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The Van Buren press., 1897-03-06
re azHurlrul IN FuRs.
somsthlng Odd fs sable Boas. hoafison
Caoes. Eaehes aad aosettes-

Wherever one goes pleasing novelties
n fur are sure TO be seem The new
fashions are decidedly whimsical. # not
fantastic. The baroarie adornments OF
heads. tails and claws are not 50 eNn-
aofeaous as they were last winter. eoTt-
merits one observer, but the uses T.
which the furs themselves are put are
decidedly novel. we have garments
trimmed with fur rueacs and eaPes and
Jackets ornanlented with fur rosettes,
and even flaming choux, with long
broad ends.
4 novelty ia a boa Of sable has no
suggestion Of cape, the straight ehoker
simply twiniHg over IN fiaring wings
about the ears. Under the chin is
wide bow of the fur. passed through a
heavy buckle of mock jewels. and the
two long ends that hang to the waist
are finished by sable tails. This same
shape comes in velvet and fur The
ehoser is Of green velvet with fur lining
to the far1ng wings. The bow is made
Of fur confined by velvet strap.
Achic cape Is of moualon. 1t IS finished
all around By a ruche Of black Persian
lamb. The garment IS closed by two
rows of rosettes, connected By loops
ell made of the black skin. Some gar
ments have bunches of claws 1t the
throat in place Of the fur bow, but the
extravagance IS not popular
Some of the short figaros have the
body of fur. with a ruffle OF velvet down
the sides and around the bottom Of the
garment. Either the loose cape sleeve
or the ordinary coat sleeve is used, and
ia Of velvet. Or the idea may De re-
verzed, the fur making the sleeves and
trimming. while the body of the gar
ment is of velvet.
Ostrich feathers are used both for
trimming and for entire short capes.
For instance. a col Of black feathers
has hanging from it a thick fringe of
feather tails that covers the dress almost
to the waist. These tails are graduated
n length and arranged either 70 make
a point front and back or deeper points
over the sleeves. The style is becoming
TO slim figures.
The ''paIetot sac" appears among the
ready-made jackets, but It is extremely
pretty. These garments reach only to
the curve of the hips. and are generally
Of velvet, richly trimmed with Jet, and
have high fur-lined eollars.-S. Y
Sf-n
The Van Buren press., 1897-03-06
Eirst Eeasnn Was Tnnnph.

1--WE made up my mind to one thing, y
said the resolutc-lOoking young man
I'm not going TO the theater this win
ter
"Why?"
For many reasons. In the first
place I can't afford it,; and, If could af-
ford it, I'd probably find the seats all
taken for the play I wanted to see.
And If got seat It would De behind a
girl with a big hat. And il did get to
see the play, I might not Ike it, any
howi''-Odds and ENDS.
The Van Buren press., 1897-03-06
Those Gona eld d..

Lady Of House ito trampJ-Eere's a
piece Of homemade cake for you. my
poor fellow.
Tramp with tears in his eyesl-I
thaukye, my lady, thanl,ye; this re-
minds me Of the days Of old.
(sympatheticallD "Ah, yes. When
5ou were a child. and always had plenty
OF food2'
tsorrowfully) NO, marm; il makes
me think Of the time when ] was break
ng stones in Sing Sing."-Twinkles.
The Dutch settlers CT Manhattan
Island brought tie Holstein breed from
Holland about the beginning Of the
Gst century.
The Van Buren press., 1897-03-06
Pun Paste and pi. Cr,s,

The more puff paste is handled the
better, says a cook, so long as it is man.
aged as carefully as il it were made n
'ulie' and so long as the one principle
to keep the air in-is born in mind.
Eut the less plain pie crust is touched
the better it is. The same cook ad-
Vlses that the under crust common to a
cus'ard pie need not be soggy IL, before
pouring the eustard in. the lower crust
IS brushed over with the white of an
egg beated up with a little water.-Chi-
eaRo Trihnnc
The Van Buren press., 1897-03-06
Robinson Crusoe's Chair.

The chair upon which Daniel De Foe
sat when h. wrote Robinson Crusoe"
is in possession of Mrs. Hannah Nav
Mendenhall, of Hamonton, Pa. The
chair came to her through Elizabeth
Maxwell, who ran away from her horne
in England in 1893 because of the opDo-
sition of her parents to her marriage
She afterNard married Thomas Job
and on the death of her mother the
chair was sent TO her. The father of
Elizabeth Maxwell was an officer under
Cromwell with De Foe. who was his
cousin. When the cause failed De Fo,
went into hiding with Maxwell and
there wrote his famous book sittir.
upon the chair now owned by Mrs Me-
dcnhall.-N. Y. Press
The Van Buren press., 1897-03-06
ELECTRICAL PHENOMENA.
Trees Transformed Into Electric Lights
During a Storm,


The atmosphere during recent great
snow and windstorm at Huron, s. D.,
was heavily charged with electricity.
Telegraph instruments frequently failed
to do the bidding Of the operator, and
q touch Of the stovepipe with an iron
poker or other metallic substance would
result in sending n sharp current mp
the arm and thousands of electric sparks
INTO the room. In different parts OF the
city some queer, yet beautiful, sights
were witnessed. Some small cotton
wood trees presented a very strange
end novel appearance. The trees were
buried in snow almost TO their tops,
but at the. end of each twig on every
branch in sight was an electrical spark
about as large as a common field pea
On taking hold Of twig the spark ex-
tinguished, but on Withdrawing the
hand the spark reappeared. One man
who wore a glove with a hole in the
thumb, took hold Of a twig and the
spark transferred itself to his thumb
and back to the twig when he let go.
There was no shock experienced in
handling the twigs, and the light did
not waver or tremble, but was quite
steady. The trees looked as IL a colony
cf firefies had settled upon them for the
purpose Of an illumination. The sight
wns very novel and beautiful one.-
Cor. Chicago Times Herald.
The Van Buren press., 1897-03-06
Famous aien a. Drunkards.

The question as TO whether great
men are ever druul;ards must be an
swered in the affirmative, though argu-
ment is frequently made 10 the con-
trary. Cato was a hard drinkcr, while
in the language Of one writer, old Ben
johnson was constantly "pickled." The
poet. Savage. used To go on the hardest
kind Of tears" and Rogers observed,
after seeing his own statue: "lt is the
first time have seen him stand straight
for many years" Byron says of Por-
son, the great classical scholar: u can
never recollect him except as druak OF
brutal, and generally both" Keats was
on q spree once that lasted six months.
Horace, Plato, Aristophunes, Euripides,
Alcaeus. Socrates and Tasso. OF the old
timers. and Goethe, Schiller. Addison.
Pitt. Fox, blackstone, Fielding, Stsrne
and Steele were ali hard drinkers al in
Chicago Times Herald.
The Van Buren press., 1897-03-06
The, Voc Al H.

The wiid-eyed gentleman paused and
ooked long and earnestly al the u,tis
"leel Ventilator which was buzzins
around in the window pane bfob ove7
bis bead. Can o. be?~ be askeI he
iiond. Placing ore frrer n hi. -,.-t. Ia.
'2r he closed Die eyss thourhtfpuy for
? second 'A''' b. said. with sieb ~
elief, as he mored on again. IN isr,,
'ae Of mine lcat iromi its place. Tbey'rc
il! there. UIliIe most ucn haa...,', '.'s ~
,ial Tribune. 'illiieI-
The Van Buren press., 1897-03-06
Valuable shrubS.

In winter valuable Towering shrubs
winch need projection should be very
carefully wrapped in straw. They are
often killed by the sap starting in
winter.
me grass that grows In Janevere.
G'o"s the worse for all the year"
Inc same is true of eyeyy plant and
shrub, 1t is desirable they should have
al unoroken rest from growth under
the frost and SNOWY. Y. Tribune.
The Van Buren press., 1897-03-06
Patrick. Absence from Church.

"Mrs. o'Rooney," said Rev. Father Nc
Murphy, why do never see Patrick al
church now2"
Mrs. O'Rooney shook her head sadly
"Is II anarchism ?"
"Warse than thot, your riverenee."
"Is IL atheism?'
"Warse. your riyerence."
"What is il. then?"
Rheumatism" - Pittsburgh Chron
icle-Teiograph.
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IneonPruitv.

The Mississippi river flows up hill.
Its mouth is higher than it's source
that is. farther from the center Of the
earth, on account OF the bulge Of the
earth toward the equator Pittsburgh
Dispatch.
The Van Buren press., 1897-03-06
YeIlou PnlIrIinn

Ofeam three ounces Of butter, add
tnree ounces Of castor sugar, the grated
r.no oil lemon, beat in three eggs. and
sur IN TWO ounces Of flour. When these
lAgredients are well mixed, put them IN
4 creased pudding basin and boil for
y, w. nours. Serve with sweet sauce
Chicago Tribune.
The Van Buren press., 1897-03-06

The Indian buffalo. which, in Hin
dostan, IS The substitute for the do
nestle OK. has horns is iachec in girtb
and tuo 20 fcur feet long.
The Van Buren press., 1897-03-06

-filny speaks Of milk oil" a. a
la' orite article Of food among the Ger.
~@AA He undoubtedly b meant buttsr.
The Van Buren press., 1897-03-06

10 s.i t--'t Europe olive OIL the
L-lirr, all very little
tl-ae OF e-aar ued.
The Van Buren press., 1897-03-06

The old-time bobtoiled mule cars,
now disused in most cities. were about
ten feet in length; the electric cars of
the latest build are from 90 to - fssi.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-02
NEAR RANDOLPH.
Norman Dac0st Shot and :
Killed by George A. S

Gorham. N. H.. Aug'2.-Norman Da-
cost. aged about "a years. and single.
was shot and instantly killed by George
A. Staples at the Perley Low place on tho
piain road eight miles from the Waum-
beck House in Jefferson and four from
the Ravine House In the town OF RAM
dolph late Saturday night. The murder
was probably the outcome OF loEgstand-
Ing trouble at the farm.
The place, In said to have had rather a
questionable reputation, and Staples.
who kept It. had had trouble previously
with Dacost. the latter having been re-
Gently released from the jail at Lancas-
ter. For the past few days Dacost Is
said to have been staying around the
place. and Saturday night tried 10 get
into the house. Staples warned him
away, and this began the trouble. which
ended In bloodshed. 1t Is stated that
during the row Staples picked up a A
caliber rifle. which had been standing
near the door, and fired at Dacost
Three girls. Ethel Varney, Maude
Tibbetts and Emma Knights, and sew
eral men, witnessed the murder. The
sheriff went from here and brought
Staples to this"town, where he is locked
up to await the result OF the coroner's
inquest.
Staples says that his act was done in
eelf-defense. and that he can produce
evidence TO the effect that Dacost had
threatened his life. The body is still at
the farmhouse awaiting the action of
some one In authority to dispose OF It
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-02
TRADITIONS OF BROWN.

Or rather lot us say, better by far to follow
the nobler traditions OF Brown University,
within and without whose walls Francis
Wayland, in protectlonist community.
for SO many years taught without re-
straint the doctrines OF free trade,
In all that we have said In this memo
rial and remonstrance wa have endeavored
10 keep constantly In mind the point of
view of the corporation aud do the fullest
justice TO their motives and their acts.
We have addressed ourselves rather
against arguments and representations
than against any persons. We do not
speak in defense of the presidents finan-
cial views, for nearly all of us are, SO far
as we understand the question. opposed
TO them.
We do not speak because of our personal
regard for him or our admiration Tor tho
great work he has done for tho university
and the sacrifices ne has made in its be-
half In any cause less sacred than that
of freedom of speech and thought we
should NOT hava suokan Mt all
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-02
A HARD QUESTION.

Secondly. is the president of an institu-
tion under obligation tn conform his pub
lilo expressions to the views of it's trustees
or of the community in whcih IL is placedY
1t hos been said In the public prints that
DIR. Andrews has had no right to mis-
represent" the views of tho corporation
or of Rhode Islanders. AS for the corpor-
alton, we do not enter into the question, for
we suppose that that body may at any
time, If it chooses. readily clear itself of
misunderstanding as to It's political views.
But I'm what sense has Ii been obligatory
on DIR. Andrews to represent the com
munityg The community did not elect
him and has had no official relation to
him. If IL Is the duty of the head of q
university, in state like this, to conform
to the political views Of the majority of
it's Inhabitants. what Is his duty in a
doubtful state? Must he whiffle around.
like tho Vicar of Bray, taking care always
TO side with the majority
There are Western state universities
where Just such conformity has been ex-
acted, and the disastrous results are well
known. Ii has not been supposed that
such demands Of political compliance
were made upon the old and well-settled
colleges in the most conservative portion
of the land.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-02
SUMMARY ACTION JUSTIFIED.

As TO the matter of no notice being given
20 owner or occupant, cases are cited that
clearly show tho health authorities have the
right acting under certain statutes, TO act in
n summary manner and seize and conhscate
property. as delays might be dangerous 10 the
public health.
Judge Rogers, in dealing with the claims OF
the appellant that the law is unconstitutional
because she cannot be heard upon the question
Of whether the privy vault Is n nuisance or
not Is held 10 be similar 60 that Of trial un.
der charge Of liquor nuisance where the
party can show that there was no liquor sold
at the place charged. but ~ there were liquors
sold illegally there he cannot show II was not
n nuisance.
The filling Of the vault pending an appeal is
held not To be contrary to any constitutional
right for tho appeal was not affected by the
abatement Of the nuisnce.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-02
THE BELLE HOOPER LOST.

New York. Aug. 2.-Among the passen-
gers who arrived yesterday per the Clyde
line steamer New York from san Do
mlngo ports was Captain Hall and six
shipwrecked sailors OF the American
schooner Belle Hooper, which was lost
July on Silver Cap bank, GO miles
northeast OF Macoris, and became total
loss. The crew were obliged to abandon
the vessel. and after taking To the ships
boat were picked up by the Norwegian
fruit steamer Bratten and landed at
Macoris. when they were sent home by
the United States consul at that port
The Belle Hooper sailed from Ponce, =.
r., for New York with valuable cargo.
consisting of hides. sugar and rum. She
registered S94 tons, was built in East
Boston i'm 1874. and hailed from New
York. She was valued at $4,000, and was
partly insured
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-02
IS SUSTAINED.
Continued from Page 1.
WHERE POLICE POWERS APPLY

Unwholesome trades, slaughter houses.
operations offensive to the senses, the burial
Of the dead, drainage, the deposit of powder
and the building with combustible materials
are some of the many things to which the
police power has been held TO apply.
The question at issue is then, held by his
honor to be n proper one for the constitution
al use of the police power.
The opinion. after reciting the fact that the
only part Of the law in issue in the present
case is whether privy vault can be destroyed
irrespective Of how II is kept goes over very
thoroughly the necessity Of health regulations.
The danger of such rcceptaces as vaults is
considered, and the conclusion Is reached that
the law is clearly within the police power Of
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-02
THE FINAL TEST.

. But we are far from basing tho demon
stration of President Andrews right TO
speak his mind. chiefly upon the financial
Successes Of his administration. A writer
in the Providence Journal declares that
Gin these very practical days of the closi ing
years of the nineteenth century, the final
test Of college president Is his ability to
draw funds toward the treasury of the
institution over which he prcsides'
but those who are accustomed 20 OBJ
serve and reflect upoD the issues OF nni-
versitv education. those who have felt its
value and perceived the real source ot its
power, know we'll that the final test Is
at the end OF the century what itwas Mt
tho beginning Of the century, what 1t has
been In all preceding centuries-the exis-
tcnce or the non. existence of that personal
power which. with money or without
money. can take hold of an institution
and lift it from "A lower TO n higher plane,
which can seize upon the imaginations
and the moral natures of young men and
transform thom into something more
scholarly, and manly, and noble.
No one inquiries whether DIR. Thomas
Arnold IN creased the endowment OF
Rugby. No one holds that the impor.
tanCe uf Benjamin Jowett rs master of
lialliol Is To- bc measured by the amount
of money no collected for his college
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-02
TRUTH AND FALSEH00D.

munity that the public statement OF un-
popular opinion. or opinions judged
erroneous. should bo restrained! The
answer TO the question rests today where
Milton rested 1t in the Areopagitica;
"And though all the winds OF doctrine
were let loose to play upon tho earth, so
Truth DO In the field, we do injuriously
by licensing and prohibiting TO disdoubt
her strength.
"Lct her and Falsehood grapple; who
ever knew Truth put TO the worse la
free and open encounterY To this conh-
dent belief of magnanimous minds, th6t
truth is constantly safe. add the expert
ence Of mankind. That experience mas
shown that no man or body of men Is
wise enough to pick out the doctrines that
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-02
FIREBUGS AT OTTAWA.

Ottawa. Ills, Aug. 2.-The Pioneer Fire
Proof Construction company's plant, the
largest OF this kind in the world, was
partially destroyed by fire yesterday af-
ternoon. entailing loss of 100000. There
Is only partial insurance. The fire was
OF incendiary origin The large grain
elevator of j. n. Shuler was also burned
to the ground. Loss, $4,000; insurance.
$4,000. 1t is now thought this building
was also set on fire. Had there been any
breeze at the time Of either fire the city
Of Ottawa would have been almost
wiped out, as both buildings were stu
ated close TO the business center.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-02

had better be suppressed. and that the at
tempt To suppress doctrines only gives
them increase of strength.
Numberless instances have given practi-
cal demonstration TO the principle which
Milton proclaimed. and have convinced
mankind that their real interests require
that error, or seeming error, be met with
the weapons OF discussion end not of
repression.
But II we accept the general principle
that unpopular heresies ought not to be
suppressed, how can we consistently
attempt here and there for tho alleged
good of tho community, to make excep-
tionsY Even though the doctrines of
"free silver be the blaokest and most
foolish of heresies, we do the common
wealth no service II we attempt by official
pressure, to close up their channels Of
exDression.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-02
TRYING TO PROVOKE sERv1A.

Constantinople. Aug. 2.-The incur
sions of the Albanians, who attacked al
most simultaneously seven Servian
frontier blockhouses along the stretch Of
frontier between Madliza and Rashka,
have led the Survian government TO
make a formal protest 10 the powers.
and 1t Is believed that this ls part OF an
organized plan TO provoke Servia. The
matter Is being discussed by the am
bassadors In conference with a view OF
getting an explanation from Tewhk
Pasha, the Turkish minister OF foreign
atalrs. Word has been received here
from Van, the capital OF the viloyet of
Van, Armenia, that Armenian revolu-
tionists are preparing 20 cross the Per-
sian frontier.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-02
LAVISH GIFTS UNUSUAL.

Lavish gifts TO public institutions are
not usual in this community, and never
have heen. Many other institutions could
bo named, of which the presiding officers
have taken no part in political discussion,
but which nevertheless have received lit
tie money
From the year of the first printed re-
pert of the university treasurer down 10
that OF the accession of DIR. Andrews. there
was never a year in which the invested
funds of the university were increased by
one-third as much MS the average annual
Increase of the funds of Harvard during
the present generation.
We submit that 10 is not just to hold
President Andrews responsible for con-
dition OF things which prevailed before
he came, and which prevails likewise
In so many other endowed institutions In
Rhode Island.
But dIsmissing empty speculations as
TO what might have happened. Is it a fact
that the administration OF President
Andrews has been, In pecuniary sense,
unfortunate for the collegey
Your honorable body are, without
doubt. the test and the final judges Of
tho financial success OF any administra-
tion. Yet we think it not improper to
draw attention to three considerations
which may not be perpetually kept in
mind, but which are worthy of regard.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-02
BROWN TRUSTEES CONDEMNED

Boston, Aug. 2.-The resignation OF
President Andrews OF Brown university
was considered by the $50 delegates at
yesterdays meeting Of the Central Labor
union. 1t was deplored and the policy
OF the officers in criticising him for his
economic principles was condemned in
resolutions. The resolves speaks OF the
Intolerance and illiberality of the trus-
tees, and declare that the action of the
officers of Brown university is a most
ominous sign Of the growth of the pluto
cratic spirit in our colleges.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-02
UNEXAMPLED GROWTH.

3. This record of financial growth un-
exampled in the history of Brown Uni
versity cannot successfully bo discredited
by saying that since what a student tpays
does not cover the expense of teaching
him, the more students we have the worse
OIL we are.
The accounts for the last financial year,
i'm which there was no deficit In the Com
mon Fund, point to another conclusion.
They show that within certain limits,
apparently not yet passed, TO teach n lary
body OF students costs less per capita than
to teach small body, and that our re-
sources arc not yet proved to be inade-
quate TO our task. though our rate OF
growth during tho past eight years has
been three times as great rs the general
rate of growth of the other New England
colleges.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-02
MISSED HIS WATCH.


came 10 this city Sunday TO spend few days
at the home Of his friend, Louis Cohen, at 20
Shawmut street. He retired at a seasOnable
hour an did not awake until be was called
this morning. The first thing he did ON get
ting on his clothes was 10 look for his gold
watch, in order 90 ascertain how much longer
than usual he had slept. The watch was no.
where 20 he found and soon every ono in the
house was in wild state of excitement.
Mr.. Barasian reported his loss 10 the police
of the Second station, and alleged that the
watch had been taken by burglars. Tieuton.
ant Murray started an investigation but
there was no evidence that any one hal
broken into the house. description OF the
missing watch was taken, hut up 90 a late
hour this afternoon no traces Of II had been
discovered.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-02
BORN IN SOUTH KINGSTOwN.

Mr.. Totten was born in South Kingstown,
his father being Levi and his mother susanna
sPeckham) Totten. In his young days he ran
a stationary engine in Moulton 4 lngrahan' y
planning mill on Mill street. until he became
q member OF the Providence fire department
which was 80 years ago.
He leaves three sons, Herbert, Frederick
and Waiter, and one daughter, Mrs Sarah
Harris
The funeral services will be held at his iato
residence Wednesday at o'clock, and the
Rev. Fred A. Hillery Of the Peoples Evangel'
ical church will officiate.