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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-02-09
History In Novels.

Save in one or two of Cooper's novels,
says Paul Leicester Ford in The Atlantic,
1t would be well nigh impossible to find a
romance dealing with Revolutionary his
tory which does not make the Whig Of
that war the patriot and the Tory the dis
loyal and usually evil acting man. Yet
tho student of history knows that the
loyalists, il a minority, were largely COM
posed of the gentry anu educated classes
of the country; were, in fact, the equiva-
lent OF what today are termed the better
element" and wero superior in character
to many of the men who opposed them.
No American novelist has yentured to
write OF John Hancock and Jonathan
nrumbnll as men suspected of smuggling,
or OF Samuel Adams as public man who
sought, as other officials have done more
recently, TO vindicate himself from the
charge of defalcation 10y an appeal to TIE
ballots of the masses.
Would any American author, striving
to write popular fiction, dare to picture
one signer Of the Declaration as selling
the secrets of his country to the French
ministry for u paltry pension, or another
taking advantage OF Information OF tho
need of tho continental cause for wheat to
corner the supply mt once 50 far as he was
ableS In one case alone have our writers
dared to draw an approximately faithful
portrait of a man who came TO the front
I'm early Revolutionary days, TO describe
the county jumper, deserter, smuggler
and drunkard, who nevertheless rose TO
high honor in tho American cause, and
the reason for this exception is explained
when the name of the man il given ss
Benedict Arnold.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-02-09
A PAY CAR IN USE.


The Union Railroad Company has re-.
Gently adopted new system OF paying
Its hundreds Of employees. 7hty have
formerly gone to tbs ofliOe once a week
ana wnitsd their turn to get their money.
The company has now taken an old cnr
ana ltttd 10 mp conveniently, putting a
window on the side after tbs inshion of
the windows at ticket ONCE. Ihis is
the paymnstsr's car. lt hos stated times
oi being ut the various car houses and
tnrnoots atd at each stopping place part
OF the men get their pay. This max, 3
II moie convenient for every body and tre
new system is considered n great inn
provement over the old wny. The nav
car made It's nrst oilcisl trim n week ago
anu Is going the rounds again today,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-02-09
PROBATION OFFICERS.

A hearing was given by tho House
judiciary COMMITTEES. on the rising OF tho
House, upon the act To provide for the
appointment Of probation officers and
defining their duties.
1bo bill provides that the Judge OF
eaoh district court of the state and the
senior Judge of the police court in Provi-
dence shall appoint one person to par
form the duties of probation officer,
who Sc duty it shall 30 TO inquire into the
nature of every criminal case Drouch be-.
fore the court by which he is nppionted,
and may recomend that any person CON-
vioted by said court be- placed upon pro-
baton.
The court mny thereupOn place the
person in the care Of said probation
officer for such time anu III on such con-
ditions as may be deemed proper. When
a person has been placed on probation
the court may authorize the probation
officer To expend for the temporary sup
port of such psrson, or for his transpor-
alton, or fol both suoh purposes, such
sum rs the court shall consider expedient
ana the sum so expended shall be- repaid
to the probation officer from the treasury
OF the state on vouchers approved by the
court
There were several persons present who
advocated the passage Of the bill, and
among these Was Hon. Rathbone Gardner
npu Mrs. Anna Garlan Spencer.
n oil. q. NJ. Van Slyck. willis not oppos-
Ing the bill called attention to certain fea .
lures that might bs Objectionable. Ole
OF the probation officers of Massachusetts,
also spoke III favor Of such system, and
told Of its advantages in Massachusetts,. \
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-02-09
PASSED BY HOUSE.
Continued from page 4.
IN THE HOUSE.

The. House was called 10 order at II :0S
O'Clock by Speaker Studley. u quorum
being present.
Mr.. kimball OF Providence presented
the petition of Court Star Of Providence.
No. 6936, A. .. +. of A., for change OF
name; referred to committee on educa-
tion.
A number of matters received from the
Senate yesterday. too late for action, were
disposed of by reference 10 the proper
committees.
From the calendar was called tho reso-
luton To change the name or Antoinette
l.. Sullivan to Antoinette l.. Strater
read ana passed
Also from the calendar resolution of
Robert Taylor Beck to change his name
to Robert MoCandlsss Beck, Jr.; read
and passed.
Also from tho calendar an act to incor-
porats the CheaIslde Land Company;
read ana passed.
Mr. Norris of Bristol from the COM
mittee on corporations, reported back an
act 10 incorporate the Beverly Lana Com
papy, and he asked that it he continued
to the next General A ssembly, with order
OF notice: so voted.
Also from the same committee the net
TO change tho name Of thv Nelson I'M
proved Seamless Filled Wire Company.
with recommendation OF passage under q
suspension Of the rules; so votsd and re-
ferred To COMMITTEES on epRrosssd acts.
Mr.. Tfllinghast OF Exeter presented the
petition OF the Arcadia w. &. H. L.,
asking for statutory prohibition; referred
TO the committee on special legislation.
MIR. HeydeD OF Warw ick, called from tho
table the resolution authorizing the COM
miitee on public institutions to employ
clerk, and gave his MS fer believing
that such cl,rkship was Necessary.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-02-09

Or. Sumner Loughton. the oldest
practising physician in the Penobscot
valley. died at his home In Bangor. Me.
yesterday afternoon OF heart trouble.
Six governors OF the l3 original states
have accepted Invitations to be present
at the annual banquet OF the Sons OF the
American Revolution In New Haven
Feb. 22.
The Burgundis. at New York. from
Mediterranean ports, brought 1e ship
wrecked scamen who were rescued in
midocean from the Norwegian bark n.
ID. Metcalf. from Savannah for Ham
burg The Metcalf was In a sinking
condition.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-02-09
Fire Alarm Signal System.

Chairman Luther Of the beard OF fire
commissioners announces that the over
head fire alarm system Is now In prstty
good working order Every circuit =
UP ar there are boxes on every circuit
This does not mean that all the boxes
have been replaced I'm position, Tut n
msans that every part of tic territory i
iairly covered. Tomorrow the uninmis.
,ioners expect 20 havs about 90 morc
toxes In Position.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-02-09
kGREAT SURPRISE IS IN STORE

for those who will 90 today and get pack
age OF GRAlN-O. IL tskea the place Of coffee
at about a the cost. IL II food drink
full of health. and can Re given 20 the cniid
ron as we'll as the adult with great benefit. II
Is made Of pure grains and looks and tastes
like the finest grndes Of Mocha or Java coffee
II satisfies every one cup of Graln.O IL
letter for the system than a tonic because its
benefit il permanent. What coffee breaks
down, Grsin-O builds up. Ask your grocer
for Grain-O. i5c. and 25c.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-02-09

A lot Of fanatics in the state recently
Immersed an old rheumatic woman
bodily I'm the water 90 heal her, as
they said. She nearly died ia conss-
guenca How much betfer IL would have
bsen Ia have treated the Toor old woman
for her infrmity with IIc ststfsr's Stomach
bittsrs. which not oDly cures rheums-
tism, but prevents kidney complaint and
remedies dyspepsia. constipation, liver
trouble sno nervous prostration. Give
u systeJnRtis trial
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-02-09
THE III W.
GOES INTO THE HOTTIES.

1t is welcomed there as a house.
hold guest six evenings i'm the week.
Its arrival is looked forward to with
the confident expectation that it will
bring all the news worth telling and
fit to print. 1t is depended upon to
keep the whole family Informed on
the Local News, the News of PrOvi-
dence, and upon the daily manifes-
tatiOns of life that mark human
progress and development. 1t is
liked because it is clean and bright,
as we'll as neWsy.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-02-09
BARRI0S SASSASSINATED.
President of Guatemala Reported to
Have Been Slain.

San Francisco Feb. "a special
csblssram to the Evening Post from san
Jose. Guatemala this morning announces
the assassination OF President Barrios.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-02-09

Third judicial district; committee on n b
couuts and claims
Upon motion Of MIR. Scott Of woon.
,,ocket the HOUSE then adjourned 10
Thursday morning at II O'Clock.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-02-09
KRUGER REELECTED.
Dom Paul Given Another Term at
Head OF Trausvaai Republic.

Pretoria, Transv anl republic, Feb. 0.-Paul
Kruger has been reelected president Of tn
South American republic.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-02-09
Annual Meeting of TeIe-
phone Company.
PRES. POTTER'S REPORT.
Efficiency OF the Underground Sys-
tenn Demonstrated.
BOARD OF OFFICERS ELECTED.

The annual meeting of the stockholders
OF the Providence Telephone Company
was held at 1l:l5 today In the directors
room mt the telephone building on Union
street. The following gentlemen were
elected directors for the ensuing wear.
III. q. Russell, X. nj. Larned, ]. IL
Chase. X. G.. Hazard, II. S. Barrows
+. ii. Peckhsm, j. Il. Hudson, ID. Il.
Potter. 5. =. Colt w. ii. Nightingale. Il.
W. Mason and Thomas Sherwin.
In MS annual report President Potter
s.atsu that the coNpaDy had gone through
the year IN prosperous condition. In
i'seru % ,he recent storm he $ ia that the
company hAd sustained some loss but inst
now much cou d not yet be told as al the
repairs hsd not yet besn made. 1t would
not DO serious'loss probably.
The report also went into the subject
OF underground wires, discussing the
matter IA follows:
Ihe recs mt storm has demonstrated
anew ths wisdom and efficiency of upder-
ground service. Before our wirss wsre
buried in Newport we had a long and
heavy line or poles and wires in very
exposed position. liz is now more than
f'"p"pa" 'h"e We HhSe fnh0e large
saving bv thA fact than the wires were
sale IN conduits under the streets AS
desirable 8s 1t may be il is only feasible.
however, whers the number of wires is
large ard the distance not great
Aside from the question of expense. the
retnrdatlon is much greater In the con-
duits on the aerial lines, and In the pres.
ent stage OF the science long lines cf
nndergrouni wires are not prn, tical
We believe it wise To extend this method
hs last and as far as the conditions will
warrant out TO attempt to make IL prsc-
tichliy universal would be prohibitiyo OF
any sersics whatever over wide areas.
Many peonle now having telephonic ser.
vioe would be entirely deprived.
meeting OF the boari OF dirsct, "a
was held Immediately after the close .f
the stockholders meeting for the purpose
OF electing officers tor the following wear
They ware elected as follows:
Presiient-D B. Potter.
Vice pr sident Fsnper Il. Peckbnm
Secretary and treasurer Cherries T.
Howard.
General manager-Albert G. White.
Assistant general manager-Joseph T.
Beck.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-02-09

The reputable, self-respecting,
honest and upright people of our
city who make our best citizenship,
the class of men and women with
whose names the Home and the
Family are associated when we
speak of them.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-02-09
FINANCIAL NEWS

IMPORTED by KENDALL & wiLIrS1A
Exchange ~.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-02-09
ADVERTISERS
WHO USE THE COLUMNS or
THE NEW

rlay always be certain tt
their announcements " ~
reach the eyes of our BIZ
People here i'm PROVIDE
and Vicinity.
Not the Richest People,
,neCessarily--nOr the Poorest
---no exclusive class, high,
middle or low ==- but the
BEST People in the Best
Sense of that muCh-abused
term---that means the
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OF THE
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The Progress., 1898-11-12

This morning all the chariots, and the cav
airy, and the mounted infantry rumbled
and galloped down the sky" Afte.. had
listened to the sentinel looked off over
the battlemcnts. and saw that the fields
OF air were bright with blazing world. I
said, Eyes, yes, this must be the Judg-
ment;" and while stood there heard the
rumbling OF wheels and tho Gathering Of
hoofs. and the roaring of many voices.
aud then saw the coronets and plum es
aud banners, and l saw that all
'eaven was coming back asain-com-
ing to the wall, coming to tho gate,
aud the multitude that went of in
the morning was augmented by Il vast
multitude caught up alive from the earth,
and vast multitude of the resurrected
bodies of the Christian dead, leaving the
cemeteries and the abbeys and tho mauso-
leums and the graveyards of the earth
empty. Procession moving in through the
gates. And then l found out that what
was fiery Judgment Day on earth was
jubilee in Heaven. and 1 cried, "Doo~
Keepers of heaven, shut the gates; all
heaven has come in! Doorkeepers. shut
the twelve gates, lest the sorrows aud the
woes of earth, like bandits, should some
lay come up and try to pluuder the City"
The Progress., 1898-11-12
Teak Trees 1000 Years Old.

The teak WOOD OF HlndOOStan Is al
most indestructible. The tree reaches
a girtb Of from 10 to is feet and has a
clear trunk Of 70 to so feet to the first
limb. The timber retains It's fragrance
to great age. 1t is wonderfully hard
wood, durable and strong, and once
seasoned does not split, crack, warp,
shrink, or alter in shape. II. certain
portions Of Burm;lh there is teak 1000
years old. 1t weighs 40 pounds per
cubic foot Teak Is used in India for
construction, bridge-making, sleepers
and furniture. It is exported to Europe
chiefly for building railway carriages,
shipbuilding or making decks and
lower mosts and for the backing Of
armor-plates on ironclads. It is pc
culiarly useful for the latter purpose,
owing to. the resinous matter which it
cootains and which acts as proven
tive OF rust, the wood neither affecting
the iron nor being affected by it.
The Progress., 1898-11-12
HISTORY PRODUCED PLAYS,
Celebration of independence in the Can
ton of Neuchtal.

Celebration of Independence in the Can
ton of Neuchtal.
Switzerland is one of the countries
in which the tradition of peoples
theater is still kept alive. There are
many regions in which religious plays
are acted every year or at regular in
tervals, and the celebration of any ma
tional or local anniversary is nearly
always attended with the performance
of play drawn from the event and
acted by the people of the country
before their fellows. In the preceding
sumner the Inhabitants Of Grandson
celebrated the anniversary of victory
gained by them centuries before by
means of a play embodying the prin-
cipal incidents of the struggle, and
this year Neuchatel celebrated in SIM
liar fashion the fiftieth anniversary of
its independence and the proclama-
ton of the republic. For this purpose
a Swiss poet has written "Neuchatel-
SUISSE" historical piece, which was
presented at the end of July by 900
actors and 500 singers, all OF them
amateurs trained for the occasion. The
play consisted of prologue and twelve
tableaux, and exhibited the entire his
tory Of Neuchatel from the fifteenth
century down to the present time. The
decorations were made in Paris from
sketches prepared in Neuchatel, and
the large stage was placed in the open
air on the shore of the lake. and the
spectators viewed the scene from
benches that were covered to protect
them from the rain and sun. Several
neighboring cantons co-operated in the
celebration, which was the most elab-
crate Of its kind ever given in Switzer.
land.-New York Sun.
The Progress., 1898-11-12
LOOKING IN THE MIRRORS.
Some Slight Incidents of Travel on the
Elevated Road.

Some Slight Incidents of Travel on the
Elevated Road.
Women rarely look into the little
mirrors in the panels in the sides OF
the elevated cars between the cross
seats, but it is not unusual to sec
men do this. Sometimes it is just a
glance as they sit down; sometimes a
man bends forward in his seat and
looks into the mirror as though to sur
vey some mark on his face, and he
makes this survey with great delibera-
ton, and takes this opportunity to
look over all his features. He may
sway his head and settle down his COL
lar, perhaps, and give his necktie a
little push, but his main purpose of
looking in the glass is evidently to re-
gard his own face, and this he does
fully and earnestly. A man may lean
forward and take a glance at himself
when there is somebody else sitting
in the same section, in the seat op-
posite, but the elaborate survey is like
ly to be the one made when the man
happens to be the only occupant Of
a section. This personal surveying Of
ones self in the mirrors is not con-
fined to men of any age. OF those who
look the greater number are young or
middle-aged men. But there NAV be
seen looking in the mirrors, with the
same degree of interest and of satis-
faction with themselves, men with
gray boards. One may sometimes see
man in working dress sitting III a
cross seat lean forward and look at
himself in the mirror. And it may be
that on light run, when the car IS
practically empty, one may see the ele-
waited guard strolling down the aisle,
pause at the cross seats and survey his
reflection in one Of the looking glasses
New York Sun.
The Progress., 1898-11-12
RECENT INVENTIONS.

Playing cards are used in a newly de-
signed clock dial, the number Of spots
indicating the hours. with the jack
for II and the queen for IL, the king
being placed in the center.
Hat brushes are made in Germany
with a spring handle, attached to the
back, which, when opened out, serves
to fix the brush in the top of the hat
so as to be always at hand.
A Georgian has designed a collar
huttoner which is shaped like a glove
buttoner and has the hook portion bent
at an angle with the shank to aid in
releasing it from the button.
A new medicine cabinet has number
ed pockets for the reception Of bottles,
with dials to indicate the number Of
the bottle to be used next, and an
alarm clock to indicate the hour, draw
ers being provided for powders and
pills.
Lamp chimneys and globes are being
made in England Of soft hot glass wire
wound on a mandrel or pattern to any
desired shape, with vertical strength
ening ribs and spaces between the
wires to admit air, the wires being
either plain or in mixed colors.
A newly designed fire-escape is FORM
ed Of carriage running on a track
around the cornice Of the building, to
carry an endless chain, extending to a
roller mounted in frame on the pave
ment to allow the chain to revolve as
a person grasps the links to descend, a
brake lever attached to the roller to
control the speed.
The Progress., 1898-11-12
AIRQUAKE" IN ITALY.
Many Persons Made Homeless In the
Town OF Rieti.

Many Persons Made Homeless In the
Town of RietL
The earthquake that took place in
the Umbian town of Rieti on the We
limo, in Italy, the other day was ac-
companied by phenomenon of which
the hrst meager account of the shock
gave no mention. According to a cor
respondent Of the Osservatore Romano
1t was not an earthquake but an "air-
quake The air shook or vibrated like
violently agitated liquid; great rents
were made in tall buildings and tow
ers, and no shifting Of the street pave
ment was noticed. From the bishop
down to the beggar, all seemed fright
ened. 1t is said that many felt the air
vibrations and were thrown to the
ground, while Others were almost suffo
Gated. A dense black cloud hung over
the town while the phenomenon was
passing. The church steeples, the saw
ing bank, the theater and no fewer
than six palaces were more or less
wrecked, as we'll as eighty or one hun
dred dwellings. Five hundred tents
nave been sent to the place by the
government. The people, in the mean
time, are living in hastily built huts
and in the half ruined postofice and
churches. Soldiers have been sent
from Rome to the scene of the disaster,
and they, with the students, are busy
policing the ruins and trying to save
some OF the household goods. King
Humbert has sent $4,000 francs from
his private purse to relieve the first
necessities of the people. At the time
OF the catastrophe slight earthquake,
like shudder, was felt in Rome. Even
there, too, people say they noticed a
peculiar CONFUSION of the air,
The Progress., 1898-11-12
Had to XIII.

Mack-Dr. Duef' sayG Higbee's case
is the most stubborn he ever treated,
Wyld-Well, you know Higbee comes
of long-lived family.-New York
World.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-10-28

In summer skies what castles grew
Along the shores Of the ocean blue!
How many a fleet of fancies fine
Full rugged went sailing down the iihs!
] wait upon this weary strand
Looking for them, but they were manneu
BY phantoms in a gay disguise
That fitted well-in summer skies.
Those summer skies were blessed seas
OF sweet, mysterious, wind-kissed ease.
Sometimes i float thro' later dreams
Above the mean, unworthy schemes
For daily bread, upon the tide
Where early hopes were trimmed anu
tried.
And often, to my glad surprise
They're anchored-in those summer SKIES.
Some summer skies were painted gray
Some portion of a troubled day.
Twas just a misty, tear-stained veil
Drawn where laughing hope would SAIL
But now the veil hangs over all
A dismal, dreary, somber pail
Tho now and then my tired eyes
Find sunsets in some summer skies.
In summer skies of long ago
The pictures caught heavenly glow
And those I brought away are bright
With an untarnished. precious iighI
1t pleases me to hang them here
With other treasures old and dear,
In my small bit of paradise
My windowful of summer skies
George L. Bowen, in The Chicago He-
cord.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-10-28

Widowers are more inclined to marry
than bachelors. Widows are more in
clined to marry than spinsters. Both
facts are eloquent in favor of the COM
parative advantages of matrimony.
For one bachelor that marries between
the ages of fifty and ffty-seven, seven
widowers remarry between these ages.
These are marriages out of equal num-
bers of each class; the actual num-
Der of bachelors married will be
greater only in proportion as they ex-
coed by seven to one the actual num-
Der of widowers living at these ages.
Under the same conditions, for every
spinster married between thirty and
sixty-five two widows are remarked.
Inasmuch as the total number of SPIN
sters far exceeds that of widows, and
the figrues given refer to marriages
out of equal numbers, this disparity is
not so noticeable; it's existence, how
ever, is beyond dispute. Similarly,
out of an equal number of widowers
and bachelors between twenty five and
thirty years of age, thirty widowers
remarry for every thirteen bachelors
who enter the bonds of Hymen for the
first time.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-10-28

To one who was once Republican.
who assisted in the formation of the
party that elected Lincoln and point
ed with exultant pride to such leaders
as Chase, Giddings, Wade, Trumbull,
Seward, Greeley, Garfield and Blaine,
it almost surpasses the bitterness OF
death to see to what depths Of in
fanny the party has fallen, says the
Cleveland Recorder. But there Is q
rift in the hackness Of the cloud. The
people are slowly awaking to the true
state of affairs. The men who love
the great original Republican lead
ers, like Curtin, Trumbull, Greeley;
who left the party In disgust when
mere camp-followers like Mckinley,
Hanna and Quay came to the front.
are reluctantly, sadly, but surely leav-
ing the camp Of corruption and lining
up with those who have thrown OH
the political shackles Of plutocracy