan
gelist; Mr.. and Mrs. John c. Stebbins, of
Brooklyn, will lead the convention in
singing the good old gospel hymns
The meetings will be held in the De
Give opera house, which seats 5000 peo-
pie, and overflow meetings will be held
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Mrs. Wickwire I don't telieve a mans
love is as steaCy as a wOmans.
MIR. Wickwire--Of course 1t isn't. When
man is really in love he can't think OF any
thing else But a woman can hold her atten.
tion to keeping her hat on straight even when
her lover is kissing her Cor the first time
INDIANAPOLIS JOurnal