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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-03-23

ceeded by GRIM
SANILlAIN' ' AA son flush. T h e n
SORRY TO HEAR A., ,a,,,h,a ,oorv,-
Ivy 3Ai'nANe eo~n fully, and two or
CRnu AL 10 NJ 49, 80 h;s oo,,-
SENSE" a.,ous so,,ouaa
his example, though with more con-
straint in their tones.
"Ahi and SO our wise professor stands
in the road. Well, the chariot may run
over him." he said.
Even Tocdt, however, could not re-
store assurance to the party, so demor-
allied were they by Fournier's blow.
a few minutes later they broke up.
Several years had passed. had re-
ceived my degree from the Ecole, but
had not entered upon the practice of
medicine, being employed in certain
chemical and physical researches
which had deeply interested me, and in
which, may say, had gained some
slight repute.
One day i was surprised and COM
plimented to receive letter from Prof.
Fournier, in which, after stating that
he had observed my progress with deep
interest and commendation, he ended
ly proposing that 1 should enter his
private laboratory-perhaps the best
equipped in France.
To be known as Fournier's assistant
was almost to become famous, and you
may believe 1 accepted promptly.
Then followed the manifest years of
my life. Only small portion O. my
time was taken up in work for my mas
ter, while facilities which could never
have afforded were placed at my dis
posal for the prosecution of my pri-
sate experiments. In fact, If there was
any cloud upon my horizon, IL was in
The form of regret that the professor
did not put more upon my shoulders,
and one day ventured TO take him 20
task for his assumption of detail from
which / stood ready and willing TO re-
licvc him.
lie sat silent for some minutes. Then
lie said:
IL hope you do not doubt my entire
reliance upon your honor. discretion
and ability"
"Not i'm the least" / hastcned 10 say.
Had done SO I should not have
spoken No I have"
rournier smiled and nodded.
my dear friend" he said. laying HE
hand upon my shoulder. ''Believe
ne. I have a weak and unmanly fear Of
sidicuie. ] am pursuing q line Of exr
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-03-23
BRIEF DISPATCHES.

The town of STOW. Mass, Is TO erect .
memorial tablet over the tomb of iona
than Newell, who was minister OF that
town for upward of half n century, and
during the revolutionary period.
At the Nashville coliseum. Albert
Ewing and Archie Clark rode half milo
on tandem in I'm. BlEs., flying start
Ewing and Clark are amateurs, nnd this
IS said to break all indoor tandem records.
The schooner Helen q. Wells has re-
turned To Gloucester, Mass. from n hall
bur trip Co the Grand Banks. Sho had
been away 10 weeks. having reflttcd once
ut ST. Pierre. aud brought $4,000 pounds.
Articles incorporating the Postal Tele-
graph Cable company of Texas have been
forwarded TO the secretary Of state of
Texas. The capital stock is nominally
$4,000. though IL will be increased TO e.
DJO.OOO.
A barn owned 10y Joseph H. Bonrdman,
two barns owned by B;usie a. Moulton
and two icehouscs wcrc destroyed 10y fire
at Hartford. Fourteen horses and other
live stock were burned. Total loss cs.
timatcd at $1,000.
Josiah B Wiggin, u prominent citizen
of Strafham. y. II died 10 the agr of IS
He was direct descendant u Thomas
Wiggin. first governor Of tho provincial
colony of New Hampshire. lie had been
. Appointment Republican politician fos ~
years.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-03-23

point tho referee, scorer and pigeons were
stationed. The entire property was di-
vided by flags. To each shooter Il certain
amount of territory was allotted and In
Order TO count 1t was necessary that he
kill his bird SO that sc would drop in his
territory. IL it dropped In his neighhor' g
territory, said neighbor counted it for his
own.
After every 90 birds wero liberated, each
shooter moved ono Tag, thereby giving
him chance at every shooting box staked
out. The man who gathered tho most
birds was declared the winner Of the tour
nament.
TAc figures on the accompanying plan
represent Gags; the inside figures mark the
extreme limit to which shooters were oil.
lowed to go toward the center; the outside
figures denote the boundary, and tho space
lines represent tho shooters territory.
Tho circle was planned for fifteen, but
only ten shooters contested. They were en-
thusiastic, however, in their praise of the
plan and claimed TO have derived from she
contest twico as much SPORT as aT1geon
shoot usually affords.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-03-23

words and, as they had given me mucL
food for reflection, did not try 10 re-
new the conversation. Half an hour
later, he broke suddenly in upon my
thoughts with remark to the effect
that labor troubles seemed to have
decidedly increased since thu death of
Count de c. and the cessation Of
his stern repressive measures.
AS he spoke, sudden light seemed
TO flash through my brain; thought
too dreadful To be even put into words.
Continued Tomorrow.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-03-23

Guinea-pip. ABLE.
"May / ask you to put this animal
into the furnace or have IL buried or
thrcwn away" he said, hurriedly. II
see / am already five minutes late for
my lecture"
He was gone ere had time to think,
but, as sat with the Guinea-pig before
me, / began to wonder whether my
mnster had not acted with design and
intended either to put me in the way
of suspecting, or, at least, to prepare
me, in a measure, for some coming an
nouncement. The more i considered.
the surer / became that there could be
no other reason for his not leaving the
animal for few hours, until he could
dispose of it himself.
Convinced of this, I ventured to make
a careful examination of the body.
soon found, as expected to find, that
its death had been occasioned by no
wound, blow or other external physical
cause; but I was rather surprised to
discover that all symptoms of death
through the medium of electricity
also lacking. No theory seemed to re-
main but that of poison, and, fully de-
termined TO exhaust all the evidence
which had been placed in my hands, /
took out the brain, stomach and in
testines and proce, ded TO subject them
to thorough analysis.
This work employed me several days,
but l found absolutely no sign upon
which 10 base the barest suspicion of
the use of any known drug. There
seemed TO be no escape from the dilem-
ma that either Prof. Fournier was the
most accomplished toxicologist ever
known or that the Guinca-pig lad
died from purely natural causes.
During the time occupied in these
experiments, the professor had not 81.
ludcd TO the subject, though purpose.
iy allowed him 10 observe my employ
ment. Some days, however, after
had reached the end of all the means Of
Investigation at my command and
was absorbed in what seemed n hope
less attempt TO deduce a conclusion, he
came 10 me while at work in the lab
oratory.
Doctor" he said, placing his hand
familiarly upon my shoulder; "are
you minded 20 take part in a little
adventure that lies before me?''
with the greatest pleasure in the
world" l exclaimed.
a VIII not conceal from you" he CON
tinued, seriously. that there is consid-
cradle danger involved"
"You are going TO face it?" querisd.
lie nodded.
Then | see no reason why should
not" 4 said, unless you would init.
mate that possess less courage tLan
yourself"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-03-23

per1ments so remarkable In their pres
ent revelations ard SO stupendously
strange In their possible results. that,
were / to make even you my confidant,
you would simply assume thatI was taxi
ing leave of my senses. do not wish
Won to think that. Therefore ii Is
better to keep silent until i can lay the
whole matter before you supported by
evidence which no man of science can
gainsay."
After this II was impossible for me
not to observe my masters movements
more closely, and j soon found that he
spent much of his time in a certain
room, reached only by a winding stair
at one end of the main laboratory.
When l came there, had assumed it
TO be a store-room where he kept new
material and old junk, but no sooner
did i begin to realize that he was en-
gagged in secret Investigations, than /
felt sure ii was his private workshop.
Then, cudgeling my brain, recalled
that had frequently seen him mount
ing the stair, carrying instruments or
parts of instruments, often of strange
shapes, but which my general knowl-
edge told me must have been designed
for electrical work. L was also quite
positive, from similar observationa
that photography bore no small share
in his experiments.
Meanwhile his secrecy increased.
He now habitually entered or left his
sanctum bearing on his arm "a covered
basket, from which on one occasion
heard the plaintive news of an i'm
prisoned cat. This surprised me more
than / can tell, for il seemed to indi-
cate experiments in the line of viytsec-
ton TO which Prof. Fournier had al
wayseXpressed himself as unalterably
opposed.
possessed night and day by furious
curiosity until, at last, / did what,
even as young man and an
eager searcher for scientific truth,
i was thoroughly ashamed of. had a
key fitted TO the lock of this room; and,
one day, l took advantage of my mas
ter's absence TO mount the stairs and
open the door. AS did SO, however
there came to me full appreciation OF
my treachery. stepped quickly
back, closed the portal, descended to
the main laboratory, and, placing the
key, the silent instrument of my guilt
in a small blast furnace, reduced it in
a few minutes to shapeless lump OF
metal.
Still it had been impossible to con.
troll my eyes for the instant had stood
in that threshold, End 1t was equally
impossible, however l might try, to
Danish from my mind a recollection OF
objects i had seen. Some of these were
what l had expected to see, electric and
Photographic apparatus. Several things
however, were more inexplicable: q
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-03-23
PUBLICLlBRARY.

The number of volumes issued during
the week ending March 20, 1896, is 2Se9;a
daily average OF Az.
In connection with this years portrait
exhibition in Boston, the following refer
ences are here reproduced from The list
April: Portraits and Portrait Paint
ing" (1S9l), by II. Fowler, 906.45; "The
Portrait Art OF the Renaissance" by
Violet Paget Governor Lee), In her
''Euphorion, Up 1.46, 072. 7.2; "Dutch
Portraiture, by ". j.. stillman, Gen.
tury, Feb, 1885. V. 20, p. 57S, 054. 1929;
''The Present State of the Fine Arts in
erton, 970.S4; also the article on Carolus
Duran and his pupils, Century, Jan. 1886,
V. 81, y. 1876, 054. 1871; "The Domestic
and Artistic Life of John Singleton
Copley," by Mrs Martha Is. q. Annoy,
3Os9. 10; "The Life and Works of Gilbert
and "A Dictionary OF Ministurists, ilu.
minators, Calligraphers, and Copyists,
from the Establishment OF Christianity to
the Eighteenth Centur W 3 ", compiled
by John william Bradley, 910.20. See,
also the Catalogue" OF the New York,
Boston, end Providence loan collections
of portraits OF year ago, and that of the
1896 Boston lean collection lat the in
formation deskl.
Among the recent addiii ions are estate
railroad control, with history of its de-
yelopment in lows" ty Frank ". Dix
on. with an introduction by Henry {.
Adams) SC26.1 II; Armenian Poems, -
rendered into English verse by Alice
Stone Blackwell, 1880. Z02; "Kokoro;
hints and echoes of Japrnese inner life, :"
by Iafcadio Hearn, 4742,l "The supply
ut st. Agatba's," by Mrs. Elizabeth Stuart
Phelps Ward, 17S.ls3; "Cleg Kelly" by
:. II. Crockett, l77l.l3s; "ihe races OF
the Old Testament" by A. II. sayce,
(By-paths of Bible knowledee), 232 q I6;
and Dockham's "American Ierort OF the
TEXTILE manufacture, etc., 7ls3.r.lb
Among recent gifts TO the library mey
be mentioned Tire following: "History
% tho cotton manufacture I'm Great
Britain" G64i-lSS3), by Edwerd Baines.
(ftom Mr.. George ". stnffordL 1oS3. "a. b:
"Catalogre a Avery architectural II.
brary-a memorial III rary OF architecture.
archaeology and decorative art" (from
the Column ia College libisry), lI3S..33:
n, q "a scryi in mer orr oi the hev.
ercnd Augustus Woodbury., ID. D.. held
in the Westminster Congregational
church, Providence, X. l., Sunday, De-
cembsr Is. 1885," so656.is2
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-03-23

"Ge n Il e m G n, i
am sorry to hear
you talking such
or ! mi n al n o n
sense"
AS / glanced upI
sa w Prof. Four
nier leaving t h Q
cafe. Passing their
table unobservcd,
he had evidently
overheard Toedt's
speech, and had
shot this Parthian
shaft into the cir
Gle of would-be So
cial reformers.
/ looked at Toedt.
A peculiar express
sion was Just dis
appearing fr o m
his face, to be sue
ceeded by a GRIM
son flush. T h e n
he laughed scorn-
fully, and two or
three of his COM
panions followed
h with more con-
S.
.x-osf~ .xa-1a
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-03-23

rabbit lying upon
the table,dead, but
w l t h o ut sign of
w o u n d; n scrap
basket full of dead
flowers and plants,
and, close t o I h Q
rabbit, a p h o I o.
g r p hi C p late
wv h 1 ch seemed TO
c o n t a | n a very
poor negative of
some animal,
That was all I
saw. AS you may
imagine it did not
help me much In
my surmises.
Some days later.
lFournier a s I o n
ished me by COM
ing d o w n + h 9
6 I airs in great
haste, carrying In
his hDnd n q q a Il
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-03-23
THEY HAD A ORALLY SHOOT"
Ihe Riverton Gun Club Bird Shooters In
troduced a Novelty.

At their recent pigeon shooting contest
at the club grounds on the tanks of the
Delaware river the members of the River
ton Gun club put into use an odd system,
called 'ralli shoot.
All the birds were liberated from tho
center Of tho Riverton grounds and at this
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-03-23
ST. VITUS DANCE.
A Physic Prescribes DR.. Miles
Restorative Nervine.

DIR. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind:
My daughter Matte, aged IA, was afflicted
last spring with ST. vitus dance and ner-
vousness her entire right side was numb
and nearly paralyzed. We consulted ply
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-03-23
With WEIRD WEAPONS
NJ DUFFIELD OSBORNE.
Author Of sThe Spell of Ashtaroth.~ =
;fcopyright. 1885, by Bachelor. johnson and
Bachelier.l
PART L.

Bachel,er.l
PART /.
~And so you call this Prof. Roent-
gems discovery wonderful -" said the
little French doctor, who looks about
twice as old as he is, and seldom talks.
'Pardon me, monsieur. but he is an
infant in science. There has been that
discovered, beside which his photo
graphs of skeletons are nothing
things SO strange that the world will
hardly suffer them to be whispered.
Listen, and will tell you of an adj
venture of my own-of truths which /
alone of living men, know. You are
discreet, and il is not well that such O
secret should die"
Prof. Fournier wns the leading au-
thority on pathology when / was a
young mann He lectured at the Ecolc
de Medecin, and was one of the many
students whose privilege it was tc
profit by the enormous fund OF knowl-
edge he had accumulated, and the
rrenchant clearness with which no
could communicate IL.
The youth who sat next TO me was n
German, named Herman Toedt-a tall,
graceful boy, with a remarkably hand
some face ami manners that were unex-
ceptionable. There was not trace in
him of that rude coarseness which Is
often found in his race-not shade of
that aggressive conceit which seems TO
characterize most Germans since the
Franco-Prussian war. No, Toedt was
always jolly, always pleasant, always
deferentially, though never servilely,
polite. l think the other students
liked and looked up TO him, not except
ing certain Americans, who had, after
their fashion, christened him Toad"
Even the professors seemed to regard
him with pride; more than one had inti-
mated that he would bring high credit
to the school, and firmly believe there
was not person in the world who
disliked him excepting Prof. Fournier
and myself.
The way came to know that Four
nier felt as did was one night at q
cafe. / was sitting at table with
two friends, while Toeds was the CEN
ter of an admiring circle just beyond.
1t was then, as it is to-day, the fash
ion among some of the youngsters in
Paris to take up all sorts of radical
fads, and this party happened to be
extolling anarchy.
"What is human life!" cried Toedt,
his handsome face flushed with boy
ish enthusiasm. "Would any of us hes
itate to sacrifice an animals, his own
or another's to advance the cause of
science or humanity? Why, then,
should we criticise a poor wretch who
takes a life which he conceives to stand
an the path of human progress?"
The buzz Of approval which greeted
these words was suddenly broken In
upon by q clear, sharp voice, familiar to
US all.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-17
FIRST TRU4NCY CASES IN COURT.

some OF THEM EXCITE PITY AND SENTENCES
ARE SUSPENDED.
The frs, cases OF truancy under the new law
we're brought before Magistrate Wentworth IN the
yorkyie court yesterday morning. In several IN
stances the Courts sympathy was much aroused
Mrs Kenealy, Of No. 2i5 West fll'y-slAth-s''
whose boy Joseph thirteen years old. was included
IN tho list for whom warrants had been issued. said:
'Your Honor, my boy has no shoes and cannot 20
10 school My husband is dead. and l am compelled
10 work 10 support myself and boy. Judge don
send the lad away for he is all have on earth
well bring him here tomorrow, said the JUDGE
"and will see what be done
The Magistrate said that he disliked 10 SEND any
Of the boys to Protectory for the reason that II
was 50 d,ficult to get them out. The Magistrate
thought that there should be. truants nome,
where boys would be committed pending their
reformation Several OF the boys who Mrs Alser.
who was In court. said were incorrgible We're sent
70 the Protectory. In the of others Tor whon
ve thought there was hope. sentence was sus-
,saded
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-17

Ellis II. Masters. of The Trbunes business depart
rnent. Among them Mr.. Bright. II. T. Hub
bard. II. l.. Bridgman. Lyman ID. Morse. F. S. Gray.
A. +. Richardson, Edward T. Perry. A. S. Douglass.
p T. Broomfed. Charles +. Ellis, c. II. Stevens.
St John Richards. +. Katz, r. v Webster, F. W.
KRUGER. c. w. Lyman. +. II. Lancaster. G. II.
Hauenbcek. n. NJ. Sheffield ]. T. Woodward. George
f. Guerrier George E. Randall. w. f. Scott. A. f.
Rose. Charles j. Blson. A. L. Fowle, Robert Hal
sted. W. II. Remington and William Brooke.
Anumber of lettersard kilograms from advertising
men. who were kept away from the meeting. were
read after Mr.. Bright had been made chairman
and Mr. Hubbard had been appointed secretary OF
the meeting A number Of the men present spoke
OF the high esteem in which Mr.. Masters had been
held among his associates. The report Of his death
on the steamship City OF Rome on Friday. 1t was
said. had produced a profound shock. Mr. Masters
always ready to take part in anything Intended
for the benefit or enjoyment OF the people with
whom he associated. and although he had not
been in good health Friday he joined with other
the steamship In tug-of-war for the aTnuse-
ment Of the other passengers on the deck. lie was
pulling manfuly at the rope when he was attacked
with heart disease.
Mrs. Masters had expressed n wish, Mr.. Bright
said, that flowers and special ceremonies should be
omitted at her husbands funeral on the motion Of
George +. Randall. a committee. consisting OF
Henry Bright. Charles J. Bson. Edward T. Perry
Frank II. Lancaster and G. II: HauenOeek, was
appointed to meet the body OF Mr. Masters on It's
arrival and escort IT TO East Orange. All other
special and general advertising agents In the city
were requested to meet the committee at the steam
ship, which IS expected TO arrive on June y.
A committee resolutions was appointed, con
eisting OF p 3 Broomhed. II. =. Hubbard and r. r
journed meeting Friday. June g. AT 2:SO p m Ed
ward T. Perry was appointed treasurer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-17
THE CASE or TIE NANTICOKE.

There is a possibility OF an official inve'''ganoh
IN regard TO the steamer Naniicoke. which was III
neril off Sandy Hook In the storm OF last sunday
Al the time the Nanticokc had about 2Vo passengers
IN board 1t is said that the waves washed over
her decks that the passengers were panic
and that for time the steamer was In serious
danger of being swamped. When seen yesterday
Cantain Fairchd. Of the local Board OF inspectors
~ Steam Vessels said: THE Nanticoke had no
business TO be out In that storm. she sh0uid not
bave taken those Newark excursionists out There
& not AN excursion boat in this harbor that IL III
n 90 outside in such weather az that OF Sunday
The Nanticoke was inspected November IL, ana
at that time was found deficient In boats. she
was rated to carry only 100 passengers. although II
fully equipped. she could carry 400 or 900 No one II
g. aid has ever called at the Inspectors once for
,bc steamers papers, and the officials there are ln
doubt as to whether she has been properly equipped
as directed IncIe Weir seN'I"i ,,hIiI 81, ,,a
She was inspect ted" said Captain Fairchli pu, we
have nothing here to show whether they Were e a.,
,onded 10 or not. and OF course, lnqu ~ VIII pc
made one thing is certain and that Is that the
lies ~ those passengers should not nave Deeh en-
dsngered as they were last Sunday
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-17
rEATTRES or THE COTTON MARhETS.

In the local cotton market yeste''"y 49, -.
,e,,,z,np after the sharp rise OF MONDAY, anu p''
80 ,Iht ehowed a net decline OF 10 10 il points On
rear months and 10 on late The same 'h'hs
wac ,rue Of Liverpool where futures however eG.
showed a small advance, while spot sar.s &C." nna
hIas =, an advance 10 Al. for middIihg' Al ono
,nn August here sold at 76i, which was three
points over Mondays highest. but selilns ny a
70 .,or,h Tod 70 general liquidation, under
when August melted down 10 80, va hales chang
ing hands. ~, ooined unchanged. with
eva Sresnih stt ln5roken in Texas, no PIorPcc' M
rain there ard the exports OF cotton rorv down TO
stead,.y The entire port stocks are 10y bavc been
ok VO bales Exports so far tn.s W. W., have been
~ 90 b1les while receipts at the po,,9 werc 40
sTO sale. in New Orleans yesterday "'' ~
Hubbard Bros & Co say Locally Ky i nrospect OF
tn e revival i'm business in all branches on a.
Count OF the probable success OF the r'ep sound
noriv in the Presidential elections upon, s-a ma
financial platform Those OF us VINO reca hnse in the
nrhans overestimate the result as GO tnose Cor The
South who have 1893 in mind But we M nav rbound II
rnl, be underestima ted