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The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-26
BROTHER AND SISTER.

ERs They Didn't Know It Until Their
Thirty-ninth Wedding Anniversary.
The village Of Mulvane, few miles
south Of Wichita, Kan, is stirred up
over disclosures brought TO light on the
occasion of the thirty ninth wedding an
niversary Of Peter Wilson and wife a
few days ago. Their nine children and
several grandchildren were present, with
many neighbors.
In the company werc Isaac Ashton,
foster father of Mrs. Wilson, who was
en- route to Oklahoma, and Robert VIII
son, foster father Of Peter Wilson, who
lived in a neighboring county. The men
were neighbors 40 years ago, but had
not seen each other since.
Their reminiscent talk brought out
the fact that in 1888 Alexander Taylor,
his wife and two children located in
Richmond, Ind, having moved there
from Noble county, o. Taylor went as
volunteer to the Florida Indian war
and died while ON the expedition. Mrs.
Taylor died soon afterward, leaving her
children, Peter and Rachel, ard
years old respectively, to the Gaze Of
strangers.
Isaac Ashton and Robert Wilson had
been friends Of the Taylors. Ashton
adopted Rachel and Wilson adopted Pc
ter Taylor. Ashton moved to Iowa soon
afterward, and Wilson went to northern
Missouri. They never spoke to the chill
dren of their anteccderts, and they grew
up to consider they were the children Of
their respective foster parents.
When Peter Wilson was IL years old,
he went to Sioux City, Ia, to learn the
carpenters trade, aud at temperance
meeting he met Rachel Ashton, who
was visiting her foster aunt They be-
came sweethearts, and three years later
were married.
They settled in Sumner county, Kan,
where they have always been highly re.
spected. They have nine children.
Three children are deaf mu.es, and two
others are deformed. All are married
except one of the deaf mutes and two Of
the younger children.
Peter Wilson swooned when he heard
the old neighbors' talk, and fer time
he was thought 30 be dead, but he was
revived. He and his wife are almost
crazed with grief
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-26
PAWTUckET.

Areas 3-4 square miles.
,577 In 1895, an increase OF
AZ per cent. in years.
Bonks-Three National; capital and sur
plus 8, %, ,OOO Three institutions for saw
ings.
VaIuation-Ss2, ,612, ,4S4. Net debt about
four millions. Tax rate, e1.65 on each 800
worth of taxable property: ~
Electric Raiiu dys-A miles, connecting
with all suburban towns. Three systems
the Pawtucket Street Railway, running In
the city and suburbs; the Interstate Rail-
way, running to Attleboro and North At
tleboro; and the Union Railway routes,
running betw cen the city and Providence.
The Interstate has "A miles of road in all.
Mdmufactp 'srs-Immense thread mills,
print works, machine shops and foundries;
cotton, WOODEN and hair cloth mills.
Raiiroads-On the main line of the New
York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (;
distance to Boston 40 miles; to Providence,
the capital of the State, miles; 1856 trains
pass through the city daily.
Schools school buildings; IL brick
and modern structures; number Of teach
ers employed, 1870; one business college;
three large and modern parochial schools.
The Home Of Cotton Industry In Amer
ica-First cotton spinning frames in the
country were put In operation on July II
of 1870. Cotton Centenary Celebration was
held Sept. q, 30, and Oct. i, 2, Sand 4, 1890
World Renowned Water Works-Water
pressure in Main street square 40 pounds
to the square inch; water mains 6S miles.
High,DayS-Total length OF streets, 12S
miles; six miles Of paved streets; 13 miles
Of roadwav macadamized.
Se'oers- IN excellent system OF 3S miles.
Under the Guidance of % Churches
Many with magnificent edifices. Aggre-
gate church property nearly a million
dollars.
Excellent Paid Fire Department-Few
IL any, cities can show such low rate Of
fire losses.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-26
THE EVENING tribune: TUESDAY. JANUARY 2e 1897

thrown away ON ths Bradley Martin
ball. II will cost in the neighbcrhood
of half . million dollars, q sum suffi.
cient to buy 100000 tons Of coal, or 10,-
100000 loayes OF bread. This sum
would keep all the poor OF the country
warm for the rest of the winter. Yet
1t will be eaten and gagged at, drank
and worn in one night.
OF course money expended in any
gradually gets into all channels.
Some day some of these very poor may
get few OF the Brady Martin dollars.
But that fact will not help them out OF
their present dilemma. &This $500, 900
would do incalculable good il given out
right to the needy, now.
But il won't.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-26
TOUR ABOUT TOWN

The climate OF California is so varied
that while an ice carnival is soon to
occur at the city of Truckee, a few days
later circus fairs and rose festivals will
take place in other parts of the State.
If you meet a friend on the street
and he has hang dog expression and
an appearance Of utter desolation, deal
with him kindly and don't find fault if
he is just trife crusty. The chances
are 16 to that every bone in his body
aches and he feels dead to the world.
He has the grip.
n
Smokeless powder is being used with
good effect for indoor rife practice at
the State Armory and it works 80 salts
factory that all the companies will
probably be supplied with it.
Young Red" O'Neill, the newsboy,
is destined for second Pittsburg Phil
or Riley Grannon, and his remarkably
cute way of picking out winners in va.
rious events will some day make him
famous. The fact of his winning Is
cents from we'll known boniface has
already been recorded, but on Monday
he doubled the stakes and won quar-
ter from an Alderman on the result of A
polo game played that night. Exactly
what his next venture will be is mat
ter OF conjecture.
am told that love in q cottage may
be rosy, but q recently welded young
man does not find it quite ~ rosy as no
anticipated since the recent cold wave
struck Pawtucket. Rather cold work
making fire these mornings.
The TOURIST.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-26

when tAs engines come clattsrtu
Long the crowded street,
A-oausin awful soatterin
"Aong the things they meet,
git just like boy ag'in
An have q wild desire
To yell out with the mob like sin.
"Eier, fer. fieri''
don't know what the reason is,
But when them fire bells ring
My blood begins to tingle-,. - whizi-
Can't do single thing,
'Ceptin hoot an yell an h .r out
Es ef I'd slipped myv
An keep up with the c. ID an shout.
"Fier, fer. fieri"
-Philadelpbir orth American.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-26

Mr.. Bliss shies at the cabinet like O
man who fears TO spoil his presidential
possibilities by letting the public get
acquainted with him in advance.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-26

"When you steppet on that gentleman's g
foot, Tommie, ho,., you apologizedY"
"Oh, yes. indeed did, >" said Tommie,
"and he gave me 10 cents for being such
good boy"
"Did hea And what did you do thenfv
Stepped on the other and apologized
again. But 1t didn't work. "-Harper's 9
Round Table.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-26

The next step In advance after the stock
ade, was the erection of walls of masonry.
and from the time of the foundation of
Nineveh and Babylon, or from 5000 b. c.. ,
this mode of defense has been the fayorite
In all parts of the world
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-26

There are already indications, even
in Rhode Island, that the great Repub-
lican tiaal wave of 1896 did not make
any big contracts for 1897.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-26

Mr.. Hanna's strenuous attempts to
pose as q candidate without influence
have not SO far met with any fatal de-
gree of success.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-26

Here is his statement:
About a year ago 1 was taken with
kidney trouble In one Of the worst forms.
I was passing from four to six quarts OF
water every "a hours. and my trouble
finally ran into diabetes. / had had
kidney trouble before. and had some
what recovered when the second attack
came last fall. / employed doctor all
last winter, with no favorable results
I worked all the time, but was in con-
slant misery, and If 1 had kept on l
would not now have been alive. The dis
ease reduced my weight from $50 to l4o
pounds, and during all the time l got
no relief until began to use Puritana.
I commenced the Puritana treatment
last April, and used three or four bot
ties. The first results were felt in my
stomach, which improved rapidly. so
that I could eat and digest my food COM
fortably. The next result was that my
bladder was restored to its normal con-
dition. l have been well all summer.
although / left off using Puritana In
June. 1 think Puritana is the best rem
edv that l have ever known, and Nm
hesitatingly recommend it to others, for
whose good publish this letter.
(Signed) George III. Denny"
This Is only one example OF what
Puritana can do and is doing every day
for suffering men and women. Puri-
tana is the prize formula Of Prof. Dixi
Crosby Of Dartmouth College. and by
It's action on the stomach ii cures trou-
bles of the blood, nerves, heart, liver.
kidneys and other vital organs.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-26
31pnttta. 90 let, Gtc.


THOUSANDS of good places under the Me
= kinley Administration In every part OF
the country. DO you want onel The Mid
Winter edition of the NATIONAL RECORDEH
will tell how to get n position. Send five
cents In stamps To the NATIONAL RE
CORDER, Washington, ID. Z. d2o ct
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-26

In the language Of the late DR..
Holmes. the town of Warren will soon
publicly herald the fact that it is 15O
years young.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-26

Queen Liliuokalani he's arrived in
Washington and found the duck shoot
ing excellent.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-26


Troy Press: The Salvation Army
in New York has burned Satan in
effigy. II tho army wants to punish
Satan 1t should freeze him. Heis used
to fire."
Fall River Globe: From the reports
in our exchanges the manufacturers in
the other cotton centres of New Eng
and are pretty generally agreed about
disagreeing with their Fall River
brethren on the curtailment PROPOSE
ton. Are the local mill mon again 60
ing to permit themselves to get singed
in pulling the other fellows chestnuts
out of the fre2 It looks So"
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-26
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

Editorial Views or Our Contemporaries on
Matters of Interest.
Newport News: 1.-The Rhode Island
cotton mills decline Fall Rivers propo-
sition to curtail production for the time
being in order TO clear the markets OF
surplus goods"
Salem News; "Sixty-six towns in
TINS commonwealth had no debt in 1896.
some OF them are desirable as places OF
residence aud then again, people cast.
ing about for places in which 70 make
new home would give others OF these
towns the 60 by. No debt with no in.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-26
WAS IN CONSTANT MISERY
A Carpenters Life Saved by
the Puritana Treatment.

III X. George III. Denny Is
uu a carpenter who has
always worked in the vicin-
ity Of South Northfleld, VT.
lie Is about 35, bright. ener-
getic and favorably known.
He lives near the head
quarters Of Dog River. on
the high land that divides
the waters Of the Connecti-
cut and Winooski rivers.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-05
A PROPER FOOD STANDARD.

As we are, largely, what we eat, Ii 10
evident that true standard OF food is
far more important than any other
standard OF values or measures. The
suggestion has been made that, as en-
tire wheat contains the correct percent
ages of all the elements 10 nourish ev-
cry portion OF the human system, under
normal conditions, therefore, wheat In
its entirety is the true and natural
ttandaiI. There is now great and
seemingly well founded sentiment
against the impoverishing of wheat by
removing some OF its most valuable
properties. as is done in the case of fine
white -four Should wheat be ac-
cepted as our standard for normal con-
ditions, its proportions could be
changed 90 suit all lines OF occupation
or conditions Of life. Where more men,
,tal than muscular effort is required, add
food rich in phosphate elements. but
h1ld largely 10 your standard, as no
mind can be at its best unless muscle.
hone, teeth and all portions Of the body
are In perfect and harmonious state.
Where severe muscular exertion Is re-
quired. add to your standard the nitro
genous foods which help 10 form muscle.
Wy adhering largely TO the standard.
however the brain and nerve are prop
erly nourishcd, and your lahorer Is In
a position not only to do his work TO best
advantage hut also his health is main
tained and his mental powers are not
iIapaired for lack OF proper nourish-
rent. ny perfect system Of dieting,
there Is no doubt that eur entire lives
would be made more comfortable, as well
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-05

both.
1t was delightful day, warm and
bright, yet not too hot. The roads were
smooth and hard, and though the water
carts had boon active, the effects of their
passage had worn OFF sufficiently To pre-
vent danger from sido-slip.
Dc CTuza was gorReously arrayed. He
wore bright blue coat, orange waistcoat,
trousers To match the coat, broad
bTinmed (Jameson) hat patent leather
shoes and tie of new and wonderful
shade Of red. Instead of tho usual trans
fer ON the lower main tube OF the machine
his own signature sprawled in gold.
Richmond Park was at its best. It was
deserted save by the deer. Tho heavy
woodlands shut out the horizon. the
hous 5, the busy life which teamed all
around at such short distance.
Ii was possible to imagine oneself in the
heart of IA dolicions desert of oak and
fern and chestnut trayeTsad hy excellent
roads, tempered only occasionally by low
hills.
Lady Laelia most unwisey called halt
by "a olump Of towering treos. The pair
dispounted and abandoning their bicycles
sat down on the comfortable bank To rest
The spirit OF the scene, of his art, of the
divine passion, entered the breast of tho
poet. Hand in hand came the thought Of
that EXCELLENT business speculation. Here
I'm the Wilderness (that was so near town }
under the open SKY tlust ten minutes run
from n first rate hotelL ho would declare
himself 20 Lady Laslia. The proposal
should be vortable poem In prose. It
should thrill her TO the very soul, and
reveal 90 her. as in lightning flash,
what manner Of man he was.
Dear Lady. >" he began. with impas.
sionsd Tenderness.
Lady l.aelia turned toward him, and
by that movement fate -willed that her
ewes should catch sidelong glimpse Of
the two bicycles which leant Ia close
company against "a tree.
"Oh, Dir. do Cruza," she cried in great
excitenent what Is that man doing to
my bikep'
Much disguised at this prosalc inter
ruption, the poet turned his head Inn
patiently in the direction indicated. A
distinctly ruffianly and unkcmpI indiEIa-
uuf WIS undoubtedly standing In sus-
picious proximity % tho machines. Lady
! llcliu sprang tn her feet with the inn
potuOsity of mother who secs her child
in danger. Mr.. DE CruZa rose with far
mora deliborstien, ana feeling of un-
easiness became manifest iD his breast
Good heaven was there going to no an
alteration with a common. low. unoul.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-05
The News Daily Story.

have usually considerable feminine fol-
lowing. Nor was Ferdinand any oxcep-
tion to this rule. Lank damsels Ian
guished metophoricaily at his feet and
lent eager ears 60 his uttorances with
soulful squirnings. Large ladies of
exalted rank but less exalted taste lis
tened with much laughter to his "bril-
liant dialogue, wherein the unexpected
wrestlod with tho improper. Mr. de
Cruza is so amusing" they said by
which they meant that he told otiansive
anecdotes well.
The homage of the far sex was sweet
10 Ferdinand. Spocialy delicious, more
over was she fdoratiOn OF u woman like
Lady Laelia Disco ar. the daughter Of
the Earl of HarrOgatu. ana the widOw of
old George Holofernes ID sdehar, who made
huge fortune, don't you know. out OF
coal tar, and was for some years chan
cellor Of the exchequer Lnds b&elia
was old Georges second wits whom be
had married sMme time alter 10 cnai tar
episode, and within cw years a. MS
death. There were no fewer thaH forty
years between the pair and it was saii
at the Jlmo that Lady Lnclia had been
led like lamb 20 tho altar solely by tie
indomitable will o! her Carelui parert.
AS it turned out old George died four
years after the wedding ana Lazy Lneiia
was LETT n widow Of TIVE -four with a
very handsome jointure 10 begin life over
again with the view OF getting some en-
joyment ont Of 10.
AS tho wife of the chancellor Of tho ex-
cbequer she had been bored 10 death by
sci ious people at an age when she was
utterly incapable Of apprccinting them
When she was free she iiow tu inc opposite
extreme. Ferd n snd dc Cru1a may be
regarded rs one of tho gym bols q this re-
volt. H5 gave her Iew aud lioasurable
sensations which she Dnly half understood,
but which were delightful g. hur. ha bad
sufficient acutonoss not % upsCni ton los
I'm her presence rho openly ue idrOd thHt
she WIS devoted 20 "denr Sir. de Cruya. "
The world scoffed. anu nirsnabed the
great man "the widows Cruya -
Now Ferdinand, In spite Of mis- poetic
temperament and habit OF railing 90 tho
sordid practice of money grubbing, was u
capital man of business. II ciurred 20
him that Lady Laelia. with her large
jointure would bo On excollet investment
At the same time, her beauty was not
only grateful To his Senses but would
constitute her "A trophy Of no inconsidura-
BILE value TO his self-esiecin. Also 10 would
be far Preferable TO he master la house
which he could style his o~ n tirn g. con
tinus the social free lance with the duty
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-05

OF earning his dinner.
These circumstances may account for
the fact that little Lord Hounslow, who
was calling On Lady Laelia. was by no
means pleased when she door opened and
Mr, do Cruza was announced.
Little Lord HOUnsiow was honestly in
love with Lady Laelia. He would have
married her II she bad not bad penny In
the world. lie had stated his sentiments
to her with as much fervor of expression
as he could command. She had replied
c9ldly that she did not intend TO marry
again, and that if she did, she should not
marry a little man. she added, perfectly
Rratuitously, that sho thought that "a
woman ought not to marry man whom
she could not look up 10 and respect. At
this she drew herself up To her full height
and lowered head and shoulders above
hin,. Also she declared that she liked him
very much as friend, and offered TO be
u sistor Go him. At which he had uttered
u had VOID. but had Immediately apollo
g,2td with the utmost abqsement Event
ually, like another Ierson he went away
in a rage When he nad cooled down n
little he decided that he would never give
her up.
Therefore, when he heard Of the De
Crusa Intimacy no felt on unholy wish TO
maui and manGle that eminent man. Ho
could not really believe that Lady Laolia
could actually have any tondor feelings
toNhfl loiiOW WHOSE naif nNuk Iati
way down his hack, and whose appearance
md tG~s were enough to make one III for
"A month"; begEd has he did not like the
idea that such an animals namo SHOULD
be coupled with that of his adOred one.
still less did lie like the anxiety which
racked his breast wnOn0ver he thought Of
this friendship and its possibilities.
Therefore dc Cruza's name was 10 him
like q red rag 10 bull. Tho voice Of
wisdom saiu, Co" The flend pf jealousy
cried, Stay" Naturally no oheyed the
lnttar.
"lhis IL a most fortunate coincidence,
said Lady Laelin after she had responded
60 DE Cruza's large and abusive greet
ing. II can now Introduce two Of my
great friends TO each other"
Tho two men exchanged sour Rlances.
DE Cruza was man Of many hatreds.
Most Of oil did he hate the ordinary
man" And in that lowest deep lower
deep was reserved for those who were good
looking. Moreover 90 do him justice,
fordinand Yss entirely free from any dis
position 10 toady lords-s1 great was his
ragc at the mean advantage which he
considered that their stiles gave them.
On the other nand, Lord Hounslow was
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-05
BARD VERSUS BOXER.

Ferdinand dc Cruza was, In his own
opinion. the greatest man Of the day 10
right of being the most ilusrrious living
poet. Neither part Of this modest dehni-
tion was entirely endorsed by the world
at large, though TO some degree it ran
current in certain literary circle The
ribald and the scoffer, however, asserted
that it was n fundamental article of assu-
citation in the latter limitod romnany that
every member was To bo regarded as tire
most eminent I'm bis own particular
branch, and to be euIoglzed AS the most
distinguished among MOI tails TO the casual
Philistine SupposinR it to he the casa.
this ingenious arrangement would some
what discount the value OF the praise thus
admi istered.
Ferdinand do Cruza was n docadent
poet. Like Agag, he walked delicntelT,
but the same manner WINS not observable
in his compositions. Realism was what
his soulful yearnings as ''decomposI.
tiOns. In appearance he was large and
heavy in build He wore his hair tang
ling over his COLLAR In the true poetic
style. Also, his eyes were hig and black
like plums, and under the Influence cf
what he wished to DO taken for extreme
emotion he would roll them with start.
ling effect
That he was an Englishman no one
ever presumt 90 Doubt, In spite OF tho
emlnentiy un-English chara ter OF his
name. IL had been suggested that some
remote Portuguese extraction might be
the origin Of the latter. Another view.
however. of more simple nature was
that he had found Ii living by the wayside
OF life, and, bsng dissatisfied with his
own. bad effected n transfer
Ferdinand was oroo described as
young man with talent for conversa-
tion. Oh. how he would talk And tho
subjects which were ever most IN his
mouth wero himself. his works. his emil
nence. He had curious knack Of spread
ing himself out like poacocK's tail rs
he spoke. until he seemed 90 dominate
the entire room. He bad theory that
tho world will only take one at half ones
valuation, and THAI therefore, it Is we'll
to pitch tho estimate high. Certainly he
never orred on this point and there were
those who said that the process CT self
puffery produced suBo curious internal
expansion a. we'll Poets Of this salibrs