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come swiftlyssalongEi in the current, then pass over the falls and disappear out of sight in the foam and mist below, come to the surface and go tossing about in the rapids, then glide into smooth water again and sail tranquilly on their way. How suggestive of human experience as we sail along the sea of lifei We do not realize the rapids and the danger until Ii is upon us, and we find ourselves in the midst of the turbulent waters of adver- sity and affliction, and for a season are, as it were, buried from sight, only to emerge in the tranquil waters beyond, nobler and richer from our experience.
 When the water is smooth and every thing works well, the life of river driver is comparatively monotonous. But let 8 downpour of rain occur in the spring, and the melting snow swells the little noun tain streams into torrents, and in single night the river rises to such height as to create havoc along It's banks. Very pretty looks the Carrabasset as 1t losses and roars, churning it's turbid waters Into foam as it dashes over the rocks or falls in all Its grandeur over the dam, echoing and re-echoing with sullen roar but far different Is the result as 1t joins the wa ters of the Kennebec, already full to over flowing, and bearing upon it's broad bos- om countless thousands of logs that have been dispatched to their various owners. Now the business of river driving as- sumes different phase, and hard work and plenty of 1t becomes their lot, for there is sure to be jam, which means days and months of toll and danger.
 It was the privilege of the writer to witness a jam of logs of greater magni- tude than usually takes place. A sudden down pour of rain had caused the river to rise very rapidly, catching the rear drive in narrow space near Madison, and mak- ing jam that extended for about three miles in length, and piled the logs one upon another until it seemed they must extend to the very bed of the river. Still the river continued to rise, carrying the ! 4OO5O up ONOA AUS DbAh6J bAO1hAhES the highway, destroying trees and ere ating general havoc along the shore The receding waters left these high and dry upon the bank, while in the channel are piled thirty million feet of timber await ing friendly hand to send 1t on It's way. As the several gangs come down the stream they are set at work, till the river banks resound with the ring of axes and the shouts of men as they push and turn the heavy logs with their sharp cant-dogs, while above the roar of the water can be heard the sullen boom of the logs as they glide over the falls upon the rocks below.
 As we look upon the scene we are filled with awe at the power and grandeur oi the forces of nature, working so silently
 yet with such mighty force, and we car but realize our own littleness when con. pared with the might of the creator. Yet stupendous as Is the task, the mind oi man will soon remove the barrier. Eaof log reaches its proper place, and the river will flow unobstructed on It's way to tho sea. D. L. B.
The Press., 1897-09-23

Canned goods going into Cuba are to be taxed as luxuriesl
The Press., 1897-09-23
AN OHIO IDEA.
Free Delivery for School Children.

That part of Ohio known as the "West- ern Reserve" has developed a novel school system which Is rapidly becoming popular. It is known as "the Kingsville system" because first tried in the town of that name in Ashtsbula county. The idea on which the system is based Is the gathering together of enough children in county districts to make graded school, with all the increased educational advan- tages pertaining to schools of that class The Kingsville system gives to every pupil in the township, no matter how re- mote his home may be, graded school education. This Is accomplished by means of coaches, which stop at the door of each house morning and evening, carrying the children to and from graded school at the center of the township. The schoolsin each district of that to wnship are abolish. Instead of ill-heated, ill-venti- lated small frame building, with low roof, the children enjoy the advantages of a large brick high school building. Of course the chief advantages Is in securing better grade of teachers and better class of school supplies than would be available for the ordinary separate dis trict schools.
 Obviously the greatest obstacle to such a system Is in the means of transportation but that has been successfully overcome. The coaches used for transportation are built according toiinstructions given by the board of education. They are made so that the sides, front and back, can be opened in warm weather and closed in winter. The removable covering Is made of rubber The driver Is also protected, while the window in the front curtain per mits him to see out. The coaches vary in size, but the average seating capacity Is for twenty-five children. No coaches come from greater distance than four miles. The driver must start in time to reach the center school before the hour of calling the morning session and must be on hand when school Is out in the afternoon. They mnst stop at the home
The Press., 1897-09-23
A Head Cold Gan be cured in one doy by the timely use of
 PyrO-FGbrin Tablets

Superior Do quinine preparations and perfectly sqfe. Will cure sick or ner- vous headache, women's periodical headaches and neuralgia. No opiates. Endorsed by Prof. Stoddard of Smith College and all physicians. Price 25c.
 Ont this out and send with 3 cent stamp to Pyro- Febrtn Co.,, Northampton, Mass., and they will send you a trial package with testimonials freq.
 Sold by w. w. LAATHROP.
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GREAT TRIUMPH. relief and a permanent cure by the great remedy, Otto's Cure for Lung and throat diseases. Why will you irritate your throat and lungs with hacking cough when E. K. Taft, Stafford Springs, w. P. Fuller, Somers, Odell & Jones, Staffordville, sole agents, will furnish you free sample bottle of this guaranteed remedy Its success is simply wonderful, as your druggist will tell you. Sample free, Large bottles 50c and 25c.
The Press., 1897-09-23

To save boatmen from being swept over Niagara Falls 1t is proposed to stretch cable from shore to shore at the danger point, so that those being swept down the rapids may grasp 1t and pull themselves ashore.
The Press., 1897-09-23

That depends on where you buy your Groceries. If you buy your Groceries at
The Press., 1897-09-23

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The Press., 1897-09-23

DID You EVER try Electric Bitters as a remedy for your troubles2 If not, get 8 bottle now and get relief. This medicine was been found to be peculiarly adapted to the relief and cure of all Female Com plaints, exerting wonderful direct infiu- ence in giving strength and tone to the organs. If you have Loss of Appetite Constipation, Headache, Painting Spells, or are Nervous, Sleepless, Excitable, Melancholy or troubled with Dizzy Spells, Electric Bitters Is the medicine you need
 Health and Strength are guaranteed by it's use. Fifty cents and $1.00 at E. K. Taft's Dlug Store. 3
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-24
NEW MEDICAL DISCOVERY.
Positive Cure for Dyspepsia.

This may read as though we were put
ting it little strong because IL is gem
erally thought 10y the ma ajOrity of people
that Dyspepsia in its chronic form is in
curable, or practically so. But we have
long since shown that Dyspepsia is cur
able, nor is it SUCH difficult matter as
ut first appears.
The trouble with Dyspeptics is that
they are continually dieting. starving
themselves or going 10 opposite extremes
or else deluging the already over-hur-
uened stomach with 'bitters, ''after
dinner pills, ~ etc, which Invariably in
crease the difficulty ever if in some cases
they do give u slight temporary relief.
Such treatment of the stomach simply
makes matters worse. What the stomach
wants is rest. Now how can the
stomach become rested, recuperated and
at the same time the body nourished
ana sustained?
This is the great secret and this is also
the secret of tho uniform success of
Stuars's Dyspepsia Tablets. This is q
comparatively new remedy, out its sue.
cess and popularity leaves no doubt as to
its merits.
The Tablets will digest the food any
way, regardless of condition of the
stomach.
Ihe sufferer from Dyspepsia according
to directions is TO eat an abundance nf
good. wholesome food and use the tablets
before and after each mesl and the re-
suit will DO that the food will be digested
no matter how bad your dyspepsia may
ba. because as before stated the tablets
will digest the food even il the stomach is
wholly Inactive. 10 illustrate our mean
ing plainly. If you take 800 grains of
meat, eggs or fordinary food and place it
i'm tenn nperature of 9S degrees and put
with it one of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
IL will dig gest the meat or eggs almost
IA perfectly as If the meat was enclosed
within tho stomach.
The stomach may be ever 30 weak yet
tn so tablets will perform the work of
digestion and the body and brain will be
properly nourished and at the same time
radical. lasting cure OF dyspepsia will
be made because the much abused
stomach will be given, 10 some extent, u
much needed rest. Your druggist will
tell you that of the many remedies ad-
vertised to cure dyspepsia none of them
has given SD complete and general salts
faction as Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets and
not least in Importance in these hard
times is the fact that they are also the
cheapest and give the most good for tho
least money.
A little book on cause and cure of
stom ach trouble sent free by addressing
Stuart CO.. Marshall. Mich.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-24
Diabetes.
DR.. j. Seegen, Professor of rledicfne
at the University of Vienna,

In his celebrated work on diabetes
mellitus says "Of all remedies in
my large experience with this
disease, and the many expert
ments which /, as we'll as such
prominent men as Angle, Fleck-
les, Hlawczek and others, have
made. Carlsbad Water and the
Carlsbad Sprudel Salt deserves
to be placed in the first rank.
"All of the above writer's agree
with me that the use of the Carls-
bad Water exerts a very beneficial
influence in diabetes. | have,
in the course of many years
treated a very large number of
patients suffering with the disease,
and have. with great interest,
noticed the effect of Carlsbad
Water in reducing the amount of
sugar. Ny invariable experience
has been that almost without an
exception an improvement was
marked and noticeable during and
after the use of the same, even
where nc strict diet was oh.
served" Eisner& Mendelson CO.,
sole agents fo<rhe genuine im-
ported Carlsbad Mineral Water,
New York.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-24
WANSkUCK.
Mar. ow Escape From Injury by a S ray
Eullet- Notes.

As Dennis Convey was reading copy
OF The Evening News about s o'clock
last evening under the glare of an electric
light on Douglas avenue. a shot was fired
from the woods, In the rear of the
Geneva boarding house. and at the same
instant bullet whizzed past his hcad
and went through the paper which hs
held before his face. Ii is believed Co TO
"a shot from the rifle Of some hunter. But
10 was a narrow escape.
A horse belonging TO the McCarthy's Of
Woodville, ran away sometime Inst
right. and was found in the brook near
Weedon's mill on Branch avenue, where
IL had been since 8 o'clock this morning.
The animal was sAiverinR with cold. At
8 o'clock this morning two policemen,
with ropes, were trying to get the animal
from the water
There promises 10 be considerable sport
In Wanskuck the first Saturday IN Oc-
tober. and the cause of 10 will be "a
bicycle race tetween Franz PAIL and
Farrell j. Higgins The friends of both
young men have subscribed $50, which
will be put into a gold watch and Ire-
seDted Co tho winner.
John Sainsbury, an old and highly re-.
spectsd citizen Of Wanskuok for tho past
90 years Is lying seriously III az his
homo on Langdon street suffering from
q complication of diseases.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-24
ONE MAN A MAJORITY.
Doctrine of Teachers Independence
Enunciated by Cornelf's President.

Ithaca, n. Y. Sept. 2i-President
jacob q. Schurman of Cornell univer-
sity, in his annual address TO the stu
dents. made the following statements
which have a bearing upon the recent
controversy between President Andrews
and the trustees of Brown university:
Cornell recognizes that the majority
may be wrong and that the minority
may be right. Therefore absolute free
dom is the soul OF the institution. Brice
called our majority rule system fatal
ism OF the multitude. We believe here
that one man with Gods truth is a ma
jority, and every teacher Is expected to
do what Socrates did. although he out
ragged Athenians and suffered martyr
dom for IT, i believe the institution
should cease TO exist a thousand times
sooner than that a single professor
should be coerced.
Teachers must be free TO Investigate
and TO announce and proclaim what they
have discovered. They must be free TO
present both sides of a question. The
teacher is not the representative of a
corporation or the people, but a repre-
sentative of the God of trl n. While
money is a necessity to any university
teaching staff. Better that the univer-
sity be wiped out of existence than that
truth be suppressed. The end of a uni
versity is propagation of truth. Any
pretensons Of a corporation TO set limits
on teaching staff must be resisted as
absolutely unwarranted.
How true il IS that the individual may
be in the right and the majority in error
All progress in science has demonstrated
this truth. Take the study of astron-
omy. Was Copernicus wrong and the
men who opposed him right? Was Oar
win wrong on his theories of evolution
and the multitude, who opposed hin
and bounded him, right? We need mere
heresies in science. The advance Of
civilization will mean the stamping ou,
OF these heresles or the establishing o.
their truth. Freedom, absolute, unre-
stricted freedom is the soul of the uni
versity. When oxford started in the
18th century Il was free; later the church
got hold of IL. Then the Tudor kings
treated ii as a means OF statecraft: later
as spcdls. James II required one Of the
colleges to elect an incapable man presi-
dent. Such men who were foisted on the
hopeless colleges in after times hac
everything except piety. virtue and
learning. and then oxford is said tc
have an annual output of mendacity
and insincerity Despots have tried tn
experiment of interfering witS universl-
ties. and the result has always been and
always will be the same"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-24
WARREN.
A New Hose mcany Organized-The
0'Neil-C0nnery Nuptials.

A number Of persons residing in the vicin-
ity of Burrs Hill met on the premises Of Her
bert A. Seymour on South Main street and n
new hose company was organized. and the
following officers were elected; Foreman,
George +. Cole; assistant, George II. Greene,
Jr lose director, Charles f. Grey: leading
hosoman, Richard Smith: pipemcn, Charles
ii. DAVIS and Charles r. Child hydrant men,
Henry NJ. Darling and Hiram o. Burtis;
clerk, Charles w. Greene The company has
hose reel and hose, which was put into its
possession by the fire department several
weeks ago.
The members Of the Warren Artillery are
rapidly qualifying nj the rife range. The
following have qualified as sharpshooters:
Lieutenant Colonel II. W. Eddy, Major Ran
som, Adjutant Gladding, Lieutenant Sparks,
Lieutenant Greene, Sergeant White, Corporal
Frank Maxwell and Privates Christie and
Johnson. The following marksmcn have
qualified: Lieutenant Cutler, Sergeants Brown
EoSen and Bosworth Corporals Miller, Ma
hey and Turner Privates Bolton Church, q.
l.. Church. Jr. Crawley, Drown, Hall, Lang
ellie, Martin, q. f. Seymour Sinister and
Jones
Captain George W, Hart has sold the
The vessel sailed for that port yesterday.
Mr.. Frank Conroy and bride have returned
from their wedding trip and are at their new
home on Water street.
MIR. Thomas Phinney has removed his fam
lily from Vernon street 10 the Richmond
house on State street
MIR. Patrick wo'Neil Of this town was mar
ried TO Miss Margarotte Connery Mt 81. Mnrvs
Il. nj. ..I... IA
o'clock by Father McCabe. Miss Mary Con
nory. sister Of tho bride, acted as bridesmaid,
and Mr.. Michael 'ONoil Of this town, brother
Of tho groom. acted As best man. The ushers
wcrc Mr.. william McDonough, MIR. Martin
O'Scil of Warren and Mr. Thomas Corncry
and Robert Connery OF Bristol. After the
marriage ceremony reception was held at
the house Of Mrs Robert Connery from II to
I O'Clock, when the bridal couple left on n
trip % New Hampshire. On their return
they will reside on state street.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-24
OLNEYVILLE.
A Complaint About the Trolley Cars.
BOutele Discharged.

The Union railroad company might
greatly aid to its popularity in this sec.
tion by adopting some more adequate
measures to regulate tho starting OF cars
than is at present in force. The one con-
spicuous defect i'm the service at this end
Is the irregularity In the time of starting.
1t Is said that the schedule calls for the
starting OF car from Olneyyille square
every two minutes.
How this rule Is violated If. in fact,
there Is such a rule. which in view OF
the facts seems hardly creditab BILE Is potent
to everyone who has occasion TO take u
car on this line. Instead Of starting every
two minutes they leave at Irregular inter
walls of time and then in twos ana threes
or trains.
1t Is frequently necessary to wait i've
minutes or more for car TO go down
town.
This is great Inconvenience especially
to business men and 10 should be
remedied.
A starter should be- placed on the
square and then each conductor would
feel Obliged to make pretty nearly
schedule time in leaving, as we'll as In
arriving Mt Market square. AS it is now,
it seems to make litlte difference III the
car Is several minutes late In starting
out. This loss can be made during the
trip down so that oil goes we'll with the
officials and conductors.
Hardly day passes that some com
plaint against this feature OF the service
Is not heard.
LOST TWO FINGERS.
Edward Dluchy. young man en-
ployed in tho cardinR department. OF the
Wey bosset mills, met with serious ac-
cident yesterday while at work on card
ing machine. His left hand was drawn
in between a set OF rollers and two of the
fingers were so badly injured that ampu-
tation was necessary.
BOUTELLLE DISCHARGED.
John Boutelle was discharged by the
Eighth District Court this morning as
the complainant in the case failed tn put
in an appearance. Boutelle was arrested
at the State fair on the complaint OF
Henry Abbott who alleged that hc had
assaulted him with n knife. When the
case was called this morning Boutelle
was present acoompanied Dy Attorney
Davis and "A host of witnesses.
Abbott did not make his appearances
but he will have to pay the costs.
BRIEF ITEMS.
Attorney John u. Fox has returned
from tens days trip to Washington.
The funeral of William Flaherty. the
boy who died suddenly at the Atlantic mill
Wednesday, was held this morning.
y X. g.. Root won the prize cup for indi-
vdual workmanship at the shoot OF the
Rhode Island Trap Shooting Club yester-
uay afternoon.
A surprise party made up OF members
of Manufacturers Lodge, |. o. .. f., visited
Town Treasurer Davis at his home on
Conimicut point last evening.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-24
RAPIST HANGED.
Movement to Lynch Him Last Sum.
mer That Took a Serious Turn.

Key West, Sept. 24.-The case of
Johnson, a negro, who was hanged yes
terday, was remarkable, because his
crime nearly resulted in serious race
war. -Four ladies were gathering ficw-
ers on June %, when alarmed by a negro.
Three of the ladies escaped, but Mrs.
Atwell was assaulted by the negro, who
was subsequently, captured and iden-
titled as Johnson. on June 4, when the
prisoner reached the courthouse, C.. d.
Pendleton, proprietor of The Daily
Democrat demanded that the prisoner
be lynched. Hearing cries of Yes" he
started to approach the negro, when the
sheriff and other officials presented their
pistols and threatened any one who
touched the prisoner. During the ex-
element the prisoner was conducted TO
his cell
The negroes, led by Joseph Pinkney,
tried TO lynch Peolleton, but he kept
them at bay with his pistol until he was
rescued by friends. Shortly after sun
set, however, negroes surrounded the
jail to prevent the prisoner being
lynched. That night William Gardner.
a white man, sitting In the rear of the
move on. He had gone hardly 10 steps
when bullet pierced him, causing his
death two hours later. Tccover the shot
of the assa ssin volley was fired by the
negroes, but no one else was hurt.
Nothing further occurred except that
negro was discovered crouching near
the courthouse and, being ordered 10
come out, started to run. and the sheriff
wounded him, causing him TO be taken
and jailed. The trial OF johnson result
ed in verdict Of guilty. and he subse-
quently confessed his guilt to his pastor.
"A number OF negroes were arrested as
the result Of the coroner's jury investi-
cation OF the death ~ Gardner. and sew
eral were tried and sentenced at the last
session Of the criminal court to the state
pcnitentiary, and more are now being
tried az the present term for participat-
ing In riot, n number Of whom have
already been heavily fined. The muir
derer Of Gardner has not been appre
hended as yet, although reward OF $1,000
has been offered fer his capture.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-24
RUFFIANLY CONDUCT ON WHEEL.

Taunton. Mass. Sept. 24.-The bicycle
races at the fair yesterday were fairly
well attended. but the spectators were
not pleased with he action OF some Of
the riders IN tn one mile open race. In
getting away there was a bad mix-up
Tom Butler crossed he tape fret with
Major Taylor second and w. L. Becker
third. After the riders had crossed
the tape Becker rode up behind TAYLOR
and grabbed him by the shoulder. The
colored man was pulled Off his wh, Il ana
thrown to the ground. Becker CHECKED
him into "A state of insensibilty and the
police were obliged 20 interfere. II was
fully ~ minutes before Taylor recovered
consciousness. and the crowd was on
the point OF assaultins Becker when the
police put an end 90 the trouble. Becker
claims that Taylor crowded him into the
fence during the race. Becker was dis
qualified and the race was run over. Tom
Butler winning
Dennis Daley of Taunton won the ANA
teur championship OF Bristol county for
one mile. receiving n gold lined loving
cup. Ills time was 2:26 l-5.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-24
CRANSTON.
Funeral al 81. AIMS Church Dyer Ave-
nue. ImprOyem nts.

The funeral Of William Flaherty o. Dyer
avenue. who died suddenly near the ID ,lnino
mills, olneyville, took place with hish
mass of requiem at -. Aun- church this
morning
ed the attention of several persons yesterday
evening. His movements were WATCHED and
the fellow WAS seen 10 attempt TO open n win.
dow in the rear. When he found he was be
ing watched lo raE across the park and disap-
pcarcd ovsr the fence In the direction Of Sock
anossot.
Another year has gone by. auf still the
Dyer avenue improvements are IN s;atu quo.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-24
POPULAR AND. PROMISING.

London. Sept. 2i.-The disaster which
befell the torpedo boat which capsized
and sank near the first lightship of
Cuxhaven, with her commander. Duke
Frederick William cf Mecklenburg-
Schwerin, and eight Of her crew. was
due TO her being swamped by a heavy
sea. AS she was sinking the duke called
out 10 his men. telling them 20 save
themselves. The survivors praise his
great courage and coolness. He was a
popular and promising officer.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-24
TRY ALIENS FOOT. EASE,

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this season your feet feel swollen and hot
and get tired easily. n You have smarting
feet or tight shoes try Aliens Foot. Ease. 10
coos the fe and makes walking easy. Cures
and urevonts swollen and sweating feet bis
tiers and Gallons sD0fs Relieves corns and
hunions u all nain and gives rest and com.
fort. Try n today. Sold by all druggists and
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