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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-04

1t has been the uniform practice of each
President TO avoid, as far as possible the
convening of Congress in extraordinary
session. 1t is an example which, under
ordinary circumstances and i'm the absence
of a public necessity, Is TO be commended.
but failure to convene the Representa-
tiycs of the people in Congress in extra
session when IL involves neglect of a
public duty, places the responsibility of
such neglect upon the executive himself.
The condition Of the public treasury as
has been indicated, demands the immcdi-
ate consideration Of Congress. 1t alone
has the power TO provide revenues for the
government. Not to convene il under such
circumstances, can view in no other
sense than the neglect of plain duty.
do not sympathize with the sentiment
that Congress In session is dangerous in
our business interests. Its Enemhers are
the agents Of the people, and their pres
encc at the seat of government i'm the |
execution of sovereign will should |
not operate as an injury but benefit.
There could be no better time TO put the |
government upon sound financial and |
economic basis than now. The people |
have only recently voted that this should |
he done, and nothing is more binding
upon the agents of their will than the OBJ |
legation Of immediate action. 1t mas
always seemed 10 me that the postpone
ment of the meetings Congress, until |
moro than year after it has been chosen,
deprived Congress too often [of the in
'piration of the. popular will and th.
country OF the corresponding benefits. 1t
S evident therefore, that to postpone action
n the presence of so great "A necessity
would be unwise on the part Of the exec
itivc, because unjust TO the interests of
he people. Our actions now will bc frcer
rom mere partisan consideration than If
he question of tariff revision was post
'oned until the regular session of Con
'ress. We are ne;~ly two years from Con.
election and politics cannot so
realty distract us rs IL such contest was
pending. We can approach
he problem calmly and patriotically with
ut fearing its effect upon an early elec.
ion. Our fellow citizens who NAV dis
erNo Win uS upon tne character OF this
egislation, prefer to have the question
ettlcd now, even against their prccon-
eived vicws-and perhaps settled so rca.
onably - trust and believe it will be
: to insure great rcrmancncc-than TO
ave further uncertainty menacing the
aricd business interests of the United
tetcs. Again, whatever action Congress
'ay take will he given q fair opportunity
" trial before the people are called 90 ,
MSS judgment on Il and this consider n
rcat essential To the rightful and lasting ,
'ttlcncnt Of the question. In view OF
lcsc considerations, shall deem IL nv
lty as President to convene Congress In
Itraordinary session on Monday, the 18th !.
W Of March, 1897.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-04

DIVORCES qnietsy and legally oh.aia.a tor
eiRht oauser Dolman a. husttnor, atrorneys
81 law. Established Us years niehest refer
ences given. 1919 Arch 81. Phil. aa0 n
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-04

. steamer u extinguished a chimney fre In
the house Of 4. J. o'Kcefc, "a Dover street. q,
noon today.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-04

L
Commendable progress has been made OF
late years In the upbuilding OF tho Amer
lean navy, but VIC must supplement these
efforts by providing as proper consort
for IL, merchant marine amply suffi-
cient for our own carrying trade To for
| eign countries. The question is one that
appeals both to our business necessities
and tho patriotic aspirations Of great
people.
IL has been the policy OF the United
States since the foundation OF the govern
ment, TO cultivate relations of peace and
amity with all the nations OF the world and
this accords with my conception Of our
duty now. We have cherished the policy
OF non-interference with the affairs Of for
eign governments, wisely In augurated by
Washington, keeping ourselves free from
ENHANCEMENT either as allies or foes,
content 10 leave undisturbed with them
the settlement OF their own domestic CON
Germs. IL will be our aim To pursue
hrm and dignifed foreign policy, which
shall be just, impartial, ever watchful of
our national honor and always insisting
upon the enforcement of the lawful rights
OF American citizens everywhere. Our
diplomacy SHOULD seek nothing more, and
accept nothing less thin is due us We
want no wars Of conquest; we must avoid
the temptation of territorial aggression.
War should never be entered upon until
every agency of peace has failed; peace is
preferable to war i'm almost every con-
tingency. Arbitration is The true method
OF settlement of international as well as
local or individual difference. Ii was
recognized as the best means OF adjust
ment of differences between employers
and employees by the 10Th Congress i'm
1856 and its application was extended to
our diplomatic relations by the unani-
nous concurrence OF the Senate and House
OF the 5lst Congress in 1890 The latter
resolution was accepted as the basis of
negotiation with us by the British House
OF Commons in 1888 and upon our invita-
tion treaty Of arbitration between the
United States and Great Britain was
signed at Washington and transmitted To
the Senate for its ratification i'm January
last. since this treaty Is clearly the result
of our own initiative; since it has been
recognized as the leading feature of our |
foreign policy throughout our entire |
national history-the adjustment of diff |
,ulties by judicial methods rather than
BY force of arms--and since il presents to |
he world the glorious example Of reason
md peace, not passion and war, controll-
ng the relations between two Of the
greatest nations of the world an example
'ertain TO be followed by Others respect
ully urge the early action of the Senate
hcrcon, not merely as matter of policy,
'ut as duty to mankind The impor-
ance and moral influence the ratihca-
ions of such treaty can hardly be over
in the cause of advancing
Utilization. 1t may well engage the best
hought of the statesmen and people of
very country, and cannot but consider
fortunate that il was reserved to the
Jnitcd States TO have the leadership in so
rand "a work.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-04

LOST AND FoUND.


FOUND-Buil dog. Owner can have ear,,
by proving property and paying charges. Box
H. News Office. ,rr3 M
LOSI-Fcb. IL, at Providence Opera House.
or gung 10 Turks Head, gold bowed eyeclass.
-, with chain and pin attached. Reward at
Alger avenue. f16-Gr
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-04
HELP WANTEn- FEMALES.

NANTED-Girl for general houseworlt:
Protestant preferred. Call POI knight street; /;
lIl-hand Doll. CAL from 20 evening. mr3-6t
WANIbl-Good tyler polisher Also oxpe.
rlenceu help ON machines. Snowflake Laun-
dry, 1856 Prairie avenue, corner Blackstone
street. marI.gt
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-04
Rooms TO LET.

STUART HOUSE, Ss PROAD STREET
Nice large rooms, furnished or unfurnished
all modern convenences; terms reasonable.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-04
sPEcTACLEs AND EYEGLASSES.

HOsncr, corner Westminster and Franklin
streets, moro than understands fitting spccta-
cles and cyCglasscs prices one half what Others
charge Oten every evening. nl3 n
LADIES clean Jour hid gloves With Josephine
Glove cleaner Tor sale only by Shepard A Com.
rany. hesdqpsrteis for di :ssed aud undressed ara
gloves IN All the most desirable shades. GLOVES
htted 10 the hand and wafraated sfv
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-04
WANTED-AGENTS.

WANTED-Ladics and gentlemen TO solicit
for our premium department; good employ
ment for reliable people salary 50 per week
II Adams Co., A. q. Kaeppel, manager e6
Snow street. n,rI-Gt
WANTED AGENT-To sell the Indelible
Check Perforator; retails $500: large commits
sion. Wesley Mfg Co., IL Park Row, New
York. f27-lt
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-04

EXTRA LARGE SUNNY ROoMS-with or
without board; also rooms for light house
keeping. 30l and 800 Pine street. mrl-6t
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-04

TO LET-Two connecting rooms for Offices,
second floor in Westminster block, 81 Westmin-
ster streeI, directly over O. f. Leavens &,
60; s store. Apply at the Old National Bank,
% Weybosset street mrl-st
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-04
FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

FOR SALE CHEAP-wheeler a. Wilson sew.
ing machine clock and two three-lig kero
sene hanging chandeliers. 20 Prairie avenue.
Monday and Saturday. mr!Lat
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-04
THREE GOOD MEALS.
Daily Evidence That Puri-
tana Cured Him.

4 MANS case is really des-
perate when his neigh
bors are daily expecting him
TO die. when his physicians
have given him up. and when
his system revolts at the
simplest sort OF nourIsh-
ment. Yet this was the con-
dition Of Mr.. Charles T..
Phelps. who Is n life long
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-04
HOUSES TO LET.


TO LET-Cottage house, 214 Friendship
stree;, with all modern conveniences. Apply
College street. mr2-6t
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-03
The Man of Moderate Means.

eff" said the man of moderate means
1--WE dwell too long upon word, our ap.
prehension of it is likely TO become dull.
The word may even cease to look familiar,
and we may find ourselves unable even to
tell whether it is correctly spelled or not,
though it may be a very simple wore in
deed. 1t comes to us all right again the
next time we look at it, when we view it
with an unclouded vision.
II suppose that this is q common ex-
perience, though it almost seems as II
some persons ought to be exempt from it,
/ met, for instance, once, "a man who is
worth i don't know how many millions,
but "a lot of 'em, who, over some matter
we had occasion to discuss, spoke of this
temporary mental obtuseness concerning "a
word as an experience of his own.
at seemed kind of strange that man
with all his millions should ever find him
self unable TO spell just a simple little
word, but In that respect we were just
alike. / could wish that we were more
nearly so in certain Others. New York
SIM
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-03
THE 500 DAY YEAR.

Why 1t Had to Give Way 20 the System
Now Used.
There is a story in plutarch which must
convince every reader that one myth at
least rclal4s to an alteration made i'm the
Egyptian calendar TO extend the length Of
the year from 800 days to 3G5. A year OF
800 days existed in Egypt at an early peri
cd, and may possibly have been arrived mt
in the way suggested by Mr. I. H. Griffith.
The lunar month, from new moon TO new
moon, being 2915 days in length, the con-
Veniept round number of 30 days was TAX
en- as standard, and IL months, of 30
days each, made up the year The solar
year Is more difficult TO observe than the
lunar month, the intervals being longer,
and year of 500 days was very con-
yenient and reasonable approximation to
1t. At any rate, the year of 3G0 days came
into use, and curious custom at Acan-
th@, near Memphis, seems to alludc to 1t.
perforated vessel was filled with water
by $50 priests on each day of the year. In
the island of Phil@ again, $50 pitchers
were placed around the tomb Of Osiris,
for making funeral libations, and were
filled every day by the priests with milk
With 300 days in the year, the ecliptic cir
Gle of tho heavens, as represented in tho
charts, would be divided into 800 equal
parts, and we snust regard it as a relic of
this time that the circle is still made to
consist of 500 degrees. But so erroneous
an estimate Of the length of the year would
soon be corrected by experience.
1t is evident that in about ~ years q
cycle would be accomplished in which the
New Years day would sweep through all
the months, remaining only six years in
each. The same month, so far as its name
was concerned, would now be in the inun-
dalton time, now in the season of sowing
and anon in the time Of reaping, and the
agriculturist must have been perplexed.
"A text In the papyrus Anastasi makes ref
erence to such perplexity, and may receive
its explanation hero. Goodwin translated
it: "Alay Amen deliver me from the cold
season, when the sun does not shine, the
winter comes instead of the summer, the
month is stormy, the hours shortened. {"
Similar confusion would overtake the re-
ligious festivals, the New Year, for exam
pie, coming five days before its proper
time, and then ten days before, and so on,
and it might be thought that its observ-
ance Mt the wrong season would displease
the gods. The year of $50 days had to give
way and ultimately did so in favor of one
of 800 days. The precise date of the change
is not known, but il is referred to in in
scriptions of the time of Amenemha I
(circa 2400 b. Co., and may of course
have been introduced much earlier. When
this was done, the original months were
not altered, but "little month" of five
days was interpolated at the end of the
year between the month Mesori of one
year and the Thoth of the next.-West-
minister Review.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-03
Two Lads"

Thers are some human creatures who,
from mere innocence, are no respecters of
persons. They find comrade of any age
or condition, and the individual relation
Is all that impresses them.
Al one time, when De Quincy was liv-
ing at I1asswade i'm simple and friendly
relations with the people, who respected
him not as a writer, but as good neigh
bon, he formed very delightful friendship
with little child a boy of 4 years. This
lad, nephew of one of the housemaids.
was the constant companion of the great
man and would forsake any amusement
for the pleasure of walking round dull
little garden with him.
One day somebody heard this converse.
ton between the two comrades.
What dye call thon tree2" asked the
child
De Quincy considered and then said.
with careful deliberation, 81 am not sure.
my dear. but think it may be Taurus
tinus'
The child interrupted him with some
Scorn: "A luurustinusI Lad, d ye no ken
d rhododendronY"
AT that time the clad" must have been
about 40 years old.-Youths Companion.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-03
SPOILED BY SCOTT.
The Plan That Wa to Establish Dicta-
tOrship In Mexico.

lt may surprise many readers TO learn
that overtures were made Go General Scott
by many Mexicans of position, and by
many American officers Co permanently
occupy Mexico and organize new govern
ment The scheme proposed TO General
scott was IN substance, this 1t was sup
posed that upon the conclusion of treaty
or peace at least three-fourths of the Amer
ican army would be discharged, and that
large portion OF the officers would resign
and. with many of the men, would enter
the new army Of Mexico, and enough 9th .
ers could be recruited In the United States
10 make the American contingent 10, 900
strong and TO this might be added like
number of Mexican soldiers. With such
an army 1t was suggested that Mexico
could be held and governed in an orderly
way and prosperity might DO assured
The plan contemplated pronuncia-
mento, IN which General Scott should de-
clare himself dictator of the republic for q
term OF live years or more, TO give time
for agitators TO acquire pacific habits and
TO learn TO govern themselves and TO re-
spect an orderly government where the
rights of property were not only respected,
but fully protected
Already In possession of the forts. ar
senals, foundries, cities mines and ports
of entry, with nearly all the arms, it was
not doubted that a very general acquies-
cence would follow
Grant was invited Go several conclaves
of officers, but from the first emphatioally
declined TO enter into the plot He did not
purpose To change his allegiance or his
service or his Gag, but meant, no said, to
return with the Fourth regiment 10 the
United States.
He had several roasOns for this dotermi-
nation. He was essentially a conservative
thinker and was endowed with a remark
ably high sense of justice, and he had gem
uine contempt for any adventure which
had any flavor of dishonesty or bad faith
about it, and he would not consider for q
moment the project of placing an alien
government over Mexico while the nation
was dominated by superior force
Had still another consideration been
needed to influence his oourse--as was not
the case, howeyer-there was one most
persuasive considcration--hi prospective
bride awaiting his return at her White
Haven home near Jefferson Barracks,
Missouri.
General Scott declined to enter into tho
plot, and i5 was finally abandoned, Mid
land Monthly
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-03

Although chloroforn and ,ether-lone
the absolute safeguards against the most
acute pains of major perations-fulfllled
all special indications, there was always
felt pressing need for some pain destroy
or that should have merely local action.
Then came cocaine to claim her crown.
The discovery of its marvellous power to
limit areas of an@sthesia without loss of
consciousness settled all questions Of pain
in operations, great or small. The credit
of bringing this wonderful drug to the
attention of the profession is properly ten
dered TO Dr.. Carl Roller. Now the gap
between the federation of extreme agony
and the endurance of lesser pains is so
completely CLOSED over by the dropping of
cocaine on the eyeball or by the direct in
lection of the solution under the skin that
the patient can witness the operation on
himself in the surprise of entire absence of
sensation, and can truthfully ask: 80
pain, where is thy victoryf o blade,
where is thy stings''
Many of the eye operations which for
merly required etherization are now per-
formed with cocaine, obviatipg the dis
comforts and risks'o of general anasthesia
without adding to the shock of the patient.
Its efficacy ia abolishing pain of mucous
surfaces admits of no question. In the
earlier days Of its use for that purpose il
rose TO worldwide fame when it touched
the aching throat of General Grant and
babe his pain DE still. 1t came in time for
him as 1t has for thousands of similar suf-
ferers since.--Dr. George b. Shrady in
Forum
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-03
She Would Not STAY.

1.-THE situation of your house suits me-
mum, said Norah McCarty, who had
visited the home of Mrs. Tenspot with a
view Of inspecting the inducements offered
for her to assume the position Of help lady
in the household.
81 am glad you like it," replied Mrs.
Tenspot, with becoming humility.
"The pay you offer is satisfactory too,
and the number of people in the family.
The room your help lady occupies is pretty
good, too but must ask you few more
questions before / make up my mind TO
remain in your service. I"
Certainly" replied Mrs. Tenspot hum
bly, ASK all you like"
"Do You ride bicycleY"
eyes.
"Mr. Tenspot too9"
eyes"
ado you provide bicycle for your
cookg'
Eyes, certainly. We have one for her
exclusive USE"
~ am glad of that. Some people seem
to think that cooks ought not to ride
wheel"
"Oh, we would not think Of depriving
our cook of that privilege.
"what make is the wheel?"
"The same make as Mr.. Tenspot's and
my own-the Ripsnortor.
"Then, ma'am, I'm sorry, bun l can't
come"
"why notY"
~ don't know that make. couldn't
think Of ridin anything but the Jimdandy
make of bicycle Goodby, mum. "--Har-
per's Bazaar.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-03
TACOMA'S EARLY MONEY.
1t Was of Brass and Iron and Made by n
Blacksmith.

1t Was of Brass and Iron and Made by
Blacksmith.
Tacoma once had mint that coined all
OF the money in circulation where the City
or Destiny now stands, and it did not re-
quire the flat of Uncle sam the silver of
Idaho or the gold of California to make
the pieces from Tacoma's mint pass cur
rent among Indians and the few hardy
pioneers that were blazing the path of
civilization through the forest on the
shores of Commencement bay.
Back in the early seventies the Tacoma
Mill company, not being able TO handily
secure gold and silver for use in trading
with and paying off the Indian laborers
and carly settlers, hit upon tho novel plan
OF issuing It's own currency, and to this
end set it's blacksmith to work to fash
ion for it, out of scraps of iron and
brass, pieces of money, or rather tokens,
which could be used as a circulating med-
um. The pieces consisted of 40 and IS
cent iron tokens and brass 81 pieces. The
40 centpieces were about an inch in diam
eter, and the - cent pieces were about the
size of the present silver half dollar The
81 pieces We're oval in shape, about IA
inches long, an inch wide and u sixteenth
of On inch in thickness. These pieces
were stamped with the figures showing
their value and readily passed current all
over the country tributary to the mill
Nearly all OF this old mill" coin has
passed away, but William Hanson of the
Tacoma Mill company recently presented
set of these queer coins To the Ferry mu-
scum.
In his letter to the museum he said:
"The honesty of the people and the alb
e NJ hlnpl ifh ehn, 4 Iaf q
the com pany made the use of this money
possible"
Oregon has long boosted that the "Beav.
err coin, mjnted at Oregon City in the
early fifties, was the only money minted in
the northwest in the days of the pioneer,
but here in Tacoma, long years after Ore
CONS Beaver" mint had become his
torical incident, was primitive mine that
supplied the coin to furnish the pioneers
and Indians with all of the necessities for
their rough lives.
The coins, which are still preserved, ore
roughly made just such as any blacksmith
with ordinary tools might make, and as a
matter of fact during the early years of the
millcompany' existence they formed prac-
tically the local circulating medium of ex-
change. When the Indians who were en-
ployed in the mill were paid for their In bor
this coin sutficed, and all the trading they
did was with the little store run inconnec-
ton with the mill. The iron and brass
pieces were, of course, passed among the
Ind ians in trading with each other, and as
anything in the way of supplies was pur-
chased by them at the mill store fhe pieces
were fully as good To them as if they had
borne the stamp of the government.-Ta-
coma Ledger.