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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-21

confessed that she has told him the old
story about our financial prospects"
"The truth of which, my dears, you
were only permitted to know last weel.,
when Olive reached her majority" in.
terrupted Mrs. Blight, elegantly, and
was just then called away to write
one of her model notes.
"And great relief it was TO have our
minds set at rest on that score," said
Olive, when the sisters were alone.
"Now, Classy, I'm badly in need of fun,
but l won't go in for Lord Teviot il
you say you want him for keeps"
absurd, Olive. AS / said before, he
Is very nice, but l only met him this
afternoon. l meant to ask you who
you thought made that wrap Mrs
Wing wore to-day?"
81 don't Know" replied Olive, nb.
sently. She was revolving schemes by
which she might relieve her overbur.
dened heart, punish Strong for having
been true to her and to himself dis.
pose of Lord Teviot as an intruder, and.
at the same time, still the priclis of her
own conscience.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-21
StaffOrd'S Lucky Leg.

Charles Weisheis, young German living at
;g7 East lClSt street. and james stafford, an
Englishmnn, o. years old. OF t15 Eagle avenue,
New York, while drinking together last nieht
in Keiler's saloon at l0lst street and Third
avenue. decided 20 settle the South African
trouble then and thore.
Weisheis took President Krugor's side in the
argument. and stafford backed up jameson =
raid on Johannesburg. Tie argutoent led 90
hght. which colin mated on the sidewalk,
when Weisbc.s drew revolver from his
pocket and shot stafford In the left leg. weis.
bsis was locked up on charge of fclon'ous
assault. and stafford was taken 90 the Ford.
BAN Hospital.
While waiting for an ambulance Stafford
said tbs wound would heal On IN n day or
too
"It's ny LUCKY leg" fe added. when
fought in The trimean var was shot In that
- ssvan times. Three of the bullets are
there yct"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-21

Capt. Dugro Says His Daughter Slipped
OFF and Married Carter.

Just before luncheon was served at the
Hotel st. George in Brooklyn on Monday,
man, perhaps % years old, stepped up
to the cesk and registered: "Mr. and
Mrs. +. l.. Carter, Cincinnati"
When Mr.. and Mrs. Carter went into
tie dining room IL, was noticed by several
persons in the Office that Mrs. Carter was
beautiful, darkh young woman
OF not more than is.
The immediate conclusion Of the OBJ
servers was that the two were bride and
groom. 2 he young couple remained
about the hotel until after dinner and
then went away. From what Mr.. Carter
told the clerk on duty, IL was concluded
that MIR. and Mrs. Carter were going on
an extended Southern trip.
About an hour after the young couple
went away, tall, ,military-look man of
about GO years, hurried into the hotel,
marched up to the desk and asked:
"ls there anyone here by the name of
Carter?n
"Ihere was someone here by that
name," replied the clerk, "a Mr.. and
Mrs. +. l.. Carter; but they went away
about an hour ago. Gone South, think"
"l'll he damned" was the reply.
"Mrs. Carter Is my daughter, Mary,
She's only rs years old. Her husband il
Fitzhugh Lee Carter, lumber dealer i'm
cincinnati, and nephew OF General
Fitzhugh Lee OF virginia. Ny daughter
and I left our home I'm Evansville, Ind,
last Thursday TO go to Chicago Sne tele-
praphed Carter, WHO had been attentive
10 her, II seems, TO meet her there. lie
did so so while was out attending TO
some business, and they just walked out
and got married. IL j get hold oi-Oh!
Nhtre's he tar--I-"
a. - -. -.
Dugro. a Nirginian by birth, and an ex-
officer I'm the Southern army. lie found
the bar and got what he wanted. Thens
he left the hotel.
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Mrs. Blight, a sister Of the first wife
OF the late Sir. Meigs, had been invited
- occupy her prc-ent post during the
IaBt Illness " thot eccentric gentle
man. She was the chIldless widow Of
On eNpatri1ted anti-American. 20 whom
had been allotted the felicitous award
OF dying upon English soil. Her sac
mice of returning 20 reside on her
native continent was balanced by her
literal allowance from the trustees Of
the estate. She, more than any out
slder was credited with knowledge Of
iacts about The suppos,d will which was
10 make one of her charges an hciress
oI enormous wealth and leave the other
iairly wcll-dOwercd maiden. I'm con.
sequence, Mrs. Blighta relations ~ 40.
ciety was in marked contrast 4, tba, OF
the ordinary paid cbaperon.
Whatever her knowledge. Nrs t.it,b,
kept u severely 20 heraelf No ope
could say that she faced 10 tho ,i,b,.
about for one more than The other ~
her girls. The most that could 10 al.
legged against her was that she disa,.
proved Of matrimonY for the young
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-21
CONCLUDED TOMORROW.
WON'T LOSE A HUSBAND.
Mary Garland's Wedding Saved Her From
Punishment for Theft.

Because she expected to be married this
week. Mary Garland, 2l years old, OF 5Oi West
Twenty eighth street, New York, was dis
charged at the request OF the complainant in
a larceny case by Magistrate Kudlich in The
Yorkville Police Court yesterday morning.
Some time ago Miss Garland went to work for
Mrs. Francis Martin Of 81 West Forty eighth
street. Presently various articles OF value,
brio-a.brac, silverware and jewelry, began to
disappear from the house. Mrs. Martin hogan
an investigation, which resulted in her finding
most Of The missing property in the Garland
woman's room. On Tuesday morning she
called her aside and accused her OF having
stolen the articles. The girl broke down on 4
confessed. saying that she had disgra"ed her
self. and intended 10 commit suicide. Then
she went TO her room and wrote lettor to
her lover. TO whom she was to have been
married within few days. Having written
the letter, che put on her hat and jacket and
went down to the kitchen.
"Give this letter 10 Jim when he comes"
she said 20 tho cook: "holl never see me
again, tor I'm going 20 kill myself" Then,
before the cook could recover from her aston.
ishment. the Girl hurriodly left tho house.
In the meantime Mrs. Martin bad gone TO
tho East Fif.y-frst street station to mako a
complaint against the servant girl. When he
returned TO the house, accompanied by 90.
tective, the cock told her that the girl had
gone away, and produced the letter. In tho
letter the detective found where Miss Garland
lived and arrested her at her home later In
the afternoon.
When nrraisno1 In the Yorkville Police
Court yesterday afternoon tho prisoner begged
Magistrate Kudlich TO let hor go ne said
that all the arrangements for her marriage
this week had been made. and tLS~ II she was
licked mp she would lose hor prospective bus.
bard. Whom Mira. Martin heard the girls
story sho told the magistrate that she want.d
20 withdraw tho complaint, and tho prisoner
was discharged.
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rCopyright. 1896. by Bacheller. johnson ana
Bacheller.l
PART III.

A tall cathedral clock, standing senti-
mel at the foot of the stairs, doomed hve'
as the little earl followed his leader in
10 the hall of the Newport dwelling
temporarily in the possession OF the TWO
Miss Meigs.
The servants had just lighted the
lamps, revealing the medley of eastern
draperies, foliage plants, tiger skins,
Moorish potteries, Indian brass ana
Sevres vases, that with chairs and tables.
and gold-worlxed screens, form the GUS
tomary encumberment of the modern
hall sitting-room.
There, kneeling before fire of logs,
Olive, in her riding habit, was in the act
of feeding the blaze with bits of drift
wood that sent up swirls of blue and
violet flame. Behind tray just depos-
tied by tho footman, lady in black
crepon and Jet was transferring little
scoops of tea from Queen Anne caddy
70 a well-scalded pot. Occupying, as IL
by right, the very center of the rug, and
commanding the first attention of new
comers, the beautiful Cassandra stood
warming her hands, chilled by long
ride In the autumn air.
Teviot, when, after due introduction
he stood beside her, did not reach more
than to Miss Meigs' shoulder. Olive,
who, as they came in, had sprung up in
pretty and unaffected fashion, and was
now seated with Mrs. Wing on small
couch with many pillows, was in size n
better match for his lordship.
As Teviot now looked into the fair
immobility of Cassandra's face, the
charm of her beauty seemed In some
way to elude him. He found his atten-
tion wandering to the staccato SEN
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WINTER RESORTS.
BROOKLYN Belle Divorced.

The news OF tho divorce OF Mrs. Rather
inc Wonder smith from Samuel Birdsall
Vonnder Smith, in Fargo, n. d., on
Tuesday, was received with much inter
est by many friends Of the divorced
woman In Brooklyn, N. ", yesterday
Mrs. Wonder Smith charged desertion
and alleged that her husband had squan-
dered her money and that he wanted TO
marry another woman.
Mrs. Wonder Smith was Miss Katherine
Perry, favorite IN society on Brooklyn
Heights, pretty won IN and n writer Of
verse. She was married TO Wonder Smith
by the Rev. DR.. Storrs, on Oct 2S, 1891.
The bridegroom met Miss Perry when
she was spending the summer on staten
Island in 1883, and for three years he pnid
attention to her. lie represented, so IL
l. alleged, that he was an orphan and n
memter Of a good Quaker family Of Phil
adelphia, ana II was understood that he
was n broker in this city. Miss Perry's
father was opposed TO Smiths attentions
TO his daughter, but after the IN hers
death Smith moved TO Brooklyn and be-
came more persistent in his courtship.
He took rooms Of the f1errepont house,
kept n dogcart. and employed a footman.
Soon after the wedding Smith, Il Is
charged, began borrowing from his wife
and her relatives ana declared that he
married katherine to re-establish his
credit.
The couple had tecn married less than
year when they seTaratCd. Smith denies
the stories told by his vife's relatives,
and denies that be married for me ney or
that he ever bcasied that such vas the
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TEACHERS AND COMPOSERS,
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Lessons and engagements, Arranging, Pub
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building taught by Miss Sadie A. German.
603 Broadway
MANS SCHNEIDER, Teacher Of Piano.
Conrad Bpilding. Room 30, r.
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and thought Cassandra's manner was
Thrown away upon republic.
The three ladies', dining together oD
the evening of Teviot's first call, fell
into discussion of the earl. Mrs. Blight,
In flood of aristocratic "Reminiscences,
gave the others the full history of his
noble line, his brilliant position in the
peerage, and the beauties of Belmore
house and park (Which, in company
with her late husband, she had once
visited il a fly from the neighboring
illage). On the subject of Lord
Teviot's personal career, the chaperone
was less expansive. for il had now been
some years since she had lived abroad;
in any case, even the vices of the aris-
tocracy were viewed by her through
veil of rose-color.
'Do you not think, my dears," she
concluded, as they rose To return 10
the drawing-rocm, that the young
man has an extraordinary look Of
uhem-race?"
81 think he is very nice" said Cas-
sandra, placidly. IF he can find n
mount, he is going to ride with me to-
morrow"
Contrast him, for example," pur-
sued Mrs. Blight, not looking toward
Olive, who with two red spots in her
cheeks, had been eating her dinner in
silence, with that specimen of the
average American roturier-Mr. Chris
topher Strong"
you needn't bother about Mr.
Strong" said Olive, brusquely. Hes
gone, and we shan't see him any more.
I've made up my mind to cultivate his
lorGship. Just now, Classy has first
chance, but if she'll give me leave, I'll
enter the lists with her, and tilt for a
coropet. 1t will be fun, for Mrs. Wing
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TEACHERS AND COMPOSERS,

n. n. JOSSEIYN, Pianist and Composer
Lessons and engagements. Arranging. Pull
lishing. etc Room l2 Conrad Building.
Telephone ans (Billings' Music store).
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fore, an emblem of magnanimity ard
true courage AS if anxious to prevent
all pretensions of quarreling with the
weapons with which nature favored her.
she conceals them in the roof or her
mouth so that to those who are unac-
uuainted with her she appears most de-
fenseless, and even when those weapons
are shown and extended for defense
they apear weak and contemplate; but
their wounds, however small. are decls-
i've and fatal. Conscious OF this she
never wounds until she has generously
given notice to her enemy and caution
ed him against the danger Of treading
on her"
Many of the colonial flags were en-
blazoned with inscriptions. That used
by the gallant Moultrie at Fort Sullivan
had a blue ground With crescent in
one corner, and the word Liberty" in
bold white letters. The pine tree fig
ured on many of the New England flags,
and they We're also ornamented with
religious Inscriptions. IAN Appeal to
Heaven" was a favorite; "An Appeal to
Cod was another. Rhode Islands flag
bore the single word "Hope." The South
ern flags, in addition to the rattlesnake,
Haunted warlike legends, such as Don't
Tread on Me-" Liberty and Union"
Liberty or Death" "Come IL You
Dare" and others Of the same kind.
The herald., 1896-06-28

red and white, with the cross of st.
George on q white canton. This flag was
familiar to all of the old New Workers.
and it may be that 1t had something to do
with the ultimate formation OF the nag
ONE DEFINITE FACT.
However. there is no doubt whatever
that in June of 1776 Washington. ac-
companied by a committee Of congress.
called upon Mrs. John Ross, a widow
and an upholsterer at No. 239 Arch
street. Philadelphia, and sitting in the
little parlor in the back of the shop, cem-
missioned her to make flag FOR the
new nation. The committee had a draw
ing of the kind of flag wanted, but this
was not intelligible to the widow so
Gen. Washington sat down and made a
rough sketch of the design. In due time
the flag was made with the stars and
stripes. Just as it looks today, except
that there were only thirteen stars. This
flag was made a year before 1t was off,
cially adopted by congress.
For many years prior to the Revolu-
ton 1t was a matter of pride with each
of the colonies to float some flag other
than that of Great Britain, and as a re-
suit there were many different kinds of
flags flying about in the country. At
first these flags bore the cross Of st.
George or some other English symbol,
but as time advanced these gave way to
various devices symbolical of liberty.
A peculiarity of the flags of the SOUTH
ern colonies was that many of them bore
the picture Of a rattlesnake. Much
meaning was expressed by this device,
and a colonial writer made this plain in
a pamphlet, in which he said that the
rattlesnake did not exist anywhere on
the globe except in America. Further
more the serpent was regarded by the
ancients as an emblem of wisdom and
endless duration.
A SNAKE EULOGY.
Warming up to his work he wrote of
the rattler: Her eye exceeds in bright
ness that of any other animal, and she
has no eyelids. She may, therefore, De
esteemed an emblem of vigilance. She
never begins an attack, nor when once
engaged ever surrenders. She is, there
The herald., 1896-06-28

|, $40 rock used to be thrown on the dumps;
''If we mined out 81, 900, 100000 OF gold
every wear" he said, 1.-The Wall street
thieves would corral it all. They can't
| corral silver"
"Why not?" asked.
"Well, because silver Is the money OF
| the masses. Wall street can't get hold
| of it. 1t keeps out of the banks. It's
| in circula ton"
There certainly is no possible reply to
such line of argument. Here was
responsible fellow citizen, man OF some
| property, and a supervisor OF county.
who evidently held that when gold
bug secured a double eagle he carried
| it off in his mandibles, buried it in the
| woods and kept guard over 1t. he and
| his descendants, till the judgment day,
! becoming rich by so doing. l thought
the mine was worth working little
further.
Your view of this money question Is
very interesting" 1 observed. How do
you suppose the bankers manage to keep
| gold out of circulation"
why, any one can see that. They tie
it up; they make an artificial scarcity.
They lock up nine-tenths of the gold
that way, so as to get more profit on the
| rest and so as to punish the silver men"
"Well, but the bankers themselves say
Here I was violently interrupted by
my acquaintance, who exclaimed, Il
| should think every decent man would
| know by this time that bankers are the
most ignorant and conceited of all per-
sons respecting financial matters. The
people have no business to take the evil
dence of q banker on anything relating
| to money affairs"
After little more talk it was plain
that this fellow citizen, while perfectly
| willing to go to blacksmith, a physi-
f.io 10 oyr-xra fnr inf n C.
specting iron-welding, or medicine or
mortgages, was firmly convinced that a
| golden eagle in some mysterious manner
| corrupted all those who handled it; that
a banker was not only sworn by secret
| midnight oaths, taken in some Domdan-
iel caverns, to ruin the reputation of
silver, but was wholly ignorant of the
problems involved in the affair. Per-
sonally he might be a pretty good fell
| low though this my acquaintance
doubted, his business being so wicked).
Occasionally banker stood out for the
liberation of silver but the life of such
a man was really not safe among his
associates. In none of this does the
chronicler eXaggerate.
81 tell you," he went on with extreme
energy, 81 wish I was president of this
country. I would run it for the people
would get up a crowd of fellows that
thought the same as do, and spend all
our time travelling from city to city
getting the views of everybody-not the
, bigbugs, but the workingmen, the pool
farmers, clear down to the boot blacks
We would say, What do you want. jim
and Jack and Tom?' And whatever
they told us we would start in and dc
it for them Every man of them wants
more money in his pocket, higher wages
livelier times, you know
Il see exactly your idea. But suppose
you were president (of the whole coun.
try, mind you) and an ignorant boot.
black wanted something that you were
positively sure would work evil an6
nothing else? Suppose your child wanted
to swallow prussic acid? Suppose
'S'posin' nothing" he interrupted
"The voters know what they need
The herald., 1896-06-28
SOME LUCID THOUGHT
LETS ON FINANCE

A San Francisco correspondent Of the
New York Post. in recent letter. writes
as follows:
By this time, every one who cares to
know about 1t has discovered that many,
and probably the great majority, OF
California voters are for silver at 16 to
/, unlimited coinage. The reason is not
hard to find. Inexplicable apathy on one
side, earnest and constant appeals on
the other side, these many years, have
done their work. The primaries show
plainly that gold, in this younger COM
monwealth, founded on the placer gold
of '49, is having the worst of the fight,
unless business men organize at once.
This is a curious condition of things.
Every note or other obligation made in
California reads: Payable in gold coin. "
l never saw any other form used. This
contract holds in the courtsi no one gets
money on any other basis. If the silver
flood came tomorrow, it would ruin the
debtor class in California, for no relief
could be given to them. From one stand
point the situation is unfortunate for
the friends of gold. They feel themselves
so secure in this special-contract system
that they do not organize to defend the
gold itself.
AS a rule, the newspapers are loudly
for silver, and especially so throughout
the country districts. The average man
one meets is convinced that more cir
culating medium" is necessary to his
prosperity. / told one the other day that
whereas the average yearly yield of all
the gold mines of the world was only
seven or eight million dollars before the
discovery of the California placers, it
was now nearly 5000. 100000 per annum
and increasing at the rate of 10 or IL per
cent per annum; that the cost of produc-
ton was lowering very fast, so that s17
now went as far in a mining camp as
s1OO used to do; that ore worth only 50
a ton was now worked at profit, where
The herald., 1896-06-28
The CAREER OF OLD GLORY
Origin OF the Stars and Stripes
Somewhat Tangled
HTSTORY'S MANY VERSIONS
The Flags From Which II May Have
Come
washing gton's Part In the Making Of the
HISTORY'S MANY VERSIONS
Washing gton's Part In the Making OF the
FIag-A Forty-fifth Star on
July
ror n;,,;ons of the stars and stripes

Ten millions of the stars and stripes
win fiaunt theiy gay colors to the breeze
next Saturday. They will wave down on
the streets. up in the dizzy heights of
cloud piercing poles; in the hands OF
babies and gray bearded men; on the
the patient car horse; on bicycle and
street car; far out on the Atlantic an anu
pacific. in the great sea ports of Eu-
rope, Asia, Africa and Australia; IN
every sea and ocean the world over; on
the prairie and in the crowded CITY, m
doors and out The red,white and blue
will adorn the earth and the people OF
all climes will know that the Fourth OF
July means much to the 70,0O0,OOO people
who compose the United States
This flag celebrated its 18th anniver-
sary on June 14th last. On SATURDAY.,
June II, 1777, congress passed a resolu,
tion that the flag of the thirteen United
States be thirteen stripes. alternate req
and white that tho union be thirteen
stars. white in blue field, representing
= new constellation. Superstition