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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-09
THE POINT OF VIEW.
II Bryan would only 60 on with foot
ball and stop kicking the national credit
Syracuse Standard.

II Bryan would only 60 on with foot
ball and stop kicking the national credit !!
Syracuse Standard.
Down in Tennessee they have arrested
u youth for flirting with the schoolgirls.
And yet they call this free country J.
Pittsburg Times.
Postmaster General Gary says penny
postage is coming. However, that will
not help the man who forGets to mail his
wife's letter. Cleveland Leader.
First Assistant Postmaster General
Heath says that women have proven to
be n success in the postal service. Since
the time of Adam woman always has been
pretty successful In handling the males
Mr.. Heath has made no new discovery. -
Ohio Stats journal.
Persons Intending to 20 to Paris will be
glad to know that the last of the gang Of
strangers" has been captured. The
leader of this gang was woman whom
it took six gendarmes to arrest and she
wasn't very new woman, either st
Paul Pioneer Press
The Methodist preacher who declares
that the present age Is better than all or
the good old times, ana who intimates
that he would like to go to heaven by the
way of New York, shows curious comb.
nation Of good judgment and doubtful
taste. kansas City Star.
1t is related as n remarkable feat of n
certain royal lady Of Europe that she can
hold up man in one hand. There are
plenty OF weak and obscure women in
this country who can twist two or three
men around one finger at the same time.
and IT Is not looked upon as anything out
of the ordinary. either. Baltimore
American.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-09
LABOR's CRISIS IN ENGLAND.

The employing engineers In England
have raised the issue with labor of the
right of trades unionism TO control in the
relations between labor ana capital, the
old issue that in one phase CT another
has been long combatted, compromised
often. surrendered TO from one side or
the other, but never settled. as It seems,
and now is brought to the fore with more
prominence than ever by reason Of the
tremendous strike that has furnished one
of the most imposing conflicts the in
dustriai world has ever seen.
The employing engineers claim that
they have no fight against the trades
unions but they Insist on their right to
employ men outside OF the unions and to
pay wages fixed by themselves. The en-
ployers proposition acknowledges the
workmen's freedom to join unions, but
they won't promise not To give preference
to non-unionists, and they claim COM
plete liberty to put men on piece work to
work at machines to learn new methods.
TO the efficient they guarantee wages
equal to the current rate. but the en-
ployers will not guarantee standard
rats. Efficiency Is to be decided by the
employers, who may engage non-etiiclents
at lower wages. In addition, they insist
upon the right TO employ as many APP
prentices as they please.
The idea to substitute individual
bargaining for the collective principles of
the unions evidently aims at the very
foundation stone of trades unionism and
despite the extended ana costly strike and
the pitiable condition to which many of
the workingmen are already reduced, 1t
is not expected that the strikers will agree
to the terms proposed.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-09

The dual monarchy, Austria ii ungary,
was formed in 1867 by q pact which IL
renewed every ten years. The legislative
branch of this double constitutional mon
arohy is vested in an assembly Of 90 DEL
egates from the heichsrath that meets at
Vienna, the austrian division. and the
Reichstae. representing Hungary, which
meets at Budapest The two states run
their own affairs separately, through thoir
respective bodies.
II is now said to be the purpose Of the
Bohemians to make every effort for
third neutrality-suspicious. state. Bohemia
is little short of rebellion. This is the
year for a renewal of the Austrian Hun
garian paot, preliminary steps TO which
have been frustrated by the obstructive
tactics Of the German minority in the
Vienna assembly, prompted by the con-
cessions made to Bohemia by ministerial
decree. The Hungarian politicians
meantime. IL Is reported, threaten TO go
ahead and act as II Hungary were nn inde-
pendent state, although yesterdays dis
patches report that an effort is to be
made to have the pact renewed for one
year to save 1t from lapsing. The dissolu-
tion OF the Vienna Reichsrath and abso-
lutism in Austria, with the establish
ment of Hungarian independence from
the Austrian connection seem TO be I'M
mediately threatened although this EN-.
peror, who has not yet been called TO
take hand in the quarrel. may DO able
to adjust the alarming differences.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-09

ready TO rob and murder at the first oppor
tunit- is passing away. They are quiet In
disposition and studious They value educa
| tion more than Americans, for the reason they
have not had so free access to all educational
advantages. They seldom drink, and manu-
facturers have told me that they are always
sure Of finding them Monday morning,as they
do not have To lay of for sprees
They are very appreciative OF kindness and
are very polite. II they are not politely used
they are not likely TO stay in place.
"A New Hampshire woman who had
taught a green Irish girl the year before said
that IL was, much easier teaching the Arme-
nian. although he could not speak English.
When the Armenians come here they. rarely
smoke or drink; IL they 90 later IL is because
they learned il in this country, and IL Is 80 in
regard TO nearly all vices. One man made OBJ
lection 10 Armenians as help saying that he
had had anything but pleasant experience
with them. IL was afterward ascertained that
he had engaged Armenians who had come 20
this country long before the massacres, and
that they were simply here in the spirit of
adventure. Those who have been driven here
through persecution are of an entirely differ
ent class
"As nurses the Armenians are very satis-
factory" continued Miss Blackwell. "One
has been nursing the husband of a friend Of
mine. and they all say they never were
lieved of so much care There is always on
hand a number of boys, who are only too clad
to get chance TO work for their board, nights
and mornings and Saturday, for chance TO
go TO school. I have still men who would be
glad of chances TO do housework. "
IL sal
with Armenians rs household workers. The
testimony of others is equally assuring.
Mrs. Judith Smith has young Armenian
to do second girls work, and Is much pleased
with him. Her daughter, Mrs. Merrick, says:
"He is very kind 10 my children, although it
is no part of his regular work To take care Of
them and notice that the cat seems much
more at home in the kitchen now than she
did before"
lady in Weymouth says of one who is do
ing farm work and general chores: He Is
doing splepdidly. He is bright and smart, and
is as particular In his habits any member
OF the family, and Is treated just like one Of
them"
A lady in Dedham says: "We have not only
found Arsm faithful, industrious and dill
gent, but also that ne has q fine mind. He Is
learning English rapidly. II we find him far
enough advanced in his studies to enter coll
lege, shall do all in my power to procure
him chance"
Tho president of Vassar College is now en-
ploying Armenian servants entirely, and is
well satisfied with them.
DR.. Cyrus Hamlin writes: II have always
fel, that, give them a chance, they will con-
stitute an important and useful element Of
our population" Dr. Haml,n has spent 80
years in Turkey. Boston Daily Advertiser.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-09
THE BIGGEST FREE LIBRARY.

New York city will have the largest
free public library of any town in the
country, although upon its opening, with
some i50, 600 books, IL will be less impos.
ing in that respect than the Boston
Library, with more than 800, 600 volumes
on its shelves. The new library building
will stand on the site OF the familiar old
Bryant Park reservoir and in 1t will be
stored the combined treasures Of tho Astor
and Lenox libraries, and such augmen-
cations ss may be secured from the Ill.
den bequest The building will cost two
millions AMI half.
Carrere and Hastings the architects,
are remem bered here in Rhode Island rs
presenting one Of the very beautiful set OF
plans In our new State House competi-
tion. The ornate style, which marked
their work, was less in favor for the pur-
pose than the severe monumental effect Of
the plan finally adopted IL is noted that
by contrast to Boston's Public Library,
for instance, the New York library is
elaborate In its outside effects and decora-
tion. the Boston library being as severely
plain ~ our state House. Taey are both
tbe designs Of the same architects.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-09

turrets are fired by electricity, the gun
being discharged simply by pressing a
button. The officer In command OF the
forward tuIret on our ship during rapid
firing practice was just about TO press
the button TO fire one our big guns,
when a gunner's mate .waslseen TO grab
at something on the wall of the turret,
and then fall in heap on the floor. The
officer pressed the button but the gun
was not disc charged. When the mate came
to he was asked what had happened, and
he Informed the officer that the breech Of
the gun had not been locked and that
what he grabbed at ON the wall was the
wires forming the electric firing circuit.
When he saw that the officer was prepar-
ing TO fire the gun. and at the same time
observed that the breoch Of the gun was
not locked, the only thing that occurred
to him TO prevent the gun being dis
charged was to destroy the circuit, which
be did promptly and effectively. When all
this occurred there was n charge of 250
pounds Of powder in the gun; another
cnarge OF the same size in the turret,
ready to be served, and tho passageway
leading to the powder magazine was wide
open. But for the quiokness OF the gun
ner's mate, the gun would have been
blown out inside the turret the gases
from the burning power would probably
have igpited the charge. lying in the tur-
ret, this explosion would have ignited the
powder In the magazine, .and the chances
arc that the whole ship, crew and all,
would have gone up in the air. thought
that has occurred TO me Is this: Suppose
the accident had occurred, what do you
imagine the verdict Of a board OF inquiry
as to the cause OF the loss Of the chip
would have beenS Since this experience
the department has adopted electrical
means to prevent the discharge Of any OF
the large guns until the breech is locked. "
San Francisco Chronicle.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-09
THE NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL.

The appointment of John w. Griggs,
who goes into the Presidents cabinet as
attorney general. to succeed Judge Nc
Kenns, appears to meet with every body's
approval He is Governor of New Jersey
ut the age OF forty eight though be began
life In that state as a farmer boy. He
worked the larger part OF bis way
through college, and was only twenty-six
when he began his career in the Iegisla-
ture. He was conspicuous leader in
framing the taxation laws of his state to
tho provisions Of which is due the fact
that today Jerseyites pay no direct taxes
He was tae first Republican to be elected
governor of the state in a generation or
so, Jersey, up to 1895, having been per.
sistently Democratic for many years, the
only State OF the North that maintained
its Democracy throughout the Civil war
Griggs vanauished the hosts of Democracy
and was triumphantly elected by nearly
81. 200 plurality.
1t appears that his successes are not due
TO superficial political popularity, but to
his soundness and real brilliancy OF his
parts He is said to be first rate rifle
shot and a rarely philosophio fisherman.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-09
PENNY In THE SLOT METERS.
They Have Extended the Use Of Gas In
London.

LOuOOu.
Recent London newspapers contain GER
tain interviews and letters regarding the
consumption of gas in the metropolis,
through the automatic prepayment Gas
meters or the peuny in the slot machine,
as 1t is called, which are OF interest IN this
country in two ways: First as indicat-
inc that the consumption OF American
Illuminating oils is giving way to tho use
of gas upon a cash basis, and second, as
indicating a manner in which the use OF
oas NAV be extended In American muni-
cinalities In an interview with Mr
George Liyesey. the chairman OF the
South Metropolitan Gas Company, he
stated that within five years time two
thirds of the population OF 9O,O small
houses in South London. where illumlnat-
inc oil was used, have been provided with
nanny in the slot machines. The North
London Company began the Introduction
Of the prepayme meters somewhat later
but Is making good progress. ana mas
about 80. 600 such meters installed. In
London the custom appears to be To pro-
yid. the necessary fittings and to advo-
cate the use of gas stoves where the coin
meter Is put in. Prior to the introduo'
tion of the prepayment meters. Sunday
was said to be an extremely slack day Tor
gas At present there is an enormous de-
uand. between IL and o'clock on that
dav. when thousands Of dinners are being
cooked upon the gas stoves, ana so great
is the call upon the service at that nour
that it has been difficult TO get sufficient
oas through the mains to meet the de-
mands Another excellent result from
the point of view Of the operating com
many has been the equalizing OF the sum-
mer and winter consumption. Formerly
n great disparity existed, hut the con-
SUMPTION Of gas for cooking in the sum
mer months has brought about marked
change
It is stated that the average tnkinRs
from each meter In the servIce OF one OF
these London companies Is about 3 pounds
or Sl5 per annum. An illustration OF
the popularity of these machines Is
Afforded by the statement that there has
been Mt times an nc. asl dearth Of copper
money In South London, and by the
additional fact that single collection
from these machines on ondon house
holds has yielded 10 tons in weight Of
coppers. The cost OF providing these
facilities including the meter fittings and
free gas stove, amounts to about
pounds. OF $50 per house, and to cover
this outlay tho company charges an extra
10 pence per 1000 feet OF gas TO the coin
meter consumers There have of course
been attempts to chea. the penny In the
slot meter In the meters first supplied
the weight of the penny set the mechan-
ism in motion, but with the later pat.
terms IL Is necessary to turn handle
after dropping In the coin. and II penny
with a piece OF twius attached Is intro
diiced, the machine simply cuts the cord
and gathers in the coin. The most certain
safeguard against tamporina with the
machine Is. without doubt, the fact that
any overt act will bc brought home to the
occupant of the premises whore the meter
l. installed. .-Englneerins Record
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-09
"GET INTO A HOLE"
II You Ase Afraid or Lightning Don't
Make Yourself Conspicuous

II You Aee Afraid or Lightning Don't
| Make Yourself Conspicuous.
Campbell Swinton says lightning is
most apt to strike projecting objects-for
example, tree. On that principle you
ought TO keep clear OF trees Just as you
would keep clear OF hsy-rlck. Similarly
II you are in fiat space-take a farmers
ield-you should make yourself as little
an object as possible. IL every thing is
level YOU yourself become the projecting
point which may attract the lightning.
Therefore lie down fat on the ground, or.
even better, get into hole.
"A person who took shelter in hole,
Campbsll Swinton continued, would be-
absolutely safe, should think Even IL
lightning were To strike the ground near
by, its power would scatter so much that
ne would hardly be likely TO come to
harm. Then, If you are in house while
a thunder storm is raging. the safest
shelter would be in the oellar-that is, far
away from the objective parts OF the
building. For myself. / am rather skep-
tical how many folks would care to crawl
into hole or plunge into cellar You
see the risk TO life and limb in England
from lightning is very small indeed-so
small that the average man would run IL
rather than disturb himself
II suppose the idea which you have in
dicated TO me explains the damage that
factory chimneys and the ohimneys of
dwelling houses occasionally sustain from
lightningg"
Just so. They are point of attrac-
tiop. Not only that, but there must be
an additional attraction In the column of
warm air which rises from a chimney
when a fire is burning beneath it. I once
saw chimney struck by lightning, and
smoke had been issuing from it, There
Were various neighborinR chimneys but,
so far as l could make out, none of them
were active. The incident occurred while
/ was sitting in the Wellington Club and
the damaged chimney belonged to the
house on the other side of Grosvenor Cres-
cent. '-London Chronicle.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-09

Chicago's smaller retailers organized
with the Cook County Business Mems
Protective Association failed to get an
anti department store bill through the
legislature at Springfield last winter but
have secured from the city council an or
dinanoe prohibiting the sale of meats and
provisions and wines and liquors under
&he-sama roof with dry goods. The
efficiency of the ordinance is yet to be
1estsd.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-09
THE NEW CREDIT SYSTEM.
Less Trust Put In Human Nature Now
Than Formerly In Business.

"There is heap of difference" said
q commercial agency man, between the
credit system now and the system
of only few years ago. When l started
In business 1t was the fashion for the out
of-town merchant to come to the market
to make his purchases. He visited the
merchant he wanted to buy goods of. and
whether he kenw him or not, the mer-
chant in five minutes had made up his
mind whether he wanted to sell goods To
him or not and Just the amount OF credit
he wanted to give. In very few cases
was there any Investigation OF n mans
record. The merchant simply sized his
man up and he acted on his Judgment.
The system wasn't bad, either, for those
days for IL was seldom that merchant
who had had experience in dealing with
men made n mistake. You could tell then
what man was after ve-minute talk
"But to-day, sooi heavens you talk to
n man five minutes and you probably
know less about him than you did before
you saw him. mean, of COURSE in the
matter Of business standing. The mer-
chant who tried TO do a business on that
plan today would be bankrupt In
month IL he was worth millions to start
with. Ihe raan who comes in looking
for credit today gets just as good re.
ception ne he did In the old days tut
after he has given his order and goes
away his record Is gone over with fine
tooth comb before be gets cents worth
of credit don't know whether human
nature has changed so that 1t Is impos.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-09
TWO CALVES IN THREE MONTHS.
Remarkable Performanc of a Cow In
South Carolina

South Carolina
w. McC. Venning. of Mount Pleasant.
is the proud posssssor of cow that has
given birth to two calves within the last
'threa months. In June she became the
mother Of healthy calf. Since then she
has been a steady milker. and few
nights ago astonished tie little village by
having another offspring. The second
calf is stout, well.built young animal.
and is sporting around to the amusement
OF the villagers. The first one Is almost
large enough to eat hay, and is disposed
to fight its younger brother for the
mothers affection. The cow Is still fur
nishing milk to her people, and does pot
seem to think her feat near go strange as
time Albambra Hall Is forgotten. and
from oil sides Of the town the children
have swarmed to see "de COW wot have
two calls In tree months.
But there Is 70 fake about this cow.
IL the story is.ooubted 1t will be an easy
aifidsvits from Mr. Vennipg ana others.
The oldest Charlestonian cannot recall an
instance of cow having made such rec
ord. 1t is true there have been cows that
have given birth tn twins. The case is
remarkable. and adds new phase to cow
culture, whatever that may be.
Many persons yesterday who heard of
the Mount Pleasant prodigy says 1t was
all bosh. But it isn't. Good men, and
honorable men, and men who know how
to vouch for its truth. are prepared to
prove it. This cow will go down In his
tory In years to come she will rival the
one in Chicago that kicked over the
Kerosene lamp, or even the famous bull
of the crockery store Mount Pleasant
feels a local pride in the animal, and 1t Is
probable that some Official recognition
will bs taken of her patriotic service. 1t
has been suggested that a jolliflcatlon
meeting be held and souvenirs in the
shape of milkshakers be presented to the
guests. charleston News and Courier.
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sible to tell neither a man is honest now
and will keep his word or not, but certain
1t is that you cant's size man up today
by talking with him as you Use to be ablo
to size him up. More trouble Is taken
today to lind out the trustworthiness Of a
man who wants 500 worth of credit than
was. taken twenty years ago to look up
the trustworthiness OF man who wan ted
$50, 600 worth Of credit. The sun.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-09

II 1t is true that hordes Of Japanese are
planning to 60 to the Klondike to labor
In the mines. the white man may as well
pack up and come away. The probabili-
ties are that wages In that region will fall
from thousand dollars an hour to at
least five hundred with Japanese cheap
labor, in plenty, at hand.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-09

The ideas Of the President and the secre-
tary of the treasury appear TO be to have
currency reform but not CURRENCY revolu-
tion. And very good idea IL is, too
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-09
PERIS OF GUNNERY PRACTICE

An officer Of the United States Navy
relates the following as illustrating some
of the perils Of guDnery at sea;
II came very ncar going up in the air
We were at heavy gun practice ut sea,
and but for the quickDes~ ~ eunner's
mate would never have returned. As YOU
pr5tably know, the heavy guns In the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-09
A LITTLE HUMOR.

A Cleveland man says his wife sat on him,
therefore he wants divorces. Some men
think that what is pleasant before marriage
becomes a crime after the knot Is tied. d.-Cleve-
land Leader.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-09
MARRIED..

wALLlNG-B BROOKE Esten wallins
of Harmony, X. l., Editha Camille Brock
OF Providence, at the home of the brides
sister, 80 Summer street, Tuesday, eth
inst, at o y. M, by the Rev. Edwin Brom-
lev
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-09

Big nations, like some big boys, like TO
show of to the little fellows by bullying
them, as Germany has just bullied Hayti
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-09

1t appears to te particularly colo for
the early buyers Of stock In the nlmsy
Klondike companies.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-09

There is ono pensioner in the United
States to every 20 persons. And several
of the other 90 have their applications In.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-09
Official
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
several TOWNS.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-09

Teacher-lf any one tries hard he will never
fail.
Little Johnny-Father did.-New York
Ledger.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-09

Jean-why do you never speak to Mr..
Outre2 He is uncouth, but feel sure he is n
diamond in the rough.
Katherine-So do l. That's why I'm cut
ting him. Cincinnati Commercial. Tribune.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-09
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