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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-05
IT WAS LARGELY ATTENDED.


Funeral services were held yesterday
afternoon. over all that was mortal of
Charles b. Goff. late senior principal of
the English and Classical school. and
the late residence OF the deceased edu-
Gator. at No. 2S Mawney street. was
crowded with his erstwhtfe- friends and
pupils. and There were many prominent
business men present who had received
their education from Mr.. Goff
The services were conducted by Rev.
James G. Nose pastor OF the Beneh-
cent Congregational church. of which
Mr.. Goff had been a member. and Rev.
III. I. Cushman. pastor OF the First Uni
versalist church. The floral tributes
were very numerous and very beauti-
ful. some of the finest being from the
Alpha Delta Phi. OF which many mem
bers were present. MIR Goff having been
one OF the very valued members OF the
college society.
After the services the remains were
conveyed 10 the hearse. the bearers he
ing DR.. w. A. NJ. Mowry. Henry r.
Root. Judge Rogers and IA. NJ. Rice.
The interment was az the Swan Point
cemetery.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-05
A STUDY OF rlANklND.

Human beings are OF all sizes. but
the tall man is less common than tho
short: only one in every POS exceeds the
stature man should weigh from twen-
ty-siX 20 twenty eight pounds, pro-
portion that is not the lot of all i'm these
hurrying. scurrying days.
An averaged-sized man weighs 40
pounds; a woman 125 pounds Curiously
enough, the mean weight and height of
ltnatics are below those OF sane people
Another unexpected thing in this re-
spect ~ that negro's skeleton weighs
more than that OF an Englishman.
The Vitalizing power Ia the blood a
drop OF which takes but twenty-five
seconds TO go the round of the body
There passes through the heart once in
every three minutes an amount of this
precious fluid equal to all that is CON
tanned In the body.
The mileage OF the blood circulation
reveals some astonishing and undream-
ed OF truths. It is estimated that. as
suming the average speed OF the heart
TO be siXty-nine beats minute. the
blood travels 207 yards In sixty-seconds, /,
i'm other words seven miles an hour 16S
a day. or $500 per year.
If a man of eighty-four could have
one single blood corpuscle floating in
his blood all his life. it would have
traversed I'm that period no less than
5.l50.S sos miles
The average weight OF the human
brain OF an adult male is pounds \
ounces, OF female > pounds ounces
The woman's brain begins 10 decline
In weight after the age OF 30. the mans
not tin ten years later. According to
high authorities the nerves. with their
branches and minute ramifications
connecting with the brain. exceed
10000 600 in number.
The palms OF the hand and soles of
the feet are composed OF cushions of
fat in order that the sudden jolts
and violent blows may be success
fully resisted and no injury done 10 the
muscles and bones underneath
The muscles-of which the tongue
monopolizes ll-and bones OF the hu-
man structure In combination are ca.
pable OF more than 200 different mo-
tions
The teaching OF experience indicates
that accidents are far more likely e.
occur Co the right leg and arm than To-
the left. Further evidence of this fact
ts--s44ppiied bs-tit--rr makers Of HrttftrtTt
limbs. they dispose OF many more ap-
pendages 90 the right side OF the body
than 40 the other. Statistics show that
in - cases out of 100 the left leg A.
stronger than the right.
lf a man could move hls legs proper
tiOnatcly as fast as an ant. he would
travel not FAR short OF 500 ii.les an
hour-Lond0n Mail.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-05
Fell Into The River.

This morning about S.45 o'clock a man
named Patrick Madam. an employe Of
the Union railroad company, while en-
gagged i'm dumping load OF snow from
"A tip cart into the Providence river. at
the foot of Pike street. accidentally
slipped and fell into the river. He was
seen 10 fall by members of the crew Of
the towboat Walter ~ sutton. The
men, who were Capt. Richard II. Gibbs,
Engineer Thomas Allen. Fireman Wal
ter Rockland and II. Carlton. a deck
hand. went To his rescue i'm a row boat
and after a little difficulty got Madam
out of the water In a somewhat ex-
hausted condition. He was revived at
the Travers street car barn and later
sent TO his home.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-05
SENATOR LODGE ON THE WAR.

IL is now easily seen that the con-
flict was inevitable. "If IL be now tits
not to come; If IL be not to come. il
come; the readiness is ALL" Spanish
colonial despotism and the free govern
ment OF the United States could not
exist longer side by side. The conflict
which had been going on for a century,
was as inexorable as that between
freedam and slavery. The war happened
TO come now instead of later. that is ALL
Once engaged in war the United States
neither desired nor needed aid from
anyone. But nations as well as men
Europe we met with neutrality, but
with criticism. attack, and with every
manifestation of dislike i'm greater or
less degree. and from Germany, with a
thinly yelled, mousing hostility which
did not become overt, because like the
poor cat in the adage. il let II dare not
wait upon | would From the Eng
lish speaking people everywhere came,
on the other hand. spontaneous. heart
felt sympathy, and Engiands Govern
ment showed that the sympathy OF the
people was represented i'm her rulers.
That was all that was NEEDED, all that
was ever needed. No matter what the
reason, the fact was there. The lesson
Of the American Revolution was plain
at last. and the attitude of sympathy.
the policy which would have prevented
that Revolution, finally was given to
the great nation that has sprung from
the Colonies which Washington had
led tu independence. How America has
responded TO the sympathy of England
All men know, better perhaps I'm the
United States than anywhere else
Community OF sympathy and interest
will make n friendship between the
nations far stronger than any treaties
can create. The artificial barriess are
down. and all right thinking men on
both sides of the Atlantic must ear
nestly strive To- prove that IL is not a
facile optimism which now believes
that the friendship so long postponed
and so fun OF promise FOR humanity
and civilization must long endure. The
millions who speak the English tongue
in all parts OF the earth must surely
see now that. once united I'm friendship
II can be said. even as Shakespeare
said 300 years ago;
Come the three corners OF the world i'm
arms.
And We shall shock them.
From The story OF the Revolution"
From The Story Of the Revolu-
tiOir" Nm Scribner's.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-05

Boston, Dec. 5.--All the bodies OF the
victims of the Portland disaster thus
far recovered have been identified. %
in all The two bodies brought up from
the Cape yesterday. which up to last
night had not been recognized. were to-
day given i'm charge OF friends, they
having proved Identification These
bodies were at the North street morgue.
Body No. S. that OF the young colored
man received Saturday night on whose
clothing was the name S. Fl. Smith,
proved TO be Samuel II. Smith. a saloon
man on the Portland for about four
years. He was identified finally by n
young woman, said to have been his
sweetheart.
Charles G.. Cotreau, the other one
identified. has been known as No % at
the morgue. In his pocket was "A piece
of paper. upon which his name was
written, but the Medical Examiner on
Cape Cod and others who had tried to
decipher II. blurred as il was. had all
given 1t up. Mr.. Briggs. the morgue
keeper. came near enough to- reading il
friends recognized him as "a porter on
board the steamer Prince Edward OF
the Dominion Atlantic Line. His body
was shipped To Yarmouth. ~. s. CO.
treaus mother lives i'm Portland and he
had obtained leave from the Prince Ed
ward on the day the Portland sailed.
for the purpose of visiting his mother
for the purpose OF settling up some fam
ly business matter. He was to have re-
turned to work last Wednesday.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-05

The New York stock market opened
Irregular. Burlington, 1l9k: General
Electric. 50; Louisville, 63A; Leather
pfd; Manhattan, 81; Missouri Pacific,
3IA; Northern Pacific. 40is: Sugar,
l2Il4 81. Paul, 1l3ss: Southern pfd AZ;
Union Pacific, 37%; Union Pacific pfd,
69ia; Western Union, 93ls.
Irregularity in the American depart
ment of the London market was re-
iected here. but declines did not exceed
half point. which was I'm tn case OF
ST. Paul, Metropolitan Street Railway
Pacific Mail and the Iron and Steeei
stocks maintained the same show of
strength as during last week. Changes
In the railroads generally were small.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-05

The late Sir William Frazer. whose
death was recorded not many weeks
ago. was. by the terms OF his will pre-
served In his rooms I'm the Albany. Lon
don. for one month after death. His re-
mains, which were enclosed i'm coffin
were to be removed after that period
10 his residence In the country and
were not 10 be buried until a further
fortnight had elapsed. Another similar
case occurred. according 60 the London
Truth. near Brocklehurst in Hamp-
shire. few years ago. when a dis
tracted parent retained the body OF his
daughter for fully two years In his
drawing room.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-05
THE HOMELIEST MAN IN
Providence.

As well as the handsomest, and others are
invited to call on any druggist and get FIRE.
a trial bottle or kemp's Balsam for the
Throat and Lungs. remedy that Is guar
anteed to cure aud relieve all Chronic aud
Acute Coughs. Asthma. Bronchitis and Con
sumption. Price 25c. and zoe.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-05

Il hear that Bullion has given up
the idea of building a 100000 monu-
ment to himself
''He decided that IL would be a waste
of money. A five-cent cigar has just
been named after hm. so he feels that
there can be no doubt about his being
remembered. Cleveland Leader.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-05

On Tuesday evening the Churchmen's s
Club viii banquet at the Elose Right
Rev. Peter II. Rowe. ID. D.. missionary
bishop of Alaska; Right Rev. Chauncey
b. Brewster, u. D.. bishop coadjutor
or connecticut, and Rev. Jonn l.. Pat
ton. delegate from Japan 10 the general
convention, will be the speakers.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-05
SOCIETY NOTES.

Providence society the coming week
will be full Of animation. Several
dancing PARTIES -banquets. scverai ia =
dies nights and the theatres will prove
the week to be unusually full OF inter-
est.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-05

"The colorcd girl who works FOR u,
tried 10 bleach her hair but an,
couldn't"
u don't wonder-its all WOOL
Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-05

The delicate beauty OF the bunch OF
real violets which my young woman
wears this season is enhanced by tiny
lace handkerchief arranged tastefully
at the back 10 protect the gown and
tied with narrow white ribbon.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-05
HOTEL ARRIVALS.
NARRAGANsETT.

I
! Mrs G A Barew, New York.
| Sydney NJ Schwartz, New York.
! $ r. Hyde, Boston.
| w A Folger, Akron.
! Geo Cortalyou. New York.
| w Jackson, New York.
James Riordan Providence.
w ID Morgan. Hartford.
+ II Ninson. Newark, n j.
Geo Wilson and wife. Hudson, Mass.
Jas f Donnelly. Worcester.
A f Potter. Worcester.
Geo Graves Troy.
Mrs " S Palmer, Providence.
w II Aykers, Philadelphia.
S r Calder, Providence.
j + Louth and wife Rochester.
A l. Dowben, Chicago.
II f. Cobb, Chicago.
Max Mannheim New York.
l. Guttman. New York.
w + Leeder, Providence.
Clark Day, Brooklyn.
J II Muller, Boston.
Mrs Olive Wallace. New York.
Joseph + Lowell, New York.
James Cunningham. Montreal.
Geo " Miller, New York.
J Duff. New York.
l. = Gucher. New York.
a l. Halstead New York.
Lew Hawkins and wife. Chicago.
+ II Vinson. Newark.
Miss Ruth / Brewer. New York. .
f l. Brewer. New York.
III r. Dickerson, New York.
Charles Bishop, U $ A, Washington.
Adolph Rock. Mexico.
n Mirch. New York
+ & Waterman. New York.
Martin Lippman, New York.
j Il Bell, Columbus.
4 ID Morrison Jr Roet on
Mr. and Mrs Thomas Molly Meriden.
Miss Cecilia Heffern. Worcester.
g B Rowley. New York.
Jefferys. New York.
Frank Burch, New York.
Arson NJ Bangs. New York.
r. p Shoenfeld. New York.
w @ Chave, New York.
+ l. Goddard. New York.
Miss Kate lselbert New York.
- Bagler. Philadelphia.
II Hooper. Boston.
Mr. and Mrs Max Engell, New York.
Max Somerville. New York.
VIM Garrett. Philadelphia
Theo Beckerng. Philadelphia.
John Campbell. New York.
A r Heney. New York.
III l. Haas. New York.
Leon Rhumstein, New York.
Martin Bloomthal. New York.
G l. Connolly. Philadelphia.
+ u Yost, Philadelphia.
w l. Rose. Newark, n j.
A l. Silberstein. New York.
Il ID Klein. New York.
II e Tefft. New York.
A y Anderson. Boston.
NJ III Fuller. Hartford.
Will 4 Ellwanger. New York.
a w Boardman, Boston.
! III Morton, Boston.
Miss Helen Hoyton. New York.
w g Monash. Chicago.
w NJ Hill. Boston.
DORRANCE.
G u Garretson. New York.
Max NJ Kallman. New York.
II A Burnham. New York.
NJ G. Landsberg. New York.
Chas Ordway. New York.
& Il Beldew. Bridgeport.
John : Power New York
A II Stevenson. New York.
Peter ID starr. New York.
r. ID Chittenden. Bridgeport.
Geo T. Barwick, New York.
g. n Marble Boston.
\ g Tripp, New York.
Frank Dupree. New York.
j r Stimson. Seneca Falls.
Gus : Roth. New York.
John NJ Holland. Wakefield.
Henry I Mark New York.
J \ Welsh. Attleboro.
4 Adams. Boston.
- Smith. New York.
T. Wise New York.
w q Goodwin. New York
w \ Morgan. Syracuse.
T. Glitzhirz. New York.
Geo Graves. New Rochelle.
] w Farrell. New York.
II Sanger. New York.
G w Mallery. Onecnta, ~ Y.
l. g Nash. Boston
Walter Hart. Boston.
Isaac p williams. Bristol.
TT Chapman. New York.
y u Lowe. New York.
\ Beirs New York
sam Klugherz. New York.
J Manning. New York
! \ Williams, Providence.
w 4 Morgan. Syracuse
n Weinmau. New York
John TllctsOn. Baltimore.
w T. Jamee. New York.
W T. Goodrich. Boston
Frank Conlon. Boston.
NEWMAN.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-05

on Tuesday evening Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward $. Aldrich will give a dancing
party from until / o'clock at Mrs.
Spink's, for their daughter, Miss Bes-
sic AldriCh.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-05

on Wednesday will take place the
wedding of Miss Ruth Brayton and Mr..
Walter Nye at the residence of the
brides parents Mr.. and Mrs. William
r. Brayton. 466 Broadway. A recep-
tion will follow,
ON Friday evening the Elmwood Club
will give a ladies night"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-05

Quotations marked by u are for less than
@l00O, par value of stock.
Exx.Dividend.
Evening star., 1898-12-24

all the stray members of the flock on New
Year day the colony might never have an
opportunity to see Itself as complete and
beauteous whole. Minister Reid threw omen
his palatial house to the multitude. Minis
ter Coolidge used 10 hire the Continental
Hotel; our first ambassador. it is true was
rather given TO accepting hospitality than
ofering it; but Ambassador Porter does IT
largely in the old Hotel Spitzer whose art
gallery he has transformed into A great re-
ception hail. Last New Year day long
rows OF electric lights were blazing outside
the Hotel Splitter as early as 3 O'Clock in
the afternoon and attracted general admira-
tion in the quarter
1t is patriotic sight TO see the Americans
troop into light and warmth and social
recognition. Art students who are tired of
living on pork and beans take their clothes
and go to the ambassadors champagne-and-
Evening star., 1898-12-24

Lord himself to Agbarus. the King Of Edes-
sa, to recover him Of his sickness. The his
tory of this picture goes back at least to
the middle of the second century, and we
have records to show that 1t was believed
then to be authentic Another and more
probable story in connection with this like
ness is that when ST Peter was visitor
at the house of Pudens, a senator of Rome,
the daughters OF Pudens Praised and Pu-
denziana, asked him what the Lord was
like. and that the apostle with his stylus
drew on the handkerchief Of one Of the
sisters the simple outline which We see in
this picture. That story is not only possible,
but probably true. There is a third story to
follow, which is the well-known legend Of
ST. Veronica. 1t is said that when on the
way to Calvary our Lord fell beneath the
weight of the cross the woman, St. YER
onica. moved with pity. gave Him her hand
kerchief herself wiped the sweat from
His face. and that thus the impression Of
His features was left miraculously and
vividly on the piece of linen.
Likeness on = Face Cloth.
The Veronica likeness, of which there are
many. was simply a face cloth which had
been laid upon the dead. These face cloths
were sometimes marked with a sacred ana
gram or with some emblem of the resurrec-
tion, but there can be no doubt that, in
many instances, the same desire to identify
this with Christ and to express their hope
and expectation of His second coming led
men 10 paint his lace upon luelr graves anu
led them also to cover with it the faces Of
their beloved.
This likeness attributed to st. Peter or
said to have been sent to Agbarus may
have been drawings made on linen for this
purpose. but never actually used, for they
show no stains of the grave. But there are
many, among them the ones in the Church
of San Silvestro and in St. Peter, which
have undoubtedly been darkened in the val
ley of the shadow of death. The darkness
of the Veronicas. these face cloths are
Evening star., 1898-12-24

case at the present time but in the eX-
plora tions which are constantly going on
in that extra ordinary city of the dead
these catacombs that extend under the
whole Roman city and part of the Cam
pania, with their galleries above galleries.
Where part by part are opened up and
closed again and their sacred relies taken
away to the Vatican, we may confidently
hope for new examples of early portrafture
of Christ.
Marvellous Portraits.
All of these ancient portraits in the cata-
combs, on glass, in mosaics or frescoes.
which are to be found in the churches of
Rome, are the earliest records we have of
the first Christians. and the fact strikes
one at once that there is an extraordinary
similarity in all these representations of
our Lord. Full faces, full-leHgth figures.
or heads alone. all have that same type
In any group of figures We can recognize
at once that typical face of Christ. 1t was
then, and is now, the only likeness which
We recognize at once, which is common to
every form of art, to the mosaic, to the
glass. to the enamel and to the fresco. 1t
is q fixed type. which no clumsy hand has
been able to alter beyond recognition. This
shows conclusiVeiy that the likeness of
Christ which we find in the paintings of
the Renaissance, that marvellous drawing
of Leonardo da Ninci, and which is study
for the heao of Christ In the last supper
although without the traditional beard was
lot invented at the period of the Renais-
sance, but that it already existed 1t was
rot simply matter of tradition either
The great masters. Raphael. Michael An
gelo and Titan, could not but recognize
that in 1t was something greater, some
thing truer and more definite than they
could themselves create, and in spite of he
fact that they were men of marked indie
pendeEee of thought and strong national
Evening star., 1898-12-24

upon your chief, you must hurry back to
receive the call of your assistant. In busi-
ness houses, managers, head bookkeepers,
confidential clerks, and SO on, leave their
first cards on The members of the firm
Then they scatter cards upon each other
like snowfall.
In the social world it Is considered indis-
Greet to present yourself on New Year day
where you are not expected. If you are
intimate enough with a family, you are
generally aware of the fact. In Paris you
are also aware that you should bring a
gift. There are men who never dine out
without bringing flowers or sending flowers
or candy the day after; but no one may
escape the annual tax Of New Year day.
If the intimacy be great. you bring the gift
upon the day itself; If 1t be less. you bring
1t the next day. Where it is even less, you
leave your card tied to the present with
the janitor. Where everybody calls on
everybody. everybody cannot call on the
same day.
Visits of simple politeness, therefore, be-
gin on the I'd Of January and last through
the month. Now, as every one detests the
drudgery of It, the leaving Of ones card in
person first came to be looked on as an
acceptable substitute for a real visit. Now,
Evening star., 1898-12-24

In the hurry II will not be noticed II YOU
send your clerk or valet out Distributing
For such cards may be sent by mail
Paris every one keeps a book Of acquain-
tances as well as the more exclusive calling
list and dining list My dear do we know
such -and-such person." a Partisan will
ask his wife. She turns Immediately TO the
book. Is the name there? IL is bad when
she cannot find IL there And she will not
find it If one has not called OF sent a card
for the New Year At the post Office a spe-
ctal service for the handling of these cards
is organized, made up Of women hired from
the middle of December. In the sixth story
underneath the roof of the central Paris
post office building. a great han runs its
length. Here 300 women sit At counters
classifying the little envelopes all day long
The cards begin to come as early as Decem-
ber 10. and they continue passing through
Evening star., 1898-12-24

sweet wine. punch, coffee and cougratula-
tons. You may congratulate yourself for
you are on the list again. Henceforth
throughout the year, though you NAV not
De asked TO dinner, you will be always
Tree TO call on madame day" and take
a cup of tea.
Teas hold this temporary. makeshift
franco-American society together. At home
We may look on these perfumcd pink-lit
rendezvous of the cleaning as something
feminine and futile. In Paris, strong men,
full OF busy plans, intrigue for entrance TO
them like so many girls. Teas, inexpen-
slve, generous, non-committal teas where
| would the social life of the American colony
| in Paris be without them?
On a Calling Day.
No maid or matron is too poor or friend
less to set up a day" She viii write
"wednesday" on her card, from 3 to -
She orders little sandwiches and little
cakes and candied chestnuts from the
patisserie around the corner. gets in NAL
aga and port at % cents the quart from
Felix Potin's, acquires a FURNISHED copper
kettie-and it is tea" These functions
may De dreary beyond words when French
and Americans. who never understand each
other meet. Climb up five flights of stairs
There is no elevator. In the drawing room
there will be French young men with false
loeas of American girls; Americans afraid
oa french girls. and, dominating ALL the
ripe French matron, sure of her ability to
keep the young girls down. Talk of an i'm
proving character, which deals with art
and literature and new inventions and the
wonders of the age in which we live must
take the place of social topics of more
personal interest
Have you been long in Paris?"
Have you seen Cyrano de Bergerac?"
Have you a good French teacher?"
DO you like Paul Bourget?'
On the other hand, ii is a charming
thing to meet, each dull and drizzling af-
ternoon, dozen other exiles round the
coZy fire.
The New Year spread of the American
ambassador is the archetype Of the teas Of
the colony. There are some Americans In
Paris who will not so on New Year day
because they are not on the list OF Madame
PAmbassatrice. The New Year invitation
Is special one, received by everybody
through the medium of the press. The
American ambassador will be at home TO
all Americans in Paris from 3 to on New
Year day. But when il is a question of
her weekly afternoons, the notice has a
different wording: Mrs. Porter will re-
sumo, next Tuesday, her usual receptions"
Straightway follow grave discussions
among the newcomers in all of the Paris
boarding houses Does that mean that
we may go?" Poor things, they need a
place to go to SO badly!
STERLING HELLO.