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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-03-28
happiness as her sister who marries at

home.
Great Importance is attached to the
interview at Thomasville, Ca, between
Uncle Joseph Medili and Major Mckinley
They are old friends, IL seems, and
doubt II this circumstance indicates that
the Chicago Tribune is to be for McKin-
ley, or, indeed, il that would amount TO
very much II il were. The Tribune Is, OF
course, very influential, though Mr..
Medilrs personal preferences for Presi-
dent are not so very likely to be
needed. lie was for Gresham, who hasn't
so many friends now among Republicans
believe, and he lately suffered defeat in
the Senatorial fight in Illinois for the
simple reason that he didn't care for the
Senatorship but only desired the personal
compliment OF nomination, which was
hardly satisfactory. Itis probably true,
at the present moment, that Major
Mckinley has larger popular
following all over the country
than any other Republican presiden-
tial candidate. That is, he is an attrac-
tive, popular character. Mr.. Reed, / sup
pose, would excite the enthusiasm of the
Republican politicians all over the coun-
try and also of the fighting people pure
and simple. Governor Morton OF New
York, with the quarrels in the party there
which are now showing no signs OF
abating, is very likely TO be candidate
as a self-preservation for the party ma
chine or the machine of ex-senator
Platt. Then. of course, General Harrison
will be the Indiana candidate with con-
siderable following among the conserva-
tive elements East and West as the second
choice, If not the first, and this fact, too,
gives the candidacy of Allison, as it
looks to an observer up a tree
here at Washington, additional strength,
for no also is Western, conservative,
tried, and acceptable. or fairly SO, to the
two wings OF the party on the two great
questions of tariff and finance. Promi-
nent observers in the Senate have said
that they would give more for Allison's
chances today than ever before, but, of
course, you can never tell. Mckinley and
Reed are und ubtedly the leading candi-
dates at the present moment.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-03-28
Nervous

People should realize that the only
true and permanent cure for their
condition In to be found in having
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wishes to ask him question he will be glad
to answer it,
ga man arose from the body of the
meeting and assembled the platform.
''Mr Chairman he said, but he never
got any further. He was recognized at once
as notorious Orangemen, and quick as a
flash great big specimen OF an Irishman
sprang at him and struck him in the
temple-like that-so. The man fell like a
log, and it was thought he was killed by the
blow. They had to send for doctors and
had to carry the man out on a stretcher.
Imagine the excitement all this time, con-
tinufng for quarter of an hour. Finally
the chairman don't forget how meek and
mild he was tapped gently on the edge of
his desk, advanced to the front of the plat
form with his ye-glasses poised on the end
of his fngers-so-and it became at once as
quiet as you could imagine. Then, very
deliberately, the chairman said:
Gentlemen, is there any one else who
would like to ask Mr.. Redmond ques-
ton ?''-Buffalo Express.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-21
Tea Intemperance.

There is no doubt as to the tea-drinkine
propensities of the English race. We fliri
with coffee, but tea is our only serious love
With the exception of Russia, we drink
more tea than all the rest of the Continent
put together. 1t is the one universal
drink OF all classes, and, it is to be feared
by all classes it is abused in the same
fashion. The grande dame and the char
woman both find solace in the teacup, and
both turn to it rather too frequently. The
volume OF tea consumption has steadily
increased with the fall of the price of tea,
and now that it is within reach of even
the poorest, it is no longer luxury, but a
necessary of English life.
Afternoon tea is the most Interchangeable
OF social functions in London. Our neigh
bors across the Channel, with that sincere
fattery which they sometimes pay to our
failings, have attempted to borrow this
custom also, but have never succeeded in
actually drinking the tea. French people
may invite each other to $50 cloauer, y
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DISASTER ON THE RHINE
Several Persons Killed and
Great Damage Done
to Shipping.
HOUSES ALSO BLOWN DOWN.
Transportation of the Explosive Had
Been Delayed by the Ice
Blockade.

COLOGNE. March 20.-A terrible explo-
sion of dynamite took place in Salmouth,
in the District of Dusseldorf
The cargo of the ship Elizabeth, consist
ing of 10000 kllos of dynamite, was being
unloaded when the explosion occurred,
killing number of people and doing a
terrible amount of damage.
The exact number of persons killed is
not yet known
Another vessel, which was alongside the
Elizabeth, caught fire and was burned
The force of the explosion was felt for
miles, and was at first believed to have
been the result of an earthquake. Several
houses collapsed at Keoken and other vii
lagos, ana windows were shattered within
wide area.
At Cleaves, five miles from the scene of
the explosion, doors were blown off and
windoW-frames were smashed.
The bodies of five victims OF the explo-
sion have already been recovered, and six
persons believed to have been killed are
missing.
The force of the explosion was SO great
that three vessels at Lobith, the last Dutch
village on the Rhine, were sunk.
Two hundred and twenty tons of the ex-
ploslve were taken in six boats from Lobith
to Salmouth last January, en- route to Ant
werp, whence it was to have been shipped
to Australia. Owing to the ice blockade in
the river the dynamite was landed at Sal
mouth, where it was stored, awaiting the
opening of navigation.
In the meantime the Elizabeth had been
chartered to take the dynamite forward
and the cargo was being stored yesterday
when part of it exploded. The cause of
the explosion is unknown.
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Queer Things Dug Up in Michigan.

A remarkable collection of pottery, said
to have been taken from mounds in Me-
costa, Isabella and Montcalm counties, is
on exhibition in Elsie, Mich. Five cas-
kets, of nearly the same size and make,
are shown. The exteriors bear what ap-
pear to be hkenesses of the pyramids of
Egypt, as well as Egyptian and Ph@nician
letters and characters. There is sixth
casket, different from all the others. One
side represents the pyramids of Egypt and
the other side two male figures, one a
mound builder, with spear aloft in a
threatening attitude and the other an
American Indian with tomahawk poised.
There are two tablets. One, said TO rep
resent the ten commandments, being num-
bered from one to ten, and the other rep
resentation of the food, from the warning
to the resting of the ark and the coming
forth of the inmates. From one casket
were taken three brass coins, four stone
coins and nine pieces of stone type. From
another nugget of solid gold weighing
about two ounces, stone amulets, and
pipes, lamps and vases, said to be of the
time of the Pharaohs, were taken There
is a perfect square adorned with Masonic
emblems, alleged to have been taken from
mound, upon which remained a stump
over four feet in diameter, the rings show
ing the tree to have been over 900 years
old.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
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sels 1t has been per cent since 1891: In
Germany pawnbroking is conducted either
by the state, the parish or private persons
under state supervision. The rate at the
government pawnbroking offices IN Berlin
is IL per cent.
MIR. Percy Wyndham, one of the Secre-
tarles OF our Embassy in Berlin, in
Guides IN his report some interesting de-
tails OF the organization of the German
state pawnbroking establishments. Val
uers are employed in the permanent ser
vice OF the Office, among whom is q
person with technical knowledge of
gold and precious stones. They have to
deposit certain caution money III case
the Office should suffer loss through cul-
pablo cases of over valuing. All the officials
are pledged to secrecy as regards the bust
ness they conduct. The articles are most
carefully stored. Each piece of jewelry is
stored III separate box watches, OF which
there are many thousands in the office at
time, are kept in draws, each containing
hundred, and fur coats, which are
pledged in considerable numbers, are
stored IN cool place where they should
not suffer from m a. From the statistics
1t appears that the State office is used
rather by the middle classes than by the
very poorest. Of the first 1000 business
transactions of the month of October, 1888,
artisans and tradesmen head the list with
a total OF 164S.-London News.
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Horses Fed on Potatoes.

In the first issue of the Planter we gave
the experience of w. G. Hinson of James
mules on potatoes. We have since found
two farmers, ]. C. Lampley of Darlington
County, and w. D. Harriss of Florence
County, who are utilizing their potatoes in
the same way. These gentlemen are moi
doing it from necessity, but as matter o.
farm economy, and are we'll pleased with
the experiment. According to the estimate
takes three bushels of potatoes to equal in
nutriment one bushel of corn, but even i
it took four the cost of feeding on the
potatoes would be far less. 1t is we'll known
that dry summer is very favorable tc
potatoes and just the opposite for corn, and
this fact ought to be sufficient to induce
every farmer to plant them more largely
The Carolina Planter
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GOLDEN EGGS AND MUSHROOMS
Two Dishes Which Are Declared by Ex-
perts to Be the Finest Work of Art

Mushrooms are treasures in the hands of
inventive cooks, who recognized that they
afford possibilities beyond the delicious
butter-basted grill or cunning mixture
with kidneys or chickens. Mushrooms
impart subtle flavor and richness to
soups and stews, and they are invaluable
as entrees. "Autolicus,' in the Pail Mall
Gazette, gives two dainty recipes worthy
of adoption: "The reigning sultana in the
mushrooms harem is, % we are told, ''the
brilliant golden egg. Sweet symphonies
in brown and gold are the dishes their
union yields. Oeufs brouilles aux cham
pignons- has not the very name a pretty
sound it is a delight best suited to the
midday breakfast; a joyous course to fol-
low the anchovy salad, the eel well
smoked, or whatever dainty hors doeuvre
may stimulate to further appetite.
"The eggs, scrambled and rivaling the
buttercup's rich gold, are laid delicately on
crisp toast, and present couch soft as
down for a layer of mushrooms. Let Rus
kin rave of Turner's sunsets; let the glory
of the Venetians be a favorite tug among
art critics, but when did Turner, or Titan
or Tintoret invent finer scheme of color
than egg and mushroom thus combined
for the greater happiness of the few? A
silver dish or one of the rarest porcelain
should be the frame for picture so per-
feet"
And then, again: Creatures of infinite
resource, eggs and mushrooms meet in
cases to produce new and distinct Joy
The mushrooms, stewed in milk thickened
with the yelks of raw eggs and bread
crumbs, line the little f1uted china cases; ;
into each fresh egg is broken, then more
mushrooms and bread-crumbs are spread
gently above; shallow pan, its bottom
just covered with hot water, receives the
cases, and ten minutes in the oven will
complete triumph which, once tasted,
you may well remember all the days of
your life. Foreign Exchange.
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LOST THE FISH.
Clever Muskrats Take Advantage of An
gIers and Rob the Hooks.

%
gIers and Rob the Hooks.
small party of fishermen from Parks
vile and Livingston Manor drove up to
Lily Lake on Mount Pleasant last Wednes-
day morning. They cut holes in the ice
and set couple of dozen tip-up tackles
for pickerel. The fish took hold in their
usual fierce, hungry style and for an hour
or more the boys yanked fish to their
hearts content. Then the sport had a
sudden cessation.
While the other anglers had been tend
ing the lines George Edwards and Hen
Penfield went ashore and kindled big fire
OF dead chestnut limbs, so that the Others
could come and warm up now and then.
The spot where the fire was started was a
little patch of reedy meadow, some two
rods across and handy to the woods. In
the dry cattails and rushes were some
heaps OF what looked to be brown leaves
and grass. Before the fire builders knew
it the whole patch of reeds were in a blaze
and the fishermen let it burn because it
made the walking to the fire easier.
Just after the flames had taken DOS
session of the bit of meadow and
while the fishers were all punched to-
gether, spinning yarns, the whole lot of
tip-ups bobbed down at once, and twenty
leu lidSS NdNcu lTdHllCdlly III Jn6 air. Inc
boys jumped for the lines and found
harder pulling than they had hitherto
struck. After a hard fight in each case
they dragged their game to the surface,
and to their amazement, found big brown
muskrat fast on the hook. The victims
snarled and snapped their teeth but were
speedily dispatched by a whack from a
stick. A muskrat was on every line, and
not one got away. Nose Tucker let the
lines back in a hurry, rebaited, in hopes to
catch other rats, and sure enough, on
about half of them he succeeded. Then the
run of queer fish abated and no more were
caught. The pickerel would not bite in
that spot but fish holes were chopped in
the ice off the mouth of Outlet Creek and
soon the tip-ups were busy again.
The days catch of pickerel altogether
for the whole four men was 143. and eleven
of these weighed over A pounds, one tip
ping the steelyards at 6 pounds ounces.
But the thing thatraised the hair on the
village folks heads when the prizes were
exhibited and weighed in the store in the
evening were the thirty-four big plump
muskrats. For time no one believed the
story told by the fishermen, but as no one
could find bullet wound or scar on the
rats the miracle gained credence, and,
furthermore, old John Enders vouched for
the fact that the little meadow patch at the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-21
Union Pacific Officials Pleased.

OMAHA, Nebr., March 2O.-At the
headquarters of the Union Pacific the de-
cision was received with much favor. An
official said:
This application for separate receivers bv the
junior mortgage-holders should have been pre-
sented to the court of primary Jurisdiction.
which happens to be the Eighth Circuit OF the
District of Wyoming, that being the court in
which the receivers were first appointed for
the property under the foreclosure bills. No one
can foTetell the future conduct of the case The
trust company has the right to renew the petit
ton for separate receivers in the Wyoming
District, before Judge sanborn, if it sees fit.
But the fact that the receivers have not been
attacked and the original appointment is in a
sense indorsed is taken to mean good square
winning in the first round of the contest to pre-
serve the Union Pacific system from further
disintegration.
Everybody about the Union Pacific head
quarters is happy. They have felt that
they had the right of the case and were
glad to see it so soon indicated
The Oregon Short Line and Utah North
ern is the largest part of the Union Pa
cific in the West, being the road from
Ogden, Utah, to Butte, Mont, and from
Granger, Wyo., to Huntington, Or
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Catacombs in Nudes Library.

Here are thousands and tens of thous-
ands of volumes, whose aggregate weight,
albeit that they are eight, literature,
must amount to many tons. Nearly all we
see in these "Catacombs" are novels, the
majority of which have had their day.
Some OF them made sensation in their
time.
The great librarian had to purchase
thousands of them to meet the eager de-
mand of his readers, but nobody asks for
them now, and worse still, nobody will buy
them.
Here is one. We must not give its title.
The public was clamorous for it when it
appeared. Nude subscribed $500 copies.
Now it is dead stock. Piles upon piles, shelf
upon shelf, case after case.
Here the books of the once ldollZed au-
thar must lie, unless some grand crema-
ton should reduce them to ashes, or there
should be reserved for them resurrection
to new life through the gates of the paper
mill.
The instance is only one out of many,
and visit to these catacombs would be a
Statutory discipline to many living au-
THOR SHOULD success have engendered his
humility, showing him how the public is
already beginning to pass him by, If not to
forget has name.-Good Words.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-21
HAS SIX GRANDMOTHERS.
Baby Louetta Bell Smith Is Favored
With Relatives.

To have six living grandmothers is a
distinction which rarely falls to the Hot of
any OF the present generation. Patchogue
comes to the front and calls as its own the
lusty eight-months-old baby of Mr.. and
Mrs. S. Herbert Smith. The little blue
eyed youngster rejoices in the name of
Louetta Bell Louetta Bell, fat and
chubby, kicks her feet in ecstacy when
tickled under the chin, and seems to fully
understand her Importance when the Wis
itor is informed by the mother of the ex-
istence of the SIX grannies. The baby is
the pride of the Smith home, and is fire.
gu emily taken to see Grandmother Magin-
mes ana Great-grandmother Belts.
The line of relationship of the grand.
mothers is traced as follows: On the
mothers side is Mrs. Gearge Maginnes
She is grandmother number one. Grand.
mother number two is Mrs. Julia A. Belts
aged 60 years, who rejoices in being mother
to Mrs. Magazines. That, of course, makes
her great grandmother to Louetta Bell
The great grandmother is Mrs Israel
Smith, who is now in her S4th year
She is very proud of her great-great- grand
child, Aunt Sally, as she is Familiarity
known in the village, was an important
parsonage at the wedding of Mr.. and Mrs
Herbert Smith, the parents of the baby
on Thanksgiving day, 1893. She delighted
the wedding guests with her quaint say,
ings and recited several poems
On the fathers side the first grand
mother is Mrs. Madison Smith Of Blue
Point. Following in succession is great
grandmother Mrs. Oyerton of Bayport and
great-great-mother Mrs. Samuel Smith Of
Yaphank. The several grandmothers all
delight in explaining their family rela.
tionship. About one hundred aunts
uncles, great-aunts, great-uncles and one
-great-unele are also mum bered among
this baby's remarkable string of relatives
Patchogue, IL. H. special to Brooklyn
Eaule
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north end of the lake was alive with musk

north emu OF the Idk6 Was dIIVe WIIH MUSK
rats.
Why" said he, GIVE heard tell of
the way it happened this time is plain
enough to see. There were about fourteen
muskrat winter nests in that meadow
patch and when the fire spread over it the
heat drove them all out. They took to
the water and started to swim for the out
let when they came across these hooks
baited with nice fresh tish-something
they like very much and don't often get in
winter. You may call it queer, but that's
how it must have happened. I'm plagued
sorry it happened though. for we'll have
burned poor muskrat shooting up at the
lake next fall !"-Syracuse Standard.
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EUROPEAN PAWNBROKERS.
Their Rates of Interest and the Care
With Which They Keep Articles


With Which They Keep Articles.
In Austria-Hungary the largest amount
OF pawnbroking is carried on by private
pawnbrokers under the authority of the
state. The interest charged at the i'm
perial pawn Office in Vienna is at uni
form rate of 10 per cent. In the last year
for which statistics are forthcoming the
Vienna pawn Office received s66, obs articles
in pawn, for which it advanced f420, 900.
The average value of the jewelry and
other valuables pawned amounted to 25s,
while that of the clothing and similar
household effects was only As 3d. 1t is
stated that, on account of the space re-
quired for storage, the institution would
not be able to keep itself going without the
aid of the jewels and other valuable pledges,
which take up so little space In the ware
houses. In Belgium the rate generally
charged by the various Monts de- Piete
ranges from to 16 per cent. but in Brus-
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A Quick RetOrt.

Max O'Rell was telling stories. 'In
Sydney, N. s. W., William Redmond, the
celebrated commoner and home rule advo-
cate, was at Centenary Hall. There was
the widest kind of enthusiasm when he
meeting. The chairman of the meeting
was very meek, mild man. do you under
stand? Very meek and very mild. Very
well. The chairman rose when quiet had
been restored and said:
:" Gentlemen, l am requested by Mr.
Redmond to say that if any one present
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but they have too great respect for their
digestions to wander, as we do, from house
to house, drinking at each tepid cup of
unknown strength. For, after all, it is in
the making of the tea, and not in the
amount that is consumed, that the real
danger lies. The Russians are even greater
tea drinkers than we are, but they would
never touch the terrible black draught
which is our insular delight-Spectator.
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Department Libraries in Washington.

While the new Congressional Library
building Is rapidly assuming features of
early occupancy, and we shall soon have a
place for the splendid collection of books
that are now almost impossible of access,
owing to crowding, why wouldn't it be a
good idea to consider the broadening of the
purposes of the library so as to give it a
national character and name? Perhaps
few people know that every department of
the GovffnmBnt has a library of its own.
SONIC of Ehese are very extensive and val
liable. But why should the Government
create and maintain half dozen libraries
In the national capital? And why not con-
centrate its efforts upon the real national
library? There is library in the Navy De-
partment of over 49, 600 volumes. Congress
makes appropriations for it every year 1t is
the second library in importance of its kind
IN the world, being only excelled by the
United Service Library, London This
government side issue, however, contains
the pest collection of works on Arctic ex-
ploratlon OF any library in the world
There are complies chronicles from the
earliest times down to date. These con-
tam full and detailed history of the Brit
lsh navy. The other features are quite as
complete. Congress grants an annual ap-
preparation to add to these volumes. and a
large sum is required for the maintenance
of the whole. There are no works of fiction
in it. But there is a Treasury library of
considerable size containing works of fic-
ton, and which in other respects is ey-
actly the same as any other library of gen.
eral reading. And there is Patent Office
library and War Department library. etc.
They might all be merged in the one great
national book concern. = Pittsburg Dis
patch.