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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-09-11

Chicago. Sept. 1l.-Paul j. Mas and
Patrick Enright started for Mexico last
night, as the representatives of the Chi
cago Trade and Labor ASSEMBLY, for the
purpose of making a thorough and i'm
partial investigation of the economic
conditions which prevail in Mexico.
They are To find out for themselves.
without any suggestions from any
source, the true status of he working
man in a free silver country. The in
formation they may gain and the con-
clusions they form will be submitted in
a report to the Trade and Labor assembly
as soon as they return to Chicago which
will be Oct. l.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-09-11
A Pastors Vacation.

Rev. j. Reynolds MacKay, pastor of the
Harris Avenue Presbyterian Church, has
been granted n leave OF absence for
nine months by his church; aud has
Scotland. There he will take post
graduate course OF study in the great
university OF that city. He will also do
some sub-pastorate work. The Rev. Geo.
W. Anderson of this city is at proseat
supplying his pulpit.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-09-11
Sons of Veterans, Election.

Louisville. Sept. 11.--At yesterdays
session of the Sons OF Veterans the fol.
lowing officers were elected for the en-
suing year: James l.. Rake, Pennsyl-
vania, commander-in-c chief: l.. p. Ken
nedy, Colorado, senior vice commander;
r. M. Buckley, Louisville, junior vice
commander. Council-in-chief l.. r.
Kennedy. ex-ofiicio president; w w.
Helm of Nebraska, Fred Meyers of Colo
Iado. Indianapolis was selected as the
next place of meeting,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-09-11
Burglar Talbot In Custody.

Boston, Sept. 1l.-John Talbot, alias
"the halter" alias "the tailor" S3 years
old, one of the most notorious safe bur.
glars In this country, was arrested as a
suspicious character by police inspector
on Beacon Hill yesterday Talbot was
looking over the premises Of Kopman n
Co. dealers In antique jewelry. bric-a-
brac. etc. Talbot claims that he had just
arrived by a New York train, and was
on his way 60 Lowell To transact some
business I'm that city.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-09-11
Had $50. 900 Life Insurance.

Atlanta. Sept. lit. j. Delbridge, q
young business man, has disappeared.
Delbridge had $4,000 life insurance, $4o,-
600 of which he had taken within the last
few weeks. His family think that he was
drowned. Dynamite was exploded in the
lake at Lakewood. with the object OF
raising the body to the surface, but with
out success. II the body is not recovered.
the insurance companies will have the
water drawn off the lake.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-09-11
Nominee Bentley Arrives.

The Nationalis,s Presidential nominee,
Charles L. Bentley arrived In this city to-
day and this evening he will address a
mass meeting In Music Halt. Saturday
evening there will be an open air meeting
on Crawford street bridge. Sunday even
ing nominee BentIoy VIII address a meet.
ing in the Richmond street Church. The
distinguished visitor will leave town
Monday.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-09-11
Populists Refuse TO Fuse.

PUEBLo, Col, Sept 1.-THE Populist
convention adjourned at 1880 tili9 s.m.,
today, after deciding not to fuse with tho
silver Republicans or Democrats because
they insiat on being conceded the govern
orship. A proposition was made to the
national silver party and a reply is ex-
pected this morning.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-09-11

A Mckinley Club was organized in Re-
publican headquarters on weybosset street
last evening. The temporary officers Gre
Alfred Dawson and William NJ. Mscnair.
The club will meet again at headquarters
next Thursday evening.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-09-11

Washington. Sept ll.-Passengcr
Agent A. L. Reed of the Atlantic Coast
line has received notice from Boston
that the Canada. Atlantic and Plant
steamship line will sell tickets the bal.
ance of this month at one fare, round
trip, between Boston, Halifax. Port
hawkesbury and Charlottetown, l.. l.. 1.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-09-11
Pensions for Rhode Islanders.

The following pensions have been
granted un der date OF Aug. %; Frank
X. Dickson, (Deceased). Providence.
lncreaso-Milliam Il. Rich, East Provi-
dence. Original widow-Sussn A. NJ.
Pierce, scituate.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-09-11

Neglect OF tho hair often destroys its
vitality and natural hue, and causes II TO
fall out. Before IL Is too late, apply Halls
Hair Renewer, a sure remedy.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06
The Great Khan of Tartarv.

The personal appearance of the Great
Khan. as described by Marco, was as fol-
lows: He is of good statue, neither tall
nor short, but of middle height. He has
becoming amount of flesh and is very
shapely in all his limbs. His complexion
is white and red, the eyes black and fine,
the nose we'll formed and well set on"
But the portrait of Kublai Khan, drawn
by Chinese artist, does not exactly cor
respond with the pen portrait given here
by Marco. We know also, from Marcos
own narrative. that the Emperor was sub
iect to govt in his later life, and we are led
to infer that he was rather corpulent as
he is represented in the drawing given by
the Chinese artist.-Noah Brooks in the
St Nicholas.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06
White Navy.

If Jack is a new man at this port, and
no one has posted him about though
Mag" he is likely TO put his foot into it
by trying to interrupt her scolding or Of
fering any excuses for himself. In that
case he will only call down upon his de-
voted head a more prolonged and more
picturesquely worded tongue-lashing than
he has heard for many day. Perhaps it
does him some good and perhaps it
doesn't. At all events it probably does
him no harm, and Maggie feels in duty
bound to administer 1T whether or no.
For she is a motherly sort of a girl, who
takes no little pride in her self-imposed
task of reforming Jack Tar. Some people
wouldn't approve of her methods alto
eether. but it is safe 10 say that her good,
honest, homely seedlings are more effect
i've and far-reaching than an equal amount
of finely phrased sermons would be.
She wears quite a wonderful navy blouse
on all state occasions 1t was made on
the high seas by Jack Tar and his brother,
and was presented to Maggie with due
ceremonial solemnity several years ago
when she lived at Vallejo. Though the
blouse is hand made, and masculine made
at that, it bears evidence OF an immense
amount of very careful and somewhat ar
tistic needlework 1t is covered with flags
and cannons and other navy emblems,
and though it is worth lots of dollars, in
trinsically, 1t would never sell for half the
value she puts upon 1t. When Maggie
wants TO be real swell she wears this navy
blouse, and no fine lady in the Western
Addition is prouder of her fine silks or
laces than is Maggie OF her sailor-made
jacket.
She had a husband once-Billy Lias-
and he is living. so far as is known at this
writing, and there has been no divorce.
But Billy always gets in trouble with
knives and pistols and such things He
seems to have penchant for that kind of
cond uct, and just at present he is in retire.
ment, or was not long ago. At all events
he is not in evidence now, and his person
atty is commonplace and uninteresting,
while exactly the reverse is true of Mag
gle. Hers is one of the most interesting
and picturesque characters to be found in
these modern prosaic days. There is so
much of contrariety in it, to begin with
so much of conventional wickedness, SO
little of moral sinfulness.
Judged by the surroundings alone one is
amazed to find in this Ioud-spoken, deter
mined little woman Of the Barbary Coast
strong Individuality of kindly instincts
and generous impulses. She is always
jolly, yet always sensible. always frugal
and painstaking, economical and indus
trious; she can paddle her own canoe
under all circumstances, and she asks
neither friend nor foe for favor. She makes
her own living and makes it ''squarely,"
as the sailors say, and she saves her money
without being stingy with it. At times
she has been waitress here or there in a
restaurant or in a beer saloon, but always
she has loaned money to the able seamen
of the white navy, and when they have
paid her back they have always paid her
more than she loaned them. And this is
the most contrary circumstance about her
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06

PREPARATION and restitution. At first the
lieutenant's character was conceded and
his object of secrecy in appearing without
his uniform recognized. Later, however
after the first citizen had talked apart with
the officials, there was change. Plat
was requested to show his register, and,
though he finally sent for his uniform and
commission, was denounced roundly as a
pirate and placed under arrest in flthy
stronghold. At nightfall he was CURLY
dismissed, and returned to his ship, with
out the stolen goods, and amid the leers
and curses of the populace.
On November II Porter arrived at St.
Thomas and received report OF this sour
wy treatment. He acted at once. Accom-
panied by the Beagle and the Grampus he
sailed on the John Adams for Foxardo.
There he sent flag of truce to the town
with the message that if apology fer the
lmaltreatment of Lieutenant Piatt was not
%nade within one hour he would storm the
Nlace. He then landed companies OF sail
ors and marines aggregating over 2OU III
number. These spiked two batteries
WHERE threatening preparations were be-
ing made and then proceeded inland.
mob of native militia made some show OF
force and for the moment an engagement
was imminent, when the AlcaIde and the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06
Tough Mag, the Champion of Jack Tar
Rare Character Of the Barbarv Coast Popular Throughout the

that she should be usurer. How
ever. no one ever called her Shylock, and
the rate of interest she demands is much
less than the average money-lender out
side OF commercial life usually EFFORTS.
The appellation of though Mag" grew
upon Maggie Kelly not so much because
she was really tougher than the other
girls of her class as because of her indie
pendence and her ability to take care of
herself under all sorts of circumstances.
To attempt any undue fam iliarity
with Maggie Kelly is to receive a singing
slap in the face, or, perhaps, if the case is
not aggravated, then a scolding that is
calculated to put the offender to fight if
not to shame. 1t is true, also, that Mag
gie's choice of words upon all occasions is
original. She selects them more for the
purposes of emphasis than euphony, and
her language at all times is more forcible
than poetic. Sometimes she uses words
that newspapers employ dashes to repre-
sent. 1t is said that in her dealings with
the numerous family of Jack Tar she has
never lost cent. Many an able seaman
sails out of this port indebted to her from
half month to three months pay. Per-
haps in couple of years. but when he
does come back he squares accounts with
Maggie the first thing. And he gives her
a present besides. He brings her some-
thing from over the seas-a rare fur,
parrot or shell. Her home on Mont
gomery avenue is quite museum in Its
way.
She might sell many of these presents
and realize handsomely on some of them,
but she never does. She prizes them all
and cares for them with a good deal of
pride in their possession, and her fond
ness for money does not reach beyond the
stage OF endowment with a knack for
making it and keeping it. In truth. she
hasn't any great amount of it to boast of,
but what she has she has made by the
sweat of her own keen wit.
You may see her after night with two
or three reeling bluejackets in tow. She
has met them on the street, perhaps. She
knows they are in no condition to go
prowling around, and she has issued per-
emptory orders for them to follow her.
1t was high treason for a bluejacket to
disobey Maggie Kelly's command, and
they never do. She takes them home,
gives them cup OF strong coffee; gives
them each and all good scolding and
then sends them back to their ships. Or
you may see her meet a reeling sailor
early in the evening on the coast"
Then she demands his money and his
watch. If he has either or both he hands |
them over without grumbling, and when |
he has sobered up the next day or the day
after he will find his valuables safe with |
Maggie Kelly, and himself that much /
richer for her good offices. She's rare
character, is though Mag. /" and the annals !
of Barbary Coast WILL in future years, re-
IN ember her as the patron saint of the able I
seaman when ashore; and the sailors of
still more prosaic latter day will sigh vain
ly for those good old days of go, when |
Maggie Kelly was their friend and banker
at the port OF San Francisco.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06
A Rare Character Of the

though Mag is rare character. She
is neither tall nor short for a woman,
neither blonde nor brunette; she dresses
neatly and wears usually sailors blouse !;
she is rather pretty and as bright and as
keen as they make them on the Barbery
Coast; she knows every trick aboard q
man -of-war, and every man of wars man
who sails into this port is her friend; she
has ready tongue and snappy, forcible
words always on the end OF it; she has
some money and decently furnished fiat
up on Montgomery avenue near Union
street filled with curios and treasures from
over the seas that came from ali quarters
of the globe; beyond question she is the
only one of her kind on either the Barbery
or the Pacific Coast. and her name is :
WELL they call her Tough Mag"
She has quick eye for business, and
can figure interest with the speed of a
lightning calculator. The policemen on
the beat will tell you she is honest, and
there isn't bluejacket in this port who
wouldn't trust her with his full kit and
back pay included. Those who travel the
coast" late al night have seen her in one
or the other OF the coffee joints along
Montgomery avenue, for she doesn't keep
such hours as would be deemed entirely
respectable. say in the Western Addition.
Nevertheless she's belle in her own "set. +"
and she has reputation for "honesty, in
tegrity and veracity'-as the lawyers
say-that would be worth lots of money
to a business man or banker who should
be lacking in that respect.
Maggie Kelly she calls herself, but no
one else calls her that, and she answers to
the other name just as readily. She's the
patron saint of the sailor boys who go
down TO the sea in Uncle Sans white
ships, and she knows every man-jack one
of them. She's their banker.
Is Jack Tar broke while in port? Then
he pays visit to Tough Mag" He finds
her at home, or somewhere else on Mont
gomery avenue, and when he comes into
her presence he tales off his hat, just as
folks do in the Western Addition, and
though he talks to her in his own iargon
and technique of the breezy ocean he treats
her responsibilities Jack Tar always
knows how to treat woman. She knows
what he wants-perhaps better than he
knows himself-and he always gets it,
somewhat after this fashion:
why don't you fellows save your
money? Then you wonldn't always be
broke. You're disgrace to yourself and
the ship you sail IN. Been on tear.
haven't you? You're good for nothing,
anyway, but to spend money. Don't tell
me you sent money home. That won t
wash Oh, I'm onto your tricks. Why,
you amt even written to your old mother
for six months. Why don't you brace up
and be man2 It's ten dollars you want.
is it2 It's just ten cents you'll get out of
me. I've got no money to throw away on
such as you'll When,.s your liberty up?
This afternoon, ehl And you're going
over to Mare Island looking like that2
Say, here's flyer; put your name down
there. Now, go and get a shave and a
cup of coffee, and get down to the Nc
DoWell as fast as you can"
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chance entered the room where she stood
would for the moment think himself
looking upon beautiful statue or else
that he had stumbled upon a woman pos
ing for some character that existed in the
days when all roads truly led to Rome
and Rome was the world.
: To none has this strange discovery and .
its equally marvellous result been of
deeper interest than to the members of
the medical profession. The skill of the
best of them has never been able to ac-
complish or even to suggest what this
plain everyday student of Chicago has
learned through sheer perseverance. 1t
all goes to show that while science is a
tremendous factor in the worlds progress,
sterling common sense and unwavering
resolution will accomplish much. So it is
that physicians and surgeons are forced
to admit that for once the layman has
proved himself superior to the professional
in purely professional matter. So rare
it is that such thing happens that it is
almost worth separate entry in the book
OF fate.
Mr.. Boydston has not yet decided what
he will do with the secret that is his. OF
course, the charlatan has ate mpted to
victimize him and there is no lack of offers
from 'disinterested" persons TO exploit
both himself and the knowledge that he
has gained. None have met with success.
At present he will do nothing beyond
what has been accomplished. He con-
siders there is plenty of time in the future
to arrive at a decision.
Present indications are that the uiti-
mate result of this new process will be
petrifaction. The opinion of all medical
scientists who have viewed the subject of
experiment is that this is what is grad
ually coming to pass 1t may be this dis
covery will result in the majority of future
generations being transformed into stone
and that their appearance when life ended
will remain without change perhaps until
the last trump is sounded.
In the early days of civilization in
America Ponce de Leon sought in vain for
the waters of the fountain of youth. Five
centuries later the secret of making us
seem to have perpetual life stands re-
vealed.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06
Now Chicago HAS Fortified Woman


At last the secret OF seeming perpetual
existence, at least in material form, for
human beings has been discovered. A
Chicago man is the originator OF the cause
of this phenomenon which has deeply in
terested medical scientists. He has in his
possession at the present moment
woman whose eyes closed to earthly things
last July; who, to all appearances, has Just
awakened from slumDer.
This new idea must not be confounded
with that of the ancients, specimens OF
whose skill have been unearthed by
archie ologists Had the knowledge OF
this modern inventor been possessed at
the time of the Pharaohs it would not
have been necessary for us to learn OF the
appearance of the famous persons OF CEN
turIes ago from description. We should
have been able to see for ourselves just
how they looked. 1t would have been
possible to have marveled through actual
sight at the beauty of the woman for whom
Marc Antony surrendered life and honor.
Though we could not have heard the song
of Miriam we could have looked upon the
face of the singer. The discovery goes TO
prove that the boasted superiority OF the
knowledge of those who lived at the be-
ginning of the Christian era is at least
tradition only in one respect.
How the marvel is accomplished is the
secret of Inventor Boydston, who lives at
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06

Plat testified as to his treatment at Fox
ardo, whereby it appeared that in all like
lihood the worthy first citizen whose aid
be invoked was the receiver Of the stolen
goods and had bribed the officials to in
suit and drive him from town. Platt and
the other officers present also testified as
to the details of Porter's famous expedi-
ton. They all agreed that everything
had been done in an orderly manner and
under colors; that the spiking of the guns
had prevented bloodshed; that both the
Alcalde and the captain of the port had
excused their conduct by claiming to have
been urged on by the plratical nature of
the inha bitants; that for years past Fox
ardo had been refuge for freebooters who
had ridiculed the proves of Americans,
but that now the flag and the uniform
met with respect
Porters defense was impassioned. Re-
gardiDg the second charge he said:
tsIf taken unawares by the suddenness
of the attack or the novelty of the situa-
ton an excruciated sensibility may for the
time have broken loose through the guards
which should have preserved me unmoved
and Unbalanced; yet, after all, l bow
with humility and experimental conyic
ton to the moral system OF compensa-
tons"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06
Justice to Hero of the Old Navy
Commodore David Porter Victor Many Sea Fights Ran Foul
Officials on Shore

Doubtless he realized that he had been
somewhat unmannerly in his demands.
Doubtless he felt, as every one well knew,
that he was as little fitted for a sea lawyer
as he was thoroughly fitted for a sea
fighter.
But the first charge was the main one
and alone worthy of consideration. Por-
ter boldly justified his condu He
claimed that his instructions ordered him
ITO protect the commerce and the citizens
OF the United States from piracy" and
that discretion wps necessarily implied.
He showed that the Spanish islands were
without proper government and hence not
entitled TO the benefit of the laws of
nations. He quoted from John Quincy
Adams spirited reply to the complaints
OF Spain regarding General Jackson's in
vasion and occupation of the Floridas as
follows: 1.-THE right of the United States
can as little com pound with impotence as
with perfidy." Indeed, ne seemed
to find sheet-anchor in Jackson's deeds
at Fort st. Marks and Pensacola. He ar
gued with Vattel that there are occasions
when the subject may reasonably suppose
the sovereign's will and act in consequence
with his tacit commands"
But in vain. The court found Porter
guilty on both charges and sentenced him
to suspension for six months. Regarding
the first charge it had the grace TO say
that it ascribed the conduct of the accused
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ito an anxious disposition on his part to
maintain the homo and advance the in
terests of the nation and the service :;
but there was no salve for Porter in these
words. He felt unjustly disgraced. He
resigned his commission and accepted the
offer of commander-in-chiefo of the naval
forces of Mexico.
Though this position was splendid in
power and emoluments it proved but Bit
ter exile to Porter. He wasan alien. sur
rounded by those who hated his race, de-
spised his religion and envied his honors.
This extract from ore of his private let
tiers describes his experience there:
"a retrospect of the history of my life
seems highly colored romance which
should be 10th to live over again, and it
would not be believed II it was written.
NY sufferings in Mexico, the trials of for
titude underwent there, exceed belief. l
could have served that base and unprinci-
pied nation, but they would not let me-.
But | left them without a stain on my
character, which was not what others I'M
der the same circumstances would have
DONE"
With the election of Jackson there came
welcome relief. Old Hickory had fellow
feeling for one who could as little COM
pound with impotence as with perfidy" in
the Dons. And so Porter ceased TO be a
mercenary and once more served his coun-
try, becoming her representative, first at
Algiers and then at Constantinople. He
proved. as ever. faithful and competent,
but his end was an ant-climax from the
glorious days of the Essex. He surely
deserved better fate than defeat after an
unworthy struggle with red tape and wax.
Much might we'll have been forgiven him,
for b., both loved and served much. He
was type of the old navy, bluff, simple.
brave; above all and through all patriotic
"a type to be worthily remembered.