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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-20
UNDERGROUND CONDUITS
TELEPHONE COMPANY WILL soon
COMMENCE WORK.
The Routes and Branches VIII Cover q
Territory Equal to About Four Miles
of Trenching.

The National Underground Conduit
company of New York has contracted to
furnish cement for pipes for the con-
struction of underground conduits for
the Providence Telephone company.
Work will soon be commenced and
will be pushed as rapidly as possible
About 5000 barrels of cement with a
proportionate amount of sand and OF her
ingredients and about 1850 feet OF pipe
will be necessary to commence work
The conduits will be placed in the stree Is
at depth Of from four TO fifteen feet
and will have a capacity for 1000 wires.
all running from the central Office on
Union street. AT frequent int ryals
manholes will be put IN so that all
proper facilities NAV be had for the re-
pairing and care OF the wires.
The routes first to be constructed ara
as follows: Route 1-From central Office
on Union street to Weybosset, thence Co
Broad and Beacon avenue. terminating
at Point 81 rect. Route From central
Office on Union street to Fulton street.
across Exchange place, up North Main
street to the junction of Mill street,
where the terminus will be for the pres
ent. koule 3-From Central Office on
Union street to Weybosset, to Aborn
gangway, across Crawford street. bridge
to South Main street, thence to the June
ion OF Wickenden street. Route a.
From central Office on Union street to
Washington thence to Dean, Summer
and Pond streets to the present terminus
at Pearl street.
In addition To these routes the follow
ing branches will be laid out from Wey-
bosset through Peck to Dyer streets; On
Eddy street from Weyb jsset to Clifford:
Union To Cove street; on Richmond from
Weybossey TO Pine street; in Waterm an
from North Main street to Prospect ter
race.
These routes and branches will cover a
territory equal to about four miles OF
t,ancninn
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-20
IrrAAETHOMESe%z g
! CLUBMEN." /"

81 have met with much success in the
fuse of the LOND DONDERR y
kI7HLA WATER. AS a natural
remedy it is a remarkable one. OF its
Efficacy in reducing the amount Of uric
aeid 4 am bosifiVe, and I shall con-
|nnHe TO use and recommend IL. In
fact, ] was one of the first in Chicago
to use this water in practice. AS a
drinking water for table purposes it has
kso superior. ] learn it is extensive1]
I'd at the Cfidago and Calumet c.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-20
Obituary.

DR.. John w. Gornan died at his homo
In Westerly. yesterday, agei 80 years.
DIR. Gorham was bora in Boston, add
came from dstin uished IA lily. being
y desse .dtnt of General Warren. He
WIS graduated rom Harvard college.
I'D sp niie ar~ az bis life prdctic-
IN n.~a ca nIay For four years he
W. u li ~t 60 Jernskem.
H. " s.,rly. with
c.. Baptist
mis- W4s n
Tea D. 30 speak
eig,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-20
STATUE OF JOHN ERICSSOE
dwelling of His Statue VIII he Marked
by Interesting Observances.

The unveiling OF Jonathan Scott Hart
ley's bronze statue of John Ericssoo, in
Blttery park, New York, on Wednesday,
the Goth OF this month. will be marke ed
by very interesting public exercise. The
statue stands OH we'll proportioned
pedestal or granite, s feet 9inches high.
II was erected by the municipality OF
New York, ai cost OF $4,000. IL pre-
sents heroic figure al the great inventor.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-12-30

Not long since Rev. Thomas Q. Hall
of the Forty-first Presbyterian church,
Chicago. preached a sermon that was
rather remarkable. He criticised his
own cloth as layman would not dare
do. Particularly he pointed out the
weak spots in much that goes by the
name of preaching, amcng other things
saying:
Wishy. washy, goody-goody talk. with illus
trations dragged in headlong and now ana
then a furious thrust at some universally con-
henlned sin Is not preaching and has no pow
err Better 10 eager, honest, sympathetic words
than half n rcam full OF fhe doleful, dreary
common ,nucs tlat most of us can write by
the hour and foist on patient, long suffering
congregations under the name of pulpit min
istratons." The pulpit has several misfor-
tunes. Ii is a grave disadvantage TO preach
ing-whatever its many advantages in other
lnes-:h hat many regard churehgoi ~ Tor
its own sake as a virtue. 1t gives weak preach
ing a hearing it does not deserve and should
not get.
Another disadvantage Is that no one an
swers the preacher. He can belabor with
merciless severity higher criticism" and
'sciencc falsely so Called" and only one or
two In his whole congregation detect from mis-
the learned pastor is along those lines an igno-
ramus and a humbug. The preacher can be a
literary impostor. He can by the skillful use
of names and alleged facts picked out OF re-
views and other irresponsible sources Of mis-
information pose as very widely read and
learned man. No one cross examines him. No
one shows up his pretentious ignorance, and
his flock is sooner or later composed only OF
those who have not detected the mposture and
staid away.
There is an immense amount of this pulpit
imposture, and il cannot be for the glory OF
God. 1t Is not demanded that the preacher
should know everything. But the preacher
should be honest. He should not pretend tc
know what he does not know. There are thou
sands of young men who sneer at all preaching
because they have detected in so many preach
ers this Grass, rude pulpit bunko game.
If only we preachers stuck to our real work
we should save ourselves from temptations
along this line Why should we go out of oul
way to belabor Science" or ''criticism?" These
are Gods messengers as much as we, and t.
their own master they stand or fall.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-12-30
Natural Bread.

A new notion is that yeast bread is
not healthful to put into the human
stomach. But there is one food that
many millions Of human beings use as
bread the year round. and we have no
record that one of them ever had dys-
pepsia. That food is the banana. With
the millions who use it as bread it Is
like the colored brothers opossum-
good for to bake and good for to fry"
as well as to eat raw. There are two
principal varieties-the one to be eaten
raw, the other cooked. The fruit that
comes to us is of the kindto be eaten in
it's natural state, though when cut in
slices and fried crisp in butter it makes
dish most palatable.
The banana is of the lily family of
plants and in itself contains all the ele-
ments necessary to sustain life, which is
more than can be said Of either wheat or
potatoes Further, the ground that will
grow SO pounds Of wheat or so pounds
Of potatoes will produce 400 pounds OF
bananas. The dark eyed son of Italy
who carts this natural bread through the
streets is therefore fully justified in sing
ing as he revolves, "Cheapa banana
centa pieca,"
Finally, if you want dish this hot
weather that is eminently filling for the
money and palatable as filling, slice
into deep dish some ripe luscious
bananas that have been in the ice ches
several hours. Sugar them to taste ant
pour over them pure fruit juice tina
you yourself expressed. With pineapple
Juice over them they will be feast fl
for the angels.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-12-30
Notice of Warning.

To the public:
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned claims by virtue of a
possessory right, under the state
law, and by virtue of possession
and improvements thereon, all that
part of the Eaton townsite as plat
ted, situated on the mountain side,
to the south of wire fence running
in the rear of row of cottages on
the south side of the Great North
ern railroad track and Immediately
south of Cottage street, in Eaton,
Kootenai county, state of Idaho.
That | intend to apply to the
town trustees Tor a deed to the
same.
That all parties entering thereon
will be considered and treated as
tresspassers. TIMOTHY CALLAHAN.
Dated Nov. Is, 1898.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-12-30
PAT EN- rs
Notice to inventors.

There was never a time in the his
tory of our country when the de-
mand for inventions and improve
ment in the arts and sciences gen
orally was so great as now. The
conveniences of mankind in the
factory and work shop, the house
hold. on the farm and in official
life, require continual accessions
to the appurtenauces and imple-
ments of each in order to save labor,
time and expense. The political
change in the administration of
government does not effect the pro-
gress of the American inventor,
who being on the alert, and ready
to perceive the existing deficiencies,
does not permit the affairs of gov
eminent to deter him from quickly
conceiving the remedy to overcome
existing discrepancies. Too great
care cannot be exercised in choos-
ing a competent and skilled attor-
ney to prepare and prosecute an
application for patent. Valuable
interests have been lost and des-
troyed in innumerable instances by
the employment of incompetent
counsel, and especially is this ad-
vice applicable to those who adopt
the "No patent, no pay" system.
Inventors who intrust their bus
mess to this class of attorneys do SC
at eminent risk, as the breadth and
strength Of the patent is never con
sidered in view of quick endeavoi
to get an allowance and obtain the
fee then due.
THE PRESS CLAIMS CO., Johr
Wedderburn, General Manager, 61S
f street, n. W., Washington, d. G.
representing a large number of i'm
portant daily and weekly papers
as we'll general periodicals Of thu
country, was instituted to protec
its patrons from the unsafe method
heretofore employed in this line 0
business. The said company i
prepared to take charge of all pat
ent business intrusted to it 70
reasonable fees, and peprares AM
prosecutes applications generally
including mechanical inventions
design patents, trade marks, labels
copyrights, interferences, infringe
ments, validity reports, and give
especial attention to rejected cases
1t is also prepared to enter int
competition with any firm in secul
ing foreign patents.
Write for instructions and advice
john WEDDERBURN,
61S F Street,
{. P. ., Box $50, Washington, d.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-12-30

The Italian authorities appear to have
been suppressing news of the presence of
cholera in Naples. 1t would be strange
if cholera should not appear in Naples
if that disease existed anywhere within
1000 miles of the town, for Naples is
the flthiest place in the civilized world.
1t is doubtful indeed if Naples can be
called civilized. Ethnologists say the
admixture Of heather negro blood from
tie north coast of Africa is strongly
marked in the lower classes of Neapoli-
tans. At any rate, the city is most Of
fensive to refined eyes and nostrils in
spite of all the beauties that nature has
lavished thereabouts. That cholera
should be in Naples and scarcely a case
of it anywhere else in Europe outside Of
russia is clear proof that where lack of
sanitation is there the pestilence delights
to ravage.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-12-30

It has been found that coal loses by
evaporation and wearing away when it
is exposed to weather. This is true of
both hard and soft Goals, but more es-
pecially of the soft varieties. In course
of a not very long time bituminOus coal
has been found to have lost one-third in
weight and to have only half the value
of freshly mined coal for gasmaking
purposes. Persons who leave quantities
of coal exposed in open yards are there.
fore subjecting themselves to serious loss.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-12-30
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

ESTATE of MICHAEL DRIsCOLL, deceased:
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
administrator of the estate OF Michael Driscoll
deceased, TO the creditors Of and all persons
having claims against the said deceased, to ex-
hibit them with the necessary vouchers, within
four (D months after the first publication of this
notice, TO the said administrator at his residence
at the Boundary Line, on Kootenai River Idaho,
the same being the place for the transaction of
the business of the said estate, in the county of
Kootenai, State of Idaho.
Dated at Boundary Line, Idaho, on the 2Sth
day of November, 1898. G. p. HILL,
Administrator of Michael Driscolls Estate.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-12-30
Notice.

Notice is hereby given that those
wishing to make application for
property in the town of Eaton,
Kootenai county, state of Idaho,
can do so at the residence of
George HI. Tamblin, on Cottage Az
enue, in the town of Eaton, on
Mondays, Wednesdays and Satur-
days, between the hours Of 9 and II
a. m. Treasures Office at same
place and hours.
Authorization will be furnished
at Office. GEORGE III. TAMBLIN,
Chairman,
E. L, WHITNEY, Treasurer.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-12-30

Unless some other city is ahead of her
date. Turin will have the next Worlds
fair. Warned by the example of Chi
cago, she has given herself plenty of
time to prepare. Her exposition will
come off in 1905.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-12-30

We owe it to mankind to face them
with cheerful. hopeful bearing.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-12-30

John o. Hogge & Co. are sell
ing beef by the quarter cheaper
than anybody.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-07-19
BLOSSOM MOUsR

Opposite Union Depot, Kansas OitV, No.
The Blossom House Is convenient 70
ell parts Of the city. Cable cara run In
every direction. It is just across the
street from the union depot Just the
place 10 meet your friends. Members Of
the Alliance make the Blossom House
their headquarters when In the city, and
their geneFal place Of meeting when RG-
landing convsntlonR abroad
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-07-19
A Letter From Attorney General Little

A Letter From Attorney General Little
THE following letter appeared in the pub
lilo press on the evening Of the 18th inst.
Comment will be found on another page
EDITOR
Topeka, KAs., July II, 1893.
Req. A. j. Richards, Fort Scott, Kos:
DEAR SIR AND FRIEND have been
unable, because Of q press Of work, to
consider your petition, and this Office is
overwhelmed with petitions Of the same
kind. When one petition comes IN for
the appointment of an assistant, another
petition will be presented demonstrating
against it. / appointed an assistant a
few days ago for Geary county, at juno
ton City, and yesterday this office was
beeeiged with parties from the same
town asking the removal Of the man /
had appointed, and they were all good,
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-07-19

intelligent men. But want to tell you
what the trouble is. These cities are all
in debt, and the financial condition OF
the country being so low and the times
81 hard, money so scarce and stringent,
that the people Of these cities have con-
Cluded to scquiesce in the cities collect
ing licenses from these institutions for the
purpose OF paying their taxes. am in
clined to the opinion that there are
plenty Of good men in these cities in ia
VOr OF the license OF these liquor saloons
merely for the purpose Of raising reve-
nue.. Times are getting harder every
day, and the strain upon cities in collect
ing money to run the cities and to pay
this vast indebtedness, are virtually de-
mSndlng Of them some process by which
these taxes can be gathered, and they
are in a direct manner consenting. Be-
cause l find that all these parties who
remonstrate against the appointment of
an assistant attorney general are tax
payers, and their strongest plea is that
these licensed saloons bring in money
enough to pay the expenses of the city
and thereby relieve them. In my judg-
ment il you want morality in a commu-
nifty you must furnish the people suffi-
Cient amount Of money to do legitimate
business and to pay their debts. If this
is not done men will seek every opportu-
nifty and permit vice and crime to run at
large il from this source they can collect
money to relieve their overburdened con-
dition. This demand for licensed ga
looms is growing stronger every day, and
will continue to grow stronger until the
people have some relief and are enabled
to get money to pay their taxes and run
their city indebtedness without resort
ing to licensing vile institutions.
/ saw q committee from Fort Scott, q
few days ago, who informed me that a
meeting had been held for the purpose
Of prosecuting your attorney and your
sheriff for not enforcing the liquor law.
/ have to-day written the county Rttor-
ney and the sheriff that they must do
their duty in this respect, but want to
say right here that the condition of
times as they now are, and the people
strsining every nerve to save what little
they have accumulated in the last num-
Der Of years, that they will countensnce
these licensed institutions and in my
judgement there is no power under
heaven that will prevent it. 1t is like at
tempting to drain a fountain by dipping
at the stream. IL this community wants
peace and harmony, soberness and viz
tue, they must provide some system
other than the present; for not only will
saloons run wide open but will crime Of
every conceivable nature become ram
pant. Men must live, and If q nstion
adopts policy by which they are un-
able to supply themselves and family
with food, mark you that these people
viii have it, and starving men will resort
to anything.
I am in hopes to see you before long
and have good talk with you about
these matters. They are serious and
am 20 deluged with petitions and rsmon-
strances Of this kind that l sm almost
sick. Please let me hear from you.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-07-19

agents, and she variety Of terms and rate
Of all kinds and descriptions offered, the.
would speedily conclude that competition
between book houses ls mighty sharp ant
keen.
The state senate of Illinois at itl
late session appointed q committee Il
Investigate the American School Bool
Company, which is the alleged school
book trust. The same committee in.
vestigated the school furniture trust
and reported that it is a reality. The
following is the substance Of ITS re.
port upon the American Book Com
pany:
The committee found no evidence
that the company in any way con
trolls the supply of books, or prevents
competition in any particular. They
found 40 evidence that there ia any
colluslon between it and any of its
competitors in the manufacture and
publishing of school text books, for
the regulation of prices, the division
Of territory or the controlling Of the
the quality or quantity of text books.
They found still further that there
has been no advance in the prices of
school books since it was organized,
but on the contrary, from the evi-
dence offered, that it's prices have
been reduced. They found further
from the evidence offered that the
cost Of books to dealers is less than
formerly, and that it had reduced it's
mailing prices 10 the wholesale
prices, instead Of as formerly requir-
ing an advance of 16S per cent. on
the wholesale price.
Such, in substance, is the report Of
the committee. But suppose, for the
sake Of the argument, we admit the
existence Of a school book trust. Are
the people certain Of escaping from
It's clutches, as the saying goes, by
voting county uniformity? Is it cer-
tain that the county boards would
reject a better bid from the trust
than from another publishing house
in order to get even with the trust
Some Of them might do so and some
might not. Experience teaches us to
believe that they would buy where
they could get the best goods for the
least money, trust or no trust, and
we regard this argument in favor of
a sweeping change in text books as
not we'll sustained. The remedy is
not certain to cure the disease COM
planned Of, even If the disease is real.
It appears to us that the one thing
most needful to be done is to volun-
tarily adopt the free text book sys-
tenn. Should the Legislature hereafter
make this system uniform through
out the state, such action will have
no effect upon those districts and
counties that have already adopted
it; and it's adoption now will remedy
the evils growing out Of the lack of
uniformity in school districts with
very insignificant cost to the people.
Upon this subject we have the salts
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-07-19
THE SCHOOL BOOK QUESTION.
(CoHTINURD,)

we wish 10 supplement with some
further considerations that may be
useful in determining the best action
to be taken by the several counties Of
the state this year.
Some of the counties which adopted
books in 1885, 1886 and 1887 have
since had rather rscY times with
their book changes. We will cite one
instance, that of Riley county, which
first adopted uniformity in 1885.
This adoption expired in 1890, but
the people did not elect new county
text book board until 1891, when a
new adoption was made; but, before
the adopted books we're introduced
into the schools the competing pub
fishers involved the county supeFln-
ent, as chairman of the board, in
litigation by injunction and msnds-
mus suits, all of which had a very
disturbing effect upon the welfare Of
the schools. The litigation dragged
on for almost a year, and then third
adoption was made, and this time an
entirely new system of books was
adopted and the people were forced
TO change again and buy new books
throughout. Such a state Of affairs
should be avoided, and the surest
way to prevent it is to let the book
agents severely alone and continue
the books now IN use unless there is
some good objection to them.
In counties having uniformity, in
which the adoptlons have expired Or
are expiring, it will be well to re-
member that vote against uniform
ity means preserving the books now
in use, thereby avoiding q change,
whereas q vote in favor of county
uniformity means the election Of a
new board and the makingOf new
adoption, with the probability of a
complete change, with all it's attend
ant annoyances and unnecessary OK
pense.
We have seen several circulars Civ
ing various reasons for adopting
county uniformity of text books.
Some Of them advance as the chief
reason q desire to get out Of the
clutches Of the school book trust.
This bugaboO has been dangled be-
fore our eyes for years, and we take
the liberty to suggest that people
who advise others to throw away
good money already invested in text
books for the sake of getting even
with the trust, are advising them to
bite of their own noses to spite their
faces. Let us see what there ls in
this thing.
We have no use for a school book
trust any more than any other kind
of trust, but the question which all
reasonable people who consult their
own interests will consider is likely
to be, is there q school book trust
which has a monopoly Of the trade as
other trusts haze a monopoly of the
commodities in which they deal.