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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-27

HOUSES To LIFT.
FOR RENT-t)ottage house, Burnett street.
ten rooms; $50 per month Apply 10 ~ hus
sell brown. ~ Exchange place.
TO LET-qno nice tenement. six rooms,
water closet on floor, nS a month, ais, one
cai az Elm t Robert e. En- Muir r.. mSn,S ssS
FURNISHED ROOMS TO RENT--one large
front room, also single rooms, bath, hot and
cold wster. 70 Greene street.
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PERsONAE~
PiIPlLS-Taken In writing. and calling cards
handsomely written. Ioung persons oompe-
tent 10 undertake. the study OF telegraphys 2
will also be taken. Call OF address, 81 Bur-
rows st.. City. a56-3t
DIVORCES quietly and legally obtained for
eight causes Doiman a busttner. attorneys
10 law. Established u years highest refer
sncss given. 1873 Arch ST.. Phil sD n
sI.yO FOR 7Sc.
Watch cleaned $50. main spring 75c /: price
on other work IN proportion; done by the
most skilled workmen on earth Al HOS
MER's, corner Westminster and Franklin
oi5-tf
SIX OF THE FINEST.
Have your watch and click repairing done
at HOSMERS by skilled worknen at one.
half tho price others ask. Westminster and
rrunklln ana iz North Nam. olo-u
SITUATIONS WANTED.
A Bar Der. American, wants situation In City
or Country. tirsf-clnss workma and temper
ste Address Barber, East Prov. II l. aa-2
A SMART YOUNG GIRL wants place:
genersi. house work IN snail family or
Closkey.
FOX Observation-Disclosures.
FOR SALE-Cellar stone for building pur-
poses. Address Handy Graham, Fletcher
Ledge, Box 5. Thornton, r. l. ao-lm
MOTOR FOR sALE -Aianufacrured by the
Waddell-Ent Company OF Bridgeport, Conn.
II Is 2 horsepower, 1l0 volts. IL ampiers and
IN y South %psr 81
SPECIAL SALE oF CLOCKS Alarm
clocks, warranted one year. 300 sdsy OAK
hours. sl.7A At HosrnerA corner westmin
ster and Franklin streets Jazz II
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
ONE OF THE FINEsE
Prof. J. ID. Emerson, the Optician. VIII A.
the most ditucuit eyes 70 your perfect .atisfso
animation free At RoSMER'S auli-tf
YOUR CLOCK Is OUT OF ORDER.
Drop us line: we will call for and deliver
II in perfect order cheaper and better than
any one else. HOSMER. Westminster and
Franklin SITS. and ~ N. Main st aull-f
rOk sALE-kEAL Es2AiE.
FOR sAilE-Ton-room nouse, J04 burnets
sfreos. Apply to -. Russell brown. u
FOX SALE-Sine- room cottngs at Oak.
land Beach. Apply To J. r Randall ~ Oak.
land Beach avenue. rov2-tf
GRccEhIES GRAIN. ETC.
~. .WHyT<kFR .Choics Family earooeris.
Pure Teas. Coffecs. Flour Grain. Hay aud
Straw. lUB Westminster st. Telephone.
RON SALE.
GRAVEL wANrEnt
APPLY TO
j. 8. RANDALL,
oakland Deaoh. \. 4
GEO. A. STOcKWELL.,
BRITIsH VICE CONsUL,
Acts ms ATTORNEY N the Recovery aud Settle
ment Of Estates IN Foreign countries List OF
Heirs.
IL BOARD OF TRADE BUILDING.
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-27
ELECTRIC MOTORS
For Sale at a Bargain.

ONE es HORSE POWER, ITO VOLTS.
ONE HORSE POWER. 500 VOLTS.
These Motors are In First-Class Condition and
Ready 10 Run They will he disposed OF at
Prices that will insure speedy sac. Can be soen
at No. 90 SOUTH rSATEk ST EXT.
For prices call or address No. wEYBossEr
STREET. f23-d
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-27

r. MD GLOVE CLEANER. Il il no, =
lqnid. Leave, n oslor.. and can be uscd while
the Glove J. OF tie haud. sold only 70; .oe
westuinster Street Strictly 3 and 20
Cent store. mshzss
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-27

So. snc sf.oo, al druggist.
s~ofr q BOVINE. Chemists. New YsrA
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-02-23
Boa Constructor Cremated.

good many snakes are cremoted az
{ city crematory during ne course OF "a
year. saws tie Savannah News. llt it la
not often that BOA constructor D. com
mitted 10 the furnace. such was lA1 tasi
las week. however.
About three months ago the southern
Express Company received a box from a
South Gee, cia town containing an eleven
foot snake of the constructor type s ie"
DAYS later "A man called at The express OLE
fee. stating az the snake had been snip-
ped bv him to n own address here. eA-
planning that the reptile had been ua O
Iy him in am exhibition which ne RAD
been giving through the country AFTER
ticking a look at the snake The man am
nounced that his nerves were somewhat
of through indulgence IN alcohohc sumu-
Tents and he did not feel IN condition 10
handle a snake Of that size. lie accord
iurly left the box with the express peJ-
pie. who expected him 10 return later and
calm his property. He did not 90 80,
however. and the reptile was left TO Keep
the clerks In the or ce company. Ihey
were not inclined 10 cultivate hts ac-
auainfarce. however. and lie boa was 'ett
10 die of inattentiOn. Starvation was
probably the cause OF his death. as ne
rad received no food since arriving IN
Savanna.
Snakes Of this kind arc said 10 go lonTer
tran three months W thout food. but the
rrohahni'v IS that this one had no heen
led for some time before his arrival here
r. o iodv was turned over 20 a scaVe GER
wagon and taken 10 the crematory; INC
az "A US taken or by some or me hand8
employed there and the rest was conslsh-
ed 10 the furnace.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-02-23
PHILADELPHIA Gas WORKS.

Tho Supreme Court Of Pennsylvania
has handed down an opinion, affirming the
decision OF the Court OF Common Pleas
of Philadelphia. which confirmed the lease
Of the city gas works TO a private cor
porauon.
The court, in delivering its opinion, laid
down these general principles:
"The gas works are the property Of tho
city Of Philadelphia, not as a munich
pality. but as a business corporation.
However much the idea that the city
is not required by its municipal duty TO
supply its citizens with light in the streets
and public places may seem to fan below
the modern conception Of a city, yet It
is beyond question on settled legal princi-
pies that in the performance Of that func-
ton tho city acts under authority merely,
and not under municipal obligation. This
was the rule Of the common law, and no
statute in reference to the city OF Phila-
delphia has altered It. Hence the city
may change its mode Of action or cease
TO act altogether in fits conception, and
the discretion is purely legislative. The
courts have no power to interfere unless
the proposed action contravenes some ex-
pressed statute or violates some binding
contract. These principles are elcmen-
tary, and need not be enlarged upon"
The gas works Of Philadelphia. natural
ly a most valuable property, had become
a political football, with the result that
the city had the meanest gas in the world,
and the works fell into such wretched
condition that it became necessary either
10 expend a vast sum Of money to rehabl-
itanng them. or OF leasing them to a pri-
vate corporation. Bids were opened and
an offer so manifestly TO the city's in
terest was made that the Council decided
by a large majority TO farm the works
out
Certain citizens objected. however. and
petuoned the court TO enjoin the lease. on
the ground that 1t was in violation Of the
city charter. The objection did not stand.
however, and the company, anticipating
a favorable decision. had already taken
charge Of the works and begun 10 make
improvements.
The tendency in these days IS undoubt-
edly towards municipal ownership Of pub
lie utilities, but operation under lease
TO private corporations.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-02-23

dure, even on = basis OF 16 to !. II tho
Democratic party. as such, indorses IL
quor legislation Of any sort in the liberal
line"
so much for fusion in Iowa There can
De no fusion without q bargain. ana the
populists and silver Republicans, II
victory be won. are sure 20 demand their
part OF the swag. 1t will be so in a ma
tional campaign. II the Triple ALI
ance" scheme Of Chairmen Jones, But
Ter and Towne be carried out. the Demo-
Gratis must inevitably make concessions
to tho other parties to the contract In
this connection, the Savannah News says
that fusion between Democrats and Pop
ulists will be impossible in that State
1hat there is much better prospect Of
fusion between Populists and Repubh-
cans and nothing would give the Popu-
lists greater satisfaction than to wrest
the control OF the state from the Demo-
Gratis.
More interesting yet IS the situation in
North Carolina, Mr.. Buffers own State.
lie talks OF union with Democrats, when
ne is already united with the Republicans
OF his State. he and Governor Russell
being hand in glove and the Democrats
OF the State, silver Democrats and gold
Democrats, are fighting the combination
as vigorously as they can and it is nip
and tuck" between them and the Butler
ties as to which can say the harshest
things Of the other.
That there can be such hostility in the
individual States and nausht but brother
~ love and the touch Of the elbow in
national contest IS hard TO conceive-al-
though nothing seems TO be impossible
in politics in these days.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-02-23

The Commercial Advertiser, In speaking
Of the bounty which the State Of New
York has offered to tho producers Of
beet sugar. uses this language:
1.-THE plight OF sugar growers in the
British West Indies contains an admon-
ition for the people Of New York State.
II is the effect OF overproduction due to
the beet sugar bounty system maintain
ed b. Germany, France, end other ku-
ropean countries. BY means Of this sys-
TEN the beet sugar industry has been
60 stimulated that the world. I'm spite OF
lesgened price and widened use Of the
staple, has more sugar than it can con-
sumo. If there was no such interference
with natural laws Of industry excessive
production would tend quickly TO correct
itself"
our attention IS naturally arrested wheh
a Republican newspaper, which adVo-
Gates high protection and government pa
ternalism begins to talk about the evil
Of the bounty system and the danger OF
interfering with the natural laws Of trade
II our contemporary will only follow IT'S
own logic 20 a conclusion, it will I'M
doubleday argue itself around to the posi-
ton Of those who advocate free com
mcrce and free banking.
If the Government would only follow
the advice Of the Commercial Advertiser
and stop meddllng with business, leaving
the natural laws Of trade 70 pursue their
own course, all problems Of the busi-
ness. industrial ard financial, world
would soon solve themselves. It is less
law and not moro law that this country
stands in need OF.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-02-23

homes were nipped, wheels that had be-
sun to turn, came 10 stand,
business that was revlving at most
surprising rate stopped short. and Bry-
anism staiked out Of the new chaos as
tho Cod OF calamity that would assert
his sway. we do not hesitate TO say
that Mr. Clevcland's Venezuelan mes
sage IS directly responsible FOR Organism
and the dreadful campaign Of 1896.
But the most surprising result OF Mr..
Cioveland's blunder is only now begin
ming to be developed. We all recoiect
the patronising and paternal air Of Mr..
Olney's famous dispatches Of that period
and how he let Great Britain and the
world know that the United States Is
the boss dog on this continent and that
they are going TO look after all the lttlc
whelps and fight their battles for them
If any big dogs come smelling around.
Fair as all this sounded for US, it was
very far from suitlng the little whelps.
It hurt their vanity seriously and caused
them to ask II they had not better take
an occasional trouncing from England or
Germany and stand up as Independent
nations than TO get protection upon the
terms Of playing satellite and lackey to
the United States. And Spain, too, was not
slow to use the occasion TO promote her
own ends. Wicked as she is. SIZE is by
no means n fool. and so she has been
industrlously playing upon the wounded
vanity Of the South American Republics
until II is now announced that IL We have
war with Spain, all OF the South and
Central American countries except Mex
leo. Brazil and Venezuela will make
common cause with her and we shall
have the whole pack on cur hands.
We don't mention this as a circum-
stance that should alarm us. II we must
fight we can dispose Of the whole gang
about as easily as Of spain. But It fur
nishos a curious illustration Of the thanks
people usually get for trying to attend
to other peoples business. We had no
more to DO with the dispute between
Great Britain and Venezuela than we
have to do with the dispute now going on
IN Africa between the English and the
French. But we thrust our nose into
The mess, got it well scalded. and here
arc the thanks we get for our action.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-02-23
ABOUT FUSION.

In 1856 fusion was effected in the state
OF Iowa between the Democrats, Popu-
lists and silver Republicans and oil hands
voted the Chicago ticket. All hands
were so much pleased that in 1897 anoth-
er bargain was struck in the matter OF
State politics. The Populists agreed on
their part to abandon their party name;
the Republicans surrendered their hopes
OF office; the Democrats agreed TO aban-
don their advocacy OF the manufacture
ana sale OF ardent spirits under license.
1t was only during the past week"
says q correspondent, that the Demo-
Gratis were called upon by their Populist
ana Republican allies to deliver the
pound OF flesh In the bond. The Demo-
cratic legislators in a party caucus re-
rused to ;ndorse a bin providing for the
removal Of distractions TO the manufac-
ture OF liquor in Iowa. While declaring
that they would vote for such a meas
ure in the assembly. as individual men,
bers OF the body. they would not vote
10 take the bill up as a party measure.
The vote in the caucus was u TO II. Thus
the Democratic legislators paid their
obligations 10 the Populists and the sill
vor Republicans, who, in the caucus
OF which they are accredited members.
declared that fusion IN iowa cannot en-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-02-23
Acrobat Dies in a Theatre

William Byrnes, who, under the name
Of william y. Oracle, was one OF th'
scrobatic team OF Reynolds and Oracle
died shortly after doing a turn az sam
4. Jacks Theatre, on Broadway, near
Twenty-eighth street. yesterday AFTER
noon. re ad complained OF pains IN .nf
hack during the day. ana as ne was it-E
t. the theatre was taken with cOnvu.'
REYNOLDS sent out for nearby Ga,
tor who sent back word that he .cou.o
not make the call unless he was paid ioi
{. "a va~ce Before an ombulance sum
moned from the New York HOSP .tal s ar
: "a ryrnes was dead. Reynolds refused
lest nieht u give the name OF the Coo
Tor who wanted payment In advance loF
attending the dying man.
- lived at S2 rth Carey street
Baltimore. and was thirty-four years ola'
New York sun.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-02-23

The fredericksburg Free Lance. with
some show Of temper, declares that it
and not the Richmond Times, was the
first to suggest a commission to take into
consideration the question Of consttu-
tional revision.
The Free Lance IS welcome to all the
credit it may claim In this connection.
The Times certainly had no intention OF
exploiting its own achievement in saying
that It was the first in Virginia 10 make
this suggestion, for there is nothing new
or original in the idea. Our only pur-
pose in mentioning the matter at ali was
by way Of emphasizing the fact that we
were in accord with the Governors re-
commentator, and that We had from
the start pointed out the way to consti-
tutional revision.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-02-23
DANGER IN SODA.
Serious Results Sometimes Follow Its
Excessive Use.

Common soda is all right in its place
and indispensable IN the Kitchen ana ior
cooking and washing purposes, but Il was
never intended for medi..r1, ard geo
&c who use it as such ~ some day re-
gret II.
We refer 70 the common use OF soda 20
relieve heartburn or sour stomach, Il
habit which thousands Of people practice
almost daily. and one which is fraught
with danger; moreover the soda only
gives temporary relief and in the end the
stomach trouble gets worse and worse.
The soda acts as a mechanical irritant
10 the walls Of the stomach and bowels
and cases are on record where Il accumu-
lated In the intestines, causing death by
inflammation OF peritOnitis.
DR. HarlandsOn recommends as the SAL
est and surest cure for sour stomach
(acid dyspepsia) an excellent preparation
sold by druggists under the name OF
Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets. These tablets
are large twenty grain lozenges. very
pleasant 70 taste and contain the natural
acids, peptones and digestive elements es-
sontial 10 good digestion. and when taken
after meals they digest the food perfectly
and promptly before it has time TO fer
ment. sour and poison the blood and
nervous system.
Dr. Wuerth states that he invariably
uses Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets In all
cases OK stomach arrangements and finds
them n certain cure not only for sour
stomach. but by promptly digesting the
food they create n healthy appetite in
crease flesh and strengthen the action Of
the heart and liver. They are not a
cathartic, but intended only FOR stomach
diseases and weakness and will be found
reliable in any stomach trouble except
cancer OF tho stomach All druggists sell
suarts Dyspepsia Tablets at 20 cents per
package
A little book describing all forms OF
stomach weakness and their cure mailed
free by addressing the Stuart Co., of
Marshall, Mich.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-02-23
THE BUsY.BoDY USUALLY FAILS.

The United States are very greatly Mr..
Cleveland's debtor. 1t is not too much
to say that his indomitable stand for the
gold standard prevented the country
from slipping down to the silver standard
with all the indescrlbablo wreck and de-
structlon that would have brought about.
This is never TO be forgotten. No Pres
ident since George Washington has done
the United States any service compar-
able to what MIR. Cleveland aid and it
was distinctly his personality that Sc
cured the result. His position was the
most trying one. that any President was
ever placed in. and if he had even once
faltered, the cause and the country
would have been lost.
But this case furnishes a most remark
able illustration Of how country's great
est benefactor may blunder and cause his
country the greatest peril. His immov-
able stand for sound finance had almost
won the battle in the fan OF 1895 At
that time the crisis OF the panic OF 1898
had been passed. a general opinion was
| spreading over the country that free
silver was dead. confidence was rapidly
being restored, business was springing
up In every quarter, when, 10 the amaze
ment Of mankind. Mr.. Cleveland came out
with his message. challenging Great
| Britain TO war over u strip of Venezue-
ian marsh.
Now we don't intend to intimate that
in war between the United States and
| Great Britain the United States would
be worsted. But every one knows that
however (: resulted il would BE- a war OF
the giants and that when the victor was
able to say he had conquered he would
have very little left except his glory to
| brag about.
The people who have capital recognized
| this element In the case at once, and
SO they buttoned up their pockets and
went back into the seclusion they were
| being tempted from and the country again
| fell under the same pail that had hung
| over IL when free silver was so threaten
| ing. The prospect OF war with Great
! Britain vas just as alarming to capt.
| tai and confidence as free silver had
| been.
| The result Mss al OF our budding
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-02-23
THE PRESS AND THE DISASTER.

The late disaster at Havana has open
ed the ewes of tho Richmond people 10 the
fact that the latest news Is 10 be found
in the home papers. None Of the New
York. Philadelphia or Baltimore papers
reaching here on the day after the acci-
dent had a line Of news about the sinking
OF the Maine, and one Washington pa
per. which mentioned it. had a very brief
account. But the Richmond papers print
cd fun details as far as they were TO be
had at the hour. OF course the North
ern papers, in their later editions. pub
nshed the item in full. but the Northern
papers which come 70 this city arc all
printed at an hour so early that they do
not cover all the news.
In this connection it IS also well 20 re-
mark on the admirable tone OF the Amer
icon press during this critical period.
some OF the sensational papers have IN
their news columns and in their cdi-
torial columns done all that they could
10 excite the people ana to make trouble
between the United States and Sp1in
but as q rule th1 contrary is true. The
reputable newspapers OF the country have
endeavored to keep their readers thor
oughly informed. but editorial comm mt
has been conservative and patriotic. Z &c
press has counseled the people 70 DO
calm and 20 reserve their Judgement uh-
ii. a thorough investigation should be
made. In short the American press has
n ade a record at a critical pcriol OF
w 'ch SC may well be proud, and We
link. has strengthened itself wi.A me
reading public.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-02-23
.rho NIosnio Cosmoconx.,

In his Notes and Commons In the
Christian Herald, OF Detroit, Mich9 Rev.
j. q. Hidden says:
It would be q good thing If those
preachers who are fond of preacnlns on
sensational current events could READ,
mark. learn "and inwardly digest the
lesson taught by the following paragraph.
Ministers OF the Gospel need q sound
education not simply TO save them from
ignorance. but 10 save them from know
ing too much. Huau learning has done
very LITTLE for any man, i DC has NOT
taught him % take some account OH hue
man ignorance. Some time ago i saw d
notice in one Of our papers 20 the effect
that new preacher in our town was I'd
preach I'm the street on a Sunday altei-
noon. Desiring no learn something of his
calibre, L attended the services Amohp
other things he told us why j, was that
God had determined 20 use che Prussians
TO defeat and punish the French. When
he had enlightened CD us on that point
I went home. That preacher knew TOO
much. He had been badly educated.
And IL a preacher reads 10 some third
rate magazine that man named Darwin
has advocated O. theory which somebody
has called evolution" and that the SAID
theory is supposed to conflict with the
Bible account of creation it Us lmpoI iahl
for that preacher 10 bee well enough edu'
Gated to understand that 10 is not neces-
sary for him to rush into his pulpit the
next sunday morning and fire OIL SER
mon CD on THE Mosaic Cosmogony
He ought 20 be sufficiently educated TO
know that there is no such thing as "tne
Mosaic cosmogony;' that Moses never
heard Of "cosmogony,' that nothing oi
the pind was ever revealed 20 him, and
that no is reasonably certain that coa-
mogonyp never entered his head There
are the best of reasons for believing
that Moses would have been "as,onshed
out of measure" a The views of 'cos-
mogony" which are 100 often attributed
/ to him IN our day.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-02-23
This is "Rhetoric."

Whenever you are tempt d 10 be "elo-
oucnt." be sure that you know the mean
ing OF what you say In the line OF
''curls." here Is one OF the most extraor-
nary performances that has ever come
under nv notice. heard Colonel J. t. 5.
Preston. Professor OF Rhetoric az the Flr-
ajnia Military Institute. quote II from a
composit on which had been handed in
Nv an ambitious cadet: This is the foun-
tain that wieI s the red hot bolt OF Jupi-
ter. which otscures in eternal night the
principles Of liberty which the American
EAGLE I'm his lofty flight. has planted"
II I at Is not rhetoric" let DR.. Blair end
Lori Kames hide their diminished
hsads."-Dr. ]. c. Hiden In the Christian
Herald.