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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-05-13
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The Nitrate Kings Bluff.

There was a story current in Paris a
few years ago which served TO show the
lordly nature of the entertainments of
Colonel North. the late "Nitrate King"
The Colonel was giving dance TO which
all the notables OF the town were invited.
Thinking TO render the affair more impos-
ing, he took upon himself to decorate
the Arc de Triomphe, which stood near
his hotel, with gorgeous display of
flowers, bunting and colored lamps. The
Parisians were amazed at the nduacity of
the "bourgeois" who presumed TO use the
monument to the hero OF Austerlitz to
advertise his ball. The Municipal Coun-
Gil demonstrated with the colonel, but
the latter, no whit abashed, wrote out a
check for some millions, and,tepdering il
to the officer, declared that be would buy
the arch out and give 1t back TO the peo-
pie the next day as free gift. The bluff,
however was failuresnd the millionaire
had to content himself with decorating
his hotel.
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Unknown MillIcnaires.

Two weeks ago man died in New
York whose wealth was counted by the
millions and whose name was almost un-
known except to the people VINO happened
10 live IN his houses or were connected
with tho big manufacturing interest
where much OF his money was made. lie
was a man who avoided publicity, and
when he died his family requested that
no obituary notice should 10 printed
abou, him. There are rows OF red brick
houses scattered along the west side OF
New York that stand as monument 10
his wealth. When New YORK % milionaires
have been discussed and counted as
they are by some publication about once
year, this mans name was generally
overlooked. His friends knew that he
was many times a millionaire. An old real
estate agent, in discussing the wealth of
New York, said to the writer several days
ago
az can name a dozen men who are mill
lionaires In this town and Of whom, as
wealthy men, nothing Is ever ssid. Some
of them are men who have inherited mon
ey from different sources and who have
never been actively engaged in business
or conspicuous in any wav. They live as
modestly RS II their incomes were Jess
than $4,000 Others are men who retir-
ed from business years ago and invested
their money in real estate here. This
money has ubled several times since,
and some of them don't know themselves
what they are worth. You remember
what surprise the amount Of the layer
weather estate excited few years ago.
1t was found that this leather merchant
who had worked steadily for many years
In the Swamp had left millions for philan-
thropical and educational schemes. There
are lots of unknown fmilionaIres in this
town, and il is only when one of them
dies that the general pubic knows OF his
fortune"
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HAT HAS HAPPErED?" HE eAsPEn.
With n cry i seized his arms and moved
them first above his head till he looked
like a man about to dive, and then
clapped them against his sides; re-
peating this an infinite number of
times; praying that the air / drew
through his lungs might blow against
some smouldering spark of humanity
and kindle it once more into life.
The perspiration rolled from me; my
mouth was as IA sand-pit; the heavy
scent of the magnolia blossoms above
siclSened me with its strength; the sight
departed from my eyes. i could see
nothing beyond small circle of the hot
dust around. which waved and danced
IN the sunlight, and the little green
curiously and forgot that 1 was human.
And then of sudden my comrade
gave sob, and his chest began to heave
of itself without my laborious aid. And
after that for awhile knew very little
more. The sun-baked dust danced
more wildly in the sunshine; the liz-
ards changed to darker colors; the
light went out; and when came next
to my senses Methuen was sitting up
with one hand clutching at his throat,
looking at me wildly.
"What has happened?" he gasped. 81
thought 1 was dead, and Garcia had
hanged me-Garcia, No one is here.
The puebla seems deserted. Calvert
tell me-"
"They have gone," I said. "We are
alive. We will get away from here as
soon as you can walk"
He rose to his feet, swaying. "I can
walk now. But what about you?"
II am an old man." / said, "wearily
old. In the last two hours have grown
hundred years. But i think can
walk also. Yes. look. / am strong.
Lean on my nrm. Do you see that
broken window in the chapel? When
fired through that the bell stopped
tolling."
"Let us go inside the chapel for few
minutes before we leave the village"
said Methuen. 1--WE have had very
narrow escape. old man. I-I-feel
thankful"
There was faint smell Of incense in
side the chapel. The odor of it fingers
by me still.
THE END.
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LEGAL NOTICES.
SAERIFF'S SALE.

Dy virtue Of an execution. No. II, 7l2. issued
from the District Court OF The sixth Judicial
DisIrios on the 9th day Of May. A. d. 1890.
and rsturnable to said court on the sih day
of August. A. ID. 1900. wherein Edward Faxon
Sad George Ii. Faxon OF Boston. In he State
Cf Massachusetts,. co-partners. doing business
"a .. j. Faxop & Co., are plaintiffs. aud tho
Eastern Cycle & supply CO., corporation.
IRE defendants. Will be sold At Public Auc-
ion. on FRIDAY. May % 1880, at ~ o'clock
uoon, at No. 81 Central street, In the city Of
Providence. tbe following described personal
property, viz: Fourteen sweaters. % bicycle
caps. assorted. & pair rabber n'ittens, Is pairs
hicycle shoes. ~ cyclometers. bicycle Ian.
farms, assorte ed sizes, 3 In axes, luggage car
Siprs aoztn cycle oil. 10 bioyc bells, as
serted sizes. s tool bags. furnished. 3 saddles.
; pairs stockings. ia foot pumps. roll top
DESKS I Gitice chair. ] show case. letter
rsess. bicycle stands, 2 pairs Indian clubs.
t. BILE. stand and second. hand bicycles
The above property was attached on the
original writ Ia tho suit in which the cbovo
cs.cribed execution was obtained.
Levied on this nth day OF May. 1897. Mt 10
o'cl ock and Is minutes n. m. and will be sold
30 satisfy said execution II sufficient.
FRANK p. BARkOTS.
ma iit Deputy sheriff.
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THE RANSOM.
BY cUTcLIFFE HYNE,
Author Of "Honor OF Thieves"
IospyrishedI

ngature from his neck did hear voices
clamoring over my fate.
"And now this other Inglese, your
excellency," the earless man said,
sshall we shoot him from here, or shall
we string him up in the others place ?''
But the answer was not what the fell
low expected. Garcia replied TO him on
a shrek of passion. "You slaughter
ing BRUTE" he cried, another offer like
that and III pistol you where you stand.
You heard me pass my word: do you
dream that / could break IL? They
have had their punishment, and If we
see one another again, the meeting will
be none of my looking for. We leave
this puebla in five minutes. See to-
your duties. Go"
The words came TO me duly through
the heated air. was almost mad with
the thought that my friend was dead,
and that the fault was mine, mine, mine
alone.
I listened for his breaths: they did
not come. ] felt for n heart-throb;
there was not so much MS flutter. His
neck was scared by ghast,y ring. His
face was -liyid. And yet / would not
admit even then that he was dead.
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Christian Workers Convention.

The Christian Workers three days con-
vention began this morning at the Beth
any Mission, Joel Bassett superintendent,
26 south Main street. Interesting services
were also held there this afternoon. The
services will be at Mt. Pleasant Baptist
Church, Academy avenue, Rev. Amos T..
Chase, pastor, tomorrow and at the Be-
thesda Mission, 800 Douglass avenue, Hen
~ +. Kelly. superintendent. The times
at which the daily services will be held
are 10:30 a. m, 2;30 apd 1880 p. m.
Rev. James A. Gardner, Rev. Frank IL.
Decker, Rev. George II. Horton, Rev.
George A. Smith, Rev. John M. Collins
and Evang slists Rev. Mrs. l.. W. Fenner,
Mr.. Marshall Il. Reynolds, Mr.. John p.
Anderson, MIR. III. Z. Gardner, MIR. David
X. Hiuckley and Others are invited to
spe ak at these meetings.
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shall soon represent all their tricks on the
stage without the eid OF n rabble OF ample
skirted women as confederatos.
"I shall do the basket trick. the mango
trick and the disappearing toy trick. In the
latter. as you know. the boy IL placed In
basket. which is securely fastened. Then the
magician runs a sword through ths basket
and means. are heard. When IL IL opened.
however. the boy is not there.
81 am not much VI a believer in Indian
magic. and will no. believe 10 fully until the
camera tells me that it IA true"
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The RETIRED BURGLAR.
His Singular Exp:rienc: in House In a
Western City.


81 once had a very singular experience
IN a fine house in a small Lefty in the
West" said the retired burglar. They
had their silver locked mp, but found
on table In the parlor a lot OF bric-a-
brae, mostly silver things, that was well
worth carrying off. There was curious
looking thermometer that caught my eye
in particular, and contrery TO my usual
custom stopped TO take a look at II be-
fore putting II in my bag, and then II oc-
cured TO me that I'D like TO see how
warm ii was-it was very close In the
room with the windowe all shut and
took look at the mercury. holding IL
down in the light Of my lamp on the
table, standing up myself, but couldnr
see 1t very plain standing up, 30 l sat
down in chair that was right there by
the table TO get closer look.
"The minute sat down tue chair began
to play tune. Ii had a music box
Arrangement attached to it, Just like
many other articles OF furniture made.
Some of 'em when you pull out drawer
music box begins TO play and ell that
sort OF thing and this was musical chair.
i got right up but the chair kept right
on playing. These things are apt TO have
key, you know, or stopper OF some
sort about 'em somewhere that you press
to stop 'em, felt for that key, but l
couldn't find 1t, and got my lamp and
looked for II, the music keeping right on
playing all the time. but 1 couldn't find
1t and the first thing knew it broke out
louder than ever; II had come TO some
sort of q bell attachment that II had,
and was making twice as much noise as
Ii did at first. and the only thing I'D got
in my bag was the thermometer which
wished ia never seen at all, and which
I'd dropped in the bag when the first sur
prise struck me.
81 took another quick look over the
chair with the lamp, but couldn't find
the key and of course there wasn't any
thing for me TO do but TO goaway, which
/ did. The last heard of the chair, as
went through the cellar window, 1t had
busted out in some new objection and
was booming away like brass band"
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People who ere susceptible to the cold
should make point of wearing loose
clothing in cold weather. Loose garments
are always warmer than tight-fitting ones,
not only because they allow room for cir
culation, but also because they permit
layer of air between the skin and the out
side cold.
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LIPPMAN BROS. Apotheesries. Sole Prep'ss,
uppusu's Block. ssvssssh. 0a.
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For Three Years He Suffered = Could
Hardly Breathe at Night-0ne Nostril
Closed for Ten Years.


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was sufferer from Catarrh in its
worst form. Truly, his description OF
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-peleas. Instead of seeking his coueh,
glad for the nights coming, he went to
it with terror, realizing that another
long, weary, wakeful night and a
struggle to breathe was before him.
DE LEON, TEXAS.
MesSs. Lipbwas Bros, Savannah, Ga.
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ing. palpitation Of the heart, and has relieved
me OF all pain. One nostri was closed for
ten years, but now ] can breathe through it
readily.
have not slept on either side for two yenrs;
In fact. dreaded to ace night come. Now
sleep soundly in any position all night.
am 50 years old, but expect soon to be able
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heartily recommend IL TO my friends and the
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Yours respectfully,
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the virtue Of l.. L. +. medicine, is true.
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In every way. Il. i. Il. removes that
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Fer -blotches and -pimples on the
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Ladies. for natural and thorough
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Sold BY al druggists.
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TIE editor of the Commercial seeks to justify his bolting record by the
 declaration that the editor of the GRAPHIC bolted the last State Dem ocratic Convention in that that con vention declared for free silver, 16 to l, whereas the GRApHIC's editor has since that time advocated Q con
 trary view. But the undeniable fact stands forth that the editor of the GRAPHIC supported and uoted for the ticket nominated by
 that State convention, and through out the campaign ne ger raised his voice against it. In that conven-
 tion the editor of the GRAPHIC offered an amendment to the platform re- ported by the resolutions committee almost in the language of the National Democratic Convention, seeking, thereby, to establish a
 "parity" between the National and State platforms, but when that amendment was defeated the author of it accepted defeat as conclusive,
 so far as the State is concerned.
 The fact of the business is, the edi- tor of the GRAPHIC has never bolted a ticket put forth by his party
 National, State. city of eountY-and
 never intends to. Whenever the National Democratic Convention declares for free silver, 16 to 1, then
 we will support it, and not before. The National Democratic Conven-
 tion is the only forum-the final court of authority and appeal authorized to determine the policy of the party on National issues and
 to determine party questions, and
 until it has decided the financial question the editor of the GRAPHIC
 is strictly within the party. All
 Democrats have right to differ be- fore the National vention has spoken, but it's final decrees are
 binding on all loyal Democrats.
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WM. E. RUSSELL, the brilliant ex- Governor of Massachusetts, has formally opened up headquarters and announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Pres ident of the United States. Mr. Russell would make a most excellent man for the tail-end of the ticket, but this year the National Democ- racy will come west for their candi- date.
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Cotton Belt Ronte.

Cheapest rates to Wynne, Ark. for meeting of Grand Lodge Knights and Ladies of Honor. For this above occasion the Cotton Belt Route will sell round trip tiekees to Fair Oaks on the certificate plan at one and one-third fare. A similar rate can be secured from Fair Oaks to Wynne via the St. L., I. NJ. < S. By Tickets on sale and certificates issued May 4th. 9th and 9th. Ger tificates should be presented to agent at Fair Oaks not later than May 9th for re6urn tickets
 E. ". LABEAUME, ]. ". FARLEY,
 G. P. x T. A. Agt.
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MR. J. R. BErTIs, formerly busi- ness manager of the Arkansas Dem ocrat, but now of St. Louis, as the representative of the l.. A. w., has instituted mandamus proceedings against he Missouri Pacific Railway to compel it to carry a bicycle free with each frst-class ticket This will be test case, and in the inter- est of wheelmen, we hope it will be decided in Mr. Bettis' favor.
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Cotton Belt Route.

Cheap rates to Fort Smith, Ark. Meeting Arkansas Medical Society from April % to May l For the above occasion the Cotton Belt Route will sell tickets to Fort Smith and return at one and one third fare on the certificate plan. Tickets on sale April 2 to 30. Certificates issued on the above dates will be honored for return tickets at Fort Smith if presented on or before May ,, 1896.
 E. W. LABEAUME, J. W. FALEy,
 G. F. & r. A. Agent.
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Stomach, sometimes called waterbrash, and burning pain, distress, nausea, dyspepsia, are cured by Hoods Sarsa- parilla. This it accomplishes because with its wonderful power as blood purifier, Hoods Sarsaparilla gently tones and strengthens the stomach and digestive organs, invigorates the liver, creates an appetite, gives refreshing sleep, and raises the health tone. In cases of dyspepsia and indigestion 1t seems to have i" q magic touch"
 "For over 12 years suffered from sour
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TIE Yazoo, (Miss.) Sentinel draws the following pen picture of class of individuals possessed by nearly every community:
 s'In every town there are few cranks. They imagine they possess wisdom and influence above their fellows. They do possess the trait of persistence On the whole they are entirely harmless. They accomplish nothing themselves and their efforts to hinder the work oi others is usually abortive. Still they continue to exist and are wise in their own conceit, discontented with their own lot and envious ol
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THE W. c. T. U. at it's late meet ing in Little Rock, endorsed the movement looking to the establish ment of State Reform School. A Reform School is one of the crying needs of the State and the endorse ment of the movement by the good Christian ladies of the State will do much to further and promote the enterprise
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their more fortunate neighbors. They have the commiseration of their fellows, which is often coupled with contempt.

MAFFIT, of Missouri, who was nominated by his Congressional district in the late Missouri State Democratic Convention as one of the delegates from that district to the Chicago convention but subsequent ly rejected by the Sedalia conven- tion because of his asound money views, threatens to contest for a seat in the National Convention. The policy has heretofore been in all State Conventions to allow each Congressional district to select delegates to the National Conven- tion, and the delegates thus selected are ratified by the general conyen- ton. But in Mr. Mafit's case he was rejected by the State Conven- tion over the protests of the dele gates from his congressional district, and the bringing of his case before the National Convention will de termine the right of general con- vention to override the action oi the delegates from a Congressional District in that convention.
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Stomach

with severe pains across my shoulders, and great distress. had violent nausea which would leave mo very weak and faint, difficult to get my breath. These spells came oftener and more severe. l did not receive any lasting benefit from physicians, but found such happy effects from a trial of Hoods Sarsaparilla, that took several bottles and mean to always keep it in the house. I am now able to do all my own work, which for six years I have been unable to do. My husband and son have also been greatly bene- .fited by Hoods Sarsaparilla = for pains in the back, and after the grip. l gladly recommend this grand blood medicine" :" MRS. PETER BuRRY. Leominster, Mass.
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Stockholders Meeting

A meeting of the stockholders of the Standard Compress < Warehouse Company is hereby called to meet at the office of the Secretary on Tues day, May 10. 1896, at D. m., for the purpose of electing seven directors to serve for the ensuing year. and to transact any other business that may lawfully come before said meeting. J $. TRuLoeK,
 Secretary. Pine Bluff, Ark, April IS, 1896. 4 19 d2 w4w
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McELREE'S WIN E OF CARDUH

will bring girls safely through the crisis. Taken at the first indication of weak ness, it never fails. It regulates the monthly periods with perfect precision. Its action is direct upon the feminine organs that above all others, ought to be strong and we'll
 Start the girl right. Don't expose her to the dangers and tortures of dragging weakness, bearing down pains, nervous prostration and the facilitating drains so common to women.
 McElree's Wine of Cardui, is home treatment. It does away entirely with abhorrent sloca1 examinations
 Sold at sio0 Bottle by Dealers in Medicine.
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Having been urged by many friends co be- come d candidate for the General Assembly of Arkansas, I have concluded to do so. My main desire is to add something to the pro- tection and advancement of our agricultural, mechanical and educational conditions. | have resided in Jefferson county and been engaged exclusively in farming forty eight years. and think know something of the necessities of the farmer. At the proper time will meet the voters In their various townships. This announcement is made sub 1ect to the action of the Democracy of lief ferson county. Very respectfully.
 MCH. WILLIAMS.
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 Cotton Belt Route.

Cheap rates to Paragonld. Nice sing of the Northeast Ark. Odd Fellows Association April 9. 1896. For the above occasion the Cotton Belt Route will sell round trip tickets at one and one-third fare From Pine Bluff $660. Dates of sale April 24th and 25 Tickets good for return until April %.
 E. W. LABEAUME, J. W. FARLEY.
 G. P. &> T. A. Agent.
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For County Clerk.

To the Voters of Jefferson County:
 I hereby announce myself as candidate for reelection to the, office of County and Probate Clerk, subject to the action of the Democratic primaries, and owing to eontin- ued i'll health l may not be able to call on you in your respective townships however 1T you should honor me With a second term shall in the future, as in the past, en- deavor to make an eificientand faithful ofh- Ger, Very truly.
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Wedding Stationery

Anticipating many victories for Cupid during the coming spring months, the GRAPHIC has just re- ceived a full stock of wedding stationery from the famous Hurlbert and Geo. F. Brown mills. This, when printed with our new script type, can hardly be distinguished from engraving even by experts Interested parties should call and seessamples. 17 d3t
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1O4O Cakes

of soap displayed in the show win dow of Meyer Drug Co. We especially invite the ladies to call and examine the forty-seyen different kinds. All high grade, highly per fumed goods. Any kind 10 cents a cake, 9 cents box.
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Call and see V. Foti X Co.,. corner Third avenue and State street. for fancy frnits, nuts and confections, imported olive oil, macaroni, Italian cheese, Italian colsgp, fresh oysters, crabs. Genuine imported Italian macaroni 10 cents per pound; per box. $l.75. Imported olive oil 6 cents per quart. Come and see us
 Y. FoTI x Co,
 1d1m Third Ave. and State St.
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GEN. WEYLER is rapidly meeting with the fate of Gen. Campos, and like his predecessor in office, may find it necessary to resign and return to Spain. The Cuban patriots are rap idly pushing their rebellion to a suc- cessful conclusion.