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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-26

curious fact that the most strictly mathe-
matical science, astronomy, Is also the
science most stiiiulative 10 the imaglna-
ton. This may teach us that ledgers and
figures
DO NOT OF NECESSITY BELTTTLE US,
and that even Iogarithms may help to
make man spiritual
The thing that belittles mems minds in
business Is devoting them to the kind of
work which is injuring their brothers.
Wickedness is the shriveling of soul.
Figuring how much we can spare for the
charities OF the world might enlarge q
mind, while going over the same figures
derived from transactions In blood or
speculation on human cupidity could
shrivel mind. IL is not mans routine
work that narrows him; il is the motive
of the work - the object OF his love.
aye are not" said Paul, narrowed in
us, but ye are narrowed in your
own affections" Put your mind on your
work therefore because you want IL to do
good and be an honorable accomplish
ment. Its glory does not Immediately
appear. When Humboldt was presented
to Napoleon the Emperor said with some.
thing like sneer: II understand that
you are a botanist. My wife studies
that" But let the world say whether the
man who cherishes the lily OF the field
was not greater than he who ground it
into the earth with his bloody heel. The
researches OF Humboldt, who
began by describing the SUBJ
terraneous vegetation which he found
in mines, and extended to that
which he found on the sides Of the Andes
above the eternal snow, have been, in all
their gradations between a blessing and
an enrichment, marvel and beauty TO
the world, and the fora of the botanist
have grown over and hidden the wreck :,
ruins and graves caused by the conqueror.
1t is better properly to appreciate violet
than
TO DESTROY A PEOPLE.
Let your business show right appreciation
OF the value and dignity Of men and all
things that God has made; let your
business be clean Of lies, OF base catering
of the ministry OF hate and death, and its
humility will not be shame but glory
to your life.
NEXT SUNDAY EVENING.
Mr.. Nutting's theme will be "Young
Men and Women OF Duty Looking
Downward"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-26
In sumptuous re,ivas OF eiassic.
REPERTOIREs

Week Fec 'fsssy Ds,ssfoh 10 'ti,~o a,
s.i.r
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-28
incomes in Country and Town

give thousand dollars in Il country
town IS atiiuence, if the beneficiary is
content to stay there: but in the city
III" lalAliy man with only that income,
provided he is ambitious. can only just
I'VE, ana might fairly be described as
me c"usin-german to Il mendicant.
ana yet there are some worthy citi-
"elS still who would doubtless be
aIulSt at these statements, and would
WISH to know how one is to spend
@''ooo Il year without extravaganza
Scribner's.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-28

There was; something %curiOusly sys-
eide Of Percy G. Chamberlain. the Eng
lishman who killed himself in Chicago.
His letters, addressed ITO the coroner
or to whom it may concern and to his
landlady, indicate neither the excite
ment nor the brooding deliberation of
the insane. The first miSsive merely
alleges that there was no motive for
the self-slaughter except that the vic
tim was very tired of living and chose,
to assist nature by hurrying his de-
parture from earth. Ordinarily the man
contemplating suicide is too much con-
cerned with the II important matter
of death to consider the effects of his
performance in detail. His last letters
explain his motives, say farewell to his
nearest friends and allow all minor
wishes TO be inferred. Chamberlain,
on the contrary, could not have been
more methodical if he had been prepar-
ing for a merely earthly journey. He
mad his preparations, addressed a note
to his landlady providing for the set
Element of one bill of SIS and another
Of $50, dictated the disposition Of
some personal effects, wrote Il note to
the coroner a%pologiZing for the trouble
imposed upon him and, after these bust
ness matters had been settled, sealed
the contract.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-28

Any one who occupies 4 position
which entails the receiving of dozens
of letters. or any one with a large and
varied acquaintance must be naturally
impressed with the thought that there
are some very ugly Christian names
given to men and women at a time
when they are too young to protest
against being saddled with a fearful
burden that will cling to them, will be-
come identified with them and in one
way or another influence their personal
character throughout their retire life's
journey. Even though a child is born
with a sunny disposition the odds are
against it's retaining it when the hOrri-
BILE consciousness of owning some fiend-
ish name of fancy or freak dawns upon
it. Parents are positively guilty of Il
crime in giving to some poor little pink
bundle a name that will make it pinker
every time it hears it uttered. Fancy a
girl going through life with the name of
TheOphelia Georgiana to fight against.
Imagine the feelings of a boy when he
first realizes that his name is Adolph,.s
AarOn-iSn't it a discouraging project
fOE even the most hopeful to think that
a$:loYg as life lasts they must bow to
the caprice of custom that gives par
aAtSa Nle right of tattooing nomencla-
'tlli-rpsh.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-28

Mr.. Debus. 4 Chicago cable car on
ductOr. was called before the Police
Commission to testify as to the intoXi-
cation of Officer Mullaney. II don't
like to say anything against the officer"
said Debus. "YOu see how it is. We
like to keep in with the policemen and
have everything going smoothly. ! am
Sorry to say it. but the gentleman was
slightly. Now you know l don't wan
to say this, and | am very sorry. He
certainly was a little bit, though l
am not ~sure-still, l am very sorry to
make the remark. and l hope the gentle
nan will eXcu-slightly i~ntoXicated!'
1t is evident that Conductor Debus is \
very humane nan but policemen who
want to have things go smoothly must
not get drunk.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-28

white and 1918 r~osc-cOlored diamonds.
four large pear-shaped pearls and 269
other pearls. The robes and jeWelry
worn by the Sultan of Lahore at state
functions are adorned with diamonds
worth ten million dollars. His collar,
epaulettcs. belt, bracelets, anklets,
buckles and h~eadgear are sparkling
with the shining pebbles.
The most precious of all crown Jew.
elry is owned by a potentate inferior in
rank to the laSt-named. the Maharajan
of Baroda. He possesses Il necklace of
five rows of diamonds, increasing in
from Il pea to Il walnut. There are
500 diamonds in this necklace. whose
brilliancy is further increased by two
rowS of eneraldS above and below the
diamonds and of the same size. This
necklace is thought to be worth over
%1.O00.000. while the other iewclry own
ed by this trocSuS is estimated III more
than S20.UOG.uO
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-28

ton with the National road. or old
pike" projected by the national govern
ment in 1906. This road extended from
Cumberland. Nd, westward over the
Alleghanies to the Ohio River. 1t was
the main artery Of travel for passenger,
mail, and freight traffic until the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad took its place.
From Baltimore to Cumberland the
turnpike was older, having been con
structed by private persons and com
panies.
1.-The stage-coach headquarters in
Baltimore" said Mr.. Reside. were at
old Barnum'S hotel and the Fountain
inn, which stood on the site of the Car
rollton hotel. The coaches used were
open at the front and sides. with seats
for eleven passengers beside the driver.
All seats faced the front of the vehicle.
Saddlebags, which were carried in that
time for baggage, were hung on the
posts supporting the top of the stage.
A small rack behind for trunks was sci
dom used. \ tin lantern. with a tallow
dip, placed over the driver. was used at
night.
-Four strong horses drew these
coaches, with relays every ten or twelve
miles at stages or stations. from which
probably came the name of the We
hlcle. The average rate of fare was
Il cents a mile. At first travel was
only in the daytime. with stops ovcr
night at the numerous excellent inns
or taverns which lined the road.
zone of the great Instructions to
travel alone the road were large droves
Of cattle, sheep and hogs being driven
from Western plains to Eastern mar
kets. The cattle especially. with their
long horns pointed toward the oncoming
coach, made a formidable obstruction.
"The 212 miles from Baltimore to
Wheeling were first made in four days.
with nightly stops. The best stage
coach time was afterward reduced TO
nifty hours by the old Eclipse line. cS-
tablished by James Reside
Mr.. Rceside is probably the only sur
vlvlng stage-coach contractor of ma
tional prominence. He is a native Of
Cumberland. Samuel Lurman. said TO
be the Oldest living stage-coach driver
now lives in Cumberland.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-28

Pass in the early days, and is regarded
as the mother of woman suffrage.
Mrs. Morris, who is now a we'll pre-
served woman Of so years, was born in
New York State. She has been Il firm
believer in the right of women to vote
ever since Il little girl. Mother Morris
vent to Wyoming in 1867, along with
her husband and sons, when thousands
of people went West to look for gold.
They settled at South Pass, where Mrs.
Morris soon had great influence over the
men. 1t was known that she believed
that women We're as safe with the bal
lot as men and the miners heartily
agreed with her. Among these was
Col. Bright, who had come from the
South. The Colonel, though not an edu-
Gated man, was a man of considerable
force and was elected to the first Legis-
lature in 1865.
When the Colonel went to Cheyenne
to attend the session of the Legislature,
he left his young wife and baby at a
boarding house at South Pass. The
child shortly became i'll and as there
was no way of communicating with the
Colonel, the wife was nearly heart
broken. Her husband. who was in
pretty destitute circumstances ut the
time. had left but little money and the
landlady would not allow her to stay in
tn" house any longer if she did not pay
her board bill. Mother Morris heard
Mrs. BriShtS case and her generous
heart was touched. She had her SONS
Tx up an empty cabin near her home
II here Mrs. Norris and the sick baby
were made rs comfortable as they could
possibly be. The Colonel'S wife later
expressed her gratitude for Mrs. Morris
|" her husband and the latter deter
mined 10 do all in his power TO grant
i"r her long-cherished %hOpe-the right
oil women To vote. lie introduced q
hlil II the Legislature providing that
All women IS years or over be allowed
IN" right of franchise. The bill was
i'''f amended, raising the voting age
/" -. II became 4 law IN 1863. Mrs.
MOTIFS was justice of the peace at South
!d>S Tor some time and made the besf
JUNtlr" the town yer had.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-28
E. DAY
How People Travelled in ,hc Middle
states Forty Years AGO.

Forty-tWo years Z New Years day
the last through United States mail
arrived by stage coach from l5alti-
more at Wheeling. ". VA. says the
Baltimore sun. John f.. ItcrAidr. noW
Il resident of Baltimore. was in Charge
al iho stag" which made tile last "Trip.
arriving in Wheeling New Years olay.
,~-:i.
Mr.. Kr"sidc's father, the late james
l;rrsidc. was Il pioneer in this travel.
In" son entered the same business
Whcn about - Years Old, and con
.;nupi extending sIagc-cGach lines west
ward untii thCy reached the Pacific
coast. Railroads followed in the wake
of the coach lines and took away their
business oi carrying Passengers and
mails.
Probably the most interesting of Mr..
Ecrsides experiences were in connce-
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-28

1t is reported that some French Scicn-
titic gentlemen have succeeded in send
ing a balloon to the great height of ten
miles. so adjusted that it would de-
scene 1T the end Of five hours. Their
moiueters which register automatically
indicated that the temperature at that
altitude was 40 degrees below the az
tificial zero of our Fahrenheit scale.
Noting this circumstance an exchange
expresses qualification 1T the fact that
'noW we know where cold waves come
from when they 10 come but also il
wants to know "Nhat keeps TIE great
reservoir so high" if cold air sinks To
the lowest level, as is stated in the
school-bOokS: The question is easily
answered. The density OF Il mass Of
air decreases with Il rise in 1empera-
ture, SO that for equal heights above
the sea level the colder of two air
masses is the dcnser of the tWo. and
the lower level is sought by ii not on nc
count of its diminished temperature
but because of its Increased density.
Il ne rune tHit INC tOlhtI stIT SctNS tllt
lower level is not so comprehensive or
direct a statement of the real truth as
would be the assertion that the denser
seeks the lower level, that a rise in
temperature causes Il given volume OF
air to expand. thereby decreasing its
density, and that both density and TEN
decrease with greater height
hove the level of land or sea.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-28
COSTLY CROWNS.
Some Princely Fortunes Tied Up in
Jcwclry.

Some PrinceIy Fortunes Tied Up in
Jcwclry.
The value of the crown jewelry of
the potentates of the old world reaches
into almost incredible sums, says the
''Buch fuer Allie" The crown of the
King of Portugal, m of the most pre-
cious Of Europe. is worth six and a
half million dollars. The one worn by
the Car at special ceremonies Of state
is not worth any less. The cross on top
of the crown is shaped of four immense
diamonds Of the first water, resting on
a large uncut, but highly polished.
ruby valued at over $4,000. A great
number Of valuable gems cover the
crown. At the recent obsequies of the
late Car one of these gems disappear
ed mysteriously from its setting during
the transfer Of the body from the rail
road station to the fortress of SITS. Pc
ter and Paul. and in spite of a most
searching investigation no trace of the
gem has been discovered.
The small crown diadem of the Car
ina contains the finest diamonds ever
set, and it took many years to collect
these eXquisitely matched gems. The
crown of Queen Victoria is valued at
nearly two million dollars, and con-
tains II large ruby, one large sap.
phire. sixteen smaller sapphires, eight
emeralds, four smaller rubies, 1860
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-28

1t is TO labor and TO labor only that
man owes everything possessed of eX-
changeable value. Labor is the tails
dition of the savage, that has changed
the desert and forest into cultivated
fields, that has covered the earth with
cities and the ocean with ships, that
has given us plenty, comfort, and ele-
bariSm.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-28
THE MOTHER OF SUFFRAGE.
Esther Morris Gained the Franchise
for Wyoming Women,

Itisa well-known fact that the women
of Wyoming enjoy the right of franchise.
but few people are aware of the man.
ner in which this privilege was granted
to them. Two persons brought about
this interesting state of affairs. One Of
them was Col. w. II. Bright. an ex-con.
fcderate soldier, and the other was q
woman, Mrs. Esther Morris. or Mother
Morris, as they call her in Wyoming, be.
cause she was a sort of mother to
all the boys in the mining campatSouth
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-28

"Seven thousand boys are learning
military drill in the schools of this city,
says the New York Recorder. And
thrice as many are learning loating and
thievery in the streets because the
school board which will pay for musket
and military drill will not furnish
enough schools to accommodate the
children who want to learn to read.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-28

The White Star Line is building an
ocean greyhound designed to beat all
transatlantic records. The new steam
ship is rapidly approaching completion in
Ireland. and it is expected that the vessel
will soon be one of the regular fleet ply
ing between New York and Liverpool.
The builders are noted the world over
for the magnificent ocean steamers they
have turned out of their yards. They
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-28

are making every effort to surpass IN the
new steamer all vessels ever quilt on their
stocks. Their contract with the Whlt"
Star Steamship Company requires that
after a reasonable time has been allowed
to get her engines ''broken in the new
steamer shall beat by at least eight hours
the fastest records of the Cunarders Lu-
cania and Campania in both their east
ward and westward voyages. Heroic is
to be the name of the new ocean grey
She measures CSC feet on the
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-28

The whole tendency of our modern
If two-thirds of the more trivial mat
ters brought before the legislature
were p~igeon-holed in committee it
would be Il far better thing for the
State.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-28
CHOPS CORDWOOD FORALlv,Nc
woman Supports Herself and Child
in that Manner for Three Years.

Mrs. Catherine Conklin, aged 81. has
since the death OF her husband. three
years ago. made her living by choppinp
CordWood in the mountains noor ,Ir
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-28

People who are fortunate enough to
be subject to the income tax might as
well make their arrangements to meet
it when due. The courts are holding
that these gentlemen must all put in
an appearance at the captains Office
and settle.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-28

We perhaps never detect how much
of our social demeanor is made up of
artificial airs, until we see q person
who is at once beautiful and simple.
Without the beauty, we, are Ant ~ eeak;
simplicity awkwardness.l- ',uS' s.SSs, Ri.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-28

women may be ranged into l,yo ,,if
i'rrh' GLASSES, the one having a I,roo
and Ii" other a small hmm TI
nH>'' haNliiS more intelligence than
feeling is wise from history: III. ~
oh'' More feeling than intelligence
is wis's from ROMANCE
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-28

A New-Yorker exhibits fn.eouYt. a.
document in which a woman binds
herself for an annual salary to ''fur-
uish him continuously soul love for the
period of five years. Will some one,
somewhere, kindly explain?
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-28

mately asce
let; for the
for both DAY.
are now beil
The State
sion of eigh|
ties, at work
regiments {
State, and 4
manga field
had iifty-fvd
tie of Chickd
Lookout NJ
Ridge. That
$4,000 for fl
Chickamaug
expenses of
nonunlentS
Il granite
and 9 feet |
mark llshtii
those design
The State of
monuments
from that S
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-28

The Picking Gazette is the oldest
newspaper in the world and certainly
is the only one of whose editors 1890
have been beheaded. But a gdd3RAat n,taly
other newspapers have had edHors who
have lost their heads.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-28

Harry Hayward, the Minneapolis
murderer, kindly explained to a jury
that he was madly in love with Miss
Cling, the murdered girl, and in the
next breath added that he used to buy
whisky and get her drunk so she would
talk freely on money matters and play
into his hands. That looks lOverlike!
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-28

A New York dude has gene into court
to swear that he vas abducted by a
girl and married against his will.
Whittier is the new woman" drifting?
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-28

A Philadelphia girl who was dumb
for four hours was startled into speech
by the strains of "Sweet Marie" from
an ilinerant barrel organ. How many
things that old song has to answer for.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-28

1t is safe to say that never again will
any person be SO foolish as to takc any
pains to save the life of Millionaire
Russell Sage.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-28

The disposition of a mind that is
truly great is that which makes mis-
fortunes and sorrows little when they
befall ourselves, great and lamentable
when they befall other men.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-28

Question the next man you hear Oh
jecting to the publication of the details
of Il divorce trial. You will lind he
knows all about the case himself.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-28

1t is said that all the penny valentines
are made in a little village in central
New York. The government ought to
try to identify this hamlet and reform
~
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-28

AS knowledge advances, pleasure
passes from the eye to the ear; but re-
turns. as it declines, from the ear to
the eye.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-28

"Dere YOU vas. you driilin' buppy!"
A picturcSQuely attired old German
lady with Il broad. rudy face married
by n ferocious scowl had stopped II
handsomely dressed young fellow who
was just in the act of stepping off the
curb at the corner of Fourth and Wal
nut streets to cross the street.
IVY you don't bay me dot fife tollar
you vas W me: You drinks ! wash.
wash for nodings:"
Two young ladies near by were
amused listeners, and the yonng man
was visibly embarrassed.
My good woman, on what grounds
do YOU claim | owe YOU So"
"Not grounds? Not, ct" In her
rage She brought one big foot down
heavily onto the slushy pavement.
"Not grounds: Desc grounds right
hcre-Fourdt und Walnut, ana | want
my MONEY!
The young man paid hcr on 1.-THE
grounds northumberland Trib-
ulc.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-28

If a person can be %hypnotized to COM
nit crime. can he also be hypnotized
to do good?
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-28

We all laugh at pursuing a shadow,
though the lives of the multitude are
devoted to the chase.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-28

The Chinese idea of war seems TO lie
to be caught mapping and kidnapping.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-28

Traveler-"The houses in some OF the
Mr.. Brickrow mervously)-"I presume
some of the ncighbors were musical.'-
New York Weekly.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-28

Never loaf around where other peo-
pie are at work. They may pretend to
have no objection, but they have, all
the same.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-28

water line. and is to be fitted with why
will no doubt be the most powerful on.
gincs ever placed in Il passenger steamer
The Heroic will be driven by twin screws
Captain Cameron, II of the most able
as well as one of the most popular. com.
mandcrs in the White Star service, will
he placed at the head of the list of he,
officers. 1t is expected that the Heroic
will be ready for the season of 1896. and
we may her look for new trans-Atlantic
records.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-28

four at Chicl
sional'y Ridge
gate $4,000.
Setts has el'd
the Orchard
n'e'norating
regiments IN
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" NcW York
"s me expert
nv o. NJ