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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-14

Make way for the Lodge Immigration
BILL The man at present in the White
House may be depended upon not to
veto 1t on the ground taken by the prede-
csssor that ignorance is at the founda.
tions Of American institutions.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-14

A Georgia farmer has son who writes
verse. but is too modest to submit 1T for pub
lication. One day when the farmer was going
20 town he took n bundle OF poems along with
him, and handed fifteen to an editor.
They're pretty fair" said the editor
"His rhyme Is all right, but there's something
wrong with his feet"
"well," said the farmer, II won't deny 1t;
he has got corns PA tlanta Constitution.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-14
THE CITY OF PRovIDENCE
PROPOSALS FOR SPECIAL
CASTINGS.
Department Of Public Works,

Commissioner Office, City Hall,
Providence, r. l., December IL. 1897.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at
this office until II o'clock al M, THURSDAY,
December 10. 1887, for furnishing StECIAL
CASTINGS SERVICE BOXES AND IRON
WORK FOR SEWERS required for the water
ana sewer departments for the city for the
season OF 1895, estimated &C about 90 tons for
the special castings and the service boxes and
about l25 tons of castings for sewers. An APP
proximata list and description Of the castings
NAV be seen nj this office.
A bond satisfactory 10 the undersigned in
the sum OF $500. OU.as liquidated damages for
tho failure TO execute the contract within ten
DAYS IL awarded. must ACCOMPANY each pro-
posal, and a satisfactory bond FOR sum equal
10 about one-third OF the estimated amount
OF the contract will be required Of the sue
cessfui bidder.
The right to reject any or ali proposals is
reserved.
ROBERT T.. SMITH,
dll-4t Commissioners.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-14

The spry European Manufacturers who
run in their tons of goods in the last
days Of the Wilson law, to escape the
pingley taxes could easily explain what
has become Of Uncle Sans revenues.
They've got 'em.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-14

He-There is one thing TO be said about the
Scotch dialect stories now floating about.
She-And what is that?
He-They may be the same old stories, but
no ono will recognize them.-Yonkers States
man.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-14
Official
Advertising.

This newspaper publishes oficiN
advertising Of the GOVERNMENT
OF THE UNITED STATES. Of the,
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND. OF
the CITY OF PROVIDENCE and
several TOWNS.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-14

Friend-Does your town boast OF baseball
team?
Suburbante-No we used 10 boast OF one,
but we have TO apologize for IL now.-Puck.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-14

Only the most ingenious fancy can
picture good ST. Nick arriving in sleigh
in this sort of Christmas weather.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-14

What would our Democratic calamity
contemporaries do II they didn't have the
deficit to groan over just nowf
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-14

Boston, all alone OF the whole country,
II not the whole universe, is engaged In
pitiless political campaign right at the
height of the Christmas tide.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-14

Teachers Bazaar opens tonight.
Strange to say patrons will not DO
tempted to buy "shares" in anything
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-14
A LITTLE HUMOR.

"Time flies, you know"
mot always. II is now possible TO make a
century run. indianapolis Journal.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-14

To CURE \ com ~ oNE DAY
Take i.ASaiivs pfomo Qainiuc rabets Al drug
cists retund the money u fats 20 cure s5c
Lhe ssauine has l. b. Y on each tablet
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-14
BOOK NOTES.

A new book OF poems by Sam Walter
10 position rather above the run OF
and makes an acceptable Christmas gift.
Mr. toss belongs 10 the school OF Garlic
ton, Field, and kiiey-genuine and gentle
huinorists who have something TO say
and popular way OF saying it. While
there is plenty OF humor in his work, its
strength lies in its philosophic suggrs-
tions and earncstness Of thought. In
this respect his poetry Is unique His verse,
however Is not lacking In variety, and
this volume contains verse thoroughly rep
resentative OF his versatile muse. It Is
exquisite!y printed and bount. O4ee n
shepard, publishers For sale n. 4. Davis.
Price, sl 5O)
Java Il one of the few countries left to
us TIE mention of which gives one the
pleasant sensation of unfamiliarity and
impressive uucerness that Marco Polo
aroused i'm ths listeners 10 his tales and
which H. now not easy for the traveller TO
inspire. So neat together have been
brought the ends OF tfe earth for mu.
tual acquaintance Miss Eliza Ruhamah
-cidmure who wrote delightfully."- Of
".linrikisha Days In Japan" ~ the
author uf hocr about Java. the Gar
den at the Eas - tine Century Co., pub
fishers lr q. sLI.) And 10 L. both n
remarkable uOk Tor It's own sake and "A
reminder nat there aro pr'cions few
writing. ,b1ut the strange land either
good. I ld or Indifferent.
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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-13

controls ''Uncle" Hohenlohe, the good
natured Chancellor, a ministerial crisis
would be declared in permanency.
Hohenlohe, poor man, experienced the
horrors of insanity among his own
nearest relatives, and Is inclined to be
lenient with his big cousin"-more
compassionate almost than his dignity
as an old man and experienced, patri-
otto statesman permits.
Europe. says the London Spectator,
Is suffering just now from the indi-
vduality, rather than from the policy,
of the German Emperor. He is display
ing a character with which 1t Is most
difficult for diplomatists to deal, and
which Is not entirely consistent with
his earlier career. The habit of ruling
and the success, or rather the absence
Of resistance, which In internal af-
fairs has so far distinguished his reign,
have developed the Emperor's peculiar
tiles In most marked degree. He had
always a sufficient belief In himself,
and showed II In his dismissal of Prince
Bismarck, but of late his belief has be-
come exaggerated into confidence
scarcely to be distinguished from pre-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-13
ATExAsF Us,,yERsITx'f.
1. wiz b. !sso 900 Anasr uns

II Will BE ~ COS 900 Afrasr Under
the Auspices or ,Rresbytsrfsnism
The semi centennial Of the admission
of Texas iiSo the Union occurred on
Feb. 13, ana xeln3nt has been on
foot among the FReSbyt erfans of the
country to erect a memorial Of the &C.
casion. It was decided to found the
Texas Presbyterian University, and on
Feb. 10 the institution, was lncorpora-
ted under the laws II the State with a
subscribed endowment Of $4,000 and
100 charter members, among them be-
ing some of the most prominent men Of
Texas. When, 400. 900 is subscribed a
site will be selected and the money will
be applied to the endowment fund
which has been fixed at S2,O0d,DO0.
Both sexes aFe To be stlmltted on
equal terms The trustees NE forbid
den by the chagtsF ito coatEkct any
debt, and the tiaJority nof them, in
stead of being cleESSWen, mustb be bus
mess men. They are injected by the
charter members from tataong them
selves, and must be commandments of
the Presbyterian church, but the uni
versity viii be subject to hoAchurch
court. The Bible is to, hSve, first place
in the curriculum, tho study to be con-
tinued throughoat&h The course, conclud-
ing at graduation with the last chapter
of Revelation. The standards Of the
Presbyterian church viii also be
taught, the catechism, confession Of
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-13

sumption. He seems capable Of thank
Ing God for great harvest, and send
ing Him the Order OF the Red Eagle In
acknowledgment.
Even his own subjects, who were at
first disposed by tradition and habit Of
mind to welcome another strong"
Hohenzollern, now shake their heads
and lamean gtst that their Kaiser, who is
also their eommanderAn-chief, acts so
completely Under the impulse of his
own will. They never know what he
will do tomorrow. There Is no ruling
statesman now visible in Germany, for
the Nchaneellor III old and deferential;
the minister, of war accepts instead of
advising orders. the finance minister
OR. .MiqueD ,is a highly intelligent, ex-
ceptionallys Intelligent instrument of
his majesty, and Baron Won Marschall,
as-recent trials proved, though very
able and fairly trusted, has to contend
against many adverse influences. The
Emperor Is all in all, he Is more deter
mined than ever to play the first role
In the political drama, and as his claim
is entirely acknowledged within his
own dominions, where to speak lightly
Of his majesty now involves a sort of
civil death, he extends 1t to all Europe
and indeed to all the world. 1t Is to be
lord Of worldwide empire" that the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-13
Three Celebrated Horses.

The most celebrated battle steeds of
the civil war were Cincinnati, Traveller
and Winchester, the favorite chargers
of Grant, Lee and Sheridan. When the
hero of Vicksburg visited Cincinnati
a few months after the close Of that
brilliant campaign he was requested to
visit dying man who was exceeding.
ly DESTROYS Of seeing him. When they
met the invalid said:
"Gen. Grant, l wish to give you a
noble horse, who has no superior on the
continent, as testimony of my admira-
ton for your character and past SER
vices to our country. There is a condi-
ton attached to the gift-that you will
always. treat him kindly"
Grant accepted the magnificent bay,
Of course, faithfully keeping his prom
Use, and named him Cincinnati. He
was a son of Lexington, with a single
exception the fastest thoroughbred that
ever ran four miles on an American
course. The General was offered $1O,-
600 for the horse, as he had a record Of
speed almost equel to that Of his IA
nous half-brother, Kentucky. Cincin-
natl was superb and spirited steed Of
great endurance, Grant riding him al
most constantly during the Wilderness
campaign and passing from end to end
Of our long line. The noble horse was
retired soon after the close Of the war,
enjoying IAN old age of dignified leis-
ure" on a Maryland estate, where his
master frequently saw him, and where
he died and received honorable burial
In September, 1S74.-Outlook.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-13
4 SOUS own RAILROAD.
Buiit the Locomotive, Laid the Track,
and Operates IL Himselk.

Built the Locomotive Laid the Track
and Operates IL Himself
Robert M. Tyler, the son OF William
M. Tyler, has built perfectly equip
ped railroad. with rolling stock and To-
connective, on the farm of his father at
Bucks Hill, suburb of Waterbury,
Conn.
He built the locomotive himself. He
surveyed the line, decided upon the
grades and curves, and, aided by ordi-
nary labor, made the roadbed, laid the
rails, and now runs the engine. 1t Is a
real railroad and not toy--a railroad
over which the engine, built by the
boy, runs daily, hauls stones, lumber
and other materials and farm products,
and has an existence with definite
and profitable purpose. Hunters found
afield with their dogs take Tyler's road
to get lift toward the hunting grounds,
and lots of people have been delighted
with an excursion trip over the line.
1t was manifest that profit as well as
fun awaited the success Of miniature
railroad running over Bucks Hill. Ty-
Ter, who went to work at II In a very
crude, small-boyish way at first, soon
compelled his elders to have faith in
him as civil and mechanical engineer
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-13

saluted the red man.: He talked and
asked questions, but the Indian replied
not a word; he didn't even look up. He
sat and gazed into the water in silence.
In returning to his cabin Sherman met
n neighbor. and he related his unsuc-
cessful interview. "Well, sir. I've seen
lazy people," said he, but that is the
first time l ever saw a man who was
too lazy to talk"
1t Is said that Sherman made a good
farmer. He was a hard worker, and,
although he was somewhat queer, he
had many friends throughout the coun-
try. In the spring of 1860 he built n
new house on a knoll a quarter Of
mile from the cabin. 1t is yet in good
state Of preservation, although il never
has been paicted. o. ". Goodrich, a
Jolly old farmer, now lives in it. and
he loves to tell oe the ghost stories
which are afioat about the old cabin.
The picture shows the house rs it HOW
stands. 1t contains seven rooms. Sher.
man never occupied this house.
When Sherman was called away
from his farm he moved his few be-
longings from his cabin homa and said
good-by to the old place. 1t has never
been occupied since, though at present
n farmer keeps his farm tools in it,
There has been some talk Of tearing
down the old structure, hut there mas
been such vigorous objection made that
the project has been abandoned.-N New
York Sun.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-13
A GRANT MEDAL.
1t Com mcmoratcs the Com pletion q
the New York Monument.

1t Com m moratcs the Com p1etion of
the New York Monument.
The American Numismatic.an Ar
theological Society has issued q medal
to commemorate the completion Of the
Grand monument The medal is in
bronze, is two and one half inches in
diameter and bears on the diverse, the
bust OF Gen. Grant and the seal of the
society. The portrait committee Of the
society, after caseful elaboration and
research, selected for the medal de-
sign, the portrait which appeared In
the Century Magazine for December,
1884, accompanying that publications
series OF war articles. 1t is also the
one which Gen. Grant accepted as a
correct representation Of himself as he
was when in his ptin6 about the time
of the battle or Shiloh. On the reverse
of the medal appears q trpe picture of
the completed monument.
In issuing the CRATE medaL the So
ciety follows its custom in lcommemo-
rating noteworthy events, among the
medals II has 1heretofbre used being
the Lincoln medal in 1856, the Wash.
ington medal ftYsT1SS3, the Columbus
medal in 1808yi and the Muhlemberg
medal in 1896 Gen. Horace, Porter,
who was a inembers Of Gen. Grants
staff during the war and Intimately as
ISOLATED with him M Aftef years. has
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-13

and road constructor. Then the neces-
sary cash capital was forthcoming as
fast as 1t became necessary for Tyler
to invest in material.
The boy engine-builder very sensibly
RETAINED from attempting to follow
the lines of drive-wheel locomotive.
Tyler was Indifferent to appearances,
but bent on practical results. The boys
sensible aim was to save and make
money, and not to expend 1t extrava-
gantly. The engine and boiler and the
car on which these are mounted cost
not less than $500. The further equip
ment Of Bucks Hill line consists of two
cars, each four-wheeled and each hay
ing a capacity of 1900 pounds.
In running the line the boy surveyor
humored the topography of the region
with which he had to deal, and did not
contract for any steep cuts or for any
rock work. The stony, gravelly sur
face was easily converted into a solid
bed. The rails used were of steel, and
the cross ties were of chestnut. The
gauge is twenty-six inches. The grade
in its steepest part is $40 feet to the
mile. The whole cost of constructing
the railway was at the rate of 5000 per
mile
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-13

Rochester is the birthplace Of spirit
rappings, but this is an error. The real
birthplace was Hydeville, Wayne Coun-
ty, a few miles from Newark. The
spirit rapping" phenomenon began In
March, 1S48, in the family Of John d.
Fox Mt that place. After a while the
raps occurred only in the presence OF
the two sisters, Margaret and Kate.
The family having removed to Roches-
ter, the raps accompanied them, and
new phenomena, including clairvoy-
ance and the movement Of ponderable
bodies without appreciable agency
were developed.
In November, 1S49, the Fox girls APP
peared in a public hall, and the phe-
nomena were freely manifested and
subjected to many tests. In May, 1850,
the Fox girls arrived in New York, the
alleged, spiritual manifestations be-
came the subject of extensive news
paper and conversational discussion.
Their faces were published far and
wide. Mediums" through whom they
were said to occur, sprang up Ia differ
ent parts of the country, and were null
tiplied by hundreds and almost by
thousands.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-13

with 1itsni, Ana n torpedo boats.
Az against the go gums on board Of
vessels In the GtanisA' aavys the.U United
States has 1.6lO guns, Of which "a are
from 40. 70. 80 tons, 1913 from 20 10 40
tons. BIT from to 20 tons. and 1850
under four tons. irnrA A.. A 4.
II worst comes to worst and our war
ships were. inadequate In point of num-
bers, we could call on our big liners for
aid. Of,course it1Seuld not take much
time to make unarmored cruisers out of
them, and so far as speed is concerned.
there Ia nothing In the Spanish navy or
our own, either, for that matter, which
could touch them. Spain has one big
liner upon .which<it could draw-the
Compania TRANSATLANTIC. whose thir-
ty-two steamers have a gross tonnage
Of more than 100000, ''r-r .ff~
To defeat Spain Ina sea contest
would, It will be seen from the facts
given, be task that differs widely
from chfld's play. II Uncle Sam and
Don Spaniard r6aiiy come toSblows 1t
will be duel each of the combatants
in which will have \ foeman worthy
of bis steel. LsAclsss ). M
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-13

was for the glorifcation Of the good
spoilers. 1t did something, no doubt,
for depraved brain cells before such
mysteries were ever heard Of in con-
nection with spelling books-before
physical inertia could be charged to
weak valvular heart action, and tenn
per to microbes, and all the rest. The
spelling school belongs to a past dis
pensation, says my friend, but it sug-
gests what might do much for orthog-
raphy, If the blackboard were made n
conspicuous feature, and the attention
concentrated upon the reading and
writing Of sentences, of which the fol-
lowing might be an example: "Mr.
Wright, the wheelwright, does not
write rite rightly" with helpful stories,
occasionally, like that Of the teacher
who wrote upon the board the three
words, Boys, Bees, Bear" asking the
children to construct and write a SEN
tence in which these words would be
used intelligently, one boy giving at
once: Boys bees bear when they goes
in swimming"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-13
Soapsuds on the Waves.

Some experiments have recently been
made which show that soapsuds will
reduce a sea almost as well as oil.
This was first tried on the Scandal, an
English steamer, in storm on the At
lantic. Having no great quantity of
oil, the master dissolved a large guam
tity Of soap in water, which was dis
charged over the bow. The effect was
nearly instantaneous, the height of
waves being so diminished that the
vessel could be managed without dlffi-
Guilty.
Captain lie Gall, of the French steam
er Senegal, sailing the Adriatic, was
struck by a squall and used soap and
water with the same result He used
three kilogrammes of soap dissolved in
seventy liters of water. The solution
when dripped over the bow made a
quiet space about ten meters wide, pre-
venting the waves from breaking over
the vessel
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-13

ment trail. 1t faces the east and is
on an elevation. At present 1t is unoc-
cupied and the neighbors declare that
1t is haunted.
The cabin timbers were laid in posi-
ton, the walls plastered, and the roof
fastened on by the hands OF William
Tecumseh Sherman. He built and Oc.
cupied this cabin In 1859. In 1858 he
was in the pr:etice of law at Leaven-
worth, Kan. He found that the re-
ceipts were insufficient for his support,
and he decided to turn farmer for a
while In an effort to add to his incOne
To that end he purchased land in the
northeastern portion of Sha vince Coun-
ty, six miles north Of Topeka. The old
military trail ran by the place on the
south, being a government thorough
fare between Forts Leavenworth and
Riley.
AS shown in the picture, the cabin
has two rooms. The general built only
one room, the other having been added
some time afterward. He built the por-
ton shown to the right in the picture.
He also dug a cellar under Ii, for Kan
sas was just as hot and dry then as
it is now. 1t did not take long to make
the cabin ready for occupancy, and
Sherman, the farmer, was soon living
in his own domicile and tilling the rich
soil on his place.
Down on the east bank Of the creek
about half mile from the cabin,
there was an old saw mill which was
owned and operated by an Indian of
the Pottawatomie tribe, John Ogee.
The old fellow had saved up money
and built it. One Sunday morning
Sherman took walk down by the saw
mill. Ogee was sitting on a log. smok-
ing his long pipe and looking down into
the water. Sherman approached and
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-13

. Her protective deck is six inches thick
and her sides are partially plated with
two-inch steel. She is the newest of
the Spanish fleet of any considerable
size. There is in the Spanish navy also
enc of the finest types of the modern
armored cruiser. 1t Is the Infanta Ma
ria Theresa. She represents fleet of
eight cruisers of her own sort which
fly the Spanish flag. Her armament
consists of two 8 $500 guns in bar
bettes and ten 5-10-inch rapid firers.
For protection she has a belt at the
water line twelve inches thick along
the central body Of the ship. Twelve
inches is the thickness Of the barbette
armor.
AS opposed to the Pelayo, our navy
has wonderful battleships in the Iowa,
the Indiana and the. Massachusetts,.
These two latter warships have each
an armament of four 13-inch and four
6-inch guns, and are of IL 900 tons dis
placement, as compared with the Pc
lagos 10000. The Oregon, another
monster, has a very thick plate of side
armor, which constitutes its superior
fly. The cruiser New York is pro-
totype of the Carlos, while it's compan-
fon warship, the Brooklyn, Is little
more than equal to either. This vessel
carries eight S-inch and twelve 5-inch
guns, and is infinitely more modern
than even the famous New York. In a
sea fight, 1t is the opinion Of experts,
counting in the Maine and the Texas,
with their twelve 6-inch guns. their
foot-thick turrets, and over 1900 tons
displacement. we should be able to put
ND hard naval fight under all circum-
stances.
There is one point Of advantage we
have over Spain, and that 1t Is our
kems and monitors. While every mod
ern warship is possessed Of ram, we
have in the Katahdin q vessel built for
nothing else but sinking her prov into
an unlucky foe. The Katahdin is not a
very big vessel as warships go, for her
tonnage is only 1900, but she could
knock the spots of the best warship
that was eyer constructed, armored or
unarmored. IL only given half chance.
Then there are our FIVE double-turreted
monitors, of which the most powerful
f. the Puritan, Of 5000 tons. About
half her size, are the Terror, the Am.
phitrfte, the Monadnock and the Milan.
tonomah. Their armof is IL inches
thick and their guns are 10-inch pieces
or course the monitor Is pre-eminently
a coast defender. In smooth water and
for harbor work this craft is unsur
? passed.
As opposed to Spain in general naval
equipment, we have 33 armored ships
with 6S1 guns; 33 unarmored ships
!. with sol guns; % unarmored gunboats
with 262 guns, dispatch vessel, switf
10 guns; 80 training and store ships