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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-12-13
CHICAGO Grain Notes.

~ A wgEoES
Car Lots todsy--Wheat, 20; corn, 10S;
oats, IS; hogs, 24,0O0.
Estimated tomorrow-W Wheat, So; corn.
50; oats, 40; hogs, "a 900.
Heavy shipping hogs, si15 to 40
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-12-13

by william RANKIN, was largely
attended and very interesting.
All the eggs laid at the show,
and there are a lot OF them.
have their vitality destroyed
at once. Tomorrow, Friday,
will be the last day OF the
exhibition and is calculated TO
be extremely interesting. Wild
cross turkey-s rare treat-at
the banquet tonight. Secre-
tary and Manager Cushman
is making a tremendous success
OF this years poultry show and
is receiving congratulations all
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-12-13

Others kicking and breaking their way
through the shells. There are 300 In one
incubator.
This forenoon the free lectures in Black
stone Hall on profitable Geese RAISING"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-12-13
Cotton Market.
Chicago Grain Market.

qota! receipts, 47,is2 spot price. 5ii-is.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-12-13
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industrial. -. 100 ej Union rrast... ID
AercanNIe.. 50 go.
Evening star., 1894-01-13
Ii Made Him n BegCar,

From the Pittsburs Despatch.
ITO be fined $40 for trying to earn a lv-
ing i'm these hard times is enough to set any
man begging said a man, fully seventy
years of age. in eXcusing himself for asking
me for a nights lodging yesterday. Il had
pretty hard work obtaining money to get
my meals, having but few friends who oc-
casionally helped me. Begging is some
thing l abhor. 1t goes against the grain
with me. and, although l am pretty seedy
looking individual, j have been made so by
being knocked about by a merciless world
for over three score and ten years. l was
not always thus. In my early education,
which was thorough, had learned to draw
odd letters. 1t occurred to me by using
what little cunning my hand had left that
! might make enough signs-sGch as I had
seen in the windows-to keep the wolf
from the door to bridge over to the time
when l knew l would have permanent
assistance. l printed a number of these
odd signs and started to peddle them. Be-
fore | had sold q man, who seemed
extremely kind and considerate, asked me
if l was peddling, When 1 answered
yes. he told me he could take me to a
place where / could dispose of all my stock.
/ innocently went with him and I soon
found myself before an alderman. who fined
me SO for peddling without a license. AS
| could not pay the fine he kept my signs.
That took all the ambition that was left in
this old body and / began to beg"
Evening star., 1894-01-13


A second speech was made before a fun
House with good effect Beyond his ability
as an orator. Mr.. Williams watches closely
the proceedings and always attends the
meetings of his committees. Mississippi
has sent no more promising man TO Con-
gress since the days of Sergeant Smith
Prentiss Chastened by experience and
toughened by work. ne will undoubtedly at
tract national attention.
A third man worth noting is Champ
Clark of Missouri. This gentleman sue
ceeded Gen. Mansur. Mr.. Clark is tall.
light complexioned. clean shaven, has reg
ular features and the magnetism OF q true
western orator. He has worked on a farm,
clerked In a country store. edited a coun-
try newspaper and practiced law. He has
famous by Joe Bowers. He graduated at
Bethany College. Virginia. and when twen-
ty-three years old was president Of Mar
shall College, West Virginia. He ranks
high I'm scholarship and has quaintness in
discussion peculiarly attractive and practi-
cal. His speeches i'm the House sustain the
made by him in Tammany Hall
on the Fourth of July last They force the
closest attention. His SMILES. tropes and
metaphors are trite and at times set the
House in a roar of laughter. The story OF
his trouble in a Washington restaurant
was grossly exaggerated. and has not
ever in his seat and never shrinks work IN
committee. Missouri. In time to come, will
assuredly be proud Of him
Another young man destined for fame Is
Joseph L. Rawlins. the delegate from Utah.
He made a speech i'm December on the bill
providing for the admission OF Utah into
the Union that stirred the members to an
unusual pitch OF enthusiasm. II ought to
send him to the United States Senate.
There are other young members, equally
reserved for future letter.
AMOS. j. CUMMINGS.
Evening star., 1894-01-13
A PETRIFIED CAT FOUND.
He Was Once the Mascot of a Regf-
ment, but Now He is Stin and stony.


ment. but Now He is Stiff and stony.
From the New York Tribune.
A petrified cat has been unearthed in the
cellar of the forty-seventh regiment arm
ory, Marcy avenue and Lynch street, and
has caused much interest among scien-
lists. The animal was big gray tomcat
and was seen about the armory until four
years ago. when it suddenly disappeared
Tom sprang through a window of the arm
ory one morning, and was at once adopt-
ed as a mascot by the guardsmen. The
colored man employed at the armory. how
ever, took dislike TO the cat, and at every
opportunity chased him about the building
One day he decided to kill him, and chased
him into the cellar with a gun for that
purpose. Before he could carry out his
plan Tom hid himself. but where the col
ored man could not find. Never again were
heard Toms merry news This fact so
preyed upon the mind of the colored man
that few weeks later he resigned his
place
Two weeks ago it was found necessary 10
make some repairs to the rear of the rifle
range, and while the laborers We're at work
on Wednesday morning they came upon
the long-loSt cat. He was petrified and
had become attached to the wall. The cat
was standing in a natural position. The
ears were erect, and from each side of the
cats head extended the hairs. which were
like wire. There are five on one side and
three on the other. The legs are perfect
with the claws open, while the tail is erect
ana stlr. 1t is supposed that the animal
tween the small opening of the sheet iron
and stone wall of the rifle range and was
unable to eXtricate its body. The animal is
on exhibition in the gun shop
Evening star., 1894-01-13

despis4s those who try to make themselves
notorious by their disbelief. He is, L am
told, very fond of the Methodist hymns
and he often huns them over to himself
while he is at work. He is a pure man in
thought and a pure man in language. His
closest friends tell me that they have never
heard him tell a story nor utter an express
sion which could not be repeated in the
presence of ladies.
one Cf the most remarkable features of
Gov. Mchinley's private life is his devo-
ton 70 his wife She has been, you know
a great invalid, and she is not today we'll
He has spent every moment of his leisure
for years by her side. and today he gives
every spare hour to her. Her life is wrap
ped up in his ard she cannot bear to have
him away from her for any length of time
She lives with him here at the Neil House.
and the governor courts her as ardently as
he did in the filGt days of his HONEYMOON
When she is sIcE- he nurses her and she
has been of great assistance to him in his
work.
Speaking of McKinley's health. he is a
man of wonderful staying powers He can
travel from one end of a campaign to the
other without tiring, and as a rule he uses
up all his associates and comes out fresh
He has naturally a strong constitution His
Evening star., 1894-01-13
WHY OIL STILLS THE WAVES.
The Wind Passes Along the Oily Sur
face With Reduced Power.
From the Chicago Herald.

From the Chicago Herald.
A great deal has been written about the
influence of oil on waves at sea, and of the
practically useful action of oil in many
cases there is abundant testimony, but lit
tie has been heard of the reason for the
results obtained. w. J. Millar has found,
from experiments made in shallow, broken
watee on the coast, where the wind and
tide conflicted. that little or no advantage
can be traced from the use of oil under
such conditions; that is to say, the wave
motion being disturbed and under forces
not wholly those of wind action, the oily
film becomes broken up. In deep water,
however, where the waves may be consid-
cred as wholly formed by the wind, their
forms are more regular, and 1t is i'm such
circumstances that the recorded examples
show to the best effect. These effects sug-
geSt the real action of the oil. According
to some theories the oil acts as it does
when applied to bearings in machinery
and thus the wind glides more easily over
the oiled surface than ii does over the wa
ter surface 1t is difficult to see, however,
that the frictiona. resistance between air
and oil should be less than between air
and water, as the oil is less mobile fluid
than the water. Again. when We consider
the surface tension OF fluids, and can often
observe their restraining action on ascend
ing air bubbles or small floating objects in
glasses OF water, We might suppose that
Dy Tie aOQltlOn or the him or Oil Sufflcient
resistance was offered to the uprise of the
upper part of the wave and thus the ten
dency to break would be restrained. Mr..
Millar comes to the conclusion that the
action of the film of oil is one of separa-
ton. His view is that when We consider
the tendency of air to become saturated
with watery vapor due to evaporation and
of water TO retain air by absorption, we
may readily conceive that the impact of
air on a watery surface will tend TO cause
a commingling at the surface of air and
water, which will thus offer sufficient re-
sistance TO the motion of the wind to throw
the water and mixture into an undulatory
movement, and, therefore. when this for
ward movement has exceeded the speed
due 10 the periodic motion in the wave it
SELF the upper part in falling forward from
the effects of the push of air from behind
SHOWS foaming rush of broken water;
that is. the air Incorporated with the wa
ter and the water itself. Arguing on this
basis Mr.. Miilar sees no difficulty In ac-
cepting the theory that the film Of oil
spread over the surface of the water effect
ually prevents the formation of broken wa
ter; as the air and water are kept separate
the tendency to mutual absorption at the
surface is checked and the wind passes
along the oily surface with reduced power
of wave making.
Evening star., 1894-01-13

biz. Hat desk, seated in d mahogany chair
On cushion of drab leather He has his
private secretary ON the opposite side of
Eim. and there are one or two clerks in the
front room. but looked in vain TO find any
literary bureau. and l saw no signs of the
activity which usually hangs about the Of
fee of "A statesman who is pulling his wires
fO- presidential nomination
As fa- as l can learn Mckinley is nor n
vir, puller. He has faith in his destiny
ont he believes that all things come to him
" no waits. lie thinks that the people lead
the politicians. and he recently said that
when they laid out a campaign the politi-
clans had to follow. He believes in the peo-
pie rather than in organizations, and / think
he is something of a fatalst as regards
himself. He will not talk about his chances
as a Presidential candidate, and he Will let
no one else talk with him on the subject
Gov Mckinley is very cautious man
He seldom says or does anything without
having thought the matter over well before
hand- He Is serious man as regards pub
lie matters. and he reve- jests on the stump.
HE seldom tells stories while making a
stump speech. though he is a good story tel
Ter and has a decidedly humorous side to
his nature In his private life he can laugh
IKE d young satyr, and he enjoys the COM
pany OF his fellows. He is especially fond
OF chil1ren and delights in teasing them
anu IN playing with them. His tastes are
naturally ve-y domestic and his great OBJ
Iectlon To DIhlic life is that il has robbed
MN OF his hOme. He has TO Eve. as il were,
IN trunk. and his books re>stored away.
u Is not generally known that Gov. Me-
ElnIey has religious side to his nature.
ne mas nothing To do with the infide!ity
ana Tree thought of the age. He believes
In the Christian religion and is a member
~ the Methodist Church. He never SAYS
any thins against religion even in Jest He
ehiF saws t14f - Is q mystery To him which
ne cannot explain. but IN which he has i'm
Ii.cit faith Not long ago he said that the
greatest men Of our history had been be-
levers. and though he never carries his
religion on his sleeve L imagine he rather
Evening star., 1894-01-13
His Birthplace Mt Niles.

meeting men and he puts his callers at
their ease
During the conversation / asked Gov
Mckinley as To the tendencies of politics
Associated as he has been with all classes
or statesmen at Washington during his
term in Congress, closely connected with
the organization of politics in OHIO and
living today, he does, under the shadow
of Legislature which has been accused
several times of having sold it's choice of
United States Senator. it struck me that
he ought to know something of the purity
or impurity of politics, and I asked him if
IL was not true that public life was full of
corruption. He replied. NO, 1t is not. The
profession of politics is as pure today as
that of any profession in the United States,
and our public men have high sense
OF honor as any other class of men i'll the
world. Take Congress. | was in the
House of Representatives fourteen years.
and of the 800 or 4tU men with whom / was
associated from year to year during that
time / do not know one whom / would have
dared to approach with u corrupt propo-
sition. Had had the money and the in
clination to have bought Congress | do not
see how l could have gone about it, and
don't believe there is body of men, legis-
lative or otherwise, on the globe which has
higher sense of honor than the Congress
of the United States. There may be cor
ruption and corrupt men among them, but
l do not know where il exists il it is So
Politics. believe. grows purer as this coun-
try grows older, and our standard Of polt-
today than ever before"
The most OF your life has been spent in
politics, governor" said l. What do YOU
think of politics as business? Would
you advise a young man to adopt public
life as profession
NO" was the reply. Il would not There
Is no life more full of disappointment No
matter how successful il may be at the
start. IL is sure before il comes to an end
TO bring sorrow and grief. | know of no
trouble which seems to affect men so much
as that of apparent unappreciation and dis
appointed ambition. Take a look at the
careers of the most noted men of our his
tory and you will find every one of them
Iull or disappointment. Times change Con-
ultlons change. and men change. The story
OF 'he ablest of our statesmen and the most
famous OF our public men runs through the
SraNeyards of their own disappointed
hopes No. | would not advise Young
man 10 make politics his profession
Looking at the condition of parties to-
daN' DO not the signs of the times point to
the organization in the future of a party of
I the poor against the rich?'
NO. replied Gov Mckinley: "there will
never be party of the rich and party
OF the poor in this country. If the present
state OF Things keeps on there can only be
/ party OF the poor. for we will all be poor -
w hat are the causes of the hard times ?''
! Il think there is not doubt but that il
! is the uncertainty regards the tariff
No one knows what the democratic party
/ is going to do, and there will be no chance
Evening star., 1894-01-13

lie in this way. but it is not typical of our
upper house statesmen. 1t is in no sense
characteristic attitude. A snapshot Of
the Senate at any time when there is a
pretty fair attendance would present some
odd figures.
During Mr.. Davis speech on Hawaii Sem
ator White of Louisiana sat upright in his
chair, with his head lying on his right
shoulder, sound asleep. His colleagues
wondered how so big neck could be bent
to one side at such sharp angle. This
was hardly a characteristic attitude, but
a curious one.
There is hardly a man in the Senate who
might not be easily recognized by his
shadow, if we'll defined. When Evarts was
in the Senate 1t was his custom when in
terested in the proceedings to twist his
legs one about the other, tighter and tight
er, as he became engrossed, until he looked
exactly like a corkscrew. Senator Reagan
used TO tear paper into long, narrow slips,
ike lamp lighters, and then tear these into
little squares. The floor about him used
to be covered with bits of paper like a snow
drift, and he had to keep his stationery
locked in his desk to avoid destroying all
of 1t.
Allison is seldom seen in the Senate that
he is not playing with rubber band across
his two thumbs. He sits firmly in his place,
obServant of all things about him. and
twangs at the little bit of rubber, twisting
II about one thumb and then the other and
then weaving 1t in and out about his fin
gers.
The characteristics attitude of Harris Of
Evening star., 1894-01-13

Tennessee is one of the most striking in
the body. 1t Is that Of the heavy man in
tragedy, with a modification of Henry Irv
ing, pose and facial expression. He stands
with tightly drawn muscles, shoulders
slightly bent, head thrust forward, lips
compressed and brow contracted, with an
expression of blood curdling determi-
nation. There is suggestion of slow
music when he moves about the Sem
ate. or rises to give a dogmatic expression
Of his views, with one finger drawn threat
eniEgly like weapon. upon his colleagues.
Coming to and from the Capitol he is usu-
ally alone, walking with his head down,
and wearing tragic air. An interruption
brings flash to his eye and sudden con-
traction of his brow.
Evening star., 1894-01-13

mother is still living at the age of eighty
TWO and she is strong and healthy. His
fatner died only short time ago at eighty
five, and he kept his strength up to the last
His name was William, and Gov Mckinley
has always signed himself William McKin-
ley, Jr. From the first of this year he has
dropped the jr and now signs himself
plain William Mckinley McKinley's faith
er was of Scotch-Irish descent and his life
at the time Mckinley was born was made
up of hard physical labors. He was one of
the chief men in furnace or rolling mill
at Niles, Ohio. Niles is in the mining dis
tricts of northern Ohio. 1t is a town of
about 5000 people, and during visit which
L paid TO the town last year 1 was shown
the house in which Mckinley was born 1t
Is two-story frame, and what was prob
ably the parior in young Mckinley's day
Is now used as a grocery store. over the
front door there is porch covered with
vines. and Gov. Mckinley comes out upon
this porch and makes his stump speeches
whenever he comes TO Niles. l found the
people of Niles very proud of him. Some of
the older citizens told me that he was a
black-haired, dark-faced, chubby little boy
and that he usually went there then as he
does today by the name of Bill Mckinley
called upon Gov. Mckinley, last night AT
his rooms in the hotel. He stood up
as i entered. and 1 had a good chance
10 see how he. looks in this year of
our Lord eighteen hundred and ninety-four
he has grown feshier since he left Congress
and his form is beginning to assume what
the French madame would call embonpoint
He stands about feet in his stockings
and he weighs. venture 1I5 pounds He is
a straight broad-shouldered, big-chested
man, with form and face which have
often justly been compared to those of
Napoleon Bonaparte He is taller than was
Napoleon, but he grows more like him in
feature and form as he grows older He
does not like the comparison and he once
told me he would kill me IL l repeated il
concerning him in the newspapers But the
resemblance il SO obvious that | can best
h&A cfvJ
mas very handsome face and a very strong
one. He looks trifte older than he did six
years ago and his black hair is mixed with
gray at the temples, and there are few
more serious wrinkles in his face. His blue
eyes, however are still full of life and when
he smiles his face grows younger He is
smooth Shaven. and his dress, as usual was
black. | don't think L have ever seen Gov
Mckinley in anything else than "A suit of
black clothes, and he always looks clean and
we'll dressed. He wears a standing collar
a black necktie, and his only jewelry is a
gold ring on the third finger OF his left hand
and a gold watch chain. which runs across
MS vest from one pocket to the other. The
governor is a very pleasant man in his man
ners with his guests. He is accustomed to
Evening star., 1894-01-13

More than this, Mr.. Bailey has presided
in committee of the whole with singular
ability. The House has fully recognized his
talents, and he stands upon a much higher
plane than he occupied in the Fifty-second
Congress If no mutation in politics inter-
venes he has brilliant future. Ten years
from now he ought to be the leading MEM
Der from the largest state in the Union.
He is now thirty years old. Judge Holman
was thirty-seven. Samuel ]. Randall thirty
six, Charles ONeill forty-two and William
ID. Kelley forty years old when they enter
ed Congress. Mr.. Bailey has long dark
hair, is clean shaven and wears conven-
tional broadcloth, with a low-cut waistcoat.
His hat is the usual Texas sombrero.
Another young man evidently destined to
be one Of mark is John Sharpe Williams
of Mississippi He is thirty-nine years old
and received his education at the Univers-
ity Of Virginia and the University of Hell
delberg. Like Bailey. he wears a frock
coat and is neatly attired. His father was
killed at Shiloh while in the confederate
army Mr.. Williams has practiced law I'm
Tennessee and Mississippi and is a cotton
planter. His oratory is fervid and attrac-
tive. He can amplify and abridge with
equal facility. He made a remarkable
speech in the House on the silver question
near midnight. 1t held those present SPELL
bound. Some might fancy that he lacked
taste in delivery, but time will certainly
wear away all imperfections. The material
is there and the quality OF the man is bound
to develop.