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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-11
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-11

II Is not generally known that by an act
of the English parliament, passed in 1855,
II is enacted that all wedding rings must
be of standard gold, the enactment being
intended more to raise the amount OF the
gold duties than TO protect the public from
limitations.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-11
A SENSIBLE MAN

Would use Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and
Lungs. IL is curing more cases of Coughs,
Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis, Group and all
Throat and Lung Troubles than any other
medicine. The proprietor has authorized any
druggist 10 give you Sample Bottle Free TO
convince you OF the merit OF this great rem
edy. Price 25c. and soc.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-11
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.

The attendance ut the mceting of the
Past Chancellors' association. which
was held in the office Of the Grand Lodge
last Saturday evening. was not as large
ns IL should have been. for There: are
nearly 100 past ohaucellors In the state.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-11

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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-11

Professional and business mon buy season
ticket three months 81 800 one month
500.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-11

Find a way or make oife. Everything
is either pusher or pushed The world al
ways listens TO man with a will In him.
--Marden.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-11
HOTEL AND COTTAGES.
OAKLAND BEACH.
TEN MILES FROM PROVIDENCE.
Splendid Carriage and Bicycle Road.
Trains Leave Providence:

For Oakland Beaoh-6:20 a. M, 500 a. M, 1920
am, 1920 p, mq 2;20 p. H.. 4:20 p. m
5;2Op. M, 600 pm. 7:20p. H., ll:20 p. IN
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-30

There is a type of woman whom 1t is
always a pleasure to meet This is the
woman who by no means young-ln-
deed. the world would call her oid--has
vet lived every day OF her life, and who
in her old days remembers with pleas
IRE the delights of her eventful career.
AS / know her. she is a years old, the
cbildless widow of an immensely rich
southerner who went abroad long be-
fore the war. lived there all through
A. and only came back within the last
five wears. bringing her dead husband
that he might rest with his ancestors.
Dicnified In manner handsome in APP
oearance. witty in speech. this gentle
woman makes me wonder whether any
women of today will be like her when
they are old. / fear not. They take life
TOO sadly and fail to find the proper i'm
terest in people. Always this old friend
Of mine tells me something that inter-
ests me. Today IL is of the time when
the Empress Eugene ruled not only
Paris. but all the world: when the wo-
men dressed their hair after the fash
ION she affected; when mysterious sto-
ries went about Paris of the attempts
to kitinap the fittfe prince imperial, tfTut
poor prince imperial whose death was
so tragic Tomorrow / am hearing OF
Antonelli, that wonderful man to whom
the world was a book which he read
with ease; of his schemes, of his polite
manner. and then of the trust that he
reposed i'm his American friends be-
cause he thought them so natural and
30 true. OF the little girl who was ta-
ken by the aseat cardinal TO see the
pope: how. with the dignity Of six
years. she said, Holy father. bless
these rosaries so ii will not wear off.
for they'll have TO go way across the
Ucpau To fTnrrIra. ana OF the mirth
that the innocent speech excited in
Plus TX.
Sometimes I hear stories cf the great
Queen-she who celebrated her jubilee
but few weeks ago-and these sto-
ries tell of her when she was young
and of some of the mistakes that she
made. Perhaps you know this one
Il is old. but IL is new to me: When
the queen of England was first mar
r1cd she was intensely jealous OF her
handsome husband She was by no
means a beauty, and whenever she saw
him talking 20 a prettier woman she
not only suffered herself. but she made
that woman suffer. No matter how i'm
nocent she was. no matter If the good
Queen--was Lady Flora Hastings, the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-30

mandinG a certain sum OF money or
threatening YOU with just such n par
agsaph as you dread. The English serV-
ant has no more idea OF honor than
the cannibal, and not as much, for a
cannibal eats one out and out and
doesn't make life horrible by spinning
out the agony"
A man asked me not long ago, do
people never get tired OF hearing about
women" Aud before / could speak an
other man answered. mo; they are the
one always interesting topic i'm this
country" This is essentially the coun-
try OF women. If woman sold her
jewels that America might be discover
ed, womankind has certainly reaped ad-
vantage from il. as i'm no other country
is the same consideration shown her.
She can make or damn play. She can
cause the success or the total extinc-
tion OF "A book. And nobody has any
interest in pictures unless women want
TO go and see them. Her power is mar
Velous. and if she doesn't always know
how TO use IT.. that is her misfortune
and not her fault. Until she has seen
other women, that is. the women OF
other countries, she has no idea of the
position she occupies. She is catered
to like a small child. and the material
as well as the mental sweets OF life are
offered her, while her opinion is asked
on the most important subjects. And
yet the result has not been bad for the
American woman is neither greedy nor
selfish nor unbelieving. She is some
times bit of a tyrant. but ii doesn't
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-30
English and American Girls as
Companions.
QUEEN VICTORIA'S JEALOUSY.
Bab Writes an Interesting Letter on Gentle
women Some Old Ladies Who Are Always
Youne-Praise For the American Woman.

beautiful daughter Of an aristocratis
Scotch family. Everywhere her beau
~ was talked of, and everybody who
knew her. after speaking of her beauty
told about her kindness of heart, her
sweetness OF manner and the gentle
ness Of her spirit. One day, passing
through the corridor, the queen saw
her husband laughing and talking with
her lady in waiting. That was enough.
The queen accused her of want OF
maidenly modesty. The girl. in "A dead
faint was carried from the palace into
the city. The horror Of the Implication
brought on her death. and today when
the queen drives to her Highland home
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-30

The mouth of the Thames. Near the
Midway she once brought up SO 900
Ian one day.
Mrs. l.. j. Minnick living ON the lIils-
borough river. i'm Florida, recently had
contest with a big alligator. In which
The reptile was dispatched The sau-
ran was chasing ducks when Mrs. Min
uick interfered with mis- fun by a blow
On tho head with a long pole. Whirl-
ing around. with loud Whit OF anger
ne charged his plucky antagonist. AS
the gator charged down with wide open
Jaws and shrily kissing. she braced
herself FOR the fray ana with a quick
and sudden movement she rammed the
pole down the reptiles throat Mrs.
Minnick kept pushing on tho pole with
an her strength. The saurian snapped
az &c and tried To bite II off. hut being
small and round and OF hard wood. he
couid not secure good hold on IL.
Her arms were tiring. ana she began
calling for help. Her l2-ycaT oib son
sVon responded ana came running down
the bank with n light aN I'm his hand
Cr'piug up close Go the alligator he
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-30

take her very long TO find out the tru,h
OF what 81. Francis de Sales said some
hundred years ago, Sugar viii catch
more flies than vinegar"
The American man believes SO thor
oughly i'm her that he generally does
what she wishes Hc is happy with
her when she is ready TO enjoy every
thing. ana yet if the day comes when
she's 500 anl sleepless, worried and
frightened. he will stand by her. endure
her frctfuness. be gcutle with her. lift
her so be doesn't hurt her cater TO her
whimsical desires be sorry FOR every
pain she has and do everything in his
power 10 relieve a. An because she's a
woman. Certainly the American man
Is q something 60 loo proud OF. But
then II may bc said IN his favor that
he would not be here n IL were not for
the American woman.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-30

that she was saving FOR burial eXE
penses. as working spinsters sometimos s.
do She heard of the coffee plantation
possibilities an Hawaii and SHE decided
TO risk the funeral and invest her capi-
tai. She induced her brother. who had
an equal capital. 60 join her. In Ha-
waii they took up 260 acres OF land
at 50 an acre. \ friend of theirs with
some experience I'm coffee growing join
cd them. within two yeaw they have
all made the venture pay Miss Wild
wood expects Go be earning an annual
income of $4,000 at the end OF four
years.
AIRS. Frances y. Sorcho OF Baltimore.
has worked for several years at deeb
sea diving. She is the wife OF Captain
Sorcho. a veteran deep sea diver ana
an cN-captain Of thc United States life
saving service. soon after her mar
ragc she prepared herself ~ taking
Years course of physical training Then
She put on %, pound shoes aud tile rest
of diNcrs armor. weighing about go
pounds and then won't down g. get
coral and rarc ser shells 81 Graves
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-30

st. Louis las woman diamond deal
er VINO Is not only making n comforta-
ble living but is adding 10 an already
good sized bank account. She lives at
fashionable boarding house and has
no Office address, receiving her business
mail at the general delivery window OF
the postohice. Her clientele embraces
many OF the society women OF the city.
1t also embraces others whose names
never appear in the accounts of swell
gatherings among the elite of st. Louis
When the young woman first encased
in the venture, she made the rounds Of
the pawnshops OF the city and mr.
chased number Of diamonds at very
moderate price. She is good Judge of
the stones and is able TO tell lust what
diamond is worth. In this manner she
secured her stock in trade. In some
manner or other she learns from day TO
day or women who wish to buy dia
monds. and she makes il her business IN
call. At first she encountered many n
cold reception, but after a time she
managed to dispose of several of the
stones. These she sold very chean ana
ii was not very long before the fact that
she sold diamonds cheaper than tbev
could be purchased anywhere else i'm
town became well known among certain
circles, and her business commenced to
boom.
Framed and hung up in tho Agricul-
tural bank OF Paris. Ky. is checl,
which was made payable to Sweetest
of the Sweet" and so fndorsed. Presi-
dent Mcclure of the bank tells the
story of the check as follows:
"One OF our depositors recently gave
his wife a check for $40, the check he
ing regularly filled out and duly signed
except that il was made payable To
Sweetest of the Sweet When the
lady presented the check for payment
j innocently inquired:
VINO is the Sweetest of the Sweet?'
Why. it's L. she replied.
II told her To indorse the check
which she did and handed it back.
But. madam. I said. you must in
dorse IL just as drawn. 10 Sweetest OF
tho Sweet"
She snatched up the pen and wrote
the words beneath the name, and paid
the money"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-30

end. England. there is also a woman
diver. She first went down instead of
her husband. who was i'll, some years
ago, and she did this with such sue
cess that she afterward fulfilled many
engagements Jointly with him, assist
ing largely I'm the construction of a
pier at south coast watering place.
She has made as much as $50 i'm
one day and has chiefly worked near
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-30
Leaders In Important Fields of
Industry.
SUCCESS IN FINANCIERING.
Queer Professions and Occupations Deep
Sea Diver and Coffee PIanter-Adventure
of the Genter Sex In Many Lands.

The success OF Rita Wildwood. a one
time stenographer i'm a law office, as a
coffee planter in Hawaii will probably
lead many more young women to fol-
low in her steps. Miss wildwood is 20
years old and incidentally is the lich-
est woman coffee planter on the Ha-
waiian islands. Two years ago she was
working as stenographer, with no
capital except a thousand dollar legacy
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-30

she Is Obliged to go past the grave OF
the girl whose life she ruined. How?
Instead of burying her in the great
vault where her honored ancestors
slept her sisters insisted on her being
laid to rest just inside the boundary OF
those lands in Scotland which they
knew the queen must pass by And 90
mark the spot and 10 call attention to
IL Is an enormous white marble hand
with the forefnger pointing to heaven,
while engraved on the wrist are the
words. II bide my time" None of that
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-30

The Kind Of bamboo with the darl,
spots Oh IL is known as the leopard skin
variety. aud this H. the more expensive
of the two sorts. The other on ls Just
plain. glossy yellow
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-30

prince had only inquired ~ % her
health or her father or given the Or
dinary sclutatlon OF the day, II she
reemed extremely beautiful IN tho
queens eyes. then she had absolutely
no excuse for her existence.
Among her ladies--those lnses Nho
o4le their iuIn in being bcsids H.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-30

dealt him blow on the back with the
sharp blade that nearly severed some
three feet of the reptiles tail. The old
alligator roared and with a violent ef-
fort bit through the pole in his mouth
and endeavored to retreat TO the water.
But this Mrs. Minnick was determined
he shouldn't do. Catching the AK from
her boys hands, she rushed up and
with one effective stroke cut off one Of
the alligators front paws. He fell over
on his side, roaring and believing with
rage. His ugly jaws closed together
with vicious snap and his half sew
cred tail still thrashed around in an ug-
~ manner. Watching her chance. the
plucky woman cut OFF the tail entirely.
Shortly after two heavy whacks were
delivered OH the head of the struggling
saurian, and the victory was won. The
head was cut off and preserved, as Mrs.
Minnick says she intends to have a set
OF jewelry made from its teeth.
Mrs. Julia Clark, 12 years old. of Dal-
las, Tex. is a survivor OF the hordes OF
men and women who flocked TO Cali
fornia in 1S49, when gold was discovered
i'm that country With her husband.
Joseph Clark, who died six years ago.
she lived for IL years i'm the various
mining camps on the sunset slope" in
the search for the yellow metal In
describing her experiences. Mrs. Clark
says that she was the only woman in
"A party which left New Orleans in the
month of July Of that memorable year.
Two male relatives were with the par
ty. however. She says:
MY husband made the trip to Cali
fornia by sea, going round the Horn.
That trip was considered too dangerous
and inconvenient for women to take,
and | was left at home to accompany
party that would start few weeks
later. The most severe part OF the trip
was crossing Panama. our party ar
rived earlier than did my husbands
We went from San Francisco overland
into the mining region somewhere near
where Folsom is now located We :e-
mained there and i'm number of min
ing camps for three years. Ny hus-
band tand myself after leaving the
mines lived at Sacramento San Fran
cisco and other places for IL years and
then returned to Kentucky. We had
probably as much as $50 00O My hus-
band invested i'm numerous business
ventures and lost practically all he had
before we moved TO Texas. | am poor
now, but contented in my old age with
my relatives"
Mrs. Clark is spending the last years
of her life with the family of her
nephew, Edward c. Smith, business
man of Dallas.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-30

The Marchioness of Lorne. who is al
ready known as a painter and sculptor
has recently planned the designs for an
extension of the little hosiery at Ro-
senlath. on the Gareloch. where sha and
the marquis retreat after the London
season. The wing which. with the as
sistance of a young London architect.
she has designed consists OF seven bed
rooms. dining and drawing rooms and
a gunroom. The marchioncss is TO paint
the sign which will hang over the pub
lie entrance to the hotel.
DR. Katherine Berry Richardson now
occupies the chair OF visceral and his
tologlcal anatomy in the medical coll
lege OF Kansas city. and the board
of regents of the University Of Michi-
gan has modified the laws of that insti-
tuition so az 10 allow women to he pro-
fessors. a movement Is on foot I'm De-
truit to endow Moman's professor
ship. nearly half of the $4,000 neces-
sary being already subscribed. $4,000
by wealthy enthusiast for the rights
Of her sex
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-30

family ever so TO court or speak TO a
was presented TO me2' The queen, en-
member OF the royal family. And the
sisters. women as old as the queen now.
are satisfied because they know that
God judges rich and poor alike. and
bidng their time, queen and gentlewo-
nan viii stand equal before that Judge
who can read the heart ~ each.
We a1e I inclined 70 think. VIC who
only know ~ kings and queens far
from their thrones. that 90 them and
10 an of their blood there comes plenty
OF everything. and yet my dear gentle
woman possesses an autograph book
which bears upon u the monogram OF
Princess Alice and the English coat of
arms n had been one among many
other prceents given az Christmas tO
the Princess Alice. 3nd che. sinnding
before her governess. said. Madam. =
am so poor that ] haven't sixpence
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-15
The TAX REDUCTION.
Attorney Mckay CommslCsS Action
10 Stop L.
N0RRELL HEARS THE ARGUMENT
Judge Rolapp Decides an Importan'
Sheep Caso-Court
So.es.

City Attorney Mcksy, In bshali Of
Salt Lake city, 1le1 40 application
for a writ Of certiorah In the Third
district court today sakiDR that the
board OF county comm ssiouers be re-
quired to answer to the cturl why !!
passed resolution reducing the as.
se,sed valuation Of taxable property 10
Salt Lake from sS7 800, 600 to $4,000.
900, III ereby reducing the reyelu, oil
the city $4,000 Less than lie actually
needed to meet the running expenses
Of the city during 1888.
Petitioner says that there Is no ap.
peal from the action OF the board and
that there is no other recourse for a
speedy or adequate remedy except the
writ OF cfrtiorsrl.
Arguments on the application o. In
writ were inside before Judge NorreIi
This afternoon, Judge Mckay Tor the
city AM Judge Aowat Tor ihe bJGrd OF
county comuissioners.
A uecisiln may be looked for 5atr,-
JDy.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-15

coinage system, tho success of which
efforts calls for redoubled energy in that
behalf on our part, therefore,
BE II resolved, That We heartily COM
mend the action Of President Mckinley In
appointinga committee to TRIP to secure an
international agreement and most earn
estly hope that success may crown their
efforts. We further affirm that such
efforts are proof Of the failure OF the gold
standard to advance tho interests and
prosperity OF tho American people and
of the fact that the restoration of bifnetal-
ism il almost universally demanded by
them.
Resolved, That while we favor tho FREQ
coinage OF gold and silver through in
ternagional agreement at the ratio OF l5lE
or 10 10 J., II 1t can be secured, yet efforts
in behalf OF such an agreement afford
no reason for the American people to
cease their endeavors in behalf OF
Independent bimetallism on the part
of the United States; and this congress
places itself upon record as demanding
the immediate restoration OF tho free and
unlimited coinage Of gold and silver at
the present ratio OF i6 to /. without watt
ing Tor the aid or consent OF any other
nation, such gold and silvor coin to DO
alike fnll legal tondor for all deb's pub
lie and private.
PATTERSON OF COLORADO,
Chairman.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-15
NATIONAL GUARD ORDERS.
ISSUED by I'll, Adju'ant Grucral Con.
csrniog Resisnai Ons, Yacan.
cies and Elections.

The folio wing special orders were
Issued by the adjutant &c eral OF The
National Quart yesterday:
HEADQUARTERS NATIONAL GUARD OF
UTAH,
SALT LAKE CITY, July IA, 1897.
Special Orders No. IS.
/. The resignation of Major W. L.
Stevens, First infantry. N. q. u, is ac-
cepted to take effect this date.
2. The resigDa ions oil Captain Fred @.
Naisbit, and First Lieutenant liner Pett,
the First artillery, are accepted to lake
effect upon the election of their success
sors.
3. Tho resignation OF Lieutenant O. A..
Floyd, First infantry, is accepted TO take
effect July 2lst. 1897.
4. The resignation OF A. A. Smith IL
accepted 10 iako effect this dale.
3. Major Gibbs, First artillery, will
designate the time and place (the date 10
be as early as possible) Tor an election in
Battery b to NIL the vacancies created
by the designations Of Captain Naisbitt
and Lieut.. PETIT. He Will act as super
visor of these elections and make
prompt report 10 this office.
o. An election will be held by Com
pany ID, First infantry, at the company
quarters, at $50 pm. on Wednesday,
July 2lst, to NIL the vacancy created by
the resignation of Lieut.. Floyd, and any
other vacancy that may occur. Col.
Henry Page is appointed supervisor OF
these elections, and will make prompt
report 10 this office.
7. An election will be held by Com
pany A, First infantry, at the company
quarters, AZ $50 Pun. on Wednesday,
July l4th, TO fill the vacancy created by
the resignation Of Lieut. smith, and any
other vacancy that may occur. Major
o. X. Grow il appointed supervisor OF
these elections, and will make prompt
report to this office.
BY order OF the Commander in Chief.
JoHN @. CANNON,
Adiutant General.