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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-05-08

Mr. j. W. Snowalter o. Georgetown,
Kv., champion chess player of TIE United
States, will meet the famous player Barry
in chess match OF seven games up for
s2OJn ana the Championship oithe United
states on May 20. rhc snatch will be play
&c - Boston.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-05-08

The reflection from n fash of lightning
travels nearly I 9gp,cp0 times faster than
the sound Of the iey ort. That is tho rea-
son that the thunder Is generally heard
soyerel mcments after the flash Is seen.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-05-08

the station at.what hour to extinguish the
lights. 1t seems, however, he did not
understand how the feat was to be ac-
compllshed. Walking to his post he ex-
planned his difficulty TO an officer who
had an adjoining beat and the latter de-
cided to have some fun with the new
made protector OF the city's peace. The
new man was told that the work OF put
ting out the lights was very easy. All he
was required to do was to climb up the
lamppost, open the door OF the lantern,
blow out the fame and then turn the
cock, thus shutting off the flow OF gas.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-05-08
LAST DOLLAR PAID OUT.
Citiz.ns Bank Forced 10 Close by Scarcity
OF Money.

UNION CITY, Ind, May S.-fhe Citizens
Bank, one of the eldest ip the country,
has closed for want OF funds The last
dollar was paid out and the auditor OF
State notified. Liabilities, $40, 200; assets,
S175, 900. Cause Of failure inability to
collect and scarcity OF money.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-05-08
Sprii r,gg q

OF the year since my first treatment with
Hoods Sarsaparilla and have thus kept
myself in perfect condition. My wife has
also taken Hoods sarsaparilia with equal
ly good results. lam 90 years old and l
feel as well rs when was 30 years OF age.
] cannot say too much In praise OF Hoods
SarsapariiIa." j. W. GrRny. Cor. Grove
and Main Streets, HopEirton. Mass.
~. Il. II you decide 10 take Hoods Sar-
eapariIla do not be induced 10 buy any
other. BE sure TO get
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-05-08
How a Policeman First Put
Out the Lights.
II Was a TireSOme Job and
He Asked for a Ladder.
The Late Riverside Movement in
Favor of Law and Order.

II Is possible and even probable that
competitive examinations for promotion
in the police department will find greater
favor later on than they do just at pres
ent, but there are good many people
who believe that 1t Is even more import.
ant to efficiency OF the force that cxami-
nations for admission to il be made
strlcter than they are at present, 80 that a
high standard of intelligence throughout
she department can be maintained. A
gentlenan who was at one time con-
nccied with the department., and since he
ceased to be has taken lively interest in
II, told the Gossiper some amusing
ssori ss about the sort OF men who in the
rnst have sometimes been made police
men. through political pulls and infiu-
ence. 81 have in mind" he said, "a
man meet quite frequently, who in the
esrly days OF bis service / thought would
never mako even n -paHsa BILE policeman.
After some experience, however, he
rncd out fairly well and made q con-
scientious patrolman. though not brill
II mt one.
"when this man first went on duty he
vas the su pject of many practical jokes
played bv Older members of the force. In
those days the putting out OF tho street
lights at certain hours was part OF the
policeman's duty, and the way this par
iicular bsuecoat started in TO do IT was
very amusing TO those " no watched him.
though IL must have been epervating in
the extreme to the party principally con-
termed. lie was instructed before leaving
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-05-08

Strap seam, the finest custom-made, $1,000.
Most stylish coat shown in Providence at lower
price offered anywhere by anybody at any time.
Remember our credit prices are lower than Others
cash.
The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-06
.NorEs or coMMANps

Major Suess was visitor a Fifth Bat
talon headquarters Monday night Hebade
the officers and fiien good-by and left
wednesday for South Dakota.
Capt. 'Sayers and Capt England had
their men out Monday night Capt sayers
later In the week was called to Pittsburg
by the death OF his mother.
Capt jenkins, Company A, Fifth Eat
talon. will soon become Benedict.
Lieut.. Pickett is catching on with the
boys. He will go with them on the Labor
Day march as a private.
Capt. SinmoDson and scrgts. Mccain and
Groofnc came back from Sea Grit as soon
as the company contests were shot.
A Dew company is promised for the Third
Battalion. Col. Shuster. formerly of tie
High School Regiment, is getting it up.
Tie ordered practice OF the brigade at
the range will come off sometime between
shooting will begin about the first OF
October.
Capt. Williams, Company d, Fourth Bat
talon, has secured a one month is extension
of his time.
First Lieut.. r. J. Harden. Company A,
Fourth Battalion, Is very i'll with typhoid
fever. He is at Providence Hospital.
Lieut. sabin, inspector OF rifle practice.
Fourth Battalion, Is back from wisconsin
The Second Regiment Band held re-
hearsals Tuesday and Thursday.
Company C, Fourth Battalion, is re-
cruiting rapidly.
The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-06
TINE SAVING CLOCK.
Won't Have to BE Wound Up Again
Until 1896.

Two years ago South Chicago ieweier
calculated he would in all probability live
forty years. Heknew it takes at least two
minutes TO wind the ordinary house clock.
AT that rate he figured he would. during the
rest OF his life, spend about sixty days OF
his valuable time winding the clock Then
he decided to make clock that would
have to be wound but once in forty years.
He spent his odd mi uutes at tn. task and
has succeeded in producing a wonderful
piece of mechanfcism-the only one of its
kind, he says. in the world. 1t is fifteen
inches in diameter and weighs seventy-nv
pounds. The movement is geared SO that
the barrel wheel containing the handspring
revokes ones in two and half years.
When this wheel has made fifty-six revo-
lutious somebody will have to give the key
seventeen turns. The clock will then be
wound for another forty years. The first
wheel from the barrel wheel crowds around
at the rate of one turn n year The dial
plate is six inches in diameter.
Every part of this near approach to Fer
petual motion was made by Mr.. Campbell.
and the work took most of his leisure for
twcpty-four months. The movement is full
jeweled The clock will be put in a Ter
medically scaled glass case. and il will work
in vacuum thus lesscning friction and
preventing the oil frcm drying. 1t will be
impossible for dust TO set into the works.
So, il no accident occurs and Mr.. Camp
bells calculations are correct, this clock
will be telling time, without~eny hand hav-
ling touched it, when Mr.. Camphcll's locks
are white, when the knickerbockereds school
boy OF today is President of the United
States, when the giant oak of the forest
has grown over the grave Of free silver
The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-06
Not to He Outdone.

II have always wanted to see some of
your California mountains, said an old
English sea captain yesterday, land I'm
going to do 1t this time, sure. That de.
sire was first aroused In me by a story !
heard in Glasgow.
"a Californian was visiting some rela
tives in that city, and naturally fell to
discussing the scenery.
do you call these mountaips?' he
asked, pointing to some neighboring hills
Nav, replied the host, they be but
hills. That beyant is mountain
. oh, that's a mountain, Is II? Well,
IN California you would have to pile up
all the hills and mountains In sight here on
top of the other before they would call it
q HILL"
1.-The old Scotchman scratched his head,
looked incredulous, but said nothing. That
night he slipped the biggest saltwater crab
he could get into his VISITORS bed, md soon
after retiring he heard howl inthe guests
chamber.
.Hoots, mon, what aus ye?' he shouted,
as he burst into the room
".What in the dickens have you got that
crab in bed for?' demanded the guest, as he
rubbed a red spot on his anatomy.
a. That's ma crab, mon; that's q high
land flea, declared the old Scotchman. and
they heard no more of California wonders
during that visit San Francisco Post
The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-06
In the value OF the remainder caused b,
q growing pop6Iattou

In the value OF the remainder caused by
growing poptIation
PROFIT TO LANDOWNERS.
In view OF all these circumstances, Il
u certainly saeB to say that the n,sximum
wage of twenty-five bushels per acre
will be paid by owners OF the best grade
OF land until they are all supplied with
the necessary labor ana capital to bring
production TO that point beyond which
no application OF additional labor and
capital will yield proportionatc returns.
When this point is reached any addition
to the population viii necessitate resort to
the next lower grade OF land, and wages
will fallato the level of what can be pro-
duccd there
The owners of the best land will now :, for
the first time, make profit on labor enl-
ployed by them, over and above the one
bushel per acre, gained naturally by equita-
bic Cooperation. They will produce no
more wheat than before, and The price Ut
wheat will not necessarily be any higher
than 1t was. Their present gain will be
due wholly to a Change in the status of
Labor and not to any necessary change in
the wheat market.s This was fixed by
supply and demand, while our working
force was all employed on the best land,
and earning equal wages.
While resort to the next lower grade of
land implies fall In wages, 1t does not
in itself imply either fail or q rise in
the price OF bread. Hence, It is said that
rent forms no part of the price OF produce.
As Ricardo puts 1t:
Corn is not high because q rent is paid;
but rent Is maid because corn il hiph''
The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-06
Il[EE N labor Circles
aatters Of lnterest to Organized
Workingmen Of the District.
MEETINGS FOR THIS WEEK.
SUNDAY sEpTEMBsR 8.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER g.
District Assembly Executive Eoard-iIa-
Dor Bureau, 81 Eighth street, II o Clock
Theatrical Stage Employes-h- or +.
Hall, 425 Twelfth street.
Labor Day Celebration Conference Com
mittee-PIasterers' Hall. Four-apda-h
street and Pennsylvania avenue.
Washington Musical Assembly, K. OF L.
weuer's Hall, Eighth and streets sout b;
east.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER Z.
Labor Day-No meetings.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8.
Federation OF Labor-Piastcrers' Hall,
-Four -and-a-half street and Pennsylvania
avenue.
Building Trades CounciI--Eiectrical Work
ers' Hall, sos Eleventh street.
~ WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 8.
Galvanized Iron and Cornice Workers
Hall, 737 Seventh street.
L. U. No. /, Carpenters, Joiners, and
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Bureau, ala Eighth
street.
LA. 1912. K. OF L., Shoe Clerks-Buena
Vista Club rooms, Sixth street. between
G and II streets.
I. A. 2031, K. of L., Tin and Sheet Iron
Workers-Plasterers' Hall. Foqg-;ind-a-haif
street and Pennsylvania avende.
L. A., 1891, X. of L.. Mineral Water
Drivers-Costeho's Hall, sixth and &
streets.
THURSDAY, sEPTEMBER 10.
District Assembly, No. &c. K of L.
Piastererz' H all. Four -and-a-half street
and Pennsylvania avenue.
L. U. No. 100, brotherhood of Carpenters
Hall. s627 Massachusetts, avenue. -
L. B., No. 10, Steam and Hot Water Fit
ters-K. Of P. Hall, 425 Twelfth street.
L. u. No. 8, Plumbers and Gas Filters
-EIks' Hall, Ninth street and Pennsyl-
yania avenue. +.
Fresco Painters-123e Seventh street.
r FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER IL.
L. A. 1898, X. of L.. Journeymen House
Painters -Labor Bureau, ala Eighth street.
l.. A. 1895, K. of L.. Eccentric Associa--
ton of Steam Engineers Bunch's Hall,
S14 Eighth street. :
Bricklayers' Union, No. 1-Bricklayers'
Hall, Seventh and l. streets.
Stone Cutters Association Costelio's
Hall, Sixth and G streets.
Clerks Assembly -Norilinger's Hall,
Georgetown.
Electrical Workers 5cS Eleventh street,
1, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER IL.
Cigar Makers Union, No. 110-137 Sew
enth street northwest.
Street Railway Assembly-Labor Bureau,
814 Eighth street.
L. u No. ZIG, Bakers and ConfectiOners
1927 Seventh street.
Printing Pressmens' Union, No. 1--Cps
tello's Hall, Sixth and Il streets.
The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-06
BON ANA FORTUNES GONE.
Inheritors of California Millions Now
AN Almost Penniless Crowd.
Deprer Field and Farm.

Denrer Field and Farm
California has long had q reputation
as the home of the bonanza king, and a
recently issued document, based on the
|, records OF the San Francisco probate court,
tells an interesting story OF the contests
and entanglements which have massed
|, about the last testament of many famous
millioDaires and the final disposition of
the vast sums they left behind them The
document gives the history OF fifty-three
wills, disposing of $175.00O.0OO About
400 heirs divided that vast sum, andtoday
nearly half of that number are penniless
again, and only u few have succeeded In
adding to their Inheritance.
The average number OF persons provided
for in each was ten, though in a num-
Der OF instances, the most notable of which
was the case OF Florence Blythe. the entire
estates passed into the hands OF single heirs
The comparatively small estate OF Kate
johnson, which was appraised at ST. $780,
900, reached more he irs than any other, the
number on the list being twenty-five, while
the $4,000, 900 OF Thomas Blythe went to
the one child, Florence, after a celebrated
trial. The estate of Maria Coleman was
valued at 81 1857 900. and it went equally
TO three heirs Charles Crocker's So, 000,-
900 reached six persons, while Mary Ann
Crocker'sSl 1 ,sS3,651 went sha re and share
alike to four of the six VINO got Charles
Crocker's larger fortune
Peter ponabue's S3,7OS, 312 went in
equal parts to three heirs. Mrs. Theresa
Fairs 81 ,693, go went TO three perscns-
Charles L. Fair, Miss Virginia Fair aud
Mrs. Charles Oelr,chs, while William p.
Fuler diStribtIt pl his 81 III 262 rD seven
persons bis name. EmmanuelGoldstein's
81 900, 600 went to six heirs, George
Hearst's se,7SS,1 1877 went In equal parts
10 his wife and son, While Walter Hobart's
$5,273. 366 went In thirds to bis three
children, Walter Hobart. Miss Ella Ho- :
bart. and Mrs. Wenthrop Lester. Mary
Hopkins $50, 694. z62 went to two per-
sons. Robert c. job nson's 1,91O.55O
went to eleven persons In Sanost equal
portions.
There are few exceptions to the general
Course OF estates, as in the case Of Lick and
Stanford. The $4,000 goo OF the Lick es-
tate went chiefly to one heir and toa number
Of trusts Of a public nature created before
James Lick's death. Charles McLaug HIN left
his So ,416 900 to his widow, W lille Alexan-
der Montgomery's So 1856 .s45 went TO three
heirs. Daniel T. Murphy's So .O41 .67O
went to six heirs. William S. O'Brien's
SS,655, 45O reached eight persons. James
left an even million. which reached four per-
sonsinshares anda number OF smallbequests
A j. Pope's ST. $50 900 reached four heirs.
Washington Ryer left 81 .276 .39s to fif-
teen persons Leland Stanford's SIT $685.
3l9 Went to four persons and the trust for
the university.
The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-06
MIR. NoIsEUR.s HYPNor1c ART.


And That Explains II.
Chicago Daily Ners,
A. A. Noiseur. of 419 Thirty-fif street.
owns a haIf-breed Maltese cat that is the
terror OF the neighborhood. The cplored
people to lily from IL In abject fear, declar-
ing that it is possessed OF a devil and has
the evil eye. /.
Various attempts have been made to Kill,
steal, or lose this particular tabby. but
yesterday when reporter called at Mr..
Noiseur's store the cat jumped upon the
counter and rubbed herself against
colored woman, who was in the act of pur-
chasing u pepny's worth OF candy. The
woman stroked the cat, then looked it in
the face. Then she gave a howl Of terror
and dashed out OF the door, while tabby
strained her eyes -oDe yellow and the other
blue-at the retreating figure
They are all that way said Mr..
Noiseur. yet the cat brings me COOL luck,
the best have ever had
'.she is peculiar animal, however,"
headmitted. Sometimes adog willcume in
the Stare. At first the cat Will not notice
him, for she is as deaf as a door nail, being
half Maltese and half Angora. Soon, how
ever. they are sure TO Come together, and
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The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-06
Important TO Thoxn Interested In
Real Estate.

Tic Times Real Estate Bureau, Tenth
street and Pennsylvania avenue northwest
in order to accommodates business men and
others whose time is occupied during the
day, and who cannot come al regular Of
flee hours to transact Real Estate business,
finds it necessary to keep its offices open
every Monday evening from To 10 D. m
The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-06
o.,,ornc q noban oy.ter..

The oyster season has commenced. Os-
borne & Hoban, corner Seventh AMI G,
have long had the best oyster house in
the District. Raw box supplied daily
with Shrewsburys. Rockaways and Tan
zier Sound. Best Accommodations for
bicycles. se9-1mo
The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-06

Royal Blue Line TO New York.
Fast time. Frequent trains. Prompt
service. Exec lent dining cars. Track
rock ballasted. Engines burn coke. No
smoke. No dust. au29tose30 cod
The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-06

shoot ON the District range next year. Ths
Georgia men IND teams from other States
will be invited. Prizes will be Offered OF
sufficient value 70 make 1t worth while T.
be present.
The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-06

Try The best medium ever Offered for
securing tenants. Continuous free ativcr-
Using THE TIMES REAL ESTATE
BUREAU. Tunes Budding. 10th ct. and
Pa. ave
The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-06
lotoNiagara FallsandwatkinsG L.,

Special express with through coaches and
Pullman parlor cars will leave Baltimore
and Ohio station. Washington, for Niagara
Falls, Watkins Glen. Rochester and Bus
falo, Thursday, September 10, at $40
a. N. Round trip, good for ten days, $40.
se2 49, g. em
The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-06
Royal Dluc Line to pn,ladelphla.

Fast time. Frequent trains. Prompt
service. Excellent dining cars. Track
rock hallastcd. Engines burn coke. No
smokc. No dust. au31-eod, se30
The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-06
MAXIMUM OF WAGES.

effort from the next lower grade of land.
1t is clear that wages ofiDdustry cannot fall
below this while the grade OF land is open
to free use and combined industry.
The only doubtful point Is on the ques
ton OF the upper limit. We can say with
certainty that wages at the stage Of prog
ress we are considering cannot go above
20 bushels; for this rate is the equivalent
OF an equal partnership in the produce Of
the best land.
1t implies that the owner Of one Of the
best farms says to a new arrival: Come
and work with me and will give you the
same wages get when working for my
neighbor over there on the farm next to
mine"
To the newcomer this Is q bargain, for
1t amounts to two bushels and q fraction
per acre more than he can produce by conf
biDing with others on the p1 xt lower grade
Of land. But it is targai.. ". the land
owner, also, inasmuch as he gains an ex-
ira bushel Der acre over what he could
produce single-handed, and while all the
landowners want more laborers and there
are not enough to go around, competition
between owners will keep wages up to
what they would have to pay each other for
mutual help, In case they were unable to
secure outside help.
This seems reasonable from motives Of
landowners considered simply as pro-
ducers. But whep we consider Interior in
terests hereafter accruing to them, not as
producers, but as landowners, the motive
for paying high waees In the beginning,
whereby population may be attracted to
the new settlement, and land values In
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1896-03-14
The selfish Men.

It is very seldom that a more flag
rant exhibition of male seIfshness
crops out among the young gentlemen
of DeLamar than that displayed last
Thursday night, when a large party of
them quietly assembled at a bachelors
den and had a real old stag party.
Fred Thomas and Almon Giles were
the chief offenders, because they orig
mated the affair. They had great
party and the meanness of it was that
it was SO nice it would have been vastly
enjoyed by the ladies. The selfish
things? CThe men we mean.) There
were twenty five or more persons in it,
and the very few of them who were not
good singers displayed some other de-
Hghtful accomplishment.
The only way their lady friends can
get oven is by getting up a series of
hen parties.
These men were foolish enough to
let the NUGGET secure list of their
names, but with the hope that they
will all repent of their selfishness, we
win not publish it,