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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-01-07
MORE ARRESTS TO BE MADE.
inccndiary Placards Posted by Anarch
lists in Paris Causing Much Alarm.

incendiary Placards Posted by Anarch
lists in Paris Causing Much Alarm.
PARIS, Jan. 7.-Several newspapers pre-
dict the arrests Of more deputies and sen
ators next Monday, in connection with
the Panama scandal. The police were
busy between and 3 o'clock destroying
incendiary placards posted by anarch-
lists. These placards called upon the
people TO rise at once, seize arms, destroy
their corrupt oppressors and seize the
reins of government.
A feeling of alarm was apparent
throughout the city last evening and Is
likely to increase today in consequence OF
the prophecies of the press that the wors,
Developments are to come. General Sus-
sier, military governor OF the city, has
taken every precaution. The city would
be safe were 1t not for the general convic.
ton that the government Is playing fast
and loose in the Panama matter. The lax
ity OF the governments conduct OF the
prosecution Is the subject OF universal
comment.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-01-07
French General Elections.

MADRID, Jan. THE Count OF Paris
has gone to Seville with his son Ferdi-
nand Francis, aged about eleven, and the
Count de Jacksonville, formerly manager
OF the Counts press bureau for spreading
royalist opinions. The Count of Paris,
will, it is expected, be shortly joined by
the Countess and the rest OF the family,
and gathering of the Orleanist princess
and their principal counsellors will take
place at the San Telmo palace, Seville, oi
possibly at San Lucsr, to fix the line OF
conduct in view Of the French general
elections
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-01-07
THE POSTAL SERVICE.
Classification Extended So As to Include
All Free Delivery Offices.

All Free delivery Omces.
WASHINGTON, Jan. THE President
has extended, by an amendment to postal
rule /, the classification OF the postal SER
vice so as to include all free delivery OFF,
ces, of which there are understood to be
six hundred and one. Fifty-three OF these
Offices are at present classified.
Before this extension, the civil service
rules applied only to those post offices
which had as many as fifty employees
Now the service extends to ali post offices
where carriers are employed.
OF the five hundred and forty-eight Of
fees brought into the classification by
this amendment, about sixty-seven have
twenty five or more, but less than fifty
employees. About two hundred and sixty
have ten, but less than twenty-five en-
ployes, and about two hundred and twen-
ty have less than ten employees.
The civil service commissioners will pro-
ceed at once with the organization OF
boards of examiners at these offices, the
holding OF examinations and the estab-
fishing of eligible registers. As soon a.
eligible registers have been established IN
any Office the rules will go into effect at
that Office. Some time Will necessarily
elapse before the rules will go into actual
operation at all these offices. The number
ofIpersons who will be brought within the
classified service by this extension, is pre-
sumed to be more than 7000
The President has also approved an
amendment TO the classification OF the az
riculture department bringing within the
classification OF that department the en-
ployes OF the weather bureaus elsewhere
than at Washington.
The number OF persons affected by this
change of classification Is between one
and two hundred. 1t brings in all thc
weather observers at the various sigma
stations throughout the country.
This new extension will make the tota
number OF places within the classified ser.
vice 5000.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-01-07
PLEURO-PNEUMONIA SCARE.
Secretary Rusk Insists That This Country
is Free From the Disease.

WAsHINoToN, ID. c., Jan. THE atten-
tion of DIR. Salmon, chief OF the bureau OF
animal industry of the department OF ag-
riculture, was called to the despatch from
Ottawa, Ont, stating that the department
of agriculture had been notified OF the ar
rival at Liverpool, recently, OF two steam
ers from Boston-the Ottoman and Mich
igan-with cattle on board, eight OF
which were found to be affected with
pleuro- pneumonia.
DIR. Salmon stated that the department.
had received reports from its inspectors
in England to the effect that six OF the
animals on the Ottoman and two on the
Michigan were, when slaughtered, FOUND
TO be affected with cho-pneumonie.
There was very bad weather at the time
these vessels were crossing and the ami
mails undoubtedly suffered from injury
and exposure, which would fully account
for the condition under which they were
found. He stated that the United States
was free from contagious pleuro-pneu-
monia and that not case had been DIS
covered in this country during the past
nine months.
were inspected before they were shipped.
There was no way in which the animals on
the two vessels mentioned could have been
infected.
Since Secretary Rusk's proclamation, In
September last, announcing that pleuro-
pneumonia had been eradicated from the
United States, the British inspectors had
reported number of times that they had
discovered pleuro- o-pneumonia among our
cattle, and many of the animals reported
affected had been traced TO farms on which
they were fed and 1t had been conclusive
ly shown that the disease did not exist on
such farms, nor In the sections OF coun-
try where they are located.
Broncho- pneumonia was not contagious
and it has been stated on excellent au-
thority that disease OF the same nature
was found among cattle shipped to Eng
land from Canada and England.
Secretary Rusk confirmed all that was
stated by DIR. Salmon. He was certain
that the country was. free from pleuro-
pneumonia before he issued his procla-
nation to that effect, and subsequent in
vestigations had proved the correctnes.
of his position.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-01-07
GERMAN MINERS STRIKE.
Many Threatened with Death II The.
Return To Work.

BERLIN, Jan. IA miner who tried to
return to work near Neukirchen yester-
day, was so maltreated by miners that he
died two hours later.
Hundreds OF miners are anxious to re-
sumo work, but fear to do so, as they are
threatened with death by the leaders OF
the strikers in case they do so.
Boxes OF powder and petroleum With
lighted fuses attached, have been found
In the houses OF several blacklegs.
Many powder or dynamite bombs were
exploded in the halls or under the steps
OF houses where blacklegs lodge. No
body was killed, but considerable damage
was done and the gravest apprehensions
havo been excited throughout the Saar
district and in this city.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-01-07
THE NEWS sATUR

In favor OF every possible step. that could
be devised for the protection OF tnis
country from the introduction OF cholera
during the coming season.
After much discussion, In which
amendments TO tho bill were offered by
Senators Vest, Call, Morgan, Teller and
Mcpherson, the bill was ordered TO be
printed with all the amendments, ana
the Senate adjourned.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-01-07
A Fatal Misunder.thndin

Landlord-I beg your pardon, Miss, but
-eallv YOU have no idea how many nights'
,leep have lost on your account.
Tenants daughter-Why don't you
speak to my mother then?
Landlord-Whys should l? 1t is not your
mother who plays the piano.-Fliegsnd"
Blaetter.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-08-16
Girls Of Thirty.

The postponing Of marriage and the
broader education Of woman has brought
into existence q ciass that did not for
merly exist, namely, the class Of girls
between eighteen and thirty. They are
bright, educated, capable women, who
are awaiting marriage, and instead Of
being given an interest in life and pro-
vided with something to do they are
launched into society with the idea that
the proper thing for them 10 do is to
abandon themselves to the pursuit Of
pleasure. One result Of this IS that we
have women after marriage taking very
unkindly 10 the necessary slOWness Of
domestic duties. They live for thrills,
sensations and excite ment As III ese can
not be obtained at home, the resort 70 ex-
pedients which eventually prove fatal 10
the real and noble idea Of marriage. The
upper-class girl is becoming q lamentably
selfindulgiug creature, who spends the
very prime Of her life in an iReessant
round Of amusement The great leisure
class Of cultivated women cannot be held
guiltless IL il evade Individual response
bility and squanders the benefits Of birth
and education on It's own amusem ent.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-08-16
The NettIe's Sting.

Referring 10 the we'll known poisoning
by the nettle. J. Gnardia, T. r. II. S,
states that the pain produced BY even the
most yirulent English nettie, Urtica
pilulifera, soon abatss and disappears.
Not 50. however. that from some Indian
species. An experience with the Urtica
oEenuiata, encountered in the botanic
gardens II Calcutta, IS given By u.
Lsschsnanlt One OF the leaves slightly
touched the first three fingers OF nv left
hand al ths time I only perceived a
slight pricking, 10 which paid DO at
tention, bat the pain continued to in
crease, and in an hour il had became
intOlesable it seemed as if some one was
rubbing my fingers with hot iron,
though no swelling or inflammation
could be seen. The pain rapidly spread
along the arm as far as the armpit.
was then seized with frequent sneezing.
with a copiOus running OF the nose, as if
I had caught violent cold in the head I;
soon after 1 experienced painful con-
traction ofthe back of the Jaw.
l continued to suffer for two days and
the pain returned in full force whenever
put my hand into water. did not
finally lose it for nine days" There is
another spe eies Of nettle in nmOr, the
effects Of which are said BY the natives
to last for a year, or even TO cause death.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-08-16
SpoiIng a Good Story.

"An ancient Persian king" said the
doctor, had brought before him traitor
10 the throne, who, after brief hearing,
vas condemned to be strangled-
~NIercy,O king" cried the unhappy
man.
"'No,' responded the king sternly.
you have eouspired against me, and you
must pay the penalty with your lifs-
The clock IS now trembling on the stroke
Ofl2 When it sounds the hour, you
must bid farewell 70 earth
~Quiek as thought the prisoner turn
ed to the clock. which stood by the
throne, and with a mighty push threw it
from its pedestal, aud it fell with a crash
to the floor.
Il bow to your viii. O king he said
calmly. When this clock strike:: 1 will
die, and not before
"As tribute to his presence Of mind
the king spared the prisoners life, and
after brief Imprisonment gave him his
liberty.
"QGite interesting" exclaimed 4 lady
when the narrator had finished.
shows that there Is moth ing new
under the sun" ehimed in another
~Humph-yes," said a small, quiet
man in the corner after the comments
had run their course Every good story,
and haze to spoil il, but must do it."
what ?" exclaimed the story teller.
'Yes, must do IT, There we're 10
clocks in ancient Persia, 50 the prisoner
could not have smashed one.-Loadosl
Ta-Bta
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-08-16
A Narrow Escape.

The Tall. ageI, sai-looking man ate a
b0unufli dinner AZ the restaurant. and
then With a check calling for % cents
made his Eay % the cashiers desk lie
banged down the check Eith battered
silver dollar, and looked sadder than ey-
er
The cashier picked up the dollar and
examined ii suspici3usiy. e mad q deep
dent on one side, and looked a. though
it had been plugged. AT that moment
the customer spoke. at is very painful
for me 70 part with that dollar. u saved
nv life once, however, and must DO 80
agAia. At the siege Of Vicksburg car
ried il in nv vest pocket, and the dent
you see there vas made by a bullet,
which otherwise would have killed me.
! have kept IL since as a memorial, and IL
well nigh breaks my heart 70 let il 90 /;
but must-I have nothing else"
The cashier vas plainly interested.
" In what year was the siege Of Vicks-
burg? he asked
Sixty-three,7 said the sad man
promptly
Aud this dollar" returned the ca
shier, is dated 1871, and Is a counter
felt"
The sad man looked annoyed. "Of
course it is" he replied. How could 1
have an lS7I dollar in '63 If it wasn't a
counterfeit"
And the cashier was so dumbfounded
that he passed out quarter 10 change
and allowed the sad man 10 escape.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-08-16
WHOLE NO. 2194
Curious Facts.
Icelanders never whistle.

Icelanders never whistle
The Worlds Fair has two miles of
lunch counters.
About thirty-seven per cent. Of Spain
is cultivated.
Two perfectly formed chickens lately
emerged from one egg, in Olympia,
Washington.
There are more people over sixty years
Of age in France than in any other eoun-
try.
The oldest flute in the world was made
Of the thigh bone Of sheep. and WAS
found in a tomb on the Nile.
A lilliputian lives in Milwaukee in the
person Of fourteen-year-old Anna RO-
maine, who stands only two feet high.
The name ~milliner" really means
q ~Milaner," the frst hat trimmers in
England having been ladies from Milan,
Italy.
The ruins Of Carnac, in France, con
tain over 10000 stones similar to those al
Stonehenge. The Druidical circles cover
over eight square miles Of country.
The chin, the Chinese standard Of
measurement, is l4l inches at treaty
ports, but it varies in different parts Of
the Empire, ranging from nine to six
teen inches.
One hundred years ago grave robbers
got more for the teeth of a cadaver than
they did for the subject" itself They
we're disposed Of to dentists, who used
them as artifcials."
The old Romans believed that erickets
would cure ratarrh, and in some places
the ashes Of crickets are used to help
weak eyes In Sweden the grasshOpper
is employed to remove warts.
The mosaic copies in the Vatican Of
large pictures by Raphael, Domenichino
aud others occupied from twelve to twen-
ty-fve years to execute and required
from 1900 to 2),OlO different shades Of
color.
The celebrated globe fish" IS not al
WAYS globe shaped They have the pow
er Of disteDding themselves into globu-
lar form by initiating large air sac in
.t. .l,r,ap yVbar tbfz il hfoun ont
they assume a normal shape.
Ambassadors in early days received nc
sliary. the honor of serving a monarch
being deemed more than a comps usaiion
for their services. Nor did they even
tender pay for their lodging az a foreign
clurt. bat instead expected % receive AZ
their departure p-eseEts of considerable
vafue
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-08-16
Somebody's Father.

Think that one Of the saddest incl
dents Of the war which witnessed was
after the battle Of Gettysburg. OF On
the outskirts, seated on the ground with
his back to q tree, was a soldier, dead.
His eyes we're ryited on some object held
tightly elasped in his hands. As We
drew nearer we saw that il vas an am
brotype Of two small children. Man
though ! was, hardened through those
long years 10 carnage and bioOdshed, the
sight Of that man whO looked on his
children for the last time in this world,
Who, away of in seelnded spot, had
rested himself against q tree tha; be
might feast his eyes on his little loves.
brought tears 10 my eyes which ! could
not restrain had I wanted 90. There
were SIX Of us in the eroEd, and Ne al
found great lamps gathering in our
throzts, and moist coming before our
eyes which almos; blinded Us. We SO q
looking a. him for some time. 7 vas
thinking Of the wife and baby ! had lefl
al home, and wondering how 8oou, in
the mercy Of God, she would be left a
witnw, and ny baby boy faiherless We
looked a. each other and instihciively
seemed 70 understand our thoughts Not
a word was spoken, bat ne dug grave
and laid the poor fellow 10 rest sith his
ehildren's picture elasped over his heart
over his grave, on the tree against which
he was sitting, inscribed these words.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-08-16
A Story About Gen. Butler.

While be was in charge IN New Or
leans, Gen. Butler hanged four Of his
men for plundering the Confederaies.
The vile Of one Of the men lived in
East Boston. She had two children an d
al the tine OF her husbands death was
about 20 give birth 10 another.
Some kind iadies, prominent among
whom vas Mrs. Isaiah Atkins, came o.
her relief, a. she was entirely destitute.
and enabled her 10 bridge over the trou-
bies by which she was surrounded. when
her child was born they furnished her
with work, for she was handy with the
needle and very industrious.
you must have a sewing machine
one Of her friends, observed, but TIE poor
widoz, with heavy heart, replied that
she did not know where it was 70 come
from.
The lady who made the suggestion
then wrote to Gen. Butler, describing the
widows condition, and blun,ly asked
him 70 give her sewing machine,
AT this period he was being denounced
by the whole rebel press as the beast
Butler man void Of soul AMI human
sympathy" and his arduous duties were
pressing upon him on every hand yet
by return Of mail he forwarded cheek
FOR q sum OF money sufficient 10 purchase
the machine and leave something over.
Subsequently, Mrs. Butler became inter
ested in the widow, aud helped her with
q liberal hand until she was able to take
care of herself
In al interview with the General afer
the war, the widow, with tears in her
eyes. said to him
~Oh, General, it was cruel in you 20
kill my poor husband, He was one Of
the best men alive, and he loved me bet
ter than his own soul"
This was too much for Butler. Al
though he was unsually deliberate in his
movements. he sprang to his feet and
cried:
Madam, you don't know what you
are talking about If my own father
had been caught in such a dirty scrape
/ would have hanged him. l viii nelp
you while you need help, but you must
not speak to me about my duty i"
He gave her something and conducted
her to the door with becoming courtesy.
He considered every woman a lady, by
right Of her sex. Boston Herald.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-08-16
He Kicked at Last.

Madam" said Mr.. McGOOgan 70 his
colored laundress, I'VE have been as
sociated in business for a long time. ]
have been a steady customer Of yours,
and have never attempted % deceive
YOU as TO the amount owe you.
"Dem is fact, sab.
"You have a husband, have you not 20
Deed / has"
~You admire and cherish him. You
Ike to see him arrayed in the finest ssrb
that YOU car obtain for him. As between
my interests and his il would be bus
natural for yon 10 give him the prefer
ence."
-Foh De IAN sakes - she exclaimed.
"C0h' se I would"
very well I have only one request 90
make Prevail upon your husband %
discard bic red slspenders.'
@WuHlh
-liecause. madam. my initial being
'Mc,i' I object % going aronnd with a
larre PINK X scross my shouider blades.
-ii.lsiatgfon siIr.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-08-16

Collector. Il really can't understand
Why you don't pay me my little bin.
You have never given me = single
cent"
Hostester MeGinnis. 'Iftime vas not
money I'd explain il 70 you"
@Now you are giving me impotence ?
@Weli, you were complaining Just now
that hadu't given you anything You
are always grumbling about nothing
%You promised 10 pay me three months
ago, and relied on yoG."
That's So
~And you lied"
Precisely 80. lied on you and you
relied on me, 50 We are even. Good-by."
-Tsx8 S.ftings.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-08-16

ious legislatian in money matters is the
man who earns his daily bread By his
daily toil.D
These words are as pertinent now as on
the day they were uttered, and ought to
impressively remind US that failure in
discharge ofour duty at this time must
especially injure our oountrymen who
labor and who, because Of their number
and condition, are entitled to the most
watehful care of their government
CONGRESS SHOULD ACT AT ONCE.
It is of utmost importance that such re-
lief as Congress can afford in the existing
situation be afforded at once. Themaxim,
He gives twice who gives quickly" IS
directly applicable. It may be true that
the embarrassments from which business
Of the country is suffering a5ise as much
from evils apprehended as from those
actually existing. We may hope, too that
calm cOunsels will prevail and that neith-
er the capitalists nor the wage earners
viii give way to unreasOning panic and
sacrifice their property OF their interests
under the influence Of exaggerated fears.
Nevertheless, every days delay is re-
moving one OF the plain and principal
causes OF the present state Of things en-
larges the mischief already done and in
crease the responsibility Of the govern
ment for its existence. Whatever else
the people have a right to expect from
Congress, they may certainly demand
that legislation condemned by the ordeal
Of three years disastrous experience shall
De removed from the statute books IS soon
as their representatives can legitimately
deal with it. 1t was my purpose tosum-
mon Congress in special session early in
the coming September that we might
enter promptly upon the work OF tariff
reform, which the true interests Of the
country clearly demand, which 50 large a
majority Of the people as shown by their
suIrages desire and expect, and 70 the
accomplishment Of which every effort Of
the present administration IS pledged.
But while tariff reform has lost nothing
ofits immediate and permanent import
ance, and must in the near future engage
the attention Of Congress, it has seemed
to me that the financial condition Of the
country should at once and before all
other subjects, be considered by your
honorable body.
l earnestly recommend the prompt re-
peal of the provisions of the act passed
July II, 1890, authorizing the purchase Of
silver bullion and that other legislative
action may put beyond all doubt or mis-
take the intention and the ability ofthe
government to fulfill its pecuniary obli-
cations in money universally recognized
By all civilized countries.
GROVER CLEvELANu.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-08-16
Counting the stars.

I was walking along one winters night,
harrying toward home. with my little
maiden at my side. said she
"Fsthe-, I am going b count the
stars
Very well, said, 90 on"
By and by heard her counting
Two hundred and twenty-three. Two
hundred and twenty five. o dear" she
said, Il had no idea there were 50
many"
An, dear friend. sometimes say in my
soul Wow, Master, am going 70 count
the benefits
Soon my heart signs, not with sOrrOw.
but burdened with such goodness, and
say to myself: Il had no idea that there
were 50 many"