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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-30

There was given the other day In an
up town street an illustration Of the way
in which articles nre often hopelessly per-
vertcd from tho uses for which they were
intended by their makers. IL was al the
noon luncheon hour. The Italian laborers
who, in accordance with the prevailing
fashion, were engaged in tearing up the
pavement had suspended their labors and
were partnkn ing Of their midday meal as
they sat on the sidewalks and the steps Of
the houses
Presently man who carried = large
basket came around the corner. He start
ed down the street, distributing from the
basket at each house small package Of
one of the new cereal products at present
being advertised as greatly superior to
coffee as a beverage He merely laid these
packages on the window stills and did not
ring the doorbells. After him at a distance
followed one of the Italians. evidently
deputed to the task by his companions.
He carefully gathered mp all of tho sam
Piles and carried them To where the group
of workmen sat. Clearly the Italians
knew what the packages contained, for
they were opened-not curiously, but In n
matter of fact way. The brown, finely
ground contents were transferred prompt
ly into the pipe bowls Of the assemblagc,
and, having been set alight, were soon go
ing up in smoke, affording as much pleas
ure apparently To the sons of toll as IL the
cereal substitute for coffee had been the
finest golden Virginia. New York Trib-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-30
Unconscious Cerebration.

"IIere is something which interests me, I"
said the solemn faced man, "and that
seemed quite wonderful too. l had gone
out before breakfast, as | commonly do,
10 give myself tho pleasure of a breath Of
fresh air. just rs | started off from my
front door / met man coming along
without collar on. Before / realized II
my arm had started up for my neck TO see
IL l had "A collar on. As n matter of fact,
l hadn't, and | suppose that the failure to
put one on nj the usual time had left me
peculiarly sensitive 10 impressions about
collars. But what interested me particu-
larly was this
"Thc impression in this case, taken
through the eye, was conveyed TO the mus
clcs of my arm before il was To my con-
sciousness. My arm realized it before my
mind did; my hand started Independently
TO find out whether did have collar on,
and it had moved ut least six inches from
my side up toward my neck before THAT
Is 10 say, my thinking part-realized what
IL was moving for.
81 let IL go on up, however, now under
my control and direction; but, honest,
hated TO boss it over such an intelligent
arm. Atlanta Constitution.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-30

Things Evened Up For Man Who Pound
n Half Dollar.

Fate Is not always ironical or unkind.
She is often just, even amusingly and
poetically so, and while she visits an af1iic
tion on poor unfortunate mortals she
sometimes makes it up to them and leaves
them no worse Qif than they were.
One of Marquette S well known wheel
men had an experience of the sort one day.
In the morning when he was riding out
Washington street 10 his work he espied a
half dollar lying in the road. OF course
he dismounted and picked the coin up.
That particular half looked like another
coin OF similar denomination. No one
came along TO claim 1t, and there was no
reasonable way he could have established
his ownership if he had
That night when the wheelman rode
home from work the half dollar was jim
Cling against the keys in his pocket.
But here's where fate got in her work.
just at the spot where he found the half
dollar In the morning he met with an ac
cident and lost the valve cap to his wheel.
He took the bike TO repair shop, and it
cost him just half dollar to get IL fixed.
He was no better off and no worse than
he was when he started To work in tho
morning.
Fate undoubtedly knew OF the accident
and possibly led him where he would see
the coin and reimburse himself in advance
for the unexpected Ito him) loss.
The question Ii how the goddess squared
it with the fellow who lost the half dollar.
Marquette Mining journal.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-30
HE WAS CURED.
The Young Man Did Not Want q
SmoKing Girl.

lively young woman of the South Side
has teer greatly annoyed by the attitude of n
West Side youth. She doesn't like the youth
i'm the first place and In the second place she
isn't ready for serious attentions from any
quarter. The young fellow IL a very good
fellow and extremely obscrvant Of the pro.
prioties His taste Is exquisite and his atten.
tion 10 the ethics of society ussges quite rc.
markable. The young woman has tried TO
hint to him that his attentions were not AT
all reciprocated, but he has proved impervi.
ous 10 nil hints. Al last she made up her
mind TO resort 90 heroic methods. She de.
termined 10 shock him. The next time he
came TO mako one OF his numerous calls IL
happened to be late in the afternoon. Ho
hurried toward the house and a hc neared il
he cast n casual glance OF tenderness at tho
loved ones personal window. The day was
warm and the SASH was raised What was the
young mans horror To- notice that two de.
cidedly large feet adorned the window sill
At least, he saw pair of large shoes and folt
assured that feet were in them. The young
mans pace slnckcnod Then he heard voice
II was tho voice Of the dear one and she was
singing. What was the song2 Horror again,
She was oNoling forth IN the most reck less
manner that music hall gem, "My Loves a
High born Lazy" Yes, AMI there was ac-
tually smoke coming through the open win.
dow. a he dreadful girl was undoubtedly
pulling away at n cigarette. with her shame.
ful feet on tho window sill He had heard of
such feminine wickedno~s. hut this was the
first example he had seen. His pace slack.
cnod He stopped. Then he turned and walked
swiftly away. The young woman at tho open
window cautiously watched him disappear.
Then she threw half burned pastilc into the
yard and took her brothers shoes from the
ludlow sill -lleNrlanh Ilaln nenlal
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-30
Prime. Henry and American Bicycles

Prince Henry, who Is going over to China
10 represent his august and eccentric brother
is largely responsible for the introduction Of
American bicycles into Germany. He IL fond
Of wheeling. and several years ago, while
visiting Frankfort, found an American ma.
chine which suited his fancy better than any
he had ever seen. He bought 10 and took Ii
10 Hamburg, where he was living with his
mother, the Empress Frederick, and within
few days number OF the same make We're
ordered for other members Of the imperial
family. That made American wheels the
fashion. Of course. and the lords and ladies at
the most fashionable watering place OF Ger
many would not appear on any other.
Prince Henry is by far the most popular
and beloved member Of the imperial family,
and Is so diferent from his brother William
that peop'e wonder how they can be of the
same blood. Be s very democratic in Lis
disposition, is gentle in his manners, quiet
and unassuming, and seems 10 have an atfec-
tionato regard for his family and his friends
which is very different from the selfish, auto
cratic and irritable temper Of the kaiser. The
people are proud OF him, and he is idoliZed TO
such an extent not only 10y the members of
his own family, but by the Germans gen
orally, that the emperor has frequently shown
violent symptc ms Of jealousy. Three or four
years ago he banishei his brother from court
for some fancisd reason, and II required the
united influence Of all the other memDers Of
his family, including his grandmother Queen
Victoria, TO bring about reconciliation. It
is therefore believed that the motives OF Will
liam in sending henry TO the other side OF
the world and placing him in a most difficult
aud in many respects critical position has
not been governed by the most generous mo.
tives
Those who know Prince Henry will never
believe that he willingly took part in that
opera bouffo performance at Kiel the other
day, or that he wrote the speech which came
n ON his lips He is As qniet, modest and un-
assuming as William IL noisy, dramatic and
imperious. The speech was very much like
William, but vory unlike Henry w. L. Cur
tis in the Chicago Record.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-30
Cashmere Goats.

The Cashmere shawls made OF the finest
goats hair are not manufactured from
that of Cashmere goats pasturcd as is Of
ten believed, near the rose gardens where
the nightingales sing by the calm Bende-
meer Tho precious wool is the under
fur Of a breed kept in Tibet and by the
khirgiz in central Asia, from the slopes
Of the Alatsu mountains 70 the bend OF
the Ural north Of the Caspian. Only n
small quantity averaging three ounces, of
the precious wool il produced yearly by
each goat, and the material IL collected by
middlemen, taken TO Cashmere and sold
In the bazaars where it is purchased by the
makers of the shawls. NJ. .Jaubert in 1919
imported some of these animals into
France, and after crossing them with the
Angora breed, obtained an average of 30
ounces instead of three ounces of equally
fine wool. There Is no doubt that the
valuable "long wool" goats could be brod
In England as successfully as they are in
the United States, Capo Colony and Aus
tralia, were the commercial value OF such
an experiment. assured Recent expert
ments in acclimatizing the vicuna, n small
alpaca, in France have met with consider
able success, and both the Cashmere and
Anuora goats were found to do well on
the Swis- Alps. though as they gave no
milk they were not popular with the farm
er.--London Spectator.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-30
EARLY EEGLISH SEAPORTS.
The Changes In Bristol, hath. southamp-
ton. Boston aud Plymouth.

Among seaports the high place sSlong-
ing 10 Bristol is very noticeable. IL Is tho
port of region which has always been one
OF the richest. agricuiturally In England.
and one 10 whiuh population had been also
attracted at very early date by the work
ing of the lead mines of the Mendips. But
its great importance is probably 20 be re-
ferred To its foreign commerce-abovc all,
its commerce with Iceland and tie north
generally, which dates from the century
% which the list belongs--that I'm which
lived the first William Canynges, who be-
gan the rebuilding of the Church of st.
Mary Redcliffc. IL was not Roman
town. In Roman times, no doubt, Bath
served all the purposes of n seaport for this
region, and from this list IL would appear
that as Bristol roso Bath declined.
But II We account in this way for the
Importance of Bristol it is surprising 20
find southampton and Boston both 80 low
In the list. Both OF these were likewise
important for their foreign commerce at
this date and another assessment list 90
years later gives very different relative
position to these seaports among English
towns although IL does not afford the
means of estimating the population.
In this latr list Of 1897 we only get the
assessed, but in II we find that Boston and
Southampton ranked respectively rs fourth
ana tciith instead of thirty eighth and
thirty fourth, as in the list of 1871. I5os-
ton in this list is assessed at s300, South
Gmpton al13 l-3 against $500 for Bristol.
About a century later, in the reign OF
Henry VII, Southampton, IL we may
judge by the amount of customs dues
levied, had about the Samo relative inn
portance as IL now has among the ports of
tho southeast of Fngland-ranking next
after London and separated by long in
teryal from the third in this respect, which
was then Boston. Bristol then had the
fourth place coming ncx5 after Newcastle
Plymouth, notwithstanding tho excel
,ence OF its natural harbor, was u place Of
comparatively recent growth In 1877. IL
is described by Leland ~ having been in
Henry lis timc--about 200 years before
a mean thing inhabited by fshers.-Geo-
graphical journal.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-30
Pas Farewell Appearance at the Circus.

There was circus at Chanute. and an
old farmer concluded he would take his
wife To it. He had about S15 in change in
his pocket, and as matter Of prccaution
he took along IA revolver, knowing that he
would not get home until late at night.
After the circus was over the old farmer
spied a "shcll game and tried 10 beat IL.
In about ten minutes he had lost $75. His
wife was present AZ the performance. She
concluded that the old man had got up
against "a regular swIndling game, as
she termed il, and decided To help him
out. She took the revolver out Of his
pocket and pokcd it under the nose Of the
operator of the shell game and coolly told
him to give back the old mans money,
The gambler handed 1t over, and turning
TO the old farmer she said
Now, pn, we II go home, and you can't
never go 10 another circus as long as you
live. kansas City journal.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-30
Convicts Needing No Guards.

The anomalous spectacle Of n large gang
OF penitontiary conyicts working In the
open, with no officers or armed force to
guard them Is presented every day at Yu-
ma, A. Il. They are camped on the Colo
RADIO river, little above Yuma, To be exact
and they arc engaged in cutting wood for
the territory None OF them escapes. None
tries 10 escape. Why do they stays Because
each man guards the other. Each man Is
"short tcrmor," none Of them having
more than year to serve All are allowed
. rebate for the work they do. When n
convict has cut two cords OF wood, he has
earned days rebate on his term But
should one escape all lose rebates. Thus
each man becomes his brothers keeper -
San Frnncisco Call
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-30

Gentleman From the Home Of tho
Horse Tells a Few Facts.

lone reason" remarked the colonel TO
company of interested listeners, THAT
wo raise better horses in Kentucky than
are raised anywhere else on earth is that
we not only have the water that makes
bone because of the lime that Is i'm il and
the finest grass in the world, but we have
all over the blue grass region, whore the
great horses come from, an elevation of a
thousand feet and more above the sea,
which gives just the right kind of air for
a horse TO breathe 10 become the right kind
of horse. Did you ever hear OF really
great horse bred and born at sea levelS
And speaking of horses" continued
the colonel, chow many Of you know
when the first trottng horses--that's the
- kind take ~ a4aFket-iatstlee their appear
ance in this country, or in any country
for that mattery OF course there have al
ways been trotting horses, for that is the
animals natural gait, but l mean trained
trotting horses. Well, the father of trot-
ting horses in the United States, and gen.
orally, for the trotting horse may be said
to have originated in the United States,
was Messenger, "A thoroughbred, imported
from England in 1855 at the age of s years,
and for 20 years thereafter at the stud in
the neghborhood OF Philadelphia and New
OTh' I1c WIS IL GTbg HOIsc WITH IolR
pedigree, which included some Of the best
English strains as well as Arabian, from
which ho probably took his color. He had
numerous progeny by thoroughbrcds and
cold bloods, and almost invariably these
latter produced horses which showed the
trotting instinct, and strangely, TOO, the
sons of his thoroughbred sons showed the
same trotting quality. 1t took some time,
however, for the trotter TO get off of tho
road and divide turf attraction with the
thoroughbred, but il was bound TO come,
and in the year 1918, ten years after Mes
senger's death, the first public trotting
race Of which there is any record in the
United States took place, when the gray
gelding Boston Blue was matched 10 trOt
a mile i'm three minutes, a feat deemed at
that time TO be impossible. All the same,
the gelding went the mile in less than
three, though what the figures were no.
body knows, n records Were not kept then
Is they are now. ."-Washngton Star.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-30
FIGURES IN LOvEmAKING.
Why Men Don't Fall ON Their Knees.
Percentage In Osculstion.

An English scholar has been collecting
Statistics I'm regard 10 the manner I'm which
men and women make love To each other.
He informs the world that the number Of
young Englishmen who embrace their
swccthcarts at the moment when they are
inviting them to become their wives
amounts 10 36 per cent. On the other
hand, 81 per cent of the men I'm love kiss
their sweethearts on the lips at the critical
moment, while per cent shower kisses on
their hair and 2 per cent content them
selves with kissing their hands. At one
time il was the fashion for love intoxicated
youths TO fall on their knees when about
To make proposals Of marriage, but this
fashion is evidently dying out, for we are
assured that only per cent of those in
love at present fall on one knee, and only
, per cent venture To sue for the lady's IA
vor on both knees
\ curious reason has been assigned for
the dccadence Of this chivalrous custom,
which is that of late years the neither gar
ments of males have been SO constructed
that IL is rather risky for any man To flop
down suddenly on his knees in lady's
presence. ON the other hand, woocrs of
today seem 10 be far more nervous than
the gallant men who woocd and won n
century hSb. lNtutN per cent ol INC Ene
lish lovers of today are awfully nervous
when tho decisive moment comes. Tho
behavior of the young women Is similarly
remarkable. When the men invite them
10 share their homes, 81 out Of every 100
fall without word into the outspread
arms OF their chosen ones 6S per cent
blush very bccomingly md i'm mnidcnly
fashion shrink away, as though frighten
ed at their companions boldncss; one out
of every 100, possibly more, possibly less,
says our English statisticiun, falls on a
SOFA as II about 10 faint, and per cent
are really astonished at receiving pro
posals of marriage. On the other hand
80 out of every 100 know very well what
the men have como for, and hence behave
just as they should on such n momcntous
occasion. Furthermore, 90 per cent look
their woocrs boldly In the eyes. Curious
facts these, but the most curious fact OF
all Is that one maiden out of every 100
runs away before the young man has fin
ished his pretty love tale, with the object
of telling the good n VS. to her girl friends.
--Exchange.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-30
DEATH NOTICES.

DuGAN-In this city, on the 10Th inst, at her
sons tD lminick Duga residence, 30 A
street, Ellen. widow OF Patrick Dugan.
GILLELAND.-ln this city. on the 2gth inst,
Mrs. Mary Ann Gilleland.
Relatives and fIicuds are invited 10 attend
her funeral at the residence of her daughter.
Mrs. Nancy Ashworth. is2i Potters avenue,
Saturday, Jan. !, at : O'Clock. Burial NJ
trace Church cemetery.
wALCOTT--Tn Greenvillc, Il. L., 29th inst.
II ratio n. Wacott, aged So wears.
Funeral services nj Baptist church, g cen
vile, sunday, Jan. ?, at 30 y, m. Relatives
and friends are invited 90 attend without fur
thsr notice. Burial at convenience o. family.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-30

The collapse Of the Chestnut Street Ma
tlonal Bank of Philadelphia and the dis
covery that it has been PERMITTED to do n
ruinous business contrary TO the banking
laws and apparently within the knowi-
edge OF governmental authority Is calcu-
lated to be very active argument against
the proposition TO retire the government
from the banking business and put the
shole national currency issues into the
hands OF the banks.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-30
A Costly Shot.

The Marion pa } Independent tells Of q
man In that neighborhood who shot a
scrcech owl and believing that there was
u bounty on birds of that kind took it TO
a justice of the peace TO make the proper
affidavit. The justice assured him that
there was not only no bounty on tho
pcreech owl. but that, on the contrary,
there was penalty Of 81 for shooting one.
The justice said that he was sorry but as
the man had confessed to the violation Of
the law he had no alternative but to i'm
pose the fine.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-30
Made IL CompIete.

When Lablachc, the famous operatic
singer, was presented to the queen, her
majesty, who had heard of the artist s
hobby asked il it was true that no had n
large collection OF snuffboxcs. He replied
that IL was correct. He had one for every
day In the yoar-365
Nevertheless, your collection is not
quito complete, was the queens response.
"Hcre is another for leap year. Pear
sons Weekly
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-30
The Cheerful Idiot.

"The burning issue, said the woman's
suffrage boartlor. "is not the monetary
question: it is not the tariff; it,
we know" interrupted the cheerful
idiot wcarily. The burning issue Is, of
course. tile waste Of gas. - indianapolis
Journal
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-30

Comptroller OF the Currency James III.
Eckeis Is a bright young man and has
attracted good deal Of fiattering, prob
ably too fstterine, attention TO himself
iuring his four years OF service, put he
retires from Office under cloud that sug-
gests tnat he ought to have gone before.
Under his supervision, and. indeed as ap-
pears to his knowledge some months ago,
Pres. Singerly was borrower from that
defunct Philadelphia bank TO an amount
OF s64s. 600 while the total capital and sur.
plus Of the institution was only S675 o0O
Section .. 200 OF ths National Bank act
forbids any bank Incorporated under it
% allow any person, company, corpora
tion or firm. to become indebted 10 II for
money borrowed. TO on amount excel
ing one tenth of the amount Of its capt.
tai stock actually paid in while Section
& 23a makes IL the duty OF the Comp.
trollsr upon discovering that this or any
other provision Of the act has teen know
inely violated by the directors OF bank
to bring suit against che bank 60 forfeit
It's charter, and to recover damages
from the guilty directors An answer H.
some very pertinent questions is seeming
~ demanded Of Mr. Eckels before he quits
Office. n h. would havo a clear record be
hind him.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-30
A LITTLE HUMOR.

Miss Coldwster-Is II possible thar you be-
lieve in the use OF spirituous liquors for me-
dicinal PURPOSES
The Naughty Man-No; whoever told you
that wronged me. / don't believe in wasting
liquor on people who are too sick to appreci'
ate it.-Cyeyoland Leader.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-30
MYSTERIES of Politics.

She--I don't see what draws you men
into politics As for me, | can't make
anything out of it.
He--It Is the hopo of making something
out of it that makes so many men go in.
Cincinnati EnuurCr.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-30

Mhen-th Hon. Fam Bullock accom-
plishes a. much for the city of prlNidtn e
~ has the committee on terminal facili
ties it may BE- hop,d lat he Will have at
tained to q graciousres~ spirit that will
mnke him ashamed n himself or his ~.
cent performance. But the mise sug
gssted evidently makes this nope vain.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-30
Only one day left for registration
Don Z let it get away from you.

The average visitor to Providence re-
marking the new depot all ready for oc-
cupancy but unocoupied would, upon
learning the cause of the strange sltua-
tion. be profoundly impressed with the
public propensity thus exhibited to cut
of its nose just to spite its face.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-30

foH can register tomorrow but " the
day goes by and you are not qualified YOU
will lose every vote that could b. yours
In 1855, and 80 Is safe to say that you will
regret il " you are not an elector next year
Tor there T. going 90 10 lots of employ
snt aud enjoyment for the voters
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-30

Russian women and Japanese men are
said to bc the most shillful workers with
the needle in decorative effects that the
world holds