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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-17
ANG0RA CAT IS POPULAR.


Ever since the Cat Show, says the New
York Evening Sun, a little less than q
year ago, and the first held In America,
the interest In felines has been steadily
on the increase. Especially Is this true oil
Angora cats, which most connoisseurs ana
laymen acknowledge to represent all that
is patricIan and beautiful in cats. A desl-
or said the other day that the Angora was
fast taking the place Of the lo~ng-fashion-
able lapdog.
'It's all happened during the past year,
since the Cat Show" he added. "Before
that very few pople were Interested In the
subject, and still fewer knew anything
about II. But the show gave the thing a
start. Since then the cats have been
steadily on the increase. A large number
of Angoras are now icing bred In New
York. The second show, which VIII take
place March 3, will he a great improve
ment upon the first, both in the quantity
ard the quality of the exhibits"
The points abou an Angora are its ruff,
coat and tai. The bigger, hushier and silk
Ter these can re the more remarkable the
cat. Angoras come In all colors-white,
black, gray, yellow-just like other fe-
lines. Their eyes, which are peculiarly
large and lustrous, ere sometimes blue,
sometimes black and sometimes brown,
but mostly the regulation green. One OF
the handsomest Angoras on record, Hill
da, had one green eye and one blue.
The Angora cat is extremely delicate,
especially i'm its adolescence.
"Fully 20 per cent. OF the kittens die"
said the dealer. Captivity doesn't seem
to agree with them. They should never
be handled, a thing that 1t is impossible
to shield a pet from. Not only Goes the
handling injure the cat, but 1t is OF
danger to the human being. For some
unknown reason, the mere contact OF an
Angora kitten produces a kind of eczema
upon the band that is both unpleasant
and perilous.
1.-The stomach OF an Angora is the most
delicate thing in the world. It's more
like a piece of wet paper than anything
else / can think OF. They should have
plenty Of soups and meat, the latter broil-
ed. OF course, and minced, but they should
not have too much milk after a certain
age. They are much more ~re'tless than
the ordinary cat, more nervous and highly
strung. They are also terrible scratchers,
and they handle their feet very accurately.
The Angora cat is nothing IL not intelli-
gent. 1t may also be trained to perform
all sorts of tricks.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-17
Cause of Death DIscredited.

EPPING, N. H., Feb. IA sensation
that aroused every citizen within the
borders of this town followed the an.
nouncemcnt of the death of Senator
Charles t.. Folsom, which took place
Saturday. For n years he had held o
place on the board Of seloctmen. Facts
nave now leaked out which show that he
had in various ways mlsappropriated
funds Of the town. 1t appears that he
forged the name Of Town Treasurer John
Q. Pike, and borrowed money on town
notes IN sums from $500 TO $1,000. The
discovery was made In November last that
he was misappropriating cash belonging
to others, and he agreed to stop it, and
paid u number of claims. His death Is
rather suspicious, and the physicians
statement that he died from paralysis OF
the brain Is discredited by many. He
leaves a father aged IS years, who is fran.
tic with grief.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-17

We do not credit the rumor that the
gentleman who addressed the Commercial
Club on Saturday evening was not Pitch
fork BEN T1LLMAN but a counterfeit.
To be sure, the calm character OF the ad-
dres aud the digniied manner of the
speaker msy well have aroused a suspic-
ion In the gentlemen at table that the
alleged guest was not from South Carolina
at ell. Undoubtedly, too, there was a feel
ing OF disappointment back of the we'll
sense that one feels who pays his dime
to see a real live mermaid in a circus
side show and finds on exhibition only a
straw-stuffed fish sk in. The Commercial
Club was invited to look at and listen TO
TILLMAN, and TILLMAN was invited to
appear before the club because he was re-
nowned as the most extravagant curio
now in the public eye. But the TILL
MAN that came INK the TILLMhN that was
looked at and listened TO proved so COM
monplace that disappointment may well
have deepened into suspicion that it was
not the real TnLMAN, after all.
1t was, though; we are sure it was. We
have taken pains to run down this sus-
picion of fraud and have at our COM
mand unassailable proof that despite all
appearances TO the contrary it was indeed
Farmer BEN TILLMAN who appeared be-
fore the Commercial Club OF Saturday
evening. That he came to town and de-
livered his address incognito, we shall
admit, but we have stripped him OF his
disguise and are prepared TO state with
authority that it was TILLMAN, just
the same.
While the public may sympathize with
the g%revious disappointment that the
members of the club must have felt at be-
ing presented only with TILLMAN in the
pose OF SOMEBODY ana unneard
I ,there can be still. a sense of general sat-
isfaction that TILLMAN thus proved con-
siderate of what were undoubtedly N the
bosoms of the club better motives than
that of mere curiosity. And we are con-
fdent that the sober second thought Of
the gentleman who went to see TILLMAN
will bear us out in the opinion that IL
thcy were buncoed the buncoing was in
the interests of their better natures and on
the whole they can have nothing to PER-
manently regret.
In a word we hope no censure will fall
upon Pitchfork BEN for so profoundly
Disappointing the expectations of the
club.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-17
A VISION.

-
Az I sat at the base Of a mountain,
And gazed on its dizzy height.
My soul scared to the sky above,
Took wings akin TO q gentle dove,
While my heart did wildly heat.
i sat, and poudered. If / be ], or IL,
With my soul. ] had gone, and,
As gazed, so ] fondly gazed.
The right turned into morn.
! saw myself ascend that mount
And, porching on its cliffs.
! stood, and eazed afar out
In the heavens above. and.
Thereupon a star so bright,
Was written, the word, Love.
] looked. and saw the morn had fed.
And descending. laid my head
Upon my knee. and thought: or tried
To think, why this vision came 10 me.
My soul had left and scared above,
And / sat there, turned TO stone. While.
All my vision saw, or knew. was love.
AT last, ] vainly tried to move
And break my fottoFed chain.
The effort was a fruitless one,
And only caused me'pain,.
Then rlancinc up, i saw my soul
Come floating back to me.
/ felt so changed. so wholly changed,
these thoughts came to me-
awake up. there have sought, for thee,
A place Of rest, above.
Twas /. who wrote IL on the star,
Ny soul said, Il am love-"
MILENIA hicks.
February. lse6.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-17
Anew


To make the cure of any disease COM
plete and permanent, the purifying,
nourishing, correcting, and building-up
process must begin and end In the
stomach. II Is the power producer OF
the human system, and by the aid OF
Puritana will give healthy Blood, healthy
Liver, healthy Kidneys, healthy Lungs,
healthy Nerves, healthy Brain, andheaithy
Skin. Puritana is the prize formula OF
Prof. Dixi Crosby, of Dartmouth College.
III You nre n sufferer, get 81 your druggistth,s
Great disease-conqueriug discovery tthe price lFl
Tor the complete treatment consisting 81 one pvdtio
~ Puritana, one bottle OF Puritana Pnls, ana Que
hottie Of Purltana Tablets, all inclosed IN ono
nacka0eA. or write 10 the Undersigned, anu tou
IAN nnfsss tho day when YOU heard of Puritana.
The Puritana Compound Co, Concord, NIL =
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-17
IN THE NATIONAL CONVENTION.

IN THE NATIONAL CONVENTION.
The New York Sunday Herald yesterday
printed what ~purported to be an estimate
made by one OF the Republican national
committee as to the probable strength
the several Presidential candidates would
show on a first ballot. This estimate
doubtless proved surprising to the average
Republican and witt NO doubt excite con-
troversy.
According to The Herald there are at
present fourteen possible candidates,
some OF whom, 1t is admitted, will only
stand for a complimentary vote. The
supposable list, arranged in no particular
order is, as follows: BENJAMIN HAIR
RIsoN, WILLIAM c. BRADLEY, SHELBY
NJ. CULLoM, HENRY NJ. TELLER, Rus
e u A.. ALoER, STEPHEN b. ELKINs,
ROBERT T.. LINCOLN, CUsHMAN X. DAVIS,
MATTHEW s. QUAY, JAMES s. GARRISON,
JOSEPH b. FORAKER, CHARLES Il. MAN
DERsoN, John SHERMAN, JOHN IL.
sPooNER.
Nine hundred and eleven delegates will
sit in the st. Louis convention-two
members for each representative in the
Congress from each State, two delegates
at-larg for each United States Senator,
and three delegates from each of the Eve
territories-New Mexico, Arizona, Okla
homa, Indian Territory and Alaska. The
vote necessary to elect will be 800. or the
fourteen and all other candidates four are
conceded.to be leaders, namely: REED,
ALLISON, MCKINLEY and MORTON. We
mention these four in the order that it
seems to us the mass OF the people of
Rhode Island would place them. AS to the
estimate referred to 1t appears that Rhode
Islands eight votes are counted solidly on
the first ballot for MCKINLEY and we
think peop'e hereabouts will not be dis
posed TO credit such a reckoning, popular
as MCKINLEY undoubtedly is in Rhode
Island. We guess these eigh, ballots at
this day would be given to REED.
Otherwise the estimate credits McKIN.
LEY with 269 votes, REED 1872, ALBION
1870, and MORTON ~, and every New En-
gland delegation except that of Rhode
Island Is given to REID.
We fail 10 understand the ground for
the opinion that Rhode Islano's vote
win be disassociGted from that Of her
sister states in this section. Aud the
summing up Of the estimate to the effect
that "In the opinion OF tho politicians,
excepting these in favor Of MCKINLEY,
Governor MoRToS or Senator ALLISON
will be the choice OF the convention
while it may be a fair guess, looks as II it
were made up by a MCKINLEY man of
tact enough to throw a sop to MoRros
because he is speaking for a New York
paper.
IL may well be doubled whether REED
Of Maine will be 20 easily eliminated from
TIE field as this estimate figures on.
Tom BEED Is a mighty popular man In
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-17
MRS. NANSEN HOPEFUL.
Thinks That ~. raio Husband Has
solved the North Pole Problem.
fCopyrlghtog. 1891

Thinks That ~. ... role Husband Has
solved the North Pole Problem
lcopyrlzhtea. 1897
CHRIsTIANIA. Feb. l7.-Widespread rs l.
the interest over the whereabouts Of Nan
sen-an interest extended today over "a,
whole world wherever the telegraph 0nG
the cable can feach--it can nowhere b
more keenly felt than In tho heart OF hi
devoted wife, who lives In THIS city, whcnc,
the expedition I'm the Fran sailed on June
"a, 1898. Hayingin mind that the first nows
of himself that the explorer could by any
possibility transmit would probably be d.
rected 70 the wife, n press representative
called upon Mrs. Manson to inquire what
intelligence she has Of her husbands
whereabouts.
She has received no word from her hus.
band directly, but she Is profoundly hope.
ful that the news, which first came from
Irkootsk and has since been c~orroborate Z
from other sources, is authentic. and thai
DIR. Manson has, in fact, solved the secret
of the North Pole, and is now safely
emerging from the mystic isolation of tn
frozen regions.
IL must be added, however, that there r.
a reservation of doubt in Mrs. Nanscn's
mind, despite the hopcfulncss hat buoy
hor up. The absence of direct news T.,
herself leaves the room for this doubt
She will not allow herself TO take az
surancc OF her husbands good fortnn,
until she hears IL from himself. Skf
fears the possible fall from this high point
Of happiness should there be subsequent
disappointment.
Scientists here, whose sympathy witt
DIR. Manson and the objects of his expcdi-
ton Is very vivid and cordial, believe from
the news received that DE-. Nanscn has
really reached tho coast OF Siberia, and Is
returning frnrN the nole.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-17

THAT great liberal newspaper, the Lon
don Daily News, has been purchased by
BARNEY BARNATo and CECIL RHODES
and viii undoubtedly be made an organ
OF the South African interests OF these
two princes. The price paid must have
been a large one, but the buyers are likely
TO find that as a personal organ the splen-
did newspaper will shortly lose the in
fuence OF half q century.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-17

TACOMA, N. H., Feb. 17.-.Ndge Eel.
lows OF the Belknap county probate cour,
at Tilton, on Saturday, appointed Edwin
t. Jones Of Manchester rs assignee of DR..
j. Q. Moore. The creditors failed TO agree.
The liabilities are 100000 per scheduled
filed. The schedule of assets has not been
filed. DIR. Moore thinks that with proper
management the property and equities
should pay 30 per cent.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-17
victim Of Temporary insanity.

CHICAGO, Feb. Nv. III. Hughitt, tho
22-year.old son OF Marvin Hughitt, presi.
dent Of the Chicago and Northwestern
railroad, shot and killed himself at his
fathers home In Prairie avenue. Tho
young man, who was a law student 40 tho
university at Madison, Wis, had come
home owing to sickness, and is supposed
to have taken his life while temporarily
InsAna.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-17

BALTIMORE. Feb. l7.-Tho influence Of
the tremendous revival Of activity in the
iron industry during tho last half OF 1895
manifested itself very strtkingly in the
OF Baltimore, for the imports
u iron ~ this port, which fell TO 60, 05j
Nns IN lS9i-tho lowest point reached Ia
a generation-increased to 2l7,2 76 tons last
rear.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-17

OBSERVES The Globe from far away
Boston: "Mayor McGUINNEss has demon
strated to the Republican sehemers in
Providence that the veto power still lives. f"
The fact is, OF course, that the bill vetoed
was first passed by a careless Goo-Goo
Board Of Aldermen.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-17
Horses Proved His Ruin.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. IA local paper
prints a story to the effect that Riley
Grammar, the young plunger, has lost
$1,000 since he came to California this
winter, and has gone broke. Grammar,
who was formerly followed about the bet
ting ring by big crowds who followed his
plays, is now regarded as q JONAH" md
his plays are "coppered."
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-17
Hubs Churches Lincoln O-bservances.

BOSTON, Feb. l7.-Lincoln Memorial
Sunday was generally celebrated here, tho
preachers taking their texts from incidents
of Lincoln's life, and various associations
listening to addresses on his life and
work. Ex-Governor Long delivered an
able lecture on the life Of Abraham Lin
coin before an npprcciatiye audience at the
" NJ Il II
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-17
4 MARKET MANS LUCK,
SAVED ATJHE VERY BRINK
0FgTHE GRAVE.
Made Over New from the Solss Of HIS
Feet 10 the Top Of His Head, by Prof.
Oil Crushy's Prize Formula.

was sick for nearly two years,"said
George II. Dunning, of Faneuil Hall
Market, the historic landmark of Boston.
81 was run down, had nervous prostra'
ton, lost my appetite, could not sleep
without opiates, had little control over
my limbs, was so light-headed that I was
afraid to walk about alone, could not see
except through a blur, had a constant
pain in the pit Of my stomach, and had
abandoned business, pleasure, and, prac-
tically. life. itself. y When the crisis CANT
I was out of my head and my temperature
was up to los degrees. When the neigh
bors cam to inquire the doctor told them
that I was past hope. G My nurse made
another appointment, as If it was certain
that my death would come in Eve days at
the outside. q.
~ had one chance in a hundred, and !
took that chance. : All the doctors aud
medicines had failed in my case, and !
threw them all over. y 1t seems as if there
are new kinds Of diseases in these days
Of steam and electricity, and new treat.
ments are needed
"Puritana was just what I needed.
When / got a bottle and began using it !
found that I was being made over new.
Just as it says, from the soles Of my feet
to the top of my head.
at stopped that miserable pain at the
pit Of my stomach; it made me eat like a
hungry man and sleep like a healthy.
tired man. 1t cleared my head so that l
can now see without glasses and walk
home through the crowded aisasss~M1'
out the least danger Of falksg down gY6er
the horses feet.
alt se~ems/eSod to G&SSOack to the
market agSn, and is.SssAes me want to
RNths< man who discov4ed Puritana
whef&T realize t~ha,s.LsEaLSen, even better
than Awas before l was t3ken sick. My
wife says that it is preDSs,erous to say
that Anything bue'flffSSna saved my life,
for it ako saved me frqh the danger of
paralysE. G At thatse1e my friends would
not hayE giysNNtNo cents for my chances.
That isfShy I do not lose a chance to
tell abokt Puritana; for / believe a great
manyNes could be saved If people only
klSf what it would do.
al will never be without Puritana as
long as | live, and ] believe that will be
some time, as | am growing younger and
happier every day."
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-17

PRIzEFIGHTING is prohibited in Provi-
cepce, but there is m occasional polo
game to provide the demand for some
thing thrilling.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-17

IT is suggested that the department Of
ethics in Brown University exercise a
closer supervision over the students in
the department of rhetoric.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-17

. ACCORDING to the Commercial Bulle-
tin, 'sthe elephant will never be success
full actor as long as he travels with only
one trunk But be can lead the ballet.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-17

the West as well as in the East The rank
and file of the party all over the country
likes him. Besides he is something OF a
politician, himself, and SO is the Hon.
JOSEPH MANLEY.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-17
MONDAY FEBRUARY II. 1896.

: MAYBE the North Pole is to be the des-
tination Of the Democratic party. At any
rate it is drifting very much on the NAN
SEN theory,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-17

REMARKS the Boston Herald: "senn-
tor TJLIMAN has been addressing the
Commercial Club down at Providence,
and be Is reported to have made a very
pleasing impression. apparently he
didn't have his pitchfork along" The
pitehfork was gioyed for the occasion.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-17

WE hope no charge OF cribbing will be
brought against Prexy ANDREWS in the
makeup of that History of the last Quar-
ter Csltury, etc.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-17

We congratulate our esteemed contem-
porary, The Journal, on the evidence OF
increasing prosperity afforded by it's oc.
cupancy OF its own FIRST floor front.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-17

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has not yet
written q letter to state hat he is not a
candidate.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-17

Cure

Puritana differs from all other medicines
as day differs from night. 1t cures dis
ease by n~aturalizing and vitalizing the
Power Producer of the human system.
To any man, woman, or child, who will
take il as directed, it will practically give
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-17

Colonel w. Il. Thompson Of New York,
whose death was announced recently, was
perhaps more widely known as n breeder
and owner Of horses than rs n flnancier.
lie was an owner who made racing n sport
father than n business. He is tho fifth
well known racing man who has died
within a year, the others being John A..
Morris, Il. >. Knapp, j. u. X. Lawrence
md q. l.. Knapp.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-17

During the next session ca tho BavariaD
dies. tho insane King QUO Is to bo declared
oiyiliy dead md Prince Luitpold will be
chosen king of Bavaria.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-12-24
Bottled Up!

1t certainly is disheartening to a pa
tient to find that the treatment he is
given for a disease is more disastrous
than the disease itself. Such is the
case, however, with the usual treat
Notwithstanding the great progress
made in many branches of medicine,
the doctors have failed absolutely to
find a successful treatment for blood
poison, and the many diseases having
their origin in the blood. They give
but one kind of medicine, they know
but one treatment, and whether in
the form of powder. pill or liquid, the
Doctors prescription is always the
same-potash or mercury.
Toe much cannot be said of the harm
full and disastrous effects of these drugs.
The doctors are unable to rid the sys-
tenn of the poison, and direct THEN
efforts toward covering up the syn1p-
toms from view. There is but one eff
feet to be obtained from potash and
mercury-they bottle up the poison
and dry it up in the system, but il
must re remembered that they dry up
the narrow in the bones at the same
time, gradually consuming the vital
ity. Those disfguring cop~per-co1ored
sp1otches are but indications of worse
results to follow. No sooner has the
system taken on the full effects of this
powerful drug than that su~pp1eness
and elasticity of the Joints gives way
to a stiffness, followed by the racking
pains of rheumatism. The form grad
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-12-24
Spain Satisfied.

London, December 21.-The
Standards Madrid correspondent
telegraphs that Spain has notified
the United States that she is salts
fed with the friendly tone OF
President Cleveland's message to
Congress, and the attitude of Sc
cretary of State Olney towards
the Cameron resolution.
The correspondent adds that the
tone Of the Spanish press towards
the United States has materially
cooled The prospects of gaining
time throughPresiden Cleveland
attitude gives confidence to the be-
lief that General Weyler will pusf
his operations against the rebels
before March, when Mr.. Cleve-
land will retire from office
1t is added that the rumors O.
military and naval preparations OF
the part of Spain must be re-
ceived with caution. The Gov
eminent, limited by the budge1
votes, is acting purely on the de-
fensiye.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-12-24
COMMISSIONERS COURT.

The Board met in regular ses
sion, all the members present.
Garry Suliiyant was elected
poor house keeper at $40 90 pei
month. for one year.
]. A. Scott was granted retail
iquor license at PikevilIe.
Stephen Pittman was elected
standard keeper.
DR.. w. J. Jones, Sr., was APP
pointed County Health Saperin-
tendent, vice w. j. Jones, Jr.,
NJ. D. resigned.
The County Printing was
awarded to the ARGUS al
$4,000 for the ensuing year.
The salary of county attorney
was fixed at $50 OC and E. j.
Best was elected attorney for the
year ending Dec. 1, 1897. Com
missioner Stevens voting in the
negative.
Accounts were audited and al
lowed to:
j. L. Aycock and others, reg
lstrars S. 66.
Hepsy Mozingo, pauper 81 so.
Nancy Potter, pauper 81. so.
Smith, Scott & Co, meat for
poor house So 26
Smith and Ashly, bu1ying pau
per $500.
Haywood Lynch, repairing
Pearson bridge 81. so.
B;zzell Bros. & Co. account
filed So. go.
Dewey Bros. account fled
1880.
n. G Holland and others, reg
istrars $500.
Lucian Lane, error in tax
20
M. E. Brogden, error in tax
81. 90.
B F. Scott sheriff, expense to
Raleigh 81 80.
Humphrey and Dobson. JUS
tees of the peace, examining
lunatic So. SO.
B. F. Scott. sheriff. fees in
above case 81. so.
The Board then adjourned.
G.. @. KORNEGAY.
Clerk.
Is Published by order of the
Board,