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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-04
GRANT AS A WRITER.
His Style Vigorous and Terse With
Little Ornament

General Horace Porter's Campaign
ing with Grant deals with the sicgo of
Petersburg in the May Century" Gen
eral Porter expresses the following
opinion OF Grant as n writer: His powers
OF concentration of thought were often
shown by the circumstances under which
he wrote Nothing that went on around
him, upon the field or in his quarters,
could distract his attention or interrupt
him. Sometimes when his tent was filled
with officers talking and laughing at the
top Of their voices. he would turn To his
table and write the most important com.
munications There would then be an
Immediate "Hushl" and abundant ex-
cuses offered by the company; but he
always insisted upon the conversation go-
ing on, and after while his officers came
To understand his wishes I'm this respect.
to learn that noise was apparently stimu-
ius rather than check To his flow of
ideas, and to realize that nothing short
of general attack along the whole line
could divert his thoughts from the subject
upon which his mind was concentrated.
In writing his style was vigorous and
tcrse, with little of ornament; its most
conspicuous characteristic was perspicuitv.
General Mcade's chief of staff once said !:
There il one striking feature about
Grants orders: no matter how hurriodl v
he may write them on the field, no one
ever has the slightest doubt as to their
meaning, or ever has to read them over
the second time to understand them.
The general used Anglo Saxon words
much more frequently than those derived
from the Greek and Latin tongues. He
had studied French mt West Point and
picked up some knowledge Of Spanish
during the Mexican war; but he could
not hold "A conversation in either Ian
guagc ana rarely employed foreign
word in any of his writings. His ad-
iectives were few and well chosen. No
document which ever came from his
hands was in the least degree pretentious.
He never laid claim 10 any knowledge he
did not possess, and seemed TO feel with
Addison, that "pedantrv in learning is
like hypocracy in religion-a form of
knowledge without the power Of IL. "
He rarely INDUCED in metaphor. but
when he did employ figure of speech IL
was always expressive and graphic, as
when be spoke of the commander at Ber
muda Hundred being "in battle
strongly corked" or referred to our
armies at one time moving like horses
In \ balky team, no two ever pulling to-
gethor." His style inclined to the epi-
grammatic without his beirg aware of IL.
There was scarcely document written
by him from which brief sentences could
not pe selected fit TO be set in mottos or
placed upon transparcncies. As examples
may he mentioned: 81 propose to move
Immediately upon your works." II
shall take no backward steps" the
famous u propose Co light it out on this
| line IL IL takes all summer, and later
in his career Let us have peace - Tho
hest means of securing the repeal Of an
obnoxious law is in its vigorous enforce
ment ~ II shall have no policy To enforce
against tho will of the people" and Let
| no guilty man escape.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-04

from City hall To the effect that the city s
credit was after all higher than most
towns, and that we wero in no immediate
danger of going to the dogs because Of our
debts. However, we tried some of the
same crowd again, though not all of them,
and now we are sdead sure we are the
victims of political bunco game for, by
all that's good and grent, these chaps pro-
pose TO hoist the tax rate thirteep cents
morel
What tomfoG.ery this GooGoo business
is, anyway
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-04

The United States department Of agri-
culture furnishes second report on the
great Mississippi flood that brlo:, ~ 1t is,
gives an impressive idea OF the damage
done. TO the date of the report, April %
the total area submerged was 20, 900
square miles comprising nearly -, 600
farms OF total area Of moro t5an {, 90, %
600 acres, nearly one-half of whioh was i'm.
proved. The value OF the submerged
property reaches the enormous total Of
500, l76 Ia, including cotton, corn, sugar
and livestock.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-04

PRESIDENT McKinley's foreign policy is
evidently going to differ very materially
from that OF his predecessor. The first
few weeks of his administration resulted
in the release from Cuban prisons of
practically every American citizen con
fined therein ard this has been followed
by the qaiet departure for Hawaiian
waters of one of our war vessels, evidently
intended to protect American interests
there and to prevent control there by the
Japanese or other powers
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-04

Beginning the tenth Of this month
and continuing To tho first Of Juno
our Irish-Amerian fellow citizens are 20
hold a huge fair in New York city under
the auspices Of 3, coo daughters Of Erin,
the proceeds of which will he devoted to
the building In tho metropolis of an
Irish Palace an institution tha; will
comb n the qualities and acocmmoda.
tions Of an auditorium, an anuory ani
an Industrial hall The Irish people are
the only race Of any importance thar Is
not represented by ball or headquarters
OF their own. Though first on the list
IN point OF population and Other essen.
tials they are last and least in tho sonso
Of possessing "local habitation," dcdi-
Gated 10 the genius Of their cou Iny
The Germans, the Bohemians, the Swiss /.
the French, the Scotch, the English, each
has an institution similar 30 the one con
tenBplatad, aDl, OF course lt Is proposed
20 outdo all OF these. The building Is
planned to 10 a voritable palace Of indus.
try and enllghtenment It will be a home
for the development Of the social and
htss=-y spirit " Irish people.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-04

The Macmillan Company announces n
work entitled The Myths Of Israeli" the
Ancient Book Of Genesis. with analysis
and explanation Of It's composition by
Scriptures, etc. The author resolves
the ancient Hebrew Book OF Genesis into
the myths and fragments of myths of
which Ii Is mainly composed, and explains
their significance and bearing In the lit
erary and religious development of the
Hebrew people. The book affords strik-
ing example of the manner I'm which tho
ancient Jewish writings were produced.
aud of the results of modern critical
research into their origin.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-04

The last part of an extremely artistic
magazine upon books, entitled "Biblio-
graphica." is just about to be issued by
Messrs. Charles Scrlbner's Sons. This
completes work which Is unique i'm the
history of hooks. 1t was intended TO
form medium for short papers on many
points of dccp interest To book lovers, but
which In themselves have not been of
sufficient Importance 60 warrant publish
ing in separate volumes. The result is
that, grouped together In these three portly
books, every book-lOv will find mass
OF most valuable material which 10 will
be impossible to obtain elsewhero and
which is really indispensable TO any i'm
portant library.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-04

Trinity church, New York city, tho
mother Of the Protestant Episcopal church
in America, l. celebrating the b-centennial
anniversary of the founding of its parish.
Apropos OF this event. Lcslic's Weekly gives n
picturesque review uf "Old Trinity and Its
Tombs" written by Henry Tyrrcl and illus
truted by Ialculm Fraser, ana EN- mbodying
some interesting speculations about the grave
OF Charlotte Temple. To the war in the East
a good deal Of attention Is devoted I'm tho
current Leslies Weekly, pictorially as well as
In It's editorial discussion, descriptive articles
and correspondence. The aftermath of the
Grant mo iument pageantry also furnishes
material for some pleasing views. There is n
divcrting article upon "A Boy Wonder" by
Phtlip Poindexter, recounting somo droll ex.
perimcnts in the occult; together with vari-
ous distinguished contributions and the well.
diversified regular departments
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-04
SECRET SOCIETIES.
ODD FELLOWS.

Grand Secretary, w. II. T. Mosisy. o. wsy.
bossst strssk Tslephons bez
RoeKR wILlSAns-odd Fsiiows Hall. N wsy
bossst street.
UHITv : Unity Hall. Ocean street. corner
Pos3srs avenue.
CREsosnr-vaisntins Hall. ESQ wsstminstss
street.
JAMES woop-e6 wssvminstsr street.
WHAT CHEER - North Main. corner Flint
street.
AoUNf PLEAsANr-Odd Fellows Hall. Asad-
smy avenue.
WAsHIsoToS PARx-Eddy. corner Vermont
avenue.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-04
AMERICAN MECHANICS.

State Council Secretary, Charles W. Littsn
688 Westminster street..
LIBERrY-Slocum Post Hall, Nerket square
AMERICA-Odd Fellows Hall 81 Westisipster
street.
vIoILANT-orisntalH Hall. corner wsstminsts
and Dean streets.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-04
TUESDAY. MAY 4, 1897.

Since the cry that the municipality was
going into bankruptcy nothing more
grotesquc has struck this town than the
idea broached in some quarters that the
city of Providence is in danger Of becom-
ing too Puritanical!
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-04

Mcssrs. Little Brown AZ Co., Boston,
will shortly begin In conjunction with
Messrs Sampson Low, Marst1n IL Co,
of London. the publication OF u history
of the Royal Navy. commencing with
the earliest times and coming down TO
1898 IL will he in five royal Svo vol.
umos, and will be choicely printed and
fully illustrated. Captain Alfred Il. Ma
han and Theodore Roosevelt are among
the contributors.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-04

The Century for May contains group OF
three papers dealing in an authoritativ way
with n fresh topic-the scientific use of kites.
Mr.. J. b. Millet writes on Scientific Kite
Flying" with special reference TO the expert
ments az the Blue Hill observatory near Mil
ton, Mass. Lieutenant III. ID. Wise, ". S. A.,
makes a record of his own experiments on
Governors Island, including an account of his
assent-the first in America, and the most
notable yet made. Mr. William A. Eddy
writes Of "Photographing From Kites Civ.
ing an account also of his experiments in
telephoning and telegraphing through lines
suspended FROM kites-the first known expert
ments OF the sort Lieutenant General Scho.
field contributes the first Of his records Of
unwritten history. his article .dealing this
month with "The Withdrawal OF the French
From Mexico" and including an important
letter from General Grant to General Sheri-
dan showing the attitude of the United States
government toward the French invasion. A
supplementary article by the present minis
ter of Mexico TO the United States. Mr. Ro-
nero, sets forth his belief that the fall of the
second empire was closely related TO the
events described by General Schofeld. AZ
fairs in the East are treated in an article on
"Crete, the Island of Discord." by Demetrius
Kalopothakes, n Greek writer educated in
America, now resident in Athens, and in a
paper on THE Royal Family Of Greece" by
Professor Benjamin Ide Wheeler, late Of the
American School of Athens, who writes from
personal acquaintance with King George and
the Greek princes. There is an illustrated:de-
scription by. Mrs Schuyler Van Rensselaer, of
"A Suburban Country Place, the residence
Of Professor Charles Sargent at Brooklne,
Mass, and Colonel George e. waring, Jr.,
writes Bicycling Through the Dolomites, Z"
General Horace Porters Campaigning With
Grant" deals with the siege of Petersburg,
and Dr. Mitchells novel, Hugh Wynne," is
now well along in the Revolutionary period
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-04
lOfficial
advertising.

This newspaper publishes official
advertising of the GOVERNMENT
OF THE UNITED STATES, of the
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, OF
the CITY OF PROVIDENCE and
of several TOWNS.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-04

The rhilsiine Magazine has the faculty of
snyins sassy things IN n good-naturod way.
IL H. fun without malice. Tho May issue
seems fully mp to the staudsrd, with contr'bu.
iions bv william Mcintosh, Adelaide Lund.
Frank W Noxon aud Arthur Lucas. Then
Editor Hubbard disports himself in the side
Talks, taking a fling at everything and every.
bo1y.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-04
KNIGHTS OF pyTHiAs

Grand Keeper OF Records and Seal, william
4. Wilson. Room 8&S Butler Exchange
Telephone 1895.
PALEsTiHs-tp Westminster street.
RED CRoss-sU5 Eddy street.
DAMoH-7s Eddy street.
street.
PERsEvKBAuCr-l1A8 Westminster street.
6TEHLINo-sterltss Hall. 20a wsyhossst %
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-04

DO YOU want to learn To write "Short-
handY' You can get thoroughly prac-
tical instruction through The News great
Self Educator Feature at the mere cost Of
"a subscription, six cents per week.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-04

President Kruger of the Transvaal will
make holiday in his country on Vic
toria's Jubilee, which shows gallantry
az least
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-04
MARRIED.

JANES-HAi.I4-In Barrington, r. l., April
~, by the Rev Norman Plass, Miss Helene
A., daughter OF William II. Hall of Bar
rington, to Mr.. Charles T. james of Provi-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-04
RED M EN-.

orsas Chief Of Records. william r. Brown, q
Eddy street. Telephone li2a
RINo PHILIP-i57 westmin.tsr street.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-04
GEN. SCHOFIELD'S MISSION.
secret History Concernins the French
In NsxicO.

General John NJ. Schofeld contributes
to the May Century a chapter Of secret
history relative to the withdrawal OF
French troops from Mexico. General
Schoileld was first asked To take COM
mand of Mexican troops to fight the
French, but afterward was given pacific
pa ission. General Schofield says: On
August %, 1865, the secretary of war sent
letter TO the secretary OF state. accredit.
ing me rs an officer OF the army In
which capacity, and unoificially, / was
To be- understood by the public as visit
Ing Europe. A copy OF this letter, in
closed i'm one from the state department.
was sent TO Mr.. Bigelow, United States
minister at Paris; and similar letters
were sent To several other United States
ministers I'm Europe. But time passed
until Nov. 4, and thus more than two
months elapsed before the secretary OF
state was ready for me TO start for Eu-
rope. MIR. Sew ard then gave me confi-
Dental letter, dated November 4. 1866,
addressed to Mr.. Rigelow, and letter of
credit on the Barings and requested me
To proceed on my mission.
In his letter To MIR Bigelow .he said !:
"Genefal Schofield proceeds to Paris.
He - / believe, fully informed of the
feelings ant. sentiments, not only or this
government, but of the American people.
commend him to your confidence, etc,
during this period of delay that corre-
spondence then going on with the French
government rendered IL advisable that my
visit be delayed until he should receive
expected answers from that government.
The Atlantic cable did not then exist, and
then correspondence across the ocean was
necessarily slow. The expected dispatch
viz, that from the French foreign Office
To their minister at Washington, dated
October Is, 1862 and communicated to
Mr.. Seward on the 29th of the same month
was no more satisfactory, though in bet
ter tone, than those which had preceded.
In effect it demanded recognition by
the United States of the government of
Maximilian in Mexico as a condition pre-
cedent to the recall of the French army.
The time had evidently arrived when
Napoleon must be- Informed in language
which could not he misunderstood what
was the real sentiment of the government
and people Of the United States on the
Mexican question. 1t was difficult, per-
haps impossible, To express that sentiment
in official diplomatic language that an
emperor could afford TO receive from u
friendly power. 1t was therefore desirable
that the disagreeable Information be con-
veyed To Napoleon i'm way which would
command his full credence ana which no
yet need not regard rs offensive. Mr.
Stewards explanation and instructions to
me, after several long conversations on
this subject. were summed up in the
words: II want you to get your legs
under Napoleon's mahogany. and tell
him he must get out OF Mexico"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-04
THE PEOPLES COLUMN.

OFF To OTHEP
y A
EXPRESS ANYTHING.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-04

eGH Ne mGG5Ps1nSA GSPsn rs or" oo. tS Ss s:.s s dosa
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-04

One Of the most attractive features OF the
North American Review for May is the open
ing article by Ian Maclaren on Henry Drum
mond." Simon Greeuleaf Croswell thought.
fully discusses the question, should Imm-
grafton BE Restricted Y' and Is followed by an
interesting paper on Recent Achievements
in Mountaineering. by Sir William Martin
Conway. A popular article is furnished on
the Evolution OF the Naval Officer" by Ad.
miral p. II. Colomb, Il. N, and in Exercise
and Lopgc lty" Professor ID. A. Sargent OF
Harvard University gives much knowledge Of
practical nature. As announced last
month, the Review begins in the present nun.
Der the first of series of articles by Michael
G. Mulhall, Il. s. S., the Famous British stat
istician, on the Progress OF the United
States" treating in this instance OF "The
New England States" The Hon. Robert T..
Porter. member OF tho tariff commission of
1882 writes on THE Dingley Tariff Bill"
and "Russia's Plans and Purposes are sue.
cinctly described by Colonel w. L. Mason Nc
Carly The subject Of Cheap Transporta.
ton in the United States" is elaborately en-
tered into by !. A. Latcha, momber of the
American Society OF Civil Engineers, while
Secret Societies in America" forms the
theme of a carefully prepared paper by ". s.
Hsrwood. A timely contribution is that on
"The Modern Greek as Fighting Man, -
from the pen Of Professor Benjamin Ido
Wheeler of Cornell University, and Professor
Goldwin Smith foi ciDly comments Ton "A
Constitutional Misft." Other topics cleverly
de 1T with are: Progressive Inheritance
Taxes" by Max West; "The Fourth of July
and Ballot Reform" by the Rev. A. Is. Riker.
N II and 'tMistakps A hour .Tudicial Pro-
cedure In Mexico, a" by the Mexican minister.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-04

The illustrations will make distinguished
feature Of Harper's Weekly Of May T. de
Thurlstrup Will furnish double page repre-.
scntation Of the great procession in New
York on Grant memorial day, Carlton IT.
Chapman will sketch the marine para le and
typical scenes viii be reproduced by photo
gra phs. There will also DE the first published
illustration Of the New University Club
in New York city as u will appear on com.
pletion, from a drawing specially made for
the Weekly by the architects, Mckim, Mead
n White. II will be accopamnied by an ar.
ticie describing the origin and growth Of the
club and giving suggestive details with re-
gard TO the new building, which promises 10
be one Of the most elaborately equipped club
houses in the world. Another article Of pc.
culiar interest will be plea for national
theater by !. l. g Clarke.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-04

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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-04

at least.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28
LICENSE SYSTEM IN TOPEKA.
Chief Of Police Steele Announces
That 1t II in Full OPP
Grafton.

Topeka, Kas., Nov. 27.-(Special.) within
the next six months the liquor traffic In To-
peka will be run under the license system,
the same as in other large Kansas towns
with metropolitan police" was a prophecy
made early last summer by Deacon"
Hathaway, who is now editing the Troy
Times, Frank EIiott's Populist paper. At
the time Hathaway made the assertion
there was a fierce fight being made by the
temperance people of Topeka against the
joints, which resulted in the town going
dry, temporarily. Hathaway's prophecy has
come true. At a secret conference between
the city authorities. Governor Leedy. Chief
Of Police Steele and President Henderson.
of the police board, held here last night,
the city officials were plainly told by Chief
Steele tina the license system had been
adopted by the police board as the best
way to handle the joints. Governor Leedy
heard the assertion and offered no protest.
The councilnen took it for granted that the
chief was echoing the sentiments of the
governor. Chief Steele also boldly stated
that the department had adopted the license
system in regulating disorderly houses. The
city officials were astounded at the state
ment of the police chief, but they could do
nothing in the premises. That this policy
was mapped out several months ago by the
Populist administration is evidenced by the
prophecy of Editor Hathaway, who Is rum
ming a strong administration organ
1t is likely that the temperance people
will become araused again, and a merry
war is expected. Topeka is the last town
in favor of the enforcement of the prohfb-
itory law has always been stronger here
than in any of the other large cities Of the
stats St, ,s,v and nd the the t narpit tSs p Peop aam Tat no'
ton to force the license system on them
without a struggle.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28
GETTING ON IN SOCIETY.
A Recognized American Social In
dustry-lt IL Essentially .
Game Of Chance.

Getting on In society is a recognized
social industry. which, although pursued
with great eagerness in the older cities
of the East. is a popular sphere of en-
deavor in almost every community in the
land. The anomaly of political equality and
social qualification is not realized by
the general public. which joins clubs and
churches. and subscribes literally to char
with its social superiors and by dint Of
deliberate cultivation of desirable acquaint-
ances. arriving eventually at a station
superior to that in which it was born.
The efforts of the newly rich in this di-
rection are very marked. Wealth without
social position is Dead sea fruit indeed.
n no sooner is the fortune made than
the family removes to a large city, with a
recognized exclusive set. and begins to lay
siege to the jealousy guarded citadel of
the socially select. Even though the fam
lily eventually succeeds in scaling the
heights, the probation is long, vexatious;
costly and humiliating. Said a ,shrewd
whom the speaker was e~ndeavoring TO
persuade to go in for society: ut is worth
while, even though the price is self-respect.
In the process of climbing up one IS OFT
times compelled to do things she shrinks
from thinking Of afterward: But the he re- re.
social purple escapes this notifying pro-
baton. Moreover. a very considerable num-
Der of those who strive for Abundance 10
the charmed circle fail to obtain the longed-
for prize. In spite of diplomacy, money
expenditure. s%ycophancy and the most lay
for the social novitiate they are rejected,
and ever afterward wander disconsolate
outside Of the paradise of the elect. No
more stable quality than caprice appears