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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-23
A Veterans Pension Increased.

MAsHIa ToS. Nov. 23.-1he following
pension cnange, resulting from the issue
of Novembe- 10, IL announced: Rhode
isihnd-increase, George W. Lindsey,
Providence.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-23
MONDAY. NOVEMBER 20, 1895.

GOVERNMENT by count and not by bal
lot is the rule Of the Solid South.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-23
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-04
TuE BUsINFss WOMAN.

CFrom the San Francisco Bulletin)
am of the opinion that business WO-
men ought not to think of marriage UNI
less they are prepared to give up their
r,rafassion and apply themselves to home
duties The argument that the woman
can add to the joint income of husband
and wife and thereby make better pro-
vision for old age does not meet the case
for no man has the right to depend on
his 3yife's earnings. Most married wo-
men will find that the home loses all that
is honelike when the mistress Of the
household is absorbed in outside pursuits,
and no one can make UP for the loss
which her absence causes When there
are children. every one viii agree that
mothers care is everything to them for
the first few years of their lives. but
even a childless home needs the presence
of a firm but gentle ruler VINO VIII ma
her true vocation in acting as wife. not as
q second breadWinner. A really good
business woman must nave neI near .ses-e "a
and therefore, the ties Of domestic life
are not for her. she belongs to another
sphere and had better not attempt 10
combine two call1ngS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-04
w. THuNDER RoLLs.

(From the san Francisco Bulletin.)
The prolonged roll of thunder is read
lily explained by comparison with a vol
ley fired along q line of troops. Suppose
troops to be drawn up in line in such
number as to extend mile. and ordered.
by a signal that all could sec. to fire al
once One standing at the end of the
line would hear the report of the musket
nearest him instantly. He would hear
the others successfully. Thus a report
$50 feet away would come to him in half
6 second. and he would not hear the last
report for five or six seconds after the
gun had been fired. This would produce
a sort of roll. which would gradually in
crease to intensity. Flashes Of lightning
may be considered as representing three
lines of troops among which the explOs-
ions occur at the same time Consider
the variety of distance and position Of
the listener. and we account for the va
riety of sound of thunder In mountain
Gus regions the rolling is augmented by
reVerberations or echoes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-04
DISEASE MINERS HAVE.

TFrOm the Coal Trade Journal
AS to whether there are any diseases
peculiar TO the miners calling, there IS
evidence that, with one, or perhaps two,
exceptions. there are none such. These
exceptions are: An affection of the eye.
termed 'tnystagmus. and, in a lesser
degree that disease of the respiratory
organs which usually goes by the name
of miners asthma. NySt2gmuS, al
though not a prevalent affection, is one
with Wen marked symptoms. directly
traceable to the posture of the collier
while a work.
The symptoms are oscillation, with
more or less Of a rolling motion of the
eve balls, giddiness, with head ache
and the appearance of objects moving
in a circle, or lights dancing before the
eyes.
In severe cases the person affected
may stumble and be so much incOnven-
fenced as to be obliged to stop work
DR.. Simeon Smell of Sheffield has given
this disease special attention for about
20 years, and has published the results
of his Investigations, which show be
yOnd all reasonable doubt that nyStag-
mus is confined almost entirely to those
underground WOrkmen who are en-
gagged in hOling or underwriting the coal
and is due to the miners habit Of look
ing upwards above the horizontal line
while a work lying on his side. 1T has
been observed also in f1remen and 9TH
ers who have occasion frequently to ex-
anime the roof. turning the eyes Oblique
~ while doing so. Any other Occupa-
tion in which the person may habitually
turn the eyes upwards and sideways
will induce nVGfa gnlIS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-04
rHE sHODDY smART.

lFrom the New York Tribune
There is a large class of well known
persons. generally q floating class. who
may be designated by the name Of the
'sh0ddy smart people who constitute
the frayed or ragged edge of fashiOna-
Bile society. Just what this shOddiness,
which is altogether different from shah
biness consists in il is difficult to say.
The individuals composing this set are
generally to be met with at all large
fashionable functions Their names are
in the social directory and are often
mentioned in the newspapers. Both
men and women dress extremely well
They are very up to date, are apt to be
sporty, and ia a way are recognized by
the really smart people. enough So at
all events, to impress outsiders with a
respect for their position. All this they
utilize TO the fullest extent. talking of
the people in such a manner as to lea
new acquaintances to suppose that they
are on intimate terms with the hum
dred and fifty" and are, therefore,
themselves very desirable people to
know Why. then, are they shOddy. it
might be asked. Well. in the first place
they are generally impecuniOus, and al
though poverty is no crime in the eye
of the law. it is. more or less. in social
ethics That is to say. it is like skating
on thin ice to skim over a gulf of debts
and difficulties in which at any moment
the luckless ''shOddy smart" individual
who is apparently slSimming So gayly
over the surface. may be overwhelmed
This keeping up of appearances the
world does not easily forgive.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-04
CAmPANIN1,s BUN

IFrom the Atlanta constitutional
"But champagne was his ruin. He was
sociable and drank wine by the case
That told on his throat When his notes
began to grow thin and uncertain, he
took something stronger than wine and
/ have seen him take his glass of
whisky at a swallow Campanini was
always entertaining He had reminis-
cences which We're delightful to hear
You know that he was in the Italian
army when a boy and it was there that
his remarkable voice was discovered.
He was released from military duty at
the age of Il in order that he might
cultivate his voice. for if there is any
one who is placed above a soldier in
Italy. it is a tenor. We pay homage to
sopranos. but the Italians give the palm
to the tenOrs. Campanini's first ap-
pearance in public was not a success.
but he went to Milan TO renew his stud
les and when he came out there at the
historic La Scala, he had a triumph.
When Milan approved, the world turn
ed it's eyes upon him and he soon was
talked Of everywhere. 1 would not pro
nounce him the leading tenor Of his day
but he certainly was third or fourth
among them all in Europe and in
America he was the indisputed favorite
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-04
COLORADO WOMEN.

Denver Letter to Baltimore SUM-
Il turned to the woman who had not
spoken of course / said the great
advantage of suffrage is that it purifies
politics There was silence for the
space of a few seconds. then the woman
who had not spoken said: THE great
advantage of suffrage is that it teaches
women that they are not one bit better
than men We've sat up for years and
told men how corrupt their politics We're
and the men have smiled up at US and
told US how superior we are and how we
should have suffrage. We've had q
large and enthusiastic surprise party;
we women have found out that our pol
tiles are just as corrupt as mems poll
tics. and they're just a little trickier
We've been at it two years, and we're
scheming and making combinations and
doing all the very things we've been
finding fault with the men for doing all
these years. The women of the better
classes are getting Disguised and draw
ing out of politics just as our men have
done, and the women of the other class
es have become enthusiastic and have
gone into politics just as their mankind
have Suffrage has certainly one great
advantage 1t has taken the cOnceit out
of women -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-04
MRS. PoTTER's SUCCESS.


(From the San Francisco ChronieIe)
Such has been the success of Mrs Pot
ter in Australia that Williamson and
Musgrave have extended her time prac-
ticaliy until March, with a prospect Of
eight weeks I'm South Africa. She has
been touring Queensland, and viii later
go to Tasmania and, in fact the entire
antipodeau tour. She has been making
the greatest hits in the classic plays. in
which she is very popular, but it is very
probable she and Mr.. BelleW viii Gre
ate THE Prisoner of Zenda" and 1.-The
Sign of the Cross i'm Australia At sgd
ney she was rendered great compli-
rnent the admiral and All the officers of
the Australian squadron attending a
gala performance in fun uniform. "A
very graceful feature Of the occasion
was the presentation of q bouquet with
the names of all the ships in gold on sep
arate ribbons. The testimonial was
handed to Mrs. Potter on the stage by
the smallest midshipman in the fleet
amid great enthusiasm. The admiral and
his staff paid her formal visit behind
the scenes, ana congratulated her as the
American whom the Australians delight
tn hon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-04
THE TRAPPRRs CAMP.
tFrom the MINNEAPOLIS JournaLD

(From the Minneapolis JOurnaL)
One of the most unique camps that
ever graced the landscape was in 'full
operation at Rocky Run last winter
and you might pass it a score of times
without a knowledge of its existence 1T
was homemade cave. Through the
"slashings and mounds there flows a
width. AT several points in its course
it's banks rise to a height Of over 20 feet.
At one of these points the camp was
built. Nearly TO the top of the bank an
excavation was made in the clay. which
was then very hard. Across the top was
built a pole" roof An abundance OF
long grass grows on or near the creek,
and a great quantity of this was gathered
and with it the roof was matched. over
all was spread the clay In the front
poles were driven into the earth and pine
boards nailed to these. The chiuks We're
stuffed with clay and grass. and the APP
vastly different from the bank itself. IN
the lower left-hand corner there was a
small opening. just large enough to admit
"a man on his hands and knees In front
of this. on the inside, there was hung a
curtain the outside of which was made
Of aunnv-sacking and the inner portion
Of the glossy hide Of a tbOb-cat In the
front room was the only stove the
concern owned. 1t was built on the
wo-by-four'' plan and weighed about
% pounds. The short chimney that
stuck out of the roof was not one that
was apt to attract attention. In the fur
therm0st extremities of the cave were
strewn hides and blankets; The only oe-
cupant of this cave. while the hunters
We're away was for weeks, their little
feathered friend, and owl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-04
COAL TRUST 10 SQUEEZE.
Pierpont Morgan Says When it Gets
Colder Coal viii Go Up.

New York, Dec. 4.-Every person
who has bought coal within the last
few weeks has found that the dealers
are charging nearly 81 a ton more than
they did a. year ago. This is one Of
the results of the combination of coal
mining railroads which was engineered
by J. ?. Morgan soon after he began
the reorganization of the broken down
Reading railroad.
Out of the deal which went through
last spring, and which now is carried
into effect, Mr.. Morgan and his friends
will get a little more than S10,O00000.
OF course the Reading road viii not
pay this. The persons who are COM
PEELED to pay a dollar or so more a ton
for their coal will pay.
The poor. who can only afford a pail
full at a time, and those who buy in
twenty ton lots, alike pay this trib-
ute to Mr.. Morgan and his coal trust
1t was understood recently that the
trust intended to add % cents to the
cost of coal today, but it was reported
yesterday that Morgan had determined
to wait until cold weather made the
demand greater.
viii begin again
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-04
AVOID PERSONALITIES.
(From the New York Dry Goods Econ
mistl


1t is poor policy on the part of any
merchant to use his advertising space
for the purpose of abusing a competitor
nifty and self-respect connected with
business that should at all times be ap-
parent to the public.
The moment you descend to PERSONAL
ties. especially in your publicity columns,
you tend to lower the tone of your estab-
Hshment in the eyes of intelligent people
and sacrifice q great deal more than you
gain.
The people who have traded with you
for years know if there is any truth in
the undetermined or OutspOken state
ments made about you by a disgruntled
competitor. Let them be the arbiters in
the case. If the statements are false
(and they usually are), then your shot
sighted competitor is giving YOU GER
tain amount of free advertising OF q most
beneficial kind.
Every concern has a certain clientage
or following. They are loyal to and
have faith in you as an upright mer-
chant. This faith is the result OF fair
and honorable treatment at your hands.
and when you are assailed with Vituper-
alton their SympathieS are Immediately
aroused, and they voluntarily array them
selves against your traducer-
IL you keep q dlgnlned silence their re-
spect for you strengthens as their indlg-
nation wakes warmer against what they
feel to be an uncalled for and totally UNI
warranted offense against justice and
common deceucy. and they viii not be
slow in giving expression to their feelings
on the subject to others. This is all good
advertising for you and the very worst
kind of advertising for the other fellow
1t would be well to bear this in mind
the next time you are tempted to have
thrust at competitor who has been
wasting his gOod-selling space in the
newspapers in telling the public what he
does not know about your business or its
methods.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-04
LAKE FRONT DRIVE.
It VIII Take $50, 100000 to Connect
Chica o's Boulevard System.

Chicago, Dec. 4.-There is a movement
on foot, headed by James w. Ellsworth
with view to securing $50, 900 600 and
completing the lake front connection be-
tween the north and south side boule-
ward systems. The plan is to fill in south
shore submerged lands, sell part of the
property. and with the money build the
south shore drive and a bridge over and
tunel under the river.
1t viii not cost the taxpayers a cent 80
said Mr.. Ellsworth That's what I said
and that's what 1 mean. OF course. it S
q surprising statement It's true, though
We have to first secure the riparian
rights from the Illinois Central railroad.
but I do not think there will be the slight
scented intelligently TO the railroad Off
Gals That we propose to do at once
THOSE rights secured, will ask the
legislature TO give US authority to issue
bonds against the land we can reclaim
from the lake. I think there will be lit
tie trouble about that either.
with that part of the work finished
bonds fOated, we make $50 600 900
worth of land off the south shore Of the
lake aside from that which we viii use
for park and boulevard purposes. With
that enormous fund We can make all the
improvements we have planned and con-
vert the lake front into a dream of
beauty inside of three years The trans
formation viii be less wonderful than
the magic growth OF the Worlds fair
and it viii be enduring.
1T Will be started at once. It's q work
that can be done. and we will see that
expect to see it all completed. even to the
tranSplanting of the great trees fifty and
sixty feet tan. The work must be done
and it viii be done"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-04
AN ICE GLAD sHTP.

Duluth Dispatch Minneapolis JournaL)
The steamer. Iosco. i'm dock here. is an
eloquent tribute to the fury Of the three
days storm of last week. She is per-
fectly eased in ice and bears a strong re-
semblance to the pictures of vessels at
the end of an Arctic winter. Captain
Bailey estimates there was $50 tons Of
ice on the vessel when he entered the
harbor The masts We're huge icicles
even to the main trees. and the shrouds
We're transformed into a fantastic ser
les of ice ropes. There was ice from
stem to stern. and on deck there We're
tons Of it, Windows and doors exposed
to the elements were broken The Iosco
was drawing i've inches more water
than when She loaded, owing TO the bur
den of ice which she carried
II never Witnessed such a storm as
that which swept Lake Superior said
Captain Bailey. THE wind couldn't
have blown harder nor the snow and
sleet been more thick I had to head
the ship into the storm. Up would 20
her bow on the crest of q great wave
and then down she would plunge to
meet the oncOming walls of foam-crested
water and then she would rear high in
the air. throwing backward from the
bow tons Of water, which sprayed the
vessel clean back to the stern. distance
of 300 feet. For ffty-two hours we eX-
perienced that sort of thing, and for
thirty-fOur hours the wheel was alter
nately in and out of the water, threaten
ing to DESTROY the engines.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-04
MORE USE FOR NIAGARA.
This Time the Whirlpool Rapids VIII
be Utilized for Power

Niagara Falls. \. Y. Dec. 4-An0ther
power enterprise has developed here,
behind which is ample capital. Fl. c.
4asxins of the firm of H. c. Haskins
e 60. Of New York. ]. T. Jones. the
Pennsylvania oil man; Captain j. NJ
Brinker and c. II. Haskins Of Buffalo
are the prime movers.
The whirlpool rapids, near the Devils
Hole. is the place chosen, and a power
plant viii be constructed, using the
turbine wheel invented by Dertoit
man. and developing $1,000 horse power
IN +ha start This viii be transferred
into electrical power and used to run
the famous gorge railroad and to sell
for commercial purposes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-04
sUNpAY scHooL BooKa

IAgnes Rippler in Christmas Scribner. ]
had recently in my service a pretty
little house maid barely 10 years old,
neat. capable and good tempered, but
SO perpetuaLy dOwncast that she threw
cloud over our unreasOnably cheerful
household.
grew melancholy watching her at
work. One day. going into the kitchen.
I saw lying open on her chair book she
had just been reading. 1t purpOrted to
be the experience of a missionary in
one Of our large cities, and was divided
into nine separate stories. These We're
their titles, copied verbatim on the spot.
The Infdel.
The Dying Banker.
The Drunkard's Death
The AIisar's Death
The Hospital.
The Wanderers Death.
The Dying Shirt Maker.
The Broken Heart
The Destitute Poor.
What wonder that my little maid was
sad and solemn when she recrea ted
herself with such chronicles as these2
What wonder that. like the Scotch
mans famous dog, "life was fun of
sairiousness'' for her. when religion and
literature. the two things which should
make up the sum of our happiness had
conspired, under the guise Of Sunday
school fiction, to destroy her gayety Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-04
cLEvELANp - HIs FoRrUNE


IFrom the New York World
If it he true. as several veracious
chroniclers have lately asserted. that
the good. large gentleman in the White
House has managed during the last II
years to lay up treasures, not only
where moth and rust do not corrupt,
but elsewhere. to the value OF more
than 81 900 COO. Mr. Cleveland should re-
ceive hearty congratulations from ev-
cry member of his flock And he. in
Mr.. Wayne MaeVeagh's inspired lam
guage Of Thanksgiving over AIcKin-
leyfs election. should be '.prouder of
this country than ever before A mill
lion of dollars is a great deal of mon
ey. NO ordinary man could have ac-
cumulated SO much. no ordinary cOun-
try's opportunities would be so richly
yielding in so brief a period, even
though it We're a period Of riotous
prosperity. When it is considered that
q large part Of Mr.. Clevelandts period
of acquisition is commonly known and
viii be blazoned in history as the Cleve-
land hard times the marvel does not
diminish. Nor is it Iessened by cOntem-
plation of the fact. for which we have
the authority Of Mr.. Cleveland him
self, that the communism of pelf'
during all that time has been rendered
man to get along. For all these and
other reasons the presidents financial
success deserves admiring approval
and ought to be put into a book for
boys to study Though only a few
years ago he was an obscure lawyer
in an interior town. he is now a retir-
ing chief magistrate perfected in the
twelve moral virtues of the Aristotel-
ian canon and the science of getting
on.
But money is not the end and aim
Of existence, and the nation hopes that
Mr.. Cleveland's fortune viii not rise
as a barrier between it and him after
March 4 of next year. Surely his tall
ents viii not then be folded up in
napkin, though of the costliest damask,
and thenceforth be denied to his CRATE
full countrymen. Surely he viii not put
off his sacerdotal function with his
robes Of office. We cannot afford to
lose sight of the man who so closely re-
sembles Juan's friend-who looks a
lecture, each eye a sermon, his brow
homily" No incident upholstered life
must steal him from US. or deprive US
Of his essays in political economy, 50
fluent, SO active, though somehow Gun
fortunately SO devoid Of original mark.
We must continue to be vouchsafed in
the dark and dreemlie days that are
coming soon the bold music of his rhet-
oric, with its truly JOhnsonian pOmp
and roll and heaviness-and the stimu-
lus of his logic. with its emphasis, per
sistency and authority.
If he viii see the matter III this light.
and act according to the light, nobody
viii grudge him his millions. Let him
but keep on Illuminating the dark pla-
ces. follow Samuel Rogers recipe for
health and happiness-''te temperance,
the bath and don't fret'-and every
American citizen viii gladly help him
to celebrate his hundredth birthday
If he has any spare time meanwhile
and should want little recreation. he
might adopt Joubert's suggestion and
prosecute a philosophical inquiry into
the errors the mind impresses upon it,
self as a consequence Of the language
it uses
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-04
BIs1GARcK LIKEs "a.

TFrom the Atlanta constitutional
Prince Bismarck is reported as enjoy
ing the political commotion he has
caused by his revelations To a visitor
the other day he said.
Il certainly thought the stone which
the Hamburger Nachrichten threw into
the duck pond would cause q good deal
of Quacking, but that the noise would
be SO dreadful is a great surprise to
me-"
Then he added.
You overrate my political passion
Besides. have as little responsibility
as influence, and shall scarcely live
to see the consequences of what is now
being done or left undOne. I regret that
after being for 80 years on the rise we
are now going backward i shall not,
1t is true, live to see the end but I pity
my sons"