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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-06-17
Mrs. Francisco Of "The Leader" "
By ELIZABETH CHERRY HARE.
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that worked, that saved, that was a
woman and endured like a -1nn-weli,
it did not belong and ought TO go.
IL stayed, however, appreciated by
the managing editor. Brilliant bits
in the Sunday supplements were said
10 be from her pen, but she spoke moth
ing OF .hem. He had seen her going
i'm and out at times. She seemed to
him TO be something that existed as
in a dream.
Now, flashes of her personality would
come upon him like burst of electric
light. Her slight form bending over n
great file, her great eyes, with their alb
stracted gaze outward; her bits OF
summer dress, light. airy, never sug-
gestive o. her occupation, always fem
mime.
The boat steamed or. Above the gilt
tering water expanses clump of trees
and dark foliage told that the island
was near at hapd. The squad of police
were marshaled together and the boat
grew more and more quiet. Soon a
crowd at the landing place was visible,
then there was the sound over the water
cf women crying, of shouting. There
was no music, no merriment, only
frightened turmoil.
In the midst of a dusty picnic grove
on the island turbulent, angry set of
men surged TO and fro. Half dozen
strong fellows surrounded rough
board shanty, formerly used as q re.
freshmeEt stand. These kept the crowd,
including two private policemen, at bay
while doctor from the village across
the river was examining their wounded
comrades. There was only lull in the
fight. The Twenty-Sevens knew that
help would arrive soon from the city
with the arrival of the next boat, and
that the dead, the wounded and the
victors would all be held responsible
for the deeds of the last hour. A fierce
desperation possessed them, and was
shown in the mutterings of the cut and
bloody-shirted men grouped near the
refreshment stand--in the excited talk
of the crowd of men farther away. On
the outskirts lowered women of the
bolder sort, but the most of them had
fled to the boat landing, frightened and
fearful. This was terrible day for the
Twenty y-Sevens-thc climax of long
reign of these toughs and villains in a
certain section of the city.
A great, black-browed young fellow,
his face cut, his brow bound, his shirt
bloody, sat under large elm tree. He
felt more than desperate. There was
that on his mind that was living ter.
ror. He was amenable to the law. He
watched the door of the frame shanty
from under savage brows that knit
themselves into wrinkles and creases
every moment.
A tall, 1.-THE fellow sprang out of the
shanty door ard hastened TO him.
slows Bud?" asked the wounded
man, in whisper.
"Dyin', dyin fast. Ham, for the lcve
of God, did anyone see you strike him
in the back but me p whispered the slim
man. Did We see anyone's eyes-just
afore-on YEP"
The savage drew down his great
brows, contracted his pupils and painted.
Then he burst out: "There was some
thin pink somewhar' round. 1t was
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life depends

wholly on the body's power
to repair its loss, that is on
nutrition. In old age this
power grows less and less.
Hence its weakness and sad
ness. Trifles are burdens.
Ordinary food no longer
nourishes. Multitudes of
elderly persons find new zest
and vigor through the use
Of SCOTS EMULSION
Of Ccd-liver Oil. 1t slips into
the blood and helps to digest
other food. It contains lime
and soda to build tip the bones
and correct acidity.
soc. and sioo az all druggists
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WEAK, Tired
PEOPLE

shorld take P. p. p, Llppman's Great
Remedy, without delay. While not
actually sick, you feel weak and tired,
ready get sick, aud what yuu uecd is
strength To driyo out OF your system
that which Is tho cause offspring Fever.
l.. J.. L. is needed at once.
Mrs. Hattie Mylius, of 20 East soth
street, New York, saws that she wus IN
poor health, and that her case devel-
opcd into pervouE prostrat,on. She
suffered from nervous headaches. and
ut times was unable TO do any work
at all. She could not sleep. and was
so nervous that she would have to ret
up at all hours OF tho night ADD walk
the floor, and the opening of door
would startle her. but her weakness
and nervousness Is Nil gene. l.. 7. =.
was what seved her. Her appetite
improved, her nervousness Is tniny
OF the past, and she thanks l.. L. r..
Lippmans Great Remedy, for her com.
plete restoration TO health.
Sold nv ell druggists.
uPPmAN BROS. Apsthsssris.. s.h Prss'n
urpmss's Block. ssvsnash, o.
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She hears another voice speak her
name, she feels a warm hand take hers.
and like one in a sleep she enters the
room. She hears the questions and re-
plies, but all sound far away-only
Johnnies happy voice seems real.
you amt got to do noflin to-day,
Aunt Patty; not sew, nor mend. nor
nonln. Mover said so-dldn't she, I'm
Gle John?"
Unless she will mend a broken life."
he slowly answers.
Il dess she can," says Johnnie. for
my wocking hoss dot his tail bowked
off, and she stuckt 1t on jst as good as
ever"
Aunt Patty takes the mendng basket,
thankful for once to busy herself with
its contents.
SO the quiet spring day goes on.
Neighbors drop in to see the wanderer.
Talk of travels, Western life, and many
changing scenes, she hears, but her
own heart Is treading the path that
thirty years have made. Many pictures
were dim and almost forgotten, but to-
day the fires of memory are all lighted,
and every image is shown in truthful
outline. The hasty words, the parting,
the waiting and uncertainty, and then
the lonely years.
The sunbeams have just failed to en-
ter the west window as Aunt Patty
folds the last garm, mt, and puts the
needles and thimble into the work bag.
She speaks of SanCho and the hens
needing their supper, nd hurriedly puts
on the bonnet and shawl.
A tall form waits at the door, and to-
gether they walk down the path, across
the narrow bridge, and along the coun-
try road. They talk but little. Each
heart Is asking and answering its own
questions. They enter the yard; she
closes the low gate, and turning to the
road, they stand and look at the pic
ture. There Is the fresh, green meadow
below with the winding river, the blue
hill beyond, and all softened with the
lights of the spring sunset. She sees 1t
all tonight with a girls clear eyes OF
years ago. He speaks her name; she
turns to see him standing with head
bowed and hands clasped.
Patty" he says; Patty, will you re-
peat the words you said here at the gate
thirty years ago: You are all to blame,
John Hastings. 1 will never marry
YOU and leave the never out?"
Her face shows q started look that
changes to a tender smile, and softly
she answered.:
II will leave the never out" And
that is what happened.-Rachel B. Mac
Mullin.
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STRONGER THAN SAND0W,
Cincinnati Believes She has the Strongest
Man In the World

Cincinnati claims to have the
strongest man in the world, Sandow
not excepted. His name is Henry
Holtgrewe, and he holds not only the
gold medal of the state of Ohio for
heavy lifting, but also the Sandow
gold medal for feats of strength.
Sandow gave the latter to him few
months ago with the direction to de
fend it against all comers, and he is
now prepared to defend it against
Sandow himself. He is 80 years of
age and was born in Osnabruck,
Prussia. He came to Cincinnati IL
years ago.
He is about S feet 6 inches in
height. His chest expansion is an
inch more than Sandow's, and he
measures an inch more around the
muscles of the arm. He can lift dead
weights with one hand that other
strong men cannot lift with two.
One of his feats is to lift dumbbell
weighing sos pounds with one hand
and put it above his head, then to let
one man Of $50 pounds to hang to
each end. He takes a 200 pound
dumbbell, puts it straight over his
head with one hand and lies down
upon his back and rises again without
letting the weight touch the floor.
He takes $50 pound dumbbell, puts
it across his neck and shoulders, bal
ances man on each end, two others
midway and one in the center, and
walks backward and formard across
the room.
Recently he had built platform
after the style of Sandow's. 1t weighs
200 pounds. On this he places his
dumbbells, which weigh 600 pounds,
and eight men, who weighed 1900
pounds, and lifts the whole weight
with his shoulders.
Holtgrewe is a great hero in unpro-
fessional circles in Cincinnati, and his
friends have for some time been
urging him to make public declara-
tion of his strength. He is quiet and
unassuming, but leaves Cincinnati
with absolute confidence in his ability
to establish his claim to being the
strongest man in the world.-Cincin-
natl Commercial Gazette
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LOVERS LANE.

ESes Of blue-the glance that thrills, -,
Whisperings of the old, old tale -
Moonlight silv'ring distant hills %
With Its dreamy, flmy veil ~
Down the path our slow feet trend,
Our shadows with the NAPLES blend,
In our hearts the same refrain. Is
AS we roam through Lovers Lane. ~
Lovers Lane Is lined with trees, siN.y
Stately naples, elm and oak, SGA
And the network of their leaves ~
Ger the pathway spreads cloak; 3
But now and then a truant ray -!
OF saucy moonlight finds Its way o.. y
Into the bower of Cupids gain,
And sees strange things in Lovers Lane.
In quaint old town a maid I knew,
An artless, fair-harired maid was she;
BY those coral lips and those eyes of blue,
Sweet was the spell sNe cast DER me;
Jn>the dreamy nights of summer weather
Roamed we through the lane together,
Hearts throbbing fond'y the old refrain
To- the song of the thrushes in Lovers
Lane.
Sweet those days Of the long ago
When we strayed through the leafy
aisle,
Our hearts as light as the wanton flow
OF the music of birds-without guiles
Twas long ago; but the eyes of blue,
And the silken hair. soft as the dew,
Are as sweet to-day as when we twain
Roamed together in Lovers Lane.
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Prof. Dyche, of Kansas, who Is PLAN
ming an expedition to discover the North
Pole. says that he will, in case of sue
cess, prove the reality of his discovery
by means of photography. II will take
a bullet and suspend 1t from a string"
he says. That bullet will cast shad-
ow. I will photograph that shadow Of
the bullet through the day. Now, down
here in this latitude the shadow Of tina.
bullet made by the sun would In day
travel in. or describe an eclipse. Now.
when we reach the North Pole the
shadow of that bullet will describe a
perfect circle. This WILL of course, be
photographed. OF course 1t will only be
necessary 10 photogra ph and bring back
TO the world an arc, or piece Of the cir
Gle"
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Millions of American flags fluttered

Millions of American flags futtered
to the breeze last Saturday, the
anniversary of the nations birth,
and in every part of the inhabtable
globe, wherever there is an American
citizen, the Stars and Stripes
proudly waved. The flag celebrated
its one hundred and nineteenth ami
versary on June IA. This is an ex-
traordinary flag year. Since March I
flag factories all over the country
have been running on double time,
The pattern of the flag includes one
new star now-for Utah-and by an
old law of Congress the star of a new
State can only be added to the flag
on the Fourth of July following its
admission. These new flags have
been distributed to every Government
building in the nation, to the war
ships, the military posts, and they
first saw the light of day on Saturday
last The new regulation Govern
ment flag is five feet six inches long
by four feet four inches wide. The
field is two feet six inches long BY
two feet four inches wide.
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Charcoal From Leather.

The manufacture of charcoal of an
important commercial value, from COM
mon leather waste or scrap, that Is, as
charcoal produced from leather has
been found to be of such peculiar value
In certain processes of tempering, plan
has been brought forward for utilizing
the waste leather which accumulates in
shoe shops, etc, by converting 1t into
charcoal The plant for manufac-
turing this kind of charcoal consists es-
sentially of metal retort, something
like those for the production of illumi-
mating gas, and the cost of such an
equipment is calculated not to much ex-
ceed 5000, while one man unaided can
easily operate the whole. The shrink
age of the leather scrap in thus becom-
ing charcoal Is said to be not more than
so per cent.
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Indigestive poisons are the bane of
the dyspeptic's life. When sick, see if
your sickness is caused by indigestive
poisons. If so, take Shaker Digestive
Cordial. This is the only certain way
of being permanently cured, because
it is the only way that gets rid of the
poisons. You know that fermented
food is poisonous. You know that
poison is unhealthy. Shaker Digestive
Cordial clears the stomach of fer
menting food, and purifes the blood
and system Of indigestive polsons. 1t
cures indigestion andMe diseases thai
.e0me of ii. Headache, dizziness,
nausea, stomach-ache, weakness,
flatulence, constipation, loss of ap-
petite, irritability, etc. These are a
fr7o Of the symptoms, caused by indi-
gestive poisons, emed by Shaker Di-
gestive Cordial.
At druggists, price 10 cents to $1.oo
per bottle.
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Painting in Tar.

According to the Journal des Usines
n Gaz, colors excellently adapted to the
cheaper kinds Of painting can be made
by employing coal-tar instead of oil as
a vehicle. Coal-tar paints cover larg-
err surface by one-fourth than an equal
weight Of oil-colors, require no varnish.
ing, and dry very quickly. They may
be applied on fresh plaster, damp walls,
cement. wood, or metal. and moreover,
possess dlsinfecting properties, due to
the carbol!c acid they contain.
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The Omce-Seeking Horde.

At the beginning of every adminlstra.
tion Washington fills up with persons
who desire some office either in the
States, in the departments or in the
foreign service, writes ex-President
Harrison in discussing THE Presiden-
tial Office" Many of these persons
have a limited purse, and as the days
pass on this Is exhausted, and impa-
thence and i'll temper come in. Many of
these persons are deserving and we'll
fitted to fill the offices they desire. But
1t is impossible to find places for all the
deserving, and the position of the Pres
ident Is full of trial. The suspense and
uncertainty chat the office-seeker suf-
fers Is illustrated by the case of a man
from my own State who thought he
had good reason to expect an appoint
ment from President Garfield. After he
had been weeks at Washington and had
brought to bear all the influence he
could command, / met him one day on
the street and asked rim how he was
getting along. His answer was, Very
well, very well. but there is nothing
focal yet" It was wonderfully express
sive, and has remained in my memory
as a type of the state of uncertainty
which accompanies office-seeking.
Nothing focal yet" but hope that Is
hard to kill.
There are few offices at Washington
the salaries of which enable the incum-
bent 20 save any money, and the aver
age experience of those holding places
in the departments, / am sure, Is II
they would express 1t. that private busi-
ness offers better returns and gives a
better chance for advancement.-Ladie
Home Journal
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c. II. CAMPBELL, TREAS
N. u. FUNK, S &C.
B. +. SHARPLEss. Pres.
. SHARPLEss Pres NJ u. FUNK, Sec. c. II. CAMPBELL,
O. BLOC M S 3 u r 90
LAND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY.
CAPITAL STOCK, $4,000.

Plotted property in the coming business centre Of the
1t includes also part of the factory district and has no
equal in desrabity for residence purposes:
CHOICE LOTS offered at values that will be doubled
in short time.
No such opportunity be had elsewhere to make money
Lots secured on SMALL MONTHLY PAYMENTS
Maps of the town and of plotted property furnished on APP
plication.
Call upon write to the Secretary, j. S. Woods Sales
Agent, or any member of the Board of Directors.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
B. +. SHARPLEss l. DILLON
G. w. NEAL, A. G. BRIGGS, DIR. l. W. Willis,
DIR. H. w. MCREYNoLDs, N. U. FUNK.
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WANTED a MAN

in each county for one year to hire and superin-
tend agents. $S5 month. Stamp age, exper-
ience and references. Enclose stamp. THE
HUBBARD co, 1923 Flbert Street, Philadel-
phia, Pa. 5-ss-it d
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a New Zealand spider.

There Is a spider In New Zealand
that throws coils out of its web around
the head Of its prey until the wretched
victim is first blinded and then choked
IN many unfrequented' dark hooks OF
The bush you come across most perfect
Skeletons of small birds caught in these
terrible snRres. .,.A.l.a. .a,ss .,...sx
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Printed Signs,

The following cards signs are kept
on hand at this Office "Keep off tie
Grass This property for rent, Inquire
Of - This property for sale, Inquire
Of" "For Sale" Any card sign
printed to order on shoit notice. If.
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Candidates can secure their cards
at this Office on short notice and at
reasonable rates. Att.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-11-21
MISCELLANEOUS,

THE National Grange, at their ses-
sion at Washington on the 10th, adopt
ed resolution in favor of the appoint
ment of a practical farmer for secre-
tary of agriculture and appointed a
committee to draft a memorial to Mr..
Mckinley expressing the views of the
grange
SAMUEL. STRAUsE, a patient at the in
sane asylum at Indianapolis, Ind, com
mitted suicide by hanging himself with
his suspenders. He was formerly a
clothing merchant, of Hannibal, Mo-.
and was driven insane by the use OF
cocaine and morphine.
The Mekesuka mission, erected by
the Seminole Indians 80 miles east of
Shawnee, Ok, at cost of $50, 900, was
entirely destroyed by fire
A FEUD between the Taylor and Shell
by families in Ballard county, Ky, re-
suited in the killing of two Taylors
and the fatal wounding of Merit Shelby.
UNITED STATES letter carriers mus:
not smoke in the streets when in uni.
form. This is the edict of First Assist
ant Postmaster-GeneralJ Jones
THE 22d annual convention of the
National Woman's Christian Temper
ance union was called to order by Miss
Frances E. Willard at St Louis on the
18th. There were about 500 accredited
delegates present and as many more
visitors from every portion of the coun-
try. Miss Willard made her address
and the other officers read their re-
ports, which showed the organization
to be in a prosperous condition The
national executive committee has de-
cided to report in favor of observing
March 20 each year as ". C 7. o. day.
DELBERT BERKsHIER, II years old,
was arrested as he stepped off a train
at Burlington, Ia, on the charge OF
having kicked a girl off a train at
Bushnell, ILL.,. causing her to fall be-
meath the wheels, whereby her body
was cut in two
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-11-21

Kansas Board of Charities Makes an Inter
estins INSTRUMENTATION.

Kansas Board of Charities Makes an Inter-
estins RecorAmendation.
TOPEKA, Kan, Nov. 13.-The mem
bers of the state board of charities have
submitted the tenth biennial report
to the governor. The report contains
the reports of the insane asylum at
Topeka, the Osawatomie asylum, the
Topeka reform school, blind asylum at
Kansas City, deaf and dumb school at
Olathe, imbecile asylum at Winfield,
soldiers orphans home at Atchison, and
the industrial school for girls at
Beloit. In addition to the usual rec
ommen dationS the board says:
It would seem that the time has arrived in
Kansas when the state charitable inStitu-
tions should be divorced from politics.
Men capable of managing of in
sane asylums, and who have made the care
and treatment Of insane a study, are
not readily found and when they are their
positions should not be subject to the
vicissitudes of partisan politics The at
tendants working force of these in
situations should be selected inst as the
merchant, the farmer or manufacturer selects
his help, with qualification, adapta bflity and
experience as the test The same is true of
the other state institutions Those who secure
and hold their positions through VIVA. is
termed Influence seldom contribute to the
better discipline of successful management Of
institution
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-11-21

MORE than II per cent. of the enlist
ed men of the United States navy are
now American citizens, and more than
So per cent of the apprentice boys are
American born, according to the state
ment of Adm. Ramsay, chief of the
bureau of navigation, in his annual re-
port. During the year sos men and
JAG apprentices deserted, by far the
greater number of assertions being at
home ports.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-11-21
NATURES WISDOM.
Argument In Favor OF the
Fitness of Things.

A Convincing Argument In Favor of the
Fitness of Things.
Erastus Pinlxiey was sitting on the
top rail of the fence throwing corn to
the pride of the household and the
hope of Thanksgivings, a solitary
turkey.
He was about to she'll an ear of red
corn when his mother called to him:
''Hol' up, dar, chilli Aim yoh got
no respeck fob de feelin's o dat bird?''
II wusn' sayin' muffin ter i'm, mann
N.Y.
factions speak 1ouder'n words Yoh
wus gwinter frow dat red con at i'm
Yoh min ain on yoh business You's.
been lis'nin eroun' ter desc men dat.
talks bout de free coinage O bimetal-
ism tell yoh doan' know whut yoh'S
doin'"
Oar aim no insult ter de turkey in
red CON no mon dar is in yaller-
CONS con.
''Mebbe it's But err turkey doan'
like it. He git mad whenebber he
sees it, an 1 doan' want i'm fretted,
case dats spills de meat
wal! Eff dat aim de foolishestf
De idee oh er turkey tu'nin' up is nose
at good victuals cease O. de color"
Hush dat talk. Eff er turkey had
sense 'twould be de ruination oh i'm
Hit am err evidence OF de wisdom oh
nature dat he ain got only 'telligence
huff ter eat"
"Sense can't hurt nobody"
*Da's er mistake Hit can be out O.
place same ez anything else. Spos'n
dat turkey wus err onderstandin' ami
mile. He'd go erhead an worry hissef
thin ober de lection an de financial
question, same ez de white folks does,
an by de time Fan1sgi bbin' comes err
long dar wouldn' be muffin 1ef' OBJ i'm,
'ceptin er rack O bones. Washington
Star.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-11-21

post office at Beaver Falls, Pa, 60, 1000
large envelopes containing a report of
the hearing before the judiciary COM
mittee of congress on the proposed
Christian amendment to the constitu-
ton of the United States; also a
memorial for the acknowledgment of
God and Christ and the Bible in the
constitution of the United States: also
blank petitions to congress asking it to
adopt the joint resolution which is now
before it on the above named amend
ment. The Enclosures were addressed
to individuals all over the United
States.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-11-21

THE London managers of a great
Sheffield manufacturing firm are au-
fhority for the statement that four
well-known American millionaires
have recently ordered coats and vests
made of steel. This armor is of light
chain mail, allowing perfectly free
movements and does not interfere with
perspiration. These coates are suffi-
GENTLY strong to turn either sword
or dagger driven at long range, and
a spent bullet will not affect them
in the slightest degree. 1t is alleged
that while few people imagine it these
steel vests are worn very generally by
prominent men.