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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-05-12
THE NEWS
LEGAL COLUMN.
STATE OF RHODE ISLAM.
PUBLIC HEARING.


Providence, May n. issl
The Committee on Corpor tions OF the 3eaat.
will hear all persons interested In the pe,l iou al
The Narragansett Electric Railway Con "a Nv FOR
amendment OF its charter in the Senate Oiaaab~r
on WEDNESDAY,, May 10, 1884, az 10 A. n,
ANDREW j. ANTHONY On ii.lnarL
A. w. JOYCE, Clerk. ,navfl-Ss
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-05-12

Just time 10 stink dotcn In the bushes to
escape observation.
so with the man who had been dogging
him. He was aiming 10 cross the road
lower down, and as he stepped out a
dozen carbines were leveled at him, and
he was prisoner in an instant. Ken
ton was too far away to hear what was
said, bat we can relate it. Reube Par
ker no sooner found himself in the hands
of the enemy than he asked for the cap
tain in command and said:
Il don't deny bein scout, and yo'
SEQ me yere in Confederate uniform
with pass signed by Gineral Jackson.
Thar's two of us, and l reckon yo'
might as well get tho other one while
yo'r about it,"
do You mean that you were in the
company of another Confederate scouti"
asked the captain.
That's what mean"
And where is he?"
found yerg sumwhur, I reckon. Tf
yo'll beat mp the bushes purity iively,
yo'll bo apt to uncover him."
"Fll have tho locality searched, OF
course, " said the captain after a long,
hard look at Reube, "but it strikes
me you are a mighty mean man to give
your comrade away
"Yaas, 1 reckon IL does" imprudent-
lv dIswled Reube. "and mebbsI'S be-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-05-12

etiquette, he went to his tent to make
few preparations. He had left it and
was making his way out of camp when
he was overhauled by Steve Brayton,
who said:
"The gineral is sendin yo' off on an
other scoutP Yo' think yo' ar goin
alone, but yo' hain't. I've follered
along to tell yo' that the captain has
put Reube Parker on yo'r track. Yo'
know Reube? He hain't bin abusin yo'
with his mouth as much as some others,
but he's down ON yo' and playin into
the hands of the captain. l tell yo' to
look out fur him!'
Kenton turned white with anger aud
started to retrace his steps.
'No, yo' don't" said Steve as be
barred the way. II fust took to yo' on
account of yo'r sense, and hope you
won't lose it now. Thar's game bein
played, and yo' wanter come out on
top!'
us ii possible that after what has
passed they still continue to look upon
me as traitorp" demanded Kenton in
q voice broken with emotion.
They do, but it's fur an object, yo'
zee, replied Steve. ''It's all on ac-
count of the gal. If thar was no gal,
yo'd be the first lieutenant or mebbe
captain of the company -taday- Ii thar
was gal and no war, yo' and Wyle
would hev fit duel over her befo' this.
One would hev challenged t'other."
but, but stammered Kenton,
boiling over to say something and yet
not wishing to drag Marian Percy's
name into the case.
cts jest this way" interrupted
Steve: "Yo' uns got the inside track,
and shar's but one way to keep it--play
to win. Beat the captain at his own
gams Go right along about yo'r biz
ness but keep an eve out fur Reube.
Hes put on yo'r track to sell yo' out,
and he'll do his purtiest to please the
captain"
1t was true that Banks was moving
up the valley He had an army five
times as strong as Jackson's, and be
meant to annihilate the latter before
re-enforcements could reach him. Ken
ton had set out in good time. 1t takes
an hour to move regiment of men as
signed to certain place on march.
1t takes three hours for brigade to
march and c0untermarch and file out of
its camp onto the highway. Divisions
ordered to move at z o'clock a. IN. are
balting and lingering at noon. An army
of 20, men with its artillery, bag
gage trains, ambuIances, camp follow
ers and beef cattle is a gigantic sloth.
1t must open its eyes. IL must wink
and blink and nap again. II must
stretch and yawn and complain. 1t is
~ If huge tortoise was trying TO work
loose from its shell.
Banks was getting ready for his move.
Every report which kenton received rs
he neared the 'front.' went to assure him
of the fact. He was on foot, lodging
from forest to forest and from field TO
field and betraying himself only to
few whom he knew could be trusted.
After the first day out he became satis-
fed that he was being logged 10y Reube
Parker. The latter must also have been
provided with pass to take him
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-05-12
CHAPTER XIV.

Ike Baxtsr's wife made her way Il
the Percy mansion to find everything il
confusion. Every neighbor had fed,
and such friends as remained were ex-
aggerating the results Of Jackson IS de-
feat and retreat. Reports were brought
in by this one and that one that Jack
son himself intended to burn the town
and leave only desolation behind him
as he fell back. As consequence,
though brave enough during the early
part of the day, night came to find Ma
rian and her mother full of alarm. This
was added to by Mrs. Baxter's appear
ance. Her errand appeared to be to give
information of the servants who had
fled in terror, and in this wcy she
gained admission to the presence of the
ladies, though as she left the kitchen
Uncle Ben shook his head and muttered
to himself:
II nebber did like dem white trash
folks tail. an can't a-bear to hev 'em
around. l know dat man oh hers, an de
two ob'e together hain't Wort shucksl"
The Percys had heard rumor that
several of the guards had been killed
or captured at Kernstown, but had no
reliable information. Mrs. Baxter gave
the number and their names. The last
name on her list was that of Royal Ken
ton, and she added the information that
it was believed by all the surviving
guards that Kenton was to be held re-
sponsible.
Il don't see how" quickly replied
Marian as look of pain and surprise
came to LeI face. "He braved danger
with the rest, and he was also made
prisoner"
I'm sure ! dunno, but I'm tsllin
yo' what they all say, remarkes, the
woman. Didn't know but Captain
Wyle had told 20 all how !. hap
pened."
''No. He has not been here"
"EverybDdy's cheerin and snakin
hands with he un, 'tinse no un was so
brave. He un killed 10 Yankees with
his sword in that fout. Gineral Jack
Son shook hands with him down ut the
tavern befo' all the people. Reckon he
un will be made grand oesifer fur bein
30 brave.
Continued Tuesday,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-05-12
Herod 0utdoes Himself at Low
Prices on
Boots e Shoes.
f9. 20. 80, 49. So. 79. SO Cts.


1oc. %Si:s i: ssss Sss sss. 81:
36c.
Chilaren's Kid Button Boots,
2OC sizes from to o.; price was
@2s Doc.
Children's Russet Goat Button
O0C Boots; no heel; sizes to o;
OSs this shoe was made 10 sell
for 60c. =,
Ladies' Dongola and Russet
IOr Oxfords; sizes ~ to q; this is
fSs remarkable bargain.
Misses fine DongoIa Oxford
EOC Ties, patent leather tip,
C2Ns spring heel, sizes IL To 2; this
shoe is worth s1.00.
Ladies' Russet and Wine Ok
tzOC ford Ties, all sizes, q very
HSs very stylish shoe, worth s1.25.
Ladies FINE Dongola Oxford
8oc. Es;l isssssrp psli's sl$ a..: %: b Ps's%' g
never sold less than S1.25.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-05-12

ter tell yo' why. It's bskase he un 8 an
other of yo'-a reg lar bo n Yank who's
mean huff to sell out both sides il be
could! Reckon he's got lots Of news
fur Gineral Jackson this time, and
yo'll git prize IL yo' git hold o. him!"
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-30

boy, perhaps you win show us the way to the right rooms2''
 Come along thenl" said he. "fn run down and tell them to send up sotne lunch they did not explain that they had lunched already. "You come too, Washington, and then after lunch you and l will row the ladies up to By. ron's pool
 Yes, do come, Mir. Flushinrtop. n the ladies said kindly, "just to show you forgive usl'
 But Fiushington wriggied out of il. To begin with, he did not consider he knew his neighbor sufficiently we'll, as they had only had nodding acquain. tance before, and besides he had had enough of female society for one day.
 Indeed long after that he would be careful in fastening his door about lunch con time, and if he saw any person in Cambridge who looked as if she might by any possibility turn out to be fela. tion he would flee down back street -F. AnBtey in Belgrayia
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-30
The Way to Tell rn orunro.

Sig oranges gro no good. They are all skin and tiber. If you want "a yellow cup of wine. Suy small fruit-that is fruit that runs ri6 or 200 to the box. Weigh it in the hand and take the heaviest Sweet sound oranges are full of wine and sugar and very heavy. A thin. smooth skin is a good sign. Wide, deep bored skins arc unmistakable signs of coarse, spongy article Bright yel. low oranges usuallycost more than rus set, because they are prettier When the commission merchant buys in 2 hurry, he saves time by taking an orange be. tween his hands and squeezing it to death. If it runs acupef wine, he takes as much of the cargo as he needs. If it runs dry, he cuts the price or refuses to trade. There is no surer Way to tell the real value of an orange, mandarin or grape fruit Exchange.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-30
A Mild Rebuk..

In small New England village there lives q man named Jenkins Sanderson, whose enormous, ungainly figure and for. bidding expression of countenance seem to belle his real gentleness and good na. ture and make him an object of distrust and sometimes even of horror to stran. gers His wife is q thin, prim old lady, the embodiment of neatness and exceed ingly quiet in her manners. She has a serene, placid face which is not often agitated by smiles and still mors rarely ruffled by frownS
 She was taking tea one summer after. noon with neighbor who had a new Summer boarder, Q lady of hysterical tendencies, who boasted of the "extreme sensitiyeness of her nervous organiza- tion. " Several other worthy danes, res. idents of the village, were participants in thus mild festivity.
 As the guests were seated around the table, the summer boarder chanced to look out of the window and saw Jen. hns Sanderson approaching the house with messagefor his wife. It was the summer boarder's first sight of him.
 'Oh, mercy on usP' she exclaimed in ahrin dismay, dropping her teacup, with q chatter. Just see! Who's that awful looking man coming up the pathi He has frightened ass almost out of my witsrr
 The embarrassment of the other guests was painful for a moment, but no longer. Mrs. Sanderson gazed calmly out of the window and then turned her mild glance upon the hysterical board CT Why, ma'am, she said tranquil ly, that is my good husband. He is an awful looking man, but God made him P'-Youth's Companion.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-30
Duck Night at Ewe,,.s.

Duck night at Ewell's store down on tho Virginia coast near the North Caro- lima line is locally famous in the duck. ing season as the special night in the week when the storekeeper is at home to the duck hunters of the region. Ewell buys ducks of the hunters, paying for the game in goods from his store and shipping his purchases to an up coast life saving station, whence they find their way to the markets of Baltimore, Phila. delphia and New York.
 As Ewell waits behind his copnter with a lantern the duckers, rude look. ing fellows of the beach comber tyne. drop in one by one and sit round in the gloom. Ewcll hangs the game in cold room at the rear of the store and credits each ducker with the agreed value of his ducks As each transaction ifs made the ducker recalls something that he needs from the merchants stock, and when he has received the article the price is debited against his credit. The ducker then relapses to the nearest bar, rel or box and waits until some other needed article shall occur to his mind. He then makes the new demand upon the merchant has new debt placed against his credit and again slinks back into the gloom.
 After fully two hours of this sort of thing those who wish the balance of their credit paid in cash receive their dues, and everybody cautiously repairs to hollow tree hard by, where moon- sinners from over the North Carolina line are waiting with fiery article of liquor, and the heart of the tucker is made glad. Philadelphia Press
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-30
"The Lamb Gourd.. ].

The Duke of Holstein, in his "1raY.
 ,ls In Muscovy and Persia" (l636s gives 2 full account of wonderful vegetable growing in the neighborhood of the city of Samara, Russia and known as the lamb or sheep gourd. " The duke says: It most resembles lamb in all its members and on that account is called the lamb gourd. It changes place in growing as far as the vine or stalk will reach, aud wherever it turns the grass withers When it ripens, the stalk withers, and the outward rind is covered with kind of hair. which the Musco. vites use instead of fur. They showed us some of these skins, which were GOV. cred with soft wool, not unlike that Of . lamb newly weaned. '
 Scaliger also speaks of the 'lamb gourd" in his works In one chapter he says that the queer vegetable continues to grow as long as grass is plentiful, but that when tho grass falls the pore creetyr dyes frome lac of nourishment 1" He also says that the wolf is the only animal that will feed upon it,1St Louis Reppblio
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-30
The srarlss of n Musician.

Musical down to his finger tips, is common enough expression, but few people realize its true significance. |" said musical sharp, who is also some. what of fiat, to me the other day. "As matter of fact, he continued, "a real musician--oie to whose soul true har. mony appeals with all its beautiful and poetic force--is so susceptible to its effects that it sends the blood to his heart and his extremities, when such an artist is engaged in a performance of my length, become cold as frogs. I do not know of single exception Did you ever shake hands with Paderewski just after he came from the piano? If you did, you must have noticed that his hand was like lump of ice The same thing is true of amateurs who have the real artistic temperament, and if such q one hasn't cold hands under such cir. cumstances you can know that he or she has no real musical sentiment It is an infallible test New York Mail and Express.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-30
Singular Bookkeeping.

The following is vouched for by cor respondent as being extracted verbatim from Q list of stores wanted by the steward of Tyne steamship: "Stoars wonted; 3 doyan egs, am, IA pund bakon, 3 tins sasinger, c tins supe, 3 tins piled meet, ? tins motin, h FOO wate potaes, 6 lofes sofe bred, blather lard, 1 smole cheas, sum fresh meet & vegables, & sum Karirts and turmits, 2 tins serdeens, 3 tins histers (oysters) to try, 3 notmegs, 3 tins samin, g tins frute, tin marmalaid, pund solt fish. "-Newcastle England) News
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-30
SONGS uNsUNa.

 Let no poet, great or small,
 Say that he will sing song, For song comeih, if at all,
 Not because VIC woo it long, But because 1t suits It's will, Tired at last of being still. Every song that has been sung
 Was, beforc it took voice, Waiting since the world was young For the poet of lis choice. Oh, if any waiting be, Hay they come today to mel Yam ready to repeat
 Whatsoever they impart; sorrows sent by them are sweet They know how to heal the heart; Aye, and in tho llghtest straln Something serious doth remain. What arc my white hairs, forsootb And the wrinkles on my brow7 have still the soul Of youth Try me, merry Muses, now; ] can still with numbers fleet VIII the world with dancing feet. No, am no longer young;
 Old am this many year; But my songs will yet be sung, Though lshall not live 10 hear. Oh, my son that is to be, Sing my songs and think of mo!
 Richard Henry Stoddard
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-30
A Bottomless Take rn Sweden.

In Thomas Nashe's "Terrors of the Night"-published in l594--he says that Lake Wetter, Sweden, is bottom less. He also tells other peculiar things respecting it "Over it no fowle flies but is frozen to death nor anio mann pass but is mummed like a statue of marble Awle ye inhabitants around about it are deafened with ye hidieous roar of hits waters when out of it's midst as out of Mont Gibell a sulphurous stinking smoak issues that well nj poy- sons 70 whole countrie about "--St Louis Republic
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-30
where Acn |. Son.itir..

A young girl sprang forward iupul. slyeiy one evening to help all elderly caller get into his overcoat He rejected her assistance rather cmtly After he had gone away her mother shrewdly re- marked, If you want to taunt man no longer young with his age, offer to hold his overcoat fa; him. "--Detroit News
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-30
rhe old Novel nnl lhe Nnu-

What is the difference between the old novel and the new?" l am asked. Here is sentence which will just answer the question: In the old fiction they marry in the last chapter and live hap oily ever afterward; in the new they marry in the first chapter and live un- happily ever afterward. -London Mil. lion
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-30
A i'nilaaelphis Inquiry.

The Philadelphia Inquirer quotes sta tistics showing that, while New York re- ceived 6A per cent of the Worlds fair imports, Philadelphia received only one third of per cent. IL declares that Ta- coma Fl Paso and Laredo are conmer- cially ahead of Philadelphia, and it wants q knew why fnese thing arc SO.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-30
GLlL MOST NOTED CASTRATea IN THE WORLD

Has his methods now in hvvk form, and for sale, fully Illustrating his sapss approved methods of Altering Colts, Sraysng Cattle and Dogs, especially RidghPe Horses, ste- Also ing t'hS' best after treataIehs or castrsted stock Very important toaii stock owners and castrdtorss forprites and particulars of book write hinsat Charleston, Coles Co.,, III.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-09-10
lcopyrieht. Louis Klopsch. 1S94)

copyright. Louis Klopsch, 1S94)
Dunedin. New Zealand. July - lS94.-
Nhat the Indians are TO America the
Maoris are TO New Zealand. These aboTl-
eincs are dying out very rapidly, put YOU
see them in all the upper portions or Ne"
Zealand All this country was once theirs
and they would have kept it, bat from
whaling ships the foreigners aliShted 10
furnish enough rum and vices of ali sorts
to kin the Nlaoris. They are said to be
superior race of sayages, but the noblilty
Of them l fail to see. Their faces are
plowed UP, not with age but by a tattoo
ing which they suppose pictoriahZes ana
beauties Sharp Shells scooped out these
burrows of the countenance. Their great
est fun was massacre. When some OF
thin adopted Christianity they received
the Old Testament but rejected the New
Testament. They liked the war scenes OF
the old but not the peace of the new. ON
occasions they made cartridges OF the New
Testament. When they could not eat all
their enemies they preserved them in tin
cans and sent them delicate presents TO
their friends. The ship Boyd" bound for
England. put in at one of the New zealand
harbors, and all on board were slain ana
eaten except a woman ar three children,
who hid away, the only survivors TO tell
the story. OF course all ships knew that
If they were wrecked on these shores they
would become part of the diet of the peo-
pie. Two of their chiefs taken to London
in 1920 aroused much interest and they
were loaded with presents of all sorts; but
before starting for home these recipients
exchanged the presents for muskets with
which they drove back and destroyed the
neighboring tribes who could not afford
muskets. Some of these savages went so
far as to lend clubs and powder and knives
to their enemies that lively fighting might
be kept up. On one occasion they refused
to capture the trains carrying food and am
munition to the opposing forces, and when
the chief of the Maoris was asked the cause
of this, he replied. "Why, you fool, if we
had captured their ammunition and food
how could they have Fought" One of the
missionaries says that he held religious
service at a place between two lighting
tribes. and from both tribes an audience
was made up on Sunday, but on Monday
they resumed their old fight. If they had
had plainly put to them the first question
of the catechism. what is the chief end
of MANI" their reply. if frankly made,
would have been: The chief end of man is
to make an end of him."
De Quincy wrote an essay on Murder as
a Fine Art" but to the Maoris murder was
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-09-10

ed here as n universal custom common TO
the semi-barbarous tribes inhabiting the
section south Of the Ohio river me ms
conceived idea of the south which calls LOT
these presumptuous protests is, OF course
hegotten through no natural i'll VIII, out
as the result OF o partisan and preJuolccd
crusade The English mind having as yet
been presented with but one side Oh the
question. and that the dark side. IL IS
difficult to conceive That the town couhcl
of Leeds or an honorable body OF phlldi-
thropic workers of London, or that
reputable minister of Manchester shoulu'
i'm ENDORSING; this crusade, lend countenance
- no nronositlon that here in the south
ern states a negro's life is not considered
worth more than from one to two dollars
tbat negroes are frequently skinned awe
for the pleasure of the operation, ana tnat
II is an ordinary occurrence for well-to-
do sOutherner to kill a negro or TWO before
breakfast, and yet to just such apsuro
propositlons are intelligent EngHshmen
subscribing themselves, thereby demon
stratinc in the absence of malice, Tor mat
can scarcely be charged, that they are rldlc-
ulouslv ignorant OF the concident history or
those VINO are of their own flesh and blood
or that they are allowing themselves I'M
willingly. to be used as tools IN the pro-
mitigation Of libels which. so tar as the
south is solely concerned, are apsolutelS
uuiustitied ana Wnlcn 50 SISdliy ilii9i NP4~
SOM the true situation as to create aston
ishment that reputable EnSlishmen nave
been SO extensively hoodwinked by lhe
faxed sentiment on which they have peen
industriousiy fed for selfish purposes.
If mistake not New Jersey has resorted
to lynch law since Georgia, ana 1iIllIolS
since South Carolina. For almost every
lynching in the south there is an onset
I'm the north or in the west. The proVoca-
tlon-and there is only one which calls Tor
such appeals to violence-which caused the
port Jervis mob in New Jersey 70 put a
quick end to its victim. is the same that
causes, occasionally, similar outbreaks
I'm the west and in the south. A Few Gays
ago. in n neighboring state, an innocent,
curIy-headed ten-year-old, prattling child
was brought to it's parents Frustrated be-
vond relief. and with reason dethroned.
Death soon relieved it of its horrible suf-
fering. The beast was lynched, just as he
yvould have been had the outrage taken
nlace i'm New York, or in Indiana, instead
OF in the south.
nv the slow process of legal methods
tbis 1end. after Incarceration. would have
awaited the term OF the court for trial.
That might have meant a delay pf from
three TO six months. Then he would, no
doubt. have been convicted. Then comes
tba aDpeal for new trial, for the lawyer,
| ambitious to make the best possible show
mo ont OF the worst possible case, resorts
10 all known and unknown techni-
| caIities of the law, ana justice Is
| DELAYED = few months longer. linen