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The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-28
valuable Paintings Burned.

Clinton, Mass. Dec 2S.-The 2h h-story
building of Benjamin T. Ware was de-
stroyed by fire yesterday. The fire got u
good headway before the department
got effectively at work. Among the valu-
ables destroyed were a number Of rare
paintings and statuary belonging to the
late Stephen Rose. The loss is esti-
mated at $4,000. upon which there is an
insurance. The fire started from a de-
4ectiye fiue
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-28
LINCOLN.


The funeral of Mrs. Ann Colwell, an aged
and respected resident Of Lonsdale, Old
Village, occurred Saturday afternoon,
from her late home on Main street. Ser
vices were held at the Baptist Church, a
large number of friends and acquaintance
being present. Rev. Israel Porter con-
Quoted the funeral services, and paid a
glowing tribute of respect to the memory
of the departed. The casket was sur
rounded by many floral tokens Of love
from her friends. During the services a
quartet consisting of Mrs. Chace III. Taber,
Miss Grace b. Dean, William Heath and
James Coburn, under the direction OF Miss
Lizzie Jordan, organist of the church, sang
sNearer My God to Thee, "l"Rock Of Ages"
and ''Jesus Keep Me'Near the Cross" In
terment was at Moshassuck cemetery.
Court of Probate.
The regular session of the Lincoln Court
of Probate was held Saturday afternoon
at the Town Clerks Office in Lonsdale,
Judge Learned presiding. James keenan,
was appointed administrator Of the estate
of Stephen Keenan,. Mrs. jeanette L.Wells
was appointed guardian of Lois l.. Sails
bury. Margaret A. Lancaster was appoint
ed administrative of the estate of William
Lancaster. The first and final account Of
A. J. Pothier, administrator of the estate
OF r. j. Proux, was received and allowed.
The petition of James keenan, to ssn prop
erty belonging to the estate of Stephen
Keenan, was continued, with order Of no.
tice.
Various Notes.
children's concert was held at the
Lonsdale Baptist Church last evening un-
der the direction of Miss Lizzie Jordan,
the organist.
Mrs. Ellen Winters and daughter of
Salem, Mass, returned home this morning
after spending Christmas with friends on
Prospect Hill
The same musical program as was rem
dered Christmas Day, was given at the
forenoon services at Christ Church, Ions
dale, new village. In the evening the reg
ular choir was assisted by the choir Of the
Valley Falls Universalist Church. A special
program was arranged for the evening ser
vice by Director Spring.
The following is the program for the ex
ercises to be held next Sunday at the open
ing of the new Auditorium of the Primitive
Methodist Church: Sermon by Rev. John
Mason of Providence, at 1890, at which
time the dedicatory services will be held
Rev. DR.. M. H. Bixby will preach at 2:3O
O'Clock, and in the evening at $3.50, Rev. j.
" Chalmers will conduct the services.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-28

Exeter. ". H., Dec. 2s.-. Marie Leval-
lieri. a sixteen year old girl who was
seriously injured by being struck by a
piece of pulley which broke last Wed
nesday In the mill Of the Exeter Manu-
featuring company, died late Saturday
night
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-28

New Haven, DEC. Z8.-The unknOWh
woman who committed suicide, by
throwing herself I'm front of train
on the Consolidated road, uear Cedar
hill Saturday night, has been idenu-
fed az Mrs. Ellen Eagan. wife OF an en-
gineer on the road. whose home was on
Port Sea street, this city.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-28

It is evident that there is but little
Improvement as yet in the lot Of the
Armenisns in Turkey, for the Armenian
bishop Of the Hasskeui suburb of Gun
stantinople has just been sentenced to
death for keeping loaded revolver in
his house. IL is difficult to imagine the
archbishop Of Canterbury being con.
deinned to be hanged for keeping a pis-
tol at Lapbeth palace. or Archbishop
Corrigsn sentenced to electrocution for
carrying a gun" concealed beneath
his coat. Yet such comparisons are nee.
essary to realize the condition Of affairs
that prevails at the present moment In
Constantinople.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-28
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The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-28
A MusLcinn,a IinagInation.

1 remember that one man walked 90
miles to- st. Louis In the hope of hearing
Queen Victoria sing I'm Her Majesty's"
troop, and when he was informed Of his
mistake he became furious and wanted his
money back. .--Arditi's Memories.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-28

The federal council at Bern has
unanimously decided to bring forward n
bill for the amendment Of the Swiss
constitution. The revision proposed is
In the direction of unifyiug the civil
and criminal law. New York Tribune.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-28

THE ONLY True Blood Purifier
prominently in the public eye 10
day is Hoods Sarsaparilla. Therefore
get Hoods and ONLY HOODS.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-28

An international congress is to take
place ut Brussels next summer for the
purpose Of discussing the subject Of nc
cidents TO workingmen.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-28
HAPPY NEW YEAR,
as a friend

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to use and sure To give satisfaction.
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Evening star., 1896-06-20
STAR SATURDAY, 90 PAGES

ramming the gunboat under the fire Of the
rebel batteries was the work of hero. 1t
but he did 1t. The brave woman to whom
l refer was rebel, and the incident of her
bravery occurred a little after this on q
branch OF the Mississippi further down the
river This branch was not very wide. and
we were fired on every now and then by
the confederates from the levees as we
we mt up 1t in order to prevent supplies be-
Ing brought into the mississippi. At last
commander Ellet grew very angry at the
continuous firing He said that II the rebel
shots killed or wounded any of his men he
would burn every house within five miles of
the place OF shooting. 1 told him that
would be better satisfied with his order If
we could notify the people Of their danger.
He said nothing in reply, and the order was
IN force. When we dropped anchor one of
killed.
Ellet at once ordered several companies
to leave the boat in different directions
and to burn every house within distance
OF 1ve miles. He ordered me to take one
of the companies and to burn a fine house
lying within stones throw Of the river
did not like the job, but as was an en-
nsted man had to obey. We left the boat
and started for the house. As we approach
ed we saw f1ne-looking old lady on the
front step. She asked us what We wanted.
ana gave the orders of my commander.
sne at once became very indignant, but
said that 1t was likely that one of her
sons had shot the Yankee, and that if so,
she was very glad Of 1t. She scolded ME
Ior Deing IN the Union service, and told
me that I ought to be ashamed to serve
with the Yankees. With all ner scolding
however. she was a lady. as you could
easily see from her language. 1 told her
1 was sorry, but that my orders were i'm
peratfVe, and ! would have to burn her
house Still. said 1. I think my orders
might be construed as Portia did the bond
of Shylock in the Merchant of Venice,
when she told him he might have his pound
OF Antonio's flesh. but with it he must take
no tot of blood. 1t seems to me- said l.
that while our orders require US to burn
the mousse, they do not state that We must
burn all within the house. Now / have no
doubt that you have some family pictures,
furniture dresses and other things of value
which might be saved. These you cannot
move out yourself, but there are eighteen
OF my men here, and We will, if you say,
bring out all ycur furniture and put it on
the lawn before we set fire to TIE house
The old lady tossed her head and replied
that IL We burned the house We might as
well burn the furniture, too. She said,
however. that she had favorite rocking
chair, and that she would feel obliged to us
II We would take 1t out and Set it on the
bank OF the river before We started the fire.
We did as she directed. She then seated
herself in the chair. and as the match
was applied to her house she began to sing.
She had coed voice. and her words rang
out acre SIS the water reaching our steamer.
Her song was The Bonny Blue Flag
She continued singing that song until the
house was almost reduced to ashes. She
was concluded Mr.. McCullagh, the
bravest woman l have ever known
FRANK G. CARPENTER
Evening star., 1896-06-20
The Baby's Cry.
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
The meaning Of the cry Of a baby Is a
study which will be taken up by some young
physicians, who will make a speciality Of
children's diseases.
Mothers can aid immeasurably, IL they
Will, said one Of the young doctors. II
was called in the other day by a mother
to prescribe for something dreadful that
she was convinced her child was suffering
frem. and found 1t to be too warm clothing
and 50 only discomfort In the nurses eyes.
the only remedy for any indicated discom-
fort on the part of child Is the bottle II
the baby cries. it must be fed: again, more
feeding: If 1T Worries feed 1t. IL 1t Is sick and
nauseated. still offer it milk. 1t may be too
tired from lying on one side. 1t may be tod
warm or too cold, or have colo from an
overloaded stomach. or half dozen other
conditions may exist, which forbid or do
not cali for feeding. but only this is offered
1T Is the nurse or the mother, whichever
Is the constant caretaker of an infant who
can learn IL she will to distinguish the little
shades OF meaning in a young child's cry"
1t is fact we'll known to physicians that
the cry of a baby suffering from cholera
infantum is very Indicative of the progress
of the disease mother was much sur
prised to be told by her physician after the
death of her first-born that as he entered
the hall door on the occasion Of his first
visit to the little patient and heard Its cry
he knew there was little or no hope for"
he said. that cry is one which rings in a
doctors ears when once he has heard It,
and he quickly recognizes it"
This mother found that the little wall of
agony rang In her ears. too. for when. sew
eral years after. another child suffered from
the same disease, Its first CIV quickly iden-
titled by the unforgetting mother, sent a
hurry call to the physicians office.
II the utterance of dumb beasts can be
studied and understood. there Is hope for
the baby. that most helpless Of all living
nature
Evening star., 1896-06-20
The PrOpulsi0n Of Balloons,

From the Gentlemans Magazine
In attempting to propel a balloon of the
usual shape. the great difficulty met with
Is that Immediately it begins to move
against the wind the big bag of gas Is
forced out of shape. and in proportion to
the propelling power applied threatens to
ergulf the car and its tenants in its folds
or to suffocate them with the gas. which is
caused to escape by the alteration of its
capacity with change of shape. The other
difnculty Is the construction of a powerful
enough. and yet light. motor. which does
not require fire to work it. Though many
attempts have been made. advance has been
very SLOW. The French. who have persist
entity stuck to the balloon from a national
pride in its invention, and who have done
most for its Improvement. have made some
notable steps in the matter of balloon pro-
pulsion. Thus, toward the close of the
F,ranco-German war. NJ. Dupuy de LONE
a naval builder, constructed balloon with
a rudder and screw driven by the pas
senGers. 1t was found that velocity
apart from that Of the air current of about
SIX miles an hour. could be obtained
Considerably better results have been OBJ
tanned by Messrs. Krebs and Renard with
their cigar-shaped balloon, inflated with
hydrogen and propelled by an electromotor
driven by storage. batteries. They have
succeeded in travelling a little more than
twelve miles an hour in fair weather and
40 oeSSihiS III any ulTeCllOn, even returning
exactly to their starting point: but in
WINDY weather the apparatus has not been
tried To brave any moderately strong
wind, the machine would require to travel
something like fifty miles an hour, but
these French officers do not expect to attain
a speed Of more than twenty-five miles an
hour In the most favorable circumstances
In the opinion of Maxim. this dirigible bal
loon Is as near perfection as is ever likely
to be attained by a machine depending on
aerial f1otation
The empire of the air is not to be won by
balloons. They have too many imperfec-
tions and limitations. and. accordingly, this
at first sight hopeful path must be aban-
doned for the more difficult one of mechan-
ical flying The bird must be initiated as
far as human powers. aided by suitable
mechanical devices to make up for the nat
ural deficiencies of man. can CO. The eff
forts OF those interested in the matter have
been OF late mainly directed to flying ma
chimes. which, though they must neces-
sarily be heavier than the air. yet may find
In their very weight and inertia means
for battling successfully with the variable
air currents. The subject has been ap-
preached in many directions, and much en-
couragement has been gained as the diff
culties have been more thoroughly under
stood.
Evening star., 1896-06-20
DUBBED HIM NAPOLEON.
1t Was Democrat Who Was Trying
To Ridicule Mckinley.

hfOlcuIc Mch1nley.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
In the lobby of the Hurford Hotel at Can
ton today sat party of prominent politi-
clans. one of whom bears the distinction of
having first applied to William Mckinley
the historic name uf Napoleon. He is tall,
slender. gray-haired man. whose race in life
is nearly run. and who now. In the shadows
of the end. Is one Of the most interesting
characters of the little city which suddenly
is of national note as the home Of Mckinley
He has been resident of Canton since the
early days. and is known by its citizens as
living encyclopaedia Of it's progress
Archibald McGregor now a typical gen.
tleman of the old school, gave Mckinley the
name Of Napoleon. This was in the early
history OF the ex-governor's political career.
At that time McGregor was the editor of
the local democratic organ. Mckinley was
candidate for his first congressional term
McGregor was sarcastic writer and in
some of his criticism of Mckinley he took
occasion to comment upon his mannerisms
He called attention to the seeming fact that
he was fond OF posing. The general appear
ance of Mckinley then, as now, was much
that OF Napoleon. the genius in the art of
war McGregor recognized this, and became
imbued with the idea that Mckinley was
given to emphasizing his appearance by
adopting the general demeanor Of NAPOLEON
He handled Mckinley without gloves in the
SNsSA' am hiCiitIoucO dt length the Ma
poleonic' manners of what he termed the
would-be Napoleon of Stark county poll
tics" The shot. while striking the mark
redounded somewhat to the benefit of Nc
Kinley.
The republicans instead of endeavorine to
counteract. seized the idea as one which
would make their candidate popular. and
oeciared that he was second Napoleon,
devoid of the conqueror's SHORTCOMINGS and
possessed of his talents in greater fold. Nc
Gresor succeeded In modifying the popular
glamor somewhat by clubbing Mckinley
tne little Napoleon" and both with and
without the diminishing adjective. the name
with all its inspiration to hero worship
ever since has clung to him.
Evening star., 1896-06-20

Juliet Corson in New York Times
As the hot summer days advance We will
do well to return to the Idea which have
long advocated Of one person buying for
several neighboring families
If every housekeeper would inform herself
toward night as to the quantities of sup
plies on hand. the requirements Of the fam
lily in quantity of dry groceries, and the
temporary supply OF such perishable foods
as milk. cream. butter. fresh meat poultry,
fish. vegetables and fruit, the buyer could
make the round Of her customers during
the evening. make up her market list, and
retire before IL o'clock. so as to rise and be
at the market before am. At any hour
between and am. the vegetables and
fruit are plentiful: the meats. poultry and
fish can be bought later. and the dry gro
ceries. such as sugar. tea and coffee. at any
convenient hour. The goods should be de-
livered in bulk at the buyers house and
distributed from that point. according to
her orders. Just such purchases are being
made in several places the result of the
first inception Of the work some three OF
four years ago. Success depends upon the
way the thing is undertaken.
Evening star., 1896-06-20
A MINUTE REPUBLIC.
MOresnet In Free Country with
Only ZOO Inhabftnnts

From the London Standard
The smallest Independent state in Europe
Is neither the principality of Monaco, with
Its population of 12,UU souls nor the re-
public of St Martin. with its 5000 inhabi-
tants. nor that of Andorra. containing only
5000 citizens; but Moresnet, with a popula-
ton of scarcely LOO.
Moresnet. which is thoroughly autonorl-
Gus. is situated on the Germano- belgian
frontier. about half way between Veryiers
and Aix-la-Chapelle. 1t lies in a picturesque
valley. watered by the little river Gueule.
How Moresnet has maintained its inde-
pendcnce has just been explained to a
French journalist by the Belgian minister
Ia fariS- The Commune of Moresnet as ii
existed under the empire. was, after the re-
treat OF the French in the early years of
tfe century, administered exclusively by
the Prussian authorities till lSl7 At thai
time 1t vas divided into three parts in
virtue OF the treaty of June 2G, 1slG The
principal portion was annexed to Holland
another portion was united to Prussia and
the third portion, situated between the
other two. formed the neutral territory
1T contains the calamine establishment of
the Eieille Montague, and the importance
OF that establishment, which now produces
yearly some 23,N0.oo Kilograms of ore. and
lernIShcs Europe with about 80 per cent
or the zinc II employs, rendered il impos-
sible for the negotiators to cone to an un-
outstanding concerning that fraction of the
trontler- 1t, indeed, seems unlikely that a
decision concerning il will be taken for a
ions time, as the gov ernments of both Ger
many and Belgium claim possession of the
mines of the ''Old Mountain" That is whv
mat piece of contested territory has, for
the last eighty years. preserved its neutral
character and Its political independence
Prussia and Belgium have each a com
missary. whose duty it is to intervene in
case OF difficulties arising: but that is a
purely formal suzerainty. The Belgian rep
reSentative is at the present moment NJ
Bleytnesy. subprefect of Verviers, and that
of Prussia. Counselor Gulcher. The su-
preme chief of this minute republic ia NJ
Schmetz. who contents himself with the
title of burgomaster and has occupied thai
post since 1854. The ideal taxation of about
COf per head. nevertheless. suffices to pro-
vide subvention for the school, and for
the repairing Of the roads. Moresnet has
one soldier, who wears a splendid uniform
to preserve order. AS there are no tribu-
nails In the territory. law cases have to be
tried alternately at Verviers and Aix-la-
Chapelle.
Evening star., 1896-06-20
THINKS THE MOON Is SAFE.
Its Secrets VIII Not BE Revealed by
the Big Paris Telescope.

the Big Paris Telescope.
George Manville Fem, in a letter to the
London News, has this to say about the
great Paris telescope now making at Paris,
and which. according to recent stories. is
TO show the moon one yard orr:
have read with much interest the ar
ucie OF your Paris correspondent bearing
the above heading. from the fact that for
the past two years I have been experiment.
Ing upon the possibility of producing a
telescope or optic glass of far greater
power than anything We have at present
on the way.
Now. NJ. Deloncle's venture for the Paris
exnipition certainly sounds big, but upon
carefully going over your correspondents
t .sport, IL seems to me-perhaps wrongly
that the learned Frenchman is not about
to eclipse the Mount Hamilton glass nei-
tner VIII he equal the larger instrument
Deing set up at Chicago. There are re-
raaetors rese pure and simple. but with all the
bear In producing the most perfect lenses
we read nothing Of the kind with re-
sard 10 NJ. Deloncle's instrument. We are
fon, fosa OF OF huge disk Of glass nearly seven
pondent's showing, this is NOT IN Torn,
eltEer the objective for a refractinR tele
scope nor a mirror for a rejecting tele
scope Out a plane mirror to use on the
~ ~ a, ipe OF slderostat. while the lenses
true telescope. are / meter 25 centimeters
IN diameter: that is about that of the Chit
, .aSo glass, whose power it cannot possibly
equal from the loss of light caused hv tbe
moon rays being reflected from his plane
mirror through his huge tube-that is to
say. 'ne rays are received second hand
rom the reflector. instead Of primarily
rom raoLil .ne planet as in the case of all great
FROM the above circumstances. the
AZ iaSe 10 ne produced must he fainter upon
N. Deloncle's principle. and he proposes to
weaken 1t still more by casting the image
upon d screen instead of directly upon the
rellna or the observers eye For popular
visual purposes NJ. Deloncles Instrument
VIII uoup.iess be a success: but IL will only
prove so from the spectacular point of view
10 amuse an audience. Its scientific value
VIII lie nn. while its cost seems to me All
sord. L venture to think that upon INV own
principle could produce ten times the ef-
wrong, couple of years thouehtfuj ex
perimenting have been in vain"