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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-01
For Tr asury Positions.

Washington, AIril lit is officially
announced that O. l.. Shauting of Mich
igan and w. Il, Howell of New Jersey
hHvc hccn decided on for assistant secre-
tarics of the treasury department.. Their
nolninatlons will be sent TO the Senate
today. Both gentlemen are experts in
custom matters
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-01

Fire Department Promotions.

Lleutenant John Hutchinson of Hose
Con pa1y l. has tesn promoted 90 the
TO dtton uf captain by the Board of
I, mmissionsrs and tran ferred TO the
command of Hose 10 Henry B. Hall Of
Eose Is. has teen pr motId to the posi-
ii IN Of lieutenant of the same company
and Bernard +. Sisson has been trans
fcrred from Hose 3 to Hose Is.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-01
Swiss fostal Official Killed.

Bcrne, Switzerland. April 1.-The police
are actively investigating the death of u
postal official who has bccns shot and
killed on train between Geneva and
Borne. Several mail bags were stolen.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-01
Police Searching for Him.

Amesbury, Mass, April l.-Frank Went.
worth, 10 years of age, has been missing
from his home at Newton since Monday
last. The police of neighboring cities
and towns are searching for him.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-01
Committees Appointed.

President Augustin Jones Of the Public
Park Association appointed the follow-
ing committees last evening; Professor
AlOnZo Williams and Professor George G.
Wilson, on play grounds: DR. Charles II.
Leonard and Miss Mary n. Oldhcld on
kindcrgartpn
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-01
Kaiser Copgra ula,tsB smarck.

Berlin, April l-lhe Emperor to-day
telegraphcd his cordial congratulations to
Prince Bismarck upon the occasion ~ his
birthday. The cx-chanccll0r was born
April |. 1915.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-01
Car and Czarina to Visit France

Paris, April 1.-The Ebcntment an.
nounces that President Faure has been
officially informed of. the approaching
visit OF the Gar and Czarina TO France
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-01
Millinery Opening

Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Aprilal,
and 3. MRS. A. GARTLAND, Conway s
block, Main street.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-01
ASSEMBLY OF NATIONS.
Enjoyable Entertainment Given at
Asbury M. E. Church.
Not as Drunk as He App:ared-Noies
From the North End.

There was well attended and charming
entertainment given at Asbury Memorial
NJ e. church last evening The Assembly
of Nations" was the chief feature OF the
evening and a goodly number OF young
ladies and gentlemen were pleasingly ana
correctly costIimed AS natives OF nearly
every nation ~ the earth. The stage made
"A very attractive picture and the decora-
tions were particularly suitable TO the
occasion. Miss Minnie Phillips as Amer
lea" received the gifts of the different
nations and made at tho close a careful
and we'll delivered address. The readings
of Miss Grace Golf and Miss Flora Grant
met with warm approval and the solos
were all finely sung, particularly Miss
Amoures. There was considerable spirit
shown by the large chorus which sang
number Of national airs OF different coun-
tries The chorus director was Mr.. Harry
Bussell and Mr.. Loomis presided at the
organ. A genuine hand organ In charge
of regular journeyman player made
the Italian scene even more realistic than
the representations Of any other land.
The program was as follows Singing
Angels of Peace, chorus; Greeting to
America, Queen Of England; singing,
God Save the Queen, chorus; presentations,
Scotland and Ireland; solo, selected, Mr.
Samuel Baker; singing, March OF the Men
of Harlech, chorus; reading, selected, Miss
Maid of Dundee Miss Annie Goss; pre-
sentations, Norway, Sweden, Russia, Ger
many singing, Watch on theRhiLe, chorus;
reading, selected Miss Flora Grant;
solo, selected, Miss Annie Armour; pre-
sentations, France, Spain, Italy, Greece;
ing, selected, Miss Grace Goff; solo, Sc
lected, Mr.. William ii. Lowe; singing,
Italia, chorus reading, selected, Miss
Flora Grant: presentation, China, Japan,
Mexico, Indians; presentations, Uncle
sam singing, Yankee Doodle; address of
thanks America; singing, America,
chorus.
AN EXCITING CHASE.
He was so drunk that women who
passed the corner of Orms and Charles
streets near the police signal box NUT
tered it's too bad the poor man" and the
usual crowd that gathers when an arrest
Is made in the early evening just looked
on. Tho wagon with the three golden
stairs arrived promptly The services Of
two strong men besides officer Cavanaugh
were required To lift him into the wagon
for though he was not over fat he was
heavy. He seemed satisfied but instead
ne was foxy and officer Cavanaugh was
phased for "A second when he saw the
fellow recently so drunk make bound
over the side of the patrol and half way
across wide Orms street. The l0-sccond
time limit was not passed before Caya-
naugh was after his man. As for the
prisoner it was case Of liberty--not. He
ran very rapidly down Charles street to
Mills street and up the stone steps at the
ward room building onto North Main
street and dashed into barn. Cava-
naugh was close at his heels and the
barn trick did him no good He slept
mt the station last evening but as he re-
marked TO the lieutenant There's moth
ing like bit of excitement now and
then.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-01

Washington, April For New England
Fair tonight and Friday, northeastcrly
winds
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1897-10-15
"A Sew Receives the First SHOT.

Let anti-Semites question Jewish patriotism; the
Jew by tradition is always to be found in the front
rank of patriots The Service ofIsraetish Soldiers
on the Day of Atonement, Encamped Before Metz in
1870" which, thanks to the camera can be seen in
many a Jewish home, furnishes striking illustration
Of Jewish patriotism The first soldiers who stormed
Plevna were not Russians, but Roumanian Jews!
Now comes hero of Corfu, the Jewish soldier Gu
seppe Nissan. The list Of the Minister of War at
Athens puts our coreligionst, Giuseppe Nissan, as
the first wounded soldier from Turkish cannon
His leg had to be amputated. During his conhne
ment in the hospital at Athens Queen Olga and
Crown Princess Sophia appeared frequently at his
bed with refreshments and comforting words. Giu-
seppe Nissan will be enrolled the royal pension
list. The other Jewish soldiers of Corfu who were
wounded the battlefield scattered in the mill
tary hospitals of Arta, Eprus. Though there are
but few thousand Jews in the kingdom of Greece,
yet the honor of the first shot has been reserved to
one of their number "-
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1897-10-15
Il Strange Lawsuit.

remarkable lawsuit, interesting also to Jewish
congregations in this country says the Jewish Spec
tator, is now pending before a supreme tribunal of
the duchy of Baden, Germany. A Jewish lady asked
Jewish congregation to bury her husband in their
cemetery, he having lived and died as Jew and hav-
ing requested Jewish burial The ofthe deceased,
convert to Christianity, also joined his mother in
her request Several years after the interment had
been made the widow also became converted to
Christianity, and she then asked permit from the
Hebrew congregation to transfer the remains of her
husband to the cemetery belonging to Christian
denomination. The trustees of the Jewish congrega-
ton refused to grant the permit, because they held
that they were the guardians of the rights of the
dead as well as of the living.
The deceased had requested Jewish burial and the
congregation duty bound to resist the transfer
he would have done himself if death would not
have deprived him of the power to do so. The widow
appealed to the district court Bezrksamt) and her
appeal was sustained The congregation, however,
transmitted reoinder and appealed the to the
Ministry of Ecclesiastical affairs (Cultus) which is
the highest authority in such matters. No decision
has been rendered yet.
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1897-10-15
THE JEWISH SOUTH.

is deaf and dumb and black. He here from
New Haven, and is trying to accumulate enough
money to go back to Africa. If he is what he repre-
sents himself to be, and what he claims true, he
is quite an interesting character. He carries pad
of paper with him and pencil and all ques
tions by writing them in Hebrew and Loschen Kho-
dish. What nctes the most wonder is that he
writes Loschen Khodish very rapidly 1t is the
language of the books of Noses and is made spe
cal study of, spoken and written with only by
the rabbs and highly educated Hebrews.
This negro sent to one of the rabbs OF Hart
ford, who is perfectly satisfied that he is Hebrew.
He says that he came from a large town in Africa,
where there are a tribe of about 10000 black He
brews who speak Loschen khodish and quite
prosperous He also says that his father is rabbi
in that town, and that is why his father took the
trouble to teach him to write these languages, which
needed extra amount of labor account of his
being deaf and dumb He says his people do not
only write Loscen khodish, but it is their speaking
language well. He left home few years ago, and
has a good deal of the world In each town he
hunts up the Jewish section, and there they give him
clothes, food and money. HI is homesick, and
intends to go back to Africa soon he gets
money enough. He showed some money which they
had collected for him at New Haven What surprises
him, he writes is that no Hebrew knows ofhis coun-
trymen in Africa. -HartfOrd COurant.
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1897-10-15
BIaek Deaf ano Dumb Wonoer.

There has been in this city for the last few days
young African negro who claims to be Hebrew He
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1897-10-15

NoTEThe Hebrew day begins with the sunset of the day
preceding the corresponding common date
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1897-06-03

Or ANYTHING in the line of CEMETERY
WORK? Send your orders to Mr.. |. D.
Rams, at MartbayilIe, La, representing
the Rosebr0ugh l.onument Company. of
ST. Louis BIO. nov 70
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1897-06-03

40 acres not described. and movables
State Sic, interest Sc. parish LIZ, notice
Zoe Cost of advertisement to be add
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-29
The Heather.

with apologies to Rudyard Kipling)
The heather in his folly eats anything that's
He doesn't try to choose the food that science
says he she should; and ,voarv o+ four-soora
And what most soreiy vexes him is that he can't
eat then.
Keep away from pickles, keep away from
Keep away from cabbage, cornheld peas and
Never eat q thing that's sweet. and always
And thus you'u save your intellect from grow
ing stale and old.
The heather has three meals day and some
times one at night,
-ie right;
He rises in the morning and hears his hunger
He never heard that science proves it isn't there
Keep away from breakfast. keep away from
Keep away from lunches, wherever they may
Never let your midday meal be either large
And every morsel you may take. be careful
The heather drinks the water that bubbles from
He thinks that If it slakes his thirst it is the
He'll kiss his Sweetheart the lips instead of
Ard moi suspect that he commits scientific
Keep away from pollywogs. angle-worms and
flies
Keep away from insects of every sort and
size.
Never breathe a mcrobe in unless you cough
him out,
For he may have the chicken-pox, the measles
and the govt.
The heather fills his system with deadly drugs
and weeds,
He works until he's tired and rests more than
he needs:
He sets his brain in action when it should be in
repose,
Ard then ne adds dyspepsia to his many other
woes.
Keep away from appetite. keep away from
thirst
These of all the foes on earth to science are
the worst,
Keen away from exercise. keep away from
thought.
And YOU will live until you die II you're not
sooner caught
Norfolk (Va) Landmark
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-29
THE SUMMER WHOEVER.
He Fares First on the Fat of the Land,
Then Tapers of.


He stopped by one morning while on his
way down town and offered little Mrs.
Stay-at-Home, on the same block, a bunch
of late summer roses, picked in his own
garden which, he explained, like every
thing else about the house. was going to
pieces during the mistress absence
The recipient Of the roses, knowing the
donor to be a summer widower of at least
two months standing, took pity upon his
fOrlorn condition.
and when the summer widOwer admitted
that it would take a half hours trolley
ride at least to put him within the range of
even a cup of coffee. little Mrs. Stay-at
Home decided to cater to his loneliness and
morning appetite herself.
Come right in and have breakfast with
us. 1t Is Just ready" she suggested. The
alacrity with which this invitation was ac-
cepted did not quite satisfy her housewife
ly misgiyings. for she remarked 1Is "a. as she
trifle afraid to entertain q summer wild
over; I'm so certain you've been breakfast
ing, lunching and dining in the SWEETEST
hotel style ever since your wife left town.
The summer widower smiled enigmati-
cally. Then pitching his voice to a con-
fidential tone he answered: Don't you
for the summer widower. but eating isn't
one of them, at least not for the fellow
whose finances are on the pinch. III tell
''Wife leaves town with the children.
House is shut up Husband is expected to
sleep there and take his meals down town.
best restaurants in town and tackles the
finest dishes on the menus.
I.ong about the second week appetite
and finances dwindle. He begins the day
with breakfast, of course, but finds that
he can easily cut luncheon. A useless ex-
pense and really only a midday gorging
'aThe third week he abandons his high
priced restaurants and goes to a second
class feeding establishment where the
prices are more of an incentive than the
cooking.
by this time his. dinners have sim
mered down from full course affairs to
any old thing calculated TO stave off
starvation.
And tinally''-here the summer wild
over. pensively eyed the nosegay adjoining
the center of the breakfast table" finally
he resorts to plucking the roses in his back
yard as brides to his neighbors for a square
meal"
''He is quite welcome. I am sure" re-
sponded little Mrs. Stay~atHome, handing
him a second cup of coffee, but just a bout
this time it strikes me- his wife had better
return" And the summer widower said he
thought so too.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-29
Lntter-Dny IsrneIites.

w. T. Larned, in Lippincott.
Liberal as one may be in considering the
Mormon as Il citizen, you cannot escape the
curious interest aroused by his religion.
select religion from all the expressions of
his life because you cannot treat him in
teligently apart from it. l doubt if there
be any other class of people speaking the
English language whose every action Is so
intimately bound up with its belief in
spiritual things. The Bible or the Book
of Mormon. or the Doctrine and CoVen-
ants" as at the bottom of all he does. In
body he belongs TO the nineteenth century ;
in spirit he holds close communion with the
Israelites of old. No shrine or relic is need
ed to excite his devotion. He walks among
miracles. Cures of the flesh are affected
by prayer, and Instantly; obstacles are re-
moved. dangers aVerted, foes disarmed, ma
terial assistance rendered, through divine
interpretations IL is the faith that would
move mountains and marvel not.
Some men find comfort in philosophy:
misfortune fills others with a fierce pride
that is their strength. But the children Of
Nephl seek analogy and example in the
things which befell their ancestors in Egypt
and Arabia. The alkali pools of the Ameri-
can desert are yet less bitter than the
waters Of Marah. When the gushing foun-
tain stakes their thirst no visible Noses
no actual rod. is needed to confirm the
divine source Of the relief. The buffaloes
which satisfy a desperate hunger took no
accidental trail in their passage over the
plains. 1t was the Lord that put them in
the path of the saints.
Is this sincere, or bred of affection? Ask
some one who reads the hearts of men, l
see onl. the signs that l see.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-29

They shine most brilliantly by contrast
with their detractors who belong, in my
opinion, to the most dangerous elements of
the race l do not doubt that the leaders
OF the Zionist movement are willing TO get
along without the cooperation of those
I9bbls, and fnanciers, and millionaires
Ihey probably wish to build up their new
coihmonwealth with more solid and desir-
able elements. But let the Jewish state once
De called INTO existence. and II Is only a
question Of time when the Christian gov
ernmentS, as a last and supreme resort in
the lace or q threatening revolution, Will
obIige all their Jewish subjects to seek
refuge in Palestine. Perhaps 1t is this fsar
which underlies the savage opposition TO
Or. Herzls scheme within the camp of
Judaism itself ] can understand the mil
lOnaireS and the WSll-paid rabbis prefer
ring to remain where they are
As showing that the belief in an eventual
appeal to arms as q result of the prevailing
unbearable economic conditions, and which
are popularity ascribed to Jewish abuse of
power, is not confined TO the anti-Semites
or France | need but quote the recent
words of DR.. Carl Lueger. mayor of Vienna,
to correspondent of a Paris paper
Let the Jews beware he says II the
war we are now waging upon them in
fair and open manner should, through their
action. degenerate into one of ambushes
and ambuscades my moderate debonnalre
and law-respecting methods Will then cease
and other men will come to the helm who
will impart to our movement very differ
ent character indeed. If the Jews desire
TINS let them proceed in their present
AS an unbiased outsider it seems to me,
IN the light of the above expose, that the
Hebrews of the United States enjoying the
benefits of our Constitution and strong in
the feeling of security which is impaired to
them by the protecting arm of the law can
we'll afford to lay aside their petty preju-
dices and lend helping hand to the. suffer
ing brethren over the ocean. Belittling the
DISTINGUISHED efforts of such men as Herzl
and Nordau. impugnng their motives,
sneering at their methods, exhibiting a mar
row sectarian spirit in a question involving
the welfare and future of millions of their
less fortunate co-religiOnists-surely this
cannot be defended on any grounds what
ever. 1t is in distinct contradiction to the
true spirit of Judaism-to the teachings of
the. synagogue from the days of Moses
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-29
The woman Question in Samoa.

John II. Wagner. in Harper's Magazine
The ''Taupo" Is always a young and
good-looking girl. generally the daughter or
adopted daughter OF the chief. She is chos-
ell Maid of the Village" and main
tanned by contributions levied from all the
inhabitants, who supply her with food
clothing (the latter not a heavy or expen-
sve item) and a large wel-built house, in
which she is expected TO dispense hOspi-
tahty to all important visitors. Three or
four attendants are always with her. whose
duty it is not only to serve her but to keep
a Watchfu eye upon her and see that she
never strays from the path of propriety
she being destined eventually to wed some
great chief. On the ceremony taking place,
the village to which the bridegroom be-
longs must make an Offering OF valuable
mats. large quantities of food and various
kinds of property to the village of which
she is the maid so that. apart from any
considerations of abstract morality, she is
looked upon a valuable asset, and is
guarded accordingly Should she however,
yield 10 the destinations Of some hand
some young manaia dandy. her hair is
cropped short. she is stripped of her sim
pie fnery. and degraded 10 the post of at
tcndant on the more prudent virgin who
may be chosen as her successor. on the
other hand the young blood plumes him
self on his conquest, and the more adVen-
lures of the kind he can boast of. the more
highly he is considered. Thus. though the
less cuipab Bile OF the two, she woman has to
make all the sacrifice and bear all the pun
ishment so that in this matter at least the
savage Is quite in touch with the humane
sentiments Of civilization
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-29
A Successful Book Club.
New York Times

New Ork 1lmeS.
An excellent idea to copy for towns and
villages which lack the essentials of a good
circulating library is the plan which has
been in successful operation in Yonkers
for nearly twenty-four years. This is the
Yonkers Book Club. which is really a cir
culatng travelling library, limited, however
to the members of the club and their fam
lilies. In 1874 a number of ladies met to de-
wise some system of acquiring the benefits
of a circulating library sadly lacking in
Yonkers at that time The result was the
Book Club composed Of twenty-four mem
bers. One of these Is the librarian and at
the first of the year she gives to each MEM
Der two books recently published, OF recog-
niZed merit in fiction. history art or other
departments of literature. and these in
turn are forwarded in regular order TO the
other members on the LIST and 18th days of
Zach month. New books of especial interest
are added during the year, so that about
sixty volumes are kept in constant circula-
ton. So successful has the Book Club been
and so ably managed that it's membership
could be more than doubled but the orig
iual number is adhered TO- and new MEM
bers are only received when vacancies Oc-
cur.
Only three families of the founders are
now represented in the club. Miss Caroline
a. Walsh, one of the active organizers was
the first librarian. She held the post for
three years, and then Miss Anna w War
rem took it and ably fulfilled it's duties for
eighteen years, and upon her retirement. In
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-29

of the card is the word Dancing or ''Alu-
Sic, then you respond in the third person,
saying: Miss Smith accepts with pleasure
the kind invitation of Mrs Dash for Thurs
vitation be sure to put in the exact day on
which the affair Will be given, so that the
hostess will know that you understand il
clearly. In answering a dinner or luncheon
invitation add the hour as well, for your
hostess must understand that you are so
Wei informed that you VIII not be that
dread, late arrival So, In answer TO
dinner invitation write: Miss Smith ac-
CeptS with pleasure Mrs. DaShS kind inVl-
tation TO dine with her on Thursday even
ing, Sept. %, at o'clock Never make the
mistake of combining in a tier the third
and first persons. No matter how intimate
you are with d friend, answer her invita-
tons promptly You viii make a great mis-
take If, after receiving an invitation to
some elaborate affair. you do not trouble
TO answer it, but drop in to see your friend
and say Well, Mary, you know, OF course,
that l am coming"
Never. because you have read para
graph saying it was fashionable, be induced
to use fancy inks. Good black ink, which
tries the eyes of no one, l. IS fashionable
to-day as it was when used by the ola
monks in writing their woutarful missals.
Ii does not pay to put OF VI ting letters
till within a few minutes ~ II time.
letter properly worded, writer - black
ink on good paper, speaks o. II as
woman of culture, whereas a lcr>' written
in haste on ruled and mt. D1r , iolded
many times to tit too small pn envelope,
filled with ill-spelled W or'ls miX ed-up
sentences, announces yHI as careless
woman. Your letter, like your dress, is part
Of yourself; it expresses even more than
your toilet, for it tells Of your intelligence.
So let your representative in black ana
white say, not only TO its recipient but even
TO the strangers through whose hands IL
passes, Il come from refined and thought
full gentleWDman.'