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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-01
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corner Winter street.
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MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1897.

This is moving day at Canton.
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French Organdie Muslins,
French Printed Dimities,
English Jaconst MusIins,
Lace Striped MusIins, etc.

Making the largest and most at
tractive assortment we have ever
displayed. We have a wealth
of PRETTY RIBBONS and
DAINTY LACES specially
designed for the ornamentation
of these diaphanous fabrics.
On our SECOND COUNTER,
next TO the Laces, we are show
ing line OF delicate LINEN
COLORED BATISTES, in
plain and colored figures, which
meet with popular favor.
WHITE SKIRTS, trimmed and
plain, to wear with muslin dress
es, are in the Muslin Underwear
Department.
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The Anaconda standard., 1897-12-16

mains that there is no evidence that
any great conversion from the free-sii-
yer doctrine has taken place anywhere
in the country"
So these gentlemen who speak for
board of trade Of national proportions
are willing to admit that the silver cause
Is not dead-their admission will offend
many goldbugs. They also confess that
free coinage is as strong at least as ever
II was, not excepting anywhere in the
country"-that is A solar-plexus blow at
the demagogues. Surely there is no
news in these announcements, but it IS
well enough To take account of them as
coming from convention of goldbugs
whose purpose in attuning their harps
to mournful measures, right under the
caves of the national capitol. evidently
is To let congress hear them say that
the currency must be formed along Mr..
Cages goldbug- bankers lines, and no
two ways about il.
The Anaconda standard., 1897-12-16
Thomas III.

~HoMAS 4. EDISON has a son.
also named Thomas. who, the
story goes, is making the old
man great deal Of trouble although
not in the way commonly pursued by
ungrateful sons. II seems that young
Thomas was born with a taste for cleo
trical invention himself and his father
did all he could to cultivate 1t. The
wizard took the boy into bis shop and
trained him UP in the way all parties in
interest desired him to go. Wizard. jr.,
had ideas Of his own and not long ago
he opened Il laboratory ON his own ac-
count. And now they say he has in
vented an incandescent lamp that Is far
superior to his fathers. lie has secured
a better vacuum in the bulb. and the
carbon film is So much better than that
in his fathers lamp that the financial
interest behind the elders invention has
taken fright and petitioned TO have the
son called down. At first the old man
was pleased with the sons work and
urged him to go ahead and place II ON
the market. but very recently, ii is
claimed. he has been forced To ask him
to call ii in and go little slower until
his financial friends figure out just
where The new invention will land
them.
Nor is that all the young man has
been up to. One of his pranks, accord
ing to the Brooklyn Eagle. has been an
invention which will make il possible
for every householder who has a fur
mace in his cellar to light his house with
his own electricity. The details Of the
plan have not yet been given out, but
1t provides for the generation of a suf-
ficiently powerful electrical force from
the waste heat of a common house fur
mace To supply a current strong enough
to light all the incandescent lamps that
may be needed in an ordinary dwelling.
Young Mr. Edison has still another
scheme to manufacture illuminating
gas from the waste energy of a domes-
tie furnace.
Unless Thomas the Second is stuff
/ ing. all his friends and relatives In
Guiding Thomas the First. he will With
! i'll a short time revolutionize the entire
i system of household illumination. He
| promises To make the presence of gas
mains and outside electrical currents
useless except for street lighting and
/ transit purposes. More electrical power
To him.
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ing impudence in these men who think
they can laugh in the face OF the people
Of Montana Their presumption Is OF the
sort that offends decent citizens. we are
TO remember that the man who runs a
gambling game in Montana Is crimi-
mai i'm the eyes OF the law-his offense Is
one for which the commonwealth pro-
yided a term in prison. The double Of
fensp Of those who engage in the busi-
ness is that they first engage in a law
lass occupation and then hold themselves
prepared to so into court and periure
themselves in order To lie out Of IL. such
men have no claims to responsibility
which the public is called upon 10 re-
spect
IT is to be hoped that The correspond
ence and the news under Butte date
printed i'm this mornings Standard will
result i'm a round up and in the exem-
plary punishment Of those who have
spit upon the states statute book, and
that the prosecution viii pe able espe-
cially TO make out a case against some
Of the principal offendera-the more
prominent among them. III will please
the public to see the crusade succeed.
AT any rate. the fixed purpose of the
public to see that the law is respected.
II the present movement fails, another
movement will come. If sherilfs offices
fall down, Butte will equip itself with a
police force that gamblers cannot cod
die. The question viii always be an is
sue. made as costly as possible for those
who think they like the business Of vio-
lating the law The newpapers will
keep hammering away at IL. The result
will be an experience that Will pass
from secret gambling room to court and
from court IL Jail. till 1t Nears the
gamblers out In Montana, gambling
has ceased to b. i gentleman's occu-
patton.
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THE TEXAS GIANT.
The Biggest Man in the World and Why
He Avoids OuarreIs.

from the Kansas City Journal.
Col. A. A. Powell of Johnston county,
Texas, the tallest man in the United
States and, since the death of Chang,
the Chinese giant, probably the tallest
man in the world, is now a general
merchant at Grandview, Texas. Col
onel Powell measures feet inches in
his stocking feet, weighs 26o pounds,
wears No. IA shoes, and is 80 years old.
He is a bachelor, he says. against his
Will. The only woman he ever thought
worth marrying wouldn't marry
freak.
He is proud of his size and dresses to
accentuate it, His overcoat is big
enough to cover several ordinary men.
He wears high silk hat and shoes
with soles an inch thick. He looks 10
feet high while walking along the
street
My title of colonel is a genuine one,
he said. Il was a colonel of the Texas
militia en- the staff of Governor Hogg.
My uniform cost me nearly S20o, but i
only wore it once. That time | did not
cut a figure worth 5000. 1t was at at
general review of the state troops at
Austin, and the only horse | could get
was a dignified and sedate Texas bred
pony IA hands high. When | bestrode
him my feet almost dragged on the
ground, and the cheers we got in the
procession were as much for me as for
the governor.
"A man soen gets accustomed to being
freak, and pays no attention to people
turning to look at him. A giant is kept
busy ducking swinging signs ON the
streets in the city. and he doesn't care
what sort of sensation his appear
ance creates.
My parents We're ordinafy-sized peo-
pie, and until | was II years old | was
like other boys in Texas. Then | began
to grow, and at IA / was feet high. At
Is | was feet tall, and it took me five
years to get the other six inches of my
height
Years ago. during the lifetime of p.
r. Barnum | Travelled with his show,
but / soon quit it. The life of freak
/ with circus is not pleasant In the
big cities, where We played less than a
week, we We're not allowed to show our
selves on the street. 1t was too comm
4 ing. being kept in the boarding tent or
! in the show all the time. i grew tired
! and quit. | had saved some money and
went into the mercantile business at
/ Grandview, where / was born and
/ reared. and where / became a Mason.
My greatest trouble is in getting
! clothes. Everything | wear has to be
made to order, and underclothes cost
me almost what would equip hVe-foot
man. NV shoes have TO be made to
measure, also. The inside seam OF my
trousers is AZ inches long.
I i Il have never been in a quarrel or III
a fight ] have too much sense. II
/ takes two men to make quarrel ana ]
am never one of them, for ] kno"
/ auarrels leads to fights. No one is go-
| ing to let man of my size strike him
| Down in Texas if / lifted my hano
against a man he would pump me ful
of lead Therefore | will walk 70 miles
TO get away from a quarrel OF
/ drunken man..
The Anaconda standard., 1897-12-16
They Say sii,er's Alive.

yHAT little the public knows
w about the National Board Of
Trade IS learned from the dis
patch of yesterday morning announcing
that il Is IL Washington IN il twenty
eighth annual session. This association
has a large name, and il i old enough
10 know good deal. The Geographic
announcement as to its proceedings deal
exclusively with the fact that, IN na-
tional convention assembled. this na-
tianai board Of trade gives the weight Of
lis influence In favor If the proposition
that free coinage viii apparently be the
issue in the national election % be held
III the year 1900
evidently the members # me- Ma
iioual Board ~ Trade are sorry f9r it,
the report IL its executive committee re-
marks with regret that while the great
uprising # 1896 in favor ~ sound money
Ras not without effect" lhe fact NJ
The Anaconda standard., 1897-12-16
TEN PAGES.
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 10, 1877.
For the Fourth Time.

N ENTENCES pronounced IN Dur
~ rants case have come to be atairs
~ of SO little moment that the pub
1ic does not heed them. The only senti-
anent his case awakens is one of curios-
ity to see how long his lawyers can
make a mockery of bench and jury and
she codes For the fourth time he has
been sentenced, and it is small wonder
5f Durrant has come to look upon the
solemnity of death sentence as one OF
Hhose trivialities that come once in 50
often in every mans experience. rs
the case now stands. Durrant will hang
on the seventh day of next year. but il
will be wise 10 wait for the bulletin
announcing him dead before assuming
that California law is going 10 have its
say in the matter. Perhaps the muir
derer's lawyers will yet find some oblig-
ing court which will yield to the sug-
yestion that it would be nicer TO save
Durrant till spring SO that he may have
the pleasure of hanging on the third
anniversary of the day he strangled
Blanche Lamont
The Anaconda standard., 1897-12-16
MOTHER LOVE.

If | might build palace fair
With every joy of soul and sense,
And set my heart as sentry there
To guard your happy innocence;
If | might plant hedge too strong
For creeping sorrows to writhe through,
And find my whole life not too long
70 give to make Your hedge Tor you.
If | could teach the laden air
To bear no sounds that We're not sweet,
Could teach the earth that only fair.
Tntrodden flowers deserve your feet,
Would | not tear the secret scroll
Where all your griefs lie closely carled,
And give your little hand control
OF all the joys of all the world
But ah | have no skill to raise
The palace, teach the hedge to grow;
The common airs blow through your days,
BY common paths your dear feet GO.
And YOU must twine. of common flowers,
The wreath that happy women wear,
And bear, in desolate darkened hours,
The common griefs that all men bear.
The pinions of my love I fold
Your little shoulders close about;
All, could my love keep out the cold,
OR shut the creeping sorrows out.
Rough paths will tire your darling feet,
Gray skies will weep your tears above,
While round your life in torment beat,
The impotent wings of mother love-
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Anaconda standard., 1897-12-16

Wnite, as fine, according to a Paris jour-
hai' as though drawn with pencil.
a recent inquiry was made into the
tempers of married people. Out of 205
couples who were examined SO per cent. of
the wives had good tempers and only 46
OF the husbands were good humored. Out
OF the bad tempered men 80 had good
tempered and . bad tempered wives.
Worse than all, % per cent. of wives
We're fretful, 13 per cent. violent and 6
per cent. very masterful.
Peking's Kin Pan is the oldest newspa-
per in the world, having been published
continuously for nearly 1000 years Ii
began as monthly, became weekly in
1881 and since the beginning of the CEN
tury has been a daily. 1t now publishes
three editions a day. and in order to pre-
vent cheating by the vendors, prints them
on paper of different colors, the first be-
ing yellow. the second white and the last
gray.
The Anaconda standard., 1897-12-16
Gambling in Butte.

rHE law Of Montana makes gam
- bling felony. 1t took years To
bring the state up TO the point
where it calmly concluded TO brand
gambling as a lawless occupation. The
early traditions were all in favor OF
open, unchallenged gamhling-it was
rather slow process to get public senti-
ment to depart from the tolerance of the
aimes when the principal business cen
1ers in the territory were rough mining
camps But the change came. Almost
without opposition legislature Of the
state voted that licensed gambling must
stop.
In court. through technioaliiies, this
law was upset-the gamblers were
sticklers for the letter as well As the
spirit of the law, when il came 10
matter that affected them. The next
legislature returned to the question.
gamblers lobby tried 10 buy a farther
aease of life, but the thing didn't work.
few men there We're in the legislature
who were willing 10 have it made a part
of the record FOR their children 70 read
that they voted u uphold gambling.
Without serious trouble the anti gam
bling law was passed Ii was apparently
in form that would not permit the courts
10 make dead letter of 1t: last July il
Aent into effect. There MAS nothing
aaasty about this legislation. il will never
be undone. As we have remarked pub
aic opinion was pretty slow IN coming up
no it, but when at length the thing VAS
done, il was deliberately done.
In instances. the effect If the law was
TO stop gambling summarly. In other
instances the iawless occupation wen1
into hiding. under the belief that j
could flourish anyhow and snap ii
finger at the law Of the state. In East
ern Montana the law gave one or tw'
andividuals who thought they could def
everybody a summary whlri; in Ana
conda several gamblers were snatehe,
l1ald-headed.
1t lis notorious that gambling game
have been running right along in Butte
but recent attempts to punish the offend
ers in that city proved ahortive. Tn
failure of The police authorities in Butt
10 cause arrests. bring a case and max
1t stick has left the public very naturall
10 conclude that the police is in the pa
of the gamblers. II recent experiene
does not illustrate the dishonesty Of la
Butte police. it has emphasized its ute
incompeteney. A police department j
Butte that exhibits the offensive faxorii
ism that has been shown in recent weeh
toward some Of the boss gamblers,
not fit 10 be trusted and does not ear
its pay. In Anaconda the poliG
sprawied all nser the thing-the men
bers Of the force wouldn't have spied
layout If il had occupied four-eornel
under the glare Of an are lamp III
Deer Lodge county authorities took =
matter up-and they made The heads
several law breakers swim. In the san
way. the Silver Bow county authoriti'
have taken the issue up. County Alto
ney Stapleton has struck out hard
will greatly interest the public--it deep
concerns the public-to follow the "a.
and notice its results
There is an offensive all III sWaegel
The Anaconda standard., 1897-12-16

~ GORGE GENANDERRILT.S million
II dollar life insurance policy Is
the theme of good deal Of talk
in some newspapers. but il is unpreee-
dented only in one sense. John Wana
maker carries more than sl,0o0.ooo life
Insurance. and 50 does Mrs. Stanford.
the beneficiary IN her ease being the
Stanford university The late Duke of
Marlborough Is said t. have carried
more than S3.0oa. ooo hui il VAS in diff
ferent companies. 50 aisn is Mr Wan
amakers and Mrs. Stanford's insurance
/ distributed. The company which in
sares MIR NandeFbflt,s lie for 81 600 900
gives ii policy for the fun amount. but
/ its president admits that portion Of
the risk has been reinsured lie does
] not state how big this portion is, but
! probably IL is at least half Of the 81 oo0.
/ GOO More likely it il quarters
/ There Is a limit to individual risks be-
yond which insurance ceases 10 be IN
surance and becomes mere chance. TIL,
reinsurance changes What would be Z
gambling transaction into legitimat,
The Anaconda standard., 1897-12-16

If Mr.. Simpson hangs up those golf
stockings of his where Mr.. Reed can
get at them the speaker may not hesi-
tate to snatch the Kansas statesman
barefooted as we'll as bald-headed.
The Anaconda standard., 1897-12-16
Distinctions.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
"Ha," said the passenger who was
hanging to a strap. You said, when you
we're irving to get the right that
this road was to be built for the benefit
of the public.
Building road and running a road.
said the suave director, who occasionally
rode in his own cars, are two utterly
different propositions.
The Anaconda standard., 1897-12-16

General Sanguilly enters denial to
the statement that he has turned traitor
to Cuba. Up to late hour last night.
President Mckinley's denial had not
been received.
The Anaconda standard., 1897-12-16

The gentleman who dropped his roll
in Galena street Tuesday night, and
who caused the arrest of one of the nu-
merous women he visited, may nave
called the turn but he can't call the roll.
The Anaconda standard., 1897-12-16

Senor Dupuy de LONE having about
worn out the white house cellar door,
President Mckinley begs the senior to
continue his sliding festivities on the
republican party's Cuban plank.
The Anaconda standard., 1897-12-16

If ii is true that they hang all Span
sh emissaries who approach them with
offers, the Cubans must have learned a
thing or two in the pacification bust
ness themselves
The Anaconda standard., 1897-12-16

Durrant's execution is fixed for Jan.
:. three days earlier than Thorn's. Bar
ring accidents. Durrant viii beat him
out in the stretch.
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cussed behind closed doors has Its re-
deeming features. Especially VIII IT be
considered SO by those who do not re-
gard it as sound proposition
The Anaconda standard., 1897-12-16

The Standard has branch ofnces al
Butte. Missoula and Great Falls. whete
advertising rates viii be furnished on ap-
piication.
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The fact that he is again hunting
ducks indicates that Mr.. Cleveland is
still patriotically trying to do as much
for his country as he ever did.
The Anaconda standard., 1897-12-16

The most profitable kondyking at
present is being done by the standard 5
ndxert Users.
The Anaconda standard., 1897-12-16

All general business, letters ana corre-
snondence should, be addressed TO the
STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY.
Anaconda. Mont.
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with such name. the only wonder IS
that the steamer Cleveland didn't go
chasing after the late Mr.. McGinty be-
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There seems to be only one more loop
hole left for Durrant and he can't try
that till he gets his neck into IT.
The Anaconda standard., 1897-12-16

In acting the governor with the ap-
pointment act left out Mr. Spriggs in
the opinion of the gallery pops can't act
d little bit.
The Anaconda standard., 1897-12-16

As il looked yesterday. the year 1897
was going after its wheat record with
an unprecedented Ice crop.
The Anaconda standard., 1897-12-16

President sam uf the republic Of
Hayt would respectfully request the
other nations Of the earth not ge all
jump Al once.
The Anaconda standard., 1897-12-16

In congress bills are coming in at a
rapid rate. After Christmas some of the
rest of us will experience a similar in
yaSion.
The Anaconda standard., 1897-12-16

That California judge was very kind
in permitting Mr. Durrant To stay over
and enjoy the holidays.
The Anaconda standard., 1897-12-16

ON The whole. Mr.. Bryan finds that
the Diaz prosperity compares very fa-
xarahiy With the Mckinley brand.
The Anaconda standard., 1897-12-16

Unfortunately for the country. the
Corbett- -Fitzsimmons treaty will not be
conducted behind closed doors.
The Anaconda standard., 1897-12-16

Ii seems Ia he the popular Impression
that this last sentence of nurrant has u
rope instead of a string 10 it.
The Anaconda standard., 1897-12-16

In view of yesterdays mercurial pro-
ceedings, the January thaw can't be too
previous.
The Anaconda standard., 1897-12-16

Main ofice-Standard Building, Ana
conda Telephone No. L
The Anaconda standard., 1897-12-16

Give the governor an inch Of eneour-
agemeni iii relation IL the appointment
of Mrs Haskell and he might take an
IIi
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$1,000 REWARD.

VIII be paid for the arrest and convicuon
Of any person caught stealing the Staho-
ard from subscribers.
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TO ADVERTISERS.

The Anaconda Standard guarantees us
advertisers bona fide paid circulation,
Daily and Sunday. three times greater
than that of any other newspaper pun
lished in the state of Montana. AuVer.is
tnp contracts will be made subject to this
guarantee.
The Anaconda standard., 1897-12-16

Al the same time the fact that the
Hawaiian annexation treaty viii bv dis
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Subscription Rates Payable in Advance.

Postage free for the United States, can
ada and Mexico. Elsewhere
postage added.
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