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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-24
GENERAL SPORTING GOSSIP.

Bert Inks, the old League pitcher,
has signed to play with the Springfield
club.
Teddy Goodman and Brock will run
off matched race in New York tomor-
row night.
Tom Cooper will leave Detroit In few
days for Nashville, where the racing sea-
son will open in about three weeks.
The proposed benefit to ".Jim' Mutrie,
the veteran base ball manager, will take
place at the Academy of Music, New York,
Sunday evening, April III.
George Dixon and Frank Erne will
meet tonight in 25-round contest at l25
pounds before the Broadway A. G.. in
New York When they fought last Decem-
Der Erne was awarded the decision on
points.
The hockey team of the New York
Athletic club defeated by goals TO that
of the st. Nicholas Skating club i'm the
amateur hockey league championship of
America.
Capt. Grosvenor of the Tech track team
has sent the prize which was awarded to
him ms winner OF the 35-yard dash at the
Tech games Saturday to +. III. Bigelow
of Harvard, because there existed much
doubt about the result Of the race, and
many opinions placed Bigelow AS the
winner. This act is refreshing and a
credit to Grosvenor. The race was exceed
dinghy close and it would have been well
had the heat been run over.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-24
MoYLE TO COACH BROWN.

Wallace s Moyle of New Haven ycster-
day afternoon signed an agreement to
coach the Brown university football
eleven noxt season. Moylo has coached
Brown the past three years, bringing out
u team which defeated every opponent
except the biggest colleges, and which
last year closed the season by defeating
the Carlisle Indians Moyle is graduate
of the academic department of Yale in
the class of 9l and OF the law school in
tho class Of o3. He played end rush on
the Yale eleven I'm most of tho games dur
ing the fall OF 50 -
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-24

Dickey, W. d. stannard and J. c. Mess

Dickey, w. ID. Stannard ana j. =. Mess
ner.
At the end OF the contest ls divided first
money. each man receiving a fraction
over S5S. These men, who each killed ID
birds. were: Tanning, Coldren, }. Won
Lengerke Powers, Budd, Carver Bing-
ham, Fulford, w. 5. King, Bartlett,
Clayton, :. Glover, Ludwig, Wins,
Wagner, Coyle Grief and Upson.
The most interesting part OF this match
was the shoot-off for second money
among those who killed IA birds. The
conditions wero miss and out. At the
end Of the 4th round only three remained
These were Monies, Browning and GilbertY
Tho latter missed his 10Th bird, and
Monies and Browning divided the purse
of Si4.
Because of the time occupied i'm shoot
ing the nitro-powder handicap, two events
the Branchport sweepstakes and the
Sportmen's Delight--were declared off.
The Grand American handicap tomorrow
will take up the entire day.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-24
DECISION RESERVED.

The Rusie case came up in the United
Safes Circuit Court yesterday afternoon.
The argument was purely technical one,
and was devoted To the demurrer raised by
the National Exhibition company TO the
effect that all OF the clubs in the National
League i'm 1926 should be made party de-
PENDANTS TO the suit. Argument did not
enter into the merits of the dispute be-
tween Rusie and the New York club, nor
did il have any bearing upon the reserve
rule At the conclusion of the argument
Judge AchisOn reserved his decision.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-24
There doesn't seem to be

There doesn't seem to be
very much the matter with
your child. He doesn't ac-
tually lose weight, but there
is no gain. He belongs to
that large class of children
that don't seem to prosper.
You look at him a little
more thoughtfully than you
do at the rest and say "He is
not doing we'll" Failure
10 gain in weight in a child
is a danger signal. SCOTS
Emulsion should be taken
at once. 1t puts on tat
where health demands it,
strengthening the digestion,
SCOTT BOVINE. Chemists. S,x ySr.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-24
Tim Murphy atK.ilb's.

The favoritc comedian, Tim Murphy,
will be at Kcith's Opera House all next
week and will be seen i'm two of his favor
itc plays. MIR. Murphy Is considered one
of the best of comedians, and he made
many friends by his droll and excellent
portrayal of Maverick Brander in "A
Texas steer" He will bc seen in two
plays each day entitled "Old Innocence"
and his latest success, "Sir Henry Hypno-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-24
A NEW HERCULES.
Sam Pinkerton, a Western Giant Whose
strength Is Remarkable.

There Is n man in San Francisco who
may soon set high marks for expert strong
men to strive for. This is Sam Pinkerton,
the young man who Is astonishing every.
body by his wonderful feats of strength
He is only 23 years old, and yet he meas.
ures o feet 1 inch in height and weighs 235
pounds. IIe is all bone and muscle. His
chest measurement is As inches; waist, 35;
right biccps, III; right forearm, l4la /;
wrist, 8; thigh, 24h; shin, 8; neck, 16M.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-24
"The Village Choir"

An old fashioned entertainment under
the title Of "The Village Choir" for the
benefit of the Woman's Relief Corps Of
Rhode Island. was given in Y. NJ. G. A.
hall last evening and it had large pat
ronagc. The choir which was large one,
was arraycd In w costume OF ye olden
time and the young men and worhen
made picturesque group. The singing
was very good.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-24
To shorten Races.
NNfEEFFs
s.se t.+sts4la- discussing the cues

iieFselneh itse 4.t'tt4i discussing the atfee-
tiOn uf how 90 shorten races. There are
lots Of propositions. but the plan which
seems Co iueri with tho most favor il that
of che old thr,c IN Eve system, with the
proviso that al races shall end with the
conclusion of thc iilth .hoat. and that the
money bc d.yided as the horses stand. IL
T. generally agreed, too, TINT tho distance
should hu urtcncd 20 so and 100 yards.
instead OF 100 and 100 yards, as now W
vnSass
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-24
DECLARED A DRAW.

At the Manhattan Athletic Club meet
ing at Troy last night, the principal event
was 20-round bout between Marty Nc
Cue and Sam Bolan, both of New York,
at catchweights. 1t was declared draw.
Of Norfolk, Va, In three rounds and
two Troy boys, Jimmy German and Eddie
Berne, fought draw.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-24

Reading. Pa. March a. The large
plant Of the Acme Bicycle works was
DESTROYED by fire early this morning.
Loss fs5OO covered by Insurance Five
hundrod men aud boys are thrown out Of
voCk until the plant can be rebuilt y
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-24
Dog Show Opens Tomorrow.

The first annual dog show will be
opened In Infantry Hall tomorrow morn
ing at 10 o'clock and continued until
Saturday evening. II is said that the
exhibition Will tc excellent and include
the country.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-24
Eight Inches of Snow In
the City of Chicago.
Water Rising Very Rapidly in
DeSplaineS River.
Snow Fall Still Heavier at Several
Other Places In West.

Chicago March 24-During the past
twenty -four hours over eight inches Of
snow fell in the city the heaviest fall for
the month of March in the history of the
weather bureau. 1t melted almost as rap
idly AS it fell. With the wind blowing
fifty-two miles an hour, pedestrians found
IL hard work TO get around. Tho storm
came from Texas, stopped over Moncay
night in Kentucky and passed ON To tne
western Ohio Valley. Chicago was its
northerly limit. Here the flood waters
broke with demoralizing effects TIE
Desplaines river is nine feet in depth at
Riverside The summer depth Is two feet.
Railroad tracks parallel To the Illinois
Michigan canal are almost covered with
water The waves OF the lake, driven be-
fore northeast gale, beat over the tracks
OF the Illinois Central road. At Bridge
port the Chicago river rose foot, due TO
the overflow from the Desplaines. Few
parts of Illinois, eastern Iowa and south
err Wisconsin escaped the storm. Twelve
inches of snow fell at Rockford and Free
port and fourteen inches at Galenn.
Rock river at Milan is threatening
great damage TO farm property from a
sudden rise The Mississippi rose eight
inches at Davenport At this place the
snow storm was one OF the heaviest on
record for the month OF March. Over six
lnCneS OF udinp SHOW cONers tne RrOunu
and will add greatly TO the volume of
water in the Mississippi when it melts.
milwaukee, reports the storm at that
place and vicinity one of the severest of
the winter. Over six inches of snow fell
and the storm seriously interfercd with
street car traffic. Many of the lines had
TO be abandoned.
At Elkhorn, Wis, trains were blockaded
by blizzard of snow and wind. Dams
on the St Croix river are being washed
out rapidly and lumbernen fear the
damage of serious flood. Riverside,
summit, Lyons and other small towns
and villages situated southwest of Chic
ago, on the banks of the Desplaines
river, are flooded from the overflow OF the
liver.
Many residents of these places are
unable to leave their homes, except in
row boats or RATS Notwithstanding the
heavy overflow 1t Is not thought that
losses i'm this vicinity will be heavy, as
many of the residents had prepa rcd
fhorrsalypc for tho flood
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-24

Cincinnati, Ohio, March PA special
from Cairo, H., says the wind was blow
ing last night AT the rate of A miles per
hour from the northwest. At Mound
City the waves struck the levoes and are
threatening their destruction. People are
working hard building bulkheads, but
fear serious results Household goods are
being moved to places of safety. The
wind strikes the Cairo levees where
chey are strongest and is doing no dam
ago yet. A big force of men is on duty
watching them. A big barn of Posts in
horses, "a cattle and a great number of
hogs and 5000 bushels Of corn was blown
into the water. All the live stock was
slroUued
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-28
Johnson's Chill and Fe-
yer Tonic is a ONE-DAY
Cure. 1t cures the most
stubborn case of Fever in
n Hours.
The Electric Bug.

"These swarms of bugs of which 1
see complaint is now being made in
st. Louis are the product of our rapid
development of the electric force, " re-
marked E. W. Cashion. of Indianapo-.
lis, at the Linden. "They were I'M
known few years ago, and now they
are pests in all the towns ind cities in
this country where electricity is in
considerable use. I talked with q
college professor at Indianapolis about
them recently, and he is convinced
that they have sprung up as sort OF
spontaneous outgrowth of the increased
utilization of the electric force. Ana
tomically, the electric bug is sui gen.
eris, and appears to imbide its susten-
ance from some property in the air
currents that lie in immediate contact
with the electric currents. The col
lege professor to whom I spoke has
been studying them closely, and says
he is convinced that in the end they
will prove blessing instead of curse.
BE thinks it probable that after awhile
the enlarged use of electricity will
generate new germs and microbes in
the atmosphere that will be additional
sources of disease and bodily ills to
the human race, and that medical
science will be unable to cope with
them for long time. Meanwhile, ma
ture is responding to the new demands
on her storehouse by sending these
swarms of bugs to purify the air of
poisonous things put III it by the arc
lights and the trolley. He declares
that he has watched this strange new.
bug closely, and has thus far been un-
able to find out on what it subsists un-
less it be some unknown foreign sub
stance brought into the atmosphere by
the electric currents. For that reason,
he says, they are very properly de-
nominated electric bugs, and he be-
heves they are destined to serve good
purpose as scavengers of the air in the
years to come. st. Louis Republic.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-28
Quinine and other fe-
yer medicines take from 5
to 10 days to cure fever
Johnson's Chill and Fever
Tonic cures i'm ONE DAY.
Sunday Feeding.

Under the heading of the Sunday
Penalty of Irregular Feeding" the
Medical Record points out that in our
progress from barbarism we have
evolved people with whom regularity
in eating is absolutely necessary to
good health. AS result of this arti-
fetal existence, the secretions are
poured out and ready for action with
the monotony of clockwork. If this
system is neglected, the violator not
only suffers bodily discomfort, but an
actual injury is done to the digestive
apparatus, which has been so educated
that it requires definite amount OF
exercise and positive promptness in
feeding that requirement. The stom-
ach having poured out its secretions,
as customary, waits only short time
before allowing them to be absorbed
without the accompanying nutrition
which goes to the formation of more
secretions. After a few such expert
ences, the secretions become less in
amount and activity, and Indigestion
snsues. Dyspeptics are ordered to
eat at infexibly regular intervals.
Normal stomachs are by no means
many, yet this rule, SO imperative to
sufferers, is regularly disregarded by
the we'll. Once a week, the three
regular daily meals are replaced by
late rising and abstinence, followed by
gluttony. The gastric juices know
nothing of seventh day of crest"
and the result is discomfort. stupidity,
and loss of appetite on Monday.
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The Coming Vehicle.

The horseless wagon is surely COM
ing. AS previously chronicled, an
electric phaeton" was successfully
tested ct Hartford last week, and day
or two later a carriage with kerosene
motor had satisfactory trial at Mid
dletown. "It weighs" we are told,
"only 625 pounds, and the cost is
$1,000. Mr.. Whitney, the inventor,
took out several of the prominent resi-
dents Of the city for spin, and the
wagon went up the steep hills of the
city as quickly as it passed over the
macadamized principal thorough
fares" The cost of running the vehicle
is said to be two cents mile. Its speed
is from ten to fifteen miles an hour
Providence II, I. Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-28
A Father of ROYALTIES.

The oldest reigning sovereign in Eu'
rope-the King of Denmark, who is
thirteen months older than Queen Vic
toria-is the Oldest reigning sovereign
in Eurog.. Though the Queens senior
in years, he has not reigned much
more than half as long; but that is
longer than all the others, including
King Leopold, who only succeeded to
the throne of Belgium in 1S65-two
years after Christian ks accession.
He has been a singularly tactful and
prudent monarch, intensely beloved by
his subjects, and carrying weight in
the counsels of Europe far greater than
the mere size of the kingdom would
justify. No family is SO extensively
allied with the Royal houses as his;
the Emperor of Russia is his grandson,
the King of Greece his son, the heir to
the English throne his son-in-iaw.
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Knack of onlon.GrowIng.

Those who grow onions in beds in
amateur gardens must have noted that
when few seeds get scattered on a
patch of ground that has been tranped
bard and solid the result is crop of
onions much larger and finer than
those grown in the looser soil devoted
to tho onion bed proper. This would
certainly indicate that well compacted
soil is preferable for the greatest sue
cess in onion culture. In many parts
of America, however, the onion is per-
mittei to have two seasons for its full
development, They are sown COM
paratively late in the spring and
mature by midsummer, making bulbs
about the size of large marbles, which
are known as onion-sets. These are
then replanted the following spring
and grow to large size by mid-sum-
mer, when they again mature. But
the fact that we have noted in relation
to compact soil ought to be as true of
the orion-sets as of the plant which
grows in single season to its ma
turity.-Meehan's Monthly.
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sGoing DOWN. asked Bale.

George nodded and looked about
him, rather evading Bales eye than
not, said an Indifferent thing or two
about the weather and so on, and
went his way.
'Tingn' said the little bell. Bale
handled his levers, and watched the
dial face.
'sI could smash him like an egg,"
said Bale, stand not living creature
would think it was anything but an ac-
cident."
Georges mind was in his work, and
he had no guess of what was passing
in thoughts of the man who at the in
slant controlled his destinies. The
descending skip swung to its stopping
place like feather. The married man
stepped out and made his way along
the workings in pursuit OF his own bust
ness. The bachelor above ground
folded his smeared arms across his
chest, planted his back against an iron
upright which ran from floor to ceiling,
and pulled at his pipe, awaiting the
next signal,
"Here, you'll" he shouted to the boy
who passed the door. 'What do you
mean by letting all this cotton-waste
lie about here? Clear it out.
"Allright, gafer," said the boy. "In
q minute. )"
"Ting!" said the little bell. Bale
set down his pipe, and took the levers.
The pipe fell over. When his i'm
mediate task was finished he looked
for it, and could not find it. He raked
the cotton-waste here and there with
his foot. No pipe. Bale cursed lit
tie to relieve his feelings. 'Ting"
said the little bell, and he went back
to his work. He swung the skip up,
the careful eye seeking the dial every
now and then. Being free once more,
he began his search again. He kicked
the oily waste savagely, and all at once,
as if it had been living thing, flame
broke out at him. He raced swiftly to
the door and shouted "FireI" "Ting!
tingl ting! MISUNDERSTANDING!
The little bell was mad.
"Shaft afrew roared a voice from
the side of the distant downcast.
"My Godl" said Bale, and dashing
back to the engine house, he fought
wildly with the growing flames. He
stamped out the blazing waste, and
turned again to his levers. Round
spun the shining wheels. Smooth and
steady went piston and crank, round
crept the hand on the dial. He looked
behind him and the floor was smoul.
dering.
"Fire here!" he shouted. "Engine
house afre!"
"Ting!" said the little bell. There
were hundred and fifty men below,
and he was their one helper. he
obeyed the hall n-,d Il t'--'i-+' "u''a
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But we can dwarf these figures also.
Sixty years ago the total imports and
exports of the United States were less
than 5000, 900, 900 per year. Now they
are over 81, 500, ,0O0,OOO year. While
British foreign trade has been multi
plying fve-fold American foreign trade
has multiplied seven-fold.
In the matter of railroads, Mr.. Stead
says truly that the great bulk of Brit
ish railroad mileage has been built
since Victoria began TO reign. Even
so, our railroad building record beats
it call hollow"
The total railroad mileage of the
United Kingdom to-day is about
81, 900 miles. The railway mileage Of
the United States is more than nine
times as large. We have over 1sO, 600
miles of railroads already built, and
that is more than the combined rail-
road mileage of all the nations of Eu-
rope put together.
Coming next to manufactures, Mr..
Stead gives o diagram showing that
between 1887 and 1897 the value OF
British manufactures has about dou-
bled. That is good lively gait, but
it does not touch the pace at which
the manufactures have grown in the
United States. Our statistics are not
complete enough for close comparison
away back in 1887, but we have the
figures from 1850 to 1890.
In 1850 the gross value of the man
ufactured products of this country was
81, 900, 100000, using round figures.
In 1890 the gross valne of the product
Of American manufactures was &c.
400, 900, 900. So that in forty years
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-28
A Rat killing Duel.

A bet was made at Villa Rica, Ga.,
few days ago between W. 81. Barton
and John Bass as to who could kill the
most rats in two hours time. The
two men repaired to Barton's barn. 1t
was full of corn and fodder, and an in
viting home for rats. They moved the
corn and the rats moved out in great
numbers. Each man was armedjwith q
club. Barton killed AL and Bass
436, Barton winning by five rats. In
a cotton basket the dead rats were put
and weighed an even hundred pounds.
-Douglasville (Ga.) New South.
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WoRKiHe
POWER

American manufactures increased in
value nine-fold, as against two-fold
increase in the value of British manu-
factures in sixty years.
Mr.. Mulhall, the celebrated British
statistician, has pointed out that "the
productive power of nation can be
measured at each census with almost
the same precision as that with which
the astronomer indicates the distances
of the heavenly bodies" An able
bodied male adult has daily working
power equal to that required to lift
300 tons one foot. On this basis Mr..
Mulhall reports the physical power of
the American nation to-day to be equal
to 6406 millions of foot tons per day.
To that he adds the horsepower and
steam power of the country, and re-
ports the total daily lifting power in
the United States at 129, S06 millions
of foot tons. The meaning of this
statement is better understood when
it is added that, by Mr.. Mulhall's
computation, 'tthe United States pos
sess almost as much productive energy
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available to show what the aggregate
national wealth of the United Kingdom
was in 1897. But there are abundant
later statistics to warrant the state
ment that, great as the growth Of
British commerce, manufactures, rail-
roads and the resulting total produe-
tion of wealth has been under VIC
toria's rule, the contemporaneous
creation of wealth in the United States
has been much greater.
Editor Stead, in the current Review
of Reviews, says that the wealth OF t1e
United Kingdom has been multiplied
four times since 1887. II he is ccr-
rect, its valuation when the Quesn
was crowned must have been about
$12, 500, 100000.
The census taken in 1910 showed
that the aggregate wealth OF tae
United States was about $1,000, 00h-
600, or an average of $40 per capin,
As last computed, by the census Of
1890, the total wealth of this county
is $50, ,037, COO, 900. That is justabott
thirty-three per cent. greater than tae
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computed total of the wealth of Great

England's total wealth to-day is
estimated by her own famous statisti-
Clan, DIR. Robert Giffen, ut $50, ,175,-
.0D0, 900. So she is behind the United
States in the size of her pile by about
$l4, 900, 900, 900. Uncle Sans farm is
worth more than John Bulls in the
proportion Of at least thirteen to ten.
In the one item of real estate the
valuation of this country stands rela-
lively to that of Great Britain as two
to one. The lands and buildings of
the United Kingdom were last valued
at about $40, 900, 900, 900, and those of
the United States at just about $40,-
900, 100000.
The wealth in houses in this Gland
of the free" represented an annual in
vestment of about $3.50 per inhabit-
ant for the twenty years ending with
1890. The annual average in Great
Britain represented an annual invest
ment of less than Sc per inhabitant for