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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-04-29

this city. Eighteen hundred men swelled
the familiar ode beginning with "Breth-
rem OF Our Friendly Order Honor Here
Asserts Her sway"
The melody flied the spacious hall. IL
wss-an ifrprcssivc and -peHuttfuf thing.
II came In beautiful waves of tone ana
the effect was tremendous. Everyone
GERS Of Roger Williams Lodge vacated the
chairs and the visiting degree stan OF GO
men began their great exhibition. Elec-
tIrcity and colored fire were. used TO en-
hance toe beauty OF the work which re-
hearsed the Biblical story Of Jonathan "a
Matchless love and devotion TO David. IL
was told In dramatic form with ell the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-04-29
CITY NOTES.

Last evening "Florlda Water" was re-
hearsed i'm the Lyman Gymnasium with
Reeves orchestra In attendance.
The alsrm from box 6a about IL p. IN.
yesterday w9S for n small fire in the store
room of the building occupied by the 5.
G. jameson Company at 2S2 Westminster
street. The building Is owned bg j..
NJ -RiFley-4A Ae-f -fir--nray have caught
from the chimney. The loss is between
$1,000 and $500 on the building and stock.
Ashburton street station. was fined go
for violation oi rule 81 lie returned TO
duty last evening.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-04-29

Sergeant whipple. who has been located
at the Wickenden street station Tor n
short time was assigned to tho Central
station last evening. he having been re-
lieyed by Sergeant GIlmsrtin-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-04-29

The Continental Conc.ave 103, X. 5. r.,
will hold q basket party Monday evening,
May 4
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-04-29
Salvation Army.

BRIGADIER EMMA BOwN Of New York.
who Is The head Of the STUN work in the United
States, Will speak at Broadway NJ r.. church,
Friday evening at Iii1 The Briga iier is said TO
invited. a29-J
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-04-29

A want ad in The NEWS always brings
good results.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-04-29
An Uneventful Day in the
Legislature.
Members Invited to Luncheon
With the Governor.
Itinerant Vendors Bill RecOmmitted
to Avoid Errors.

Both branches of the General Assembly
adjourned early today aad left the trials
of lawmsking for the joys Of the execu-
tive reception.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-04-29

"a Providence
freight
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-10-24
PAPER BOTTLES in USE.

Said to Be Good as Glass in All
Respects and Far More Durable.
Some years ago there was started in
this city u company for the manufacture
of paper bottles. 1t was not the sue
cess that its promoters intended it tc
be. There was great difficulty in getting
the right foothold. 1t was pointed out
that paper was being used very ex-
tensively in the manufacture of car
wheels, rowing shells, wash basins and
p half-dozen branches of the decorative
art, but nobody would believe that the
bottle scheme would possibly succeed.
and there the matter was dropped as
far as outside capital was concerned
Since that time another company has
managed to push forward the idea with
some degree of prosperity. Now an
other company is about to be formed
and it will have to be a success, because
there is too much money behind the
concern to make it otherwise.
This manager was asked what paper
bottles were available for, and he an
swered quite promptly, if not altogether
sarcastically:
Everything that glass is used for
Then he added: eve are now negotiat-
ing for the purchase of some of the
finest machinery to be found in
newly established shop. We have this
to claim for our bottle. II cannot be
broken unless with unnecessary force.
That is just where the saving is to come
in. No more leakage or breakage, and
consequently less loss to not only the
consumer but the merchant as well.
We intend to make a. big bid for the
foreign trade. The wine merchants OF
Europe lose an immense sum annually
through breakage in a ships hold or
otherwise. No matter where the glass
bottles break, they are broken, and
the loss is just as great all around. We
can make a paper bottle for about one
half the cost of glass bottles, and, in
addition, they will be found perfectly
watertight, well alright We
have made innumerable experiments.
and in all of them we found that, while
it was Comparatively easy to make
papier-mache alright around wine.
it was not so easy 20 do SO in the case
of beer. Why this is SO the brewers
may explain But we have overcome
that difficulty, too. Another point that
should be remembered in the manu-
facture of paper bottles is that there
Is little danger of freezing. Still an
other is that in packing them away
absolutely no straw, waste or such is
required, and the absence of these
means a large saving in space In the
next few years you will find paper
bottles all over the world-"-N. Y. Mail
and Express.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-10-24
WHEN MOST DEATHS OCCUR.


Old Superstition Upset by the Record OF
15.o>o Cases.
Has death a fayorite hour during the
"a in which to visit hospital and sick
room and gather in its victims?
a genera. opinion is entertained by
medical practitioners and others en-
gagged in caring for the sick that the
greatest number OF deaths occurring in
individuals afflicted with disease takes
place during the hours Immediately
succeeding midnight and preceding the
dawn The rule Is said to be particu-
larly true in those suffering from chron-
ic exhausting diseases.
Deductions have been made from
these impressions which have served to
regulate the administration of stimu-
Iants in such cases, i: being said: III
six ounces of brandy be needed in q
hours, four should be administered
from two to six a. M, for then is vital
ity in the human being at its lowest,
and more deaths occur at these hours
than at any other period"
I accepted this teaching at college,,
says q medical man, because L had
neither the means nor the time to verify
or disprove it to my own satisfaction.
Yet I always doubted the correctness
oe the conclusions drawn, and, to settle
the doubt in my mind. since entering OF
nv duties at the hospital have collect
ed statistics. which find do not agree
with this generally accepted idea
"The figures show 81 fewer cases dur
ing the hours from six p. M to six a. III
than for corresponding IL hours of the
day. Again. from two to six p. m. there
were sc more deaths than from two tc
six a. m. The total number of deaths
So. II
hours from six p. IN. to six a. m. is 10y
less than for the corresponding period
during the day.
's'rhe hours from two to six a. m. IN
this list show So cases more than for the
corresponding period in the afternoon
This in nearly 1000 cases is very slight.
ssln the chronic cases the create
number of deaths at any one hour was
at four D. M, with two at five p. m.
and six a. m. closely following. The
greatest in the acute list was at three
H. M, with II a. m. and IL p. IN. closely
following.
''The lowest number in the acute list
was at midnight. that hour dreaded
in the sickroom by attendants. and to
which n good deal of superstition at
taches. 1t is noticeable that the MIN
Der for this hour is exceedingly low
about half of the average number In
the chronic cases the lowest number
appears at nine n. m.
'fFrorn these $4,000 cases. extending
over period Of 10 years. it would ap-
pear that death occurs seemingly with
out any particular prediction for any
certain hour. and that the number OF
deaths for each hour is very evenly pro-
portioned. considering the large num-
Der of cases taken and the time Gov
ered.''N. Y Journal
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-10-24
WEARY FOR HER.
I'm weary

I'm weary
For my dearfe
From the Enornin' to the night.
I'm c1iSsin'
OF her kisSin
An her footsteps fallin' light
o I'm weary
For my dearie
From the mornin' to the night
In weary
For my dearie
When the lark flies DER the loan:
When the meadows
Feel the shadows
An the cows come lowing home
o I'm weary
For my dearie
An she's far away from homei
I'm weary
For my dearie
When the hearthstone fifckers bright;
When the lily
Dews fall chilly
An the hoIlows hold the night
o I'm weary
For my Jearie
An her black eyes beamin' bright!
So weary
For you, dearie-
An you're hidden from my sight
An the blossom
Seeks your bosom.
An the snow falls CHASTITY white,
Where you're sleepin'
An I'm weepin'
From the mornin' to the night!
#. L. Stanton. in Chicago Times-Herald-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-10-24
Personal AND rMPERsoNAL

babe Harris. of Ragsdale, Ky. is
the champion squirrel killer. He was
out last week three times and baSged
III squirrels and never fired his gun but
1913 times. He sold the squirrels for ten
cents each. which brought him in
S11.IO.
While the late Enoch Pratt, of Bal
timore. was most generous, he had a
number of pet economies. He was in
the habit of walking between bis home
and his bank and when some one
suggested that he ought to use the
street car. as the fare was only five
cents. he rejoined: ''Only five cents!
Don't you know. sir that 500 will have
to work nearly week to earn that five
cents?"
-Sarony. the veteran photogra P,er
of New York, whose name is almost as
well known in London as in the city of
his adoption. is getting about again
after an illness that has Frustrated him
the last two years. He is credited with
n wonderful memory for faces, and it
is said he will remember a sitter years
after the portrait was taken. and will
recoilect, moreover. what sort of pic
ture was turned out.
A farmer of North Dakota a few
i1to Manitoba with a load of oats, which
he sold to dealer for nine cents per
bushel. The custom-house officer
learned of it and arrested him for no.
paying any duty. The farmer said that
he thought since Laurier's election
there was free trade between this coun-
try and Canada. But he had to put UP
len cents per bushel for his oats all the
same.
Prince Khilkoff. Russian minister
of ways and communications. who is
now on tour of inspection over the
Siberian railway, will extend his jour
ney to Japan in connection with the es-
tablishment of Russo-Japanese
steamship line in far eastern waters
He will return to Russia via San Fran
cisco. New York. London. Paris and
Berlin. When this now distinguished
Russian minister was last seen in the
United States. many years ago. he was
employed a locomotive engineer on
one of the Chicago lines.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-10-24
steel Diamonds-

Within year or two the French
chemist, NJ Moissan, has succeeded in
making minute diamonds by saturating
melted iron with carbon and then cool
ing the iron under strong pressure.
The carbon crystallizes into the form OF
diamonds the metal cools. This ex-
pertinent has been repeated MANY
times. Recently it occurred to NJ Ros-
sci that there must be diamonds in
very hard steel. which is produced in
q manner similar to the process of NJ.
Moissan- Accordingly he examined
many specimens of such steel and dis
covered that. in fact. it does contain
microscopic diamonds, mere specks in
size. but presenting the characteris-
tic forms and properties of natural dia-
monds. At a recent meeting of the
Academy OF Sciences in Paris NJ. Reed
exhibited magnified photographs of
several of these minute gems taken
form bits of steel. - Youths Com.
panion. /.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-10-24
Marrying a Deceased wires sister.

That boon long sought by English
men. the right of a widower to marry
his deceased wife's sister, has been be
slowed upon the people of Jersey, and
a considerable movement on the part
of widowers and their sisters-in-lav
toward the island has begun. The
clergy in some alarm has procured
from the encouragement for Jersey
a statement that the law applies only
to bona fide residents of the island.
The bishop of Winchester, whose do
cese includes Jersey, instructs the
clergy of the island that they would not
be justified in performing in one part
of the diocese marriages which would
be illegal or invalid in another part of
it, The outlook for the sisters of de-
ceased wives will continue gloomy. il
the clergy have their way about it
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-10-24
TO MAINTAIN A PRINCIPLE.
A Quaker Firm That Sacrifices Hundreds
of Thousands a Year.


of Thousands q Year.
There is probably not another bust
ness firm in the United States, or, for
that matter, in any other country in
the world, that annually sacrifices hun
dreds of thousands of dollars of trade
simply to maintain n principle, as Whit
all, Tatum & Co. the Quaker glass man
ufacturcrs, of Philadelphia, do and have
done for nearly rs years.
The firm was established in the early
part of the century, and its founders
were strict and consistent members of
the Society of Friends. They did not
believe in war, nor in litigation, nor in
the manufacture or sale of intoxicat ting
liquors, and they established a rule
which has never been violated.
WhitalI, Tatum e. Co. have never
made whisky flask, nor any sort or
description of bottle intended to con-
tain either malt, vinous or spirituous
liquors. This includes the small Walls
called samples" which are similar to
those made to display samples of illun-
mating and lubricating oils. Should
intending purchaser ask for oil
samples" and say they were to be used
for whisky, he could not buy them at
any price.
The army and navy departments of
the United States have sought several
times to buy glassware from the firm,
but the patronage has invariably been
refused on the ground that the furnish
ing of any sort of supply for the aid or
comfort of persons engaged in war or
maintaining peace by force of arms was
contrary to the tenets of the Society of
Friends, and therefore could not be con-
sidered. The senior member of the
firm. recently deceased, was a typical
Quaker man of Drawn and brain. and
at 65 was in as fine physical condition
as most men who have led temperate
life are at 10. Grief over the untimely
death of his son. a young man of great
promise. was the primary cause of Mr..
Whitalrs death.-N. Y. Mail and Ex-
press
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-10-24
a LITTLE NONSENSE.

The cabby-s Christening .-Parson
what shall we call it ?" Cabby tab
sept-mindedly)- 1 leave that en-
tirely to you. sir!"-FuEny Cuts
He Knew.-..SamTny. what is a cen
turiouo" asked the Sunday school
teacher of-Sanmy Snaggs- ~ CEN
turion is a chap that makes a century
rnu on a bicycle replied sammy
Pittsburgh Chronicie-Telegraph-
-sBill!" cried the pitman to his son.
whats thee mother done WI new coal
sacks?" MADE pillow cases on 'em.
father" replied Bill. Dash her proud
heart" cried the pitman, ''she should
a took the old uns."-Rousehold Words
A Considerat Arrangement.-''No w,
professor said the hostess, I want
you to have numerous pianissiIno Pas
saees in your selections for the music
ale" you are fond of the sentiment
al. then?'' Not especially. But my
guests will want to hear themselves
talk once in awhile" = Washington
Star.
Lady Ito dirty tramp)-"Here's a
piece of soap, and hope you will wash
yourself with it; and here's a piece OF
homemade cake to eat" Dirty Tramp
CRITICALLY surveying the soap and cake)
is the soap homemade, TOO, mum
Lady-"Of course not" Dirty Tramp
Then. if you don't mind. mum, I'd
rather eat the soap and scrub meseH
with the cake."-Fun.
He was whistling and she didn't
like it. II wish," she said. when you
are walking with me you wouldn't
whistle. 1t is extremely rude" Il
am whistling for the want of thought
he reDlied with evident intent to be
very crushing. IF that's what it'i
for she remarked. Il think I may say,
without fear of successful contradic
ton by anyone who knows you, that
you don't have to- Then he stopped.
Texas Sitter
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-10-24
SHE TIPS HER GRAY FEDORA.
New Woman Salutes Friends State
Street Man Fashion.

state
Street Man Fashion.
The new woman who has adopted the
very latest wrinkle in newness has
come to town. She was abroad on
State street the other day. She was
dressed in a blazer suit of steel gray,
wore thick-soled shoes and heavy gloves
and carried an umbrella done up in
leather covering. Her face was intelli
gent and very fair to look upon Ger
tain lines of grimness were discernible.
however, but they were probably the
effect of the severe style of dressing the
hair. which was combed high on the
head and bore no trace of crinkle, wave
Or puff.
But there were many women on State
street who were dressed just that way,
and she would probably have passed in
the crowd without attracting a second
look from anyone had she not met
couple of friends. They raised their
hats. The gray-robed beauty smiled
upon them serenely, then gracefully
lifted her neatly-gloved hand and tipped
her gray fedora with as much grace as
if she had been to the manner born.
The fluffy little creature who was with
her blushed and shranl> back in dis
may.
the world did you do that for? What'll
they think?"
Think? Why. they won't think any
thing" was the cool rejoinder. They'll
get used to it after awhile. In my
opinion. saluting by raising the hat is
n courtesy that should not be confined
to men alone. Women are entitled 10
the privilege just as much as the oPpo-
site sex. know several girls who have
already adopted the custom. and before
another month is ended you'll forget
to blush and cry out in remonstrance
against the habit. OF course. with the
outlandish headgear usually worn rails
ing the hat is an impossibility, and
right here is where the utility of the
fedora comes in. With that it is the
easiest thing in the world.
1T isn't necessary to lift the hat
clear off the head. just stick the pins
through the front, instead of the back,
and then tip it gently from behind.
1t makes me feel as if 1 am really some
body-"-Chicago Chronicle.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-10-24
TESTED BY A STAR.
A Curious Method OF Regulating q Time
piece.

piece.
Some very old printing that was
brought to light the other day con-
tains curious suggestions for max
ing certain calculations that will in
terest many people. One of the sug
gestions runs to the effect that per-
son may ascertain his rate of walking
by the aid of string with a piece of
lead at one end of it. The string should
be knotted at distances of Al feet,
which distance is the 12Oth part of an
English mile and bears the same pro-
portion to a mile that half u minute
bears to an hour. If the traveller.
when going at his usual gait, drops the
lead, letting the string slip through
his hand, the number of knots which
have passed in half n minute indicates
the number of inches he walks in an
hour.
An easy method of correctly reguiat-
ing timepicce by the stars is sug-
gested as follows:
AS the motion of the earth with re-
gard TO the fixed stars Chose that
twinkle) is uniform, timepieces can in
most simple manner be correctly
regulated by the stars with greater
facility than by the sun. Choose n
south window from which any fixed
building, etc, may be seen. To the side
of the window attach piece of card
board having small hole in it, in such
II manner that by looking through the
hole toward the edge of the elevated
object, some fixed star may be seen.
The progress of the star must be
watched and the instant it vanishes be-
hind the fixed point, the observer must
note the exact time it disappears The
following night the same star Will van
ish behind the same object three min
utes and Sc seconds sooner. If time
piece mark nine o'clock when the star
vanishes one night, the following night
it will indicate three minutes and Sc
seconds less than nine If the time
piece be faster or slower than the in
dication of the star, then it has gained
or lost the indicated difference. IL
several cloudy nights follow the first
observation of the star, it is only nee
essary to multiply three minutes and
Sc seconds by the number of days that
have elapsed since the observation, and
the product deducted from the hour
the clock indicates the first night clear
enough for the second observation gives
the time the clock or watch ought to
show. The same star can only be oh
served during a. few weeks, for as it
gains nearly an hour in a fortnight, it
will in short time come to the me-
ridian in broad daylight and become in
visible.
In making the observation care must
be taken that planet is not chosen
instead of star. Additional to the
fact that the light of fixed stars
wrinkles. while that of planets is steady
because reflected, a sure means of dis
tinguishing between them is to first
watch n certain star attentive1y for a
few nights. If it changes its place with
regard to the other stars it is planet,
since the fixed stars appear to main
tain the same relative positions with
regard to each other.-Detroit Free
Press.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-10-24

Probably Newgate. which has been a
prison for nearly 700 years. is the OLD
ess prison in Great Britain. Its history
as suck can be traced back at least 50
far as the year 1918 1t then stood at the
new gate in the city of London Two
hundred years later it had fallen into de-
cay and was restored by the executors
of the celebrated Sir Richard Whiting
TOM. Y. Sun.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-10-24
Danger In the Sponge.

Prof. Lang. of Vienna. declares that
sponges., owing to the impossibility of
destroying germs in them. have long
since been banished from the surgeons
table. and should also be excluded from
the bathroom and washstands--N. Y
Medical Record.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-10-24

Whittier left s25O.OOo. though for his
earlier poems he received nothing Low
ell, on the other hand, published his
first poems at his own expense, and to
the end his income from them was
small; and it was only in the closing
ten or fifteen years of his life that
Browning, who had a similar expert
ence with his first volume, received
anything from his poems.-Chicago
Tribune.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-10-24
Ireland Produces biggest Families

OF countries for which dependable
statistics are returned Ireland takes
the highest place for numerous fam
lilies, the size of the average family
being So. Next in order come Russia.
4.s3; Spain. 4.65; Italy. 4.56; Scotland.
4.46: Holland, 4.22.E Sweden. Alp, Ger
many. 4.1o; England. 4.Os; Austria and
Belgium. 4.O5; Switzerland, 3-e4; Hum
gary. $40: Denmark. 3.61. and France,
3.o3.@Chicago Tribune
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-10-24
A Question of Altitude.

She-Am 1 anything like your first
wife. dear?
He-No, my darling. believe you to
be far above ner-N. Y. World.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-10-24

The begonia was named In honor Of
n. Begon, French patron of botany.