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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-02
TERSELY TOLD.
A Glimpse of Artemus Ward.

William Dean Howells in Harper's Magazine
for November.
Charles F Browne. whose drollery waited
his pseudonym as far as the English speech
could carry laughter, was a westernized
Yankee He added an Ohio habit % talking to
the Maine habit of thinking, and so became
literary product OF rarer and stranger sort
than our literature has otherwise known
He had gone frcm Cleveland TO London,
with intervals OF New York and the lecture
Platform, four or five years before saw him
IN Boston, shortly after went there We had
met in Ohio, and he had personally explained
q me the duoatless wellmeaning OF Vanity
Fair in New York but many men had since
shaken the weary hand of Artemus Ward be-
fore graspod il one day in front OF the Tre-
mont Temple He did not recognize me, but
he gave me at once greeting of great imper-
sonal cordiality with How do you do
When did you come - and other questions
that had no concern in them. till began 70
dawn upon him through cloud OF other half
remembered faces Then ne seized my hand
and wrung /. ali over again. and repeated his
friendly demands with an intoIation that
was now "Why, how are you-how are you Y'
for me alone II was bit OF comedy, which
had the fit pathetic relief Of his impending
doom; this was already stamped upon his
wasted face. and his gray eyes had the death
| look His large, loose mouth drawn, for all
Its laughter at the fact which he owned: his
| profile. which burlesqued an eagles, was the
profile OF dropping eagle; his lank length OF
\ limb trembled away with him when we
| parted did not see Tim again: l scarcely
heard OF him till heard of his death. and
this pathetic image remains with mo of the
humorist who first gave the world taste OF
the humor which characterizes the whole
| American people.
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The CITY OF PRovIDENCE.
Office Of the License Commissioners.

Office of the License Commissioners
City Hall, Providence, October 81, 1895
Application for transfer of license 10 sell
pure, spirituous, intoxicating and malt
liquors have been made by the following
named persons and firms:
Bogue, Peter, 30 Richmond street, TO owen
Crosby, same place
Caprone, Enrico, 609 Gil Charles street. to 6l0
6l2 Charles astreet
Cappelli Nicoli. l6 left street, to Hugh II
Manning, SGD Atwells avenue
Deacon 4 Dearnley, IL Fulton street 10 L j
McDougal, ll3 Douglas avenue
Fewerhalxe, August, Ia Fulton street, to
james May, Is and 20 Fulton street
Foley, james IL. ls7 South Main street, 20 Max
Werner, same place
Molter, II r and N, 6S Richmond street. to
if2 Pine street
Manning, Hugh, II. 70 Eddy street. to Edward
y Hines, same place
Martin. .Iohn, lUi Charles street, TO l1SS West
minister street
Mcpermott. Thomas, $50 Eddy street. TO 2is
Eddy street
Moffitt, John II, II A street, to John Trainor.
same place
O'Neil, George. al Dyer street, to s94 and 79s
Eddy street
The Board Of License Commissioners will he
in session in their Office. City Hall, FRIDAY,
time and place all persons so desiring may be
heard on the matter OF granting such appli.
cations
BY order of the Board,
now l2t THOS NIXON, Clerk
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-02
OLDEST wOMAN's ORGANIZATION.

OLDEST WOMAN'S ORGANIZATION.
The Congregational woman's Board Of
Missions will hold its 2sth annual meet
Ing in Park Street Church, Boston, Nov.
B and z. 1t Is the Oldest denominational
woman's missionary organization in the
United States, and antedstes the organ
ization of woman's clubs.
The New England woman's Club was
organized In February, 1868, and Sorosis
In March, 1868, but this missionary So
ciety on the first Tuesday in January OF
that year. It's work is for women and
shildren In foreign lands. Its constitu-
ency is in the Congregational churches
east Of Ohio. Its field is Africa, Turkey,
India, Ceylon, China, Japan, Micronesia,
Spain, Mexico, and Austria. It has 1872
missionaries, nine OF whom are engaged
In medical work, and 1863 Bible women and
native teachers. II has one college, 30
boarding schools, 270 village and day
schools, one training school for Bible
women, hospitals, dispenssries, and
carries on kindergarten and evangelistic
work. 1t has % branches, composed OF
1123 auxilisries; an estimated member
ship of $1,000; nearly GOO junior auxili-
aries and mission circles, with about To-
600 members and cradle rolls Of 5000 mem
bers cast Of Ohio. Mrs. supsoS
enITH, ID. D., wife OF the foreign secre.
tsry OF the American Board, Is president.
The program of next weeks convention
promises 10 be OF rare interest and profit
10 everybody interested I'm foreign mis-.
sions. and there are thousands such.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-02
Sd Louis TElobe. Democrnt


There is in the public mind confusion OF
IDEAS as to the speed OF electric street cars
Two ineSport observers guessing at this speed
will rarely come within miles OF the correc
estimate Yet il is possible for anybody by a
simple calculation to arrive at very nearly
accurate information An electric car going
at the rate Of mile an hour travels SS feet in
minute At two miles an hour IL makes
twice that distance in minute, or l16 feet
Al three miles an hour the distance travelled
In minute is three times IS. or s64 feet This
distance Of 264 feet is about the length OF an
average city block II it takes IA car a minute
TO block the rate of speed is three miles an
hour IL the car goes two blocks In "a minute
the rate - about six iAiles an hour Three
blocks in minute means nine miles an hour
Four blocks in a minute indicates speed of
about twelve miles an hour AT five blocks in
minute car is going fifteen miles an hour
When SIX blocks are traverscd in minute
the speed is ls miles AT hour A rate of seven
blocks in q minute is speed of 2l miles an
hour 1t must be understood that average
blocks are required to make good such esti-
mates
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-02
sPUDs.

The most serious complaint Of the potato
grover this year IL the low price OF the pro-
duct. particularly in the Northwest The re-
port from the departments agent for Wiscon'
sin and Minnesota represents that In the
latter state the tubers lido not pay for
digging" He states that the yield is enor-
NOUS. "on an acreage three times as great as
in previous years" that hundreds OF acres
will not be dug" and that "much OF tho
acreage will 20 to feed stock"
Here is anoth, startling announcement
on the official authority OF the Secretary
of Agriculture in his September crop re-
port. Can Mr.. MORTON reconcile the
above with the Democratic promises
made to farmers in 1892, that the value
of all farm crops would be enhanced IL
the Protectionists were turned out OF
office and the Free Traders installed in
their places? Potatoes "do not pay for
digging" says the Free Trade secretarys
report. Hundreds OF acres will not be
dug' even when 30 much labor is idle
and wages are so much cheaper than they
were In 1892. ''Much OF the acreage will
60 to feed stock'--feeding potatoes to
stock as we'll as dollar wheat, and corn
10 be burned, too. Is there no hope for
the farmer? Let us see il the markets Of
the world WON'T save him. Here ars
our exports OF potatoes for the last five
years:
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-02

So it is decided that City Engineer
SHEDD Is really a resident of Providence
and entitled to tie the vote of our other
CLARK. Well this Is big town and there
is room enough for both Of them, we are
sure. Long may they wave!
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-02

Note how our exports Of potatoes grad
ually increased during the Mckinley
tariff period and how we captured half
million more bushels OF the potato mar
kets OF the world in 1893 than we did in
1891. Note again that, directly the Free
Traders got their fingers on the farmers
potato crops, our exports fell off and we
shipped abroad 10000 bushels less in
1895 than in 1893.
Perhaps, though, there Will be a chance
for the farmers TO capture the markets OF
the world during the present iscal year.
Mr.. Free-Trade Secretary merton en-
lightens us upon this point. His Septem-
Der report tells us that 800, 900 hundred
weights Of potatoes were shipped to En-
gland during the first six months OF this
year" from Germany. He also tells us
that France shipped about the same
quantity" 1t would seem that France
and Germany have got ahead of us, espsc-
tally "as England has nearly an average
crop OF very high quality, the market
there is glutted and prices are as low as
SO a ton." This is equivalent to 25
,nts bushel delivered in England. 1t
is not surprising that farmers, "particu-
larly in the Northwest" when they thinl,
OF the freight rate from the Northwest to
London and the cost OF bags, commission
and insurance, are complaining OF low
prices.
A potato market at 25 cents bushel in
London, less these expenses and the cost
OF seed, fertilizer and labor, does not
leave much margin of profit for the
American farmer after he has captured
the markets Of the world. No paying
market in England, France or Germany,
and Secretary MORTON says "it is unlike
ly that we shall be able to dispose OF any
Of our surplus in Europe" We thought.
the markets of the world were waiting
for our surplus products. Can 1t be that
the markets of India, China and Japan
alone are open to US? Must we grow
tuoers to supplant the rice crops of the
Orient?
We cannot but admire Mr.. Free-Trade
Secretary MoRToN's csndor in describing
these Free-Trade conditions, varying so
greatly, as they DO, from the Free-1rade
promises OF 1892 Secretary MORTON ssy,
that "tbese conditions are worth not
ing" They are, Mr.. Secretary. The
farmers will note them-will note that
these conditions" are not theories.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-02

THE Journals newest reform move
ment seeks to abolish the "made-up era
vat" and to distinguish real gentlemen
by the fact that their neckwear is hand
tor who apportioned off the 400 in his
section on the basis Of their taking ice ali
winter.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-02

TIE Republican city convention today
nominates the gentlemen whom the in
teliigen, citizens of Providence will elect
to fill the Offices.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-02

If the report is true that Lord RosE-
Berry takes only five hours sleep out of the
twenty-four the chances are good for his
beginning his long, last sleep Q little
earlier than the normal hour.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-02

The pathetic spectacle 10 presented
. vast city OF las, 472 persons, of whom
only Five may be counted upon as un-
corrupted and incorruptiDlel Still, that
js three better than the showing made
by the town wherefrom gentleman by
the name of Lot ana his wife went forth.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-02

hard is indicated not alone by the des-
perate tenacity with which she hangs to
possessions OF Chile and Peru were only
released after desperate warfare and near
ly half a century after they had secured
independence the old monarchy sent an
expedition to regain them and nearly
succeeded. Venezuela was only finally
released Tin 1s45) after thirty years Of
warfare with the mother country.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-02
Morning Prayers in n Machine Shop.

There Is in progress in this city great re-
ligious revival, conducted by the Rev Sid
Williams OF san Antonio Tex A week ago
the city was cold and indifferent, and now II
is ublaze with religious enthusiasm This
morning Mr. Williams preached a great ser
mon in the shops of the W Adams Machine
Company, where were gathered not only the
proprietors and employees Of the company, but
hundreds OF the best people of the city These
shops are opened with prayer every morning,
Adams, the president of the company,
often conducting the services himself and his
orders being never 10 ran the shops day
without they are opened with prayer This
morning he led in prayer and made talk
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-02

IT is recorded that not single woman
of disreputable classs has registered for
voting in Boston
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-02

BRITANNIA may rule the wave, but she
wants TO keep her web feet off the beach
sf the Western hemisphere.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-02
News naderS

will confer favor upon the publishers II
they will send Information 10 this Office
OF any news stand or railway train
where Providence pspcr should be on
tale and The News is not offered.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-02
MUNYON'S
COLD AND COUGH CURES
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Colds and Coughs and Sure Pre-
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Munyon's Cold Cure viii positively
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ing Munyon's Cough Cure, used in alter.
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When there is pain in the chest Munyon s
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trout bles.
Why Poison Your System
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Why not try Munyon's New and I'm
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A separate specific for each disease. Abb
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Personal letters TO Prof. Munyon, 1905
Arch street, Philadelphia, Pa, answered
with free medical advice FOR any diseas I.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-02
THERE IS BUT ONE

newspaper in Providence that has
LARGER circulation than THE News.
no Newspaper has a clicntage bettef rep
resenla.iye OF the people OF Provi-
oence.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-27
A Mountain Missionary.
By ALFRED r. CALHOUN.

Copyright, 1896. by American Press Assccia.
tionl
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-27

building are looking to China as the next
great theater of internal Improvements.
They argue that China has become con-
WINGED sho must have system OF railways
running all through her country II she
is To keep pace with Japan I'm the
struggle for power. Up TO this time the
Chinese have had 80 much prejudice
against railways that only ono or two
lines have been built, but It Is believed
the unfortunate result OF the war with
Japan has convinced the Chinese rulers Of
the error Of their ways. The restoration 10
his dignity of Ii Hung Chang the able
man who has always favored moderniza-
tion of China, Is taken as evidence that
the western spirit Is coming To the front
In the orient. Mr.. Springer Of Illinois
was talking about this today and be said:
II am firmly convinced China Is going
to have great era Of railway construction,
There are 400, 900, 600 Of people In that
" try and only one or two little rail-
wa When they got over their prejudice,
the. will want railways running TO every
province for purposes of national defense,
and the people will like them too. These
oriental peoples are like children. They
love to ride on the cars. and just think OF
the traffic road might have with 400,-
900, 900 Of people to draw from Ameri-
cans may have great chances TO make for
tunes building railroads In China after
the war is over and the era OF internal
Improvement has set In. The people OF
the Pacific coast will probably hasten to
improve the opportunity, and am sorry
we cannot have the Nicaragua canal open
so that our steel and iron and locomotives
might be sent by that route to China and
Japan. AS look at 1t, there is going to
be tremendous development In the far
east In the next 90 years, and II we had
the Nicaragua canal open for business this
country could practically monopolize trade
IN that direction" ROBERT GRAVES.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-27
The Perfection Of Health

adults attained
health
Doubtless of
Such condition Immediately
Emulsion Codve Oil of
these nquaed presented in this p
blood exactly what
renewed strength and vitality o he
he experience of the this
beyond
manfeed( whether
the body exactly what needs to build
because there
satisfactory themselves and aients
Dnt be talked that the
are eneveras das the orqnn
Scott & Bovine, New-York All Druggists. cts and ST.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-27
CHAPTER III.
THE MIssIONARY's END.

THE MIssIONARY'S END.
The gang under Het Magoone, who
set fire TO Father Peters house and out
buildings, were more prudent than val
orous, for while they well knew that
they outnumbered three TO one the Un-
ion men gathered at Bradley's Crossing,
they did not care to risk fight with
the little force under the lead of the
blacksmith.
During the years that strong Dick
Bradley had counted himself Chris
tian, and spoken in meeting of himself
as "a brand snatched from the burn
ing" and "the chief Of sinners, 4" be-
cause of his past, ne found his sorest
trials in his constant effort to subdue to
the spirit the combative yearnings Of
the flesh. When, through the teachings
of Mrs. Peters and Ella, he had learned
TO spell his way through q chapter in
the Bible, he found his greatest delight
in the records Of Joshua's battles with
the Canaanites, or the story that told
how the shepherd boy, David, left his
fiocks on the hills to meet the champion
of the Philistines, and subsequently rose
by his skill and valor to be the king Of
great nation. He liked to read Of how
Christ made whip and drove the mon
ey changers from the temple far more
than he did to ponder over the sermon
on the mount
''He would often say to me" +" said
Miss Peters in telling the story of this
remarkable man, II reckon the Bibles
all right, Ella, and hit amt 70 pore,
mis- able sinner like me to banker to
make any changes in hit. I'll allow hit
couldn't be improved TO them OF lives
in cities whar thar's lots Of churches
and schools and them things, and whar
folks isn't 'bleeged to tote aims, but
thar's some parts Of hit that sticks in
my craw and goes plum agin the grain
of my natur.
On being asked what parts these were
he said:
"Waal, thar's that one that seq,
Whoever smites yo' on the right cheek.
turn the other, SOS no kin get a whack
at that Now, sense I've been a Chris
tian I've pat up with right smart of
smith from doggone lot of ours that
took advantage of my bein kinder help
less, fo' that's jest what religin does fo'
a man in these mountains, but l don't
think, eff / was to go TO hell TO hit,
that l could bring myself 90 invite
feller to smote me on the left cheek aft.
er he'd Knocked me on the right. draw
the line at one cheek Eff any feller
tried it on two, I'd forgit my religin,
and he'd nave COZ fo' to grieve.
''Then there's that pint bout lovin
ones enemies. I've allus thought ez
how that must have slipped into the
good book by mistake, for hit amt
nat'ral. I'll allow Father Peters mout
do hit, fo' he's so chuck full of religin
he amt got no room To- nothin else,
but pore sinners like me must go on
a-gettin heap of solid comfort from
not lovin thar enemies, but a.hatin 'em
Like blazes -
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-27

BosToN, Feb. 27.-The house rejected
the order allowing the committee on man.
ufactures to visit Chicago Richmond and
Philadelphia. The house put itself on
record In favor OF q bill To turn over to the
county three-eighths OF the money received
by cities and towns for liquor licenses. The
municipal suffrage bill, giving women the
right 10 vote in city elections, was as
signed for March g. The senate concurred
with the house In the adoption Of an order
20 allow the committee on mercantile af.
fairs to visit Atlanta and Washington
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-27
A Mysterious AFFAIR.

BROOKLYN, Feb PA terrific explo.
sion, which resulted in the death of a boy
and the injury OF a number of other
persons, wrecked several houses and shat.
tered all the windows within a radius OF
several blocks, occurred last night in a
two-story frame structure on johnson
avenue. The cause Of the explosion Is a
mystery, which the police have not yet
been able to fathom.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-27

secrecy and rapidity, for there are spies
all about us Aud now l ask those who
arc willing to follow tho lead of Broth
er Bradley Co Camp Dick Robinson to
take their stand at the back part Of the
smithy."
It was rs Father Peters expected. Ev-
cry man at the Crossing and every boy
who could shoulder a rife. and these
mountaineers learn TO shoot when very
young, scrowded 10 the back part of the
building.
THIS meeting was held the doy after
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-27
Believed to Have Found cred.

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 27.-The Mexican
consul has received dispatch from the
Mexican government stating that the
Mexican man-of-war La Libertad, which
sailed from Vera Cruz, Feb. Q, is now
more than 10 days overdue, and there il
but little room to doubt that tho steamer
foundered in the gulf during a heavy
norther. In shipping circles, the loss OF
La Libertad Is generally accepted as q
foregone conclusion. Her crew were 80
officers and men, and IL is feared that they
have all been lost
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-27
Mrs. Cleveland Joins.

WAsHINGToN, Feb. 27.-Mrs. Cleveland
has Joined the Women's Christian Tenn.
peranco union. Miss Willard, and a few
OF her devoted friends. had the honor OF
initiating the mistress of the White House
into the mysteries OF that order. Mrs.
Cleveland signed the constitution, and
then Miss Willard kissed her and pinned
a badge of snow.white ribbon upon her
breast The chief magistrate was labor.
ing with affairs Of state upstairs, and
whether he is aware Of the incident or not
Is an open question
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-27

Christmas, 1861, and about the middle
of the afternoon. In order TO keep their
movements secret, IL was decided to start
north soon after dark that night. AS
Father Peters was even more hated than
the blacksmith, and his wife and daugh-
ter would have been homeless and help
less il left behind, an exception was
made in their case, il being the old cler-
gyman's intention TO take them back to
the old home in the western reserve of
northern Ohio as soon as they reached
the union, fDe<
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-27
THE BLIND MAN.

Over the way a blind man dweils -
Whom all our little village knows
As up and down the street he gocr
And spreads his simple wares and sell;
And oil the neighbors pity him,
But sometimes when he comes 10 ne
To ask me OF the things l see.
Unknown within his world 20 dim,
almost wish that Knight 20
With him into that darkehed land
Nor see nor try 10 understand
Che things that make me aovroylA
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-27
bidders I'm Plenty.

NEW YORK, Feb. 27.-The first sale OF
the new 3per cent gold bonds, So, e65, 573 ID,
issued by the comptroller of tho city of
New York, to run for terms varying from
10 to 30 years took place yesterday, and
were subscribed for nearly three times
over The bonds were for dock improve
ments, school purposes and various city
improvements. The bids were referred Co
the deputy comptroller for calculation.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-27
An Agreement Reached.

WAsHINGToN, Feb. 27-The conferrees
on the agricultural appropriation bill
reached conclusion yesterday afternoon,
the senate yielding much that 1t had
added to the bill. Chief among the items
so yielded is that appropriating $40, 900 for
the determination of the gypsy moth.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-27
Kansas Election Frauda.

KANSAS CITY. Feb. 27.-Twenty.one in.
dictments for election frauds perpetrated
during the fall election were yesterday re-
turned by the special grand jury which
has been investigating charges OF cor
ruptlon. Justice of the Peace Kruger Is
one of those implicated.