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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-09

Secretary Whitehead Of the weavers said
that that union would hold a meeting
without delay.
Secretary Mccarthy OF the loom fixers
believed that his union would not accept
the reduction.
Secretary O'Donnsll OF tho spinners
asked II the reduction applied 10 snperin.
tendents and treasurers and 3ceived q
negative reply. Ho said his union would
also meet at once.
Secretary Tansy Of the csrders said that
no action would be- uaKen until the union
met next week. while Secretary jackson
of the slashers, said that the executive
committee OF that union had been called
together.
The feeling, however, Is prevalent that
before the matter is settled there will be q
strike, but how large a proportion of the
operatives will take part In IL it Is impos-
sble to say. Every effort, however, will
be mace to avert such action.
At n general meeting of the carders as
ISOLATION last night action was deferred
10 n special general nesting. TO be held
after the manufacturers association an
nouncs the extent OF the cutdown. Every
action which Will prevent reduction will
be resorted to-even to a strike. The
carders do not think reduction war
ranted.
The proposed cutdown was the principal
topic Of conversation at n general. meeting
last night OF the spinners union. The
matter was referred to the exec tive board
with power TO act. A general meeting
will probably he callsu us soon a. the new
schedule In announced. The spinners do
not think u cut down will relieve an over
stocked market, but II the man iacturers
can prove that 1t will they will aoo,pt 81
They will probably ask for a conferences
with the manufacturers. and pronninent
member last ~ eht predicted n strikewhich
will be n bitter fight They say they nrs
backed by the national association of
mule spinnsrs ant will resist until all OF
their money Is gone
NO PRESENT BEARING HERE.
Representatives OF the Goddard &
Knight mills in this state said to News
+ porter this morning that while they
were familiar with tho action Of the Fan
River mills, IL had no present bearing uu
their mills In Rhode Island and that any
matter Of reduction had not hen even
thought of ms yet. III hny should occur
10 would be possibly duo To causes tnat
may arise In the future and entirely the
results Of later Developments d
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-09

Ten Broke tafter the refusal) How cold u
IL tonisht. Ny hands are chilled.
+, Gwendolen-we I have made you q Christ.
mas present Of the mitten. That ought 20
keep them wsrm.-The Yellow Book
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-09

Hicks-You say that he sighed and then she
sighed. Il was regular circus Tor the res,
of you. ffn
wicks-No; only sighed show. = Boston
Transcript.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-09
SMOKED CLoTHING!

Only touch OF smoke, but big cut in
prices at Flint's Fire sale commencing Fri
day. n. m.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-09
III,I A,

flint's nrs sale opens Friday. ss M. Bsr
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-09
Fall River Mill Men De-
eide to Make a Cut.
1T WILL BE TEN PER CENT
Twenty-Elght thousand Operatives
Will Be Affected.
MILLS HAVE BEEN RUN AT LOSS.

Fall River Dec. AT a general meet
tion yesterday afternoon. IL was voted
unanimously TO reduce wages In oil the
mills OF the city, the amount and time
of the reduction being lett to q commit
tee, which, for some time, has mad charge
OF the matter.
1t is understood that the cut will
amount to not less than 10 per cent and
that 1t will go into effect Jan. I.
The cut will affect %. 600 operatives In
this city. who are paid an aggregate
weekly wage of $50, 00O.
For some months o COMMITTEES Of the
association has been stigsting the
consisted of s. Is. Chase treasurer Of the
King Philip mill; e. i. Rounsdsll, treas
urer OF the Shove mill James A. Baker.
treasurer of the Chaoe mill; George II.
Hills. treasurer OF the Davol mills and
Freu II. Waterman, tire lsurer OF the Coz =
nell mill. all the above constituting tho
executive committee of the Manufacturers
Association. To this committed ives
added Thomas +. Brayton. treasurer OF
the Union mills; j. +. Osborn, treasurer
OF the American Linen Company, and DR..
II. 4. Davis, president OF several corpora
tinns In this city.
This committee were instrctued to oir-
culate paper among the manufacturers,
as there has for some time been . feeling
that only n production would relieve the
oongested feeling In the business atrnos-
phere.
The market value I'm print cloths for a
long time has been the lowest in tho his.
tory OF the trade, while the demand has
been only feir. Under these conditions
the mills have been selling at loss and
ths stock OF goods has been increasing.
The committee obtained the signature
OF every manufactures In the city, except
one, who Is understood TO be ID. A. Bray
ton of the Durfee mill, private corpora
tion.
AS no reduction could be ordered with
out the consent Of every mill the COM
mittee decided to repUrt back to the as
ISOLATION. This was done at the general
meeting yesterday, and the committee
received the unanimous approval of the
association upon Its suggestion that q
reduction be made.
1t is anticipated that the price Of weav-
ing out Of print cloth will be reduced
from IL to 10 cents
In August, 1894, cut of 10 per cent
was ordered, but In April of next year an
advance by the.Fal River iron company
Of the same amount necessitated similar
action on the part of the rest OF the mills
and wages have been paid on this basis
ever since. The attitude OF the en- ployes
I'm the matter can hardly he stated until
and none Of the labor leaders will say
very much about the subject until such
meetings are held.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-09

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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-02-25

, rUr nio yiOuucLs ana 10 IS IN these rcnov'o
flat he can market ticm without tax
ing time that ought TO he used in the
work of blowing, sowing and harvest
ing. But it is in these seasons that he
is forced to be idle, or to haul half a
load with four horses, instead of full
load with two, because of the wretched
or impossible condition of the roads.
1t is strange that class of men so
frugal and so wisely economic in most
expenditures has hesitated to make lib
cral OUTLAWS for road improvement. No
farmer is foolish enough to grumble OF
an outlay of 500 or $3.50 for good now
ers and reapers, for it is known that the
difference between $3.50 on reaper and
So on a scythe or "cradle" is soon COM
pensated by saving on wages. Butnn
outlay Of 5000 on each farm for good
roads Is looked upon by many as en-
travagant, though If that amount were
levied as tax upon every 100 acres, and
wisely expended, there would be an int
prorcment amounting to a favorable
revolution in farm life within the next
few Vears.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-02-25
WASTE OF VAST WEALTH.
Why Farmers Should Make Liberal Out
Laws for Good Roads

lays for Good Roads
The national good roads congress
will hold It's next yearly session at Or
Undo, Fla This Is somewhat remote
from the path Of commerce, but never
theless the place of meeting may be
well chosen. Good roads are neces-
sity in all states, and the aggregate of
good to the republic cannot be attained
until in all parts Of the country all high
ways are fit for travel by heavily laden
wagons at all times of the year.
1t is possible that the interest of the
farming people in good roads has been
retarded of expression by continual
preachment of the advantages that BIZ
cycle riders and pleasure seekers on
horseback or in vehicles will derive
from improved highways. These,
though important, ore secondary coz
siderations.
The loss to the United States by bad
roads is estimated at from $500, 100000
to S3OO,0OO,OO0 year. It Is loss
caused by enforced idleness during
many months of the year, and by the
employment of needless horse power
during most months. In the spring and
summer the farmer can find work in
plenty on his farm. In the fall and
winter he ought to be able to haul hay,
grain, wood, and other material TO mar
ket. 1t Is in these seasons that. as q
rule. he can obtain the highest prices
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-02-25
HOME READING.
= : :. : : =
THE COZiEST TIME.

Oh. The five-oclock chime brings the cozi'
est time
That is found in the whole Of the day,
When Larry and Gus and the others OF US
Come in from our study or play;
When we push the big chair to the hearth
over there,
And pile the wood higher and higher,
And We make her q space In the very best
place
And mother sits down by the fire.
There's great deal to say at the close OF
And SO much to talk over with mother;
There's a comical sight or a horrible
plight.
Or a bali game. or something or other;
And she'll laugh with Larry. and sigh with
Harry,
And smile to our hearts desire
At a triumph won or a task well done
when sitting down there by the fire.
Then little she'll care for the clothes that
we tear,
Or the havoc we make on her larder;
For the toll and the strife of our every
day life
She win love US little bit harder;
Then our lady she is. and her knights we
would be,
And her trust doughty deeds will in
spire;
For we long then anew to be generous and
true
When mother sits down by the fire.
Martha Burr Banks. in n. Y. Independent
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-02-25

The following story, which halls from
o north country town, shows there arc
widely varying ideas as to what consti-
tutes voluntary testimony on any sub
ject:
"Dh understand you to say that this
boy voluntarily confessed HE share in in
the mischief done to the scfoolhouse.s
asked the magistrate, addressing the
notwithstanding female parent OF o
small and dirty boy
ayes, sir, he did," the woman re-
sponded. 81 just had to persuade him a
little, and then he told me the whole
thing Voluntarily" =.
"rIow did you persuade himTi
queried his worship.
well, first, gave him a good hid
ing" said the firm parent, land then l
nut him 10 bed without any supper, and
took his clothes away and told him he'd
stay in bed till he confessed what he'd
done, if twas the rest of his days, and
I should thrash him again in the morn
ing. And in less than an hour ne told
me the whole story voluntarily -Bos'
ton Traveller, ...~,-- - - -, !.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-02-25
A WONDERFUL EMPEROR.
Some of the Affairs Which Occupy Wal
liam IL OF Germany,

Some of the Affairs Which Occupy Wal
liam IL OF Germany.
That astonishing gentleman, the en-
peror of Germany, when not occupied
with his painting or clay modelling or
music lessons or designs for q new
military coat, is usually talking about
himself and his army. Just at present
the subject of duelling is worrying him
in such leisure moments as Prince Bis
marck allows him. Anyone who has
travelled through Germany during the
past two years knows how greatly the
staggering insolence Of the German
officer, in street and cafe, is due to the
personal example of the emperor and his
ludicrous insistence on the sanctity of
q uniform, He has established in Ger
many o military despotism which
makes the streets Of the large cities
something more than objectionable to
foreigner. Even the Germans them
selves are waking up to their folly in
standing such tyranny. The outburst
Of indignation over the Brusewitz affair
Is the first attempt on the part of the
worm to turn. Lieut., Drusewitz killed
q civilian in o cafe because, as the min
lister of war explained in the reichstag,
The believed that the honor of his uni
form had been furnished by the ncci-
dental pushing against his chair by the
unfortunate workman" He was court
martialed and sentenced to four years
Imprisonment and dismissal from the
army, That was about three weeks ago.
The judgment of the court-martial,
however, was not sanctioned" There
fore it had no force in law. The en-
peror came down and insisted On all
the documents of the case being SUBJ
mitted to the war minister. That, of
course. simply means that Brusewitz
will be acquitted. The government
however, is making tentative efforts to
limit duelling. 1t is going to establish
q court of honor. When one officer in
suits another they are both to be hauled
before the court and "the judgment
of that assembly is never to be worded
in such o way as to make duel o
necessity, or even to imply the recog-
milton of such means Of settling O
dispute" Weekly.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-02-25
no GROW peans Successfully.

A Virginia bean grower gives the fol-
lowing advice: Pillow deeply, make the
soil rich,, and plant to snap beans as
early as possible, in rows two feetapart.
AT the second hoeing plant lima beans
between the rows, so as to. make the
hills four feet apart each way. By the
time the snap beans have yielded two
pickings, the limas will wont all the
ground. Then pull the snap beans and
use them, with all the weeds, as mulch
for the limas. This will insure the lat
ter against the bad effects Of drought,
and also bring the limas into the latest
market, when they fetch the highest
price, besides getting double service
from the land. Limas grown by this
system yielded more and better berries
the past year than when grown alone
with equally good culture. In raising
other crops it will be possible to grow
an early crop for market, and also as q
mulch.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-02-25
WISCONSIN WIDE AWAKE.
Everybody In the State Is Enthusiastic
About Ro2d Reform.

Everybody In the State Is Enthusiastic
About Road Reform.
It is pretty we'll settled that good
roads" will be q rallying cry in Wiscon-
sin until good roads come in each OF
the counties. The prejudice that for
some time has divided the farming ele-
ment and Wisconsin's army of more
than 100000 wheelmen and wheelwom-
en-, a greater number of people than
any general, north or south, led into q
battle, is rapidly disappearing, if it
has not already disappeared. Two OF
three years ago the farmers allowed
themselves to believe that the good
roads agitation was wholly in. the in
terest of the wheelmen, and that the
burden of providing them would fall
upon the farmers shoulders. That
idea has exploded. While the farmers
know that good roads mean increased
comfort and pleasure for those who
ride the wheel, they have come to I'M
derstand. that good roads mean more
than that to them; that they not only
mean pleasure and comfort for them
but q high degree of proft-proft In
time saved; profit in vastly larger
loads while marketing their products:
profit In saved horse ilesh;- profit in
large increase in the value of their
farms. They have come to realize that
good roads are cheap roads, the cheap
est that the farmer can have. They
have only to point to here and there
patches Of good road that have needed
no attention, in some instances, for a
quarter Of century.
1t is safe to say, now, that the cry for
good roads is as heartily entered into
by the farmers of Wisconsin as 1t Is by
the wheelmen. The press of the state
is q unit in favor OF good roads and its
columns are open for their advocacy.
Politicians have noted the turn of the
tide. The best men of the professions
IRE in the good roads procession. This
IS notably true of the teachers and
preachers, most of whom are users OF
the wheel as q means Of grace, pleasure
and promoter of health.
at recent banquet the superintend-
mt of the farmers institutes, Prof. Nc:
Kerrow, declared that in each of the 10
Institutes to be held the coming winter
he question Of good roads would be
given close attention. 1t will be dis
used In all of the teachers institutes.
It will be the subject for discussion by
debating clubs, including those con-
lected with the high and district
schools. There is not man of prom
lnence in the state, in Office or out OF
Office, who is not pronounced in favor Of
good roads.
When the good road procession pass
es by watch for Wisconsin we'll to the
right Of the column.-Chicago Times
Herald.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-02-25

she was entirely cured by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
If space permitted we could go on
indefinitely quoting from letters
ceived from grateful women located in
all parts of the United States, but
surely we have quoted enough in this
article to convince those women who
are sick that they ought to try Lydia
E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound be-
fore giving themselves up to despair;
for proof Is monumental, and the fact
indisputable that the Compound will
positively cure the ills of women in ell
their various complications.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-02-25
HUMOROUS.

"A woman thinks that bed is no
complete nor pretty without a lot o
useless, fluffy things on the pillows
Washington Qa.) Democrat.
THAT horrid Miss Blumers triee
to be 50 mannish. She actually smoke:
cigarettes" 81 don'tsee anything man
nish in that."-1ndianapolis Journal.
-Up.to-Date Burglar turning his X
ray lantern on his victim TN addition
to watch, you haze in your pockets1;
marks in gold and silver. Out with ii
or I'll shoot. "-Fliegende Blatter.
-Inquiring Spectator Cat the races
(which horse was it that wonY
Speculative Spectator (gloomily)-"i
don't know the name of the horse thai
won, but know the names of most o.
the horses that didn't win."-N. y
Weekly.
These berths are for the passen
gers" said the Pullman porter to the
countrymen to whom he was exhibit
ing the new car. "And where are youl
ouarters?" asked the innocent visitor
an a good, safe bank" returned The
porter, with grin.-Harlem Life.
-sAiiss Cayenne complimented yot
very highly after you told that story
at the dinner table," remarked one
Young man. "She liked that story
did sheY" "No. But she thought il
illustrated a very admirable trait il
your character. 1t showed that yo'
never go buck oman old friend. Wash
ington Star.
"A Serious Drawback.-Hungry Daw
son-"By geel I sometimes think oul
profession is jist about the meanes
bisness goin'." Hobo Hank-"Huh
Volts wrong wild it2" Hungry Daw
son-"Well, wen other fellers is abused
they kin strike; but, &urn it all, thu
only way we could strike would be by
goin' to workl"-Truth.
Aged Husband.-"You are going t.
ruin me with your extravaganza. Yo'
don't need that cape any more than
q cat needs two tails. How often hav'
1 told you never to buy anything be
cause it is cheap?" Young Wifi
with the air of one who has got tn
better Of the argument)-"But it wa
not cheap. 1t cost ten pounds. Lon
don Figaro. ---- 49,. -.-.-.--
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-02-25
ASTONISHING CANDoR.
Africans Who Are In the Habit OF Saying
What They Think.


There ore many drawbacks to living
quite beyond the boundaries of civilNa-
ton, but the experiences gained must
be refreshingly new. From Africa
there comes in private letteran Smus-
ing story of the reception accorded to
some ladies who were sent to the mis-
sion station at Uganda Their arrival
caused great Joy to the natives, especial
ly to the women
The visitors found that they Ind
reached land where the most astonish-
ing candor prevailed, and where it was
quite possible for them TO "see them
selves as others saw them"
The comments of the natives were ,al-
ways astounding and often witty.
They gazed long and earnestly at the
waists of the English ladies, and with
ready wit bestowed upon the new
corners the name of "slender-middled."
The king, after asking various ques-
tons as to the age and personal history
of his visitors, and having found them
ready to answer any such reasonable
demands for information, next noticed
their ample sleeves, and remarked that
"they must put all their food up their
sleeves, for it was veAy evident that it
did not 60 inside"
Such comment on one Of the i'm
provements Of fashion could, of course,
only have been made in land where
civilization Is unknown. It might,
however, be somewhat instructive to
look occasionally at the results Of fash
ion through the eyes Of an unmitigated
savage. He Is at least unprecedented
Youths Companion. /
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-02-25

with Inflammation of the womb and
ovaries for three years. Twas not able
to stand or walk; I had pains in my
back and limbs and headache; I thought
should lose my mind. Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound entirely
cured me-"
Mrs. Jennie L. Smith, of 2754 HELEN
St., Philadelphia, Pa, writes: lean
not praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound too highly. For nine
weeks l suffered with Inflammation
and congestion of the ovaries. I have
been completely cured by this great
remedy for woman's ills"
Mrs. Cora B. Berkeley writes from
Newport, KY, that she has been trou-
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-02-25

for health restored.
From Chicago,
Ill, writes Mrs. A.
c. Butler, Of 1873
N. Albany ave. =,
saying: 81 have
been suffering for
some time with fe-
male weakness,
that bearing-do
feeling was terri,
BILE, and l could not
walk any distance.
1 began to use
Lydia e. Pin k :
hams vegeta b le
Comp o und a n d
Sanative Wash and
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-02-25

Charles /. established races at Hyde
Park, in London. The Puritans sup
pressed them duing the commons
wealth, and they were revived By Charles
H., wi.O, instead of the golden bells for.
merly given, presented the victors with
siLFer cups valued at 100 guineas EACH
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-02-25
A Broken MELODY,

Dearest" he said, as he swung to
and fro upon the gate, 81 wish I might
linger here forever" She was about tc
say something encouraging when he
got his finger casght in the hinge, and
began yelling SO hard that the entire
neighborhood turned out to help him
loose. Then all was over between
them.-Pearson's Weekly.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-02-25
LnHolY.

Maud--Who is that deformcd young
fellow talking to May Smiley?
Ethel-Why that's Mr.. Dawkins, the
famous full-back. He had his.shoulder
twisted in the last big match
What o lovely deformityl Intro
duce me, dear" = Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-02-25
LYDIA F. PINKHAM'S VEGETABLE
i 5 COMPOUND i
From All Sections of This Great Country Come
Praises Unlimited. Thousands upon Thousands
Write That They Have Been Cured by This
Great Woman's Remedy for WOman's Ills.

II is grand illustration Of the great
work that the Pinkham Remedies are
doing in this country when it is stated
as fact that there is no city so large,
no village so small, but that some wo-
man has sent words Of joyful thanks
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-02-25
Dece;tfal Animals.

In military stables horses are known
10 have pretended to be lame in order
10 avoid military exercise. A chimpan-
zee had been fed on cake when sick:
after his recovery he often feignee
.oughing in order to procure daintiea
Doston BUDGET.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-02-25

bled for the last two years with falling
Of the womb and severe stomach trou-
bles, and feels she can never say enough
for Lydia E. Pinkhan's Vegetable
Compound, because it entirely relieved
her Of the suffering she had experienced
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-02-25

Detected in a clothing store at Frank,
fort, KY, a burglar wound coat aoous
his head and, jumping through pla'e:
glass window, escaped.