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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-10
A CLIPPING


The following comments on advertising
made by the advertisement writer for the
Postum Cereal Co., Lim., Of Battle Creek,
Mich, may interest some who have been at
tracted by the rather unique article from his
pen
Make up the storiesY Why-yes, TO be
sure they are dressed and trimmed some,
but they are all founded upon fact.
THAT is, for instance, a mail carrier, clerk,
LAWYER or what not with whom mly be
talking. tells me his experience with Postum
His story. possibly. is long en- ough for two
columns OF solid matter II reported verbatim.
take the main facts and boil down tho talk
until we can afford to run il as pleasant bit
of shop talk with our friends and customers
(the pubrc) and not bankrupt us. / always
stick 10 the facts as l consider that when a
man adyertises he simply talks 20 customers,
and If he lie- in his advertisements he will lie
in the faco-to-fece chatF
Tell the truth: IL is more fascinating than
all the romances one can spin mp.
When you write on advertisement try and
look upon yourself as eonversing with, or ex-
planning 10. some one who wants 10 know
about the article you have to sell. They are
interested, and they want TO know how near
your goods will mt their needs.
Tell them as plainly as possible without
exaggeration or subterfuge just what you
have. and leave them TO judge whether they
want II or not. Don't tell them to buy this"
OF "eat that"
The public know about what they want 10
do, and the duty of the ''ad' writer's is TO ex'
plain facts in an easily understood way.
First be sure you have an article ~ true
merit, then tell the psopie about 1t. Tell
them the truth and you add goodly per-
contage OF dignity and character Go your bust
ness and TO the product you are furnishing.
Willy grocers sometimes work in cheap imi-
tations OF Postum Cereal coffee IL the
customer will stand IT.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-10
TACK OF CARE.

Tho majority of cycle racing men in
this country do not take the necessary care
OF themselves and rely too much on what
they Lave done instead of Keeping up
with the times and trying 90 further hm-
prove themselves. This is said to tO Lo
rcJs1n why they are 80 much on - level
with each utucr ~ regards sIe,d IL D.
wcll known tlst when man g'ts 90 q
certain srced b. Is vcry difficult 90 imurpve
even % few yards. aud it can hc done
only hy the grvatcst perseverance,.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-10

A Amount Reed 2oe
Shepard's Lustrate The Best Silver Polish.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS E2z zrzazSz-s
With EVERY purchase (no
matter how smsIiD you
should ALWAYS receive a
sales coupon.
Preserve this slip CARE
FULLY until the lucky num-
Der has been announced
i'm the
NEXT EVENINGS PAPERS.
Then destroy, as you might
otherwise see your number
on another day and be dis
appointed.
HON. JOHN c. WyMhN
will, after EACH DAYS BUSi-
NESS. select one from
among the small OuPLI-
GATES or EACH SALE that 20
to the cash desk. No one
can know who is the lucky
person but the one holding
duplicate Of the number
announced.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-10
WINNERS AT COLE.

The finals in the golf club tournament
were played at Washington, ID. C., yes
terday. The W club cup and the con-
ISOLATION prize cup We're won 10y two Wis
itors, the club cup by j w. Biddle of the
Philadelphia Country Club, ard the con
ISOLATION 10y Mr.. Cabot of the Brookline
Club Of Boston Biddle won from Par
sons hy the close score of two up.
The somi finals in the consolation re.
suited I'm Cabot beating Mitchell 3 ;;p and
. 60 play, and Hellcu beating Dalzcll z
up and To play Cabot and HELEN
played the finals and Cabot won holes
and the match
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-10

Word comes from Dixon. H.. that icury
:. Dixon. the last appointment 10 LAW.
ricinr bn1rd horrors is going 90 hc tartar
Tor President Potter tp haudlO Nr Dixon
whusc appointment cnu.rd general com
mcnt in lhirIgi. wi.i not pl y iu tro
Potter yard DO is s1id iic is "a .rm Ur-
licNcr in Go" rche''i'e for ne situation as
% exists in lll nui. and ,vill h' exU..tcl
u stick zap most omrhatlcAily Tor Illinois
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-10
Labor Organization Officers.

Cincinnati Ohio. April 10. "A special
fro. Wellston, Ohio, says National
knights of Labor Assembly l35, which
has been i'm session here for three days
reelected II. Il. hurley of NellstOn, ma
tional master workmcn, William X.
worthy foreman William Bartoe, Blatch-
ford, Ohio, secretary treasurer The
next meeting of this assembly Will be at
Cincinnati in Anti 1893
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-10

When the spring time comes, gentle An
me, /" like all other sensible persons, will
cleanse the liver and renovatc the system with
DeWitt's Little Early Risers, famous little pills
for the liver and stomach all the year round.
Joseph s. Johnston's Pharmacy, SOB West
minister street MetZgers Pharmacy s3O
North Main street: Alfrcd's Pharmacy, Sll
Eddy street.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-10
DEpARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
IL Washington, ID. c., April !, 1897. sealed
PROPOSALS will be received at this Department
until 2 o'clock H. m, THURSDAY, MAY q,
1897, for IN nishing the foil wing classes OF
supplies, etc, during tho fiscal yenr ending
June 30. ls,S, 10 wit: Cd for fuel and icc; ~
for furnishing typewritcrs 20 the Depart.
mem. - several BvCaus aud Dihnos; (3) for
stabling and feeding ten horses OF the Depart
mpnt, stable 60 bc nVeuiCnt 10 Patent Officc
Buildiug 4 tor furniture photographic, and
9th miscgll tncous supplies; t5l 10 station
cry for tho Department OF the lnt,rior it,
several Bureaus ans ofhcCs, and the civil Ser
vice Commission. AT the S1me time and flace
proposals will be received for BAcn meats,
prov slOus groceries, dry eounS. shoes, drugs,
paints. hardwar fuel, see, lumber 'tc. ~
may be- REQUIRED hy be Government ospital
tor tho insane near Nuslington H. c., during
the fiscal year above indicated. Also tor
such fuel lumber, hardware drugs, cncml-
Cals, laboratory apTar tus, eugrayi < aud
oihcr supplies rs NAV he rporircd b lEc I.
.. Geoo gical survey and the 10" rd UniT r
sity, respective v during the same Ecriot
Al tho Same time aDi place "a. pu-als VIII
alsu be received for the Na-ung oi Towel FOR
IN Dera rtmeni' lts bl9 e'1-, Pnp tlc @ W,
20. iS1, as Wei as fer tine rurchn~' during
tant Nrr.Oi ~ lc Waste uIor W thc - ptrt-
ment OF The Interior sioN iuns ho made
q vprnment blanks. AL bids lCNcept Nose Tor
Washing OF Towels Tor The uurchas, Of
waste uaptr, fucl and sec, furniture, photo.
grlnlio ana other mitceilnrcccs surpucs ana
st4dunc.y for thc DoparJ nrnt oi th9 ln error,
iis several Hgrpars and Offices. and thc civil
Service Comuissios - accepted AVID contra -
Avar e4 suaipct to an fppiupii ilt.ou hf Con.
gyuss To mpcf the cXprr-c. I"Ius ui proposals,
rhcdulas ot items, spogifcnilol- eni 'n4 ruc'
ti0us will b' furnished 20 lidder IN apphca
zion ID tho chief Clerk OF lhr Department: Z:
r.queafs for blanks should specifically dcs't.
nave the class on clnssrs of supplies apon which
it ia p upo,Cd 90 I'D. All thc pr Vuslls vii De
opened GOO ihe time and place above stotoi,
aud bidders aro in,itcd to Lc pTtscu. at such
CORNELIUS y. BLISS, cretaly
ui1I1. fl.I9. t3. ..I.mvL3
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-10
A Sister Suddenly Disappears.

Cincinnati. o., April 10 The mysteri-
Gus disappearance OF sister of charity
was reported 70 the police yesterday. Shc
was Mics Marie III dc OF Louisville, and
h id h., n in tho is Crs' homo ol Mloui Z
adams ,,No years. I.ast Saturday evening
size laid down book and stepped into tne
back yard M q has not been seen since.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-10

construct an instrument of perfect com
pensation for the different rates OF expan-
sion of the various metals composing it, A
Dr. "A Mansfield Holmes i'm speaking of
the possibilities of diagnosing tuber-
culosis in stage early enough TO permit
"a cure To be made says: "lf we trace
tuberculosis backward from the stage of
visible disintcgratinn we shall sooner or
later reach period In It's development in
which the evidence of disintegration dis
appears from the patient. In the active
stage of the disease we were studying the
patient Now we are studying his
leucocytes for white corpuscles ["
DIR. Mansfield prepares the blood films,
fixes stains, mounts, and studies them.
The finger OF the patient is cleaned
antiscptically and pricked with sterilizcd
needle. The drop of blood should be used
Immediately. drop for each film. Cell
tissues as well as almost all other animal
tissues possess great affinity for stains.
by long study, the shade that staining
solution communicates to cell tissues in a
normal state may be- fixed i'm ones mind
Then abnormal conditions may be easily
recognized 10y variation In the staining
reaction of these tissues. The doctors
careful study OF 100 tubcrculous, cases in
all stages of the disease shows that the
law that causes disintegration in tuber-
culosis patient brings about the same pro-
cess at an earlier date i'm tubcrculous
leucocytcs. He believes il possible TO
estimate the degree of tuberculous condi-
ton, and also of recuperativc power; that
a diagnosis based upon the fundamental
principles of biology may be made.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-10
Delicate Instrument for
Measuring Strains.
thermometer Calipers Manu-
factured in this City.
DR., A. M. Holmes on the Possibility
of Curing Consumption.

One of the most sensitive instruments
ever devised has just been finishcdhnd set
up by Gus Henning of New York city
who has constructed some of the finest
measurement instruments in the world.
The one just completed is known as the
mirror testing apparatus, and is designed
e. test and register tho expansion or
stretching of metals under heat or strain.
seen in the compact little box in which II
Is carried, one would never think that
this remarkable contrivance is capable of
accurately measuring the strain caused by
the foot fall of IA pedestrian crossing the
Brooklyn bridge, yet such is its power,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-10

The instrument is very simple, its chief
part consisting of n couple Oh little mir
rors, carried on spindles, which in turn,
are fastened TO a pair of knife edges, so
that the slightest change in the position
of the knife edge causes detection of
the mirrors. For the rest there is an
ordinary reading telescope, Go which is
attached finely graduated scale, reading
down To l-l00, 000th Of an inch. These
readings cannot of course be detectod
with the naked eye, but only through a
strong telescope. Now, when the knife
edges arc lightly clampcd against the
object TO be tested, say bar of steel, and
the latter he stretched or expanded the
knife edge will change position, the mir
ror will lie deilected, and as the latter is
looked at through the telescope from IA
distance of five or ten feet, the graduated
scale which the mirror reflects seems TO
move up and down. And by watching
these movements the stress on the bar is
easily calculated.
In the manufacture of such fine instru-
mcnts, otner Instruments hardly less
delicate are required. Take what is known
as "A lnicromcter caliper, on which accu-
rate measurements may be made TO
1-l0 000th of an inch. Ii is easy Co SEQ
that the slightest inaccuracy in any one
of its parts would throw all the Others out
the instrument Expensive special ma
chinery of almost perfect precision is nee.
cssarily required for this class of work,
and the final testing of a caliper of the
kind mentioned must be made with "a
standard scale The latest development
of this type of appliances is 10 be seen in
the shops of manufacturing company in
this city.
On massive bed, eighteen inches high,
are two movable heads fitted to the broad
flat surface and gibbed at the sides The
larger head carries "A bar having finely
graduated scale, with markings down 90
u furticth of an inch on the upper side
and another on the other side SO fine as
not TO be visible without the aid of IA
powerful glass. Over this latter scale is
microscope, fitted with micromcter
cycpiece, for reading these fine gradua-
tiOns. The latter are read 10y means OF u
ycfnicr scale, and their valuation is .0O0Oi
of an inch. The cone at the back of tho
machine Is for the purpose of conccntrat-
ing light upon the graduation of q
scale. The chief adjustment Of the ma
chine Il by the manipulation of the hair
tines OF the microscope 50 that the latter
arc ccir*ident with the lines for the scalC.
IEus. in taking n measurement the ma
chine first adjusted 60 "a point on the
graduating scale corresponding 20 the
nearest 4Uth OF an inch 60 the size 10 be
measured. Intervals OF less than this arc
oiltaincti by means of the micrometer
scne" Here, likewise, for fine readings
cirS m lst be taken 20 provide constant
ienA ''-re' since II seems impossible to
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-10

Whom n cold is contracted, cure Il al once.
One Minute Cough Cure will set you on the
road TO recovery in minute. II VIII cure
pneumonia, bronchitis, Group and all forms
Of lung and throat troubles.
Joseph $. Johnston's Pharmacy, sg3 West
minister street: Metzgor's Pharmacy, 800
North Main street; Alfred's Pharmacy, Sll
Eddy street.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-10
Not Exactly Right
mot Sick Enough for the Bed or Well Enough
For The Table,"
Minister'S Wife Apty Describes We'll Known Condition and
Tells How 1t Was Overcome.

results. With the epproach of spring he
has had an indeacribable feeling OF i'll
health. Not sick enough for the bed or
well enough for the table, Ina few words,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-10
| u {. q L. i.

To this end-one given away
every day for a week-(next COL
umn tells how.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-10
.AYT0N bicycles
AND TANDEMS.

I'm the BERKELEY
at sos and "TErlPEST"
at $55 we have two beau
ties Furnished in CoIors).
They are high grade at
low prices.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-10
Rev. Granville Hunt

+f++++++4+++<4+t+++4+s.s a. ~ 4tts+ -. 49,
is coTpulent man Weighing 23o pounds.
lie has taken Hoods sarsaparilla every
spring for the last eight years with good
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-10

Our talking points on
the Dayton are large, high
carbon tubing, making a
frame that is absolutely
rigid under any strain,
simplicity of construction,
perfect bearings and
sprockets, self s. cleaning
hanger bearings and light
running qualities.
THE C0NCDON-l
BICYCLE Di
EXCHANGE ST.
C NJ. GROSS & CO.. Sub Agents, s
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-10

We want them in general use
everywhere.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-10

construct an instrument of perfect COM
pensation for the different rates OF expan-
sion of the various metals composing it. 4
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-10
He Became Run Down

each year from constant mental ind ply
sical action. Hoods Sarsaparilla has re-
lcvcd snd invigorated him in every in
stance. Last month we purchased four
bottles OF the medicine. took two of
tho bottles, being weak,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-10
without Appetite and vIeor.


A>r l had used half bottle OF
Hoods realized quite an improvement
end soon felt quite comfortable. gained
90 much that recommended Hoods Sar-
czparilla 70 my nearest neighbor, who has
had malarial symptoms. She has also
taken the medicine and its effect upon her
for good was almost magic. She has now
prevailed upon her husband to take II to
build him up. l have also given Hoods
sarssparilla TO my two little grls, one
nearly years old, who is not strong, con-
sequentiy languid, and the other, 10 years
old, Tor pimples which indicate bad blood
and di5ilgure her complexion. Both have
been helped by Hoods sarsaparilla which
am glad heartily TO recommend" MRS.
g. HUNT, lOl West 3lst Street, n. Y. City.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-10

Willy grocors sometimes work in cheap imi-
tations OF Postum Cereal coffee IL the
customer will stand IT.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-10

ne S'Lucky coupon must be presented
within two weeks OF date stamped
thereon.
The Portland daily press., 1897-06-18
A POISONED LIVER.
DON'T KEEP POISON IN YOUR BODY
LONGER THAN YOU HAVE TO.

Ii your stomach poisons your liver the conse-
quences may be se.ious.
What poisons arise in your stomach come
from undigested food which has decomposed
there. They are absorbed by your blood and
go to your liver, where they paralyze its func-
tons and make You bilious
Finally they go into the blood again and are
carried all over the body, dlsordering your diff
ferent organs, and perhaps making you danger
ously sick
This is the origin of many diseases which are
not always known for what they are.
The poisons of undigested food can only be
got rid of by the use OF purifying, strengthen
Ing, digestive tonic, like the Shaker Digestive
Cordial.
A few doses of this wonderful cordial will
soon clear away all undigested, termenting,
poisonous substances, restore your appetite.
aid you to digest your food, purify your liver
and blood OF all dangerous poisons, and re-
stores you to perfect health
1t will cure biliouSness. indigestion, nausea,
headache, dizziness. mental depression, weak
ness. fever fatulence, constipation, loss of APP
petite, bad taste in mouth. stOmach-ache.
anaemia, rheumatism, ETC., where other medi-
cines will barely give relief.
At druggists. Ten cents for trial bottle.
Write for free book to The Shakers, 80 Reade
Street, New York.
The Portland daily press., 1897-06-18
The Old and New NJ u.ica1 Studies.
(From The Contemporary Review. J

(From Inc contemporary Review.
There is nothing in musical history
more remarkable than the difference be-
tween the training of the old masters and
that ofithe generation which succeeded
them. Haydn worked sixteen hours a
day with Fux' Gradus and the sonatas of
Emmanuel Bach; Mozart, the quickest of
pupils was taken by a careful and exact
ing teacher through the most rigorous
course of study that the age permitted !;
Beethoven spent his boyhood in almost
overstrained labor, and at an age when
many men would look upon their educa-
ton as complete, set himself again to
write themes for Haydn and counterpoint
exercises for Acknowledgment. But Berlioz,
List, Wagner, can hardly be described
as educated musicians at all. No doubt
the first of them was technically at the
Paris Conservatoire, but of his connec-
Liszt, as young man, had little inclina-
ton to exchange the triumphs of the vir-
tuoso for the drudgery of the student.
Wagner was given up as incorrigible by
two masters, and by the third sent out as
a finished composer after six months
And even the musicians of this period
who stand nearer to the classical line
such as Schumann and Chopin-are
affected in some degree by the want of
balance and completeness in their must
cal training.
In their student days they were brought
up on Bach's "Well-tempered Clavier; -
but they knew little of his choral work,
certainly not the Passion music or the
B minor mass; they heard some Mozart
and Haydn, but little of Beethoven, and
of Schubert virtually nothing; they were
taught how to write a fugue, but not how
to write sonata or a symphony. No
doubt Schumann discovered for himself
great deal more than he ever learned
from Kuntzsch there is the famous story
of his training his hand for chamber
music by shutting himself up with all
Beethoven's quartettes - but this is very
different thing from studying the great
model at the proper time and under the
proper influences. And Chopin, few
years before his death, had never heard of
the E minor-the ''most Beethovenish of
them all" as Mendelssohn called it-and
had to send round to music shop in
order to procure copy. Imagine poet
of the present day who should take his
friends advice and order Lear or
Hamlet from the circulating library.
The Portland daily press., 1897-06-18
Thiers's First Successes.
(From The Chautauquan.)

THEIRS great achievement at AK was in
winning prize offered by the Academy
for an essay on Vauvenargues. The way
in which this prize was secured was
characteristic of Theirs. He wrote one
essay which would have been successful
but for the fact that it was known to be
his. The essays were sent anonymously
but Theirs had been unable to refrain
from reading his to literary society.
The royalists on the committee, knowing
its authorship, were unwilling to grant it
the prize and postponed the decision.
Theirs at once wrote another in a differ
ent style, which Mignet copied and sent
in anonymously. This essay won the
prize, and the whole town laughed at the
clever scheme. The money which he re-
celved enabled him to go to Paris.
He had hoped to practice law, but
found he had not money enough to be adj
mitted to the Paris bar He tried unsuc-
cessfully writing, fan painting, and the
duties of a private secretary but earned
barely enough to keep from starving in
his garrett. Finally he got a chance to
write for the Constitutional. The editor
to whom he had an introduction, had
thought to get rid of him by asking him
to write a review of the Salon for that
year. He supposed that Theirs must fail
in such a task The artistic taste which
had been developed at AK made this re-
view literary event. While doing JUS
tice to David great service to French art
in the past, Theirs urged emancipation
from the letters with which David had
bound the French school, and in contrast
called attention to Delacroix, then an
unknown painter This single article
did much for French art, and also scured
the author position as journalist. For
this he was eminently fitted, as he was
clearheaded, went right to the heart OF
affairs, and always wrote with his audi
ence clearly before his mind. These same
qualities were afterward prominent in his
speeches.
The Portland daily press., 1897-06-18
ToWEO BY A MOOSE.
How Big Swimmer in Sebec Lake
Played Hoss with the Steamer Marion.

Up on Sebec lake they have steamboats,
and lots of other things; the latest is a
moose which can do q towing business fiji
to compete with Ross & Howells' big Bis
marck on the Penobscot. Last Saturday
according to the Bangor Commercial
while the good steamer Marion, Hersey
master, was passing up through the mar.
rows in Sebec lake. q big bull moose was
sighted swimming toward the craft tc
cross her bow. He had a bone in his
teeth and was leaving wake like the
cruiser Columbia the time she came ur
Penobscot bay into Castine harbor, last
summer.
Capt. Hersey saw tho bull in good time
and he got out his biggest hawser and put
ON little more steam just to bring his
boat up alongside the moose. When he
got into comfortable distance he let GO
the hawser like lasso, and the rope set
tied over the head of the big fellow and
caught him fast.
The Marion is sturdy little craft but
she wasn't built for moose. The bull
swan straight on for a while, towing the
boat after him and playing boss generally
with everything within reach. Just in
the height of the fun he gave sudden
turn to starboard, put straight about and,
with full speed on in both engine rooms
let himself out for shore, the steamer
dragging along behind
All the passengers offered free advice as
to how to get the moose out into the lake
again, but meanwhile the rocks of the
shore were getting nearer. Finally Capt.
Hersey cast Off his line and let the moose
get ashore up which he fled and disap-
peared in the forest with the speed Of
theB. & A. IS fastest express.
1t takes more than a steamboat to stop
the progress of healthy Maine moose.