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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-19
COURAGE OF A COWBOY.

Speaking OF the daredevil charac-
teristics of Western cowboys" said an
old plainsman. II recall an adventure
that might have proved fatal To my
self and man named Henry but for
the great presence of mind displayed I'm
an emergency by my cool headed COM
panion. The incident happened in Mon
tana three years ago last spring. We
were travelling along a narrow trail on
the border OF the Grande Ronde river
when we suddenly came TO a landslide
that was about twenty-five feet across
and left no trail in the smooth, precipi-
tous rock. The trail was so narrow that
our horses could not turn back. and, re-
alizing that IL would be folly to expect
the animals to jump the chasm, it
looked as though We were trapped. But
directly above the 25-foot break in the
trail there was a huge rock whict was
split in the centre Henry saw the
crack in the rock. and having a strong
RATA seventy feet long on his saddle,
he coiled IT up. steadied himself in his
saddle. swung the rope over his head
and then hurled Il high in the air Be
ing an expert in the use of the RATA, 1t
went true TO the mark and was soon
Hrmly fixed in the crevice OF. the rock,
'swhie ] was wondering what he was
going 10 do with the rope, ne took i'm
the slack ana wound il around the horn
OF his saddle with double cinches. Then
he urged his horse 20 the edge of the
precipice.
THE faithful beast stood firm. He
would not step over, but Henry again
drew up the slack and pulled with all
his might Inch by inch he drew the
straining horse forward till his Feet
slipped and he swung over the yaWnins
chasm For moment I held my breath
and shut my eyes. expecting To hear the
slender rope snap and its burden disap-
pear into the raging river below.
when ! die open my eyes he had
swung across the gap, and, dlsmounting
he backed UP the trail anu tugged at
the rcins TO aid the horse in gaining
his feet. He pulled hard and the animal
lunged up into the trail. with the chasm
far behind.
sac on the other side. Henry urged
me to make the perilous trip i'm the
same way az he had done. For some
time couldn't muster mp the neces -i,y
courage. but az last. when I realized
that there was no other way.of contin-
uing the journey, ] consented to swing
myself across the Chasm. After landing
ON the other side Henry returned for
my horse. and having swung the beast
safely across the gap. We rode away
and left the rope dangling FOR the use
of tho next wayfarer who chanCcd 10
come that way."-The sun.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-19
CHILDREN AND NOISE.

Really the one thing that makes me
realize that my years are stacking up,
said the middle-aged man, lis my love
of quiet at home and my disturbance
when the children are noisy. The fact
is that | have no greater test OF my
self-control than that TO which 1 am
subjected daily by the children. Ihey
are lively and jolly and full of fun,and
OF course they make more or less noise,
aud it's impossible to stop them any
more than by asking if you could stop
a brook from babblng; it isn't in the
nature OF things.
THE noise of the street is music to
me Just the same as ever. j love the tu-
mutt OF the city, but don't like tumult
at home. After dinner | like peace and
a cigar. / can have the cigar, but no
peace on account az the children. IL rs
really pity that ! should let myself
be disturbed by them-and ! know It
well enough-because thereby besides
being disturbed, ! deprive myself OF
the enjoyment | might have i'm the chill
dren's company.
Here is youth and ] might enjoy II,
but | don't. The children ana | are
friends. of course. and ! think they have
"a more than friendly sentiment FOR me-
I'm sure they'd more than welcome any
overture on my part toward the cstab-
lishment of a closer fellowship but IN
stead of that IL makes me nerNous
when they are; noisy, kr
This is toe bad bee9use they are
steadily and Inevitably growing older:
il won't be so very long before they viii
be children no longer but grown ~
men and womeu: solemn thought
And then | shall say 10 myself: There
were children i'm the house once-noN
they are gone;and they viii never come
back. Why didn't You make the most
OF them when you could?
"Weu. 1 am constituted that way.
suppose. I don't think its all selfish
ness: not all of it"-Tnc sun
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-19
THE MAKING OF PIPES.

when l began selling pipes i'm this
store said the dealer. most of my
customers were middle-aged or elder
ly men, and the well to do among them
bought elaborately carved meer-
schaums. 1t is within the last ten or
fifteen years that young men have TAX
en- TO pipe smoking, and they have
made the brier the proper thing i'm pipes
My business was just booming when
the bicycle craze hit IL hard Don't see
what that has 10 do with pipes? Ask
any pipe manufactures and he will tell
you that bicycling injured his business
seriously for two years. The man who
rode a wheel quickly discovered that
a pipe was an awkward thing To smoke
while he was riding. The ashes from a
pipe were blown back into his face, and
il was not easy to load and light IL
while riding. Consequently, he soothed
his yearning for tobacco with cigar or
a cigarette. The tide has turned again,
and the dealers in high grade pipes
have had rush business. IL is my be-
lief that golf is responsible for it. Golf
is n dignified, serious game, and the
man who plays it finds that a pipe is
more satisfactory on the links than a
cigarette or a cigar.
You may not be aware OF the fact
that we are making excellent brier
pipes in this country now. Ten years
ago most OF our brier pipes We're made
i'm France. Germany, and England. our
manufacturers turned their attention
to pipes, and the result was improved
machinery for turning them out and a
big reduction in their price. We have to
import our brieTwood from Europe, and
the best Of it comes from France. The
French brier is of superior quality.This
wood comes i'm rough blocks, and il is
packed in bags which hold from two To
three hundred blocks each. The blocks
are roughly shaped and they are first
put i'm fraZing machine. which shapes
the bowl Then they go through anoth-
er machine which hollows out the bowl
an reduces the stem. IL is sandpapered
and pumicestoned down To it's proper
size and the stem is drilled. The best
brier pipes. which sell FOR 81 or SO each.
are initiated i'm shape and color i'm pipes
which sell for - cents each, but there
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-19
IGNORANT BOSTONIANS.

The place was Boston. The district
courtroom and the corridors leading
therefrom were crowded with appli-
cants for citizenship. Where does the
president reside?" the judge asked one
of these. The man was an Italian.
"In Washington street
you may stand aside
The Italian went away to brush up
his history, and the judge said 10
French Canadian from FAN River.
who is the president Of the United
States?"
Mckinley"
"If he should die, who would succeed
him?'
His SON"
This man also went away sorroWful.
80 did the man who said the Presi-
dent lived ION Fleet street SO did an
other who declared the Presidents
name was Byron" and still another
who asserted that the president was
likewise governor of Massachusetts
and mayor Of Boston.
such ignorance as this has charac-
teriZed to a very serious extent the
naturalized voter OF too many of our
states. 1t is easy to recall occasions
when the ward politicians drove into n
Boston court illiterate aliens as though
lntN NtIt 50 many Sil''ls
of them was short and perfunctory.
Their votes put unprincipled ward pol
itlcians into office and nullfied the
votes of INTELLIGENT and discriminating
citizens.
Today searching tests probe the IL
literate brain. and the court no longer
ministers TO political trickery.
There has. TO some extent, been a
similar change i'm other cities. In all
such cases the judge who does his duty
should i'm some way be made aware
that the best sentiment of the commu-
nity sustains him i'm his interference
with political corruption and his main
tenance Of the integrity and the rights
of suffrage. This concerns the very life
of the republic.-From the Youths
Communion
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-19
or LETTER WRITING.


In our letter writing how often We fail
to consider as we should the rights and
needs of those at the other end of the
line of correspondence. We dash OF
page i'm an hour OF rcstlessncss or ot
disappointment That speaks of our un-
happy condition. and are careless Of the
effect upon the ono who receives II.
ignoring the possibility of the want OF
help at the other end of the line and
GO on our way satisfying ourselves with
the fact that we have given letter FOR
letter. Some OF the most promising
friendships have been killed through
though htlessness and seihshncss in cor
respondencc. FOR the written characters
will reveal the purpose Of the one who
penned them. anu a sensitive soul will
receive a chill through the page read by
the heart az well as through the eyes
We need 90 be very careful OF the form
OF Our written messages, for the one to
whom they re sent must interpret
them without the help or explanation OF
personal expression. And then. if We
would save a friendship through the
years Jet us be careful 10 Keep up a
reasonable regularity IN our corrc-
spondence with the friend whom We
prize Woman's Home Companion.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-19
"cAT ALLEY

Jacob 4. Riis writes on The Pas
sing of Cat Alley FOR the December
Century. Mr. Riis says
Cat Alley was my alley IL was mine
By right of long acquaintance. We were
neighbors for 20 years Yet ! never
knew why IL was called Cat Alley.
There was the usual number of cats
gaunt and voracious. which foraged i'm
It's ash barrels but beyond the family
of thrcc-lcggcd cats. that presented IT'S
own problem OF h.reditN. the klttchS
took VI from the mother WI" had JOSH
one leg under che wheels Of a drny.-
there was nothing specially remarkable
about them. ~ was not du alley. eithcr,
when IL comes Go that. bat rather row
of four or FIVE old tenemcuts n "A back
yard that was reached by passage
way somewhat less than three teet VIDE
between the sheer walls of the front
houses. These had once had pretens-
ions To- some style. one ot them hau
been the parsonage of th, church ncNt
door that had by turns been an old,
style Methodist tabernacle. e. fashiona-
bic negroes templc. and au italian
mission church. thus marking time. as
70 were. o. the upward movl ncnt ot
the immigration That came in at tho
bottom. down In tho Fourth Ward.
fought its wav through the Bloody
sixth. and bv tho time it had travelled
the length 90 Mulberry street had ac-
duircd "a local standing and tho right
10 bo counted and rounded UP by the
political bosses.
Now the old houses were filed with
newspaper offices uud given over io per-
tetuaI insomnia. Werk-dgNs and iuu-
days, nlg.t on day, they nefcT slept.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-19
ROW's This?

We offer one Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case of Catdrrh ths.4 can
not bc cured by Hairs Catarrh cure.
+. j. CHENEY g. CO. Props. Toledo -.
we. the undersigned. have known 4.
Y cheney FOR the last rs years. and be-
ueve him perfectly honorable On an
busiucss transactions and financially
able 20 carry out any obligations made
by their firm.
WEST q TRUAX. Wholesale Drug
gists. Toledo. q.
NvAI.DING. KINNAN g. MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists Toledo. ~
Hairs Catarrh Cure - taken Internal
w. acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces OF the system Price
.sc per bottle. Sold by all Druggists
Testimonials frcc.
Halls Family Pills are The best.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-19

police Headquarters was right across
the way. and kept the reporters awake.
From his window the chief looked down
the narrow passarcWay To IN" notion
OF the allry. and thc alley looked back
at him nothinp daunted. No man is
"a hero 10 his valet. aud the chief Was
not am autocrat to Cat Alley. II knew
au his human Weaknesses. could tell
when his time was up generally be
fore he could. and winkcd the other
eye with the captains when the news
papers spoke of his having read them
a severe lecture on gambling or sun
day bcer-sclling. Byrnes II worshiped.
but for the others who were before
him and followed after " cherished a
uclghb0rlv sort of contempt.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-19
BUY YOUR PIANO
DIRECT OF THE MANUFACTURER
Extraordinary Discounts for Cash.
And Save the Retailers Profits.


iesth
the
g following we'll
WHEEL
OCH BAU nj others
A om1ee
shall
Tv ACRtTf
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-19

is just as great a difference i'm them as
the price indicates. TO my mind there
is nothing sweeter for pipe than
good brier, and it has a smoothness To
the toucn which is lacking in the imita-
zion. The mouthpieces are made of rub
Der celluloid, bone and amber, and OF
course the amber is the most expensive.
You can get n domestic brier which is
just as good as the Imported article,
and. moreover, it is cheaper The
sun
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-19
ELECTRIC MOTo2S
For Sale at a Bargain.

oNr % MORSE POWER. ITO voLrS.
oNE HORSE POWER. 500 VOLTS.
These Motors are IN first class condition
aud ready to run. They viii Doe disposed q
af uricra uinf-wili Insure % speedy sale. Can
bt seen af o., 4 NCftANGE fIAtE.
as. tor pfirrs call Uf address ~. 81 IN
CuANBL PLACE.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-09
4 NOVEL VESSEL.

From The Charleston News and Courier
The curiosity Is the British steamship frosresslsS
which arrived some days ago from Liverpool VIZ, WIN
n cargo OF salt. Her peculiarly IS IN nsr n.,
Tho shin il large one. 202o tons, ara draws "nen
fully loaded twenty feet OF water. In oud !, SEEMS
10 be = hy brid between an ordinary ramp snu a
"whalehack" Atou- three feet above the wateI-
line the sides the vessel seem 20 have collapsed.
and for the length OF the boat wide shelt -
formed about six feet at the widest part ano 70
ing toward stem and stern 10 probably Two rect
Above this in the the body OF the snip soss
IN probably ten 10 twelve feet and here are al the
matches and the gear and machinery TOT "orhlhs
From a stern view he boat looks Ike nothing so
n,nrh a. n peg ton and the side elevation is ha rdy
less queer II is the only ship OF the kind that has
ever been In Charleston Harbor. and naturally ex-
cites good deal Of Interest. The officers as natur;
ally they should say that the build Is excehent, ano
in many ways superior 10 the usual style OF ooa.
building but mariners who sail other ships snahs
their heads and. pointing to the ong shelves ~.
What would very heavy sea DO wren cra ,,,,3
down upon that platform and finding no OUTFIT.
They are OF the opinion that the PROGRESSES vas
bull, rs an experiment. and are incineI 10 In,ns
that IL was not q success. But the fact remains
that the Progressist has been making ocean voy
ages fc- some time and so far seems TO nave NAG
main sailing Her last voyage was mace IN kovo
time. and her cargo appears 10 De III e*ce"e"' eO''
ditOn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-09
FIRE MADE MANY HOMELESS.
sOHs BURNED IN DULUTH LOSS NOT
l.Ncl THAN 500 900

Duluth. MINI, May s.--Fifty frame buildings on
Mlnnoso,a Point lust above the ship canal were
burned this afternoon. An hour after the fire
started two thousand people werc homeless. The
nrc destroyed twelve frc store buildings. front
ing IN Lower I.ake-ave. just below the Under tho
Hi district" and swept from there back 70 tho
lake shore. Tho district populated by the
poorest people in the city. Man" OF the upper parts
OF the two and three story buildings were occupied
rs tencmcntr. They were Inhabited as closely
people could cluster. and back Of the line @. build
ings fronting In the streets were shacks huddled
all too close for health and safety. Fully fifty
dwellings were burned.
There were no particularly large Individual losses
but the total is thought 10 be not less than 10000
Among the sufferers were nifty families OF He
brcws members Of colony. who were at a meet
Ing urnyinC for the OF the American Army
in tie war with Spain. There many narrow
escapes from death. but It is believed that every
body rescued.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-09
EXCURSION TRIM WRECKED
ONE PASSENGER KILLED AND OTHERS
INJURED
ACCIDENT OCCURRED IN COLUMBUS. oHIo-TRAlN
ONE OF THIRTY SEVEN CARRYING VS.

ACCIDENT OCCURRED IN COLUMBUS. oHIo-TRAlN
ONE OF THIRTY SEVEN CARRYING VS.
IroRs TO STATE CAMP
Columbus Ohio May S.-By the turning OF switch
Pittsburg. Fort Wayne and Chicag go Road, over the
city was wrecked Three cars demolished and
one man. Rzen Fry. OF Louisville Ohio. was
killed. and three others injured.
The train had come In from the East and South
In the morning with visitors 10 Camp Bushnell. In
this city, and was one OF thrty-seven trains when
came In "a specials in the day. 1t vas running as
the second section OF the regular passenger train
and had seventeen cars packed 10 the doors AS II
crossed the switch at Chase-st. the engine forced
the switch, ard under the next car the frog gave
way. the tracks Spreading and In an instant there
was a crash followed by the shriess OF frightened
and imprisoned passengers.
As he engine left the tracks Il ploughed down
a steep e.nbankment and turned over In ditch
The engineer. James Rinehart, and the fireman
Louis Fritz escaped with slight injury BY jumping
az did the conductor. John Clarkson. AS the engine
rolled over It pulled with it three OF the cars.
The frs; was turned on It's side IN the ditch. and
the passengers were pinned in thelr seats. AFTER
having received a considerable shaking. The second
car was split open and partially destroyed. while
the third car was torn from It's trucks ana pa9y
damaged ~, w. 49,. sooa
man va. standing on the back platform OF me
first car and vas crushed 10 death. tonstans
Uoeff,er was considerably injured Frederick Blck-
erhof Of Louison was th1own through S were
and had his arm sprsineo' Severai o'"e's "e'e
slightly scratched.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-09
TO CONSIDER GOTLD'S LETTER.
TIE RAPID TRANSIT BOARD WILL PROBABLY
MEET TOMORROW OR WEDNESDAY.

TIE RAPID TRANSIT BOARD WILL PROBABLY
MEET TOMORROW OR WEDNESDAY.
TIE members OF the Rapid Transit Commission
lcok upon Mr.. Gould's letter. which appeared in
full I'm Yesterdays Tribune. a. tantamount 10 a
rejection OF the seven franchises offered TO the
Manhattan company for the extension Of the ele-
waited system MI Could has plainly tated In his
communica ton that his company will be prepared
10 build the new lines only on its own terms and
conditions and on the proviso that the City shall
expect nothing more than mere nominal remit
ncrat!on for the franchises in question. One-half
OF I per cent is what Mr. Gould says his company
Will nav for the franchises which IL IS willing 10
take but the proposition, according 10 the state
ment made by one OF the Commissioners to a IT'D
une reporter yesterday Is one that the Board VIII
not begin to consider seriously.
on the same authority Il can be stated thar the
amount OF remuneration 10 be exacted for the new
lines was fixed only after most careful consd-
Grafton OF the receipts OF the Manhattan company
and OF the balances left after paying all WORKING
expenses TO apply TO the payment OF DIVIDENDS
upon the capital Of the corporation
meeting Of the kaf ,n nerroW or We1nes
day by Mr. orr 10 consider Mr. ioulds comfnunl,,
cation The action the Board Will take IS not hard
orrered by MI Gould. and Will withdraw the oner
~ the seven franchises. Undoubtedly, ioi soIne
lime TO come the plans OF the Board ior we con.
str,iclon OF an underground system VIII remain az
q stendsttll In the face OF the stringency or the
rooney market caused by the war with spain, the
Hoard recognizes the futility OF attempting 10 get
,ioi ~ the tunnel system. Before proceeding 20
advertise for bids It Is likely that the Commission
will walt for the termination OF the war ana ceI-
tainy for a judicial opinion on the question OF the
ci,y' 6ehf
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-09
FREE SPEECH A FARCE.
From The Atlanta Journal.

From The Atlanta Journal
For MANY years Hamp Cooper was known
throughout the length and breadth OF the Pgpen
district the champion horse-swapper ana moo"-
lie always took a leading part In ANYTHING ,nss
came TO hand and never faned 10 ca,ry car,an
dignity which was unapproached by any citizen OF
He rarely went about the churches. but one
Sunday morning after "A rather booty week. ne lost
his bearings and wandered into the Big Oak sun
Gav-school He did not understand the proceed
inGs exactly but concluded TO await Developments,
and taking seat on the back bench soon fell
After the regular work Q, the sunssay:s ChS.
pirnic should be held came up and lively de-
bate followed. Several spirited speeches we're
made and the noise partly aroused lamp from
his slumbers He opened his eyes groggy. as the
superintendent asked II any one else had anything
10 say.
thirS 20 wuth a cent You have come TO dead
bak, an you'll have to heave on the load eE fetch
a around an offer some sort o inducements.
stock am send for lobe scuns with his dsis
so we can have plenty OF music TO dance by. an ef
FIJI 'ii Guarantee to have at least forty gallons on
the grounds an II the thing Amt howiin suo-
'e brother Cooper said the superintendent stern
ly. this is a sunday-school, sir"
oh. yes, know It, an I'm te'iin you jest
" but we want no such things as you mention
at SHi Dds aIa nn0 You S Nsp
don want to accept hs ySS e rsasS s:s
for his hat and strobe resolutey from the church.
Next day warrant charging Hamp With Is as nS
in the Superior Court fine. OF so and costs was
Hamn borrowed the money from friends and paid
t asrd n"s SAD ana In commenting 0" the ".'
i've alIus heerea this wus a country Of tree
speech but hits got so now Teller hes to pay
dollar q word"