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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-01-11

If you were asked what was the
largest university in the United States
you would hardly guess that it is Presi-
dent ANGELL's University Of Michigan.
That's a fact, though. Michigan has
over four thousand students, Harvard
about thirty-two hundred, U. of p. 23s9,
and Yale 1850.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-01-11

IT Is said that anti-to kline has been
tried ON 100000 diphtheria patients
without any harmful effects.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-01-11
Consistent.
Westerly Sun.

Mayor Olney predicts boom for Provi-
dence. and then advocates the taking In of
considerable outlying territory. That was
consistent
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-01-11

COACH mp on your yachting dictionary.
Well have to indulge in a lot of sportive
seamanship before the coming summer
Is over.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-01-11

The man who robbed the horsc Of
Rev. DIR. GREER in New York evidently
didn't know the doctor or else he L.
soul rs mean as gas company.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-01-11
THE January thaw is thawing.

WITHOUT desiring to be profane we
beg to remark that this is damp dis
agreeable weather.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-01-11

THE clouds still hang over the Fayer-
weather estate. Litigation is to be re-
sumed in the contest of the will.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-01-11

The reception Of the Rhode Island
Musical Association was naturally an
harmonious occasion.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-01-11

The city of Kaiping is the latest
Chinese town to pass into the keeping of
the Japanese army.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-01-11

The credit of the country is not de-
pendant upon the credit of the Fifty
third Congress, thank goodness
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-01-11
or Course.
Woonsocket Call.

The Providence NEWS expresses satisfaction
that the international yacht races are to be
sailed in deep water instead of in the news
papers.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-01-11

COLUMBIA COLLEGE is fortunate in
being favorite of the vanderbilts. The
latest benefaction amounts to $3.50, 900.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-01-11
Pawtucket is Worried.
PaWtucket Post.

Mayor Olney favors "a greater Providence"
A better Providence would no doubt he more
satisfactory to a large number of residents Of
the metropolis.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-01-11

COLONEL WAXING is expected to dig
New York out.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-01-11

The remains OF Thomas Kinney who
died suddenly at the third station We'd
nesdsy night have zone 10 an undertater
for burial
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-01-11
Full Associated Press Dispatches
FRIDAY. JANUARY IL. 1895.

THE weather is as coy and uncertain
as a maiden on the occasion of her first
proposal.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-01-11

The moonshine currency bill seems
likely to go the way Of al, moonshine.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-01-11

COLONEL BILL SPRINGER was buried
under the debris of the currency bill.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-01-11

SENATOR HILL has not yet made his
party call on the President.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-01-11
RHODE ISLAND.
They Managed to Stand IL.
Westerly Sun

The artist of the Providence NEWS will be
wise to keep out of sight for few day until
some of the new aldermen and councilmen
cool of after beholding their so-called pic
lures.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-01-11

THIS is census year for the State of
Rhode Island. Increase and multiply
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-01-11
What's the Matter with the Belts

To THE EDITOR PROVIDENCE NEWS:
SIR--The cartoon in your paper Of the
9th inst. is all right, all but the belts or
the officers. POLICEMAN.
Jan. 10, 1894.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-01-11
STORIES OF H5R0ISM.
NO. 10.
A FOrlOrn
Hope at
MurfreeS-
bOrO.

charge was made by General John c.
Breckinridges division, and the plact
of honor fell to Hanson's brigade of Ken
tuckians, known as 1.-The Orphans. " The
task was in the nature Of forlorn hope
The Confederate army on thenorth side
of Stone river lay in range Of several
Union batteries crowning height on
the south side. Those batteries must be
silenced, or Bragg's army would be com
pelled to retreat. Breckinridee's divi-
sion lay south of the river, Hanson's g
brigade being nearest the stream, and
when the column was formed it marched
along the bank under orders to fire sin
gle volley when closing on the Union
guns, then carry them with tho bayonet.
The Union artillerists and their sup
ports, finding their line virtually out
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-15
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

First Presbyterian Church, on Frederick 81
between New and Market streets, services
Ii a. m. and D. m. Pastor, Rev. A. M. Fraser
Second Presbyterian church corner Freder .
lex and Lewis streets. Services at II a. m
and s. Pastor. Rev. VIM. Cumming.
Emmanuel Episcopal Church, worship at Y.
NJ. c. A. Hall. Services at IL a. m., and p. m.
Rector, Rev. r. C. Jett.
Trinity Episcopal church, Main street, be-
tween Lewis and Church streets. Services at
Ii a. m., and p. m. Rector, Rev. W. O. Hull
linen
United Brethren church, Lewis street, be
tween Main and johnson streets. Services at
IL a. m and p. m. Pastor, Rev. ]. D DON
ovan.
Methodist church, Lewis street, between
Main and Frederick streets. Services at IL
m. and p. m. Pastor, Rev. j. H. Boyd, d. d
Christ Evangelical Lutheran church Lew
Is street, between Main and Frederick streets
Services at IL a. m. and p. m. Pastor. Rev.
H. F. Shealy.
Baptist church, corner Main and Washing
ton streets. Services at II a. m. and d. M
Pastor, Rev. W. J. E. Cox
st. Francis Roman Catholic, North August,
street, Mass at and 1880 a. m Vespers and
benediction of Most Blessed Sacrament at
p. m. Pastor, Rev. Father Mcverry.
Young Mems Christian Association. corner
Main and Water streets. Services at 4 u. m.
Sunda
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Professor Loomis, Good Shot.

The Hon. f. D. Allen possesses a
unique souvenir of his college days at
Yale of which he is justly proud, and
which he treasures very carefully. 1t is
only plain bit of cardboard with hole
in the center, but it has history, for it
is memorial of the expert markslnan-
ship of Professor LOomis, the famous
mathematician.
One day in the classroom Professor
Loomis, in illustrating the principle Of
the air gun, shot at the card as a target
across the ROOM The old gentleman was
a bit proud of his skill and the boys
knew it. We're he ever to miss his aim,
they would be extremely delighted, and
on this occasion they thought they had
caught him at last, for the second time
he shot at the card it was apparent that
no other hole had been made in it. The
class had of course assumed that the card
had not been hit and laughed mirthfully
at the professor. But the latter quiet
ly picked up the little target and called
attention to the fact that the original
perforation was now enlarged, the sec
ond missile having struck the edge of
the hole first made
There was never any doubt after that
about Professor Loomis being a crack
shot, and Frank Allen esteemed himself
lucky in securing the card That was
over 20 years ago, and he has the card
yet.-Boston Record
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-15
True SYmpathY.

The railway world witnesses daily so
many piteous partings that weeping
travellers seldom attract official notice,
but Mr.. G.. A. Sala records an exception
al instance 1t was at the time of our
civil war, and he was about departing
for America, as correspondent of great
London daily.
my wife was bitterly opposed to my
going to America at all, and the idea Of
my travelling in country convulsed by
war so preyed upon her mind that she
became positively i'll Still she insisted
ON coming to the railway terminus with
me, and party of friends were ON the
platform to give us parting cheer.
sit was desperate moment. I had
parted from all that was dear to me,
and had flung myself in very limp and
boneless manner in corner of the car
riage of the mail glared feebly at the
burly, bearded guard who thrust his
head into the window. He leaned to-
ward me, and in voice hoarse with
sympathy whispered:
Excuse me, sir, but you have anoth-
er quarters Of a minute before the
train starts, and you can get out and
give the lady another hug"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-15
What Makes a Good News Reporter.

"llot 1udhtS a UOOO NEWS IscpOTttTs
One Of the best reporters ever knew
was a man who could not spell four
words correctly to save his life, and his
verb did not always agree with the sub
ject in person and number, but he al
ways got the fact so exactly, and he saw
the picturesque, the interesting and i'm
portant aspect of it so vividly that it
was worth another mans while, who
possessed the knowledge of grammar
and spelling, to go over the report and
write it out. Now, that was man who
had genius. He had talent the most
indubitable, and he got handsomely paid,
in spite of his lack of grammar, because,
after his work had been done over by a
scholar, it was really beautiful
But any man who is sincere and ear
nest, and not always thinking about
himself, can learn to be a good reporter.
He can learn to ascertain the truth He
can acquire the habit of seeing When
he looks at fire, what is the most i'm
portant thing about that fire? Here, let
us say, are five houses burning Which
is the greatest? Whose store is that
which is burning, and who has met
with the greatest loss? Has any individ
ual perished in the confagration? Are
there any very interesting circumstances
about the fire? How did it occur? Was
it like Chicago, where COW kicked over
spirit lamp and burned up the city?
All these things the reporter has to
judge about. He is the eye of the paper,
and he is there to see which is the vital
fact in the story and to produce it, tell
it, write it out.-Charles A. Dana in
McClure's Magazine.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-15

turned on deck smelling like an OIL can
but do not think did more, or was
asked to do more than stare about me.
The ship was again in tow of the tug.
She carried single topsails, and those
three lofty breasts rose white as snow to
the crosstrees.
The rain sometimes drove with us,
and sometimes it sheered aslant. 1t was
a weeping picture. Unspeakably melan-
choly did the gray waters of the Thames
bank sides and flats appear in that
drenched and leaden atmosphere. By
and by the third mate, stepping up to
me, said kindly, whats your name?"
William Clark Russell, sir"
am not court of justice, said he,
laughing 81 don't administer oaths
Russell, my sonny, come along down to
breakfast" and with that the kindly
creature-he was shaggy Orkney is
lander, grand, active young seaman of
20-gripping me with the hand of a
bear, conveyed me below into the mid
shipments berth.
He took the head Of the table. The
.'young gentlemen" sat upon the edges
of their hunks on either side An empty
pickle case was passed along, and, top
ended, served me for seat
A boy waited upon US. They called
him the midshipmen's s servant. He had
been in a man-of-wa and was the
smartest little sailor lad I can recollect.
He danced the hornpipe charmingly, was
literally tattooed over the arms and
chest, walked with the flowing and
knowing roll of the brine seasoned tar,
and was, I think, about Is years old.
He put great dish of huge brown
steaks upon the table, and then brought
pots Of coffee, and loaves of bread, and
salt butter, and we fell to amid great
noise of talk and clanking of cheap cut
lery upon tin plates. began to feel that
was seeing life and going to be a man.
But all at once, the river having by
this time opened into wide water, with
the weight of the swell Of the still dis
tant North sea beating like a delicate
pulse in it, the ship slightly pitched. I
dropped my knife and fork and turned
pale.
She pitched again, and this time I
pitched with her amid the mingled
laughter and wrath of the rest of the
young gentlemen at breakfast. Fortu-
nately there were three other "first voy-
ngers," all of whom were quickly "tak-
en- worse w Clark Russell in
Youths Companion.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-15

Useful as we'll as ornamental covers
for books and magazines may be made
out of linen, silk or brocade, and subse-
quently decorated, writes Florence Bar
rett in The Ladies Home Journal
How to protect the lovely covers of an
edition de luxe while we read and enjoy
the book is answered by these temporary
covers. For George Eliot's tRomolo"
bound in white and gold, make one of
scarlet MORE, with the name "Romolo, :"
and the design on the cover repeated in
gold thread. For Browning bound in
white and stamped with sweet peas, an
appropriate cover would be gray MORE,
on which is embroidered a branch of ap-
pie blossoms with a tiny brown thrush
on the branch. For the poets line from
their works-from Longfellow, for in
stance:
The gentle wind, sweet and passionate
wooer,
Kisses the blushing leaf.
For Hood:
Boughs are daily riled
By the gusty thieves,
And the book of nature
Getteth short Of leaves.
For Scott:
cannot tell how the truth may be.
say the tale as twas said to me.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-15
just Like G En-

Mrs. Somebody, who lives in Thir.
teenth street, has an infant SON who-ia
Just beginning to walk. Last week be
fell down stairs, so his mother bought a
gate to put at the top of the stairs.
There is little metal socket screwed to
each side Of the stairs, and the gate fits
into these. 1t was put up one day
Wednesday, I think. 1t was Mr.. Some
body's night at the lodge, and Mrs.
Somebody remembered after he had
left the house that he had not been told
OF the gate. She was SO exercised for
lear he would fall over it when he came
In that she sat up for him. He was late.
very late, and she was very tired. And
yet when he did come, and realized now
devotedly she had waited up in order to
save him a tumble, what do Won think
the heartleSs man said?
Why, my DEAR said he, "why
dldn t yea just lift the gate out?"
Wasn't that just like a man?-Wash-
ington Post.
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Hours for Arrival and Closing Of Mails at StaUn
ton P9GtOtfGG.
ARRIVE.


By c. AND o. RAILROAD.
) a n, from north, south, east and west.
> p m. from Richmond and intermediate
points
1.O5 p. IA. from north. east and south.
BY B. AND 0.
7-2a IA. N. from Lexington and intermediate
points.
$50 p. m from the north.
apg p. III. from the north, Harper's Ferry and
intermediate points
STAR ROUTES.
: a. n. 1rom Plunkettsville, daily except sun
10 a. m. from Mt. Meridian, daily except Sun
5 p m from Middlebrook, daily except Sun
$50 p M from Monterey, daily except Sunday.
1880 m. from Sans ersville.
CLOSE
FOR B. AND o.
$50 a. m. for Lexington, $50 a. m, Harpers
Ferry and points north.
2.15 a. NJ for Harrisonburg, Woodstock and
points north.
1.10 p. m. for Lexington and intermediate
800 p. m. for Lexington and intermediate
points.
FOR C. AND o.
800 p. N. for east, north, south and west.
2.15 p. M. for Clifton Forge and intermediate
points.
els p. m. for the west.
STAR ROUTES-DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY.
$50 a. m. for Monterey.
800 a. m. for Middlebrook.
LOO D. m. for Mt. Meridian.
615 p. m. for Plunkettsville.
I2.30 p. N. for Mt. Solon daily,
STAUNTON OFFICE
Opens a. H., closes p. m. Money order
and registry business opens at a. M, closes 6
D. w. IT. McCUE. p. NJ.
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TO INVENTORS.

If you have made an invention you want a
patent. And you want good one. There are
various kinds of patents. Some of them are
not worth keeping around the house. They
don't protect 1t is as unsafe to trust to them
as to lightning rod without ground con-
nection. That is the kind an inventor is like
ly to get when he draws up his own specif1ca-
tions, or trusts the work to an irresponsible
attorney. 1t is not the kind dealt in by the
Press Claims Company.
DO you want to know what the Press Claims
Company is ?? 1t is a syndicate of hundreds of
the leading papers of the United States, or
ganized to protect those of the subscribers
who have dealings with Government against
the impOSitiOnS of Inscriptions claim agents.
The SPECTATOR is member.
This able Company employs the best legal
talent in every branch of its work. 1t makes
a speciality of all matters relating to patents.
conducting interferences, prosecuting rejected
cases. registering trademarks and copyrights,
rendering opinions as to scope and validity OF
patents, securing patents abroad, prosecuting
and defending infringement suits, etc. 1t
charges nothing for information, and very
moderate fees for services.
Address,
PRESS CLAIMS COMPANY,
No. SIS F St., n W.,
Washington, D. G.
JOHN WEDD DERBURN,
oct 17-tf General Manager.
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Fate of the Twelve Disciples.

Andrew was probably crucified at
Patra, insAchaia; Bartholomew, said
to have been flayed alive and crucifed,
with head down, in Armenia; James,
brother of John, Herod killed him with
his sword; James, son of Alpheus,
thrown from the temple and stoned to
death; John, time of death conjecture;
Judas, said to have hanged himself in a
very bungling manner; Jude, said to
have died naturally and also claimed to
have been martyred; Matthew, claimed
as martyr, but probably died nat
ural death; Peter, crucifed at Rome;
Philip, said to have been tortured to
death in Greece; Simon (Canaanite),
erucified in Judaa in the reign of Do
mitian; Thomas, probably put to death
with lance in Persia or India. New
York Dispatch.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-15

An American decision ON the law Of
cats seems to have taken some English
people by surprise. A citizen of Balti.
more recently annexed fine Maltese
cat from his neighbor, and the latter
had the annexer arrested for theft.
When the case came on, counsel for the
prisoner pleaded that you could not
steal a cat, and the attorney general for
Maryland has supported his plea oa ap-
peal But there is nothing new about
this. 1t is the common law of England
that there is no property in cat. The
harmless necessary cat, even a most
valuable Persian, cannot be the subject
of larceny by our common law. Lon
don Standard
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-15

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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-15
A VENETIAN MOONRISE.

No lingering line of light
Streaks the dull west with fire.
The myriad lips of night
Are vocal with desire,
And, 10, the radiant moon
Flowers from the black lagoon.
The Adriatic's bride,
Child of the shifting sea,
Lifts from the circling tide
Her olden majesty.
The moons transmitting ray
Has glorified decay.
Afar the Ginning joys
Of bells are skyward rolled,
While, petrellike, we poise
On ripples of pale gold.
An apotheosis
Of all youths dreams is this.
AS notes of music blent
In mellow harmonies fall
On listening ears intent,
So tower and dome and wall
Form to our wondering sight
A harmony Of night.
Clinton Scollard.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-15
Two RhYunea.

Sir William Drummond, finding him.
self one evening outside tavern-per-
haps the historic Mermaid-peeped in
to see if by any chance "wit combat, "
as Fuller has it, was in progress. One
of the company spied him and dragged
him into the room, where he found as
sembled round the table Ben Jonson,
Michael Drayton, Sir Robert Kerr and
Sir William Alexander In such excel
lent company he passed several hours,
and when the time came to pay the reck-
oning the company fell to rhyming
about it. Of all the rhymes the follow
ing by Sir William Drummond was vot-
ed the best:
/, Bopeep,
Saw you four sheep,
And each of you his fleece.
The reckoning is five shilling;
If each of you be willing,
It's fifteen pence apiece.
More than 100 years afterward Allan
Cunningham tells this story of Robert
Burns. Strolsng one day in Cu1nber-
land, the poet lost his friends, and think
ing to find them at certain tavern he
popped his head in at the door Seeing
no one there but three strangers, he
apologized and was about to retire when
one of the he'strangers called out, Come
in, Johnny Peep" This invitation the
convivial poet readily accepted and
spent very pleasant time with his
newly found companions. As the con-
versation began to flag 1t was proposed
that each should write verse and place
it together with two and six under the
candlestick, the best poet to take the
half crowns, while the unsuccessful
rhymers were to settle the bill among
them. According to Cunningham, Burns
obtained the stakes by writing:
Here am 1, Johnny Peep;
saw three sheep,
And these three sheep saw me.
Half a crown apiece
Will pay for their fleece,
And SO Johnny Peep goes free.
London Standard