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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-24
SHE WON HER FATHER.

Here is a pretty story about tho
young Queen of Holland, which has the
merit of being quite new. When Queen
Wihelmina was little child she was
hardly ever seen by her father, owing
To his resentment that son had not
been given him. Her mother. the Queen,
planned n ruse to win King Williams
favor for his little girl. one morning at
breakfast. as he bent over To inhale
the fragrance from n great bank OF
roses which filed the center Of the ta-
BILE. n baby face peeped out and two
baby arms crept around his neck, while
n tiny voice cried out. "oh. papa, take
me out of the flowers: they prick me
so" From that moment. SO runs the
tale. the Kings heart softcned and the
ITttTe WfrnFTmfIa- bCcTrTc Il ErTut ra-
vorite London Mainly About People.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-24
DUKE r1lSTAKEN FOR A BURLAR.

lnattention 10 dress was at one time
n weakness of the Duke OF Norfolk
Indeed, his grace ar one time ran the
late Duke Of Portland a very close Sec
ond in this matter. The nuns at Gum
ley House convent. at Isleworth, tell 70
this day story about the present post
master general, which brings this out
NlVidly enough. Perhaps the legend
has been embellished little in the
course OF conventional tradition of a
good many years, but here IL is as |
nave heard ii related at Gumley:
Ihe duke, IL seems. was TO distribute
the prizes at the midsummer breaking
UP day at the convent. which was, and
10 certain extent still is, the leading
school in England for the education of
the daughters of the old Catholic arls-
tociacy and nobility. The great gates
were flung wide pending the arrival of
the duke. Time went on, and be did not
arrive; there was quite crowd outside
awaiting the advent OF the ducal equl-
page, eager for the sight of the pos
tllions, footmen with powdered hair
and all the rest OF it,
Presently very shabbily dressed and
very insignificant looking middle aged
man walked in through the crowd
round the gates, and was making his
way into the convent GROUNDS, when he
was checked by one of the sisters
My good man" she said, you ought
TO know that we do not distribute. relief
TO the poor on a day like this"
without taking the slightest offence.
out with an obvious air of quiet amuse-
ment. the homely looking intruder re-
piled: Quite so. sister. but you do
distribute prizes and have come down
by train TO distribute them for you."
There was tableau of confusion. be-
wIiderment explanations and apologies
and eventually the reverend mother
ana group OF distinguished visitors
VINO knew the duke better than tho
poor sister FORTRESS bore down upon
him. and relieved the situation by lead
ing him TO the reception room. | know
not how the truth may be- but GER
tainly tell the story as twas told TO
me-"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-24
SQUIRRELS FED SHEEP.

y Bar Harbor gentleman tells this
story Of how the squirrels on White ISL
and often spend their time in feeding
flock of sheep from a certain orchard
there. He says that he and his COM
panion. who were duck shooting there
last fall, had stopped to rest in an old
field in which there was an orchard. A
nock OF sheep was feeding near by IL
was not long before their attention was
called TO the chirruping of some squir-
rels in thlcket, and they were sur
prised TO see the sheep suddenly stop
feeding and manifest great excitement.
The squirrels went into the orchard.
and, climbing into one of the trees. re-
sumed their loud chatter. evidently call
ing the sheep, since the flock made at
once for the apple tree. Then the SOUR
rels began to bite off the apples, which
fell among the hungry sheep, which
would struggle for the fruit like so
many schoolboys. The squirrels seemed
to enjoy the fun. and after they had
dropped few apples from the first
tree they skipped to a distant tree. for
which the sheep would make in great
confusion.
After the squirrels had thus enjoyed
an hours fun with their neecy neigh
bors and supplied them with a suffi-
cient quantity OF the fruit. they scam
pered back TO their haunts i'm the
thicket, leaving the sheep to resume
their grazing. Journal.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-24
PITIED THE POOR.

Sometimes the tramp gets the better
of the thrifty housewife. The mistress
of a pretty little cottage at Sausalito-
she only inherited about $50 900, and so
is obliged to be frugal-is The object of
a little criticism from her friends be-
cause of her reputed parsimony. Last
Saturday, as she was sitting on her pi-
azza, overlooking the water, and wait
ing for Ted to come home, a passing
knight Of the road humbly solicited a
bite. The young woman could not with
stand the petition, so she went herself
to the bread box, which was filled with
freshly baked loaves, and brought out
to the waiting vagrant two slices of
boardlike consistency which had been
baked many days earlier. AS she pre-
sented her bounty she felt just a trne
ashamed Of it,
I'VE are very poor ourselves" she
said, in muttered apology.
The outcast received the crusts with
a courteous Thank you" and turned
away.
moment later he returned and
handed the young heiress the crusts
and also a nickel
II am very sorry for YOU" he said
I'm gentle tones of genuine sympathy
San Francisco News Letter.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-24
THE ORIGINAL "SERPENTINER.' ~

The serpcntine dance is the latest
craze of the Parisians, and imitators of
Ioie Fuller, who is appearing at the
Folies Bergeres, are to be seen at the
music halls. a discussion has been GO
ing on as to who was the inventor OF
this form of entertainment. and NJ.
Sarcey has discovered that the real
originator was no other than the beau
tiful Emma Hart, Nelson's Lady Ham
1lton. In support of this view the
French critic quotes passage from the
works of Goethe. II is n letter written
by Goethe from Caserta on March IS
1877. In 1t he says:
Sir William Hamilton. who is still
the British ambassador here, after hav-
ing busted himself with the arts as an
amateur after having studied the
works OF nature for SO long time. has
found a beautiful young woman the
most delightful thing i'm art or nature.
She Is an Englishwoman. 20 years of
age, very beautiful in face and figure.
She gives an entertainment dressed i'm
a Greek costume. Her hair hangs loose.
she takes two shawls i'm her hands. and
she so varies her attitudes. gestures
and play OF features that IL is like
dream I<neeling. standing. sitting, she
assumes by turns an expression of ex-
altation, of repentance, OF anxiety, OF
menace, or of affection. The old knight
sees in her all the beauties OF the most
beautiful Greek medallions. London
News.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-24
GOLD COINS IN THE WORLD.

Ii will probably be a shock to many
TO learn that all the gold coins current
throughout the world could be comfort.
ably slowed away I'm any one of thou
sands or English drawing rooms.
careful estimate of the gold cur
rency OF the world placed it's amount
At e'55, 100000. Although this enormous
sum VIII probably exceed our entire ma =
tlonal revenue for the next seven years,
IL could, II converted into English SOW
efeigns' be placed I'm room 80 feet
long 80 feet wide and 20 feet high.
The process of packing the sovereigns
would. indeed, be a labor OF time and
Infinite patience. If the sovereigns
We're placed in position at the rate OF
one a second, working for eight hours
day, child of S. commencing the
TASK today. would see his S0th birthday
before the last sovereign was i'm posi-
tlon ana the door could be locked
TO convey this gold 10 the strong
room would require the utmost strength
OF 1000 horses, which would have TO pull
weight Of 1851 tons
The sovereigns thus accumulated
would make a golden carpet for the
whole of st. James park, with rem
nant or three and two-thirds acres to
spare; and, If placed edge To edge, they
would form footpath of gold, six
inches wide, between London and Con-
stanunople.-Lon Tit-Bits.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-24
DANCING TO CURE DISEASE.

In the earliest ages dancing was ad-
vocated as a cure for sickness. Lycur-
gus brought back from India and Egypt
to Lacedaemon notions of medico-reli- =
gious dances, and enacted that the
Spartan youth should be brought up
gracefully and symmetrically. In
Greece Socrates commended dancing
with view To educating the mind and
body. for he looked on ii as n health
giving device.
Dancing is not violent exercise as
practiced today, yet it brings in play
all the muscles. Ancient doctors rec
commended IL as n cure for spleen, va
pors and nelancholc affections. as well
as agues, jaundice and rheumatism. It
is mild form of exercise, which. III in-
dulged i'm moderately. cannot but do
one good as well as make one graceful
A recent writer on the subject SAYS:
"As for dancing, to persons i'm health
/ shall just take leave 10 observe that
we by no means ought to make a toll OF
our diversion by making il one con-
tinued scene of action, lest we exhaust
the spirits and enervate the body, but
to sweeten and relieve the active Meas
ure by frequent intervals OF refresh
ment by which not only the bad eff
fects which must Of necessity be the
consequences OF u long, uninterrupted
succession OF motion VIII be entirely
prevented. but the body by such agree
able exercise viii gain strength and
Nigor in it's actions. and be more en-
abled TO persevere and keep up its econ-
omy."
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-24
WEALTH IN SAWDUST.

victor l.. Emerson, the Baltimore Inc
ventor. who is now in Ottawa. is said
10 nave discovered a process for ear.
bombing sawdust and extracting tho
py-products. A long series of expert.
ments In one OF the largest sawmills OF
the Dominion has just been concluded
ana the Ottawa papers say that thew
surpass all expectations. even those OF
ane sanguine inventor. The experiments
are salu 10 nave proved that the 500
IONS or more OF sawdust and refuse that
.hese mills have been throwing away
uaily Tor years should suddenly be dis
covered To he worth $50 a ton--in other
Worus, equal I'm value to the highest
sraue or gold ouartz--is enough to
make the average man catch his breath
win surprise, and produce in the cynio
a smile" 'e
Mr. Emerson went 10 Canada sever
al months ago upon invitation of the
owners or the Edwards sawmills there.
VINO had learned of his supposed dis
covery The sawmili people had been
oruered Dy the government to discon-
tinue emptying sawdust into the Otta-
wa river, and they secured n delay OF
the enforcement of the order to allow
experiments TO be made on n largo
scale by Mr. Emerson. In Ottawa the
result which the experiments have pro-
uuceu mas been received with the great
est interest. The industrial effect i'm the
lumber region of that part OF Canada
~ predicted to be one OF dazzling possi-
Diiitles, and IL is said that i'm addition
10 the central plant erected at large
cost Tor the experiments Just concluded
"a number OF auxiliary industries are
iiheiy TO commence operation i'm Otta-
wa. including iron and steel smelling
works, white lead manufactures nrint,
ers INK manufactures. and acetylene
gas or calcium carbide works. From
tne hydrogen gas given off by the saw
aust during the carbonizing process II
is sald that the whole city can be fur
hlsned with light and heat at 10 cents
a thousand feet. The capitalists behind
the inventor do not want Ia plut The
market with the products thus easily
ana cheaply obtained They will nor
RISK destroying the market price of the
product and by-products used A num-
Der or large companies using the pro-
ducts which Mr. Emerson has succeed
ed In extracting from the sawdust at n
nominal cost have been awaiting the
result and are ready to purchase all the
supply or those products that can be
furnished
Mr.. Emerson is native OF Caroline
county Nd. and q son of the late Can't.
ROBERT X. Emerson, one OF the foremost
and most wealthy citizens OF the col,n
ty and a nephew of the late John TT
emerson the founder Of the Denton
lInlon. and one Of the promoters OF the
wilmington (Del) Morning News. For
4 number Of wears Mr.. Emerson has
resided in Baltimore. About six years
ago he invented a lumber dry kiln,
which has revolutinnized the process
of drying green lumber and Us i'm use
N all the larger sewmils and lumber
Establishments of the country He
has placed several other paving inven-
ions pertaining to machinery and
'hemistry on the market Baltimore
Sun
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-24
HOW YANKEES FIGHT.

Don Rodriguez Mercedes. native OF
Madrid. now knows how the Americans
defeated the Spanish in the late war
with Spain. Mercedes arrived i'm Chi
cago one morning, coming di-
rectly from the Klondike. He did not
know that war had been declared be-
tween the two countries until he reach
ed San Francisco. There he learned
that his brother, an officer on the Girls
tobal Colon. had been killed when Ger
Neras fleet was destroyed off Santiago
But particulars were lacking. He could
not read English very well, and could
not obtain the details. When he reach
ed Chicago, he asked his friend. DIR.
Dean North Side physician, to ex-
plain the matter.
Come to Tattersall's," said the doc
tor. THE story is being fully told i'm
the naval spectacle that is being given
there"
The Spaniard occupied a box and wit
messed the manoeuvres of the Ameri-
can fleet, listened to the rapid-fire guns
and cheered the shore battery. The
Oregon seemed TO be doing most of the
work. That was the vessel which de-
stroyed the Colon.
After the performance was over Mer-
cedes went to the back of the stage
and inquired for the man who ran the
oregon.
George Newsmith. a naval reserve.
who was on the veritable ship, stepped
forward
You killed my brother at Santiago"
uttered the Spaniard.
Shouldn't wonder. We killed lots of
dagos there"
Then you must fight" said Merce-
des, as he made pass at the sailor.
The blow never landed, however, and
the Spaniard was stretched on the floor
by the American tar's fist.
Lieut.. Leps. of the German navy, pre-
vented the fight from proceeding.
II know why we were whipped"
muttered Mercedes, as he left the hall.
THE Yankee pigs strike hard."-Chi-
cago Times Herald
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81 z D..

ANDREWS-In Phenix. II. l., 22d inst
Susan A., wife of Robert Andrews, in
her S!st year.
ARNOLD-In Phenix, 20th inst, James
i. Arnold, in the 10Th year of his age
BULLOCK-In Darlington. II. l., 22d
inst, Elizabeth ID. Bullock.
CASHMAN-In this city, 22d inst,
Maurice eastman.
DIXON-In New York, 21st inst, James
Dixon. aged 81 years.
DODGE-In Westerly. 22d inst. at the
residence of her daughter Mrs John
Il. Randall. Mrs. Olive +. Salisbury
of Providence. widow of Jared G.
Dodge, aged rs years.
FISKE-In this city. 23d inst. w. Ed
ward Fiske. i'm the 43d year OF his age.
FI;ENCH-In Pawtucket, 22d inst, Lu-
clnda 5. French. wife OF ]. Austin
French in the 73d year OF her age.
FISHER-At Lakewood Goth inst, AL
fred Fisher, in his 10Th year.
FITZGERALD-In this city, 22d inst.
Agnes Fitzgerald, aged SO years.
GALLAGHER-In this city. at PSI
Fountain street. on 23d inst, Peter
Gallagher
HIGGINS-In this city. 23d inst. Thom-
as L.. son Of the late John and Ellen
Higgins. aged % years
LOW-In this city, 2lst inst, William
A. Low. in his 69th year.
NJ M'LAUGHLIN-In Slatersville, r. T.,
Saturday, oct. %. Mrs. Ellen Me-
Laughlin, mother of Rev. u. A. Nc
Laughlin, aged SO years.
Natick. 23d inst. Will
liam j. Meenan. charter member of
Leo Council. Knights of Columbus.
SABIN-In Glocester. at the residence
OF Allen :. Place. Oct %. Mrs. Fran
ces T.. Sabin. widow OF HeZekiah Sa-
bin. in the Ssth year of her age.
SWANK-At st. Agnes Hospital. Phil
adelphia, 23d inst, Thaddeous Swank.
I'm the 2lst year of his age.
SWEET-In Pawtucket. 23d inst, Ar |
thur r. Sweet, aged A. years.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-24
LANGUAGE OF EYEBROWS.

| DO you know that you can cxpres,
anything in the world with your eye,
brows? Well, you can. 1t is a mis-
take 10 talk about expressive eyes. be,
cause without the brows there would b,
no expression.
III you have long cursed fate for hav.
ing given you pair OF straight angu-
lar brcws that nearly meet i'm the cen
,Ie you can cease. for there Is a simple
iittle exercise by which you can learn
now 10 correctly control your brows and
express any emotion or thought by
them.
a calm and unruffied brow forming a
smooth arch along the eye expresses
the usual reposcful condition and in
difference
BY drawing the inner corners of the
brows downward you can denote con-
centration of faculty. serious thought
fulness or sensibility
stupidity or lack of imagination is
Indicated by throwing the inner cor
ners Of the brows upward.
Drawing the inner corners of the
brows upward and the outer corners
DOWNWARD expresses suffering. despair
or agony.
BY depressing or lowering the brow
into almost a straight line we express
intense concentration or keenness of
perception.
Brows depressed near the inner cor
ners. with tendency of the corners 10
raise, and the outer arch raised, in
dlcate fury, madness or uncontrolled
passion.
Brows raised high above the eyes ex-
press excitement of mind, surprise or
exaltation.
Brows raised high above the eyes,
with a tendency of the inner corners to
contract inward toward the nose, and
the outer arch raised very high, sig
nifty extreme fear or horror.
To gain control of the brows il will
be necessary to place the first finger on
the opposite part To the side raised or
lowered. thereby holding the brow i'm
stationery position, except. of course,
the part To be used. BY constant
repetition the muscles of the brow will
be strengthened and the expression you
have longed for will be yours.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-24
REAL BRAVERY.

| Heroism has a new meaning for me
since yesterday, for yesterday / sat for
an hour with the bravest soul / ever
knew. She is only little gray eyed.
gray haired woman, with a culver I'm
her voice and "A smile on her face. Some
where on Cuban soil her only son lies
buried Her wioowhood is four years
old, and beside her husbands S grave are
two tiny green mounds. Three graves
In America, one in Cuba, all that she
has left TO care for, except the orphan
ed son and daughter of a sister. who
lives with her. | found her reading a
comic weekly, and on the table at her
elbow lay other publications of the
KIND. l suppose my eyes betrayed my
surprise.
My dear she said. gently, 'I can
not anord the luxury of grief i must
he cheerful for the sake of the boy and
girl have left. l mustn't be selfish and
let my grief darken their lives Every
thing has been taken from me-every-
thing but the duty of living I mustn't
read sad stories. / must see only the
merry side of things. or IL can't-why
my dear. | must be brave. you know"
And the remembrance Of that gray
head bent above the jokes she was try
ing To read, trying i'm her heart broken,
simple way To laugh at, because she
must be brave because grief was a
luxury, too selfish to indulge in, gives
heroism its new meaning. Yesterday I
sat for an hour in the presence OF a
heart ms brave as any hero's that ever
beat. Post.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-24
THE FOUNTAIN or vAUCLUsH.

Petrarch and Laura dc Moves have
rendered famous forever the fountain
OF Nauoluse. which, with the swift
sorgnes. has also been immortalized i'm
verse by modern English poet. Low
crs OF the picturesque past OF the place
VIII be sorry to hear that the utilita-
ran engineers OF the government are
ABOUT To tamper with the fountain by
order of the minister OF agricultural
The ofiicials OF the hydraulic service
or the department OF Vaucluse, or some
or them, are under the impression that
the fountain can give out a fuller sun.
ply OF water than that now available
According To Nj. Dyrion. chief enoi-
neer of the district. the fountain which
is In chalky bed Is surrounded by in
ternai caverns OF vast dimensions.
wherein water accumuiates during the
rainy season, and which thus act as
reservoirs. Another authority, how
ever, Nj. Pochet. believes thai the cal
careous mass is like wet sponge
which empties water through assures
during the summer. Experiments are
now 10 De MADE FOR ascertaining. il
possible, the exact condition and capa-
bilities OF the exterior of the fountain,
or rather of the rocks from which its
waters spring and form that tributary
or the Rhone known as the Sorgues.
rms being the case, IL is certain
mat Tor some time To come at least the
fountain which is associated with so
many historical and literary recollec-
tions will be disigured
The works to be undertaken at the
bidding of the minister of agriculture
are, however. necessary in the interest
or the inhabitants of the district The
fountain has given out limited guam
tity OF water du.lng the recent summer,
n af 4.
south at times. and occasioned serious
droushts. 1t is confidently expected
that, owing TO the soundings TO be
made, and the improvements which |
VIII in all likelihood be the result OF the |
same, the dangers ensuing from
drought in the locality will be lessened |
I'm the future.-Paris Correspondence of |
London Telegraph
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-24
TWEEN YOU AND NE.

I shouldn't wonder:-
If Col. Moran would be elected
Overseer OF the Poor.
If Col. Ballou might be elected City
Treasurer.
If overseer of the Poor Cummings
might be reelected
If city Treasurer Granger would be.
If IL will be hard 10 find such
another good fellow To hll Council
man Miners place from the Sixth. al
though that ward is famous for good
fellows.
IF the evening schools will be going
all right. all right.
If the Municipal League will con-
tinue To support it's own political kin
dergarten.
IL there are almost as many OF the
First Rhode Island Regiment az Camp
Meade az there are on leave.
THE CRANK.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-24

The nomination by the Republican
convention of the Hon. Frank Fuller
olney to be Mayor OF Providence sug-
gests most curious reflections. Is the
political cycle begun on the 10Th of No
vember. 1885, to terminate on Novem-
ber ;. 1898? VIII gradual restoration
OF the sound political sense and the
civic intelligence that once distin-
guished this community, and in recent
months have seemed to be reawaken-
ing. receive a clinching impetus by "A
return to the executive office of the
very man who went down in their de-
fence when the municipality was VIC
timized by the most outrageous plot
against its prestige and well being. the
most reckless attack upon IT'S credit.
that the history of political phenomena
records?