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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-19
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This newspaper publishes official
advertising of the GOVERNMENT
OF THE UNITED STATES, of the
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, OF
the CITY OF PROVIDENCE and
of several TOWNS.
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And II is Wanted Quickly for the Potato
Patches Chip In Everybody!

That the call for potato patch contribu-
tions are beginning To meet with popu-
lar response is Indicated by the receipt Of
NUMBER of subscriptions for modest
amounts. Anything from cent up il
most acceptable.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-19

The May magazine number of The
Outlook has half n dozen illustrated
articles, and great variety OF other read
ing matter. Mr.. Justin McCarthy's
"~tory OF Gladstone's Life deals largely
with Gladstone's visit to Greece I'm 1855,
and much of IL Is pertinent To- the pres.
ent international situation. Charles
Wagner, the famous author Of Youth.
writes of Paris In the Higher Lifo Of
European Cities;" the accompanying
pictures are many and fine. Mrs. Arthur
NJ. Dodge tells of the development of
the Day Nursery Idea. Mr. Charles II.
Crandall In "A Quest OF Gray Shingles,
writes plcasirgly Of quaint old houses
and several of these houses are here pic
tured In lighter literature u strong
story by Octave Thanet. some dialect
poems by Paul Dunbar, the negro poet,
and an appreciatlve article upon Henry
van Dyke and his work are prominent
features
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The latest society item is to the effect
that Broker Chapman is passing few
weeks as the guest Of the nation, in Jail.
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MARRIED.

PUTNAM-IONES-l Mount Vernon, n.
Y, at the home OF Mr. Richmond Boards.
ley, April "a, by Rev. Mr.. Rosy. Willard
Pntnam and Helen Jones, both Of How.
ard IL. 1.
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The American De Gras and Chemical Co.
have offered % tons OF fertilizer Tor the
patches.
Mr.. Walter c. Bolles has been secured for
superintendent OF the farming.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-19

Successful business depends largely
upon Intelligent buvIng and selling. The
News great self Educator Fcatue will
furnish many u~cful suggestion IN the
school boy, business woinan-or business
man.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-19

The which, without any hesitation, the
postmaster dropped into The News box
and went right along sorting tho mail.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-19

The compliments of The News 10 Post
master Hayward He is person of dis
tinguishod powers of discrimination.
This fcrenoo II, while engaged in his
daily task of sorting tho mail for the
citizens of Providence he came across an
humble postal card addressed ~ follows:
Editor Of the Leading Newspaper,
Providence,
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HO.GSinYOur Health.

What does that mcanl Sup
pose you are taking in money
all day, and drop it into
pocket with holes F; YOU will
find yourself a loser instead Of
n gamer by the day's business.
Same with your health. You
eat and drink and sleep, vet
lose instead Of gain strength.
There's a hole in your health.
Some blood disease, probably,
sapping your vitality. You
can't begin, too soon, TO take
the great blood purifier,
(. Ayers SarsapsriIla.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-19

"Within 30 days after the future OF Cuba
was assured by Its being placed under our
protection or authority. you would see
thousands of americans going there TO
begin business operations. Cuba would
blossom like rose We need some such
outlet for our young men, we need just
such a field for investment, for enterprise
and for commerce. Make Cuba free or give
her settled government, and her trade
with the United States would quickly run
up TO the hundreds Of millions Of dollars
year. II would bc n grent stroke for the
United States. and should not be sur
priscd 90 see Il accomplished within year
or 80. Mark the prediction that several
chapters Of history will be- written during
the lifetime of this administration. "
WALTER wEILyAS.
Evening journal., 1897-09-15
MisrneIIing a TIlstorlc Name.

Through the blunder of some un-
known person, committed years ago, q
glaring piece of inexcusably poor spell
ing is still on view in the finance COM
mittee room in the city hall, and is the
subject Of much unfavorable comment
by historical scholars The portrait of
Rev. Henry Augustus,M ,MuhlenlOerg hung
for many years in Independence hall
as a tribute to the preaeher-patriot's
services during the revolution, with his
name beneath it spelled "Henery Muhl-
enburg." The same egregious errors
are now visible in the city hall. Rev.
Henry Augustus Muhlenburg was one
of the first Lutheran ministers in this
country. On one occasion he carried a
gun into his pulpit at Reading, and at
the conclusion of the services invited
all his male parishioners to follow him
TO Valley Forge, which they did. DR..
Muhlenburg was also the first speaker
of the house of representatives of the
United States after the constitution was
adopted in 1888, and his name isat least
worthy of sufficient remembrance TO
bespelled correctly.-Philadelphia Rec
| ord.
Evening journal., 1897-09-15
SUCCESSFUL CoLoRED MEN.

The brilliant success i'm London OF the
colored poet Dunbar has It's counter
part. or complement, in the hardly less
brilliant success in Paris of the cclored
artist, Tanner The latter has achieved
that goal OF artistic ambition, picture
i'm the Salon. The negro can excel with
the brush, no less than with the pen OF
the poet.
The whole round is now very nearly
reached by the isolated instances OF
success in the higher walks of life. The
colored men OF this country can point
to examples of prominence in many
ways. Chicago has to-day a colored
lawyer who numbers great corporations
among his clients. and who is highly
respected by the bench and bar and If
all the colored men OF the country who
have won success in one way or another
were assembled around one common
centre the array would be astonishing
A few days ago il was announced that
wealthy colored man in the cotton
belt was about to build and run cot
ton mill, employing only colored peo'
pie, except a few white men at hrst t1
run part of the machinery. His idea Il
to give the colored people a chance a
that great industry. That mill, II prop
erly run, will be a kind of universit!
extension to the Tuskegee Institute @
Booker T. Washington. Failure in tina
! enterprise would be a general mistor
tune. especially for the colored people
Among the successful miners return
ed from Klondyke is a colored man
konce a plantation slave, and now tina
he has come back rich. he proposes I
buy the old plantation. The famil
which once owned him is now poor, an
he proposes to make the family a pres
ent Of IL in gratitude for kind treatmen
when he was a chattel. Every success
ful colored man contributes by his sue
cess to the betterment of the colore
race and the removal Of the racial pre-.
udice which makes it so hard for a ma
of color to rise in this country.-Ch
cago Inter-Ocean.
Evening journal., 1897-09-15

is not improbable also that they talk
through their hats.-Philadelphi
Press.
We are at but the beginning of a
period Of activity and prosperity that
may perhaps exceed in the next few
years the very best years that the coun-
try has ever known.-Atlanta Journal.
The Ameer of Afghanistan has un-
doubtedly been making a study OF the
Abdul Hamid system of diplomacy
New York Journal.
The latest and most trustworthy adj
vices from the Klondyke go to show
that it's a splendid place to stay away
from-Atlanta Journal.
Is that Arkansas pearl fishery a new
species Of shell game?-Allegheny Rec
ord
Klondyke gold and anglers fish re-
semble each other in one particular
they weigh more in the stories than in
the scales.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Whewl The hotel board bill for the
eleven colonial premiers during the
Jubilee was $4,000. The gentlemen
must have enjoyed themselves.-Boston
Herald
Evening journal., 1897-09-15
CONTEMPORARY OPINION

HANDLING THE GOLD IN SEATTLE
The bulk OF the gold brought down
by the Portland was shipped away yes
terday to San Francisco and Helena,
but a considerable amount OF it found
its way into commercial channels of
this city through the process of melt
ing down into bars and its purchase by
the banks. All day long yesterday
Joseph Mayer was casting bricks, and
the process was as simple as that OF
the same application to running OFF a
lot of ploughshares or firebacks for
stoves, only indefinitely more interest
ing.
The casting was done in the shops
fronting on Cherry street, and during
the day about 100000 was handled. In
the Second avenue window of the con-
Germ was a pan containing $1,000 worth
Of dust and nuggets, and a curious
crowd pressed around the yellow dis
play until Il was finally removed, TO be
converted into a bright lump about
nine or ten inches long, three-eights of
an inch thick and three inches wide.
These pieces were worth LOO each.
The room where all this casting was
done was blisteringly hot. 1t was above
the main floor of the wholesale depart
ment. The floor is covered with iron.
Along one side are canOpies of iron
that look like the tops Of bakers ovens.
These canopies may be closed in front,
and they rest on platforms Of iron in
which are countersunk the places for
the reception of the crucibles. The fuel
is gas and air under pressure. 1t at
taclSs the vessel OF clay in which The
plumbago crucibles repose with a roai
that can be heard a block away. "A
faint glow at first colors the clay pot
over which has been placed a cover
also Of clay; then 1T becomes red anc
then white, while greenish and blue
flames play all around ~ 1t is neces
sary to turn off the blast before th'
crucibe can be looked into, so fierce
is the heat. Down in the bottom of The
white mass there is a line that indi
Gates where the gold ends and the YES
sci begins. When 1t has become a homo
geneous compound, by an instinct borI
of experience the operator lifts tn
cover; then the blast Is Withdrawn.
pair Of tongs lifts another cover from
the crucible itself, and then the mol
is lifted into a pan standing on tn
iron platform. The tongs are brough
into requisitiOn and the crucible j
turned above the mold. A thick Tip o
red metal protrudes itself, and from un
der It. in a thin. white stream. runs IN
gold into the iron mold. A thick clou'
OF vapor arises from the contact of tn
melted gold and the grease with whicl
The mold has been smeared. by thi
time the clamps are loOsened, the brio
{ has set and Is lifted, a black and unat
tractive rectangle. into a basin q
water It is soon cooled and is scrub
bed with a brush and soap. Then
, looks nct unlike so much brass. 1t
cleaned thoroughly, the dirt that ma
have been mixed with it is remove
5 and the bar is weighed. That is a
that there is to it, When the dust an
: nuggets are brought in they are simpl
turned into the crucible; the rest of Oh
process is described above. The ban
s are all stamped -. NJ. & B. in a doze
n places on both sides. and the paying fC
l it completes the deal.-Seattle Pcs
e. Intelligencer.
Evening journal., 1897-09-15
.HnMRuG GovERNMENr.

In view of the proceedings OF the Re
publican president and of Congress dur
ing the past six months, one can but
wonder how much humbug in their ma
tional government the people OF the
United States will stand?
Congress Is called together in extra
session to provide increased revenue for
the government. The need o. such
revenue is declared to be so pressing
that the measure must be pushed
through at once without discussion, and
It is pushed through the House in two
weeks and before half Of the bill has
been read to that body
In the Senate there is more delay, but
the authors Of the bill refuse to debate
It., on the ground that debate takes
time After the measure has been
passed there is a bigger deficiency than
ever; nevertheless. the party RESPONSE
BILE for the bill declares that it has ac-
complished all that is needed, because
revenue will be sufficient by and by.
The president sends a message to
Congress insisting that the country de-
mands improvement in It's currency
and that legislation in this direction is
OF the greatest Importance. The only
reform he proposes is the appointment
OF a commission to study the subject ol
currency reform in the period before
the next session Of Congress.
Evidently such suggestion would
be OF no value unless It were carried
out by the Congress to which the mes
sage was sent; but the sending OF thu
message was purposely delayed unit
the last day Of the session, when i
would obviously be impossible to ac
on IL.
OF course, II the American people lik
this sort of government they can hav
It, Indeed they will have it as long a
they are willing to put up with It, 1t
easier for politicians to pretend to carr
out measures Of reform than to carr
them out.
Evening journal., 1897-09-15
soCIAL AND PERSONAL NOTEs


Miss Regina X Finn. of this city,
is visiting the family of James ID. Lind
say, Of Philadelphia.
Miss Julia A. Carroll and Miss Agnes
V. Mines, Of St. Patrick's parish. Jes'
terday entered the convent at Glen
Riddle.
Miss Margie Lofland, OF near New
Castle, has returned home after visit
of several weeks in this city.
Misses Mabel X. Watson and Julia n.
Lofand left to-day for "trip through
the state.
Miss Jean Clark, of Philadelphia, is
visiting her sister, Mrs ]. Bail Pierce,
for week.
]. Jackson Pierce is able to be oui
again.
Captain Philip Reybold is threatened
with typhoid fever, and there is talk OF
calling in a consulting physician.
Miss Mayme Atkins and H. "A. Sent
man have returned home from an ex'
tended visit 20 relatives in Milton.
Walter Morris. cashier of the Farm
ers' Bank, Dover, was in town this
morning.
Mrs. Reese. of Elkton, Md, is visit
ing the Misses Miller, on Rodney street
City Tax Collector Edmund Mitchell
and family are home from RehObOth.
Street and Sewer Director William
simmons and family, who have beei
cottaging at RehOboth, are home again
Willard Mears expects to accept pc
sition in Pittsburg.
Woodburn Martin, of Georgetown
was in town this morning
William E. Snyder is in Elmira, n. y
e. b. T. Springer has returned froi
Dover
T.. NJ. Cooper. Of Philadelphia. ger
eral manager for the Pennsylvania, Ne
Evening journal., 1897-09-15
DONKEY, DOG AND GOAT.
The Three Great sights of n Trans
continental journey.

The Three Great sights of n Trans
continental Journey.
"The three oldest things that ever
saw outside Of New York." said q New
Yorker who had gone overland to Den
ver and returned by water by way Of
Galveston. were a donkey, dog and Il
goat. The donkey had the native pow
er of the single bob-tail car that goes
up the Aill on South Broadway. Denver.
lie was an amusing fellow. After |
made my first trip up that steep hill.
/ was astonished to see the conductor
unhich the donkey and put him aboard
the car. The dashboard was fitted up
as n sort of stall, and he stood there
sideways, when the car started back
down the hill urder its own impetus.
The donkey's face took on delighted
expression as he found himself in the
role Of passenger. lie really seemed to
be grinning at the conductor and the
passengers.
saw the dog as wGs about to enter
the Tabor opera house in Denver. The
dog was called Bill. ard he was part
of the outfit Of a cigar store in the opera
house building. He was q black span
iel. lie was rugged up in zouave trou-
scrs and jacket trimmed with gold
braid, and had a tasselcd fe2 on his
head, and spectacles on his nose. The
oldest thing about him was that he sat
on his launches. with his paws in the
air, actually smoking a cigarette like
confirmed cigarette fiend. found that
he had been trained to smoke the Gig
arettes while the audience was going
into the theater as an advertisement CT
his owners business. That was the
first time had ever seen a.dog smoking.
II made the acquaintance of the goat
in n tobacco factory in Key West. There
were 200 Cuban girls there. nearly all
of them pretty and all of them smokers
or chewers of tobacco. The goat was
their particular pet. He was the biggest
/ goat l ever saw, almost as large as a
Shetland pony, with big branching
horns and perfectly tame. He playfully
butted the girls or pranced around
among them. fNs best trick. however.
was the larceny of their dinner baskets.
lie used to go nosing around until he
found a particularly choice luncheon.
He would knock over the basket. seize
the lunch and dash out doors with it.
1 No amount of chastisement had ever
broken him of the trick. OF course i
saw wonderful scenery in the journey,
but the donkey and the dog and the
goat were by long odds the most inter
csting living things that l encoun-
| tered N. Y. Sun.
Evening journal., 1897-09-15
NoRWAY.s voTIMa LAvs.
IL Is the Most Liberal Of Any COun
try I'm the World.

IL Is the Most Liberal of Any COun-
try I'm the World.
The odelsthing, the Norwegian equiv
alent of a lower house, has passed the
bill granting the right of franchise to
Norwegion citizens temporarily resid-
ing abroad. If the lagthing indorscs
this action Norway will enjoy the dis
tfnction Of having the most liberal vot-
ing laws of any country in the word.
Although the bill has in view chiefly
Norwegian sailors. its provisions are
not restricted TO this class, as was
at first supposed.
It's main features arc as follows: The
voter must first prove that he has not
been away from Norway longer than
three years before the election day, and
the ballot must not be cast longer than
three months before the election. The
ballot need not contain the names of
the candidates. but must not be cast
longer than three months before the
election. The ballot must be made out
in the name of the party.
BY all but members Of crews OF Nor
wegian ships the voting must be in the
presence of the local Norwegian con
sui. the excepted class voting on board
ship before the captain. This would
seem to exclude all Norwegian sailors
on foreign vessels who are unable &c
appear before q consul within the pre-.
scribed time. II is not at all certain
the bill will pass the upper house, as
considerable opposition has arisen be
cause OF the increased facilities fol
fraudulent voting offered by it.--N. Y
Post
Evening journal., 1897-09-15

Jersey and Delaware district of the
Wheeler and Wilson Sewing Machine
Manufacturing Company, was the
guest Of William f. Smalley, Jr., to-
day
Miss Mary Cause has returned from
Ashland.
Alexander Johnson Barron has re-
turned to Lawrenceville School, where
he is preparing himself for Princeton
College.
Charles II. Sasse was in Philadelphia
on business last evening.
Calvin Turner has gone to Fort
Wayne for an indefinite stay.
Mrs. Kate Zimmerman will leave
for Omaha tomorrow and make hel
home there with her sons, Elmer anC
George zimmerman.
Evening journal., 1897-09-15
speciaI Excursions next Satur-

Special Excursions next Satur-
day, September rs, and Sunday,
September 10. via the Pennsyi-
vania Railroad from Whining
ton:
Atlantic City special train, Sat
urday, 8. 10 p. m; Sunday, 2 and
o.42 a. III. Round Trip rate 81. 90.
Annapolis special train, S.45
a. m. Sunday. Round Trip rate
Soc.
Baltimore and Washington
special train, at 9 a. m. Sunday.
Round Trip rate soc. 10 Baltimore,
and Round Trip rate TO Washing
ton, 81. SO.
Evening journal., 1897-09-15
A MURDERoUs ASSAULT.

Nelson Morgan, white, of Crumpton,
Md, a peddler of sweet potatoes, was
found in the road near Middletown last
night with his throat and head badly
cut. 1t was learned that he had left
town with two negroes, one of whom
named Bell was arrested by Constable
Crockett after a good deal OF trouble
The negro declares that Morgan S
wounds, which are not fatal. were re-
ceived by the upsetting of a wagon.
Evening journal., 1897-09-15
FUNERAL OF MRS. BANNING.

The funeral Of Mrs. Emily e. Ban
ming. wife Of Henry G. Banning, presi-
dent of The National Bank of Della
ware, who died after a long illness
from paralysis. took place this morn
ing at IL O'Clock. Services were con-
Quoted at her home at Oak and Broome
streets by Rev. Lafayette Marks. In
terment was made in Wilmington and
Brandywine Cemetery Mrs. Banning
was one of the most prominent women
of the city. She was president of the
Society of Colonial DANES, and took an
active part in church work.
Evening journal., 1897-09-15
WEDNESDAY. SEPT. Is, 1897.
SOME PRAIsEwoRTHY WORK.

The accomplishment Of the two big
railroad systems-the Pennsylvania
and the Baltimore and Ohio-in carry
ing to and fro through this city some
10000 excursionists last Sunday and the
Sunday before, without a single mis-
hap, is certainly worthy Of praise from
a business standpoint.
1t is always more difficult to handle
a crowd of reckless pleasure-seekers
than the sober, mechanical traffic OF
everyday commuters or long-distance
tourists, and yet for the past two Sun
days thousands Of these greater risks
nave been carried at a 50-mile rate to
and from the principal resorts and mu-
nicipalites within radius OF 100 miles.
This all goes to prove that every man
employed by these great concerns has
attended to his duty and is helping to
operate the enterprise from which he
draws his livelihood as II it were one
great clock keeping perfect time. Dis
patcher, track-walker, engineer, block
signal man and even the crossing gate
man has contributed in these two great
days Of railroading.
One cannot help noticing these facts
OF modern enterprise coming so soor
after the shocking biunders of las
week in the great West. On roads
where 10000 persons would scarcely b'
carried in a week or ten days. nearly
forty lives were snuffed out beside the
scores Of limbs manned for life
Both the disaster on the Grand June
tion division and that two days later, a
Emporia, were directly the results O
criminally careless employees. It is tn
Western idea 10 rush ahead at what
ever cost, but this policy will not hol
water in modern railroading.
Evening journal., 1897-09-15
KENNARD co
Our Dress
Goods
Departme ent.

For weeks and
months we have been
searching the markets
for all the newest and
best in Dress Goods,
our efforts have been
rewarded by our be-
ing able to place
before this communi-
.ty the bandsomest
and mosS exclusive
line Of Plain and Nov
city effects we have
ever shown. Many
STYLES contain but a
single dress pattern
and cannot be dupli-
Gated in this market.
Evening journal., 1897-09-15
TROUBLE OYER GARBAGE.

Shan DOugherty is in trouble with
the women on King street. He was
sick last week and failed to get out his
garbage The Board of Health sent
men there and they found six barrels of
refuse in an advanced state of decay.
While they were removing it one OF the
barrels burst and since then the people
in the neighborhoOd, particularly the
women, have been wishing that they
had been born without noses.