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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-08
In THE WORLD
OF FINANCE.
New York Stock Market
Opened Strong.
PRICES SHOWED GAINS.
Sugar Was Weak and Lost Three
and a Quarter Points.
UPWARD MOVEMENT DEVELOPS.

The New York stock market opened strong,
with Sugar at l44I., Tobacco s6s4, Peoples
Gas 95 rs, Burlington ~ rs, Rock Island 81.
st. Paul 90 Is, Northwest 1854. Louisville
20 5-s, Western Union 90. southern preferred
sls., Manhattan lo6 8-s, Missouri Pacific "a and
New Jersey Central "a 7-s
Prices showed gains of :. TO = in all OF the
leading stocks except Sugar. which was of
Ia. st. Paul and New Jersey Central showed
the extreme rise, and in Manhattan the gain
extended to 5s. There was considerable show
of animation and vigorous buying move
ment.
Sugar showed increased weakness after the
opening. and under a deluge of long stock the
price receded rapidly TO lnla. a loss Of sl4
as compared with yesterdays close. Covering
Of shorts soon carried the price up 10 li3 but
the stock was quite unsettled ana fuctuatsd
by wide fractions. The advance In the gen
eral list was checked by the Generalization Of
Sugar, after having reached n point in some
cases and practically all the initial gains were
lost. Consolidated Gas was exceptionally weak
and fell Ia BY IL o'clock the market was
again tending vigorously upward, the South
ern railways aud Changers leading. Southern
preferred rose 3s over yesterdays close
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-08
WHY CARDS WERE INVENTED.
Some Facts About Them Which Are Not
According to Hoyle.

They were sitting around tho table wait
ing for the rest of the party to arrive when
q new man in the game picked up the
cards and began to spread them before him
on tho cloth
"Of course, " he said in half soliloquy.
"you all know that cards were invented
in 1890 TO divert the mind Of Charles "
of France, who was dreadfully in the
dumps with torpid liver or something of
the kind, but possibly you don't know
about the figures of the four suits. We'll,
the inventor proposed by them to represent.
the four states or classes of men in France
BY the cGurs (hearts) are meant the gems
de chnur, choir men or ecclesiastics. The
nobility or military part is represented
by the points OF lances or pixies, which we,
in our ignorance of the meaning or resem-
blance of the figure, call spades. The
Spaniards have espadas (swords) instead
of pixies, which means the same thing
The diamonds (carreaux, square stonc tiles
or the like) designate the order of citizens
merchants and tradesmen. Tho Spaniards
have "a coin, dineros, which answers 10 it,
and the Dutch call the French word car
reaux steinen, stones and diamonds, from
the form. Trieste, the trefoil leaf or clover
corruptly called clubs, alludes to farmers
and country folks generally. 1t is not
known how this figure came to be called
clubs, unless the name was borrowed from
the Spanish game, which has stayes or
clubs instead of the trefoil.
1.-THE history of the four kings is that OF
David, Alexander, Caesar and Charles
names which were and still are on French
cards These names are those of the great
monarchlcs cf the Jews, Greeks, Romans
and Franks under Charlemagne BY the
queens aro intended Arginc, Esther, Judith
and Pallas. typical OF birth, picty, forti
tudc and wisdom, the qualifications resid-
ing in each and may add, most of those
necessary In good poker player. / may
also explain that Argine is an anagram for
regina meaning queen by nature. BY the
knavcs were meant the servants 10 knights,
the old definition of knavo being servant.
There arc some. however, who think that
tho knights themselves were intended by
those cards because Hogicr and Lahre, two
names on French cards, were famous
knights at tho time cards were invented.
Now, continued the new player,
warming TO his subject, III you will take
the history OF cards from the time Of
but he was never allowed To finish, for the
other members Of the party came i'm then,
and WHOEVER hoard Of "a lot OF poker play
crs delaying the game for anything, his
torical or MISUNDERSTANDING star.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-08
Arc You the Real Tennysone

The annoyances to which Tennyson was
subjected from the curiosity OF tourists
had Its humorous sidc-for the onlookers.
1T must be confessed, remarks Professor
Muller, THAT people were very inconsid.
crate. Rows of tourists sat like sparrows
OH the paling of his garden, waiting for
his appearance. The guides were actually
paid by siGhtscers, particularly by those
from America, for showing them the
great poet. Nay, they went so far as Ia
dress up a sailor to look like Tcnnyson,
and the result was that, after their trio;
had been found out, the tourists would
walk up 10 Tennyson and ask him, Now,
arc you tho real Tennyson?' ALFRED
Lord Tennyson.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-08

Such newspaper, with such circulation, cannot fail
command the attention Of business who nteigenty
their space and expend advertising ap
popaons where the greatest profit the be
secured.
The advertising charges Of THE PROVIDENCE NEWS
exceedingly low and quality Of circulation considered
They already acceptable home
houses abroad anxious advantage the market
which popuIous and wealthy community affords The ad-
veising patronage the NEWS daily growth Making
boasts setting unsubstanated claims Harng in the
face Of business peposterous figures claiming
circulation the NEWS confidence Of
vertises policy marked by sincerity and
good faith, susceptible proof claims with the
continued patronage Of advertisers its columns
the P anest demonstration that such advertising the ad
vertisers.
The NEWS invites such Copy for copy and in
portion circulation is the best advertising medium
That It's small and the attractive display
that aHo rded single adverisee contribute to make
Its advertising particularly effective and profitable to the adve
tse There is question about this Scores Of business
have tried it and have been convinced Once the NEWS
customer II loses him account Of dssat
isfacton with the results Such results in nearly
satisfactory OF all proportion to the amount Of ccuIa
ton is the QUALITY that Evidently
in the home, where perhaps, four five give
reading, worth than that number Of sold
quality the circulation Of the NEWS is beyond question
Numbered by its readers evening its circulation almost
quadrupled the actual count Of copies.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-08

No other painter has home of such
artistic luAuriOusness as Alma Tadema
X. !. Perhaps it, most remarkable f,a.
ture i the wall, which l. paneledwith
tall slim pictures, each OF chem by dif.
fercnt painter Leighton, BOughtsn, Sar
geant, Caldcron. and a full score of the
artis' : friends each contributed 70 this ro
nlarkable embellishments
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-08
THROUGH THE NIGHT.

The silver tendril of the stream
Winds through the cavern of t'ss night.
And, hush, there floats across my dream
cygnet bathed in pallid light.
The moons cold eyeball stares not down
Upon the wondrous freight il brings;
Hung round it's arched neck, a crown
OF pearls and silver blazonings.
And while il trails adown the tide,
My senses smothering meath the gloom
And silence that gulf all beside.
Hail the white glory Of its plume.
Hail ths clear starlight Of each gem,
Bound in tho frost Of times disdain. 80
A hand grasps at the diadem,
When, sudden oil is black again.
Thomas Walsh in Bookman.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-08

Both as to quality and amount is the test of the
importance of a newspaper in the community
What becomes of them
Are they sold on the street. in the homes, at
the places of business
Or they only printed to be loaded
the neNsdeaers to be returne ed unsOld !?
Or Just to give people something to cut con-
pOns dress patterns from, votes for gift
terprise scheme?
Or, What?
As judged by the company they
keep. newspapers are judged by the number and
Kind Of %T RsepIe pRavfprHrE tsa, zf5d shsF Npws b,
smallest circulation of any daily newspaper pub
hshed in the City of Providence with perhaps the
single exception of the morning Jorrnal But
small though it be in the aggregate it is cir
eulafion that emphasizes the high character of
this newspaper
THE W LD SSe NV V Sis NH Within the bop
ders of the city and its near by suburbs Compar-
atiVey few copies into the far country DISTRICTS
Most of its every evening issue outside of Prori-
denee, , goes S to 0@lneyviue @ Cranslon East Provi,
Valley Villages and between points. easily acces-
sibIe
Within this territory, and especially within
PROVIDENCE NEWS approaches that of its
contemporaries much more closely than its total
output does.
And this circulation is growing. is
growing with big strides None of its .; eonen,;
patronage of readers that have come to THE
NEWS under its new management.
Moreover the character of the circulation
proud of The NEWS is proud of it. 1t is
welcomed every evening in thousands of city
homes-the homes of the humble, of the rich and
of the great middle class. There it finds vel
every evening and exercises its influence
as a purveyOr of the local news the every day
happenings that mostly the life of the
people, and representative of the best inter-
ests of the municipality which it aims to pro-
mote.
By thousands of readers, THE PROW-
DENCE NEWS is regarded as thoroughly rep
resenfafive local newspaper-a newspaper tor the
family circle, for the business man, tor the IN
formation and edifcation of an intelligent citizen
ship and a conservative people
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-08
LEGAL NOTICE.

Notice IL hereby given by the undersigned
Company of the intention to offer "A resolu-
tion or by law go the stockholders tOf said
Company, iD general mestinR 20 provide for
or authorize the issue ~ preferred stock ~
said Company ON such terms and conditions
and with such regulations respecting the pre-
ference 10 be- given Ia Suci stock over the
other stock in relation 90 fntnre dividend- or
otherwi-c a. they lsaid siOclgiOiders) may
deem propur.
PEOPLES LOAN AND TRUST 60.
m2f.WUd-l a
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-08

WANTED-Two Nova Scotia girls! one
waitress and cook: the best of help furnished
20 families. Providence Business Association,
JiJ Westminster sireet, Room Is d1-6t
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-08
BANNER SALE
OF THE SEASON.

Grand Auction Sale Of ~ head of Horses at
u. Ahearu a. Co X Sale stable, lA6 TO li0 Dor.
nee street, THURSDAY. Dec o. corImei c.
my az l0:5O a. m, rain or shine. We have
just received. direct from the Nest, n car load
OF nice choice horses ranging I'm weight from
100 10 1900 pounds snd suitable for all
branches OF bLGiness. Amongst this lot are
pair Of Bav Coach Horses, pair Jet Black
Horses suitable for hearse teams: / pair Bay
Horses weighing 2SO9 pounds; | pair Gray
Horses weighing 1000 pounds; also extra fine
Trotters described as follows: No. Emma
f. Is a bay mare stands 10 hands high, sired
10y Pilot, dam Molly O., sho by Hambletonian
10; this mare will show for herself on dav
OF sale. No. 2-Hot STUFF, T. a fine bay
horse, stands lsi5 hands hign, can show , 20
gait paveme on dav OF ssie. Come
overyb body, and see him co: he l. n warm
baby. No 3--Cher Cher u n chestnut horse
stands lL2 hands high Is safe foT a lady 10
drive Is not afraid of electric cars and will
stand without hiichiug. No. 4-Clara NJ Isl
black mare, stands - hands high u fine knee
actor; full of life and spirit; this is an extra
good mare
Don't forget to SEQ tho Largest Hars, in
Rhode Island. This hor~a weighs ton and
stan Is 20 han < high. These horses are al our
stable now readv Tor iuSpection
l.. S.-We viii sell sc this solo several Ac-
climated Horses, also Harness, Wagons, Robes.
Blankets, etc.
G. r. TEEHAN.
dc at&ch ID. AHEARN, JR.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-08
HOUsEs To LEr.

To- LET-Two tenem6nts, large, clean and
warm 50. 20 and 81 50 per week In advance at
81 Ship street Inquire on promises. ds6t
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-08

TO LET-Three small tensrnents, sll, Ss and
$3.50 per mon n small tnmilies only. Call Rob
ert Muir So Elm street, da-6t
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-08

TO LET-Cottage, 90 Superior street: seven
rooms and bath room rent sl7. Inquire ~
xnitmarsh street. d2-Gt
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-08

FOR RENT-Cpper part house 40 Pine
street; modern and IN nerfect order. . rooms.
Apply TO ID. Russell Brown, g. Exchange piace
au2l-tf
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-08

TO LET-l2O Hendric6 street. lower tene.
inent OF ) rooms and two attics: so psr
month. Inquire at ~! Atwells avenue. os-t
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-08

TO LET-Very nicely furnished rooms, and
table board, with gas, bath, heat also enice
bedroom and kitchen for light housekeeping.
5l5 Washington street. corner Knight two
minutes from Westmir ster street. d2-6t
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-08
ACCOUNTANT.
PROFESsIONAG CARDS.
YOUR CLOCK Is OUT OF ORDER.


FOR SAI4E-Ten- mouse Jos Burnett
street Apply 10 ID. Russell Brown. u
FOR sALE-b -buttonwoods Cottsse paru
ally furnished. Apply TO ID. Russell brown.
tf
FOX SALG--Ni room cottage at Oak
land Beach. Apply 10 J. Il Randall. 20 Oak
land Beach avenue nov2-tf
FOk SAIE-Two SPLENDID cottage lots on
Warwick Neck Apply 20 D Russell Brown.
ii
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-08

10 LET-store IN building corner Slip and
Eddv street; suitable for small shop. Apply
&. II. Howland. Z Weybosset street. o2l-tf
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-08

10 I.sT - Tepvoom house. los Burnegs
street; hot and cold water. furnace. etc
Apply 20 ID Russell Brown. "
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-08

SPECIAL SALE or CLOCKS - Alarm
clocks, warranted one year. SOC. e-day oak
hours, $l.7a At Hosmers corner Nestmin.
ster and Franklin streets ia22 tf
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-08
PERsoyAL.

DIVORCES quietly and legally Obtained for
eight causes Dolman g. buettner, ATTORNEYS
81 law. Established ID years. highest refer
enoes given. 1873 Arch 81, Phil. a.O tf
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-08

FOR RENT--Cottage house, Burnett street.
ten rooms; SIS per month. Apply 10 d. Rus
sell Brown, G2 Exchange place.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-08
SI.5O FOR s5c.
SIX OF THE FINEST.

Have your watch and clock repairing done
at HOSMERS by skilled workmen at one.
half the price others ask. Westminster and
franklin and 72 North Nam. ol5-tf
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-08
Rooms 10 LET.

TO LET-Nicely furnished room, with
board, for gentleman and wife or two gentle
men. Beacon avenue d6-6t
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-08

SAWDUST FOR SALF-Flour barrel, IL
cents A. H. Flint Mfg Co.. end of Troy
street mrll n
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-08
FOR sALg-MIsCELLANE0Us

MOTOR FOR SALk-Manufacrured by the
Waddell -Entz Company of Bridgeport, Conn.
The Evening News u South Water street.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-08

have for years"
Dr. Miles Remedies
are sold by all drug
glsts under "a positive
guarantee. hrst bottle
benefits or money re-
funded. Book on dis
eases OF the heart and
nerves free. Address.
DIP. MILES NEDICAl
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-08
MISCELLANEOUS.

To LET-The store corner OF Pine and Page
streets; was formerly n saloon. Inquire "a
Westminster street, James Campbell. d3-tf
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-10
NEWS FROM TACOMA.
RAILROAD ALLIANCE MAY AFFECT
MANY OFFICIALS.
The News Generally Believed In
Railway Circles. Although No
one Has Positive Iuforma tion-
Little Change I'm Freight Tariff
Is Expected, but Passenger Rates
May Go Up-Ex-Scbool Directors
Under Arrest.

Tacoma Bureau of the Past-Iateligencer,
ffg5 Pacific Avenue.
TACOMA Auril In Northern Pacihc
railway clncles here t1e greatest interest Is
expressed ia the developments regarding
the appro8ehins ama earnatiaa II interests
ia the Great NostaUrn and Northern PaciHc
WAYS.
At FIRST many q the officials here were
soraew hat skeptics] about the story that ex-
Secretary * War Dan Lamont had been
selected as the new president ~ l1e North
era pactac bat Il Is gc1c-aIjE s..evat no 8.
II consequence. nearly evety official ore
meets DISPLAYS ar Iuqa.Ati.e turn u mind
as &c bow tbe change wtI affect himee.f
ana every vestiEe - Information - sought
far sreed4.y.
II there are auy railroad meo In Tacoma
vha arr ln poss assion u Inside iaforUa-
t3cn tc8entng tse changes teat are about
20 orcur in tha management cf THE &1Tta-
evo Pacific taeE are keeping it b1tt5e1 Ep
E5eat 4 prominent afFg-isi vas asked TO-
cay j. he knew - any one ln TIE e.ty wno
waa8 hs Axs'y 90 fss ia a position % know
the secrets II ;ae inner circle In reply BE-
SAIL ~Tcu ear sust bef that 81 ! di3 I'd
IS Arrar a,n1 rsza.y aa10s"
Anerse~ affelsi $40 N9gid not pHTmlr
tae $3.50 e a.s aaue. said thzt he was sl.iv
satlsda5 traf ere seal between !. : Eil
ara gnf hras aa ft~s ~ tns Northern IA
elae was sn assw-e4 faet snd thas within
"a shsrs flrca ere rs~eseaei - the new uaa-
aEsue-. - EAe $a~t5eru Fac4ae soa16 be
announced fc4E New York. fis sad taat
hls infovsnsssa1 same from a thoroughly
relLsls.e sclEce trst ee asA seen q better
trln q Uan ie Ma York g national
promfnercN En- ralreat matters. corrot-3-
rstiog the sro-y to3 - the Associated
FTcss.
- seiseee ssrt 'se Deal aas been al sgt
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-10

Northern Pacific IL the negotiations mi
tiated by President Hill come 20 success
.ul fruition.
II has been stated that competition
would be practically stopped between the
two lines and that the rates from the
eastern terminals of the road 20 the Pa
cific coast. which now result IN loss, viii
be raised. Wei posted railroad men here
say that there viii be no great or marked
increase in freight rates.
The transcontinental rates now in force
are made almost entirely as the result
Of water competition. The Northern Pa
cific. as well as all OF the Northern
transcoutineutal lines. cannot escape the
operations Of the laws OF trade and IN the
making of the tariff sheets the rates IN
effect over the Southern routes IN connec-
ton with the steamship lines from Pan
anna 20 New York must be taken into
consideration. As one official here put IT.
1T Is not competition between the Great
Northern ana Northern Pacific that has
kept rates so low. They are susceptible
Ia the laws OF traffic and Il IS extremely
difficult 70 raise them when tney save
been driven 70 a low point ny the opera
tion Of these laws Trade and traUtC CON
slderatiuns n III govern Just as TaNch a4te4
Jim Hill assumes control OF the northern
Pacific as they DO now.
u is considered probable that II the al
lance between the two roads Is accom-
plished. there yvlll be q reduction IN the
number Of saEnrfed general agents In cities
away from the two lines. There = hardly
room 20 pect that the number or OH
ciais and employees along the two lines
wlii be reduced to any extent, although
changes may be expected
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-10
HOPE FOR CONDEMNED
BOARD OF PARDONs FAvohs
sTRAUp AND CAREY.
Recom1smAs That Governor Conn
muse Sentence tn Eseh Case to
IAfe Impxfsen u~nt-EFore TO Pre-
serve for Oscar II. Springer fhe
Rights Of Citizenship
en.r,,i !. -. po.s-Tn,el,lxenoer.

special &c lie f1s.~1ItSts - rAtS@t.
OLYMPIA, Aprfi s.-Ths board Of par
eons created by tas last legislature sat To-
day.
The board rseomnssndsd that the gov
sruor commits tins serteuce % r h
gtrzub. tbs Blaksley is-zn1 murderer. 20
Isfa Imprisonment srragb IL Of San Juan
eoEafy and ssEssnesi 10 De hanged ApFil
2.
unasr Esntence Of death April =. a recon-
eynor, c0mmutsnR sentence 20 life irprts-
onrert. Miss Warren. o, Seattle. pre-
scented his case before the board. presenting
petitions namsTeusly signed.
The easa ~ Oscar 4. Springer. convicted
neatly q year ago OF assault with P deadly
weapon and sentenced 70 one year Ia the
psf4ltentsary. SESs also considered Gov.
NeGrax comaHtea the sentence 20 I'm
pflsoBment IN the King county jail for a
Ike period The sentence expires April ..
ard fhs board OF par40ns recommends that
bic pardon taks effect few days earlier.
that Springer may not Jose his citizenship.
The board consists OF the secretary q
state. the auditor and superintendent OF
punie instruction
Gov Rogers has stated that he would
consider no petitica for pardon unless II -
accompanied ~ request signed by the
Superior Judge who presided - the trial
ard ~ the prosecuting attorney the gov
ergor's aim being that no Innocent man
should Be sentenced wrongfnlsy. As the
Judges and attorneys Ia the foreg0ing cases
have not made a favorable recon- enda ton
the inference H. that a stay OF proceedings
vii not be granted.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-10

Excepting ITS handful OF magnificent
statesmen and its military heroes" says
the most recent writer upon America. the
people owe more 10 Dartmouth's physician
teacher than to any one man.
In every walk of life, among the high
est offIceholders at Washington. In the
homes OF the best people In the large cities,
among the every day folks OF the country.
families in comfortable circumstances.
families that live from hand 10 mouth
and could not, II they wished, AFFORD the
services Of any but an ordinary physician
everywhere / have met people TO whom
Paine's celery compound has been bless
ing"
The story OF the Network of this giant
among men has been often told and Is
familiar to most readers. The likeness
above is probably the best portrait OF him
yet printed.
II was the world-famed discovery by
Prof. Phelps Of an infallible cure for those
fearful Ills that result from an impaired
nervous system and impure blood which
has endeared the great doctor to the
world. and made his life an era In the
practice OF medicine.
Prof. Phelps was born In Connecticut